get ready, here come the storms. we're in what could be a dicey morning. i'm matt austin. >> and i'm lisa bell. chief meteorologist pinpointing what we could expect and when. >> let's take a look at what's happening later tonight. the radar we had this evening has calmed down. there will be more knocking on your doors before the sun comes up because this first band is oh so very close. uh see it from fort mires to tampa tampa.

is what lies in the open gulf. big rock of storms that's going to accelerate during the overnight hours and be here by say, midday tomorrow. here's the set up. this is a big warm front. tonight we're going to deal with this first and that stuff later. here's the next two hours on future radar. you can see how close the tree activity is going to be. much of this stuff over here by the tampa area by 6 o'clock tomorrow morning. and knocking on your door by about say 9:30 or so. this is what the cloud cover looks like tonight. we're shielded with clouds, but all the big moisture still churning our way. i'll be back to talk about what's going on. and pinpoint the exact arrival of the cold front. and when the storm chances are at their best. and of course

and couldn't on news 6 for around the clock coverage on the air clickorlando.com. and you can get alerts on your phone just search wkmg in your app store. >> breaking news, orange counter, a deputy was hurt in a crash. shaun chaiyabhat was first on the scene for us. what happened? >> reporter: well the scene is now clear. but when we got here, we saw a ambulance leaving, we knew at least three people injured including that deputy. as soon as we got here, you can see the front right corner of the deputy's squad car is crumpabled. this is a three vehicle crash. they were responding to a burglary when they ran into the back of one car. knocking it out of control and into a third car. i spoke to the driver of that third car that told me after the crash, the deputy got out and

there was a woman and two children in the other car. two of them were also injured and taken to the hospital. take a listen to another witness that said people rushed to help. >> did you see anybody that was injured at all? >> (indiscernible) in the car. that was maybe they were crying and took her out of the car. was she trapped in the car? >> no, he wasn't. she was out and they helped them out. there was about 4-5 police officers come out. and balance was on the way. >> reporter: quite a scene for quite a while. it blocked the road for almost two hours here the good news tonight is we are told none of those injuries were serious. >> that is good news, shaun, thank you. also breaking a deadly crash

an amtrak train. hit it and dragged it down the tracks. the driver of that suv died. no one on the train was hurt. amtrak said the train was heading from sanford to norton virginia. round six of the republican debates, just wrapped up. the stage wii leaed down to seven candidates. the smallest field on the main stage. and with the first contest in iowa just weeks away. the conversation got personal. >> reporter: and a debate on the fox business net work. trump claims ted cruz isn't qualified to run because he was born to a u.s. citizen on canadian soil. >> why are you raising this issue now? >> because now he's doing a little bit better. >> i spent my entire life defending the constitution before the u.s. supreme court. i'll tell you, i'm not taking

but trump made no apologies for his tone. >> i'm angry because our country is a mess. >> reporter: >> reporter: but the universal opponent on stage was democrat hillary clinton. >> someone who lies to the families of those four victims in benghazi can never be president of the united states. >> if she gets elected, her first hyundais instead of setting an agenda, she might be going back and forth between the white house and the courthouse. >> reporter: the candidates get another two weeks to face off

also, just in, an emotional fair well to a missing jacksonville toddler. 100s gathered for the 'em moral of lonzie barten. the boy was missing for months, but detectives believe they found hideous remains just a few days ago. >> the place is not out there. it's not in the ground anywhere. and he left at an age that is an assurance, do you hear me? without a shadow of a doubt that he is with the lord. the boyfriend of lonzie's mom is the prime suspect in the boy's disappearance. investigators say rue ban led them to the woods where the remains were found. it could take weeks for the medical examiner's office to officially confirm they belong to little lonzie. a belusha county man accused

of murder will know if he'll go to trial or wait a little longer. they asked the judge to delay his trial by 60 days. they want to give lawmakers to review a supreme court decision. the nation's top judges ruled his death unconstitutional. they object to the delay. asking to move on with the death penalty off the table. he's accusing his wife and her two kids. a belusha county judge is expected to make her decision tomorrow. the elephants of ringling brothers and barnum bailey circus will retire in just a few months. tonight they put on their shows. not everyone came out to celebrate. jennifer ortega is live. >> reporter: there are people out here protesting earlier about herding those elephants. but they say the show must go on

that i felt say it's bittersweet knowing the elephants will be removed. >> thank you for coming out to the greatest show on earth. >> reporter: jonathan lee has been a ring master for 16 years. and says the elephants are definitely a spectacle to see. >> obviously, as a fan, myself, personally, i'm a little disappointed. i would love to see our elephants go on forever. >> reporter: the 145-year-old greatest show on earth is ending the elephant acts and phasing out the use of the three ton animals. activists continuously criticize the show as cruelty to animals. the circus has already been changing with the times. >> naturally, people will have their various opinions about it. they are the circus. in fact, you know, we created the circus rings well over a century ago because of the animals. >> reporter: they said earlier

this year they would be with drawn from the show gradually. but now they have accelerated the retirement date. but the change doesn't sit well with dozens of protesters gathered outside the am way tonight. >> if you can't watch the abuse, why pay for a ticket. >> we're excited they'll no longer hauling the elephants from city to city and state to state, they are not going into an accredited sanctuary so we have no idea what will be going onto these elephants. >> reporter: those retired elephants will be taken to a conservation center in north polk county. they'll be out here all weekend every show trying to turn around those visitors. matt? thank you. we know where, but tonight we still do not know who last night's big power ball jackpot. there were several reports. the winner in california was a nurse with seven children. the lottery officials said no

one has come forward and the nurse is likely not the winner. the other two winners are in tennessee and right here in central florida in melbourne beach, that ticket sold inside this publics on a one a. but so far that winner has also not come forward. they must claim their winnings within 180 days. tonight, the special delivery. meet the baby that could not wait for the hospital. how local deputies stepped in to bring this little one into the world. >> it's a high yield house of worship. the story behind this is big blue shoe church. that's one big cinderella right there. take a look at your radar tonight. the heavy showers will be rolling our way. these are a few that will come in during the overnight. i'll be back to pinpoint the arrival of both rounds of rain. and talk about what happens after towards. part of your weekend is going to be fantastic. part of it is going to be really cold. i'll break it down. first though, a fight over

how to honor women that served in world war ii. why the army is not allowing the remains of some to be buried at arlington national cemetery. that is next. you're watching news six live on a thursday night. calm skies right now. but that's going to change. central florida's most watched 11 o'clock news is back in three

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one of the original tuss key key airmen have been laid to rest. the moving ceremony comes 70 years after the world war ii hero was killed in aq. >> it also comes as other pilots from the generation are being

craig craig has the story of two families 'emmersed with military history. >> he earned it. he earned it. >> the plane collided midair during a mission in austria in 45. his body never recovered. the ceremony finally honored one of the first black aviators. one of the elite tuskegee airmen. >> these are my grandmother's remains ( remains. >> reporter: other families still fighting for recognition. the fighter pilot flu noncombat missions. she died last april and her granddaughter, erin miller is fighting to bring her ashes to

some have already been bury there. but last year, genre wokeed their eligibility. >> according to the army the rights granted in the 70s to the wask do not extend to the their department. >> reporter: they're saying the wii re service of the women in world war ii do not reach the level of active duty requirement. arizona congresswoman, martha, her herself a retired fire -- noncombat mission to be laid to rest here. >> reporter: miller is getting support from the tinner family. to put families to rest among other re rows. craig boswell. and the cemetery said they were never el valuable and nose already buried there happened by mistake.

az was parked in the right spot at the right time to help deliver a baby. he said a car pulled up next to him inside, a woman in labor. she was able to get help until paramedics arrived. andrew coal and chad helped deliver this beautiful little girl. she was born january 8th, today she was reunited with the men and women who helped bring her into this world. so it was quite the team effort there. and yeah, he was parked in just the perfect spot for them. >> great timing. thank you sir. chief meteorologist tom sorrells joining us now. and really we've got an active 12 hours in store for us. >>yes. but this time tomorrow, the cold front should be knocking on the door. so where you live, you ought to get some rain. i'm starting to be hopeful it doesn't rock to heavily. i hope it doesn't go crazy bad. wait until you see the mod pal. you'll see exactly what i mean.

here's what's happening tonight. we have a few showers on radar. the heaviest of stuff has died out for now. during the overnight, do not be alarmed. if like 2, 3, 4 in the morning you hear rain. none of this is rotating. this is all warmer air surging back to the north. the leading side is a big pocket of low pressure way out west. tonight, few speckles of rainmaking it all the way into osceola county. then we get a break and here come s the cold front. it's all going to start to explode as that cold front knifes into all this warm air and all the moisture yo see in the gulf of mexico. future shows you what happens now to 115. the waters are really warm. still t shelf water is a little cooler. these storms look huge and monstrous. bad things are going to happen. and hits this cooler water it loses some of its moe joe during

things hopefully will go our way as time wears on. temperature readings right now, 50s and 60s everywhere. 61 in orlando. 57 in the villages and 49 in gainsvill. winds from the east about seven miles per hour in orlando. the winds will pick up the tempo during the day tomorrow too. real quick, here's hurricane alex. been a hurricane now for more than 24 hours. it's crazy. got a hurricane here in january. how's it doing tonight? well check this out. these wind speeds are still 80 miles per hour. it's over 68 watter and still super duper strong. pushing to the north at 22 miles per hour. that fast of a rate will take it all the way up north. but the faster it moves like that, it stays compact and maintains what we call angular momentum. it tightens up and speeds right along. by saturday, it should be right up here. all the way up towards green land. with wind speeds at 70 miles per hour. water mass, good thing it's nowhere near us. storms on the way though.

our cloud shield is indicative of what's going on. the warm air down here, lofting our way. this big pocket of lp. this thing is going to truck this way and come in here on top of us. it would be a crazy day. the thing's going to go this way. the power of the storm going towards atlanta and atlanta and jacksonville. it's the cold front on the bottom side of it that will cause all of our problem that is come through during the day tomorrow. mostly cloudy skies, then the thunderstorms and then for sunday, we get another cold front and we get cooler. here's what i want you to see. take a look at the television right now. here's 4 o'clock in the morning. that's calm enough, right? but by 8:00 a.m., the activities starts in marion county. the villages to ocala. here's the latest model i have and the timing of the storm system. by ten, heavy rain from daytona beach and the villages. here comes the front. it's noon now. big explosive storms are possible right along the line just close.

close, and by 4:00, it's gon' and it's all good. for the most part of the central florida. we're going 59 in the villages and 51 in sanford. here's tomorrow. the high is 76. the important thing is, from 10 o'clock to noon it's rough. 76 tomorrow. 74 on saturday, but bam, look how cool it is on sunday. >> ooh. bottom drops out the low sunday night is 43. meteorologist troy bridges will be in at 5:00 a.m. ly join him early tomorrow morning. thank you. churches come in all shapes and sizes but would you go to one shaped like this. a big old shoe.

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he's proved he isn't perfect either. capturing his own rear ending of another driver. amazon is cutting its price for prime membership, but only for a limited time. starting saturday at 12:00 a.m., you can sign up for the online service for 73 bucks. that's down from $99. the price reduction is to celebrate the winning two golden globe awards. it's the seventy-third annual award since the price tag. the promotion ends sunday at 1159. a church is drawing crowds. but not for its sermon. the church is not even built yet. the blue shoe design is drawing -- shaped like a high heel. the result is to honor the victims of black foot disease. they wanted to honor the women that had leg amputations because

of this. and the church still under construction right now. >> all right. ping joining us now talking about soccer. >> we're going to hit the camera. we have the ping-pong racket out tonight as well. but you know what, with kate up ton's boyfriend, justin burr lander, award winner, he will tell you something that will shock you. what you don't know about him, right after this. >> we broke the news live on the morning news today about that power ball jackpot winner sold in melbourne beach. >> i'll be keep ing a close eye on rain and storms overnight. i'll pinpoint what you need to

team building going on today. >> they're going to make the play offs. just a matter of weeks before the orlando city soccer club starts in year two. now if the club promises play offs in year one, expect nothing less this go round. today the mls holding the superdraft. the head coach adrienne heat the club with four picks in his wrap. the fourth pick was the seventh overall. phil rawlings. waiting patiently for the commissioner's announce ment. >> mid fielder richmond lore ray ya. >> which is worth noting too -- all right, they called richie though.

he's 20-year-old. a young kid. mid fielder. his best friend of the rookie of the year last year. kyle from orlando of course. coach heat are you excited about the pick? >> i think everybody in the room recognized he's got the upside and a lot to do and a lot of work. and incredibly athletic. it's not official yet, but the bucks look to be on the verge of hiring the offensive coordinator, did you recollect cutter. he replaced the love vi smith. he's never been a head coach before. until finally, you know who hired chip kelly, san francisco. he's going to the west coast. patriots will win the game maybe. steelers, bronchos tomorrow night. you're power ball prognosticator. i will let you know who won both of those games on news 6. magic in lob ton, all the depots get a tie up over here. they have now lost 6 or 7

depots. tied to 96. they lose to toronto. the queen was not watching, i was told. 106-103 the raptors won. today is the first resort of the invitational. big names playing tomorrow and saturday. ron won today in the hall of fameer. a beefy roger klemmens. oh my goodness. and kate up ton's boyfriend justin or lander, broke the leads after shooting 72. i brought you actor jack wagner. the actor on general hospital's play star. he's really an actor faking it. today's tiger. >> the worst thing about being a professional football player. >> nothing. >> there's got to be one thing. >> let's throw travels out. >> i like the travel. what came to my mind is nothing.

if you weren't a pitcher? >> awe man, i can't hit so -- bench runner. >> what's the one thing you can tell us that nobody would know about you? >> oh boy. it could be anything. >> man, i'm really good at monopoly. >> seriously? >> i dominate my family every time. >> that is -- nobody would know this. >> nobody would know that except my family. >> i don't even know how to play it's been so long. >> we should play. >> they play the essential coordinator q and with a ping-pong. living over a lake. in the central florida area. do you feel any better about your day. >> playing this game? yeah. >> i actually feel worse now. >> i would figure that. >> i wanted to ask him about

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