this is channel 9 eyewitness news at 11:00, coverage you can count on. >> thank you very much! >> new tonight, senator marco rubio trailing in the delegate count was met with a crowd of cheers as he moved for a push of support in the pivotol sunshine state. >> it always come -- pivotal sunshine state. >> it always comes down to florida! [cheers and applause] >> marco rubio is currently trailing trump and ted cruz in delegates. ty russell live at the airport. and senator rubio is still campaigning despite his opponents calling for him to drop out. >> reporter: and, martha, just about two hours ago, this airport hanger was filled with marco rubio's supporters. but now two hours later, it's just these workers cleaning up the equipment and picking up

and now during his 30-minute speech, senator rubio told supporters he will win next week and then again in november. he never mentioned how much he needs the support next week. >> reporter: presidential hopeful marco rubio is fighting to win all 99 delegates in his home of florida. it's a must-win state after polls show he's not winning. they'll have a final count tomorrow. rubio reminded people he served for florida in the state house and even as house speaker before being elected as senator in washington, dc. he never mentioned his republican opponents by name during the rally. by his delegates are far less than ted cruz and donald trump. he needs more than 1200 delegates to clinch the nomination. >> it always comes down to florida! it'll come down to florida on the 15th and in november!

as our nominee, i will defeat hillary clinton in florida and i will be elected president of the united states! >> reporter: rubio is staying in orlando overnight and will be in kissimmee tomorrow morning. we requested an interview with the senator. but his media team told us he did not have time. so i e-mailed his media team asking a list of questions. one being will he drop out of the race for presidency since florida is a win all state if he does not win. i'm still waiting to hear back. ty russel, channel 9 eyewitness news. breaking tonight, orlando city police are investigating a fatal shooting on north terry avenue. officers say it happened after 8:30 at an apartment complex. police found a man will be shot. he was take ton ormc where he later died. the case is being investigated as a homicide. we'll have the very latest

"this morning" beginning at 5:00. a teenage fight escalated into an ambush when a family says two men fired nearly two dozen shots at their orange county home. and sop of the bullets nearly missed where -- and some of the bullets nearly missed where a baby will be sleeping earlier. cameron, the family told you they know who pulled the trig. >> reporter: and, greg, they told me -- trigger. >> reporter: and, greg, they told me they directed officers to them. you can see bullet holes in their garage door. but there still will be no arrests earlier. an orange county family is counting bullet holes and counting their blessings after a narrow escape from an enlawsuit of gunfire. >> he came -- enslot of gun fire. >> he just came out shooting. >> reporter: he opened the door to the shooter and an accomplice saturday night. with both men still on the run, he asked we not show him on camera but took us through the

he says two guys showed up and asked for his brother. >> i opened the door and answered them. i said, yes, the kid lives here. with that, he says one man stepped to the side and the other pulled out a gun. he slammed the door and took cover. >> he let off about -- i don't know, 13 shots or better? and they just shot -- shot up the house and ran off! >> reporter: the victim find out later his 19-year-old brother had got into a fight with the men at a party earlier that night. they believe the gunfire was retaliation. 22 shots in all, one hitting a swing where a 6-month-old baby night. >> if my son would have been in that swing, i wouldn't have a son right now. >> reporter: orange county deputies are investigating so far with no arrests. the family says they know who pulled the trigger. >> i just want them to be caught and prosecuted because fair. >> reporter: and the family tells me they don't know what started the fight that led to

but they say that this is taking things too far. now, of course, we'll be checking in with orange county deputies as they continue to investigate and make any arrests. reporting live in orange county, kimberly eden, channel 9 eyewitness news. and we're following breaking news out of tallahassee tonight. the state legislature has reached a late night budget deal which means lawmakers will end their budget fridays. they reached an agreement on dozens of spending items, including a bonus program which gives highly rated teachers scores for scoring well. reports of credit card skimmers at gas stations. we were there as state investigators uncovered a skimming operation in port st. john. they believe the crooks are targeting gas stations now because they will be the last businesses to get the more secured chip card readers instead of the swipe card readers. and these devices have been popping up in other areas in central florida. we told you about several skimmers discovered in gas stations all over osceola

last month, we even followed kissimmee police as they opened every gas pump in the sports in an effort to keep customers safe. they even told us random gas pump sweeps like that one could happen again. we'll be checking with winter park police in the morning to get more information about a man accused of having sex with a minor and not disclosing he was hiv positive. court documents show richey smith, jr., may have also had syphillus at the time of the incident. earlier this month, a judge ruled bob ward deserved a new trial after claiming his attorney made mistakes back in 2011. the new trial is likely years away and his lawyer wants bond granted while he waits. daytona beach police are

they say stole a car with a little girl inside. >> this happened this morning when police say she ran inside to pick up another child so they could go to school. mike spoke with the girl's aunt tonight. she says that girl is doing okay tonight. >> reporter: she's safe at home with her mother. but knowing that they're still searching for that suspect has the whole family nervous. >> reporter: michelle daye was at work this morning when she got the call that someone stole a car with her 12-year-old niece inside. >> it was just frightening. >> reporter: daytona beach police say it all started here on white court when they say the girl's mother got out of the car to pick up another kid for school. that's when police say the thief hopped in and took off with the woman's daughter still inside. investigators say the guy only got a few blocks down the road before he ditched the car here at eagle park apartments after they say he noticed the little girl in the backseat. eyewitnesses say they spotted

complex just seconds after dumping the car. eyewitness news got a copy of the mother's 911 call just moments after she realized her daughter was gone. >> yes, my daughter's in the backseat. and what i'm mainly concerned about is she's in the backseat. >> oh, yeah, definitely. >> this is scary, somebody jump in the car or whatever and you have kids. it makes you think about your kids. >> reporter: how does it make you feel the person that did this is still on the loose? >> that is very scary because he can end up doing it to someone else. >> reporter: investigators did get a description of that suspect. they say he has gold teeth and a mohawk. if you see him, daytona beach police want to hear from you. we're live in daytona beach, mike manzoni, channel 9 eyewitness news. tonight we find out that within the past two week, four lake county high school students have been arrested, accused of bringing weapons to school. last friday, a south lake high school student was arrested for bringing a butterfly knife to school.

the same school was arrested for having a knife. and two days before that, two students at umatilla high school were arrested for having a gun. a sumter county caretaker is facing charges for ripping off a 90-year-old woman she was supposed to be taking care of. they say amanda warner stole $2,000 from an elderly victim. she took a credit card and helped herself to the money. after they discovered what was going on, they called the sheriff's office and reported it. juries will now have the final say on whether a criminal lives or died. if 10 you out of 12 jurors vote in fair of the death penalty, they get put on death row. until today, a judge made that final decision. today we find out that governor rick scott will have the final say on a new ucf campus in downtown orlando. yesterday state lawmakers approved a plan to set aside $20 million for the project.

that request once doing that last year. we spoke with him today. he told us he's waiting on legislatures in tallahassee to send him the budget before he reviews the latest plan. 9 investigates learned it'll be difficult to prosecute the unnamed public official connected to a bogus charity. we've been telling you about one door for education and its ties to congresswoman corinne brown. she hasn't been named in the federal investigation. but the founder took a plea deal today, telling donors they were collected money for scholarships bah they really went towards personal expenses. a former federal prosecutor told us they have to prove the case isn't politically motivated before the unnamed official can be indicted. an orange county commissioner told us he was looking for money to replace

duke energy had the lights installed before a funding source was determined. now those living in that small sports will have to pay for it. >> it looks good. it really do, but -- >> reporter: so you want to keep them? >> oh, yeah, definitely. >> reporter: but you'd rather not pay for them. >> well, i don't know how it's going to go. >> reporter: duke energy says they're not going to charge customers. the county is not being charged either until commissioners can find that funding source. this dad is being called a hero after he saved his son for being hit in the face with a flying baseball bat. >> i'm as tough as iron. >> the only way this pint-sized fan says he'd be willing to give going to another major league game another swing. >> and just how warm the temperatures will climb this week.

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the split second, right there, when a father stretched out his arm to protect his son from that wooden bat. >> reporter: this picture may say it all. but listen to what happened straight from the father and son. >> i took a picture of one of the baseball players. i was about to send it to my mom. >> reporter: but dad wasn't distracted and saw the bat coming at him. >> wasn't a lot of time to react. so i did what i could. >> the bat came flying. so my dad blocked it. >> reporter: all i could do -- >> all i could do is throw my arm in the way and try to deflect pretty hitting him. >> reporter: it worked, keeping landon from getting seriously hurt during his first baseball game, something he and his dad were looking forward to attending. >> if it was a couple inches closer, that thing would've hit me hard on my head. >> reporter: the bat did swing around and nip landon in the shoulder. but it didn't bother him. >> i didn't even feel a thing. i'm as tough as iron. >> reporter: the picture, however, that captured the

>> the pictures scare me a little bit because how close it came to my face. >> reporter: shaun cunningham is thankful his reflexes kicked in but says it's part of the job. >> to me it's just, i was doing what any dad would do. >> reporter: but to his son, it's a whole lot more. >> it is! he is my hero. he's the most amazing dad ever! >> the most amazing dad ever. how gretna? landon tells us -- great is that? landon tells us he will go to more baseball games but only if his dad is sitting next to him. can you believe that? >> that's amazing! pretty cool. we posted the entire interview with landon and his father on our website. you can see it by going to wftv.com and click on the video tab. what a story. >> uh-huh. the fight against the mosquito virus is heating up. the county has received upwards of ten calls a day during february where it typically

and the el nino weather pattern is making the mosquito season did i have to predict. >> i want people to be aware. i want people to be out there protecting themselves. but it does change the dynamics of our workforce. >> reporter: two new cases of the virus were confirmed today in miami-dade and broward counties, bringing the state- wide total of 50. all were travel related. a seminole county man is sleeping behind bars after being accused of opening fire on a family of four. investigators say maurio 'scar face' hall fired five shots into a car along pearl street in altemonte springs. fortunately no one was hit. deputies believe hall mistook the family for a man that they wanted to kill. the 35-year-old was on court ordered gps for a previous weapons charge which allegedly put him at that scene. his arraignment is set for next month. >> metro plan orlando will vote next week on whether they think express lanes will be placed on three locations already on tolled roads. the plan is that the toll

417 at sanford and two locations on either. the plan has road blocks of its own right now. >> it doesn't make sense. it doesn't make sense when you start to see where some of these are being placed. >> local leaders say the roads need to be widened to fight congestion. the metro plan meeting is set for wednesday. >> all right. boy, we have had a fantastic week! >> uh-huh. >> spring-like weather. but you got summerrish in the forecast. >> things can't last like this forever. >> right. >> tomorrow begins our warmup. after four straight days in the 70s in orlando, the next 7 will be in the 80s. >> all right. >> and tomorrow at 80 will be one of the coolest of those 7 days. so it'll just get warmer and warmer and warmer. but for now, nice evening. beautiful sunset, by the way. 6:29. that's our sunset time tonight. a week from tonight the sunset will be at 7:33 because you're going to shift your clocks ahead one hour on saturday

daylight saving time. that's this upcoming weekend. temperatures are in the 50s in palm coast, daytona beach, and deland. at 10:00 on tv 27, we were showing you the 50s. deltona and seminole county, altemonte springs as well, 64 in orlando. by morning, temperatures widespread in the 50s from 53 in ocala to 57 in clermont, kissimmee, and poinciana. but if you're in brevard county, low to mid-60s. a more mild morning. 57 is where you'll start when you wake up in the morning in orlando. i want you to check in, though, with brian shields. he'll be watching if any fog pockets develop. we had a few ongoing brushfires. so we'll have to watch those zones in case pockets of fog develops. we're back to 80 in orlando, kissimmee. county by county, again, your high temperature will depend on your location.

apopka, lake buena vista, 80s as well. oviedo, winter springs, longwood, altemonte springs, spring valley and spring oaks at 80 or 81. but look at volusia county. the cool ocean waters keeping daytona beach, new smyrna hill, low to mid-60s. cooler. if you're going to bike week tomorrow, there's information on that at icflorida.com. 86 on thursday, warmest this year. we'll stay in the mid-80s all the way through next week second. that high pressure keeps us dry through friday. can you see this? as this approaches. saturday and sunday, we'll get a chance for rain as that front gets a little closer. right now, the timing is a little in the air. so we'll include a chance for rain on saturday and sunday's forecast. here it is, your five-day forecast with your weekend always in view. that soccer game, by the way, is friday. not sunday. but you can see the warm weather through the end of the week. greg?

mess to clean up after a massive tree came crashing down. it wasn't caused by any weather issue. how one local sports is trying to prevent accidents like this from happening in the future. >> and getting you ready for your morning. i'm brian shields. starting at 5:00 a.m., we'll have an update on the huge warming trend moving in. ordinary salad, this is a florida berry and citrus salad. the mixing bowl, proudly welcomes the arugula leaves.

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some orlando residents got a big scare yesterday when a loud noise suddenly shook their homes. and they told us they were surprised when they learned the shake was caused by a massive tree right there which collapsed in the middle of lake eola heights. we're asking what's being done to keep residents safe when it comes to accidents like this one. they told us more than 40 sports trees are on a removal -- 40 sports trees are on i aa removal list. condition on on a removal list. commissioners approved new rules to require more groups doing a better job of reporting how they spend money. current rules require followup reports but critics say that rarely happens. some local drivers are getting burned by e pass. we told you when the central florida expressway authority removed the indicators which

account was low. one driver was fined four times because he had no idea his pass wasn't paying the polls. he -- tolls. he says if he knew the balance, he would have fixed them immediately. disney wide world of sports getting ready to start a new competition. they're just like the paralympics but only veterans injured or sick can participate. the games give this veteran another reason to fight. >> they allow us the opportunity to serve our country in a different capacity. i mean, being on the u.s. team is such an honor for us. >> the games run from may 8th through the 12th. more than 500 men and women from 15 countries are expected to be in town. this is your 11:00 sports presented by lexus of orlando.

tonight with 27 wins, their most since 2012. but only one of those wins was on the road against the team that currently has a winning record which is a fancy way of saying they're probably going to have a tough time in california tonight. magic starting a four-game road trip in golden state. vucevic out with a strained groin. aaron gordon lifting off. magic up 1 after that beauty of a dunk. a few minutes later, stephen curry with the dime. golden state with the 6-point lead. and curry can shoot, too, in case you didn't know. three 3s in the 1st quarter. curry and the warriors bouncing back. they currently lead by 10 in the 2nd quarter. all right. hundreds of soccer games were played in dozens of leagues in countries all over the world last weekend. only four of them had larger

the 60,000-person sea of major league soccer. orlando city back at home friday night against chicago. darwin cerin will not play in that game because he was slapped with a red card late in the 1st half yesterday. orlando city said today they will not appeal the ref's decision. head coach adrian heath was at our studios today. said he made a bad choice but probably didn't deserve a red. >> don't do anything silly. don't give the referees an excuse. and don't rush in. i don't think he really pushed him with his elbow as the referee stated. but he gave an opportunity to send him off. >> he may be biased, though. if you had plans this saturday, cancel them. "orlando city insider" debuts march 12th on tv 27. an inside look at the team you won't see anywhere else.

fall was named the rookie of the week. the 7-foot, 6, center averaged nine rebounds and three blocks. fall and the rest of the knights face tulane thursday in the first round of the american athletic conference tournament. ucf look,ing for a new women's basketball -- looking for a a new women's basketball coach. has had a losing record each of the last four seasons. williams was the first coach

by 4:30 a.m., 59 degrees. mid- to upper 50s as you're heading out to work in the morning. this won't be as cool as the past few mornings. by tomorrow afternoon, it's 80 degrees in orlando. here's your five-day forecast with your weekend always in view. notice how we continue to warm up as we head toward the end of the week. martha? >> 86! you see that? >> uh-huh! >> two 86! remember to tune into "this morning" at 5:00 for weather and traffic every ten minutes.

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