Southbound gandy, if heading southbound, maybe from the sunshine skyway. Definitely avoid the Howard Frankland, very slow there. If you can get to the court court that is an option Courtney Campbell that is an option too. Lets see how long it takes to get from pinellas to hillsborough, almost an hour on the Howard Frankland, 16 minutes on the Courtney Campbell but the gandy bridge is your best bet now at just seven minutes to get across. 9 01. After years of legal wrestling former wwe superstar hulk hogan finally getting his day in court. Opening statements this morning between hogan and the popular web site gawker. It involves around a hidden camera, wrestling superstar and sex tape. Abc action News Reporter Rodney Dunigan joins us live from the courthouse in st. Pete. Good morning. Reporter good morning. I want to set the scene if i can. A lot of Media Attention and attention across this community for this case this morning. Actually just came out of the courthouse, it took us 30 min
Hogan testified monday that he was, quote, humiliated when gawker published a video of him having sex. He is suing the website for 100 million. Gawkers attorneys will get to cross examine him today. And good morning tampa bay. This say live look at the tampa skyline in downtown. We are in for a treat today. Temperatures will reach 80 degrees. And leigh spann tells us its going to be another beautiful sunny day in the bay area. Good morning, leigh. Good morning. And and yesterday we started out in the cool side. But we are warmer today. Lakeland, winter haven, in the mid50s. The cooler spot, 50 in inverness. 60 in braid on the. But look what a difference, five degrees warm bradenton. But look what a difference, five degrees warmer. So it should be fantastic weather for the strawberry festival. At 3 30, the golden boys. Trace atkins at 7 30. And already feeling great at 10 00 a. M. When the gates open, 69 82 in plant city with the warm, sunny afternoon, put the sunscreen on. During trace
Including michigan head to the polls today for president ial primaries and caucuses today. At the the same time, the candidates are turning their focus to florida. Democrat Bernie Sanders will rally supporters in miami. Its all ahead of our primary a week from today. An 8 on your side consumer alert, skimming devices with Blue Tooth Technology found at a gas station, this time in sarasota. That means the crooks can access your credit card data remotely without touching the pump. They were found at the mobile station at the corner of cattlemen and truettville roads and now investigators are warning drivers to check their credit card and bank statements. Leigh, i was looking for rain to wash the pollen off the car but i dont think im going to get it. No, you will not. It will continue to layer itself and you can get a car wash because if youre like me, this area of High Pressure keeping the rain back to the west. And around High Pressure, you get clockwises so a couple clouds off the gul
Victim was trying to drive and get help, but died before he could get to a hospital. Another person was hurt in the shooting, so far no arrests have been made. Also following baking news in Northern California where a commuter Train Derailment injured nine people. Firefighters say the train struck a tree that fell on the tracks before derailing 35 miles east of san francisco. Four victims are seriously injured but were hearing they are going to be ok. The train had more than 200 passengers on board when it derailed, Officials Say it was raining heavily in the area and the storm might have caused a tree to fall on the tracks. Lets look at our weather now. It was pretty quiet yesterday. And it will be today. In fact the only difference will be to add a couple of degrees as far as the highs. Checking in the low 60s. This is another difference, overnight lows not as cool. Yesterday we were in the 40s, in fact we had upper 30s in the nature coast, citrus, herbedo counties but right now much
Your side is on your schedule. 8 at 7 00 begins now. Good evening. With just one week left before the florida primary, republican president ial candidate marco rubio is back campaigning in the bay area tonight. Mary mcguire joins us live from sarasota where rubio rallied supporters at Dolphin Aviation and it was a packed house. Reporter yeah it certainly was. Good evening to you jenn. More than 150 delegates are up for grabs today in states like mississippi, michigan, idaho, and hawaii. But marco rubio decided to focus his efforts here in his home state of florida and the 99 delegates up for grabs next tuesday. Speaking with supporters here in sarasota, he said he was the only candidate that had a chance of beating donald trump in florida. If rubio does take the 99 delegates here, it could completely turn the tide and give rubio some serious momentum in this race. If not, it could effectively he knows its an uphill battle and how important the florida primary is to his campaign. Florid