3 3 Early Morning showers, then increasing sun. Seasonable and pleasant. High in the midto upper 70s. Low in the low 50s 3 3 3 3 3 happening today a big change. Coming to the st. Petersburg skyline. Its the groundbreaking, for a brand new tower. Fox 13s Shayla Reaves joins us now from st. Pete. To explain why it could be breaking a record 3 3 in health news 3 in health news the zika virus continues to spread here in florida. 3 the state Surgeon General updated the states count on thursday. Three new cases were added. All in miamidade county. That brings the statewide total to 47 cases. Three zika cases wer confirmed locally. All in hillsborough county. And four of the patients are pregnant women. That group is most at risk for the virus. Zika has been linked to birth defects. The state of florida is now getting several hundred new test 3 this morning in polk county haines city has a natural way to clear up its waterways. City officials will release more than 280 carp into lake elsie. All those fish will actually help restore the ecosystem by eating up the pond weed and grass that took over the lake. The triploid grass carp were specifically bred for this job, and they also cant procreate. To contain their numbers. They will be released, around nine am. 3 in Manatee County a former dumping ground, just got a huge makeover. Its now a wildlife preserve. The ungarelli preserve is 35 acres of land that backs up to palma sola bay. For years it sat empty. But back in 2008, the ungarelli family donated it to the county. Volunteers worked to remove the trash and 20 thousand native plants were put back in. A Ribbon Cutting for the reserve will take place tomorrow morning. And after that, people can walk the new trail. 3 3 exciting news for fans of world. Disney announced the new star wars land will begin. They will actually break ground next month announcement during a shareholders meeting. The land will occupy a good portion of the Hollywood Studios park. There will be a millenium falcon flight simulator. And another ride where you battle stormtroopers. Thats along with several restaurants and shops. Even a cantina bar. No but its expected to take at least two years. 3 3 were still waiting for the identity. Of floridas newest multimillionaire. But it sounds like that person might already have some money. 3 the Winning Ticket was sold at the tom thumb convienence store in marathon, on the florida keys. And this is a photo of the manager. Daniel halladay. Posting the big news on their front door yesterday. That one ticket is worth about 292 million dollars. And if the winner takes the lump sum. Thats about 191 million. Might not be struggling for sun sentinel that most of neighbors. But he also gets a few tourists. 3 and, today on the cape. Spacex is hoping to finally get its falcon rocket off the already been scrubbed four times for various reasons. Wind shear. To a boat near the landing zone. Todays pm. And lasts for 90 delivering a communications satellite. Its also trying to land on a floating platform. About thirty 3 toss to mike. 3 dave 3 still ahead a new nuclear threat. From north korea. How the us. Is responding. 3 plus. A reallife teddy bear, recovering. How this guys famous face. May have just saved his life. 3 walter but first, heres a look at last nights winning lottery numbers. Again. The powerball just had a winner in florida. So the jackpot resets to 40 million tomorrow night. But you could still win the Mega Millions tonight. That jackpot. Is worth an 3 estimated 144 million dollars. Good luck. And good day is back in less than two minutes. 3 3 3 again r again again again again . Again again General Mills is removing artificial flavors and colors from our cereals. So you can love cereal. 3 topping world news this morning the threats continue from north korea. One day after test firing projectiles. Their leader is now ordering something much more dangerous. 3 kim jong un has ordered his military on standby for nuclear strikes at any time. The threats are part of a ramped up propaganda push between north and south korea. Its also likely a response to new un sanctions officials are quick to point out, that the warning might just be all talk. The navy isnt taking chances though, and just sent a fleet of ships to the region. 3 new hope for peace today. In syria. Europes top governments are planning a meeting the ceasefire and the humanitarian situation will be discussed at a meeting of Foreign Ministers in paris. Leaders from france, germany and britain will be there. People in syria continue to hold out hope that a ceasefire in the country will hold. They held a celebration in the streets yesterday. The peace deal, brokered by the us and russia. Is now in its seventh day. 3 in boliva. A real life Paddington Bear is on the road to recovery. The andean spectacled bear was rescued from a rural property. Where it suffered some brutal abuse. A local zoo had to treat the bear. After it suffered eye trauma. The bear lost one eye. But doctors were able to save the second one. The bear is now eating and getting medication. The andean bear is the same breed books and movies. Rescue groups say the famous name. Helped them save dozens of these bears in south america, 3 walter 2shot and now lets go 3 to mike bennett , filling in for dave with weather. jen and when hes not forecasting. 3 mike is also our parttime, fox 13 fair food critic. Tell us about your trip to the strawberry festival. 3 walter jen 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 and coming up in 3 and coming up in the five oclock hour of good day some little girls. On a very big mission. They are doing dozens of good deeds all over the country. So it should be no surprise. Why theyre this weeks hometown heroes. Their inspiring story, coming up in our next hour. 3 still ahead eight is enough . American idol just made another big cut. And why it left some fans. Pretty shocked. 3 plus a sweet birthday. For one of the most popular candies, in the country. How you can celebrate. By helping pick the next flavor. 3 im savin you five hundred coming soon from progressive, its savin u, the new hit single from the dizzcounts. Cash money the Biggest Discount and understand. The dizzcounts. Safe driver, paperless, paidinfull, multicar and joey fatone. Savin you five hundred im savin you five hundred we have autotune, right . Oh, yeah. Thats a hit 3 the time now 4 xxx. And heres a look at the top trending stories this hour. And we begin with american idol. Where the competition just got even tougher. Two more singers went home last night. And you didnt watch yet. Spoiler alert. Were about to show you what happened 3 thats avalon young. The final person to make the top eight. Olivia and gianna. Both were sent home. Favorite. But she just didnt get the votes. The show when the top eight face another cut. And were planning to talk live with the two girls sent home. Coming up in the nine oclock hour of good day. 3 jen 2shot were celebrating one iconic candy turning 75 years old this year and to celebrate the rolling out a lot of big there will be new colors, flavors. And even new packaging designed for on thego eating. The mandm will also incorportate more natural colorings, rather than artificial. And theres even a campaign in the works for fans to vote on the next permanent flavor of peanut mandms. 3 they can decide between coffee nut. And honey nut. And heres some history for you m ms were created out of necessity when the military requested mars make chocolate for the troops, at the start of world war 2. The candys hard exterior meant the chocolate didnt melt and was ideally suited for overseas travel. 3 3 still ahead why dip your cookies in milk. When you try a beer. The local brewery. That went scouting for its new flavors. Plus mike bennett has another check on the 33 tonight in tampa. A toast to tampa bay beer week. It actually runs through march 13th. The official kickoff event is tonight at the pour house on kennedy boulevard, in downtown tampa. It runs from ten pm to two am. Featuring brews from the seventh sun brewery. Several other area breweries are also having special tasting events today. 3 one of the most interesting tastings. Is at the crooked thumb brewery in safety harbor. They have several new beers inspired by girl scout cookies. Including a chocolate peanut porter. To pair with tag a chocolate oatmeal stout that pairs with thin mints. A local girl scout troop will also be selling their cookies at the event. It runs from 3 the comedian with the famous scream. Is stopping in tampa tonight. 3 standup comic bobcat goldtwait is performing at the tampa improv today through sunday in ybor city. Tickets start at 20 dollars. 3 a Country Music legend. Is in clearwater tonight. Willie nelson has a concert at ruth eckerd hall. The 82yearold has recorded more than sixty studio albums. And hes showing no signs of slowing down. The show 3 3 2shot toss to mike. 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 know you can keep your financial big picture under control. Know you can see how much you have to spend and whether you should transfer funds. Know you can easily keep track of what youre putting away. And know youre budgeted for the great escape. 3 for 40 years, donald has washington that youre angry about. walter that was the serious, civil part of this debate. It got wilder. And even funnier. Trump and rubio calling each other big donald and little marco. And thats just the beginning. 3 jen hold the 3 workout. Pass the wine. Turns out a nightcap. Might be the best way to lose weight 3 walter and. Great weekend weather is coming. But you might have to deal
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