thursday january 28. i'm john brown. >> amy: i'm amy kaufeldt. so glad you're with us this morning. we're following breaking news. six people are in the hospital after a gas leak at an apartment complex. we'll have details. >> john: the woman who sued casey anthony if defamation has bonded out of jail. >> amy: donald trump sitting out of g.o.p. debate.

how the other candidates say they plan to take advantage of him not being there. >> john: let's check in with jayme king. more rain. south florida is getting pounded right now. >> jayme: the emphasis of very strong weather will be that way. another line is getting ready to plow through everglades national parking and everglades city, and dade and broward county. we're on the northern cusp of this. it looks like we enhance the rain chances. a lot of it is moving into metro orlando. and another big swath loading up around the panhandle at this time. a couple of disturbances are creating the distinct focal point for additional rainfall on this day, on this thursday. we have speculate split these up to storm

lake cane hill, 15 minutes. and the far eastern edge of this should be moving into bithlo in about 7 or 8 minutes. and chuluoto, heading into the next 10 minutes. an arctic scene now. active scene. and it gets wetter and then better. warmer weather next week. 80s make a big and welcome return, at least in my book. live drive traffic time. slick roadways. silver star road. an accident at hastings. avoid that if your travelers and the @ @ and this @ one, conway road, along the 528. drive times are slowly increasing in overall volume, especially without bound fawrchlts. 434 to fairbanks.

you at your fingertips all the time for you at fox35orlando.com. >> john: developing right now, six people are recovering after an overnight gas leak. >> amy: at an apartment building at walden circle. fox 35's jackie orozco has the latest on what happened out there. good morning, jackie. >> reporter: good morning. firefighters say it was all because of a generator. they said that the apartment complex in question is undergoing renovation. a total of six people were treated for carbon monoxide poisoning. at the walden palms condominiums. a family of four at an apartment building, which is under renovation, drove themselves to the hospital when they felt sick. they received a call in reference of a gas leak. construction workers left a generator on which produced that gas and poisoned six people with carbon monoxide. the firefighters said two more

hospital after they evacuated. the six people treated are expected to be okay. the firefighters wanted to thank the nurses who diagnosed the family and found out it was carbon monoxide poisoning because they were the decisions, and why they were made to evacuate. >> amy: the woman who sued casey anthony for defamation has bonded out of jail. >> john: she is charged with credit card fraud. >> reporter: they are accused of racking up more than $800 of charge on a cancer patients credit card in kissimmee. the investigation started in mid-december. osceola county deputies received a complaint that his 64-year-old friend in the hospital for cancer treatment got a call from his bank about suspicious

gonzalez and her boyfriend admitted to going on a two day shopping spree. >> they told the be detectives the locations where they went to make the purchases and they said they did it out of desperation. >> reporter: they were apparently cleaning the room and came across the credit card. they could face up to five years in prison. >> john: also developing right now. a missing child could be in danger. >> amy: the boy's father is desperate to find his son. 3-year-old zander quigley disappeared from his home. he is believed to be with his mother and her boyfriend who was is escapee from prison.

this guy, but i didn't know he had any contact with my son at all. so it surprised me. >> arrest warrants have been issued for both natasha and her boyfriend, gary bullock, on the right side of the screen there. >> john: we're learning more details about the zika virus. luanne has more information and how it's spreading in the u.s. >> reporter: there are now more than a dozen confirms cases of the virus in the united states. eight state, including florida, have been hit by the mosquito borne virus. two people in miami-dade county, and one person over in the tampa area. everyone who tested positive in the u.s. traveled to one of the effected areas. it's impacting latin america and the caribbean. it's known to cause birth defects in pregnant women. they don't plan to issue a quarantine for those in the u.s.

>> the idea of endemic transmission in the united states is certainly within the realm of possibility. >> reporter: it could be transmitted if a local mosquito bit someone with the virus and spread it to the next person. stepping up efforts to fight and prevent the ests from spread -- prevent it from spreading. >> john: the republican candidates are getting ready to debate in tonight. >> amy: republican front runner donald trump said he won't be there. caroline shieively has the latest. >> reporter: pundits are split on this. on the one hand, everyone is talking about donald trump this morning. on the other, folks like chris christie are saying, folks don't

>> i don't like being taken advantage. >> reporter: pulling out the debate. maintaining that fox news' megyn kelly treated him unfairly when asked him to explain past disparaging remarks to women. >> you once told a candidate that it would be a pretty picture to see her on her news. does that sound to you like the type of candidate we want. >> reporter: a super pac backing cruise said they will donate $1.5 million to veterans. >> he doesn't want to answer questions from the men and women of iowa of how his record doesn't match what he is selling. >> reporter: some of trumps rivals are critical of his move. at least one seems happy.

i am in the main debate, and i don't have to put up with donald trump. >> reporter: earlier in the week, trump asked his twitter followers if he should de-bairkt 56% said he should. >> amy: today marks 30 years since the space shuttle challenger disaster. >> john: it claimed the lives of seven people in 1986. president reagan had a state-of-the-union address planned for later that day, and he spoke to the american people of the tragedy later that night. >> they honored of us for the manner in which they lived their lives. we will never forget them nor the last time we saw them as they prepared for their journey and waved good-bye and slipped the surly bonds of earth to

>> john: a remembrance ceremony is being held at the kennedy space center later this morning. they will pay respect to crews of apollo one and space shuttle colombia. >> john: we are asking people to tweet about what they remember that day. just use the hash tag, #gdo. >> john: a bus driver shortage. >> amy: why the situation could get worse. >> jayme: rainfall is moving through metro orlando.

>> john: lest my eyes deceive me, that's port orlando. i didn't say a pretty morning, i said what a great view. if you are headed out today, you better wait until jayme king tell us us what's ahead with the forecast. >> john: there's a bus driver shortage here in central florida. >> amy: counties are struggling to fill the bus driver

the economy is improving and bus drivers are finding different careers. there are 64 routes of regular bus drivers out of 916 total routes. seminole has 25 to 30 opens. and orange county considers later start times which would require more bus drivers and routes. >> amy: volusia county school district will reduce testing by 50 hours for the remained ever of the school year. it brings the county in line with neighboring districts. the school board will hold a workshop to talk about future changes. >> john: a tornado ripped through coconut creek. cellphone video captured the intensity of the storm which hit in the morning. it tore roofs off buildings and

the winds were at 100 miles per hour. they had a rough day yesterday, and now getting hit again today. what about us? >> jayme: we have the live local radar. far south florida again frisky looking squall line has moved through east of everglades city and will move into the can he west area, like literally right now, and marathon, and then everybody north of the point. going to get hit pretty hard. a pretty vigorous line. we're watching that. and, of course, back here at home, the first wave of rain has moved through orlando and helping to slicken up the streets. it's measurable. light to moderate nature. another area reloading on the western edge of i-4. polk county, and then on top of the metro. north of orlando, and then leesburg and eustis, things are quieter. and gainesville ocala, not much going on today. but you will like will see

late morning or early afternoon hours likely. western edge of orlando metro, 62. and brooksville in the mid-60s north of tampa. sea fog now developing. the panhandle, off short of tampa, and then moving towards kissimmee, st. cloud, and the theme park areas. we have a lot going on. the fog is quite thick at this time. here's a live look at the visit orlando tower cam. there's port orlando, as john pointed out. we have had moments of dense fog moving across the region. it's been rather transient. it's moving all around and up and down. know that for the morning commute. roadways are slick, and the rain chances continue to rise to 60 to as high as 80% when all said and done. and we're going to get this

sunshine as we head near friday. the weekend looking great. saturday, sunday, into next week, and highs will be in the 80s. if you like it warm, i have your forecast. tonight, evening showers. clearing late. 52 by 5:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. partly cloudy. and may be trending a little breezy tomorrow and then early saturday morning. after that, the wind lays down and then the sun comes out and the conditions will be glorious. the main emphasis of rain shifting through orlando. a flood watch across portions of south florida due to all of the rain yesterday and what's anticipated for later today. the model shows by 8:00 p.m., to 9:00 p.m., rain scouring out and clearing back in. we're looking good again for friday. that sets the stage for tremendous weather saturday and sunday. we start the drying process.

and the west. the secondary front i am not concerned about. a glancing blow as it passes to the north. exiting the outer banks of north carolina by saturday afternoons. and spinning the winds around easterly. conditions. we'll have moments of passing clouds, although i think sunshine likely dominates the scene for much of the weekend. the next seven days. our surf forecast, 2 to 3 feet. best conditions earlier. more northerly texture going deeper into the afternoon hours. do look for that. but, again, i mentioned rainfall, and that includes the beach front as well. that's the case into the early and mid-afternoon, and by the evening hours i think we have see better weather re-emerging across the region. the next seven days. in the confines of good looking weather friday and saturday.

back to near 80 degrees. and close on monday morning close to 64. let's talk live drive a accident at lake monroe, exit 104. that's monroe road. making your way from volusia to seminole. so avoid that area. hard to do. i think lane vision `` carter, south of downtown. at the juncture of 408 and i-4. you can see the roadways are go. which is no surprise as we work through this 7:00 a.m. hour. traffic is flowing. overall volume increasing. that's your weather and traffic.

looking good. $1.65 at turkey lake and production plaza in orlando. and for more pump patrol pricing, you are cordially invited to visit our website at fox35orlando.com. >> amy: thank you, jayme. coming up next. when it comes to heart attack bees, women get hit the hardest. >> john: why women face a bigger battle then men. this is live on owrp facebook page. we can go live on facebook. during the commercial breaks we

studios and in the newsroom. to see you again >> john: look at that. that's a cool shot. we want to say good morning to our fox 35 friend of the day. you can find us by going to fox 35. >> john: on the health watch, heart attacks hit women harder than men. >> amy: the first formal statement regarding women and heart attacks. and deena sent deena centofanti is joining

she's in detroit. good to see you. >> reporter: good morning. it's an important issue. especially right now. in february we go red and talk about heart health awareness, especially when it comes to women. so many women don't understand that heart disease is our number one killer. they want to point out and make sure it's very clear that women know. the symptoms will not be the same as a man's. and in some cases doctors have to catch up with some of this. women are under-treated and under-diagnosed. that's a real problem. when you are having a heart attack, it's not going to be -- it might not be a big dramatic, are you grasping your heart and falling to the floor. that's not necessarily a heart attack. a heart attack can be back pain, it can be nausea, it can be palpitations, chest pain. so there are a lot of subtle symptoms that you really have to

>> amy: deena, why is it that heart attacks tented to beer who -- tend to be more severe for women than men? >> reporter: there's some theory that because our blood vessels are smaller that it's harrer for the blood. so hearted attack is when blood flow is cut off from one of the main arteries to your heart. that happens in a heart attack. the theory is, because we have smaller vessel, it's harder to restore the blood flow. you get on blood sthinners, clot busters or medications or if it's real bad they go in with a stint and open it up. the goal is the same, getting the blood flow back into the heart. a lot of women don't recognize it. women feel funky. and they think, i will just lay

that's what rosie o'donnell did. i'm going to take a nap. i'm tired. we don't think of heart attack as a major killer of women. and african-american women, the risk is higher. women with type two diabetes. it affects your blood flow. it's about making women understand that you really need to know your body, which is sometimes hard when we multitasking so much. >> amy: we're always focusing on everybody else. great information. starting to head into heart month next month. >> reporter: get out your red. >> amy: thank you. take care. medical marijuana is back on the ballot here in florida. >> john: wait until you hear how many people signed the petition to get it back on the ballot. it's 7:26 on your cloudy, foggy,

we have a live l >> john: 7:30 here on your thursday morning. we wish we could show you downtown. not much to show you. a little building over here. i'm john brown.

>> amy: how cape canaveral is pausing to remember the space shuttle challenger crew. today marks 30 years since the disaster. >> john: medical marijuana is back on the ballot here in florida. this morning, john morgan has a message for supporters. >> amy: donald trump is sitting out of tonight's debate, as you know. who will benefit the most from that. and we'll have a political analyst here to break it all down. at least this time the radar is further south. is that good for us? >> jayme: we have a lot of rain in the south. we have a lot of wrecks this morning. another big line of weather is approaching far south florida. they had tornadoes yesterday, and there's a chance again today. the rainfall rates, and the intensity has lessened for us across the region. the daily rainfall rates,

daytona beach, vero beach. and the orlando airport. everybody seeing very heavy rainfall. this morning it's scattered about. looks like 60s for us right now. it's pleasantly cool. and also a little foggy out. >> . around orlando and to the theme parks. a bull's-eye. florida panhandle. the day ahead, clouds, rain chances remaining high until we get to mid-to-late afternoon. starting to peel back the chance for rain and then welcome in frantastic weekend weather. you have come to the right place. temperatures close to 80s if not exceeding that. that's your forecast. let's talk some live drive traffic. i-4 westbound. an accident at lake monroe. exit 104. that would be monroe road.

hard to do if you are leaving volusia county now and trying to get to the metro. just on the outskirts of downtown, division avenue. an accident at carter. conway there's an accident at mccoy road. travel times. eastbound and westbound loading up and are in the yellow. our website has more info for you, as always, fox35orlando.com. over to you. >> amy: thank you, jayme. today marks 30 years since disaster reshaped the space industry. >> john: it was 30 years ago today that the space shuttle challenging exploded and killed everyone on board, including a teacher. >> amy: fox's ken suarez has the latest. >> reporter: they'll hold a memorial service here at the kennedy space center later this morning, around 10:00 a.m. it'll commemorate the event that

of us remember it as if it were yesterday. one out of five americans were watching as the challenger launched. our fascination with space travel and the potential it held. this was especially interesting because of who was on it. krista mccallif. she was going to be the first teacher in space. just 73 seconds into the mission, we couldn't believe our eyes. we saw the challenger explode. the harsh realization, seven crew members on board did not survive. it was 11:39 eastern standard time. eventually, scientists determined it was a faulty o-ring that had not been tested that was the cause of that. president reagan was to go on fire a state-of-the-union address, which was canceled. however, he did address the nation and talked about a national tragedy. back to you. >> amy: ken, thank you.

your memories of where you were when thing thating disaster happened. you can comment on the facebook page. here's one of the tweets. from sara. certain memories in your childhood you never forget. i was in school that day. i remember my teacher crying and explaining to the students what happened. marked the first time i ever saw teachers crying. i remember it like yesterday. so many of us do. >> john: voters will once again get to decide on if medical florida. >> reporter: supporters of the proposed constitutional amendment submitted enough signatures to make sure they're on the november ballot. spearheaded by prominent local lawyer john morgan. and he sent a letter out say announcing that that the drive was successful. they turned in almost 10,000 more signatures than needed to get on the ballot.

i told you when we came up short in 2014 that we would win the war, and we will. medical marijuana is coming to florida, and now the campaign officially begins. a amendment was on the 2015 ballot but fell short of the number of signatures. we'll have more atq\\f fox35orlando.com and fox 35. >> john: new details are expected to be released of a video. >> amy: former marion county deputy sheriff accused of using excessive force in august 2014. if convicted, he could get up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. four other deputies in the video have already pled guilty and they are awaiting sentencing.

osceola county deputies investigating a murder and suicide. in kissimmee. deputies think that 47-year-old darryl rogers shot his 72-year-old wife jean and then set the home on fire and shooting himself. >> amy: a push to help dozens of homeless people that have camped outside of the center at volusia. they are working with halifax urban ministries to find 100 beds. it's not clear where they will put the beds but they hope to have them placed by tomorrow. >> amy: the big debate is set for tonight. >> john: donald trump has other plans. he said he will not be on stage tonight, but will he in is frank torres is joining us, political annal sift. analyst. thanks for being here. i think he had little to gain by

if he boycotts a fox debate does that give him support from those who dislike fox? is that strategic, do you think in. >> it could be collateral. he could say, i treat all members of the media the same way no matter how they translate the message. >> the super pac suppo ted cruz is issuing a challenge. they will donate if trump will do a two-man debate with cruz. i don't know if he will do it or where that will go. >> both of these guys put vet rans here. he instead, trump will go for a veteran event. ted cruz would probably beat donald trump in a one on one debate. he knows more on the issues and foreign policy. it's more advantageous.

into the stage like that. until they are the last two candidates. and then he will have a lot more experience. >> rand paul gets to stand on the stage. >> rand paul has a big personality. but not as big of a personality as donald trump. he boycotted the last debate because he didn't make it on the stage. rand paul will have opportunities. and ted cruz, and marco rubio, and the slumping ben cars-on to make up. >> what who has a chance to step up? . >> marco rubio, chris christie. they will try to leap frog him in days leading up to iowa. it'll be a tremendous opportunity for the rest of the field to get out and make this about something else than donald trump. >> john: as i said earlier, i don't think that trump has much

he already has his supporters. what's the benefit? he will be on every network tv tomorrow sounding out over what happens. if he doesn't show up, and i say if, the event is only two miles away from the debate. is he going to show? >> you're not alone in the thought. teds cruz and jeb bush think he's going to show. how great theater would be it. >> john: plirl theater. you are right grl everyone would change the channel. donald trump rolling in at the last minute, and having an exchange with megyn kelly, . and i think it would be a terrific show. >> john: brett bayer said it's like a wwe. the fire works and donald trump coming through as the main event. >> we'll have imlent to talk about tomorrow. >> wham is your website?

>> amy: how your privacy could be slipping away and you don't even know it's happening. here's a live studio view. john is drinking something red. >> john: i don't know. but don't get it on your shirt.

it doesn't come out. welcome back to "good day orlando." here's a live view looking down orange avenue this morning. the streets are wet, but it's really not falling from the sky right now. that's a good thing. jayme said that could change throughout the day. you want to keep it here on "good day orlando" for the very latest. >> amy: all new at 7:00. today is data privacy day. a day to raise awareness of protecting your privacy while online.

a study conducted last year found that $16 billion were stolen in 2014 from more than 12 million consumers in the u.s. people just like you. basically, there was a new identity fraud victim every two seconds. but, believe it or not, that number is actually down from the year before. is that because we're getting smarter? let's find out. joining us is tom jellnick with target web solutions. >> good morning. >> amy: how important is to to clear out computers and cellphones for things that are not necessary. >> it's so important. a lot of us are complacent. you use the devices all day long and don't think about it. but you have to get it into your mindset that you have to perform some chores and maintain and keep them squeaky clean. >> amy: what is it not good to have around? expwr any software you

i see tons of people do this. this causes majority of problems. remember the stick figure guy? that's a wolf in sheep's clothing. people are clicking that. and they're giving that stick figure company or whatever it is that is developing developing it permission to access all of their stuff. so you really have to read the privacy policies and agreements before you click the install button. >> amy: is there a way to block some of the sites from getting your personal information? maybe ones you are not wanting to give your info to? >> the best rule of thumb, amy. if it's free, stay away from it. a people generator -- meme generator, social network. it's teting because the -- it's tempting. but it's if free, what are they getting out of this? they make money from grabbing

selling it on the black market and screwing up your credit. >> amy: you have no idea how your data was stolen or how to correct. >> they know we click everything. we have a little bit of a false sense of security. you have to really be mindful about everything you are doing. the best rule of thumb, if you want some software, you should probably pay for it. >> amy: absolutely. you brought a book. i love this something that everybody should read. >> "10 don'ten on your -- don'ts on your digital devices" ." i got to write the forward, which is pretty cool. but it's so important that we educate ourselves. >> john: the one thing i do all the time. i pai all my bills online all the time. should we be wary? >> only if you have apps that may be compromising the data you type in.

an android phone sucking every key stoke out every time you go on the phone. >> wow. >> it's not necessarily the bank that's not safe. it's what else is on the phone that you may have installed or downloaded that could cause some serious issues. >> amy: okay. good to know. always great to know. on target web solutions. >> jayme: one thing you don't know about tom jellnick, he's a excellent fisherman too. good morning. national weather shows a line approaching far southern florida. a little tenacious. the weather is getting rocky across far southern florida. we have rain showers moving through and heightens the overall coverage and intensity south and west of orlando. it's still in the lighter range. not what we dealt with this time yesterday.

through to move through from time to time. heavier in brevard county, in the portion of the indian river, mosquito lagoon, and lions, and areas through the gulf of mexico, and leesburg. wetter times ahead. not much going on in gainesville and ocala. and out to the areas north of the villages, it's real quiet right now. 63 in orlando. melbourne, through the northern edge of the space coast, titusville, mims, scottsmore, everyone in the 60s. visibility is down in a big way around metro orlando and areas south. disney, and epcot socked in pretty good. the fog is transient. what will be for the course of moving through. the chance by 4:00 p.m., through 7:00 p.m., going way down.

sunshine, and good looking weekend weather. the cold front will drop down to our south. and the computer simulation as to what may play out weather-wise. the heaviest rain by about 1:30 shifting southbound. this sets the precedent, the overall trending in regard to rainfall getting in here through the remainder of the day, through the mid-and late afternoon. you can see real light showers and maybe a few pockets of drizzle as the front continues its trek down to far sownt florida. it should help to alleviate the rainy mess for just about everybody across the state. you can see on water vapor. pinpoint and highlight the rainy air versus the dryer cooler air mass. and it's dropping in and coming to an area near you. let's see what 1 looks like the for seven-day forecast. i say perfecto for the weekend. we're looking for the temperatures to move on down into the 60s. cool again tomorrow behind the

and then we gradually warm things up by sunday. pressing 80 degrees. i think we'll hit that south of orlando. rain chance, while miniscule, return by tuesday and wednesday. we could see a stronger system by wednesday. temperatures in the low 80s then could support stronger storms, so we'll keep tabs own that. dry skies and go out and do something great in the great outdoors. that's our forecast. we now snap the sun. patty. look at you, patty. you have a sunrise and gorgeous atlantic ocean. thank you so much. you can play along, #snapthethesun. visit our website for more weather baby pics. and instruction how to get your pictures here on the show at fox35orlando.com. that's your weather.

i'm `opp we have more info at fox35orlando.com. >> john: get that man a gatorade. he's worn out. worn out today. >> amy: coming up next. a special needs teacher is suspended from her job. >> john: why she's accused of cheating even though she said she's just trying to help her kids who need help. we move the show over to the curvy couch.

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big meeting taking place in the control room. removed? is it okay. welcome to "good day morning. so nice to have you along. >> amy: a local teacher for special needs children is beingwithout pay. >> john: luanne has more on how she allegedly helped students complete a test. >> reporter: this investigation goes back to last spring. the teacher was caught on video in the classroom filling out answer sheets for some of the students on the standardized test. the school board decided to spus

the students fill out the tests in different ways depending on the disability. some of the students can only indicate the answer with a small noise or blinking their eyes. the school district investigation alleges fairchild filled out some answers for four of her students. despite the is students disabilities, they said it's all about honesty. >>ggoi basically, this boils down to cheating, if you really want to call it that. the biggest lesson for all of us is that it's never appropriate to cheat. that's basically what happened here. we teach our students to be honest. >> reporter: this is so interesting. fairchild has not admitted to doing anything wrong here. she didn't go to work during the investigation. the missed days counted towards her 20-day suspension. she's back in the classroom at maplewood elementary. i don't know how they were to fill out their own sheets if

indicate their answer. >> john: an interesting story. >> amy: that doesn't seem right.