this elderly man didn't say anything as he faced a judge, accused of hitting an 8-year-old with a car and driving off. how police say his story about what happened changed after they

this crash. we have followed every development in this case since that 8-year-old boy was hit last thursday. >> and we were there today as the suspect faced a judge for the first time. angela jacobs spoke with the attorney's office about the case, and they told you the suspect first claimed he stopped but was told to leave. >> reporter: and that's just one of the conflicting accounts he's given. but no matter what happened, prosecutors reenforced that leaving the scene under these circumstances is a second degree felony. his arm still in a sling, thomas limped to his spot to face a judge four days after police say he hit an 8-year-old on a bike and didn't stop. >> i find probable cause, and i'll set the bond at $15,000. would you explain that? >> reporter: he is accused of hitting dayshon hill last thursday night. glidewell is

of an accident causing bodily harm. it prompted several calls to 911. today the assistant state attorney told us this afternoon's appearance would have happened sooner had the 73-year-old not needed medical attention. addressing this case, prosecutors point to inconsistencies in his account about what he says happened after he allegedly hit hill. >> according to the case report, he did get out and look, then again he also is at wan point in time claiming he has no memory. >> reporter: if questions of mental competence are raised, it won't come from the state. >> the defense might raise that issue. but that's for the defense. the state just proceeds with the prosecution. >> reporter: i just spoke with glidewell's son, he did not want

dad would never keep going if he knew he hit someone. he isn't surprised by the inconsistencies because he says his father has been ill for sometime and he believes he suffered a medical episode. breaking news out of orange county where an 8-year-old riverside elementary school student is in critical condition arch falling into a canal near the school. it appears the boy had been walking on a pipe over the canal and he fell into the water. we'll have an update for nuabout 30 minutes. single moms with no place to live begged for help today from commissioners and county leaders they are working on finding homes for families living on the streets. kathy, some of them say

shelters. >> reporter: the mayor told county employees to try to help them immediately. it's one of the reasons the county wants to provide housing rather than just shelter. and those homeless single mothers told us today they're just days away from living in their cars or even on a park bench. one young single mother says she's overstaying her welcome with a friend but has nowhere to go. another, the mother of four says she is being kicked out of the salvation army shelter in six days. >> it's monday. because i can't find a job within 45 days. no daycare or nothing. how are you supposed to find a job? >> reporter: commissioners talked about housing projects in the works for the homeless and low-income families. we told you how one county leader revisited the idea of turning the jail work release center into a homeless shelter for families. the mayor says at this point

>> initially it looked very promising. in order to accommodate family, a lot of problems. probably almost as cheap to demolsxish start >> reporter: 77% of all orange county families, 120,000, could be one emergency away from being homeless because more than 60% of their income goes to rent. >> reporter: the mayor wants to convince landlords to offer some affordable housing and bend a little bit on income restrictions and evikz history to take more families off the streets. voters from texas to vermont are catch thing their ballots. donald trump and hillary clinton are expecting

while the democrats expect to have their nominee in the next two weeks, republicans are preparing for a long, drawn-out fight that may not end for months. christopher heath joins us now. some say the fight may go all the way to the convention 32. >> each party is setting different expectations for hillary who is expected tovr a big night tonight. as republicans and donald trump, they're also poised for a big night. but members within the republican party say their best chance to stop trump will be on the convention 32. >> i accept your nomination for president of the united states. >> reporter: four years ago in tampa, a party united behind the nominee, mitt romney, this year in cleveland that may not be so easy for the republican party. >> the heart and the soul of the republican party is at stake here.

cleveland and vote for whichever candidate wins the nomination. if trump wins florida, he'll be obligated to vote for trump. >> i don't particularly want to be put in that position but you do what do you. >> reporter: what do you do if no candidate has enough delegates to secure the nomination in cleveland? it becomes a brokered convention, something that hasn't happened for republicans in 64 years. >> we get lots of training, the candidates promming different states and delegates what they want to hear. >> reporter: if no candidate gets 50% of the vote, they would be released, able to vote for whomever they choose. even if trump has the most delegates, party rules could keep him off the top of the ticket if he can't secure the majority. >> the division is severe. >> very severe. >> while most think a brokered convention would be the worst thing, rich still thinks the party will come behind the nominee.

having trouble recognizing the party that he's been a member of his entire adult life. there's a lot going on tonight. we'll be live on facebook. just like the page and you'll get a notification as soon as we go live tonight at 9:00. and at 10:00, abc news will air a 1-hour special report on super tuesday. if you miss, that you can still catch up on southern tuesday and the major -- super tuesday by tuning in at 11:00. some daytona beach business owners are worried they may have to close up their shops because ever a road project. the city faces lawsuits from multiple businesses that include accusations that city leaders stopped performing routine services during that roadwork. the businesses affected are along orange avenue. and no matter what happens next,

is already done. >> reporter: you're not far from a grocery store, a pharmacy, or even a good haircut haircut. business owners will tell you is it has been slow here. most blame it on an ongoing road project. >> my business was right here. now it's right here. and it's just going down and down. >> reporter: several businesses are suing daytona beach. the 10-page lawsuit claims orange avenue was shut down for improvements and detour signs were not put up for several weeks. when they were installed, the lawsuit states some of the detours took drivers more than a mile out of the way of their businesses. >> a lot of times, instead of being detoured they're being deterred.

shutting down utilities and they claim they're neglecting services like trash pickup. some are even considering closing their doors for good. >> we're doing very bad right now. if we keep doing the business like this, i think we have to close. >> reporter: today i called official henry for a comment but he did not return my call. >> those businesses are seeking money for losses but the exact amount hasn't been determined. the project is expected to wrap up late this summer. >> in the next few days, the new owners of a populara, musement park at daytona beach will layout plans for a facelift. it has a water park,

ucf's plans for a campus in downtown orlando got a major boost. >> we're asking the school and city what they're doing to win over lawmakers. >> and it used to be filled with bombs. soon this area could be filled with thousands of home homes. >> renters say they didn't thousands to the landlord. >> it's completely absurd. >> what we learned about the landlord and how to protect any rental deposit. >> our next weather make

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the no. 1 rental complaint, the loss of your security deposit. several families claim they lost thousands in deposits to the same landlord in a luxury high rise. >> they say they were charge forward someone else's damage. many renters face a real fight. >> reporter: high rise condos at a luxury downtown address. borrow at least five renters, their experience at the view was ugly and costly and they blame the same landlord. >> it's completely absurd if you think you can keep our money and we're just gonna forget about it. >> reporter: sandra santiago lost nearly $2,000. vanessa who i reached at her new home in pennsylvania burned for $2,000. >> i really just want justice to be done. >> reporter: both blamed this guy. landlord v. j. comar. before moving in, sandra took pictures and listed rug stains and scratched floors.

moving out, he kept the nearly $2,000 deposit, blaming her for that preexisting damage. >> it's completely false. we did no damages. we actually fixed stuff in the unit. >> reporter: vanessa claims he kept her $2,000 for damages she documented before moving in. >> it infuriates me every time. >> reporter: she sued comar in small claims court but that failed. >> i do have the proof. i have been unable to get a hold of him. >> reporter: florida's law requires the landlord to prove a renter caused the damages if they're withholding the deposit. going to court is the only way to enforce that. florida's regulations could cover legal fees. >> if you do hire an attorney and you do win, the landlord is going to have to pay for your attorney.

sandra missed a rent payment and caused considerable damage and denies doing anything wrong with any renter. >> that's our money. >> he said his company manages units for other owners that never had complaints. document the condition of rental units before. more than 50,000 people have watched our facebook video on this story. you can get more details on it from the wftv facebook page. nasa has granted a $twenty million contract to lockheed martin. this is a preliminary model of a jet that could fly faster than the speed of s it would use new technology to create a soft thump instead of the rattling sonic booms which can be heard for miles.

scott kelly will be back on earth feeling gravity for the first time in 340 days. kelly and two cosmonauts are in a russian spacecraft waiting for their departure from the space station. kelly spent nearly a year in space to test the ability of humans to survive a trip to mars. >> i'm ready to come home. it's not like i'm climbing the walls or anything to get out of here. >> once kelly does return, his bodily changes are going to be compared to his twin brother who has been here on earth. scott kelly now holds the title of the most days spent in space. >> how cool is that. publix is giving back to the community by supporting the orlando police department.

new police horse . >> george jenkins is the founder of publix. and to live on his legacy. it's just one of the many things we do to live on the legacy of george. >> mr. george iii has picked up where mr. george ii left off. he passed away in november. >> great weather. fantastic. >> have you noticed a shift overall? we went through the winter, all the storms, now, what happened to winter? well, c'est la vie. 78 degrees downtown, 80 degrees in deltona. a sign that we're getting closer to the fire season in the late spring and early summer.

are needing some rainfall but i don't have much for us. we're still in 78 downtown after a high in the low 80s today. new smyrna, 59 degrees at 6:00 in the morning. pristine weather along the coast. nice as possible heading toward the rest of the week. i have two cold fronts on the map, neither bringing big changes. up toward sanford, 58 degrees. deltona hitting 56 degrees by morning. cloud cover headed this way. there's a weak storm system, not very cold and not very cold. the jet stream has migrated well to the north. so through the middle

us that we're gonna be at or warmer than average. tomorrow morning, isolated showers, gainesville, ocala, the front will bring some spotty showers, day tona, orlando, the lunch hour, tracking a couple of showers, oorl, a rain-free front come -- overall, a rain-free front coming through. march is gonna be drier than normal as well. temperatures in the upper 50s tonight. and your 5-day, temperatures staying on the warm side with highs in the low 80s tomorrow, and still uppir 70s heading -- upper 70s heading into a beautiful weekend. an 8-year-old was rushed to the hospital after being pulled

revealed about how it happened. and ucf's planned downtown campus took another step forward today. >> it brings us significantly closer to our goal. >> the major hurdle ahead for the university. >> i stepped forward to protect that other female. >> how many more women have

a larges me s piece of empty land may be home to thousands of people one day. this is the same piece of land that used to be a

>> reporter: even to this day at the property nearby, you can still see a warning sign. "potential hazard in area beyond, keep out." >> i knew there was a bomb range out here somewhere. but i never thought that my elected officials would allow for a development on a former bomb range. >> reporter: lisa aires says she didn't find out until the day after she closed on her vista lakes home that world war ii era bombings had been discovered nearby. >> i was in my garden digging a hole, and -- and i hit something hard, and i just about had a heart attack. >> reporter: she's one of the many residents opposing plans to build 400 new homes and apartments. they're concerned

about, but they also have to worry that the area was once used for bombing practice during world war ii. years ago we watched the army corps of engineers detonate old bombs found nearby. and the school district still refuses to build there. but the better than's lawyer reassured leaders everything would be handled. >> the guys we have retained to do this work are the most qualified in the country. >> reporter: city leaders approved the project and say the population will jump in the next 15 years. >> we're not suggesting again that this development should not be built. it's just not to this scope. and we need to resolve some more issues. deputies say an 8-year-old fell into this spillway and another boy tried to save him.

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