The private sale of guns on its site but falls short of removing firearms sales completely. And we are going to gasparilla today, hanging out with the pirate crew this morning. Reporter thats right, we are here at the Tampa Yacht Club, where it is pirate central this morning. Well have live interviews with the crew members you talked about, coming up. We are all ready for gasparilla. We belong in that tent. Yeah, we do. If this is your first time to gasparilla, beads are a must. Just like these. Get them all along the parade route. They will throw them out. The closer you get to downtown where the parade ends, the less supply. They will not have a cool bow tie like the one bill logan is wearing this morning. Hes got the awesome gasparilla getup today. We are heading out there live in a little bit and you can see already the activity beginning along the channel, a boat there making its way along the Davis Islands shores as we are starting to see the light of day. We are seeing clouds coming in from the west as well, streaming across from the pacific, across mexico and these wont bring us any rain today but they will give us cloudy skies from time to time. Lets check the temperatures out. Right now 49 in fish hawk, 48 in lutz, tampa 52 degrees. Pinellas county, check that side of the water, 49 in east lake and palm harbor, clearwater 48 and largo, 51 in pasco county, looks like 47 in hudson, getting ready to start off the kumquat festival in dade city, 44 degrees there. Looking through the day today, its looking pretty good. Well some high clouds around but the forecast looks all right. Brisk start, about 50 degrees, 59 by 10 00 and are you ready for some beads . 69 degrees along the parade route through bay shore and into downtown. More details on the weather weekend and look ahead to maybe 80s by midweek, coming up in less than 15 minutes. Back to you. Well, you either love it or avoid it like the plague. Its gasparilla, tampas super bowl of events. The piratefest and parade is buccaneers invade on the gasparilla. Then at 2 00, a parade into downtown tampa where there will be a huge after party at channelside. And Law Enforcement is on high alert after the november terror attacks in paris. There will be multiple dui check points and police ready for arrests today. Police will crack down the hardest on open container violations, so keep your drinking in the clearly marked wet zones along the parade route. Also no drones. Faa banned the use of drones over large events like gasparilla. There will be surveillance cameras and bombsniffing dogs. And there are six lots and garages in downtown. At ybor you can park in a garage and take the streetcar to the parade. Use the selmon expressway connector to get in and out of the area and we have all the details listed at as you snap all those gasparilla pictures, share them with us. Im going to share a few of my own. Download the new abc action news app and click on menu at the top left, then scroll down to share. You can send us pictures or video directly from your phone. Now to breaking news overnight, tampa police are hunting for carjackers. A woman was parked at central and kirby when three men pointed a gun and stole her car. Black ford focus. Alert. 11yearold destiny gray has been found. She went missing in orlando yesterday. A woman was found dead in a Florida Motel but also in that motel room, two monkeys. This was the scene friday at a budget inn in north port. Situation. I think, you know, you have to pass away here. Our goal is to figure out did she do it on her own hands or did somebody do it for her. Detectives havent said how the woman died but police questioned a man overnight. Deputies in Central Florida are looking for four gunmen who tied up and terrorized a family say the four suspects busted their way into a home in st. Cloud, tying up the mother and daughter, robbed them, then boyfriend. Family. Neighborhood. But we get outsiders coming in here and you know, you just dont know. Detectives say the family was targeted. They dont believe anybody else in the neighborhood is in danger. The sheriff fired Deputy Timothy vernon after he was arrested in the shooting of an unarmed handcuffed man during a traffic stop. Last month dylan holmes was shot in the stomach and arm but survived. Vernon told them that the man attacked him and was able to grab his weapon. Surveillance captured the audio but not the incident. Its the words that came out of his mouth, which were, i meant to shoot the man. It wasnt an accident, and i intentionally pulled that trigger. The sheriff said with all the witness testimony and evidence, they determined vernon lied. A wayne woman is found to have tampered with evidence in a case. Terry august died and his coworker is behind bars charged morgan is in jail on 270,000 bond. Police have finally made an arrest after an accident that nearly killed a 5yearold girl. Police say Regina Shelton was high on meth when she hit the 5 yearold, who is still recovering at home. She tried to grief drive away but someone grabbed the keys from her. She is in jail on 30,000 bond. Breaking overnight, five people are dead following an avalanche in canada. Officials say two groups of snowmobilers were riding in the Northern Rockies when mountain snow gave way. Search teams rescued six survivors. New this morning, Facebook Says it will ban users from coordinating the private sales of guns. Users cannot buy and sell guns on facebook but many people connect there and sometime make arrangements to buy, sell or trade guns. This will not apply to licensed gun dealers. This morning a sick manatee is in the care of fwc after they rescued it from a river in hillsborough county. Rescuers from the clearwater aquarium and lowry park zoo caught the manatee yesterday morning. It tried finding warmth near the river oaks Water Treatment plant but got sick and stuck without food. Rescues like this are common during the winter in florida when manatees are flocking to warmer water. Still ahead, gasparilla coverage continues. We are giving you an early look at the crew now. We are live at the Tampa Yacht Club this morning. Reporter you can see we have everything going on, have live interviews, coming up. And we are also going to take you out to the beach. If you want to avoid some of that gasparilla nuttiness, we have the forecast along the shore. We have high clouds looking for a high about 68 degrees, everyone warmer tomorrow with more sunshine and high of 73. Whats the boating going to be like for the invasion . Well take a look at that this year floridians will vote on medical marijuana for people who are sick. In 2014, the measure fell just million of his own money into a pro Marijuana Group called united for care. Last time there was language that our opponents called a loophole. This is not, lets go have fun. When you have cancer, youre not having fun. Traditionally the higher voter turnout during a president ial election could help the measure pass. Ads for vote yes 2 are expected to ramp up. 23 states legalized medical marijuana and 16 states including florida legalized ingredients such as charlottes web. Alaska, oregon, colorado and the district of columbia legalized the personal use of marijuana. Youre now one step closer to avoiding jail time for Marijuana Possession in st. Pete. The City Council Committee moved forward this week on a possible citation program. The committee is asking the they will look at that again in march before going in front of the council. If passed, it would give police the option of giving someone a ticket instead of arresting them. Bill, a lot of people may have outdoor plans today. This is pretty much the most important weather weekend of the year. Of the year. And youre doing well. So far so good. Last weekend we had the bitter cold come through. The weekend before, we had all the storms. Looks like we got that out of the way and we are looking live pictures showing everything thats going to be headed down that major artery through there. Thats your channel and that will be chock full of boats following this one, the jose the Convention Center. Today its moved and pirates yacht club. Of folks joining it on what will be a very invasionworthy weather weekend. Sunshine and waves staying down, seas almost calm as we work through whats going to be a nice day. Outside right now, 52 degrees. We have partly cloudy conditions in tampa. Humidity 93 with the dew point at 50. Clear in st. Petersburg, 55 degrees and 48 in clearwater. Clear skies as the sun crackings over the horizon. 37 in tallahassee and pensacola. These are really act as chilly as were seeing across much of 47 in st. Louis, kansas city chillier in charlotte. Its heating up, super bowl week for them. High pressure is sitting over top the carolinas and north georgia, where its anchored. Well see a little bit of an easterly flow bringing us mild air in at the surface. But the clouds will continue to pull in from the west, moving across quickly. That will give us a mix of sun and clouds today but no real rain expected. Floridas most accurate day planner for pirate festivities, around invasion time, should be clear sailing about 63 degrees by the time the parade kicks off at 2 00, well see tons of sun, temperatures in the upper 60s, and after everything clears out, sun goes down and folks go, now what . It will be a bit cloudy, 60 degrees. Should be a nice evening out and about. If youre not there for the festival, opening about 9 00. Should be 52 degrees for the tart start, then sweet breezes an mild this afternoon. Should be about 70 for the high. As they close things down at 5 00, looking at about 68 degrees. 58 on the water, not the best for swimming. Boating should be fantastic today. Variable winds act 5 knots, light chop on the inland waterways. High tide happening about 5 30 this morning, low tide about invasion time at 11 30. Sun is upright as we speak and setting at 6 09. The sevenday forecast, check it out, the warmth continuing tomorrow into monday. Looking for about 77 degrees monday, then 80 on tuesday with clouds and showers wednesday and thursday. The most important thing is the weekend, looking great with high clouds today, partly sunny. Tomorrow, and a fastmoving front coming through wednesday into thursday. That will drop the temperatures by next weekend, but gasparilla is looking good. I see plenty of beads in the forecast for today. Back to tampas Biggest Party day of the year with a live look. Pirates invade south tampa and people celebrate with beer and beads. Oh nice catch. I cant believe i got that. My first one of the day. Its gasparilla, right . And jacqueline is hanging out with the pirates this morning at the Tampa Yacht Club. Tips for anyone heading out today . Reporter thats right. We definitely want you to bring the Hand Sanitizer and bring the sun block, and stock up on cash at the atm. Youll probably need that to get drinks. And joining me live is one of the pirates from ye mystic crew. I see you already have your makeup on. Yes, maam. We were in line early, some pirates trying to look a little better. Some of these guys its difficult. Reporter this is the first time where my interviewee is wearing more makeup than i am. Im not surprised. I know it sounds awkward to say that. Reporter this is like the thats right. We have been doing events all yearlong leading up to this. 700, 800 pirates. Around 11 30 well jump on the city. Do you have enough makeup for the 700 pirates . I dont even know where they store it but it takes a lot. How long were you in makeup this morning . About 15 minutes. Some of the guys will be in the where do you go from here . A lot of people drinking. Adult beverages are being served. We also have breakfast, get the good base for the rest of the day. Hang out, take pictures and have a good time before we jump on the ship. Thanks for talking with us. Have a fun day and have a safe someday. You too. Reporter here at the Tampa Yacht Club, more interviews coming up. The beer is already flowing. I want one of those fake scars. That was awesome. Coming up, plenty of new jobs. Ahead, how local entrepreneurs are bringing big opportunities to people who need it most. Plus a restaurant boom in the bay area means job openings hundreds of jobs will soon be up for grabs, more than 40 restaurants slated to open this spring in the bay area. Taking a look at why and who is hiring. The improving economy, revamped river walk and new st. Pete pier have Restaurant Owners cashing in. Looking to fill positions from servers to cooks. Pay rate is pretty high. And lets face it, its more of an art and a skill at the same time. We are helping those of you looking to land a job. Go to abcactionnews. Com and we have posted a full list of whos hiring. Theres a plan in pinellas right now to pump millions of dollars into the poorest neighborhoods in south st. Pete. The funds will be spent on infrastructure and job training programs. Ten programs will receive part of the initial half Million Dollar tax fund. One program is work force development. And a program aims to get people back to work. Its been wonderful. It changes the whole direction of peoples lives. I learned a lot. I learned a lot and helped me stabilize myself. Redevelop the south side of the city is something they admit has been long underserved. New developments in the Hillary Clinton email scandal. Why the state department is refusing to release dozens of messages she sent as head of the agency. And o. J. Welcome back to abc action news this morning. The gasparilla pirate invasion is just hours away. Police are ramping up security throughout downtown tampa this morning. There is a command center behind the publix on bay shore. Police will be using it to keep a close watch on cameras set up along the parade route. Police want to remind you about wet zones, the areas where drinking is allowed. If you try drinking in the neighborhoods, you could get a ticket or arrested. Police will also be looking for drone, underage drinking and drunk drivers in both cars and boats. There are six garages in downtown tampa but you can avoid the traffic by parking in streetcar to channelside. Drivers are urged to use the i 4 connector in and out of downtown tampa. We have the complete traffic rundown at abcactionnews. Com. If you cant get to the invasion before the parade, well stream it live online. Just download and open the free abc action news app to see it. The invasion heads toward the Convention Center at 11 30 and the parade is at 2 00 along bay shore boulevard. Bill, looking like a great day for gasparilla today. Not too hot or too cold. Its just right, as goldilocks would say. We have some clouds streaming across here on the satellite and radar. You can at see them from the beautiful live shot. Thanks matt, for a look at the calm before the storm, i guess you could say. The worlds longest sidewalk. I tell you, thats a gorgeous picture. Thanks for showing us that. And we have those clouds kind of streaming in. Not going to bring us any rain but they will bring just a little bit of cloud block. So its not going to be bright and sunny all day but well see plenty of sunshine out there. 39 currently in inverness, with kind of a brisk start. 44 in zephyrhills, 52 in tampa right now. As we go through the day, well take that brisk start and warm up to about 65 by noontime. It will be great to kick the parade off about 2 00, and we can are you ready for the high of about 69 . More details on the weekend spectacular, and right into the workweek as well. Now ashley back to you. Thank you. Now to new video showing a teen being rescued from a frozen pond. You can see a Colorado Police officer using a branch to get the boy out of the water and save his life. That relief is quickly followed by heartbreak. Rescuers learned it was too late for two of that boys friends. That officer tried to rescue all three. The manhunt continues for two escaped inmates in california after a third fugitive turned himself in. Take a look at the man in the Authorities Say he walked into a Mechanic Shop yesterday, telling workers to call police because he was ready to go back behind bars. He faces attempted murder well. A woman who worked as a teacher in the jail formed a relationship with one of the fugitives and helped them break out. It will not release 22 of Hillary Clintons emails because they include top secret information. Those emails were not marked classified when they were sent. Clinton addressed it in iowa yesterday. The facts are that i never e mailed anything marked classified. It wasnt marked classified. And i just think at the end of the day, everybodys going to know that i asked to have these made public. The state department is also holding 13 emails between clinton and president barack obama. Thousands of pages of emails have been made public over the last eight months. President obama outlined a new rule to require companies to report data by salary information with the equal would help aid investigations on employers who unlawfully shortchange workers. The doctor who inspired the movie concussion says he believes o. J. Simpson is suffering from a brain disease related to his years on the field. He discovered the concussion related disease cte and says he would bet his medical license that o. J. 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