Tampa, just about 25 minutes from lakeland into downtown elsewhere no major crashes or breakdowns to tell you about. If youre heading out now youre in great shape. You might feel it a little windy out there. Just a little. I felt it. We were so humid in the 80s, i think just the contrast makes it feel even colder. Lets head to the Weather Center and check out what we have going on. Temperatures in the 50s winds sustained from 15 to 20 miles per hour. That is certainly putting an treckstra chill in the air. In fact wind chills in the 40s. Inverness now dropping to 48. These are the actual air temperatures. 54 tampa and 58 st. Pete. Cold stuff this morning, we usually put this map away for this time of year. Dont bring it back until the fall. These are the dew points, how much moisture is at the surface. It stays humid, but 45 dew point is dry. Were in the 20s and 30s this. Across the area. That will allow temperatures tonight to fall back even more so. Temperatures this afternoon, low to mid50s. Then 60s for high temperatures later today. Ill detail the colder spots you can expect tonight coming up in a few minutes. Turning to president obamas historic trip to cuba. As the first family wakes up on their first full day in the island nation more moments for the history books on tap today. The president , first sitting president to visit cuba in almost 90 years. This was truly a sight many an american president stepping one. His first stop this weekend, the americanem bassy that reopened last year after more than 50 years. This is a historic visit, and a historic opportunity to engage directly with the cuban people and forge new agreements and commercial deals to build new ties between our two peoples and for me the to that is brighter than our past. Heres whats expected today, president obama will visit the memorial for Cuban Revolutionary jose martin for a wreath laying and then visit with the cuban president raul castro for a sitdown at the palace of the revolution ending with a state dinner there. Cuban strict limits on free speech and political opposition still in force. These people were arrested yesterday hours before president obamas arrival. And look at some new video of members of the ladies in white group. They are getting dragged away from a protest in havana this weekend. All told police arresting more than 50 people. The group was formed after a major crackdown on political dissent just 13 years ago. They say they want the president to know they are fighting for the release of political prisoners. More coverage of this major story doesnt end there. In the next halfhour, anchor laura harris joins from us and the big ballgame set for tomorrow. 6 04. A monthslong manhunt for one of the prime suspects in last years paris terror attacks is over. We learned Saleh Abdelslam was preparing to strike again. Its believed the most wanted man in europe used a network of terror simple thiedzers to keep him hidden since the november 13th attacks in pairs. He was finally caught paris, he was finally caught in a dramatic raid close to his family home in belgium. Since his arrest Officials Say they uncovered weapons and a new network suggesting Saleh Abdelslam was planning fresh attacks. Donald trump says hes beefing up security amid a string of protests and even violence at his events. This coming a day before three more states go to the polls. And one of the latest incidents involves Trumps Campaign manager, in this video you see him, happened saturday at a rally in tucson, arizona, seems to show the Campaign Manager at the same time as a member of trumps security detail reaps for that protester. That Campaign Manager says he leave. Meanwhile trump has become the subject of threats outside of his Campaign Events too over the weekend. His older sister received a letter similar to one that his son got just hours earlier. That first letter demanded trump drop out of the republican race and contained a suspicious powder. The second letter didnt have that so its not clear if both letters were written by the same person. While donald trump has the momentum the Republican NationalCommittee Says its preparing for a possible split convention. That happens if a candidate doesnt have all the delegates needed to win the nomination outright. John kasich says that seems to be the only path to nomination. Everyone is focusing on process, delegates here, delegates there. Everybody has to face the fact were going to an open where were headed. Whats everybody so panicked about . Everybody needs to take a little chill pill to tell you the truth. Over the weekend the third gop candidate ted cruz issued this warning about the convention. He said there would be an absolute revolt if the republican establishment puts forth a nominee that didnt spend the last year campaigning. As for the democrats Bernie Sanders says hes confident he can win in the west. In addition to arizona and Utah Democrats will caucus in idaho today. He returns to arizona today where former president bill clinton spent the weekend stumping for his wife hillary. The fight to keep the Hurricane Hunter fleet in tampa bay is ramping up. Today senator bill nelson will be in town meeting with noaa and Macdill Air Force base with the man to keep us safe during hurricane season. The planes called the air force base home since 1993. But macdill says they need more space so the Hurricane Hunters july of next year. Last month nellston helped write a letter to noaa saying he expects the aircrafts to remain in florida. Covering Hillsborough County wrong way driver who police say nearly hit an officer on i275 is now out of jail. Police say asia cancella was drunk yesterday and drove the wrong way on the interstate. Officers say she was speeding in the same lane as that patrol car. The officer behind the wheel was heading home from his shift. He had to swerve out of the way narrowly avoiding a crash. Other officers tracked her down at busch boulevard as she exited in the wrong direction. 6 07. Upset with todays Cool Temperatures here . The sight that will have you counting blessings. Spring snow up north, this is near boston where its 29 degrees right now. Grab your telescopes, the historymaking sight you can 6 10. A consumer alert. Nissan says more cars than first thought have a serious problem that needs fixing. Its expanding its recall of the rogue vehicles to fix a fuel pump problem. This can keep cars engines from starting or even cause them to stop while being driven. Nearly 47,000 cars are under this recall. 2014 and we have the exact manufacturing dates of those recalled cars posted on our web site. And of course on facebook. It may be spring now but look at the temperatures near boston. A noreaster that moved in overnight dropping some spring snow on beantown. You can see the live drive time camera here. This is snowcovered roads. More snow is forecast there for today. Its going to be a messy commute for folks all across the northeast, not just boston but all the way down to new york city. A video of salt trucks in boston gearing up. They are going to need all the salt they can get, as much as 8 inches expected to fall today. Public schools were shut down ahead of the storm. Even with todays cool weather there. Certainly is. It was in the 60s and 70s in the northeast, now heavy snow. For us the front associated with the low moved through. For us, northwesterly cold flow, coldest temperatures well talk about those in my next forecast. Good morning. We are following breaking news in sarasota. Three People Killed in a single car crash overnight. Another person is in the hospital this. Happened near the airport at University Parkway. Well have a live report coming breaking traffic alert. University parkway at old bradenton road is shut down because of a crash. Right now were hearing three people died in the crash and a fourth person was rushed to the hospital. But is spend to survive. Police say they dont know what caused the crash this time but do believe speed was a factor the median. They are looking to see if in the single car crash as well. Were working to gather the names of those involved and expect the roy to be closed for some roadway to be closed for some time due to the crash. Janelle has more on the workarounds. You can expect part of university to be closed for several hours. Right in front of the airport. The southern tip of the airport here. Here is where desoto road is, it runs parallel to university university. So that is an option. Or to avoid it altogether take televast road to 301. That will take you far away from this crash and hopefully avoid any traffic problems there. Well keep an eye on it and let you know if we start to see delays on the alternates. Elsewhere in the bay area were in pretty good shape, this is a live look at i75 at the selmon expressway so good morning brandon, no trouble where you are. Weve checked the major roads in your area. Lets check your drive times on the toll roads, veterans still out the door. 18 minutes from 54 to 275 and the selmon expressway looking great as well, down at the bottom, just six minutes from dale mabry to channelside. I feel we were just talking about the weekend forecast. Where did it go . It disappeared. Its gone at this point. We can look forward to the next one. By then temperatures will warm up. Its going to take a while though as we check in on the temperatures now. 50s out there. Makes it feel like 40s with the wind sustained at 20 to 25. We had gusts to 30 and plus. Temperatures in the low 50s in zephyrhills and brooksville. 48 inverness. Wind chill 46 for you. As we continue with gusty winds throughout the morning and in fact were going to see that throughout the day today. Area of High Pressure to the north bringing us a north wind with a clockwise flow as it shifts further east. Well eventually get into a northeast and southeast wind eventually and that will certainly moderate the air mass. You want the air coming from the opposite direction. Thats exactly what is going to happen. That will get us back to where we should be. It will take a couple of days. For tonight in fact well have even cooler temperatures as we lose the wind. That helps to have temperatures fall even more so. Highs today 50s and low 60s. This time of year it should be 78, 79. So were running well below normal. Then the overnight lows tonight, unless something very strange happens im thinking this is probably going to be our coldest night, our last coldest night of the season here with temperatures in the low 40s as well begin to moderate the next few days. 7day forecast, as we check in, windy, cold, 65. Overnight lows in the upper 40s at the airport but again a lot of us dropping into the low to mid40s further north. 79 by wednesday though. Probably get closer if not hitting 80. Then were going to warm up, as that happens with the southeast wind a little more moisture afternoon showers, getting into the pattern friday and heading into the upcoming weekend. We can already say upcoming . All right. Back to you. Stargazers are looking to the skies for a twin comet fly by that could make history. Nasa says the two coming could be interplanetary twins. That means the smaller one which is on the right may be a fragment that broke off the bigger one on the left. The bigger one is expected to fly by today, smaller one tomorrow. Both will be a safe 2. 2 million miles away but its actually the closest flyby since the year 170. And the 1770 and the third closest comet flyby on record. You may be able to see it with a telescope. Millions of dollars for hulk hogan who says the sex tape ruined his life. The reason he could stand to earn even more money in the wake of the scandal. Plus, get ready apple fans. The company is expected to unveil new products today. Heres lauren and candace. Apples big event and new product unveiling. As usual no official word on what ceo tim cook will unveil but most experts expect to see a smaller version of the i phone as well as new ipad and apple watch models. Microsoft teeming up with lowes to help you remodel your home. Shoppers will be able to strap on a lens reality headset to see how their newly remolded kitchen will look like. And twitter celebrating its 10th birthday this week. The social media has 300 million active users, is a Public Company and launched the tears of joy emoji, those are 6 24. Its getting tougher for investigators to figure out what caused a plane to crash in russia killing dozens of people on board saturday. Investigators found the data recorders from 9 the fly dubai jet but told they are significantly damaged. That plane headed to russia from the United Arab Emirates was trying to land in heavy winds in a storm when it crashed on the runway killing all 62 people on board. Some video there of the debris. The russian airport where this now that the search operation at the crash site is officially over. Now to a Different Air scare almost taking a disastrous turn. A College Student on her way to spring break says her i phone burst into flames into the middle of the flight. There was eightinch flames off my phone. I flipped it off on to the ground, it got under someone elses seat. The flames were just getting higher, a i thought we were going down. I was like oh my god, a fire on the plane. This all happened on aalaska Airlines Flight to hawaii. The crews quickly put it out and apple and the faa are both investigating. How this actually happened is a mystery but experts say its another reason to always keep your phone on Airplane Mode because searching for a signal battery. That wouldnt happen with an android phone. Just saying. Temperatures this morning, cold but really its the first week of spring so this is ridiculous. Temperatures in the low 60s. Bundle up the kids and yourself today. The warmup is coming back. Ill let you know when it gets here in a few minutes. We are following breaking news down in sarasota. Three People Killed overnight in a single car crash, another person is in the hospital. This happened on University Parkway right near the airport there. We do have some lanes shut down on university, coming up ill tell you how to get around it. Right now at 6 30 tracking a deadly accident in sarasota. Three people are ted after a car dead after a car crashed near old bradenton road and at desoto road. Corey dierdorff is there now. Directing traffic around this extensive accident scene out here. Forensics on scene gathering evidence trying to put the pieces together and figure out what happened. We dont know much but heres what we know so far from Sarasota Police department. They say the crash took place just before 3 00 a. M. Right now were hearing that three people died in the crash. A fourth person removed from the car and rushed to the hospital but is expected to survive. Police say they dont know what caused the crash at this time but do believe speed was a factor, it was a single vehicle crash that hit a tree in the median. They are still looking to see if drugs or alcohol played a role. Were working to gather the names of those involved and expect the roadway to be closed for quite an extensive amount of time as the scene covers a very large area out here this morning on University Parkway. Well stay on top of it and bring you updates as soon as we get them on air and online at abcactionnews. Com. Com. Back to you. Lets look at the crash on the map. University parkway closed between old bradenton and desoto. Intersect. You can make that right to university. Another detour, another option, you can take televast and stay far away from the crash. That might be a better option. Traffic. Well keep an eye on both alternates and let you know how they shape up this morning. Elsewhere, in the bay area, were in pretty good shape. No other major areas of slowdowns. This is i275 over in Pinellas County at 22nd avenue south. Checking the drive from seminole to i275, looking great, eastbound on you will mertorn and ulmerton and eastbound on park. Captain al, how are things where you are . Reporter its beautiful up here, 1,000 feet over i275 and fowler avenue. Fletcher is at the top there. Then up to bearss. Of course the busiest stretch of the morning is this particular spot of i275 to about busch boulevard. Beyond that its still busy but it blends in with westbound i4 level out if you will. A lot better. A lot of volume here though. Were going to the apex next problems. Lets hope it stays that way. Cold and windy start. In fact wind gusts over 30 miles per hour. Keep it in mind as the temperatures are now in the mid and upper 50s but feels colder because of the wind that will be gusting throughout the day today. Temperatures, even 40s to the north will continue with very day today. This is not going to help. Of course we have a Small Craft Advisory and the winds are going to continue to howl throughout the day. Temperatures only in the mid 50s through lunchtime and then eventually into the low to mid 60s. It will struggle to get there despite full spring sunshine. We are going to have another cold night tonight. Details on that and also when we can expect our 80degree temperatures to come back in my next forecast. 6 32. Today more history will be made in cuba during president obamas historic trip to the island nation. President raul castro in just hours. A meeting that may not have ever happened without the diplomatic ties reuniting last year. During his stay hell also meet with cuban business owners, even dissidents. Tomorrow abc action news will be there as the president takes in a baseball game with our own Tampa Bay Rays. Tampa bay is home to thousands of cuban americans. This morning the community is largely divided on whether restoring relation was cuba is good or not. We were out yesterday at the fifth annual cuban sandwich festival in ybor. Some people say the trip is critical in opening new opportunities for businesses. And also reconnecting family memb