we're going to start winning a lot, folk, get used to it. >> we move forward from the crescent city, the motor city, and beyond. >> amy: on the path to and hillary clinton. >> we're going to be in this race as long as it takes. an orange county deputy flips his cruiser after a serious crash. >> a little boy falls into a canal walking home from school. he's in a fight for his life this morning. the falcon 9 launch has been delayed yet yet. >> amy: i like the way the afternoon is looking. not too bad this morning. >> jayme: we have some clouds coming in. isolated risk of a sprinkle.

temperatures area-wide. a blend of 50s and 60s. we're literally on the far southern tip of this thing. it'll come through and bring the clouds. a few light sprinkles may pop off through the noon hour. and we may see mostly sunny as the front clears the penuns la. 67 by 8:00. and another front by friday, which peaives the way for a good looking weather wee+w we have more in the full forecast, straight ahead. >> kristin: i want to take you right out to winter park at fairbanks and i-4. things are looking beautiful. cars coming towards you are heading to the west. we're not seeing any accidents on i-4. things are looking great. i want to take you just north of the florida mall.

here on obt and lanchts road. not causing any days right now. that could change soon. we'll keep an eye on that for you. eastbound, i-4, john young parkway. if you are using the 408 this morning, rouse road to downtown will take you 9 minutes. >> amy: breaking news from overnight. the results of super tuesday are in with the final votes being can'ted in alaska just a few hours ago. >> john: donald trump won the most contests. and ted cruz won three, texas, oklahoma, and alaska. and marco rubio won the minnesota caucus, his first win in the race. and hillary clinton swept the south. she won seven states and sanders won four, including his home

fox's caroline shively has the super tuesday results. close calls for trump whro nearly lost virginia as well, to marco rubio. >> reporter: yeah. virginia would have been a big loss for him. marco rubio came to virginia, and was pushing hard, but in the end, trump had 3%. and alaska, cruz pulled that one off. in the end, donald trump and hillary clinton are closer than ever to becoming their party's nominees. >> we're going to make america great again, folks. >> america never stopped being great. >> reporter: the breakdown on the democratic side. clinton won 7 of 1 11. six of them by 30 points. she has half the delegates she needs. >> it's not winner take all. if you get 52%, you get 48%, you

amount of delegates in a state. >> reporter: for the republicans donald trump won seven states and senator ted cruz was the victor in texas, oklahoma, and alaska. senator marco rubio scored his first state win in minnesota. >> for the candidate whose have not yet won a state, who have not racked up significant delegates, i ask you to prayerfully coming together and uniting. >> no matter how many weeks and months it take, i will campaign how long it takes, wafer it take, to make sure that i am the next president of the united states. >> reporter: five more states vote on saturday. and on the g.o.p. side, some contest goes to winner take all, including, of course, florida. >> john: ryan has a closer look at how the candidates are able to clinch the nomination.

and donald trump certainly moving closer. they have a number of delegate, we know that. for the republicans, the magic number is 1237. for trump, 25% there. half of the delegates up for grab. donald trump with 285. ted cruz 160. you see why people want one of those two, if you are a anti-trump crowd. if you want them to drop out. the democrats need a different number. 2383 is the magic number there. hillary clinton has 1,000 delegates. nearly triple of bernie sanders. he has 371. this race is far from over. a huge day coming up florida and ohio. and donald trump will be here in

holding a rally at ucf. you can get free tickets. go to our website for information at fox35orlando.com. >> john: keep it right here on fox 35 for complete coverage of election 2016. still ahead this morning, we'll look at why florida is so important to the race. get instant updates on the go by downloading the free fox 35 news app. >> amy: recovering after a rollover crash in the overnight hours. it happened just before 11:00 p.m. in apopka. rest upside down. it appears that a truck was involved in the crash. officials say that the deputy is expected to survive. troopers are investigating. >> amy: an 8-year-old boy is in the hospital after falling into a canal when walking home from school.

and forest city road. down the street from river side elementary school. that's where we find fox 35's jackie orozco who has the details on what happened. good morning, jackie. >> reporter: good morning, amy. that 8-year-old boy is in critical condition at florida hospital south. this morning the district said that they're going to bring crisis counselors here aft the boy's school to help them get through this. a group of kids were walking home from school yesterday afternoon and took a route into the canal area, and a unusual route as well. the they kaled the fence. the 8-year-old boy was walking across the concrete walkway, and somehow he fell into the water. the boy yelled for help and her son pulled him out of the water. >> he has a big heart.

thought he could help out. he was one of the only children who knew how to swim. so he took off his shoes andcihy jumped right in and saved him. >> reporter: i've been speaking with a few parents this morning. they're sending out their love and prayers for the family. they're hoping for the best for the child. he's in critical condition. this morning, a crisis counselors will be here at the school to help the students. reporting here in orlando. >> john: a father is expected to make his first appearance in court today. 58-year-old gary edmondson shot 34-year-old gary edmonson jr. the son tells deputies that he and his father were fighting about his mother.

admitted to shooting his son after the two chest bumped. a man is in custody after turning himself in. they believe that he got into an argument with a 25 man and shot him. the suspect got into a car and drove off and crashed into a wall. he took off running but turned himself in. he faces a first degree murder charge. >> amy: ormond beach police said that it happened yesterday afternoon on agreed nazza boostled -- grenada. they said that the woman left her 3-year-old alone. the blazer shifted in reverse and started moving. the child fell out of the scwusk was injured. and investigators are looking

the child was flown to halifax. >> john: last night's launch was canceled due to high winds. spacex is hoping for better luck on friday. no word on when the time of that launch is expected to be. >> amy: a new tv option for all of you cord cutters out there. and sports authority is filing for bankruptcy. joining us is the lovely lauren simonetti. hi, how are you? how are you. >> amy: good. start with att. this one impacts me. i get letters almost every single day. don't you want to switch? >> reporter: maybe i do. 20 million cord cutters. pay for pay tv services. that number might continue to grow. this is what at&t is doing. they bought directv last year you don't need a satellite dish

you just stream it. three different options. we hear that the prices are cheaper than the current bundles that directv offers. it's a way to reach out to the 20 million cord cutters. >> amy: sports authority filing for bankruptcy. this one kaghts me off guard. >> reporter: yes. it caught me off guard as well. is someone going to swoop in and buy them, modells? they are expecting this. the surge of the app leisure brand. yoagqua cloaghts. yoga clothes. those kinds of brands are

they have an option to get a line of credit and cloas some scores, or they could potentially close all 450 stores in the country. if no one comes in and saving them, that happens by the end of april. >> amy: you can watch lauren each weekday morning on the fox business network. gop to foxbusiness.com slash channel finder. >> john: uber goes family friendly. >> amy: the new featurers and why they hope that you you will go alodge for the ride. >> amy: astronaut scott kelly has returned. he's smiling. that's a good sign.

a nice, mild morning. >> amy: he's one of our favorites. rocketman scott kelly is back on earth after spending a year in space. nasa celebrated the big homecoming last night. wasn't that cool to. .

it was a big night, and luanne has details. >> reporter: scott kelly touched down around 11:30 after a very long journey from the international space station. it took kelly and a russian cosmonaut three and a half hours to reach kazakhstan. they spent 340 straight days 250 miles above earth. they circled the earth more than 5400 times while on board the iss. just before he left the space station, kelly said being in space is a feeling you never quite get used to. >> even after i have been here nearly a year, you don't feel perfectly normal. there's always a lingering something you feel or it's just not normal. >> reporter: kelly and his twin brother, former astronaut mark kelly, have been taking part in

they are, looking at how the identical twins match up. scott will now get a thorough medical examination. researchers say that because there's no gravity, his bones may become more brittle and his eyesight may have changed as well. after almost a year in space, the first thing he wants to do is jump into his pool back in houston, texas. guys, back to you. >> amy: that's wild. thank you so much, luanne. >> john: 6:17 here on "good day orlando." all new this morning. families have a new way to get around. today uber will bring their family friendly service to the city. uber family cars feature car seats for those with young children. there are a lot of families cupping to orlando right now that might need this.

tourism in travel. >> amy: a storm has damaged about 30 homes. >> i just couldn't say anything. i was just so shocked at what had happened to the house. >> it happens mighty quick. you really don't have much time to think. >> amy: the four people who were hurt are recovering in the hospital. the red cross set up a shelter for anyone not able to go back to their homes. yikes, that's nasty there. let's talk about what's happening around here. >> jayme: we're on the far southern periphery, the tail end. a mere cloud increase. isolated sprinkle, a whopping 10% of us, whoo, might see a sprinkle.

the front traverses the peninsula, i expect 10% of the sprinkles being generated. 5:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m., we start to scour out the clouds and bring back a good looking evening. a few clouds and waves of pockets through the overnight hours. ultimately, most live sunny conditions first thing tomorrow morning. a few clouds, cooler. and the temperatures drop, but not all that much. bottom out in the lower to mid-50s. and orlando metro, ocala north to gainesville and the florida/georgia line. front number one moving through, and then by friday, another front. nothing but blue skies and high pressure leading into the weekend. looking quite nice. area highs from 75 to 80 degrees. good looking weather overall. staving off the energy to the north.

heavy downpours or rains. it's sprinkles versus actual heavy rains and storms. a couple of fronts move through. one today, one friday, and we increased the clouds for both of the time periods. i have kept the rain chances at absolutely zero. ushering a good looking weather weekend for you. across the nation, fairly benign weather. chilly over the northern tier. we snapt as we endure the first part of march. chicago at 15. a few light snow showers. denver, 59. and mid-60s on the desert floor in phoenix, arizona. we're at solid 80s. warming southerly air flow keep temperatures up and up. only a slight chance of a passing sprinkle.

and another blockbuster weekend taking shape. mid-to-upper 70s and ample sun. >> kristin: good morning. sky fox right now over a crash just north of the florida mall. on obt and lancaster road. we see emergency crews at the intersection. they are diverting traffic. we have a roadblock out there. the northbound lane here of obt. it is slowing things down in the area. of course, we'll keep an eye on this for you. our pump patrol. always saving you money on the fox 35 pump patrol. egg regular gas, $1.58 at the citgo. if you want to see more gas saving tips, go to the website at fox35orlando.com.

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>> amy: welcome back. 6:24 on this wednesday appear a news alert. we're closer to finding the identity of the remains that were found off of u.s. 92 in daytona beach. >> john: the remains may -- were sent to a university in texas for identification. the remains found by a surveyor working on west international speedway boulevard. deputies and florida fish and wildlife found more bones after that. they were sent to the university of texas. it could take up to six months before the remains are identified due to their high caseload. >> amy: law enforcement officers lined the street yesterday to say their final good-byes to

she was shot and killed last weekend. murder. she was a 2010 graduate of embry riddle. >> john: a plan for adding gender identity and sexual harassment to their policy. the superintendent called some of the language used in the comments in the meeting offensive. he vows to continue the discussion and create a new plan to present to the board. >> john: today is a big day for the future of ucf.

to for their 6:30 here on good day. welcome back. i'm john brown. >> amy: i'm amy kaufeldt. so glad you're with us on a busy wednesday. >> we're going to make america great again, folks.

>> amy: donald trump and hillary clinton remaining in the driver seat after winning pretty big last night. how you will have the power to change the election as the attention moves to the florida primary. >> john: the downtown campus for ucf, is it a done deal. >> amy: a local teach wound up duct taped to a wall. we'll tell you about that. but right now we're stuck in a gorgeous weather pattern. >> john: i love it. >> amy: good morning, jayme. >> jayme: we have good looking weather for you. clouds have increased. nothing we can do about that. a cold front is getting ready to kick through the viewing area. a surge of clouds. light slight sprifngle. 20% and back to full sunshine by the end of the day and into your thursday tomorrow. sitting pretty.

mid-60s for you. the southwesterly flow above the earth has increased and we're transporting the clouds into the area. there could be pockets of light sprinkles. it looks like the activity will fire you have from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. partly cloudy. by 5:00 p.m. or 6:00 p.m. i think we're looking better. the front clearly sweeping on through. returning us to glorious skies for our thursday, tomorrow. mostly sunny. and despite the front coming through, there's not a lot of cooling. another front comes through on friday and paving the way for a glorious weekend >> kristin: one lane block the at 436 and howell branch road. causing a little bit of a slowdown.

vehicle and some delays on howell branch and 436 in winter park. we have a crash -- i want to take you out to brevard county -- on i-95 here at port st. john parkway. right now not causing delays. heading back to orlando. i want to remind you of the crash at obt and lancaster north of the florida mall. there's a roadblock at the intersection and it's slowing things down there. taking a look at drive times. i-4 eastbound, john young parkway to downtown. and if you are on the 408 from rouse road to downtown, just 10 minutes. >> john: it's a big day for the university of central florida. >> amy: that's right. the future of the downtown campus hangs in the balance today as leaders prepare to make shirr make their pitch.

>> reporter: ucf is asking for $20 million from the state board of governors to move forward with their plans for the downtown campus. today the state will either approve or deny the request. so far ucf has $16 million in donations from the community. doctor phil dr. phillips charities donated $2 million. and their goal is to get to $20 million from private donors and kick in $20 million of their own money. >> it's a closer campus. i feel that the energy down there. >> to re-vitalize parramore. campus helping us atrangt new, creative, knowledge based companies and a talented work force. >> reporter: governor rick scott

year. but the president of ucf is confident that it'll pass this year. if passed, the campus is scheduled to open in fall 2018. >> john: a driver accused of hitting an 8-year-old boy on a bike is in jail. >> amy: the judge gave the 73-year-old man a $15,000 bond. he was driving on alpine lane in titusville when he hit the boy on his bicycle. he stopped and asked if he should call 911. he left the scene and came back. he said he heard a bang but did no know that he hit the boy. i boy is back home. a palm bay officer. they got a 911 call about a man threatening to shoot three people working construction.

39-year-old man. he has not yet been identified. >> amy: this man a waking up in jail. charged with connection with the shooting at the mall. he is charged with third degree felony murder with a firearm. investigators said back on february 5, deputies found two gunshot victims in the jcpenney parking lot at the florida mall and both victims died. >> john: both hillary clinton and donald trump won a majority of the states. and clinton and trump wasted no time attacking each other. >> we know we've got work to do, but that work, that work is not to make america great again. america never stopped being great.

we have to make america whole. >> it's just going to become worse and worse. she's trying to make america whole again. i am trying to figure that out. make america great again is better than making america whole again. >> john: bernie sanders won four states including his home state of vermont. on the republican side, donald trump seven states, and ted cruz won through along with his home state, texas, so alaska, and oklahoma. and marco rubio won gleans my campaign never claimed that we would be the night we surged. we feel really good about the days to come. >> john: rubio's last stand could be in the home state of florida. >> reporter: really going all in. it's not going to be an easy road. the polls are showing donald trump with a solid lead.

scott endorsement as well. 99 delegates up for grabs. it's winner take all. and rubio, trump, and clinton. a double digit lead over rubio for trump. >> it's marco's last stand. he has to make up more than a point a day in the polls to overcome donald trump. >> wow. >> and donald trump will go for his throat. and rubio will go to donald's throat, and it's going to be ugly. but in the grand scheme of things i don't see rubio make it. he it looks like scott is going to go for trump and marco is kinda being hung out to dry. >> reporter: clearly the hottest contested area is the i-4 corridor.

the blue county, orange county, which went democrat. the pink counties went red for the republicans. the key, hillsborough and osceola. they are swing statess. they swung from democrat to republican. it all could come down to the i-4 corridor. you will see a lot of focus and ads. you can get free ticket. go to our website for information at fox35orlando.com. expect those ads to start very soon. john? >> john: thanks, ryan. keep it right here for fox 35 for complete coverage of election 2016. we'll look at why florida is so important to the race. get the instant updates by john loading the free fox 35 app. both the gators and the magic in action. orlando flew to texas for a one

the magic got off to a good start. they had a double digit lead in the first quarter. but dallas responded. the mavs kept up the pressure. they win 121-108. the magic return home tonight to play the bulls. the wild cats led by 14 but florida hung in there. uf down by 4. but in the second half, wild cats run away with it. the fourth loss in a row for the gators. they're 17-13 right now. they finish the regular season at missouri on saturday. >> john: gainesville high school students get a rare chance to bully their principal and teacher. >> amy: the kids actually duct taped them to the wall. and find out why it was okay and encouraged by administrators.

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>> john: 6:42 here on "good day orlando." you love this song, don't you? josh groban is in town ton. there will be a concert at the doctor dr. phillips performing arts center. >> amy: the magic and josh groban tonight. >> john: every student's dream to duct tape their teacher.

at a school dance last friday. they duct taped the principal and a teacher. my favorite is the fake mustache and beard. all of the money went to the children's miracle network. >> it's a very positive thing. the students have decided to get involved with helping those in the community, particularly sick children. >> amy: they brought in more than $16,000. they beat their goal by more than $1,000. there were some people saying, is this really a good idea, some kids have been hurt doing this, but they said it was well supervised. >> john: the national grocery chain that did not accept credit cards is now taking the plastic. >> amy: now giving students

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students are taking the fsas' once again. >> amy: some parents are sending their kids to school with a opt out supporters said that it puts too much pressure on the students and has a high failure rate. but the . >> john: a senate panel voted yesterday for a bill that would give school districts the option of switches from the florida standards assessments to change from the sat to the act. it's moving to the full but not sure if it's going to pass. sat is linked to the common core, which some oppose. those that argue saying that the sat or act are not aligned with the florida standards.

florida standards as far as the weather, are good. >> jayme: the cloud cover, no big deal. may produce a couple light, slight sprinkles. the latest cool passage is not as strong as the last that came through here. we have 60s in most spots. a couple of outliers. and north, heading southbound, is the shifting wind out of the south and the southwest. this helps to warm up the temperatures, despite the cloudy mess you see, well going well into the 80s. you can trace the front all the way out into the central gulf. embedded within the cloud cover, a couple of sprinkles may pop off for a whopping 10 to 20% of

not a big deal. we're looking good. peeling back widespread cloud cover. returning to a mostly sunny scene late, late in the day. and the uv index today is a 5. a high to moderate range. and peak sun 12:38. a few clouds remaining in place tonight. and then we'll trend cooler. reducing the temperatures during the night but not all that really detectable during the day time hours. front number one slips to the south. and number two will increase the clouds yet again come friday, but back behind it, fantastic run of weather for the weekend. mostly sunny, and a good looking sky. and the high will be on top of the panhandle region. it'll move through for the weekend. overall the beach conditions are

surf is flat as a board, guys. we continue with the flat spell. maybe an increase by sunday putting us back in the waist high category. but not much to report today. another high this afternoon, 2:30. and coastal brevard shy of. >> john: 30. water temps in the low to mid-60s. for today and tomorrow, days of transition. mostly sunny condition tomorrow. increasing clouds on friday. and then mostly sunny saturday and sunday. pleasantly high temperatures and cool. the rain chance is basically flat, right around zero, through the weekend. >> reporter: good morning. having issues in winter park this morning. crews are out on the northbound lane of 436. we had anx* k overturned vehicle.

on the back of a truck getting out of there. this is the turn lane getting on to howell branch. northbound 436. an overturned vehicle. the white suv is on the bed of the truck. it was blocking the turn lane into howell branch. cars were not able to make the turn there. i have an alternate route for you. you can take de-cory lane to semoran, and north circle and then take a right on to howell branch to avoid that mess. >> john: trending online headlines from super tuesday. >> amy: luanne is at the wall. >> reporter: the first headline. donald trump drives g.o.p.'s record turnout. democrats lack enthusiasm. republicans shattered turnout records on super tuesday. more than 1 million republican voters came out to cast their

that beats the previous record by more than 50%. in tennessee, g.o.p. turnout is up more than 50% from last year. in both of the states, trump and clinton took home victories. the final headline from the washington post. after super tuesday the republican party is figuring out how to grieve. yeah, grieve. donald trump took home the cake on super tuesday but many republicans are refusing to stand behind him. several republican lawmakers have said they will not vote for trump even if he's the nominee. representatives from virginia, south carolina, and nebraska. house speaker paul ryan has also condemned trump's behavior. it's a party divided. we have trump versus the establishment. >> amy: it'll be interesting to

him or last minute maneuvering in to pull another candidate in. >> john: i'm seeing third party. >> amy: maybe they're still thinking about it. a push to change the way alimony moves forward in tallahassee. >> amy: find out the controversial things that would come into play if the bill were to pass. and why we may not see an florida. we have a spectacular sunrise.

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got to love the sunrise pictures. it's 6:55. we're at 58 degrees. another great day on tap here in central florida. >> john: a push to change alimony in the state of florida is moving through the senate. >> amy: a bill passed through the senate appropriations committee to give judges a new formula. the length of the marriage and the couple's gross income would come into play. but critics said some women would suffer. >> women who devote their entire lives to their husbands and their children are going to be

or whatever age it is at which their alimony ends under this system. >> amy: the full senate is ready to hear the alimony bill. the house is debating a similar measure. >> john: the proposed deal with the seminole tribe of florida. to add craps and roulette. and dogs and horse and slot machines. >> john: hillary clinton and donald trump were the big winners on super tuesday. >> amy: we're going to go more in deputying. we have analysis. and they both gave big speeches here. a beautiful sunrise to start your wednesday morning. so glad you're starting your day

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america runs on dunkin'. >> amy: it's now straight up 7:00 a.m. on this wednesday. a beautiful tart to the day. so glad you're here. i'm amy kaufeldt. >> john: i'm john brown. the big story this morning is, of course, super tuesday. >> we're going to start winning a lot, folks. get used to it. >> the campaign moves forward to the crescent city, the motor city, and beyond. >> amy: donald trump and hillary clinton on the path to the nomination. and meuk is hope -- and marco rubio is hoping that the single victory will move him forward. >> john: and a boy falls into a canal. >> amy: astronaut scott kelly returning from the year in space.