it is 7:00 a.m. here on "good day orlando." i'm john brown. amy will be right back. here are the stories we're working on. you can expect delays heading through maitland and winter park. construction will be tied up on 1792 all weekend long. we'll show you how to get around it all.

winds up running over pedestrians after trying to help. >> amy: a power panel will break it down. picking a winner and a loser. i am sorry, i had to go to the bathroom. and no one called and said we're three seconds away. and i have to wash my hands. it's five hours. i have to go to the bathroom. >> john: i say take your time. i am glad you took the time. >> amy: thank you. i did wash my hands. >> jayme: "good day orlando." miss a minute, miss a lot, and amy was gone a minute, and you missed a lot. 40s up and down the coast. do not panic. we're going to be fine today. good looking temperatures. warming things up. 24-hour switch up. it's been dramatic. we're many degrees warmer than we were at this time yesterday. looking good.

helping to warm us up. and reaching highs, we think, in the low to mid-70s. so thumbs up. the front is on the way. we're smack dab in between the two. the warm sector of the approaching front. temperatures are a lot warmer today. by the weekend, the numbers crash down through the mid-to-upper 60s. so sunshine, warmer p.m. temps. between 2:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m., going into the low to mid-70s. happy valentine's day, herb. looking like 65. >> gina: sky fox heading west on i-4. traffic moving very smoothly on` all ou r major@ road waifs. some good news there. i want to take you out to you? newxx smyrna beach.xxxx axx

a topped train is causing congestion at the intersection. and taking you back out to maitland. we have a road closure on 1729 between park avenue and monroe. the south lanes completely shut down for the next few dayss. fox 35's andrea jackson is live on the scene. she'll show us what it looks like and when the lanes are expected to reopen. hi, andrea. >> reporter: good morning to you. a busy weekend here. and the detours are set up. the southbound lanes are shut down at 1792 approaching park avenue. the road construction is happening underneath the railroad bridge. there goes sunrail. good morning, sunrail. they're tearing up thes asphalt all weekend belong. and the traffic will move here

and northbound lanes are open. they have to deal with oncoming traffic. the traffic is moving. the detour is set up throughout the weekend.p all lanes reopened at 6:00 a.m. on monday. but wait, there's morer they'll do it all again next friday through nexthmonday. once commuters get used to this, they'll have to get used to it again next weekend. >> john: a dump truck driver trying to help a group of stranded motorists wound up running over two people and killing them. >> amy: near palm harbor parkway. aen a es a truck got stuck while he was driving through a muddy construction zone. he he called friends and a dump truck driver accidentally backed

killing themes both. >> john: a motorcycle driver is dead after crashing in kissimmee. his motorcycle t was t-boned by a suv. the 41-year-old rider died at the scene. the driver of the suv was not injured. >> amy: orlando police have arrested a man that they were quote desperately looking for. he is accused of murdering a 21-year-old man last you august. he is charged with first degree murder. police say he shot a man in august in pine hills. they believe that the killing was in retaliation for a home invasion the night before. two other accomplices are in jail. >> john: looking for a fugitive accused of stealing a dead man's identity.

wanted for sexual battery of a child originally. he stoled name and identity of a deadman in 2004, and could have stolen other identities as well. if you have any information about this man, you are asked to contact palm bay police. >> amy: the democrats had a debate. >> reporter: this is last debate until super tuesday. hillary clinton is trying to stop the bernie sanders surge. and forth. they touched on national defense to obama care. >> secretary clinton has been going around the country saying that bernie sanders wants to act. anything. >> we both share the goal of universal healthcare coverage.

it was called hillary care. >> reporter: it continued on. yesterday clinton received an endorsement from the congressional black caucus the day before sanders met with alsharpton. the next contest for the democrats is the nevada caucus, saturday, february 20, and then on to south carolina. >> john: let's bring in our power panel. political analysts frank torres and karl jackson. both candidates are arguing about how close they are to president obama. >> the kind of criticism that we've heard from senator sanders about our president i expect from republicans. i do not expect from someone running for the democratic nomination. >> madam secretary, that is low

i have -- low blow. i have worked with president obama for the last seven years. >> is that a strategy? >> you are getting into the south carolina now where the states are much more diverse ethnically. it's a smart strategy for her. and to remind people that she did hillary care before there was obama care. and another thing she did that was very effective. she spent as much as she could she cut into bernie sanders' applause line so they didn't get loud and ram bunk rambunctious in the studio. that was very smart, in my opinion. >> john: there's not much difference between any of them, right? they're trying to say i am much more like him, but they both are. >> they are both trying to space each other far apart and trying

who worked with him more and who opposed him more. they tried to prove their connections in front of eelectorate. and both times the obama administration where clinton and bernie sanders have been on the other side of the president. it was fun to see them play the balancing act and establish in front of the electorate who is closer to the president. >> john: and the young vote? >> the connection was bernie sanders and his connection with the youth vote. i think hillary clinton brought everybody back down to earth as far as bernie sanders' policies. how are you going to pay for the things. that was problg the best thing she did. >> john: hillary clinton used to do well with minorities and

bernie sanders. that's an interesting dynamic change. >> it absolutely. is i think that as we go into the south and the west, and people will talk to their kids and that we have to ride with. and the congressional black caution caucus endorsed her. i think that the race will be closer than people expect just because people like free stuff. and i think hillary made a big mistake. you by coopting his message saying who gives away the most. i think she was trying to calm it down saying how do we pay for this, but i don't think she went far enough. >> john: but young people saddled with 60 to $100,000 in debt, and the jobs are not there. this is speaking to them. this impacts the young people.

if they can roll out a plan and break out numbers. they can convince on the idea of free college. it's not a mirage on the desert. if one of the candidates gets that done, they will lock down the student vote because everyone knows what it's like to get the student debt. >> john: fox 35 is your source for continuing coverage of the presidential race. you can get the latest updates at fox35orlando.com. you can also download the fox 35 news app on your phone. >> john: the zika threat continues to rise in florida with two more cases confirmed just yesterday. >> amy: why possible protection from the virus could be more than a year away at the earliest. jayme king? >> jayme: good morning.

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one firefighter has been injured in this. the epa is on the scene. they are monitoring air quality. we don't know what's burning yet, but obviously they're concerned about it. >> amy: also developing. the national sheriff avenues association is ern couraging everyone to wear blue today in honor of the deputies killed in maryland. >> john: we're learning about the gunman's local connection here in central florida. david evans is accused of killing two officers. he was on the run after being stopped by a maitland lieutenant about 10 months ago. the lieutenant said that he approached evans sleeping in a car that slooked suspicious. when the officer started to ask queks he said -- when he started ask conversion he took off. >> jittery, giving different information on when he was asked questions.3

drive erratically, and left the city. >> john: he put out a warrant for his arrest. >> amy: the possible zika vaccines are 18 month ace way from large scale trials. the number of confirmed cases in florida has risen to 18. none of those were contracted in the state of florida. all got it from travel and came back. we're learning about a new concern. a study published in the american journal of medicine said that zika could lead to blindness in newborns. >> amy: let's see how things look for friday and the weekend ahead. >> jayme: out to the scenic scene of cape canaveral. one lone jentdleman out there. and lookee here. the visit orlando tower cam.

orlando. and ample sunshine working on the big fronds. gainesville to the northern shores of lake okeechobee. i think eventually later today will you love this. the numbers will be past where they should be. and we're looking for about that for highs today. 72 to 75 over the interior, even the coastal locales. daytona beach probably hitting highs around the mid-70s. and the winds are aligning more southerly. we're in the confines of the warm front of the approaching cold front. this is the warm sector of the system in between of two features. we're developing the southerly air flow with high pressure cruising across the state. it's typical of the approaching front. we warm things up. going back into the 70s.

making an approach between 2:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. back to 71 by 5:00 p.m. and by 8:00, 64 with mainly clear skies. we're clear, cool, and not necessarily cold. and by 8:00 a.m., 56. ample sunshine in place. the forecast for the next stretch. valentine's day, a special day for many of you out there, enjoy. celebrate with the ones you love. 65 on sunday. and rain chance returning, steady and hearty by monday afternoon. and then after that, the rain goes bye-bye. and temperatures down to 50 by wednesday morning. >> gina: hi, there, everybody. happy friday. i-4 westbound near the 535. we have the earlier crash. a road ranger is on scene. contained to the left shoulder. as you can see, causing significant delays. a lot of backup in the area.

travel through there this morning. incident. a new crash on the turnpike near the 408. causing a bit of backup in the southbound lanes. use caution traveling through there as well. taking a look at drive times. everything is looking pretty nice. westbound from lake mary to colonial, 16 minutes. i-4 eastbound from the minutes. and the 408 is pretty much up to speed. saving you money. regular gas is $1.58 at the speedway at wilshire in casselberry. you can always check out gas saving tips on our website at fox35orlando.com and schik on traffic -- and click on traffic. >> amy: 3-d printers are now saving the lives of babies. >> john: we'll show you how heart surgeons are using models

the risky surgeries.

>> amy: love this. ritale is eating somewhere good. our our fox 35 friend of the day. you can find us by going to our facebook page and searching out fox 35. >> amy: on the health watch. a medical break through in 3-d. >> john: local researchers are using 3-d printers to help put baby's broken hearts back together. fox 35's tom johnson walks us through the research happening in our own back yard. >> reporter: when genevieve was pregnant with little rowan everything was great until 27 weeks. >> the doctor came in and said we think something is wrong with his heart. we want you to see a specialist. >> reporter: the specialist confirmed. >> i just lost it. >> reporter: ronan had a heart defect. >> i was like, they're wrong. they don't know what they're talking about.

born has a heart de-affect. defect. he was in surgery for a 13 hour surgery. >> we touched his arms and legs and walked away and went to the waiting room. >> reporter: this is 3-d printed hope for babies like ronan. a recreation of a human heart. recreation that student researcher kaley gardener happied to make in a university of central research lab -- kaley helped to make. interior structures and all, of a real person's real ticker. and they created it. >> using med cal images. ct data, mri, and echo cardiography. >> we can completely print the heart and print in two colors where diseases happening. >> reporter: the idea is to give surgeons a real world look at a

these before they have to open up that patient. >> we're learning stuff all the time. >> reporter: a pediatric surgeon delivered ronan mckay and works with ucf on the 3-d heart project. >> any step to eliminate so we can get to the repair. knowing exactly how we connect a to b, and b to c, will help the child. >> reporter: 20% of babies born did. >> to know they have a broken heart and that someone can fix it and they can live a pretty normal life, that's a miracle. >> reporter: this pd heart offers miracles. level. >> reporter: tom johnson. >> pretty incredible. >> reporter: fox 35 news. >> amy: wow. that truly is amazing. coming up next.

questions asked. >> john: we're live at a local gun buyback event.

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>> john: it's 7:30 on your friday morning. the view behind us is spectacular. what a great week to get out. i'm john brown. >> amy: i'm amy kaufeldt. now we just need it to warm up a little bit. just a little. >> reporter: the orange county sheriff's office is holding their annual gun buyback. turn in your old guns for cash. i'll have much more coming up. >> amy: are few days left to register if you want to vote in the primary. we have a local election supervisor. to answer questions such as what to do if you want to switch parties. >> john: why the manatee decided to get out of the water. it's cold. it's warmer outside finally. >> amy: not right now. >> jayme: it's on the cool side

temperatures up and up. low to mid-70s today. another morning around 50 in spots. low 40s. go figure. orlando, 43. we're 47. we've been a little warmer over the the area because of the winds in advance of a approaching front. blowing out of the south and the southwest. longer over the northern tier. and highs from 70 to 75. we'll crop into the 60s. a front slides down south late tonight into tomorrow morning. that keys highs tomorrow and sunday. mid-to-upper 60s. and no rain with the front. warmer p.m. temps. looking good by 8:00 p.m. around 64 during that time. coming 7 bringing rain after 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. on

and then brilliant sunshine and lows around 50. >> gina: happy friday. roads for the most part looking okay. i have a couple of crashes to tell you about. on the turnpike at the 408, it's causing significant delays in the southbound lanes. be aware you are traveling through the area. and not too far away. something in the road here at silver star road. it doesn't seem to be causing any delays but just be aware of this. there's going to be a roadblock. the road is already shut down on 1792 between park and monroe. crews are working on the street. they'll be closed all weekend long. be aware of that. taking a look at your drive times. i-4 westbound, lake mary to colonial, only 17 minutes. i-4 eastbound from the attractions to downtown, a little slow, 16 minutes.

it'll take you 11 minutes. >> amy: happening right now, turn in a gun and get 50 bucks. >> john: the orange county sheriff avenues office is holding a buy back event off south obt. good morning, jackie. >> reporter: good morning, guys. so far no one has turned in their guns. event has kicked off just minutes ago. you come here with unloaded, unwanted firearms. put it in a plastic bag. and you will get a 50-dollar walmart gift card. they collected 255 firearms last time. they are teaming up to do the annual event. it started last year after deputy scott pine was killed while responding to a car burglar.

shot and killed him with a stolen gun. i just spoke with major jeff stone break gr if they're not there to be taken, they can't end up on the streets. look, if you own firearm, that's your right within our constitution. we support that. we're not taking a pro-or ante gun stance. but the reality is, if you own these things you have a responsibility to maintain those safely. they should be locked up in your home. >> reporter: back out here live just how that major was talking about, it's all about gun responsibility. if you have unwanted guns laying around in the house, and trying to get rid of them, why not bring them here, south orn blossom trail. you can get a 50-dollar walmart

this will go on through this. >> amy: authorities are searching for her body. and investigators release this video. this is the last time she was seen. they said she was in the passenger seat of that car drive-in by that man who was the last person to see her alive. he is considered a person of interest. being held on an unrelated charge right now. >> john: in osceola county, a mother and daughter are behind bars charged with prostitution and child neglect. the two posted an ad on line soliciting sex. on wednesday, undercover agents arranged to meet with them. they found three young children in the back bathroom along with -- back bedroom along with cocaine and marijuana.

care of relatives and women arrested. >> amy: yesterday morning along u.s. 1 in cocoa. the driver accidentally hit the gas. the woman in the car was actually a patient of the dentist. the suv went into two examination rooms. thankfully, the two that would have been in the chairs were not there for the appointments. >> donald trump headed to florida today. >> john: he is set to speak in tampa, but he was in baton rouge yesterday with an attack on former governor jeb bush. >> poor jeb. he spent $20 million on negative ads. if he didn't do that, i wouldn't be talking bad about him. and t >> can you imagine donald trump as president of the united states where he spends time putting people down and makes

we will be worse off. >> john: he'll be at the sun dome in tampa. >> john: marco rubio is going after jeb bush saying that he is not experienced enough to be president. >> i am a an incredible admirer of him his family. i thank god that george bush was president of the united states instead of al gore in 2001. but jeb bush doesn't have foreign policy experience. both rubio and trump say that cruz's campaign is robo-calling that is bashing opponents. >> amy: the deadline is february 16. that's tuesday. you have to be registered either as a democrat or republican to vote. joining us this morning to

might have is a seminole county election supervisor. a lot of people will hear that and think what if this year i'm interested in voting for someone on the other party. and maybe i have gotten turned ton hillary clinton and bernie sanders, and actually a registered republican. how do you change that? >> there's plenty of time. you can change by tuesday. fill out voter registration application. change your party affiliation. and if you choose to, a couple weeks later you can change it back to . >> amy: really? how can do you it. >> mail or in person buts -- it has to be on a form with a signature. we want to make sure it's you. >> amy: what if you show up, and they'll say i forgot that. >> fill out the form, turn in the form.

driver's license or social security card. just fill out the form. you are perkily fine. >> amy: what is the expectations for the election. you prepare in advance. voter-wise, how many people you think will turn out. >> statewide we think a 40% turnout. locally a higher turnout. the biggest frustration will be folks registered with no party affiliation. they're seen in the news or reading in the paper that folks in new hampshire were able to choose a party on the day of the election. in florida we make you make that decision at least 29 days bforts election. >> amy: why do you have to know so far in advance? >> we need to know how many ballots to order to be prepared for what is going to be there. the best way to ensure a smooth election is to know who is going to the election. >> amy: if you are registered independent you can't vote? that's right. if you don't have a affiliation you can't take part.

members saying this is what we want to be our leader and. republican party members sayings this who we want. so those choices need to be made. >> amy: march 16. the day after the election. march 15 though will be a fantastic day. a nice smooth election. everything will go great throughout central florida. >> amy: you always make sure that happens. >> john: pick up some milk, bread, and ink. specialty chain selling tattoos with your groceries. >> john: we haven showing you sights from all over.

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a bill that honors an orange of duty. >> he was shot and killed while windermere. friends and family came together last night for the vigil. the scott pine law passed in the senate this week. it would guarantee the surviving spouse of a first responder gets 100% of their pay for the rest of their life. deputy pine's widow has been fighting for the measure for the past year. >> the law enforcement officers out there protecting us and when we call them, they're there for us. they should have that sense of knowing that their families will be okay if something happens to them. >> amy: that bill will now go to the house. >> amy: a bill to make student recess mandatory in the state of

the bill moved quickly through the house but hitting a roadblock in the senate. it would require 20 minutes of recess for elementary students. but so far the bill has not been put on the senate agenda. >> amy: most working adults blee that men and women are being paid equal. >> john: the career website glass door. the research shows that the pay gap is real. nearly 90% of the survey show that men and women should be paid equally. half of the people that admitted there was a pay gap believe that the new company policies can fix the probable. meanwhile, 40% are looking to the government to force employers to close the pay gap. >> amy: whole foods going beyond grocery. looking for vendors, record`

care product sellers. to attract younger people. millennials are leaning towards cheaper grocery stores. and one to open in la, and oregon, and washington. >> john: a career builder survey found that at least 30% of people have dated a coworker. a third of the office romances led to marriage. here's the juicy part. 17% of office re-mances involve someone who is already married. >> amy: uh-oh. >> john: at the office. all right. check out this viral video. a manatee captured coming out of the water for a quick snack of the spanish moss. they flock to the river when it's too cold. 500 more or manatees could be seen. take a look at this. you could almost walk across.

on line so far. warmer weather is on the way, but chilly to start. >> jayme: that's right. happy friday. our pollen count today is a 5. on the cusp, coursing over into the medium range. juniper and elm. and the wind, and the allergens in the wind whipped air mass we have. the winds of change out of the south and the southwest. we'll pump up the temperatures today. high pressure on top. cold front here. and here's our warm front. the red line. in between the features, lookee here, look who is in between. the warm sector making an approach. temperatures coming up. and behind the front, the temperatures will come down for saturday and sound. mid-to-upper 60s for highs. and the only thing we found with this front is its dry, and not a lot of cloud cover, and we continue with sunshine.

warmer p.m. temperatures on the minds of many. and the cornerstones, the book ends, 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. and into between the two periods of time, we should hitt mid-70s. and golf scene more of the same. pleasantries. winds have diminished. and sun. and breeze later on the day. and a model forecast showing the the front dropping south. no rainfall. hardly cloud cover. the spin of winds on the underbelly of atlantic high pressure. and a trough setting up at the coastal carolinas. rain chance 60% late monday night through tuesday morning. until then, i am not looking for chances. saturday and sunday, absolutely

and the surf, is flat. the swell that filled in across the area, south florida seeing a lot of good surfing over the last few days. and today, it's juicy over the open atlantic. spraying the island of bermuda. and a lot of the swell towards puerto rico, and towards the turks and caicos. maybe sunday is your day behind the front as the surf continues to increase during that time. for today, the only thing increasing is the sunshine potential .highs in the 70 to 75-degree mark up through the state. and down tonight to 50ish or so. in upper 40s in gainesville. and deland, and interior volusia. a quick dip into the upper 40s. everybody rebounds to about 68 behind the front. and breezy northerly winds. and 65.

with no chance for rain, i am happy to tell you. snap the sun. here we go. jenny, thank you. atlantic ocean. birds. sun. and this smells an awful lot like florida to me. we'll feature you and your photography here live on the air. a weather baby. guys, look at this. >> amy: how cute. >> jayme: a cute kid. mustachioed young lady. ur weather kid had this moment. we love to see your pictures at fox35orlando.com. >> gina: happy friday. we have a couple new crashes that i want to tell you about. i want to start you out in clermont. a crash that is partially blocked at u.s. 27. and you can see delays in both directions. it's not as bad as it was just a

and at venetian avenue we have another crash. and delays northbound. and this crash at gatlin avenue, still partially blocked at conway. we're seeing significant delays there. be aware of all of these crashes depending on where you are located this morning. looking at short drive times. i-4 eastbound from john yowng, 18 minutes. and westbound, 434 to faissments, 9 minutes. -- 434 to fairbanks, 9 minutes. >> amy: coming up next, scientists trying to prove einstein right. >> john: the scientific break through that researchers say is just as important as the moon landing, but why? we'll take a closer look

you should be dancing, yeah >> amy: i love it. i love the music with this too. this has been a lot of fun. over the last 24 hours, this story has taken off. gone viral. we have good news about the dog. the dancing dog. dubbed ginger rogers, now has a new home. orange county animal services said that the paperwork is under way for someone to adopt. >> john: i could watch this all day. >> amy: isn't she the cutest? she will remain there until monday just in case her original

and until then, she will have a new home. she has hearted worms. and they waived the money because it takes a while to get rid of the heart worm. any time they walked past her cage, she would do this. they were not holding up a treat, or trying to get her to dance, and every time they walked by, that's what she would do. >> john: there's lots of great dogs. and go down and check them out. >> amy: scientists may have a whole new way to study the universe. >> john: this could lead to new discovery, including traveling space. give us the cliff notes, dummy it down. >> reporter: i can't get over ginger. she will need to dance constantly. and no. one story. and astro

detected gravitational waves. that einstein first predicted 100 years ago. it sounds like jargon to us, but it's a big deal. giving an entirely new way to see and study the universe, including features deeper in space than we have seen before and eventually the center of black hole, if you can wrap your mind around that, and could lead to discoveries we have not thought of yet. >> galileo turned the telescope to the sky and opened the era of modern observational astronomy. and i think we're doing today. >> reporter: one scientist explained being blind and suddenly able to see. it could be the start of a new era in astro physics and lead us to space travel. that's as simple as i can make it. i don't want to take a quiz. >> john: it sounds fascinate. and i was like, what?

i think it's interesting that einstein, all of the theories he had out there, and wait a second, he saw that and knew it. that's the amazing part. >> reporter: and a science teacher out there is saying, that makes perfect sense. >> amy: except for us. we need help. coming up, move over juicing cleanses.

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