Felony charges after the wild turn of events yesterday. Abc action news anchor Lindsay Logue will have more in a a few minutes. A 3,000 reward is up for grabs to get an accused killer off the street. A warrant is out for malineas arrest, he is accused of stabbing a man at a rose brook mobile home park. You may be able to claim that by calling in information to crime stoppers. We will follow up with polk county deputies, waiting to find if a woman has charges for killing her longtime boyfriend, she is only charged with lying investigators say someone shot clark in the head at the winter haven home thursday. Clarks body. Had Homicide Team hasnt had an unsolved homicide in over 7 years. She is testing us. But it is not a very hard test. Investigators say she stopped by the house with her brother to show him and ask him for help moving the body. He refused and isnt facing charges. Also in polk county 2 men arrested for swapping price stickers at los stores, they were caught pulling stickers off high priced items and replacing them with much lower price tags, they lit locations from bart hit locations from bartow to winter haven. Lets check in with ivan cabrera, a cold afternoon, one last chance for boots and sweaters. You can do that the next few blues ts. We continue with temperatureinize to the afternoon, 50s, current readings to lower 60s and a few mid 60s but that will never materialize as far as how it will feel because we have very gusty wind that will have a wind chill. If you are headed out tonight, temperatures will drop in significant fashion and, in fact, very chilly tonight, we will detailing that. We are watching a couple crashs. We have incidents out there but i want to show you the Howard Frankland first because i have been watching the bridge and traffic is getting lighter there, i checked the drive time, 11 minutes to cross now, let me show you where the crash is we are watching, this is a dump truck verses a utility pole at south 60 at palm river road south of the express way, seeing a lot of red. A lot of congestion, you might but avoid 50th until they get all that mess cleared up. We have a crash southbound i75 in the Wesley Chapel area after you pass 54, we are seeing slow downs here, you might want to think about getting off at 54 and taking that back around and getting on at 56, we are seeing slow downs there. Back to you. Thanks, we want to update you on breaking news we first brought you at 6 00, officials in new york are waiting right now for the weather conditions to improve before they try to move a fishing boat that ran aground. This happened 2 00 this morning off Rock Away Beach in queen, 57 crew members were on board the carolina queen and had to be rescued from the boat. When the coast guard got there their vessel over turned also, 5 coast guard members were on board, not hurt. The people on the boat have been rescued. This morning we are hearing the first public interview with apple ceo tim cook about the resistance to comply with an fbi bernardino shooters iphone. The fbi wants apple to write software to hack into that phone so the government can gain access to information that might be stored on it. Cook reveal short ly after the shooting, investigators reset the phones password, the icloud password which stopped it from automatically backing up information to the cloud. Cook calls that a missed opportunity, crucial to the investigation and wished they would have contacted apple before resetting that password. In an interview with abc news cook says it is a tough decision but what the fbi is asking would make other iphones more vulnerable to hacking. This is not a position we would like to be in. It is a very uncomfortable position, to oppose your government on something doesnt feel good. And to oppose it on something where we are advocating for supposed to protect, it is incredibly ironic. Apple is expected to file the legal response to the fbi in court by tomorrow. The iphone at the center of the fight belonged to syed farook, he sdp his wife and his wife shot ask killed 14 people and injured 20 others. You can no longer buy hoverboards on amazon, the Online Retail giant removed the popular toy after official warning from the u. S. Consumer product safety commission, the warning said consumers risked injury or death if it ignites and burns, if a hoverboard search only returns Replacement Parts and accessories. Target, walmart, and toys r us stopped selling them since the announcement. This morning we are getting a look at the disturbing letter sent anonymously to one family about their children. A minnesota woman was fined and put on probation for a year note threatening to eat her neighbors children, sent in september. She said the children looked delicious, may i have a taste . The family started receiving magazines addressed to the tasty children. They traced the magazine to the suspect. She said she sent the messages because the kids were making noise and leaving things in her yard. Hundreds of traffic stop cases are getting thrown out in florida after dash cam video sets the story straight. 400 traffic stops made by eduardo boostmonty, the videos show the deputy using excessive lying repeatedly. The state Attorney Says there are more than a dozen marion indicted convicted, indicted, or fired. Is there a bigger problem . I believe the agency is full of out standing employees. Pleaded guilty encourt after this video surfaced showing them punching and kicking a man obviously not resisting. The department randomly audited deputies. That news as Police Body Camera billing are moving forward. Senate committees are discussing a bill that would require Police Departments and sheriffs offices to determine which officers are allowed to use cameras and when. It requires storing data according to public records laws. Our team has been looking into Law Enforcement agencies and how the cameras may or may not be worth the cost. You can see our investigation on our website at abcactionnews. Com. New this mofrning, backyard morning backyard conranges for illegal. A bill was signed into law and comes a year after a st. Peat man caused controversy st. Pete man caused controversy with a range in his yard. For recreational reasons but can property. We are taking action for teachers looking for a job or looking to transfer, there are now in pasco county. The best part, you dont need one. Sun lake high school, 4 00 in the gym at land olake, you have to have College Degree or be graduating soon, they are looking for School Counselors and social workers as well. If you missed any of the information we have it posted on our website, look under story links. Still ahead, photos of a molding sipy cup lid goebl viral. Who going viral. Who makes it . Snack nation taking over america, why companies are rebranding foods not normally seen as snacks to keep up with the times. Panhandle. Weather is coming from the north and west. We have 30s and 40s. I will let you know how cold welcome back, 9 14, this video might make you queasy, firefighters from new york and orlando and las vegas are training using the high roller ferris wheel for practice rescue drills, it has a zip line pulley system, hundreds of feet up. There is a similar ferris wheel in orlando, the eye, and there are plans for one in new york. Firefighters say it is a chance to get hands on training and prepare for emergencies. Parents are being urged to take apart their childrens sipy cups to check for mold inside like the one you see there. Really nasty. Parents are posting pictures on social media of moldy tommy forming in the section that holds the mouse piece together. The well being of your children is a paramount importance. The company recommends they only be used with cold fluids and nonpulp juices. Mold can cause nasal stuffiness, coughing, eye, or skin irritation. With many believing several smaller meals a better than 3 big ones, food makers are marketing more food items as snacks. Tyson launched a hill shire brand of snacks, cut up pieces of grilled chicken and hor mel had skippy pb bites, candylike balls of peanut butter. Hor mel is testing pouches of spam snacks, inside are dried chunks of spam, like jerky, i guess. The heartman group, snacks are half of eating occasions. A tornado system claimed another life. A virginia man missing since a funnel cloud koyed his home koyed his home is now dead, that is now 4. Dozen were injured and a dozen destroyed. This video from port charlotte, 5th floor recording strong wind, 2 tornados were reported in the area damaging the Severe Weather stretched all the way into the northeast. The National Weather service is investigating whether a tornado touched down in Lancaster County pennsylvania, high winds damaged buildings and brought down trees and power lines there. The National Weather service has not confirmed a tornado in the area but there was a Tornado Warning that had been issued for the county last night. Low pressure system still generating strong winds in the northeast, maybe snoor 70 norteast but the National Weather service was out across portions of port charlotte. This was an ef1, 97 miles an hour winds, on the ground for 1. 1 miles and the width was a hundred yards, 33 homes damaged, downed power lines, up rooted trees and one injury but nothing significant as far as deaths like we had before. A very active pattern we continue to be in. I am looking ahead, about 8 days from now, we are still following the potential for the next Severe Weather event but have a good stretch of 7 days to relax and enjoy while the Cool Temperatures left behind by the front that spawned the weather yesterday is now into the florida straight. With the strong northwest flow, the moisture getting picked up in the gulf, morning clouds but by the afternoon we will be in on radar, quiet for sometime. By the way, the winds will be the story as we are going to continue to see gusts, 2530 miles an hour. The difference will be sometimes we get fronts that roll through and the winds remain high for several days. Not the case this time around. 50s and 60s with gusts, we wont get rid of the cool weather tomorrow but the winds subside. Temperatures this morning in the 50s. Tomorrow in the upper 40s. Bring back the winter gear, we are still in february. Northwest winds boaters, 20 knots for small craft and high surf advisories, no swimming. Also, high risk for rip currents, the wind coming in and pushing the water from the west to east and then the channels going back seaward. No swimming today. 67degree water temperature anyway, milder there from where breezy today, sunshine tomorrow, move the wind, keep the cold, that continues into the weekend that will be dry but chillier, recovering with temperatures next week back in the 70s. We are counting down to the oscars on this sunday, coming up this sunday night, we have a countdown clock on the front page of our website, preparations are still under way for the oscars in hollywood. You see the, work crews are adding the finishing touches to the red carpet while the star where all the stars arrive. You can watch the oscars right here and it gets started at 7 00. Stunt men and women are demanding their own category, they demonstrated outside the Motion Picture headquarters yesterday. They said they have been after this for 25 years and say they wont stop until they get their own category at the oscars. 9 18, ahead at 9 30, there are just a few precious days super tuesday and tonight the epicenter of the republican nomination race will be in texas, why Donald Trumps opponent s could be in for a rough night. I am lisa, with all the construction sites in the channel area, do you ever wonder what they might dig up . How about something more than 180 years old, the details on it is 9 21, one little kitten in Central California is getting a lot of attention for her unique look. Wait until you see the guy, shelter workers hope she will get out the word of importance of spaying and neutering your pet. This is sally and some are calling her the mustache kitten for obvious reasons, the pattern mustache. A salvation employee found somebody left her in a donation bin and an employee took her to a local shelter. We think she is star potential with that look. Or an internet super sensation. That face is remarkable, unforgettable. Looks like the perfect mustache. Sally should be ready in a couple days, shelters are over run with kittens and puppies because not enough are getting dogs in an Animal Shelter shelter buddys reading program, kids read to the animals waiting to be adopted. The interaction with the children helps the animals become comfortable with potential adopters and it helps kids with reading skills and empathy for animals. Kids can tell if the dogs or stressed or shy or happy and receptive, after they complete the 10hour program, they can come back any time and read to the animals. 9 23, an expensive disaster waiting to happen in your home, the steps you need to take when you are flooded out of your house. New Research Shows the flu vaccine is doing a better job this year than years past, we tell you what has changed since last winters nasty season when back to the blakeing news, the clear breaking news, the clearwater parents are out of jails a Angelica Luz Marrero and Nestor Gerardo badillo made bail and walked out the door. Facing serious felony charges. Lindsay joins us with the latest. Thousands shared the story wednesday praying the little boy reported kidnapped would be found safe. He was safe at day care. Just happy that everything will be cleared out. Nestor gerardo badillo had a lot to say after a night in jail. Trying to get to work. He is upset about the charges and upset someone stole his car. Be careful with auto burglaries, they dont treat them seriously enough cht as for how his child got involved. Involved . I was at work. During that time, stevey gamble, jr. Stole the car from the home, when the car was reported stolen, the parents claimed their 3yearold son was in the back seat. When police found the car, the boy wasnt there and the elaborate lie began to unfold. When she walked out of jail, the mother, Angelica Luz Marrero, explained her car was stolen before and claimed it took 2 days for police to find it so she lied about her son. She admits she was wrong. I was this close to my kids getting taken away, no car can i lub my kidsism love my kids. The children are with their grandparents. We are taking a look at temperatures as we check in the 60s for later this afternoon, here is what will happen, by 8 00 we drop back into the 60s, and then overnight low temperatures will be the to the 40s as we check in conditions the next few days, you like the weather if you like the cool air, that will remain as we see the lull off the gulf. By the way, low clouds right along the immediate coastline there, if you are looking up and seeing overcast skies, that is kwhie. We are talking about the northwest flow bringing moisture off the gulf. Not much as far as precipitation, we wont rain. Eventually that will dry out and we will be left with sunshine but despite full sun later, temperatures only low to middle 60s for afternoon highs and then we crash with the temperatures morning, i have the details in a few minutes. 9 30, leaders are setting up and getting ready to hit the streets to fight homelessness, they do this every year, abc action News Reporter cory joins us from hyde park where volunteers gathered. A lot may be wondering how this count actually helps fight the problem. Reporter good morning, lots of smiles here at the United Methodist church as volunteers are coming in and out, heading into the community trying to help the homeless. They said knowing the number helps in two ways; gives volunteer ideas of services neeed and how many people they need to help. 5 30 this morning volunteers started showing up learning how to interact with the homeless population, homeless camps, meal the goal is to interview them and see how men eare on the street many are on the street. It gives the snap shot of the community during a single 24 hour period. Past count, numbers have shown under 2,000, Officials Say it is growing. They are committed to the cause, but it will take some time. We know we cant solve this problem overnight and a lot of the people on the streets, we have to work with them and give them services to convince them that living in a safe, secure place is the right thing to do. This data will be used to reduce homelessness, funds gathered from the counts, usually around 7 million annually has rapid rehousing and support services, data will be gathered and processed in the next couple weeks and sent to washington where they are expected to ask for resources to get additional housing to help Homeless People within the county. Democracy 2015, donald trump will be center stage for the final Republican Debate before super tuesday, the billionaire will have the Center Podium on the houston debate stage. On either side, marco rubio and ted cruz, returning home to the lone star state, 1 of 14 states to go to the polls next tuesday. As trump ride high from his third state gop primary win, we are seeing signals the washington stabment he has railed against is establishment he has railed against is warming up. Congressman from new york and california said they will support him, saying he is a leader with unique qualifications. Hillary clinton is getting a critical endorsement ahead of the primary in south carolina. The Democrat Party to get behind clinton and the middle class would be better served by clinton than sanders. Reed is the highest ranking democrat to back clinton. Top u. S. Commanders in asia are warning north Korean Leader kim un tensions are at the highest level in decades, there is a fear he will start an escalation leading to conflict. The leader would be willing to order the ultimate attack if he felt threatened and had the capability. You think he would use a missile against us . His purpose is to protect his resh eenl. He states he would use dmd. And south korea not to perform the drills next month. 3 pregnant women test positive for zika, all 3 women got the virus while traveling in latin america, they believe. They are not saying which counties the people live in or which countries they visited. This is concerning because of the virus is linked to birth defects, the virus is spread when infected mosquitos bite victims but they are looking into whether it could be spread with sexual intercourse. There is a potential for transmission through unprotected symptoms. We have 32 cases in florida, Miamidade County has the most with 11. Tampa bay held steady with 3 in hillsborough county. A big movement for the processing of rape kits sitting the state Senate Passed a bill setting new guidelines for how this evidence is handled. Dna evidence must be submitted in 30 days and the kits must be tested within 4 months of submission. A companion bill is expected to go before the state house next week. An assessment by the fdle found unprocessed rape kits in florida. The flu vaccine is doing a better job, data suggests it is 59 effective, a big improvement from last year when it was less than 20 effective. Unlike last years vaccine, this is a good match to the strains making mp3 sick. It has been a milder flu season but health Officials Say it season has not peaked. A pennsylvania nurse is in trouble after acknowledging he drank 45 beers before assisting in an emergency situation, he and monitored the patients vital signs. He said he forgot he was on call that night. He is charged with endangering a person and public drunkenness. 9 36, did you know your house is 5 times more likely to be damaged by water than fire . Most have extinguishers but are you ready for water damage . Angies list report, what to do when water rises inside your home. Water damage is one of the most common claims costing Insurance Companies 3 and a half billion dollars every year, broken pipes and over flowing tubs and toilets are the culprit. Reacting quickly is the key to clean up. Take action right away, as soon as you realize, remove items that can and get fans use a wet vac to remove standing water, open doors and set up fans. There are professionals who will do all of this for you. We will dry out a structure in 3 days, we come out, then check back the following days to make sure it is drying. If cabinets or dry wall gets wet, more dear and labor is re gear and labor is required. Drill holes in the wall and force air into the area behind the wall. Mold likes to grow in tashg, no air movement, warm places. Take lots of pictures and document everything that economy be salvaged, carpeting, padding, mattresss, stuffed animals, books, wall coverings and paper products. Keep a list of everything you are getting rid of. The pro can help you because it angie says when storing items on the floor, closets, garages, use lastic boxes dash plastic boxes. You will find more advice on our website, abcactionnews. Com. Still ahead, pargies can be fun but parties can be fun but one College Party thrower took it too far, why the beach bash crossed racial lines. One community is hoping for girl power event in march for women history month, join me march the 4 for working women of tampa bay luncheon, the key note speaker is a west point graduate. The tickets are on sale right now and there is only a limited number of Seats Available for big women mentoring monday. 9 41, new video, police in missouri surrounded a u hall truck after a bizarre u haul truck after a bizarre chase with it crashing in a church. The driver into custody, they said he had what they called edged weapons taped all over his body. Heen more frightening, he even more frightening, he had 4 children with him. No one was hur. A major city in india banning people from taking photos of themselves, mum by is instituted no selfie zones as authorities work against the risk for being distracted. India has the highest number of people who died taking scelfies, last month a teenager died falling off a rock into a river after taking a photof of himself. A so called ghetto party at an off campus location, news of the party spread via social media after racially insensitive photos were posted online. It drew a response from the president of the university who sent an e mail that read the party perpetuated Racial Community and only serve to offend and devalue people. There was an investigation by school authorities, fairfield is a jeswit university in bridge port with 5100 students, 78 are white. A big rig flipping over, new york city on the gw bridge, almost nearhurricane force winds made it through there, a good thing they had no injuries but there was a travel ban across the bridge, and this morning the winds were upwards of 70 miles an hour, boston had severe thunderstorm warnings and all of that associated with the Severe Weather we had yesterday. All connected. Windy this morning here. I imagine they came close to having to close the sky way brinl but it didnt reach that. But we did have the wind advisory up all morning, perhaps still on. We will check. I tell you what, very windy for the rest of today. We will talk about that in a second. I dont want you to worry about rainfall as we look at the low pressure system that turned the big rig in the north, heavy snow, blizzard conditions in the midwest, the cold front brought our Severe Weather yesterday and is now well to the south. Back behind it is the infrared satellite. Now that we have sunshine, the visible satellite, we get the reflection off the clouds and it is easy to see the low clouds. Socking in the beaches there, inland sections, full sunshine, depending where you are watching from, you are cloudy or sunny, these cloud will go away and woen rain on us as the dry air continues to make its presence knownism dew points 30s, and that is how it will go the rest of the day. 5020 gusting, upwards of 30. And will cune to do so the rest of the day. Temperatures mid and upper 50s, it is coal because of the wind and cold because of the wind and the temperatures. Uncomfortable. 6065 is all we manage today, 10 be. Tonight, 40s, although we do this with less wind, otherwise the wind chill would be well into the 30s. Not the case tomorrow as winds subside. A 1day windy event. Tomorrow the winds subside, good for boaters, high wind advisory, high surf advisory, rip current, not a good day for beaches. Wait until tomorrow. Much better shape. 62 for friday, and then we gradually warm things up. Before we do so, chilly stuff, 30s saturday morning with overnight lows in the 40s and back to 70s where next week. Archeologists can bring history alive with modern technology. See what the tampa bay urban planners and politicians are hammering out the details of a billion dollar redevelopment on the water front area of doupt tampa, in downtown tafla. The punl tampa. The project has people wondering what new old things will be found. Last Time Construction workers discovered remains of a hundred u. S. Soldiers and dozens of seminole indians, the area is from 1853 and the Convention Center today in the Marriott Hotel they sit on what used to here is the museum cureiator, rodney powell. Thank you for coming in. This is different to see now and then. Explain how you use technology to do that. It used be you had to find a point and prove it was there and put the old map on top of a new nap with a my lar screen, now you have referencing, if you put points on the new map the computer lines it all and you can use those points as long as there is consistent. You can tell where things are. That is what we are doing with fort brook. Where the Convention Center is today is where part of fort brook was. Remind what it was. It was a military establishment after florida became a territory in 1821. Time the government didnt know what to do with the them so they tried to put them in a reservation, fort brook was one of those, it existed until 1883, during the 830s it was a important fort for the military because we were fighting a war with the seminoles. You have been able to find, in this exhibit, you have found artifacts, explain to viewers some of the things you found. Interesting. Lots of buttons, musket balls and things like that but it is important to remember, human experience, so you find piece of porcelain dolls, there were families there, you find bottles and parts of uniforms and all kind of things and because of that fort brook excavation in the 1980s there were sem gnome artifact s and precolumbian artifacts, thousands of years old. It goes through august, but march 5 you have the archeologists coming in . This exhibit done in preparation with with the florida network, we are coming in saturday the 5th, we will do programming, people can learn more about the archeology and we will have reenactors dressed in the uniforms of the fort brook era. Fascinating, if you kwd like to wit if you would like to witness the beautiful artifacts on display, it started february 20th, goes through august and march 5 there will be a presentation, visit online at coming up at 4 00, get mcdonalds out of tampa general hospital. One says enough is enough, a group plans to get unhealthy eating out of a healthy place. Download an app, the grisly app is expanding in tampa bay. We explain today at 4 00. What time is that, laura . 4 00 somewhere. 4 00 we will be watching. 64 with sunshine, clouds early this morbing but i think we will be okay, a nice stretch of weather but it will be cool a while before the 70s, that will happen early next week. I have a feeling you like this next story, the creative bicyclist. He doesnt draw by hand, he made a sport, with the help from pictures while riding his bike, he doodled a dinosaur, a giraffe, and darth vader. Look at that. He tracks route with gps and uploads it to the strada app, plots his route and forms a picture, he said it turned his ordinary exercise into creative expression and gives his rides greater sense of purpose. Ivan, challenge. Triangle there. Make sure you can draw. I can do that. Dan was saying his look ed like a yeah. I usually go about a block. We have continuing coverage on abcactionnews. Com. Today on fablife. applause the hottest nail trends. How do we get the perfect athome manicure . Thats a great question. Plus, Food Networks alex guarnaschelli. You competed on iron chef. What was that like . How did you fit in there . A lot of cake. laughter the girl who set the internet on fire, our friend kyemah. Actually have a little surprise for you. I just feel like dreams can really. Dont let anyone tell you no. cheers and applause welcome to fablife, you guys. Its time to put on your sparkly heels, grab your mothers pearls, and get all blinged out because we are this close to oscars this sunday. But guess what, you guys. Im so excited. I know, i love it, but we are still thick in the middle of our redcarpet week on fablife. Whoo, i love it. Its been fun, right . Im so excited
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