And now the freeze warning goes until 9 00 this morning. Where between now and can, you can spend a few hours in a couple spots in citrus and hernando counties below freezing. Temperatures are continuing to drop. 36 right now. 43 degrees in lakeland. 43 in zephyrhills. And 46 in sarasota. Again, this is cooler than yesterday. And we thought yesterday was cold, right . Were about five degrees cooler right now than this time yesterday. So during the afternoon, nothing but blue skies and nothing but cool air. The high of 63 degrees. Very dry air. In weather and traffic on the 8s, ill have an eightday temperature trending for. And leslee is here to help you get the car started early. Thats right, get the heater on. Yeah. We have an issue with overnight construction. As i mentioned before, heres a quick reminder, northbound on 275, between kennedy and himes, it is completely blocked. Lets go ahead and take a live look at what is going on. You can see right there, all of those vehicles being
In the bay area today campaigning for president. Well hear some of what he has to say. Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for joining us. Im josh benson. We have breaking news right now. We have a crew at the scene of a shooting in tampa. Its at the whole foods store on 22nd street north. Our crew is interviewing Law Enforcement as we speak and well have more information as soon as we get it. Lets begin with the cold weather forecast. It is sweater weather in florida. Here is meteorologist julie phillips. Good afternoon. Definitely sweater weather, and we are looking at the coldest night yet so far this season for tonight. We have only made it down to 48 degrees, so its been pretty mild for us so far. Tonights forecast low in tampa is 42, so significantly cooler than weve been so far this year. Although we have seen some 30s in the forecast, not too unusual for us in january. 42 in Wesley Chapel and 40 in plant city, 45 in Pinellas Park and 39 in new port richey. While its been a chil
The victim crashed his car after being shot. The man on the motorcycle took off. This was on east fowler avenue at 1 00 a. M. This morning. And crystal clark reports on what the witnesses saw. What is your emergency. I think this guy was shot in his car, i dont know. A woman and her fiancee noticed a car veering. The wind coshattered the man was shot. We just got off 75, we saw this motorcycle driving fast by him. I heard a noise and he is moving slow, when they arrived they found the car crashed to the side of the road. Police say the driver, 36yearold hispanic man said that a motorcyclist pulled up next to hime and fired shots. He said he was a white male in his 40s or 50s on a racer bike. Description but he had gray hair and beard and face was covered but not wearing a helmet. They dont know if the men were coming from the same place or knew each other. The driver said he followed him for miles before taking his shot. Police are hesitant to call it an act of road rage. They say deci
Pasco county but we start with meteorologist leigh spann with a look at the chilly temperatures. In fact, the coldest air weve seen so far of the fall and winter seasons. Exactly. I know its been hot in december so really january has come in with the cold air. And now i want you to see its all of Citrus County until 9 00 under this freeze warning but areas away if the coast in hernando and temperatures are continuing to fall. They are officially above freezing right now but you have until 9 00 to see the temperatures dip below freezing. Brooksville, 38. It gets milder the farther south you go but everybody is pretty chilly. And 45 in lakeland. 48 in sarasota. And even cooler than yesterday by two degrees than this time yesterday in tampa. And seven degrees kohler in crystal river. During the afternoon, bright blue skies but a high of only 36 degrees. Very dry air, low humidity. So in weather and traffic on Day Temperature Trend to let you know how long this cold weather lasts. And beca
Gun. The clerk shot him. That man was taken to the hospital with life threatening injuries. We did speak to the clerks brother who tells us the clerk very shaken up. Again so is his family. His wife at home worried. Heres what he had to say. His wife she was panicking. She has twins coming in soon. And she was freaking out, crying and all that. She thought, i thought something happened to my brother but thank god Nothing Happened. Reporter again the clerks brother very relieved Nothing Happened to him brother. But again were still waiting for more information from detectives this evening regarding this shooting. Were still waiting on a condition update on that man who came in here and attempted to rob this clerk a little bit earlier. Keith. Jamel lanee reporting live with breaking news in tampa. Thank you. Stranded in the ocean desperate to reach the shore. A cruise ship out of tampa and the people they rescued all came from cuba. The number of cubans making that daunting journey to th