Another close race with 52 of the vote. Senator Bernie Sanders came in second with roughly 48 of that vote. Now, we have a lot of reaction to tonights results, coming in, for us tonight, we will go live to columbia, South Carolina, here, in just a moment, and steve handlesman is standing by with a look at what this means and whether even the other candidates will be calling it quits after South Carolina. Reporter thanks, good evening, from columbia. Here in South Carolina, apart from the continuing cruz, rubio drama, they remain virtually tied at this hour for second place here with 99 of the vote recorded. Aside from that, there is affirmation that donald trump, among all of the republicans, remains at the top. It is the second victory in a row for the National Republican frontrunner, Donald Trumps first in the south. When you win, it is beautiful. And we are going to start, we are going to start winning for lets go, lets have a big win in nevada, lets have a big win at the s. E. C. ,
It is beautiful. When you win it is beautiful. A huge when for donald trump. He swept the primary. Hillary clinton one in nevada. Last night jeb bush made a big announcement. We will have a look at what is next on the road to the white house. I am lindsay logue. The news of the day plus weather in a minute. We start off with breaking alert always up i 75 in Sarasota County of shutdown. A gas tanker flipped into the area and a fuel tank is leaking. This will take hours if not the better part of the day to clean up. That is a means main north south route. If it stays like that we could be talking about millions of dollars of lost commerce. Priceless look outside right now from the south kim looking into downtown on what is shaping up as another gorgeous day. Were clear now on doppler radar. There are clausen charmers further to the north and you will see that moving in proportions of the deep south. We have High Pressure parked right about there. It is going to be leaving us with tempera
Channel 8 today. Rise and shine in tampa bay. It will be a beautiful sunday. It already is. Youre looking at downtown tampa. Good morning. Thank you for joining us. We start with breaking news. Right now the southbound lanes of i75 they are shut down in sarasota county. A fuel tanker crashed at mile marker 179 in north port. The driver of the truck is in the hospital but is okay. Crews are cleaning up the mess. Lets start by checking on our forecast with mark collins. It will be a beach day today. A lot of folks scattering out right now to get out and enjoy seeing. In fact, well only warm up through the day. You see those clouds, those are alto stratus clouds, highlevel moisture continues to flow in. Those clouds streaming in from the north. As we head through the afternoon we will probably see a little bit more cloud cover than yesterday but still mostly sunny to get you through the day. Still looking at 57 for you in crystal river. 55 in inverness. Light sweaters there. On our way up
I will take credit for this one. Gorgeous blue skies. Plenty of sunshine and very light winds today which means we have a wonderful weekend ahead. A few clouds out there right now. We have seen some of fog and hayes at some of our inland areas but that is burning off. Look at these temperatures. 63 in tampa. 61 from brooksville over to kathleen. 62 and largo. 63 and 64 in the inland and southern neighborhoods. Some of that reduced visibility is starting to burn off. A little bit of hazing down towards bartow. Everyone else will be in the 10 to 12 mile an hour visibility range. We will be in the mid70s by later today. Loads of sunshine for saturday and sunday. How warm will it get tomorrow . We will look indepth with your Weather Forecast at about 12 at town country, a man is dead from a suspected shooter. This happened at the Captiva Club Apartments off of memorial highway. This is near kelly road. The person killed does not live in the community. Deputies interviewed the suspect. They
Good sunday morning. Well have those stories and more in just a minute. Unablable. What a stretch of weather. Its amazing. Hopefully you enjoyed it. Maybe you have been busy spending time inside. You want to get outside this morning as it is clear. Its cool and comfy. We are at 55 brooke dale bay shore and the runners are out there for the grass aprila distance classic. They are enjoying it as well. Gaspirilla. 57 overlooking Clearwater Beach. If youre boating, youre in for a cheap. Headed for the beach . We have traffic to show you about. We are at 50 in bartow and 58 in tampa. So one degree up from last hour. And brooksville out of the 40s. So that airmass starting to moderate a bit. Sunshine to be had today from tampa to daytona beach. We are anticipating a dry race today. No weather issues but eventually and tomorrow maybe a few rain drops. Today comfortable this afternoon. No rain. By noon 73 up to 76. Cool weather lovers with cooler numbers on the 7 day followed by rain midweek.