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but first, donald trump's minutes. >> lisa: but first, a major scare for parents. one child hospitalized and several others sickened after investigators say they swam in an overchlorinated pool. the situation happening yesterday during the near-record heat at the waterford east apartments in orlando >> news 6's justin warmoth joins us there live. do we know how those children are doing tonight? >> reporter: well, unfortunately, i do not have an updated condition on them. the last we heard, one of the five was taken to the hospital. the four others were checked out on the scene yesterday. in the meantime we saw several different pool companies pulling into the complex here this afternoon. from sky 6 you can see work was being done this afternoon at the waterford east apartment complex pool. this, after officials say five children got sick because of a chlorine leak. the children, ages 4 to 11, were playing in the pool. then, out of nowhere, started getting symptoms.
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coughing in the background of this 911 call. >> tell me exactly what happened. >> there was a lot of chlorine and all of a sudden all the children ran out and they're throwing up. one threw up a little bit of blood. they're coughing with a tummyache, the chest ache, their heart is pounding fast. they're crying. >> reporter: according to orange county fire/rescue a maintenance worker at the complex said the pool had twice as much chlorine in it as it should. it's unclear what caused the leak but management said it was faulty equipment. of the five children, four were assessed at the scene and one of the them was taken to the hospital. at this hour, that child's condition is unknown. we're still waiting on a response from management here at the complex. they told me this morning they would be sending something out. they have not done that yet. we're hoping to get something
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we also had a chance to talk with some folks who live here in the complex. hear what they had to say about all of this in a story i'm putting together right now for 5:00. >> lisa: thank you. whether it be pools or splash pads, there are ways to make sure your family is safe while swimming. we posted water quality facts and past stories on clickorlando.com, powered by news 6. you will find it under top stories. >> ginger: we're following breaking news right now at 4:00. orlando police need your help finding the men they say robbed two stores at gunpoint on the same day. both armed robberies happened on monday, just six miles apart. the first happened just after noon. officers responded to a robbery call at mercy market on mercy drive in orlando. then a few hours later at 3:30, police say the very same suspects targeted a subway on millennia boulevard. police tell us the suspects were hispanic males who left in a blue minivan. you can see them right there. if you have any information,
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at 1-800-423-tips. >> julie: also breaking at 4:00, a close call for firefighters in orange county as they battled a burning shed not far from a home. sky 6 flew over the scene within the last 90 minutes. it happened on shadrach court off dean road. they're working to put it out just feet away from the home. we'll let you know when we learn more. >> lisa: this just in, donald trump picks up another endorsement. >> julie: it's from florida governor rick scott. >> ginger: scott says voters are speaking clearly. they want a washington outsider and he calls on party leaders to end the republican on republican violence on his candidacy. he thanked governor rick scott
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last two weeks, he's had $35 million of negative ads against him in florida and still won in a massive landslide. he went on to write, "the establishment should save their money." >> lisa: i don't think too many people were surprised by this. he was saying he wanted to let the voters decide, governor rick scott was saying that. the voters clearly decided that yet. it made it easier with florida senator marco rubio dropping out of the race. >> ginger: he didn't have to make a decision between the two florida men. last week, i asked him the same question, if he would endorse donald trump. you could tell he was leaning toward trump in the answer he gave me. here's what he said. >> i'm not going to endorse before our primary. i'm going to leave it to the voters. in 2002, i was not the business establishment. i'm going to leave it to the voters. i trusted in them then and i trust in them today.
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the establishment candidate, a businessman everyone was calling for to get out of the race. he was basically describing what donald trump is right now. and just sort of saying i understand but still can't make a decision until after the voters have decided and there you have it, he did it. complete election coverage continues on clickorlando.com, powered by news 6. there you can find county by county breakdown on the results and what is next. just look under the election tab. >> julie: right now, there's still smoke coming from an iconic mansion in brevard county, torched in a major fire. the flames last night could be seen for miles, coming from the estate known as the pumpkin center, a landmark for decades along the water on a1a. news 6's erik von ancken joins us there live tonight. do we know how this started? >> reporter: not so far, julie. but the state fire marshal, i was just told minutes ago, is here. and they're now on this property. they couldn't start walking around until noon we're told because firefighters had their
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spraying down some hot spots on top of this place. they have confirmed there was construction going on. now they have to figure out if that had anything to do with starting this fire. even from a safe distance away, you could still hear the crackling and popping of a ferocious fire, devouring a monstrous mansion and the packs of palm trees perched around the perimeter. hours later at first light it was clear the damage was done. this video, shot by a space coast drone photographer, shows the huge home, 10,000 square feet, now nothing but a pile of charred wood. all 11 bedrooms and 12 bathrooms burned to the ground. the tennis court is the only thing that's still recognizable. >> that was like the meeting place for all the locals. on halloween, they had the hay bails and the pumpkins stacked up. >> reporter: neighbors are sad. this historical home is where
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were born, founded by al newharth, who renamed it the pumpkin home. he said he was going to renovate and open up the property for weddings. the fire marshal says they found building materials and also a dumpster on site here. so they say right now they're looking at that closely. >> julie: i know firefighters got on this very quickly. we saw the video. they raised the ladder all the way up to try and fight the fire, but they just couldn't save it. >> reporter: they threw everything they had at it. firefighters from several different agencies rushed here. you can see the wind, how it's blowing here. it's not a good spot to try to fight the fire. to my left is the ocean, raging winds, tidal winds were coming off the ocean last night which didn't make this any easier to try to put out. >> julie: erik, thank you. erik von ancken is live in
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with that, let's go straight to chief meteorologist tom sorrells. how are the winds looking today? >> tom: still about the same. a 14-mile-an-hour wind right now in cocoa beach. if you're fighting a fire, that's the last thing you want to be dealing with. the set-up is pretty much the same. all the way and across the interior to the west and a little bit of a sea breeze kicked in the last hour. broken cloud cover for now. but more moisture is beginning to stream our way. this is a smoke plume coming off yet another burn there in merritt island. temperature readings right now, 87 degrees in orlando. the on-the-town forecast this evening, 87 within the hour, sky relatively clear and mostly dry by 6:00. come the 7:00 hour, we're very warm, 81 degrees. i'll be right back to pinpoint the lows tonight, how hot we'll be tomorrow and then the rain chances that are starting to build our way. >> lisa: today president obama announced his supreme court nominee to replace the late antonin scalia. the 63-year-old became the chief judge on the u.s. correspondent
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in 2013. he was a respected judge and born in chicago and graduated from harvard law school. it sets up a likely showdown with republican leaders who vowed to block any action until after the november election. >> the next justice could fundamentally alter the direction of the supreme court and have a profound impact on our country. so, of course, the american people should have a say in the court's direction. >> lisa: in pushing forward with his nominee, president obama says he's fulfilling his constitutional duty and called on senators to do the same. if confirmed, the new justice will replace conservative antonin scalia who died suddenly last month which could change the balance of the court for years to come. >> ginger: new tonight, a new health warning about painkillers. why top experts want you to back off. >> julie: and news 6 is helping a man in tears over his lost pet.
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>> ginger: on the consumer watch at 4:00, free wi-fi can be found just about anywhere. >> lisa: but like most things in life, that convenience can come with a cost. we're talking about security. >> julie: that's right. it's becoming easier and easier. we're not just talking about coffee shops and malls. now new york city is replacing the old pay phones with wi-fi hot spots but public access poses a big risk and the question is, are you protected? these aren't your daddy's phone booths.
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the system. >> along with the maps, you can browse the web and search the internet. >> julie: the big question is security. >> because we're a public network, everyone has to have their own encryption key. it makes for a very secure and safe network. >> julie: the system issues a use. encryption. >> spearfishing attack. >> julie: we asked a cyber expert to show us how easily hackers can set up a fake log-in page that looks like the real thing. >> they think they're connecting to a kiosk when in reality they're connecting to a malicious site. they don't know what they're going to put in their credit card the essentials that are going off to hacker. >> julie: it's best not to put in anything regarding your
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and banking. they'll be remotely monitoring any suspicious activity 24/7 and will not gather personal information for sale to third parties. >> julie: link nyc says it will be remotely monitoring suspicious activity 24/7 and will not gather personal information for sale to third parties. >> ginger: i'm always leery of the ones that don't have the lock symbol next to it. >> julie: i will jump on those from time to time because i'm so desperate. >> lisa: it's a good idea not to check your bank statements and that sort of thing. >> ginger: even without doing it, if they want your information, they're going to get your information. so it's good advice. well, next, officials are teaming up to cut crime in the community. the goal is to keep the conversation going about community concerns. some of the things they'll be talking about is gun safety,
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week's gun buyback program. the meeting starts at 7:00 tonight at the second shiloh missionary baptist church. tonight our nation's top health group is out with new guidelines for prescribing opiate painkillers. >> julie: the centers for disease control says the risks outweigh the benefits for most people. >> lisa: it's the first time the c.d.c. has issued guidelines for opioid painkillers and comes as a response to the rising numbers of americans addicted to them. about 40 americans die every day from overdosing on prescription painkillers. the c.d.c. also estimates that nearly 2 million people abused painkillers or dependent on them in 2013. >> julie: a lesson about live tv is going viral tonight and it's at the expense of a california weather forecaster. >> the skies are mostly clear -- oh, a bird!
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>> julie: have you seen this yet? during a morning forecast, a bird landed right there on the sky camera and he clearly is a big fan of birds. he seems to be taking it all in stride, saying the experience reminded him of alfred hitchcock's movie "the birds." >> ginger: his laugh reminded me more of that. if you've been in television for more than five minutes, you've had a live experience. >> tom: he played it well. it's a brave new world. >> julie: we're playing right into his plan. >> lisa: i thought he released that bird just before they went live. >> tom: depending on where we are this evening, we're talking about the big fires going on. there's a smoke plume on merritt island still happening. see the big smoke available on radar?
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that's rain, oh, hey, no, it's not. that's smoke. that's about it. that's all i've got is a little fire blowing the smoke to the east. otherwise, how perfect that? how perfect is that? very little wave action, just a few people on the coast. the temperature reading is 88 degrees right there in daytona beach. anytime the westerly wind is taking over and pins that east coast sea breeze, daytona beach heats up pretty quickly and it did today, all the way to about 88, maybe 89. we'll check out the highs a little later. right now, we're showing 88 from palm coast to daytona beach to 89 in sanford. 86 in leesburg and 86 in the villages. 84 right there in ocala. o.i.a., 87. 86 in kissimmee and 86 still does it in melbourne. temperatures across the southeast, it's not just us, it's everybody. in charlotte, north carolina, it's 86 degrees at this hour. 80 in atlanta. 79 in pensacola. 86 in jacksonville. and 80 in tampa and 83 in miami. so it's hot, no matter where you
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now, you're not going to get away from this heat. water vapor image shows the big changes afoot, though. all the orange and black the last couple of days, all the evidence of dry air, that's gone. can you tell a difference? we had the great sleeping weather there, keep the windows open and sleep with the dry air in place. that's out the door now. the humidity has crept back in. it's starting to feel more and more like central florida does in the summer. clouds and rain forecast for tonight at 1 a.m., not much. by the 6:00 hour, patchy fog begins to take over. if you had fog the last couple of days, when you wake up, you might have it again tomorrow. come take a look at this. here's thursday at 4 p.m. do you have plans? dress in green. go pinch everybody. it's going to be raining to the north, scattered showers across the interior at 6 p.m. on friday, with the frontal boundary sitting here
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way through, we've still got a chance of scattered showers and friday at 4 p.m., that's where the rain should be. here we go for our forecast tonight. partly cloudy early and patchy fog late. the overnight low is 65. here's your day tomorrow. first thing in the morning, we're battling through the breezy. a chance of a stray shower into the afternoon. some storms are possible. mostly north of orlando tomorrow and more for orlando south on friday and saturday. high tomorrow is 86 degrees. 82 on friday. come saturday, our rain chances are still listing in there at 50%. the daytime high of 80. >> ginger: you can't wear green tomorrow because you're in front of the promo wall. you'll get lots of pinches. thank you, tom. >> don't forget, you can get breaking weather alerts and live radar anytime on our free news 6 pinpoint weather app. just search wkmg in your app store.
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inflating a florida neighborhood. the proof and why they say that's not the only problem. >> reporter: thousands of people in central florida got the opportunity today to ride sunrail for free, but there's a catch. coming up after the break, i'll tell you about the effort to boost ridership for the commuter rail. >> julie: but first, firefighters on alert in volusia county. the warning they have for drivers about this distraction
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>> candace: you can see throughout the last couple of months, pretty much northern florida is the only dry spot. it's not even moderate or severe when it comes to droughts. overall, central florida, south florida and the panhandle is looking nice when it comes to the drought monitor. the reason is we had a above average winter when it comes to rainfall. 8 inches in orlando and 11 to 13 along the coastline, which means at least we're moving into the spring and summer seasons, which happens to be our wet season. at least we're starting on a good trend. we had a very dry start to the winter and ended january and february on a very wet note. a pretty interesting fact, the last time we had brushfires, an extreme amount of brushfires is when we had a strong el nino
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because we haven't had the big extremes we tend to see with el nino, we should be okay when it comes at least to the drought situation. >> julie: thank you, candace. >> ginger: that is good news. we complain about having rain on the weekend, but we really can't complain because we need it. coming up, researchers fighting zika with items in your kitchen, coming up in a minutes. >> julie: and the nation's second largest transit system is shut down. why reopening is still up in the air. >> lisa: and what a man thinks
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>> lisa: now at 5:30, a biker and his bird, a tag team for decades. his storyline is different but one we couldn't ignore. >> julie: the love and loss for a pet, heartbreaking for anyone, especially when you hear how this one happened. >> ginger: the two went to bike week and now his beloved pet is now missing. he says the bird was stolen near main street. he's not stopping his search until they're reunited. >> reporter: it was right here
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stole his best friend. now he's spending every waking moment, posting these flyers around town, hoping for her safe return. >> i'm a single guy, never been married, have no kids. that was my girl. >> reporter: but now spike the parrot is missing. it happened saturday morning during bike week. he left spike on his bike, a normal routine, while he listened to music, checking on her periodically. >> watched a band for a half-hour. i came back out and 11:30 she was gone. >> reporter: he filed a police report and saturated the town with these flyers, thinking somebody nearby knows what happened. >> talking to the locals, the people who live on the streets. anybody who is down here and knows people on the streets. >> reporter: he says spike is not just a parrot but plays a major role on his motorcycle magazine. he's offering a $1,000 reward
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back home. >> she's my baby. i just want her back. >> reporter: in daytona beach, loren korn, news 6. >> ginger: it's the same if someone lost a dog or something, especially if they've been together for so long. again, he's offering a reward. spike is also chipped and banded. we're going to post this story on facebook in a few minutes and you can help get the word out about spike. go to facebook.com/news 6. >> lisa: a deadly crash leaves two people dead in orange county this afternoon. the two people died when -- it happened in christmas and the driver was trying to turn left on to state road 50 but lost control and drove into the woods, hitting a tree. died. the crash is still being investigated. >> ginger: well, right now, the sun is out and the heat is on across central florida. >> julie: certainly has been a hot one out there, but earlier today, look at that, it was all about the fog. take a look at this time lapse
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pier. it was recorded earlier this morning. let's send it over to chief meteorologist tom sorrells, pinpointing what we can expect for tonight. >> tom: hold on. i'm enthralled with this. >> julie: it's great video. >> ginger: it's really good. >> tom: that's awesome. you can see the people coming out to the beach. that's good stuff. i love that time lapse. it was a weird day along the coast. there was the smoke and the fires. it was a weird run. it did clear up. the sunshine did come back out today. you can see the available moisture in the gulf of mexico, down to houston, texas tonight. some of the moisture is going to start to stream your way through the day tomorrow. right now, we're tracking a smoke plume right there around no rain, just smoke to be tracked today. the daytime highs, so far, they yesterday. 89 in sanford. we only hit 88 in daytona beach. 87 in orlando. 86 in cocoa beach. on-the-town forecast this hour.
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to 84. come 7 p.m., still warm, though, 81 degrees. i'll be right back to pinpoint where we go for the overnight lows tonight. how much warmth do we have left for tomorrow and what lies ahead for your entire weekend. >> julie: thank you, tom. here's a live look for you along i-4 near downtown orlando. typically a trouble spot for traffic, especially right now as drivers start to head home for the day. we've all sat through traffic troubles before, but farther north tonight, the drive home will be completely different. that's because the nation's second largest transit system in washington, d.c., remains shut down. it will be until at least tomorrow morning as inspectors conduct emergency safety inspections on underground wires. the decision comes after an electrical fire monday, but for the more than 700,000 commuters who use the metro system every day, they same it came out of nowhere. >> out of the blue. it's like every line is shut down for one day, it's a bit concerning. >> i'm just trying to deal with
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>> julie: what transit system leaders fear is a repeat of last year's fatal incident at one of the plazas. one person was killed after power cables generated hazardous smoke conditions. tomorrow's reopening depends on what they find during the inspections. d.c. has 91 stations along nearly 120 miles of track. >> ginger: tonight news 6 has learned port orange police got the green light to buy 70 new body cameras, costing $500,000 over the course of five years. the meeting yesterday ran late but ultimately the city voted unanimously to allow the purchase. >> lisa: 28 people were taxpayer to the hospital after a semi truck hit a school bus today, causing it to hit another school bus. this happened in the panhandle. troopers say they're fortunate everyone survived this but say some victims do have severe injuries. in fact, three students were airlifted to tallahassee memorial hospital. investigators say the semi ran into the back of a stopped
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pushed into another school bus. it happened in jackson county. troopers say speed may have been a factor but they do not believe alcohol was involved. >> julie: a new report indicates what counties are the healthiest counties in the state. seminole county leads the way at no. 5 for central florida. volusia county is 40. marion, no. 49. the report by the robert wood johnson foundation took into account access to healthcare, diet and exercise and unemployment into account. >> lisa: sunrail is offering free rides to thousands of orange county workers today. >> ginger: yeah, they're trying to boost ridership. >> julie: news 6 reporter mark lehman tells us how they're hoping more people are taking sunrail to work. >> reporter: they're calling
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road and increasing business around sunrail stations like this one in downtown orlando where the required -- ridership is struggling. >> it's for orange county employees and it was a great ride. >> reporter: he joined dozens of orange county workers for a chance to ride the rails, free of charge. >> it's easier than driving up and down i-4 and to work. >> reporter: cutting down a traffic and emissions is part of the reason but boosting ridership on sunrail is another. >> i think it's awesome. encourage more ridership. >> reporter: the number of passengers has fluctuated for sunrail. they had a 12% drop from last year in january. in february, there was a boost but still below the original goal set when service was launched in 2014. >> i would like to see it increase. i think everybody should commute to work. get rid of your cars.
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pushes a recent ride for altamonte springs. riders like kate adams see the moves as a step toward getting results for the commuter rail. >> to me, it's worth trying. if you haven't tried it, give it a try. it's definitely worth it. >> lisa: have either of you been on sunrail yet? >> julie: i haven't, but my daughter loves a good sunrail drive. >> ginger: it never happens for me. >> lisa: we would have to take henry and ila on a ride together. >> lisa: very interesting. a lot of excitement here in orlando as more than 500 competitors are gearing up for the invictus games. >> julie: the event was founded
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the war games here in the u.s. four years ago. it will happen at the espn wide world of sports complex. they're the only international sporting event for injured servicemen and women. competitors from 15 different countries will take part. there are 10 different sports, including archery, wheelchair rugby and power lifting. fans can check out the action from may 8th to the 12th. tickets are now on sale. >> ginger: what a cool and thoughtful thing to do. i imagine it's something they all get excited for. >> lisa: oh, yeah. tonight, a local county is trying out a new lesson called "it's time to be parents again." who it is targeting, ahead at 4:30. >> julie: and a florida neighborhood is under attack, how they're trying to get results to fix the slimy and sinking situation. >> lisa: and researchers suggest
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>> lisa: every week, the number of zika cases in florida goes up. >> julie: it's at 62 and counting and it's not even the peak of mosquito season yet. >> ginger: but what if i told you the battle to stop it from spreading could be in your kitchen right now? at least that's what researchers in new mexico are testing. they're mixing lemongrass oil with sugar, yeast and heat. it's to create a microscopic doughnut hungry mosquito larvae will eat. it kills off the larvae in three to five days. the lemon oil shuts down the nervous, digestive and respiratory system but does not pose any threat to people or the environment.
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that we can get it to where we want it to go and not pollute the whole environment. >> ginger: lemongrass oil is cheap. a gallon of it costs less than a dollar. it's so potent, two drops mixed with yeast is enough to kill off thousands of mosquito larvae. >> lisa: i guess you would spray that around? >> julie: you have to make your microscopic doughnut. >> ginger: you just spray that around where you think the mosquitos are gathering. they hope to test it in mosquito pools in south america later this year. we all know it's the hot spot for the zika virus and many of the cases started there. >> lisa: it would be a big breakthrough and probably fairly inexpensive for a lot of people. >> ginger: if you can get a gallon of it, that would be chief. for the zika signs and symptoms and a breakdown of cases by county in florida, head to clickorlando.com, powered by news 6. >> lisa: rent is rising fast in the city beautiful.
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increasing from $910 to a staggering $1,024 from january to february according to a national apartment report for february of 2016. it ranks orlando no. 2 for the largest rent up-tick for the month, trailing behind milwaukee, wisconsin. that in itself has a lot of people looking to buy, especially millennials. >> julie: absolutely. they're becoming a major force in the housing market. nearly 3 quarter of americans between 18 and 34 said they'd like to buy their own home, but the high rental cost and student debt makes it difficult to save for a down payment. fortunately there are resources to help. like many millennials, this 25-year-old was tired of throwing away money on rent and wanted her own apartment. >> i felt like the rental market was going up in price and i was going to be spending a lot of
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>> julie: but even with a steady job, she didn't have enough for the 20% down payment, what's required to avoid high payments and costly mortgage insurance. she was able to get a combination of low and 0-interest loans to help with her upfront costs. >> the programs are really intended to bring people into the housing market who really have the basics in place. they just need a little extra something to get them into housing. >> julie: find out about available programs at downpaymentresource.com. you'll also learn about opportunities for educators, firefighters and those in other professions. another resource for low to moderate income borrowers is a new mortgage called home ready. applicants can report rent from roommates or tenants as income. it's important for counselors to work with applicants so they understand how much they can afford. >> we're pretty straightforward with them, too. because nobody's doing anybody
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the housing market, they buy a home, they can't sustain it. >> julie: no matter how you plan to pay for your home, consumer reports says first time buyers should make sure their credit record is as good as possible, which will help to get the best deal, no matter who your lender is. >> julie: they can also reach out to parents and other relatives to buy a home. but consumer reports cautions they should make sure they tonight violate i.r.s. guidelines. you can get more information on clickorlando.com, powered by news 6. it is hard to get the first down payment to get into the housing market. >> ginger: if you sit down and do the math and you multiple how much you're paying in rent and multiple that by 12, you think, oh, my gosh. >> lisa: and you're never seeing it again. >> ginger: no, exactly. at least you're investing it in something you're going to own hopefully. >> lisa: and some homeowners are saying iguanas are causing a
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the neighborhood sits along a canal where homes sell for half a million dollars. residents are afraid their homes could collapse from all of the erosion. they're fed up with the iguanas that are bringing down their property value. >> a little along the coast here, it's falling apart. we try to stop it with wood and rocks. the iguanas burrow in and make holes. >> lisa: we just talked about how great it is to own a home. a $1 million grant has been secured to stabilize the canal banks. as for the iguanas, the city says there's really not much they can do. >> ginger: so it's on the homeowner. >> julie: that's tough. >> tom: what they need is a cold snap. all of a sudden it gets really cold and the iguanas can't move. you can just pick them up. >> ginger: yeah, that cold snap is not going to happen now. >> tom: it's been times when the cold air is in south florida and the iguanas start falling out of
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but not this winter. >> ginger: we could use some rain. >> tom: that's some smoke and some fog and sunshine this morning. >> ginger: i hate it's so pretty because there's smoke in there. >> tom: there's smoke in there. at satellite beach this morning, the sunrise was interfered with the cloud cover, and the smog. it wasn't true smog, like car emissions and fog. but it's coming from the mansion fire that happened there last night into the morning hours, the smoke and humidity. good-looking shot. i love that one. download storm pins and check out the pics yourself. radar tonight, still some smoke happening here on merritt island. you can see the burning going on, all the smoke drifting out to the east. that's the only thing i have to track on radar. i have no rain. by tomorrow, that will be changing. daytime highs so far today, we're in the books at 86 in leesburg. 84 in ocala. gainesville today hit 88 and 86 did it from cocoa beach to the cape.
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about earlier with temperatures dropping through the 80's, we'll be down to about 84 degrees in the next couple of hours. by 7 p.m. tonight, 81 degrees. pleasant enough but not cool by any stretch of the imagination. right now in daytona beach, people are riding up and down. it's happening. relative humidity is 35% right now in daytona beach. other temperatures, these are current, not highs, but current. they're very close to the daytime highs because we have not turned the corner and started to drop yet. it's 81 in cocoa beach. 83 at the cape and still 87 at o.i.a. 80 in atlanta and 86 in jacksonville and 79 in pensacola. this is the satellite and radar together. we go looking for rain and there's just not much. some of the stuff will start to dream our way as the frontal boundary right here sags this way during the next 24 hours. accompanying the cloud cover will be just a little bit of moisture. it's not going to be a rainout. not going to be a totally
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look at the hour by hour breakout on the clouds and rain forecast. this is tonight at 11:00. no worries. by tomorrow morning, 6:30, 7:00 in the morning, patchy fog will return. so if you had fog this morning, chances are you just might again tomorrow morning. the wind is going to be kicking up throughout the night tonight as well. that'll blow away some of that fog. it's never going to be truly dense. by 5:00 tomorrow evening, here's some scattered showers for you. the modeling has changed things around where pop-up showers are not looking to be so far south tomorrow but more closer tied to the frontal boundary. then on thursday, into friday, more and more scattered showers begin to show up with the cold front. overnight low tonight is 65. here's tomorrow. first thing in the morning, 68 with patchy fog. by noon, 80. your daytime high tomorrow is 86. then on friday, rain chances are up. we're at 82. saturday, a 50% chance for rain and a daytime high of only 80.
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and tuesday. >> lisa: thank you, tom. >> if you're on the road and can't check your news 6 weather app, you can now get updates through one of our three radio partners all day long. chief meteorologist tom sorrells and meteorologist troy bridges are pinpointing your weather on 105.9 sunny fm, 101.9 amp radio, and mix 105.1. ahead at 4:30, new food findings, especially for pregnant women. >> julie: what to avoid the next time you're at the grocery store. >> ginger: and ahead at 5:00, new details on the big mystery surrounding a fire at a landmark mansion. what we've learned about the fire that left a neighbor -- neighbors in disbelief. >> lisa: getting results in maitland, ocoee and all of central florida on news 6 at 4:00 and the news 6 app. we'll be right back.
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guidelines, they may still be exposing themselves and their babies to unsafe levels of mercury. canned tuna is listed as a lower mercury fish but high in the heavy metal in some studies. experts suggest switching to salmon for the same health benefits without the risk. >> lisa: well, times have changed and the modern family is not what it used to be. >> julie: that's why the brevard county sheriff's office is holding a class for grandparents for grandchildren. the sheriff's office says right now, there are 800 grandparents in brevard county who are the grandchildren. they say these classes provide valuable resources for parents, grandparents and foster parents about parenting in today's tough times. you know, there are so many new issues. >> ginger: when i lived in tampa near mcdill, very often parents would be deployed and so a grandparent or someone had to
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thought wouldn't be allowed to happen, but apparently it does. >> matt: my kids make me feel like 80. so if i were actually 80 trying to run around and catch them, i can't imagine. >> ginger: oh, my gosh. you'll never have that problem. matt austin is coming up with the news at 5:00. >> matt: a bizarre twist on a woman who thought there was a fake cop. now we learned it was a real trooper. coming up new at 5:00, we're getting answers on why police have no record of the trooper's traffic stop. and we're learning more about the local pool that got several kids sick. we're asking managers at this apartment complex how too much chlorine got into the water.
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[real-time closed captioning provided by u.s. captioning company.] >> lisa: now at 5:00, parents panicked as their kids get sick after going for a swim. one child is hospitalized. we're getting answers. >> matt: a man actually was a state trooper who pulled over a woman in an unmarked car. clermont police tell us there's no record of this traffic stop. news 6 at 5:00, getting results. i'm matt austin. >> lisa: i'm lisa bell. new at 5:00, the driver at the center of this tells news 6 she
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