welcome back. >> i'm amy kaufeldt. >> i'm john brown. >> amy: a gunman shot two people at an apartment complex in orlando. we have the latest. >> he made the first mistake. he took the gun off of me for a split second and i was able to control the situation. >> john: a gas station clerk takes matters into his own hands after a armed suspect points a

off. >> amy: how appearson is -- stores. what they do they put in the stores because they sell everything? >> john: we'll have the answer coming up. >> jayme: atmosphere is slowly transitioning and offering up more cloud cover. moving through late tonight and wee early morning hours and increasing the rain chances on thursday. i want to show you that rainfall is starting to pile on in and that's going to be the case as we go through the next 24 hours. mostly cloudy, straight p.m. shower. 20% chance. after 2:00 p.m. the chance higher than 20% after you get to gainesville and

a good solid 40 to 50% chance up that away. and 60s and 70s in melbourne. and you can see that the day time highs today are moving on up. we'll tell you more about that and the rest of the forecast detailing straight ahead. >> gina: we have the crash at the lake mary boulevard exit. everything is moving spottily. no road of roadblock. a crash has been there for quite some time at andover. use caution. be aware if you are in the area. taking a look at drive times. i-4 eastbound from the attractions to downtown will take about 12 minutes. the 408 is pretty much up to speed. >> amy: developing this morning,

shot two people at an orlando apartment complex. >> john: on cypress drive. fox 35's jackie orozco is at the scene. >> reporter: we're working to get the conditions of the people who were shot at the apartment complex. this morning, orlando police say they are looking for several suspects involved in last night's shooting. as of right now, we don't know the conditions of the two victims or if they were shot inside the apartment or the apartment complex here at summer gate apartment complex. they're working on the motive. and we know that police are looking for several suspects and asking the public if they have any information to call crimeline. we're sta of the

>> john: a army veteran fought back against a robber at a gas station. >> reporter: this is surveillance video of the enkointer which happened last tuesday at the bp gas station at mims. the clerk did five tours in iraq as a specialist. when a gun was pointed at his head, he juched right into -- jumped right into action. >> i kind of went into my training mode. i had to get the gun away as soon as i could. he made the first mistake. he took the gun off of me. >> reporter: the end was a air soft gun, but he did not know that at the time. he grabbed it and started to punch 7 suspect who ran out of the store as fast as he could. and the hero david dick is going to join us this morning at 8:30

the encounter. >> amy: a rockledge high school math teacher shot to death by her estranged husband had filed for divorce last month. florida today had told a brevard county judge that she was frightened of her husband citing anger management issues. her body was found along with her husbands in what police said was a murder suicide. could spend up to the next 25 years in prison. 19-year-old and 18-year-old suspects pled guilty yesterday. back in august, the teens kidnapped a federal agent who was vacationing here in orlando. both are waiting to be sentenced.

charged with first degree murder and sexual battery. accused of killing 27-year-old sasha samsudean at her uptown apartment complex. stephen duxbury was the security guard. he is being held without bond. >> john: accused of kidnapping a woman and stuffing her in the trunk of the car and ill-can go her in december. they were able to track him down after a three day man hunt. he is in jail with no bond. >> amy: four school leaders met. they lined up outside of the meeting and holding up signs and chanting. they said they're not being treated fairly and deserve higher wages. the school district said they received a 2-point 4%. they offered 2.25%.

process is not fair. >> our four bargaining units put contract language in that you want to say was negotiated. it was simply struck, pages for pages struck. no counter, striking. i don't find that to be bargaining, i find that to be scolding. >> the board said we're ready to make the steps to get closer to bargaining as we always have about. >> john: the district said that the offer of a pay raise was rejected. last week teachers in volusia county protested what they called unfair treatment. gearing up for the new hampshire pipary.

>> he comes in third. i come in second. trump, no good, rubio, unbelievable night. unbelievive victory. >> amy: what is fueling the food. what other candidate readies doing to prepare for new hampshire as well. let's check in with mr. king. >> jayme: amy, good to see you. rain chances are rising and what

i'm looking ahead >> amy:, and back. a live look at the city beautiful on this wednesday morning. it's a warm start. 68 degrees. but big changes are coming over the next 24 to 48 hours. jayme king will is are more on what it'll be like on friday morning. >> amy: remains of the 12 marines killed after two helicopters killed in hawaii last month may have been recovered now. >> john: trace elements of dna from the crew have now been discovered. but the corps doesn't have additional details. the commander was fired just three days before the crash. right now the cause of the crash

>> amy: women may be required to register for the draft in the future. two senior military leaders made the recommendation and said it makes sense that the pentagon has opened up all combat roles to women. it would be largely symbolic since the draft has not been used since the vietnam war. >> john: aimed at repealing obama care. the override needed support from democrats in order to success. the republicans show that a repeal of obama care is certain if they win back the white house this year. the candidates hitting the ground in new hampshire. >> they're look to regroup following the second place finish in iowa. ryan has the latest on the campaign trail. >> reporter: speaking of the second place finish, trump

debate may have cost him the win. the man who billed himself as the ultimate winner said that second place is not so bad but criticized the headline of marco rubio's' third place finish. >> marco rubio is a nice guy. he comes in third. all of a sudden, he comes in third, he's a senator, does this politician. he comes in third. i come in second. trump no good. rubio unbelievable night. unbelievable victory. think of this. you've got to think of this. >> reporter: the crowd enjoyed that for sure. rubio getting a big boost from the south. south tim scott said he is ins

ted cruz is apologizing for false claims made about another candidate. he admitted that another member of his staff told some in iowa that ben carson was planning to drop out. he said it was a mistake and not carson. >> cnn posted a report that he was not going on, but instead going on to florida. a member of our team forwarded that to our team, but they didn't send on the subsequent information. i apologize for this. >> reporter: he said he accepts the apology, and he said that the high placed staffer who leaked the story should be fired. ?

in iowa. senator gray hamm who recently endorsed bush introduced him. he took shots at cruz, trump, and rubio saying they lacked real experience. >> you look at their records. speak. what about their life experience. is there something in their past that suggests that they have the capability of making a tough decision? >> reporter: on the democratic side, hillary clinton and bernie sanders is in the granite state. he is calling for clinton to agree to his conditions on future debates. the major hold up is that clinton has yet to agree to debate him in new york. and he is calling the close race in iowa a major comeback. >> last night in iowa we took on the most powerful political

last night we came back from a 50 point deficit in the polls. and last night we began the political revolution, not just in iowa, not just in new hampshire, but all over this country. >> reporter: by the way, sanders is`s refusing at this point to concede in iowa. his team said they want to look at clinton's narrow win. it was razor thin and involved some coin flips as well. right now he said he wants to take a look at the total count because things were so close. speak of number, jayme king has a closer look at our temperatures. >> amy: stratus cloud cover developing. winds are up and up.

situations allowing the cloudy scene to develop. it's helping to keep the ground fog from developer down at the surface. we'll watch that for you. don't think it's a huge deal. what will be is the next system. rain chances headed up. we got a slight chance of rain and we're in the warm sector of our approaching storm. cold front here, and warm front to the north. we'll begin to drag in south, and southeasterly winds. we warm it up. highs approaching the mid-80s in most cases. new smyrna beach, daytona beach, and temperatures are up. at noon, 82. a stray afternoon shower would not shock me, guy, but 20% at best. a bit more widespread from ocala

early and midafternoon. south of that, 20% chance. temperatures in the 60s and 70s area wide. another very warm morning overall, and another very warm day ahead. across the nation, you can see where the flont has been and where it has not. down towards houston and bow. month, texas, finally cooling and coming our way. with all of that said, increasing clouds and a sharp uptick in the local rain chances. another look at it showing how snowy it is. big high pressure fills in behind that on friday. saturday and sunday the highs moves out of the way and allowing wiggle room for the gulf of mexico low pressure. the chance coming back on saturday and sunday. 40% chance as of now from about after the noon hour now through sunday.

but surely. the sharp rise on thursday. back behind the system, clearing things out and cooling things down just in time for your friday. the rainfall forecast, the heaviest stuff looking to fall over north central florida. the modeling is grappling with the notion of maybe heavier rain in the south, east central florida, not north central florida. this graphic may begin to expand the cumulative rains in the next 12 to 24 hours. the modeling shows the front on the move, the rain filling in very late tonight into early thursday morning. watch it come up and out of the gulf and overspread the region. nice solid shield of measurable rain moving in. 60 to 70% chances. the forecast for the next seven days. solid and low and mid-80s for highs today. rainy weather tomorrow. not so much friday. back at it again as you head

and rain chance at 40% and highs in the 60s. >> gina: we have not had any new crashes in quite some time. good news there. but we have a couple earlier ones. the first one at colonial, chuluota at bithlo. i want to take you back to i-4 westbound near the lake mary exit. not causing too many significant delays. we had a roadblock earlier, but everything is looking okay from that crash. i-4 westbound, to colonial, 14 minutes. and i-4 eastbound, 11 minutes from the attractions to downtown. time for the fox 35 pump patrol. saving you money. regular gas is $1.66 at the wawa at collegiate way and university boulevard. and check out gas saving tips at our website at fox35orlando.com. click on traffic.

found in driers, remember that story? >> amy: yeah. >> john: creepy. now anacondas. >> amy: where one woman found that very dangerous snake. no snakes in the control room this this morning though.

and probably 68 degrees [cartoon music]. speed racer. we're giving away tickets. you enter once each day. selected february 15. did you used to watch that show? >> amy: i did not. >> john: you were not a speed racer watcher? that's old school. >> amy: a new source of money. >> john: could be your tax dollars. they have determined that the speedway can receive millions of tax dollars. part of a program that sets aside sales tax money for

they are asking for $90 million paid over the course of 30 years. and they need to approve the end of the month. the speedway completed a $400 million over-hall which includes a new stadium. amazon first opened a brick and mortar store in november. the wall street journal plans to open 400 more across the country. the seattle bookstore stocked 5,000 different titles and sell it's amazon kindles and amazon fire devices. >> john: a brevard county woman found a scary surprise in her back yard. >> amy: yikes. a green anaconda coiled up on her wack lawn. one of the largest snakes in the world, but this one was thankfully just a baby. she sent her father in law to help out the neighbor. he was able to get the snake to wind around the shovel.

the snake can be deadly so it was pretty scary. >> the looks, the eyes and everything, i will never forget it. it's something you will never forget. i told my son and nieces, don't go in the back yard. i am nervous. i thought, there could be babies. they said it's a female. we don't really know. >> amy: that's scary. it the snakewas brought to florida. and they don't know if there's an owner. >> john: there may be a bigger one. >> amy: there has to be a mama if there's a baby. >> john: growing concerns over the zika virus after the cdc said that it can be spread

>> john: it is 6:30. "good day orlando." i'm john brown.

so glad you're with us on this wednesday. two people in orlando are recovering after they were shot at an apartment complex. we have the latest on the search for the shooter. >> john: the cdc said that there are more cases of the zika virus out there and that the virus can be spread in more ways than a bite. >> amy: the best football cities in the country. how the city beautiful ranks against other cities with the national teams. >> john: high school signing day. it's amazing how many major college coaches come here to orlando. >> amy: i don't blame them. >> jayme: florida is rich in football. >> john: how about you back in the day? >> jayme: i found myself a lot smaller than the football population, in junior year, and i let it go in my sophomore year.

a nice warm start to your morning. a few light showers around the area today, and more so the big rain ramp-up late tonight and tomorrow morning. risk of severe weather in the deep south but we're not included with this this time around. a stray shower today. 20% of us orlando metro and lake county and western volusia. north of that point, much higher rain chances for marion and alachua county, probably 40%, and growing larger through the overnight. they get the rain first there and gradually spreading to the east central side. 60% on your thursday. and then clear out and cool temps on friday. looks like last week that we had the front come through and a cool friday. and rain chances for saturday and sunday.

the full forecast >> gina: we have a new crash at south hiawassee road near the turnpike overpass. disabled vehicle in the road as well. just use caution in that area. we have a crash at colonial and molecule chuluota it seems to be clearing up and no significant delays and roadblocks in the area. of course, use caution in the area. taking a look at drive times. everything is looking nice. i-4 westbound, 16 minutes. i-4 eastbound, those attractions to downtown, about 12 minutes and the 408 is, looking good, it's up to speed as well. >> amy: deviling this morning -- developing this, mo, the search is on for a gunman after two people were shot at an orlando apartment complex. >> john: the apartment complex on cypress woods drive. jackie orozco is live on the scene.

little bit more from residents here just waking up. they were telling me -- one man told me -- they heard five gunshots from two different guns and saw a man's body right over there behind the gate. that's where police officers were here all last night, and the early morning hours here at summers gate condominiums. according to orlando police, at least two people were shot. the resident told me he heard a woman screaming. he saw a man lying there. we don't know the conditions of two people shot, but police are looking for several suspects this morning. we're working with opd trying to get a description of the gunman. two people were shot. we're working to get their conditions. they were taken to the hospital last night. once we have that, and you will be able to hear from the resident, and that's coming up in the next half hour here on "good day orlando."

man suing her over lottery winnings takes the stand to tell her side of the story. >> amy: her ex-boyfriend is suing her for half of the $1 million lottery she won. he said that the two of them had a deal for 10 years if either of them one they would share with the other but she said he walked away from the relationship. >> john: sky fox was over the scene yesterday near obt in west oak ridge in orlando. the other driver pulled into the path of the oncoming deputy. the deputy was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. >> amy: florida supreme court has put in the execution planned for next week on hold. the man convicted in 1983 and

every other inmate. they found florida's death penalty to be unconstitutional. >> john: a house panel voted 8-1 in the favor of the proposal to change the law. 9 out of 12 jurors would be required to vote for the death penalty. florida is one of only three states that do not require unanimous jury decisions about the death sentence. florida law requires a simple majority to recommend death. >> john: a bill to law chamber members to carry on the floor. if passed, it would go to the senate for approval. addressing use such as public funding of women's healthcare and the sale or donation of fetal tissue.

spended to safeguard women's health. >> john: orlando is better football city than tampa. >> amy: and we're learning where some of top prospects will play football next year. ryan has more in the sports zone. >> reporter: we'll get to that study. today is national signing day. a lot of nervous coaches. a large number of recruits come here from the state of florida. a big day for florida, florida skate. first recruiting class. top local expected signings. a number of those across the country. in fact, dozens of central florida players will sign commitments. not just in football, but football gets the most focus. covering the signing ought day long and tonight on fox 35 news also.

treatment from a unspecified back injury. he is in the hospital right now. they are not really giving a lot of details at this time. they will release new information and it's unclear if it would keep hill from competing. orlando is a better city for football fans than some that dox have teams. orlando is 4 # on -- 42nd on best cities. higher than jacksonville at 63@ and tampa at 117. and the number of football teams in each city, professional, and amateur. obviously, a will lot had to do with college. 32 nfl teams. and you are 42nd. >> amy: that doesn't make sense. >> john: 117? that means dew dubuque could be

>> amy: they're not just talking about cities with nfl teams, it's a lot bigger than that. >> john: as you pointed out, the biggest city that doesn't have aen nfl team. >> amy: could be next. >> john: a attorney said that bill cosby can not be legally. >> amy: fighting drug prices for profit and putting patient health at risk. a live look at orange avenue on this wednesday morning.

health officials say that a person in texas got the zika virus through sexual contact. >> john: the man from dallas was infected after having sexual contact with a person who just returned from a country where the virus is present. we spoke to a doctor yesterday about the risks of zika. >> a public health standpoint, it totally alters the way we have been thinking of managing, tackling, or trying to prevent the virus. we've been focusing on the mosquito but now we need to focus on sexual practices. >> john: six new travel related cases of the virus. that pushes the total of cases

>> amy: a key witness at bill cosby's first felony hearing had mixed things to say about the comedian. he is accused of drugging and inappropriately touching a woman in 2004. a attorney said that he legally can not be prosecuted. they said that it's based on testimony that was supposed to be sealed but the witness said that he believeses that cosby is guilty of sexual assault even though there's not much evidence. >> john: a government committee is investigating former ceo's pharmaceutical company for price gouging. the committee released new documents that seemed to show that the priority was profit and not the patient's health. in one e-mail, he suggested raising the prices of drugs to increase profits by millions. >> john: imagine opening your mailbox and finding a fish. >> amy: this is weird. it happened to a family in osceola county.

problem? we'll look at that coming up here on "good day orlando." there's the fish.

an osceola county family found a slimy fish in their mailbox. >> amy: it's odd. they are wondering if it's a

the postal carrier knocked on their door and said there was a catfish in the mailbox. she said she could tell it had not been there very long. they had no idea why anyone would do that. they are worrying if it was joke or could it be something more? >> something that's going to continue to happen? the fish is my mailbox now, but is someone going to throw something in my window eventually? >> she discovered that other families were pranked just like she was. she said she'll file a report with the police department.| >> john: a winter weather alert this morning. the groundhog may have prevented an early spring but a storm sweeping across the country says not so fast. tornadoes to the deep south and blizzards from the rockies to the great lakes. in denver, hundreds of flights

and the school is causing widespread power outages in nebraska. strong winds and heavy winds in the southeast. tornadoes in alabama and mississippi. jayme king we have another warm day, but you said that changes were on the way? >> jayme: we trend warmer and wetter. and then tomorrow is pretty much a washout. outdoor plans you have you may want to reassess and back them up to friday. addressing the fog. some of it is coming down to the surface with the cloud cover, and manifesting as dense fog. northern and eastern sections around sanford, a mile visibility reported. outside of that, a haze. it wills like it wants to drop down and make for an interesting morning but it probably won't as winds are elevated 5 it 10.

record high for orlando is 86 in 204. it's a close one. i don't think we get 86 but pretty dang close. uv index, 4 or 5, moderate range. peak sun time been 12:30. temperatures in the 60s and 70s. a lot of warmth. we never really cooled down last night. no appreciable cooling. odds are you that you will be using the ac unit in the cars and homes. not looking for much cooling tonight either. behind the front, we should cool down by friday but moisten things up in advance of that. clouds overspreading and moving into an neighborhood near you. the northern side of the system is it dynamic. a lot of energy. and a lot of swreus. we have quite a bit of severe

mid-georgia to the mid-atlantic. slight risk, and i don't think we see that here, it's mainly rain drops thursday and thursday night. they things winding down and on friday no chance of rain and average nine. until then -- friday no rain and ample sunshine. overall rain chances rising late tonight. first for the north central florida zones. as we go through the overnight, just about everybody. we have a stray rogue shower for orlando. a higher will be the chances from ocala to gainesville. and looking for conditions in the surf for you, coming up, and 2 to 3 feet, south, southeast wind swell. it's hardly worth it this time of the year for junkie waves and cold temperatures. 61 in brevard. solid 50s in the water in

and about 80 on the sand. as far as surf conditions are concerned, maybe wait. thursday, tomorrow, 60% chance of rainfall. another round of rain saturday and sunday. the same system pushes us down into the lows of 60s for temperatures highs >> gina: partially blocked at sara lago boulevard. be aware in that area. and a crash at hiawassee southbound. we have a disabled vehicle in the road. so, again, use caution, and be aware if you are in the area. takin\t4m a look at drive times. i-4 westbound starting to slow. i-4 eastbound still looks good. and the 408 is looking good, and

>> john: time for a look at trending online headlines. >> amy: let's get to luanne at the wall. >> reporter: good morning. the first headline comes from the guardian. not being a morning person may come down to genes. a study says -- this explains so much -- whether you are a night owl or a morning person it's probably a result of genetic makeup. all plants and animals have a preference for day or night and humans are likely no exception. researchers found specific genes that influence our natural rhythm. >> amy: yes. >> reporter: i'm a night owl for sure. it's rough in the morning. and even kate winslet agrees that rose could have saved jack in the movie titanic. the most mind boggles question

get on the door with rose? it was big! and almost 20 years later, kitt winslet said that the two definitely could have survived. during her interview with jimmy kimmel, she admitted that it was big enough for two people, and she could have saved jack from his icy fate. but, of course, we wouldn't have a heartbreaking scene. >> amy: i thought, it's big enough. get on the door. it's right there. >> john: and from a man standpoint, she says, i will never let you go, but then she does. we'll see you later. >> reporter: and then they both live and then it's bothering. >> john: and -- boring. >> john: the boat made it. >> amy: alternate ending. >> john: the push for medical marijuana could be ending.

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>> amy: welcome back to "good day orlando." it's 6:00 a 55. 6:55. a missing bigfoot. the sheriff's office posted this photo on their facebook page. someone trespassed on to a homeowner's yard and stole this 9-foot silhouette of a sasquatch. it was near lake tropicana. if you have any information on where bigfoot is this morning. >> john: we all want to know where bigfoot is. >> john: three nurseries are filing a lawsuit. they filed a lawsuit in tassments yesterday. the suit asks for an up junction to delayed florida medical

back in october, five growers were approved. >> amy: flight crew and passengers on a florida bound flight are forced to make quick action. they removed an unruly passenger on sunday after he got into an argument. passengers said that the man was drunk and put another passenger into a choke hold. four other passengers managed to subdue the guy so that the guy could be tied up with zip ties. he tried to open up the door midflight. >> john: just before noon yesterday, north of miami beach, two student pilots were on board the plane. they were able to escape unharmed. >> john: coming up, younger

that prevents an std. >> amy: a doctor joins us to talk about new recommendations for the hpv vaccine. and the search for whoever left this box of puppies abandoned on the side of the road in the tampa area.

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