how they're raising awareness for heart disease and stroke. good afternoon, i'm candace mccowan. thank you for joining us this sunday afternoon. we begin with breaking news. a man is under arrest for killing a motorcyclist while driving the wrong way. kenneth cabral is accused of going the wrong way and hitting a motorcyclist head on late last night in dunn eedin. he is charge -- dunn eddin. he is charged with -- dunedin. he is charged with manslaughter with dui. we'll get to the op top moments in a minute. >> temperatures have warmed up from this morning. we have sunshine but you can see from the cameras on the beaches of clear water that it does look cloudy and that is due to all of the high clouds streaming by. we'll keep the clouds around all day but you see some showers out there over the gulf? sky and it will not reach us down here on the ground. so keeping it dry. already 70s popping up on the map in our southern zones. right now it is 69 in tampa and as we climb through the next couple of hours. there are temperatures headed higher, 73 degrees. this is the start of a little bit of a mini warm period to take us into the upper 70s by the next couple of days. but boy, doesn't it seem like it has been a wet january. yes it has. and coming up, we'll look at the numbers who was the wettest and i'll tell you when more rain is coming back in the forecast. all that straight ahead. you can track the weather at any time using the storm team 8 weather max app. it is free, just download it from the app store. right now, volunteers are hard at work cleaning up after one of tampa bay's biggest parties. the pirates of gasparilla left behind quite a mess on bay shore boulevard. bay shore with why keeping tampa bay beautiful is so important to some of the volunteers. good afternoon to you, mary. >> gasparilla is a celebration that is special and unique to the city of tampa and so is bay shore boulevard and that is why volunteers wanted to get out here as soon as possible to get things cleaned up. pirates have a reputation for being many things but being clean and tiedy is typically not -- tidy is typically not one of them frchlt beads and plastic cups, the crowds of gasparilla left behind a pretty big mess leaving more than enough work for the dozens of volunteers from the florida aquarium, keep tampa bay beautiful, and the city. >> seeing half eaten turkey legs is something you don't get used to seeing. feathered boas. a lot of beer and bottles. your typical gasparilla celebration. >> groups were given a designated area of bay shore to clean up. an effort that is crucial since located so close to the water and all of that mess and debris can harm marine life. some helpers came out on their own like matt who brought along his canine companions to do some of the dirty work. >> this is like christmas morning. they love looking for all of the old food. their favorites are buns. i have to keep them away from chicken bones but corn dogs are a big time favorite and melted popcicles and fritos. >> bill petty john collects beads and donates them to be passed out again at 4th of july parade in lutz. >> if the tide goes out like it is supposed to, i should be able to get this almost full. >> just like they came together to celebrate gasparilla. pirates across the bay meet again in the morning after. making tampa bay beautiful one wrapper or soda can at a. >> now last year volunteers picked up more than gasparilla and we should know the exact number of how many volunteers picked up today later tonight so we'll bring you an update on news channel 8 at six. candace, back to you. >> some important work they're doing out there. mary mcguire live in tampa this afternoon. thank you. gasparilla ended without any major hitches. tampa police confirmed they did make 23 arrests including two felonies. there was only one open container citation issued and one person was arrested for punching a police horse. a final count will be released tomorrow. if you want to relive party continues online. our web staff have been hard at event. you can find it on the wfla home app. right now, a police officer is recovering after crashing his cruiser while chasing carjackers. the officer lost control and slammed into a power pole at avenue. the carjackers ditched the police are still looking for them right now. they believe the car was used in three robberies. a tragic story out of jacksonville this afternoon. a 22-month old boy was shot to death in a drive by. he was the only person hit by bullets in the shooting. police hope that someone comes forward with information so that they can catch whoever did this. coming up after the break -- everything. that is the action you'll see. because it is abra cadabra baby. >> no disappearing act can get a local boxer out of trouble he found himself in. what antonio tarver is forced to hand over after rackin $750,000 in overdue child support. . boxing champ antonio tarver, the magic man for his proness in the ring but he could use magic right now. he owes more than $750,000 in a tampa child support case that has been dragging on for years. mark douglas has been keeping score on tarver's epic court fights and is losing this latest round. >> i'm going to knock out everything. that is the action you'll see. >> how will i get to work, how will i get to training? how will i provide for myself >> taking away magic man's mercedes benz was too much to handle for antonio tarver. >> sir, you have to remain calm. >> how can i remain calm. you're taking my whole life from me? you're stripping me of everything. >> tarver's ex-girlfriend has been trying to collect child support since 2008. he now owes $750,000. >> ever since my suspension and loss of job in 2010, i've made no pre. >> not exactly, champ, tarver earns $6,000 every time he performs as a boxing analyst on spike tv and is is lining up fights at a. >> last august, tarver climbed in the ring, traded punches and made a quarter million dollars. ring. >> tarver could have used the magic in the hillsborough courtroom where he traded jabs with his ex-girlfriend's lawyer. >> mr. tarver, when was your contract signed? the contract. >> all right. wait. >> i don't remember. >> hold on. >> despite his protest, the magistrate found tarver in contempt for shishging his child support. -- shirking his child support. he claims he is broke so he ordered him to hand over the keys to his mercedes that he parked inside his gated community. >> i won't be able to train. you killed my chances of earning a living. >> okay. >> i can't catch the bus. >> minutes later, the bout was over and magic man left defeated. >> the show can't make money now. congratulations. . >> that was mike douglas reporting. along with giving up his mercedes, he has to hand overall of his title belts and the olympics. coming up, mark collins has the full forecast. stories survival. . kristin powers was training for her second half marathon. then she had a stroke. she was 33 years old. she was healthy and had no pre-existing conditions when she woke up in the icu, she was completely paralyzed on her right side and after a long bat woman -- battle, kristin met another woman who had a life changing event. ruby hope went to her doctor when she felt something was wrong. she didn't get to go home. she was rushed to the hospital where she had four coronary artery bypass graphs. she suffered a heart attack. she spends her life educating others so they can get help before it is too late. kristin and ruby are part of a group of women who raise awareness for the american heart association. on tuesday, the go red for women short film will air at the tampa theater at 6:00 p.m.. it is meant to educate people and bring a community of survivors together. kristin and ruby are here now with me to share their stories. thank you both so much for coming on today on news channel 8. we appreciate it. kristin, let's start with you in your story. you said -- how did you know what was happening. >> i didn't know. in the epitome of fitness and relatively young at age 33, so when the effects of the stroke occurred, i had no idea what was >> wow. and that is very scarele. all of us think, hey, we run, we work out, we eat right. this doesn't happen to me. >> no, it doesn't. you're not expecting it at all. ruby, let me ask you. you had a heart attack and didn't realize it until you went to the doctor. wrong? >> well, walking is my exercise of choice and it was beginning to become progressively harder to walk and i had reported that to my cardiologist who said we will plan tests for you and different things. in the meantime, i had had an episode where i couldn't walk even a half block and i became short of breath, had heaviness symptoms that are not necessarily typical of a heart be because of my history of diabetes. so, it is important that people know that there are typical signs and symptoms of heart attack but there are also, you need to know your body. you need to stay in contact with your doctor, you need to report changes and that. i went to see my doctor. he told me, tell your husband to bring the lip stick because you're not going home. i think you're having a heart attack and i ended up having four bypass graphs. >> that is so scary. i was looking at the picture of your large, beautiful family there. what is the message? there are so many people just like you. they have families, they take care of themselves. what do you want women to know? >> first and foremost, i think it is vital that every woman get a check up, a wellness check up every year. be aware of what they're feeling. what they're going through. if they're having shortness of the doctor. it is very important. >> ruby, would you saturday same? what else would you advice advise? >> the same thing. know your bodiy, know your numbers. know your cholesterol number, your hdl, your ldl, your blood sugars, know those numbers. talk with your healthcare provider and develop a relationship with your healthcare provider. know that there could be other disease. the overwhelming feeling of doom. the heaviness in the arm or what signs, too. >> absolutely. we're so happy that you guys are here and that you both got to was going on. and so happy you're here to share your message with everyone today. >> thank you. to learn more about heart disease, we posted helpful information for you on our website, wfla.com, and remember, february 5th is national wear red day. rock the red on friday to show your support awareness. it is a good idea if you have a red jacket as you'll see in the forecast. we had a lot of rain, especially for thursday. it looks like this up coming work week, we'll have rain around on thursday as well. but when we look at the entire month of january, really some heavy rain fall, we had seven days of over a half inch rain in tampa and so for the whole month, 6.18 inches and that makes it the 6th wettest january on record for venice, actually, the second wettest and this is just what you tend to see during these el nino type winters. we've had this active brought in a lot of moisture. what we're seeing today is mainly up stairs moisture. high up around 30,000 feet. any showers will probably dry up cloud. we'll keep it dry here. this is the front that we'll be watching as you come through late thursday night into friday and that brings us a cool down by the end of the week and bring us some rain. so this is the forecast showing the cloud cover around here during the day. no rain here in the backyard. warmer, we'll seat high temperatures reaching the low 70s and then for tomorrow morning, we'll start out a little bit milder, low 60's tonight and then tomorrow we'll get into the upper 70s. chance for rain tomorrow, mainly south of polk county. hardy, highlands, desoto county. you might see afternoon showers move in on the breeze but i think the real rain event will be wednesday evening and more during the day on thursday. so this afternoon, that is what we're looking at mainly 70s over the interior but then as we head towards the next couple of days, wednesday, most of the showers will be north of the bay area and as we head into thursday, it will be a dreary day, and then the front comes through on friday early in the morning, still pretty cloudy though behind the front friday so we'll see falling temperatures through the day, windy conditions, back to more winter like weather by the end of the week. it is very nice. >> enjoy today and the next couple of days before it gets not so nice. >> thank you so much. coming up, local stars shine in the senior bowl and steven stamkos takes center stage in the nhl skills celebration. we'll see if he has the hardest shot in the league next in sports. here is what you'll see tomorrow at 6:00 a.m.. >> something to think about before your next mani/pedi. i'm gayle guyardo. we'll show you some of the safest products to use. >> plus weather and traffic on . the nhl all star break is designed to give players a much needed rest from the grind of the regular season. because the world is a cruel and unforgiving place, those who do off. i'm sorry about your luck stamkos and bishop. in nashville participating in the skills competition. stammer having trouble with a bad angle one timer in the team relay event. he eventually got it together. bishop about as accurat 200 feet away. check out the big fellow in the goalie goal's portion sticking a couple in the opposite net before dylan larkin comes by. they're smiles now but if they meet in the playoffs again, this conversation would be different. stamer comes back for the hardest shot competition, first try, 9.5. next attempt, though, 103.9. that is really, really good. but his top mark stands for a matter of seconds because the predator's defenseman's first crack was 105.3. 109.1 mrafd! that is fast -- miles an hour! that is fast. he finished second but not in stamkos' mind. >> the guys say i actually won. shea wins every year regardless. you see his mechanics and the size. it doesn't surprise us how hard he shoots that thing. >> nothing to be embarrassed about. how about hoops? first time these two have met since 2003 doesn't mean they like each other. perhaps the pregame shenanigans inspired dorian smith. that is deep like an adele song. florida up 15 at halftime. early second, chris giazu to ubudu who puts the mountaineers in the dunk tank. they never trail in an upset victory over west virginia 88 to 71. florida state and clemson locked in a close one until the second half when the nols crack it open. the oops. dwayne bacon who puts 21 in the box score leading fsu past clemson 76-65. finally, the senior bowl. last chance to shine for college football's top prospects before next month's nfl combine. aaron green is throwing shade at the north defense. the tsu running back, 23 yards untouched for a touchdown. later, la salle's defense is standing tall. nicholas from delray beach says who is your daddy right into the arms of oak man. south goes on to win it 27-17. that is it for sports. i'm paul. we have much more coming up in the next half hour. we have team coverage in iowa where the candidates for president are hoping to win over voters before the big caucus. . good afternoon. i'm candace mccowan. thank you for joining us this sunday. it is time to check in with mark forecast. hi there, mark. >> morning candace. kind of cloudy out there in some spots but the clouds are not the rain producing type. just really helping to make your photographs look a little bit nicer with the cloud canopy streaming in off of the gulf of mexico. 69 degrees outside and, well, will we see the sparkling blue sky? let's take a look out in the you can see how far the clouds go. all the way back to mexico. you can call these exotic clouds. they come from the tropics in the pacifics. the answer is no, no clearing out at any time soon. we'll have to wait for a front later in the week. we'll keep it mostly cloudy today with some sunshine mixed if in with the high clouds. at least the temperatures are warming up. starting to see 70s showing up here and so the trend will actually be even warmer. stay tuned, folks, we'll be talking about a little bit of a mini heat wave to get you through this week. see you in a little bit. . with one day left with the caucuses, candidates are putting the campaigns into high gear. news channel 8's keith cate is at the capitol in des moines where voters will help decide who becomes the next pres. >> donald trump entered the prize fighter and the people loved it. >> it is crunch time, folks! >> after opening with his catch phrase let's make america great, he talked about being a winner and going after isis and again, the people loved it. >> when was the last time we won? like, did we win on trade or did we knock the hell out of isis which we will by the way, we will knock their asses off. >> trump promised to build up the military, build a wall, and build a better america by negotiating better deals and relationships than anyone else in washington. >> there is no question donald trump knows how to draw a kraud. we've seen him do so in big cities including in the tampa bay area but we're in clinton, iowa. tops. you look around this gym, 10% of the population is here! the big question for donald trump is can he get all of these people and others in iowa to go to caucus for him monday night. >> trump knows this more than it means little if people don't caucus. >> get out of bed and caucus. >> larry schmitt won't let trump down. >> what is it about him that is appealing to you? >> his attitude. he'll make it right. >> angela gable got trump to sign her christmas card. she is almost certain she will vote for trump on caucus night. >> do you believe he will do all of the things he says he will do? >> i don't know. >> angela's husband jessie disagrees. it scares him to think of him dealing with world leader s. it is marco rubio for trump. for your wife -- >> you'll cancel out each other's vote. >> probably true. >> are you willing to caucus for your favorite? >> we'll be there. >> heather carleson is committed to caucusing. she got trump to sign her hats and her baby. >> you got the trump stamp of approval. but that does not necessarily mean she will vote for trump. >> who is the close second, if not donald trump, who? >> i really like marco rubio. poll numbers and gym filled . go home to your families . >> bundy and several other arrested last week during the arrest, one of bundy's supporters was shot and killed. we're learning new details this afternoon about how two inmates were caught after escaping from jail. after a week of swat raids an observant citizen ended up leading the police to the two remains prisoners. a man flagged down police officers when he spotted the stolen van near san francisco. a third escaped inmate turned himself in on friday. yesterday was quite the day. a lot of folks outside enjoying the weather. maybe they may be inside recovering but it is a nice day to get out. >> a lot of folks are just now >> good morning! >> look how nice it is out there! we love seeing the nice weather. especially when you send us the photos. this one was taken fro channel 88 viewer on the farm. this is my favorite since i took it on st. pete beach and that was a sunset picture blocked by around, folks. it looks like we'll be seeing those clouds and i'll tell you if any rain comes out of it, . as florida lawmakers are trying to track down on people who make matt galka explained why some urge caution has to be built into the legislation. >> social media posts threatening gun violence at multiple high schools around florida's capitol earlier this week led to panic, low attendance and extra security from law enforcement. terror threats appeared to be a hoax, now legislators say florida laws on terroristic threats need to be updated. >> you call in a bomb threat today to a school, that is a felony. if you threaten to go shoot the school up or go shoot people up, that is a misdemeanor. >> as we've seen across the nation, these credible threats of violence must be taken seriously. >> anyone caught making a verbal threat or writing one on social media could be hit with a felony. >> the pasco county sheriff's office cited a similar recent prank threat as a reason for why there has to be uniform >> it could be a misdemeanor if it affects school function. it sure affects law enforcement function. >> senator clemens worries that it could ruin the rest of a juvenile's life. >> we have to be careful when escalating crimes for juveniles. . it could be a threat to society. i don't know if i want to label a high school student as a trorrist. >> they could spend time behind bars or pay 10 thousand dollars. they could shave off detention time. in tallahassee. matt galka, news chan. coming up after the break, another big star steps up for flint. how music mogul snoop dog is helping those suffering from the . rapper and actor snoop dog is one of many celebrities in an effort to see how they could get involved with the flint water emergency. we met with the star and has more with the story. >> flint lives matter to rap legend snoop dog. >> i'm a businessy man. i could busy man. i could be anywhere. it is about choices. >> the entertainer stopped in flint saturday to meet mayor karen weaver to find out how to get involved. he is one of many celebritys to visit to learn more about the the star of the hit show empire toured three flint locations and spoke with residents about their struggle. >> to see the people and be with the people to hear the stories first hand it further enraged me and appalled me. it also further inspired me. >> while the mayor continues to push for more action from the government, she says she appreciates the help from celebrities. >> for such a long time, we felt like we were alone in this. but people are stepping up and they're praying for us, and thinking about us and are sending things here and coming to help. >> john connor, the flint native who signed to dr. dre's record label is overwhelmed by the out pouring of support from the peers. >> i think everybody should have the same sentiment as me. before they were entertainers they were humans growing up in the community in an environment. >> now that they've gathered information. the two plan to be part of the solution. >> i have a lot of information to take back to my celebrity friends and people around the mainly we would like the governor to step up and do what is necessary to make sure that flint is taken care of. this last week freight center partnered with united way and pasco county to send 350 gallons of water to flint. 100 cases of clean bottled water were delivered to the food bank of mic. good afternoon, everyone, now that it is afternoon, we're certainly warming up and this trend will take us to higher temperatures over the next couple of days. some inland spots might crack 80 degrees as we head into tuesday with the breeze out of the south. but today, it will be warmer than yesterday and we have rain in the forecast. if you've heard me say at the top of the show, i think the rain will come in here wednesday evening and through the day on thursday followed by some cooler temperatures. it was cold this morning, let me take you now back before we go forward. 53 was the low here in town. 52 in lakeland. tonight, we're looking at 60s. right now we're seeing 70s showing up in inverness. 71 in zephyr hills. low 70s south of the sky way. st. pete is 667. tomorrow, we'll still be warmer than. that we'll probably stop around the 70-degree mark over the interior and upper 60s to low 70s at the coast and then as we head towards 8:00-hour tonight, pulling back into the mid-60's, and then for tomorrow morning there, you see, not as chilly as where we were this morning with mid to upper 50s in our north, about 62 here in tampa. so long range forecast keeps us dry until about wednesday when we could see afternoon showers. the front will be in the panel handle. it starts -- pan emanuel. it starts to sink forward -- panhandle. it starts to sink forward. it will pick up into the evening on thursday and by friday morning front, just getting by the bay area. lingering clouds behind this front. we'll see more sunshine into pick up friday. temperatures actually cooling through the day and that leaves us with a chillier weekend as we look ahead from seven days from now. southeast breezes five to 10 knots in the low tide just about now high tide. 6:44 this evening. a good day to be out on the water for sure. sea fog will be out in the gulf as we head into the warmer days on, like, tuesday and wednesday you start to see the rain showers come at us. the next front, it will bring us cooler weather. we'll have to wait until the end of the week. enjoy the mild warm up as we see it. it will be around for the next several days. put away the jackets, bring out the raincoats and bring out the jackets. >> those will be storms we'll see or just rain. >> mostly rain for now. >> okay. thank you so much. we have an 8 on your side consumer alert. nearly a million nissan altima cars are recalled and for some it will be the third trip back to the shop. the problem is that the hood latch that could allow the hood the recall involves alternative mas from the 2013 through 2015 -- alternative mas from the 2013 through 2015 years. apple is recalling millions of power adapters. they were shipped between 2003 and 2015 with macs and other devices. they were included the apple world travel adapter kit. they will exchange the plugs for free and most cities saw wages drop between 2009 and 2014. a new study by the bookings interinstitution found the average well -- bookings found the average wage fell. minorities saw a 4% drop in average wages while white workers got a nearly 5% increase. facebook and instagram are telling priority gun sellers to take their business elsewhere. the social networks are updating sales on both platforms. lego introduced a new figure making history. it is the first lego man in a they responded to numerous requests from disabled people looks like them. the new lego set which features a wheelchair figure will hit stores in. the queen of soul is hoping to become the queen of soul food. aretha franklin is launching her own food line. it will include her own brand of chili, gumbo, baked chicken and desserts. after the break, if you're looking for what to do with the rest of your sunday, we have a . it has been called the most daring rescue in coast guard history. a huge tanker ship broke apart in heavy seas. a small team came to the rescue. here is rafael seth with a look at the finest hours and other movenis in the preview. >> get yourself a crew and you assist the crew. >> chris pine weathers the perfect storm in the finest hours. it is a story about a real coast guard rescue taking place in waters off of massachusetts. a wicked nor'easter tears a ship in half so they take off in the boat with no navigation to rescue the sinking and sinking sailors. served. full of justice in kung fu panda three. jack black is back who is reunited with his long lost father. when a powerfulville yan threatenth uto -- powerful villain threatened their utopia he takes action. natalie port man exercise her 2nd amendment rights. she has to turn to a past love to make her last stand. jane got a gun is rated r. >> i exercise control in all things, miss steel. >> marlon wayans washes the grey away. it spoofs 50 shades of grey while playing a demented dominant with a magic mike past. kristin bell and dax shepherd are trending after releasing a homemade music video. youtube page wednesday and it has been watched 4 million times. the couple made the video during a vacation in africa. . >> they got fined $50 for dancing with the animals but they got to keep the footage and shared it with us here. a very cute couple. >> that takes karaoke on a whole different level. >> mark is here with a final look at the forecast. >> the forecast is looking warmer, folks. if you haven't been outside yet, enjoy it. we have plenty of clouds here. los angeles, a lot of heavy rain. classic el nino set-up there. chicago is getting rain, not snow. what is up with that? they'll get snow. we'll get rain later in the week here until starting probably wednesday afternoon and then thursday could be dealing with all day rains into friday morning as well followed by cooler weather next weekend. >> at least you can enjoy today. >> thank you for joining us. check out our next news cast have a great sunday! 800-775-7838