Transcripts For WTVT Good Day Tampa Bay 8AM 20160212 : comp

Transcripts For WTVT Good Day Tampa Bay 8AM 20160212

Pfrom skyfox overhead. Pthis is at downtown interchange. P275 at i4. Pspecifically what were seeing pblocked off are the exits to pdowntown. Pof course, that is causing a pdomino affect as far as delays pwere seeing southbound 275 pheading into interchange. Pas well as i4 westbound. Psome good news that we can let pyou know about is it appears pthat the volumes are lifting pjust a bit. Pin this area. Pso the delays are not psubstantial as we were seeing erhaps maybe an hour or two pago. Pbur delay are definitely there. Pdrivers who are trying to avoid pthe area, i would exit as far psouth an mlk to avoid the brunt pof the delays if youre heading palong 275. Pif youre coming from i4 pwestbound, still want to exit se ptell man you can see selman is prunning pretty smooth at this ptime you can shave off delays pheading that way. P of course, just recap this, pdeadly crash were hearing two eople have passed away. Pthis was were learning a pwe have crew on screen fox 13s paaron mesmer is live along the pside of interstate with more. Pwere learning aaron, youre pgetting new information in this pcrash . P yeah, a little bit new pinformation. Pas to what caused this crash. Pweve showing you all morning pthis overturned or on its side psuv. Pthat overhere behind me. Pthe other car involved in this pwas a gold sedan. Pwere not going to show you that pright now because emergency pworkers are right now working on pgetting the victim out of that pcar. Pbut were told that was the car pthat was driving the wrong way pup this exit ramp the downtown pwest ashley drive exit ramp up pgoing the wrong way going north pup ramp down to i 275 south. Pvehicle. Pwhich as you see right there, pended up on its side. Plets show you some video that pwe shot a little bit earlier ptoday so you can see, a better icture of what this accident plooks like. Pthat were seeing out here. Pas vanessa says a confirmed pwrongway crash. Pgoing the wrong way up the exit pramp over here. Pa victim in each car died. Pright now were trying to, were pare. Pthat may take a while. Pa lot of times it takes until at pleast the afternoon before pflorida Highway Patrol is able pto release the names of the pvictims just because they still pmembers. Pas far as traffic is concerned pout here, we are right along pside i 275 south. Pit does looks like it is moving pjust a little bit. Pat least not the stand still ptraffic you would expect. Pnevertheless you should pabsolutely avoid this area. Pwhat you can see here is this ptow truck here just show up pbehind me. Pthere is going to be an effort pat least for next few hours to pclear this scene. Pwere told this exit is going to pbe closed through the entire pmorning commute. Pso that is, a real look at how plong it going to be backed up pout here on i 275. Palso, on to i4. Pwere still waiting for are ublic Information Officer with pflorida Highway Patrol to come pdepth update. Phopefully thats going to happen pwithin the next little bit make pmaybe we can get you something pmore as soon as that happens all pright aaron thank you so much pcertainly a sad situation. Pjust to recap what we know as pfar as blockage how long were pexpected to see this road pclosed. Pand some alternates, as of the pfirst report of this crash we pheard the road could be closed pfor three to four hours. Pso that means maybe some time 9, p10 oclock, if this is all going pto plan. Pthey could have the lanes reopen pthere had to that downtown exit poff 275 as well as i4 pwestbound. Pso thats what we know as far as pthe time frame. Pthe alternates here looks like pnebraska or tampa street are pgoing to be your best southbound palternates to two 75 at this oint. Plike mentioned, a few minutes pago if you exit mlk you should pbe able to get around most of pthose delays at the interchange. Ponce again i4 westbound drivers pcan take selman connector and ptake the selman expressway into ptampa. P55 degrees outside. Pso were starting that steady plittle warm up now with that psouth wind at three miles per phour. Pgranted visibility still an pissue in parts of polk county. Pbut tremendously better than it pwas say just 30 minutes ago. Pbartow back to four miles two pand carr for lakeland areas. Pgood news getting rid of the fog pa great day it really is pyesterday mid 60s. Ptoday even better than that. Pas High Temperatures make it pback up closer to a 70 degrees. Pespecially for inland locations, plaura. P all right dave, thank you. P it is a busy morning here on pgood day tampa bay. Pjust into us just now a tampa pbound night has severely delayed pthis morning after a van without pa driver hit and damaged a jet pblue plane at bostons low began pairport. Phow strange is flight 891 was pdue to leaf boston around p6 frommive this morning for ptampa international. Pjust before taxis fueling van pfueling van rolled underneath pthe truck was stopped before phitting the plane. Pnobody was hurt. Pbut it did leave the plane punable to fly. Peverybodys on board another lane now and flight scheduled pto around at tia around 10 45 pthis morning. P wow. Pthe polk county superintendent pcould learn this evening if pshes out of a job. Pkatherine la roy was focus of an pinternal investings gags after passociate superintendent greg privers filed nine claims against pher. Phe accused her of sexual pharassment pursuing a prelationship beyond pro rofessional boundary a create a phostile Work Environment when he pdeclined. Proy was cleared of misconduct pbut School Board Members still pman to take action and will vote pon whether to fire her. Pthat meeting will happen tonight pat 5. P parents across florida have pbeen battling for recess for ptheir students. Pbut they have just learned that pit hit a major roadblock. Pa bill that would have gs pthe classroom for at least 20 pminutes of recess a day will not pcommittees agenda. Psenator john legg the senate peducation chairman says he will pnot bring the bill for a vote. Phe says that recess policies pshould be decided a local level. Pby those closest to the problem pand not by the state. Psome local School Districts in pbay area around already taking pup the issue at a local level. Pand right now pattys bill is on pway to governor scotts desk. Punsigned it would give officers pa little more leeway in pdetermining fate of dogs that pinjure peep also expand rights pof animal owners. Pbill named after patty remember pthat black lab mix that bit a pchild in Veterinarians Office pand facing a death sentence. Pbut owner asked a judge to spare pthe dogs life. Pjudge ruled that the dog was not pdangerous. Pand killing the dog, killing atty would unconstitutional. P well in less than 12 hours pthe usf sun dome will be packed. Pdonald trump is holding a rally pin tampa tonight and it is one pthe hottest tickets in town. Eople have been registering for pthis free event all week. Pguaranteed it is first come pfirst serve. Pdoors open at 5. Pevents starts at 7. Pbut there is no doubt that eople will be lining up early pfor this. Pif youre wondering why trump is pcoming to the Sunshine State so pearly, florida is important pduring president ial elections. Pwe know that. Pit is the first winner take pallstate during the primaries. Pthere are a lot of delegates up pfor grabs right now donald trump pis leading in polls here. Pbut not everyone is a fan of pbillionaire. Pfur aheaded out to tonights pevent you can expect to see some rotesters as part of a group pcalled dump the trump. Pthat will start about 4 00 p. M. Pits 8 08 right now. Pa cent he after death albert peinstein his general theory of prealized. Pyesterday. Ptook this long. Pscientist announce we can detect pgravitational waves in the puniverse. Pcon fused . Pso are we. Pscientist dave o. The science roto help us out. Pcome on lets do it together. Pcome on laura lets all do it. Plets start simple, okay . Plets say you were out in the pmiddle of tampa bay on a calm pday. Pand you threw a huge rock into pthe water. Pwhat would happen . Pit would ripple. Pam i suppose to answer you. Plets do this together. Pso it would have that rippling pas it moved away from rock it pwould spread out and weaken a plittle bit. Pso, back in 1916, albert peinstein theorized when you had pblack holes colliding or stars pexploding, that the same type of pthing would happen. Pit would ripple space time. Pwould move it. Pand up until last year. Plate last year they were not pable to prove this scientist pgone through theory of prelatively theyve proven peverything except for this. Pthats now what they are saying pthat picture there would two pblack holes coming close ptogether. Pthey made ad collision, they prippled out just like you get pthrowing a rock into water, and pthey now with the laser that is pthey have, by way lasers two and pa half miles along one in plouisiana one in washington. Pthey were able to see these two pblack holes and the wave that pthey made pass through the pearth. Pnow granted, it was so small it pwas like billionth of proton pdifference. Pbut they were able to detect pthat. Pand thats something thats phuge. Pthey are saying that this is the pgreatest discovery since the ptelescope. Pbecause since weve used the ptelescope were using light . Pyou use light to find everything pin space. Pnow, they can use these little pwaves to find things in space pthey couldnt find before pbecause they will pass through peverything. Pand it will pass through all pearths plants, everything. Pthey will able to look back pof light years away and find pwhen these explosions happened. Pits a huge thing. Pdoes that make it a little bit pbetter . Pyeah. Pand one of the things i read pabout this yesterday is when pwhen these two lasercollide and pcreate this waefb i know this psounds weird it made the sound pof middle c on the piano. P83. Pisnt that something . Pand you know what else i know i phere. Ptoo late our executive producer phates everything about this. Pwhat is weird. Pwhat amazing to me is that peinstein, all of those years ago pwith none of technology weve pgot right now, was able to ptheorize that in very large pbrain of his. Pand people criticized him and pthey left at him and someplace. Pnow look. Pnow look weve proven this, and pit took a billion dollars. Pand how many years . Pand 100 years. Pand technology to say, yeah. Phe was right. Pthink about it this way. Pweve used light to discover the pchoel galaxy. Pto also study the galaxy. Pthis is a big, big discovery. Pit really is. Pexciting. Pexciting. Pdont understand it but i know pits exciting. Pdont go dropping rocks in pmiddle of tampa bay now. Ptoday, today. Pweve got to run. Psee you later. Pgood explanation. Plove trumps tragedy at story of pone womans losses bringing her pfamily together this valentines pday. Lus a bobcat nearly killed is pimproving by the day newly preleased video show what hes pdoing nearly one week after pbeing hit by car. PCharley Belcher is hanging out pat the rodeo this morning. Pwhats going on . Prodeo is Perfect Place for pcowboys. Pbut dont ever count out the cow pgirls. Plook at these two. Pi just love the outfits. Ptheres a story behind outfits pand World Champion rookie barrel pracer former miss rodeo. Pi got it all for you. Pwait until you find out where pgrew up in a place that led her pto become a world barrel pchampion. Pwow. Pyoure going the new caramel macchiato from Dunkin Donuts. Let handcrafted layers of espresso, milk, and a caramelflavored swirl uplift your mood. Indulge in a hot or iced macchiato today. Everyone needs a bff. Even your smile. P colgate optic white express twhite toothpaste with hydrogen peroxide. For whiter teeth in 3 days. Think of it as your smile bff. Colgate optic white express white. Whiter teeth in 3 days ohoh, ohoh ohoh, ohoh, ohohohooh, oh hearts are made for sharing. Spread some sweetness with Dunkin Donuts cookie dough and brownie batter donuts. Heartshaped happiness too sweet not to share. America runs on dunkin. 3 3 russell 2shot p its 8 8 15. Pmost people are rushing around pgetting valentines day plans in porder. Pfor some instead brating love pthey are remembering love lost. Pjen epstein is here now with pvery different kind of love pstory to share. Pweve bringing abeautiful pstories of how people met. Pthis morning love story is a plittle different. Pthis time i met woman who has phurnd terrace tragedy into ptriumph. Pand her love for her late phusband is now on full display. Pmemories from 18 years of pmarriage hang on a tree and pgails home. Pthis is a picture of us when we pwere in hawaii on our honeymoon. Pand we were dressed alike. Pbut shes not celebrating pchristmas, shes honoring the pman that was taken from her life pmuch too soon. Pfather. Pwe just had great times ptogether. Pthis is gails first valentines pday without her husband robert p2015. Phe always made valentines day pand these are some of the things pthat he has given me over the pyears. Ponly 8 months that shes been pwithout her husband and her pdaughters without their dad. Pgail has faith her family will pbe okay. Phe told me fee died before me, phe wouldnt worry about me he pknew i could take care of myself pand take care of these kids. Pinstead of grieving they pcelebrate his life together. Pwith capital ndles and a tree. Plooking a this tree and how much plove it fills my heart with love pbrings back memory that is makes pher laugh my husband used to ptell me i was horder because you pkept a lot of things. Pbut hey i guess this was art paf pgods plan to keep all of these pthings and now look. Plook what im doing with them. Pgail knows there are people out pjust like her and mourning this pvalentines day. Pand she hopes her tree will fill ptheir broken heart with love ptoo. Pall happy. Pshes in such a good place. Pwe were talking, youve doing pthese love stories all week plong. Pthe series on love. Pthis woman reached out to you pafter seeing some of your pstories. Pyeah she did. Pthere was a plans for tuesday pthrough thursday love stories. Pshe reached out and she said you pknow there are people out there pwho are probably suffering like pi am. Pshe wanted to get, you know her pmessage across. Pso, i rushed over there pyesterday. Pi sat down with her i did the pinterview. Pits a beautiful idea. Pits a beautiful idea. Pyeah. Pit is thanks jen. Pthanks for hustling and getting pit for us. Pvery nice. P8 18. Pand, beautiful sunshine this pmorning. Pi know we had to deal with fog pfor past couple of hours. Pbut now its beginning lift out. Pand this is what you had. Pyou have clear skies and quickly pwarming temperatures. Pwhich oh by the way started a plot warmer than they did pyesterday. Pheres a look at the beach. Pjust, still see like you have pthat look, that little fogginess pthere. P46 degrees in lakeland. P52 in brandon. Plook at the mid 50s, tampa to pst. Petersburg. Pnew port richey at 53. Pcrystal river, which is sitting paround freezing, yesterday pmorning is now at 50 degrees. Pyou go state wide, 63 in panama pcity. Pthey are actually warmer than pmiami right now with that south pwind. Paround the state, look at the ptemperature difference. Peight degrees warmer in tampa pthan yesterday in 8 oclock phour. P16 degrees warmer in pbrooksville. P29 degrees warmer in panama pcity. Pgreat day. Pbeautiful sunshine. Pthis front squeezes through ptomorrow. Pand only real impact its going pto have, i dont really call it pan impact, is it will knock our pHigh Temperatures down a couple pdegrees. Ptoday flirt with 70degree mark. Pespecially inland locations. Ptonight, i think nor at lot of pespecially in coast 50s upper p40s as you go inland. Pjust knock of off couple degrees pto tomorrow tomorrows high pthats going to be about it. Pmoderate chop for saturday and psunday. Ptemperatures stay mainly in the pupper 60s. Pwith a chance of rain, vanessa plooks like going to be tuesday pat this point . P all right dave thank you. Pbefore we get to our update 275, pi4 crash we want to touch on a pcouple other serious crashes pthat were just getting word of pin our newsroom. Pmlk, jr. Boulevard orient road. Pthis has been reported by pmultiple viewer headon pcollision were seeing lane pblockages here nevertheless. Pheavier delays east bond were palso hearing about southbound plane blockages we will give pyourself extra time here. Pmeantime largo, we have a pserious injury crash. Psomebody has transported, and pthis is 14th avenue southwest at pridge road southwest lanes are pblocked here. Lease avoid this area. Pmeantime, weve had lingering pdelays here southbound 75. Pi did want to make mention they pare notable. Pthey are lingering for a little pwhile longer then were used to papproaching i4. Pdowns boulevard to i4 are psitting a the 21 minutes. Pextra time out the door. Pif you have to head that way. Pnow heres our update and our pcontinuing coverage of that pdeadly crash along 275 psouthbound at i4. Plooks like were still seeing plane blockages downtown exits pblocked coming off 275 psouthbound. Pas well i4 westbound. Pthe drivers coming from i4 pwestbound still selman connector pselman heading into downtown ptampa, folks coming along psouthbound 275, still will hit pthose major delay it is around pthe mlk exit. Pso if you exit there, youll cut paround the brunt of the delays. Pi tossed out new and tampa pstreet as some alternates i will plet you know look pretty jammed pyou do take routes you will want pnavigate the vo making the most out of every mile. Thats why i got a subaru impreza. Love. Its what makes a subaru, p good day tampa bay. Pim Charley Belcher coming to pyou from at Lakeland Center. Plakeland pro rodeo classic ptonight action tomorrow pafternoon. Pyou will see Barrel Racing and pWorld Champion. Pin tease i called World Champion pbarrel. Poh barrel World Champion. Pall right. Pbig creature and pretty women pscare me im afraid of all of pthese right here. Pthis is, this is fallon. Pfallon, you were the last years pWorld Champion barrel racer. Pcongratulations. Pthats a big deal. Pthank you so much i run barrels pfor long time and professional pfor 26 years. Pand it was just the pinnacle of pmy career. Pso im thrilled to be the world pchampion. Pthis is your horse . P yes. Pbaby flow. Pshes a diva. Pshes got her own thing. Pshes just my ferrari and all of pmy dream comes true. Pi think fan tampas being you pgrew up in tampa. Pyes, i was born and raised in p and moved to texas. Pit was exciting. Pyou dont necessarily think of pgrowing up in tampa and becoming pa World Champion barrel racer. Pi saw it on tv my parents made pit happen they took me to r

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