the abandoned school is located along wright street in the daytona beach where steve barrett spent the day. buying that school would cost $200,000. >>reporter: yeah, but that's actually a good deal on this property for the county, this deal that's being worked out between the sxoun the school -- county and the school district would bring new light into this abandoned school. many of them right now, living in hotels. last night t the volusia county school board voted family to explore a contract with the county to durn the vacant hurst elementary school into a complex to provide housing for 300 people. parents and their school-aged children, volusia county has been plagued with problems, connected to homelessness, including the recent em campment. it was broken up last month. more than 2,000 children are among the homeless in this county, the hurst elementary deal, includes a $200,000 purchase of the property. by volusia county. then, it would be transferred to the halifax urban ministries, to be converted into a shelter complex. and you're looking at the neighborhood around this school

in volusia county, steve barrett, channel 9 eyewitness news. >>> more than 130 spring breakers have been arrested for alcohol violations along volusia county beaches but the county is forcing a zero- the beach. during our ride along we saw spring breakers bring order to dump out there and they did the same today, law enforcement says they want everyone to have a great time and get home safely. >>> in volusia county, we have an update on the homeless problem, daytona beach made it easier for local groups to city parks. in 2014, the city was sued for past 12 years. a couple said the constitutional rights were out of the park for feeding the homeless. that lawsuit was settled yesterday four $35,000 and now groups can feed the homeless at parts once a week for three hours. you recall a makeshift homeless grant temporary shutdown an office in daytona beach math -- last month leaders are working for plans for new shelters. >>> advocates a one of the options daytona beach city leaders had to help fix chronic homelessness is ineffective. volusia county says harbor shelter model will have 250 bed

live in osceola county, steve barrett, jacqueline fell. >>> this afternoon we're asking west melbourne police if a father will face any charges for allegedly shooting his daughter and forfeited this happened this morning on e. haven avenue. know whether fodder shot the two victims for both expected to fully recover. neighbors tell us the house has been a haven for trouble. >>> we primarily have a low-key neighborhood filled with families and children and retired people and to have the level of this nature being around here, of this business is not good for us -- >> the father is in police custody and will let you know the investigators decide to make an arrest. >>> a bill regulating the controversial mining system known as fracking was withdrawn in a florida senate committee today. fracking involves drilling and injecting water, sand or chemicals into underground rock to increase oil and gas production. environmentalists have been -- leaving it will lead to contamination. following the withdrawal the bill is likely that. >>> another beautiful day in central florida today. >> a winner.

channel 9 steve barrett continues our team coverage and is live at orlando are stepping up security but not saying exactly how. >> reporter: no, they aren't but you can see some of what they're doing really in some of the crowded areas like what you're looking at here. you can't turn around without seeing a tsa agent, police officer or police dog scanning the area. right now with spring break vacationers flooding into vent florida orlando international is one of the busiest airports in united states. this morning i reached out to airport officials. they told me they have no things from washington, but that they don't really wait for that to happen. they've already increased the security presence here. many blue shirted tsa agents that you're accustomed to seeing behind security unsecured areas. of course that is where the terrorists attack in belgium this morning some travelers didn't even know about the attacks until we told them about them but they said they were not surprised and they believe there's much that can stop a random attack. >> it's always a possibility that the bad person

>>in volusia county, steve barrett, channel 9 eyewitness news. >> to read more about the journey of the dog and the story go to facebook .com/ wftv. >>> the volusia county school board is now stepping up with a solution to the county's ongoing homeless problem. last night, county and school board leaders agreed to turn the bacon hearst elementary kids and their parents. million dollars was approved for renovations with another 3.5 candidates the new facility should open exterior volusia county in daytona beach are still working on a solution to the homeless problem in that city. a makeshift camp briefly shut down downtown government offices until police captain. >>> the final piece of the worlds orlando's record- breaking roller coaster ride has already been installed. this is skywitness 9 flying over the mako ballista coaster. officials put up an american flag of the final piece of track when it was installed. when it opens this summer it will be the longest, fastest, tallest, coaster in orlando. >> i cannot wait. >>> you know the truth. disney world this post be the happiest place on

in orange county, steve barrett, channel 9 eyewitness news . >>> one center florida area is one of the most active committees and flipping houses. a new report says the daytona homes flipped of any community in central florida last year. fliss in daytona beach and tampa help to make up 8 percent of sales in florida and in 2015, when it comes to sales, only the state of nevada sold more flipped homes. >>> a new trail that will run through part of central florida is one step closer to becoming complete. these are pictures starting at tremaine street and mount dora. yesterday the lake sumter metropolitan planning organization told county commissioners they had state funding to complete half of the 15 mile multiuse trail. it will span between lake, seminole in orange county's. >>> bus drivers wanted to that is the message public schools are try to send potential employees. the district is planning to job fair's to fill drivers seat on school buses. low pay and long hours have led to a shortage of drivers in the passenger transportation job fairs are march 10, march 15 between 9 am-noon >>>

. >> reporter: the fbi search literally dance in the streets, including former commissioner steve barrett. >> we feel we have the most corrupted city in dade county. they do whathey want with the money and they don't want to answer to anybody. >> reporter: the fbi won't say why they're here. only that it's part of a public corruption investigation. officials from the top down including t t city's own mayor under close scrutiny. she left when the feds showed up an no one answered the door at her gated opa-locka home. tonighthe city's second in command did have some strong words. >> if the city is doing something wrong, bust their [ bleep ]. other than that, no comment. >> reporter: last november the newly appointed city manager was ousted by the commission after exposing the city was millions of dollars in debt. here's what the mayor had to say then. >> it seems that he set out to expose everything that we're >> reporter: he's now part of this investigation and released a video statement tonight. >> i pointed out several irregularities and things that didn't make sense about their financia

reporting live in orange county, steve barrett, channel 9, eyewitness news. >>> city officials have began work on a major water line improvement project near downtown clermont. the nearly $4 million project will replace 4 and a half miles of old water pipes along the west side of highway 27. environment services officials say residents shouldn't see much of a change in their water service while the work is being done. it should be finished in a year. >>> orange county has seen a shocking increase in the number of rape cases in the past two weeks. what victims advocates told us you can do to make sure it doesn't happen to your loved ones. >> the confrontation on camera that's changing how republican presidential front runner donald trump will meet with supporters. was just joking with a classmate but it resulted in a battery charge. >> i didn't know it would go this far. (scal): good day, m'lady! i am sir-can-a-lot, here to save you from another breakfast bore. wake up those eggs with glorious spam! see what spam can! do... at >>> channel 9 eyewitness news continues right now at 5:30. >> a

reporting live in orlando, steve barrett, channel 9 eyewitness news. >>> a special task force has come up with some new plans to fight back against a growing heroin problem. >> it studying the problem for 7 months and come up with 37 recommendations now. we told you at 4:00, law enforcement agencies will continue joint drug operations. to get dealers off the streets. that task force also wants to imp mrement training and education -- implement training and education on heroin abuse. >> we work on the supply side, but it's the demand side that drives everything else for us. and so, that's why i say, i believe that that is the most significant challenge that we have as a community. >> the county will now work on how to fund some of those ideas. there have been 285 heroin related deaths over the past four years in central florida. >>> and right now, we're working to get more details on a cop woman told the police a man dressed in a tactical vest pulled her over last night along highway 50 at u.s. 27. he afkd her questions, then drove away, when he noticed other people watching. for eyewit

reporting live, c barrett channel 9 -- steve barrett channel 9 a major drug bust intranet eight -- apopka, near 15th st. yesterday. we even saw two juveniles being car. they told us residents were fed up with the drugs and help to lead to the arrest. >>> minneola city hall has opened its doors to donors to help the family of a teenager who died in a house fire. the 17-year-old trevor ross died inside the home wednesday night. firefighters found him feet from the front door but said he orange, you could tell the walls are coming down. >> lake minneola high school will also be accepting donations. if you would like to help, you can find more information at wftv.com the teenager accused of hitting a deputy with a car is back in court facing charges as an adult. he stood expressionless as they read off his charges. they say he hit the sergeant. with a stolen car last month when she tried to arrest him on burglary charges. she is still recovering but told us that she plans to be back at work as soon as she is able. >>> if you are used to getting out of orlando using the 408, it's time to plan

steve barrett, channel 9.>>> the temperatures hit record levels today. tom terry is tracking showers this afternoon. >> it's like we skip the whole season. look at daytona. a bit busier today. the west when getting you to a record 89. we are still 87. talk about warm beach weather. look at the temperatures now, -- now, down a degree. 88 in palm coast, the warmest you have been. the heat index on the edge of 90 degrees. i have been tracking an isolated shower but we are quieting down rain wise. i am up dating tomorrow's even warmer temperatures in just a minute. candidates to win over voters because florida and four other states go to the polls. >> today's focus was on protesters and stirred up violence at weekend events. george estevez has been following the candidates as florida decides who to send who to white house. >> reporter: a significant part of the process is the delicate spend florida. rubio is hoping for a come back. they are some of the biggest battleground states. first florida, then ohio. >> this country is not about tearing one another dow

channel9 steve barrett spoked to the victims family. >> what did she tell you? >> they said they are satisfied with the sentence. christopher todd was taken out of court cuffed and shackled headed for prison just before noon today. he was sentenced to five years in prison -- half the time they were asking for. the defense attorney tried to argue that he should only get probation. no prison time at all. he pleaded no contest earlier this year to charges that he rammed his truck into a group of horseback riders in february after a exchange about the way he was driving. one of the horses was hit and killed and the writer was injured. after the sentence the woman who cared for the worst who died tells me what she thinks. can't bring back what happened at night or change it. it happened. i'm hopeful that he is truthful and being remorseful. and that he will take this is a valuable lesson. >> todd was ordered to pay restitution of $7500 for medical bills and to compensate the owner of the horse. live in volusia county steve. eyewitness news. >> a zoo in charge of the

steve barrett went on patrol with beach safety officers dealing with larger than normal crowds. joining spring breakers they are cracking down on underage drinking mostly. >> reporter: and drinking on here and there's a big crowd, more than last year. significantly larger. plenty of spring breakers and also plenty of law enforcement. today we rode along as beach safety officers kept a keen eye out for anything illegal. >> they are not allowed here. it is a $50 fine. >> reporter: from the monday too dangerous in an area where crowds often get drunk and out of control. >> we had one of our female lifeguards driving in a tv and some guy try to hop on and kiss her and grabbed her and it was her. arrested. >> reporter: alcohol violations are most cases met with the some visitors are truly ignorant to the law. >> you know right away if they know or do not know. especially by the way they hide alcohol when you approach them. >> hey, guys. and arrestable offense. >> reporter: spring breakers from kentucky had no idea and they only get warnings but are forced to dump out all beer. today

this afternoon, steve barrett learned the officer received a verbal reprimand and we just reported on the story last year using the officers own body camera video. >> reporter: until now we've only seen what happened on officer james wilson's body camera but now the new video released today appears to show the rest of the confrontation from someone -- someone as smart phone camera. we have shown you many times this video of the competition between officer wilson and homeless man but as the struggle begins the officers camera starts recording. now for the -- stops recording. for the first time publicly the incident picks up from a cell phone camera as bystanders taught the officers as he attempts to make an arrest. as the video continues, johnson can be seen swinging at the officer at least six times. connecting a blow on several of those swings, blighting the wilson at one point holds johnson -- johnson by sarah you can see the suspects face badly injured as well. at one point another man rushes in the camera frame and then back out. later, was in holds johnson by his throat as he bat

earn is the daughter of steve andrews, of course, again, just recapping, a jury in nashville, tennessee, coming back with a $55 million verdict against that nashville marriott, and michael barrett, her accused stalker who took those naked videos of her inside the hotel. we'll bring a full wrap up of the trial later on news channel 8. >>> in other news, rusting steel columns with significant corrosion are being blamed for an incident at a clear water beach shopping plaza that sent people running. part of the balcony where they were standing actually shifting under their feet. peter bernard joins us live peter, is the building safe to enter now? >> reporter: good evening, josh. it is. with some restrictions. this happened saturday as hulk hogan was out here in the plaza signing autographs, but there were so many people around here that a lot of them gathered up there on the upstairs balcony. construction crews spent monday installing large wooden beams to shore up the pelican walk plaza, careful to dodge the big hulk hogan statute near his ground floor beach shop. on saturday, as the famo

he was a mentor to steve jobs, larry ellison, and mark zuckerberg. i spoke to tech leaders who knew him -- including craig barrett, who took over as ceo of intel. he told me about the impact andy grove had on him personally. craig: i worked with andy for 35 years. i greatly respected his insight, wisdom, strategic thought, and how straightforward he was. i think he was the most direct human being i've ever met. you knew where he was coming from, and he always had a great strategic idea of what to do next. emily: intel was known as the world's best managed company, yet he was also known as a ruthless leader. people still followed him. what would you say were the hallmarks of his style? craig: i do not think "ruthless" is the right word. he was straightforward and practiced constructive confrontation. that is an intel buzz word. you always knew where he was coming from. he would not tolerate shallow thinking. he wanted every strategy well thought out and considered. he did not mind challenging anyone in the company or the industry. emily: what was it l

he was a mentor to steve jobs, larry ellison, and mark zuckerberg. i spoke to tech leaders who knew him, including craig barrett, who took over as ceo of intel. he told me about the impact andy grove had on him personally. craig: i worked with andy for 35 years. i greatly respected his insight, his wisdom, his strategic thought, and how straightforward he was. i think he was the most direct human being i've ever met. you knew exactly where he was coming from, and he always had a great strategic idea of what to do next. emily: intel was known as the world's best managed company, yet he was also known as a ruthless leader. yet, people still followed him. what would you say were the hallmarks of his style? craig: i do not think "ruthless" is the right word. he was straightforward and practiced constructive confrontation. that is an intel buzz word. you always knew where he was coming from. he would not tolerate shallow thinking. he wanted every strategy well thought out and considered. he did not mind challenging anyone in the company or the industry. e

having cameras in the hallway would have stopped michael barrett from recording ms. andrews. >> cameras typically in a hotel of this size are not monitored so you are not going to be able to intervene. >> i can tell you about different psychiatric symptoms. >> a psychologist diagnosed ms. andrews with ptsd but has been >> she has obtained this level of success in her career despite having been through >> erin andrews is the daughter of steve andrews, we expect a few more days of testimony. then the case should be in the hands of the jury. jen. >> the doctor diagnosed her with p tsd. for erin? the doctor testified it is treatable. that andrews will need therapy session but andrews said she will need to be in treatment for the rest of her life. it is up to the jury to decide how much that pain is worth in dollars, if any. again, we should know soon. >> josh benson, thank you. >>> the u.s. supreme court heard a challenge to a case abortion rights in america. under the 2013 texas law the procedure must be done in am ba latory surgical center and requires that an abortion

. >> barrett spent 2.5 prison. he it did for money. steve: bill cosby's sex assault case has been put on hold. they delayed a pretrial hearing scheduledded for next week while it decide also to hear the pail. the 78-year-old accused of drugging and molesting a temple university employee in the suburban philadelphia home in 2004 but the former district attorney promised he would never be charged in the case. a different tris district he were to reopened the kiss and filed charges in stems ber. dari: well, the queen's library is abouts to get a new boss who know is a lot about books. walcott. the former new york city cycle's chancellor and he will be the labbary ni president and ceo. state education officials to monitor the east school district in rockland county. ja after near lay year in space taking amazing picture look this one. astronaut scott kellbly to get the feet back on the ground and left the station earlier this evening and should be arriving back on earth in about an hour. or bit to post plenty ofmazing pictures. many breath

attorneys for the hotel argued barrett was solely to blame for the video. the "dancing with the stars" host sued for $75 million. steve: british police are preparing for what they call enormous and spectacular potential attacks on the u.k. as isis moves into its next natural phase. that information coming from britain's senior counterterrorism officer. in the wake of the paris attacks, he says, isis has moved from a narrow focus on police and military as symbols of the state to something much broader. he says he was talking about a general threat profile and not about a specific bit of intelligence on a known tisha: the cbs pharmacy that was destroyed during the riots in baltimore last april has reopened. a cbs spokesperson says the store is rebuilt at the same location where it was destroyed. the riots were in response to the death of freddie gray. shocking video tonight of a garbage truck falling off interstate 95. the florida highway patrol released the video of last month's incident. the driver of the city of miami trash truck loses control. the truck f

attorneys for the hotel argued barrett was solely to blame for the video. the "dancing with the stars" host sued for $75 million. steve: british police are preparing for what they call enormous and spectacular potential attacks on the u.k. as isis moves into its next natural phase. that information coming from britain's senior counterterrorism officer. in the wake of the paris attacks, he says, isis has moved from a narrow focus on police and military as symbols of the state to something much broader. he says he was talking about a general threat profile and not about a specific bit of intelligence on a known terrorism plot. tisha: the cbs pharmacy that was destroyed during the riots in baltimore last april has reopened. a cbs spokesperson says the store is rebuilt at the same destroyed. the riots were in response to the death of freddie gray. shocking video tonight of a garbage truck falling off interstate 95. the florida highway patrol released the video of last month's incident. the driver of the city of miami trash truck loses control. the truck falls 1

steve: a look at how a situation gets off track. >> expensive, and slow. reporter: an expensive slow ride that is inconvenient sums up the way that railroaders described commute. >> it is only way to get to the city. reporter: lirr shows a 40% last year since 2000. >> the reason i don't commute to work, it is why i work on long island now, i could not deal with the commute. reporter: the delay, crowded trains and platforms had people taking to social media, asking the governor to help, using hash tag, we deserve better. >> you have to squeeze in for people to commute. reporter: lirr spokesman said that many of the troubles are beyond their controls, including problem on amtrak owned tunnels and major weather events, they count on new projects, like a third track proposal. >> we're never satisfiesed with the numbers or performance anything less than 100%, does not give you any room to be satisfied. there is always you know efforts go on to figure out how to improve. reporter: some are hopeful for change, and would still choose >> it is economical and is mak

i spoke to tech leaders who knew him, including craig barrett, who took over as ceo of intel. he joined me by phone and began telling me about the impact andy grove had on him personally. craig: i worked with andy for 35 years. and, you know, i greatly respected his insight, his wisdom, his strategic thought, and how straightforward he was. i think he was the most direct human being i ever met on the face of the earth. he knew exactly where it was coming from. he always had a great strategic idea of what to do next. emily: intel was known as the world's best managed company, yet he was also known as a ruthless leader. yet, people still followed him. what would you say were the hallmarks of his style? craig: i do not think "ruthless" is the right word. i think being straightforward and practicing constructive confrontation, which is one of these intel buzzwords describing their culture. andy always knew where he was coming from. he would not tolerate shallow thinking. he wanted every strategy well thought out, well considered, and he did not mind challenging anyone in the compa

he was a mentor to steve jobs, larry ellison, and mark zuckerberg. i spoke to tech leaders who knew him, including craig barrett, who took over as ceo of intel. he told me about the impact andy grove had on him personally. craig: i worked with andy for 35 years. i greatly respected his insight, his wisdom, his strategic thought, and how straightforward he was. i think he was the most direct human being i've ever met. you knew exactly where he was coming from, and he always had a great strategic idea of what to do next. emily: intel was known as the world's best managed company, yet he was also known as a ruthless leader. , people still followed him. what would you say were the hallmarks of his style? craig: i do not think "ruthless" is the right word. he was straightforward and practiced constructive confrontation. that is an intel buzz word. you always knew where he was coming from. he would not tolerate shallow thinking. he wanted every strategy well thought out and considered. he did not mind challenging anyone in the company or the industry. emil

she describes the utter barrett used the peephole in her hotel room to record video of her and post it online. she is now suing barrett as well as marriott for giving her the room next to hers when he asked it. adrienne pedersen, news channel 8 today. >> thank you. >>> well today is super tuesday. voters in 11 states and one territory are headed to the polls this morning. front-runners donald trump and hillary rodham clinton hope to build on their leads. the other candidates hope to score victories to prove they're still in the race. >>> there's more support for app until the slow down with the fbi. -- the show down with the fbi. the judge explained apple cannot be forced to unlock iphone data. instead, the judge believed the issue needs to be hashed out in congress. >>> some crooks who meant to send cloned credit cards to a fedex store sent them to a toys r us by mistake. that might be the only reason and now the two of miami face charges. police are still working to find their victims. >>> today the city of clearwater worked out a deal with clearwater ferry to get people to and from

he was a mentor to steve jobs, larry ellison, and mark zuckerberg. i spoke to tech leaders who knew him, including craig barrett who took over as ceo of intel. he told me about the impact andy grove had on him personally. craig: i worked with andy for 35 years. i greatly respected his insight, wisdom, strategic thought and how straightforward he was. i think he was the most direct human being i've ever met. was comingere he from, and he always had a great strategic idea of what to do next. emily: intel was known as the world's best managed company, yet he was also known as a ruthless leader. people still followed him. what would you say were the hallmarks of his style? craig: i do not think "ruthless" is the right word. he was straightforward and practiced constructive confrontation. that is an intel buzz word. you always knew where he was coming from. he would not tolerate shallow thinking. he wanted every strategy well thought out and considered. he did not mind challenging anyone in the company or the industry. emily: but was it like trying to fil

i spoke to tech leaders who knew him, including craig barrett, who took over as ceo of intel. he told me about the impact andy grove had on him personally. craig: i worked with andy for 35 years. and, you know, i greatly respected his inside, his wisdom, his strategic thought, and how straightforward he was. i think he was the most direct human being i ever met on the face of the earth. he knew exactly where -- you knew exactly where he was coming from, and he always had a great strategic idea of what to do next. emily: intel was known as the world's best managed company, yet he was also known as a ruthless leader. yet, people still followed him. what would you say were the hallmarks of his style? craig: i do not think "ruthless" is the right word. i think being straightforward and practicing constructive confrontation, which is one of these intel buzzwords describing their country -- culture. you always knew where he was coming from. he would not tolerate shallow thinking. he wanted every strategy well thought out, well considered, and did not manage -- mind challenging anyon