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Can see how bad it is there. In the Nations Capital, the snow is coming down hard. People even using umbrellas, and residents expect 30 inches storm. The storm is far from over. At least nine deaths of virginia, north carolina, tennessee, and kentucky. The blizzard warning affects nearly millions from baltimore to philadelphia to new york. Josh benson shows us the incredible whiteout conditions. Reporter a slippery slope from tennessee to the carolinas. Devastating snow, sleet, and freezing rain. I slid into the back of their car. Reporter the driver revved the engine after being caught in a snow drift, and here in charlotte, the snow started after midnight. Hands are on deck. Statewide, 1,000 crashes. Look from the air, you can see the snow, but the ice underneath of it is so dangerous. The weight of it all is cutting off power to thousands. The state of emergency coming at a crucial time. The Carolina Panthers shoveling the snow off the field for practice today. A major pep rally for the team, canceled. A warning from the governor. Stay off the roads if you dont need to be on the roads, and spend time with your family. Certainly looking dangerous there. Report. The winter blast is creating a travel nightmare across the country. Canceled. I just checked the tampa website, flights are canceled to new york, philadelphia, boston, charlotte, and even cleanup is underway this morning after strong winds send a tree crashing through a home on san juan street. It went through the singles, through the attic, and right through the 2nd floor. To see how it will be today, lets turn it over to meteorologist mark collins. I will take high winds over the blizzard any day. Its been raining and snowing all night from ohio, tennessee, back to new york. Washington, dc, starting to snow yesterday. The snow system is only half way flu. It should move out of the northeast by tomorrow. Pin wheeling around the backside of this, low level mexico. Warmer gulf temperatures causing light sprinkle activity which will continue to move the coastal hours over the next few showers. Accumulations will be heavy, but they will not last all day long. Today, we will have Early Morning showers, and temperatures really around the 49 or 50degree mark here over the next few hours, and then in the afternoon, the high only climbs to 55. Details on how cold it will be when i come back in a bit. Making it interesting for the kids with the gaspirilla parade. The worst School Shooting in canada history. The gunman is in custody. Warning. Deputies want you to be on the getting way too close to real estate agents. Hillsborough county detectives say this man pulled an agent close while shaking her hand giving her several compliments, and then he rubbed his groin area over his hand later. News channel 8 got reaction from other female realtors. If im in a house with a 200 pound attacker, it doesnt matter how many classes i have taken, it would be a better situation if i wasnt. She uses a safety app to let friends and colleagues know where she is at all times. Anyone with information should call authorities right away. You may want to check your refrigerator this morning. Cole is recalling infected someone in michigan. They are fresh selections, simple truth, marketside, the little salad bar, and president s choice. The information is on your side there. The good news, so far florida is not affected. Nine people are facing charges for stealing personal stamp cards. The investigation began nearly a year ago when a polk county sheriffs detective discovered problems, but they found a larging food stamp scheme. All are charged with fraud and theft. The childrens gasparilla parade will be today. Mary mcguire is live from the parade route. With your rain coat and hat on. Reporter i will not sugarcoat this. Its rainy, cold, and windy. Can you think of any other adjectives to ruse . If youre going to come out this afternoon, bundle up your little pirates. An alcoholfree event, kicking off at 3 30 this afternoon at betabay and bayshore boulevards. Theres usually 100 groups including dance groups, schools, and different organizations. Earlier this week the mayor warned of inclement weather. With the childrens parade with the winds we are looking to entertain as well, make certain you bundle up the bags of joy, and make sure they have on the right coldweather gear. Reporter he also them up because kids are smaller and can lose body heat faster than adults. The childrens parade will be on the same route that the adult parade of pirates route will be on next weekend it will cull limit around 7 00 p. M. Like the fire chief said, bundle up your bags of joy. Never heard that terminology for kids before. The good news, they are screaming so loud a lot of times they will stay warm. What do you think . Reporter i think. So i have found in my experience baby sitting children, if you give them a lot of sugar, they run around, and that will keep their body heat up. Grownup pirates will invade news channel 8 will have the gasparilla parade of pirates. Jen holloway is our pirate on the street. You dont want to miss it. You can find all the information you need on wfla. Com. Speaking of gasparilla, the gasparilla distance classic is just a month away. Coming up, we will show you what you can win if you just lace up the sneakers. Thats motivation a prize, right . Youre taking a live look at downtown tampa. A chilly start. Welcome back. The gasparilla distance race classics are just a month away. As more people sign up, the reality is just setting in. We need to get out and run or at leastwalk. Leah spann is here with motivation. Reporter we have a challenge that will really get you ready for the races. Reporter when the starting gun sounds, many of the runners and walkers have already spent hours pounding the pavement. Reporter how many miles do you run a week . Reporter lets celebrate their miles, too. We are are teaming up with under armor to run 30 miles in 30 days. Download the map my run app. And then you can join the gasparilla 30miles in 30 day. I think you would have to run more to get ready for a half marathon, but a 5k, absolutely. Reporter it allows you to keep up with the runner also in the challenge. 1 mile a day or several at a time, its about making the training as social and interactive as the racist. Our hope is that we will get as the race itself. Our hope is that everyone will get excited about the race. The map my run app is free, and it records your miles as you run or walk, and make you need extra incentive. The challenge can win one of 5 100 gift cards from underarmor. Weather is certainly the hot topic this weekend, and we have all you need to know coming up. We will show you the Winter Weather slamming the east coast and how the bay area weather is looking this saturday, stay music another sunny day by belle and sebastian such a shame its labeled life should always feel like this. Hampton. We go together. Always get the lowest price, only when you book direct childrens extravaganza, meaning south tampa could be quite tied up. Lesli has our traffic report. Reporter good morning morning, i hope youre enjoying your saturday. I have to start off with the big gasparilla parade for children. Heres the parade route. It starts here, and i will zoom down here. All along bay shore boulevard. Road closures on all side streets, and a lot of congestion in this area. You want to make sure you dont park where it says no marking. You will be toed, and thats a mess. It will continue all the way up bay shore boulevard until you get to orleans. The festivities start at 11 00 a. M. And end at 7 00 p. M. The parade gets underway at 3 30. Heres things you need to know if you dont want to get in the you can come to downtown tampa here and park. Sometimes it does get very busy down there, and it sends to sell out, but whiting and franklin, thats where its located, and theres a shuttle taking you all the way down. The shuttle is only 5, and the kids are actually free it will be 10 00 a. M. To 8 00 p. M. They are free if they come with an adult. Its a great way to not be in the congestion. Safety rodeo. That. Stroll. The little kids coming out in their pirate outfits. At 3 30, the actual parade will kick off, lasting until 6 00 p. M. , and the fantastic 7 30. Stacked and packed again. If youre not going to go to the parade, head out to the movies. We have dirty grandpa and also the 5th wave and the boy. Save me some popcorn all right, thank you, leslee. We can see the winter blast on our weather radar and all over social media, but we can also see it from space. This is really cool here. Nasa got this image of the winter storm hitting the east coast, and take a look at that. From afar. Its beautiful. Up close, maybe not so much. Mark . Thats how massive the system is. Its pulling the cold air down on our doorsteps. When it flows over the relatively light gulf stream this is the light air we are seeing this morning. Winds are quicking pushing onshore. Westerly flow. Temperatures may warm up a few degrees, and the rain will not make much progress. Take a look at this, its alabama. Snow is possible in florida, and we have seen it. It happens actually on the year. Once you get storms this possibility. 56 in st. Pete, and 52 in tampa. We are dealing with the cold air, and youre looking ated if i 40s through inverness and crystal river. The freeze watch is in effect. Even with the cold temperatures, the clouds, the rain, the dreary start to the day, and even during the afternoon, temperatures are probably only going to top out at 54 degrees. The freeze will stay up through the day, and guts to 25, tomorrow it will be nicer. We are going to have good sunshine for sunday, and temperatures still below average, compared to what see this time of the year, 70 degrees, 58 is feeling chilly. Today, dealing with the winds, the high to the west is channeling down, the winds on the backside of the powerful low pressure center, and it will snow all day today into the midatlantic and the northeast. High temperatures into the 50s, and tomorrow as well. As we look at the temperatures here, we are starting out mainly in the 50s with the 40s to the north, and then we will see temperatures warm into the mid50s before cooling down tonight, chilly with pockets of midto low 40s across the northern zones. 39 in tampa, 44 for the overnight low in st. Pete, and even lower to mid30s over the interior. Tonight will be the coldest night we will see over the next few days, and you will notice close to 70 to start the workweek, and then lower 70s next week. We will also have another storm system coming in wednesday into thursday. We will need to watch to see how strong the storms will be, and it looks like the weekly pattern, the cycle we have been in, the storms are coming through frequently. Thats right, bundle up today. Stay warm. The buccaneers announce the newest member of the ring of honor, john lynch. We will hear from the former having lots of devices in your home can really slow your internet down. So keep things moving with 100 fiber optic fios, the Fastest Internet and wifi available, with speeds from 50 to 500 megs. Its no wonder were ranked highest in Customer Satisfaction by jd power. Now, for 79. 99 a month online, get 50 meg fios internet, tv and phone for your first year. Or with a 2 year agreement, get 300 back. Go to getfios. Com or call its just an unbelievable honor to get up there and forever be up on that stadium. Ladies and gentlemen, local television viewers, please welcome john lynch to the buccaneers ring of honor. They contacted him about becoming the ninth man to add his name to the prestigious ring around Raymond James stadium. Meanwhile his super bowl ring is missing. He said it was misplaced or stolen a few weeks ago. 16 forced fumbles, and 26 interceptions, and legendary lions running back, barry lyons said it best. Do you have one slobberknocker, that you look back and say i got that guy good . Its probably the one hit, not the one, but the best one i ever got on barry. He never got hit hard. For him to say those things, believe me he always occupied a spot in my mind because it was so difficult to touch him let alone tackle him. He just never got hit. Reporter i will have much more with my oneonone interview on sunday. The East West Shrine Game the local talent will show their talent in front of the scouts. The guys are all suiting up for the east squad, coached by Charlie Weiss who spent the people getting them prepared for the world of professional football. We designed the practice so the scouts could see what they want to see. We also told them how to talk to the scouts and your character. Budged on. Once they get on the again. Once they get out here, they are just playing football. The pressure is when they are off the field and in an interview like 24 7. Also coming up tonight, tampa bay is taking on the gasparilla season is kicking off with the gasparilla childrens extravaganza. We have details on the pirate events for the whole family, and also the pirate forecast. Youre watching news channel 8 today. Hepati c virus. There are a lot of different kinds of yucky germs. But not all disinfecting wipes. Are approved to kill the same number of them. Lysol wipes are approved to kill more types of germs than clorox. Dont pick just any wipe. Try that one this cold and flu season good morning. Thank you for joining us. You can see the blizzard that is slamming the east coast. At least nine deaths have been reported, and more than 7,000 flights are canceled. Its believed strong winds will trigger Power Outages and coastal flooding, and some areas could see more than a foot of snow. The storm is pounding the Nations Capital. Blizzard warning warnings are in effect for the storm that area. Brian moore shows us the condition americans are bracing for during this winter nightmare. Reporter it was a virtual whiteout at the white house. The u. S. Capitol was shrouded in a cloud of snow. Washington, dc, under siege and in the bullseye of the blizzard of epic proportions. We expect 2 feet, at least of snow in washington, and the and it is heavy, which means we could see trees, power lines down, and a lot of power. Reporter as the snow began to pile one, the Virginia National guard troops were called into action. We put chains on our humvee tires. Reporter the inevitable cleanup will not begin until the storm has blown over late sunday night. With thousands of flights canceled, anyone who has not gotten out, isnt. Reporter the ripple effects are reaching airports far from the blizzard zone. Reporter this marks the day of the onslot that could bring 2. 5 hours of snow and 50mile an hour winds, threatening to be washingtons worst snowstorm, ever. Brian moore, abc news, washington. Definitely a mess there. Its time to check in with mark collins for the latest on the bay area forecast. Same things, but we have bad weather here, too. Certainly. The storm is so powerful, it channeled down the cold in the bay area. 18inches of snow in kentucky, and its been snowing all night long in washington, dc, and the access of the heaviest snow will be from the Nations Capital through the northeast tonight, and another 2 feet of snow is possible, and areas for new york into long island, and up into boston this is the forecast, and the low will move away. Notice it will snow tonight right on through sunday morning, and there will be plenty of travel problems through the day tomorrow, and out on our own streets, we have wet spots for sure. Quickmoving light showers moving through the bay area, caught on the stipbreeze out of the west, northwest. Winds gusting as high as 25, possibly 30 miles an hour. For the morning hours, we are afternoon high temperatures around 55 degrees, and we are really not going to have a great deal of sunshine, and in fact, we are underneath the freeze watch, and i will tell tonight. Thank you, mark. The family of a duet couple who were killed by a tornado will say their final goodbyes. Stephen and katie will be laid to rest today in bradenton. At 6 34, a tragic anniversary is approaching. Its been almost 10 years since anybody day jennifer kessey. She was only 24 years old when she didnt show up for work in orlando. Her parents spoke to the media says its 80 possible she is not with us anymore, but they have hope that someone knows what happened that day, and all its so past time to have have. Reporter even 10 years later, police say tips are still coming in on the case. Reporter right now the coroner is working to determine whose remains are in the f16 fighter jet crashed. The singleengine jet went down, and no other members were on board. The coroner will make the final determination if the remains were those of the student pilot. Sad story there. An 8 on your side this morning. The cdc is expanding the list of countries that they believe pregnant women should wait to visit. And mexico. They are dealing with the mosquitoborne virus that can be dangerous to unborn babies. Investigators are searching for someone who set a home on fire on north 9th street in Sulfur Springs and started a fire in the bedroom. Thankfully the family was not home at the time. Damage. If you have any information about this, please call the fire marshal right away. At 6 36, happening today. The tiniest pirates in tampa will get a chance to take part in all the gasparilla fun as the childrens parade kicks off this afternoon. Mary mcguire has a preview from the parade route. Of course, mary, a lot of people are talking about the weather this week and worrying, and based on how youre dressed, its not looking too good. Would be a fantastic day to stay inside, watch a movie, or drink hot chocolate. Not the most ideal day for the parade. We do know a lot of the tiny pirates across tampa are very excited to come out here and experience the fun of the gasparilla childrens parade. The alcoholfree event will kick off at 3 30 this afternoon and have tons of fun. Its at beta bay and bay shore boulevards. Theres usually 100 dance groups, school bands, and community groups. Its the typical parade of pirates route, and it will last until 6 00 p. M. This evening. We did expect the inclement weather, and earlier this week, i chatted with the fire chief about the possibility of nasty weather this weekend, and we will hear from him in the next half an hour. Adrienne. We will get back to you. The grownup pirates will invade next saturday. Our own jennifer lee and josh benson will be cohosting the coverage, and jen holloway will be our pirate on the street. You can find everything you need to know on wfla. Com. Its always fun. You dont want to miss that the city hosts a number of major sporting events, but this one is different. This one is the 24th an usual wheelchair rug by tournament. Stephen walker learned to play wheelchair rug by after a rare bacteria forced doctors to remove both hands and legs to save his life. He says it has helped him get back to being himself. The Nations Capital<\/a>, the snow is coming down hard. People even using umbrellas, and residents expect 30 inches storm. The storm is far from over. At least nine deaths of virginia, north carolina, tennessee, and kentucky. The blizzard warning affects nearly millions from baltimore to philadelphia to new york. Josh benson shows us the incredible whiteout conditions. Reporter a slippery slope from tennessee to the carolinas. Devastating snow, sleet, and freezing rain. I slid into the back of their car. Reporter the driver revved the engine after being caught in a snow drift, and here in charlotte, the snow started after midnight. Hands are on deck. Statewide, 1,000 crashes. Look from the air, you can see the snow, but the ice underneath of it is so dangerous. The weight of it all is cutting off power to thousands. The state of emergency coming at a crucial time. The Carolina Panthers<\/a> shoveling the snow off the field for practice today. A major pep rally for the team, canceled. A warning from the governor. Stay off the roads if you dont need to be on the roads, and spend time with your family. Certainly looking dangerous there. Report. The winter blast is creating a travel nightmare across the country. Canceled. I just checked the tampa website, flights are canceled to new york, philadelphia, boston, charlotte, and even cleanup is underway this morning after strong winds send a tree crashing through a home on san juan street. It went through the singles, through the attic, and right through the 2nd floor. To see how it will be today, lets turn it over to meteorologist mark collins. I will take high winds over the blizzard any day. Its been raining and snowing all night from ohio, tennessee, back to new york. Washington, dc, starting to snow yesterday. The snow system is only half way flu. It should move out of the northeast by tomorrow. Pin wheeling around the backside of this, low level mexico. Warmer gulf temperatures causing light sprinkle activity which will continue to move the coastal hours over the next few showers. Accumulations will be heavy, but they will not last all day long. Today, we will have Early Morning<\/a> showers, and temperatures really around the 49 or 50degree mark here over the next few hours, and then in the afternoon, the high only climbs to 55. Details on how cold it will be when i come back in a bit. Making it interesting for the kids with the gaspirilla parade. The worst School Shooting<\/a> in canada history. The gunman is in custody. Warning. Deputies want you to be on the getting way too close to real estate agents. Hillsborough county detectives say this man pulled an agent close while shaking her hand giving her several compliments, and then he rubbed his groin area over his hand later. News channel 8 got reaction from other female realtors. If im in a house with a 200 pound attacker, it doesnt matter how many classes i have taken, it would be a better situation if i wasnt. She uses a safety app to let friends and colleagues know where she is at all times. Anyone with information should call authorities right away. You may want to check your refrigerator this morning. Cole is recalling infected someone in michigan. They are fresh selections, simple truth, marketside, the little salad bar, and president s choice. The information is on your side there. The good news, so far florida is not affected. Nine people are facing charges for stealing personal stamp cards. The investigation began nearly a year ago when a polk county sheriffs detective discovered problems, but they found a larging food stamp scheme. All are charged with fraud and theft. The childrens gasparilla parade will be today. Mary mcguire is live from the parade route. With your rain coat and hat on. Reporter i will not sugarcoat this. Its rainy, cold, and windy. Can you think of any other adjectives to ruse . If youre going to come out this afternoon, bundle up your little pirates. An alcoholfree event, kicking off at 3 30 this afternoon at betabay and bayshore boulevards. Theres usually 100 groups including dance groups, schools, and different organizations. Earlier this week the mayor warned of inclement weather. With the childrens parade with the winds we are looking to entertain as well, make certain you bundle up the bags of joy, and make sure they have on the right coldweather gear. Reporter he also them up because kids are smaller and can lose body heat faster than adults. The childrens parade will be on the same route that the adult parade of pirates route will be on next weekend it will cull limit around 7 00 p. M. Like the fire chief said, bundle up your bags of joy. Never heard that terminology for kids before. The good news, they are screaming so loud a lot of times they will stay warm. What do you think . Reporter i think. So i have found in my experience baby sitting children, if you give them a lot of sugar, they run around, and that will keep their body heat up. Grownup pirates will invade news channel 8 will have the gasparilla parade of pirates. Jen holloway is our pirate on the street. You dont want to miss it. You can find all the information you need on wfla. Com. Speaking of gasparilla, the gasparilla distance classic is just a month away. Coming up, we will show you what you can win if you just lace up the sneakers. Thats motivation a prize, right . Youre taking a live look at downtown tampa. A chilly start. Welcome back. The gasparilla distance race classics are just a month away. As more people sign up, the reality is just setting in. We need to get out and run or at leastwalk. Leah spann is here with motivation. Reporter we have a challenge that will really get you ready for the races. Reporter when the starting gun sounds, many of the runners and walkers have already spent hours pounding the pavement. Reporter how many miles do you run a week . Reporter lets celebrate their miles, too. We are are teaming up with under armor to run 30 miles in 30 days. Download the map my run app. And then you can join the gasparilla 30miles in 30 day. I think you would have to run more to get ready for a half marathon, but a 5k, absolutely. Reporter it allows you to keep up with the runner also in the challenge. 1 mile a day or several at a time, its about making the training as social and interactive as the racist. Our hope is that we will get as the race itself. Our hope is that everyone will get excited about the race. The map my run app is free, and it records your miles as you run or walk, and make you need extra incentive. The challenge can win one of 5 100 gift cards from underarmor. Weather is certainly the hot topic this weekend, and we have all you need to know coming up. We will show you the Winter Weather<\/a> slamming the east coast and how the bay area weather is looking this saturday, stay music another sunny day by belle and sebastian such a shame its labeled life should always feel like this. Hampton. We go together. Always get the lowest price, only when you book direct childrens extravaganza, meaning south tampa could be quite tied up. Lesli has our traffic report. Reporter good morning morning, i hope youre enjoying your saturday. I have to start off with the big gasparilla parade for children. Heres the parade route. It starts here, and i will zoom down here. All along bay shore boulevard. Road closures on all side streets, and a lot of congestion in this area. You want to make sure you dont park where it says no marking. You will be toed, and thats a mess. It will continue all the way up bay shore boulevard until you get to orleans. The festivities start at 11 00 a. M. And end at 7 00 p. M. The parade gets underway at 3 30. Heres things you need to know if you dont want to get in the you can come to downtown tampa here and park. Sometimes it does get very busy down there, and it sends to sell out, but whiting and franklin, thats where its located, and theres a shuttle taking you all the way down. The shuttle is only 5, and the kids are actually free it will be 10 00 a. M. To 8 00 p. M. They are free if they come with an adult. Its a great way to not be in the congestion. Safety rodeo. That. Stroll. The little kids coming out in their pirate outfits. At 3 30, the actual parade will kick off, lasting until 6 00 p. M. , and the fantastic 7 30. Stacked and packed again. If youre not going to go to the parade, head out to the movies. We have dirty grandpa and also the 5th wave and the boy. Save me some popcorn all right, thank you, leslee. We can see the winter blast on our weather radar and all over social media, but we can also see it from space. This is really cool here. Nasa got this image of the winter storm hitting the east coast, and take a look at that. From afar. Its beautiful. Up close, maybe not so much. Mark . Thats how massive the system is. Its pulling the cold air down on our doorsteps. When it flows over the relatively light gulf stream this is the light air we are seeing this morning. Winds are quicking pushing onshore. Westerly flow. Temperatures may warm up a few degrees, and the rain will not make much progress. Take a look at this, its alabama. Snow is possible in florida, and we have seen it. It happens actually on the year. Once you get storms this possibility. 56 in st. Pete, and 52 in tampa. We are dealing with the cold air, and youre looking ated if i 40s through inverness and crystal river. The freeze watch is in effect. Even with the cold temperatures, the clouds, the rain, the dreary start to the day, and even during the afternoon, temperatures are probably only going to top out at 54 degrees. The freeze will stay up through the day, and guts to 25, tomorrow it will be nicer. We are going to have good sunshine for sunday, and temperatures still below average, compared to what see this time of the year, 70 degrees, 58 is feeling chilly. Today, dealing with the winds, the high to the west is channeling down, the winds on the backside of the powerful low pressure center, and it will snow all day today into the midatlantic and the northeast. High temperatures into the 50s, and tomorrow as well. As we look at the temperatures here, we are starting out mainly in the 50s with the 40s to the north, and then we will see temperatures warm into the mid50s before cooling down tonight, chilly with pockets of midto low 40s across the northern zones. 39 in tampa, 44 for the overnight low in st. Pete, and even lower to mid30s over the interior. Tonight will be the coldest night we will see over the next few days, and you will notice close to 70 to start the workweek, and then lower 70s next week. We will also have another storm system coming in wednesday into thursday. We will need to watch to see how strong the storms will be, and it looks like the weekly pattern, the cycle we have been in, the storms are coming through frequently. Thats right, bundle up today. Stay warm. The buccaneers announce the newest member of the ring of honor, john lynch. We will hear from the former having lots of devices in your home can really slow your internet down. So keep things moving with 100 fiber optic fios, the Fastest Internet<\/a> and wifi available, with speeds from 50 to 500 megs. Its no wonder were ranked highest in Customer Satisfaction<\/a> by jd power. Now, for 79. 99 a month online, get 50 meg fios internet, tv and phone for your first year. Or with a 2 year agreement, get 300 back. Go to getfios. Com or call its just an unbelievable honor to get up there and forever be up on that stadium. Ladies and gentlemen, local television viewers, please welcome john lynch to the buccaneers ring of honor. They contacted him about becoming the ninth man to add his name to the prestigious ring around Raymond James<\/a> stadium. Meanwhile his super bowl ring is missing. He said it was misplaced or stolen a few weeks ago. 16 forced fumbles, and 26 interceptions, and legendary lions running back, barry lyons said it best. Do you have one slobberknocker, that you look back and say i got that guy good . Its probably the one hit, not the one, but the best one i ever got on barry. He never got hit hard. For him to say those things, believe me he always occupied a spot in my mind because it was so difficult to touch him let alone tackle him. He just never got hit. Reporter i will have much more with my oneonone interview on sunday. The East West Shrine Game<\/a> the local talent will show their talent in front of the scouts. The guys are all suiting up for the east squad, coached by Charlie Weiss<\/a> who spent the people getting them prepared for the world of professional football. We designed the practice so the scouts could see what they want to see. We also told them how to talk to the scouts and your character. Budged on. Once they get on the again. Once they get out here, they are just playing football. The pressure is when they are off the field and in an interview like 24 7. Also coming up tonight, tampa bay is taking on the gasparilla season is kicking off with the gasparilla childrens extravaganza. We have details on the pirate events for the whole family, and also the pirate forecast. Youre watching news channel 8 today. Hepati c virus. There are a lot of different kinds of yucky germs. But not all disinfecting wipes. Are approved to kill the same number of them. Lysol wipes are approved to kill more types of germs than clorox. Dont pick just any wipe. Try that one this cold and flu season good morning. Thank you for joining us. You can see the blizzard that is slamming the east coast. At least nine deaths have been reported, and more than 7,000 flights are canceled. Its believed strong winds will trigger Power Outages<\/a> and coastal flooding, and some areas could see more than a foot of snow. The storm is pounding the Nations Capital<\/a>. Blizzard warning warnings are in effect for the storm that area. Brian moore shows us the condition americans are bracing for during this winter nightmare. Reporter it was a virtual whiteout at the white house. The u. S. Capitol was shrouded in a cloud of snow. Washington, dc, under siege and in the bullseye of the blizzard of epic proportions. We expect 2 feet, at least of snow in washington, and the and it is heavy, which means we could see trees, power lines down, and a lot of power. Reporter as the snow began to pile one, the Virginia National<\/a> guard troops were called into action. We put chains on our humvee tires. Reporter the inevitable cleanup will not begin until the storm has blown over late sunday night. With thousands of flights canceled, anyone who has not gotten out, isnt. Reporter the ripple effects are reaching airports far from the blizzard zone. Reporter this marks the day of the onslot that could bring 2. 5 hours of snow and 50mile an hour winds, threatening to be washingtons worst snowstorm, ever. Brian moore, abc news, washington. Definitely a mess there. Its time to check in with mark collins for the latest on the bay area forecast. Same things, but we have bad weather here, too. Certainly. The storm is so powerful, it channeled down the cold in the bay area. 18inches of snow in kentucky, and its been snowing all night long in washington, dc, and the access of the heaviest snow will be from the Nations Capital<\/a> through the northeast tonight, and another 2 feet of snow is possible, and areas for new york into long island, and up into boston this is the forecast, and the low will move away. Notice it will snow tonight right on through sunday morning, and there will be plenty of travel problems through the day tomorrow, and out on our own streets, we have wet spots for sure. Quickmoving light showers moving through the bay area, caught on the stipbreeze out of the west, northwest. Winds gusting as high as 25, possibly 30 miles an hour. For the morning hours, we are afternoon high temperatures around 55 degrees, and we are really not going to have a great deal of sunshine, and in fact, we are underneath the freeze watch, and i will tell tonight. Thank you, mark. The family of a duet couple who were killed by a tornado will say their final goodbyes. Stephen and katie will be laid to rest today in bradenton. At 6 34, a tragic anniversary is approaching. Its been almost 10 years since anybody day jennifer kessey. She was only 24 years old when she didnt show up for work in orlando. Her parents spoke to the media says its 80 possible she is not with us anymore, but they have hope that someone knows what happened that day, and all its so past time to have have. Reporter even 10 years later, police say tips are still coming in on the case. Reporter right now the coroner is working to determine whose remains are in the f16 fighter jet crashed. The singleengine jet went down, and no other members were on board. The coroner will make the final determination if the remains were those of the student pilot. Sad story there. An 8 on your side this morning. The cdc is expanding the list of countries that they believe pregnant women should wait to visit. And mexico. They are dealing with the mosquitoborne virus that can be dangerous to unborn babies. Investigators are searching for someone who set a home on fire on north 9th street in Sulfur Springs<\/a> and started a fire in the bedroom. Thankfully the family was not home at the time. Damage. If you have any information about this, please call the fire marshal right away. At 6 36, happening today. The tiniest pirates in tampa will get a chance to take part in all the gasparilla fun as the childrens parade kicks off this afternoon. Mary mcguire has a preview from the parade route. Of course, mary, a lot of people are talking about the weather this week and worrying, and based on how youre dressed, its not looking too good. Would be a fantastic day to stay inside, watch a movie, or drink hot chocolate. Not the most ideal day for the parade. We do know a lot of the tiny pirates across tampa are very excited to come out here and experience the fun of the gasparilla childrens parade. The alcoholfree event will kick off at 3 30 this afternoon and have tons of fun. Its at beta bay and bay shore boulevards. Theres usually 100 dance groups, school bands, and community groups. Its the typical parade of pirates route, and it will last until 6 00 p. M. This evening. We did expect the inclement weather, and earlier this week, i chatted with the fire chief about the possibility of nasty weather this weekend, and we will hear from him in the next half an hour. Adrienne. We will get back to you. The grownup pirates will invade next saturday. Our own jennifer lee and josh benson will be cohosting the coverage, and jen holloway will be our pirate on the street. You can find everything you need to know on wfla. Com. Its always fun. You dont want to miss that the city hosts a number of major sporting events, but this one is different. This one is the 24th an usual wheelchair rug by tournament. Stephen walker learned to play wheelchair rug by after a rare bacteria forced doctors to remove both hands and legs to save his life. He says it has helped him get back to being himself. The International Rug<\/a> by tournament runs through sunday. Its so intense. I was watching double a story last week, and it was amazing. Today indoor gym sports may be a good idea to do the rock climbing indoors. If youre a kid, youre fine. Just scream your head off, and youre fine. If you a skier, heavy snow in north carolina, up to a foot there, but the problem is you have to be there already because you cant get there on the roadways, and tonight, check out the big, full moon. It will be back and shining bright because the clouds will be clearing out. Welcome back. Migraines and menopause, researchers have found a link, and you may have to more to do with your kids checkups. Migraines may be getting menopause. Researchers studied 3,000 women, and the frequency of before menopause. Could be linked to your childs behavior. Researchers found kids who had parents with credit card or other debt were more likely to have problems with their peers. However mortgage and Student Loan Debt<\/a> were tied to fewer behavioral issues. Its more about the stress. Thats what experts believe affects child development. Living 100 years or more is getting more common. More americans are living into the triple digits. Data shows theres a 40 increase from 2000 to 2014. Tornado victims have enough to worry about, and now they are also dealing with unlicensed and uninsured contractors, and as shannon bancon shows us, its dangerous and could cause us more money. Reporter the first work crew we saw in their unmarked truck. No, im just helping a friend out on this job. Reporter he would not give me a name but said he was just freelancing his services. What happens if someone falls off the roof here, youre not licensed. No one is going to fall off the roof. Reporter how do you know . I dont know. Reporter what happens . Good thing this guy spotted 8 on your side and got off the roof safely. They regrouped and got off, but not before a quick onefinger salute. We saw crew after crew cleaning up the storm property. This video shows why the storm chasing contractors came here fast. Theres so much work to be done, its hard to tell the good guys from the bad guys, the licensed and insured from those trytology make a quick buck. Probably getting 15k or 20k. Licensed guy for all the work at his home. Aggressive contractors insisting they have unbelievable deals on services she doesnt even need, and she worries for her neighbors. A lot of people are older than i am, and they are maybe not as aggressive as i am, and think think people want to help you, and some people do, but some people dont. Shannan bancon. 8 on your side. This winter has certainly turned out opaque up for all of that damage across the area, and the cold air punch. Sharply colder than this time yesterday, and when you look at 52 in tampa, a couple of degrees cooler in lakeland, and we can compare these numbers to what we can expect tonight, probably shaving off 10 degrees from where we are currently. South of the skyway. 30 in venice, and brooksville, gusty there, and with the wind off the gulf, its bringing in morning showers. Im not really selling the forecast. We are talking about cold, windy, and wet conditions this morning, and although the winds will stay up through the day, a lot of the light rain that is moving in will not stay with us through the course of the afternoon. What we will probably see are the showers taper off, keeping the clouds in place through the day, and then tonight, we will get even colder, and in fact, possibly even a freeze for the areas inland Hernando County<\/a> big picture. You can see the light rain coming in, even snow flurries that have been dropping into alabama, and some of those could reach the panhandle of florida. We are not concerned about that, but mostly cloudy skies today, lake wind advisories in high surf advisories. Freeze watches for all of the bay area, and this powerful it will be moving through boston tonight, and then out into the atlantic, and on the heels of that comes the wind. We will see cool weather with the temperatures in the 50s. The difference tomorrow, we will have the sunshine. Sunshine will come back for tomorrow, and looking at temperatures here this afternoon, around 4 00. Looking at midto low 50s, and cool here during the day, and then tonight, temperatures cooling down, with pockets of low to mid30s in the northern zones, and the interior will see mainly mid30s across polk, highlands, desoto county, and the skyway. Freeze watches, from Hernando County<\/a>, northward here tonight, and we will see a warmup here, and it will start to take shape as we head back into the workweek for the lower 70s. Forecast. We will have another front coming through. Not a big warmup. The front will chill us down weekend. Thursday. Certainly no need for the year. Rain has been consistent. So up and down lately. Lets get the rain out of here so gasparilla can be good for the kids. Parents should know their kids need jackets today. Dont take the jackets off thank you. Do you like driving around . Or do you prefer being driven . Thats an easy answer. Word . Wow. The internet is crazy fast here. I know, right . Its so nice to have everyone over. Hi hey. Mmm. I just laid an egg. Does anybody want it . Joey, you want some gasoline . Yes, please. Mom, guess what . I married a clown and were having tiny little clown babies. Mhm. I just bought a hammer. With internet fast enough for everyone, your guests might get a bit carried away. Aol is thinking of changes its name. Twitter went down, and do you know how secure your pass word is . Theres a lot going on in the world of tech and social media. Do you have a Ride Sharing Service<\/a> or do you prefer using Something Like<\/a> lyft or uber . Millennials prefer to have someone drive them around. General motors is taking notice, and the Company Invested<\/a> half a billion dollars in lyft. Trending this week, tornadoes. Two tornadoes touched down in the bay area. In duet, two people died. People got on social media to share pictures of the damage and information, especially in areas without electricity. The worst passwords of the year are out, and these are ones a lot of people use, so they are easy to guess. Among the top 25 starwars, and others include 123456, the word password, and for you game of of . Dialup . A Business Insider<\/a> says aol knows what you think of it and it is probably out of date. The company is considering changing its name. It doesnt seem like they have thought of a new name yet. If you have suggestions, you way. Did you survive the great twitter outage of 2016 . For a come a couple of hours on tuesday, the twitter world went down. I have to admit, i didnt know what to do because i couldnt tweet about twitter being down. Back to you. Thank you, lindsey. I guess you had to post on facebook about twitter being down. Bacon bomb explosion burger, maybe a french toast burger is more your style . Thats right the Florida State<\/a> fair is coming to town. We have a preview of mouth thats coming up in our welcome back. Now to our favorite story of the week it may make you hungry. The Florida State<\/a> fair is looking today buy is this is the bacon explosion burger. Maybe this one is more your style. French toast burger. Regular cheese burger on french toast, exactly how it sounds. This is my favorite, the ice cream burger, topped with a coated scoop of mexicanstyle fried ice cream, and heres the red neck burger a bacon cheese burger with fried bologna, baked beans, and potato sticks. The winter storm is pounding the east coast right now. 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