to react so i just did what i could. >> if it wasn't for him i would have died or went to the hospital. >> incredible picture. the marion county family was at disney's wide world of sports for an early birthday celebration for that 8-year-old. >> their lives changed with one swing of the bat. jeanie reyes talked with the father today. they said they didn't realize how close the bat was. >> landon is baseball fiend. he was here in the crowd though on saturday when a bat went flying into the crowd. >> 8-year-old landon cunningham is a ball of energy who loves to play ball with his dad. >> perfect. >> they like play ing ing catch but it's always the ball they throw back and forth. saturday it was the bat his dad had to catch. >> realizing that it was coming

really all i could do was throw my arm in the way. >> landon was sending pictures to his mother and sister. chris horner was watching. he caught the split second reaction in an image that's gone viral. >> the pictures scare me because of how close it came to my face. >> the barrel hit my wrist. i guess it deflected and spun it and the handle got him in the shoulder, which i'll take that over the alternative. >> sunday night when these pictures made the rounds online landon's dad realized how close it was to tragedy. >> it could have been a broken nose to a skull fracture. >> the bat hit landon's shoulder but both walked away just fine and got the keep the bat. some are calling this dad a hero. >> honestly i didn't have a lot of time to think about it. it was dad mode protecting my son so i just did what i could. >> shawn happens to be a paramedic.

he's the most amazing dad ever . >> landon said he will go another game so long and he's hitting beside his hero, his dad. reporting in ocala, jeanie reyes, channel 9, eyewitness news. >> very quick reflexes. we posted the story orphan our -- story on our facebook page. this was 8 hours ago so far let's take a look it has some almost 500 shares, hundreds and hundreds of comments. to see this story and to share it yourself head to the wftv facebook page. donald trump and hillary clinton are both expected to come away with wins in tomorrow's michigan primaries according to a wall street journal poll. 57% of michigan voters said they would vote for clinton while 47% said they vote for bernie sanders. trump has 41% of the vote compared to ted cruz's 27% and rubio 17%. in the next hour hundreds of

hear what marco rubio has to say. rubio made a stop in tampa earlier to try to rally up voters. doors open at 6:45 and marco rubio will hit the stage at 7:45. we have a crew there now and will have an update at 6:00. following breaking national news, michael bloomberg announced he will not run for president as the third party candidate. he spent months trying to decide if he was going to run. he made his official announcement on his company's web seat. -- website. there's no prize for come ing in second in florida's candidate. are the ads telling christopher heath is live. these air waves are packed with the spots including a new set from a candidate with little chances running. >> reporter: it's a two-run way.

have been flooding the ads going after donald trump. donald trump responded as he can. he called marco rubio corrupt. now enter ted cruz >> the ads on immigration and his continued backing of large subsidies for the sugar industry. >> they say you're suger high is a new low. >> keep the promise, a pac backing ted cruz is buying the ads. florida is a winner take all state. >> he's playing the role of spoiler. >> wftv political analyst rick foglesong said cruz wants trump to win florida to get rubio out

>> it should be treated differently. >> it highlights the money he's taken if sugar producer to protect their subsidies. >> why isn't that amnesty? >> while the immigration ads hit him for backing away from his own immigration bill. the cruz pac gets most of the ads right but it's more complex. >> reporter: almost 500,000 republicans have already voted. for those people these ads will have no impact. >> thank you, chris. the nation and the world is paying tribute to nancy reagan today. >> president obama said all flags no ed to fly at half-staff today. she will be buried

ronald reagan at the reagan presidential library in california. >> i know how much she meant not just to president reagan but the country as a whole. he was lucky to have her and i'm sure he would be the first to acknowledge that. she will be missed. >> her funeral will be invitation only for about 1,000 people. she died in her sleep yesterday from heart failure. she was 94. >> what a couple. new at 5:00, a care giver who was supposed to be helping a 90-year-old helped herself to the patient's wallet. sumter county deputies said amanda warner stole $2,000. deputies told myrt price how hey were able to catch her. >> investigators say that suspect had gained the trust of that 90-year-old victim so they say that victim was horrified when she learned that suspect had been coming to this bank to steal her money. >> it's rather sad that people have to prey on helpless people.

warner is facing charges for stealing more than $2,000 from a 90-year-old woman here in the villages. investigators say the victim has health issues which required her to have a live-in caretaker. deputies say the suspect was able to get a debit card for the victim's checking account and she showed up to this wells fargo and made transaction after transaction. the victim had no idea that a debit card had been issued for her account. >> once the victim and her family figured out what was going on they reported it to the sheriff's office and the suspect was arrested and bonded out. >> we knocked on her door but no one answered. >> we have to have cautious of everything. we should question everything unfortunately. >> we talked to officials about what people can do to protect their loved ones. the sumter county sheriff's office said they will do local background checks for residents, fdle will

will cost $25. you can check their social media pages and references. dealing with an agency costs more but people are put through screening processes. in this case the suspect didn't go through an agency is less expensive. >> we wanted to talk to the 90-year-old victim but family members said she was too upset. myrt price, channel 9, eyewitness news. a mistake at an energy company could cost people some money. they were looking for funding to replace street lights be you a work order mess up at duke energy had workers installing them before a funding source was determined. residents say duke should be responsible for paying the higher rates. >> to me it's not so bad but i don't know how the other people in the community feel. it's lit up better at night. you can see

>> duke energy admits they installed the lights without the county approval but said they're not charging the customer. jetblue is accepting applications to train in their pilot training program. we have the link on our website to apply. go to wftv.com/weblinks. you know that security line s at airports can take more than a half an hour to get through. those lines are expected to get longer. george collie found out that tsa is planning something to help you get through security lines quicker this spring. >> lines are getting longer at our nation's airports. >> it was a lot worse today than i've seen in the past month. >> lawmakers grilled the tsa's head administrator on the trend.

at atlanta airport and they are wrong. we have to have some relief here. >> we have a lot of people training and peak periods and a certain level of staffs. >> he said the tsa stepped up training and screening procedures following the government report that found holes at security check points. >> part of the problem that we had is we were actually moving people very effectively through the system but we weren't actually doing our job well. >> he said that is part of the reason why it's taking longer to get through the check points now and waits are expected to get longer during peak travel season this summer. >> the tsa said one of the things you can do to help speed up the process is do the tsa precheck. it's a prescreening program that allows you to skip the long lines. >> the tsa said it's expedited the hiring process and enrollment in the tsa academy. >> in washington george collie, channel 9, eyewitness news. >> the tsa said it expedited the hiring process and

the last few months trying to help folks get through quicker. in just a matter of hours marco rubio is set to stop in central florida trying to rally voters. >> we're looking at a what the win in the sunshine state would mean for his campaign. >> the deal this orange county mother accused of lying about the death of her 3-year-old daughter made. >> this convicted felon accused of shooting at an innocent family. how it could have on gps monitoring. >> who will feel the coolest

was wearing a gps monitoring but that didn't stop him from opening fire on a woman. the family of four was driving near 436 when the suspect was accused of firing five shots into their car. >> tim barber spent the day digging into this story. tim, you found out the suspect has been arrested dozens of times but this time he was on a gps monitor for a weapons charge. >> reporter: yes, investigators still believe he was able to get his hands on a gun and open fire on this family of four right here at this intersection. if you walk with me this way you'll see down here at the end of the street you've got state road 436 one of the busiest roads in seminal county where 46,000 of us drive every single day. >> despite dozens of arrests and spending 4 years in prison for robbery and battery investigators say mario scare face hall opened fire next door to karen rhodes house. >> that's sad because you never

>> hall fired 11 shots, five of which nailed a car where a woman was driving with her mom and two siblings. no one was hurt. >> hall mistook them for someone he wanted to kill. >> i'm blessed and this street is blessed. >> hall is a felon so he never should have had a gun. he was on a court ordered gps that put him at the scene of the crime. >> it does not prevent them from committing a crime. its put -- it puts them at a specific place. >> his criminal history could hurt him at sentencing. >> reporter: hall's arraignment is next month. of course we'll let you know what happens with that. we reached out to him for a jailhouse interview but have not heard back. reporting live in altamonte springs in seminole

thousands of high ranking state workers will continue to keep low health insurance premiums while low ranking employees have to pay times as month. it's $8 a month for individual coverage and family coverage is $30 a month. average workers will pay $50 a month for individual coverage or $180 a month for family coverage. critics say osceola county isn't doing enough to follow up on thousands of tax dollars spent on community grants. today commissioners said people have to report back. the following up but it rarely happens. these people. rules.

plan that would have only required follow up for groups that got $5,000. disney's wide world of sports is about to host a competition for military members. >> it's for veterans or active military that's sicked or injured. a navy veteran said it's given him and others a reason to keep on living. >> if it wasn't for the department of defense starting this athletic program in 2011 i think i would still be in bed still feeling sorry for myself. for. >> tickets are now on sale at ticket master. the games run from may 8th through the 12th. strong stories there. >> the navy veteran, what he said, he said it all. our weather has been beautiful. >> most of us in the 70s, no rain.

little bit. for now check this out, guys, the warmest reading we've had in orlando this year is 84. by thursday we're going for 86. >> that's a little too much. >> yeah, that will be the warmest yet this year. you may be saying, george, it's only march but this is florida. this is a place we can get 90 for 11 months out of the year. that's by the end of the week. lake eola a beautiful shot. it's not too windy. these are cirrus clouds that are at 30,000 feet. airplanes like to fly in these. temperatures is fallen from 78 to 73 degrees. notice the wind out of the east at 13 miles per hour. there's a breeze but it's not windy. in orlando, bell air woods in the 60s through dinner time and through most of the night. we'll probably drop into the upper 50s before sunrise.

villages, sumter county, oxford, wild wood, coleman all in the 60s through dinner time. after 10:00 p.m. we drop into the 50s. there's a prolonged period in sumter county in the villages and lake and marion county in the 50s over night. here's the early morning low temperatures, the cooler will be in marion county, ocala down to 53. 55 in deland my morning, 57 in kiss kissimmee, saint youed and -- and st. cloud and orlando. tomorrow around 81 tomorrow. into brevard county the upper 70s but that gusty wind coming in off the cooler ocean water. the water temperatures in the 60s. that will keep the beach communities just a little cooler as we warm up.

warming trend. this is a dome, an upper level ridge. it's a summer-like pattern that will kick us into the mid 80s by it will keep us there for the weekend. air. look at this, 85, 86 through saturday. that's almost 10 degrees warmer than average. here's your five day forecast with the weekend always in view. no rain in the forecast between now and friday. the winds will get busier towards the end of the week as well. tomorrow we're at 80 in orlando, 86 on thursday and friday. still warm with a chance for scattered rain on saturday and sunday. now, the next half hour more on the approaching front later in the weekend. martha. at 5:00 we told you a winter park man with hiv is accused sexually assaulting a teen. we're asking if he could face tougher charges because he knew he was infected. >> plus, the head of a charity with highs to congresswoman corrine brown took a plea deal. who the feds are likely going

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a young who told investigators that a driver hit and run her daughter and later admitted she was killed over potty training has taken a plea. >> kathy belich has covered this from the start. they wanted her confession thrown out. >> reporter: defense lawyers accused the sheriff's

calls for an attorney. we're trying to find out if that had anything to do with her no contest plea to second degree murder. >> mary ann schwartz called 911 as she and her partner drove her 3-year-old daughter to the hospital, first reporting the child had fallen down the stairs and then claiming a driver hit the girl in the parking lot of her contest. the authorities showed her autopsy photos showing they were not consistent with the injuries. >> her daughters suffered the head injury over potty training. the document shows schwartz said she panicked, tried cpr and daughter's face. >> she said she lied because she was scared. he asked for a lawyer but her lawyer accused

press for her answers after she said she wanted an attorney. >> reporter: we could never find any other court documents concerning that acquisition. schwartz is still here at the orange county jail but soon will years. reporting live at the news. osceola county school district is responding parents to adjust their summer plans around an earlier start date. come august students will be heading back on wednesday the 10th, two weeks earlier. we told you last year when the school board approved the schedule changes. summer breaks starting on friday, june 10th. new for eyewitness news at 6:00. >> we're asking if a winter park man accused of molesting is teen could face more charges because he knew he was infested with hiv. >> how el nino is helping the

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police say this man has hiv and now he's facing sexual bat battery charges of molest ing a young boy and possibly passing the disease on to him. >> that man is still in the orange county jail for the incident that happened in november. >> we told you at 5:00 police say the 23-year-old failed to disclose the fact that he has hiv and syphilis. carla ray is live at the orange county jail right now.

this man facing the charge of attempted manslaughter or homicide? >> reporter: well, the charges he's facing are already quite serious. as you just mentioned, he's being held here without bond tonight. in order to charge someone with an even more serious crime involving a death you'd have to prove he intentionally had sex with someone in a deliberate effort to kill him. >> 24-year-old richie smith, junior's social media pages made it clear he's been looking for relationship. sex with a teenager landed him behind bars. >> he's accused of not only having sex with a minor but possibly infecting the teen with hiv and syphilis. >> especially in the case of a minor. that's ruining a life right there. >> customers at this stake n' shake where smith worked and was arrested told us they were disgusting at the allegations. we wanted to know why the charges weren't more severe since hiv can lead to aids and death. >> the problem for the state is