federal privacy laws require redaction of student information from school records unless law enforcement officers have court orders for the records. the district says it had no choice. the case is a tough one all the way around. the teenager now in high school told apopka police last may that donald sharp sexually assaulted her several times, more than 6 years ago when he was her 3rd grade teacher at apopka elementary school. police say it has haunted her ever since. with strong emotions, she told them sharp constantly had her sit on his lap and would whisper in her ear asking if she liked it. the teenager told police he sexually molested her 3 to 4 times saying it is okay don't worry and relax and told her not to tell anyone. >> it's not uncommon for sometimes them to take a dozen years before they come forward. it is difficult for us to grasp as well in these usually start

sometimes there is not much evidence of it actually occurring. so it takes a lot of diligence. >> reporter: that is partly why police took 8 months to arrest sharp. the 66-year-old now retired is in jail on no bond. the police report says the school district investigated him in 2009 and found that other students had already been sitting on his knee or lap all year. the report quotes his written statement that students leaned back on my knee and i possibly put my hand on a back as we leaned forward to look at words in the dictionary. the police report said sharp apologize and that the district reprimanded him. apopka police say they were not notified back in 2009 of those allegations. the district told me it did notify dcf as required and did not ask sharp back to teach the next year. we are still waiting for the

we hope to see what was and was not done and hope to have the information for you at 5:00 live from the orange county school district headquarters, kathi belich, channel 9 eyewitness news. take a look at the letter that sharp said the school district into any 09 following the first investigation. go to the web links a section of wftv.com. we have 3 stories breaking right now in orange county. first in pine hills investigators say a call for help at home ended in a 3-year- old's death. investigators say the boy was found in the pool on hope -- home off silverstar road. the child was rushed to the hospital but he did not make it investigators say the family have been trying to keep the pool empty but recent rains as you can see had partially filled it in the boy drowned. there is a hazmat situation unfolding at an office complex off rows rd., university boulevard. skywitness 9 is flying over the building that was evacuated it working to confirm exactly what

emergency crews on the radio say suspicious device or suspicion mail was located in we are crews heading to the new stores and will update you when we learn more breaking in orlando, we are learning more about the case against the security guard accused of sexually assaulting and killing a woman at her downtown orlando apartment. we just received hundreds of pages of discovery in the case against even decks very including a police interview with him hours after the murder. he is currently being held on no bond for the murder of sasha. we have people .2 documents a dry patch since the weekend storms. >> and that's about the change. checking in now with certified chief meteorologist tom terry. >> this is a big winter storm system. we will be on the south side of it now. the storms are pretty far to the west in fact the big storm is moving across east texas but it is rapidly moving through the el nio pattern. it will repeat itself with cold

the storm will approach the panhandle through the early morning hours tomorrow. dry this evening, dry in the morning but we will see temperatures fall in the rain increasing as you start your day tomorrow. and a chance for severe weather as well. much more coming up. vanessa? to the 3 teenagers charged in the satellite beach crowbar attack have admitted their roles in the assault. today they pleaded guilty to aggravated battery. channel 9's melonie holt was in the courtroom. the lawyers for the teenagers say they felt bad about what happened. >> reporter: they said they have also taken responsibility for their actions and that may ultimately include testifying against the codefendants. >> i am really sorry. sorry for what happened and if there's anything i can do to take it back i would. >> reporter: 19-year-old jessica rumberger fought back tears as she apologized for her role in the 2015 crowbar assault on a satellite beach teenager. >> she will spend a lifetime trying to forgive herself so we

mercy and understanding this was the act of a child was investigators say 3 teenagers plotted against daniel vukovich stole marijuana and smoke paraphernalia. they played guilty to aggravated validly. dylan thomas pleaded not guilty to of tempted murder accused of wielding the crowbar. in a murder and gotay said they take part in planning the attack with thomas. gotay told the court she told thomas to the victim starts with a crowbar and a rumberger said she helped thomas dispose of the weapon. vukovich suffered multiple skull fractures. we saw him exiting the courtroom with his family today was looking remarkably well. >> he's much better. he is well thank you. jessica umberger and rebecca gotay face up to 15 years in prison and sentencing. >> when we have a client like rebecca, wanting to tell the

story is out there, i described it as relief. >> umberger and gotay will be sentenced in april and we expect to hear more about the victim in any lasting effects the attack had picked live at the brevard county courthouse, the air, melanie held, channel 9 eyewitness news. and you can listen to everything that happened in court today on your smart phone. download our wftv mobile news app and go to the video section. today and accused bank robber who was later shot during a 2nd robbery attempt interrupted they judge to question one of the charges against him. >> are you talking about january 12? i was shot in my fever bone 6 times. -- femur bone 6 times. >> he was scheduled to have a first appearance yesterday but it was push back the medical begin -- regency appeared in a wheelchair in the judge denied bond saying the man was a danger to the community

lawmakers will vote -- opposing gun bills allowing residents with a concealed weapon licensed openly carry of gun in most places including a college campus. congressman debbie wasserman schultz who doubles as the chair of the democratic national committee says the republican-led legislature is not listening to a majority of litter and -- floridians and says they are in lockstep with the national rifle association. she also urged a lawmakers to listen to university presidents and police chief who oppose the campus caryville. >> college kids do not need guns for injecting guns into an apartment where a stressed-out or intoxicated student the suddenly turn a difficult situation into a deadly one is irresponsible. >> experts say there appears to be little chance the senate judiciary committee will take up the proposal that would allow people with concealed let -- weapons licenses to carry on campuses. the campus caryville died last year after the judiciary chairman refused to put it on the agenda in the committee at that time. and even law enforcement does not agree on this.

brevard county sheriff wayne ivey and as we told you yesterday, ran county sheriff chris blair support weapons being actively carried by residents. meantime a new report from the tsa shows agencies want guns from passagers at orlando airport more than any other airport in florida 350 guns confiscated in 2015 and or it -- airports nationwide to 2700 firearms were found in carry-on bags and that surprises the record that was set in 2014 nationally my some 500 guns. economic success this year will hinge on marcus outside of central florida. that is what local experts are forecasting. in a special summit with the mayor this morning, the experts say unemployment numbers are down in orlando but it is growing and they are focusing attention on the national and international economy and giving a more cautious outlook than last year. >> last year we had to have her sunglasses onto walk into orange county. now the sunglasses are on still but we recognize as we look to

mindful of what is going on. >> the mayor says the county will continue to create jobs through good times and bad and that more companies are coming to central florida. because of the large labor pool. stocks have been up and down once again today and one point the dow dropped 500 points yes channel 9 anchor george estevez has been following the numbers all week and george, this is still being driven by slumping oil prices. >> follow me. the fact that you and i are paying less for gas right now is what is sending the world markets into a tailspin. let's take a look at the numbers. the dow actually went up by more than 150 points today nasdaq small gains arising half a point in s&p adding positively adding 10 points and it is affecting your -- >> wall street opening -- opening numbers with green and red. keeping investors on the edge of their seats. >> uncertainty is the markets worst favorite 4 letter word.

fighting its way back in closing down 249 points. the culprit is a tanking oil prices now $20 per barrel but the lowest in 12 years. great news for you with 70 percent of americans are now being less than $2 per gallon and in fact in central florida, our average is $1.78. for the energy companies it is a huge blow. shedding some 100,000 jobs last year and more jobs could be lost if oil prices stay the slow. >> so not knowing where the bottom is in oil causes a lot of angst. >> uncertainty and volatility in the world's second-largest economy, another big concern for investors the turbulence in china. it is sending u.s. stocks down nearly 10 percent for the year. but the average retirement savings account that is a loss of nearly $8300. >> so if you're wondering what to do with your money experts say continue to ride this out. they say people who get out when the market is down are the ones who lose out the most. greg and vanessa.

the store being new 911 calls reveal more about the vicious dog attack at an apartment complex that left a woman fighting for life. >> what we just learned about the family involved in all of this. of volusia county councilmember wants to change the punishment for minor marijuana violations that what he suggests instead of sending offenders to jail. more than 2 dozen victims woke up to find their cars vandalized. >> i saw his broken window and he said that's okay they have you tube. >> weather damage did not stop it. a big winter storm, big traffic headache coming up for

staying on top of breaking news now in orange county. hazmat situation continues to

off rows road near university boulevard. this is a look from skywitness 9 flying over the building for some time. the building has been evacuated. we are working with officials to confirm exactly what was found but this is what we hear. emergency crews on the radio were saying that suspicious mail or possibly a suspicious device was located. we have crews on the way on the ground and we will stay here with skywitness 9 as well and give you an update just as soon as we learn more. brevard county investigators are trying to find the vandals who smashed the windows out of more than 2 dozen cars. they were part out of motels. you can see some damage that families woke up to this morning channel 9 steve barrett spoke with victims and they told you they were just in town on vacation. >> reporter: and they all were staying, vanessa, and hotels that were very close to each other. there is the hampton and across the street and i am standing in front of the holiday in and that is the parking lot this morning it was covered in broken glass from dozens of broken windows. >> my car has a broken into.

hotels greeted by broken windows in-depth -- and deputies when they will get this morning kids in pajamas playing while adducts assessed the damage. >> angry because this is the vandalized. >> unclear what caused -- cost damage. for some it ruined the trip. >> you guys are crazy pick you need to stop doing this and putting people through this pain and suffering. >> reporter: others were not happily -- happy but took it in stride. >> what will you do? you cannot get upset about it. you can, but they will do their best to find whoever did it and hopefully they will do time. >> reporter: investigators were reviewing surveillance video from the hampton inn, but lunch into an holiday in at intersection of i-95, wickham road. they wanted to find clues one hotel manager said marks on unbroken windows suggested a handheld auto glass breaker was used.

they may have picked these hotels. there is the parking lot there. look here. this is the on ramp to i-95 so that would make for a quick getaway. live in brevard county, steve barrett, channel 9 eyewitness news. and if you would like to see some of the damage left behind, head over to wftv.com slash slideshows. tuesday we told you about dozens of similar car brings -- break-ins at oia. rick scott into almost 60 vehicles and we asked to vacate -- investigators of the cases might be investigated. they said this point they do not believe they are. that is just mean to break windows out. >> central florida versus one of the cold front this weekend. out of the northeast is facing potentially blizzard like conditions. >> it will be tougher folks and even the president has already felt effects of winter weather. snow began last night in washington dc. they call it a sucker punch costing troubles -- causing troubles for drivers in the presidential motorcade was seen skidding on slick streets.

>> we believe that we did not provide adequate resources at a time where it could make a difference in last evening commute. >> they will be prepared this topic they say this weekend storm can invite people from north carolina to boston, forecasters predict 40 mile an hour winds and up to where the focus is 20 inches of snow into driving and more like this on your screen. if you are scheduled to fly to any of the states that will be affected by this massive storm, some airlines will let you change your flight without penalty. american, southwest, delta among the airlines issuing travel waivers ahead of the store. customers must have flights booked between today and sunday to be eligible. we made it easy for you to track your flight as well go to wftv.com slash flight tracker. a good idea because even if the weather is fine here it's not the case elsewhere. >> monster storm.

wait until this one comes in. taking this seriously the state emergency in the northeast and if you have flight plans in the northeast, if they involve the weekend, you may have a lot of issues may be completely out of luck because we will have a lot of flight today said live you looking north hit by the way, right there, that is a fire, control burn in weston marion county. otherwise there is a good old- fashioned meteorological cloud, 70 degrees now in downtown. we have made it up to the low 70s forecasting today. milder across the area. it will be warmer evening tonight as well after back-to- back freezes in parts of the area. 54 winter springs, 57 altamont, sever not as cold, storms by midmorning. start thinking about that now because tomorrow late morning through midafternoon, tracking severe weather. lows in the 50s. quiet for the moment and clouds move through now in wayne -- rain in the western panhandle big winter storm will be moving

last system was pretty close to central florida tracking across peninsula. this will move north hit the best chance for severe weather will also be north and west of the i-4 corridor. tomorrow we will have a lot of wind energy nearby like the last storm. we will watch it as if it is going to bring us a chance for severe weather bigger we know it could. 11 am, squall line moving onshore big azle, ocala down toward tampa. been moving on through and notice some of the bright colors showing up your forecast is showing strong gusty winds over 50 miles an hour possible tomorrow. here we go again. so from the late morning to about 3:00 in the afternoon, chance of severe weather. the storm system will quickly scoot on by and they have not been lingering. this will bring much colder weather and time for the weekend. tomorrow, a slight risk of severe weather as painted by the storm prediction center to the west. all central florida, wind is over 50 possible and we will talk about a slight tornado risk as well. in the next half-hour, five-day forecast, where the weekend is always in view, rain storms

windy and colder. in fact colder, vanessa, then the system we just that. it is january, still. >> yes, it is water at one florida hospital location tested positive for the bacteria that causes legionnaires disease. ahead, we are asking what is being done to protect patients. in just the past him in, volusia county leaders agreed to move forward on a proposal that lets people convicted of minor marijuana crimes pay tickets instead of going to jail. we talk to the councilman behind the idea. homeowners near lake underhill says construction is keeping them up and i. i'm

we found out before the commercial break that volusia county leaders just agreed to move forward on a proposal that let people convicted a minor marijuana crimes he tickets instead of sending them to jail if they are caught. jeff deal caught -- talk to the councilman behind the idea. what does he want defendants to do instead? >> he says the folks with the cases are basically clogging up the court systems, wasting time

instead of having them come here to the courthouse to face criminal charges, he wants them to pay a citation. >> reporter: marijuana, right now and volusia county carrying even small amounts of it can make you a criminal. >> he cuffed me, put me in the car for one hour. >> reporter: this man does not want his feet shown and was caught with 4 g of pot in his car in he's facing misdemeanor criminal charges. a proposal by county councilman josh wagner to change the way minor marijuana possession cases are handled in the county. his idea is to make it a citation instead of a criminal offense. >> similar to a county ordinance and similar to if you drive on the beach after hours are parked in the wrong zone. >> reporter: wagner former state prosecutor says cases are clogging the system and feeling jails. he believes it will actually save money by making it a citation of 50-$100 for anyone caught with fewer than 20 g of marijuana. the men we interviewed understands he broke the law

it would be bad as far as rationally -- professionally. i have a family to provide for. >> reporter: he says he suffers from ptsd and marijuana is the one thing that helps him get through it without serious side effects that he hopes waggers proposal passes and police cases like his tie up law enforcement resources that could be used elsewhere. >> you have other calls that came through while he was doing paperwork for my summons. they were for far more -- more worse situations. >> reporter: and the decision late this afternoon is moving forward with a proposed $100 fine. the ordinance has to be drafted and there has to be public hearings before council votes on this, likely the boat will take place march 30. -- march 3. jeff deal, channel 9 eyewitness news. ahead of 4, growing safety concerns about hoverboards have officials calling for sales to stop. i lost my daughter yakked we

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new 911 calls are giving us a frightening insight into the pitbull attack that left at her life. >> what we are now learning about the people who might have been involved. that attack was tuesday at sanford. one in critical condition today. in the past 30 minutes, 7 release told tim barber that victim is still in critical condition at an orlando regional medical center. tim is at the hospital now. i heard part of the 911 calls. they are very difficult to listen to that i ask you to pause a call just a few seconds in. >> reporter: it's hard not to get a lump in your throat when you listen to these tapes and imagine what this woman went through. i just talked to the police and they told us this woman is still in a hospital bed at ormc and she still in critical condition. some of the video from tuesday's attack is to graphic to share in the 911 calls are no different.

hello. >> reporter: these are the only ones suitable for tv. >> we need somebody to exabyte -- expedite. >> a dog is attacking a human. multiple victims, multiple dogs. i believe one was shot. >> reporter: the main call lasted 8 minutes. you can hear barking, screaming and the caller telling dispatch she cannot call -- calm down because the victim is dying in the dogs will not let go. we told you yesterday police say it is possible the dogs were involved in a similar attack in december at this apartment on the opposite side of town. reports of the peoples belong to sean pitts but the dogs attacked these 2 women. investigators cannot be sure if they're the same dogs from tuesday. after the december attack, pizza sign the dogs over to animal services but got them back. we asked if child protective services is looking into tuesday's attack because there were so many kids under the age of 13 who were in the apartment

investigators say they cannot into it. 5 of the dogs were shot and killed by the police and one is with animal services. sanford city code says that each household is limited to 3 cats and 3 dogs. reporting live in downtown orlando, outside ormc, tim barber, channel 9 eyewitness news. soon it will get harder for europeans to enter the united states for the obama administration plans to issue new visa rules that would affect europeans do -- who are dual nationals of iran, arrive sedan or syria or have visited those countries and last 5 years. officials say the is designed to make it hard for those who have fought for the islamic state to enter the u.s. the while residents in flint, michigan are reacting to hundreds of emails indicating government officials know plenty about a water crisis there for almost one year. thousands of residents have been exposed to water contaminated with lead.

to flinch water to save money. residents feel the government lied to them. >> my youngest says it's yellow and fill me in gross and foamy. it was fall-like open sewer. but we were being told we are getting used to the system. it is a pity it is okay. >> today flint mayor.$28 million in relief funding from the state but it is unknown when people can start using the water again. >> this afternoon the top government watchdog is calling for sales of hoverboards to be suspended with the latest move in an ongoing saga over regulating the electric devices. >> martie salt has been tracking this growing concerns. there is more to be worried about. >> some hoverboards have sparked fires getting banned from places like airplanes in dorms on ucf campus. meanwhile regulators say they are just as concerned about people hurting themselves or falling off. >> a damaging new report from the government says until

hoverboards should stop, particularly online and that applies to all models, not just lower and once. >> we have seen enough of fall and fire hazards to believe that there could be more safety issues that need to be addressed. >> a day before the safety announcement a family in northern california says there hoverboard caught fire while being charged, killing their 2 dogs. >> it could happen in the middle of the light at could've lost my daughter. >> that fire is the 40th case being investigated. just last week, we told you about this house fire in brevard county caused by a hoverboard. fortunately, nobody was injured and there was only minor damage to the house. the chairman of the consumer product safety commission is also worried about injuries from riders falling off. whether hoverboards had the right technology and software to adjust for the difference tween a 50 pound child in a 150 pound adult. >> they are designed in a manner that makes them take off when people are not ready for it. that is a hidden had dessert

balls. >> at least 13 models of hoverboards are under investigation for battery fires. those models account for more than half of the hoverboards that have come into the country. and this is the startling fact, u.s. customs officials say they have already caught 25,000 counterfeit hoverboards being shipped into the country. many hoverboards have been purchased through amazon.com. in response to the growing safety concerns, the company says it is now offering refunds to anybody who bought hoverboards on their website. the cpsc is demanding other retailers and manufacturers to follow suit. the moving balance boards are investigated. despite the refund offer amazon still held -- sell them on the site today. you say board of trustees will vote next week to lower fees for new students who take online courses. for online only students who do not visit the campus or use resources, the university could reduce the rate a charge per credit hour by $33. the board will vote next

if approved, the fees will be reduced starting next summer. juicier pointed out they will not be raising tuition next year. this is the 2nd consecutive year with no increase. brevard county school employees could get all health clinic. helping local government to save money on healthcare. the district is considering opening up 3 clinics in a school board discussion tuesday, officials say they were not sure whether -- where clinics will be located in they could save up to 7 percent on healthcare 60 percent -- protected go berserk -- tortoises are making a great hopes -- expensive. clearing 21 acres of trees for control is to have a beer line of sight around the airport. last month about 125 sites were found. it will cost about $183,000 to tortoises. gopher tortoises have impacted plenty of fish are 2 projects around the years. city apopka had to spend nearly

relocate nearly 75 tortoises on land it wanted to use for retention ponds. the city of leesburg was spending about $40,000 to remove about 40 of them. they were on land where a concrete materials plant was being built. push the water is now safer nearly 2000 flatbed -- flagler county residents under o'boyle bar warning on monday we told you someone drained 400,000 gallons of water from plantation bay water system in the drop in pressure was not cheap it across the county nearly $2500. $25,000 for deputies are working for whoever did it. a group is taking action to keep leaders in check. residents will consider ways to manage the city council. channel 9 mark price spoke with mount dora's mayor about the group's concerns. in a few hours citizens would show up at the chamber of commerce to go up the steps and through the doors where they will have a meeting.

with the city council. they want to see some changes. they say they will discuss everything, including the recall process. >> reporter: concerned citizen rick says the city council is not alone the city manager to do his job which he fears will lead to the manager moving on. >> please read the charter and let's act like adults. >> reporter: city manager says he has been feeling pressure to get rid of deputy city manager, however he says every getting those, so will he the city attorney is also on his way out and fail belize using -- losing that would be a mistake. >> the city is a corporation and if you -- your cfo and ceo walk out the door, at the same time, i think you would have some serious repercussions. >> reporter: to prevent that from happening, he says he and his group will be looking at the options as voters including

>> do we want to go down the road? i don't but will we go down that road? who knows yesterday we caught up with the mayor and we asked him if the council will work to keep the city manager and deputy on the job. >> i cannot comment on that. i am talking with the city manager on different issues and until that happens, we will decide at that point we can whether anything and we have plans in place and i think whoever is here at the helm we will move along. >> reporter: lee county, mark price, channel 9 eyewitness news. a major payroll processing company wants to expand in matlen and bring more than 2400 jobs to central florida. abp is asking orange county in the city a matlen to contribute to a $1.4 million financial incentive for the expansion. county commission meeting will consider the incentive package on january 26. we will let you know what they decide national football league now has a full-time female coach for the first time and 96 years.

catherine smith as the special teams quality control coach. she spent last season working with the coaches as an administrative assistant. she also spent 12 seasons working with the new york jets. the position is considered a good way to move up the ranks and here is an example. former tampa bay area near head coach john gruden won a super bowl with the bucs a note on espn. it started out in the same capacity. >> watch out. central florida's big powerball winner still has not come forward. we know 2 people that did not when. >> we are sitting here. the winning ticket worth about $520 million it was bought in a public in melbourne beach. the winter or winners have 180 days from the joint to collect their part of the $1.5 billion prize. the couple who bought the winning ticket in tennessee came forward last week. we still do not know the identity of the winner yet from california. just taking their time to get things and talk to lawyers and accountants. >> is it possible that the ticket went through the wash? >> i don't want to think about

that would be terrible. amends new home in paradise came with an unexpected guest. >> why officials say they were not surprised to see this part -- reptile. another big winter storm is on the way. pay attention. it will be stormy tomorrow. we will talk about who has the higher risks across central florida coming up.

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experts are flushing the water in florida hospital orlando where legionnaires disease has been found. last week water samples tested positive for the bacteria that causes the illness. today, channel 9 janai norman asked whether any current patient still have a reason to be worried. >> reporter: ginsberg tower is

positive for that bacteria. today we came asking experts how it happened. how long the water here had been -- had bacteria in it and what it means if you have been treated here recently. it started in late november when a critically ill patients tested positive. >> legionella is a bacteria that causes pneumonia. >> reporter: fast-forward to last week when a water sample also tested positive for the bacteria but not the same strain. >> we know that there was not a link between the environmental water sample and the patient sample. >> reporter: so far, infection control officers visit says there has not been any cases of people getting the bacteria from the hospital. if you are sick and have a weakened immune system, you stand a better chance of it. >> patients who have drank the water do they have heightened reason for concern? >> it is a drink. >> the doctor says as far as they know the dock -- the water has been fined to drink.

legionella bacteria anyway. >> reporter: we found that you get a from inhaling water mist and vapors. then you would start feeling sick >> legionella was found in a certain part of one of the buildings at florida hospital. so that, yes, that is a matter of concern but it is not unusual nor is it unique. >> reporter:, corey works for the management company called in to flush out the water system at the hospital using fresh chlorinated water and he says the bacteria occurs naturally and is common in many facilities. he could not tell me how long they will flush the system at florida hospital but say that has coming back show the water is back to normal. in orlando, janai norman, channel 9 eyewitness news. florida hospital is developing a water management program something many hospitals are doing to make sure water quality at facilities remain high make sure your friend here this important story. share it from the wftv facebook page less than one hour go

bill creating policies and offered more opportunities to people with disabilities. the water measures establishes waterflow levels were springs as is guidelines for the central florida water initiative. it is a regional water supplying -- a supply planning effort the other proposals will help people with developmental disabilities lance moore job so they can get financial independence. all those both go to affect on july 1. only in florida, a homeowner who just moved into his multimillion dollar home found out he was not alone. >> we have company did he spotted this crocodile swimming in his pool this morning in the florida keys. the crocodile state in the shallow end. wildlife officials removed it and took a back to the ocean. officials say it happened several times per year since homes mckees of course are close to the water. >> looks like a floating toy. >> no late night plunges. >> late morning, early afternoon storms slight chance

we will watch this as we do every storm this, year. and i guess all the time, daytona beach right now folks have jackets but warmer, 65. temperatures warmer today 5 degrees over yesterday. noticeable increase. tomorrow, just a little . warmer and much colder again this weekend. we are in the train of the jet stream. one storm after another is barreling through. we will watch this next storm system tomorrow closely. kissimmee, st. cloud, temperatures for you falling into the middle 50s but we will steer clear of the free zone tonight but we will have another freeze opportunity over the weekend. especially sunday morning. temperatures for tonight, 53 ocala, mid 50s for orlando. the next system back to the west is going to watch all the way across bringing increasing stolt -- snowball to the deep south including atlanta and skirt up the east coast and it is going to drag rain and thunderstorms into our backyard. i want to jump ahead to midnight that is when we will start to watch these

together on the gulf of mexico. here is 5:30 am. is already on eyewitness news this morning watching this line of storms still about 4 or 5 hours to the west the storm prediction center has a slight risk of severe weather. mainly here to the west it in they did know what it by a 50 percent risk of getting severe weather. the higher chance of getting a tornado is going to be in this area west of marion county the does not mean you will get 15 chance of attorney said 15 percent chance of any severe weather, straight-line winds, slight risk of a tornado but maybe to the west the rest of the area only about 5 percent chance of the severe thunderstorm but still we have a lot of territory and that means we have a chance for some severe weather tomorrow. let me show you to check forecast 11:00, here comes some big storms. this will be severe from gainesville back down to the sugar mill would area, crystal river. and then moving on through here is 1:00 heavy thunderstorms as well. in quickly moving out by around 5 pm. make sure you have your severe

search warrant in the app store. search wftv and we will have the news app wake up app in the weather app. and those alerts will come to alert and talk to you and say tornado watch in effect until 8 am port for supper. five-day forecast, where the weekend is always in view, 80 percent chance probably higher that a thunderstorm during the morning and afternoon but the entire day will not be a washout. 56 on saturday, mid 30s, coldest air of the season sunday morning. watch out for widespread freeze potential and then monday and tuesday, finally starting to rebound temperatures. vanessa? orange county deputy say they have the man who flashed a girl and try to get her in his car. the quick thinking move in eyewitness may to help deputies tracking down. new for 5, under push to get red light cameras taken down. who lawmakers a going after to good. next at format, channel 9

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seems very nice . following breaking news out of orange county since the top of the 4:00 hour. in orlando, building evacuated pick this is the look from skywitness. officials are clearing the scene of an orlando building that had to be evacuated earlier. next 5:00, we are asking what could have forced them to clear the building a family is mourning the loss of a toddler who was found in a pool. what they tried to do weeks before his to prevent this. sexual predator behind bars accused now of raping a 13-year- old girl at knife point.