in deltona, jennifer ortega, news 6. >> ginger: a couple of brave women there. the florida mom charged in connection with the death of her son, learning her fate today. >> lisa: a duval county judge sentenced lana barton to five years in prison in connection with the death of her son lonzie. jacksonville. >> reporter: lana barton is back in the baker county jail tonight after being transferred there after her sentencing here at the duval county courthouse. she walked into the courtroom and didn't say much as details of the 21-month-old's death were read by prosecutors. barton's parents were for the first time at her hearing. they had no comment when it was over. in court, the attorney argued because she was cooperative with investigators and agreed to testify and did so against william ebron, she should only be sentenced to one year in county jail, the judge disagreed, sentencing her to the maximum allowable. >> justice would be lonzie still with us. the arms of a loving family. >> reporter: barton's attorney says she faked a pregnancy, hoping he would lead inve

in deltona, adrian whitsett. jason: a volusia county man is accused of terrorizing a family with a toddler during a fit of road rage. >> some guy just try to run off -- run us off of the road in a black car and he pulled a gun. i have the baby in the car. he aimed it at us and my husband' s work to get away from it. jason: the woman says michael sousa drove up quickly behind them on saxon boulevard in deltona sunday night and nearly hit them. the husband says he shouted at sousa to slow down and he deliberately swerved at them. then, the family says sousa pointed a loaded gun and threatened to shoot them. the couple took down the license plate number and sousa was arrested. this morning, apple has new leverage in its battle against the u.s. justice department because of a drug case in brooklyn. a judge says the government cannot force the company to unlock i-phones. judge ordered apple to hack into the san bernardino shooter' s phone to help the fbi. apple says that would create a dangerous precedent. for the fir

we temper temperatures, 79 downtown, 80 deltona. comfortable weather overall. if you like this weather, you like a potter? i have -- if you like it a little bit hotter i have more. more coming up into next week. winds out of the south and southeast at about 10-15 miles an hour. satellite pictures showing a thick veil of clouds and beautiful son shot. -- sunshine. a terrific sunset tonight. here comes a line of showers through atlanta, 340 miles away. heavy rain to the north is moving east in the rain moving our way is piddly. some rain in the morning. nothing that will break the current dry spell. future track, 5 am, decent downpours moving past palm coast were on palm beach or mom by the sea, northern part of umatilla, the villages, leesburg, spotty showers you join brian shields on eyewitness this morning, tracking light rain and it whimpers as it passes through relatively stable environments. 7:00 a.m., 8:00, winding down. a few more clouds in the afternoon but generally we will recover quickly and temperatures are mild, forecast model bringing in a sprinkle

great shot there from our lady karen down in deltona. that's a beautiful lemon sky there. and that's tim from ormand beach and i love ponce inlet. >> lisa: that's really nice. the corner? >> download storm pins right now in your app store. we'd like to see what you're seeing in central florida. there's some scattered shower action out here over the gulfstream. look at that hook bowing out there. that's staying to the north of us. the bottom side of the system is not nearly as impressive as the top part. it's been my mantra, all winter long. we've been waiting for the big storms from el nino. so far it's all gone our way. it's been a good winter. knock on wood. overnight lows are going into the low 60's. right now, we're in the 60's in daytona beach. it's 68. 68 in the villages and 63 in ocala and 68 in gainesville. still warm in orlando at 74. wind speeds tonight from the west at 8 in leesburg and a 7-mile-an-hour wind in orlando. >> tomorrow, on a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being awesome, tomorrow's about a 9. we got the rain early, a little i'll give it a 9. here comes th

. >> reporter: the 57-year-old victim tells deputies that he was here in deltona. he got money out of the atm and was walking home at 8:30 last night. a car pulled over, a guy with a gun got out and demanded he get in the car with them. he told them that he had money in his pocket. they made him put his head down to the floor and drove him around for # 45 minutes. one of the men held a gun to his head. about 45 minutes later. the suspect had taken the money out of his pocket and dumped in a parking lot in orlando where he flagged down police. they are working with volusia county sheriff's deputies on if you have any information call the sheriff's office. kelly joyce, fox 35 news. >> seaworld officials say that the killer whale responsible for death of the trainer is very sick. tilikum is fighting apparently a lung infection. holly bristow with the very latest. >> reporter: some sad news out of seaworld today, tilikum, the killer whale's health is declining. seaworld's doctor says the giant orca has a chronic respiratory infection. >> i issue which could say i was t

back to deltona and sanford seeing it. so you were sections of brevard county, even northern and central sections seeing light rain sprinkles for port st. john's, back to bushnell and areas to the south of lake pan sacki, along i-75 in sumter county, pinpointing light to moderate showers. the bus stop is wet. have the rain gear for the kids to start. this afternoon, only a 20% coverage of rain and 87. the record is 90. the record was set in 1917. coming up, we'll talk about the heat for election day tomorrow. let's check on the roads and head over to amy in the traffic center. some issues because of wet roads. >> starting to get a couple of we have a minor accident. been talking about. you can see the wet roads here. this is over on 417, a little bit north of university boulevard this morning. whenever you have the wet roadways, some puddles. increase the stopping distances. it increases the likelihood of any accidents. we have one accident reported at sorrento. morning. looks like not a lot of delay getting past that. att

deltona, going over temperatures our by our, 77 degrees at noon, 78 at 2:00. comfortably mild this afternoon and this evening we was he clouds clearing out quickly as the front sweeps away by 6:00. temperatures 73. it will get colder for tonight tracking temperature changes ahead. 5:31 am. looking i believe that i 4, 408. here is deneige. >> we typically see spot of construction but they have cleared out the cones. one construction vehicle eastbound to the shoulder. it has not caused issues. they are out there a different point of i 4. a spot of the turnpike southbound before osceola parkway. the left-hand lane is called for road work that they should pick them up within 30 minutes to >>> juvenile dead from a gunshot wound and police are investigating how it happened. >> a lot of questions. overnight they were gathering evidence along highland avenue sanford near seminole high school. that is where janai norman is live. we do not know much about the victim. >> reporter: we spoke with police in the last five hours as investigators were still here on highline av

well, c'est la vie. 78 degrees downtown, 80 degrees in deltona. a sign that we're getting closer to the fire season in the late spring and early summer. are needing some rainfall but i don't have much for us. we're still in 78 downtown after a high in the low 80s today. new smyrna, 59 degrees at 6:00 in the morning. pristine weather along the coast. nice as possible heading toward the rest of the week. i have two cold fronts on the map, neither bringing big changes. up toward sanford, 58 degrees. deltona hitting 56 degrees by morning. cloud cover headed this way. there's a weak storm system, not very cold and not very cold. the jet stream has migrated well to the north. so through the middle us that we're gonna be at or warmer than average. tomorrow morning, isolated showers, gainesville, ocala, the front will bring some spotty showers, day tona, orlando, the lunch hour, tracking a couple of showers, oorl, a rain-free front come -- overall, a rain-free front coming through. march is gonna be drier than normal as well. temperatures in the upper 50s

80 degrees in deltona. and just to give you a reference, 78 is the average for march. pushing 90 on average day. 70s along the coast. 81 still at the villages, leesburg at 79. new smyrna beach, beautiful evening on the beach tonight. rougher conditions for boards tomorrow as a cold front passes by. temperatures in the upper 50s. overnight tonight, orlando hitting 58 degrees. 60 degrees -- sanford at 58 degrees, and one more stop from deltona, deland, and 56. what is coming our way? mostly fair skies across florida today. another storm system rapidly pushing toward the east. not nearly as severe. we only have a couple of swoerngz way to the north. no tornado issues at all. this front will come through, not very wet and not very cold. it doesn't have a lot of moisture to work with. futuretrack shows the bulk. the rainfall sliding well to the north. you can see a few clouds, maybe a sprinkle at 9:00 am . then it works toward daytona beach around noon, and continues to fall apart. only tracking a few showers this time tomorrow. much cooler behind it either. back to the mid

it happened sunday-- deltona. investigators say this man walked out of the store-- on howland boulevard-- with a woman and a child. he then walked to the booth-- where the 12-year-old girl scout was selling cookies-- and grabbed the cash. after stealing the money-- deputies say the man walked quickly to the parking lot and jumped into the passenger side of a newer model gray hyundai "santa fe." if you know anything-- call crimeline. you decide 2016-- "super tuesday" is finally here-- as 12 states get ready to hold contests on a day that could have a big impact on the race for the white house. a huge number of delegates are up for grabs today. check out the maps. on the democratic side... 865 delgates are at stake. on the republican side... 595 delegates are in play. fox's joel waldman has more from here in florida. donald trump will be in palm beach today. marco rubio is hosting an event in miami. and hillary clinton will also be in miami. keep it right here on fox 35 for all your super tuesday action. at 5 p-m, w

in deltona, jennifer ortega, >> ginger: jennifer, thank you. right now, a traffic warning. >> julie: bike week is in full gear and it could be one for the record books. you can see the motorcycles are already out along main street in daytona beach. this is a live look from above. >> lisa: chief meteorologist tom sorrells is pinpointing what he says is the best bike week forecast we've ever seen. >> tom: yeah, the forecast is going to be fantastic. it starts out great today. and actually only gets better from here. the rain we had earlier this morning, that's long gong. temperatures have rebound nicely. it is 64 right now in daytona beach. 77 in orlando. and 68 in cocoa beach. bike week forecast for friday, mostly clearing up tonight, saturday, warm start, no rain. that's the pivotal thing, no rain. sunday, mostly sunny and still dry. most of the weekend is going to be dry. i'll check it out in a moment. just know the on-the-town 6 p.m., 73. come the 7:00 hour, about 70 degrees. i'll be right back in a few minutes and talk about overnight lows t

. >> lisa: this happened outside the winn-dixie in deltona. at some point, one of the women fought with the intellect. that's when he jumped out and ran to a waiting truck. the women chased down the suspects and rammed their truck on howland boulevard. >> he was coming, you know, i hit him head on and on the side when he was going to turn. i smashed into him and totaled my car but he didn't get away. i feel like at least there's three bad guys in there, they're not going to do this to an older person, a child or anybody else. >> lisa: the 3 men jumped out of the truck and ran toward deltona high school. a police dog helped make the the woman and toddler are doing okay. >> ginger: tonight the brother and sister accused of stealing from girl scouts had a chance to get out of jail. loren korn was there when they faced a judge who lowered their bond. >> reporter: at last check, the siblings are at the volusia county jail. the judge reduced their bonds today only after the attorney says the man has a few drug charges and his sister has no criminal

if you're south or west of that line you will hit 80 tomorrow. 80 in orlando, 79 in sanford and deltona. the cooler temperatures along the coast. remember the cooler waters keep those communities just a little bit cooler. so if you're in volusia county north and east of deltona look at this, low 70s in new smyrna beach, bethune beach 74 tomorrow. bike week on going. not quite so cool but up per 70s in brevard county tomorrow. a gustier wind along the beaches. it will be breezier tomorrow and this high pressure will keep us dry through friday. we're not going to see rain through friday. then the weekend we'll introduce rain to the forecast. look at these temperatures. with a southeast wind mid 80s. the warmest air yet this year. that's thursday and friday. then here comes that next front with rain approaching for the weekend. the timing of that front is up in the air. here's what i want you to know, a lot of stuff going on this weekend. go to icflorida.com if you need ideas. temperatures in the mid 80s in orlando. if you're going to the beach this weekend temperatures in the low 80s. it

the airports two biggest carriers deltona, southwest said the expansion is unnecessary and could drive up prices. >>> when the beer neighbors will get a chance to voice opinions about a plan to build landowner wants to build the windermere religious center on the property outside of kings point and he is asking county mosque. some are concerned about extra traffic and noise in the area and a community meeting will be held at 6:00 in the afternoon. >>> orange county school district will meet with parents about plans for a new k-8 elementary. orlando city leaders approved a 3 acre land swap with the orange county school board and this will allow kids to go to the existing school while new school is built. parents raise concerns about traffic and noise at that new school. -- that the musical could bring. >>> a new campus plans , state lawmakers approved the final 12 lee nelson funding and that project expected to cost $27 million in total. the campus is built -- will be built near reeves road. the county donated land at the governor approves the budget the campus could open by fall 2017.

cooler 60s to near 70 tomorrow in deltona. but it'll be cool generally along the coast for the weekend due to the water temperatures. but a very nice weekend. tomorrow, the coolest day behind our front. 66 in palm coast. 69, daytona. 78 in orlando. behind a cold front. 82 in winter haven behind the front. and then next week, it's game on. we have a high pressure rate that's going to build in from the mid- to upper atmosphere. this is a summer-like pattern. thankfully we don't have the daylight hours we'll have in july or we'd have seriously warm weather to talk about. but i think mid-80s conservatively. this also means reportedly drier weather for us for an we had wet weather in january. but through march, march 19th, the models show barely 1/10- inch of rain. that means a high fire rate but great beach weather and spring break weather. your five-day forecast with your weekend always in view. slight chance of showers for tomorrow. fantastic weekend. orlando city inaugural game kicks off for the season opener. and that's in sou

drive in , deltona. the road was shut down for hours, while deputies investigated. michelle: clermont police are on the lookout for fake cop, posing as one of their own officers. one woman says he pulled her over in clermont on sunday. she says he didn' t ask for a license but gave her a warning for speeding. police were later called and said they had no reportred stops in the area. jason: the lights are back on in longwood after a crash that took out a power pole and sent two people to the hospital. police say four car were involved in the crash at 434 near grant street last night. according to duke energy, the crash knocked out power to about 100 homes. michelle: tonight, friends and family will gather to remember a weekend. investigators say antwan davis was shot in the head on north lakewood avenue late saturday night. the vigil will be held at starke lake at 7:00. there have been no arrests in the case. jason: a big donation towards the homeless problem in daytona beach is being met with protests to

you can see emergency vehicles blocking the interstate near deltona at around 1 am. investigators say deputy was responding to a crash involving motorcycles and a car when his cruiser with it. there were injuries but no word on how seriously anyone was hurt. >>> three former preschool workers are expected to face what a judge accused of beating a child in a hot van for hours for we told you about the five- year being found in a van outside which is pre--- preschool north powers drive in october. the child was fine and given over to his parents. the school was fined $1000. the state attorney's office is filed charges against three workers involved, each could face the days in jail and a $500 fine. >>> a man suspected of shooting a passenger -- pastor and idaho arrested the dc outside of the white house. of the suspect was able to escape police and travel across state lines. county jail. plus the state has ownership of center in orlando. what this means for local veterans. >>> it's the dry season but way it took us 20 days in washington and our leaders in florida say t

deltona. back in orange county, vista, windermere, 83 ocoee and oakland and osceola county toward kissimmee, brighton lakes, temperatures in the low 80s. 82 poinciana, so la veta, 83 in st. cloud. tonight chillier, temperatures tonight will get down into the 40s and 50s. coming up, front number two on the way for friday and the changes it will bring us this weekend. 638 here's deneige. >> skywitness 9 over a new crash 436 northbound howl branch road, and overturned truck in the right lane blocked off. keep in mind we may see slowdowns over the next 30 minutes as they try to clear it out. live traffic tracker, a crash in sanford blocking off a portion of 25th st. near 417. one lane is blocked. you should be able to get through. i-95 a crash, no indications of lanes blocks peer >>> a big piece of land in orlando used as a bombing range. >> what will be built on the land even though developers did not want to take the risk. >> reporter: front runners stumbling but super tuesday still calling it a

the 12-year-old and her mom were selling cookies outside the deltona wal-mart sunday. investigators say nicholas delbrugge, he grabbed the cash box while her hands were still on it. once security camera pictures were publicized, tips came pouring on from people who said they knew the man, and his sister. the report says both siblings, were clearly conspiring as to how to steal the property. bryan lambert: it appears there' s decent evidence against one, and the other i can' t tell if she even knew. dave: an attorney hired to argue for lower bonds for both, said the case against ashley winters, is weak. bryan lambert: she was nowhere near mr. delbrugge when the crime was committed. dave: a judge agreed to reduce her bond as a principal to robbery to $2500. $150,000, was lowered to with conditions he $25,000 must stay in contact with the court. the attorney would not discuss specifics, but he did say -- bryan lambert: i understand why it' s such a big deal, it' s girl scouts, that' s an american icon. dave: the girl scout' s aunt said earlier this week. shannon remache:

the girl scout had been out in front of a wal-mart in deltona, selling cookies all day long. so all of her hard-earned cash disappeared with that box. but today, news 6 teamed up with one of our radio partners to help her out. reporter loren korn was in deltona this morning where the community is getting results for this young girl scout. >> reporter: residents tell me this is a tight-knit community. after they watched our story last night about a thief stealing money from a girl scout troop selling cookies here, they wanted to help. folks donated hundreds of dollars to replace the money stolen. >> horrible thing turned into something really good for the girl scouts. >> reporter: just days after this man stole money from a 12-year-old girl selling cookies outside a wal-mart, people >> we heard about it and thought it was ridiculous. >> reporter: they say it was a no-brainer to help raise money for the girls. >> we've had so many people donating and angry about this, opening their purses and helping out. >> reporter: alexander says he didn't have to wait long for people to don

it happened along i-4 in deltona over the st. john's river bridge. dispatchers tell a motorcycle crashed on the eastbound side of the interstate. a deputy was working that crash on the side of the road when a car rammed his cruiser. the deputy was not inside his car at the time. the motorcyclist was injured in that first crash. the florida highway patrol troopers are investigating both accidents. >> overnight in the white house and a shocker in michigan for bernie sanders. >> mark is following the overnight developments. >> reporter: a big surprise on the democratic side. despite the polls show a big lead for hillary clinton, it was the biggest prize of the night in terms of delegates. on the republican side, it was another night dominated by front runner donald trump picking up three of four states up for grabs. >> only one person did well tonight, donald trump. >> the republican front runner increased his delegate lead with three key wins, also picking up a win, ted cruz came out on top in idaho. >> we have tremendous support on the grass roots. we

it happened in deltona. only wesh 2 cops rounded up the suspects. these three men will face a judge today. chris hush spoke with the women. chris: the attempted robbery started right here at this working month. it ended just a few yards away down highland boulevard. that was when the suspects ran to the -- the victims ramped the suspect vehicle. >> i went crazy. chris: she went to any length to protect her grandson. >> he chose the wrong girls. chris: they were in their suv at this grocery store parking lot island boulevard in deltona. a man jumped into their vehicle. >> he had a gun to my head. he told me to give him my purse. he started cursing. and i said no. chris: he then pointed the gun at the two-year-old. >> i grabbed the gun from his hand. i managed to turn it on him, and i put it straight at his for head. i was even pulling the trigger. both of us elbow and fought him. chris: it was enough for him to run out, and jump in a getaway vehicle. that is when the women stepped on the gas and followed. one of the women called police >> he tried to

the troop was out selling cookies at a deltona walmart sunday, when a couple swiped their cash. deputies say the man walked up to the girl' s table outside the store, grabbed the money box and ran into the parking lot. investigators believe the pair may be driving a grey hyundai santa fe, with north carolina plates. some people just can' t believe >> have you ever thought that a girl scout might be the victim of a crime like this? >> it is unfortunate, people are desperate and to pick on a little girl -- girl scout, that' s really heartbreaking. >> taking from a kid, a 12-year-old girl, goods -- girl scout, it is one of the lower forms. jason: the girl scout' s mother tells wesh 2 news the little girl is still shaken up and trying to move past what happened. seven candidates, 13 states, and hundreds of delegates up for grabs. michelle: it is super tuesday. the biggest decision of the presidential campaign so far. tracie potts reports on what it means for the rest of the race. >> senator bernie sanders voting back home in vermont this morning, the one state he is a most sure to w

. >> it happened outside the walmart in deltona sunday afternoon. eyewitness news is morning janai norman is live. this girl is only 12-year-old. >> reporter: how innocent. selling cookies outside of this door as many have seen girl scouts doing lately. deputies say the man saw that and left and then came back to steal the girls moneybox. take a look, this is the guy seen on video outside the walmart. sunglasses as he walked out of the store around 3:45 sunday. deputies say he was inside the store and then went out to a newer model gray hyundai sante fe and then walked back to steal money from the 12-year- old girl scout. witnesses believe the suv may have had a north carolina tag and you will not believe who that man was with when he decided to steal from a child. 6:45 we will show you the surveillance pictures that could be the clue to help deputies figure out who he is. live in volusia county, janai norman, channel 9 eyewitness news. >>> i told you about in orange county commissioners plan to track the gel work release facility into a homeless sh

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frost is not a concern. 42 in mount dora. 46 will do it in orlando. 43 in deltona. once beget over to beachside, the interior will be 45 to 46 degrees. we will get a little closer to it tomorrow. 71 in daytona beach. 74 in claremont. high pressure building in. that is going to allow the winds to be more relaxed. no need for red flag warnings. within the hour. the high pushes up to the east. that is going to moderate our temperatures a little bit. moisture from south florida will really push into the area. 30% chance of rain. 40% chance of rain friday. let' forecast. if you have plans to head out for church, do that easter at home -- i can' t, we are going to have some rain. a great finish and a popular finish at bay hill. pat: jason bay had a special weekend. how he did it. pat: there' the press box, so to speak, but it' s hard not to celebrate jason day' s win at the arnold palmer invitational this past weekend. there are many nice guys on the pga tour, but day' s perpetual courtesy and appreciation for the game make him a popular bay hill champion. and his adept s

it happened in deltona, and only wesh 2 was there as cops rounded up the suspects. wesh 2' s chris hush spoke with the women who turned the tables on the bad guys. chris: that attempted robbery started right here in this parking lot to the grocery store , but ended a few yards away down the holland boulevard. the victims ramped the suspect vehicle. now three men are behind bars. maggie mejias: i flipped. i went crazy. look what i did. chris: all maggie mejias wanted to do was to protect her 2-year-old granddaughter, going to any length to do so. lisa perez: he caught the wrong girls on the wrong time. chris: mejias and her friend lisa perez say they were in their suv at this grocery store boulevard in deltona. just before noon on friday, a man jumped in their vehicle. >> he has a gun at my head. he told me, give me your purse. he started cursing, so i said, no. chris: then, the women tell wesh 2, he pointed the gun at the 2-year-old. maggie mejias: i grabbed the gun, he still had the gun, and i managed to turn it on him and put it straight on his forehead. i could s

the troupe is outselling cookies at a deltona wal-mart sunday when a couple swipe their cash. jazmin walker is here with the surveillance images and how it went down. jazmin: take a look. investigators want to find this menu to the girl scouts cash after walking out of the store with this woman and a child. deputy city man walked to the table outside the store, grab the money box and ran into the parking lot. investigators with the pair may be driving a gray hyundai santa fe with north carolina tags. it is a crime that many can' t even imagine. >>? have you ever thought that a girl scout might be the victim of a crime like this? >> people are desperate. to pick on a little girl scout, >> a kid, a 12-year-old girl scout, it is one of the lower forms. michelle: -- jazmin: the girl' s mother told us that she is trying to move past what happened. if you recognize the man or woman in these photos, give the s office a call. michelle: this morning, apple against the u.s. justice department because of a drug case in brooklyn. a judge says the government cannot force the company to unl

we should top out at around 71 in deltona. if you can get out to the sovereign festival, we are talking about 76 or 77 degrees as your high temperature there. the survey is almost flat out there. not much to talk about. there is your seven-day forecast. it will be a wonderful week in central florida. cara: it looks beautiful. thank you, dave. cara: this morning, astronaut scott kelly is slowly adjusting to life back on earth. mark barger reports, kelly talked more today about his time in space and the future. and how it was a little bit more difficult adjusting the expected. mark: only one thing caught him off guard. >> the only big surprise was how it felt like i was there for you -- up there forever. >> gravity pushes you back down to size. my level of muscle soreness and fatigue is a lot higher. mark: he went under extensive testing after his mission. that came with his twin brother mark. >> we did a lot of tests on scott and mark as we continue on this process of collecting data on them. mark: they could be roughly a year

milder but that light jacket weather this morning especially if you are waiting 57 in downtown, 60 deltona, the temperatures have been warming, as well as we will see some couple of days, 78 pearson, that is our high, 79 deltona cassadaga, oak hill, edgewater temps in the mid- 70s. it will be a little breezy, watch out for that rip currents current it will be on the breezy side. our interior sections is where we confused -- see if you 80s today. downtown orlando, southern oaks 81. independence, over through the high owosso hiawatha area those temperatures will be pleasantly warm and no '80s or osceola county. celebration today 81 degrees, 80 harmony and hold upon, tonight 60 degrees. coming up we are going to track soaring temperatures to the week and highlight that next warm system. deneige. >>> we do have a crash out this one is brunswick way right up barwick street blocking one lane you can still get through there. keep in mind troopers are still unseen. and then in altamonte springs we have a vehicle fire, forest lake drive between jean court and academy drive that is approaching 436.

56 deltona, 57 winds of the north at 5-6 miles an hour. a light northerly flow. cold in spots, denial, temperatures in the 40s. have a jacket this morning. 66 cocoa beach, milder and parts of brevard county. winds light coming down from the north. there is extra cloud cover. you will see that as the sun comes up but with that we will stay dry today. not until late tonight we see a chance for rain and that is with the front back to the northwest dropping in for tonight. when that comes to that means a great weekend. winter park, sun club mix. 78 at noon, comfortable this afternoon and in the low 80s from 2:00-4:00. future track, 10 am, going through the day, mainly a dry date most of the green offshore. tonight, and early tomorrow morning, when i see you 5 am, a line of showers. tune in in the morning we will track the front arriving. a leftover shower by 8:00 in southern zones and that is it. decreasing clouds and a lot of sun friday afternoon through the weekend. beaches, and temperatures in the 70s, low tide, 9 am, seas 2 to 3 feet. recu

looking outside and downtown orlando, 63 deltona, 59 winds out of the east southeast. light breeze this morning and another warm day on the way. temperatures nice. we had 40s in marion county but now at 63. 59 deland, de leon springs, sam sulla, new smyrna beach, but soon beach running near 60. a good start to the day. winds are light except in if you work outdoors today, it is going to be a windier day. breeze picks up this afternoon. i will show you that in a second. scattered clouds and looking good, broad picture, showers and storms to the west and another dry day on the way. you do not need your umbrella. highlands elementary, osceola county, 78 at lunchtime. and by this afternoon we start to see some 80s popping up. 9 am, timeframe, a couple of clouds along the coast other than that partly cloudy skies, showers offshore. good-looking day to the evening hours. looking nice and a few scattered clouds into the afternoon. winds will pick up. southeasterly flow will keep us very warm but you can see the winds 15, 16, 70 miles an hour, gusting over 20 as we head to the

and astatula and 82 will be our high in apopka. 83 in celebration, 82 maitland in sanford, and 81 in deltona. along the coast, a little bit cooler. melbourne will top out at 81. let' s get traffic update. ted: the trapper is flying east on i-4 past obt. slowly making their way into downtown orlando. not seeing any major delays on the 408 westbound, you can see brake lights. that is getting onto i-4. if you' re going to take the drive to the conway toll plaza to just past i-4, you' re going to slow their. -- slow there. more travel time scrolling at the bottom of your screen. jason: the man being held responsible for the tragic death of a little girl will be facing a judge. michelle: eric williams allegedly owned the gun the child shot herself with. alex: williams is a convicted felon, which means he is not supposed to have possession of a firearm. he has been charged with that before, possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. he has a long history of arrests in seminole county. other charges include cocaine trafficking, grand theft with a firearm, and fleeing law he is charged once again wi

in volusia currenty, looking good. 74 in pearson, 73 in deland. 75 in deltona. around ormon beach, 69 degrees. looking for something to do, app. 76 degrees today. mostly sunny, breezy, 53 degrees. mostly clear and chilly. five-day forecast with your weekend in view, showing the warmup all the way through the workweek as our overnights get back into the 60s. >> >> we found out $22 million could soon be coming from the care system. >>> >> reporter: when we first met tim and angie, they were caring for five foster children, plus their own kids. >> technically, we are licensed for two, but we have five. >> reporter: a scenario becoming all too common across central florida. >> we have alot of families taking three, four and five children. >> reporter: her region has seen an 80% increase in the number of children removed from their homes in the last 18 months. >> it's overwhelming for everybody. >> reporter: she said the spike is due to new laws that create a stricter criteria for a child to be removed from their home. the result has overwhelmed the system and famili

down to 62 in orlando with not much reprise, by northwest wind in deltona, light and variable, the weather term is for that. right now winds are flat. 48 in ocala, 55 the villages. temperatures cooled and more tonight, we end up with patchy fog in the morning. otherwise we are very nice, a couple of cold fronts on the way, the first one will be here wednesday but not a lot of weather along with it. thankfully we get a front out here with that el nino stamp on it but it does not have severe weather. these dots on the map are wind and tornado reports. we have had a cluster of tornadoes, including two ef-3 reports, and the tornado that hit in 2007 in lake county was also reported as ef-3. we know have had them up here and down south. look at central florida come here is our coverage area right here, nada, we have had two wind reports but nothing so far, february the most-active tornado month during the dry season which we are now. we are turning the page into march, but el nino will continue all the way through march and april. we are going to be watching the skies carefully for at least the

cloud. 70 in deltona. -- 78 in deltona. 76 in daytona beach. 77 in titusville. -- 78 in palm bay. the next few a real threat of rip currents. the water has to go somewhere, channels. if you' re headed to the beach, make sure you swim rll to the shore, the same direction as the coast. i know it is counterintuitive, coast safely. we' ll see more folks at the beach the next few days, not only with spring break, but because temperatures will be in the middle 80' s by the end of the week. michelle: we following several big stories this morning. jason: breaking news in winter park. michelle: firefighters on the scene of a house fire in winter park. worthington drive, just south of aloma avenue. jason: a vehicle struck a car last night. two people were inside. no one was hurt. the car was stolen. the driver has not been located. michelle: marco rubio is in central florida, making a last-ditch effort to save his presidential campaign after a rally in sanford last night. he told us he is no land to leave the race before next tuesday. jason: not far from where he will be, at a bakery in kis

deltona in sanford, 89 degrees and up to 87 downtown. more clouds today from the fog this morning slowing the inside but warm today including another 88 daytona and close to records. we will go over that and spring starts early sunday morning and more hot days ahead. a big change in the weather pattern which means we are slipping back into almost late winter as we start spring. i will explain. >>> after winning florida's public and private and 99 delegates, donald trump as a formal endorsement from governor. rick scott. on his facebook page today scott asked all republicans to accept the vote and back the family opposed to trump and his message even though last night trumps success convinced another moment, florida's own marco rubio to give up his campaign. rubio suspended his campaign shortly after florida was called for trump. you saw him speak live if you were watching our special primary coverage on wrdq tv 27 last night. opponent and ohio governor. john kasich managed to hold onto his home state but donald trump had major gains over

they say hose a mariano of deltona lost control of his motorcycle near tradewinds drive in deltona. the roadway shut down for hours s investigated. right now, they do not know what cousin to wipe out. jason: police and clermont a looking for a man with a bogus badger they say is dressing as a cop. jazmin walker is joining us now. one woman pulled over says he was the real deal. jazmin: he seemed pretty legit to her. she said he would -- said he was wearing a brown uniform and had a big flashlight over his shoulder. over his light -- turn on his clermont sunday night. restaurant parking lot. >> he came up to my window and asked me a few questions. just mainly about what was the hurry, where you going. >> thought it was a routine traffic stop? and you can give you a ticket or ask her drivers license? >> not my drivers license. he did say the next and he saw me, he would give me a ticket. jazmin: a man just happened to be in the parking lot and watch this all traffic stop go down. he says the fake cop had a gun. he was also driving a crown victoria, that he thought something was odd an

it happened outside of the walmart in deltona. gina benitez is joining us live this morning. >> reporter: good morning. there's pretty good surveillance auto images of him and the car he.into. peare hope -- they are hoping that those images help to lead to his arrest. >> we have these images which we think are -- if we think that someone knows these people, they will recognize them from the images were are the sheriff's investigators are on the hunt for this man. they say he stole from a 12-year-old girl scout who was selling cookies. that has been out there working hard making money for her girl scout troop, and to me it's lower than your average theft. >> reporter: the man walked out with a woman and young child and came back to the front where the cooky booth was located. >> the male came back, swiped the cash box where the girl was selling cookies. >> reporter: the suspect walked to the parking lot and got into this hyundai santa fe. they are hoping that someone will recognize him and the vehicle he got into. there's a $5,000

deputies arrested nicholas delbrugge and ashley winters in deltona yesterday. investigators say the two stolen money from a 12- year-old girl... selling girl scout cookies at a walmart sunday afternoon in suspects made-off with around 200- dollars. new this morning-- leaders in flagler county are looking to improve student safety. according to "flager live" --new technology is being created that will change the way students wait for the bus. a pad will now be placed at chosen stops-- showing students where they should stand. the idea is to get students off the road -- and put them in an area where they do not block traffic. the changes come a week after a 7-year- old was hit and killed by an s-u-v... while waiting for the bus. for the 5th time-- in two weeks-- "spacex" is looking to light up the florida skies. tonight the company will once again try to launch the falcon nine rocket. the rocket will carry a communications satellite into orbit. the launch window is set to open at 6-35 p-m. they scrubbed tuesday's launch due to high winds. the company already canc

deltona letter, 77 -- downtown orlando, 77 by the 9:00 hour. overnight low in ocala, mid 60' s. the main rain tomorrow, the front is up north and showers will remain north. one or two could sneak into the orlando area. cooler up north, 77, palm coast. 87 in town. spring training tomorrow. first pitch, throwing it up right here 1:05, 80 degrees. 30% chance of rain on friday, up to 60% on saturday, maybe a morning shower on sunday, but round for looking better and better as this front continues to move off to the south and east. here is your updated seven-day forecast. now looking better and better on sunday. look at the morning temperature monday and tuesday, it' ll upper 40' s in town, and the high 30' s near ocala. 80 i wednesday. meredith: we are following breaking news right now. we have a car in the water. this location is the northbound exit from i-4 westbound. summer: you can actually see they are in the process of trying to get the car out of the retention. there were some people in this car, but fortunately everyone was able to get out ok without any injuries. no word on

deltona 80 and new smyrna beach the temperature reaches 72. remember the winds will be stronger near the beaches from ormond beach to beth tune. >> if you want information on >>> the mid-80s will return to central florida by the end of the week and just so you know that is the warmest air yet this year. here is the five-day forecast. the weekend in view. you can see the warmup, 80s in orlando and a little warmer for areas west of orlando. 83 on wednesday. 86 on thursday and friday. gets windy on thursday and friday. saturday and sunday we are still warm. and we have a chance for scattered showers on saturday and sunday as well. and friday night for orlando city's game, things look good. in the next half hour, more on how the rain will impact your coming weekend. >>> george, not all transportation officials are on bored with the plan that would force you to pay double in tolls on some roads. new at five, the alternative idea they have to help you dodge busy traffic without shelling out more money. >>> a massive oak tree in downtown orlando cras

volusia county, peterson, 86 deltona, 88, 84 is new smyrna beach, but the beach, warmth with us coast and inland. winter springs, 90. for city, altamonte springs, 89. oviedo, 90. upper 80s low 90s across osceola county with sunshine and coming up the front moves and friday. rain and storms finally in the forecast and how the system impacts us this weekend. 6:10 am deneige. >> issues and osceola county on the roads in kenansville p vineland road shut down in both work. kenansville, kissimmee, same- store u. s. 192, 4 winds blvd., they closed the lanes to do road recovery work. old violin the road can help you to get around. turnpike, northbound after 429 blocking one lane. keep your eyes open. >>> president obama repairing cuba. the first trip in almost a century could bring business to florida. >>> renee chou missing trees this morning. orlando city commissioners says they made a before mars. before space stations. before shuttles. before one small step. before rocket rides. before flat tops, freeze-dried, and flight suits. back when what went up, still had to come down. we challenged

. >> reporter: the wild ride started at winn-dixie, deltona. maggie and her friend were about maggie's 2-year-old granddaughter in the car with them. >> this guy comes with a little hoodie on and he jumps in the back seat and he points a gun. >> the women say at one point he pointed the gun at the 2-year-old girl and demanded purse the purse and car keys. >> he put the gun on my shoulder. >> they wrestled with the bad guy and turned the gun on him. he hopped in a pickup truck and the two women followed in hot pursuit, calling police. >> as i'm talking to 9-1-1, we also stopped him in mid traffic >> maggie decided someone had to take this guy out so she drove over a median and rapid her suv into the pickup truck. >> you know, i slammed into him when he came the other way. i turned and got him. so he was immobilized. >> volusia deputies arrested the armed robber and two other suspects who were riding in the truck. detectives could release their names this weekend. keith landry, fox 35 news. >> ryan: a crime alert, thieves pretending to be from th

drive in deltona. the road was shut down for hours, while deputies investigated. summer: police in clermont are looking for a man with a bogus badge who they say is dressed as a cop. one woman says he pulled her over. a brown uniform and had a big flashlight over his shoulder. she says the guy had lights on his car and pulled her over on state road 50 in clermont sunday night. >> he came up to my window and asked me a few questions like, what is the hurry and where are you going? reporter: you just thought it was a routine traffic stop? >> yes, for when you' re speeding. reporter: and he didn' t give you a ticket or ask for your drivers license or anything? >> no, but he did tell me the next time he saw me, he' d give me a ticket. reporter: so he gave you a warning? >> yes. summer: a man watched the traffic stop go down, thought something was wrong and called police. when officers got to the scene, they told the man and woman that no officers in lake or orange county had reported any stops. meredith: a

deputies say sunday this man and a black shirt and deltona walmart before swiping video also captured him with a woman walking with a small child before they got into a gray hyundai sante fe. witnesses believe in may have a north carolina tag. >>> spacex will try to launch falcon 9 rocket from cape canaveral air force station. this will be the fourth attempt to launch. >> launch was scrubbed after a low thrust alarm later to be due to rising liquid oxygen temperatures. after the rocket was delayed lifting off by about that drifted into the safety zone. the launch window opens at 6:30 5 pm and if launches, we will have live coverage on wftv.com . >>> a few hours ago the iconic countdown clock at the kennedy space center was installed at the new home. crews took the clock apart in 2014 and it's been part of this space center everyone since the landing 45 years ago. the historic clock and flagpole are well known. you have seen it. the clock stands at the entrance of the visitors >>> ucf campus two downtown orlando got a major boost. the $3 million donation and the money the project needs

investigators say it happened last sunday, in front of the wal-mart in deltona. deputies say the girl was selling girl scout cookies when they snatched her money box that contained $200. they are scheduled to make first appearances later today. >>> lake county deputies arrest a motorcyclist accused of daredevil stunts which they say put other lives in danger. the lake county sheriffs office says christopher clark taunted a deputy on a motorcycle, by driving erratically. the deputy tried to run the license plate and was bent in a way it couldn't be read clearly. when deputies say clark sped off. investigators say other police agencies had similar run-ins with him. >> he has been pursued by multiple agencies in reference to the fleeing and eluding and police and will come by and speed up and break traffic laws. >> john: turns out the various police arrested him for driving without a license preventiously. so the deputy dug around on social media and found his facebook page, in the pictures, investigators say he was even wearing the same clothes he had on the day th

it happy at a deltona wal-mart. the siblings turned themselves in on thursday night an faced a judge on friday. winters is out of jail on a $2,500, but debruge is still in custody. >>> opening weekend is finally here for the orlando city soccer club. the team says there are fewer than 5,000 tickets remaining for their season opener tomorrow. yesterday the players had their last practice before the match at the citrus bowl. they also met their new italian mid filter at the airport. he is not expected to play tomorrow, but he will be introduced to fans at today's official pub crawl in downtown orlando. >>> remember, wrdq, tv's 27 is we will have live coverage of that home opener starting at 1:30 tomorrow afternoon. >>> this weekend the streets of daytona beach are packed with motorcycles as the 75th annual bike week kicks off. organizers are expecting thousands of bikers to show up this weekend. tourism officials say the annual event brings in more than $200 million. bike week ends on sunday, march 13th. >>> time now

dried up in 78 right now with a west breeze at 12, downtown orlando, still climbing, 81 degrees, 80 deltona with the west wind that is making it feel springlike as opposed to still late winter. 81 for titusville, cocoa beach, melbourne. there is a westerly flow that is keeping the sea breeze while offshore. we will see some milder temperatures gradually cooling down overnight tonight. activity the winds are brisk. 25 miles an hour when gus currently sanford international and over at new smyrna beach airport. our front is through the area, not much fanfare with it. we did have a sprinkle to the north and i was hoping to get a spritz to track but not the case. we will get a second chance at it on friday, models showing a little bit more moisture with it but, again, it's going to be a very quick hitting front as it slides by friday morning. downtown orlando, thinking about outdoor plans, i am as well, 70 degrees at 8:00, close to that. 57 in the morning, and back up in early breeze tonight and comfortable temperatures for your early thursday morning. overnight tonight, 53 into kissimmee, lake

the 20-year-old and his sister, 25-year-old ashley winters, stole cash from a girl scout outside of a deltona wal-mart. >> we can all agree that theft is bad. stealing from a 12-year-old girl scout is particularly low. >> reporter: today the siblings stood before a judge. >> we would asked for a reduced bond. the attorney while the judge reduced her bond from $50,000 to $2500. her judge claiming she has no prior record. the state argued the pair would be a flight risk. >> he also went to north carolina after this incident occurred. >> it appears there's decent evidence one against the other. you can't even tell she knew. >> reporter: the duo turned themselves in yesterday after getting caught on surveillance video with winters' daughter in tow. facebook tips and winters' husband helped identify his wife in the pictures. >> it's girl scouts. that's an american icon. >> reporter: both are charged with robbery by sudden snatching and theft. >> lisa: the lead pipe that caused a water pipe in flint, michigan are now being removed. crews began their work this morning digging up the old pipe, connec