Crashes like this one. Now he says the problem is cars speeding down independence parkway. A road that is maintained by the city. The city would not put any strips or warning lights or anything because it said the city is not happening on the city side. Reporter the city lowered the speed limit but he opens more is done to prevent what could be a tragedy. Im not the expert on what type to put there. Thats up to them. But they do need some type of other Warning System than lowering the speed. Reporter the good news is that Code Enforcement has taken a look at the property and they say its structurally sound and children are still allowed to be inside. The county Public Works Department is reviewing the crash to see if there needs to be any changes made there. Our request to the city went unanswered there. Now the most Accurate Weather Team in florida. Abc action weather. Good afternoon, everybody. Clouds early on and then sunshine through the afternoon. Look at the rain. The heavyhanded
On gun violence is getting a lot of attention online. The president defended his recent executive actions. A new cnn poll found a majority of people support president obamas new plan but less than half of americans believe it will actually work. Right now the hashtag guns in america is trending in tampa on twitter. Drivers will have a rainy commute this morning and 8 on your side wants you to be prepared. The radar is showing a lot of light rain right now. Lets go to meteorologist leigh spann to find out how long its going to last. This consistent light dreary weather is going to last for a few hours. Any time you see the light blue its very light rain. Were not seeing a lot of heavy rain. Citrus, hernando and pasco county more consistent rain. Polk, highlands, Hardee Desoto very light drizzle. Now, we are seeing a little bit heavier rain coming off the gulf of mexico right now in pinellas county, western hillsborough and actually quite warm compared to yesterday. Were about 10 degrees
The upper 50s to around 60 degrees. 63 right now in tampa, 64 in st. Petersburg. Its quiet this morning, other than a few areas of fog across the bay area. Otherwise, we are dry. We have fog and cloud cover as well. Again, quiet. If we look out to new orleans. See the hours and storms . They will be drifting our direction, moving in later this evening, and i have to say 6 00 p. M. , we could see a few showers, and maybe even a thunderstorm as that area of rain drifts our direction, and about a 60 to 70 chance of rain later this evening. During the morning, extra clouds to begin the day. Pretty warm for january with the temperatures in the lower 60s. This afternoon, the showers and maybe even a thunderstorm rumbling into the bay area. Mainly 6 00 p. M. And later. High temperatures in the middle 70s. Back to you, adrienne. We have 800 million reasons to buy a powerball today. The largest u. S. Lottery prize ever is up for grabs tonight. Im crossing my fingers. Mary mcguire is live. The o
Reporter the view from the pasco county deputys body camera catching all the action. The deputy getting a glimpse of 56yearold lisa myers, nodding off at the wheel. But when she sees him, she takes off. [ sirens ] reporter moments later, the deputy collides with another cruiser, then yet another officer tries to stop myers, but once again, she hits the gas and nearly hits him. But then . Shes pulled into the New Port Richey police department. We got her. Reporter got her, after she backed into another cruiser. She is cuffed in the parking lot, but free to say whatever she wants. Police chief is a christian this is a false arrest you cant have whats in my purse, my property or my kids reporter things get even more intense. Hey, hey, hey. You need to stop right now. Do you understand, lisa . Reporter more shocking. Shes got ammo with her . Maam, do you have a gun . Your first thought . What a mess. Incredibly dangerous. Reporter myers family didnt come to the door, but neighbors know her
A mixture of sun and clouds later this evening. Most of the Daylight Hours will be dry today. Heres a live view from sun city center, the Freedom Plaza retirement community. A few clouds, and you can see a little bit of fog on the horizon there. Yo could have foggy conditions in your neighborhood. Right now, 64 in st. Petersburg, and lakeland and winter haven and zephyrhills, we have temperatures in the 50s. Venice,. 5 of a mile of visibility. We have spotty areas of fog to burn off during the late morning hours, otherwise, partly to mostly cloudy. Rain in new orleans will move in later this evening, giving us a chance of rain later today. Not for the morning. Dry morning. Temperatures in the lower 60s this afternoon, scattered showers, and maybe a storm. Especially after 6 00 p. M. With the High Temperature in the mid to upper 70s. Adrienne. Thank you, bryan. We will check back in with you. We have 800 million reasons to get our Powerball Ticket today. The largest powerball price ever