fox35orlando.com. we're so glad you're with us. it's 6:00 a.m., and a very wet wednesday. i'm amy kaufeldt. >> i'm john brown. a weather alert for you this morning. a live look downtown. rain making the roads very slick out there. jayme king is tracking the showers and some trouble on the roads as well. >> lots of problem spots out there. the desperate search for a missing 3-year-old boy from daytona beach.

mother, they believe, and an escaped convict. we have details on how authorities are increasing efforts to find them. i will do something differently than the debate. >> donald trump said he's skipping thursday's g.o.p. debate. details on the republican front runner is boycotting the debate. we have trouble on the roads. and the weather. >> jayme: we have you covered top to bottom. secondly, getting better in time for the weekend. we have a.m. and p.m. rain at the bus stops for the kiddos. 60s out the door. very wet. this slug getting a little dicey. that's super heavy rainfall. nothing severe.uy? we may find a few thunderstorms

isolated, i would call it, but within 20 minutes we'll begin to see this move into orlando. center of town. and move move over to the other side. working towards eastern orange county. bottom line, it'll be a wet day. some progress, through the low to mid-60s. hitting near 70 or so for a high. this goes all day long, all day strong. and we have a high rain chance tonight. tomorrow we peel back the chances and bring in very, very nice weather for us. bright sunshine, and highs near 75 as we head towards monday. drive traffic. we have a slew of issues.

another one at i-4 westbound, par street, to the north of that we have an accident at fairbanks. it's a wet one, so you know that i-4 will be lighting up with all kinds of crashes and such going through the comorng commute. the commute is heating up. the rain falling. roadways are slick. keeping you live and up-to-date all morning long. it's 6:03. the search continues for a little boy missing and feared endangered. we've been telling you about this for three days now. he disappeared last week. fox 35 jackie orozco has the latest. they believe he was with his mom. the mom helped the boyfriend escape from a work detail? >> reporter: that's right. they issued a statewide amber alert so everything has changed.

the 3-year-old is with his mom and an escaped prisoner. tammy and other family members have passed out flyers hoping that someone has seen her 3-year-old grandson. >> we wanted to bring awareness to bring my grandson home. >> we have been handing them out and posting. >> reporter: her grandson was last seen in daytona beach. >> he's 10 lovable. if you see his little face. i lob love him. and i want him home. >> reporter: her daughter is on the run with her boyfriend. her boyfriend cut off his ankle monitor and the three have not been seen since. >> the reason he is listed as missing and possibly endangered

escape and the fact that he's in the company of an escaped prisoner, he's on the run, alluding capture right now. it's cause for concern. >> reporter: they said that he is a convicted robber and serving an eight-year sentence. he's want on charges of escape, destruction of electronic monitor and criminal mischief hf the mother is also facing charges. eujl31 is the tag number. blonde hair, hazel ieks he is 3 feet tall, weighs about 35 pounds. if you see him, you are asked to call authorities immediately. reporting live here in volusia county jackie orozco, fox 35 news.

missing child alert for these two kids from indian river county. a 10 month old and a 3-year-old. they may be with their parents. gamez is wanted in connection with a deadly shooting that happened last week. if you see them, you are asked to call police right away. >> john: around 11:30 last night at park common commons drive. a man confronted who two. and the suspects drove away and not yet been fou >> john: two deputies recovering after investigators said they were being beaten by a suspect. ryan elijah has details on how this ul unfolded. >> reporter: the sheriff is upset about this. pineapple avenue in mims. the sheriff's office said they

a man and his girlfriend were fighting. deputies tried to separate the two, and then the attack happened. skylar pulled out a baton. and started to hit the officer. both officers brought to the hospital and are expected to make a recovery. >> it frustrates me. knowing they went there to try to help somebody and that person turns on them too. >> reporter: deputies arrested francis along with his girlfriend, courtney johnson. they are both charged. an elderly man injured when a linx van was carjacked.

house in altamonte springs. the 80-year-old was being picked up for his dialysis appointment. the driver was helping him and then a man took off. he was not buckled in. and injured his head and his hip. >> his heart is not up to par. if they can't do the surgery, he'll be in a wheelchair permanently. if he's in there permanently, that's going to kill him. >> he's being held without bond. the daytona international speedway will . the new stadium is nearly a mile long. 150 feet for the top row of seats. high enough to see the ocean from the stadium.

open will be held at 4:00 p.m. today. big developments in the gika mosquito virus. joining us is lauren simonetti. it's a raining cats and dogs here. >> reporter: i know. i just heard the weather. >> amy: we've been talking about the zika virus, and pregnant moms and being careful. and now airlines are saying we're going to help you out? >> reporter: united is being very accommodating. 24 countries that the cdc has a travel alert on most live in latin america and the caribbean. united is saying if you do not want to go to any of the countries because of the fear that you might get the mosquito borne disease, we'll refund your

don't worry about it. american airlines is doing something similar, not as friendly as united. it seems like this virus is spreading by the day. we have a person in virginia affected by it. a baby born with a defect. and in hawaii. the mosquito that carries the disease exists in florida. >> they're saying not just pregnant moms but everybody should be wary of this. good to know. we appreciate the update. >> reporter: thank you. >> amy: you can catch lauren every weekday morning starting at 5:00 a.m. go to fox business.com slash channel finder. >> john: come can go up, donald drama in iowa. >> amy: trump says he may skip out.

i think i'll be doing something else. >> amy: probably? >> john: i think eel show you -- he'll show up. >> amy: why he says he'll skip

>> jayme: we are covered and >> john: we're following a weather alert this morning. rain falling across central florida. take a look at this. i am sure you know. you probably heard it on the roof early this morning. causing lots of troubles on the roads this morning. jayme king has more on how long it'll last. >> amy: donald trump may be skipping the fox news debate on thursday. >> john: trump's campaign manager said that he will skip it and do something else on that day. he is taking issue with fox's megan kelly will who monitor the debate. >> they picked me as number one. number one by far. but probably i won't be doing the debate. i'm going to have something else

we'll do something where we raise money for veterans and wounded warriors. we'll do something simultaneously with the debate. more than likely i will not do the debate. >> john: once again, he said most likely. that's the wiggle room people are look at. do you agree with trump on his decision? to vote head over to the twitter page. search out@fox 35 news and we'll keep you updated all morning long. >> amy: people want to know what sparked a deadly shooting that happened during an arrest. bundy and several others were arrested. all eight are facing sprirs to impede officers through force, intimidation or threats.

running dispute over public land in the west. neither the fbi or the oregon state police are releasing details on what sparked the gunfire. mayor of new york has issued a travel advisory. here's a live look at times square. it's been fine there. it looks a little wet. that's about it. you can see it's definitely starting to improve. temperatures dropped below freezing and all of the melted snow is turning into black ice which is pretty dangerous. saturday's blizzard was the second biggest in new york city's history with nearly 27 inches of snow falling in central park. it's not the snow but the rain around here. >> jayme: and quite a few inches developing when it's all said and done. it's pouring down sheets right now. a.m. and p.m. rain at the bus stop scene.

kids come home. right now another wave of very heavy rainfall. tremendous rain. 1 to 2-inch per hour stuff. we trace back to tampa where is originated. and around the i-4 corridor and exit towards coastal flagler and much of volusia. it's a safe bet. you have heavy duty rain on the way. affecting orlando now. the rainfall rates are increasing. we hear it on the roof torntion we're here? on the rooftops. we're in seminole. and this suggests very heavy rainfall. that's the case going through the day time hours today, and tonight, and for a good portion of our thursday. we're in the 60s area wide. rain likely. isolated storms heading through the afternoon hours.

northerly winds at 5 to 10 miles per hour. and this is the next area that gulf of mexico. peeling our way by the afternoon. this enhances the rainfall, and the overall coverage. the vast a jortd of us, 90 to 100% of us seeing the rainfall approximately -- the vast majority. we see lulls and slowing of rainfall rate by around 8:00 p.m. tonight. and another wave comes coursing through. while it looks like we're clearing, not out of the woods yet. for our thursday, a pretty good batch of brain coming in behind the front. and commencing into late thursday and friday, we peel back the clouds and paving the way for gorgeous weekend weather.

rain amounts. south and east of metro orlando. lesser amounts in tbaimplets and ocala. a nice pocket of 1 to 3 inches from orlando north. this may be one of the wettest january, in the record books. we have 70s today. north and south, east and west. periods of rainfall streaming through. very high rain chances. for tonight we see our moments of rainfall going strong. 50s up north. a couple 50s along the coastal flagler area. very nice weather. sunday, monday, and tuesday. and making an approach to 80 degrees by tuesday. hopefully, that forecast will hold. i need a bit of warmer weather. and i think most of you will agree with that sentiment.

we have an accident i-4 westbound at par. and at fairbanks at exit 80. and 528, an accident there at exit 16 at the toll road, 417. and last stop, right there at the airport there. fuqua boulevard. we'll monitor that and see what's going on there. lots of wet roads, so plan accordingly. rouse road to downtown, putting you pack about 10 minutes. $1.65 for the regular at speedway at turkey lake road in orlando. and the kwik mart, $1.66 at south bumby in orlando.

>> john: parents in volusia county will have to wait longer to find out if their kids will be wearing school uniforms next year.

we have our producing i wake up to a sunny day i love the rainy nights >> john: any time you start with eddy rabbit, you know it's a good day. >> amy: it's definitely a rainy night and morning. it's not going to end any time soon. jayme will have a check on the radar. allow yourself extra time. we're having lots of problems on the roads as well. >> amy: the volusia county school board is delaying their uniforms. >> reporter: board members decided to add jeans to the proposed dress code. they planned on requiring students in grades k through 12 to wear a polo or button down shirt with khaki pants, skirts, and jumpers. with the new edition of the jean, they need to have at least

plans in motion for the next school year. we spoke to parents at last night's meeting who said they're against uniforms. >> i don't think it's appropriate. it's a public school. private school is different. public schools should be the choice of what our children wear. >> we're from osteen, a lot of kids are on free and reduced lunch. if they're on free and reduced lunch, obviously, they're not going to be able to put out hundreds of dollars to get brand new clothes and there's no hand me downs because this is new. >> reporter: supporters argue it could make school safer because staff could spot those that are not supposed to be on campus and would stop bullying. the board has yet to schedule a new date for the vote. we asked you on twitter if school uniforms should be required.

only 30% of you agree that, yes, you agree and school uniwere uniforms. 70% said no. head to twitter@my fox 35. . i like the school uniforms, my young son has one. >> amy: i am with you, but i think it's in middle school is when the fighting begins. allowed in. >> amy: the dangerous error that terrorists. >> amy: who investors are looking for and why they believe

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yes, it's raining. it's 6:30 6:30. >> amy: .

the radar is lit up right now. jayme is tracking the showers. and double duty for jayme. he is in charge of the roads, and the roads are a mess too. he's very busy. >> john: a 3-year-old boy dis-appeared from volusia county. why he may be in danger. >> if they can't do the surgery, he'll be in a wheelchair permanently. if he is in there permanently, that's going to kill him. >> amy: a man injured when a linx van was carjacked. he will learn if he will ever be able to walk again. jayme king is covering it all this morning. >> jayme: a lot of accidents currently through i-4, through the airport, and the 528. it's loaded now.

and orlando. starting to get into the southern and southeastern edge of the gainesville metro area. around the uf campus and areas south of that. a little lighter up to alachua county. the heavy thick stuff, we've traced and tracked up through apopka. and lake mary, and oviedo. inundated and that continues eastbound to coastal volusia, and flagler, and all of brevard. inundated with sheets of rain. a.m. and p.m. rain at the bus stop this morning and in the afternoon. 60s pretty much. you can see we're squashed down now, so to speak. closer to 70. you head down to the shores of melbourne, through melbourne beach. and rain likely and isolated storms. a quick flash of lightning. outside of that, i am not looking for anything i call severe. nothing like the last two systems i saw blowing through

we look better into the weekend. highs into the 70s and closer to 80. only florida could pull a stunt like this. lows close to 60 degrees and no rain for the weekend, i am happy to tell you. that's your forecast. i am unhappy to tell you about the live drive traffic. gina is out today. and there's an accident at par street. you don't say. and fairbanks. whether it's wet or dry, a common offender. we have an accident at fairchlts drive and xx i-4 westbound. and along the beach line, 528 westbound. that accident was cleared. and the scene at the airport, at fuqua boulevard, it's been cleared too. it will clear up the traffic and congestion. westbound from lake mary to colonial. we're at 6:32 this morning.

chunkier, and overall volume increasing. and the toll road from 417 to downtown, 10 minutes of travel time at this time. visit our website at fox35orlando.com. >> john: developing this morning, the search continues for a little boy who is missing and feared to be in danger. >> amy: 3-year-old zander quigley disappeared last week. jackie orozco has the latest. >> reporter: good morning. the volusia county sheriff's office started the search. now yesterday the fdle issued the alert because the boy is believed to be traveling with his mom and an escaped prisoner. tammy and other family members passed out flyers hoping someone has seen her 3-year-old grandson, zander. >> we wanted to come to daytona and pass out flyers and bring awareness to bring my grandson

>> rest stops, gas stations, if we see someone passing by, we hand it to them. >> reporter: she traveled to daytona beach where her grandson was last seen. >> he's so lovable. and you see his little face. and i want him home. >> reporter: her daughter is on the run with her escaped boyfriend. he cut off his ankle monitor. and the three have not been seen since. >> he's possibly in danger because of the fact that he's in the company of an escaped prisoner. alluding capture. it's cause for concern. >> reporter: they said that bullock is convicted robber serving an eight-year sentence. he is wanted with escape,

monitor and criminal mischief. his mother is facing charges of aiding an escapee. >> reporter: a white 2010 chevy cobalt. eujl31. the boy has blonde hair. hazel eyes. 3-foot tall. weighs about 35 pounds. if you see him, you are asked to call authorities immediately. jackie orozco, fox 35 news. >> amy: it's yucky out there. be careful. and, again, keep an eye out for these two missing children as well. and 10 month old and 4-year-old children were last seen at a home in else if mere. else else fells mere. if you see any of them. you are asked to call police

>> john: an elderly man injured when the van he was in was carjacked. >> a robbery and carjacking. the other allegations of kidnapping and false imprisonment. >> reporter: 80-year-old herbert is laying in the hospital hoping he is strong enough for surgery. his daughter melissa waits at his bed side. he has a small bleed on his brain with a large hematoma and a broken hip and broken finger. >> reporter: he was being picked up at his home for his monthly dialysis appointment and the bus was carjacked. >> they were just getting him on the bus. he was not strapped in, and the guy jumped on the bus.

off and drove in a reckless manner, with herbert still inside. >> my dad fell on his face and out of the wheelchair. >> reporter: they saw a fire truck, ambulance, and the bus. >> i saw my dad's wheer wheelchair and my dad getting wheeled off. he was just so frightened and scared and bleeding everywhere. >> reporter: she said doctors want to surgically repair his hip but with the health issues, they are not sure he's strong enough. >> his heart is not up to par. if they can't do the surgery, that's going to kill him. >> why, what is your snrob how could you could do this to a

the orlando magic have lost seven in a row after going to the bucks last night. >> john: it's not looking good, ryan. he joins us in the fox 35 sports zone with the headlines. >> reporter: it's so frustrating in a lot of ways. the magic losing one that they were leading. peyton manning overshadowing all. he's not saying that the super bowl will be the grand finale but there's more evidence that when he met with new england coach bill belichick that he might have said this has been my last rodeo. and a classy way to end that rivalry. most people expect this will be it for peyton manning. the magic led by 16 in milwaukee last night. they couldn't hold on.

victor oladipo with 18. they have lost 11 of the last 12. they will play at boston friday night. they're not getting blown out. they just can't hold on to a lead. they're getting a little desperate. >> john: double digit leads in almost every one of the loss. can't they do the freeze shot. like in high school they just hold on to the ball. thanks, ryan. >> john: a wrong way driver traveled eight miles through rush hour. >> amy: the chaition to try to stop him from hurting other people. it's a mess in downtown orlando. but the good thing here is that traffic is moving downtown right now. can't say the same for other parts of town. we'll have the full weather and

>> amy: 6:42. happening this morning. we're waiting to hear in investigators will charge a wrong way driver in orange county. >> john: that driver caused a crash before ultimately being stopped. on state road 528. 78-year-old arnold wiggum drove his pickup eight miles in the wrong direction. two other cars crashed into each other trying to avoid the pickup. no one was seriously hurt.

require recess in all schools is moving through. >> amy: the subcommittee unanimously passed a bill to require 20 minutes of free play recess per day. and states that recess can't be taken away because of disciplinary or academic reasons. the first of three stops in the house. >> john: delaying any future changes to the budget until there's a plan in place to pay for road repairs. the commissioner said that reconsidering budget decisions that have already been made hurts more than it helps. it comes following the dismissal of a gas hike that would have paid for the backlog of road repairs. >> john: a dangerous repair almost kills one kid.#

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>> amy: let's see what it looks like on i-drive.

district can not be spared from the rain. it's yucky out there. expected to be most of the day. if you headed to the parks, bring your parka. >> john: you think so. >> amy: is that way they call it a parka. >> john: this is an indoor activity day. mall of millennia. wonder works. there's plenty of options for you. >> amy: taking a look at the names you need to know. >> john: ethan couch and pope francis. we begin with the name abevy goada. he -- vigoda. he passed away yesterday at the age of 94. his daughter said he passed away in his sleep at her home in new jersey. >> amy: ethan couch used the affluenza defense in a drunk driving case. he will be brought back to the united states within the next day or two. >> john: your final name is pope

the pope meant with iran's president yesterday. the first meeting with a pope and iranian president since 1999. the president brought a gift of a handmade rug and asked him to pray for me. >> jayme: it's coming down in sheets out there. the very heavy rain coursing through the orlando metro. drawing a bead on the osteen area. smaller communities north and east of that. 10 minutes to kalamazoo as you work through. and daytona beach, and daytona beach shores, and everybody will get a taste of the latest rain burst. temperatures now through the 60s from alachua county, gainesville, all the way to the heart of the city center, orlando, and melbourne in the upper 60s. same at palm bay. rain likely. isolated storms. 70 for us.

to that, i think. fairly uniform temps through the range of sundown. and down to the low and mid-60s. uv index forecast around a 2. very, very low. peak sun time, or lack there of, around a 9. here's your golf forecast. i don't think it's happening. 66 at noon. 70 on the greens. northeast winds at 5 to 10. and ongoing rain. more rain reloading. it's barely discernible. but texture, and energy through cuba and the straight straits of florida. and promoting even more in the way of heavy rainfall going through the afternoon hours. rain chance today. an even 90 to 100%. it'll be solid.

another wave again. reloading getting through your thursday. heaviest passing south of orlando. when it's all said and done, accumulations anywhere from 1 to 3 inches. greater chances of higher accumulations down farther south. there's a discernible threat of severe weather this afternoon. we're with you all morning long here on gdo. live drive traffic with the rain. lee road there's an accident. deep brilliant red shows extremely slow, volume increased and extremely slow flow rate. this accident here at fairbanks. an active scene.

trail. an incident we have there. and drive times are getting bulky. eastbound and westbound i-4. and our westbound leg of the 408, rouse road to downtown, 11 minute at this time. more at our websites, totally 365 fox35orlando.com. >> john: time to look at your trending headlines. >> amy: luanne has some of the headlines at the wall. >> reporter: the first headline comes from fox news. this reads, mexico flight passengers didn't go through customs at jfk. last monday passengers on an american airlines flight from cancun breezed right through customs at jfk. people on the plane never even got their passports collected. checked. the airline admitted their mistake.

procedures to make sure it's not going to happen again. this is not the first time something like this happened. american airlines made the exact same slip up back in november. the last headline from the new york daily news. this one reads washington teen needs 48 stitches in his head after attempting a dangerous duct tape challenge. take a look at him. they had to shave his head. it looks like it really hurts. this is all over the internet now. teens wrap themselves up with duct tape and trying to escape. he said that he had done it plenty of times before. he fell when he was trying to break tbree and hit his head on the concrete. crushed his left eye socket and needed 48 stitches. he said he doesn't remember much from that day but hopes that others learn from his mistake.

thinking these days. >> john: the sin cinnamon challenge. >> amy: the lip thing. >> john: moving ahead here in florida. >> amy: how opponents say it's more about hurting the rights of the community rather than protecting. this is the i-4 parking lot. all of the rain is causing major problems in the one place it always does.

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>> john: we've got so much stuff behind the desk. it's a mess. 6:56 here on good day. >> amy: it's kind of chaotic over there. >> john: a mess. >> amy: looking the the headline. >> john: state lawmakers -- looking at legislation that could turn away same sex cover. would protect churches and clergy from possible lawsuits. they said that redundant because

religious rights. and the house has yet to hear the bill. >> amy: caught on camera from stealing drugged from a plastic surgeon's office. he was wearing a santa has hat to try 20 cover his head. he took off with medicines including valuable botox injections. >> john: two private christian schools wanted to say a prayer over the loud speakers. but they had said it was against federal law to use the loud speaker because the citrus bowl is private property. one school involved is demanding an apology from the league saying it violated their first amendment rights. they said that if they don't get an apology in the next 30 days, they could end up in court. >> amy: the first big race at

up the major renovation. all new at 7:00, we'll talk with some of the drivers about the race and what's new at the speedway. you're | watching "good day orlando."