@kelly cowan is on the story for @us. @we will talk to her and get a @live report coming up. @>>> and in other headlines, cvs @said last september it lost $2 @billion in sales. @this comes after the drug store @products all together. @cvs recently announced it will @spend 50 million to end what it @calls an epidemic of tobacco @use. @the aim is to cut youth smoking @by 3% and new smokers about i @10%. @>>> cherry blossoming will be @blooming and expected to be in @full bloom a week from today. @look how beautiful. @the warm conditions will make @them open up a couple of days @ahead of schedule. @they are looking along @washington's tidal basin and a @gift from japan in 1912. @>> anjuli: i feel that is a @bucket list thing to go see @that. @>> walter: i want to see that @as well. @so many people go to see that. @international travelers go to @see that. @>> anjuli: here not bad @weather. @gorgeous the last few days. @>> walter: 65 degrees, @lindsay milbourne. @>> lindsay: some of us @suffering from sfaes. @we like. @start b

@we want to get out to fox 13 @kelly cowan on the story for @us. @kelly, what do we know so far? @we are learning more of this @wrong-way crash this morning @that occurred on the elevated @portion of the selmon @expressway. @now that is a reversible center @lane. @so depending on what time of @day it is, that lane actually @reverses for the traffic. @now you can see right over my @shoulder there is a sign saying @that right now those lanes are @closed to oncoming traffic. @of course, there are also @barricades set up for someone @to be alerted that they would @be getting on the wrong way. @but as i am told, you can @i am joined by larry mckinnon @from the hick sheriff's @department. @what happened this morning, @larry? @>> well, first of all, our @thoughts and prayers go out to @the family of this deputy. @and the other victim who caused @the crash, but what we know now @is that the deputy had just @finished a traffic -- he was a @traffic investigator. @he was coming back from tampa @general hospital, heading back @to his patrol district in @ruskin. @apparently this wrong-way @dr

for now reporting at mcdill air force, kelly cowan, fox 13 news. >> tickets and parking are free and you may want to leave early because those crowds are expected to be big. >> there's not much inmates can do the pass the time. and writing letters. at this point it's a totally different uranium. >> and a jail. >> i saw quite a bit of rain, quite a few more showers between now and sunday afternoon but during this extended visit from your extended family, all you want is a peaceful moment to stream your show. and you need enough bandwidth to share with a full house of hungry users. lightning internet from bright house networks. the speed you need. and now connect to... standard tv and 50 megabit lightning internet... only $94 a month what does fresh epcot mean? maybe it's sampling seasonal dishes... ...enjoying hand-picked music or seeing locally grown topiaries. whatever you pick here, the epcot international flower and garden festival... ...is certified fresh epcot. experience a year of fun and all four theme parks with a florida resident annual inmates at one jail in california... a

@kelly cowan has been following @this all morning long. @kelly, you are standing in @front of the entrance ramp on @to the selmon. @they are diverting traffic. @where is traffic going? @>> reporter: they are diverting @normally you will be able to @get mere if it was a weekday @morning. @through the weekends they have @this closed. @it was closed last night when @that wrong-way driver would @have ent everyed. @they have the do not enter sign @they have the do not enter @signs up. @these arms marked with lights @warning drivers not to get on @the selmon expressway here. @we are told that as deputies @investigate this crash, the @selmon expressway heading west @is closed right now. @that should be open shortly, @but it haven't been opened @already; however, the eastbound @lanes are expected to be closed @for several hours as this @investigation goes on. @but in is where police -- or @deputy believe that the wrong @way driver this morning would @have entered the selmon @expressway. @the sheriff's car there. @they believe that the -- that @the

. @>> anjuli: kelly cowan is live @at the crosstown. @what can you tell us. @>> reporter: absolutely @heartbreaking. @standing at the entrance where @the wrong-way driver probably @took to enter the eastbound or @westbound lane, traveling the @wrong way. @so eastbound lane for the @was going westbound this @morning. @now you can see behind me, @there are barricades set up, @flashing lights, all kind of @alerts for a driver to know @that they are not to enter that @lane which does. @it is a center lane. @a raised portion of the highway @a raised portion of the @highway. @and it does change over @depending on the time of the @day, but these are here to @allow a driver to know they are @not to enter. @they believe that he would have @gone on the other side of the @road here in order to get on @and just before 3 a.m., he @struck a deputy nearly head on. @now we did have a picture of @the deputy's car sent us to by @the hillsborough county @sheriff's office. @that car barely recognizable @after this collision. @the driver of the wrong-way @v

@for now reporting at macdill @air force base, kellie cowan, @fox 13 news. @>> aaron: kellie, thanks. @gates open back up tomorrow at @8:00 a.m. @tickets and parking are free. @they're expecting big crowds, so @you may want the leave early to @get there, but that was some @nasty weather. @of course, the question now is: @are people going back tomorrow @going to face the same kind of @weather problems? @>> haley: meteorologist mike{ @bennett joins us now with a look @ahead. @hey, mike. @>> mike: hey, guys. @i don't see those big storms we @saw earlier today, just more in @activity. @some of that is sitting off @shore right now. @this is going to try to work in @as we head through the evening @hours. @this is our sky tower radar @view. @most of it is in the @light-to-moderate range. @not a whole lot of lightning @scwusmtion under 20 strokes of @lightning under the last 20 @minutes or some has the starts @to work on shore, we'll keep @that scattered shower threat in @into the day tomorrow, notice @best chance of showers earlier @in the morning, but a cooler day @out there, as well. @temp

@kelly cowan joins us live in @tampa. @and kelly i can imagine the @traffic -- oh, yeah, i can see @the traffic behind you, it will @be challenging all day. @>> reporter: yep, people are @parked -- parked outside the @macdill gate right here. @actually at the dale mabry gate @actually at the dale mabry @gate. @there are three gates talk use. @if this one looks a little @cumbersome to you because @people like i said are @literally parked for blocks @stretching down. @they have gotten out of their @car. @some of them tailgating making @breakfast this morning as they @wait for the gates to open up @at 8 a.m. to the public. @area demonstration also kick @off today at 11. @great shows lined up including @the u.s. thunderbirds, the u.s. @socom paracommandos. @they jump out of airplanes, the @skydive. @and a lot of excitement about @this year's return of airfest. @new impochlts officials say @best one yet. @>> the professional company we @hired will raise the level of @our game. @add a polished professional @finish to the folks

kelly cowan, fox 13 news. thonotosassa exit. >>> heather lucille took home the crown. they needed to know a lot about the americans with disabilities act. to educate and advocate for people with disabilities. miss wheelchair america has been around, i noticed looking at her twitter, she had a wonderful time. >> absolutely beautiful young congratulations. this is one of these weekends that makes you happy to be a florida. >> so warm, makes you want to get up and go. >> the crispness of the air it was aplaysing. if you thought it was a little bit on the cool side, there are some people out there that maybe the warm he air is coming. so er air is coming. river view saw some high clouds. breaks of sun. once we hit the afternoon. we saw a little bit more of sun and ended up being a nice end of the day. more in the way of sun for tomorrow. so for today, more in the way of clouds, 72 in tampa, 75 in wauchula, 78 in lake placid. but for tomorrow, with a little bit more sun we're going to see that rebound. 75 for a high in tampa, 76 in bradenton, 75 in crystal river, 76 in broo

@reporting live from macdill air @force base, kelly cowan. @>> alcides: i am bringing the @boys to that. @>> anjuli: how fun. @>> alcides: they are so @excited. @you talk about the next @generation. @>>> the bark in the park is @taking place in fort brook @park. @>> alcides: live music, food @trucks and wine and beer and @starts at 11:00 and run through @3 p.m. rain or shine. @very own lindsay milbourne who @by the way is working hard on @that forecast as well as walter @allen. @go out there and have some fun. @>> anjuli: yes, rain or shine, @i like it. @>>> coming up at 6:30, the kid @that shows the boss, who's @boss. @the note he got from bruce @springsteen to give to his @elementary school teacher. @>>> forget march madness, march @mayhem. @a huge upset that busted @everyone's bracket. @>>> having a birthday today, @you are in good company. @a look at some of the famous @faces that share your big day. @much more good day after the @ @>>> good morning. @a lot of winners and losers two @days into the ncaa tournament @but no bigger winner than las @vegas falling in a motherload @last ni

@kelly cowan, fox 13 news. @send it back to you inned @studio. @>> alcides: thank you so much. @>> anjuli: time is 9:35. @two college tidz on spring @break in daytona beach are @facing grand theft charges @after they stole a jet siesta @key @ski. @volusia county said a jet key @attendant was having mechanical @issue and beached the craft. @two spring breakers hopped on @the jet ski and took it on a @joyplyed @joyride. @they were arrested after they @were as far asked for beach. @>>> ten month after the @terrorist attacks that left 180 @people dead. @saleh abdelsalem was tracked @down at an apartment in brussel @police shouted for him to come @out with his hands up. @when they didn't, they actually @shot him in the knee. @the suspect along with two @other men are now in custody. @>>> a suicide bomber has left @five people dead along a busy @street in istanbul turkey this @morning. @20 other people have been @injured in the attack. @turkey has been on edge lately @following two recent suicide @bomb attacks in the

pfor now reporting live in pdowntown tampa, i'm kelly cowan, psend it back to you in studio. pkelly, vanessa says beneficial pbridge i wouldn't have known pcertainly wouldn't have known pthat either. pso we got that for you. pbeneficial bridge. pthanks we're talking later i'm pglad she's there to keep us pcovered. pthanks. psee you later. pand not just donald trump who is pbeing met by protester marco prubio had his own bizarre county pwith one during an event in pvillages yesterday. pa man stood up in front of room paccused rubio trying to steal phis girlfriend. p>> that's enough i have to tell peveryone marco rubio. p>> geez. pis trying steal my girlfriend. pshy doesn't look at me any more. pwe don't beat up our hecklers pthis at our event. pmarco rubio just took a dig at pdonald trump who come under fire pfor violence at his rallies. pviolence but said eat foot legal pbills of those that attack rotester hillary clinton and pbernie sanders took to national pstage for a televised town hall pthe big point both were trying pto make, why they would be erson to beat donald trump

@kelly cowan, fox 13 news. @back to you, guys. @>> thank you, kelly. @always exciting. @>>> another big event taking @place today. @the humane society of bark in @the park is taking place in @coat and choby fort brook park. @>> alcides: food trucks. @and run until 3:00 an it is -- @it is being hosted by our very @own lindsay milbourne and @walter allen, so go out and @check them out and say hi. @>> lindsay: so excited but i @wish i had better news about @the weather. @>> anjuli: you don't anything, @lindsay. @>> lindsay: if only i can make @the weather on days like today. @trying to keep the rain away @but it is coming. @squeeze in some of bark in the @park. @not only is rain a big deal but @those strong storms that so @many people out and about will @have to be keeping a watchful @eye. @look how close it is to coastal @pasco county north. @38 miles offshore, but not the @rain with the strong storms. @those are still a ways away. @good news here for airfest is @we can get dry hours in at @least this morning. @here is the radar we are @tracking. @some e

fox 13's kellie cowan spoke international airport...who were bound for cuba. 3 pkgruns 1:54oc stdask just about anyone in this lineand they'll tell you: there's no better time to go to cuba than right now"we wanted to get down there before started to change, now that it's opened up for tourism. many years ago we went to east berlin before the wall was coming down in '89 and we wanted to have that same experience of still being able to see things while they're relatively authentic" with political and cultural forces pushing for normalized relations between the two countries, american tourists are getting to see the island nation that for decades, has been off limits...a tampa bay rays game in havana this tuesday was more than enough reason for this die-hard fan to book his trip"just collecting a life story to say you were there when the rays were there: the ultimate spring training game, baseball, of all""though tampa intenational airport has offered charter flights to cuba for years now, many people in line here are making their very first trip to the island nation and because of tra

crash killed 44-year-old michael bladen. 3 right now fox 13's kellie cowan is live along interbay where that hit and run crash took place... she spoke with bladen's family and friends who are just heartbroken 3 p p p44-year-old michael friends and pcoworkers were expecting him. phe was going to stay the night pas his best friend's house for pthe two would get up early the pnext morning for the plandscaping job. pbut bladen never made it. pblatant lifeless body was found palong interbay boulevard. ptampa police say someone hit phim and drove away. pleaving the scene of a fatal pcrash and leaving latent pfriends and family members pwondering who could show such p>> it's not just a piece of ptrash. ptwo hit and run off and leave. olice said the still searching pfor a suspect and hoping more pwitnesses will come forward. p>> i would just love to have psome sort of closure here as to pwho is responsible for what is phappened to my dear friend. p>> chris at this point police phave not yet released a pdescription of the vehicle they pbelieve it michael bladen as he pwas riding his bike to this

p>> at tampa international pairport, kelly cowan, fox 13 pnews. p>>> united states is warning prisk of zika virus in cuba. pthe cdc added cuba to travel pnotice for zika. pvirus is spread by mosquitos and plinked to birth defects. pthe obama administration says pvirus is not a factor in the resident's travel decisions. lay show in cuba yesterday. pbut because of president big ptrip band decide to delay pconcert until friday. pcrew of 147 osteos and employees pand an 80 cubans are setting up pto accommodate hundreds of pthousands of spectators. pstones are won first major pinternational rock stars to ever lay in cuba. pfox 13's has our own team in pcuba. pour sports director scott smith pwill be covering rays game and olitical editor craig patrick pwill be a covering president pobama visit look for their preports starting a 5 tonight and pas also when we're not on air we pare always online at pwww.fox13news.com. p>>> an aviation official says it pwill be difficult to extract the pnfts from plane that crashed in psouthern russia. pthat could hamper

crash killed 44-year-old michael bladen. 3 right now fox 13's kellie cowan is live along interbay where that hit and run crash took place... she spoke with bladen's family and friends who are just 3 3 p p p44-year-old michael friends and pcoworkers were expecting him. phe was going to stay the night pas his best friend's house for pthe two would get up early the pnext morning for the plandscaping job. pbut bladen never made it. pblatant lifeless body was found palong interbay boulevard. pleaving the scene of a fatal pcrash and leaving latent pfriends and family members pwondering who could show such plittle regard for another erson. p>> it's not just a piece of ptrash. ptwo hit and run off and leave. olice said the still searching pfor a suspect and hoping more pwitnesses will come forward. p>> i would just love to have psome sort of closure here as to pwho is responsible for what is phappened to my dear friend. p>> chris at this point police phave not yet released a pdescription of the vehicle they pbelieve it michael bladen as he pwas riding his bike to this pneighborhood on saturday

holds his latest event *here. 3 ((walter fox-13's kellie cowan is at the tampa convention center this morning... kellie, trump won't speak until two this afternoon... are you noticing any extra security? 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 ((vanessa/live)) an argument between adults got *physical this weekend in riverview.. but it was a toddler that paid the price.. hillsborough deputies say, five or six family members got into a fight.. one person picked up a baseball bat and swung it at another adult.. but hit a two year old instead.. this happened on louise street in riverview.. the child was taken by helicopter to the hospital.. and is now stable.. the hillsborough county sheriff's office says no charges have still investigating. 3 ((walter come look at the screen, if you can. polk county detectives are trying to find the man who held-up a metro p-c-s cell phone store. deputies say: he walked into the store on highway 98 around 7-30. he had a bandana covering his face, and a bag over his hand, like he had a gun. he got away with some cash. if you recognize him, please call the polk county sheriff's off

but fox-13's kellie cowan tells us: they'll always cherish what he did... right before heading out. 3 night he said 'i love you'" cynthia luckey says those are the last words her nephew said to her saturday night before leaving on his bike for a friend's house a few blocks away, 44-year-old michael bladen's friends and coworkers were expecting him...he was going to stay the night at his best friend's house before the two would get up early the next morning for their landscaping job... but bladen never made it...runs:oc:7:22 "how do you even react to this?"bladen's lifeless body was found along interbay blvd... tampa police say someone hit him and drove away...leaving the scene of a fatal crash, and leaving bladen's friends and family members wondering how who could show such little regard for another person "he's not just a piece of trash that you hit and run off and leave" police say they're still searching for a suspect and are hoping more witnesses will come forwardruns:oc:8:26"i just would love to have some happened 3 here to my dear friend" (laura) pol

crash killed 44-year-old michael bladen. 3 right now fox 13's kellie cowan is live along interbay where that hit and run crash took place... she spoke with bladen's family and friends who are just heartbroken

@kelly cowan is here. @kelly, somehow traffic looking. @>> reporter: good morning, it @is looking just fine right now. @of course we are just a few @hours away from the gates @opening at the strawberry @festival opening this morning, @but right now everything is @blowing smoothly out here. @and you know any time you see @these orange cones, people tend @to slow it down, and it tends @to muck things up a little bit. @we are told by f dot that no @lanes are actually closed out @here. @they are doing construction on @this part, the exit ramps off @of interstate 4 on thonotosassa @dish should say that right, @thonotosassa road. @and they have opened up the @lanes just for the festival. @they were hoping to be done @but now it is looking more like @april for completion date. @roads are open here. @the exits are open. @all lanes are open. @it is just that you will see @these orange cones and because @of those orange cones expect a @few additional delays. @in addition to that traffic @everybody is used to heading

live in ctampa kelly cowan fox news. kelly live for us. thank you. now for your health news do you want a better memory? eat more blueberries. it can now stop dementia from developing later on in life. it cuts inflammation in the brain. eating it a few times a week is beneficial for those diagnosed with memory issues as well as those who are simply forgetful. >> forget relaxation methods and bring on the stress. a new study shows new enhanced learning helps you make better choices when you are stressed out. it relies on automatic processes and helps us stop seeking information. >>> what is going viral for you this morning. congratulations, you got grounded. that is the message these parents are sending their misbehavioring daughter who is on the hook for 500 points worth of household chores. it might take her time to do it all, taking out the trash is only 10 points. >> the new fuzz iest recruits. >> wait a minute. we have our next story. we are going to talk about justin bieber and a typo that is on his shirt. it was supposed to say a purpose but it

@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 pop-up opera that @will perform at some point. @organizers won't 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 parent-free 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 @children's 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

ptoday will power is on the pole pand kellie cowan is out there. pexpecting a huge crowd. pi was reading something along pthe lines of this is so big for pst. pete it generates $50 pmillion in economic boosts in pthat area, right? p>> reporter: yeah, it's pabsolutely massive. pby the way, i have the earmuffs pon right now because cars are pgoing by us on the track. eople have arrived early, and pyou could buy special tickets to pgo around this course in -- i pthink you hear them. pyou might not see them, but you phear them. pyou can go around the course in pone of the actual cars, so this pis just a huge event that you pmentioned for st. pete. pthey estimate that last year pthis event alone drew more than p100,000 people to st. pete for prace weekend. pof course, all weekend long pthere have been events, pwarm-ups, qualifying races pyesterday. ptoday is the big day, the green pflag drops at 12:45ish, closer pto 1:00 maybe. phundreds are expected to come pdown here to this huge event ptoday. pa really great day down here in pst. pete. p>> we love our visitors that pcome her

pfor now reporting live in pdowntown tampa, i'm kelly cowan pback to you in studio. p>> okay. pgoing to be zoo down there. psure is kelly, thank you. p>> so, what's weather going to pbe like for all of those folks pwaiting to get in line? p>> honestly. pi see rain drops. pit depends on where you are. ptwo different cameras. phere's sirata beach camera pobviously you can see a few plittle rain drops here and pthere. pbreaks in the clouds. pthen you go over into polk pcounty while you have the pclouds, you're not getting rain. p72 degrees there with southwest pwind. pat 8 miles per hour. pthere's been this thin line of recipitation this morning. pit's actually be i'm going to psay decently heavy in southern inellas county this morning. pright to northern part of the psunshine skyway. plet's move into there. pst. petersburg south st. pete pdown through bayway fort de soto praining. pthis activity moving over tampa pbay. pso heads up ruskin. psun city center as we do have psome showers headed your way. pnot going to be all day thing. pnot by any stretch the pimagination. ponce thi

pete, i'm kellie cowan. pback to you guys. p>> anjuli: thank you, kellie. p>> alcides: looking across pamerica right now, a mountain pclimber is rescued in a remote art of oregon. pfound himself lost in white-out pconditions in mt. hood, oregon pon friday morning. paround 9:00 with a phone call be phe was able to give rescuers his pgps cord natures. pit took 12 hours or more to ptrack him down. pdespite the ordeal, he said he pwill continue to mountain climb. p>> anjuli: we have video of a pbus crash from albuquerque, new pmexico on tuesday. pyou can see passengers brace for pimpact and the man waiting at a pbus stop run for cover as that pcar hits the bus head-on. paccording to police the driver psaid he black out and didn't premember crossing the median. phe told officers he took cold pmedicine earlier in the day. pthankfully no one was hurt in pall of this. p>> alcides: look at that. pan ohio pet adoption agency prescued 70 animals in the past ptwo weeks. pthe majority of the pets came pfrom hoarding homes. pin two cases the homeowners pvoluntarily surre

pthis happened just off of pcauseway boulevard, and that's pwhere we find kellie cowan. pi was looking at your twitter pfeed, and looking at all the pdebris, it's an absolute mess. p>> reporter: yeah, it's pextensive out here. pthere was a very serious crash. pi'll tell you what deputies pbelieve happened. pthis started on 301. pthey believe a car traveling at pa high rate of speed pulled off pthe road and clipped this pthis is a law office and pcontinued to travel through the pbackyard and into the concrete pinforced wall behind. pthere are parts of the car left pbehind here. pit was traveling so fast the pconcrete wall didn't even stop. psome of the debris from this law poffice found in the field behind pit. psome of these huge cinder blocks phave been launched into this pfield. pso a very serious accident. pwhat we do know is that the pdriver did have to be cut out of pthe vehicle in order to be taken pto the hospital, though he was, paccording to people who were phere on the scene this morning, phe was still alive when they pbrought him to the hospital. pwe don't hav

@for now reporting live near @plant city, i am kelly cowan, @back to you in the studio. @>> anjuli: strawberry short @>> anjuli: strawberry @shortcake is worth the wait. @>>> over to lindsay with a look @at the weather. @>> lindsay: the weather is @cooperating so nicely. @i feel like every year for the @strawberry festival we kind of @luck out. @like this. @back by tomorrow we will sub @clouds. @50 -- subtract some of those @high clouds. @50 degrees with light winds. @head to the beach today and @strawberry festival tomorrow. @bradenton beach looks @tremendous. @our water temperature by the @way of 66 degrees now. @i have seen a couple of people @out there especially if they @are visiting from up north @where they can handle that @temperature a little bit more. @50 in lakeland. @41 in brooksville. @58 in spartanburg. @it is 53 in tampa. @so yes compared to this time @yesterday, it is noticeably @cooler in all locations from 9 @degrees cooler in sebring up to @2 in brooksville. @not do anything than to whip @around the sky. @and warm finish and even warmer @early week. @high pressure builds alo

p>> anjuli: kelly ie cowan is live pat tampa international airport. pa lot of people are excited pabout the trip. p>> reporter: a lot of people pextremely excited about the trip pand a lot of people are heading pto cuba. pthis is the one flight flying pout of the tampa today bound for phavana that takes off in a few phours. pour own fox 13 team is joining pthem as well this morning as pthey make their trip for not ponly the president's visit but pthe tampa bay rays playing the pvery next day against the cuban pthis is the first game that an pmlb team will play on cuban soil psince 1999 when the baltimore porioles last visited. pso a lot of anticipation for, pyou know, kind of a cultural pexchange, if you will, as far as pbaseball being there, and also, pobviously, the president being pthere as well breaking barriers, pthe first time a u.s. president phas -- a sitting u.s. president pi should say has visited cuba in pdecades, nearly 100 years since pthat's happened. pa lot of people here are very pexcited to get on the ground pthere in cuba. pi spoke w

@kelly cowan is on the story for @us. @we will talk to her and get a @live report coming up.