The Sheriffs Office says its going to rerelease more information a little later this morning. Edward snowden is asking president obama to pardon him. As Andrew Spencer shows us snowden says the leaks were moral and ethical. Reporter president obama doesnt seem to be softening his stan o asked if theres a chance the nsa would pardon him the manner in which mr. Snowden chose to disclose the information damaged the United States. Harmed our national security. Put the American People at greater risk. Reporter Edward Snowden argues his leaks about massive government surveillance programs were a public service. In a video interview with the guardian he says without the off. The former contractor fled the country three years ago, hes charged with espionage. Not everyone agrees what snowden did was wrong. Oliver stone who directed a new film about him praised his actions in an interview with cnn. The United States government developed and deployed a massive global Surveillance System without d
Thunderstorms, that will pop up through the afternoon once again. Coverage is about 40 for today. There is dry air to work through the north. Well talk more about that and more updates on our intensifying hurricane in the caribbean. Very early this morning, tier gas and pepper spray over the Police Killing of a mentally ill black man. Police say the crowd was much smaller than the first two nights but also much more violent. The scene got very heated when people stuck in traffic caused by the protesters were trying to get through. The protesters got agitated and started throwing objects smashing car windows. The rays are out of the playoff hunt, but the city of team there. Rodney dunningan is live outside of the trop and a major deadline is set for today. Reporter you are right about that, deiah. The city is set to pitch their master plan for the tropicana field site as well as the area surrounding the stadium. This could be do or die for the city. The city and Mayors Office have been
Tampa and a lovely start with the one in brookdale bayshore. To sirat ark beach with a downpour earlier. Looks good and muggy north of tampa. Feels a little less humid out the door this morning. We transition to afternoon storm building west. This morning, left with pesky rain and coastal counties in some spots are actually a bit heavy. These downpours from madeira all the way down to tierra verde are weakening from of the sunshine sky way. They are moving along to a southwest wind flow. Where downpours are heavier. Here we go. Check this out. High point say hey, that rain is heavy along u. S. 19. Spotty showers toward Safety Harbor and oldsmar and a look at a big town pour. Offshore of longboat at least the heavier stuff is. Some of the rain made its way to anna maria and coastal rain theway and cool. 70 in brooksville. 75 in tampa. Sarasota, 7. The dew points have dropped in 6. St. Pete at 65. For am of us it feels decent. Others feels muggy. A front that has stalled meaning it will
under an Winter Weather advisory. you factor in the wind its feeling like the teens in parts of fremont and mansfield. jon in Storm Tracker, how is it looking. reporter we headed way west. we are on route 2 in amherst. precipitation has picked up a bit. we are seeing a little snow falling. not sure if you can see that. the windshield is getting wet in places. we are going through intermittent periods of light snow. not a lot sticking to the roadways. hovering around freezing. it could be slick on bridges and overpasses. if you are heading out this morning for the morning commute, take note of that and keep an eye on the slick spots. thats how it looks on the west side. janessa web is looking south of cleveland. how is it looking where you are at . jon, i am on route 18 i wanted to get off the major highway and try to show you side streets. its dark and we saw snow flying earlier. our current temperature has fallen about three degrees. we are at a chilly 31. we are waiting for the moist
Improve on what we saw on saturday. Outside right now it is 49 degrees. Dealing with the Cool Temperatures this morning, but not quite as cold in some spots but other locations, youre still dealing with cold numbers in the 30s across weeki wachee and brooksville but remember, this time yesterday, were point. So were on a trend to warmer, milder, temperatures as we head through the day. By 10 a. M. 61, 72 this afternoon. So, unlike yesterday, we didnt seat 70s right here in tampa but today we will. Over the course of the up coming work week, well be dealing with the 70 degrees all week long. So, sun coast sunshine in full effect here this afternoon and, well, the forecast is actually changing a little bit. Ill tell you the nuances in the details here coming up compared to what we saw yesterday. Ill have more coming up straight ahead. Remember, you can always track the weather at any time using app. It is free. Download it from the app store. And now to a developing story this morning, m