Supreme court the this morning for an appeal hearing. Dontae morris is on death row for three of four murders. Two of those murders are the shooting deaths of Tampa Police Officers david curtis and Jeffrey Kocab in 2010. Today morris attorney will argue that floridas Death Penalty sentencing system is unconstitutional. And this morning, the midwest is getting hammered by a massive winter storm. Check out the video. Blizzard warnings are in place for minnesota. Officials are warning drivers there to stay off the roads. As much as 10 inches of snow are expected to fall. And we want to get a check on our weather with meteorologist leigh spann. Getting warm here. It is. Even when you walk out the door right now, its going to feel much more springlike. 72 plant city. 70 in clearwater. 71 sarasota. And 70 in lakeland. But the big thing, look at the difference between yesterday and today. Lakeland is 13 degrees warmer than just at 6 00 yesterday morning. Brooksville, youre 11 degrees tampa is
Morning. A c. H. P. Officer was stabbed with a knife. We do not know how many times or how severely. He was inspecting a series of homeless encampments on the onramp. We do not know what happened or how it happened. All we know is the officer is down. He was taken to the hospital. Condition unknown. Suspect instead. The area is still block off. There is in getting on the freeway at this point. No eastbound access to interstate 80. It will not likely open for a while. You can see Police Officers investigating two or three tent areas. It is still fluid. We will know more when we have more information. The most important part is the officer is down, officer injured, and access to the highway east 80 from this location is not going to happen. Live from San Francisco. Back to the sky, sky 7 h. D. Right now part of 4th street shut down between brandon and bryant. Avoid this area and the surrounding street news are driving. Officers are working to conduct interviews and gathering more informa
Line train runs right behind it, meaning thats now closed, so if you are going to manayunk tonight on that Regional Rail line, it is not going to happen, it will be closed today at least thomas you see here firefighters, they just stopped with the hoses couple of minutes ago putting out the hot spots after fire started 2 00 this morning, so were going on 16 hours now that theyve been here on the scene huge warehouse, 65,000 square feet, no word at this point on cause of the fire. But, this is a vacant building twostory building once housed metal manufacturer, graphics company. Now, getting back to the train issue, thats the big issue right now tracks behind the building as i mentioned, fear walbeck there could collapse on to the tracks. We do noah Demolition Team is here right now in essence trying to figure out how to knock out this wall without damaging those train tracks. In addition to the Norristown Manayunk line, three bus routes also being detoured for the time being route 33, 4
Said i want to keep this professional, i want to focus on my job, a few weeks later she was fired. Church officials have a different story saying matthews was fired because of another issue they couldnt discuss because its a personnel matter. Weve seen the complaint filed with the state. Its inflammatory. Its lurid. But those arent the reasons why she was terminated. Abc7 news learned the church filed a Police Report charging her with embezzlement. Riviera denies her client stole from the church. The church is now launched an investigation into the allegations of Sexual Harassment and also fired mclaughlin today the rektor of the church decided these were sufficient to warnant his termination from the board. We tried to contact the man matthews says sexually abused her, he did not respond the spokesman for the church says all of this is regrettable but good work of the church will continue. Vic, thank you. Now to weather and wind storms so many people are still cleaning up from tonight
Cruelty and abuse all, she says at the hands of people considered men of god. A female worker tells us she was fired from the st. Francis of Assissi Church because she would no longer submit to harassment include spanking. The church contends she was fired for other reasons. This single mother with a 2yearold child worked as an assistant in the church. She says the president of the church board knew she was volumenerable as a young single mother with no particular skills, matthews says he exploited her, to satisfy sexual fantasies including. Paddling with a wooden paddle. Getting spanked in the shrine of st. Francis. Which catholics know is apalling to hear as a catholic. Having sexual intercourse in the shrine of st. Francis. Matthews Attorney Says mclaughlin sent her client dirty e mails and photos. Riviera says matthews was fired after sending an e mail saying she had had enough. She put her foot down and said i want to keep this professional, i want to focus on my job, a few weeks