this is channel 9 eyewitness news at 11:00, coverage you can count on. tonight, voters in iowa took the first step toward electing a new president. an expert say it could be a record breaking night for turn out. >> what a night of twists and turns it has been. tonight iowa in the first caucus. >> ted cruz came out on the republican side and right now it's about right down the middle for the democrats. two campaigns have ended and

>> cruz beating trump by roughly 5000 votes but the third, marco rubio came in just a few thousand votes shy of beating donald trump for second place. donald trump was leading going into tonight but he finishes 4 points behind ted cruz. it was a strong showing for marco rubio. rub i don't said it was eyeing a third place but tonight almost as good as a win for rubio. tonight in what sounded like a victory speech he said he will lead it to a win over any democratic nominee. >> the people of this great state sent a great message. we are not waiting any longer to take our country back.

nearly as clear cut. a stat statistical tie. we have also seen two campaigns end, o'malley and mike huckabee. he won. up next, new hampshire holds its primary in just 8 days. >> it's going to be interesting. we're going to continue to monitor the results and we'll have the full results on eyewitness news this morning tomorrow beginning at 5:00 a.m. investigators still trying to determine how a local high school teacher and her estranged husband wound up dead inside this home on chaparral

one neighbor said he hadn't seen either of the victims in a while. >> he had a big airboat and a big truck. maybe a month before christmas that all went away. >> investigators said they were the only ones involved in the incident. a -- of a day care is behind bars. this all started with the disturbing cell phone video that is playing here behind me. this was captured by a coworker in claire month. police say the director struck a 4-year-old boy with stuffed animals and then threw him on to a cot. the coworker said the abuse had been going on for about 3 weeks. >> i have a child and if somebody hurt her that way, i don't know what i would do. >> while the video looks bad, police say the boy is fine. reed told investigators it was

the city of daytona beach wants you to donate to homeless assistance after -- camped out for 44 days shutting down the government office. the city had set up a link on donate. been raised. good samaritans catch a potential purse snatcher. take a look. it shows the suspect grabbed the 79-year-old victim's purse as she was putting items items into her car. the bystanders were able to get her plate number and call the sheriff's office. deputies say they are interviewing a person they hope

shot and killed a boy last week. deputies said other people in the car with harris took off after the shooting. his mother is now pleading for the public's health. >> my baby had his whole life ahead of him. he did not deserve that. >> that mother said her son was listening to music in her car. new tonight the attorney of a local college student who said deputies used excessive force said she did everything she could to the her client justice. >> the apartment complex where this incident happened. ty, wanted to hear from the accused in person. >> they were left with more questions than answers.

arrest that happened here at the orlando apartments. >> i would like to say that i'm surprised but i'm not. >> attorney natalie tells us she expected 3 orange county deputies to be cleared of excessive force claims. this is video of jackson and her client speaking openly to us about their claims. but we obtained an internal investigation report that says free and regular natural lane never talked to detectives were arrest. >> why don't their attorney come forward and say something i did. clients. >> so tonight we want to know if jackson did enough, especially after that news conference and her gut feeling. >> do you feel like it was good enough for a press conference rather than speaking to the

conference. we did written affidavits. >> jackson told law enforcement officers that usually found in the clear in these cases so we asked what is the attorney for. >> legally what can they do to find justice? >> exactly what she is going to do, she is going to file a civil rights lawsuit. >> and here's another look at that clubhouse. jackson told me verbal could be used against her client. now we are he waiting to see when jackson will file that civil rights lawsuit. deputy richard nigh is in the middle of another excessive force video. appears to show him kicking after -- caused an accident. this investigation we are told is not complete. nigh was put on desk duty. tomorrow the case of a man

was supposed to protect will go before a grand jury. former security guard followed her into her uptown apartment, raped and murdered her back in october. he was arrested on second degree murder charges and remains in jail. hundreds of students are expected to return to school following a shooting threat. west port officials say it all started on thursday when an african american girl punched a white student. the fight turned into a war of words on social media which spiraled. >> is it annoying for you? absolutely. >> why? >> because i can't go to school. >> 10 police officers patrolled school today why more than half the school students stayed home.

stabbed milton torez to death to protect his brother during a fight in 2011. today the 5th district court of appeals should be resentenced on a lesser manslaughter conviction. the court said he didn't kill him out of hate hatred or spite, which is required. this comes after the district exceeded class limits at lake way and -- the schools will use coteachers, multi grade classrooms and bring in additional teachers. the tax collectors office is at the center of an investigation into fraudulent licenses. arrested these 2 employees at the office. police found nearly 2 dozen people received driver's licenses without having to take drivers tests. both are facing charges,

lake nigh is the fastest growing community but there's 1500 acres of land that the school district won't build on and they have a reason. because the military used the site to test bombs during world war ii. millions of dollars were spent to clean up the land but the county says it doesn't want to take any chances. trying to figure out any threats at a school war gang related after a threat of a shooting circulated on social media. two parents say their kids were attacked at school on friday. >> he was scared so he was one of the kids that wasn't allowed so he's home. >> a call from the school's principal said students were -- to avoid large crowds.

under the influence of alcohol could soon get tougher in florida. lawmakers initially planned to discuss tougher penalties. mother's against drunk driving. >> drives will soon have a new route to get around but it's coming at a cost. the big price taxpayers are covering for promotion of the project. this warm up, just the beginning. up next i'll tell you who will be warm tomorrow. plus a 911 rescuer was told he couldn't be treated recently inside an er.

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>> has 4 employees. they are trained to work with the media and promote things happening in the county like the opening of the parkway. commissioners already paid a combined $336,000 a year to do that but that didn't stop commissioners from approving a contract to do the exact same thing for $17,500. b and b will do the advertising for the project and handle the ribbon cutting ceremony which will include a 5k race. they will also provide materials to praise the successes of the project which community. something he does already without b and b. b and b is owned by windy. not only is jen en's husband the director of the bridge

florida state of corporations john is listed as comanager. i went to their business, which is also their home. according to their website they specialize in -- but avoided us when we knocked on their door. county commissioners didn't even put this out forbid. i did reach out to all of them but none of them returned my calls. we wanted to ask them if this is a conflict of interest. we will keep checking with them tomorrow. a st. cloud man said he received horrible treatment at a local hospital after he said he needed to test to see if he had tuberculosis. he said he got debris from the twin towers in new york and said he might have a strain of tuberculosis so he went to the hospital and told the staff why

but moments later the staff handed him a mask and escorted him outside. >> he said we're not quipped to deal with this. >> so they sent him home without knowing whether he had tb or not. it said it follows the protocol when it comes to infectious diseases. investigators are trying to figure out how an an anaconda got loose and slithered around a neighborhood. this is a photo of the guy. the snake is 9 feet long. investigators caught it on woodbury circle. they said knowing the snake was out there makes them uneasy. >> how do you protect yourself from something like that? a dog you can hear bark.

investigating. they found another one up there a short time ago. so it makes you wonder. you never know what's coming after weather. you never know what the 80- degree weather is going to bring. >> if it was cold it probably would have stayed where it was. >> this is the warmest since new year's day. with you believe that. the next 2 days will also be in the 80s and then the temperatures take a nose drive. a lot going on here. 68 in orlando. stanford at 66. now, we're all looking okay as far as fog with the exception of ocala, starting to see some fog creep in from the west. overnight we're going to see the fog become more widespread. this is 2:00 through 6:00. in gray, basically all of

fog will be possible. between 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m., pockets of dense fog, especially lake sumter and lake counties. in eyewitness news this morning starting at 5:00 a.m. they will be pointing out any issues the fog is causing. upper 50s in palm coast, otherwise 63 in orlando. these are very mild morning temperatures for ground hog day. than normal. the warmest weather will be west of orlando. 83 in orlando. some of the cooler temperatures along our east coast but still tomorrow. a brief shower cannot be ruled out but most people will stay

very warm, point seena at 83. some of the warmest in lake county. 83 in the villages. wednesday is also a day in the 80s. but then here comes that cold front. so wednesday night we will begin to watch rain approach from the west. after the front passes on thursday we have a threat for heavy rain on thursday. mainly during the evening. and at this point that looks to be the main threat here. heavy rain and some lightning. at this point any threat for well. we still have 3 days for things to change. if we do we'll let you know. here it is your 5 day forecast. tuesday and wednesday we're in the 80s, thursday you have a 70% chance for rain especially day. friday windy and much colder but drying out early. saturday 70 and another chance

neighbors say this new business led sign is too bright. the business has offered to make things darker for those who live and sleep nearby. tomorrow on eyewitness news this morning we are going to track some of that fog and that mild out the door start and also get some new information on the timing of our next front.

business said it has toned it down after residents complain the sign was just too bright. no issue with the sign that sits in a commercial zone. the general manager said he has set the resolution to be dimmer at night. he also offered to purchase black out curtains for one neighborhood that complained. after the city of titusville said it was the victim of a wire fraud scheme. it was committed viea e-mail. we have learned the loss to taxpayers will be minimized by the city's liability insurance. in vol use a county, about 400 teachers voiced their opinion. we told you they have not reached a salary increase agreement. is offering teachers a 3% raise but teachers say -- were so upset tonight they began

members walked out of that meeting. leaders have a plan to keep lakes and rivers clean but we found out homeowners will have to do their part. the county would monitor homeowners and fine them if they don't. once again a central company has created the coin that will be used in the coin toss for the super bowl this tuesday. the coin will look a little bit different for super bowl l. the high land minute created the coin but for the first time the logo will be the heads part of the coin and the logos of the denver broncos and the -- will be on the tails side. this is your sports presented by lexus of orlando. >> the best part about january is that it's over.

month putting a massive dent in their playoff hopes. they are going to have to do it against some of the best teams in the league. evening. this evening. wouldn't really matter, danny green with a steal. run. first. but the magic chip away. picking pockets takes it away from green, sprints away for the magic. only down 4. off the assist from nick, 19 points for depot tonight gives orlando their first lead of the game. let's go to the 4th. tobias harris in. davis west answers on the other end with a slam of his own as a game high 28.

florida state looking for their third straight win. the steel and the -- up 10. 195 seconds later bacon on the far side of the arc makes it 36- 20. let's skip ahead to the final minute. anthony barber with 31 tonight hits the 3 and it's a 2 point game but bacon says everyone calm down. 20 points for bacon, florida state holds on. how about some football. seminole high school one of 3 kids planning to sign with ucf on friday. seminole also named their new head coach today. john stark. he was an assistant at seminole in the early 2000s leading the cougars to back-to-back playoffs. seminole has missed the

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