. >> amy: thanks so much for being here on this tuesday morning. it's super tuesday. i'm amy kaufeldt. >> john: i'm joh5h'n brown. here are the stories we're working on for you this morning. investigating a heartless crime. how they said this man stole money from a 12-year-old who was selling girl scout cookies. deputies said that a man

saider to rob stores to fuel a drug addiction. we're going to make america great again. greater than ever before. the republicans, i have to give them credit. they are persistent. persistently wrong, but they are persistent. >> amy: eye on the prize. candidates are unleashing a last minute attack. i heard that marco rubio lost his voice yesterday. which would be a problem going into today. it would be a problem for anybody who does what we do, but we're all talking still. good morning, jayme. >> jayme: today is a day we love. warm day, sunshine. but a cool start. conditions warm into the 50s for the orlando metro. the bus stop forecast, sun filled skies once the sun coming

give way to p.m. sun and warmth. we think the temps will be in the low 80s. high pressure is anchored east of the state and very little in the way of cloud cover today. sunny, warm, 80 by 2:00 p.m., 78 by 5:00 p.m., and 71 by 8:00 p.m. this evening. and another day with highs for the low 80s tomorrow. a weak to front comes through and drops temperatures by 2 to 4 degrees. and then awesome weather throughout weekend. >> i want to take you out to brevard county. these purple colors telling you that traffic is not moving. melbourne at the i-95 intersection withpy pineeda causeway.

southbound, take 404 to which wick ham and then hop back on i-95 sowd. >> john: the search is on for a man who deputies said stole money from a girl scout. >> amy: he walked up and snatched the cash box and took off. it happened outside of the walmart in deltona. gina benitez is joining us live this morning. >> reporter: good morning. there's pretty good surveillance auto images of him and the car he.into. peare hope -- they are hoping that those images help to lead to his arrest. >> we have these images which we think are -- if we think that someone knows these people, they will recognize them from the images were are the sheriff's investigators are on the hunt for this man. they say he stole from a 12-year-old girl scout who was selling cookies.

that has been out there working hard making money for her girl scout troop, and to me it's lower than your average theft. >> reporter: the man walked out with a woman and young child and came back to the front where the cooky booth was located. >> the male came back, swiped the cash box where the girl was selling cookies. >> reporter: the suspect walked to the parking lot and got into this hyundai santa fe. they are hoping that someone will recognize him and the vehicle he got into. there's a $5,000 award for any information leading to the arrest of the suspect. fox 35, gina benitez. >> amy: a man who dressed up as

faces a judge. >> john: officials said he did it to fuel his drug addiction. he's a suspect in nine armed robberies in the past month. they were able to track him down after he tried to rob a pizza place on friday night. michael le grand was working behind the counter when he said that morales tried to rob them. >> they said that morales was able to get away and then dropped his cellphone in the process. he has a heroin addiction and spends $1,000 a day to buy drugs. and he was using the stolen money to buy the drugs. >> john: a man was hit and killed after a driver outran authorities.

a pizza delivery driver making his last delivery for the day. a woman ran a red light at americana boulevard and killed him. he leaves behind a 3-year-old daughter. woman is being held without bond right now. >> amy: a basketball coach is wanted on child molestation charges. they believe that will he was trying to get to mexico after white was accused of molesting a bow in malabar. they said they listened in. he denied everything. he worried that the allegations would ruin his reputation. some neighbors were already concerned. >> kids were here all the time, constantly.

months ago about being in charge of the team, the league. something was very off. and it always has been. >> amy: a few days after the allegation surfed, they got a call from white's wife. his husband confessed to her. they received similar stories from several other parents. anyone who has come in contact with white is to contact the sheriff's office. >> john: crown jewels are texas, georgia, massachusetts, georgia, virginia. more than 1200 delegates are needed to clinch the nomination. on the democrattix side, 860. and more than 2300 are needed.

enjoying a big lead, with texas the exception. >> trump, 49%. little lightweight marco rubio, 16%. lying ted cruz. 15%. >> reporter: i am not sure that's how cnn described his opponents, but he did. he is not taking his foot off the gas. he initially refused to dis-avow a under handed endorsement by the former kkk head david duke. rubio was so fired up that he could barely speak. >> i don't care if it cost mess my voice. i will never allow a con artist to take control of the party of lincoln and reagan. >> reporter: bringing attention to the trump university. the track record of hiring illegal workers.

new york times of an immigration plan that's very different from what he has proposed to voters. >> you are telling "the new york times" that you are lying to the voters, the voters is have a right to know. >> reporter: far less drama on the democratic side. hillary clinton feeling like she's in the driver seat for the democratic nomination. she's expecting big victories after the big win over the weekend. one state that bernie sanders thinks he will do well in is minnesota. >> john: donald trump in palm beach. marco rubio hosting an event in miami. and hillary clinton will also be in the miami area. keep it here for all of your super tuesday action. at 5:00 p.m., we take you live to trump and rubio rallies. a team of reporters and

to talk about what it means for the florida primary. >> amy: gas prices are going up. and a lot of people are talking about a super sonic passenger jet. joining us is the lovely lauren simonetti. how are, dear? >> reporter: very good. how are you doing? >> amy: talk about the nasa plan. it'll get us to where we want to go fast? >> reporter: really fast. 1100 miles an hour. a super sonic passenger jest which they call the program the quest. no sonic boom. none of the loud noise. a greener plane. reduces pollution as well. it should save the aviation industry money. $250 billion in the next quarter century. a passenger jet, so fast, so

no time soon is the answer. perhaps the next decade. >> amy: o. so booking anything. it'll be expensive too. >> reporter: i would imagine. >> amy: now gas prices are inching back up a little? >> reporter: oil prices up above $34 a barrel. february was a winning month for crude oil. now for seven days in a row, gas prices are ticking higher. $1.76 to fill up this morning. last year it was $2.41. still much cheaper, but the trend has been to the upside in the past seven days. >> amy: we can't complain. it's still good. >> reporter: just reversing the downward trend. >> amy: you can find lauren each weekday morning.

channel finder. >> john: dangerous birth defects with zika. >> amy: where there are other cases. and when the company is set to lift off the spacex rocket. >> jayme: 50s out the door this morning. 80s on the ride home. bright florida sunshine.

means for the end >> amy: welcome back. spacex are hoping that the fourth time is the charm. today the company will try again too launch a falcon 9 rocket carrying the european satellite out of cape canaveral. the launch is set for 6:35 p.m. >> john: the moment that a statewide amber alert came to an end. >> reporter: good morning. troopers dash cam captured the moment that a woman stole a baby from her own cousin was pulled over. >> step outside the car!

keep your hands where i see them walk to the right. is there anybody else inside the vehicle? walk over to the right. stop. turn around. >> reporter: that's 23-year-old stephanie augustin. she a accused of kidnapping the child and abandoning her. she is is being held on no bond. this is video of the baby being reunited with her mother down in fort lauderdale. thankfully, that baby was not hurt. >> amy: thank you, luanne. the zeke javirus is continues to spread. >> john: five new cases. one in broward and three in miami dade. a fifth involves a pregnant woman. the state total is 42.

zika has been linked to birth defects in babies. it could be tied to a neurological syndrome. zika may increase the risk of gelling julian baray syndrome. this was found when they did more research in polynesia. >> jayme: upper 30s are reported in ocala. and warmer times here. everybody, i think, seeing around 80 or so. even the plus side of that. the exception is on the beach front, along the immediate beach

mid-to-upper 70s. a great beach day. a nice day. 80 by 2:00 p.m. 78 by 75. and 71 by 8:00 p.m. the golf seen is you awesome. perfecto. 83 by 3:00 p.m. there may be a few higher gusts once the atmosphere starts to heat things up, otherwise it looks pretty nice. the beach forecast, surf is pretty much flat. a foot plus, distant, east, northeast groundswell. hardly breaking even during the high tide cycle. water temps are mid-to-upper 70s. falcon 9, as amy mentioned, it looks like spacex is going to try to get the launch time again today.

so that's great, great news. mostly sunny conditions all day long. we'll find 60s in play as we round the bend into 5:00 a.m. 65 by 8:00 a.m. and extra clouds pepper in as the approach of the front becomes rather evident. it looks like any big rain chances stay to the north and the northeast. we're looking good sky-wise and rain-wise. we don't have much of a rain chance. cloudy bulky. some beginning to shed off. and partly cloudy to maximum for the overnight. marion county to dun dunnellon, and fort mccoy, 80 degrees. very nice weather. lake county, be mount dora, groveland, clrchlts, get out and

wear your sun block if you are out today. and i-4 corridor harvesting temperatures in the low 80s. from gainesville to ocala, all the way south tbownd to the northern shores of lake okeechobee we're looking good. a solid 83 at the theme parks. and tonight, 6 #, 62 at lmplets, and ocala, 67. bright sun. highs around 80 each and every day. and overnights in the 50s and 60s and no chance of rain. >> sky fox is flying over i-4 in seminole. not seeing any issues on the interstate, which is great news. i want to take you out to brevard county. we have i-95 southbound shut down. these lanes have been shut down. we there's been a fatal crash south

traffic is being diverted downpy pineeda causeway. $1.57 right now regular gas at the speedway on east semoran boulevard and wilshire boulevard in casselberry. you can always find gas saving tips on our website at fox35orlando.com. >> john: researchers are learning about a problem in some animal shelters. >> amy: some dogs are being confused with other breeds. find out how that could hurt their odds of being adopt. george kennedy has died. he won an academy award for his

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how much fun with that be? parade, beads, and cool and the gang in perfect weather. >> amy: four students are recovering after a shooting in ohio. it happened north of cincinnati. >> amy: >> john: two students is shot. two others hurt by shrapnel. a 14-year-old was arrested for the shooting. >> amy: a man killed two college students in virginia. he is charged with murdering 18-year-old hannah graham, and morgan harrington graham. >> john: a police officer with virginia with ties to central florida will be laid to rest today. a law enforcement processional

honoring the emberry embry riddle grad. >> amy: they asked shelters to identify 30 different stray dogs. most guessed they were pit bulls. pit bulls are a breed with a bad reputation. the doctor said that this drastically reduces the dog's odds of finding a home. >> very often when a dog is called a pit bulker it leads to restrictions to whether they rent or homeowners insurance will cover them. >> in miami dade, they are abandoned all together. they recommend a personalitily profile rather than guessing what kind of dog it is. >> amy: firefighters rush to to the scene. an effort to save the homes. a live view from sky fox.

the roads are looking out there. kristin has another view of

minutes. >> amy: we're back. it's going to be a beautiful sunrise. jayme has been ooh and ahing. thanks for being here. i'm amy kaufeldt. >> john: i'm john brown. a robbery suspect was dressed up as a super hero. what he dropped at one of the crime scenes that led to his capture. i used to think that cruz was nasty. untruthful and nasty. he's more untruthy. the other one is nasty. >> john: donald trump going after marco rubio and ted cruz again. today is the biggest day of the entire primary race. super tuesday. the fighting words are escalating even more. >> amy: turtle nesting season starting today. the 21st century problem that they are facing. and the warning that scientists have for us.

>> john: it's a good day this jayme is here. >> amy: it makes him sad. >> jayme: i was saw someone with a full rig. if you have the time and means.i certainly will not be, i will be here. and sunny warm weather for everybody going into the low mid-80s. in most locations. the beach front subject to mid-to-upper 70s. everything hinging on the heels of high pressure, tremendous, building in from the east and smothering the state. deflecting a lot of the energy from the approach of the next cold front. we see clouds and no rain. a miniscule drop in temperatures. we remain above the mark of 75. maybe by saturday we're close to that. up again we go.

we're looking a bit springy. here's kristin with live live traffic. >> kristin: thanks, jayme. i want to take you down to kissimmee, outside of celebration. we have reports of a hit-and-run crashen the entrance ramp, eastbound entrance ramp on i-4 on 192 and closing some slowdowns. i-95 shut down at the pineda causeway. due to a fatal car crash. traffic is being diverted from i-95 south to the pineda causeway. the traffic is not moving. it's purple. that means it's not going anywhere. right now i-4 is looking good. eastbound i-4 from john young parkway downtown, 3 minutes. westbound i-4, will take you 7 minutes. and from rouse road to downtown

>> john: it's 6:32 on good day. a suspected serial robber behind bars expected to make his first court appearance today. >> amy: he was tracked down thanks to the daring acts of a very brave man. and we have more with jackie orozco outside of the orange county jail. >> reporter: orange county sheriff's deputies said that the suspect robbed several places to support his expensive drug habit. according to orange county sheriff's deputies said that the 26-year-old is a suspect in nine armed robberies in the last month. investigated said that he dropped his cellphone after he tried to rob a pizza place on friday night. deputies were able to track him down. michael la grand was working behind the counter.

chased him but morales was able to get away. morales has a heroin addiction and was using the money stolen in the robberies to buy more drugs. >> he appears to be a heroin addict with probably a $1,000 a day addiction habit. we still have a significant issue in this community with heroin addicts. this is just one way, even though we are working on the prevention, intervention side, enforcement has to be part of the overall strategy for reducing the prevalence of heroin here in the community. >> reporter: now the orange county sheriff heroin task force. they said that the task force made a recent bust, arresting more than 200 people and pulled more than 8 kelo, or 18 pounds

and morales will be facing a judge later on this morning. jackie orozco, fox 35 news. >> amy: are a former longwood police chiefle is sentenced to four years in prison after accepting bribes. >> john: jurors concluded he broke law. state law bans police from hiring felons and prohibits felons from having guns. >> amy: a brush fire is burning dangerously close to property. it broke out in volusia county near highlander avenue and brooks circle in oak hill. sky fox flew over the scene, as you can see here. firefighters were able to get this one under control and thankfully none of the properties were damaged. >> john: dr. phillips. wicked, finding neverland.

mermaid. october 4 the new season kicks you-off. a magic show called the illusionist. search out fox 35 for more. >> amy: the biggest day of the presidential primary season on super tuesday. >> john: 1400 delegates on the line between the republicans and the democrats. and republican front runner donald trump has a huge lead in the new cnn orc national poll. 49%. marco rubio is 16%. texas senator ted cruz 15%. on the democratic side, 55% hillary clinton versus 35%. and we have fox's caroline shieively with more. >> reporter: remember that snow sloe and -- remember that slow and steady pace?

>> we are going to make america before. i love you. go out and vote. >> reporter: today voters in 13 states will cast ballots in the republican contest. donald trump with a 33 percentage point over his next closest rival. florida senator marco rubio. calling on trump to release an off-the record conversation he had with "the new york times." >> he told them what he believed about immigration, which is apparently not the same as what he is telling audiences. >> reporter: since hillary clinton landslide on saturday. she has been shifting towards the general election. >> the republican, i have to give them credit, they are persistent. persistently wrong, but they are persistent. >> reporter: clinton leads bernie sanders by nearly 20 points. the vermont senator still

>> what the campaign is about is having millions of people stand together and say loudly and clearly, enough is enough. >> reporter: sanders also saying don't count him out because he raised $42 million last month. according to the campaign, that's a record. john and amy, back to you. >> john: thanks a lot, caroline. play ball. the first spring training games start across major baseball. >> reporter: good morning, john. i know you are especially excited about this. the braves kick i thinks this off today. they open the spring schedule, 1:05 the first pitch. against the oryoals. the 19th season at disney. the nationals kickoff the spring training program. the astros zg the nationals in the next two days. a crucial day for the magic after beating philly. they have three of the next four days.

they will then return back to play the bulls. and knee phoenix then. a big mile sphoan for orlando city soccer. installing the steel making up the framework. a purple beam as well. they're signing the dignitaries there. they are encouraging fans to sign as well. and the lions kickoff the sunday -- kickoff on sunday. 2:00 p.m. >> amy: will you be there? >> reporter: i will. we got our tickets yesterday. >> john: caught stealing from the girl scouts. >> amy: deputies said that a guy took cash from a 12-year-old who was stealing girl scouty cookies.

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>> amy: at the walmart in deltona. investigators said that the man walked out of the store with a woman and child. he walked back up to the cooky booth where the 12-year-old was selling cookies and grabbed the cash. >> the victim is a 12-year-old girl who was out there working hard to raise money for her girl scout troop. to me is lower than yourkow` average theft. >> amy: after stealing the cash, he walked quickly into the parking lot, and jumped into the passenger side of a newer gray. hyundai. if you have any information, contact crime line. >> amy: a dangerous situation at a gas station after a bus stop exploded next to a gas pump. we're going to tell you what prevented that from being a huge disaster, coming up here on

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>> john: look at that bus. not much left. it exploded at a gas station in san francisco.

to turn offer the gas pumps so nothing else exploded. the good news, no serious injuries in the case either. >> john: disney making more changes that you will soon be able to enjoy. >> amy: disney springs with more shops and restaurants. they have high profile tenants. anthropology, under armor, and mac. and a coca-cola store with a polar bear experience and a rooftop bar. they'll open in phases starting may 15. >> john: if you are headed to the beach, be aware of the turtles and put away cameras and cellphones. that's the warning from florida fish and wild fish and wildlife as the nesting system starts today. they can be frightened or disoriented. it's illegal to interfere with the sea turtle, so don't even

it's a good day to get to put the toes in the sand today. >> jayme: yes. a nice day, cool morning. but returning to sunshine and warm temperatures. 80 by 2:00 p.m. 78 at 5:00 p.m. and 71 by 8:00. and the next front is producing quite a bit of foul weather. and a surge of cold air bringing down the snowflakes from the twin cities to chicagoland. the western two-thirds of the great lakes region. this is an interesting feature. a long lasting squall line moving through oklahoma at is this time. the front doesn't mean a whole lot to us at this time. even when it comes through, you will barely notice. extra clouds trick until late tonight early tomorrow morning. i have taken the rain chance out of the forecast. if you were with us yesterday, we said maybe a 10 to 20%

and that doesn't look likely. and zero in the rain bucket. and let me take you to our next stop, orange county. metro orlando looking good from the east side out west to apopka. lower 80s. and brevard county. talk about a nice beach day today, guys. 78 at cocoa beach. 78 at melbourne. palm baye, 79. and mims, titusville, and scottsmore, the brevard volusia county line, nice looking weather around 80 degrees. all in all, not too bad out there. wear your sun block today. i think you'll need it. some coastal zones may touch 80 degrees for the high today. then we're 50s and around 600s so in the overnight. and a few extra clouds slipping in. otherwise, looking good. mostly sunny tomorrow behind the

the overnight, 50s and 60s and not a single chance of a rain drop. enjoy. snap the sun. looking good, elaine. #gdo, and we'll feature you and your photography here on our show. >> kristin: at daytona beach, we have a crash at the intersection of i-4 and i-95. right now not causing backups or slow downs. no roadblocks associated with that one. taking to you brevard county. i-95 southbound is still shut down there in melbourne at the intersection of pineda causeway and 9h 9 i-95. due to a fatal accident. crews are diverting. things are moving very slow on

crash. eastbound itch 4 from -- eastbound i-4, and westbound from 434 to fairbanks, 8 minutes. hopping on the 408 heading west from rouse road to downtown, 9 minutes. >> john: time to look at the trending online headlines. >> reporter: good morning to you. the first headline from page 6. erin andrews sobs on the stand. >> all over the internet. i don't know what it is. >> reporter: the sports caster described a moment she told her parents about a nude video taken by an accused peeper. she gave emotional testimony yesterday in her $75 million lawsuit against the nashville marriott. she is accusing the hotel of allowing a man to record her through her door's peep hole

she said she's been accused of setting up this whole thing to get media attention. >> reporter: the final headline from bud feed. googlele self-driving car caused its first accident. it's responsible for an accident after its millionth mile. they've been in accidents before but in those cases the human test driver was at fault. one of their cars hit a bus. they said that sandbags caused the google car to change lanes. the test driver thought that the bus would speed up and let them in. and he didn't stop the crash from happening. the good news is that no one was hurt. >> john: a great scenario that we all thought about. you have all of these things that happen. when you drive every day, how does the car handle it? >> reporter: it sounded like

if just the car driving. >> john: somebody is watching you. a company wants to get information from your cellphone as you drive past their billboard. >> amy: they said it's for

but >> amy: 6:55. time to look the the stories making headlines around the state of florida. >> john: in broward county. police bust two of four suspects who led them on a wild chase along i-95 south. the suspects eventually bailed from a stolen car and made a run for it. two of the suspects got into a second car and led police on another chase. police quickly caught up with them and aest ared them but are still searching for the other two suspects. >> amy: rankings based on earns, and job opportunities and quality of healthcare for women. the number one best state on the list for women is minnesota while the worst state for women to live in is louisiana. >> john: some billboards across the state of florida could be using your cellphone to get information about you. clear channel outdoor america is

including at&t. if a driver has locate settings set to on, the billboard will pick up pings. they don't know who you are driving by but you can turn off that setting when you drive, the location feature. coming up, all new at 7:00, we have a panel of local political analysts breaking down the numbers going into super tuesday. and how to negotiate with your kids so arguments can be a win-win for everybody. >> john: they are still better negotiators. there's the sun. it's 57 degrees on your super

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