it's monday, february 1. how about that? "good day orlando." i'm john brown. >> start of a new month.

we missed you. we're starting out with a lot of stories. a busy toll plaza shutting down for good. where drivers will want to keep a close eye on the roads as crews prepare for a demolition. give up something. that's all the family asks. we're grieving over here. what would you do if that was your family member. family members of the boy who was gunned down asks someone to come forward. we're live in iowa where candidates are fighting for last minute support before the voters start to caucus. we need to look that up. i think a lot of people don't know what the difference between a primary and a caucus. especially in iowa. it's like red rover for adults, jayme king.

we're in the 50s in gainesville. palm coast, daytona, deland. a blend of 50s and 60s. passing clouds and warm, dry weather. a high close to around 80ish. less cloud cover than we had yesterday. that with more sunshine. and thus warmer temperatures. the rain is off shore of the state. and across far south florida. nothing on land of any concern right now. the cloud mass continues to thin out as the little wave of energy continues to clear the state. should leave us high and dry all day long and on the warm side. and for your tuesday and your wednesday. rain chances climb and then temperatures come down after that. >> gina: good morning. going to take to you a new crash. on edge water and lee road. causing some significant delays

use caution if you are in that area. there's going to be one less toll you have to pay during your morning drive. toll blazza near oia is going away for good. they're working to demolish the toll. it won't cost drivers extra money. they pay the toll at a different location. 528 is the second busiest and lanes. demolition is expected to take six weeks. i-4 westbound from lake mary to colonial, 13 minutes. i-4 eastbound about 12 minutes to the attractions. and the 408 is up to speed as well. >> amy: the hunt is on for a killer who shot a teenager while he was driving through an

>> his family is begging for someone to come forward. dana jay, you spoke with the family. what are they saying this morning? >> reporter: they are telling us that the last they heard, the last time i speaken to them, they -- spoken to them, they had not gotten many details. they are aggressively pursuing the case. the family thinks that someone must have seen something in the neighborhood. he was just 15 years old. a special part of a big family. his loved ones say they don't know why he was driving his mom's car in the it was 3:30, and his awbt thinks that someone must have seen something. >> we heard guys telling other people that there was people standing outside. kids getting off of the school bus at the time it happened. >> reporter: investigators

central and pine fired a gun while harris was driving through. harris' car kept going and slammed into a light post at the end of the street. when the deputies arrived, they found him lying in the street next to the car. he died a short time later at a local hospital. his family is asking the people in the neighborhood to speak up. >> somebody saw something at 3 something during this day and standing in the middle of the road and shot at the car and shot him. somebody saw him do that. >> reporter: anybody and information on what happened on friday afternoon can call seminole county sheriff's office or leave an anonymous tip with crimeline. >> john: you decide 2016. we're just hour i hours away from the iowa caucuses. >> amy: time is running out.

ted cruz with 23%. marco rubio with 21% of support. jeb bush has just 2%. on the democratic side of things, hillary clinton is keeping her slim lead over bernie sanders. she has 45% compared to bernie sanders 42%. and ryan has more on the last move to stay in the race. >> reporter: what a night it'll be in iowa. 8:00 p.m. our time is when it'll start. >> he wants to pretend he's robin hood. protecting everybody from big, bad wall street. he's forget to mention he has borrowed a lot of money at almost no interest. he pays almost nothing. from goldman sachs and city bank. >> reporter: cruz fought back on the money lines. >> he owes at least $480 million

with loan, when heidi and i take loans, we paid them back. donald has declared drups power -- bankruptcy four times. >> reporter: bernie sanders and hillary clinton are very much neck and neck. >> monday night could be a historic night for this country. we can make history. >> what we need is a plan and a commitment and me, yes, thank you. >> reporter: even the political pundits have said we have never been in this kind of a situation on both sides been we don't know for certain who will come out. but it's almost guaranteed we'll have a narrower field. tonight they're focused on iowa. fox 35 is the continuing source for the iowa caucuses and the presidential race.

app on your phone. >> john: developing this morning, investigators are working to determine the cause for a student to fall to his death. wolf was pronounced dead on the scene. they said that security video from several cameras show wolf get off at the sixth floor elevator and walk towards the glass partition, apparently falling over it. students are shocked. >> i am really sad. i know he was in a fraternity. i know a lot of people are probably hurting today. >> john: crisis counselors were on hand to help students cope with the tragedy. they do not suspect foul play. >> john: a prayer vigil being held for a 22 month old child who was shot and killed. he was with his family in their car when he was shot in the

night in jacksonville. police said it happened in a drive-by shooting. they do not believe that the family was targeted. >> amy: there are some excuses if you want to show up late. joining us is lauren simonetti. happy monday. >> reporter: good morning. happy february. and monday. and happy iowa caucus day. >> amy: it's a busy day. maybe you are so busy that are you running late for work. are these the best or the worst excuses? >> reporter: i think the best. i feel like i am running late every day. kudos to career builder. at least one in four are late once a month. that's it? >> amy: that's not too bad. >> reporter: i know. that's awesome.

they're late every week. here are some of the excuses they give. fresh powder on the mountain. i had to go skiing. there was a bear napping on the hood of the car. >> amy: that could happen here. we have a lot of bears here. >> reporter: i thought about quitting this morning, but i decided not to, so i decided to she up to work. my hair got caught in the blow drier. that could happen. and all of my clothes were stolen. that could happen too. >> amy: that's almost as good as the dog ate my homework. >> reporter: what were your excuses, amy? >> amy: usually that i snooze too many times which happens on a regular basis. >> reporter: i never have an excuse. i just am all the time. always a couple minutes here and there. why am i late this morning? what did i do wrong?

>> amy: i hear you, girl. i just know it's a given. >> reporter: my boss is like, why are you late today, and i say, because i am. i always am. >> amy: i say well, i always show up. i am always here. love you, simonetti, have a great rest of the day. >> reporter: okay, bye. >> amy: go to fox business.com/channel finder. >> john: windows smashed and belongs stolen. >> amy: could be connected to a much larger problem. we'll tell you about the hot spots you will want to avoid, and what investigators want to know so far that's still ahead. >> jayme: good to see your smiling face on this monday. back to the grind, folks. bus stop forecast looking good. passing clouds and temps around 60ish. and gainesville at 49 or 50.

how high the0 >> john: see what happened to that building last night.

wonderworks? >> amy: they're both upside down, around they? >> john: are you going to love it when you head out today. jayme king has the forecast in just a bit. three hotels are hit after a series of car burglaries. >> amy: luanne has the latest details. >> reporter: good morning. it happened in the heart of orlando's tourist district. 50 cars had their windows smashed out and valuables from inside were stolen. >> stuff was moved around, glove compartment busted. a few minor thing, 10 and $15 in change was taking. other than that, i don't know what they were looking for. >> reporter: in the past month, there have been a rash of car burglaries all across central florida. police are working to see if the new burglaries are connected to the others.

a triple bombing kills at least 50 people in syria. >> john: holding its first meeting with groups. and they are hoping to end the five year civil war. isis is claiming responsibility for the attacks. >> john: and awarding medals to commanders who captured soldiers. they need remain wary of their arch enemies they said. the sailors were detained for entering into the territorial waters. >> amy: the deadly amtrak derailment last may which killed 8 8 commuted and injured many others. and they were not texting but never ruled out he miegd be --

>> jayme: lots of diversity in the temperatures. 64 pensacola. a wind shift clearly out of the south. and then 47 in tallahassee. 46 jacksonville. gainesville dloas that. you see how everything is splayed out. temperatures at gainesville. and 62 orlando, clermont. and melbourne, 62. good morning. the weekend goes so darned fast, too fast. we hope you have a good morning. warm and dry. close to 80 for a high. i think we do it again tomorrow, into wednesday. scattered clouds tonight. uneventful and quiet. dry and wake up temps. and variable winds shift off the ocean help to bring moisture levels back up.

we're not concerned about a big rain chance until about thursday. weather changes are in the works. and cloud cover scours out. less cloud cover, and warmer temperatures. a slow return to rain chances by wednesday. it'll put thes at 20%. before this today, tomorrow, tuesday, not much going on. and a cold front combo producing precip. rain and snow over the four corners region. another high over the atlantic bringing warmth. will slowly crumble to dust and allow the next system to move in. it'll be a solid 60% to 70% thursday and thursday night. and by friday chances come back down. atlanta, 58. 40s and 50s across east

the model forecast is not generating meaningful rain until wednesday and thursday. the front moves in and moves off to the east soo of the state. and leaving us in the wake of cooler temperatures and scattered clouds in place. rain chances slim and slight through saturday and sunday. for today, around 80 or so. 70s in the coastal areas. a decent day. less cloud cover by mid-day. the clouds begin to move on out. the chance of rain looking to be absolutely zero. a lot of warmth on tap. 55 at gainesville and 62 at orlando for the overnight. and then down we go. and rain chances rising by thursday. and then friday we peel back the temperatures. and then we'll be breezyish with

the rain slight at that time by next super bowl. and 66 for the high next sunday afternoon. >> gina: sky fox is over a crash at lee road and edge water drive. traffic is being diverted a gas station on lee road and back on to edge water. use caution. be aware if you are there. traffic is moving but very slowly. it's moving around the intersection. i-4 is still looking good. i-4 eastbound from sand lake to downtown, 8 minutes and the 528 is up to speed. time now for the fox 35 pump patrol. saving you money. regular gas down to $1.66 at the quik mart at south bumby and east ileana. go to fox35orlando.com and click on traffic. >> amy: 700 laps, 24 hours of

this year's rolex 24 is down in the record books. >> john: down to less than one second. lemans held off winning by .34 seconds. the honda was the overall winner. beat out the second place visit florida team by just 26 seconds. >> the come back, first race out of the year, with the new engine, it's huge. and to come here and do it, most of us are florida guys. to come here and do it on our home turf is awesome. >> the winner there is the of the race. here's a instagram pic of the gt le lemans class. and this picture was tweeted out. and another post from victory

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>> john: "good day orlando." i'm john brown. >> amy: i'm amy kaufeldt. here are the stories we're working on for you right now. hours away, and america will be casting its first vote. the candidates are fighting for last minute support in iowa. >> john: a man accused of shooting at police officers will not be getting out of jail any time soon after hitting anp innocent person in the@ crossfire. >> amy: how the team managed to

quarter surge. that was nice to see. again. >> john: it's february. everything has changed. >> amy: everything has changed, including the forecast. >> jayme: it has. yes, good morning. a nice segue. good morning. we look forward to a decent day overall. we're in the 50s and low and mid-60s across the viewing area. passing clouds and warm and dry. we had the clouds in a lot of spots bringing down the temperatures. today less clouds. and a big swath of drier air. rusty color shows the drier air. denver to phoenix, the same system makes a bee line for the area. the rain chances and cloud cover then rising. there. not much going on. a couple of sprinkles showing up

i wouldn't put much stock there. but there's showers and thunderstorms in south bank of bahamas. and 20% chance of rain mid-week. and 80s. then down we go and up come the rain chances. more minutes. >> gina: happy monday. right now. there was a crash there just a little while ago. edgewater here. it's cleared up. and traffic is moving smoothly right now. good news now. and one less toll to pay during the morning drive. 528 near oi a, the toll plaza is going away. tolls will be elected at the beachline west main plaza or four new ramp plazas. it won't cost extra money they

location. the demolition is expected to take six weeks. time now to check out your drive times. everything looking nice on i-4. taking you six minutes. i-4 eastbound. taking you 9 minutes. and the 528 is up to speed as well. that's it for live drive traffic. >> you decide 2016. the first presidential nominating contest kicks-off in iowa 27 doug luzader is in the middle of it all in des moines. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this is the calm before the storm, in a number of different ways here. at this point here in yoirk the arguments have all been made -- here in iowa. this is a turnout game. we could see a record number of caucus goers tonight. the pace is not letting up. through the weekend, every candidate made a final pitch and plea. >> please pick a winner this

i'm going to win. >> reporter: a big g.o.p. turnout will probably benefit donald trump who leads recent polls. if fewer show up, expect ted cruz supporters to possibly give him an edge. >> we know if there's a blizzard, they'll shovel their way to the caucus. >> reporter: for marco rubio, it may be a race for third place. that's enough to stay in the hunt. >> the excitement and the energy is with our campaign, and what that means. >> reporter: it means that among democrat, bernie sanders at one of his final stops at waterloo hopes that shockingly large crowds means larger caucus goers. >> please go out to caucus. the storm won't be coming through until midnight. plenty of time to caucus. >> reporter: clinton has a tiny edge.

familiar navigating the arcane democratic caucus procedures and the martin o'malley wild card. they will probably lack the 15% which they need. freeing them up to support another candidate. will they back clinton or sanders? and the other big factor here is going to be the weather. it looks nice enough at the moment. but that's going to change. a big storm on the way here tonight. right when the caucuses are set to get out. one of the biggest rules that bad weather affects turnout.`; but we have seen ever other rule >> amy: . you can you app on your phone. >> amy: a man accused of

officers is in jail without bond. >> john: he went in front of a judge yesterday. he is accused of pointing a gun at a driver near airport boulevard on friday. when police responded, they said that smith started to shoot at them. during the shoot-out, an innocent person was hit by bullets. the fdle is now investigating. the person was not seriously injured. >> amy: at the merritt island airplane. one person was on board but didn't need medical treatment. >> john: the orlando magic beat the boston celticss. >> amy: it was a big night. ryan has more for how the team was a able to to hold on. >> reporter: they needed this one desperately. it looked like this would slip away but it did not happen.

and that's because they had 24@ point, including 15 in the fourth quarter with farnay. the celtics put up 40 3-points.@ the most in nba history. and they have a tough road challenge to take on san antonio. one of the best teams in the league. 8:30 against the spurs is the tipoff. one of the most dominant players mab close to calling it quits. cal calvin januaries johnson has been said to be saying this is his last year in the league. two years after winning the super bowl. russel wilson honored. he led team irving over team rice. and a couple of local guy,

water. a great tv. we had had the pro-bowl, magic, and grease. >> which one grabbed you most? >> actually grease did. >> a couple of parts where the girls were watching, i was like, i wish we could fast forward but that scene but we survived. >> john: why don't they just start playing flag football. >> normal injuries. >> can you imagine being badly hurt because you got hurt in the pro bowl? >> john: equipment stolen. >> amy: how the community is coming together to poi try to prevent thieves from stealing the entire future. a live look in the control room on this monday morning.

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if you picked this week to be on vacation here in orlando, congratulations. and if you live here like the rest of us do, you need to find something to do outdoors. 80 degrees to start off, not bad. >> john: we now know the name of one of the two people killed in

>> amy: tina martin was acting as a good samaritan after she was struck and killed by a vehicle. a man on aost control and thrown off his motor bike. martin stopped to help him. they were both struck by another two cars. both the man on the motorcycle and martin were pronounced dead at the scene. >> amy: trying to raise thousands of dollars to replace a trailer stolen from them. >> john: the troop 996's trailer, containing the camping equipment, was stolen from the church in orlando. and a go fund me page was hopkins. he said it was important for and trailer. >> i want to make the community aware that the boys are out here trying to do good things and it's terrible that someone comes out here and steals the trailer

>> we're trying to get the word out through the media. a bright red trailer with blue flames. if you see it, you will know it. hopefully, someone spots it. >> john: it's worth about $20,000. >> amy: suspected of stealing from the school district. 57-year-old man stole from the bus fleet maintenance facility while working there. the month long investigation started with employees taking tools and ordering parts. and stroh bush is held on $12,000 bond. >> john: a popular artist is has

>> amy: holding an emergency meeting to see if the zika virus

health agency. >> john: in brazil they've been hit the hardest with more than one million cases of the virus. a test event for the summer games was supposed to be a time to get exited for the events ahead but the virus is stealing the thunder, they say, with the questions over safety of the health there. >> the special vehicles and coming into the community. it's work that's been done so far and will continue on the way to the games. so we're sure we're going to be safe. >> john: game also go on as planned but they're urging them to be prepared and use protection against mosquito bites. >> john: a fierce winter storm in california blamed for the death of a woman in san diego. a large tree crashed down on a car with one woman inside.

i looked and i saw this slowly coming down and it crashed down. everything shook like an earthquake. it was terrible. >> john: winds reached up to 115 miles per hour over the weekend. >> amy: wow. >> john: meanwhile, it's fantastic here. >> jayme: it is. >> john: and this week looking really nice. >> jayme: until that same california system comes knocking on the door on thursday. i doubt we'll see wind chances of 115 but we have increased rain chances. mid-60s. passing clouds and warm and dry. a high today close to 80 degrees. the clouds are with us this morning. the disturbance moving across far south florida, and going east into the atlantic and we

we'll see a little more sun and extra warmth. thus the warmer temperatures closer to 80 degrees. i have a different perspective on that here. showing you the iran and snow over the -- showing you the rain and the snow. and a sharp uptick in rain chances by thursday. rain close to the shore at the palm beaches and the southeast of cape castle. cape canaveral. and just about everybody through the four corners area is enduring quite a bit of wintry precip. widespread snow taking shape across much of the rockies. you can see it here. a distinct spin here. the low drags a cold front across the southern united states. again, knocking on our door by the week's end, towards about thursday or so. the model forecast shows us that we're looking good. high pressure.

the east, southeasterly direction. then we bring out the front. it slows down and sits on top and produces quite a bit of rainfall towards thursday afternoon and thursday evening. by friday, the front slips down to the south. better weather setting up. clouds and a slim rain chance through next saturday and sunday, 20 to 30% but a lot of things may change. a swell moving in east of puerto rico. it's real slow. dribbling on in. the wave plot shows quite a bit of activity. and some of the east southeast swell shutting off and striking north and central florida beaches. let's take a look at your tide forecast for today. a high tide was very, very early this morning, 2:10.

about 1:06 at port canaveral. water temperatures are a blend of 50s and 60s. a bit of chill in the sirve, for sure. not in the air though. it's 80s across the ep region. wednesday, 82. thursday we have rain chances. temperatures don't recover much in friday, saturday, sunday. and highs in the 60s and lows in near 50. >> gina: happy monday, everyone. a live look at sky fox cruising up and down i-4. it's looking really nice. all of your roads are, looking really good this morning. i have a couple of new crash, minor crashes. this new one at state road 44 in directions. nothing too serious. down the road in sanford, another crash at state road 46 at orange causing significant delays. no roadblocks there either. use caution and be aware in that

and i-4 is looking good. still looking nice. i-4 westbound from lake mary to colonial, 17 minutes. i-4 eastbound from the attractions to downtown, 12 minutes. the 408 is looking good. it's up to speed as well. >> john: 6:50. time to look at the trending online headlines. >> amy: let's get to luanne with some of the trenders. >> reporter: good morning. the first headline comes from the new york daily news. it reads timbaland refused to perform after getting the wrong champagne. the famous rapper was supposed to perform at a charity show at a nightclub there. the event was set up to help people. flint going through the water crisis right now. but the rapper backed out because the club gave him dom pair i

spades. . >> get him tap water. >> reporter: they said that they were given 15 bottles of other alcohol for free and none of them even tipped their server. that event raised about $3,000 for bottled water and filters for the people of flint. cam newton's game at all time high as he leaves for super bowl. is he known for his flashy style on the football field and fashion forward sense off the field. he's at it again. take a look. this picture shows his pants. a teammate snapped the photo and put it on social media just before the panthers took off for the super bowl. i did a little digging? >> amy: where did they come from. >> reporter: zebra print pants

$850 a pair. we decided we're going to all pitch in and get them for you. >> amy: i can see elton john trying to pull something like that off, but cam newton? >> reporter: last year he had on capri little caanythings with like a -- nickers with like a lavender suit. >> john: you see the clothes fromver versace and you think, who would wear those clothes and now you know, cam newton. >> reporter: maybe john could wear next year. >> if i had a whole suit like that. pocket squares. a woman decided to do something about appear speeder. >> she got the officer to pull

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time to look at the stories making headlines. >> the miami dade police department is investigating after a woman pulled over their officer for speeding. >> the reason i pulled you over today, and i am asking you to come over and have a

you since miller drive when you were first driving on to the palmetto, and pushing more than 90 miles per hour. >> john: would you ever do that, amy? >> amy: no. >> john: claudia castillo recorded this video. she claimed he was speeding on the dolphin expressway, and not using emergency lights. she chased him down. she said that the officer apologized but denied he was speeding. i couldn't do it. >> amy: the sun sentinel did a huge investigation of officers breaking the law like this. sevenning for two teenagers who disappeared from a detention center. the two escaped during recreation time by cutting a hole in a fence. both of the missing teens were previously charged with grand

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