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we told you when they hoped to screen guests and today we found dozens of security guards at park entrances. ff spoke to one guest about his experience. >> i spoke to a man has been here one week and he has been pulled aside a few times and he said it is easy, all he has to do is empty his pockets and then walk through. >> the magic of disney and the experience in the parks is what has kept travis coming back. but after 25 years of visits, for him, the new screenings are of first and he says they seem to be choosing people at random to go through the detectors. >> i have been here about one week and i have been selected a few times and it is really easy, it is just so phone and wallet period.
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they all added metal detectors on the same day and disney has been using a private security firm that told us today it is hiring more officers and eventually will take over all security in-house. >> here is an example of how they want to control people a guest experience. >> the director told us that is the way that his new likes to run things, and this will give them total control over background checks, with a higher and how they operate period and even though it is different, he does not think that it takes away from the experience and he does not mind the effort to keep people safe. >> they say animal kingdom has house security. the other parts will follow month. >> can you smell the smoke? right now we are over a prescribed burn. this is a look at the 500-acre
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it is being supervised by the for service and some of the full - - some of the smoke is going into orange county and we have even seen smoke outside of our station. and tom is tracking the wind. and today's temperatures are actually helping. >> this is the picture that we just got from twitter and thank you jennifer who is north of the fire looking south god you can see the smoke that is see it, very hazy. 55 degrees here and out of the north, lowing the smoke to the south, that will be an issue tonight. and we are talking about this system which will blow in early on friday. a severe threat indeed, will talk more on the timing and
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>> we are staying on top of breaking news in orlando where police are invested getting a man's death behind a nightclub. officers have not told us how he died and at this point they are just calling it suspicious. the victim was found by guilt nightclub. police were called out when the man was found unresponsive and lying in the grass. a substitute teacher accused of having sex with a 14- year-old has been arrested for trying to erase her cell phone while it was in police custody. she was out on bond when she visited verizon and asked someone to remotely delete her data. police took off - - took her phone and somehow it was reset. >> she said she was trying to get her daughter's phone activated. i don't know how the passcode would have been activated or
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>> reporter: she said she was just trying to check her daughter's text messages. in orange county daycare is accused of leaving an autistic boy alone in a van. it happened yesterday near cimmaron boulevard and tim found out they had previous violations, so he asked the consequences that they could face this time. >> if it had not have been cold last year, - - there, he would have been here. - - he would not have been hit. >> reporter: they picked him up yesterday around 3:00 and drove him to the kids academy and they never brought him inside. >> where was that checklist yesterday? >> reporter: the child was checked off because she had
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but she did not know that the child was sleeping in the back seat and when she went to check she couldn't see - - could not see him. >> she was holding the child in her arms and he was beat red and screaming period. >> . >> reporter: they have not given us the incident report but they said they are also investigating. the city has only had a few minor investigations. one was for not keeping proper records. she is happy person is okay but still wishes to press charges. >> the director offered to pay for medical expenses and waves
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and assistant chief has been acquitted of any wrongdoing. investigators say they cheated on in and - - and exam to get certified in child support. investigators did not find sufficient evidence. in a story that we ran yesterday about a controversial police chase, we reported that an officer ran a license clyde - - tag on a jeep and it came back as stolen before it was ever stolen. that was incorrect. our error was that the officers report was based on military time. pulled up ends badly for would be sort robbers when the store owner grabbed the gun of his own. he opened fire after a man and
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cash at gunpoint. he is still in the hospital with more than one customer - - gunshot wound. them woman got away, but - - then the woman got away, but officers tractor down. the store owner has had five attempted robberies and has shot two of the criminals. all of them will face robbery charges. a man sentenced to death for killing a teenager will be back in court tomorrow. in november he was sentenced to death for killing a 19-year-old in 2012. yesterday the supreme court ruled that the death penalty system is unconstitutional and it could change the sentence. we will let you know what happens in court tomorrow. millions of dollars may have to be spent on court battles in the wake of
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court ruling against florida. florida's men's - - method of sentencing someone to death they declared unconstitutional period they say juries should have the final say and not judges and they should be more specific about the factors in the case. a public defender told us hundred - - hundreds of cases could be heading back to court. >> a lot of kids will go through college on fees earned in the upcoming battle. >> reporter: all of the inmates may have sentences changed to life in prison and lawmakers are already looking to give juries more power for those suspects facing the death penalty. lines are building ahead of the huge powerball drawing. it is now at $1.5 billion. michael has been out with
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sales are expected to increase drawing. >> reporter: we saw a steady stream of people today and there is is a little bit of a tickets. but time is running out. today we have a behind-the- scenes look at the studio where the drawing will take place. the powerball numbers will be picked right here in florida at a lottery office. i spoke with the staff and they told me a lot of work goes into protecting the integrity of the drawing. three staff members must be present just to access equipment. there is a lot of money on the line and it's the largest jackpot in lottery history and they want people confident that the drawing is done properly. - - properly. >> retailers are handling it well. buttery employees and our vendor employees are making sure
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pencil already and to the stores. - - slips and pencils are ready. >> reporter: of all of the states, florida has the most millionaire winners out of any state in the country and we have the record for winning the largest jackpot which was $590 million in 2013. ticket prices could be capped at $5 to reign in the games that lawmakers say victimize poor citizens. the summit committee approved the bill today, limiting the lottery to 20 active games. a former student accused of illegally having guns and ammunition entered a not guilty plea in court.
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of ammunition in a hotel room and storage unit in melbourne and now he's facing a firearms charge as well. he was supposed to leave the united states one year ago after he flunked out of the florida institute of technology and his student visa expired. major changes for drivers and how you pay tolls. >> local firefighters say they are so understaffed they cannot standards. at 6:00, they demand local
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pending. when you get to your location, take a look at the app and it will tell you the pending charges. you push okay and they are paid. >> you don't have to worry about putting money in and hope it lasts you before you get tickets in the mail. they will send out 150,000 violations this year and using the app will make you less likely to get them period but this is the does not mean transponders will be a thing of the past. the city is an add-on not a replacement >> reporter: and you can turn it off if you don't want to use it and there won't be a fee, but there could be a service fee for some users.
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of investigations. 5-year-old had to go under anesthesia to have a pin removed from his throat. the school was required to notify dcf. >> i did not send him yesterday because i was nervous. but he has to go to school period from that teacher is under investigation to see if they provide inadequate supervision for the child. the teacher is still in the classroom. a final report on the findings of a school where remains were found is under litigation. - - investigation. the reform school had been closed since 2011 but there
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who attended were abused and died there period . the claims are being investigated. think county leaders are looking into creating a citizens advisory board to address some of the challenges. an idea was brought up, but some commissioners don't agree. and union leaders claimed the department is understaffed and not meeting national standards. >> any fire chief need - - says we need more. >> reporter: the county says the standards the usual divorce union is talking about our only recommendations. officials say a recent audit found that they are 100% compliant. police say they are still looking for a stranger who attacked an elderly woman. the man hit the 71-year-old so hard that she suffered a concussion.
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was dark skinned with curly hair and a short afro. the victim said he also wore - - wore a large necklace and had a scar on the side of his face. and emt may know that new buffalo man hit by a car. and officials are asking for help from a man brought in without a cell phone. the man is an asian man who stepped out into traffic near kirkman road. and and emt who said he may know the man called up - - hospital to help identify him. we are still monitoring smoke from a prescribed burn that is making its way into downtown orlando. this is video from earlier and you can see the flames burning furiously.
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hour that it is eight - - a prescribed burn. but the wind is going even into downturn orlando. sometimes going outside and checking is what you do when you see smoke. i now can't smoke in downtown orlando, we have the old speed limit. 55 degrees with smoke in the air tonight and as temperatures cool down, temperatures will be confined to the smoke region. temperatures are in the 50s and tonight, there is the smoke, northwind, and it is one of those campfire nights. low 50s early in the morning, upper 40s for orlando. we will stay quiet tonight and relatively quiet tomorrow, with late afternoon clouds moving on through, temperatures in the upper 60s and tomorrow and friday, heavy rain will be
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gusty wind, thunderstorms, and a couple of storms in the gulf of mexico. a lot of it determines - - is determined based on our weather. either way we will treat it as we do all storms this time of year, just based on history. we even have a threat for tornadoes. 6:00 rain is likely north of orlando and the forecast model continues to blow weather through between 7:00 and noon and it is continuing to slide on through central florida. right now the storm production center is not excited about severe weather prospects period we will . we will continue to monitor it until 5:00 until around 2:00 or 3:00 as this storm comes through mexico. download our weather app. we also have a tab on the
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it will automatically start getting you ready to go. go through it and select the alerts you would like to see. we start in the upper 40s and keep it mostly cloudy tomorrow, 69, rain and a chance for under storms, strong wind, any% chance for rain on friday, the high will cool down on saturday with another fast-moving system that could be farther to the north, with rain likely on sunday and much colder into next week.
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snoopy wanted ready on day one. we want to make sure that the facility is top-notch and ready. >> reporter: this means the college cup will not be in orlando. they will move the tournament to north carolina but still planned to play the 2017 cup. and the magic play london tomorrow afternoon. they have lost five out of the last six and payton missed four of those games with sprained ankle. scott says karen gordon hurt his ankle this morning. >> tomorrow will be their first
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