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when gunmen storm into their home overnight. details on why orlando police believe.. the bad guys had the wrong house. plus trt: oc: this morning, we're learning more about the grandparents who died during a tornado outbreak in manatee county. details... on their lives-- and how their grandkids were saved.. from the twister.
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developing this morning -- parts of florida are cleaning up after several tornadoes rip through the area. one of those quickly turned deadly... killing a couple.. who were seeking shelter with their son and grandkids. at least three tornadoes were reported...in manatee, sarasota and martin counties. now--the national weather service is trying to determine if the naples area was also hit. in manatee county... 2 people lost their lives... and four children were injured after a mobile home was tossed by an e-f-2 tornado. 58-year-old steve wilson and his wife 51-year-old kate wilson were killed. their son-- was able to crawl from the debris -- gather his four children and get to a safe location. they are all
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hospital it's the first death from a tornado in florida since 2012. further east folks in martin county also saw tornadoes. boats were damaged, trees were toppled and a semi was overturned on i-95! it was a much different story in central florida.. here we felt the wind and the rain.. hours after the damage was done along florida's gulf coast. power was knocked out for several hundred customers-- in areas like merritt island and lake mary. rnjeing -- gunmen burst into a home... and terrorize a mother and her teenage children inside! it happened just after midnight at a home on harwood street. that's just south of colornial drive, near the orange county sheriff's office. ox 35's dana jay is live in that neighborhood with the latest. good morning dana. good morning-- a horrible ordeal r the family at
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23-year-old john noss was last seen morning at his parents house in the tuscarora trail his parents say he has the mental capacity of a 12-to-16 he was last seen wearing a gold "life black basketball shorts and black new balance tennis shoes. his family says he left on foot. if you see him... call maitland police. breaking news -- three american contractors are missing in iraq! officials say the three men were grabbed by a group of gunmen -- from an apartment in baghdad! the kidnapping happened on friday -- but it was not reported until sunday. the u-s state department says it is working with iraqi authorities to find them. no one has claimed responsibility for the kidnapping. two of the men are dual iraqi-american citizens. the third is an american national. new this morning -- one of the 5 americans who was detained in an iranian prison -- is back home with his family. the boston globe reports -- 30-year-old "matthew trevithick" arrived at boston's logan airport last night.
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this picture on their website. it shows trevithick being greeted by his family. he spent 40 days in an iranian prison. four other americans were freed by the iranian government over the weekend. in exchange -- the white house pardoned or commuted the sentences of 7 iranians being held in prisons here in the u-s. meanwhile -- the whereabouts of a missing f-b-i agent in iran, remains a mystery. robert levinson disappeared off iran's kish island in 2007 - while working as a freelance spy for the c-i-a. iran denies they're holding levinson. president obama says iran said it will help the u-s find him. trt: oc: meanwhile -- president obama has signed an executive
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sanctions on iran. the move comes after a u-n nuclear watchdog agency said iran is in compliance with its nuclear deal. new this morning... for the first time in nearly a decade... lake county's high school graduation h8jj"!e state average. it slipped to 75.8- percent last year... according to the department of education. right now florida's average is 77.8- percent. officials with the lake county school district tell the daily commercial that they're still looking into what's behind this drop. but they say they're more worried lake county students who do graduate... may not be adequately prepared for college. today is martin luther king day-- so if you depend on sunrail to get around... you will need to find a different ride today. the sunrail trains will not be running-- in observance of the martin luther king junior holiday. sunrail says... its trains will be back up and running tomorrow, starting just after 5 a-m. also closed for the holiday--
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that includes the post-office-- which will not be delivering today. most stores and restaurants are open, though. news alert... a traffic accident turns into a shootout in utah over the weekend... and this morning... an officer is dead while a second officer is fighting for his life. the violence began when salt lake police went after a man and a woman who took off running... following yesterday's crash. police say officer douglas barney caught up with the man... cory henderson... who shot and killed him. henderson continued shooting as back-up arrived... injuring officer jon richey... but henderson was eventually shot to death himself. right now officer richey is in serious condition at a hospital. police say henderson had been wanted for several crimes... including a federal arms violation. officers also arrested the woman... who's being held for leaving the n accident. school uniforms have been a hot topic around central florida.. details on how your tax dollars could go to buy uniforms, even if you are
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charleston south carolina. hillary clinton, bernie sanders and martin o'malley took the stage.. but it actually felt more like a two person debate. in the two weeks leading up to last night's debate... clinton's lead over sanders has dwindled. a "real clear politics" poll shows clinton only averaged a 13 point lead over sanders. clinton feeling the heat...took the chance to take shots at sanders last night. one of the hot topics of the night--health care. just hours before the debate--sanders released his new plan. clinton went on the attack saying it's the wrong direction.
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squared off on the topic of gun control. the iowa caucuses uon monday february 1st. meanwhile - donald trump remains the front runner on the g-o-p side. in a "real clear politics" poll take last week -- trump is 15 percentage points ahead of his closest rival, ted cruz. trump has 35 percent support -- compaired to cruz's 20 percent. marco rubio, is in third, with 12 percent support. the other nine candidates polled than 10 percent. back to our top story, the prisoner swap between the u-s and iran. bud hedinger of "good morning orlando" on "w-f-l-a" joins us live to talk about it. bud, critics say,
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"good morning orlando" --every morning from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. on f-m 102.5. this week - we expect to find out if governor rick scott will sign a bill that schools afford uniforms. the legislation last week. million dollars to districts that school uniform policy, including charter schools. last year, the state set aside 10 millions dollars to off-set the cost of school uniforms.. but charter schools were not included. eight counties have received funding for school uniforms so far, including
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rough week on wall street. as asian markets drop... so are oil prices. those falling prices look great at the pump though. especially in michigan... where has just become the first state selling gas for under a buck. several stations in the town of "houghton lake" are hovering around 80- cents a gallon. while you might be getting a better deal on gas... chocolate lovers will find themselves spending a little extra on their favorite treats. the wall street journal reports farmers are struggling with cocoa this year... due to bad weather for the most part. what makes matters worse is that demand for chocolate hit an all-time high last year... driving up the price of cocoa by 40-percent coming up in our next half hour-- a mother and her kids terrorized when gunmen storm into their home overnight. details on why orlando police believe.. the bad guys had the wrong house. plus-- we have the latest as communities work to clean up the mess
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i'm ryan elijah. here are the stories we are working on this morning. first -- a weathere alert! the temperatures are dropping! here's a live look at the chilly weather we're all waking up to. details on when the temps will be dipping into the 30's. plus-- we're learning more about the grandparents who died during a tornado outbreak in manatee county. details... on their lives-- and the storm clean up thats now underway for other areas of florida. plus-- new video of a space x rocket exploding after landing on a barge. coming up - what we learned overnight about the fiery crash. but first, let's get
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seeking shelter with their son and grandkids. at least three tornadoes were reported...in manatee, sarasota and martin counties. --the national weather service is eing to determine if the naples area was also hit. fox's shayla reaves has the latest on the damage in sarasota. new this morning -- gunmen burst into a home... and terrorize
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teenage children inside. orlando police believe the suspects targeted the wrong house. it happened just after midnight -- at a home on harwood street. that's just south of colornial drive, near the orange county sheriff's office. police say the suspects got inside the home through the front door. they confronted a woman and her kids. the gunmen searched the home... but left withouth taking anything. police believe the gunmen had the wrong house. fortunely, no one was injured. officers say the suspects left the scene in a grey chevy impala. news alert-- the search for 12 missing marines continues this morning off the coast of hawaii. crews have been searching for the arines since thursday when two military helicopters collided mid-air and went down. the coast guard has found debris consistent with the
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there is no sign of the marines. crews have been fighting rough surf the past few days... which is making it more difficult to search the water. the bucs officially have a new coach. as expected--the team hired dirk koetter over the weekend. orlando sentinel sports columnist mike bianchi.. and on the new f-m, ninety-six-nine, the game ... joins us live to talk about it. 1. bucs hire dirk koetter over the right coach to lead the franchise out of its years-long funk. 2. gators and
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thanks doug. in your morning investigators are trying to figure out a cause after flames rip through a lake county business. the massive fire happened at the lake county citrus sales in leesburg saturday night. this is a look inside the gutted building. the property owner says the building has been standing for 100 years. people who live nearby are in shock. no one was hurt in the fire. sheriff's office is robbery suspects. the crime happened saturday at the a-&-m beverage discount the fire. the osceola county searching for two robbery suspects. the crime happened beverage discount store on clay street in kissimmee. the clerk told deputies that two the counter, demanded money, then took off. call the sheriff's
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you have any information. an orange county man accused of shooting a delivery man is due in court tomorrow. jai brown was arrested last night. police say brown fired several shots at a delivery man on thursday... hitting him in the legs. that delivery man is expected to be ok. deputies say brown has been involved in several shootings in recent weeks. new this morning, we're seeing new video of the spacex falcon-9 rocket exploding after attempting to land yesterday. support legs malfunctioned-- causing it to tip over like that. spacex founder elon musk posted this video to his instagram.... from barge. spacex has been trying-- and failing--to land a rocket on a water- based platform. but-- despite the bad landing-- yesterday's
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become first flowers to bloom in space." scott kelly posted this picture on saturday.. saying "yes, there are other life formsspace." the plants are the first flowers to bloom on the international space station. these are teh first flowers... but the first crop was actually romaine lettuce. the astronaut has $uj5ing on a veggie program on the i-s-s since 20-14. he plans on making chinese cabbage next. your next headline :2i=5 giz-modo dot com. it reads... "hbo is screening a 7 and a half -hour cut of the godfather." the marathon is called the "godfather epic." it is a t-v special with both the godfather one... and godfather part two... cut into chronological order. the 7 hour special also includes extra scenes... that were cut from the movies. the special will be aired on h-b-o throughout the month....and it's available on demand. nd your last
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it reads... "shark in swimming pool was .lf dead,' says woman who found it, tried to save it." nicole bonk was visiting friends at mariner's cay condo's in palm beach county....when she saw two boys carrying the shark into the pool. nicole and her husband rushed to save the shark...but they say it was barely alive. they carried the shark all the way back to the intercoastal. it eventually swam away....but they don't think it will survive because of all the chlorine that was in the pool. f-w-c says it was a 5 foot black tip shark.. they are still looking for the two
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coming up-- a palm beach county deputy is on paid leave after shooting and killing a suspect. what the deputy says the man did... that threatened him to use force. plus-- *j.workers across the us... including florida-- are planning to stand in protest today. we are going to tell you what it's all about. but first-- you could win a fox 35 super-fan experience to see def leppard on january 30th at the amway center. the contest rules are also on our facebook page. you can enter to win once a day. sunday... a winner will be announced good luck! time to take a look meet martha, a beluga of a thousand faces. like her happy-to-see-you face. her dancing face. how do you say no to a face like that? you don't have to. with an annual pass from seaworld that gives you rides, shows and events, and that face all year long
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that's when detectives say he a gun at the deputy, who fired at the twice. the suspect died on scene. also in south florida-- today... airline workers plan to protest in miami... in a on-going fight for better pay. according to the miami herald-- workers from the "service employees will gather outside the headquarters of contractor in miami. union officials say they're calling for better benefits, job protection, and a minimum wage of 15- dollars per hour. the union says employees will also protest in eight other major cities. you could soon see j9 your energy bill! florida power and light is introducing a new measure to lawmakers... that could raise the base rate for customers starting in 20-17. under the proposed hike... the typical monthly bill would increase by about eight dollars and fifty cents... and go up over the next 4 years. f-p-l says the proposal would help improve electricity service, reduce emissions, and strengthen the system. taking a look at what we're working on for good day orlando at six....
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florida! and this isn't even the worst it's going to get this week. jayme king's tracking these chilly temperatures... to let us know what to prepare for. plus... the search is on for a gunmen... who terrorized a mother and her kids in a home invasion overnight. we've got the details. then all new: why drive when you can fly? coming up on good day orlando... we'll explain the new on- demand service that
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