Week long, and its spill over into the weekend. Low 610s along the coast. Inverness, theres patchy fog bringing your eyesight down to a mile, and also patchy fog around the tampa executive airport. For the next few hours, holding off into the 50s. Plenty of sunshine to start the day, and then the afternoon high warming up to 75 degrees. Great weather for the runners. Gasparilla distance classic today and tomorrow, and some folks like the nice school 60 degree weather in the morning, and they have got it. Thank you, mark. Speaking of that. The run arers are getting ready right now, working out the last minute jitters, and thousands of people will be taking over bay shore boulevard for the popular races. Mary it sounds like i can hear people behind you, and they are getting ready. A lot of tampa bay is already up early this saturday morning. Today is the 15k and the 5k, and i can tell you, people are flooding in, and they are doing their stretches its great weather. You dont want it to be too hot when you run that far. We have video from the past years that i want to show you. Today is the 15k and the 5k runners, and they are taking off downtown. We spoke with one runner who was really excited to participate in this weekends races. Thats amazing and the energy, and theres tons and tons of people and the atmosphere is great and the medals are really cool, too, and im all about the medals. Reporter all about the are going to be closed for the races this weekend in tampa to see which roads will be shut down. How to get around, go to wfla. Com, and we have a few wfla team members participating in this years races. Leigh spann will be running in the 15k this morning, and i, of course, will be running to wherever the coffee and donut stand is. They have those at the races, right . Exactly. Maybe you will jog alongside for a block to get video, right . I know i was thinking next year we should get gopros, put them on our forehead and do the newscast while running. Perfect, i will pitch that later today. Thank you, mary. New this morning a tampa woman is in the hospital, and her dog is dead after a fire drive in seminole. The fire marshal is investigating. We dont know what caused the fire. We will keep you updated on that. Right now hillsborough deputies are trying to find out who shot and killed a man. They dont know why it happened, and we will bring you new information as soon as we get it. Morning a desperate search to find an orlando teenager accused of intentionally running over a sheriffs deputy. It happened as the deputy tried to arrest the 15yearold. Suddenly the teen accelerated towards the deputy and sped off. The 15yearold is wanted for attempted murder. Beyonces super bowl performance triggered a call for a nationwide police boycott, and heres the latest. In miami and tampa in april, and usually officers will volunteer to do security to earn extra cash. The outfits were representative of the black panthers. The president of miamis police union claims the singer is antipolice. We are not going to voluntarily show up there and sign up to work for a woman, a woman who portrayed a message that is antipolice. Reporter tampas police union has urged officers to boycott her music and performances, but they did not forbid them from volunteering do to security at her show. We will let you know how it turned out. A sightseeing helicopter crashed at pearl harbor. The investigation on this could take months. You see the helicopter there it the owner of a boat that caught on fire near bay pines bridge is lucky to be alive this morning. Bruce nagge lives near the light house marina. When he saw this, he grabbed his camera and hit record. Within minutes, the thick black engulfed the boat. Reporter what was it like to see it . It was pretty spectacular. Some of the neighbors were afraid, and i was afraid because they kept saying it could explode. That had to be scary to see. Several people were on board, but thankfully no one was on board. The neighbor says the boat burst into the flames just as he turned the key. The Justice Department is phone of one of the San Bernardino terrorists. The white house said they would be willing to let apple keep the ability to unlock the phone and then destroy it. In a few hours, Justice Scalia will be laid to rest. The 79yearolds service will begin this morning at the National Basilica in washington. President obama will start to read through information about potential Supreme Court nominees this weekend. Its very vote. Its down to the wire in South Carolina for the republican president ial candidates, and voters head to the poll today. The focus is on the top three trying to gain more traction we need to nominate someone we need to nominate someone who can bring us together. I know i can more than anyone else in this race. Running for president takes guts. Trust my. I have never done this before. These next 21 hours will decide a great deal. Donald trump leads the field according to most polls, but ted cruz is close behind, we are talking within 5 points, and marco rubio is rounding out the top three. However, stats democrats are a week away from South Carolina. Right now Hillary Clinton has a slight lead over bernie sanders. The former secretary of state just scored a key endorsement that should help out next week. James klineburg said he is in hillarys corner. Summer is coming, and the best beach in the country. We will show you a big renovation that shows tourists why this is one of the best places to be. Another nice place to be . Downtown tampa. Its 6 08, happy saturday, everybody. Welcome back. Summer is coming, and those sun are in luck. Anthony allred shows us how a 2 year, 100 million renovation has siesta key pushing for the best in the world. Reporter how do you improve on perfection . To find out, i had to take the tour. Sidewalk closed. Pardon our dust. Closed for maintenance are just a couple of the signs that tell you siesta key beach is under heavy construction. This beach is definitely a favorite when people come to Sarasota County to visit. Everyone wants to come to this particular beach because of the beautiful white sand we have, and now with the improvements, we have made the best beach in america even better. Reporter some of the key upgrades include more than 100 Parking Spaces a quarter of a you will see a lot of areas with the curving sidewalks, again, reflecting the waves, and they allow visitors to get out of their car, come up safely, and move through the beach. Reporter a brand new second floor sundeck restaurant overlooking the gulf of mexico. I think it has made it a better beach. I think it makes it so people can get a great view, have a respite from the sun if they want it. Reporter and a world class playground that has europeans ecstatic over the design. I think its great. I said yesterday to my husband, its the best playground that i have ever seen. Children have a lot of opportunities, and its really clean and protected from the sun, and its next to the beach, of course. Reporter you know, after taking the tour, i would have one beach in the world no need minnesota. Anthony allred, news channel 8. I will have to check it out. The full forecast for this saturday is coming up, and also ahead, tampa is going to be very busy today as the runners head out for the gasparilla distance classic. The detours you need to know i need new carpet. Ok. I have two dogs. And a husband. House trained . My husband . No, the dogs. Sometimes. P id suggest stainmaster pet protect carpet. Why . R incredibly durable and stain resistant. Tthats why they call it master its. I got it. Nnow get free basic installation with purchase of stainmaster t carpet and pad, t with everything going on this weekend, including the gasparilla distance classic there could be a lot of traffic issues. Reporter theres a lot going on this weekend. I will start with clearwater. If youre headed to clearwater breech this morning, keep in mind court street, the westbound lane that takes you on the causeway out to the beach, will be completely closed down from Fort Harrison to myrtle, and it will back up traffic here on highway 60. What you need to do is take drew street into downtown clear water and hop over that way to avoid the massive congestion. Not only do we have that going on, but we have the races in tampa. Keep in mind, we will have the heavy traffic around south tampa, and it will be stacked and packed, and saturday is the lot of closure in the channelside area and downtown morgan, and again bay shore boulevard will be closed down, and also f youre going to be traveling on the eastbound expressway, remember the exit to bay shore will be blocked, and the closures will start at 3 00 a. M. In the morning, and they usually last until 2 00 in the afternoon, and it just depends on how many people are finished with the race they are like rolling openings and closures as they do it also on sunday, the 8k. Looks like. This is the starting point near downtown near ashley. Going down to gandy boulevard. If youre not participating in the race, i would suggest avoiding this particular area, and we have an event at the people will go check out the arena cross, and thats saturday at 7 00 p. M. And sunday at noon. Remember that. If youre headed to the movies, and you dont feel like racing today you actually go see a movie about a race this film is supposed to be good about the film about jesse owens, and we also have the witch opening and also risen. Save me some popcorn. Certainly sounds like something for everyone there and the weather is definitely cooperating. No rain for the oners here today or tomorrow. You have to have the cloud cover. On the east coast, clouds trying to move off the atlantic, and temperatures ranging at 45 in inverness to a milder 61 in at pete. For some folks, thats just perfect running weather, and i would like to have the temperatures at least above 60 to be running, and by 9 00, we will be above that. Degrees, pretty good weather classic. What about the head winds . Not much of that. The light northeast winds to get you through the morning. Speeds at less than 5 miles an hour. If youre going to the beach, you will not be wind blown. Winds are turning around to the north, and we will probably see slightly warmer temperatures down to treasure island, and maybe slighter cooler temperature there is, and then more of a westerly flow during the sea breeze in the afternoon, and in general, the winds stay in check and good boating this weekend. Wednesday into thursday with the approach of a front, and nothing organized right now. Eventually the front will get here, but it will take tyacke until wednesday night to pass on through. For now, snow in the northeast, and try weather for the here today with the sunny, mild conditions, and tonight, temperatures down into the 50s, and there goes the front. By monday, stalling out to the north, but eventually it will kick on by as we head through the middle part of the week, and thats when the rain chances will increase. For the beaches, a 9 today. Water temperature cold. Around 60 degrees, and if youre getting your toes wet t will be much chillier. Look here, youre going to look at temperatures mid to upper 70s here pretty much all weekend long. The changes come headed into thursday, and we will see the temperatures start to drop down with the winds picking up thursday behind the front, and that will leave us dry and cooler headed into the upcoming weekend, and really nice weather here all week long, continuing into the weekend. Thats good news for the runners, even if they are chill i. If youre doing distance, you like it cooler. A rays outfielder is spending part of his season in the philippines, and he describes the eye opening looking great and stepping out with confidence includes having beautiful feet. My newest beauty routine secret starts in the shower. Discover the latest innovation from amop\. The new pedi perfect wet dry. Now get effortless hard skin removal on dry or wet skin. Plus, it has 2 speeds and its rechargeable. The easy way for touchably soft feet. Suits me and my new shoes. New amop\ pedi perfect wet dry. 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The tampa rays pitchers and catchers officially report to spring training tomorrow. The rest will follow up next friday it should be, no pun intended, a walk off the wash for souza jr. He and his wife are coming back from missionary work, and he said the work was life altering. I have been to a couple of other countries, but the people and country were so kind with what little they had. Their problems compared to mine, it just puts it in an 0 for 4 or 0 for 20 is not really that bad for what they go through on their everyday basis. Reporter thats it for sports. Im paul ryan. We all know hover boards are really dangerous, but they are really popular. The trouble manufacturers will face if they dont follow the new rules for the government. Rise and sunshine tampa bay its officially the weekend. Youre getting a live look out at downtown tampa. Looks like a nice start there. Good morning. Im adrienne pedersen. Thank you for joining us. We will get to the news in a second, but first, we will check in with meteorologist mark collins. Mark, i know a lot of people are headed out to the races today. Reporter theres going to be quite a few people out there running today. You combine the beautiful weather and the views on bay shore boulevard, and that entice those who dont even run to go cheer on those who do for not too cold, not too hot. Just a beautiful start to another day here. It will be dry here today and tomorrow. As far as gasparilla goes, we are not looking at much head wind, just dry streets, and thats good news for the folks had headed out to do runs. Its a good thing its this weekend. Later in the week, we expect rain showers, it looks like by the middle part of the week. Until then, temperatures in the 70s. As you will hear with the extended forecast, we will have a sharp cooldown. See you then. Weather has been beautiful lately, thank you, mark. Thousands are getting ready to take over bay shore boulevard, like we were just showing you for the gasparilla classic. Over. Downtown tampa. Reporter in about 15 minutes the 15k is going to blast off here in downtown tampa. People have been here since very early this morning more than 600,000 people have participated over the years, and im told this year 30,000 people are going to be participating, and this brings a lot of people to the area. Now today, the 15k and the 5k runners will take off through downtown tampa, and the 15k will start in 10 minutes. The 5k runners will be at 9 15. On sunday the 8k and Half Marathon runners will have their shot. One couple came from canada to run in the races. The weather is great. My wife man in minus 31 less than 7 days ago this is nice and toasty for us right now. Very well organized, and its flat. Thats a benefit. We really like that. Roads are going to be closed for this weekends races in tampa. To see which streets will be closed and how to get around those, go to wfla. Com. All the profits for this race go to local youth organizations, and its running for a cause. The music is bumping, and people are ready to run, and i have been really surprised at the crazy costumes that people have been wearing. A 15k, thats no short distance, but i have seen people in full pirate garb to get out there and run. Maybe fun for a mile or two, but after mile 8 . I dont know how that would feel. I think its hard running in regular gym clothes. Its hard to separate from the pack let alone if you have things flying everywhere. Girl, and she had a pirate hook on her hand. She was determined to leave it on the whole 5k, and i said good luck with that. We may find it on the side when she gets tired. Nothing but respect here. Happening today, Hillsborough County residents have another chance to get rid of tires that may be producing mosquitoes. You can drop off tires today 8 00 this morning to 3 00 this afternoon at west lake drive. You bring up to 10 tires, but you have to have some form of id so they know you live in Hillsborough County. Now to the coverage on the lifting of the embargo from cuba. The u. S. And cuba relations continue to take a major turn. President obama announced he a u. S. Delegation led by kathy caster has just returned. Reporter this is the image that Many Americans first noticed when they arrive in coup b a country that appears frozen in time with vintage american cars rolling down the streets. We explored a little deeper into the lives of the everyday cubans, finding a man who makes money hand rolling cigars in the corner of his cramped home, and we were there for one of kathy casters favorite moments during her visit to cuba. It happened in the home of barbara hernandez. She supports her family making baby clothes and shirts for men. She reminds me of Sarah Blakely who founded spanx. She has really worked to develop her small business. Reporter caster and her led crowded into barbaras home to find out not long ago she earned a modest income working for the cuban government. She inserted medicine bottles into card board boxes for sale. Reporter and now she is supporting herself and her family. It has given her family money in their pocket to be able to buy a home. Its pretty unique in modern cuba. Things are changing. Reporter the congresswoman said she is now more committed than ever to lifting the embargo to help barbara and her small, but growing, business. Thank you, jeff. Very interesting prospective there you can count on news channel 8 to bring you coverage including president obamas historic visit. Keith cate will be in havana next month for the trip. 75,000 in damage. Thats what it is going to take to fix this, a house that you can see the flame there is. It looks like its cell phone video. Tampa fire and rescue says a candle cause the fire. Two people were inside at the time, but they made it out, and they ar