"good day orlando." i'm a john brown. >> i'm amy kaufeldt. so glad you're with us this morning. here are the stories we're working on for you right now.

hit-and-run crash in orange county. witnesses stunned as a mangled car manages to leave the scene. we'll tell you where the driver is now. >> reporter: two people found dead in a home in merritt island overnight. we have more on what investigators are telling us. >> unbelievable! >> amy: history made at daytona yesterday. denny hamlin winning the closest 500 in history. crossing the finish line 10 milliseconds ahead of martin truex jr. david martin is at the track. we'll check in with him in a bit. >> john: i bet a lot of people waking up with sunburn. >> amy: i did notice a lot of red necks yesterday. >> jayme: i bet you did. here are your numbers for you right now. we have 40s and 50s.

the cusp of about 60 degrees. and a nice morning overall. and a few snowflakes flying across the rest of the nation. fairly benign picture. not a lot going on. until we see another low come ripping out of the rockies. and that energy drops southbound and begin to change our weather world big time into tuesday. of note, it looks like wednesday could be a very, very active day taking shape. the cloud cover on top with the close proximity of the front. sun and clouds. and clouds win the weather war, of course. and accuweather hour by hour times and temps. increase in clouds and isolated rain chance, especially later on in the afternoon and internal by the -- certainly by the evening, up to 30%, and 40% tomorrow. and higher on wednesday.

in the area the during this time. i will outline what this means to the forecast, coming up. >> gina: sky fox is over the earlier crash at obt and americana. traffic is moving through. it's still partially shut down in the area. we have traffic flowing. so that's good news. the crash is almost completely cleared. and i want to bring you out to breaking traffic news. out in volusia county we have a crash neardyson drive. all westbound lanes currently shut down. i-4 westbound near dirkson. significant delays in both directions. i would suggest taking 17-92 as an alternate route. and another crash at sand lake and partially blocked at sun port. not causing significant delays but be aware going through the area.

things looking smooth except for the patch i just told you about. i-4 eastbound from the attractions to downtown, 13 minutes. the 408 is up to speed well. >> amy: brevard county sheriff's office is working to determine what happened after two bodies were found in a home. >> john: it happened in a home on merritt island. fox 35's dana jay has more. >> reporter: here's what we know so far. brevard county fire and rescue called to this home, 7 indian street here in merritt island late last night. two people dead inside. the sheriff's office took over the investigation from here. they're calling this is death investigation at this point. no word on whether or not there was foul play or who was found dead. although maybes tell us that a

daughter live in the home. this is still a very much developing story as we work to learn who was killed, how they were killed and whether or not there are any suspects this morning. as we get any more information, we'll bring it to you. but for now, live in merritt island, dana jay. >> john: crews are draining a pond in orange county as they continue the search for baby willow. >> amy: just east of the willow bend apartments on silver star road and that's where the police believe that the baby was born and possibly discarded. last week the crews searched dumpsters and even the sewers but didn't find anything. the baby's mother, susan richardson, is not offering any information to help find the baby. she's being held on $50,000 bond. >> john: a man from orlando is asking for someone to come forward after his mother is hit and killed by a dirt bike.

near the intersections of powers and denton drives. the driver lost control and crashed into 59-year-old woman. both rushed to the hospital and both later died. louis ant's son spoke to us. >> she said she wses going to go down the street to buy something, and that was the last time i saw my mother. >> john: none of the other drivers involved stayed at the scene. >> john: right now the city collects trash twice a week and recycling every other week. people have long complained that the trash cans are only half full but the recycling bins are overflowing.

selected to take part in a seven month experiment. they will collect recycling and trash once a week. if positive, the entire city could make the switch. >> amy: uber driver accused of killing six people in kalamazoo, michigan. saturday night he opened fire outside of an apartment complex, a car dealership, and a restaurant. six people in all were killed including a father and his 8-year-old son. dalton wassage uber driver and had no previous record. uber has not said that if he was working the night of the shooting. and no motive. >> john: luanne joins us live in studio with more own what was truly a photo fish at the daytona 500. >> reporter: what an exciting race. a look at the front page of the

photo finish. denny hamlin wins closest of daytona 500 and it fulfills his childhood dream. >> here they come to the line. the finish of the daytona 500. >> unbelievable! >> i think it was denny hamlin. >> hamlin by an inch. >> hamlin by an inch. >> oh, my goodness. >> wow. >> reporter: he managed to squeeze past his teammate matt kenseth, and martin true ex-jr. he was so close he didn't even know he won. his first daytona 500 victory. something that hamlin has attempted 10 times before. >> it's the pinnacle of my career, for sure. i haven't got a championship yet. this is obviously the biggest win for myself. >> i felt like i had enough momentum to keep him behind me, and i did, all the way up to

and he just shot out. >> great guy to joe gibbs racing. it's been a long time coming and cool to see denny score that victory. >> reporter: republican hamlin was -- when hamlin was in second grade, he wrote a letter wishing for a daytona 500 victory. after the win his mother tweeted a photo of the letter. the letter said he wanted to win the race in 1998. it may have taken 18 years longer than expected but he finally got the win. >> john: wheation funny about that is that mom kept the letter. moms keep everything. >> amy: and the dads always make fun of us. >> john: because your son may win the daytona 500 some day. >> amy: some day. it's lights out for donald trump. >> he was talking to supporters when the lights suddenly went out. >> probably sent here so we

because to put them in our jails -- they didn't pay the electric bill. >> cue the music. that's the night that the lights went out in georgia you sound like reba mcintyre. >> jayme disagrees. >> john: a jayme was impressed. >> jayme: i will only sign you for a million and a half. that's it. rain is re-entering the scene,

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i-4 westbound at dirkson all westbound lanes are shut down, and one eastbound lane is shut down. i am continuing to keep my eye on this and will give the latest coming up. >> john: turning to the race on the white house. moving on to the next big contest. >> amy: republicans in nevada hold a caucus and democrats will head to the polls on saturday for their primary.

reforming education, rebuilding the u.s. military and limiting government. rubio, who finished second in the south carolina primary joked when supporters began to chant his name. >> marco. >> don't say polo. i know you want to say pole polo. i hate that game. in fact, when i am president, it'll be a federal crime, punishable by five years to play marco polo. that's a joke. >> amy: sometimes you have to say that. because somebody would run with it. cruz said that a top priority of his administration would be to bring back jobs, growth, and opportunities for all americans. meanwhile, donald trump who is expected to win in nevada is in georgia right now.

blasting the size of the national debt and the illegal immigration. he had fun with supporters when the lights went out in georgia. >> they were probably sent here when -- they didn't pay the electric bill. oh, i like that much better. oh. >> john: on the democratic side, hillary clinton is in los angeles. she will hold a fundraiser. and $1,000 has to be paid to attend. and sanders repeated a theme that his administration would fight for the interest of all americans, not just the wealthy. >> this campaign is gaining momentum because we are listening to the american people and we are listening in a way

>> right now hillary clinton holds a large lead in the polls in south carolina. here's jayme king. not too bad out there? >> jayme: not too bad at all. good morning, bud. 40s in ocala. widespread 50s surrounded and clustered up around that site. 5 56 in gorgeous melbourne, palm bay. down to the indian river county border. benign and quiet weather. very, very light winds. good morning. we hope you had a good weekend. the weather couldn't be better. fantastic conditions at the track yesterday for the running of the darchlts 500. we have some weather changes for you now. the front doesn't bring a direct rain chance, it's more indirect

it'll produce more of a southerly air flow at some point today. our big weather system comes up and out of the rockies. cutting into the denver area. moving head strong our way. bringing another span of clouds and a big substantial temp spike and eventually a rain spike that we have not seen for some time. our rain today will likely come from the south in form of isolated showers generally a #gdo to 6:00 -- generally after 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. and 30%, not herb sees. we'll download the fox 35 weather app to get the information at the palm of your hand. if you have to yet to download, do it now. i think you'll be glad you did. covering all bases now as we

type weather atmosphere. we could get a little couple of what i call popcorn showers. beneficial rain. in and out in quick fashion. this thing developing over the high plains dives rapidly to the south. we talk about an increase in clouds and ultimately a much higher rain chance. see it coming down west of denver. halt the modeling here and show you that the line of convection nows plows through the region. and we could have a span of some stronger storms on wednesday. seminole, 80ish or so. in orange county, city center, orlando, winter garden and christmas to the east, a blend

at times, clouds win the weather war. and brevard, 80ish. and cocoa beach to satellite beach and palm bay and melbourne, looking good. sea breeze at 5 to 10. keeping temperatures generally under 80 on the sand. stronger storms, on wednesday, and then sun and fun next weekend. lows by that time around the mid-to upper 40s. >> gina: we do have a pretty nasty crash on i-4 westbound near dirkson drive. currently all westbound lanes are shut down. because of this crash, the eastbound lanes are shut down, causing significant delays. a lot of backup in the area. i would suggest taking 17-92 as an alternate route. and coming up, i'll give you a

hiawassee partially blocked at silver star. causing a little bit of days. nothing too significant. be aware if you drive through there this morning. and i want to bring you back to the earlier crash at sand lake and sunport drive. doesn't look to be causing too many significant delays. be aware if you are traveling through that area as well. aside from the stretch on i-4, i-4 westbound is still looking nice. i-4 eastbound is starting to slow. attractions to downtown will take 16 minutes. time now for the fox 35 pump patrol. saving you money. regular gas $1.57 at the speedway in casselberry. you can always check out gas saving tips on our website. >> john: the borrowing battle. >> amy: we'll talk personal

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you've got a friend in me >> john: we want to say good morning to diane. you are the fox 35 friend of the day. there's a new friend of the day each and every day. find us by going to facebook and searching for fox 35. good morning, diane. >> amy: it's money monday. we're talking about personal loans. an article on forbes.com said that more people are using them to pay off debts and make home improvements. is it a good idea. certified financial planner and our good friend joe better is joining us live in the studio. joe bert. the flu is going around, bringing everybody down. talk about this. there are advantages to doing a personal loan. what are some? >> you can get the loan quicker.

weeks. the interest rate you get is generally less than you would get on a credit card. you don't want to use credit card for that kind of financings. and heaven for bid one of the payday loans. >> amy: really high interest? >> personal loan is generally a good way to go. and unsecured. >> if you use it for this, this is a good idea for this and not for that. >> if you can't get a zero interest rate. sometimes you can get appliances and zero interest rate. that's the best deal. but if you want to do debt consolidation. you have high interest rate, 15%, 16%, a personal loan for half of that, or a third of that, you are better off in the long run. >> amy: what about taking out a personal loan in your 401-k? is that an option? >> certainly you can bore oaf. you pay yourself back. you act as your own bank.

if you leave your job before the loan is paid off, it's taxable to you, and perhaps with a penalty. you can get a personal loan from bank, and google. you would be amazed at how many are offering personal loans. you don't want to take on debt if you can't pay back the loan. never free. there are interest rates attached and you want to pay it off. a personal loan is 1 to 7 year pay back. you don't want to go into debt just no the sake of going into debt. buying a tv or heaven forbid a vacation. if you it wouldn't pay off debt, it's not a bad way to go. >> john: breaking news. one person dead after a

four cars involved. find out how trooper were able to track down the driver. we have pretty blue skies out there today.

overall, a nice day on tap. it's a beautiful morning >> amy: if you are in town this week on vacation, visiting the attractions area, wow, you have a couple great days in store for you. 80 degrees temperatures today. and it should be hopping down there. >> john: a great day out there. i'm john brown. >> amy: i'm amy kaufeldt. we have breaking news from overnight. out of orange county, a person has died after a hit-and-run crash. troopers said that they did eventually catch the responsible driver. >> i'm okay. and i'm going to be okay. anyone that knows any knows that i will get through this. four stitches in my eye over here.

a sergeant's spirits are high. what she has to say after being run over by a suspect. >> 2016 is a turning point in the history of the greatest nation on earth. >> amy: marco rubio not #keuding the. the race for the white house has been full of surprise.@ coming up, we will our political analysts. >> john: jayme king, showers up north? what's going on today. >> jayme: good morning. we have a front locked up to the north. on the northern flank of this, we're seeing a lot of rainfall developing. we get a taste of that. more indirect and directly tied to the front. southerly wind flow developing through the course of the day. bringing in a slim, slight shower risk. 20 to 30%. and in particular after 3 to 4:00 p.m. clouds weighing in heavily over the north central

south of the general area with 48. and 55 orlando. deland, 53. titusville, 56. we're in the 50s, and near 80 in most locations. the exception is the coastal areas. we see a southeasterly component, a sea breeze of sorts developing in the afternoon. should keep areas under the 80-degree mark. but you can see sharp rise of temps tomorrow into wednesday, despite the clouds. a risk of stronger storms by wednesday. i'm talking more about that, the timing, the placement, and we've got it covered in full weather, coming up. >> gina: i want to bring you back to the crash we have i-4 westbound, right before dirksen drive, and causing significant delays. we have all westbound lanes shut down this morning. we have an eastbound lane also

and that's in the same area. traffic is being diverted off on to dirksen. if you want to avoid all together, i made you this map. take 472 exit and then back to 17-92. use caution driving through the area. if you need to use i-4, definitely give yourself extra time. we have the crash at hiawassee and silver star. still partially blocked but not causing significant delays. and the crash at sand lake and0 sun port. that's not causing any delays either. the big one is i-4 in volusia county. taking at drive times. jun young to downtown, 6 minutes. and 434 to faimpleghts takes you about 6 minutes. 434 to fairbanks. that's it for your live drive traffic. >> john: we have breaking news

orange blossom trail is finally back open after a deadly hit-and-run. >> amy: they did eventually catch the driver who was responsible. fox 35's andrea jackson has more at the scene. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the all lanes have been reopened. we just learned the identity of the man who caused the crash. >> troopers are at the hospital evaluating him. we're trying to see if alcohol is a factor in the crash, as we expect. right now we're technology the investigation. the big -- we're continuing the investigation. the deputies were able to locate the vehicle and the driver. we don't have to spend a lot of time now looking for him. >> reporter: looking at the intersection where the crash happened, around 3:00 a.m., red light cameras are at the intersection? >> there are. the vehicles were stopped at the red right when the crash occurred. we'll be looking at the video to

red light running camera. >> reporter: one was kill ed? >> a 42-year-old male stopped at the intersection. law-abiding citizen. unsuspecting that someone was coming up behind him and did not stop. >> reporter: the man who you believe is responsible for the crash, what happened to him? >> if he is able to be released, it is likely that he will be arrested for leaving the scene of the crash. >> reporter: thank you so much. all lanes open at orange blossom and americana boulevard after the early morning hit-and-run fatal crash. kim just mentioned that driver responsible is at the hospital and likely taken into custody later today. >> amy: developing right now, brevard county sheriff's office is trying to figure out what

found at a house. >> john: a house on indian street in merritt island. fox 35's dana jay has the latest. do we know anything new? >> reporter: here's what we know at this point. brevard county fire and rescue were called to the home at the cul-de-sac here, 7 indian street is the address here. they found two people dead inside. the sheriff's office took over the investigation. they are calling this is death investigation. no word on if there was foul play, who was found dead or how they died. neighbors tell us it's a very sad scene they found last night. a father lives in the home and a young daughter, school aged, as well. we're working on getting morgue information on who exactly died,

as we get more information, we'll bring that to you. >> john: orlando police have identified the suspect in an armed robbery inside of a taxi cab. >> amy: luanne has more on the morning rush. >> reporter: good morning. police are looking for 31-year-old divine lovett. last monday lovett pulled a gun on a cab driver, police say. police say that lovett could be a man dressed as a woman. anyone with information should give police a call. an oranges county man accused of shooting four people during a robbery at a convenience store is expected to be in court today. on saturday roy stevens barged into the s and w food store on parramore. four people were hit. one in critical condition. a k-9 helped to take stevens

investigators are trying to determine what sparked this fire along mercy furnry road near state road 15. the two people in the home were able to get out safely. the house, however, is a total loss. thankfully, no other homes were affected by the fire. >> john: you decided 2016. we're looking ahead to the next big contest. republicans will hold their caucus tomorrow, and democrats@ in south carolina head to the polls on saturday. and rick keller joins me now to talk about it. appreciate you being here today. donald trump has had a pretty good week. won in south carolina on saturday. expected to do well in nevada. the talk now is he unstoppable. is it too soon? >> it's not too soon to say he's had an awesome week. his momentum is rolling. i don't think it's over though. with jeb bush, i think you will

around marco rubio. >> he had a good week too. he seems to be on the climb now. cruz a little bit on the decline it seems. >> marco needs to get shoe boxes to put the money in. all the jeb money will flow to him. trump is doing great, but only 35% of the vote, at most. 65% is up for grabs. >> a lot of people say its money that buys elections but the jeb bush story proves that is not true. he had $100 million and didn't get any traction. >> money can't buy you love. and jeb was a phenomenally well qualified guy. it didn't happen he didn't have the right wave. and folks will coalesce, it'll benefit rubio now. and hillary clinton getting momentum now.

democratic side? >> i see hillary's momentum picking up. she's so awesome with minority voters. you switch to south carolina and other states. that's her people, and home field. >> john: and other states, florida, and other states. >> and bernie hasn't hit that sector yesterday. >> and bernie seen aid he -- even said he didn't do a better job. do those that see him dropping down do they come? >> it's not going to be over in the next week or two. there's a lot of money flowing. thank you. >> amy: a fox 35 health alert. orlando international airport wants to stay on top of the zika virus. find out what oia is doing to now respond to that threat.

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oia is taking new steps to make sure we're all of safe from zika. >> they're distributing educational flyers to travelers. they're encouraging travelers to bring insect repellant and cover up their skin. 26 cases of the mosquito borne virus. so far they're all of travel related and they want to keep it that way. >> john: a sergeant is speak out over her recovery after she was hit by a between she was -- a teen she was trying to arrest.

the run. she is recovering at home after spending time in the hospital. she's said she's optimistic and overwhelmed with all of the support she's been getting. >> i have four stitches and swelling into my eye and head. i appreciate them taking the time out of their day to wish me well. i am veryy that. >> amy: the police department is asking ortiz to please turn himself in. >> jayme: good monday morning. you can see the rain accumulating along the northern edge of the boundary. the rain chance is kinda sort of tied to this. and the winds more southerly. in the lower keys.

and southerly air flow rised northbound and comes to an area near you. clouds on the rise. i don't think we see rainfall tied to the increase in clouds. anything that manages to pop off in the form or fashion of a shower is isolated. 20 to 30%. later today and not meaningful once it developed. 50s running the spine of the space coast. up north too. coastal volusia and flagler. increasing clouds. isolated rain chance. 75 by 5:00 p.m. 679 by 8:00 a.m. and rain chances through the course of the next three days. a gradual increase in the chances with the highest by about wednesday. 50 to 60 to 70%. all depending on the timing. it has a little extra power to it. you can see that moving through

a nice band of organized convection or storms. it could be a fairly formidable rain event. decent accumulations and a bit of an aspect of maybe strong to severe weather. something i will keep my eyes on for you. behind this, grabbing cool air, and funneling it down. if you like highs in the 60s and overnights in the 40s, i've got your forecast to for you. and 80ish orlando. cooler along the coast. the sea breeze develops. and the wind off the atlantic will have a big influence, compared to the deep interior. you see 50s. rain, rain, and more rain tuesday into wednesday. the chances up and down like magic. thursday from sunday featuring sun-filled skies and pleasant

it might be breezy to windy. and the rain chance end once again for the weather weekend. look at this shot. nicole and apopka. palm tree, sun, and cirrus clouds. #snapthesun. and we'll feature your photography. and our weather baby, visit our website at fox35orlando.com. >> gina: happy monday. bringing you back out to the crash at i-4 westbound in volusia county. dirksen drive still partial illinois blocked. i-4 westbound, blocked. and traffic is being diverted off on to dirksen. if you want to avoid the area all together, i suggest taking

if you know someone on i-4, tell them to get off at 472 and take that to 17-92. traffic is backed up for miles. you can see all the way past saxon. just about to hit the 472. so definitely a mess out there. another new crash at silver star and mercy drive. no road block but significant delays in either direction. be aware driving through there. and yet another new crash near ucf at alfarrah and gemini boulevard -- at alafaya. times. everything looking on this stretch of i-4. it'll take you 13 minutes. i-4 eastbound a bit slow. 18 minutes. tra the attractions downtown. and the 408 to downtown, 15 minutes. >> john: today members of

the first time since the death of justice antonio scalia. coming up next, wee speak to fox host bret baier in the fight about finding his replacement. not much of a breeze out there.

mo today is washington, d.c. members of congress head back to work. they're going to meet for the first time since the death of antonio scalia. >> the fight over finding his replacement is expected to take center stage. just 40% believe that the president should pick his successor. and 46% said that our next president should be the one that

>> one week ago today. his passing underscores the enormous stakes of the election. not just one but two branches of government. >> we all want to get secret unaccountable money out of politics. it starts with appointing a new justice to the supreme court. >> right now bret baier is joining us. happy monday. good to see you. >> reporter: good morning. >> amy: it seems pretty simple. how about we just do what the law says we're supposed to do in a case like this? >> reporter: yeah. i think that's where most people are in washington. republicans though are split in that whether to actually hold hearings or whether that is a waste of time and effort because they're going to vote down the nominee. the president is going to nominate someone. that is determined. he's deciding on someone to

the question for republicans is whether they accept that nominee and they start hearings and they actually bring it up for a vote. republicans are dead set against this not happening, that they will not be filling the vacancy, no matter who the nominee is. they want the next president to decide. it's a process question of whether they go through the hearing and put it up for a vote. >> amy: what's the precedent for this? has this happened before in a situation where the president is in the last year of office and the other side says we're going to basically stalemate until the next person is in office? >> reporter: it has not happened this way. it's happened close to this. there have been appointments that have been made, nominations made, and then confirmations happening in an election year. but for a nomination to come

president's time in office, this is 80 years you have to go back to. >> amy: that's a long time. long before 24-hour media, that's for sure. and the candidates will be talking about this over and over and over again. we heard hillary and ted cruz sound off. do you think it'll just keep getting bigger? >> reporter: i do. i think this is going to be a major issue on the presidential campaign. when people list the issues they care about, the supreme court is not a big one. but in this scenario, where someone like antonio scalia who changed the face of the court and is one of the conservative linchpins, or was, on the bench, his vacancy and who replaces him could change the court for 25 to 30 years to come. that's an important issue. there's a lot of issues on all sorts of front, the supreme court does. >> amy: yes.

thanks, bret. >> john: all new at 8:00, childhood dreams to the finish line. >> amy: going one on one with the big champ from the daytona 500. the exclusive interview is