Pictures. This is the fourth deadly crash of the morning. And were hearing that this might involve a pedestrian. You see we have southbound lane blockage reduced to one lane. Left lane is only one passing and right now were seeing southbound delays and 3 3 youve seen the backup. Now. The investigation. The florida Highway Patrol needs help finding the car that killed needs help finding Highway Patrol the florida the investigation. The backup. Now. Seen 3 the backup. Now. The investigation. The florida Highway Patrol needs help finding 3 the car that killed that tow truck driver. Fox 13s bridge all morning. 3 3 3 3 3 3 developing this morning on the roadsa very serious crash on ulmerton road and Feather Sound in clearwater. You can see this truck wrapped around a poletheres not much left of it. It took hours but rescuers were able to get the driver out. They even called in doctors to try and stabalize the driver. While they worked. We dont know the persons condition. Crews are still out there, investigating and working to clear the scene. 3 and in New Port Richey a semi and motorcycle collidekilling the motorcycle driver. It happened along ridge road around 12 30 this morning. They have not released the name of the person killed or what caused the accident. 3 laura 2shot this is the first day of hit and run awareness week. Its something that has happened a lot recently including, of course, today. russell last year alone, there were 186 hit and runs across the state and the florida Highway Patrol says it needs to stop. They say leaving the scene. Makes a bad situation even worse. 3 taking off could cost you big. In florida, its a felony if you leave the scene of a crash involving an injury. Drivers are required to wait at the scene and provide help for anyone who may have been injured. And if that hit andrun crash is deadly you could get thirty years in prison. 3 one deadly hit and run that remains unsolved today involves a child. 11yearold alex torres body was found on the hillsborough avenue bridge last fall just after 2 30 one saturday morning. His bike was found nearby neatly propped up. His backpack up high in a nearby tower. The driver of the vehicle never stopped, never called the authorities and they are still looking for that driver today. Right now, Hillsborough County deputies are investigating a violent home invasion. They say thieves broke into a home on jr manor drive just before five this morning. Four adults were home at the timeone was shot and rushed to the hospital. This story is still developingwe will update it as soon as we get more information. 3 laura on cam a little boy makes a disturbing discovery at a home in st. Peteone that couldve gotten him killed. 3 it happened yesterday afternoon, in the 17hundred block of yale street south. Police say the boy had been playing with a cat when the it ran under the house. The boy followed it and thats where he found a loaded hand gun. He took it onto the porch and fired off a round. 3 laura on cam thankfully he wasnt injured. The boys grandmother and mother called police to report the incident. Police say it was an unregistered revolver and they believe someone either discarded it there or hid it in the crawl space. 3 3 russell qd some families were forced out of their home overnight after duplex. 3 the fire started just before 10 30 last night at a complex off West Bay Drive in largo. Everyone was evacuated after smoke and flames were reported. No one was injured. The cause is still under investigation. 3 3 russell qd firefighters save lives everydaybut yesterday they went above and beyond the call of duty to help a little boy. And thats this mornings good day good deed. 3 russell cg3 you can see this firefighter cutting limbs off a tree. But thats not where this story starts. Citrus county fireghters from squad 23 and rescue 7 were called to rescue a 7yearold autistic boy who climbed up into a tree. It wasnt just any treebut 24 feet high and not sturdy. They got him down, then cut lower limbs off making sure he couldnt climb back up there. And stayed safely on the ground 3 laura on cam up next the death of Supreme CourtJustice Antonin Scalia. And the political firestorm its creating. Good 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 i dont know what im doing. I cant find anything just when i think its just not going to work. This woman that works there comes over and asks can i help you . And he was so happy, to do it amazing right . I never would have expected would have thought that anyone would find that do that. Make that go out of their way for me. Right then, right there i couldnt believe it he was so helpful i know its such a small thing simple thing but it made me smile made me happy made my day share your story. 3 it was the news that caught everybody off guard. Supreme Court JusticeAntonin Scalia died of a heart attack early Supreme CourtJustice Antonin Scalia was on a hunting trip at texas ranch and died. His body was discovered when he deposit come down for breakfast and friend reported it raises a lot of questionsch the court and to the cases still waiting to be decided. Fox 13 Political Editor is here no, i with a look at what is beginning to be a political fire storm already, good morning, craig. This story was huge from the moment it broke. First of all he had become longest serving jng on the court and then its Election Year communicates it right . We heard this. Because this came down the same day we had the next Republican Debate and with this, that was the first question, understandably and you are already haring a lot of republican candidates that senate should either stall or delay or simply not cop firm an appointment from president obama because many not all of the case have been decided by before in the favor of conservative interpretation. Its a conservative vote or court while we say that Justice Kennedy has been between folks now effectively its Antonin Scalia here. Appointment will ultimately remake the court conceivably in one direction or the other. Its not just his vote. He was bold. He was proactive. He was a very, very strong conservative voice and by president and for that reason i think republicans are going to be hard pressed to confirm an appointment from president obama and he has the Constitutional Authority to name a replacement. And is that the what it comes down to. Because Mitch Mc Connell already said as you said as well. But does the president have power to use his executive authority in the matter even if they do block or even if they do try to impede him with the full authority they have. Where have we heard this before. Depend who you ask i suppose. But if it comes down to it the president good exercise the socalled Nuclear Option with recess appointment. We dont know he will do that and we do know that recess appointments something that came up before the Supreme Court ironically and the court ruled that the president over stepped his balance. We just dont know. We do know the president plans to appoint someone that this will not come right away. Theyre looking for the list dont want that. They want the next president. Whoever it may to be ultimately make that decision and they are making argument that in a president ial year with so much at stake the balance of the court at stake the American People should weigh in as well. And you know you listen to them over the weekend he says and he uses these specific words hell fill the seat in due tomorrow which may give the impression that he would leap on the side of moderateism and he would take the time and consider the fact that a president will be elected and it could be a republican or could be a democrat. At least hes acknowledging sglat sure, sure, thats process here and you have to go back in time to 188 the last time a justice was confirmed in an Election Year under reagan and that would have been Justice Kennedy and he was relatively moderate compared to ford and other alternatives thrown out there. So there is precedence for that and at the same time republicans are not likely going to be interested no matter who the president picks because they see the opportunity to retake the white house next year and with that, youre going to have a battle and youre going to have a lot of stalling and presuming that the president apoints someone and with this, that will work into the president ial race as well. Democrats can make the argument or at least theyll try to that republicans are trying to the constitution. This is certainly not unheard of. We had the battles before. It has taken in some cases you have to go way back in time more that a year to get a replacement. So much to talk b we have to leave it there at least for dave well get over to you and the forecast. Looking nice out there. We have cloud cover. You compare temperature to temperature, 10, 15 warmer than yesterday at this time and because of the clouds and that south easterly wind. So while we dont have a beautiful blue sky we had over the weekend, were going to lever the jack threats morning as well. 60 tampa and 60 st. Petersburg and 69 sarasota and couple of spots further knowledge back to upper 40s and lower 50s in general temperatures warmer than yesterday at this time. Mainly east. But occasionally east southeast wind and 8 to 12 miles an hour. So, clouds rolling in. Going to be mild day. Notice how were beginning to pop up sprinkles in the gulf. It would not surprise me to get a quick shower later today and main rain kill come probably very early tomorrow morning. Like the wee morning hours, 3, 4, 5 00 thats cold front comes so, ill show you the 7 day in a second and it looks like a cloudy rain symbol tomorrow. It will be early in the morning and then sunshine comes out later in the day today. Variable clouds. Late day shower and high of 74. Tomorrow, very ordinarily rain and mostly sunny in the afternoon with high of 73. And then look at that. Wednesday through sunday. Sunshine, highs in the low to mid 70s vanessa and lows in the low to mid 50s. Thats certainly looking you, dave. Time now, 8 18 as we mentioned before the top of the hour its been a busy morning on the roadways and few knew incidents to talk b fortunately this is a serious injury crash we start with at david city lake iola road. Lanes blocked in that area. You want to avoid that area. We also have a crash were seeing along 75 southbound at the overpass thats north of state road 50. So middle road thats where we seat outside line blocked in the southern direction. Delays and theres some to speak of and of course as weve been saying throughout the morning this is a situation for the move. And lets check out the travel times. 275 actually looks pretty clear at this point as far as delays are concerned and really our main concern on interstates will be long i 4 westbound we still have that scene thats near mcintosh causing folks to slow down and take a peak westbound direction and buck noop 75 and thats still just under about an hour of a ride. Continue to avoid that area. All right. Vanes a. Thank you. Your ego could be getting in the way of your career. Coming up at 9 00 the five signs of exceptional employee. And were talking toys. Well look at the newest hot oingt toys the ones the kids will be begging for. Thats all at 9 00 and charlie is ping hag out with students in Progress Village magnet what makes this all right. Break being news. Good day, tampa bay, im charlie coming to you from progressville annual middle arts. Were going to tell you about this Magnet Program and a lot of classes come together for the common good. We have an art student over there and we have acting and we have our strong scene buildings here. You guys are literally moving the set for beauty and the beast, right . Is that what it is . Yes. What is the actual class called. Technical theater. What do you learn from technical theater. Measurements how to build up and cut thing and put together for the musical. Meerz what i want to know. How do you get this out. Well, were going through im not sure. And reassemble outside. Well done. And these are my acting students. What class are you involved in. Drama. And also is it a club or this is the elite group. Yes. I notice that painting looks a little rick the screen. Is that what it is. I do and its monday morning we need wake everybody up. Want to hit me with what you do you in the show. There there. Now youre art students you come together here and do you the background. Yes. Tell me about art class is it fun to be able to be part of performance like this. Yeah. I should not no questions. What is name of tell me what else you do in art class. We we. How long did it take. Good for you. Probably the way it turned out. Good for you i like it too. Poing gressville annual middle Magnet School for performing arts. Sometimes you come one yes and no questions. No you did the best you can. I love the kids. Only a prop, grandma, only a prop. Only 3 russell 2shot as were seeing a lot this morning the roads are dangerous enough. Being purposely reckless. laura but they are. The driver seen doing donuts on a busy road. And what police are doing to track him down. 3 donkey sound elephant sound between making noise, tapping sound and making sense. elephant sound donkey sound when it comes to Social Security, we need more than lip service. Our next president needs a real plan to keep Social Security strong. elephant noise hey candidates. Enough talk. 3 3 laura 2shot there is a big fire burning at a recycling plant in hillsborough there is a big fire burping at a recycle at a recycling plant. To hannah and 53 street. Walter. Russel, laura, good morning to you. The good news out this one person was considered injured. They refused treatment at the scene. That is good news. Everybody is okay this morning. I want to show you how much smoke is filling the air and this is not even as bad as it was 30 minute ago. And now Fire Fighters are tell me this fire started just after 7 00 this morning about 7 13ish and theyre telling me that they believe it started they were doing welding inside that recycle recycling area where all the trash is and that is what start trash is and that is what started this fire. Right now theyre pouring water on it trying to knock it down. Once the fire is out, theyre going to get a loader in there and start removing some of that trash. And right now this is tampa waste processing facility. Right now were going to turn around to video a viewer sent me video of when the fire looked like it just started and he works next door and right now the amount of smoke in the area is going in their particular building and it is impacting not only tampa waste processing facility but a number of businesses in the surrounding area thats just and traffic makes it worse this intersection of 53 and hannah and theres a number of firefighter equipments trucks, hose as cross the roadway. Drive around here is not possible in the next 30 minutes to hour. Hillsboro county fire they told me Public Information officer is in route. Hopefully they can get more information and next i will check in with you and hopefully the fire will be out, russel, laura. Well stay with you. Talk to you later. Two toddlers nearly drowned in clearwater offer the weekend and one case is a reminder that even the smallest amount of water can be dangerous. The first toddler was found floating face down in backyard pool yesterday at a home on 2 pool yesterday at a home on 2yearold faulkner was in Critical Condition st. Joseph hospital in tampa its believed he was in the pool less than five minute and not sure if anyone was outside with the boy or if he out on his own and second happened at a home Highland Acres drive in clear 1yearold Anthony Petrosky found lying face down in 55 gallon drum of water being used as a fish farm. The father was working in the yard nearby when he says anthony wandered off for a moment and fell in. He was taken to the hospital with lifethreatening injuries. And a dangerous trend tun folding on panelas park road. Someone is getting not only their life but lives of others at risk. Live with a look at this trend. And who it involves and when you watch the video of what these guys are doing its amazing no one already died. So far and thats the problem. You can go for a while but eventually the odds catch up with you. We dont want to see that happen. How many times have you seen a close call on bay area roads. Probably more times than you would like to remember and in most cases those are intentionally doing donuts and not only at this location. 66 street north and 121 avenue and it happened a couple days ago. Police say the same car possibly possibly g 8 or chevy super sport was also seen doing donuts around town causing other problems. Someone spot today 102 and brian dery near the foot bridge doing the same exact thing on same exact day and we understand there were four young guys in the vehicle and a woman who was taken back by antics shot this video on cellphone and then hand today over to the cops. Now usually the kids involved in the prank sthoot themselves and post it on social media site to impress other people. It may be impressive to them and other young people who are reckless drivers and not impress toyv moist pext the cops are looking for the young driver and passengers and if longer be a joke. Back to you. It is not a game. Ken, thank you. Lets go over to dave right now to talk about the weather. Beautiful for us right now, hu . I mean the temperatures are great granted we get a lot of cloud cover this morning. Clouds, east, southeast, have kept the temperatures mild this morning. Got a lot of 60s out. There you have st. Petersburg and clearwater and tampa. And arcadia and see bring and these places slowly rising back to 50s. Along i 10 we have 47 in tallahassee over to the jacksonville area. Again, we do have a lot of cloud cover and clouds will continue to thickening and throughout the day today. And as we await a cold front to come through. Before you moan and grown, this cold front is not going to pack as much cold air that the last one did. Which is good news. Spotty showers eastern gulf and few of those later today and in general back to north wiingt. This line, thats going to come through very early tomorrow morning. And the big picture, heres cold front moving through louisiana now. Will be here tomorrow early too. Were talking about a shower late today and potential for line of showers maybe a few thunderstorms very early tomorrow morning maybe before the sun comes up say 5, 6 00 time frame. 20 to 30 rain chance high of 3 4 tonight showers and thunderstorms likely. But, also likely if you wake up at 8 00 tomorrow morning it will be going at that point and tomorrow afternoon, sunshine, its coming back out. Temperatures in the lower 7 0s. And it will be a brief period of somewhat cooler weather. But i mean a low of 50 and hive 70. Thats the coolest we got over the next 7 days. Im not going to complain. Vanessa. No complaint. There and i wish we could say the same for the roads this morning. Very busy. New crash were foal out of pasco county reported along state road 5 2, i 75 eastbound direction where you see the one lane blocked. Of course you may see delays in that area and dont forget to slow it down as you pass by emergency crews and keep it delays on two deadly crashes working right now with lane blockage. This one on the boulevard the one were hearing might involve a pedestrian. Southbound lanes reduced to one. Lessening delays on boulevard southbound approaching this crash site and youll still be able to save a little extra time taking 42 street and seeing heavy delays southbound livingston approaching this area. And so drivers should actually if they can make their way to nebraska and make their way to 275 and if you can pass on by that crash site taking interstate, u. S. 301 report of northbound lanes blocked following this deadly crash. Getting out of heavy part of rush hour and seeing delays of five minute for some folks it may be under five. Valentines day is over that doesnt mean the love has to end. In fact wedding season is about to begin and if you plan your big day we have the perfect event for you. And good morning. Good morning, jen, thank you so much for having me. Youre welcome we have lots to have to talk about this morning. Lets start with the event happening this week in tampa for all of the brides to be. Yes. Were so excited to host tampa bay. Its awe unique wedding experience for couples and family and friends and theyre more comfortable with the choices. Whats the location. Locations all over tampa bay six events and they started through sunday. Ill post that Information Notice lincoln fox 13 web site or my facebook page. Youre here this morning to talk about the dos and dont biggest mistakes brides and grooms make while planing a wedding. I heard this so many times the first one is people decide theyre going to save money and not hire a professional planner not hire a professional planner. Definitely dont. You shouldnt do that. Thats one of the biggest mistakes couples not valuing importance of hiring a wedding vendor. Skip a few dollars by handling a friend or family member. Will they know what to do if theres an emergency moments before you walk down the aisle or what happens if friends equipment breaks down during the wedding reception will they have backup sforz keep the party going. Its your big day and important to hire professionals that could help anything that has gone wrong. And these professionals have planned 100 weddings where your aunt has done one, yours. And when we talk about booking a vendor taylor cats our web producer is in the her wedding she is engaged and shes talking about vendors and i like this one and want to see this one and this one you have to book them fast. Believe it or not being booing venue gore vendor is like buying or renting an apartment. Once that date is gone you have to start the search again all over again. So if you find a location you like, dont wait too long to research other options because chances are if you love that vendor or that venue someone else will too and can snag your date right from underneath you. Thats a good point. All right. Whatel do we have diy versus buy a lot of people want to make their own invitation and think think theyre saving money that way. Theres good inspiration that couples want to do wedding themselves and however what they dont understand its a lot of extra stress added to wedding day and responsibility. So real little ask yourself, do you really have the skill set to make professional lorking arts and crafts and do you have the time to make hundreds of them. Thats true. What we professional setup. I dont think i could have put together a ensemble of flowers. Absolutely not. And then lastly we have talking about tradition some people want to go to the traditional round their parents or grand parent did but its not necessarily the case. You can go with what the couple feels is best. So what we want to make sure is that couples dont have someone elses wedding. And what i mean by that is so many couples now are incorporating their own personality personalities and not having your traditional wedding element. For example, some couples are doing first look where they see before the wedding ceremony and are including personal preferences maybe having man of honor at Wedding Party instead of tradition allege roles. Interesting. So you should have the wedding that suits what the couple is together. Exact limit. Have a wedding that reflects you. Ape its real will a reflection of who they ares a couple. And coming up next stick talk about the wedding trends of 2016. Yes, we have amazing de core and dresses to show you. What were showing now is a sneak peek. Well show you dresses and gowns and bridesmaid dresses and lightsening and lights and anding and how you can incorporate your pets. 9 00 3 russell bw pretzels. A piece of popcorn. Even a cheesy bite of pizza. These are all choking hazards for kids. And, as a parent, you have to know what to do. 3 russell dbl box this morning, our doc on call dr. Pamela love of all Childrens Hospital is here to talk about choking hazards and how we can make meals safer for our kids. Good morning doctor q what makes children as opposed to adults more eating . Q 3 how can meal or snack times be dangerous for foods should be avoided . Q 3 textures be more dangerous . Q meals. Do not allow children to eat while you are driving, unless there is another adult play while eating, as this increases the risk of choking. Offer them relaxed, seated or electronic devices, which eating. Inspect and child proof the childs environment. Home environment from a caregivers may actually have inspect the rooms at a childs eye level. Remove all obvious pieces of food or hard candy from floors and from in between couch or seat cushions. Young children love to explore their environment, 3 3 russell dbl box thanks doctor love 3 3 3 3 3 good morning, good morning, hello, my name is patricia rodriguez. Good morning governor, counsel, and jim allen. Good morning everyone. I think its still the most important thing we can do for any family in this state is to create an opportunity for them to get a job. Im a single mother of three. Ive been working for the seminole tribe for fifteen years now. This company has given me the opportunity to provide for my children. How does it make you feel when you worry about whether this compact gets signed . If the compact isnt signed, then it does affect me tremendously because i would be out of a job. A month ago my sister passed away. She have children . How many . Five. So are you taking care of them . Yes. This compact not being signed would affect me and many people that have grown with me at this company. If would affect them immensely. Jobs for florida. P p pgood day tampa bay. 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