mat has the night off. and lisa bell, we're told the women are siting in their car in win dixie near daytona high school, when an armed stranger jumped in their vehicle. the women fought back hoping to catch the thieves.

saunders. she is live outside the jail tonight. and sash shell, you spoke to the victims, what'd they tell you? >> yeah, ginger, lisa, they were no doubt on an adrenaline rush. they were fearless in the face of that gun and they dab their superstrength as none other than momma bear instincts. >> you want to put my family in danger, i'm going after you. >> reporter: the robbery plays out like an action movie. the stars, grandmother and best friend macky and lisa perez. they're out grocery shopping when just before driving off -- >> all of a sudden, i feel a gun in my head. >> reporter: a man threatening to shoot yelling for them to hand over their car keys, jewelry and phones. while their two-year-old grandchild screams and cries in the back seat. fighting instinct immediately kicks in. >> i punched him in the face and umm, she was hitting him too and

right at his nose and pulled the trigger. and it didn't feel like it was clicking because he would have been dead. >> the women. >> reporter: the women throwing the keys and scaring him off. >> did they take h your car? >> they hit my girlfriend in my face and put beguns in our heads. >> reporter: the robber jumps in a get away car and mac key makes a split second decision. >> i decided when he was going to turn i smashed into him and totalled my car but he didn't get away. >> reporter: the police ended up catching the robber and two others trying to get away. >> they picked the two wrong girls today. >> reporter: the robber did get away with one phone. but police did catch up with them and they should be arriving here at the jail any minute. the two-year-old had a scratch on their neck. but the women weren't exactly sure where that might have come from. reporting live in belusha counter. sashell saunders news 6.

well tonight, a spectacular lift off from cape canaveral. space exlaunched a communication satellite in the or bit tonight. the rocket was suppose ed to propel itself back to earth and land off a barge. eric getting answers. >> well we haven't seen the video just yet. but space exfounder eh lob says what you can see appears to be part of the rocket exhaust. the plume of that nearing the landing platform. and then the signal just cut out like that. the rocket did not pass this task. but musk says they will move on. a gorgeous sunset at cape canaveral tonight served as the backdrop for a space exlaunch that seemed insistent on staying on the ground. this is space exvideo of that atless nine taking off from the launch pad. this is that same launch tonight

this one capturing the stellar launch from the ground. and sakai six caught the atless nine and was able to zoom right in on that rocket for miles away. it was pushing a one and a half ton communication satellite. that was its mission. but it also turned into its problem tonight. space exleader and founder founder eh lob musk says because the satellite was heavy, it required more fuel to push it into a superzing nows or bit. that didn't leave enough fuel to slow that rocket down and center it when it went in for its landing off the coast. an hour and 15 minutes after launch, musk tweeted, rocket landed hard on the drone ship. didn't expect this one to work. vertical hot reentry. chance. one man asked musk is there a neat explosion video we can watch instead. musk did not respond. and again, we are hoping to get that really neat video.

space ex is going to try that landing of a rocket here in the next few weeks when they launch a resupply mission to the international space station. what's not clear yet, is if that landing will be on land where the agency has had a lot of success, or if it's going to be at sea once again where they've ginger? thank you. breaking right now, a deadly accident in winter garden, we just learned two people have been killed in a two vehicle crash. five others taken to a hospital. this happens on avalon and mckinny road just west of the 429. we are working to find out what caused this accident. the florida high way patrol is investigating and we will have an update on the morning news starting at five. and new tonight, a busy road is back open after a deadly crash. this was the scene from sky six on lock wood boulevard around 230 this afternoon. the road was closed for several hours after a crash involving a tanker. it was shut down between

so crews could clean up a fuel spill. a sedan badly damaged. tonight we know one person killed and no word on what caused this accident. right now a woman accused of stealing from girl scouts is out of jail. ashley posted bond this evening. but her brother is still behind bars tonight. news 6 was there as the brothers and sisters went behind tonight. they're accused of stealing more than $200 from a 12-year-old girl scout on sunday. they turned themselves in after surveillance pictures surfaced and help lead to their arrest. it is now down to four republican candidates in the race for the white house. doctor ben carson, officially ended his quest for the presidential nomination. the re tired neuro surgeon hinted that he no longer saw a path forward to the gop nomination.

trail. yeah. i know that -- [applause] carson was an early front runner in the gop race late last year but stumbles bing noed him out of contention. he failed to win a single primary or caucus. as for the other three candidates, ted cruz marco rubio and john kasich are rallying the con sifshtive base. they spoke at the conservative political action conference. and donald trump was schedule ed to appear at that convention but made a last minute change. but focussing on visiting states tomorrow. he will be make ing a pit stop in florida. trump will hold a rally. castro shows us how the university is getting ready. >> law enforcement spent the day preparing for trump's visit releasing new security information ahead of the rally. and officers are also working with students who are planning a protest.

donald trump's aid expect more than 20,000 people to be at saturday's rally. putting all eyes on ucf during the 2016 presidential election. >> you're going to come out and show your support either for or against him no matter what. >> reporter: students and people across the state will be there. like shaun who drove three hours from saint peter's burg to see trump. >> we're at a cross road in our country, we have to at this point make a change in the right direction. doors open at 11. you must get your tickets online and entry into the arena is on a first come first served basis. >> you either like him or hate him. you expect there to be of chaos against him. larm is hoping to prevent the chaos. that's known to happen at trump's rally. security inside. no one is allowed to go inside or allowed back. they'll all go through metal detecters. across the street, runs are plan

they're ready for any potential backlash. >> we are prepared as long as everybody comes to realize what can happen and they're okay with that. i think we'll be okay. they're working with police to keep the protest peaceful and safe. >> they've been telling us that they are on our side. they support us, and they will be here with the security measures to make sure nothing goes awry. that rally schedule ed to start at 230 tomorrow afternoon. trump aid is expecting 20,000 people. which will be interesting, because ucf says the arena could only hold 10,000. they're asking everyone to get there early and park in the near by garages. and expect road closures around the arena. want to see what trump has to say, we will be streaming his speech live on click orlando.com. and early voting will be begin this weekend for thousands of voters across central florida. starting tomorrow registered

voters will be able to cast their ballot. osceola and sumter counters. early voting is already under way in lake and orange counties. >> amazon showing support for apple. the online retailer has detailed their encryptions. they can no longer encrypt stored data. this comes as apple fights with the u.s. government. they asked them to alter their software. it would allow the agency to unlock the iphone used by san bernardino shooter syed rizwan farook. it could set a bad precedent and impact the security of other products. 3d printers give people new limbs. now the necknology is helping save innocent people from jail. coming up, how 3d printing helped convince a jury to acquit a man on trial for murder. plus dramatic video showing a police officer jumping into action to save a child. what he did to protect the

all right, take a look over my shoulder here, there goes the cold front of the south and the clear skies rolled in for us today. what about tomorrow and your weekend? i'll be right back to check out the bike week forecast. and break it all down and pinpoint the highs for tomorrow, straight ahead. but first, bringing joy to high school students, how a local group is helping special needs students shine on one of the biggest nights of the year:

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all right, a traffic warning tonight, bike week is at full throttle and it could be one for the record back. >> you can see the motorcycles on main street in daytona beach right here. this is a live look from above it all, chief meteorologist tom sorrells will have your perfect bike week forecast coming up in just two minutes. he says it is perfect. new video tonight shows the dangers pedestrians face while trying to cross the street at a crosswalk. it shows cars driving right through a crosswalk while a child on a bike is trying to cross at the same time. the person recording the video stopped and wait. the cars nec to them, they keep going. eventually others stop to let the child go. orlando police are reminding drivers to always stop for pedestrians in a crosswalk. well just the words friday night can make it feel like it's going to be a fun night. >> oh yeah. a group of volunteers working to make sure high school students

big night. their prom. news 6 etching etching is with those students as they went shopping iffer their prom dress says. perez says dancing is her second favorite part of her high school prom. the first favorite. >> all the boys. [laughing] >> reporter: the music too? perez spends the night picking out just the right dress for her prom. which is coming up in two weeks. >> they want to be like everybody else. >> reporter: david, a spokesman for the winter spring optimist club, says his organization decided to round up a bunch of donated dresses and suits. >> they go to high school and they see their friends going to prom, going -- you know, not that they can't go, it's just that they sometimes they feel uncomfortable. >> reporter: they said the opt histomists cleaned and turned the dress around for the students and give it to them for a small donation. perez first thought she was

>> what do you think about this dress? >> cute. >> beautiful. >> reporter: is that the one you're in the choose? but 15 minutes later, she found this one that made her feel loo i can a preen says. she chose that one. her boyfriend already chose his slacks and jacket. items he says he can't wait to put on. >> you see these kids have a smile on their face. they're just being normal and they're having a great time. and you know, you get a lot more out of it than you really put into it. >> reporter: erik sandoval news 6. it'll be held on march 18th. >> she was going to look pretty no matter what dress she put on. >> you said the second one looked more like el sahh. >> it did. chief meteorologist tom sorrells joining us now. you are one popular guy. >> it comes and goes.

you love the rocket launch. >> reporter: oh yeah. it was spectacular. look at that. >> beautiful. >> who shot that? tell me. >> reporter: i don't know. >> schwartz shot that. everyone froze around central florida to watch it lea thank you firefighter that shot. what about this one from balm b. what about this one. got the two views of the plume. this is from cocoa. this one is from melbourne. also from melbourne, and watch this interesting shot here. due to the picture somehow, and then had to identify the different stages. senate cool? >> oh yeah. >> got stage one, had to separate fairing at stage two. i like that. we need to make sure we keep in touch with that guy. >> i know. available in your app store for

if you download it, look at all of those storm pins right there on the smart phone. check it out. here's downtown daint main street. not a lot of action. the bikes are already parked in place and siting on them doing anything. right now, 56 in daytona beach. downtown orlando is great too. it's 56 in orlando. 61 in melbourne. and look at ocala. 48 . 45 in gainsvill. 56 again in daytona. 59 in new smyrna. and 62 in cocoa beach. winds up here are calm. a three miles per hour in gainsvill. calm in ocala and the villages. and an eight miles per hour wind. satellite radar together. showing the progress of our frontal boundary, came all the way to here. took our mooseture and pushed it down to the islands into cuba and left was with cloudy skies which is perfect for the weekend. this on shore flow will continue

we're going to dry and warm throughout the weekend. not as warm as this week. but still warm and above normal. bear in mind, a normal daytime high is 76. we'll be there or better throughout this whole weekend. this on shore flee fellow brings in a touch of cloud cover. but the rain associated with this, i think is over sold. and you'll notice most of that shore. so the model finally caught up. we have -- thank you. for tonight, we're talking about overnight lows. and then we'll drop to 45 in ocala. and 50 in leesburg and 55 in cocoa beach. 51 in paint daytona beach. >> temperatures zooms to 75 by noon tomorrow, the daytime high 70-eights have the normal of 76. bike week is in full force. 78 tomorrow in daytona beach and 78 and sunny on sunday. and the orlando city soccer

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front window of the home and umm made it back to his truck where he died. so it took more than 50 hours designing the first level of the house using 300 pictures. they used this machine to print the model. it took the team about 90 hours to get everything printed. the model helped convince the jury that the intruder was shot inside the home and the murder suspect was acquitted last week. new video tonight show ing a police officer saving a kid from an out of control van. a dash board camera shows a crosswalk. this is in bell ruse. a police officer is closely behind him. and he must have noticed something out of frame. because he quickly grabbed the child by -- look at that. grabbed him by the backpack. him. the officer spin it is kid away from the path. and he take s the brunt of the impact. amazingly, he only had bruising. the student is going to be okay. as for the driver; he was ticketed.

well okay, a lot of you are going to be doing cleaning up after this. tonight the family has hit the jackpot while doing some cleaning. they were cleaning out their late grandfather's house when they found a crumbled paper bag inside when a an original baseball cards printed in the 19100s. there are only $15 cards known to collectors. and one appraiser said the best preserved of those cards just one of them could easily sell for more than a million dollars. >> that is crazy. cha-ching. >> cleaning up this weekend. that's for sure. you know, great grandfather had great taste in baseball cards. so he had the right thought. the magics have said all along, they want to make the play offs. >> they said they believe they can make the play offs. they're good enough to make the play offs. well they didn't look anything like a play off team tonight. against one of the worst teams in the league.

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you said this was a big game for the magics tonight. >> it was a big game. every game until the end of the season is a big game because they need to win a lot of games to make the play offs. which they have talked about doing the entire season. and they have not quit on that. although it looks like on the court --

oh yeah, the team phoenix was not very good. tonight was not only a must win game, but a should win. but they did not win this game. the magic have a tendency to make bad teams look good. the phoenix suns looked great tonight at the am way. el ford peyton led the magics with 19 for the night. the two teams tied after a quarter, things go downhill late in the firth half. the magics had 101 shots tonight. missed 56 of them. this sequence says it all about the game. four defense on the fade away there. and peyton was the sloppy pass. and he goes in for the easy jam. suns opened up a 21 lead in the quarter. scott sills does not look well. the sons alex let me know towards 31 points. magic lose 102-84. so a team that came in with only 15 wins. and the suns played last night as well.