hit the trail together today. we can't have a president who knows nothing about foreign policy. >> marco rubio rolled out this new ad that took aim the donald trump. >> marco rubio is hoping to de momentum from his showing last night. >> the attacks that started continued today with marco rubio launching his first direct attack ad on trump. you saw a clip right there. christopher heath has been following this all day. today christie's endorsement is stealing a lot of thunder from the rest of the candidates. >> that was probably planned. it wasn't long ago that chris christie was taking on marco rubio in new hampshire. now he is going after him this time with donald trump at his side. now the rubio pack has a new ad saying that donald trump doesn't know anything about foreign affairs. then there's ted cruz.

from persony and hill -- bernie and hillary to trump and rubio. still in texas after thursday's debate, marco rubio taking on donald trump for twitter typos. >> i don't know how he got that wrong. the e and the o are nowhere near each other. >> reporter: while rubio jokes his pack gets serious. the ad by conservative solutions hits trump for his thin foreign policy credentials. >> trump claims he knows about china. >> reporter: the ad is running in florida where a new poll has rubio behind trump by 16 points and trump picking up endorsements. >> he will provide strong leadership. >> reporter: chris christie now backing trump. meanwhile ted cruz keeping his sights on rubio. >> fought to stop marco rubio's gang of 8 bill dead in its tracks. >> reporter: it plays to tea party voters hitting all acandidates but saving its most pointed attack for rubio.

if he wins his home state on tuesday is expected to ramp up the pressure on rubio to get out of the race. and maine's governor paula page endorsed trump today. on the democratic side, south carolina will hold its primary tomorrow where hillary clinton is expected to win big. hillary clinton has a lead over bernie sanders in florida as well. >> and chris, marco rubio went on making fun of trump's spelling on twitter talking about the misspelling of choker in three tweets today. it referenced rubio last night. >> how can he get this wrong? the misspells. some are not next to each. and i concluded one of two things. either that's how they spell choker at the warton school of business or he hired foreign

>> trump recent the tweets with corrected spelling. president obama stopped at the plant in jacksonville this afternoon and talked about the benefits of the $760 billion economic stimulus bill that he signed into law 7 years ago. the orlando city soccer club is closing in on its goal to fill the citrus bowl again. the team held their annual media day today. joe kepner found out that the lions could be playing in front of a packed citrus bowl stadium. >> reporter: the media from five different countries is here today. the team has talked a little bit about ticket sales and it's all good news for orlando city so far this off-season. >> we're in great shape. i'm sitting here delighted. i find it difficult to keep the smile off my face. >> reporter: the team hit the

now they want more than 62,000 at the season opener at the citrus bowl. they are already over 43,000 ahead of their pace from last year. >> the fact that we could fill the bowl, bring in 62,500 fans for the opening game was amazing. in some ways understandable because it was a unique event. it was one day in history. to think we could do this again for the second opening game in our second season to me is beyond unreal. >> reporter: we will have more content from orlando city media day including the interviews with the president and head coach on the sports page on wftv.com. from lake mary, joe kepner. >> going to be an exciting season. one of the darkest chapters in central florida history will be told on the big screen first. the book was written by gilbert king who had access to

prosecution of four black teens for the rape of a white girl. he is my guest this week on central florida spotlight. >> because of the access to the documents you look at them and say look at the decisions that the government was making to cover this up and make it go away. >> the city of groveland wrote a probing lambation to the -- pro clamation to the families to apologize. you can watch the special this sunday at 12:30 p.m. right here on channel 9. next time you eat out, pay close attention to what you pay. a former waiter at a busy delan restaurant is accused of giving himself more tips than the customers approved. as jeff learned, if convicted, he could go to prison. >> reporter: all of this

noticed there was a discrepancy in the amount they wrote down for the tip and how much they were charged. then the owner notices there was discrepancies in the suspect's tips spanning more than six months. when you swipe the card at a restaurant and write down the tip, how many times do you make sure that it's accurately reflected on your credit card statement? this man is accused of doing something that may make you pay attention next time you go out to work. he worked at cook's cafe across from the university. police say he stole from customers by altering tip amounts. a few dollars here, a few dollars there. the restaurant told police more than 100 of his receipts going back more than six months appear to have been altered. no one answered at his home. but late this afternoon, his attorney said it's odd this arrest came after he filed a lawsuit against cook's last

wasn't paying him according to the law. he believes he is innocent. >> they don't touch the bill. it goes to a cashier. they don't have control over that. >> reporter: an attorney for the restaurant says all servers have a code to access tips. he and police believe that he went back into the computer and changed the tips to give himself more money. >> i just think it's wrong. people tip because they want to tip for good service. that's what it's based on. >> reporter: police are asking people who are concerned there may have been a discrepance knee their credit card statements from this restaurant to give them a call. reporting in volusia county, channel 9 eyewitness news. a robber who sometimes wears a batman mask is terrorizing stores in central florida. >> he has hit eight businesses. channel 9 kathi belich is live at the most recent holdup. and he has ditched the batman

to catching him. >> reporter: that's right. he showed his face according to investigators here at the family dollar store on east colognian drivement they were able to draw up this sketch of him. investigators are hoping that someone will recognize him and tie him to a batman mask. the gunman got national media attention because of the batman mask that he wore to hide his face. they believe that's why he stopped wearing it. they want people to take a good look at this sketch. he is hispanic, left handed and dangerous. video shows the way that he waves a gun around as he orders people around. >> he is threatening the employees and basically telling them i want -- give me the stuff and no one gets hurt. if you give me what i ask for, we're good. if you give him a hard time, it seems like he becomes more

now, investigators do not want it to come to that. they want anyone who recognizes the guy or knows anything about a batman mask to call crime line and you can find that number on wftv.com. reporting live in east orange county, kathi belich, channel 9 eyewitness news. video of a frustrated veteran having a hard time making an appointment with the v.a. is going viral. it has more than a million views since it was posted. many veterans say this scene is much too familiar for them. massachusetts congressman and

for a bill that would allow veterans to set up an appointment through a map. despite a judge's order apple has refused to help hack into an iphone used by one of the san bernardino shooters. the attack killed 14 people. yesterday apple filed its formal objection in this case. google is reportedly drafting a friend of the court brief that they plan to file next week on apple's behalf. orange county firefighters paid tribute to two fallen team members today by getting to work. >> the second annual honor challenge. you can see they went through grueling object tackle courses. the challenge is a way to honor those who have lost their lives and train for the future. >> the elements of this event are also symbolic of how you would behave in a catastrophic environment. >> today's event honored an

were killed in 1989 when a roof truss collapsed on them as they fought a fire at a gift shop. new at 6:00, the new initiative by police that is cleaning up more than just crime. brevard county schools are fighting a case of super bug head lice. find out why treatments that are usually recommended will not work this time. millions of your tax dollars are handed out to schools as a perk. questions about the spending and the surprises answer that's lawmakers had when we asked them about it. we are chalk full of weekend events and chilly

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they're free to spend the money for whatever they want to. >> we learned only a portion of the funding is planned for uniforms, raising questions about the program. >> reporter: two-way radios, antibullying posters, security cameras are just some of the things that the schools plan to buy with the uniform incentive money. that's not sitting well with everyone. the state plans to hand out $3.7 million to reward eight districts that have uniforms. parents usually pay for the clothes and some question the purpose of the perk. >> if it's for uniforms they should use it for uniforms. if it's for cameras, it should be for cameras. >> reporter: lawmakers put few limits on how the money can be spent but it can't be used for

only osceola and polk county will use the money for the school supplies. >> it's a great opportunity to recognize school districts that are being pioneered. >> reporter: superintendent jacob says the money helps districts but admits it probably won't encourage anyone to adopt uniforms. >> this is a way to recognize those school districts that are doing above and beyond and then perhaps encourages others to do the same. >> reporter: i asked if the money is worth it but i had no luck. two lawmakers i spoke with had no idea for the plans for the money until i filled them in. last month, lawmakers voted to extend the program. >> as part of the extension, the state will set aside up to $14 million for the incentive. we're waiting for plans from two districts. the state is still reviewing them. an audit shows that federal

taxpayer dollars on leased vehicles. according to the government accountability office the leased vehicles are not being used to full capacity. one in ten are not even needed. five agencies wasted $6 million in a single year. that's not counting the entire federal government's fleet. >> we have wasted in the neighborhood of $80 million annually through bad lease fleet management. >> the agencies in question say they're keeping closer tabs on the leased vehicles and getting rid of cars not being used often. >> duke energy is installing 15,000 solar panels to help power the sunshine state. these are a few of the panels being placed on 17 acres. the solar facility is scheduled to come online in the spring. once it is up and running, it will generate 3.8 mega watts of electricity. the city of orlando is mapping out storm drains to be painted.

utility boxes that have been painted by artists city wide. >> the city estimate that's storm water accounts for 95% of all of our area lakes volumes. don't dump any paint or that stuff down the drain. >> if you didn't know, now you know not to do it. great day today. >> great day for solar panels too. i love solar panels. >> and convertible cars. >> whatever you need to do to enjoy this day. but notice it's a little hazy. that is smoke from a controlled burn. you can see the haze on the horizon there. and we will stop it right there with the clouds nonexistent. but we have the haze out there. downtown orlando at 64 degrees. we will all smell a little smoke, a little campfire smell tonight from the control burn in zellwood wear leer today. temperatures already dipping down to the upper 50s. we had a little surge of some dry cool air move in during the day today, dropping the dew points down to the 20s. it's hard to get a lot of heavy

we will get patchy frost north and west tonight but nothing widespread. winds still up a little bit kind of variable. this will give us the windchills as we head towards lots of 30s. if you have an early tee time or heading out to a ball game early tomorrow morning, it will be a little cool. here are the actual temperatures when you don't factor in the winds. 42 orlando. so no freeze expected tonight. patchy frost possible in the northwest zones but not much. 55 in cocoa beach. this is the areas of the patchy frost tonight. up around ocala and northern lake county. otherwise dry cool air is slamming through the state. that will give us a fantastic weekend. the second cool surge will bring back the 30s overnight tonight. here are the daytime highs attorney. lots of upper 60s. 2 to 3 degrees warmer than today. dry air heats up faster than humid air does.

here is high pressure in our backyard. the mid level air showing the dry air and high pressure in our backyard through sunday. we will keep the dry air through tuesday. then the next storm system approaches by wednesday into the afternoon with showers moving through. so our rain chance going up toward the middle part of the week. it does not look like it's the same kind of storm system in florida that we had just recently with all of the tornado issues. here is what is going on in your five-day forecast. 67 after a cool start in the morning. we're back to an average 74 on sunday. monday, upper 70s. and 80 degrees by tuesday. icflorida.com. it's seafood talk over at port canaveral. seafood and music fest. we will be updating our hour by hour temperature rise tomorrow as you plan your saturday coming up at 6:00. if you're planning your

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>> concerns are growing over a super bug version of lice that has spread to central florida. they're said to be resistant to treatments usually used. angela jacobs joins us live. doctors say there are still options for treatment here. >> reporter: but there are differences of opinion on what will work. a doctor's office i called this morning suggested a prescription. others swear by the natural route. but what no one can disagree with is if you don't knock out the bugs, they will be back. jennifer is a trained technician for lice interests a nationwide removal service. >> since i started working at 7:00 a.m. i probably have had 50 calls. >> reporter: much of the conversation, super lice. >> it's frustrating, especially for those who have dealt with it for so long. >> reporter: for more than two

she finds super lice are not new. immune to over the counter fixes, they have just been evolving at different rates and only getting stronger. >> it's like if i have a viral cold and i ask the doctor for an antibiotic over and over, my body becomes resistant to it. >> reporter: brevard county schools sent this letter to parents confirming cases at this titusville elementary school, citing ineffectiveness and controversy over the chemicals used in some treatments. >> nothing that you can put topically on the head is going to get rid of lice. you have to actually pull them off so they die. >> reporter: she believes the old stand-byes mean an endless cycle of frustration. >> it will spread all over the class again. >> reporter: and a child sent home with lice from a school

recheck before being readmitted to class. we're live in brevard county in titusville, angela jacobs, channel 9 eyewitness news. >> it's a concern for a lot of parents. are you worried? we shared this graphic on facebook to help keep everyone lice free. today volusia county's first ever indoor shooting range combined with a restaurant and borough officially opened its doors. the owner of top gun in daytona beach says customer ids would be scanned at the bar and the gun range. if you order even one drink you can't enter the gun range until the next day. 9 investigates a police officer with a history of trouble who is under fire again.

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. >> channel 9 eyewitness news continues now at 6:00. >> a police officer under investigation for shooting up an innocent family's home is under fire again. 9 investigates uncovered claims she botched a crash investigation. new at 6:00, why one driver says that officer's mistake could cost him big. >> anthe report changed three times. >> 9 investigates first exposed problems with the officer when she was put on paid leave

shannon, it took two more tries and a supervisor just to get this crash report right. >> reporter: it sure did. the accident happened at this intersection here. after that, the investigation had one, two, three reports. this wasn't a murder. it wasn't even a burglary. just a simple accident. now that driver has questions about the officer and all the investigations. these are the three reports that roy skiles received for just one accident. on february 1st, he was in a fender bender here at franklin and maguire. his car is totaled. he says the police officer stephanie roberts showed up on scene. she took the report but didn't interview him or make a diagram of the crash. you can see here all that was written was the short narrative. one that he says had several mistakes in it. including even the toe company that showed up. >> i would think that a law enforcement officer would accurately write out a report.