St. Pete hotel shooting that put two teens in the hospital. This happened in a room at the Holiday Inn Express on 54th avenue north. Police believe a fight broke out when two uninvited guests showed up to the Birthday Party. Someone started shooting. 18yearold Octavius Brown and Demetrius Crawford were hit. Donald trump and hillary clenton are cementing their spot as frontrunners. Donald trump claimed victory in South Carolinas republican primary. Well have more on that that story on others in a bit. Extra clouds across the southeast along with this storm system but it will take the storm system quite some time to make it here. Ill zoom in and show you, we have patchy clouds around. It is the southeast wind adding more humidity to the atmosphere. A little warmer in tampa at 59. You get into st. Petersburg near the water it is warmer at 63. 55 right now in plant city. I do expect above average temperatures. Im calling for 77. The average is 73, and even warmer tonight with a low of 63.
Into an 18 wheeler. The driver of the 18 wheeler tried swerving to avoid the accident but it was impossible, we are told. The driver appeared to be driving a burgundy honda and died on the scene. The tractor trailer ended up jackknifed down the road. We are told there were other drivers on the stretch of the turnpike when the accident happened and it could have been a whole lot worse. Reports of other vehicles narrowly missing this wrong way driver, and that again, we heard the local on the 8s werent on. Their headlights werent activated, which made it even more difficult to spot. Reporter again the stretch of the turnpike southbound between griffin and sterling shut down completely. You can see troopers on the scene. They are towing the vehicle involved in the wrong way wreck as we speak. The 18 wheeler just down the road was jackknifed. It has been turned in the they are trying to clear the scene but we know one person died here on the turnpike at around 11 30. Last night. Well let y
The community is in giving up after a 6 room boy was shot and killed in broad daylight. Plus a 13yearold allegedly tries to pull off a brazen crime. How the tables were turned on the team crook. It is 531 on wednesday february it is 531 on wednesday, february 24. The ladies are with us. Were standing by with a look at our roadways. Youll hear from her in just a moment. Lets check in with our meteorologist first. Lets take advantage and enjoy the fact that we are waking up to a great start. Make sure you have your rain gear handy, the kiddos as well later this afternoon especially this evening. We are waking up with crowds clouds in broward county. The radar showing us that we are bring free but dont let that miss you mislead you as we are seeing a line of strong storms as it moves across the panhandle. North central watch. There are also warnings for South Carolina and portions of georgia. Winds out of the south ahead of it. That is pumping in the moisture that is making it feel mike.
Georgia where early voting for tuesday has begun. Super tuesday, the primary consequential. Reporter Bernie Sanders met with tribal leaders and the steelworkers in minnesota before heading back to South Carolina. Wejia jiang, cbs news, the white house. Donald trump said it is too early to say whether he would consider Chris Christie as a possible running mate. On the democratic side come the latest poll shows clinton with a commanding lead over sanders in florida. De paul from the Quinnipiac University has clinton with 59 support among likely voters compared to sanders, 33 . Into the lead in florida is two candidates are essentially tied among men. 2016. Voters will hit the pole the democratic primary. That will be followed by super tuesday on march 1. 13 states and American Samoa will hold senior political editor, steve sugiuras, good to see you. Great to see. A lot of talk about the new and improved marco rubio. In the debate last night and on the stump today. He looks like a differe
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. ,