tt2w!tw((i% amq"`j,ut announcer: this is channel 9 eyewitness at 11, coverage you can count on. we begin tonight with our eyes on the temperatures. they're falling rapidly, folks. it's 20 degrees colder than it was earlier today. certified meteorologist george waldenberger and i were having this conversation already locations dropping into the 40s and jorge it's going to be even colder when everyone gets up tomorrow morning. >> probably dropping another 10 degrees by morning. look at the 40s in daytona beach, in deland, and ocala, palm coast, in the mid-and-upper 40s. sanford, and clermont, 51, kissimmee at 54 degrees.

the winds are dies off but they're still out of the -- dying off, but they're out of the northwest. hour-by-hour, 2 a.m., low 40s in ocala, and even some upper 30s in ocala by 4:00. coming up, which locations will be dropping into the 30s, jorge. >> and while we're feeling the cooler temperatures, people around sarasota are surveying the damage after two tornados struck at dawn. so far, the damages estimated in the millions. we'll hear from residents a little bit later in the newscast. and before storms hit, central florida emergency managers asked you to keep informed. right? we told you about the potentially dangerous conditions and how you should download the weather app and weather radios. we learned there was a problem with the sent roy ramos to look for other ways to stay informed. >> reporter: sarasota and

of the storms that swept through the state overnight with tornado touchdowns that proved to be deadly. here in central florida we felt thunderstorms, lightning strikes and more than an inch of rain that fell in orlando and sanford just after midnight. it was three hours later that national weather service issued a statement that read, orlando noah weather radio is temporarily off the air. this is the transmitter off john young parkway and lee road that is offline. officials with the national weather service said they are working to get it back up and running, but residents from six different counties will be unable to get warnings and alerts from their weather radios. >> the radios will send out the warnings, so with the transmitter off air for the orlando area, a lot of those people weren't able to get these warnings on their weather radio. >> reporter: we reached out to the national weather service, and our meteorologist, george waldenberger could prove to be a

seminole, polk, and osceola counties if more storms are coming our way. >> we're waiting for the next storm system friday. the national weather service said they want it up as soon as possible. >> there are alternatives they said. >> this would be one, another one week the wftv weather, app, and another would be your tv. >> roy ramos, channel 9 eyewitness. >> the national weather service says the best option for now is to try and tap into other transmitters but the transmission may be a little bit fuzzy or download the wftv weather app. we'll be staying on top of the dropping temperatures for the rest of the night for you. a fruit packing plant in lake countie is being declared a total loss -- county is being declared a total loss. you're seeing smoke and fire rising from this lake citrus packing out on center street in leesburg. nobody got hurt, good thing. county and city firefighters spent the night putting out the

they were able to keep the flames from reaching fuel tanks. airport officials are warning passengers about packing guns inside luggage after a pen gun was found inside a carry on. tsa officials found a 22-caliber gun that resembles a pen gun about the size of a $20 bill. you can bring guns in checked bags. there's no word if anyone was arrested. a man prosecutors say is a danger to your family remains in jail tonight in orange county. at 6:00 we told you how the state believes he was involved in multiple shootings since new year's eve. ty russell got his hands on documents and prosecutors want him to stay in jail even though he hasn't been charged. >> reporter: and jorge, tonight, prosecutors have been given more time to help prove their case why they believe jay brown is

>> mr. brown was shot at himself. i don't know that establishes any need for pretrial detention. >> reporter: the attorney for jay brown argued his client should get bail. >> we searched court records and obtained a motion filed by prosecutors last year stating brown has been involved in several shootings and neighborhoods filled with families since new year's eve. records show he pulled the trigger in some incidents. in others, bullets went flying his way, but he's not been charged with firing a weapon. >> it's my understanding that state has to show beyond a reasonable doubt that pretrial detention's necessary. >> a judge gave prosecutors until tuesday to prove their case to call witnesses. deputies say brown was arrested after a shooting off orange blossom trail and americana. a delivery driver was hit. >> he's going to be probably crippled or something. >> reporter: prosecutors say brown was spotted running from the scene with the gun and the

with several others makes brown a danger to the community. >> reporter: brown is facing felony because of possession of a gun scheduled to be in court tuesday. tonight we're working on answers from the state on whether more jorge? democrats in central florida have just finished watching presidential candidates face off in their fourth debate. hillary clinton, bernie sanders, and martin o'malley addressed topics including employment, climate change, and gun control and international policy. the issue of gun control was particularly relevant with the debate in south carolina, just blocks away really from the church where nine parishioners were murdered. the democratic race for the white house is tightening. front runners clinton and sanders moved away from the relatively similar exchanges that define previous face offs. >> i understand that this is the hardest job in the world. i'm prepared and ready to take it on.

political revolution to not elect a president, but to transform this country. >> voting for the primaries starts in just two weeks for the iowa caucuses. donald trump, and senator ted cruz are in a war of words themselves. cruz's latest ad takes a shot by bringing his past interview by trump claiming to be pro-choice. trump fired back claiming cruz is a hypocrite for not reporting bank loans. >> he's a nasty guy, nobody likes him. nobody in congress likes him. nobody likes him anywhere. >> voters will finally get their chance to make their first picks for president in about two weeks at the iowa caucus. one of the top prosecutors in orlando would like judges to put a hold on death penalty cases for the time being now that u.s. supreme court has ruled that florida's sentencing procedure is flawed. state attorney jeff ashton wants to see cases pushed back at least until the end of the legislative session on march 11th.

changed in legislature and can tell with you an absolutely certainty, no matter what we do, voices will be screaming we did it wrong. >> despite the supreme court's decision, ashton says this will not affect the 22 death row cases his court handled in orange and osceola counties. tonight, we are learning more about the secret negotiations that led to the release of soldiers. there's still one american missing. >> reporter: tonight that first image of freed washington post reporter greeted in ja-new year's eve a by a state department official who helped negotiate his release, and the former marine held more than four years in the prison. his sister and brother-in-law all smiles on their way to meet him in germany, along with the pastor who has been separated from his wife for years. >> i've been a single mom for

kids uniting with him will be a precious moment. >> president obama celebrated the long welcoming release. >> welcoming home, brothers and husbands, who have endured a nightmare. >> the wash post bureau -- bor borane. >> the culmination of negotiations mostly in switzerland, u.s. officials calling the discussions very intense and until a few weeks ago no one knew how it would end. >> the obama administration agreed to release seven iranians and to drop arrest warranties for 14 others, plus agreed to debt. meanwhile, the former fbi agent prisoner swap.

help to find two people who were in a car with a third person, driver, who almost hit a police officer. police say 17-year-old trevim laymans, accelerated towards an officer, and the officer opened fire who crashed into a house on stony brook lane. the other two people took out. the officer is on routine paid leave and the suspect is in the hospital. osceola county detectives are looking for a couple armed robbers who struck a liquor store last night. you can see two guys right here, one with a hat and the guy in front trying to cover their faces. deputies say these two went into the a&m beverage discount store on clay street? kissimmee with guns demanding cash. they got away with an unknown amount of money. nobody got hurt. this week a local lawmaker's expected to discuss her plan to hold law enforcement agencies

cases under state senator geraldine's bill, would have to result any injury or death within 24 hours and would provide results within a week to the department of law enforcement. while rain foured on central florida overnight, deadly -- poured on central florida, deadly tornadoes ripped through the area, and a space x rocket flopped in the ocean, not meeting its goal, why space x says it will help future launches even though today didn't go as planned. >> those storms from this morning, they've cleared out and

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. developing tonight, clean up is underway in southwest florida after deadly tornadoes killed two and injured seven. george waldenberger has been following this story, jorge, the national weather service confirmed these upper ef 2 tornados? >> yes, normally rare, expect during el nio. these ripped through sarasota just before dawn with 132-mile per hour wind gusts tearing through homes, buildings, and countless trees leaving behind this, destruction. steven and kelly wilson were asleep in their mobile home when that deadly tornadoes struck. >> actually removed the mobile home from its concrete block foundation and rolled in the direction toward the street.

his wife, passing away from a heart attack a short time after. their son managed to crawl from the wreckage, helping his four children to safety. >> woke up this morning and lost a family friend, a neighbor. >> these deaths in duette, florida, the only ones attributed to the three deadly tornados as line of deadly winds pushed through the state. >> we have reports of two people trapped upstairs in a home. >> in fiesta a key, a home trapping victims on this asked. >> i'll take hurricanes all day long. this was bad. >> residents who survived the night were out surveying the the cost, estimated in the millions. >> this is the worst storm that i've ever been in, in 43 years. all. >> governor rick scott toured

cross is still helping victims. the damage still needs to be assessed before seeking a disaster declaration, but this is the third round of tornadoes to hit southwest florida in about a week's time, which can nio phase. you can get a look by going to wftv.com/videos. >> and we now have a picture of the man who was found dead in a state forest in sumter county. robert banks' body was found in the wildlife area. investigators are saying this is a homicide and are investigating. and under federal investigation following the discovery of toxic levels of lady in the city of flint's water fly, tonight, michigan's governor rick snider is facing accusations that he knew about the problem and covered it up. water analysts say the e.p.a.

water company back in june. they say instead of fixing the problem, the data office manipulated. >> it's a man-made tragedy that was completely preventable. >> he committed a crime. he knew what he was doing. >> according to reports, flint's more than 99,000 residents were using that toxic water for more than a year. doctors say lead can cause neurological damage. and space x was successful launching that falcon 9 rocket from california, it deployed i satellite, but tipped. rockets that land up right -- look at that. oh, close, but no good. >> so close. >> if he would have landed upright, then they could reuse that and cut the costs. and parts of cocoa beach cleaning up after parts of the severe weather.

hundreds of people were without power across central florida as the el nio storm system trekked through. and we were talking about that earlier, we really did dodge a bullet. >> southwest florida took the brunt of the storm. we're lucky. and this morning, all six meteorologists were in tracking that severe thunderstorm that you just showed video of in brevard county. okay. now we're cooling off behind the storm system. we're 71 today, and it's 52 now, that's almost a 20 degrees drop, and by the way, that's the blinking light on the top of the sun trust building downtown. look at the 40s, mid-40s in ocala right now. it's 46 in deland, towards deleon springs, 51 in sanford, and 52 in orlando. there goes the storm system. three inches of rain in spots with that. that's gone. it's very common for storm systems to draw in very cold air behind them and that's what we saw today. it was gusty. tomorrow won't be windy, but we'll still have a north breeze and that'll draw cold air in for

so the next three days are going to be winter-like. if you like cold air, good news. by morning, the coldest air in ocala and marion county, upper 30s. more mild into melbourne county, and into orlando downtown, towards ivanhoe, and leesburg , some of these places may dip into the 30s by tomorrow morning. not quite so cold, but poinciana, 42 degrees, and holopaw around 44, then hour-by-hour, check it out. we spend most of the day in the 50s. we'll likely crack the 60 degrees mark right around here, 4:00 in the afternoon. 4:00 or 5:00 and then we get even colder tomorrow night into early tuesday morning. this is tomorrow night into tuesday morning.

that would be our first 30 degrees reading in orlando in almost a year. mid-30s in deland tomorrow night, 34 in the villages and 32 in ocala. tomorrow morning we need you and brian shields on the morning show. he's going to be warning us of any freeze warnings and if you are issued an alert on the weather app like the tornadoes watch last night. the five-day forecast with your weekend always in view, next three mornings are the coldest, especially tuesday and wednesday in the 30s in orlando, and even colder north of orlando. then thursday, friday, look at the mid-70s. so we're warming back up. friday's the day to watch for our next round of thunderstorms and tom terry will be talking about that all week on eyewitness news. then a little bit cooler, but it looks dry at least for the upcoming weekend. we'll be right back. announcer: you can have the power of eyewitness on the go with the wftv news app available for free on apple and android devices brought to you by:

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call police if you know anything about where he could be. the florida mall should be open tomorrow after part of the building was evacuated because of a gas leak. it started at one of the docking areas before noon. they evacuated until the leak stopped. no word on what caused the leak. the coast guard has no plans to call off the search for 12 missing marines following a of hawaii. rescue crews have been searching around the clock since two u.s. marine choppers crashed last thursday. investigators still aren't sure what caused the helicopters to go down. >> i you, too, want to emphasize that our thoughts and prayers are with the entire marine corps, and especially with the families and the loved ones of the missing service members. >> an aircraft searching for survivors was hit with a laser yesterday. luckily, it was able to change direction without any problems.

embassy in iraq says several american are nowhere to be found. american officials say they're working with iraqi authorities to find the people who are missing. covering volusia county, sunday night, drivers in port orange can expect lane closures tomorrow. crews will shut down south williamson boulevard from taylor road south to the spruce creek bridge in order to replace poles. the work starts tomorrow at 9:00 p.m. until 6 a.m. so overnight work >> a fire station in volusia county has a fresh new exterior tonight, debris has been cleared now from this daytona beach station number 3, after a vehicle crashed into it yesterday. that driver was taken to the hospital. there were not any structure damage to the station and look at this, you can see members already working at the fire union helping to restore the building and replacing plants this morning.

will hold its tenth dr. martin luther king unity parade, showcasing floats, and local civil rights leaders. clark road from silver star, to colonial will be closed from 9:30 to noon. also, sunrail trains will not be drawing tomorrow, due to the holiday, but back up and running tuesday. it includes 36 scheduled train trips each day. this is the favor rate part of the evening for many of us when christian comes into the studio and we've got a final four in the nfl. >> all chalk, one versus two in the nfc, one versus two in the afc, those spots decided today, pittsburgh at ten ver, they were playing for one -- denver, they were playing for one of them. steelers first to taste the end zone, 7-6, pittsburgh. and mcmahonic was a busy man. he'll slip this up the inside right, 51-yard field goal,

jump ahead to the 4th, now a 13-12 pittsburgh leave, trying to drive t. wear recovers, broncos put together a 13th place, 65-yard drive, and denver tacks on a two point conversion and will face new england next week in the afc title game. earlier today, another spot on the line, seattle at carolina rematch of last year's divisional round, picking up second quarter looking like a blow out. cam newton to greg olson, 31-0 at the half. but in the third, here committee seahawks. russell wilson with a perfect pass to tyler locket, 17 point game. and the fourth, wilson is doing what he does, making something out of nothing. germane cursing the back of the end zone, lead cut to 10 after a field goal made it a seven point game seahawks needing the

out, thomas davis recovers panthers hold on, 31-24, they'll host arizona next week. in college hoops, florida state looking for a signature win tonight, hosting 13th ranked virginia right before the half. xrm, over to beasley, 17 for beasley tonight. knowles down by three at the break. second half, they keep coming. game tied at 39, terrance mann nice take. that was part of a 10-0, and it's dwayne bacon, the freshman gets it to go, plus the team high 18 for him. florida state picks up their first win over a ranked opponent, 69-62, it doesn't get any easier. louisville, thursday.

morning. and by morning, winter returns to central florida. we're in the mid-40s in the orlando metro and we'll have some upper 30s in areas north of the orlando metro, then with a pleasant in the afternoon. our high, 62. here's your five-day forecast with your weekend always in wednesday. then warmer by the end of the george? >> thank you, george, and thank

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