Today pope francis called for a year long end to the Death Penalty as the pope spoke to tens of thousands of people in st. Peters square. He called on catholic lawmakers across the world to work for a moratorium on executions. He says the commandment thou shall not kill is just as valid for the guilty as for the innocence. Today in Hillsborough County there was a sign of unity. The Islamic Society of new tampa opened their doors to the community and more than 300 nonmuslims attended this open by the way, this is the second year for this event. The goal is for muslims and nonmuslims to get to know and understand one another. Organizers answered many of the questions about islam. And, of course, people would like to know our views on isis, on whats going on in syria and our view on terrorism. I mean this is basically a very common theme unfortunately these days and we believe we got a lot of people actually to change their views about islam and muslims. Visitors were also welcomed into t
Work week and boy, what a beautiful start we have out of our lakewood ranch. A few high clouds over you this morning and winds are light out of the north east and temperatures a little on the cool side at 47, but today well manage to get to the low 70degree mark. It is 48 in tampa. And winds there, too, are light as we look ahead, well have blue skies through most of the day. Filtered by a few, high, thin clouds streaming through. 72 is the forecast here in town. Some inland spots around polk county might actually get it into the mid70s. It looks as though as we head throughout work week, rain chances will be on the low side and for today, great weather, if youre a spring baseball fan. Nice to be out in the bleachers or those in sarasota with the beaches looking so alluring today. We have had a hard time dealing with the cold for our standards, right . It looks like well be setting ourselves up. Can track the weather at any time using the storm team 8 weather max app. It is free. Downl
Improve on what we saw on saturday. Outside right now it is 49 degrees. Dealing with the Cool Temperatures this morning, but not quite as cold in some spots but other locations, youre still dealing with cold numbers in the 30s across weeki wachee and brooksville but remember, this time yesterday, were point. So were on a trend to warmer, milder, temperatures as we head through the day. By 10 a. M. 61, 72 this afternoon. So, unlike yesterday, we didnt seat 70s right here in tampa but today we will. Over the course of the up coming work week, well be dealing with the 70 degrees all week long. So, sun coast sunshine in full effect here this afternoon and, well, the forecast is actually changing a little bit. Ill tell you the nuances in the details here coming up compared to what we saw yesterday. Ill have more coming up straight ahead. Remember, you can always track the weather at any time using app. It is free. Download it from the app store. And now to a developing story this morning, m
Petersburg, a very active scene, fhp here as well as st. Pete police. The police got a call around 9 00 from one of huffmans friends who lives in this building right here. He says hey, huffman is here with me. Come in and get her and thats exactly what st. Pete police and fhp did. Theyre inside right now questioning her. Now a few hours before that i had the opportunity to speak with the last two people who saw this tow truck driver alive. Then the guy just come from nowhere, stop for us, tried to help us. Reporter their car broke down on the bridge. Then seem go out of nowhere 44 yearold tow truck driver roger perez appeared. Seemingly out of nowhere 44 yearold tow truck driver roger perez appeared and put the people in his truck so they wouldnt get hit. Then he went to hook up their car. All of a sudden i hear no scream, no nothing. Reporter thats when fhp says Allison Huffman allegedly he was thrown into the air and died on the bridge. I didnt believe that this was happened so fast.
Degrees so a tad cooler today. Thats about it. Right now, were 61 degrees in tampa. 62 in st. Petersburg, and inland, 44 in zee hills. Low visibility in central keep that in mind if youre going out and about over the next hour or so. You can see the low clouds on the satellite and radar picture. Those low clouds will burn off and move off to the south. And make way for a descent looking day, so some clouds this morning. This afternoon, lots of sunshine. Breezy and temperatures not too shabby for february. 67 degrees this afternoon. Adrienne. Thanks, brian. Well check back with you. A deadly wrong way crash kill s s two people and sadly this seems to be a trend here in the bay area. Now, the families of the victims are demanding a change. Lets go ahead and take two cars mangled on ashleys exit ramp. Larry thompson was going north on i275 south and hit Eugene Fisher nearly headon. Theyre both unconscious. Yes, i have a pulse on one of them. Unfortunately in the end, both men died. Fisher