Land today. Jersey port. The ship was on the way to the bahamas via florida when it encountered a winter storm, powerful winds and tall waves tossed the vessel around for hours and sent furnishings flying. And some people onboard were even hurt. What a mess. The battle over a piece of property in tampa will be a heated topic at todays Tampa City Council meeting. City Council Members are expected to vote today on what to do with a piece of land near st. Josephs hospital. The hospital is proposing a parking lot. Neighbors are against it. In a live report, why residentses claim this is a racial issue. All right, the time right now is 43 00 1. Lets turn things over to span 4 31. Lets turn things over to leigh spann. Its the cold. It is. The good news is, its also not as windy this morning. But for citrus and sumpter, you have a freeze warning until 9 00. You could continue to drop. Thats the purple area for all of pasco and areas away if the coast and hillsborough, manatee and all of polk
Lovely afternoon for lovers. This afternoon. Honey moon island around 70, kissimmee around 68. Up in romeo 68 and in lovers key 71 degrees. Looks like a nice looking candice. You are track the weather using our storm team max weather app. Download it and brian may have some more lines for you there. In our top stories. The country is mourning the loss of a member of the Supreme Court. Antonin scalia died at a ranch in southern texas. Knowns influential conservative and the most provocative member of the Supreme Court. He died at 79. The gop debate in South Carolina began with a moment of silence for Antonin Scalia and then the insults flew. Donald trump at the center of it. This is the 9th republican later this month in houston. And again new channel 8 wants to wish you a happy valentines day. Sweethearts are expected to spend over 19 billion this year. The cities for best and worse on this valentines day. Orlando is the number 4 spot and hialeah florida took last place. Well, new this
Iq watching thank you for watching. It looks like it is going to be a perfect saturday. The weather is looking good for all of those events happening outside today. And more and more. It is going to be a really wonderful day. Thats the way we like it sure do. Starting off nice and calm as a take a look at our riverview tower cam. Its a can clear down into south tampa and into harbor island. And as we check out the radar, both sides of the states, we have our radar working because there is so much going on in daytona this week with the big race going on and all sorts of qualifying today looks good for that. Looks good around here starting out average st. Petersburg 61. Flight went up 3 to 6 miles an hour. We do have a little bit of fog. It is mostly inland. Three balls on arcadia 3 miles in arcadia. The fog will mix out of the atmosphere and burn off by 9 30 or 10 oclock and we will be reaching highs into the 70s once again today. As a matter of fact, its going to be a great day. And th
The city were to adopt and enforce. His victim was under 16. Reporter new stricter sex offender regulations her neighborhood would get relief. It would greatly affect us. We have two schools actually one school within 2,000 feet and a park within 2,000 feet. That would help us tremendously. Reporter one commissioner wants to make it illegal for sex offenders to live 1,000 feet away from a school, park, day care facility or playground but some worry it could back fire on rural communities. I want to make sure as this is crafted that its not crafted in such a way that our rural areas end up being a dumping ground for sexual offenders and sexual predators. Reporter dave would like to see the new restrictions passed and thesese pinpoints around her home thin out. You have to know who the people around you are. The county commission moved this forward 70 today. And tomorrow, tampa city counselors will be talking about a very similar topic. News. Carson, thank you. Happening now, a potential
Checked and there is one flight leaving today. Tomorrow, saturday and sunday from here to havana. But some say the us hasnt done enough to force cuba to treat its people better. I looked into what has changed since december and heres what i found new embassies have opened in washington and havana u. S. Businesses are now allowed to export products to cuba flights as we mentioned as well as us cell service now available on the island. Heres what im working on now interesting to see what happens when we get a new president in the white house. Ill explain how those running with cuban roots could make a suprising change in that relationship. Live at tia, Sarah Hollenbeck, 10news wtsp this morning on the effects of the zika virus. Evidence suggests the virus can potentially infect the fetus. Research in the lancet Infectious Disease detected the virus in the amniotic fluid of two women whose babies developed the birth defect, microcephally. Two giant Tech Companies are questioning the gover