happy wet a. >> amy: welcome back. it's the 7:00 a.m. hour of "good day orlando." 7:00 behind us. it looks like midnight. i'm john brown. first up. he we have a weather alert. a live look from downtown, from the amway center. rain is making the roads slick, and there's a lot more on the way. jayme king has details coming up.

alert. authorities are searching for a 3-year-old boy and they believe he's in danger. >> amy: also this morning ... debate. iowa. >> john: debate drama. find out of why donald trump may be skipping tomorrow's fox news debate let's talk about what's happening on the radar right now. king. >> jayme: it is. the waves of rain continue. we have a little lull but i suspect with more energy coming in off the gulf, the void will gradually fill in for late morning and much of the afternoon. tracking an especially heavy cluster right here. sam samsula, about 22 minutes. and edgewater, 36 minutes. nfb, 40 minutes. and around daytona beach, 58 minutes out.

lot of locales upstream of this will feel the affected of heavy rainfall. i don't anticipate any severe. rumbles of thunder and burst of heavy rain. but as far as what we have gotten done with, energetic and energized systems moving in, it doesn't appear to be the case. for south bears the brunt. the chance is margal to a slight risk by the afternoon. 65 at orlando. melbourne showing at nearly 70 degrees. the hour by hour rain likely. a couple of isolated storms. nothing too frisky out there. periods of rainfall. we'llville moments of breaks and calm, it appears to go strong here for the next 36 hours. we're close to 80 by tuesday. and lows near 60 and no chance

live drive traffic. i-4 westbound two lanes blocked at exit 88. right there at 423 lee road. i say avoid that, but slow and go. roads are jammed right now. and at fairbanks. an accident right now. and i-4 eastbound at orange blossom trail. and last but not least, we're all over the place, and colonial. an accident at the toll road, 417 southbound. of course, you want to be extra vigilant if your travels take you into that direction. we're in the red. 434 to faimplets, 22 minutes. 434 to fairbanks. news, weather, traffic, and pump patrol pricing, whatever you need at fox35orlando.com. >> john: the search continues for a little boy missing and feared to be in danger. >> amy: 3-year-old zander quigley disappeared from volusia

fox 35's jackie orozco is outside of the sliver's office in -- the sheriff's office in volusia county. it took a couple days to send out the alert but now people will know that he is gone. >> reporter: given the circumstance, they said that the boy may believed to be traveling with the escaped prisoner. that's why they issued the missing child alert. again, they're asking anybody who has seen that boy or his mom or that prisoner that escaped, to contact authorities. >> tammy and other family members passed out flyers hoping that someone has seen her 3-year-old grandson zander quigley. >> we wanted to come to daytona to pass out flyers and raise awareness to bring my grandson home. >> we stopped at every rest area we could, posted them, and gas stations, and seeing someone passing by walking to the car, we'll hand it to them.

daytona beach where her grandson was last gleen he is 10 lovable. if you see his little face, i love him, i want him home. >> reporter: her daughter is on the run with her son and her boyfriend. he escaped after he cut off his ankle monitor. since. >> the reason he is listed as missing and possibly endangered is because of the circumstances of the escape and the fact that he's in the company of an escaped prisoner, he's on the run, and alluding capture right now. it's cause for concern. >> reporter: sheriff's deputies say that bullock is a convicted robber and serving an 8-year sentence. escape, destruction of an electronic monitor and criminal mischief. the boy's mother is facing

>> reporter: they were last seenkd)0| in a white, 2010 chevy cobalt. blonde hair, hazel eyes, 3 feet tall and weighs about 35 pounds. if you see any of them, you are asked to contact police immediately. >> amy: the state has also issued a missing child alert for these two children from indian river county. 4-year-old edward. they are believed to with their parents. the father is actually wanted in a connection with a shooting, a deadly shooting which happened last week. if you see any of them, you are asked to call police right away. >> john: a man was shot while trying to catch burglars who

11:30 on park commons drive. he confronted men, and he was shot. the suspects drove away and have not been found. >> john: an elderly man who was injured when a linx van was carjacked will find out if he will ever walk again. >> amy: had happened outside of a home. 80-year-old herbert was being picked up by the access van for his dialysis treatment. the driver was helping when the suspect jumped on to the van and started to drive off with it. doctor was not buckled in. he was tossed around in the van and injured his head and hip. his daughter spoke to us about the long road to recovery. >> his heart is not up to par. if they can't do the surgery, he will be in the wheelchair permanently. if he is in there permanently,

>> amy: burgess is being held without bond. >> john: at pineapple drive in mims. deputies were called to the home because a man and his girlfriend were fighting. the deputies tried to separate the two and the man attacked the officers. skylar francis pulled out a collapsible baton and beat the deputy. a second deputy was hit in the head when she tried to help. francis is charged with two counts of attempted murder of a law enforcement. johnson is charged with resisting arrest without violence. both deputies are expected to make a full recovery. >> john: a news alert. amy, go ahead. >> amy: the news alert of armed protesters who occupied a federal wildlife refuge has been arrested. one person was shot and another person was killed. they were arrested after gunfire

all eight people are facing federal scharnlings of conspiracy to impede officers through force, intimidation or threats. they have been protesting a long running dispute of public lands out west. neither the fbi or oregon state police are releasing details of what sparked the gunfire. >> amy: donald trump making headlines. >> john: it appears as if he will skip tomorrow's debate. >> reporter: good morning. trump announced that he would probably be a no show at the fox news channel debate. take a listen. >> i am going to have something else in iowa. we'll do something where we raise money for the swretrans. we'll -- for the veterans. we'll do somethings is simultaneously with the debate. more than likely we will not.

said that he will not run the debate. the decision follows trumps calls for the moderator, megan kelly to be removed from the debate. >> amy: we asked you on twitter if you agree with his decision. 57% said yes you do. and 43% said no. and of course, it's not scientific. if you would like to vote yourself, head over to our twitter page. >> john: i am curious to see how the others do without him there. he has been the instigator. >> amy: i am sure someone else can be the instigator. >> john: kicking off races for the deltona international speedway. daytona. >> two drivers join us next to talk about it. >> jayme: the roadways are a mess, the sky is a mess.

the tracker going right now. a big slug of heavy rain coming to a neighborhood near you. the latest in your full forecast.

weekend.. a good wet wednesday morning. we're tracking live weather radar for you right now. it shows clusters of very, very heavy rain setting up. i tell you, as we go through the morning, it's going to be the case. for the afternoon. there will be lulls in the activity, but more will return. a window of rain opportunity opening big and wide for about 36 hours. but it gets better. we'll talk more about that. but the roads are not better. we have a slew of accidents. we have the traffic and the full detailed forecast in a few minutes. >> amy: daytona beach city leaders are meeting today to talk about the ongoing homelessless problem. >> john: this all comes as leaders say they're going to keep the administration center open. 80 to 100 people have been camped out there for weeks. many say they want man actee

bathrooms. the park was closed because of bathrooms were vandalized recently. but it's fixed now and they will only open up for events. they will meet again to discuss. >> reporter: the speedway at daytona will be filled with big names. rickey and jordan taylor. they are from here in central florida. what a difference from last year to this year. what have you seen? >> it's amazing. the first race at daytona since the new stadium has been built. it looks completely different. the front grandstand is massive. the back straight grandson. and as a driver it looks a bit different. as a fan, it'll be a great experience. >> for those that don't

24 straight hours. you will be the first driver? how does that work with brothers. who is in, who is out. obviously, you have four drivers. >> luckily, we're not the ones to decide, but traditionally, i've been the one to start. you go through the whole race, and you're always changing, and we hardly see each other until the end. >> your dad drove a while, and he quit now and is retired. >> you always want to beat your teammates. it's nice to have the brother on the team. you don't just have to beat him. you want to work together. in sports car racing, it's a team effort. >> do you do anything different with your schedules? you are not used to being up all night, and the situations with driving, how challenging is that. >> normally, we try to sleep as much as we can during the race.

you have two hours when you get out of the race car and then back into the pit. you cool down, change, and then another hour to get some sleep. >> how special is the snrais one lives in apopka, and one in lake mary. >> it's been big. five and six years old. it's our home race. >> if we're racing go carts, we're racing each other quite hard. >> who is faster. i bet you get that question all the time. good luck to you both. we would love to have you back here with the trophy. a lot of people are looking forward to the rolex 24. not a good day for racing today.

the driers on the track >> jayme: and hydroplaning. heavy rainfall is in progress. you see it streaming across. the back end of this, we're picking up a lull. but there's more refiring over the southeastern and eastern gulf of mexico. a prolonged period of heavy duty rain. look at this stuff in new smyrna beach. getting into wilbur by the sea. near the daytona beach area. 42 minutes out. port orange, 38 minutes. the list goes on and on. it's pouring out there. just sheets of rainfall. 630s for us right now. 60s. temperatures have been status quo. not a lot of change in either direction. still pretty flat. mid-60s. rain likely. isolated storms could move into the area.

i would call severe, damaging winds, probably playing out in southwest florida. one tornado warning popped off in everglade city. outside of that, it's been relatively tame aside from the heavy down busts. uv index is a 2. it may be a 1 into the afternoon. a lot of rainy air is reloading. brighter whites and deeper greens suggest that the gulf moisture will rise up area of central florida. the west side of the state will see it first, and then overspreading. another rain mass getting into thursday morning. you can see how that plays out. behind this, good news. the northerly air flow sets up behind this and scours out any of the moisture we have in place. high pressure, there it is. the saving grace. bringing us a fantastic weekend

we return to the 70s. ample sunshine, nice cl. 50 degrees. that's your forecast. live drive traffic. i hate to seund like a broken record, but it's a stinkle mess out there. i-4 westbound at lee road we have an accident. you don't say? fairbanks getting on the act. and we have an accident at the curve. avoid that if you can. hard to do. the red color shows us it's super duper slow and go. and heavy rain is in the area. i-4 eastbound at orange blossom there's an accident. 417 southbound, at colonial, it's all jacked up right now. eastbound bound i-4 looking okay. typical this time of the morning. jyp to downtown, 7 minutes.

maybe this will make you feel better. the pump patrol. $1.75 at the speedway at south kirkman in orlando. keep it here and head over to the website at fox35orlando.com. >> amy: another shut down. i-4 at colonial westbound is now shut down as well. i-4 at colonial westbound. downtown is becoming a real mess. the par fairbanks issue. now this at colonial. all very close in proximity. behind us. >> amy: it's nasty. >> amy: is your work desk organized to make sure you are the most productive you can be? probably not. >> john: how you can achieve good energy at work beginning at your desk. `x we'll delve into what's on my desk. >> amy: oh, boy. >> john: i hid the cans of tuna

you don't need to worry about >> jayme: here we go. wednesday morning. jayme king here with you live in the fox 35 weather center. we have a shield of rain on top of the region. heaviest stuff up towards flagler. hammock beach. and all of coastal volusia and

core do it's pouring. slow it down. i have your lives drive traffic and full forecast details coming up at 7:30. see you then. >> amy: we want to say a big good morning to jesse renee travis of orlando. hey there, jesse. you are our fox 35 friend of the day. i love this black and white photo. good pic. you can find us by going to facebook and searching out fox 35 and find your picture right here. >> john: it's a new year. for a lot of people that means getting organized. making 2016 the best year ever. we'll organize a desk right now, my desk. we appreciate you being here. >> thank you. >> john: this is my desk. you say it has to be functional to be your best. why is that? >> really placing items on your desk in a purposeful way will enhance the success we `

( putting all of the elements together in order to enhance the areas and create success, start there. >> john: a general thought coming out to my desk. we can't get rid of john b from stetson. >> and you kept my shell here from the segment we did. >> john: we did this a whileac. >> back. >> you can't forget that. >> john: we have a picture of days. >> it's important to have the things you cherish and have a personal level to you. but at the same time, feng shui, to put the items in a specific area. to enhance the areas. a bag wall map. basically, a nine section grid. if we place, whether it's color or actual element, it's going to enhance the wealth, family, health, and everything we have

>> john: feng shui was a big word 10 or 15 years ago and then it became a bad word. but it helps you stay organized and be your best. >> it balances your energy. five energies inherent in nature. and really when we balance the elements it creates the good chi, ` the good energy. helping @ you become more productive and make.)o5 more money. >> john: we're going to take a break. you \ will get to work. and we'll see how it looks and what others think as well. >> amy: john, thanks. he's got a pretty clean desk. not much to worry about. there's the radar. jayme will zoom us in and give us an idea of what we can expect all day long.

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>> john: as i just told somebody on twitter. be thankful it's not snow. right?

if it was up north. it's 65 degrees. a great start to your day. except for the fact that it's pouring and it has been for some time. we'll see when it ends. >> amy: look at the size of the rain drops. it's almost frightening. that's bigger than your head. look at that thing. >> john: cue the wipers. >> amy: that thing is huge. >> john: there we go, all clean right now. >> amy: darn it. that's what made us special. it'll come back. >> amy: we're talking about the weather. it's down right nasty out there. jayme has the updated forecast. he's all over the traffic and the roads and a lot of updates for you there. probably i won't be doing the debate. i'm going to have something else in iowa. >> john: republican presidential candidate donald trump says he is skipping tomorrows fox news debate. and we look at the reason behind the decision.

the case of the orlando firefighter accused of crashing into 18 cars while driving drunk. that was a real mess. let's talk about what else is messy. roads, sky, and everything in between. >> jayme: it'll get better. the weekend looks nice. wait until you see the seven day. everybody pretty much experiencing rainfall at this time. this goes all the way up into flagler county. gaifnlt has had -- gainesville has had moments this morning. fairly light. but mostly it's been south. and in orlando. and it's been pouring around the space coast. a line is developing around orlando. i'm not concerned about anything severe, but there may be gusts. certainly very heavy rainfall. azalea park right now. university park 27 minutes. and bithlo 56 minutes.

chuluota and lockwood. in the span of minutes. dumping quick rain. moving in and out just like that and then reloading the atmosphere and anticipate more as the day wears on. 60s down south, up north. and rain likely. chances very high. and 69 by 5:00 p.m. and 56 by 8:00 p.m. pockets of heavy rainfall. blinding at times. a distinct possibility. and things heat up a little bit more this afternoon. be mindful of that especially driving through the i-4 corridor. friday through next tuesday we see baby steps. back to the 50s and 60 foss lows. no chance of weekend rainfall. get out and enjoy. the roadways are hardly enjoyable this morning. i tell you what, it's coming down. i-4 westbound. two lanes blocked at exit 88 at

ouch, yes. i-4 westbound as well. the accident at fairbanks. th e icon is v@ gone. telling me that the accident has been cleared but it's a deep vibrant red showing a slow and go. it's jacked up. the oval volume has -- overall volume increased. we have an accident at the juncture of colonial drive. it's hard to avoid that. i always tell you to avoid if you can, but it'll be hard to do this morning. eastbound and westbound. 434 to fairbanks. and then 15 minutes for rouse road to downtown. >> amy: you decide 2016. some debate drama in iowa. >> john: donald trump said he is likely going to skip tomorrow night's g.o.p. debate. fox's doug luzader is in washington, d.c.

would not be surprised if there's a last minute addition. >> reporter: there may be talks behind the scenes at a pay level significantly more than mine, but as it stands, he will have a podium waiting for him. donald trump is not going to show up at tomorrow night's debate. >> we're going to do something simultaneously with the debate. but most likely i won't do the debate. >> reporter: a spokesperson said he is out, at least as it stands at the moment. upset at a fox news press release that poked fun at him and the inclusion of megyn kelly as one of the moderators. and this comes days before the iowa caucuses. he is neck and neck in most polls with senator ted cruz whos was quick to mock him. >> if he asks him mean question, his hair may stand on end.

gathering of religious leaders that trump could win the nomination if he takes the first two states. >> if donald wins iowa, he right now has a substantial lead in new hampshire. if he went on to win new hampshire as well, there's a very good chance he could be unstoppable and be our nominee. >> reporter: and the big question now, would a debate absence, should it come to that, would it hurt or help trump? >> as of now, esucceedsing and doing what he wants which is making him the center of attention at all time. >> john: time for the morning rush. we're waiting to hear if investigators will charge a wrong way driver in orange county. >> amy: ryan has more on that and other stories. >> reporter: it happened yesterday during the rush hour on state road 528. 78-year-old arnold wiggum of orlando drove his pick up 8-miles in the wrong direction.

other trying to avoid the pickup. amazingly, no one was injured. there was a bomb threat at a jewish community center yesterday afternoon. police got a threatening call yesterday. staff and a number of students at the center in greater orlando were evacuated. they had babies there also. they found nothing after searching. a similar bomb threat at a neighboring academy. no word if the two incidents are linked. but certainly an investigation continues. an orlando firefighter will not serve jail time after he is accused of crashing into 18 vehicles after driving drunk. they said that he pled no contest to dui charges. he crashed int parking garage at the lofts at soto in orlando. he was sentenced to probation,

>> john: we showed you earlier my desk here at the station. it wasn't bad. >> amy: it was pretty clean. our interior designer who we brought in for the segment has been giving it a feng shui makeover. we'll have a look at the finished product, coming up. you don't want to miss it. there's a live look at something, i can't see, because we decent have monitors.

>> jayme: good morning. jayme king in the fox 35 weather center. slow and go. i-4 at maitland boulevard is looking awful. look at the sea of red brake lights there. volume has increased. we're in the main thrust of the

it is wet and stormy. right now we have a line of showers. there may be a couple pockets of thunder. i wouldn't be shocked if the line draping to the south, east of orlando. you have about 18 minutes until this thing is in university park. on the other side of the spectrum, bithlo, minutes out. and great dmeunts in between. prepare yourself as we see another burst of heavy rain over the eastern side of the orlando metro. we'll continue to update you on air, and online, and join the conversation on facebook and twitter. >> john: earlier we showed you my desk and some of the changes that needed to be made to make things more organized. amber has been working on this. and you made quite the change here. this looks pretty amazing. >> i did. k i moved some stuff around, and added some things in, for examples of how we can increase our feng shui of our desk. >> john: you were looking at the

>> this is a bag wall map. nine sections. as we place and enhance each area of the deck or the space, we can start to he soot profit come from those areas. >> john: very cool. you started with my choir. >> a little throw. the underlying element of this is health. we really want to create our chi and our energy to create our health as well. where you sit and where you are. notice what i did for the first thing with your screen. elevated it up off the desk a bit. ergonomics is really important in fen g ` shui. >> you used some of the books and pushed up the monitor a little bit. >> yes. you can use a box, books, anything to elevate it off the desk. the eyes hit the screen a lot easier. it'll hu be better on your body for a longer day, if you sit at the

>> john: you have earth tone, knowledge, black, blue, greens family. >> the front left corner is the knowledge area. and you will put your planter or your books where you study, or anything in the front left corner, anything to enhance. the dark earth tone color. and in the left center, we have the family area. we have showcase of family photos and anything that we have from the family. whether it's a trinket from your travels or something like that. >> the prosperity. that one i like. >> put things in that area to increase your wealth. a piggy bank or keep your change somewhere. the top area of the desk is a good place to put that. we gave you a bamboo money tree. >> john: that's a real bamboo money tree? >> yes. >> john: does it grow money. >> it's green. we're halfway there. >> career? >> that's where you sit.

>> john: you kept my old career. the old mortgage area. >> that's the fame area. >> john: i don't know why i have that. >> that's fame. your name tag. @ business card. maybe you are trying to enhance, we enhance that area. that's going to help us with our fame and our career in that area. canada ams, you can see i put the candles. and using reds. you have the wish jar from 2016. that starts to increase our fame. >> john: and over here you have my phone way over here. i never use this phone. but what is this here? >> relationships, creativity, and travel, . a good place for put a picture of a significant other. reds, pinks enhanced. going into february, perfect for valentines season.

helping the relationships. and pastel colors and white create creativity. if you have art from the kids. that enhances that. a good place to show an inspirational quote or colors that you like. and, of course, helpful people and travel. if you look to travel in 2016, put the travel guide and the interesting sphuf stuff there. >> john: i like it. we have your website. >> we're on facebook and twitter. we would love to hear from you guys. >> john: i feel more successful already. thank you so much. i appreciate what you did here. back to you in the studio while i chill and get to work. >> chill away, john brown. >> jayme: a live look at weather radar. as we come back, thank you.

sees the little line of showers, no thunder indicated in that now. certainly nowhere near the levels of intensity that we saw at the last two rain events. prolonged, 36 hours. overall it's a wet go of things. let me broaden the picture to show you. heads up, cocoa beach. heavy rain is knocking on the door. activity towards the micco area. where brevard and indian river come together. and another area of rain reloading around north and west of kissimmee. and mind appear. around that line there. windermere. we have our tampa and our bithlo site. you can see a little bit of a lull to the west. do not let this lull you into thinking we have a break in the action. we'll have a break but?c more juicy air is reloading. this is gelling together.

from south to north and moving on to orlando metro, surrounding community, suburbs. everybody will see this. it's become a little more evident. south of the low. what's playing out, flashing the bright brilliant whites. and dry air across the western gulf. eventually, this comes through here, and we'll have another batch of energy out of the arizona desert. that helps to push everything out, and make for one heck of a weekend. probably making for some of the best weather we've seen in a while. sky-wise and temperature-wise. 60s for us right now. a coolish type morn. the day ahead, featuring a high of 70ish. rain likely. isolated storms. i wouldn't put much stock in anything strong or severe. that's probably going to play out through the southwest side of the state. you can see waves, ripples of energy moving across.

south florida, it hangs out a bit. another disturbance comes through and cleans out the atmosphere. that's the reality on saturday. high pressure, and fantastic weather. boating, fish, outdoors, whatever you do, enjoy, it's looking good. snowflakes over the northern tier. and we expect that in january. and a lot of chilly air. the twin cities at 16. omaha, 12. and 46 at phoenix. san francisco, 52. salt lake city, 23. the beach forecast. 2 to 3 feet. best early. it's pouring out there, but conditions will be in earnest obviously. if you are go-getter. no lightning to contend with, just downpours. the northeast swell is slowly fading as the pocket of heavy duty seas moving to the north. the swell getting a little

northeast wind bump, so some texture in the surf stone. high clouds and periods of rainfall streaming through. not much sunshine at all. tonight, 60 or so. maybe mid-to-upper 50s in gainesville and ocala. next seven day, very nice weather overall. the weekend looking fantastic. in the 70s and near 80 by tuesday. and lows closer to 60 by that time. this is your weather baby. be a i be abigail. head to fox35orlando.com for more on the weather baby segment. shifting gears to the live drive traffic. this is our toll road. usually smooth sailing but when you bottom out getting towards colonial at 50, we have an accident. avoid that if you can. i know it's hard to do own a

jayme will day orlando." a live look at fairbanks. expected. even driving i-4 when the now. >> amy: it's tight with the concrete barriers. those things make me nervous. you really have to stay in your lane and watch where you are going. >> john: and jayme is not happy. this is pushing through, but more could be on the way. >> amy: but the good news is. >> john: it's almost done for this morning. anyway. we'll see. weekend. >> amy: the weekend is good news. we look forward to that. >> amy: a bill that would require elementary schools to have recess for the kids is

>> john: luannes now with an update. we have been talking about that. i still don't get how the kids don't have recess. >> reporter: they unanimously passed the new bill to require 20 minutes of free play, recess, per day, so kids would get it each day. it states that recess can not be taken away because of disciplinary or academic reasons. affecting students from kindergarten through fifth grade. although students are in school to learn, the bill says we have to let our kids be kids. >> they're children. they're not little learning robots. i just think it's -- with all the important stuff that we teach, that we mandate they be taught and have to learn, we have to let our kids be kids. >> reporter: now yesterday's committee was the first of three stops in the house. of course, that bill would also

and the governor would also have to sign it before it would become law. john, amy, back to you. >> john: it makes me sad that kids don't have that part of childhood, like we did, where you have the free play, and that's where you learn. >> amy: it's just 20 minute. >> john: you learn about relationships. new ways that crooks are trying to get your money. >> amy: why lying might be your best defense. 7:57 right now. s this another live view south sf the downtown area. lots of brake lights. be extra careful.