The upper 50s to around 60 degrees. 63 right now in tampa, 64 in st. Petersburg. Its quiet this morning, other than a few areas of fog across the bay area. Otherwise, we are dry. We have fog and cloud cover as well. Again, quiet. If we look out to new orleans. See the hours and storms . They will be drifting our direction, moving in later this evening, and i have to say 6 00 p. M. , we could see a few showers, and maybe even a thunderstorm as that area of rain drifts our direction, and about a 60 to 70 chance of rain later this evening. During the morning, extra clouds to begin the day. Pretty warm for january with the temperatures in the lower 60s. This afternoon, the showers and maybe even a thunderstorm rumbling into the bay area. Mainly 6 00 p. M. And later. High temperatures in the middle 70s. Back to you, adrienne. We have 800 million reasons to buy a powerball today. The largest u. S. Lottery prize ever is up for grabs tonight. Im crossing my fingers. Mary mcguire is live. The odds are slim either of us will win, but i bought five tickets just in case. You have to. Its like an insurance policy. My fingers and toes are crossed, but i dont mean to kill your powerball buzz. You have a better chance to be jackpot. Million. The powerball has rolled over 18 times since november, and thats how we got to this gigantic jackpot to balloon to its more than 800 million for tonights drawing. It has not stopped folks in the bay area from dreaming about how they would spend it. I think 800 will help me get out of my job and the rest of my family. We all want to stop working. If you have not purchased your lucky ticket yet, you have until 10 00 p. M. To buy one. It will take place in tallahassee tonight. If no one wins the jackpot tonight, it could go up to 1 billion. Thats billion with a b. , anand i feel like it should be said in my dr. Evil voice. Its crazy. I have been monitoring the website, and the jackpot is at 800 million, but theres a lot of day left. We are expecting a ton of customers to get out and snap when i bought my ticket yesterday, i handed the guy the money and literally said i know cant not do it. Reporter you really have to do it. Its just part of the fun of it all, and you get into conversations with people in the lines, and you talk about what you would spend it on. I think its really fun. Fun to dream. There you go. If i dont see you on tv tomorrow, i will know why. Mary, thank you. Live in tampa for us. A Dramatic Police chase caught on tape in pasco county, and the driver is behind bars. She pulled into the New Port Richey police department, and we got her. The woman sped off when the the officer crashed with another driver. Liisa myers is in jail this morning facing charges. That was fire at a Gentlemans Club on u. S. 19. Clear water fire rescue posted this picture on their facebook page. The fire was a small one, and crews put it out quickly, and no one was hurt. Police department in the northeast are on safety alert after a gunman shot an officer. Its believable evidence the shooter was its believed the shooter was inspired by officer. Officer Jesse Hartman was shot three time in the arm. The officer managed to pull his gun and shoot him back. Joaquin El Chapo Guzman is back behind bars, facing United States. He escaped a maximum security prison through a tunnel months ago. He was taken into custody after a shootout that killed five people. Its been a year since Phoebe Johnchuck died a year ago. Her father threw her off the bridge. One officer never knew phoebe, but her story moved him. Hes down doing a 3day run. Her grandmother says the little girl will never be forgotten. It means that her tragedy is going to help other children. Officer estra is hoping to for the shriners hospital. The former buccaneers head coach, tony dungy is weighing in on the process of a new coach. He says the process for searching for a new coach boils down to speed versus quality and fit. You cant worry about the people you look at. You have to make sure you get the bern that you do bring in. I think its best to be thorough, take your time, and make sure you get the best person. He said he thinks you should take your time and get the right person. Coming up in sports, dan lucas will tell us about the potential coaches who are set to visit tampa this weekend. Keeping the rays in st. Pete, the mayor thinks he has a the rays must pay 50 toward a citydirected plan for the tropicana site and the evaluation they are using for other potential sites it will a minimum of 6 months to give st. Pete to be able to entice the rays to stay. Getting in shape for the new year is difficult, especially with the price of gym memberships. We will show you other alternatives to feel the burn without breaking your bank. Its 6 08 on this saturday morning. I hope youre having a great start to the day. Thats a look over downtown tampa. Getting in shape seems to be everyones new years resolution, right . You may want to get a gym membership, but they can be expensive and lock you into longterm agreements, but theres other options. As deanna duberry y shows us, you can feel the burn without feeling it in your wallet. Everyone has their own method. Reporter Jack Featherstone likes to work out, a lot. I spend 45 minutes a day. 15 on the stair climber, 15 on treadmill, and then i do weights. Reporter hes smart. I do good for my age. Reporter he works out here. The hospital is one of the best places you can come to get in shape. Its not going to be super crowded, and youre not going to pay less for your contract. We also have Health Support staff on site should anything go wrong. Reporter the gym is 30 a month. H. Go right, turn. Reporter the classes are 13. 50 a month. Your citys rec center is another place to try this one is 18 a month with no long term contract. Classes vary but cost extra. Theres no guarantee they will take a firstround draft choice. Reporter gyms like these can offer a more relaxed atmosphere. You dont have to stress up or get your makeup on or get in shape to come in and work out at our facility. You can do and go from there. Reporter he seems to be doing a great job. Never good when you need to get in shape before you go to the gym as she was saying. Coming up, Bryan Bennett has the full forecast. Many of us take our pets in the car with us without a second thought, but experts are worried about their safety. The dangers you need to know about. Okay. So right now, everyone is saying, hurry you gotta get fios. But why . Well, because theres never been a better time to get a great deal from fios, the Fastest Internet and wifi available. Only fios has speeds from 50 to 500 megs. Because your devices run better on a better internet. And for just 79. 99 a month online, you can get 50 meg fios internet, tv and phone for your first year. Plus with a 2year agreement, fios gives you 400 back, and all of the premium movie channels for a year. This is your last chance. Offer ends january 16th. 8 on your side with a safety alert before you bring your pet or ride in the car. Many of us do it but it turns out its dangerous. Now pet stores are selling products to keep our pets safe. Nbcs jeff rossen shows us why many experts say they dont work. Reporter this doggy dummy is strapped in with a popular harness, sold in pet stores today, and its supposed to keep him secure during a crash. Why is he going flying . Same with this harness and this crate, the dog smashing right through, all failing miserablely. Its concerning for dogs like lauren who is out for a drive with her dog buddy. Hes not strapped in. Letting him get wind in his ears and fur. Reporter experts say its dangerous. Dogs are seen flying out of cars, nearly hit by traffic this dog is okay this dog fell out the window and amazingly survives, but its not just dogs in danger wandering around your car, but you, too. A pet could be a projectile, hurting everyone, including himselfs. Keep your pet restrained on every trip. Reporter you come to the pet store to buy a carrier to keep your pet safe. Some making bold promises. Some say certified safety and locks into place, but many of them are deceptive. They dont work in a crash, and believe it or not, producting like this are not regulated by anyone, not even the federal government. Firing. Group, center for pet safety decided to check them out with official crash testing, and it was alarming. All of this damage at 30 miles an hour. So this is our pet products right here. Most of them do not do well in testing. Reporter these are the products on the market right now . They are, and manufacturers are still making the claim. Reporter in fact 25 of 29 products tested failed. Harnesses snapping right off, dogs sent airborne, and watch this doggy dummy breaking through his crate, shattering it to pieces. That could be your pet. Pet products are not defined as Consumer Products, and they bypass any overnight and regulation. Its scary. Reporter the Consumer Product Safety Commission telling abc news, based on our cpsd does not have control over hes products. They told us they cant comment on the testing, but they back safety restraints. If you get into an accident and one of these products fail, it puts you, your family members, and other drivers on the road at risk. Weatherwise, we are going to have interesting weather over the next 24 hours or so, for your saturday morning and early afternoon. A mixture of sun and clouds, and later this evening. I would say around 6 00 p. M. , we could see a few showers and maybe even a storm rolling in off the gulf of mexico. High temperature this afternoon, right around the middle 70s, and tomorrow, maybe a little Early Morning hour, otherwise a mixture of sun and clouds again, and breeze with the High Temperature near 71. Right now, upper 50s to lower 60s. Degrees down in sarasota, and right now, the current visibility, we do have fog to talk about, and lakeland with 4 5mile an hour visibility right now. Dense fog around venice with half a mile visibility. Other than the fog or cloud cover, we are looking at partly to mostly cloudy skies, but no rain this morning, and it will be fairly dry throughout the early afternoon. And later today, we will see the rain chances spike. Right now, an area of rain right around eastern louisiana, moving through new orleans, and its going to track through the northern gulf of mexico throughout the day today. I think the leading edge here will reach the gulf shores of alabama, and the western area, the tampa bay area, 6 00 p. M. This evening, and that will bring us a chance for scattered showers and maybe a thunderstorm as well. During this morning, you dont have to worry about any rain. We will have fog and some extra clouds to begin the day, and kind of warm for january, and lower 50s, but hope, we are going to be lower 60s throughout the morning, and this afternoon, partly to mostly cloudy skies, and a few little breaks of sunshine here and there, but giving the edge to the clouds throughout the day, and again warm. Above average day today w the High Temperatures in the mid to upper 70s, and again, the showers will start to pop up later this evening, and maybe a thunderstorm later this evening into the early night hours. High temperatures across the bay area today, they will be warm. Pretty much the upper 70s for most of us. Maybe even dipping into the lower 80s for the inland communities today. Keep an eye on the average high, which is near 70 degrees. All right, so for today, late evening, scattered showers, maybe a thunderstorm. The rain will come to an end overnight tonight. A little morning shower is possible tomorrow, otherwise, that will be all we will see for the rain, and then cooler and dry on monday. I think we will have a the lot of sunshine on monday, and with High Temperatures only in the lower 60s, and thats a little below average, but thats how you make averages. Above and below the average temperature. Its tough to believe its because its going back and forth so much. Earlier this week, i think maybe on tuesday, i was doing a story on cold weather, asking people how they felt about it. You know what that means . We are in florida . Job stability. There you go good way to look at it. Thank you, bryan. The National Spotlight is on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers after they fired their head coach. The busy weekend ahead as the buccaneers general manager is searching for the next head coach. He set up interviews with two of the bye week interim coaches. Both are available to talk after this weekend. First up, on friday, Harold Goodwin the offensive coordinator for the cardinals. He led the number one offense in the nfl this season. Defense, and todays interview, the Carolina Panthers defense coach, sean mcdurmont. He has built his resume since being fired in 2011. John robinson, there on the left of your screen had his interview on friday with the Tennessee Titans for their general manager position. The only g. M. Opening right now in the nfl, and the titans have 14 candidates. Good luck, mr. Robinson. Nfl wild card weekend kicking off later today with a pair of games and two more on sunday including the vikings and seahawks right here on news channel 8. If you dont keep tabs on minnesota weather, the temperature could be as low as thats 1 degree fahrenheit and then add in the windchill. It should be perfect for the fans who have consumed the best beverages. You know, its the heated field, so it should be fine. Its not as bad as it used to be. Heated seats. You play for 20 minutes, and then you get off the field. Play for 20 minutes, and get off the field. Its not a huge deal. What a comeback from the lightning last night. The nice rebound off the edmondton player, and Victor Hedman this is off an oiler stick. Stephen stamcos skates. How about that . All three goals off the players. The bolts come back to win, 3 2, and they are right back on thats a quick look at sports; have a great saturday, everyone. Thank you, dan. The river walk in downtown tampa is about to change. Coming next, we will he is you what is going to change and introduce you to the man behind the mission. There he is. Good morning. Im adrienne pedersen. Thank you for joining us on this saturday. Lets get a check on your forecast with meteorologist, Bryan Bennett. Its been cooler later,. Reporter adrienne, its been cooler in the morning, and humid in the afternoon. Today is going to be a human day as well. New port richey, quiet start to the day there. 64 in st. Petersburg, and 62 in sarasota. The satellite and radar picture, showing a fefew clouds, and a bit of fog in a few locations across the bay area, but no rain this morning, and offshore a couple of little showers, and we could see a rogue isolated shower during the late morning and early afternoon, but the better new orleans, and that will be spreading our way. It will smell like the bay later today. Im just kidding, it wont smell like anything but rain. During the morning a few extra clouds, and temperatures right around 62 degrees this afternoon. We will see showers and maybe even a storm rolling in around 6 00 p. M. This evening, and a chance of rain throughout the evening before diminishing overnight tonight. The High Temperature . Middle 70s. Adrienne . Bryan, thank you, we will check in with you soon. Millions of people across the country are feeling lucky as the Powerball Jackpot is gearing up. Mary mcguire is live in tampa. The price keeps growing. I have been checking back because i bought five tickets. How much are we up to . Jackpot the United States lottery has ever seen. How did we get here . The powerball has rolled 18 times since november. We had a big drawing on wednesday night for 500 million, no one won that, so they kept scooping up tickets for a chance at 800 million for tonights drawing. Even though the chances of taking home the drawing are slim to none, that has not stopped people from dreaming about what they would do with the cash. One tv News Reporter got more than she bargained for when she asked one player. Reporter can i ask you if you won the money, what would you do with it . A bunch of hookers and cocaine. Reporter thats the wrong answer. Not the answer we were looking for. Reporter in the words of my grandmother, oh my lanta if no one takes home the jackpot tonight, it could top 1 billion for the next drawing, and i think im just going to sit here and dream of all the ways i could spend all the cash, a drrienne. I saw a tweet that was hilarious, you can tell someones character when they answer the question what would they do with the cash. We know that guys over in las vegas. You should be careful if anyone walks up. Saturday morning, lets keep it appropriate. Reporter i know yeah, lets keep it appropriate for daytime tv thank you, mary live in tampa, we will check back with you in a bit. [ laughter ] right now in other news, tampa police are searching for an intruder who fired a gun inside of a home. Investigators said it wasnt random. At park at chesterfield apartments at bush boulevard. Its believed the man kicked in a door and found a woman. He fired a shot with a child inside of the home. Thankfully no one was hit. The woman has minor injuries this morning though. Police believe the victim and the shooter know each other. Investigators may have a break in a polk county triple murder. Its believed the three suspects took off from the scene in this white commercial van. You see it right there on your screen. The Sheriffs Office released this Surveillance Video from a nearby business, taken shortly after the murders. Anyone with information should call the Sheriffs Office right away. A section of the florida turnpike is back open this morning after this overturned truck made a huge mess. This penske moving truck flipped over. Look at that. Of shoes were spilled. The turnpike was closed for hours while they were removed. A driver is safe this morning thanks to quick thinking when flood waters rushed down the highway towards his car. You can see the wave in the water and debris coming around the bend, and thats scary the driver put his car, look at that. The driver put his car in reverse and tried to outrun the flood. He was eventually able to make it to safety. That doesnt even look real. In central arizona, winter is in full force, creating whiteout conditions for drivers. A total of 30 inches of snow fell on flagstaff. My goodness drivers were warned to stay off the roads. Schools were forced to close earlier this week because all that snow. Thankfully we are not dealing with that here. The beads are out, and the masks are ready. Today is the official start of the 2016 mardi gras season. The streets this afternoon, and the floats are ready to go. You can see some there with the wizard of oz. The city of mobile, is actually home to the oldest celebration in the u. S. We are jujust weeks away from the gasparilla, our big celebration. Friday, january 29th, and its time to get your costumes. And then on saturday, the flotila invades with the pirates in the streets of tampa. We have always the information you need for your pirate party weekend. Gasparilla here is hitting the shelves. Encore select is the official licenser of the event. All merchandise has the i always wait until the last second, and you end up getting the strange leftover skull skirt. Lesson to yourself. Have you ever been to mardi gras . I havent. I have heard its very clean. This is saturday morning, just remember that, bryan. Its a family event. Moving on moving on a cool picture here. Jackie showed a lovely sunset with a dude fishing. Hopefully he caught a big red snapper. If you would like to send in a picture, wflabryan on facebook or twitter. Heres what you will see on news channel 8 today. People are headed out to speak about pattys law, and what they are hoping to wow. The internet is crazy fast here. I know, right . Its so nice to have everyone over. Hi hey. Mmm. I just laid an egg. Does anybody want it . Joey, you want some gasoline . Yes, please. Mom, guess what . I married a clown and were having tiny little clown babies. Mhm. I just bought a hammer. With internet fast enough for everyone, your guests might get a bit carried away. Seriously . Where do you think youre going . To work, with you. Youre not coming. I took mucinex to help get rid of my mucusy congestion. Oh, right then ill swing by in like 4 hours. Forget the tacos one pill lasts 12 hours. Im good all day. Wait your loss. I was going to wear a sombrero. Only mucinex has a bilayer tablet that starts fast, and keeps working. Not 4, not 6, but 12 full hours. Start the relief. Ditch the misery. Lets end this. A big change in sugar recommendations. The federal government just released its latest dietary guidelines. For the first time o officials suggest americans limit the amount of added sugar to 10 of the daily calories, and they recommend cutting back on salt and saturated fat. This next one is really the person who serves us at a restaurant can influence what we order. Customers who had a heavier waitor were 40 more likely to order dessert. The best and worst cities of a healthy lifestyle. Pheonix had number one for the healthiest lifestyle. Madison, wisconsin, was tenth. Well, crews are now working on the last part of the downtown tampa riverwalk, and i wanted to know what was planned. I went out to check it out. Lets take a look. Its a bit of a sterile environment right now. Reporter larry feldman, the selfproclaimed new yorker by background just bought the only remaining land on the tampa riverwalk, and he believes its the key to unlocking the city with untapped potential. Theres not enough bar night life. I dont know if you have had the experience, but i bring in guests for out of town, and they say i would like to go to a water front restaurant or bar to have a drink. Reporter his vision is a mixed use building with more than 50 floors, some kind of hip startup, restaurant, and luxury apartments. We are going for a 55year old empty nester who will pa pay for a highend product. Reporter Jeffrey Davis hopes it will give the riverwalk an updated feel. We value the esthetics of our downtown. We dont the president to be time, we the we want it to be important. We will have fog to deal with with a mixture of sun and clouds to deal with throughout the early afternoon. And this evening we may have a thunderstorm. Dont be surprised if you hear the clap of thunder later today. The rain will be history, maybe a little shower in the morning. Partly to mostly cloudy, and breezy behind the front with temperatures topping off with 71 degrees. Where are we going . Today, we will be above average with 5 or 6 degrees, and tomorrow, around the average of 70, and maybe getting to have a little bit of a campfire or small little fire in the fireplace with temperatures topping off in the lower 60s. If youre from the north, dont laugh at the 60s. High of 63 on monday, 64 on tuesday, and then gradually creeping above average, and below average temperatures, and then getting warmer and warmer before we are above average once again this morning, 63 in tampa. 64 in st. Petersburg, and 59 is a common number to the north for brooksville, iverness, and headed over to winterhaven, keep that in mind, and venice right now with the worst visibility with. 3 of a mile visisibility, and keep that in mind. You may hit patchy fog as you head across the inland locations of tampa bay. The satellite and radar picture, we do have fog this morning, a few clouds, and no rain. Looking offshore a spotty little shower, and it could move in during the late morning and perhaps the afternoon hours, and for the most part, pretty dry throughout the day, and right now, we have rain in new orleans, and eastern louisiana, moving towards mobile, and we are going to see throughout the day, reaching us here in tampa bay around 6 00 p. M. Or so with showers and maybe a thunderstorm. This morning, extra clouds, and we will call it partly to mostly cloudy with temperatures in the lower 60s. A warm start for early january, and this afternoon, mostly cloudy skies and warm. Again, above average. 76degrees for your afternoon showers, showers and maybe a storm rolling in later this evening, and i would say 6 00 p. M. To about 10 00 p. M. , and thats the best chance to see one of the showers or storms, and taking the boat out today . You will be fine during the morning and early afternoon, other than the fact theres a moderate chop with a rip current risk as well. Later this evening, you want to keep an eye out to the sky for the possibility of approaching showers and storms that could move up quickly. Temperatures today a warm one. Middle 70s, up to the lower 80s for the inland locations, and today, pretty quiet throughout afternoon, and then those showers and storms will rumble in later this evening, and temperatures today, topping off around 76 degrees, and if anything strong or severe does develop, we will be here all day long to let you know about the weather and whatever breaking weather conditions we may have. Tomorrow, quiet. 10 chance of an Early Morning shower. Otherwise, partly to mostly cloudy. Kind of chilly. Highs in the 60s, and lows in the 40s. Thank you, bryan. We will see you in a bit. A warning for Time Warner Cable customers. Why you need to change your pass words right away. Uber is popular in the bay area, but have you triped lyft yet . Take a look in your in there that have to be disposed of. Dr. Jason fields is joining us. Hes Board Certified in addiction medicine. Why not throw them out in the garbage . When you take unnecessary, unwanted, or expired prescription medicines and put them in the toilet or the trash can, they go into the environment, and thats not safe. Also, children and pets can get to them. Thats not safe at all. What are our options . You can take them to the local Hillsborough County Sheriffs Office. They can neutralize them for safe disposal, biodegradable. Look at your screen for more drop offlocations and for more online. From stolen pass words to the latest gadgets, theres a lot going on in the tech world. Lindsey mastis is tracking it all. Reporter pass words were stolen from 350,000 Time Warner Cable customers. Its insisted they stole the information from other companies that store their customer data. All week long we got to see the latest technology from the Consumer Electronics show. What is making the headlines, a raid on the hoverboard by the u. S. Marshals office. Bloomberg business reports the company that holds the patent used legal means to get the knockoffs removed. You have heard of uber, but have you heard of lyft . As you can see right here on General Motors is investing half a Million Dollars into the ride sharing company, and they want to work with lyft to develop selfdriving cars this is good for us, because one ride with a creepy driver can ruin the experience. Twitter is considering letting us use up to 10,000 characters. No word if twitter will go through with it and if so, when it will happen, and not to mention if we have patience for our longwinded friends. Back to you. I thought that was the point of twitter, lindsey, keeping it short. The new star wars movie passed avatar to be the biggest movie release in u. S. History. Now we flipped our calendars to a new year, and hollywood is working on a new set of films. Heres the most anticipated movie of 2016 in the box office preview. The greatest gladiator match reporter good versus good this year with the superheroes turns against each other. The dark knight taking on batman versus superman, and they look to the disavengers to disassemble. You can expect more in expect apocalypse. This is a different kind of superhero story. Reporter check out Ryan Reynolds or the all star suicide squad in late summer. Its a good choice. Reporter theres plenty of sequels on the docket with Independence Day liberating its Second Chapter 20 years after the original, and finding dory will swim into theaters more than a decade after finding nemo. Large, fast, and slow. Reporter theres more with zootopia for march, a live april, and the bfg in the summer. George clooney with the hailey brothers, and Melissa Mccarthy leading the allfemale version of the ghost busters. Thats the 2016 box office preview, nbc news. Its almost time for our favorite story of the week. You will love it two new jersey troopers help a couple stopped on the side of the road bring new life into the road its a great video caught on dash cam, and you need to see it. Welcome back. Our favorite story of the week. A new jersey couple is thanking two Highway Patrol troopers for helping them through a difficult situation. They helped to deliver the couples baby on the side of the road. Breathe. Breathe keep going. There we go the husband explained they were on the way to the hospital when the baby started to come. The trooper talked the couple through the ordeal as they welcomed the baby girl into the world. Good for them another look at the saturday forecast coming up, and today is Law Enforcement appreciation day
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