On 275 southbound in Pinellas County. From 26th avenue south to 54th avenue south. You cant see it here, its way off in the distance, you can see flashing lights but this project starts 9 00 at night and doesnt wrap up until 7 00 in the morning. So in the Early Morning hours you might see just a little bit of a disloadown but right now i just checked and youre still at 65 Miles Per Hour. From the Sunshine Skyway to the howard frankland. And in the opposite direction. You can see it here, 68 northbound and 70 southbound so looking great there. So your drive times on the veterans expressway looking great, all in the green. Coming up on 6 02. Today a multimilliondollar throwdown in tampa bay will pit a former wwwe star against a media giant. Live look now at the courthouse in Pinellas County, Opening Statements start in three hours in hulk hogans trial against gawker. From tampa says gawker violated his privacy when it featureereds parts of a sex tape featuring him. Well be Live StreamingOpening Statements on our mobile app starting this morning at 9 00. This morning more controversy for troubled plagued Allegiant Airlines and this time the accusation of safety problems come from a mechanics union. Abc action News ReporterCorey Dierdorff with more on what the union and airlines airhad to say. Reporter good morning. Its very busy here as allegiant prepares to fight another Public Relations battle. This time as a report goes to the public claiming the airline isnt doing enough to keep its passengers safe. This comes just days after an allegiant flight this weekend bound for st. Pete had to abort takeoff in fort wayne, indiana because of smoke in the cabin. Problems the last several today the Teamsters Aviation Mechanics Coalition, the union that represents allegiant pilots will release its own report outlining a list of problems. According to the Tampa Bay Times it identifies nearly 100 preventable lj landings, flight delays Emergency Landings, flight delays and aborted takeoffs between september and january. They say the mechanics Coalition Never inspected a single Allegiant Aircraft and has no knowledge of our operation. You can count on abc action news to stay on top of this. As soon as this report becomes available well get it to you on air and online at abcactionnews. Com. Live in st. Pete, Corey Dierdorff, abc action news. Going in depth on past problems on allegiant flights, less than two weeks ago a pilot aborted a takeoff from st. Pete clearwater to kansas city after hearing a loud boom so powerful it shook the plane. Made an flight from tampa bay made an Emergency Landing in alabama. Our opener looked into allegiant last june after two Emergency Landings at st. Pete clearwater and more than a dozen cancelled flights. Read the full investigation on our web site, under the iteam section of abcactionnews. Com. Its the beginning of a busy week for candidates on both sides of the aisle ahead of next weeks crucial florida primary. We start now with senator marco rubio paying a visit to the Tampa Convention center earlier this evening. To share his vision for a new american century. It will be 5 00, we did checking and found out tickets are Still Available one huge unknown that could shake up the race is who the former governor jeb bush is going to support. A former Campaign Official says despite the rivalry on the campaign trail its possible he could endorse rubio especially if it could slow down frontrunner donald trump. Rubio to drop out. Marco rubio had a very bad night. And personally i would call for him to drop out of the race. I want ted oneonone. We will win the state of florida. We will pete donald trump there beat donald trump there. And rubio picked up a dominant win in puerto rico last night. As for this weekends other races ted cruz stole some team with donald trump with wins in kansas and maine but trump won louisiana and kentucky. Marco rubio and Hillary Clinton also going to spend a lot of time in the bay area. Its a day after debating Bernie Sanders at Miamidade College in south florida. They squared off in the blight city of flint, michigan. Clinton holds a 17point lead in michigan ahead of its vote tomorrow. She and sanders called for the states governor to resign sparks flew over the Auto Industry bailout. I voted to save the Auto Industry. He voted against the money that ended up saving the Auto Industry oh. I think that is a pretty big difference. Well, i if you are talking about the wall street bailout where some of your friends destroyed this economy. You know excuse me, im talking. Mississippi also votes tomorrow but michigan is the real prize with 147 democratic delegates at stake. Thats nearly as many as all four of the states that voted this weekend. This morning the Nations Capital is remembering former first Lady Nancy Reagan. Were going to get video were going to show you in a little while. We pulled this off the satellite feeds from overnight and hope to show it in a moment. What is in it, flags at the capitol at halfstaff marking mrs. Reagan spent 52 years by former president Ronald Reagans side as a devoted wife and closest adviser, working behind the scenes to help the president navigate some of his toughest decisions. She became his protector especially after his assassination attempt and during his battle with alzheimers. She died of congestive Heart Failure sunday morning at her home in los angeles. Out here now, the reagans as you know shared one incredible love story. She was a shining example of style and grace, her best known project as first lady was the just say no campaign encouraging teens and kids to stay off drugs. So many of you have memories of mrs. Reagan so were encouraging you to take a moment to share your memories with us wren you see this post here, show up in your news feed this morning. Breaking overnight north korea is warning of a pre Emptive Nuclear strike on the u. S. And south korea, boldly threatening to reduce its enemies to flames and ash. New threat just hours ago on north korean tv. It comes just after the u. S. And south korea began military drills nearby. Tensions are even higher because of the United NationsSecurity Councils new sanctions against north korea. Its unlikely such a threat would actually play out since theres a lot of debate over whether north korea is even capable of such an attack. Kayakers counting their blessings now. Plus this. We got very lucky. Close call, crash for a father and daughter. What they credit with saving 6 11. Los angeles rams running back tray mason is facing charges in south florida after a weekend traffic stop where police shot him with a stun gun twice. An officer pulled mason over for speeding in hollywood saturday. That officer says mason refused to show id and refused to get out of his car. Police say they got mason to comply by shooting him with a ton gun twice. He now faces multiple charges including resisting arrest, reckless driving and possession of marijuana. Mason has a house in Palm Beach County and went to high school there. National Weather Service is extending a rip current warning in south florida following the they got caught in rough surf yesterday morning, two nearby teens on a small boat heard their screams and moved in to help. Unfortunately as those kayakers started to get into the boat it capsized. Luckily a police boat was already on its way and rescued everyone. Well be talking about this high that will dominate our pattern the next few weeks, we are going to be seeing plenty of sunshine here as we talk about temperatures in the 80s by the middle part of the week. Coming up apple attack. The first of its kind Security Threat that some fans need to these pictures from california, these are firefighters. They are helping offense that have been stranded from incredible flooding from the l. A. River there. Look at the waters there rushing, were talking about upwards of a foot of rainfall falling in the last fewer days. Inundating streets and a lot of high water rescues. These are el ninopowered storms which by the way have season. You thought el nino was pretty at least they are getting rainfall there but its coming too fast, too furious and even some Power Outages as well. Guess what . By the way, more rain unfortunately on the way so out any time soon. Unfortunately the flooding turned deadly. A woman was killed when she drove apparently into some floodwaters. Always good to advise folks not to do that. You dont know how deep that water is. Turn around dont drown. Its been so dry there it wont take much water to get things out of hand. Lets show you additional rainfall here. Were going to be talking about more rain unfortunately for them here. Of course they want this rain but its coming so heavily it will continue to provide us with flooding i do think. Another one coming. In fact three more on the way. A parade of storms with an additional six inches certainly and even pockets of heavier rain. Remember in california because of the mountains here when the rain comes from the west like that you get that orographic lift. So even heavier rainfall along the mountains, were going to continue to see that and the snow has been underway as well. That system in call by the way is going to in california eventually make it here with rainfall but its not going to happen for some time because of a big area of High Pressure that is going to be dominating our pattern here. Low to the west, high to the east. This high is really just going to block that system from moving in. In fact, i think well have Flooding Issues for portions of the gulf because the rain is not going to be able to move. Its just going to fall over the same area day after day. For us just dry. Southeasterly winds, what that will do because of the southerly wind component and the winds of course coming off the water it will moderate our temperatures the next few days, in that the overnight temperatures not as cool as we had this morning. Still have it, in the 50s. And the daytime high temperatures are going to be in the low 80s. Look at the rain tuesday, wednesday, thursday, continuing. Then eventually this high will begin to break down. So that by the weekend it will begin to see that rainfall beginning to move in. We have print of time to tweak to forecast. Today mid and upper 70s, with for boaters 1 to 2foot seas, either winds 5 to easterly winds 5 to 10 knots. Watch for rip currents. Upper 70s and low 80s and we are holding with a low, even mid80s across the interior and theres the rain chance coming back on saturday. Plenty of time to tweak that forecast and hopefully push it a little further east. But for now that looks to be the day. Traffic looking pretty good, one trouble spot, one crash, this is in pasco county. The san antonio area, state road 52 just east of i75, fhp reporting no road block with this crash but i am seeing a slowdown, you can see leading up to the crash in the eastbound lanes so if youre heading out the door now you may want to leave a few minutes early if youre trying to get to i75 because i am seeing backups there. Elsewhere were looking great. Good morning brandon, this is i 75 through your area, traffic both directions. On i4 looking great, 22 minutes from county line road to downtown. Seven minutes from 75 to 275. Today were expecting to hear that super bowl winning quarterback Peyton Manning is hanging up his football helmet for good. The star is set to make it official this afternoon ending a decorated 18year career. Rumors of his retirement begin to run rampant after winning his second super bowl last month. That victory made him the first quarterback to win 200 games. His stunning list of honors include nfl records and passing yards and touchdown passes and five mvp awards. Mannings teammates call him a leader who raised the bar for everybody. He definitely has a different aura about him. He definitely commanded respect and got to us follow his lead for sure. Tributes to Peyton Manning are popping up all across the web. Site, a moving tribute to number 18. There it is there. Even the Tampa Bay Buccaneers tweeting out a big thank you to Peyton Manning. Let us know what you remember about Peyton Manning on facebook. Were Live Streaming now. Still ahead a surprise at the gas pump. Not the kind you were hoping for. Were helping you avoid sticker shock. Who is selling the cheapest gas in town . A college trip takes a terrifying turn for a man and his teenaged daughter. What saved their lives . Apple users are now being target the by hackers using software known as ransomware. Heres your money news. Reporter in tech bytes a new warning for mac users. For the first time the Apple Computers are being targeted by hackers with ransomware. Encrypts your files, asks you a apple representative says steps are 4rrd taken. A new share buttonnal lose use dorse quickly am lows users to quickly text friend with a protime. If a 23reu7d agrees just swipe yes. Panasonic un1r5eu8d the worlds first counter top induction oven. The company says the new oven can cook raw chicken and vegetables in 20 minutes. 6 25. Mondays morning. Were hearing from the man flying with his daughter when their planes engine lost power forcing him to deploy an emergency parachute. Lewis oburg and his daughter toured a college in rhode island but coming back home saturday lewis reported engine trouble still miles from the airport. Then the engine completely shut down and lewis deployed the emergency parachute. We got very lucky. Very lucky. Were coming from university of rhode island. And we had a problem on the way home. The engine died and i pulled the parachute and we landed. The plane landed in that lewis had a scratch on his head, his daughter had no injuries. The faa and ntsb are both investigating. Right now 85 teams of mushers are racing across the alaskan wilderness to become this years iditarod sled dog race champion. The ceremonial start was saturday at anchorage but as we said last week snow had to be fold hold in from fair banks 360 miles away so the sleds could take off. Seven former champions are competing in this years iditarod. The win winner should cross the finish line in nome, alaska sometime next week. Its a little cool this morning. Were expecting a nice warmup this afternoon. Weve been cold enough for snow. We need to get the moisture and cold together. That doesnt happen in florida but were now even losing the cold as temperatures are in the 50s. In fact the next few days i nicely. Mid to upper 60s by 10 00. Then take lunch outside 10 today, mid70s. Similar to what we had with upper 70s through the afternoon. Were going to get much warmer than that heading into the middle part of the week, extended forecast coming up. Still ahead a family owners. The reason a deputy says he had no choice but to shoot and the reason that deputy was at the home in the first place. Its what you cant see in this video shot at a Disney Resort that has a family disturbed. Why they say it could spell danger for thousands of visitors. Good morning. Your drive on 275 through downtown tampa looking great. No problems in hillsborough but we are hearing of a crash on 275 over in Pinellas County near gandy. 6 30 months of hype and drama leading to this moment. How hulk hogans trial could take down a media behemoth and what we are expecting in tampla today as the nation watches. And we have the cheapest gas prices in town. Good morning. Thank you for joining us on this monday. Greatlooking monday ahead. Ivan says could be another warm one. I think it will be great. A lot of sunshine, temperatures warming up. Right now not so much so be careful if youre heading out. Be warned. Wear extra layers. Look at zephyrhills, 48. Lakeland, bartow, some of the morning. Then well begin to warm up. Inverness and brooksville almost in the 30s. In fact this is a reporting station in brooksville. I wouldnt be surprised if pox around are checking in, in the upper 30s. Calm conditions and clear skies allowed for temperatures to satellite and radar though showing if n fact i could show you this tomorrow and the like this. Big area of High Pressure keeps while. Mid and upper 70s later today. Upper 60s by 8 00. Ill show you the temperatures and how warm i think were going to get heading into tomorrow and middle part of the week especially across interior counties where well, at this point, possibly getting into pool weather here. Its been pool weather here. My pool isnt heated so im a little sensitive. I stay away. You know what im talking about. I do. If youre heading out the door now, the only trouble spot were seeing is in pasco. This crash here at state road 52 just east of i75. Its always a little backed up trying to get to i75 so it looks like maybe we can see just a longer delay so leave get to i75 in the san antonio area. 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