when a backup, this area was still smoldering and neighbors were dousing roots with water. -- ruth swiftwater. >> fire crews bottling another brush fire in south palm bay. this was in the area of quentin avenue, west berry street spreading over 4-5 acres causing new concerns for area residents >> we have never experienced in this close to home. this is too close. >> reporter: rudy lewis has an assisted living home nearby. he voluntarily evacuated residents out of an abundance of caution. >> there is smoke and fire come from in -- coming from the other side of the yard we don't want to take chances. these folks are older people so it takes a while to get them out of the house so we are doing this for precaution. >> reporter: this is a short

burned in sanfilippo drive homes. we saw them today. the most recent contained without the same damage. palm bay's fire marshall tries to determine what sparked the fire is, crews will monitor the area for potential flareups. >> we know what is going on. and we will be having crews -- on. >> reporter: residents are already back home and with all of this brush and the dry winds conditions but battalion chief tells us these conditions are conducive to have these type of brush fires. right now, chief meteorologist tom terry is watching the wind conditions in severe weather center 9. >> it's been breezy especially at the coast. the political weighted -- latest wind gusts reporting at 4:00. 31 miles an hour. not far from your location melbourne international, wind gusts over 25 to 30 especially along the coast and we mention

popping up. the brush fire here well south of lake, near the south of kissimmee and another one down here north of the turnpike as far as we can tell we see the smoke was showing up with a southeast breeze. a sign that it is very dry and now the winds believed was concerned about, the windy she said at the top, still very consistent outcome southeast during the evening hours but they would start a backup of -- off a little bit as we approach 1:00 but we was a rather gusty conditions downtown orlando. what we need is rain. i have a wet storm system i am tracking and how much of that we can get here coming up. vanessa? following breaking news right now out of central florida. there are two cases of zika and osceola county. 4 other cases reported today in miami dade and broward counties. reading the total now to 58. an important point we keep repeating, nearly all of these patients became infected while traveling outside of florida. yesterday health officials announced the state's first sexually transmitted case of zika was found in polk county. an organization here in orlando

against zika in affected countries, the cdc for sport or go on other countries affected by the spread of the virus to stop collecting blood for transfusions out of fear that donors may have the cup. the organization is sending the first shipment of blood to help those in need. a place that many shop at deputies say a man took advantage of the summit county publix store flashing a teenager in the aisle. angela jacobs tells you this happened at the grocery store stable 434 and wekiva springs in longwood. since then, she got hold of the 911 call the team's mother made describing what happened at that publix in plain sight. anything. >> reporter: moments after she says a man exposed himself to her 15-year-old daughter in the olive oil aisle of the summit county publix, a mother calmly told a 911 operator what she saw. >> he's walking around

towel in the aisle. >> reporter: the mother said she and her daughter were shopping around 2:30 that afternoon when she said the man allegedly exposed himself to the girl and one aisle and then followed both the mother and daughter to another. in the report the mom tells police she noticed the suspect was clutching a magazine at his waist and she went to find store management, expressing her immediate concerns to first responders. >> could you send someone a. >> reporter: by picking up the suspect at the star exit, managers were able to provide investors with his vehicle information and license plate number as he got in his car and drove away. he was wearing a bright red sweatshirt, jeans and matching red sneakers. >> reporter: two weeks to the day investigators tell us the images captured on store security cameras helped id 21- year-old malik cooke, arrested without incident on wednesday in altamonte springs. in longwood, angela jacobs, channel 9 eyewitness news . >> will look into his background and found only a few traffic infractions last year

investigators tell us they do not yet know how long he lived in the area and at this point, do not suspect them in any other similar incidents. take a close look at your screen for one second, sex crime at a second publix. the menu see here was arrested for allegedly recording video under the skirts of girls as young as five years old. this happened last month at a orlando. you can see scott erwin placing allegedly record the girls skirts -- up the skirts. when. a bomb threat at a daytona beach courthouse of force and evacuation for more than one hour and a half. eyewitness news was there as deputies searched the james foxman just -- just visited with dogs. nothing was found inside but the state attorney who has the office of the building said it put a snag in the justice system. >> everybody had to be evacuated from the building. what -- we have cases that could have been resolved or got moved along that we will have to revisit. >> county sheriff's office is investigating who called in the

all hit a hoax bomb threat is a felony. he was at home many of you are next up and helping to decide who will head to the white house. >> the next primary in the presidential race calendar on the 15th next tuesday so candidates on both sides of the aisle hitting the sunshine state tried to win votes. of the democratic candidates who supposed to be way back in florida in terms of paul's finished up talking with a crowd gathered in kissimmee. hillary clinton is expected to take the state -- take the state any depression the center says do not counted out. he has grabbed other state out of her grasp before. one of those would be michigan. >> this campaign is listening to young people. how does it happen that when we graduate college or graduate school, we are 30, 50, $100,000 in debt.

ucf had talked about giving new giving birth. he asked voters to stand gettysburg address and telling them not to let the donald trump of the world by the video crew is listening to the rest of the about -- rally of putting it together. more on eyewitness news tonight at 5:00. opponent hillary clinton is also in florida today to try to drum up votes in her favor. clinton hosted a get out and tampa. this comes one day after the democrats had another debate last night in an miami-dade during the rally today, clinton also spoke about possibly having a high-speed rail system that will connect tampa and orlando. >> i mean, that would increase tourism, it would increase commerce, it would be -- increase the opportunity for people to go quickly back and forth. >> clinton also took a shot of governor. rick scott saying he turned down $3 billion in federal money that would have helped repair if the structure and pipeline issues in tampa. republicans will take the stage in miami for their final

next tuesday. the polls show florida's own senator. marco rubio trailing donald trump by 20 points and in danger of losing second-place to texas senator. ted cruz. we have a reporter at the debate who is also looking into what happens if senator. rubio does lose florida. that part of the story in a live report from miami at 5:00. new at 4, the person we heard from two people on trial in connection with an alleged dogfighting bust. we have following the case in court for a while. the two codefendants we heard from today were arrested nearly 2 years ago when police say they broke up a major dogfighting operation seizing started -- dogs and equipment like a homemade milk from a home in the -- apopka so they could exercise on the treadmill. michael lopardi and cordless the testimony all day. one defendant says he was trying to buy drugs but was not a part of any dogfighting ring. >> reporter: the defendant is trying to argue he was in the wrong place at the wrong time

does not add up. although bell took the stand today in his own defense claiming of friend drove him to apopka to pick up a child and he stopped in the neighborhood of the bust to buy drugs and nothing else. >> i walked up and try to buy weed. >> had you bought weed there before? >> i went and bought weed in that area before. >> they are among the 26 people arrested in the case from 2014. police say they found more than 30 dogs, many injured or even a seated. they'll deny taking part in any of the dogfight. >> i'm looking for blood and they said how much are you looking for. >> reporter: prosecutors until police after his arrest that he was not getting paid a reference to dogfighting and kissimmee to buy marijuana. mona cumberland lives in the home where the bus happened with a man who's also arrested that night. she argued that she had no knowledge what was going on. >> you are trying to say that i knowingly knew something and

did not knowingly know a lot of things. >> kimberly eiten told the judge she did not want to testify but then changed her mind and. both sides have rested their case is an hour working on closing arguments that we do not see trials like this in central florida and we are looking into the strategies that each site is using in their defense for the next-door coming up at 5:00. downtown, michael lopardi, channel 9 eyewitness news. ahead of four, although, seminole county has had more bear attacks than anywhere in the state but county leaders want to opt out of any future bear hunts. >> sending a solution to fwc and bending is in seminole county would be a one-two punch. >> coming up we ask if the county of seminole is allowed to do this. and orange county mother sits in jail and the newborn she's accused of abandoning is nowhere to be found. how investigators are digging into her past as they move forward with the case against his mother. volusia county boy says he was walking to school when a stranger try to move lure him

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police develop a composite sketch of the man who allegedly approached a nine-year-old on his way to school and asked the kid to go home with him. he's described as an overweight white man on the shorter side of between 5 foot two and 5 foot eight with black hair and a long black goatee that hung past his chin. one challenge for investigators, only one witness. >> is that tricky with an investigation? >> it certainly is. he's a nine-year-old child and he is doing his best to help us and he is the only witness, so we have to go with what he >> reporter: police double patrols near both elementary schools in town trying to find the suspect that the chief tells me they will keep the increased patrols for the foreseeable future and said they have worked to eliminate potential suspects. >> we check to see if the tedious -- a description of we -- >> we picked up sex offenders in the area looking to match

look they want to work for --. >> reporter: one parent will be uneasy until the guy is called. >> is crazy because there are kids that do not get to go home because of this and i seriously would hurt him up -- somebody over my children. >> reporter: volusia county, janai norman, channel 9 eyewitness news . we will continue checking back with police to get a copy of that composite sketch once completed, we will bring it to you on air on social media so you can share the person police are looking for. if you have a bag of sashes in your pantry, you may want to throw them out. 11 people in nine states have been affected and a salmonella outbreak linked to pistachios brand names like wonderful pistachios, paramount farms, even trader joe's has issued recalls. return the pistachios to the place of purchase for a refund or throw them away. some corona beer products may not be safe to drink your favorite the company voluntarily recalled 12 packs and 18 packs because the

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foot of rain they expected. >> slow-moving storm systems, stationery front over el nio? >> sort of el nio. this is old-fashioned weather. for us the opposite, you are right, it's been a wacky el nio now late winter in the fire season is what we are concerned. we need rain. folks are enjoying daytona beach. fantastic weather for outdoor plans come a 78 e. southeast winds at 14 miles an hour. on the southern horizon, there is a layer of smoke coming from fires we will show you in a minute. 85 degrees and we had 86 the official high today, hottest of the year so far. one of our great tools for keeping track of fires is looking for the smoke blowing doppler nine radar. only scanning and before fire officials can get out to the

osceola county and another farther to the north and west on the south side of kissimmee. way to the north, south of lake tohopekaliga fire in the area and smoke trailing downwind. winds are fairly brisk along the coast. with the dry weather and windy weather now the warmer weather, setting up the trifecta for high fire. upper 70s with the cooler water temperatures keeping you more tempered along the coast, 82 kissimmee, 86 in the villages and lady lake. satellite picture showing the dry petar fortson added ucf campus, mild conditions warming up quickly back into the 80s for tomorrow. mid to upper 80s again, osceola county, smoky in spots tonight. poinciana will have smoke and 60 degrees, orlando tomorrow, back into the low to mid 80s. 86 for a second straight day metro orlando, 87 claremont, 83

daytona beach and four by quick, folks and daytona, the storm system back to the west it is a heavy rain shifting to the east and we will get another ripple of energy coming through with more rain and gradually bringing some our directions close to sunday afternoon. that's what we see the best chance for rain. working on the graphics i will have that and 4:30. either way we will keep sprinkles offshore. no rain for us until more likely sunday afternoon. do not forget to set your clocks ahead one hour. we lose one hour of sleep a sunset one hour later for your evening activities. five-day forecast where the weekend is always in view. i am working on orlando city outlook. it will be warm and hopefully getting rami sunday malay day. vanessa, moore 4:30. investigators say a special needs student was forced to hitch hike and walk 30 miles after left on a bus alone. twice in just one week. coming up, what cameras captured him doing to try to make it home from school. almost one month since

abandoned her newborn who has yet to be found. what we learned about her life behind bars. people were sent running when bullets were flying outside of odd not the -- outside of the nightclub. a man shot twice was celebrating his birthday.

we learned the mother accused of abandoning her newborn girl who police named baby willow has had several visitors behind bars. >> the jail term for susan richardson has been visited by the father of several of her other children and other family members. earlier this week we reported that prosecutors file formal charges against her for child neglect channel 9s jeff deal met with the legal analyst about the charges and richardson's own words may come back to hurt her. >> reporter: she told police that she dropped her baby girl off in front of a random apartment and did not even wait until someone answered the door to see if anyone answered the door. legal analyst believes in the case ever goes to trial here, those words will cost serious problems for her defense. it is a different -- disturbing case evidence of childbirth in

massive search for missing newborn baby willow. that was one month ago. her mother susan richardson was arrested after she told police she dropped off the baby girl on the doorstep of a random apartment, knocked on the door and left before anyone answered. this week state prosecutors file formal charges against her for child neglect and desertion. >> she may have provided the most damning evidence against herself. >> legal analyst bill schafer working as a prosecutor and defense attorney says richardson's statement alone about dropping the child off may be enough to get a conviction and defense will hope to keep that out. >> first thing i would do is to move to suppress statements she made. >> reporter: not spending the to go after more serious charges like murder as the weeks go by, it seems more unlikely she would be filed. search of dumpsters, sewers and with nothing. even though richardson has had

visit her in jail recently, police have said she has not been cooperative with them in finding the baby. schafer believes defense will have to play up reasonable doubt and argue there is no proof something that happened to the child. she is going to be arraigned on the charges next week but besides this is from her longtime boyfriend, her daughter, some friends and a pastor have also visited her in jail. live in the orange county courthouse, jeff deal, channel 9 eyewitness news. >> with that question, what happened to the baby. a school bus driver and assistant are accused of leaving a special needs student behind on a bus not once but twice. >> ahead at four, we will show you what cameras recorded the boy doing after the bus driver walked off. investigators say this mother of four taught in ocala after leaving her georgia home where her two-year-old daughter was found dead. coming up, where the governor of georgia may now get involved in the case. seminole kobe the first

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seminole county has been dubbed the epicenter for bear attacks and all of florida. now we are asking my county leaders want to protect bears from future hunts. >> if you have a ban on deer hunting seminole county acting that sends a strong message. >> florida wildlife agents have not said whether they plan to hold another bear hunt this year following last year's controversial hunt which was the first of its kind in 2010, county leaders may take a preemptive strike against the killing of bears at least the summer. attacks that happened and sumter county the state officials say prompted the hunt county like seminole actually prevent the state from hosting a hunt in the backyard.

attorneys to look into. they have a good working relationship is a morrow county were at -- fwc working with them to enact a bear-proof trash can or bear management ordinance to make it harder for bears to get access to trash as a food source leaders hope that will take care of nuisance problems here without behind. seminole county has become synonymous with bears after three bear attacks and now a trash ordinance meant to cut down on bear attractants. during the first bear hunt and 20 years, only 4 of 304 killed were in seminole county. >> the bears killed were not the nuisance paired quote unquote they were the bears out of the woods doing nothing wrong. >> reporter: after a push from constituents. >> the majority of residents are against another bear hunt. >> reporter: and even an articulate 10-year-old. >> we must work to protect, not kill our bears that are still left in florida. >> reporter: county

the first in central florida to ban future bear harvest. >> i think we have been sending a message to fwc camino, that what they are doing with this bear hunt is not really helping us here in this situation. >> reporter: fwc has the final say on any wildlife management. officials say the 2015 hunt was necessary to reduce bear human complex and manage the population but they have not years. county leaders are convinced the reduction of trash being left out will reduce the complex here without a hunt. >> sending -- sending a resolution to fwc and banning it in seminole county would be a one-two punch. >> reporter: now county commissioners are expecting to get an update on what an ordinance could do here in meeting. we will let you know what happens there but we found out if they do and act in

in central florida but not the first in the state. working on that part for eyewitness news at 5:00. live in sumner county, karla ray, channel 9 eyewitness news. >> folks will be concerned about what they decide. following breaking news in brevard county now. two children were hit by a car or troopers say the crash happened in corny parkway, grove blvd., merritt island. we're told both young victims had to be flown to the hospital or troopers say the driver who hit the children stayed at the scene. we have calls into investigators to get more information and we will bring you an update on the injuries. deputies say a special needs student the polk county was forced to hitchhike and walked 30 miles home when his bus driver forgot him alone on a bus, not once, but twice. in less than one week. cameras installed in the bus recorded the incidents. you can see the driver gail brown and the bus attendant gwendolyn simmons leave the bus and close the doors after dropping off all the other students. they are from our children's academy. you can see the 13-year-old

up and saw he was alone and cracked open a window, climbing out, trying to get home. it was not the first time the two women let the student alone on the bus. less than one week later, march 8, investigators say the student was overlooked again while sleeping on the bus pick this time, they say he was forced to open up the school bus doors to start his 30 mile trek home. polk county share says the boy tried to tell one of the women he was left behind but she did not believe him. >> the next day when he gets on the bus which is march 3, he tells the attendant, hey, you left me on the bust yesterday. the attendant then brushed it off. >> both of the women charged with two counts of negligent child abuse. as a child reminder system on the bus drivers are supposed to push after they had checked to make sure everyone is off. deputies say the women admitted to having a student the activate the system and they

students before leaving. >> while the story. we were there is the mother faced a marion county judge this morning accused of leaving her two-year-old daughter dead in her georgia home. clarion garrison seem to board as the judge spoke in court. last night we told you she was found in ocala following an since then, myrt price spoke with the investigators. the suspect wants to stay in marion county and georgia's governor may have to get involved to get her back to facing charges. >> -- >> reporter: yes, yesterday that suspect was booked here at the marion county jail and is where she will stay for a while. she refused to wait for extradition back to georgia so the prosecutor now has to file paperwork and get the governor's help to issue a special warning in order to get her back. >> ms. garrison you have been arrested on a board. >> reporter: this morning clarion garrison facing a marion county judge out of charges out of georgia for

of her to europe if the child garrison's home and police believe the child had been dead for several days. however, before they could arrest garrison, they say she grabbed her three other kids ranging in age from 4-7 years old and she took off. >> they said they considered the children to be in extreme danger. >> reporter: police issuing an amber alert contacting the sheriff's office for help they believed she was headed this way . once they got the call, deputies raced to the north e. 47th ter. on the way, they spotted the suspect's car and pulled it over jack's we found two of her family members and then the three children as well. >> reporter: the kids were placed in dcf custody but garrison was nowhere to be seen. they continue to the family's apartment. while searching inside, for the suspect, deputies say they found marijuana and cocaine and they made two arrest but still did not find garrison. neighbors say they heard the commotion and did not know what

>> i was out front and i heard some yelling back here and that's all i heard. i did not hear anything else and i saw a bunch of police and my friend tony the police were back your post deputies say whether it was still on scene, garrison just appeared and walked up to them and turned herself in. we asked dcf what will happen to the kids and they tell us that they were sent back to the georgia department of children and family services we also reached out to investigators to find out more details about the case and how the child died. so far, we are waiting for them to get back to us. live the marion county, myrt price, channel 9 eyewitness news. bunchems county detectives took over the case of a man to body was found buried in the national force. 44-year-old tommy lombardo, his mother reported him missing in january pick it was last seen in a marion county motel where he was living. his mom says he was supposed to

officials would only take the case was given to putnam county because of some new evidence. a new state grant will help expand the veterans memorial ctr. in brevard county. the center is adding a new two- story military museum, a revamped military brought library and facilities for the disabled american veterans of support program. that money will also go to a larger memorial plaza. florida department of economic opportunity gave the center a $1 million grant. in brevard county, cape canaveral is getting a new city hall. construction is set to begin by the end of the month. the new structure will be the near the existing city hall but more than five times the size. city leaders said the project will cost about $4.3 million and should be open by the end of april city leaders said the project will cost about $4.3 million and should be open by the end of april 2017. you file taxes with the irs and you expect personal information to be safe but despite extra security, new number show more people are becoming victims of identity theft tax fraud. george karl he looked into the numbers and asked what you can do to make sure you are protected this tax season force in the process of buying a

>> there's a company that has used my same social security number for their tax purposes. >> he thinks he caught it in time but has not cost him anything yet. >> are you concerned? >> yes. definitely. >> reporter: hundreds of thousands of americans are dealing with identity theft but new reports from the federal trade commission shows they received almost half 1 million identity theft complaint in 2015. of more than 25 percent increase year-over-year half of those being taxed which brought. fraudulent tax filings is when someone uses your information to file a tax return with a refund in your name. employment fraud is used when somebody takes a consumers information, name, social security number, and uses to get a dental appointment. >> there are ways to protect yourself make sure you are shredding all personal documents and keep your antivirus software up to date and beware of filing your taxes at any unsecured wi-fi hotspots. the irs will eventually pay you your return but it will be a hassle.

>> you can do all those things, you can be safe online and you can take care of your personal documents. you can still be the victim of identity theft. 2013 government report find out the irs paid out nearly billions in tax returns. -- fraudulent tax returns. if it happens to, the federal trade commission has a website that will help you to report and recover from having your identity stolen to find it by heading to wftv.com and click on the web links section. a jacksonville cop shot three times while try to take his son to school. >> is every cop's worst nightmare. >> reporter: -- >> the quick thinking that the officer the most likely saved his life. i'm tracking smoke from fires developing an osceola county and blowing smoke toward the north and west plus the next chance for rain this weekend. we told you about the importance of tourism and central florida but next you will hear where more tourists may come from in the future.

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breaking news from volusia county. investigators are just released this sketch of the man who they say tried to abduct a nine-year- old boy in edgewater. this is the child was on his way to school when the man tried to lure him away. he is described as an overweight white male between 5 feet two and 5'8" tall with black hair and a long, black it hung past his chin. so far there have been no rest but that just hit our desk and we want to pass that along to you. tourism market scene changes.

are taking it on the value of their dollar. knew this afternoon, channel 9 anchor jamie holmes found out where the next round of tourists may start coming from first international drive and its brazilian flags may be changing ever since emirates airline started flying directly through dubai to orlando 16,000 middle easterners and asians of a coming to orlando for months. tourism officials are happy to welcome them. >> dubai is the most active international airport in the world so they are in a prime location and they are an absolutely strong gateway for the visit orlando has offices across the region, focusing more on direct marketing and putting together package deals which was coming from the middle east and orlando remains a major draw a flight from dubai dear is 15 hours. >> we found historically that is in the countries they get a feeling for brands that are well known or famous, they are interested in coming to orlando because we are the mothership. >> reporter: real estate agents are saying a boost in the number of mildred easterners

mary is directly marketing real estate like this condo project to the least. return for a $500,000 investment in property overseas investors qualify for next survive -- expedited visa. >> they are investing into it to get a green card and live in america. >> reporter: orlando is cheaper and investing in new york and safe because of banking restrictions many middle easterners he says are flying in with cash on them ready to buy immediately. >> somewhere to get to and put money and get out. what they do is come to orlando. >> reporter: orlando, jimmy home, channel 9 eyewitness news . >> international tourism numbers for 2015 for orlando, next month. meanwhile the expedited visa process is a congressional program designed to encourage more foreign investors to put money in the u. s. the half- million dollar investment means the investor and his or her family qualified for that faster visa approval. pay more money and getting quicker.

19-year-old may have been trying to commit suicide by cop. >> investigators said the directive was taking his son to school when he noticed a white cadillac driving erratically. the officer tried to pull over the car but said the driver kevin rowhouse opened fire. detective hit three times. fortunately, he had on his bullet proof vest >> the fact that he is currently alive was able to defend himself, turned out defending his son, stark reality of just how dangerous the job the thousands of men and women in this country and thousands in the city to everyday. >> the detective is incredible but stable condition and his son was not hurt. investigators say rojas ran off and was caught at his home where they had to open fire because he pointed his gun at them and he was also hospitalized. it looks from that live camera facing like a summer hazy afternoon. >> fires down south and osceola county.

hottest day, using hot warm does not cover it. the hottest of the year so far, 86 degrees in orlando southeast breeze, 18 miles an hour deltona. you only have 82 now. to give you some comparison, where we stand here, the average temperature for march is 78. average for next month, 83. we are coming and where we should be in may. early preview and this is part of the el nio cycle where the contorted. minute. unusually dry and warm conditions for march. 85 no, hotspot. 73 new smyrna beach where the winds gusting, 32, 31, 30s across the interior earlier we have continued to monitor the fire. appears to be a brush fire south of lake tohopekaliga and

we may get some of this in your area. we will continue to monitor this it is one of those where you watch it as it goes hour by hour, keeping an eye on the sweeping radar, a great tool to find the fires is a pop-up. temperatures warm, gusty and relatively low humidity especially inland from the coast. kissimmee, smoke in your area, temperatures are warm in the low 60s, baldwin park, a nice night for you for the two-mile walk around lake baldwin. 73 degrees at 8 pm. a beach day tomorrow, up and down the coast, enjoying nice weather, the best we can have weather we've had for by quick and daytona. 81 degrees tomorrow. another 86 is what we had in orlando, 87 back to the west. stubborn storm to the west is what i was talking about, things are contorted. out of place. big ridge of high pressure here meaning by the way things work, low-pressure to the west. persistent heavy rain fall over 1 foot of rain still more on

future track is slowly pushing the high out. saturday, keeping us with the southeast breeze staying warm and mostly dry bye-bye sunday, especially late in the day, watch the clock through early monday morning, a better chance for some rain, 50 percent coverage but nothing that looks heavy. we may get up to 1/4 inch in a pew spots at least enough to wash fallen out of the air and off the cars. five-day forecast, where the weekend is always in view. we have orlando city in action friday, 7:00, nice weather there. reset clocks ahead this weekend. best chance for rain on sunday and a lot of events going on this week including st. patrick's day at the new disney springs in action friday, 7:00, nice weather there. reset clocks ahead this weekend. best chance for rain on sunday and a lot of events going on this week including st. patrick's day@thenewdisneyspringsicflorida.com. this is is booming for disney but the giant could be asking for more from the family to come and visit. at 5:00, the new feet you could have to pay while staying at a local resort on disney property. some parents say they are

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the road to the white house is running right through florida tonight. the republican presidential hopefuls are just hours away from a crucial debate days before you help decide who wins the nomination. >> within the past hour democrat bernie sanders made his first stop in central florida. florida. >> senator sanders is the latest candidate hitting florida. >> chris heath is in miami but we begin with shannon butler live in kissimmee. you got a one on one interview with senator sanders before today's rally and asked him why he's still in the race running far behind hillary clinton. >> reporter: he told us the polls have been wrong since the he is the only polls that are probably right are the ones that hit him against donald trump.

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