tonight, the damage and the mess a brush fire left in a local neighborhood. good evening to you. i'm matt austin. lisa bell is off tonight. a painful impact for the days to come at this hour. firefighters still out there. near coagen and san flee poe drive erik sandoval is out there tonight. what's the 11 o'clock update. >> reporter: i've been talking with fire investigators all night. they tell me this fire is 100% contained. there is still a lot of smoke out here. we've been watching flair ups right behind me. it's because of that, a lot of the neighbors are sleeping with their garden hoses by their front doors. palm bay fire crews quickly

when this brush fire erupted shortly after three this afternoon. winds spread the flames quickly. they sent them right in the middle of this subdivision. >> we knew what this wild fire was doing. chris fraser said the same area was hit in 2008. and he knew the low humidity and gusty winds were a recipe for disaster. >> what happened? >> i don't know. i receive ed a phone call this afternoon from a friend and they said your house is on fire. this is terry shaw's house. his is one of four homes damaged by the fire. tonight we got close enough to his house to see smoke still billowing from the backyard. he tell us, he bought the home when his family was start ing a new life. >> i was a single dad retired from the air force. my boy and i came here. and this was our house. tonight, fire screws are

like this one we spotted right across the street. you can see neighbors are keeping their garden hoses plugged in ready to fight fire. but everyone seems to feel the worst is over for this area, that most people here dodged a fiery bullet. >> thank god we were able to catch it in time. >> reporter: florida power and light crews are also out here. they are replacing utility polls burned down. and then it's the hot spots that keep dmraring up on this land. fire crews will be out here all night long to make sure the flair ups don't flair into something more serious. erik sandoval news 6. i'm sure the neighbors are glad they're out there. breaking news now, bizarre story unfolding in marion county where three missing children have been found. authorities put out an amber alert. detectives believe they were with their mom in the last 20 minutes. marijuana county deputies tell

at a home in ocala, the kids found safe. the children vanished from a home where another child was found dead earlier today. the police have not said more than that. we'll have an update on the morning news starting a 5:00. a community alert out for a scare for school. he try ed to get them to go home with them. school. tonight. jen, i know you just gotten update from police, what'd they >> reporter: well police say they're work on a composite sketch of that man. that we should have by tomorrow. but they say it all started right here as that boy was riding his bike to school. >> very concerning seeing how i have a four-year-old daughter myself and it's scary to think of that. i would think that i school. detectives say the nine-year-old is riding his bike

when he was approached by a man walking by wednesday morning. the man asked the child if he want ed to come to his house. the boy got scared and ran home. >> i would definitely tell kids not to talk to strangers for one. you never know who you're going to run into. and obviously close to the school. >> reporter: the child described the man with as a heavy build. and the long black boutique. he was wearing a black long sleeve t-shirt, black shorts and black tennis shoes and sunglasses. >> eh hardly have problems pal i'm not concerned with it. it could have been somebody trying to ask a kid something and the kid might have taken it wrong. >> reporter: now police say they will have extra patrolling in the area around these elementary schools in the city. live in edgewater, jennifer ortega news 6.

tonight the final face off between hillary clinton and bernie sanders. voters got to hear a lot from both sides. news 6 anchor ginger gadsden is live for us tonight. ginger, clinton is favored to win, but as sanders showed us, you can't count this guy out. >> no you definitely cannot. they just wrapped up less than five minutes ago and you can see people are filing out of their auditorium here at miami-dade college. sanders comes in tonight's debate with momentum on his side. his upset win reinvigorated his campaign. and much of it was over immigration reform, not a huge surprise, being that the debate is being held here in miami. both kant dats agreed they would not deport children. here's what they have to say about immigration reform tonight. >> yes or no? can you promise tonight you won't deport children children who are already here.

i do not want to deport family members either, jorge, as i said, i want to prioritize who would be deported. violent criminals, people planning terrorist abing taes, anybody that threatens us. that's a relatively tall universe. >> to answer your question, i will not deport children from the united states. >> and can you promise not to deport immigrants who don't have a criminal record. >> i can make that promise. >>okay. >> reporter: h both agree the current policy followed by the obama administration is not something they would follow. their answers met by cheers from the crowd and we could, we were in the adjacent room and we could often erupt into cheers when either candidate would say something they really, really like. as you mentioned, this is the last time the two will face off before the florida primary which is next tuesday. there is a lot at stake here. they are still trying to win over every florida voter they can.

and i hope you're comfy. because you'll be down there for another 24 hours or so. it is the gop's turn tomorrow. the final four face off. and ginger will be there as well. live coverage throughout the night on news 6. tonight the investigators have an update on a dog trainer accused of abusing animals. he's not facing any animal abuse charges just yet. we've learned the central florida man has been accused of harming dogs in the past as well as people. here's news 6 investigator mike. >> i fear for my life. the man almost killed me once. >> reporter: she says her exboyfriend is a dangerous man. >> i have seven broken disks in my back. two facial fractures. >> reporter: shortly after freed luhr got out of brings prison for abusing his exboyfriend, he opened up kids k-9. a dog training school that provides service animals to children with special needs. now former customers who paid

believed he may have abused their pets. house. >> reporter: sherry says her family's doberman came home from freed luhr's training program, with bloody paws, unexplained marks on her face. and a injured tail that no longer wags. how does he treat animals. >> horribly. i've witnessed him brutally beat and kill one dog. >> reporter: on his website, he claims to be a certified dog trainer. but none of these organizations say they have record of freed luhr. >> reporter: what expertise does he have in dog training. >> none. none at all. >> reporter: she thinks her exboyfriend should be arrested for fraud and animal abuse. first, she wants to make sure he stays in jail. shortly after he got out of prison. he began sending her these facebook messages in violation of a judge's order. for now, he will remain in custody. but his exgirlfriend worries

>> he is -- enjoys hurting other people and animals that can't fight back. >> reporter: tonight as he sits in a fort mires jail, authorities in central florida are investigating his dog training business and whether he abused any animals. it's too early to say whether he will a face any criminal charges for that. reporting in fort myers, mike deforest news 6. he was unable to comment about the dog abuse al vagus gas stations. if convicted of violating his probation, he could be sent back to prison for three more years. new tonight, the moment that changed a florida detective's life. shot in the line of duty, how he's doing and why he had his 14-year-old son in his squad car when it all went down. tom? >> wow. take a look at this tonight. we're siting here high and dry. really warm too. big rocking storms back out there.

pinpoint the arrival of rain. there will be showers again, you know, and i'm also talking about just how hot. and i mean actually hot. things are going to be tomorrow. first, eliminating the dread that comes with going to the dentist. no fear in saying this, a lot of us scared of having our teeth drilled. especially the kids. but next, a new procedure that can get the job done without any power tools. you're watching news 6 and the news 6 app, getting results for

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tonight we're seeing how close bullets came hitting a detective's son. a young man opened fire on his dad. jacksonville shaves tweeted this picture of that bullet riddled windshield.

to school when he pulled over a car for driving erratically. the suspect got out of his vehicle and just started shooting. he hit the officer three times in the head, upper body and hand. the officer who was wearing a bullet proof vest is in the hospital in critical condition. his son was not hurt. the suspect shot by other officers who chased him. he's expected to be okay. a lot of us get nervous when we go to the dentist. we're in a safe place to talk about it. drilled. kids in particular, sometimes have to be sedated to calm their nerves. but as louis tells us, there's a new pain free procedure that can get the work done and keep your kids calm. >> you're ready to get this taken care of. >> no >> no? how come? >> i just don't want to do it. >>okay. all right, we'll see if we can make it nice and easy for you. >> reporter: dj is like a lot of kids, the dentist is scary. >> kids are not used to the noises and sounds and somebody

white jacket and gloves hon and mask. so it's a big fear factor. that's the biggest thing. even when it comes to something simple like a cavity, the dentist may recommend your child get sedated. >> sedition is a continuum that goes from minimal to deep. and you never can predict how a child in particular is going to react to such medication. >> reporter: dentists turned malpractice attorney said he's seen cases where the sedition can harm and kill a patient. >> they're getting strapped down. they're getting sedated and it's leading to trouble. to sedate somebody, there's a lot of risk. >> reporter: that's why doctor ron is taking advantage to treat a new cavity. fluoride. just one drop stopped tooth decay. >> i don't have to give you an >> reporter: the patient just has to keep their mouth open for

>> it's not a cure for cavities for everybody. it is a very useful product. it's a tool that a dentist has in their tool bag. >> reporter: it's extremely inexpensive procedure. around $20. but it is not permanent. you have to have it applied every six months. beware, it could cause a dark stain when it fights that tooth decay. it isn't something that you would want to have done visible. but for kids, those baby teeth will fall out eventually anyway, so it might be a good option. ask your dentist in their offer it. so this product has been in other countries for decades. but only approved by the fda in 2014. we called around to local dentists, it's not widely used in our area at the moment, but part of that because it's so new to the u.s. if more patients start to ask for it, it could be something dentists might actually consider offering. for more info on the product, we put more information online. head to facebook.com news 6, find out the link right at the

and just watching that cavity get stuff put in it maybe -- gives me the hee bee jib byes. >> i'm not a big -- of the dentist office. they bully you at the dentist office? >> the greasy palms and everything locks up. but no stress in the weather these days. >> this is the easy part. take a look at these storms matt, you're going to love it. the wind. ooh that's artsy. >> isn't it. richard does great work. we radio him all the time. that's a good looking shot don't you think? the big bird going and the sunsetting, and bam hicks from norman beach comes in with that one. tough to beat. i dig it.

available in your app store for absolutely free. download it tonight. download those fabulous photos. if you miss ed the newscast earlier, we were talking about how dry we are. the big rain that's going on from memphis. and kentucky all the way down to mississippi valley. and houston texas tonight. right now, the tornado warning right down there in bangs the tks happening to have been such a tough run. here's daint beach. i got an angry e-mail the other night. it seemed angry about this being mainstream. hey, main street cam. i know this is the strip. and this is main street. but in daytona beach, 66 . not too shabby. weather's been perfect. 72 in mel verb, in ocala, holding at 66 . 68 leesburg. 65 palm coast. and new smyrna 68. cocoa beach 71.

only one degree warmer than we were last night at the same time. the thing that strikes you the most, you step outside a, it's warm, and b along the coast, it's still windy. except for daytona beach. temperatures have reflected this push. tomorrow the winds kick back up again. weather story tonight, partly cloudy mild. feels great. but tomorrow, windy and warmer. today's high is 83. tomorrow, a step beyond that, we'll show you highs in a moment. rain chances do return in time for the weekend. satellite and radar together showing you what's going on. there's a huge ridge of low pressure that's dominant off the east coast. as long as that ridge of high pressure stays in place, we're stuck. the rain is stuck there. and we're trapped here with all the heat. during the overnight tonight, no changes. just a few clouds through the day tomorrow. here we go from thursday into friday. and the hits, in other words, the temperatures keep on rising. no rain until the weekend.

60s everywhere else. i'm going with an overnight low of 63 in orlando. here is tomorrow. yeah man, it's a warm day. by lunchtime tomorrow, 82, which is only one degree lower than we were today for the high. bike week forecast, still warm in daint beach with a high of 82. on friday, the high 85, saturday, 83 with a 30% chance of rain and a better shot at rain sunday sevening. sleep tight, i'll see you tomorrow. time for our run away country star of the day. tonight's star erik church. enter that name for your chance to win. join us tomorrow for another chance at 2, 3-day passes. cowboy boots. he's ready. >> i'm ready.

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all right muscle hamster. >> i don't like being call that had anymore. >> i talked to jason, he goes don't call him that. >> and then i call him. i'm sorry. >> we're sorry. who was more excited about the bucks resigning their top quarter back. doug martin? fantasy football players or buck

tie. i think fantasy football players are just as excited as he is in tampa. you agree? the 27-year-old is newfound money after the bucks resign him. paying him $35 million over the next five years. tom sorrells, you need a deal like that. give doug martin big money! tommy, do you think it's a fair deal, five years, 35 million. >> you told me it was a 28-year-old. >> 1400 yards rushing this year. i say it's a terrible deal. he's too old because he's a running back. he's 27. >> gene simmons, do you think? >> i don't think so. you were 27 like two years ago. >> yeah, i'm still 27. we're all 27 in our mind. >> make up your mind, gene. last night at 11 o'clock, i want to let everybody know what

i really get upset when i make a mistake. i really do. tom's laughing, i do. i do, i watch this show over and over again, right? so let's play the clip from last night. pay attention when i say, when the masters will takes place. the masters starts august 7th with the third and final round seen right here on news 6 on the ninth and the tenth. and immediately, the ping me inbox lights up. ping, really? making a blunder in your segment the masters are not in august. you really are not that smart. you idiot. donald from orlando.