lindsay you made it. the last hour of the marathon. nap time, day. lloyd what a Beautiful Day after we get off from work. lindsay a beautiful morning and started off chilly but temperature are thawing, into this afternoon mid to upper 70s. 60 now in tampa and we jumped 2 degrees since last hour. notice the milky high clouds that moved in from the gulf and they are overhead at the strawberry festival. we are gearing up for one more hour until those gates are open hour until those gates are open, and that area will be so crowded in plant city today. we are excited that the weather is cooperating. most of us near 60 now. the warm spot is sebring at 61. the cool spot New Port Richey at 54 degrees. and yes we do have those clouds and the highs, they are not going to bring any rain. it will be a dry day today and a fairly warm day as well. grab the sunglasses. you will see that filtered sun at the strawberry festival climbing to about 77 in plant city today. the sevenday, and you dont long they will last coming up. it is Opening Weekend at today. plant city is planning to welcome tens of thousands of visitors who come to the concerts, the rides and, of course, strawberry shortcake. this year may find yourself a little bit of a traffic jam because of Road Construction at the thonotosassa exit at i4. it is at exit 19. fox 13s kelly cow an joins us live from plant city. reporter right now traffic is flowing pretty smoothly. not looking too bad. we are about an hour away from opening gates for this mornings strawberry festival. now right now you will notice a lot of these orange cones at this exit. that is the story here at the at the thonotosassa exit here, but i am told that they actually dont signify any kind of closure. all the lanes are open here. they are just slowing things down a little bit for anybody trying to get to the festival. now there are alternative routes, of course. can take. so it is highly suggested that you take some of these alternative exits to get to the festival this morning. as i mentioned these cones are not necessarily shredding things down and people see orange cones and rightly as they should, they tend to slow down. a couple more minutes what is likely going to be an already long flip off of interstate 4 into the strawberry festival. if you can, take another exit. thats what d. O. T. Is suggesting that maybe you try an alternative route into the strawberry festival because, of course, there is a little bit of construction going on at this exit. so just before of course, a little bit of extra patience and you will get through here just fine. for now reporting live in plant city. kelly cowan, back to you guys. lloyd kelly, j yourself some shortcake. thanks a lot. anjuli. arts. downtown tampa. park. the 44th year. interactive visit with food, drink, and a popup opera that will perform at some point. organizers wont say exactly when that will happen. it will be a surprise for you. there is also Something Special to encourage kids to grow their love for the arts. for children, arts collect for children, arts collector in Training Program and that area, children are invited for a parentfree zone to purchase a piece of donated works from 5 to 10. so they are their own curators. their their own art buyers for that experience and then the proceeds for that go to the Childrens Cancer center. anjuli the festival from 9 to 5 p. M. And 10 to 5 on sunday to 5 p. M. And 10 to 5 on sunday. admission is free. as the race for the white house continues to heat up, early voting set to begin in florida. some of you may have already voted in hillsborough and polk county. we are told that nearly 70,000 people have cast their votes in that is nearly 10 of all registered voters. we have seen a lot of interest and i think the interest is being generated because of the candidates, and what the candidates bring to the table, what they promise to bring to the table, their interactions with each other. Hillary Clinton, donald trump and marco rubio have been hitting the campaign trail in florida ahead of the states primary on march 15. five more states will also be adding their votes to both president ial contests today. candidates will be able to scoop up delegates wherever they can. on the republican side. candidates donald trump, ted cruz, marco rubio, and john kasich are competing in maine, kansas, kentucky and louisiana. meanwhile, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are vying for support in nebraska, kansas and louisiana. dozens of farmworkers in pasco county are looking for new homes after they lied about their immigration status. an audit by the Pasco County Housing Authority checked the cypress Farm Community in dade city. many are migrant farmworkers in the Rural Development that offers low rent and mainly agricultural workers. one came back as having a card. the agency sped up the process and identified more people who either had fake Social Security numbers or lied about their immigration status. the Family Member of one of them shared how upset she is. it is so inhuman, give them a week to move out, and not just, like, two or three family because loit of family and just hard to find a house. reporter the board said they are not sure how the workers slipped throughout workers slipped throughout cracks. they place a lot of the blame on previous administrators. the agency is auditing all the tenants living in every one of their properties. pasco county deputies need your help in identifying the suspect wanted for a number of auto burglary the suspect targeted four vehicles and another vehicle on otterwick way. opened a open garage on bo opened a open garage on bomarish drive. the car burglaries were caught on Surveillance Video that took place at 10 30 on benz night. if you know who this is, call the pasco sheriffs office. roadwork will close the lane of dale mabry between swann avenue and azeele street this weekend. the construction will last through monday morning at 5 a. M. crews will be working on drainage repairs and doing repaving too and this is part of a larger 1. 1 million project that began last fall. while we are on the subject of traffic, a plan to ease congestion on the veterans expressway might have you shelling out a little more cash to get from point a to point b. plans are now in place to add road. this comes as part of the 380 million widening of the veterans expressway that began back in 2013. two lanes will be added in each direction doubling that highway direction doubling that highways capacity. lane. the other an express lane. the expressway expansion will could have 11 miles. currently some 150,000 drivers take that roadway every single day. the express lane should open as early as next year. still ahead, donald trump is holding a rally in orlando this morning. we will take you out there as the doors get ready to open. the usf Womens Basketball team gets tournament play today. and we will tell you who they are up against and more in sports. if you still need a jacket depending on your comfort level, one more hour and it comes off. the current temperatures, most of us around 60 degrees as expected by 9 a. M. 58 in tampa. 61 in sebring. if you were heading to the beach today, you are not alone, spring break season is under way and a spectacular day at the beach. low to mid70s. if you must swim, go by a life if you must swim, go by a hints of rip cu some people dont like to share their wifi, but at bright house networks, we do. Login to one of our hotspots and get your code for free wifi at over 50,000 bright house wifi hotspots. in orlando, the arrival of republican president ial candidate donald trump at the university of central florida. anjuli the line to catch a glimpse of trump is growing this morning and eat vent taking place at the arena in orlando. thats where we find foxs gina benitez. good morning, gina. reporter good morning. yeah, thousands of people expected to pack the arena here expected to pack the arena here. we already have more than 200 people on line and the doors dont open in 11 00 this morning. we have quite a bit of people. a lot of casts of characters like this one my friend carlos over here. carlos, talk about why you because he is the real deal. and i encourage everyone to come out and vote. white, black, purple, whatever color. just come out and vote. this is for our kids and their kids. for our kids future. so i am here to support trump. and everyone else here. go trump. reporter carlos, why do you feel like mr. Trump is the real deal. what do you think he will do for this country . what i know about trump is i am from new jersey, and my family worked in the casino industry, so trump has done a lot for a lot of families just not for my family but a lot of Family Members. and a lot of my Family Members retired working for trump castle arenas. so that is why i like trump. reporter thank you so much, we appreciate that. of course we have hundreds of supporters out here, but we are also expecting around 800 people to come protest. they have designated the side none of those people have really showed up at this point. we are telling being told they are expected later on this morning. now people coming out here, they do have to follow a list of rules. you cant bring any large bags or backpacks into the arena. no signs allowed either. also security and other local Law Enforcement agencies all working together to make sure everything goes smoothly, but so far, everyone has been playing nice out here and everything is looking goodreporting live at you can cf, gina benitez, fox 13 news. anjuli thanks. the support may be there for him this morning but some republicans have very worried about a trump nomination. lloyd former president ial nominee mitt romney held firm on his scathing comments on the gop front runner. last night he spoke to why he is breaking his silence on the nominee now. i cant sit by. what if my grandkids say what did do you to stop donald trump trump. and i said i didnt do anything and i said i didnt do lloyd romney said he had no interest in throwing his name back into the race. the nominee for the party will be someone running for president , and i am not running for president. in other news across the country, closing arguments are now over in the civil case involving fox sportscaster erin andrews. come monday, the jury will begin deliberation. andrews is seeking 75 million of damages from the Vanderbilt Marriott and the hotel owners. she said they allowed a suspected stalker to have access to an adjoining room without notifying her. that man Michael Barrett is accused of recording the reporter nude in her hotel room through a peephole. andrews grew up in the tampa bay area. progress in rebuilding flints water system. mayor karen weaver has kicked off the start initiative. the 50 million project to replace dangerous lead pipes across the city with new ones. workers broke ground yesterday at the program. the iditarod dog sled race will kick off this morning in anchorage, alabama. the region has seen a lack of snow this year. some saying that there is not enough accumulation to get going. one of the warmest winters on record in alaskas largest city. race officials had to shorten parts of the race to make sure that the snow is actually there for them. todays event will be run on seven train carloads of snow brought in from fairbanks. folks out west are brace folks out west are bracing week. forecasters say a powerful system is expected to bring heavy rainfall, mountain snow and strong winds across much of the west. rainfall has begun this morning. and brings with it the possibility of flooding in that region. lots of folks here in florida are going skiing on spring break. that might be nice. anjuli good news for them. it if they are staying there, it if they are staying there, couldnt have better weather. lindsay out west, we with our weather being so quiet makes citizens with our jet stream pattern on the west coast it is not quiet and it is busy. start with that and kind of dmiv our local forecast. active radar this morning as the first of the series, kind of a parade of storm systems will be racing through the region. heavy freezing rain San Francisco to seattle. look like that rain will become a little lighter now, we see the you whites, and that is the mountain snow and accumulating showers over the next few days even into midweek. while it doesnt appear to be a lot in terms of where these sensors are, the yellow shades across parts of Northern California from 4 to 6 to 7 inches of rain. loud out west. as we take to you the Florida State fairgrounds, the camera is down. 61 degrees. beautiful know this the clouds look a lot like this. high clouds racing from southwest to northeast. do want to play out if you are at the beach, water temperature 66. if that is comfortable enough for to you get in, make sure you are by a lifeguard. offshore, we could see a higher than normal rip current risk. 59 degrees in st. Pete. 57 in palm harbor. 54 in new tampa this morning after a start in the low 40s. inverness, 55 looks a whole lot better for you. 53 in zephyrhills and near 60 in englewood and myacca city at 59. low 60s from sebring to frost low 60s from sebring to frostproof to haines city started off milder and one of the warmest locations. area wide it is so comfortable. that crisp winterlike feel to start the day and reinforce the weak front moves in during the Morning Hours on sunday. today if you were curious why all these clouds, they are any nature. this winter. they are all about of the jet stream. the subtropical jet is to the south and thrift. have that overrun of moisture bringing in that high cloud cover. you behind this that front, a cool start and a warm finish. High Pressure to the north and that will bring in that 77 in brandon. about 77 in plant city this afternoon. at the beach as the winds veer on shore, that is the green. keep it in the low 70s headed to the beach this afternoon. it future cast showing a very quiet pattern. the northeast wind today. high clouds. the rain north and east of the area. keep the entire viewing area dry and the their place is dry. hence comfortable. on our forecast through the afternoon, 74 for the afternoon high, a mix of sun and high clouds. any clouds around tonight will fade away tomorrow, so more in the way of sunshine sunday, 55 for our low tonight. sunday sunday we are up to 76. two degrees warmer than yesterday. clouds. winds staying out of the northeast. that moderate chop with your boating. buoy. 56 now. by the end of the week may crack 70. a high tide at 7 00. and the heat is on and humidity will make somewhat of a back and keep it dry through friday an High Pressure blocks storm systems until next weekend. and in sports this morning, it is the beginning of tournament time for the usf Womens Basketball team. tonight they take on smu at the mahoyan sun arena in connecticut. the bulls are ranked second heading into the american conference tourney. their game starts at 6 00. if they win they will play temple or tulsa in the semifinals. meanwhile, florida and Florida State lost in their conference tournaments. both the noles and gators along with usf. and the Tampa Bay Lightning looking to make in nine wins in a row tonight. they will be at amalie arena as they get set to face off against the Carolina Hurricanes against the Carolina Hurricanes. just 17 games theft in the regular season and the lightning are firing on all cylinders at the right time. they are tied with the Florida Panthers with third in the eastern conference. on the racetrack, nascar this weekend ahead of the cobalt 400. and Hometown Hero kurt busch will be on the pole after he posted a track record speed of 196 miles per hour. the pole is buschs second in a row. today we will see the running of the xf ini ty race at 4 p. M. you can catch that on fox sports one. if you want to watch the Sprint Cup Series race tomorrow, do so on fox 13. coverage starts at 3 p. M. With Darrell Waltrip and jeff gordon. 3 30 the National Anthem will be sung by rascal nrats. it shortly thereafter rascal flatts, shortly after the race will begin. the rays will take on the Baltimore Orioles in sarasota. the players will be looking to bounce back from a loss yesterday against the Boston Red Sox in ft. Myers. tomorrow, the team heads to Port Charlotte to face the mince twins. when we come back, we are lucky to live in a beautiful place. so much to see and enjoy. thats the truth. but something you may have miss but something you may have missour onerousle rhodes takes people go to Busch Gardens and some go to the beach and some take in the florida aquarium. anjuli maybe you missed the colorful creative flights in the area. fox 13s Russell Rhodes shows fox 13s Russell Rhodes show us more. reporter Coco Josephine and i love hanging out at the agam, beautiful piece of public art installed on bayshore boulevard across from the academy of the holy name and monte carlo towers. it is called visual welcome by it has been in tampa since the 90s but only recently did it get this highprofile address in the bayshore. to be. people walk by, drive by. a driveby artwork. it is appropriate for a human. outdoors. reporter part of the reason for that is how the agam seems to move as you move. when you walk or drive by it, it changes. one directio