Right now, st. Pete police are pouring through hours of Security Camera video looking for an art thief. Investigators are working to uncover how someone walked into the Chihuly Collection gallery pete. Walked out with a glass sculpture. The director tells Kendra Conlon sometime between morning. The valuable work of art vanished. Gallery director Andy Schlauch the cobalt and lavender piccolo venetian with gilded handles has been a part of the gorgeous glass. 6 Million Dollar Chihuly Collection. Pete for more than 5 until it mysteriously turned out to be the gallerys thousand dollar board beneath it. Police hope this footprint can the crime. Theyre also looking at video from at least 3 different cameras to uncover if someone made off with it while the gallery had been open sunday or somehow got in overnight. Detectives arent ruling out an inside job. Or the possibility the thief scoped out the sculpture. Now, theyre putting the word out to stop someone from profiting off this priceless p
Sarah, this trip will be pretty significant . As you know, president obama broke the diplomatic freeze between us and the communist island that had been maintained by 10 u. S. President s. That move opened up travel between places like tampa to cuba and paved the way for folks here to hop on a flight to cuba. So, its no surprise a white house official has confirmed president obama is jumping on the opportunity to go. Two months ago in an interview, president obama said he was interested in visiting cuba before the end of his term, but that the conditions have to be right. He wanted to see change in the lives, liberties and economic possibilities of cubans. And while a lot of improvements have been made, political persecution is still a huge problem on the island and a lot of leaders here in the us argue things havent improved. Heres what im 30. Whats changed in cuba . If things arent better what have we accomplished since thawing relations . Im putting the finishing touches on that now
Really help clear the way towards getting the republican nomination. And thats huge. Especially since no one ever saw this type of momentum coming when trump first entered the race polls have him at 40 percent right now. Thats almost double what rubio and bush have combined but the win isnt his just yet trumps really got to keep the wins coming in South Carolina and the other southeastern primaries before we get to ours on march 15th. If you want to be here for the action, doors open at 5 oclock for the 7 oclock event. And there are some Tickets Still available. Theyre free. But you have to go online if you go to wtsp. Com, well help you get one. And as you might imagine. Not everyone is happy about trumps visit to tampa. I got a chance to talk with a student at usf whos part of a group thatll be protesting out here this afternoon youll definitely want to hear what she has to say. Live at usf, emerald morrow, 10news, wtsp tonight. Ill be out there covering Donald Trumps Campaign Stop.
Were told the final in cap taste will stay with the family and another step. Were former 20year adversaries to focus on the animal well being. Sea seaworld is commiting 5 0 million to be the leading rescue organization in the world. Reporter it will phase out the shows featuring the orcas starting next year, the following in san antonio and here in orlando in 2019. The city council took the step to ease punishments for people caught with small amounts of marijuana. They voted to decriminalize 20grams. And evan lambert is live to explain what this means. Evan. Reporter before the officers could arrest you and could you any amount of marijuana in your possession. Now for under 20grams, it will be a traffic ticket. The civil citation and on a graduated scale. The first offense is 75 the fourth offensed at 450 past the for the fourth offense and the decriminalisation ordinance passed 51 with the harry cohen and a no vote from charily miranda. A majority agreed it was important to protect m
A new deal in the works st. Petersburg. The deal allows rays to look at other stadium sites and to give st. Petersburg 6 months to make a case for the team to stay in the city. The deal is not final. Now the City Council Must approve it. Powerball fever is growing this morning. Excitement over the biggest Lottery Jackpot ever is translating into high ticket sales. That pushed it to 700 million. You better get those last minute tickets. Leigh has lucky numbers in the forecast. Unfortunately this morning you need the jacket or umbrella. Its light rain. Citrus, hernando, pasco counties. Any time you see the lighter blue color it means light rain. Its still annoying as you head off to work and school. St. Thats that yellow you see. Hillsborough, polk, highlands, Sarasota County everybody getting in on this light rain. On the flip side its warmer this morning. Were in the low to mid 60s. Heres the forecast this area of low pressure will continue to push to the north and east. Actually durin