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new this morning: a bay area boater rescued by the coast guard. his boat started taking on the water. in the middle of the gulf. but thankfully. he had a working radio. the coast guard got the mayday call just before three yesterday afternoon. a man said his 20 foot boat was sinking, about ten miles off john s pass. a coast guard helicopter crew flew down from clearwater to help. this is video of the rescue just released by the coast guard. when they got to the boat they say the man was trying to get the water out, with the only thing he had: a cup! they lowered a dewatering pump. and a rescue swimmer. and helped him back to a dock. if the water on the boat rose just another ?half an inch. the battery would have flooded and the boat would have gone under. fox 13 s shayla reaves is covering this story for us. and she ll bring us a live update. coming up in our next half hour. a lot of unanswered questions this morning. after a car hit a young girl on her way to school. t ....
new this morning. hillsborough deputies are investigating after they found a person dead inside a home. deputies responded to the home at the 12-hundred block of camellia avenue in brandon just after midnight. no word yet on how that person died. right now. officials are working to get a search warrant so th investigate further. the fight over zika funding continues today on capitol hill. governor scott is spending his second straight day in d-c. talking face-to-face with lawmakers. the good news is. the long stalemate in washington over how to fund the zika battle. appears to be almost over. during day one of his visit, governor scott met with senator marco rubio and house speaker paul ryan. he told them the fact that congress can t put aside politics long he was refering to the link between zika and severe birth defects. florida s congressional delegation also stood together tuesday. both republicans and democrats. and demanded their collegues pass a bill to fund res ....
no closed captioning is ((jen)) this morning: there s a big meeting about ride-sharing services in tampa. it s been a contentious issue for awhile now. ((wally)) vote on new regulations for uber and lyft drivers today. but now it looks like they ve hit a speed bump. ((wally fox-13 s ken suarez joins us now, live from downtown tampa. ken, what happened? thanks, ken. thanks, thanks, ken. (jen) the fight over zika funding continues today on capitol hill. governor scott is spending his second straight day in d-c. talking face-to-face with lawmakers. and the good news is. the long stalemate in washington over how to fund the zika battle. appears to be ending. (jen during day one of his visit, governor scott met with senator marco rubio and house speaker paul ryan. he told them: it s unacceptable that politics long enough to protect unborn babies. he was refering to the link between zika and severe birth defects. florida s congressional delegation also stood together tuesda ....
between hillary clinton and bernie sanders. the state caucus today. within the past hour we ve learned hillary clinton has come out on top with nearly 70% of precincts reporting it s 52% for clinton, 48% for sanders. today was the first test of the candidate s appeal to minority voters. the bottom more than 25% latino. immigration reform is a major concern here. i wanted people to come out of shadows under comprehensive immigration reform. i want them to register. i want them to be on a path to citizenship. if congress does not do its job we will use the executive presidency. the democrats have an eye on south carolina which holds its saturday. south carolina exactly where republicans are focusing on today. today s primary there will likely be a make or break race for jeb bush some analysts are calling this his last stand. meanwhile in an interview with cbs news front runner donald trump says he s sticking to his strategy of being real with the american people. ....
landing in london. damage. this time. we have the full story ahead. ecuador s president has emergency following that weekend. more than 270 people have died. the toll is expected to rise since so many are still missing. more than 30,000 runners will take part today in the 120th running of the boston marathon. it s been three years since the bombing at the race. there will be about 5,000 police officers along the course to ensure safety. and if you haven t filed your taxes yet, you ve got less than 24 hours. the irs expected 5 million returns just today alone. millions of requests for extensions, as well. taxpayers in maine and massachusetts get one more day. those are your top stories on then monday, april 18th. announcer: from abc news, this is world news now. we are a nation of procrastinators. last minute it sounds liking. >, of course. we re going to get started with the alarming aviation news. a british airways pilot reports his jet was hit by a drone a ....