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WFTS Action News At 9AM January 7, 2016

Sign to the left arrow [no audio] we were having technical problems. What we can tell you from the pictures is that suv youre seeing there driven by an elderly man apparently crossed the sidewalk, went into the day care. The good news, no children were at the day care. Two workers were inside, not injured. Were awaiting to hear the condition of the driver at this point. Well check in with corey later this hour. The buccaneers are right now looking for a new head coach after firing lovie smith last night. This decision was made after the team won only eight games in two seasons with smith at the helm. Reporter adam winer live at bucs headquarter expecting to hear more from bucs management later today. Reporter thats right. A lot of surprise in the sports world now about the firing. Knowing the team didnt do that only two years into lovie smiths contract and were also hearing from an espn report a few minutes ago that lovie smith was actually fired over the phone last night. They didnt even bring him to headquarters to talk to him about the firing and their decision. That makes it now three fired head coaches by this time in just five years. A disappointing year, yes, especially since it looked like the bucs team might compete for a playoff spot towards the end of the year until they lost their final four games of the year. Bucs players talking online overnight about their surprise about lovie smith, linebacker quan alexander, for instance, expressing shock and hits support for lovie smith. And defensive tackle gerald mccoy saying he was shocked too. Told us by phone the team was surprised. Most of the nfl teams the locker room is upset when the coach is fired. They have to get used to another coach, potentially another defense. Its difficult but theyve got to move past this. They know its a business. Reporter speaking of moving forward theres already early speculation about who the next head coach might be, including someone who works in this building. Speaking of this building theres a News Conference with the general manager set for 2 00 in tampa. Well actually be airing that live on our broadcast on abc action news. Live in tampa, adam winer, back to you. A developing story 24 hours after a gruesome triple murder in lakeland deputies are still trying to track down the shooter. They found the bodies of three people early yesterday in a house off east magnolia drive. A fourth person was shot but survived. Abc action news anchor Lindsay Logue is live at the polk will there be any updates this morning . Reporter dan, just moments ago i spoke with the Public Information officer here at the polk county Sheriffs Office. She says theres no new significant information from overnight. At this time the Sheriffs Office is not planning for a media update this morning. Of course that can change any moment. I know deputies have been working overnight, overtime on this manhunt trying to track down the shooter or shooters in this case. But at this point no arrests have been made. At the house where the crime happened on east magnolia drive Sheriff Grady Judd called it a onestop shop for anything from marijuana to heroin. The shooters ransacked the house before taking off. The victims are david washington, stacey branch, angelica castro. The three found dead early wednesday morning in what the sheriff called a blood splattered house. A fourth person, felix campos is in critical condition. The case. The lone survivor, at the least maybe could give deputies a detailed description. But deputies havent said if hes well enough to talk. That victim was shot in the face. The last triple murder case in polk county was a couple of years ago and deputies tracked down that suspect in 24 hours, in tennessee. Any new information we get, count on to us pass it along. Theres also a 3,000 reward for anyone with any information, you can remain anonymous. That number is on the screen, 1 800226tips. Live at the polk county Sheriffs Office, Lindsay Logue, abc action news. Largo police need your help trying to track down a pair of armed robbers. Suffers cameras captured this video of one man holding a clerk at gunpoint. While the other suspect goes behind the counter to empty the cash register. This happened at the citgo on december 28th. If you have information call crime stoppers. A little cooler . Yeah. You saw Lindsay Logue with the jacket and scarf. If youre hanging outside for any length of time and youre a floridian like me youre probably going to want a jacket. Temperatures now are warmest around lake placid and into sebring where temperatures are close to 60 degrees but in Hillsborough County the temperatures are still struggling to get above the mid 50s. As we move through the day and we get rid of those low clouds well start to get a bit warmer and well be warming up to highs closer to 70s degrees. Mostly dry today, its pretty damp this morning with the low clouds but the rain chances remain very minimal throughout the day. So hopefully that will make for decent weather as you drive around. Ive been checking visibilities and its still good at ground level. Just those low clouds making it so yucky. The cameras from high above show fog but once you get down below were really not seeing it. 275 and westshore. Once again on ground level you see no visibility issues, traffic up to speed in both directions. Just six minutes to get from the downtown tampa area to the Howard Frankland bridge. Maybe over to the airport. A live look at i275 just south of roosevelt in Pinellas County once again driving conditions clear, up to speed in both directions. Traffic very light now, looks like the morning commute is just about winding down. Lets check our drive times on the toll roads, were looking back to normal on the veterans, 22 minutes from 54 to 275. In the green on the selmon expressway, 75 to downtown, just six minutes. 9 07. A breaking news update. Out of upstate new york. Its good news, 17 miners trapped underground overnight are safe and sound after being rescued from a salt mine. Rescuers just finished pulling the men free, they were stuck ground at a cargill owned salt mine in lansing, new york. The Ithaca Fire Department says all 17 are in good health, none injured. Crews are able to get heat packs and blankets to the trapped workers while they awaited rescue. The United States is teeming up with south korea and japan to. Overnight south korea says it will retaliate against north korea by resuming crossborder propaganda tests that pyongyang considers an act of war. Experts say early Analysis Shows the communist countrys claim it successfully tested a Hydrogen Bomb is not true. That is because a 5. 1 earthquake near the test site was reported and thats not Strong Enough for a Hydrogen Bomb. A year after the paris death toll brought to 17 people killed. An anniversary cover shows a bearded blood stained god figure carrying a rifle with the headline one year on, killer still at large. Tonight a serial killer will be executed. Oscar ray bolin insists hes innocent. He says the evidence used to convict him in all three cases was tampered with and unless he gets a lastminute reprieve from an Appeals Court or the u. S. Supreme court hes going to die by lethal injection tonight at 6 00. Abc action News Reporter carson chambers was selected as a witness and is traveling to Florida State prison today to cover the execution. Were expecting the department of corrections and family members to speak out about it. We will livestream what they have to say on our abc action news mobile app and also on our web site. 9 09. Coming up, five new york Corrections Officers bruised and battered after a brutal beatdown by teenaged inmates. Why officers say the attack is thousands sick and forced to leave their homes in california. What is prompting the Mass Evacuation and state of breaking news just in, we just obtained alarming details about a child abuse case landing this couple in jail. Polk county deputies arrested alandia ashley and Steven Sanchez for duct taping a 10 yearold girls hands and mouth. They say the couple confessed to doing it, to teach her, they say a lesson to keep her hands and feet to herself. Even worse deputies say sanchez 4 also tased the young girl with a stun gun. They now face multiple abuse charges. This man is one of five department of Corrections Officers in the hospital after allegedly beaten by teenaged inmates in a new york facility. The officers are nursing bruises and injuries that island in a new unit what is called uncontrollable inmates. Officials say the attack started with two teenaged inmates who were quickly joined by others in the unit. This attack happened just two months after the head of the Corrections Officers union warned a new policy put in place by the mayor would be a recipe for disaster. Union Officials Say this new policy puts officers in harms way, they also say yesterdays attack proved that. Until the mayor walks in the shoes of a new york city corrections officer that has his or her eye socket busted out he will have a difference of opinion. That man says he would like to see the inmates get a minimum of five to seven years attached to whatever sentence they are currently serving. In the last few years the city had to pay millions to rikers inmates who were brutally beaten by officers which is what led to the reform. A state of emergency has been declared over a massive natural gas leak near los angeles. That leak has been spewing toxic fumes into neighborhoods governor jerry brown made the announcement yesterday. That leak is gushing huge amounts of methane daily leaving thousands of families to request relocation at two nearby schools to send away their students. People in the area are demanding something be done and fast to protect them. And make a difference so that this and one of the almost 400 similar facilities in the United States is protected and that we are protected. The gas leak started after a well owned by Southern California gas company blew out in october. Class action lawsuit has been filed against the company. A georgia mother suffering through an unthinkable loss this morning. Her 2yearold son shot dead by his own father. Happened yesterday near atlanta. Police say 43yearold ty ho engaged police in a 19hour standoff before shooting his the little boys mother is heartbroken and says police wouldnt let her try to talk to him to negotiate. They wouldnt let me go back. I tried to tell them let me negotiate, cool him down. Try to get phillip out. Right now Officials Say they have no motive. They did reveal the standoff started over a domestic issue. 9 16. A huge snow drift comes crashing down on people walking in turkey. No doubt mixed with a little ice there. Happened yesterday, people are becoming entirely buried under snow. Those nearby rushed in to dig out those trapped. Several people were hurt. Two severely. Shay ryan joins with us florida floridas most accurate 7day forecast. Great to be here. Even with the overcast damp start to the day, looking at the main sail beach inn, doesnt look like the best beach day but overall still so look at titan Doppler Radar and you can see were all nice and dry, no rain in sight but again its pretty damp and kind of misty out there this morning. Across the roadways though the visibility is still good at ground level. So well start to see the clouds thinning out some as we move through the remainder of the day. As that happens well start to warm up a bit more, so far temperatures havent been moving much today. You can see the rain that is building offshore. That is associated with an area of low pressure that is going to continue to give us some chances for rain off and on through the day tomorrow. That is on friday. At least for today the rain chances remain very minimal. Tomorrow though up to about 40 coverage at the peak, i think the majority will be in the afternoon. Then we start off the day on saturday on the drier side with the rain chances going up, as we move through the day. If you want to get that jog or bike ride in or take the kids to the park or a round of golf, not to say you are absolutely garnltsed to be rainfree in the morning but youll at least have a better shot at it. Once we get through the afternoon and especially after sunset that is when well see some heavier rounds of rain moving through, it will be a bit more widespread, it will be harder to find that break in the rain to give you time to do what you would like to do outside. Again, that is going to be our wettest period, there may even be a rumble of thunder. Sunday the rain ends early. As long as the timing of the front holds it will be gone before daybreak and the cooler air will move in. Temperatures will top out around noon and then remain steady after that. Cooler air readily settling in overnight on sunday night and into monday youll notice the chill. Thats floridas most accurate 7day forecast, find me on facebook and twitter. Back to you. We have a caution for homeowners right now. You probably assume your home is covered by your insurance policy. What you may not realize is that if you go away for more not be covered anymore. Consumer reporter John Matarese has this surprising warning so you dont waste your money. Reporter if your home catches fire, burglarized or has a water leak Homeowners Insurance is there to pay for the damage, or is it . One woman just had a major claim denied and her story is a warning to all homeowners. This is the culprit. Reporter tammy shows me the refrigerator that caused her so much trouble. It ruined this whole floor here, the ceiling downstairs. Reporter the floor, basement, ceiling and paneling all damaged by a burst hose. It came down here. Reporter repair costs, almost 10,000. Its just to dry it out was about 7,000. Then we spent an additional 2,000 to 3,000 putting it back together ourselves. Typically if a hose or pipe bursts in your home youre covered for damage. Except in this case. She got some terrible, horrible, no good, very bad news. They denied the claim because they claimed it was covet mayorly un custom airily unoccupied. Reporter the problem, they moved out weeks earlier to a new home. This home was vacant, in laymans terms. We were gone for about 10 days. Reporter committee contacted her insurer and confirmed a vacant homes means coverage can be denied. We checked with the Insurance Board and found something many homeowners dont know. If your home will be vacant with no furniture you typically need a separate more expensive policy. Tammys insurers says it will reexamine her case but has every right to deny the claim. A vacant house with the water pipes is no longer something Insurance Companies want to cover. The airline just debuting its big winter sale. How you can get flights for as low as 35. Plus, is this how well get around in the near future . A prototype for the human carrying drone. Im alisa campos with positively tampa bay. Coming up, meet a High School Student who is experiencing the magic of the youth America Jetblue giving 35 flights. Best deals, San Francisco to las vegas, 99 will get you a flight from boston to florida and for 104 fly from new york city to the bahamas. Travel dates vary but flights are general available from january 13th through april 13th with blackout dates during president s day weekend. Is this the wave of the future . Or a hightech pie in the sky prototype . At the Consumer Electronics show this week in las vegas a chinese firm debuted this drone that can carry people, called the ehang 184. The company says the passenger to a predetermined destination. They also claim it can reach heights of 11,000 feet. Speeds up to 62 miles per hour. The company has not gotten faa approval yet nor has gone into mass production. Wait until its tested for a while first. A lot of tests. Everyone talking about vin diesel this morning and how he stole the show at last nights peoples choice awards. Very emotional. Holding back tears as he accepted awards for furious 7. In tribute to his late costar paul walker. Its been a long day without you my friend [ cheering and applause ] ill tell you all about it when i see you again hes singing a little from the theme song from furious 7 which was in production when walker died in a car accident in 2013. My facebook page. Search ashleyglasswfts. Lovie smith is out, now who is in . A look at who may be next in line as the buccaneers search for a new head coach. Roads now rivers, impossible conditions in parts of californiaia. Tampa bay bucs looking for a new head coach. What the owner is saying about the recent firing of lovie smith the winning Powerball Ticket belongs to no one. More on the drawing and its huge. Surprise firing of tampa bay bucs head coach lovie smith. Abc action News Reporter adam winer is live at bucs headquarters. Has the team said anything yet about what happened . Reporter so far theres only a written statement from the cochair of the team joel glazer says he was thankful to lovie smith for all hes done for the team, also disappointed he didnt find more success here. The big question who is is next . Early speculation from around the league including from a former general manager of the bucs Mark Dominick is the bucks own offensive coordinator dirk cutter is the leading candidate. That would make it easier because if they decide to hire from outside the Organization Six other nfl competition, six other nfl teams looking for a

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