But we did it for a reason. So that here youll find the best oranges weve ever had. Theyre even backed by our 100 percent freshness guarantee. Try them for yourself today at. Im melanie michael. Tonight. Lakeland. Seniors trapped inside a five story burning building. A massive rescue operation took place. Sadly, one person did not make it out alive. Chip osowski joins us from the happened. I understand this building does not have a working sprinkler system, is that correct . Reporter youre absolutely the battalion chief at the scene tells us this building was constructed in the early 1970s before facilities like this one were required to have sprinklers. The fire damage to the building was contained to several fourth floor units. Smoke and water damaged numerous others. First responders worked quickly to get the residents out. This went to a second alarm immediately and lakeland fire department, along with Lakeland Police department, they were actually carrying victims up and down the stairs, as a lot of these people have disabilities. Reporter dozens of people displaced, now staying at an adjacent building. Property records show this building was built in 1971, long before sprinklers were required. Correct. This is a very old building. Unless theres major rehab or construction, that wont come into code. But certainly sprinklers would limit the spread of fire and could reduce a potential of what we saw here today. Reporter fire crews spent the day working with residents, medications and other essentials they needed from their apartments. Right now, its unclear when they will be able to return. A woman living on the second floor praised the building managements response. Im in a good, safe environment. Ive been here at least 12 years, and they take good care of us. So i dont worry. I know no matter what happens, were safe and secure. Reporter authorities have yet to release the name of the person who died, nor the names of those injured, pending notification of next of kin. The cause of the fire remains under investigation. Melanie . Chip osowski reporting live tonight, thank you. Homicide detectives need your help finding a man who was shot and killed in bradenton. This is Surveillance Video of the suspects. Were told 31yearold charles walking to the parking lot of gravely in bradenton. Leinart was then shot. If you recognize the man in the black shirt and the red baseball cap, please call crime stoppers. That number is 1866634tips. In hernando county, deputies are investigating a stabbing overnight outside a speedway gas station on mariner boulevard. Deputies tell us the man was stabbed in the chest, but is expected to survive. Meanwhile, they are looking for the attacker. As you know if youve been outside, its another chilly day in the bay area, with temperatures dropping again tonight. Bryan bennett is busy in the storm system, joining us live now. How cold are the temperatures going tonight, bryan . It was a cold night last night. Tonight, well see temperatures maybe a degree or two warmer, if you want to call it that. Another cold night in store. Taking a look outside right now, you can see we have beautiful, clear skies. The sun just set about 2 minutes ago. That is a view from willoughby restaurant in south tampa. Temperatures will drop. Right now, 50 degrees in tampa. 52 in st. Petersburg. And 54 in the sarasota bradenton area. Overnight tonight, well drop down to 38 degrees in tampa. Inland locations dropping down to around 35 or 36. Citrus and hernando will drop down to near the freezing mark. That is why we have a freeze warning for citrus and hernando, between midnight and 9 00 a. M. , indicating we could be around freezing. Also with light winds, we could see frost towards tomorrow morning, except for our immediate coastal locations, being warmed by the bay and the immediate gulf waters. Otherwise, living inland, expect a bit of frost by tomorrow morning. Looking at the state of florida, we are completely cloudfree. Not a single cloud in the sunshine state. So a beautiful clear and chilly night, though we do have storms in the forecast. Ill have your sevenday in just a bit. Mel . Bryan, thank you. Bryan mentioned this, but now to the winter blast that this is a live look from times square in new york city. Of course it looks much different tonight than yesterday. Cars are moving again and driving down broadway at this hour. But the effects of this blizzard, certainly not over yet. At least 25 deaths are blamed on the storm and the digout could take several days. Jennifer johnson continues our coverage tonight from washington, dc. Reporter the sounds of recovery, as the digout from the monster blizzard begins. Blue skies and quiet winds, a Welcome Change from the millions. Its not that real heavy, wet stuff. Its not that bad cleaning up. Reporter it will be days normal. Tractortrailer trucks and hundreds of cars need to be removed from highways from pennsylvania to kentucky. Hundreds of thousands of people are still without power. Theres still a great deal of work to be done to conduct Damage Assessment and recover from a weather event of this severity. Reporter new yorks Washington Area airports remain closed. Rail service along the east coast is limited. Coastal flooding is improving. Governors are still urging people to stay off the roads. The travel ban has been lifted. That does not mean people should go out and take a ride and see the sights. Reporter in virginia, a buried fire hydrant hampered efforts to save this house. Heavy snow is collapsing roofs. This church in pennsylvania and the Washington Redskins training facility. But sunshine has led to celebration. A friendly snowball fight in washingtons dupont circle, capitol. A paralyzed east coast is finally moving again. Hundreds of schools have canceled classes for monday and congress has canceled votes scheduled for tuesday and wednesday, postponing any action until february 1. Washington. Well, the snow may have stopped, but the flight delays tonight, flights from tampa northeast, as you can see, some of them are canceled. Several flights to the northeast already canceled tomorrow as well. All of the snow put a big wrench in the plans of one brazilian student tour group, hoping to get from tampa to new york. Were here for 12 days. Now we are going to new york, trying to go to new york. Were going to charlotte first, then were going to look what is going to happen. Washington reagan and dulles closed for snow removal, with new york airports slowly resuming normal operations. Tomorrow, supporters of a transgender student plan to call the Sarasota CountySchool District asking for a widespread policy on transgender bathroom use. Certainly is getting a lot of attention. Nathan quinn is a student at pine view in osprey. A year ago, nathan began the transition process, but it wasnt until recently that the allowed him to use the boys bathroom. Now, nathan and his supporters want a districtwide policy. Its not just about me. Its about the other trans kids at pine view. They need the same rights. Some parents have posted on social media. One mom saying, quote, im concerned about my student who may witness the opposite sex in the bathroom. A major roadway in hillsboro county could be getting a facelift in giving you a break. Coming up, whats being proposed for u. S. 41 and how future. Also ahead, this is pretty exciting. Bolts fans score upclose and personal moments with their family carnival. Now that the gasparilla childrens parade is over, its time to get ready for the main event. It is upon us, coming in just a week. Workers were out along bayshore in tampa this afternoon, setting up the tents and making other preparations for saturdays big pirate invasion. Time flies by. Gasparilla parade begins at 2 00 p. M. Saturday. Newschannel 8 will carry it live, beginning at 2 30. Superexcited. Good news for frequent flyers and job seekers. A handful of new shops and restaurants are slated to open soon at Tampa International airport, creating about 125 new jobs to fill. The airport is hosting a job fair tomorrow from 10 00 a. M. To 4 00 p. M. It will be held in the hillsboro county Aviation Authority board room. That is located on the third floor of the main terminal, if you want to stop by. Youre invited to give your input on the proposed widening of u. S. 41 in hillsboro exownt. This public hearing will be held thursday night at 5 30 in the gardenville recreation improvements include widening u. S. 41 to a sixlane divided highway, from cracker avenue to south of causeway boulevard, a miles. Put that on the calendar. Coming up, storm team 8 meteorologist Bryan Bennett joining us with your work week forecast. Storms ahead in the forecast. Also ahead, the Gainesville Police officer who became a viral sensation by playing hoops with some kids and some big time backup to their next vo know you have a dedicated advisor and team who understand where you come from. We didnt really have anything, you know. But, we made do. Vo know you can craft an Investment Plan as strong as your values. Al, how you doing. Hey, mr. Hamilton. Vo know that together you can establish a meaningful legacy. With the guidance and support of your dedicated. It was certainly a great day for bolts fans. The team hosted its Second Annual family carnival and there were plenty of Family Friendly activities. Of course air hockey, an sessions with all of your favorite players. Its a terrific event for the community to be a part of and to meet players. It really brings kids to get to see their heroes and the kid in all of us is a fan of all of these guys. We really enjoy just being part of an attendee and participant here. And some of our own producers here at newschannel 8 got to stop by earlier today, making us jealous with their selfies with stephen stamkos. All carnival proceeds benefit the lightning foundation, which helps hundreds of local nonprofit organizations. I love that. Some kids in gainesville got the surprise of a lifetime by a visit from a basketball legend. Check this out. It started with a video posted on facebook by Gainesville Police. Now, its been viewed 9 million times. Officer bob white responds to a complaint of kids playing basketball too loudly and instead of reprimanding them, he joins in the game. Hell try to bring some backup next time and, boy, did he. [ indiscernible ] look at these big boys i brought. Sure you can take them . Youre pretty sure you can take these guys, right . Well, i brought some other backup for yall. [ bleep ] [ laughter ] wow that is quite the guy to join in the game. Shaquille oneal, thats who the officer brought for backup. I think this is fantastic. Hes an lsu graduate, just pointing it out. Shaq said he was touched by the officers gesture and wanted to surprise him and the kids. Pretty cool, bryan. Weather wise, another we found some people enjoying the cool weather along the riverwalk in downtown tampa. A little more enjoyable today without those gusty winds that we had yesterday. The winds did die down, but temperatures remained chilly today. Right now, looking outside, the live view around tampa, we have simple twilight. The sun just set a few moments ago. As you can see the live view from sun city center, a glimmer of daylight left. Now the temperatures are going to drop. Now, this morning, in case you were wondering how cool we were to start the day, we were in the 20s in citrus and hernando and parts of pasco. Tampa dropped down to 38. Our coastal locations this degrees. Tonight, were going to be about 2 degrees warmer than these temperatures overnight. Another cold night in store. Right now, we are at 50 in tampa. Overnight temperatures will hour. So by 9 00 p. M. , 46 degrees. Degree mark. Then toward tomorrow morning, degrees. Then temperatures tomorrow will be warmer, topping off in the upper 60s instead of the middle 50s, like we saw today. Satellite and radar picture, not much to show you. In fact, the entire state of florida does not have a cloud anywhere from miami to panama city. Looking to our north, the blizzard of 2016, if you want to call it that, not sure what well call it if we have another blizzard in 2016, but nonetheless, that one is history. Its out in the atlantic, a storm for the fish. Now new york city, washington, dc, they can dig out without worrying about more snow falling, at least for a couple of days. How much snow did fall . Heres the swath of snow that fell all over the midatlantic states, back to tennessee. Heres the legend up here. We can see the green color represents about a foot of snow. You get up to the bulls eye where we expected it, right around dc and northern pennsylvania, that location saw upwards of around 30 inches of snow. Its going to take a long time for that to melt. Overnight tonight and this evening, clear and cold. Little to no wind. Right around 47 degrees. Tomorrow morning as you head off to work or school, clear and cold. Frost is possible inland. Didnt have much frost this morning because the winds were picking up at times. That isnt good for frost development. But tomorrow morning, light and mainly north. Low temperature of 38 in tampa. Head north, temperatures right around the freezing mark in citrus and hernando. Inland locations in the middle 30s. Right around the coast, around the 40degree mark. Tomorrow afternoon, lots of sunshine, about 10 to 15 degrees warmer than we were today. 67 degrees, which is right around where we should be for late january, as were approaching february. Temperatures across the bay area, middle to upper 60s, of polk and highlands county. Your sevenday forecast, a good looking day heading into tomorrow. Tuesday, goodlooking. Hey, good looking. Then on wednesday, scattered showers and storms. Some storms could be on the strong side wednesday. Something well need to keep an eye on. Heading into gasparilla weekend, right now looking better than the kids parade. Looking forward to it. More sunshine and definitely warmer temperatures. We like it. Thank you, bryan. Coming up, the buccaneers hire a new offensive coordinator. Find out who it is in sports. Plus, an unsung hero leads the usf women to another win. See the fabulous freshman. Breaking news off the top the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have hired todd monken to be their new offensive coordinator and Wide Receivers coach. Monken spent the last three seasons as head coach at southern mississippi, his team ranked 13th in the nation in scoring offense last year, averaging 40 points per game. Monken has more than 25 years of coaching experience before joining the golden eagles, the oc at oklahoma state. Before that, he spent four years in the nfl as Wide Receivers coach of the jacksonville jaguars, where he worked with dirk koetter. As previously announced, dirk will still call the plays for the bucs next season. Theres a band of forces song that goes lucky ones are we all until its over. Tampa bay lightning can relate. Last night, the sun rise, the sun set on their sevengame winning streak. After a scoreless first period, Florida Panthers lit the lamp four times in the second, going on to beat the bulls 52. Panthers now have a 5point cushion over the lightning in the Atlantic Division with one you lose 10, you lose 52, you still lose. I guess the big thing for us is, okay, this is behind us. This is a tough one to lose to a team ahead of us in the standing, you but how are we going to respond wednesday night . Thats the big thing. The usf Womens Basketball team season may hinge upon the ankle ligaments of alicia jenkins, missing the next two weeks with a left ankle sprain. Shes been trying to play through that injury since suffering it january 5. Her 15th ranked bulls have lost twice since then to uconn with jenkins out, and to memphis last wednesday when she played just 2 minutes. The alicialess south florida squad visited ucf this afternoon. An unsung hero would swoop in to slay the knights. Locksa, the freshman, ties it at 1414 and the bulls dont look back. Career high 29 points for her. 7 of 10 from threepoint range. Courtney williams added 20 off the bench and the bulls roll to an 8849 win. Usf improves to 135. Its also championship weekend in the nfl. Broncos and patriots going at it as we speak. That game almost finished. Broncos leading 2012. New england driving. Ill have highlights tonight on supersports sunday. Sounds good. Thank you, paul. Final look at your forecast tonight with bryan . Going to be a chilly one looking at current temperatures right now, 50 degrees in tampa. 52 in st. Petersburg. We have clear skies and well overnight tonight. So clear and cool night as you head off to work tomorrow morning. Temperatures will be in the middle to upper 30s. Heres a look at the temperatures over the next eight days. Tomorrow, 67, rebounding nicely. That would make it 73 on