>> these were not easy decisions. this is about doing the best thing for our whales, our guests, our employees, and sea world. we love our whales. and so do the visitors of sea world. but it's a growing concern. >> live at sea world orlando, with more on the big changes. >> good evening, it's a new day for sea world, they're turning a page of what they say is a positive way of doing away with the breeding of orcas in captivity. they're catching up with the times. >> this reflects a new direction for the organization. >> sea world ceo, holding a phone conference with the media today. making announcements of the direction of the company. >> we are announcing the orcas

generation at sea world, this is a very decision for us. we haven't taken a whale from the wild in 40 years, that means we're sunsetting our program over time. >> the reaction is mix went ahead tourists we spoke to. >> it's good to know, the humans and animals, and for that educational to see them. not in the natural habitat, so you get to see them, but sad they're in captivity. >> we're going to tomorrow, because we'll probably never see them again. i don't believe breeding animals neither. >> there are other changes as well. there'll be natural orca encounters, in the parks, instead of the shows. there's 29 orcas in their care, one that's pregnant. the final orca born in captivity, will stay with their family.

partnership with the enemy, the humane society of the united states. >> the adversaries, are coming together to focus on animal well being. sea world is committing $50 million with the effort to be the leading rescue organization in the world. >> people for the ethical treatment of animals is making a statement today, saying in part, for decades, animals have suffered in sea world confinement, and to do right by them now, sea world must open their tanks to ocean sanctuary, so they have a semblance of life outside the tanks. more must come. fox 35 news. >> thank you, new details of a deadly fire that happened in lake county. a teenage boy was home alone when the flames broke out.

the latest. >> well, such a tragedy here. you can see the rubble left behind from the massive house fire, we learned the boy who died in the flames was 17 years old. he was a student at lake minneola high school, and located by the firefighters inside the house, right near the front door. this is all that's left of a home after a deadly fire ripped through the house killing a teenage boy who lived there. >> i seen the fire, and a couple of miles up the road. we got down here, the whole front of the house was lit up. >> the flames broke out around 9:00 last night, when the firefighters arrived, the home was fully engulfed. but they went inside to locate the victim, they found him, but he was pronounced dead at the scene. he was the only one in the house

>> [inaudible]. >> crews from claremont, and groveland, battled the massive blaze that, lit up the sky and woke up neighbors. >> flames coming up 15 feet, it was big. >> immediately i saw the flames and stashtd praying -- started praying. it could be anybody's house. >> the mom, dad and their two surviving sons are now in temporary housing, while the city collects donations on their behalf. meanwhile the community is banding together to help. >> [inaudible]. >> and as far as donations we're told the family is really in need of clothes, and extended temporary housing. they did lose everything. a donation drive is being held at minneola city hall this saturday, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m..

35 news. thanks, heavy rain and storms will hit parts of our viewing area tonight. >> glen? >> and up to the north of orlando, up around ocala, gainesville, and the beach has had their fair share. some areas have seen over an inch of rain. we're expecting to see some activity. in the heat of the day, some storms are getting stronger. nonetheless, here they are, trying to build back to orlando. the big question, will they make it? no, they won't. they will stay to the north and dissipate around 7:30, 8:00 tonigh444444444444 if you're around port orange, and it trails off and weakens as you go farther to the south. right now, still expecting to see rain in the daytona beach area. and most of this activity is pushing off to the east and the northeast. farther north up in palm coast,

gainesville to the ocala area, storms earlier, but once again the showers are winding down. one last batch in the gulf of mexico, that'll run into an atmosphere where it's already rained, and it'll cool down. it'll lose the energy, but it's still warm in orlando, 76, 79 up to melbourne, and talk more of the storms that will be redeveloping for tomorrow, and unfortunately could be a very soggy weekend, more on that coming up. >> thanks. new tonight, spring break is getting so out of hand in daytona beach, the beach patrol is asking for backup. hundreds of arrests have been made. we were there today. >> today the beach patrol officers, braced deputies on how to do the patrols here. there's ten deputies, and beach patrol officers in this three block area. >> it's a large amount of crowd, we didn't expect to have this many, but with the other beaches

instead. >> with the crowd, there's been a lot of underage drinking. and as of this morning, they've made 150 arrests in two dais. and yesterday, a beach patrol officer, dislocated his shoulder making an arrest. >> it was a person trying to talk to, and did person was fighting against him. >> the deputies have been giving the student a second chance. the first time they catch you drinking, they make you pour it out, the second time, you're under arrest. >> the students we talked about, have mix feelings. >> i think they're doing their job, but if kids aren't being stupid and having a good time, let them have a good time. >> it's a bit ridiculous, underage drinking is 100%

nobody is doing anything bad. but they're walking around and being jerks. >> the businesses reported far fewer students there, compared to this year, a lot of them might have come to daytona beach. fox 35 news. opponents of an abortion bill sitting on the governor's desk are calling on him to veto it. they brought more than 12,000 signatures to his office today. it would tighten the regulations on the abortion clinics. and frank sinatra jr., dies, and the family took him to the hospital, where he suffered a massive heart attack. he was 72 years old, and of course, he worked with his father as a musical director and conductor. you remember the orange

murdering his wife back in 2011. tonight he's awaiting a new trial, but the judge just denied him bond. we have the latest on this case from orange county. >> good evening, and as you mentioned, bob ward did go before a judge today, and she denied his bond, so he's still in prison for now. he and his team of attorneys went before the judge, asking for him to be let out of prison, while the case is appealed. in 2011, he was convicted of second-degree murder of killing his wife in 2009. last month, his sentence was vacated, effectively granting him a new trial. the order, was based on ineffective counsel. both are arguing on law that's out dated and they made a decision that he'll remain in prison.

>> obviously pleased with the court's rulings that the conviction is vacated. today, issue on bond, that will be appealed and appealed quickly. it's a step by step process. >> a step by step process that could take some time. some people are asking, when is he retried on the murder charges? it's unclear because of the number of appeals that have been filed and need to be heard in the case, we'll keep you updated. live at the orange county courthouse, fox 35 news. just in, marco rubio returns to the senate for the first time since suspending his presidential campaign, and he's batting down any ideas of joining the ticket of vp. >> would you consider being

>> no, i'm not going to be anybody's vice president. i don't mean that in a disrespectful way. i'll finish out my term in the senate, and work really hard here, and we have things we want to achieve, and then i'll be a private citizen in january. >> [inaudible]. (plead standby, audio difficulties) . >> on to the new division avenue ramp, where you're trying to get.

time, with that detour. the zoo. >> an animal breaks in and snatches up an animal inside. >> every once in a great while, disappear. >> a bobcat on the loose in brevard county, we'll tell you more coming up. >> and kids of the future,

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and covered nearly 3 million miles back and forth. back and forth. designers say that for many people, the first ride in orlando is not at a theme park, but really on the train. they're looking for a wow moment, the new trains are up and running fall of next year. you ride in the front for kids, that's a wild moment. i enjoyed it myself. wild animals attack at the zoo. >> it seems a bobcat snuck in and found a bird. we have the story in brevard county. >> the zoo staff say that several weeks ago, they were checking on this bird exhibit at the< zoo and noticed the only pintail duck they had was missing and the prime suspect, a wild bobcat that's been seen in the area. it's the zoo animal's favorite part of the day, feeding time. but three weeks ago, the staff

itself on the menu for a wild southern bobcat. >> usually a bird disappears, we think it's a bobcat, their favorite food in the whole world is turkeys and they tend to pick off food like that. >> and they shelter most of the animals at night with a few exceptions this, open air exhibit is one of them. the wild bobcat he believes, likely climbed over the fence and picked off the old duck. >> every once in a while one of our animals will disappear. >> the zoo is surrounded by open land, and it's a fact of life the zoo director says that everyone should accept and appreciate. >> treat them with respect, it's something to show your visiting family and friend when they're in time. but i don't want them picking off our animals.

particular bobcat, hoping to catch him, and relocate him to another area. fox 35 news. a shop owner, turned isis recruiter, gets 22 years in pridz prison -- prison. one of them was a fbi informant, and aliases, he's a naturalized american citizen from yemen. and merrick garland met with senators today for consideration, despite the opposition from the republicans refusing to consider president barack obama's pick to replace scalia, who died last month. and the radar, got the memo that it's st. patrick's day, because it's wearing green. >> it is, the forecast is turning out stormy up to the north, up in the ocala,

coast area, you know what i'm talking about. also picking up on the showers, the heat of the day combined with a weakening front, producing the numerous showers and thunderstorms. they develop around the noon hour, and then expand farther and farther south, but they'll not make it. they'll be dying off across pretty much all of volusia county and flagler county. port orange, one thunder shower in the middle of nowhere, and it's moving back to the interstate. if you're in volusia county, give it another hour or hour and a half, the storms will end. and flagler county, now winding down, nothing severe today no, hail storms, just scattered storms. gainesville, still decent rain and it extend out to the gulf of mexico.

hours to get basically through, including ocala, you're dry right now, but you saw, there's still rain to the west that's moving in your direction. basically from orlando, sanford area south no, rain, but flagler county, 1 and a half, one inch, nearly two, it goes to show in central florida, when you get the heat of the day combined with the humidity, you can squeeze out the moisture. still 86 in orlando, but only 66 in gainesville. because of the rain. but dry air is still downtown, that's the reason the storms can't make it, the air is too dry. 86 in the metro area, and southwest wind, and here's the planner for tonight. the skies are gradually not completely clear out, but partly cloudy. quickly warming back up in the 70s for tomorrow afternoon. and just like today, start out dry, more scattered storms in the afternoon.

storms lashlt in the day -- later in the day, and clouds and scattered showers for saturday and sunday, a pretty much chance of rain. cooler here, and again, this front, hanging around and what's left of it, but the front gets reinvigorated as we get through the weekend. it'll push there i the area -- through the area, and tomorrow is looking good earlier in the day. showers and storms begin to build. the models are underdoing it, but storms late in the afternoon and evening. saturday, showers and storms, begin in the latter part of the morning and the early afternoon. the cold front approaches and eventually the front get through the area on sunday, and it'll take its time, on the back enthe cooler air squeezes out extra showers on sunday.

tomorrow, and a god chance of isolated -- good chance of isolated storm on saturday, and sunday, beautiful weather for next week. thank you, back out to the breaking news, on the kirkman road. >> we have the details, what happened and how does traffic look in the area? >> okay, here's the situation, we're on the out of ramp from i-4 westbound, and curves around to kirkman road. they just reopened it, about three minutes ago. it's been closed for an hour after a car trying to navigate that turn, was going too fast, hit the guardrail, and rolled down into the pond there. you can see, look from sky fox. the police were here, ambulances were here. the fire hydrant had a -- fire department had a dive team with a boat. the car, sustained serious damage to the glass, the

the good news here, is there was an adult and a juvenile in the car, the juvenile was taken to the hospital for observation, but near the of the people -- neither of the people were seriously hurt. if you look at the car, the car is in rough shape. after missing the turn, going over the guardrail, and a pretty good drop into the water. and a good part of the car was in the water. but the good news is the two people inside were not seriously hurt and the off ramp has reopened in time for the evening commute. live in orange county, fox 35 news. slip on your shoes. >> but never tie them again. >> slide it on, when the heel hits the sensor, it'll automatically close. >> really lazy these days. we have a closer look at the new self-lacing sneaker coming up. pretty soon the car will hit

more lives and h for his business now -- fox business now, the auto makers

audiocassette braking in -- automatic braking in all cars and trucks, is this part of the future, every car in production, will have the self-braking features? >> yes, 2022 is the date by which, roughly 20 manufacturers of vehicles, 99% of the cars, you're not old enough to remember when air-conditioning wasn't a standard feature. but now about every car comes with that. and it's out there on the market. i think sube rue has the ad -- subaru has the ad right now. it'll prevent roughly 20,000 crashes a year. >> i want to ask of this, when new technology comes out on cars, as with this particular piece of technology, or the self-driving cars, there's a

needs to be refind before people feel comfortable with it. are we ready to trust the machine to do the work for us? >> i'll answer the question, i would say people 30 years and younger, are absolutely ready. you look at the number of, i'll call them kids, who don't give a darn of getting a license, they're doing this, and they'll accept it like that. >> on the nissan. >> or the alarms that say, get away from the car. this is going to come, whether you like it or not. like now, most cars have the touch screen. your computer is your car is your computer. this is coming. >> thank you very much. >> all right. all right kids, the future, they've arrived.

and unveiling it in new york. this is how it works. >> take the shoe, slide it on, and the heel hits the sensor, it'll automatically close, and adjust to a fit. and you can press the tighten or loosen button, if you feel uncomfortable, adjust it, and you want out of it, press and hold the loosen button. >> and nike showcased other new products, including soccer cleats, that prevents mud from sticking to the sole. >> kids don't have to do much at all. we're driving your car for you, and tying your shoes. eight is enough, straight ahead, fresh blood. >> can't today. and later, the family dog returns after five weeks. five weeks lost at sea. >> we're driving up the main

car door, and [inaudible]. >> the german shepherd, that defied all odds, new at 5:30.

of cheesy `|| eight is enough, it's not a hit tv show. >> it was, pack in the late 70s, or early 80s, eight is enough, is it a tv we're talking about in. >> before my time. >> eight is enough is a new push to make sure that orlando [inaudible] don't stick around too far. eight is enough, old show, remember that? >> [inaudible]. but this is referring to term limits, they're popular in much

pushing to have them in orlando too. is eight enough? paul paulson is helping to gather petitions to limit the mayor to eight years in office. >> if they can't get things fixed, somebody new should come along and replace them. >> the petition drive is backed by several candidates who lost the elections. >> i don't have ambitions that are political, i would prefer if other people step up to the plate and serve in the city government. >> and tend to serve, mayor dwyer has been in office since 2003, and ten years for robert stewart. >> we have a lot of people who have been there, and it perpetuates themselves that they think they own the position, and we need new people on the city council. >> a city drive is almost

group needs to collect between 10 and 15,000 signatures. we have term limits, they're called elections. because something like that is not done in so long, they're not sure what's next. they're trying to figure out in it goes in the ballot of 2017, or 2019, if the eight is enough group can raise enough signatures. fox 35 news. and closing arguments start tomorrow morning in the hulk hogan case. he wants $100 million, because the website posted a video of him, having sex with his best friend's at the time wife. they didn't have any idea they were filmed, and the jurors have to find where the hulk hogan persona ends and the private life begins. and the citations, instead of arrest, there'll be $75 fine

and volusia county deputies have approve to buy 225 body cameras. and the cost, nearly $2.5 million, but it's financed by money seized from criminal cases. people want. they are looking for more accountability, and it helps with our credibility, of what's done. >> so the cameras, they'll be used in the field starting next month. and girl power and orlando pride, we're talking with super star, alex morgan tonight. >> she's ready to kick it into high gear, when the season starts. we have more. >> today is a day months in the making. alex morgan is looking forward

new teammates, since she was one of the first new member on the roster. >> she's arguably the best female soccer player on the planet, and today she took the field for the first time with her new club team, the pride. >> it was good. just getting the first training under my belt, and getting the nerves out, i didn't know anything coming into today, with locker room situations, field situations, it's just great to get that out of the way. >> she jumped right into fitness training and drills. >> what's your first impression? >> the quality is great. the pitch was bumpy today, but everyone is so professional, and coaching staff was great today, just pushing us a bit with the fitness. >> the pride started training on monday, but with duties with the u.s. women's national team,

the pitch with orlando until today. >> we talked about how much to be immersed into the team. we have the first on saturday, that forces us to learn each other not only each other's names, but strengths, and weaknesses, on and off the field. >> morgan started off shy this morning, listening and absorbing what was going on around her. >> it was quiet initially. >> by the end of training, we could hear her from the sidelines. >> i have learning to do, but i feel i adjusted pretty well in the process. >> proving to be the natural born leader she is. the pregame is this saturday, and regular season game is one month from today at portland. holly bristow, fox 35 news. well they thought she was

>> the family dog came back, after lost at sea for five weeks. >> there's not really any words to explain it. this is not a day that we thought would ever happen. >> how the german shepherd managed to beat the odds and stay alive. >> chips, cheese and gun fire, a scary encounter at a gas station. bullets fly over nachos of all things. all right, forecast right now, here in central florida, a little of the hot stuff to the north. heavy rain still coming down, and big changes for the weekend, coming up.

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a shooting over nachos, near the strip in vegas. two men walked into a gas station, spent a long time making the chips, and started to walk out without paying. the clerk confronted them, they said, gangsters don't pay. and one man came back n and fired one shot in the clerk's direction. the bullet is lodged in the store's atm. the shooter has been arrested. and a story of survival.

overboard, while fishing, over a month ago. but she showed up again, looking pretty good. we report from california. >> i'm speechless, there's no words to explain it. this is not a day we thought it would happen. >> back on the mainland, the 1 and a half-year-old german shepherd is a canine, survival expert. after days of searching by water and plane, she was presumed lost at sea and given up for dead, weeks ago but just yesterday, something happened. >> we're driving up the main road, spotted her, opened the car door, and in she jumped. >> she was in the caring hand of [inaudible]. with her. >> this is really the story of a four legged survivor, who beat the odds and beat those odds as well. but it started with her falling

of night, without a sound, the owner thought she was lost at 444444444444en hearted, he held out hope, she was alive, but the island is not a hospitable place. but with the luck of the storms, puddles formed, she survived off of eating dead sea gulls, and rats. >> from luna, and the owner, and myself, and everyone that knows this dog, i owe gratitude to them. >> that dog has cool eyes. you'll not mistake that dog. and share this story with your friends and family. like our facebook page. if you like tuna, we have a recall you need to know about. and palm readers, busted, accused of ripping people off. >> the people are going to them legitimately, wanting their

healed, whatever, and the next thing you know, they're out thousands of dollars.

of good luck, and on a consumer corner tonight, a recall of bumblebee tuna. three types at risk here, due to problems in the commercial sterilization problems. it could cause life threatening diseases, more than 31,000 cases have been recalled since february, and marked be a can code, that starts with with the letter t. so check your cabinets. now you can bill the uber ride right to dad. it's out with a family plan, that lets ten people use the same credit card, and also book the uber right in the google maps app, just look for a taxi icon in google maps. from the frog piles, two women, advertise themselves as palm readers. >> they claim to cleanse money, and ripped up the people who

>> they appeared to be two average customers, wanting to buy air time when an they arrived. >> [inaudible]. >> but the detectives say that these two are scam artists, ripping off the people with blessing money. >> they present themselves as really holy. >> they came to the services, wanting to advertise their services. the general manager sated they mentioned money cleanse not guilty the commercial. >> there has to be a cut off somewhere. we don't believe in that, that we know for certain, it's a scam. >> and the detectives say that some of the people who heard the commercial were ripped off. and they believe they targeted others in the state. deputies caught up to them last week after following a string of aliases. >> the person brought them a large amount of money, and

and they asked them to bless the money. >> and deputies say in two cases, they simply took the cash, and the third case, they replaced the real money with the fake money. >> the people are going to them, legitimately, wanting their money blessed, their money healed, whatever, and the next thing you know, they're out thousands of dollars. >> the two have since bonded out of jail, and deputies are warning people to watch out for them. >> they probably won't come back know. >> fox 35 news. and cleansing rains in central florida, and north central florida. gainesville, is getting decent downpour, but the good news, no severe weather is anticipated. and earlier today, nasty for a while. heavy thunderstorms, and lightning up to the north.

this trails to the west and farther south is also showing signs of weakening, as it moves ashore, it'll fall apart as it continues to move to the east. and a few showers, extreme northern seminole county, just to the east of sanford, and also picking up on a few light showers. palm coast, you're in good shape. and also in gainesville, decent rain, this tails off to the west and southwest. overall, this is weakening, but i do expect to see additional rain in ocala, over the next one and one and a half hours. 78 in sanford, rain cooled up in ocala. the villages at 66 to 70. still 86 downtown, we have the southwesterly wind at 9 miles per hour, pumping up the temperatures and the humidity. here's the planner for tomorrow, starting in the upper 60s, increasing clouds, and another round of scattered showers later

tomorrow we're up to 80, co84. -- to 84. across the nation, no big out break of colder temperatures, but we'll tap into the cooler air, up to the north, as we go through the weekend, and early next week. for tomorrow, starting dry, and the late part of the afternoon and evening, chance of showers and thunderstorms as the fronts finally advance to us. then as we get to the day on saturday, early in the day, still a chance for shower and storm late in the morning, and here's 9 a.m. in the jacksonville area. we heat things up, and more numerous showers and storms are forming. i'm not expecting a lot in the way of thunderstorms on saturday, due to the fact the temperatures are cooler, but because the front is come through, we can't rule out an isolated thunderstorm. for tonight, for this st. patrick's day, looks good.

if you look close, you might find the pot of gold. tomorrow, partly cloudy skies early, and chance of storms later in the day. here's the seven day forecast, 81 on saturday, cooling down on sunday, chance of showers early in the day and picture perfect weather, lots of sunshine next week. and wishing your kid might be a doctor? you hear this, you might want to rethink your dreams. >> the connection between med school and heavy drinking.

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now trending, chicago white sox slugger, adam la roche, walks away, because the team officials, asked him to stop bringing his son to the clubhouse every day. back. and they say beauty hurts, check this out. a makeup artist, managed to put on a full face of makeup, while in labor. she says she needed a distraction, and encourages other people to do the same. the little girl was born just fine.

donald trump president back in the year 2000. it was a warning to america of hitting [inaudible]. that's them talking, not anybody here. bart and sister lisa, becomes president, and has to deal with the budget crunch, left behind by the trump presidency. and meet the tiny lep -- the 6 month old, in a bunch of hilarious pictures. check more out, it's kind of scary, but mostly cute. if you'd like to check out the story and others, go to our home page and scroll down at fox35orlando.com. remember posting pictures your kids will be mad at you? that might fall under that. sparking big flames in space

doctors, nasa is setting a fire in space on purpose. here's the deal, they're laurjing an unmanned spacecraft next week, and then the scientists will deliberately set it on fire, it's especially important to learn how to put out flames in space as they prepare for long range exploration missions. dreams of your kid growing up to be a doctor? med students may be more at risk for drinking problems. they conduct add survey, and found the medical students had twice the rate of alcohol problems, because of the emotional exhaustion, burnout, and huge student loans. coming up at 6, imagine

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>> and the arnold palmer more big news tonight, sea world will no longer breed killer whales. good evening. >> that's not all, and the whales will stop doing trick ins the sea world parks.