Right now on news channel 8 at 6 00. An unpleasant surprise for two Home Invasion suspects, how the victim made sure those crooks wont be bothering anyone any time soon. Good evening, everyone. Im rod carter. Thanks so much for joining us tonight. Well begin with the expected to drench Pinellas County this week. Residents arent taking any chances. People traveled to the Community Park in st. Petersburg with their shovels and filled sand backs for free. This started at noon and about an hour later 150 bags had already been given out. We spoke with a man that says its better to be safe than sorry. I think its important just for peace of mind. Even if the weather doesnt hit, i still got a couple bags. A bit and i think its important to allow communities to prepare themselves. Sandbags will be available again tomorrow in st. Petersburg from 9 a. M. Until 5 p. M. The sandbags are limited to 20 bags per person. Just how much rain are we talking about . Lets go straight to storm team 8 meteor
Onstreet parking spots and more bike lanes. How to get around it . Theres a web site for this. Weve got a link on abcactionnews. Com. The Florida Department of transportation will give folks another update on the controversial tampa bay express project tonight. A meeting from 5 30 to 7 30 at the Saunders Library on nebraska avenue. Another meeting thursday. The meetings will focus on the proposed changes to the i275 and i4 interchange and changes to 275 and bearss avenue. Lets look at part of the morning commute. State road 60 west of bayport. Pretty quiet now. Janelle is watching the cameras and will have a full look in 30 minutes. Heres ivan with a look at the forecast. Pretty quiet. Clear skies, 79 in tampa, no issues with the bus stop forecast as far as wet roads or rain, but by afternoon, 3 00, numerous showers and thunderstorms developing with temperatures in the upper 80s. More on the storm coverage and of course the increasing rain chances the neck few days coming up. Pinellas
Positively identify the man. They have been in contact with the family of the missing person. Tonight a deputy is recovering from a gunshot wound to the hand after being shot by a suspect at a Silver Springs casino. The deputy returned fire and the suspect was killed. Another was injured and two others are in custody. Sparks police say the suspects first stole a red chevy cruz at gunpoint at the 1000 block of el rancho drive. Near Paradise Park around 8 30 last night. A lyon county deputy found the vehicle parked at the nugget casino and one of the suspects opened fire on the deputy. The deputy returned fire and one of the suspects. Identified as 19yearold Tristan Conti of reno. Was killed. Another. A minor. Was hospitalized. Two other suspects in the car who are also jueveniles were arrested. The deputy involved will be placed on paid administrative lead pending an investigation from the Nevada Division of tonight we have an update on the murder trial of a Silver Springs man. Today a
Experts say an ideal runoff would begin in april with sustained snowmelt to keep the water from soaking into the ground. The snowmelt has already started in some areas. Jeff we had a lot of low elevation snow that melted off all at the same time and that boosted river flows. It got some of the smaller creeks flowing and its boosted reservoirs. Lahontan reservoir has doubled its volume in the last month. March averages about 8 inches of precipitation. Thanks to the good start to winter anderson says just a few wet storms could mean the snowpack will peak either at or above normal. Jeff even after a pretty dry month, were still sitting at near normal conditions, which is way better than weve had the last four years. Chad what we have now compared to what we had the last few years, this is great. This is a great snowpack. March is the big unknown as far as how much moisture well get but experts are hoping the winter will end the way it began with plenty of precipitation. Covering the big
Invalid. Meanwhile, were learning about President Trumps phone call with the president of ukraine, a july interview with Eu Ambassador with Gordon Sondland has resurfaced. He said he spoke to the president just a few minutes before that call. What could he have revealed about that conversation and more if sondland wasnt blocked from appearing on the hill yesterday . At the white house, the president could be turning the face of the benghazi investigation to defend him against congressional contracts and it seems the constitution. Trey gowdy who back in 2012 denounced the Obama Administration for inadequately cooperating with, you guessed it, congressional oversight. The notion that you could with hold information and documents from congress no matter whether youre the party in power or not in power is wrong. Respect for the rule of law must meaning in irrespective of political cycles. Washington post white house reporter, Washington Bureau chief and nbc contributor and former federal p