bill nelson: it was forecast for days. so why in the world would a cruise ship with thousands of passengers go sailing right in to it? mollie: that was jerika duncan reporting. back here at home, a local library has a new challenge for toddlers. the goal, to read 1,000 books by kindergarten. >> twinkle twinkle little star. how i wonder what you are. mollie: pleasant hill public library invites children up to 5 years old to join. each child receives a reading read and a free bag to collect their books in. the goal of this challenge is to help kids enter school ready to learn and read. jessie keasling: she loves the interaction, she loves the activities, she is just so thrilled. at first it was, "oh she might not like it, but oh we'll just give it a try." we've been coming ever since. mollie: clive public library is also participating in the challenge. since 2013, more than 450 kids have participated and have read almost 120,000 books. to iowa city now, where they got their goat. william the research goat has been on the lam

this morning, senator bill nelson is calling on president obama to appoint a zika csar to oversee the government's response to the three new cases of zika have been found in hillsborough county and a there's a public health emergency declared by governor rick scott for five counties. hillsborough county mosquito control would only tell us the people live on the west side of the county. it's set mosquito traps near that area. they'll send the mosquitoes they catch to be tested for zika by the state department of health. because this is the first time florida will test for zika, they don't know how long it will take. while all of our zika cases are travel-related the concern is that someone will travel, get zika, come back to florida and get bitten by a local mosquito that in turn will transmit the virus to others. governor scott says he wants florida to be ready. the c-d-c is providing extra kits to test those who have zika systems. the agency will also work with our hospitals. right now.. two new york police officers are in the hospital after being shot. it happened thursday night whi

florida senator bill nelson is calling on the president to appoint a zika csar response to the virus. that comes after a third confirmed case of the zika virus was reported in hillsborough county. mosquito control says they have set up traps near the areas where those who contracted the virus live. governor rick scott has also declared a public health emergency in five counties. signs of progress michigan over the city's drinking water crisis. protection agency says tests that ran eight homes shows much better results than tests that ran last week. they were run on water coming through filters in place on faucets and on the same faucets with new cartridges. president obama has found a way to help fund a new transportation spending plan. he will propose a 10 dollars-a-barrel oil tax fund. the new oil tax would be phased in over five years. it would apply to both domestic and imported oil. the white house says it will be different gas tax. tearing through historic communites to improve the time it takes for you to drive to work. right now fdot is in the planning stages of a big expansio

today - senator bill nelson is calling for the national transportation safety board to investigate. . sen. bill nelson/d florida 8-32 when there's a storm brewing -- why are mistakes made just like el faro - they knew that a hurricane was coming - what is happening in this we can prevent these kinds of accidents -- that could be so tragic in the future. there are more than 45-hundred passengers and 15-hundred crew members aboard the ship. no serious injuries were reported. the cruise ship ended up turning around and is on its way back home to new jersey royal caribbean is giving passengers a full refund. n-c 12 is closed on ocracoke because of flooding - and not expected to be back open until tomorrow morning around ten. n-c dot says there is ocean over wash and sand on the roadway in buxton. there's also standing water at pea island, tonight: light evening rain showers. small light snow chance after midnight. lows in the lower 30s. wind: wsw 5-10mph. wednesday: light snow possible before 8am. otherwise, mainly cloudy. highs in the lower 40s. wind: wsw 5-15mph. thursday: mainly sunny

. >> and a short time ago senator bill nelson ordered a federal investigation. that's what he is calling for a federal investigation into why this cruise sailed into the storm. >> the thing about this storm was that it was forecast for days. so why in the world were the cruise ship with with thousands of passengers go sailing right into it? >> reporter: so that was senator bill nelson calling for a federal investigation i into why storm. as you may remember, last year the ship el faro sunk off the bahamas 33 people were on board. all of those people died. we're live at port miami near watson island. i'm alex deprado. 7 news. >>> >>> >> belkeys: chilly morning across south florida. some partsaking up feeling the 40s. chief meteorologist phil ferro is live in the weather center with more on this. phil. >> p pl: cold for us floridian. it will be another chilly night here across south florida. just not as cold as it was last night. over nightows will be in the 50s. now, tomorrow, it's going to be mild. more in the waive cloudiness. it will be breezy temperatures the

shaun chaiyabhat is live in the newsroom with senator bill nelson's plan to stop the virus. >> yeah, ginger, the senator has now sent a letter to the president, calling for a zika czar to spearhead the coordinated federal response. >> the zika virus continues to spread quickly. there are now 14 cases in the state of florida throughout seven counties. there have been five reported cases in miami-dade county, three in hillsborough and now closer to home, st. johns and osceola. health officials announced that growing number as senator bill nelson spoke to reporters today. >> if it's going to become a big problem and what we need to do is get ahead of it. >> he and 44 senate democrats have called on the president to appoint a zika czar to coordinate the federal response. years ago approach to the ebola crisis by doing exactly that, calling them an ebola czar or point person. >> the zika virus spreads from mosquitos and linked to birth defects in latin america. local health officials say each of the cases in florida were acquired when patients traveled to a zika-affected country. none wer

senator bill nelson calling on the president to oversee the government's response. you'll notice more security at student day at the state fair following this scene two years ago. in 2014, 12 people were arrested and 99 others kicked out during student day. now students must be with an adult after 6:00 p.m. >> they are like four-legging fighters on the front line. >>> in superbowl city 70,000 millions more expected to watch the big game on tv. >>> here's a look at headlines around the nation and the world in your 60 second scan. many are mourning the loss of another music legend in morning. maurice white founder and leader of earth, wind and fire passed away. white founded the group in the late 1960's. they sold 90 million albums worldwide. his brother says white died in his sleep in his l.a. home. he was 74 years old. >>> signs of progress are showing in flint, michigan this morning over the city's drinking water crisis. environmental protection agency says tests ran on fillers in eight homes show better results than tests ran last week. >>> new york police are try

u-s senator bill nelson is asking for an investigation into why the ship sailed through rough waters in the first place. the cruise ship was supposed to stop at port canaveral before heading to the bahamas.. but royal caribbean says they had to turn around. listen to what passengers have to say about how the cruise line says guests will receive full refunds and certificates toward a future cruise. the zika virus is making headlines once again...this time in pinellas county. 10news reporter emerald morrow is live at the mosquito control center in clearwater. emerald, this continues to be a big concern for health officials in our area. yeah, and this afternoon, mosquito control workers will be here with health officials talking about how their plan to protect you from the virus that just keeps spreading. take a look at this map...this shows all the places where zika infections have popped up this is the map from january. just one month ago, there were no cases at all in the us and here's a map from today...you can see how much and how fast the virus has spread. we've already had more t

. >> reporter: florida senator bill nelson was question questioning whether to even set sail the other day. >> the wind was coming through the doors. we thought it was going to break the glass. we slept on the sofa because we didn't think we were going to make it. >> reporter: the vessel was battered by 30' waves and >> i was on deck, and the waves were huge. my sisters and my brother was pretty distraught. they opened up the mini bar, so that was good for her. >> reporter: they are in ensuring this never happens again. >> we can't expect those coming to us expecting a dream vacation to go through something like this. >> reporter: people are cruise. >>> bernie sanders and hillary clinton are going head to head in milwaukee. the republican race now heads to north carolina where the next primary will be held. chris christy announced they are out of the race. >> if we win here after winning so big in new hampshire, all of these characters are going to give it up, and we will make america great again. that, i can tell you. >> the only candidate who can beat donald trump is me. >> reporter:

senator bill nelson is calling for a federal investigation. royal carribean what happened exposed gaps in its planning system. another round of recalls related to takata airbags is underway. the three largest german automakers - daimler, volkswagon and b- m-w are recalling 2- and a half million vehicles because of faulty airbags. these recalls involve newer model-years. the problem is blamed for 11 deaths worldwide. developing in st pete -- the person suspected in a 20- thousand dollar art heist was caught on camera. and now police believe they're closing in on the thief. this is surveillance video of the man who took the sculpture from the chihuly collection. it was returned, in a box... tuesday morning. officers say they've gotten evidence from the box -- they found traces of d-n-a... including hair follicles. police are also still reviewing surveillance video taken from inside the museum. pinellas park police are looking for leads in an animal cruelty case. a severely neglected dog was found this week 10 news reporter jonathan petramala fou

bill nelson/ d florida "i'm sure there was a courageous crew on board but the question is, like the el faro last year, when we asked the same questions, why did it sail el faro, a cargo vessel that traveled between jacksonville and puerto rico, went right into a hurricane off the bahamas last year. the ship sank, killing 33 people. happening today today is ash wednesday, the official start of 40-days of lent... leading up to easter. dblbx fox19 now's dan wells is live at saint peter in chains downtown, where dozens of people will be heading to mass in just a couple hours. live black crosses will mark the foreheads of many christians today, signifying the start of the lenten season. ash wednesday is the first day in a period of 40-some days focused on spiritual purification and repentance. it is a day of fasting for catholic and anglican churches. ash wednesday gets its name from the practice of the distribution of ashes upon the foreheads of christians. the ashes come from the palms used in the previous year's marks jesus's entrance into jerusalem where he was met with palm branches by

the bill sponsored by bill nelson to look for bob levenson. he went missing nine years agag tehran has denied any >>> president francis will travel to c ca to unite the roman catholic church an eastern orthodox churches. it will p happen for the first time friday as part of an effort to heal the thousand year divide between the east and the west. the meet willing be the first ever between pope an sitting patriarch. they will meet at the international airport where they wiwi sign a p joint deck ha ration. the move being seen as a step in the right direction. >> the move being seen as good thing. degrees hope francis will travel to cue u baa for a six-day tour of the country. >>> time n to check on stories in the days ahead. >> ashley: omar lewis is live with that. >> omar: good morning. attorney general will be praying police. she will highlight doral police department blue courage between police and community. >>>n an official swearing in ceremony for police director juan perez. he has dedicated more than 25 years to the force. he will be swor

now, u-s senator bill nelson wants to know why the ship sailed into intense weather... and is calling for the n-t-s-b to investigate. casey anthony has filed paperwork to open her own photography studio. according to address is listed in this would be the first business venture for anthony since her she was acquitted of first- degree murder, and since she filed for bankruptcy. the university of central florida is facing a class action suit after a massive "data breach". 63-thousand social security numbers were stolen. a former student-- and a member of u-c- f's board of trustees claim the school knew of the breach as early as december 20-15. time now for headlines around the nation and the world in 60 seconds. today...president barack obama will ask congress for nearly 2-billion dollars in emergency funding to combat the zika virus. the money would support mosquito control programs, vaccine research, education, and improving health care for at-risk communities. the proposal also includes "400-million dollars" in foreign aid...for countries where the virus is spreading r

governor scott was the first in the country to declare a health emergency and now, senator bill nelson is calling on president obama to appoint a zika csar, a point person who would coordinate the florida has to be concerned because the mosquito that spreads zika lives here all year. the worry is that someone travels, gets infected comes back, gets bitten by a local mosquito that then spreads it in our communities. hillsborough county mosquito control is trapping mosquitoes near where the zika patients live. mid-week next week, the florida department of health will test those mosquitos. we don't know how long it will take to get results because up until now florida has not tested mosquitos for zika. those results will determine how much they spray. hillsborough is one of 4 counties under the governor's public health emergency. we will get more kits to test people who have zika symptoms. the c-d-c will also work with hospitals in each of these counties to educate them about the virus. to see the full list of symptoms-- and learn more about the dangers of zika in pregnant women-- head to

. >> bill nelson asked the ntsb >>> a update as germanin vest -- investigators call off the incident. 10 people killed and hundreds rescued from the train after two commuter trains collided. >>> a florida mans prank went viral. he tossed the live gator into the wendy's restaurant. tonight the judge released him on bail and told him to say a way from wendy's restaurant. he wanted to prank a friend who worked at the restaurant. >> i'm sorry for what i did. just being stupid and not thinking. i found out what the consequences were i paid for >> his prankster days are over and faces a assault with a deadly weapon charge. >>> pop eyes was shutdown after finding roaches near were food was being prepared. the state saw over 40 live roaches on it steam table. above the ice machine and by the freeze. they contacted the franchisee. >>> to this facebook post being shared over 300,000 times. meal is 6 years old. dr.jennifer set out to prove how unhealthy fast food can be. this will prove her point as well. 6 years later the food doesn't look different. there are no signs of decomposition or mold.

florida senator bill nelson wants the n-t-s-b to investigate why a cruise was allowed to sail through a storm on its way to port canaveral. the anthem of the sea was forced to turn around because of damage. it will dock in its home port in new jersey tomorrow morning. royal caribbean says the ship sailed through 20 foot waves and 100 mile per hour winds on sunday before turning around. passengers will receive full refunds and certificates toward a future cruise. we may be a year out from super bowl 2017, but vegas is already making its predictions. the patriots, seahawks are the favorites at nevada sportsbooks. they're 8 to 1 heading into the offseason. packers, cardinals and panthers are next at 10 to 1. the browns are the biggest longshot at 200 to 1, the only team with odds in the triple-digits. the bucs odds by the way are 50 to 1. next year's big game is set for february 5th at nrg stadium in houston, texas. it's the third time the city will host the game. listen to this...2015 saw the highest number of shark attacks worldwide. the florida museum of natural history says there wer

senator bill nelson of florida is calling for the national transportation safety board to investigate the circumstances surrounding this cruise ship's decision to sail into a storm. the royal caribbean cruise is heading back after getting caught in hurricane force winds. you see this during the wild ride. here's more with the latest. >> reporter: take a look at this video, rough seas causing the the ship is on its way after hurricane gusts 130 miles an hour, and 40-foot waves from making its final dest nation. >> the ship -- destination. >> the ship was rocking from side to side, and cabinets slamming shut. >> flying furniture and shattered glass, as massive waves powded the anthem of the seas -- pounded the anthem of the seas not long after leaving new jersey. the captain ordering 4,500 passengers to stay in their rooms for hours. >> the amount of things were shifting around our room, was a little frightening. >> four passengers suffered minor injuries, now some on board blame the captain. >> i'm really concerned about the captain's judgment in this situation. i really resent the fac

. >> reporter: monday, florida senator bill nelson criticized royal caribbean's decision to go forward with the trip despite the weather conditions. and called on the ntsb to investigate the incident. >> it was forecast for days. so why in the world would a cruise ship with thousand of passengers go sailing right into it? >> reporter: royal caribbean says it will offer all guest is a full refund including 50% off of their next cruise. >> we have more now of gayle obama. he invited cbs cameras into the white house sunday before the super bowl. here is gayle. >> i'm curious about how the presidency changed you as a president and how you changed as a man in the time you have been in the office? >> my basic character is unchanged. michelle and close friends who have known me for years would say he is the same guy. there its obviously some hard-won wisdom from overcoming challenges, figuring out really hard problems. maybe just a function of age as well as having been around the track a while as president. you lose that fear. you lose that sense of, oh, what if something goes wrong. because

. >>> bill nelson calling on the pres. to appoint a zika czar to coordinate the governments overall response to the virus. >>> bay area deputies looking for a trio of distractive thieves behind three burglaries in two different counties. detectives looking for the men in this video, you can see one of them smashed through the door with a rock. police say they did the same this morning. in an unrelated case police looking for the woman who stole from a laundromat. this video shows are kicking in the door at the laundry mat. if you know who this woman is you are asked to call crimestoppers right away. >>> a man facing charges for a case of animal cruelty. police tell us robert louis held his cast by the neck and threw it off the balcony. according to his arrest report he did it because the cat scratched the furniture. the cat injured his back leg but he is fine. >>> car sellers playing a dangerous game using new tricks have been putting you at risk. tonight jackie callaway shows you the signs to look for immediately >> repor

and this morning florida senator bill nelson is calling on the ntsb to investigate. the anthem of the seas sustained minor damage in a storm on it' s set to arrive in new jersey tomorrow. jason: the kissimmee police department will be sweeping gas stations throughout the city today looking for skimmers. you might remember last week several devices were discovered at four 7-11 gas stations in the so far there have been no reports of credit card fraud. michelle: we expect to learn more today about the future of the late baldwin the a clinic. work could begin to reopen it. parts of the facility of and stay with us right here on wesh again! r again! again! again! again? again! again! general mills is removing artificial flavors and colors from our cereals. so you can love cereal... brett: welcome back. it is tuesday, it is cool. it is really the wind. amy: actual air temperatures a lot warmer than yesterday. but that wind, it is chilly, it is the west, northwest, and that cloud cover, too. right now, 45 in ocala, 50 in orlando. or denying in melbourne. 48 in daytona beac

. >>> bill nelson is calling for a an investigation why they were sailing in such bad weather when it was known of the storms. >>> pope francis arrives in texas this weekend. migrants. this will in juarez on february 17th. attend across texas. we are headed to cuba to cover the pope's visit in mexico. look for live reports starting tomorrow. temperatures so far? outside? i'm freezing now. >> it's about to get colder. this is an iconic twist here. this is a warm up for colder eth. know what i mean? i don't want to use the word act. how does that sound? for tomorrow, a warm up that doesn't sound too accurate. on. these clouds are going to be the wild card in the forecast but if we can get rid of some it will be colder than we are thinking. it will be milder than we're thinking so in case we're wrong and right we will take the middle road. it could be colder or milder. regardless. a fort lauderdale camera showing the high and moderate clouds, maybe not thick enough to keep temperatures from dropping too low tonight. if they thicken up temperatures if they stay thin or disappear which the

bill nelson the ntsb will hit bahamian waters to search for el faro's black box. we told you the agency called off the search for the data recorder of the cargo ship in november. bill nelson says the families of the 33 people on board who died including a man from central florida deserve to know what happened to their loved ones. it is just too important for us to understand how these 33 human beings that have families back at home, how they were lost. >> el faro got caught in hurricane joaquin after departing from jacksonville in october. a date for the search is not been announced. >>> a local doctor accused of being drunk while treating children is closing his practice >> we will explain why the families affected are not the only ones paying the price. >>> an suv plowed through the front of a dentist office. the twist of fate that kept the patient out of the chair doubt -- covered in debris. >>> a man admitted to having sex with a minor. what investigators are worried about. >>> after a frosty morning, temperatures are still soaring. a meeting county man arrest

the captain turned around and bill nelson is calling for federal investigations as to why the captain sailed into such bad weather in the first place. >>> chipotle has been generous today, excepting coupons for free meals for everyone who sign up for one yesterday. they had the promotion for employees yesterday as well. one man said his phone number is one digit away from the number they were told to text check. and he has been bombarded with dozens of messages. chipotle is sending him gift cards for his trouble. a good sense of humor. >>> clouds across the area and it is getting cooler, another cold front came through early this morning. check out the picture looking to the southwest, and the sun is going behind the clouds got temperatures also started to go down to 64 degrees, 66 degrees in key west, it is dry, humidity levels are relatively low. the westwind is going to be coming - - be coming northwest as well. windy gusts are pretty high up to 41 miles per hour. 36 to the northwest as well. and there - - temperatures are already about to drop into the 50s. the highs today, normal

bill nelson says the key to keep the company safe from future attacks could be on the phone. >> you can draw up the different scenarios in the bottom line is that we are going to have to protect our people ordered apple to help the judge break into the phone. the shooter , syed farouk , they say if it helps the software to get into the iphone, the privacy of millions could be at risk for millions of terrorists and hackers. they plan to argue that the american people should decide apple has until today to appeal the ruling >> welcome steph curry and the golden state warriors here to orlando. the magic laid a decent game until the end of the third quarter when this happened. banking and the shot from 44 feet away to get the warriors and eight point lead heading into the fourth quarter. golden state would not back. the warriors beat the matchup at 130/114. dropped 51 points and orlando returns later on tonight . they have north to nyc and madison square carton. i will be watching that later on today. it's the most distant planet >> we will see pluto's north gett getting up to 74b0 on sunda

florida senator bill nelson is calling for an investigation into why the ship sailed into a storm that had been forecast for days. jericka duncan reports. >> reporter: 20-foot waves and winds over 100 miles an hour forced the cruise ship to make a u-turn one day after setting sale. george told us via skype his balcony door appeared to be lifting away from the frame. >> you called hear the waves twisting away from the hull and metal twisting. it was scary. >> reporter: they were heading to fort canaveral, florida, when it got caught in a storm. jarret johnson shot this video. >> at one point people were falling over and they were saying hold the wheelchair. so myself and others were wheelchair so they weren't going to be sliding around. >> reporter: while the worst is over, george is worried. >> we're rocking a lot and it makes me wonder if there are issues with the stabilizer on the ship. >> royal caribbean said the ship experienced wind speeds higher than what was forecast. the coast guard reported winds up to 150 miles per hour when the storm hit. >>> president obama wants congress t

bill nelson is calling on the ntsb to investigate why the ship made the decision to sail near that storm. some estimate the winds were more than 100 miles an hour. passengers reported tables and chairs toppled over and water flowing down the staircases. >> looked out and you could see waves like the height of our balcony. and we're on the seventh deck. i don't know how much of that how much was up tipped over. >> the ship was supposed to dock tuesday morning but instead it will return to new jersey and guests will receive a full refund and coupon for 50% off a future cruise. >> my guess is that would be on a different ship. >> interesting, it was the same storm that gave us our rain on saturday. as it moves east of florida, it just blew up. we have a lot more weather going on. every couple of days it seems we have big changes. look outside, as beautiful as it is and tranquil as it looks, that's all changing later tonight and into tomorrow morning. there's the front. the front looks wife weak, nothing to it. what we will see is wind associated with this. that wind tomorrow will be howling

the decision comes less than a month after senator bill nelson sent a letter to the head of the ntsb asking to consider another search. 33 crew members were on board. >>> after years aft the miami organizers are holding the boat show at the miami marine stadium in virginia key. parking is very limbited. organizers have raised 12,000 parking spaces. you can take bus or water taxi. the show runs from monday through president's day. >>> it's going to be beautiful. a couple ofrt festivals going on. temperatures in the r50s in most locations out there now. it won't be as cold as last night. last night's low temperatures in the 40s just about everywhere including a very chilly reading of 42. even near the coast. north miami beach at 48. here's your weather headlines. it was one spot that did not reach the 40s. it was miami international airport. i bring that up because more mia, there's only been one sub-50 degree night this entire winter. normally we have 7 by now. hasn't been that cold by now. it will be comfortable tomorrow and into the weekend as we continue the longest rain free stret

that news doesn' t sit sell with florida senator bill nelson. senator nelson the thing about : this storm was, it was forecast for days. so, why in the world would a cruise ship, with thousands of passengers go sailing right into it? jim: the royal caribbean ship was supposed to stop at port canaveral on a 7-day itinerary. instead, it turned around, and is expected back in port in new jersey tomorrow morning. meantime, here in central florida we are talking freeze warnings, icy cold temperatures blown by wednesday will knock the hat off of your head. tonight, you are going to need a jacket, no doubt about that. here is what you need to know. currently 58 degrees. west-southwest went. top of the hour, 23 miles per hour. that' s not a gust. that is sustained. freeze warnings in effect for marion and flagler county. there' s too much wind and flagler county -- maybe the far, far western sections, but i don' t think anyone will feel the wind chills tomorrow. as far south as the villages, up-and-down i-4, looking at 30, 35 degrees. the wind will be w

the national weather service says there were storm alert four senator bill nelson is calling for an investigation. jim: energy drinks are a popular choice for all kinds of people but one local law firm says they can be lethal. a lawsuit has been filed against monster energy drinks on behalf of five people who suffered serious adverse health effects. >> we represent a number of clients at this point that have chronically drank monster energy and as a result have had kidney failure or are on dialysis or have had kidney transplants. jim: the attorneys launched a website to seek more complaints and expanded their lawsuit to include other energy drink any factors. saying pre-existing conditions may be to blame. the competition among orlando theme parks continues to raise the bar every year and 2016 will meredith: we have a look at what brand new experiences are coming your way. reporter: from a king size eight to the highest grossing animated film ever there are lots of new experiences coming to orlando' s theme parks. >> 2016 is a great time to be a theme park and for sure. reporter: first is still i

that doesn' t sit well with bill nelson he is called for an investigation. stewart: right whales are among the rarest creatures in the world. angela: to escape a potential deathtrap today. they had been swimming in circles in the indian river lagoon for two days. spectators watched as the mother and baby drifted peacefully back up the channel. no other jim: they were smart. they say it is too cold in central florida. we are going to head out to get to the gulfstream with warmer weather. it is a chilly one out there. tony: to see one of those would be phenomenal. unbelievable. just to see that. let me take you back outside. it is awfully cool out there. look at the camera downtown bouncing around. you better be prepared for this. running in the 30' s and 40' s. when you factor in the wind, it is not so much the freeze that is going to get everybody. 27, 32, down towards the 32-37 degrees. the youngsters will need jackets and long sleeves. it is going to be cool by afternoon. you get that colder air across a relatively warm water. that is what is going on off

the measure sponsored by bill nelson now heads to the full senate for the vote. robert f. kennedy has been denied parole. the 15th appearance before the bod for sirhan sirhan who is serving life in prison. kennedy shot in 1968 a a celebrating his california primary win. five years after the assassination of his brother president john f. kennedy. >>> two sheriff deputies are dead after a shooting at a maryland shopping center. the deputies were called out to a panera bread where 6a panera bread where 66-year-old david brian stevens was seated. a deputya deputy was shot and when a chase started a second deputy was also hit. >> i think the suspect took that action because he is wearing a police uniform, but we were called to the panera bread for that sububct. >> constance: investigators shot and killed evans. he had two w wrants out for his arrest including one right near in florida for assaulting an officer. >>> the city of cleveland is billing the family of tamir rice $500 for the ambulance ride he took the day of his arrest. family spoken out about the bill calling disappo

. >> reporter: florida senator bill nelson is calling for the nt ntsb to investigate why the ship was sailing days before the storm. royal caribbean telling us they plan to make the disembarking process as smooth as possible right now you're taking a look from chopper 4 at the anthem of the seas as it makes it way toward cape liberty. >> i'm sure they're excited. >>> police in the bronx are looking for a violent thief who followed a man home, beat him up and robbed him. this is a photo of the man police are calling a person of interest in the case. officers say the man that they want to find followed the victim to an apartment building in the the fordham section, knocked the man over, punched him and stole 700 $700 from him. >>> the transit union is planning to strike if the transit agency doesn't make a better offer. the union set a march 13th if the conductors do walk, it will be the first nj transit strike since 2013. >>> the driver had a medical emergency. students say the driver failed to respond to them when they pointed out that he'd missed the exit to their school. as the bus

now senator bill nelson is calling for an investigation to see if this ship should have sailed in the first place. eric sandoval is getting answers at port canaveral. what are you finding out today? >> well, you know, julie, the ship, anthem of the seas, should be right behind me right now. it should be here in florida, port canaveral, but as we know now, it had to turn around because it encountered the terrible storm out of the atlantic. i talked to the national transportation safety board today, they tell me they're seriously considering launching an investigation to see why the ship set sail when a vicious storm was lurking off the coast. >> the new cell phone video shows how hard it was for people to keep their balance as the anthem of the seas sailed through a storm this week. waves reached 30 feet, forcing passengers to stay inside their room until the storm passed. >> i'm sure there was a the question is, why? >> senator bill nelson says he wants the national transportation safety board to find out why the cruise line cleared the anthem of the seas to sail through that storm. n

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the senate foreign relations committee a proving the measure by bill nelson to search for 68-year-old bob leaf enston. leaf enston is from corral springs. went missing nine years ago while visiting the iranian island of kish. anything to do with the disappearance. >> lynn: and a man who through a gator through a drive through window. >> danielle: and tonight he is offering an apology. >> phil: and a few safety tivmentz common sense and the one i want to stress is the space heater. if you're going to use them, please be careful. keep them way from curtains, furnitite. anything that could catch fire and that way you will be safe. we'll have the entire chilly out look in a couple minutes. >>> >> >> lynn: this guy. the man accused of throwing an alligator through a wendy's drive through window says sorry. he is so cute but plaib not so smart. he says it was meant to be a prank. >> danielle: not very good prank because the people signed the fast food restaurant didn't find it funny at all and now he >> we just like fishing and hanging out and we stumbled upon an alligator. >> danielle: a j

senator bill nelson is calling for a federal investigation into the royal caribbean cruise line after a mishap at sea left parts of the ship damaged and several passengers hurt. we brought you this yesterday after the anthem of the seas seas was in the middle of a monster storm. what is is senator nelson saying about this? ship was anywhere near a storm near hurricane strength. >> 20 foot waves and winds over 100 miles an hour forced the anthem of the seas to make a u-turn one day after setting sail. >> passenger george says his door appeared to be lifting from the frame. >> you could hear the winds against the hull, metal twisting it was scary. >> the ship left new jersey heading to port canaveral when it got caught in a storm. this video was captured after the captain ordered people to their rooms. >> they said hold the wheelchair, so myself and others were holding the wheelchair so they wouldn't be sliding around. too similar to the sinking of el farro a few months ago. >> it was forecast for days so why mountain world would a cruise ship with thousands of passengerses go sailing r

florida senator bill nelson is calling for a federal investigation into why the captain sailed into such bad weather when national weather forecasters predicted the stormy weather days in advance. >>> a woman accused of drugging and robbing a man she met at a south florida bar and restaurant is being held without bond. williams committed one of the crimes after she went home with her date. she began talking to a man at a steakhouse and bar and offered to buy him a drink. after a couple of drinks, the man invitedler back to his place where she stole his two additional victims in miami beach a month ago. >>> a cbs4 safety alert. ikea announces a major recall. that and more in this morning's money watch. >>> caught on camera, what got this woman so angry in this video that has now gone viral. >>> good morning south florida, we continue to talk about this traffic alert on i-95 that has almost all your lanes blocked expressway. police letting drivers through on the extreme left hand side. this is a car fire that resulted in the fatality of two people. if you are heading in that direction, i'm

senator bill nelson is now calling on the ntsb to investigate. the cruise line says no injuries and the cruise line is offer passengers a full refund. 25-foot waves, ivan. you have to wonder who in the world would take that cruise like that? >> they had no business out there. not to pile on but i will -- because these storms, these coastal winter storms can generate the kind of waves that a hurricane can in the middle of the summer here. hurricane and had a name they would have never gone in there but because it's a coastal storm, probably not many people know bit, they are taking their chances, they should never have done that. look at this winding up here. this is generating 30, 35-foot waves, continues to head off to the north and east and yes, this was certainly forecast, we've been talking about it for quite a number of days so that cruise company, has some explaining to do i think the next few days and weeks as they launch that investigation. across our area that very same storm is the one that brought us the gusty winds. the gusty winds to

bill nelson says the state needed to be vigilant. >> we better get serious about it. puerto rico, and we have a great deal of traffic. >> now the daily updates will come from the state's surgeon general. and the osceola county leaders will also be monitoring a local mosquito population for any signs of the zika virus. the real danger is for pregnant women who may suffer birth defects if they are infected. you can read more at wftv.com/weblinks. >>> developing this morning, the media in taiwan is reporting another earthquake survivor was shielded under her husband's body, and rescuers were able to pull her from the building. most of those killed from the quake were in the 17-story building that collapsed. it's believed another 100 could be buried inside. consequences after the rocket launch on saturday. north korea says it was a satellite launch, but many others think it was a ballistic missile launch. it violates several security council resolutions. >>> chipotle restaurants nationwide will be closed today not because of another food poisoning scare, but to prevent one. the ceo has ca

bob: florida' s democratic senator bill nelson said tonight, "our thoughts and prayers are with his family. and i take very seriously our constitutional responsibility to fill this vacancy." former presidential candidate lindsey graham says the pressure is on republicans to win the white house. lindsey graham: if you don' t win the election you can' t appoint a , supreme court justice. i hope conservatives need to make sure we nominate someone who can win the white house. bob: while republicans want to line is president obama express confidence there is plenty of time left in his term to not only nominate a successor but also have senate hearings on the nominee. adrian: thank you. our coverage of scalia' s death continues inside our website, wesh.com. there you can find stories looking back at the biggest decisions he played a part in during his time on the supreme court. tonight, a suspect is in custody charged in the triple shooting that left a college football player dead. just hours ago, loved ones gathered at bethune-cookman university to remember don' kevious johnson. the all-out man

bill nelson says there needs to be a highly coordinated response to the virus. he's calling for the president to appoint a point person to the rain we got this week, there's worries that could make the problem worse. health workers are urging people to make sure there's no standing apartment. cases. that's up from nine and the highest number in the entire country. >> welton to be in constant communication with local hospitals, county health and the c.d.c. to ensure we're prepared to stop the spread of the zika virus in florida. >> almost all the cases in the state are for people who recently travelled to latin america where the virus is spreading quickly. the theme parks said they're in constant contact with health latest information. we have the latest information on click orlando.com. >> former universal worker is suing the theme park after he was fired for having a gun in his car. he says he was let go after stole the gun. he said that he also kept the gun in his car. universal spokesman said the company doesn't speak on pending litigation but officials say t

florida senator bill nelson is now calling for the ntsb to investigate. the bahamas-bound cruise ship is now making its way back to new jersey. adlib let's go to chief meteorologist bryan scofield and 'weather first.' we remain on track for pressure remains in control of the forecast. high temps will top out in the low to mid 70s through the weekend and into the start to next week. we are running 10+ degrees above average for this time of year, and high temps will be very close to record highs on wednesday and friday. overnight lows will run in the upper 40s for the next seven days, which is also warm for this time of year. expect plenty of sunshine through the weekend and breezy winds on sunday for valentine's day. a pacific system could bring us additional cloud cover and afternoon and wednesday morning of next week. time now... from contact -13-. volkswagen is offering up... a major compensation plan!!! according to reuters... the auto maker... will be offering quote... "generous compensation packages... to roughly -6- hundred thousand.... u.s. owners.