seconds is, freaking out, and she yelled out the one do you sorry. >> he tried to cover it all up. troopers told us that 17-year-old suddenly stopped on lake underhill road and can backed into a stranded driver in july. >> channel 9's tim barber listened to an interview with the suspects passenger and he has no idea with y his friend -- why his friend threw the car into reverse. >>reporter: none, bob, but he did explain what happened right before and after the car came the to a screeching halt in the middle of the intersection. these new pictures show the crash that killed bruce cooper. and this new interview with the suspect's passengers, explained how it happened. >> we were getting kind of close and i was -- like two seconds away, stop, stop, stop. >>reporter: 16-year-old hank woodward told the investigators he was in the passenger's seat when 17-year-old jonathan stopped in the middle of lake underhill road and reversed into the victim who was inspecting

>> he started getting kind of fast, going in reverse, like maybe, 15-20 miles per hour in reverse. >>reporter: woodward told the investigators that marsh was looking in the side view mirror and woodward was looking behind him, when he saw someone's face right before the impact. >> stop for two seconds, freaking out, and yelled out the window sorry. >>reporter: woodward says they didn't know someone was killed when they saw it in the news the next day. they tried to come up with an alibi. >> when you get home, call me, we're going to get pen and paper and set it down and write our stories out. >>reporter: instead, woodward went to the investigators and told them that marsh smoked pot and drank a few beers before the crash. but he didn't know why he made the decision to put the car into reverse. >>reporter: now, marsh is facing 30 years behind bars. we have not heard back. of course, we will let you know if we do.

reporting live in orange county tonight, tim barber, channel 9, eyewitness news. we're following breaking news out of polk county right now, where the sheriff says they have arrested the two men from miami responsible for a trooper murder in lakeland. >> they shot and killed absolutely, slaughtered and executed, our three victims. >> that shooting happened last week, at a home on east magnolia drive in lakeland, four people were shot but one survived. investigators believe the shooting had something to do with drugs, and they are still looking for two more suspects, there is a ten,000 reward for arrest. orange county school board your kids go to school. they want high schoolers to start later in the day, based on research that shows teenagers need more sleep than they're getting. but at 4:00, we told you those changes could cost tens of millions of dollars. ahead at 6:00, we're talking to the school board chairman can about an option that could be

more cost effective and how soon it could be put into place. meanwhile, florida lawmakers are getting into the immigration debate and trying to crack down on the number of crimes committed by illegal immigrants. one bill aimed to stiffen penaltys for immigrants convicted of a crime based solely on their legal status. >> depending on the source of the data, illegal immigrants in this nation can account for 9% of violent crimes. opponents say that could end up costing taxpayers more in the long run. senate bill 150 is all about numbers, harsher penalties for illegal immigrant based on that legal status. for instance, if you're in the u.s. illegally and charged with a third-degree felony, you'd be bumped up to a second-degree felony. the hope community center was in tallahassee this week protesting criminal discrimination.

best self-and i think our political level in discourse of solving problems has sunk to an al-time low. >>reporter: she says criminal defense lawyers would be working add naus m. >> more money to keep them in jail. >>reporter: o poebts say the state would be out of line, though, trying to stick its fingers into a federal issue. >> the politicians who are sponsoring that are trying to jim up their base, trying to -- it's not looking for the common good. it's not a common sense solution. >>reporter: the bill was just introduced this week at the start of the session, and it goes on now to the criminal justice committee. protropical testers say they will show p u. channel 9, eyewitness news. we want to know what you think about this bill, you let us know.

we are covering brevard county, many questions remain about the tragedy that unfollowed in a mobile home park near cocoa. a 15-year-old boy is charged with killing his baby sister, who was close to her second birthday. channel 9 has been following this investigation and steve, dcf told you they're now looking into this case. >>reporter: that's right, i just got an e-mail, finally at the end of the day, here saying that the dcf secretary is going to be sending a critical incident rapid response team here to figure out what interaction they've had with the family here thchlt is the mobile home park where the 15-year-old lived. he's being held without bond in juvenile detention charged with second-degree murder. residents of the indian river park mobile home community were not thrilled to see news crews after a 21-month-old girl was killed by her brother, according to deputies. noah walls is facing charges that he somehow hit or pushed the girl so hard she fell and suffered fatal injuries. >> there was some other injuries

that had happened that led us to believe someone struck the child and then, doing the rest of that investigation, i was determined that the defendant was the person that was there with the child at the time of the injury occurred. >>reporter: walls together the investigators he grew frustrated with something his toddler sister was doing, before striking her. >> once the incident occurred, the defendant in this case actually went and got his mom, something is wrong with the baby and that's when we were called. >>reporter: deputies say the teen regularly cared with the victim alone along with another sibling. >> when it comes to the point when you're frustrated, walk away. the frustration will go away, come back and deal with it. >>reporter: now, the sheriff's office says that right now, this teen is being charged as a juvenile. but he says that could be changed and it's up to the prosecutors to decide whether he's going to be bumped up to adult court. reporting live in berke, channel 9, eyewitness news. steve barrett. some republican lawmakers

yourp gun on your next -- your gun on your next trip to washington. a bill that would force the capitol city to recognize concealed gun permits from other states. right now, d.c. prohibits nonlaw enforcement people from carrying guns, but bill supporters claim the proposal could save lives in a terrorist attack. >> when you have areas that don't allow concealed carry, permits, you have what i call victim zones and the thugs, basically criminals are thugs and they're going to go for the easy target. >> washington, d.c.'s representative to congress called the bill, quote, insane and a political stunt for the nra. over the past year, drones have become a household item. we even have a drone of our own to bring you better kofrm. the faa has established rule s for drone owners, bill nelson is calling on the heads of three other federal agencies to work together to come up with safety regulations for drones like these. senator nelson sent letters to the faa, to nasa, to the

homeland security, urging them to join forces to find a way to stop security threats that you would cobe carried out by drones, this comes after a recent report shows there have been at least 241 close calls between aircraft and drones across the nation. senator nelson says the orlando area alone, there have been 13 near misses, near airports involving drones. >> we've got to come to a reckoning to keep these away from airports. >> last month, the faa made drone registration mandatory. and so far, more than 180,000 drones are now accounted for. senator nelson says the use of drones will probably be a key component of any future faa legislation. we posted our entire interview with senator nelson on the raw video section of wftv.com. developing tonight, isis has claimed responsibility for today's bombings and attack on a

attacks started in the middle of the dee, three suicide bombers blew themselves up at a starbucks and two gunmen station. the gun battle lasted two hours, at least 20 people were wounded. tonight, an illegal immigrant accused of molesting a child is behind bars in polk county, waiting to be extradited to idaho. 32-year-old gabrielle moraleless was arrested yesterday. u.s. marshals say the man sexually molested a juvenile and vectors in idaho plan to hold him for immigration and customs inforcement. new at 5:00, 9 investigates a central florida doctor arrested in connection with a drug trafficking operation. >> federal agents say drug dealers were using her to get prescription drugs that supplied county. and as channel 9's field sutton reports, she's been tied to different clinics. >>reporter: two years ark we showed -- ago, we showed you a raid in winter garden.

testimony claying the owner was forcing -- claiming the own er -- he did end up in the orange county jail herself last july. facing felony charges of prescription drug trafficking. investigators say she went as far as signing blank spripgss for pills. moved to claremont and ep oed up a new -- opened up a new clinic. we found her there today writing prescriptions. >> i'm taking care of the people that need to be taken care of on the margins that are not being cared for in the ma jo rty of med -- majority of medical practice. >>reporter: a separate investigation took down nearly 20 people accused of supplying lake, orange and volusia with thousands of black market prescription pills. this man was forcing opiate addicts to visit the clinic.

pill pch prs for a -- purchases for a 9-month period. 900 valiums, 1500 meth dones, 3,000 dlod dits. 5500 pills. if e shfs taking them all herself -- if she was taking them all herself, it would be 20 pills a day. >>reporter: are you saying that every prescription written here is legitimate. >> absolutely, they're not taking care of these patients, i am. >>reporter: channel 9, eyewitness news. >> doctor's trafficking case is pending in dourts but she was -- in the courts but she was not charge in the bust mentioned. and new at 6:00, what's behind the recent policy change, and why some officers are not happy with it. and ahead at 5:00, 9:00 investigates the president's new mission to cure cancer. gone down since he's been president.

. and controversy forced apopka city manager to retire and he became the city's consultant with $22,000 a month. the new job you're paying for. >> watching this storm system getting active in the gom, all this is moving -- gulf of mexico, all of this is moving our way in the next find your sweet spot today with dunkin's chicken apple sausage sandwich. enjoy sweet apple and savory sausage together

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city manager of apopka. >> i felt like it was a very lucrative for him. >>reporter: as a city consultant and lobbyist earning $22,000 a month or $264,000 a year, he's required to turn in monthly reports detailing what he's done to earn the money. the city manager who supported the contract, couldn't tell us if the city has received anything in exchange for that high salary funded with taxpayer money. probably have not. >>reporter: 9 investigates requested copies of the required monthly report. city leaders provided us with 8. anderson was hired in his new role 16 months ago, the mayor said some communication is over the phone, the reports list few details related to meetings about downtown redevelopment, florida hospital, kelley park crossing asks what anderson noted as additional efrtds on what have -- efforts on behalf of the city. >> the reports have been vague up until now, but as i say, we're you're in negotiations on

big things like that, there's only so much information that you can pass out. so that you don't interrupt the negotiations. >>reporter: so with such an important role in getting major projects off the year, we wondered if the city is worried at all about the new position. >> he works for us full time. he doesn't come here but a couple hours and take off, he works here a regular day. >>reporter: anderson will earn $7500 a month from taxpayers and we learned there is nothing apopka can do about his new job because of theer thes they agreed -- the terms they agreed to in this contract that doesn't end until september. >> part of his agreement with the city is that he can represent other people. >>reporter: both cities told us they don't believe there's a conflict of interest. apopka's mayor says anderson will have details on a project he's beening tomorrow.

search for a permanent manager in bell isle. >> d jones wftv. orlando city added two new players. berry with the 13th overall section. he had 11 goals this past year. richey out of the university of akron. the lions open the new season march 6th and of course, you can watch them in action, on our sister station. the emergency operation center in volusia county is going to be monitoring a strong system that our meteorologist s have been warning you about. officials say the center is prepared to be fully staffed within a moment's notice and residents should be monitoring their weather reports. have an emergency weather radio handy, and know where to go in case of a tornado. like a safe zone. >> it's now, we are two, we have

tomorrow, talked all about, we have sunday as a possibility as well. so we've got a lot to keep track of. this is el nino's play back, rapid fire, one after another. here we go, downtown, the clouds are building, we have a nice evening planned for you. 67 degrees. with a light east-northeast wind, still relatively warm. temperatures were a little chilly again this morning, but we'll be a little bit warmer early in the morning tomorrow. orlando, mostly cloudy through midnight. a slight chance for rain by daybreak in the morning, when you join brian sheeds and the crew in the morning, chance for thunder as early as 8:00 or 9:00 a.m. relatively conservative on their colors here, we don't have a slighter enhanced risk yet, but we are still watching out for the potential of weather including 50 plus miles per hour winds, the worst time between 8:00 and 3:00, this storm continues to organize. back here to the west. the bulk of the energy will travel north, it's all of this stuff going to the south, that will be lined up to move through here tomorrow.

tonight, scattered showers, a little bit of rain overnight, we'll have severe weather 9 staffed overnight to watch the showers developing. 2:00 o'clock this the morning, we gets you towards daybreak in the morning, timing may vary here, if you have many one of the weather apps, the severe weather center 9 app, it will be calculating the arrival. our best estimate moves these storms through after around 8:00 o'clock in the morning. here's 11:00 o'clock. heavy storms for brevard county. another system moving in, tampa, this line of storms rolling through, so all of this weather just kind of sweeping on through, after, say 10:00 o'clock in the morning until around 3:00 in the afternoon. give or take an hour or so, fine tuning the timing, this storm is still developing right now, of course, you can always track the latest with our free severe weather center 9 weather app. also will send out texts alerts to your phone, let you know a warning has been issued for your area. tomorrow, back in the low to mid

70s, the storms continue to move by. as i mentioned, sunday is, also, another storm system is, this one a little bit farther south, very close watching indeed. we'll focus on tomorrow, we'll also keep you update to date on sunday's po tension l of stores and the -- po pencil. and hour-by-hour as we take you through the day tomorrow, how to prepare for the possible severe weather. >> it is not the billion dollar jackpot, but a seminole teen just became an overnight millionaire. >> 2 million dollar richer today. >> new t at 6:00, how he was able to cash in big off someone's discarded ticket. >> plus, we told at 4:00, orange

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it was one of the most memorable moments of president barack obama state of the union address, his announcement of a new mission to cure cancer. but channel 9's justin gray dug through the numbers, he's live in washington, d.c. tonight. and justin, you found out that the federal cancer research funding has been cut each year of president barack obama's administration, and for years before that, too. >>reporter: well, this is something both republicans and democrats say they agree on, is increasing money for cancer research. but we dug through the number, we found that when it comes down to actually drawing up the budget, they've been cutting that money. >> achieving the goal before this decade is out. of landing a man on the moon, and returning him safely to the earth. >>reporter: it was a call to action, but it was backed up with money. about 170 billion dollar to put

in his final state of the union speech. >> let's make america the country that cures cancer once and for all. >>reporter: but is the money there? the national cancer institute's money was cut every year from 2010 to 2014. at the cost of inflation, 25% cut in funding since 2003. >> it's kol loss lly stupid to cut the funding. >> i was proud of what we did this last year, in terms major increasing, and i think we should build on them. >>reporter: but with years to make up for it, it's not enough for a moon shot. >> too many people here have tried to cut medical research in the name of smlg, and -- something, can and i think that's got to stop. >>reporter: a bipartisan bill

they're trying to figure out how to pay for it. moon shots don't come cheap. >> and ahead of the national cancer institute tells us we are on the verge of dramatic break through, but that, again, doesn't come cheap, it will take sustained and steady increases in their budget. reporting live tonight in washington, justin gray, channel 9, eyewitness news. driverless cars are closer to becoming a reality. >> they sure are, so the federal government is going to spend 4 billion dollars to set up some guidelines. the u.s. department of transportation wants to get ahead of the curve by making sure that regulations are in place before a large number of driverless cars are on the road. google is already testing the technology in california and texas. the guidelines are expected within the next six months. we're also tracking the potential right now for severe weather for eyewitness news at 6:00. >> i'm updating the timing of those heavy to potentially severe storms moving our way tomorrow. >> plus, the unbelievable story

behind a seminole county teen who just won 2 million dollar playing the powerball. >> and new questions are being raised on the heels of the u.s.

channel 9 eyewitness news continues right now at 6:00. right now, we're tracking an of mexico. that's moving our way tonight. >> that storm is packing the weather. so it's setting up to be a busy weather day tomorrow. our chief meteorologist tom terry has been keeping a close eye on this and it's moving in quickly. >> that's right, here's the main storm system in the western gulf of mexico, those arrows show the movement here, a lot of wind and

rain, moving our direction, and