Well. Big spread in temperatures. Tampa. Pinellas county being warmed a bit by the bay and gulf waters. Head to Citrus County and were in the 30s. There are chilly spots this morning. Satellite and radar picture, not too much to show here. Relatively quiet. Mostly clear skies. This morning, it will be a sunny sunday morning. A jacket or a coat, not a bad idea, with temperatures in the 40s this afternoon. A lovely afternoon. A few late day clouds and a 70 degrees. Now, if youre taking a romantic cruise out this evening well have north east winds around 15 knots on area waters. A moderate chop. Dont recommend getting in the water it is going to be 58 degrees. Decent day weather wise. You can track the weather at any time using our storm team 8 it is free. Just download it from the app. Thank you. Right now. Live pictures from our nations capitol. The white house ordered to lower the flag to half staff in honor of Justice Scalia. He died of Natural Causes while on a hunting trip in south
Let me set the stage for you. It was parked right here on this road by the dealership where there are a lot of lights and cameras. And the Police Department is literally two blocks that way. These crooks knew exactly what they were doing. In the Early Morning hours of january 30, surveillance cameras were rolling as this white flat bed drove toward the sarasota ford dealership off u. S. 301. The flat bed went to the back and made a beeline toward a ford f450 worth 76,000. It was the most expensive vehicle on the lot that night. Watch as the crooks load it onto our flat bed without belonged there. Doing. Where did it happen . Reporter dealership officials did not realize the theft until the next day. They actually come through here. Business owners did everything and yet, these crooks still succeeded. We dont know where the truck could be. We are not sure if it is taken out of town. To the east coast, or out of state. Reporter the thieves could also make a hefty profit selling the truck
The nation is mourning the loss of a Supreme Court justice during this electioneer. What is next for the highest court. Grab your lover it is valentines day. The last minute gifts you can grab today before it is too late. Good morning, im candace mccowan. Thank you for joining us this sunday, valentines day, well get to the top story in a moment but lets start by checking on the forecast bryan bennett. Good morning, everyone it is a sunny start to your sunday in Sun City Center right now. The sun will rise in seven minutes at 7 08 00 a. M. Right now were getting a little bit of daylight coming over the horizon before the sun actually crosses the horizon on this chilly morning. Right now, 47 in tampa. Zephyr hills, 38, Crystal River, 36. Warmer. 51 degrees right now. Satellite and radar picture showing that we have clear skies for much of the bay area looking nice for this morning. Well have, again, sunny not a bad idea. Temperatures right around 45 degrees. Lovely afternoon today, just
Osowski was at the church today where services went on despite that fire. Reporter good evening to you. Members of this church have a strong faith. Theyre moving forward. Theyre now asking for help from the community to help them rebuild. When fire ripped through the beraca first haitian baptist church, Church Members knew it was bad. Some didnt know how bad until they saw how little is left. Its very devastating to see, you know, all this gone. I grew up here. Now all this is just gone. Reporter this has been ruth benoits spiritual home as long as she can remember. Ive been here since i was born. My parents when they came from haiti and then come from miami, they came here. This is their first church in haines city that they came here, so i grew up here and this church has been here for a long time and it doesnt feel like its real. Destroyed by fire was damaged by smoke and water. Pews lie on their side, a pulpit sits eerily in the midst of charred rafters, but this is just a building
The driver of the truck fled the scene. This is all we know from here. They are trying to get it capped. Thanks paul. We will check back with you as the story develops. Newschannel8 was there when angelica mererro left jail. She admitted to police she lied about her threeyearold son being in the back of a stolen car. That false report led Clearwater Police on a wild goose chase yesterday. In spite of that, mererro insisted she is a good mother. Adrienne pedersen joins us in studio tonight. And i know you talked to her for about five minutes this morning. Though she didnt want to talk. Reporter thats right. Good evening. Talk about changing her tune. When she first walked out of jail, she insisted she wasnt going to answer any questions. Then, she opened up. Apologized. And even started crying. Why did you lie to the police . That means the person was stalking me. In order to get my vehicle, i told them my child was in the car. Reporter she makes it sound so people. Police say they went