champions real madrid. those ties will be played over two legs in february and march. we ve also had the draw for the europa league play off round. all of the premier league clubs have managed to bypass this round and go straight into the last 16. this extra stage pits the teams who finished second in their europa league groups against the teams who came third in the champions league group phase. u efa uefa ready string it out, don t they really string it out. here are the fixtures. jose mourinho s roma will play feyenoord. ac milan, who missed out on the champions league knockouts, they ll face the french side rennes. benfica will play toulouse who came through as runners up in liverpool s group, and the ukrainian champions shakhtar donetsk play marseille, who missed out on top spot in the europa league with defeat to brighton on thursday. it s the league cup quarterfinals this week, last season s runners up, newcastle united are at chelsea on tuesday night. eddie howe s s
Still missing. Good morning, welcome to newschannel 8 today, im gayle guyardo. Im gene ramirez, thank you for joining us on this thursday morning. Lets check with Ed Bloodsworth for a look at the weather. A few spotty showers this morning mainly in the interior locations, also areas of patchy dense fog. Its raining in some areas, a little minor showers south of the avon park stretching back to portions of hardee county. Also a line of gulf. In association with our cold front. Its warm out there. Upper 60s and low 70s. Not only warm but extremely humid. That is causing fog, especially as you head towards interior portions of polk and Hillsborough County. Visibilities are below a mile. We hit 79 for today. Mostly cloudy skies. A few of those spotty showers. Were going to preview the weekend coming up. I had to turn on my ac driving to work this morning. Its weird. Considering its december. We have a pretty good drive on the bay area bridges. Not seeing delays as you move across the water
The fire. This is a building that has been in the news lately. In march the vinick Family Foundation announced they were donating 2. 5 million to renovate this rec center. The largest individual gift in the 90year history of the boys and girls club in tampa bay. And it were set to be renamed the jeff and penny vinick family winston park boys and girls club. This will be a blow to the people in the area that depend on rec centers like this for after school care. It was set to community. I grew up here. Everybody here grew up here and just it just meant a lot to see something happening in the neighborhood for the kids. Reporter this building was closed while it was under construction but set to reopen sometime over the next few months. The fire marshal is currently on scene trying to figure out what caused this fire. If there is any good news no one was inside of the building when this fire did break out huge fire. Were told that close to 35 firefighters came on scene, again two ladder t
Ed bloodsworth has a look at the weather. We have a cold front but not much rain associated with it. Weve had a few showers in the morning and got off to a warm and steamy start. Max defender 8, weve had a few light sprinkles through portions of citrus and Hernando County but that is it. Not much more than that here. This is a a cold front that continues to lose a lot of its punch. Still a lot of scattered cloudiness and very warm. Already up to 80 at lake more of a mostly cloudy sky and humid. 77 tampa. Note the cooler air, 60s for crystal river. Cooler and it is starting to dry out in our northernmost communities. Lower dew points are located there. The cold front continues to ease through. Well keep a 20 rain chance for the afternoon. Just a few spot showers, temperatures hit 79 in tampa as we go into the afternoon. Well tell you what you can expect and give you a preview for the upcoming weekend in a breaking news from jacksonville, were learning a robber is holding several people
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