First we begin with a developing story weve been following all morning. Authorities investigating what caused a deadly crash on i275 earlier this morning. It happened between 75 and bearss avenue when a semi slammed into a disabled van before midnight. Kelly devore posted a photo on its here. It shows the impact. Killed this. Violent crash spread debris all across lanes northbound and southbound that forced a complete shutdown of the entertate this morning. The van was stopped without lights on. Well send a push alert as soon as we get new information. It may be hard to believe but a lot of young kids in florida dont get recess anymore. A growing movement to bring back recess now has the attention of state lawmakers. They are debating a bill this mandatory for young students. Abc action News Reporter adam winer is live with more on this debate, thats expected to start any minute now. What happened to recess in florida . Reporter great question. In a lot of schools, even in some Element
Authorities in dallas say a patient had sex with someone who had recently become infected while traveling to venezuela and also became infected with the virus. The red cross is telling blood donors who have been to the outbreak stones to wait a month zones to wait a month before donating blood to make sure theres no further spread. Lindsay logue is live in tampa now. At the rate that zika virus is spreading could we see locally transmitted cases by the summer . Thats what experts are predicting. If you can think about this, the majority of the cases now throughout the world are transmitted through mosquitos. That is going to be the big fight, a successful fight against mosquitos is what people think could help combat the zika virus from spreading throughout the communities. Right now in downtown Tampa Hillsborough county commissioners are meeting and are requesting a staff report, keep you protected and how to keep the virus from spreading throughout the bay area. Already two confirmed
Breather but its coming back. It certainly is. Its going to come back very noticeably in just a few hours. Take a look now at titan Doppler Radar across tampa bay, rainfree on all the major roads and bridges. Its still pretty murky out there. It just feels damp. As we move through the day that next round of rain will bring some widespread heavy downpours, some thunderstorms in the mix, temperatures right now are in the mid60s to upper 60s and thats about where they will be later this afternoon. We may hit 70 in a few spots that stay drier for a little longer here early today but again those showers and storms that rolled through later are likely to create some issues for the evening commute, and we all certainly know weve had commuting issues here this morning as those earlier morning rains moved through. Lets check with janelle now. Ill have more on the chance for severe storms and time out that rain coming up in a few now . Still a handful of fender benders, check twitter before you
Ben carson finished fourth with 9 , rand paul 5 . And former Florida Governor jeb bush finished sixth with just 3 of the vote. All eyes on New Hampshire with the states primary set for next tuesday. Clinton is reportedly already on her way there where she faces an uphill battle. Recent polls show sanders has an 18point advantage over her in New Hampshire. And ted cruz wasted no time heading to New Hampshire after beating donald trump. Hopped on a plane last night with his daughter. It was obvious to other travelers hes really pleased with his victory. Look. Congratulations, senator. Thank you very much. How are you feeling . Fabulous. Were keeping a very close eye on the race and we will let you know as soon as the full results come. In who came out on top for the democrats, as soon as that vote is in. In the meantime we have a list you. What we have at this hour just in we just confirmed tampa mayor bob buckhorn is planning to campaign for president ial candidate hillary clinton. The
On March 20, The Greehey Family Foundation committed $1.25 million to UTSA’s Be Bold campaign. Funds from the donation will be appropriated to establish The Greehey Family Foundation Athletics Excellence Fund. The new fund will provide athletic scholarships to first-generation college students and academic services to ensure their success in the classroom. The Greehey Family.