Transcripts For WFTS Action News At 6AM 20160304 : compareme

Transcripts For WFTS Action News At 6AM 20160304

One person will be skipping trumps rally is david duke, the former kkk leader who backs the former businessman. Last night, trump faced tough questions about flip flopping an issues like immigration. He called his flexibility an asset, but that came back to bite him later. Ive never sena successful person ive never seen a successful person who wasnt flexible. Breathe, breathe, breathe. You can do it. When you are done with the yoga i hope we do not see yoga on this stage. You are very flexible, so i dont know. While trump was the biggest target last night, an interesting moment came when all three candidates asked if they would support him if he wins a nomination. Yes, because i gave my word i will support whoever is the republican nominee. Mr. Trump, yes or no . Trump hesitated briefly and then said yes. We learned floridas governor rick scott is not choosing sides. He wont make any endorsements. He wrote on facebook that he trusts voters and that it is their job to pick the gop candidate they want. Stick around as we fact check last nights debate. Coming up, our exclusive Politifact Team looks at the harshest attack on marco rubio. An early headsup could make it tougher to save on your childs back to school supplies. Florida lawmakers just approved a bill that would scale back the state sales tax holiday from ten days down to three days. Items it will not cover computers this time. It would only cover clothing items that cost 60 or less instead of the 100 or less limit before. Well find out by tuesday if lawmakers reach a final deal on that sales tax holiday plan. Looking at the damage left behind at a day care in zephyr hills after a car backed right into that building. Action air one flew over Little People Christian Day care after this happened thursday evening. Thank think, nobody was seriously hurt. A childs fingers were nearly severed and a lot of you cant believe that the parents think the teacher could have done that on purpose. He was holding the door when it was slammed on his fingers. Wounds on two of his fingers. His family has hired an attorney who says there its no doubt his teacher did it. They want to know if it was intentional. What were concerned with is that this never happens again either to our child or someone elses child. We did reach out to that teacher, amanda, but she has not called us back yet. A 200 million lawsuit against gawker, hulk hogan says gawker released part of his sex tape and violated his privacy. Opening statements are set for monday morning. We are tracking two Health Alerts right now, including one pent to bring relief to thousands of people in flint michigan. Pregnant women exposed to lead in the she its tainted water supply will get help under medicaid. The federal government is extending the benefits to people under the age of 21. High levels of lead were found in childrens blood after the state switched to river water. Three new cases of zika virus have been found in florida. They are all travel related. It brings the total number now of cases to 47 here in florida. The good news is only four of symptoms. A group of volunteers in pasco county say they can really use your help changing lives for the better after last summers devastating floods. The nonprofit pasco rebuilds together is working together to rebuild dozens of destroyed homes in the hardest hit communities. The Organization Says they still need more volunteers and work. If you want to contribute or you need help yourself, we the free mobile app. As the tampa bay weather moves out, the city is focusing its efforts on revamping tropicana field. The rays got permission to look year. If the team decides to stay, it built. If the rays move, the city would fully control the site. Start redevelopment this afternoon. Folks in st. Peters bill soon have a new spot where they can live, work, and play. Ground breaking is set for today for one st. Petersburg. It will become downtown st. Petes tallest building. The tower on first avenue north will feature stores and the hyatt hotel. The group that develops one st. Petersburg says its like a mediterranean village. Our culture, museum and so they decided this would be a great new place and created a gem all within a spectacular peters. Construction is expected to years. Still ahead, weve got an update to the jawdropping video in the freeforall at a gun store robbing that store blind. Coming up, the big oops that two of them made that got them busted. Plus, the new way you can experience on the roller coters without getting in new this morning, as a case against a south florida woman accused of plotting a murder for hire on her husband will now move forward, but it might be without the womans lawyer. The video you are watching right here made National News and shows her sobbing at a state crime scene after deputies tell her that her husband had been killed. They claim her reaction was an act for a reality tv show. The judge threw out the case to have it dismissed, which means she will stand trial for a second time coming up in may. The judge says the lawyer may have broken professional conduct rules, so he might be there is no chance a so called serial stowaway who once stuck onto a flight in florida will pull off a stunt like that any time soon. The six months house arrest is the punishishment. Dont worry about the clouds out there this morning. They will clear out by midday. Temperatures climbing from the upper 60s to the mid0s. So less cool out there this morning. You wont need a jacket. For the weekend, well talk about cooler temperatures, especially for the morning. Stay tuned for that. Well have it in a few minutes. A teacher beatdown caught on camera. The Safety Measures after this stunning attack and what will happen to the teen who tackled his teacher to the ground . Take a look at live pictures out of brick, new jersey. Would like to head down here. The storm rolling through could drop a couple more inches. Welcome back. Youre watching this morning on abc action news. Were starting off with a few showers and at this point, they have fallen apart. And back behind this front, which has been triggering the shower activity on the clear sky coming in for us. That right there is going to be our weekend weather as that front continues to clear out. Well be looking at good temperatures right now in the 50s and 60s. Notice this dropoff as the front begins to move in. It will allow for temperatures tonight to fall back certainly more than we have this morning. Temperatures by lunchtime in the low to mid70s. It looks good about 63 for 8 00. Turning a little cool by the time we get into the evening hours. Moderate job 2 to 4 foot seas. It will take a while before we warm things up. Mid60s this time of year, right . Otherwise, we are in the 70s, which is where we should be so the humidity and drier air bill allow the temperatures to fall back closer to the dew points so when you wake up tomorrow morning, 51 brooksville and low to mid50s. A good 20 degree jump by the afternoon will feel nice. Sevenday forecast then as we head into the weekend looks fantastic. You cannot get better than this, certainly in march where we could be more humid and uncomfortably warm. Were heading into the n few days, and we begin to get a little more humid and warmer. I dont remember the last time we had a string of 80 degree days. As we get closer and into mid march, spring is on the way. It may be more traffic because it comes down here, right . For now, were looking good lets take a look where he is. No problems across the howard franklin. I did just check your drive time. Its taking just six minutes to get from pinellas into hillsborough county. We have road blocks to be prepared and expect delays in that intersection. All right. While we have some time, i want to you remember that we have a road closure tomorrow that could cause problems if you are trying to get to citrus park mall. Youll want to get off at irwin and take this over to gunn highway. Remember that because it could take you a few extra minutes if you are heading in that area. Elsewhere, really slowing things down and following me on twit. Deiah . 17 minutes after 6 00. If you are like me and you ever wanted to ride cheat that at your nerve up because you are afraid you are going to die Something Like that. Some theres something to help us out. Six flags will offer the First Virtual reality roller coaster. Check out the theme parks youtube account. Guests will wear head sets to is imlate the twists, dives and turns. At least nine parks will get the new technology. The closest to us is on the south side of atlanta. Would you give this a try . I think id try that one. We are screaming over there on facebook. Give us a call and let us know what youll do. My oldest talked me into it and i didnt talk to her for a few hours. A football pro gets the the panic he accidentally caused at a gym and what he was really trying to do there. First, boeing has a way to make your next flight a more pleasant experience. They show us the hightech bathroom innovation. Amazon wants to make your life easier with digital personality assistance. Your uber will arrive in two minutes. That is the echo dot, the smaller version of the original. If you need help with one of your apple devices, you may want to head over to twitter. The tech giant announced that customers will now be able to get answers to all of the questions on its new apple support page. Finally, check out boeings idea for a germ know phones delight. All you do is wave your hand boeing says its selfcleaning thanks to ultraviolet light that kills nearly 100 of the germs. Its 6 23. Thanks for waking up with us on this early friday morning. Partly cloudy skies. Live look there from our river gate tower. Rain has passed by. Those clouds you are seeing to the south there, thats whats left of the weekend. Right now, we have an update on the incredible Gun Store Heist we showed you yesterday. Federal agents arrested more of the thieves that stormed into a gun store and stole 50 guns. Security cameras captured the men caping the security gate to the back of the truck and hitting the gas. You see the thieves run into the store. The suspects grabbed weapon after weapon. We know two of the suspects were arrested after they tried to sell some of the stolen guns to a police informant. The weapons actually still had the price tags on them. The owner of a gym in seattle says his employees acted appropriately when they called police on a seahawks player cam chancellor. They tried to get into a gym they are trying to get in and they are pounding the doors trying to break in. Im not really sure. The employees claimed chancellor and the guys he was with were pounding on the door trying to get in. The owner says there have been recent attempted breakins. Chancellor said he was looking the place. Big misunderstanding. Space ex will try for a fifth time to put a orbit. Four previous attempts have been scrubbed. After releasing the satellite, the rocket will land on a barge coast. Attempts failed. The rocket either missed the barge or like this one landed on the barge but then tipped over and exploded. Spotlight big question, of course so the big question, of course, whats it looking i dont think the weather will be much of an issue. We have the front early this morning. Well take a look. It will clear out at cape canaveral. Clear skies and winds will be out of the northwest at 10 to 15. For us, the showers bring us the weather for the weekend. Ill detail that ahead and show you the warmup on the way for next week in just a few minutes. It would be nice to have an answer. I dont know how hopeful, personally, i am. Its been nearly 11 years and this morning, a family is desperate for answers about who shot and killed their loved one on a bay area highway. The new incentives they hope will get them the closure theyve been waiting for. And be careful what you post on social media. A comment about donald trump could get one man kicked out of the country. And good morning, everybody. You are looking live right here at i275 in ashley. No crashes or breakdowns there, on i75 in the apollo beach areaea. Ill have more on that coming still ahead this morning, a trip to the strawberry festival takes a tragic turn and a tampa bay family is still looking for closure. The renewed plea they are making and big reward they are offering to anyone who can help. Checking for wet roads on the courtney causeway. Checking wet roads and anticipating a gorgeous sunrise. The rain moved through earlier but it looks like thats moved out. Looks fantastic out there. Do you own umbrellas . Yeah. I have no umbrella, and i am the weather man. Can you believe that . I can dodge the showers. Lets check conditions right now. Absolutely, we had the showers go through. The roads wont be much of an issue because the showers were so fast moving and werent that heavy. The flood we talked about yesterday was going to be weakening, and boy, has it. Most of the area has nasty thunderstorms in the last couple of days. For us, the front you saw the sky there. Well be looking at spectacular images, i think, from the one in the next hour or so. Were not going to have any leftover clouds. It will be a gorgeous day with temps in the low 70s. The weekend changes tonight. Also about the warmup that is headed our way next week. It is almost into midmarch here. Well start getting into more any leftover roads you see as far as any wetness there . They are wet, but i had a hard time finding any green on my maps. And we are looking at the veterans express way and traffics starting to pick up. Still no major delays out there, no crashes or breakdowns to tell about you there. Fhp is reporting a crash on i hitch 75 northbound right before you get to big bend. A hit and run crash they are reporting it as. I am looking at my traffic indicators, and i am not seeing any slowdowns so far. We may have captain al go over and check it out. A quick check of the drive times on the major roads starting off at u. S. 19, this is southbound from tampa to east bay. Its taking 11 minutes, 18 minutes on dell mabry from fletcher. Captain al, how are things where you are . Good friday morning, everybody. We are in or right just a little bet of ybor city. I4 right there. The very top is i275, really no problems to speak of. That righthand side, they are hitting the brakes a little and its really pretty much speed limits the whole way through. Now back to the desk. Thank you, apten al. This morning, the familiar thank you, captain al. This morning, a family is marking 11 years since this man right here, david neel was shot and killed while driving on i 75 as he was driving to meet his family at the strawberry festival. All these years later, his family doesnt know who did it or why. Sarah rosario is showing us the new report the family is ignite the search for his killer. Good morning, sarah. Good morning. David neels family is still upset. He never made it to the strawberry festival that fateful night of march, 2005. Now they are hoping that this video will bring in new information that leads to an arrest and also bringing them one step closer to closure. This sunday marks 11 years since detectives say neel was driving on i75 in zephyr hills when the bullet went through the door of his truck killing him. The person who filed that shot is still out there. Now neels family who is still participating in the strawberry festival is offering a 25,000 reward to find that killer. Even though its been more than ten years, neels daughter is still trying to come to grips of what happened. Now shes holding on to the memories of her father while investigators continue to search for new leads. He was just a funny guy, you anything. He loved being a grandfather. Reporter crimestoppers of tampa bay is offering an additional award negotiation what the family is offering to any information that leads to an arrest. They are asking anyone and everyone to look at this video and share it on social media with hopes to solve this cold case. Reporting live in plant city, sarah rosario, abc action news. Happening now, authorities are redoubling their efforts to find an accused killer, on the run for nearly three months money we first showed you brewer after he shot someone. There is a reward on top of the crimestoppers reward. Parents tell abc action news that they are worried a teacher charged with child porn and sex with a student could weve been telling you about stacy hooks for the past month. First we heard she had sex with a 14yearold. Were told she met at the elementary where hooks also taught and now shes charged with an additional 9 counts of child porn. We really need prayer and god back into the schools. This is the only way. The Sheriffs Office continues to investigate and analyze social media accounts and phone records they got from hooks. At this point, though, they have not identified any additional victims. New this morning, firefighters trying to figure out what started a fire at a butcher shop in st. Peters. St. Peters Police Officer noticed the fire and called in for help. There are no reports of any injuries, and that cause is under investigation. Meanwhile, tampa follows in the footsteps of other major steps to relax the penalties for people caught with a small amount of marijuana. City leaders pushed for civil citations, not arrests are for anyone with 20 grams or less of pot. Well alert you to a tax season headache we told about you yesterday at this time. The irs will send additional Staff Members to its tampa office after several complaints about extremely long lines there. This is the scene on wednesday afternoon. In some cases, taxpayers dealing with Identity Fraud told us they waited four to six hours only to be turned away when they got to the front of the line. The irs tells us nationwide staff cuts are to blame for the delays. Lets take a look at Tampa International airport. Getting busy as it gears up for a busy spring break season. This is video shot a while ago. Says they anticipate this being 11. Including my son is heading home for spring break. Temperatures are warming up. 80s. For now, holding into the 70s. Mostly cloudy skies with the showers with a few leftover roads out there. Well be in good shape and well have the forecast coming up. Yeah, we are keeping track of the bridges for you. This is what it looks like on the howard franklin. Took six minutes to get from county. 23 minutes from county line road to downtown. 275. We are hearing of a car fire where captain al is headed right now. Still ahead a teen attack and punches this teacher. This jawdropping moment is all caught on camera. Making after this disturbing video surfaces. Earn a paycheck without leaving your couch . More people are getting ripped off with these types of scams a 17yearold is facing charges over this disturbing video showing him attacking his high schoolteacher. You can see the teen punch his continue to beat him once he falls to the ground. The t

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