Liquor store. This morning, the fbi is putting pressure back on apple. This is the latest move in a battle over your privacy versus security. The fbi director insists apple could help get access to a terrorist phone without jeopardizing privacy for all apple customers. A photo finish. A lot of people are still talking about this this morning denny hamlin is waking up as the closest winner of the daytona 500 finish in history. It is the first win in toyota and first 23 in 23 years for joe gibbs. The margin of victory was 0. 010 second s. I hope he didnt drive in the streets of tampa it is 5 31. Lets turn things over to leigh spann. It is very mild. Im tracking a storm system in texas but it wont affect us for several days. Youll notice is out he did of the storm system were getting a southeast wind. Temperature wise, not bad. 53 in auburndale. 56 in arcadea. But it will stay about average. Coming up in weather and traffic on the 8s at 5 38. I have an eightday temperature trend for you and we do not stay this warm for long. Ill run it down for you. Door. It is not perfect. There is overnight construction at this time. Tampa. Im going to start with the good news first here, folks. Street. There is an on going project with the westbound of downtown tam fachlt is a twoway street between ashley and franklin. In downtown tampa is more two way streets. And franklin. We have a good drive through ybor city. Downtown lakeland looks great as well. That is a look at weather and traffic on the 8s and back to gene and gayle. A man is dead after a store robbery turned violent at the cut rate liquor store. Police tell us the store clerk and two robbers got into a shoot out. One of the criminals ended up dead. The search is on for the second would be robber. Weve been on the scene since shots rang out several hours ago. News channel 8s ryan ryan joins us now live with the very latest ryan hughes joins us now with the very latest. Reporter you have to imagine the two robbers probably never expected what was coming when they went through these two doors. They went through and quickly retreated once shots were fired. Scene to show you right now around 10 45. The robbers bargained in with guns drawn barged in with guns drawn. They took off but one was shot and killed. He wasnt able to get off the property. Were told he was pronounced dead on a sidewalk in front of the convenience store. The other got away and he hasnt been caught. Were waiting for a description from the tampa police department. If we can come back here live right now. Hopefully police think they have clear images of the second robber because if you look right here, the Surveillance System likely captured clear images of the second robber. Im checking with them. Well pass them along to you. Gene, a crazy situation to you overnight. Pretty wild and to think, 21 clerk. That clerk is lucky to have gotten away unscathed by all of this. We look forward to the images. You can stay on top of updates on the story and breaking news even as you head out the door. Download the news channel 8 app. It is free. Deputies in pasco county identify this man caught on here. They believe he may be responsible for several car burglaries in the fox Wood Community in trinity. Take a good look. Office. Two teens are recovering in the hospital this morning after being shot during a birthday petersburg. We checked this morning and no new leads in the case. The shooting happened early inn express. According to police, a fight broke out after uninvited guests showed up to the party. That is when 19yearold Octavius Brown and 17yearold Demetrius Crawford were shot. Both are expected to recover. State troopers are trying to determine what caused a driver to lose control and crash on interstate 75 near nokomis road in sarasota county. Two people died. Time now is 5 35. It is back to work for Supreme Court justices the Supreme Court hears cases for antonin scalia. The court is now evenly split among the eight members. Despite controversy and the objection of republicans, president obama plans to nominate a replacement. In your vote, the race for the white house, the democrats are now shifting their attention to South Carolina. Fresh off a victory, the nevada caucuses, Hillary Clint beyond and Bernie Sanders are palmetto state. Senator sanders is trailing the former secretary of state. Both will faceoff ate democratic town hall at the university of South Carolina in columbia happening later this week, the democratic primary there is friday. Republican frontrunner donald trump is still riding high after a big win in South Carolina. It was his second primary win. Trumps win is having a huge impact in the race for the white house. Our former governor, jeb bush; now out of the race. He suspended his campaign after low poll numbers in South Carolina. Despite a 2nd place finish in South Carolina, senator marco rubios Campaign Continues to gain momentum. Our senator also has the support of donnie wahlberg. He joined senator rubio at a rally in las vegas saturday. Wahlberg told the crowd he never voted for a republican before but the senator changed his mind. Happening today, the Hillsborough River is going green. It is part of the preparations for the mayors river ogreen fest. Crews are testing a small part of the Hillsborough River with dye to get ready for the 5th annual Saint PatricksDay Celebration on saturday march 19th. Mayor bob buck horn will host you and the family can celebrate at curtis hickson park. I havent done that yet. You should. It is really nice. Take the dog out there. And i have a little leprechan hat. Chets check the weather to see how were lets check the weather to see how were kicking off the work week. Temperatures are a little bit above average. Let me walk you through the rest of the day. 59 degrees at 8 00 a. M. It warms up and well be hor humid quickly. 7at more humid quickly. 74 at noon. 77 this afternoon. 70 degrees at 7p. Rain chances a measly 5 . We go up to 30 and 50 on wednesday. This is also Severe WeatherAwareness Week in florida. Were focussing in on lightning and the safety you need to take from it. Inside is safest but be away from windows. The car does provide a little bit of protection but still, best to be inside. Obviously a lot of us are in the pools when we get the thunderstorms to develop. Head inside immediately and get out of the pool. Temperatures staying warm in the upper 70s through wednesday before it gets really chilly by the end of the week. Leslee is here for a check on traffic on the 8s. You dont want to go golfing either when it is thundering. Nope. Inside. We have a pretty good drive out. There not bad, folks. Take a look at a new development. Were seeing a slow down here. Remember ive been talking about this overnight construction southbound on i75 where two lanes are taken away exit is blocked. Crews are out there picking up the cones and clearing the construction and that is when it tends to be busy but it should wrap up soon as this is now in the process of clearing. So keep that in mind. Southbound i75 leaving brazen bradenton heading into sarasota. These bridges look great. Quick reminder in downtown tampa. Cash street is two ways between franklin and ashley. That is weather and traffic on the 8s. Back to gene and gayle. Sounds good. Thank you, leslee. A lot of people were talking about this lately. Diversity in movies. We have the results of the new report and it ranked Film Companies for the diversity efforts. Who is on top of that . It is pretty sdwroog mood altering music, the way it is pretty interesting. Mood altering music. The way it can help. A condition update on the surviving victims of the vo making the most out of every mile. Thats why i got a subaru impreza. Love. Its what makes a subaru, a subaru. donkey sound elephant sound theres a big difference between making noise, tapping sound and making sense. When it comes to Social Security, we need more than lip service. Our next president keep Social Security strong. Hey candidates. Enough talk. The michigan man accused of killing six people in a random shooting spree is expected in court later this morning. Investigators in kalamazoo believe jason dalton picked his victims at random. Investigators are looking into claims dalton, an uber driver, was actually picking up passengers during the shooting spree. News channel 8s Lindsey Mastis is following this story live from our Tampa News Center this morning. The big question is why. Reporter people who know james dalton seem surprise thaed he is the accused shooter and surprised he is the accused shooter and they dont think he knew any of the victims. The first victim is in serious condition this morning. She is the mother of three and her children were close by when she got shot. Casings out here. Lucky. Everyone was lucky here but at the other things, not. A teen and his father were killed at a car dealership and 15 minutes after that, four cracker barrel. There. Initially a 14yearold girl was thought to have been killed there but before her organs were to be donated. She squeezed her mothers hand. She is now in critical condition. The shooting spree took place over seven hours and some uber passengers are coming forward insisting they were picked up by dalton in the midst of all of this. Uber insists they reached out to police to help in the investigation. Coming up on the today show, youll hear from one of those uber passengers that rode with dalton after the shootings began. It was so bizarre he was thanks so much. The woman severely beaten by her roommate is showing small signs improvement. Were talking about 23yearold danielle jones. She was beaten and nearly stabbed to death on valentines day in miami. She is now opening her eyes and blinking when her mom whispered to her. This is her roommate. Byron mitchell. He lived for her about a week before the attack. She found him on craigslist. Mitchell faces an attempted murder charge. In orange county. Deputy sergeant marcie pierce is home from the hospital. She is recovering after being hit by a car. When sergeant pierce confronted carlos ortiz. He accelerated with her. He is wanted for attempted murder. Hundreds of people are protesting the discharge of lake okeechobee bee water into the st. Lucie river. Many of them marched carrying they argue that the poor quality of the water is damaging the environment for animals. Dont have Health Insurance or having trouble finding a plan to suit your needs . You may want to open your laptop. A new start up is hoping to make it easier for Health Insurance online. Stride health acts as a modern day insurance broker. It helps them find the right insurance plans for prot file. Individuals cover the costs benefits. Stride health is free, by the way. They actually have 230 insurance carriers on the platform and it is available right here in florida. That is neat because it it can be overwhelming to compare all of the plans. A good excuse to crank up the volume on your tunes it can help you relax before surgery. A new study published in the journal of advanced nursing suggests the simple fix to calm your nerves. Researchers found listening to music and viewing photographs this is a low cost way to help and can be used almost anywhere, even in patient waiting rooms. Big accusations against amc theaters this morning, according to a class action lawsuit, the company is unfriendly to the blind customers. According to the lawsuit filed in san francisco, amc, quote, rarely provides appropriate functioning audio sdrupgs devices to blind customer destruction de to blind customers. Amc staff sometimes hand blind customers devices intended for those who are deaf. Amc did not respond to a request for comment. Hollywood is waking up to here is what happened. The survey looked at major acting roles, directors hired at the very top, Sony Pictures and the weinstein company. Performing the worst, Paramount Pictures got an f in diversity. This news comes a week ahead of the oscars and the diversity of the nominees has been getting attention. Youve heard a lot about this. The 888th Academy Awards is sunday night. Chris rock will be hosting for the second time since 2005. Well see how they plays out. A lot of them are expecting him to bring this to light. Even if he does with humor. He probably will. It is 5 48. Lets check on the weather before you head out the door. Not bad. Temperatures are you not a time yesterday. You might need long sleeves for the first few hours. It really warms up very quickly. All of in short sleeves. Humid leading to patch clouds today and a high of 77. Outside in lakeland 55 degrees. The cooler spots are north of i4. 54 in bartow and 56 in sarasota and my weather watcher, big monkey in Crystal Beach checked in mild at 57 so here is this perspective for you, the 24hour temperature change between what we were yesterday and now, were anywhere between 2 and 5 degrees warmer. It is a small difference but it is a difference thanks to winds out of the south. The extra humidity is heading to a few clouds today as we warm into the upper 70s. Tomorrow, one cold front will stay to the north. It will still add in a 30 chance of a few afternoon showers but im tracking in more potent storm systems to the west. That is the one coming through wednesday, better rain chance and much cooler for thursday, friday and the weekend, leslee. All right. That is looking good. Lets take a look at traffic which is pretty good as well. It is not perfect. But pretty grood drive here. We did have good drive here. We did have remaining issues. Avenue south. Earlier construction is all cleared up here. Again, one vehicle is remaining. Lets take a look at bradenton now. Youre leaving bradenton headed into sarasota at university parkway. That is where the county line is. Were seeing a little bit of a delay southbound because crews are out there picking up the cones and clearing the construction that is tying up two lanes and has had the exit to university from southbound i75 blocked so you want to keep that in mind. Move over and take a live look here at 275 at fowler avenue. Traffic getting busier but holding on to a nice drive. Back to gene and gayle. Spring training is starting in the bay area but this morning, you wont see the fanatic anywhere near clear water. Very funny. Fulfilling three promises during a wedding ceremony high in the sky. The unconventional wedding that brought customers to tears. A washington couple is still on cloud nine after a touching and unusual wedding ceremony. Christy larson married the man of her dreams 30,000 feet up in the air and she did it for her cancer. They planned to grant her to see where her daughter works and lives and watch her get married. My mother is the world to me. Anything to make my mom. That is so sweet. A plane full of passengers watched the sky high ceremony. A video waup loaded to youtube and before they could land, that video went viral. Many Major League Baseball teams are settling down here in florida for spring training but you wont find any mascots running around the bay area this morning. They were busy up in philly oh, yeah. Getting their groove on there. It is this Furry Convention where you dont see this every day. It is 138 mascots doing the electric slide. That is what it is. Look at the rhino. Watch auto for the horn a charity called mascots for the cure raises money to cure childhood cancers. They are trying to break the world record for the largest gathering of mascots in one location and they did it. It has to be officiated or made official by the guinness people the bunch is lost. I was looking in the theater for raymond. Im sure he was throwing down. We have to check the video closely. Still ahead this morning, an update on breaking news were following for you this morning. One person is dead after a tampa. Well explain the information were digging for at scene ahead. The new way we can keep our senior loved ones at home and still cared for during the day. It is a new bay area trend that gayle uncovered. And well have weather and traffic on the 8s in just three minutes. 5 58. Time for weather and traffic on the 8s. It is mild this morning and by the afternoon, 77 degrees. A little bit more humid but the rain chance is less than 10 . Just patchy clouds around. Each warmer at 63. Ill tell you when the rain. Good morning. Thank you for watching news channel 8 today. Im gayle guyardo. And im gene ramirez. We begin with breaking news this monday morning. While you were sleeping, a deadly shoot out at a tampa liquor store. The search is on for one of two would be robbers. Police explain two armed men went to rob the cat rate liquor store. At some cut rate liquor store. At some point, the gun men exchanged shots with the clerk from the store. One of robbers was shot and killed. The store clerk wasnt hurt. In our other top stories, we