two. >> the number one is mainly the beach. the coast al area. >> the beach.o your answers are what we call the best answers. but you forgot one very important wealth of boracay. of course, the environment is the number one. so it includes tourism, destinations, because it's environment upon which tourism thrives, but for me, for me, you forgot people. people, environment and people. interaction between the two and everything really so huge under that. you see here, there are more exposed. >> later on, dr. fortes takes the class to white beach. >> glean seaweed, calcified. >> he wishes to impart the environmental protection to the next generation. >> boracay, for me, it's more a challenge. it's a beautiful, no doubt about it. very beautiful. not just the sand. but the underwater, but this a challenge, because there are so many problems that somehow erode the benefits from the resources. as a professor of marine science, that's what our duty is. we are obliged to share the knowledge, the result of our research to those who need them. >> white beach is treasured

beach.ave golden eye's luxurious embrace, headed into town for something, well i just had to have -- a long-time favorite. what do we have here? oh, ox tail. >> yeah man. >> goat. >> sweet. >> i don't care whether it's the bronx or kingston or wherever i can get it, ox tail, and of course rice and pigeon peas. got to have that. god, i love the food in this country. >> it's the best. >> it's such a mix. african. a lot of -- people totally miss out. curry goat. east indy is what they used to call it. >> that's true. >> chef chris's cook shop became a thriving business in a town that's seen better days. how long you been open here? >> i've been open, in this little shop for 13 years. >> 13 years. >> yeah man. >> the town changed in that time or stayed the same? >> right now, our economy is not good right now. >> why not? it's one of the most beautiful areas in the world. >> for real. we have a beautiful water front. >> beautiful weather. >> what more could a guy ask for? >> what do you think we

in daytona beach beach patrol says the crowds have grown so much this week especially in the morning and early afternoon they are asking

news 6 reporter loren korn is on daytona beach today where local police and beach patrol are out in force. >> reporter: you can see the patrol cars lined up behind me. that's because beach safety help control the crowds in this area, saying they have more spring breakers than expected. >> we're looking for compliance. we're not trying to take everybody to jail. >> when you add the bigger crowds, you expect more problems to be arising. >> reporter: the biggest problem beach safety patrol says they're having -- >> the under-aged drinking. we're giving them the opportunity to pour it out first and if they don't comply, we take it to the next level. >> reporter: a total of 20 deputies and beach safety officers will be patrolling a busy section of the beach in the 200 block of north atlantic avenue, monitoring the spring breakers. but some students say it isn't necessary. >> they're just doing their job. but if kids aren't being stupid and having a great time, you should let them have a good time. >> i think it's a bit ridiculou. it's 100% illegal but no one is hurting anyone or doing anything

still a nice beach day. daytona, melbourne beach by sebastian inlet. for the river walk art festival, good looking day. late day rain. most the afternoon looks good. saturday, we have that 30, maybe 40% coverage of pesky showers. sunday, some showers in the morning. but overall, we'll try to get all your outdoor plans in. cooler changes. orange county, a lot of counties on spring break week. we'll start next week a little cooler. but then we will warm back up and looks mostly dry next week, too. here's your five-day forecast with your weekend always in view. there's that 40% rain coverage. more sunday morning. we'll start spring with a cold front. bad timing there. but looks nice for next week. martha? >> coming up, new trash troubles in orange county. to do with trucks picking up the garbage. >> and i'm getting ready for your friday morning. i'm brian shields. tomorrow starting at 5:00 a.m. on channel 9 eyewitness news "this morning," we'll update the timing of the storm system and the cooler outlook. >>> tonight, fire investigators in cocoa beach sti

beach last week. they are handing out fliers trying to find christopher huff. police say the victim an quon twon decade was shot in the chest near the clevelander on sunday while set celebrating his brotherrers birthday. it happened after a fight broke out. he late erd died at the hot. christopher huff is being called a person of interest. call crime stoppers at 305 tips police can find him. >>> >> craig: all right now police are stepping up security long ocean dry. huge crowds are expected there over the weekend. that's because it is spring break. >> police. >> belkeys: police want to make sure every one is safe while they ray good time. 7's jessica holly is live on miami beach with more on this. jessica. >> reporter: yes, a huge weekend on the beach and just in just a couple hours, ocean drive will be packed and miami beach police say they are ready and this year they have a revised plan. >> spring break and beaches packed with a party and party patrol. >> we're talking about miami beach police offi

spring break turning dangerous for a beach patrol officer on daytona beach. the officer's recovering from an injury after some kind of a scuffle with a spring breaker. tiffany teasley is on daytona beach tonight. she's got the latest. >> reporter: fortunately that beach patrol officer has been released from the hospital. meanwhile the suspect accused of assaulting him remains behind bars here at the volusia county99ej jail, facing multiple charges. >> we saw a cop car driving real fast with his lights on. >> reporter: it happened here at daytona beach near the ocean walk section of the beach around 1:30 this afternoon when the beach was packed with spring breakers. >> they are cracking down on the drinking. >> reporter: a beach patrol officer was trying to arrest jamie gordon for an alcohol violation when he resisted and took off running. scuffle with him and was unfortunately injured. he dislocated his shoulder, the officer did. >> reporter: gordon was arrested and charged with several offenses including resists arrest with violence. beach patrol officer tam

here are the high temperatures today. 88 from palm coast to daytona beach to 89 beach side in cocoa beach and in melbourne. daytona beach looks great, doesn't it? it's kind of hazy now with the sun setting low. as warm as it's been, beach combers are still out there on the sand having a good time. temperature reading in daytona beach is 85 degrees. other temperatures right now, 81 in leesburg. the villages, 79. 85 in melbourne. water vapor loop showing you that our dry air is saying goodbye to us right now and the bright whites and the blues are creeping this way. that is the moisture that will be returning during the day tomorrow. first thing in the morning, patchy fog is to be expected. as the day wears on, the fog burns off. we get back to 88 degrees again rain forecast for thursday, though. you see the thunderstorms erupting, south of orlando on the county line, all the way straight out into brevard county. it could be a wet st. patrick's day for southern brevard. we'll have another model run tonight at 11:00. low tonight in orlando is 66. here's tomorrow. first thing in the morning,

amanda ober, wesh, daytona beach. jason: two dozen bikers, on a memorial ride to remember a sanford. witnesses say a car turned into the bike' s path on county road 46-a, not far from the 4-17, this afternoon. those who saw the crash say a silver car turned left on green yielding to those bikers. a biker who crashed into the car was critically hurt but is expected to survive. on the same bike was the mother of the man, who was being remembered with the ride. she and a third person went to the hospital. daytona beach police say they' ve arrested the man who robbed this local bank. anthony carpino is charged with saturday morning' s holdup of the wells fargo on seabreeze boulevard. police say a customer followed the suspect out of the bank, then found some cash outside the building. we checked with florida' s department of corrections, where carpino is also known as giovanni salletti. he has a lengthy criminal history, including grand theft and forgery. in commitment 2016, sunday' s news was dominated by democrats, -- d

in cape canaveral in cocoa beach. according to the above our times, this is the second fish kill within the last three december, several cargo containers fell off of the canaveral. officials have not linked back to the recent fishtail. >>> floodwaters and parts of louisiana are starting to receipt leading families how to figure out to get back to normal. heavy rain leaving 1 foot of state of disaster for counties leaving --. >>> 5:39 am more rain. >> the last three weeks we have had one day of rain and we deftly need to get some here. a chance friday to saturday better chance for scattered rain and storms that will help with pollen levels. flagler beach today, 85, staying dry and good-looking day very warm. lakeland, wildwood, bushnell, mid to upper 80s winds out of the west 10-15. sumner county 90s toward winter springs, troubled part, longwood, sable point, grand lake, wekiva springs, altamonte springs, in the upper 80s to near 90. coming up we tracked the next chance of rain and how the storm system is going to imp

a serious motorcycle crash in daytona beach. a biker was airlifted with serious burns after the crash on nova road around 1:00 a.m. the crash comes in the middle of bike week which brings half a million motorcycles to town. >> u.c.f. is looking for a new basketball coach this morning. donnie jones was fired overnight after the end of another losing season. the knights lost to tulane in the american athletic conference tournament. >> ted cruz visits orlando this morning fresh off another debate with his republican rivals. it was quieter in miami with fewer tense exchanges. marco rubio will appear in the villages sunday ahead of tuesday's vote. driver and attendant are offer the job after allegedly leaving a child on the bus for a second time. >> deputies charged 51-year-old gail brown and 57-year-old gwendolyn simmons with felony child abuse. this video shows a special needs child alone on a bus. he managed to get out an emergency window and then hitchhiked 30 miles to his home. officials say this wasn't the first time something

that means beaches, beer and some times trouble. some towns have taken to cracking down on the rowdy partiers only to discover that it can hurt local businesses. mark strassmann reports. >> reporter: panama city beach used to have its own version of march madness. spring break. and the final four once meant last call for 20,000 college kids a week. but a year later, beaches here look quaintly quiet. grownups stepped in and took control of the beach party. >> we are seeing a decrease in the number of college kids we have here on spring break. >> dan rowe leads the panama city beach conventions and >> the city leaders were compelled to make legislative changes. because of incidents of young people behaving badly. >> reporter: not just badly, criminally. this cell phone video allegedly shows the the gang rape of an unconscious woman. no one on the crowded beach stepped in. seven people were shot at a

miami beach police also tweeted this picture of all the spring breakers packed on the beach. those who witnessed it all, said the fights messed with their springreak vibe. >> it ruined it. sce a fight because why are you fighting? why are you fighting? >> obviously with all the lights we can tell that the cops are on top o it. i feel good about that. i'm not worried at all. >> traffic is open and back to normal along ocean drive and things have calmed down. officers are reminding everyone to be responsible and also have fun. reporting in miami beach, erica glover, nbc 6 news. >>> police are trying to determine if a south florida woman was justified when she shot and kimmed a teenage burglary suspect in miami dade. the family of trayvon johnson is funeral. the 17-year-old was shot and killed thursday night outside a home in northwest miami dade. 54-year-old grend lin said she confronted johnson after returning home because her burglary alarm went off. state attorney will decide whether charges will be filed. >> thumbs up. >> come on. >> thumbs up, good job. >> you got it. >>>

holocaust -- holopah 85. 82 cocoa beach. the best beach weather -- tomorrow, still bike week. 80' s in volusia county as well. a bit of concern with high rip threats. we have had a long. of swell. that is going to continue into the beginning of the week. marginal conditions for voters -- boaters. offshore moving thunderstorms a 60% chance of showers and thunderstorms for this afternoon. improving from monday, a great middle of the week heading into st. patrick' s day. another chance of showers as we work into next weekend. it is going to be warm. >> 5:20 two, major cruise lines are setting their sights on cuba. the first big company hoping to dock in havana and one big problem for those ships. first, america' s favorite pastime in lake county. what makes this brand-new ball (phone ringing) you can't deal with something, by ignoring it. but that's how some presidential candidates seem to be dealing with social security. americans work hard, and pay into it. so our next president needs a real plan to keep it strong. (elephant

making comments. beach. harassed the time they got off the airplane to the time they left. >> reporter: cops here feel ha harassed. seven partiers were arrested. >> i guess people got too rowdy. >> you can deem with one or two, not thousands of them. >> worse than in years past? >> yes. >> how so? >> people leave when you want them to leave. here they challenge you and take you on about it. >> reporter: miami beach also has a ban on beach drinking. but it is widely ignored. overwhelmed cops say they have too many other issues. mark strassmann, miami beach. recovering from first degree burns he suffered during a student pep rally at a school. ricky charles was spitting fire when something went horribly wrong. >> the fire breathing act was planned to rally kids ahead of standardized test. but it likely did not have intended effect. we should warn you this story contains graphic images. >> reporter: the stunt man was spitting a fire ball as a performer leaped overhead when things got out of control. flames shot

in daytona beach beach patrol says the crowds have grown so much this week especially in the morning and early afternoon they are asking the sheriff's office for help. >> only this week while patrolling the beach officers noticed right away this is a much larger crowd than years past so they did something about it nearly doubling the number of officers on the beach. >> beach safety officers have confronted thousands of teens for a little alcohol on volusia county beaches. >> most of them are being compliant so they had alcohol we give them the opportunity to pour it out and if they are compliant move -- we move on. if they do not want to follow rules, we take it to the next level. >> reporter: more than 120 times there was taken to the next level. handcuffs, detention and arrested yesterday an officer shoulder was injured. >> we had an officer hurt and i want to have more presence are enforcing rules your. >> reporter: tuesday, a college student arrested when he jumped grabbing her. the vast majority of law with only talk. >> yes. >> reporter: they are going to officers they need. in

are partying and police are on party patrol. >> miami beach south beach south breach i. >> alert. there is a massive party in progress. by day the beach is the place to be. but with the setting sun timim to move on. >> let's go. part of the miami beach policing plan for this big weekend escorting everyone off the sand before sundown in the name of safety. >> that's when ocean drive comes alive. police have identified this area from 7 to 11 as hot spot so each night from:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. it's closed to drivers. foot traffic only. >> units with flashing lights and unifofo fill the streets of south beach. it's a party take trol that is hard to miss. >> you have to have patrol or else it's worse than it is right now. >> there is high mark for security but this may be a little much. >> lights and everything going happening. but the present itemmeeded. >> in the background. don't be so on top of everybodydon'n'be so on top of everybody. >> two more weekend days of sun fun and those will include check pointto keep styrofoam glass and booze off the beach. miami beach places sending ou

here's a live look outside at daytona beach. you can see the folks down there dotting the beach. it's a hot spring day for early spring breakers and the heat is not simmering down just yet. >> lisa: chief meteorologist tom sorrells is pinpointing the summer-like weather for us. we broke some records today. >> tom: we tied it right there in daytona. you mean sunscreen. feels like summertime. it's 87 all over brevard county. but the 89 degrees in daytona beach, that's good enough to tie the record from back in 1985. we've dropped two degrees, down to 87 in daytona beach, 84 in new smyrna beach and 85 in orlando. i have some rain to track or i did. those dissolved making their way to brevard county. big scattered showers were here outside of holopaw an hour ago. we're down to just about nothing on the radar right now. 10:00. once the sun goes down, we'll cool a little quicker. i'll be right back to pinpoint overnight lows and then the heat, well, that's still on for tomorrow. i'll explain in minutes. thank you, tom. >> don't forget, you can get breaking weather alerts and live pinpo

with a look at what the city is doing to try and prevent beach erosion well that's right david here we are. see for yourself as videographer brandon graves of zooms in on a crow attend days like this. the residents of ct and very concerned news this was the scene at the water's edge and crow it and the rough seas pounding the beaches and taking say it out into the ocean. nature's way. we've lost about twenty to twenty five feet of a greased eight in the fifteen foot dune line this winter along with people's steps going out to the beads have been completely ripped out torn away the it's a never ending battle here between declining beaches and dredging that happens every strip beaches and storms like this one and to the showing issues and relate to the city virginia beach does its part to protect the brahma island park when the weather turns nasty the big help for us to not only to build a berm is not only to protect the park but help us with our stormwater we got that look there you have more sand than usual when there were the usual sites ears along the virginia beach boardwalk even

beach. working to reach the broken line, areas from second street to the palm beach couy line were closed as a precautionary measure. >>> and another gas leak to tell but, this one in miami beach. a backhoe rupturing a gas line. officials blocking off the area that leak has since been capped. >> lynn: some wicked weather across the southwest. families forced to evacuate as rivers rise following days of heavy rain. officials warning of record flooding, not seen since 1884 along the sackine river, which serves as a long board between ken and then louisiana. >> reporter: washed out communities in the southwest still haven't seen the floodwaters rerede as texas governor, greg abbott toured damage. >> support and i emphasize that the rising waters are not over yet. people need to remember about the mobility that the water could continue to rise for another day or two. >> reporter: this comes after heavy rain last week, which is now moving downstream. residents in orange, texas, woke up to rising

temperatures right now, 83 in daytona beach and 80 in leesburg and 77 in ocala and 84 in cocoa beach. where are we now versus where we are yesterday? it's so much hotter. 13 degrees warmer in palm coast. 6 in sanford. 4 in orlando. all the winds today pushing from the west, trapping the east coast sea breeze. all the areas on the beach didn't get a chance to cool off at all. while it was only 2 degrees warmer in daytona beach than in orlando, it's 9 degrees warmer now than it was yesterday at this time. wind speeds are pushing from the west, 17-mile-an-hour wind in 10, with 10 being awesome, tomorrow's about a 9. it will a whole lot like today was. if you like it warmer, it's your day. great day for baseball. if you want it cooler, it's not your day. overall, it's a 9 because it doesn't rain. it doesn't storm. you can get everything accomplished you need to get done. here's the satellite and radar together. notice how dry it is from here to texas. here's why. here's the water vapor loop. the dry air aloft gobbled up the cloud cover today and brought us sunshine and the dry air extends

volusia county, peterson, 86 deltona, 88, 84 is new smyrna beach, but the beach, warmth with us coast and inland. winter springs, 90. for city, altamonte springs, 89. oviedo, 90. upper 80s low 90s across osceola county with sunshine and coming up the front moves and friday. rain and storms finally in the forecast and how the system impacts us this weekend. 6:10 am deneige. >> issues and osceola county on the roads in kenansville p vineland road shut down in both work. kenansville, kissimmee, same- store u. s. 192, 4 winds blvd., they closed the lanes to do road recovery work. old violin the road can help you to get around. turnpike, northbound after 429 blocking one lane. keep your eyes open. >>> president obama repairing cuba. the first trip in almost a century could bring business to florida. >>> renee chou missing trees this morning. orlando city commissioners says they made a before mars. before space stations. before shuttles. before one small step. before rocket rides. before flat tops, freeze-dried, and flight suits. back when what went up, still had to come down. we challenged

with all the spring breakers headed to the beach, they are warning people about beach blanket thefts. done leave your valuables on it is spring break, but alcohol is not allowed on the beach. rod? >> good reminder. that two dollar ferry, is that good all day? >> reporter: no. it starts at 10:00 in the morning and goes until 8:00. so pretty much all day. but if you get on the ferry at 9:00, it will cost you. 10:00 to 8:00. >> thanks peter bernard. >>> on a night like this, i don't know why more people are not on the ferry. >> well, they are called the greatest generation. >> world war ii veterans sharing their stories with us. we will show you why they are in sarasota this weekend and what is so special about this world war ii aeroplane. >> with close to 150 boats, this is florida's largest outdoor expo. coming up, i'll introduce you to one of the most unique booths in here. >> 76 degrees the high temperature at tampa international. forecast. plenty of sunshine. most folks would agree. >> well, if the great outdoor is your thing, we have the perfect event for you this weekend. >> we do

on panama city beach. michelle: they were already a thousand yards into the gulf, before fwc got to the scene. the deer were already tired from fighting those waves. the fwc agents was able to gently guide the deer back toward the beach. when they got to shore, the doe and her yearling took off toward a state park. brett: i have never seen them is stuck out that far on the beach. michelle: it is a lot of energy to swim out. candidate is missing out on a chance to win some american is really supporters. -- america n-israli supporters. ted: rolling roadblocks. if you are not familiar with the term, that is when a large piece of construction is transported across all lanes of traffic, or there is a significant slowdown highway. tonight, it is going to be on par street, all the way down to kirkman. that will be affected. it will affect all westbound lanes, and they will be moving very slow. fhp will close all of the on-ramp while this is happening. between 12:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m., you will see significant del

packed on the beach. the fight messed with their spring break be. >> it ruined it. why are you fighting? we're having fun, why are you fighting? >> ocean drive is back up and running this morning, but officers really want to remind everyone to stay safe and have fun. reporting in miami beach, erika glover, nbc 6 news. >>> they're trying to determine if a south florida woman was justified when she shot and killed a teenage burglary suspect in miami dade. the family soft tray john johnson is now making preparations for h funeral. the 17-year-old was shot and killed thursday night outside a home in northwest miami dade. 54-year-old janet said she confronted johnson after returning home because her burglar alarm went off. state attorney will decide whether charges will be filed. >> thumbs up. >> thumbs up. >> come on. >> good job! >> you got it! >> nicc >>> a big step forward for the woman police say was brutally beaten at the hands of her a man she recently met on craigslist. she opened herd eyes for the fir

. >>> brawl on the beach. shutting down ocean drive. >> woman carrying thousands of dollars when the purse suddenly snatched. pair of men with the eye on the crime jumping into action. >> pair of alleged thieves caught on camera. pulling off a fast one at south florida gas station. >> van subject mentaled in a canal with father and daughter inside. gogo samaritan rushing to the rescue. >> developing tonight thousands of anti-trump protestors out in full force. fist flying at campaign event tonight. forcing donald trump to postpone his chicago rally. >> i'm lynn. >> i'm danielle. 7 news at 1 1:00 begins now. the the. >>> developing tonight it was supposed to be a donald trump ray but things quickly getting out of control as you see right here. fist went flying. signs were torn apart. protestors clashed. things quickly escalating more protestors fill t streets outside. >> wild night forcing republican front runner to postpone the rally. something he has never donebefore. alex is live in the satellite center with

drinking on the beach. we try off to educate. officers have discretion. they can born them. if you have an individual needed to be cited. cite them. and if they knead to go to jail they go to jail. >> police presence is the grownup supervision. roughly 50 beach drinkers have left the sand in handcuffs but that is also how many business people feel. >> the people that want to get rid of spring break. >> he owned spinnakers since 19 # 6. he says this year's business has plummeted. >> between 80%, 90%. this time of year, approximately, 300 staff members. we have less than half that now. >> even so, over the last week at this day's inn, a 23-year-old from hawaii died from a drug overdose. a 20-year-old from indiana after a day of drinking fell to his but this year the address for spring break has changed. places like miami beach. how many kids here? couple hundred thousands is a guess. drinking that ninth beer. the real number no longer matters. except to miami beach cops. fewer than 400 of them trying to keep

cocoa beach at 70. we are at 63 in orlando. 61 in sanford. 64 in daytona beach. ocala at 63 degrees. look at the sky into the future, as we pinpoint your forecast hour by hour, we are at 83 at noon. 87 at 4:00 with a mix of sun and clouds. keep in mind, the average high, 77. we are 10 degrees above that. still near 70 for your evening plans. there is the afternoon today, a mix of sun and clouds. no rain. tomorrow, a 10% chance for a breeze tries to develop, pushing to western zones. the front approaches. rain chances up to 60% sunday. today, mid 80's to upper 80's inland. low 80's along the coast for afternoon highs. there's your weekend in red. saturday, only a 10% coverage. 60% rain chances on sunday. don't forget, we set the clock ahead one hour before bed on saturday night. look at the high, staying in the mid 80's. let's check on the roads and head over to amy in the traffic center. busy all morning. things looking better now. >> exactly. we are getting much more normal for the time. things filling in slightly. your drive times still look fine on the express

in the sand on the beach. a man was walking his dog when he saw one of these guys it's actually the third one he's seen in two weeks. >> it went to the right over to here. for every one snake that you do see, there's 10 to 20 that you don't see. >> wow. texas wildlife has no re krent recent reports of bites. he now carries a pellet gun with him on his walks. >>> check this out. the view over clear water beach right now. we've got your forecast so you can finish planning your weekend. get instant traffic alerts from just search wtsp. >>> preventing peanut allergies. >>> time now for making headlines. the jacksonville mother says she was having sex while her child drowned in the tub is now >>> a medical examiner says bobby christina died from a combination of drugs and drowning. >>> a mother and child were sound asleep after a truck driver slammed into the house. he was speeding right before he slammed into the house. no one was hurt. >>> amc is buying car mike cinemas. the merger deal still needs regulatory app

on south beach set. when life guard is forced to jump into action behind them. >> both guys were in trouble. and i ran towards them. >>reporter: just one station with the real life rescue. life guard says two men got caught in the current an were struggling to get to shore. >> tonight he's talking to just one station. rosh has the exclusive. the past pass. >>reporter: bay watch the movie filming miami beach this week fun. know about bay watch it's with life guards saving people. so what happens when fact and fiction mix? real lifee life guard wait until you hear his story of real life rescue. right near the set of bay watch open monday.. >> may be about i would say probably 100 yard away from the sets. and happened pretty much toward the end of the afternoon when the rip curren was pretty strong. very wide. and we were able to rescue the two guys. >>reporter: there's more. there's this cell phone video. waves crashing and two people caught in rip curren. >> the guys would have been in big trouble because

dry today part cloudy, warm 79 degrees in flagler beach in beverly beach sumner county, by the mall, akamai, 86. 86 a winter springs, sanford lake mary heathrow in the mid- 80s and another 11 champions gate television intercession city, campbell, kissimmee temperatures well into the 80s for today. coming up, we will look at those storms that will affect the weekend and some temperature changes ahead. i will see you in main weather. 6:10 am. >>> skywitness 9 over i 4 eastbound and winter park where we had the crash blocking all eastbound lanes that you can see only one lane eastbound is blocked at this point and nothing major delays as we do not have many people on the roads yet but keep this in mind, i 4 eastbound, fairbanks, you have one lane blocked. daytona beach we have this crash to multiform kind of international speedway boulevard, too late in this area are blocked no need for an alternate but keep in mind you will have some slight delays to >>> a volusia county man says he is fed up with what he is calling nuisance neighbors. >> i feel like i'm getting no help. it is like we'

beach, but booze on the beach is just as illegal here. along with littering, which officials have seen a lot of. students took note of the beefed up patrols in the core area around ocean walk and the band shell. >> we' re trying to have a good time and not cause any problems , but this seems to be a lot more law enforcement just to deal with the problems. claire: as busy as last week and beach, safety officials are expecting an even larger crowd next week, college students and local high schools because , they' re on spring break too. in daytona beach, volusia county, claire metz, wesh 2 news. jim: i have is sneaking suspicion that there got that story done earlier. it is running now. tony: right now it is beautiful. no, i' m kidding. [laughter] tony: that is tremendous, a good-looking sky. temperatures in the 80' s look at daytona beach. and mrs. claire, if you are in brevard county, it is 75 degrees, clouds, light showers. severe thunderstorm watch right there. . this piece of energy will drift our way, especially by saturday ll give al

right now we're at the epicenter of spring break here n south beach. this is ocean drive and you can see thousands of spring breakers out here enjoying the beautiful weather. and there are tons of police out here. obviously just a precautionary measure. you can see this is the mobile command unit and we have seen dozens of officers making sure everyone is having a safe spring break. but overnight you could see a wild crowd clashing with police. this was the scene along ocean driveful we know that more than a half does seven were arrested. fortunately, no serious injuryings, today, as you can see a much calmer atmosphere. people from all over the police out her in full force making sure everyone has fun but stays safe. there is also a lot of police out on the beach. take a look at this. what makes south port such a beautiful place are our beaches but someof the tourists getting out of hand. this photo sent to us from a resident, upset because people have been trashing the beaches, just an ugly seen. so we hope people from out of town show a little more

. >>> it is a perfect beach day. warm afternoon and even warmer weather headed our way 80s back in the forecast. certified meteorologist brian shields is tracking the latest from severe weather center 9. >> monday perfect beach day a tease. here is a look at downtown orlando fair weather clouds around partly cloudy skies, looking beautiful and staying dry today. 77 now in downtown it's warm winds are out of the east at 16 so nice little breeze and helping us out. here is a look at the numbers taking you county by county, nelson park temperatures around 76 back in waterford lakes, we're at 74 now. swinging through seminole county for maitland, up toward altamonte springs about 71 toward fern park and longwood lake mary and we swing toward the coast we're a touch cooler in daytona beach there is that 73, mid 70s pierceon and deland and again just clouds pumping in you'll see that easterly breeze with us, bringing in a few of the clouds along the coast but either way we cut it partly cloudy skies, we'll be a little warm

servers have the beach and board fast. -- surfers have the beach and board fest. doctors in the middle 80' s. mainly early tomorrow morning, we will watch for sunshine in the afternoon. st. patrick' s day sunny skies your rain returns to the forecast riding into saturday. coming up in just a few minutes, temperatures, in your neighborhood. cara: thank you. cara: spring training is in full swing all across the sunshine state. orlando my way' s jon busdeker takes us to espn wide world of sports and shows us how the atlanta braves are preparing for the season. >> baseball is back in florida. while most people cannot to see the players on the field, there is a team of people that have to be here as early as 2:00 a.m. >> get your program. >> i came out here at disney to see what it is like to host a training game. >> we have hundreds of staff members who are working really hard. >> that includes the grounds crew, the ticket takers, the musicians. >> it is a team effort making sure it is a wonderful experience. >> they get here at 5:00 a.m. it is just about time for bat

hurts me in cocoa beach. jason: firefighters are promising a full investigation into the blaze. so far they don' t believe there' s anything suspicious. five home invasion suspects remain on the run after a kidnapping and two crashes. ocoee police say five people wearing pig masks, broke into a home early yesterday morning. the people inside say two of them were thrown into the bathroom and a third person was kidnapped. and the suspects caused a crash that critically hurt another hit an officer' s cruiser. police think they know why the victims are targeted. >> this particular couple of guys ran a tax business. apparently they were very free with their money, they flashed their money, everybody knew on media how much cash they had. >> they posted pictures? >> they posted pictures. jason: the suspects got away with guns and plenty of cash. michelle: this morning. a local apartment complex is working to fix the chlorine levels in it' s pool after it made several children sick. this happened yesterday at the wat

first of all you are assuming miami beach is paying no subsidy. this say land grab for taxpayer dollars. if you think about this, at the end of the day, we're giving portman this site and we're giving -- in 2013 he was getting this site at a cost of 138,000 per hotel room. now we're giving it to him at 95,000 dollars. >> that was a much bigger problem. >> that was a different deal, that had resarybltion the city was giving away 50 acres of land at that time and now they're giving two acres. and by the way, let's be very clear. look, you are an elected commissionerment people hope that you are going to do the research and be direct with them. nonody can say that a new hoelt, we don't need costing, 400 million in taxes. that's just a lie. >> this might be a good point for me to just tell everybody that we did invite commissioners who were very supportive of this and not one a dreed to come in. >> this has become a really sort i'm not going to get ugly. you have the right to your opinion. >> why are you assuming that is me. why are you. >> i have not

in daytona beach and 79 in cocoa beach. as we take you into the next three days, notice not a lot of change but a gradual warm-up heading into the day tomorrow, when you talk about 86 on thursday. and then the change comes in the form of rain chances on thursday, 40%. 50% on friday. a 60% chance for rain on your saturday and there's easter sunday, a 50% chance for rain. we put some little chickadees there in a basket at the top of the graphic. >> ginger: that's adorable. >> they're chirping but they'll be okay. we don't want the peeps to melt, but we'll be in the 80's. it's going to be warm. >> ginger: some hot peeps, though. thanks, troy. >> julie: want courtside seats to see the orlando magic? news 6 is giving away two tickets for free. you can see the magic take on the nets next tuesday night at court level. enter to win all week long on our facebook page. just head to facebook.com/news 6. >> lisa: ahead at 4:00, new software helping crooks crack assword codes. >> ginger: and a story you'll see only on 6. help lands righ

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live in cocoa beach, alex villareal. jason: five home invasion suspects remain on the run after five people broke in wearing pig masks. a third person was kidnapped. critically injured another driver. s cruiser. police think they know why the victims were targeted. >> this particular couple of guys ran a tax business. they were free with their money, they flashed their money, they had. they -- this may have made them a target. >> the suspects got away with guns and cash. >> an apartment complex is looking to fix the chlorine system in its pool. it is just off of the 408. five children were swimming in the pool when they became nauseous and began vomiting. one child was rushed to the >> to our wednesday forecast, it is going to be warm. we are used to it. amy: we will -- most of us will be in the upper 80' s. a few of us will hit 90 again. we will get sunshine. a lot of low cloudiness. visibility is down to a half-mile in several spots. ocala down through sumter county, flagler, volusia, reporting half-mile visibility. sa

a very similar morning to yesterday, 43 in ocala, 59 in cocoa beach, and 51 in daytona beach. very nice into your weekend. maybe a light jacket, but once that suncrest' horizon, things are going to warm up quickly. corridor. north of the cape going to be quite as warm. oviedo. 71 in cocoa beach, but our northern locations, palm coast and along the flagler county coastline, temperatures in the upper 60' s. >> we want to bring your attention to some crashes along i-4 this morning. a crash has the exit ramp closed at i-4 and colonial drive. we are monitoring some heavy police presence at south mills avenue at i-4. lane i-4. use extra caution. more news out of orange county, deputies searching for answers after someone opened fire on them during an investigation. last night. trespasser. the back of the business. shots were fired at them. a dark suv drove away from the scene with four men inside. detectives do not know if those men were involved. deputies did not return fire. super saturday results after voters in five states cast their ballots yesterday. donald trump declared the

isles beach. 2 people on the beach claiming they saw someone in the water edge of the swim zone but is no longer there. they say it will likely be turned over to the u.s. coast guard. and the rough ride for boaters in key biscayne and rescuers responding to the accident on the brikenbaker causeway. the shallow water coming to a complete stop and one rider falling into the water and one into the center con sole and breaking her arm. >> we were speeding in the area where you can go full throttle. then it will turn sharper than you're supposed to. inexperience isisa great part. we have new equipment that helps with the navigation and gps and if you don't have one, you should know the areas. >> robbin: 13 people aboard the 32 foot boat and one passenger air lifted to jackson memorial hospital for neck and back injuries. business owners askingngthe public's help for tracking down whoever is responsible southwest in miami-dade. surveillance video shows the crooks in the act after hitting up the amscott financial branch. the store located on southwest 127th avenue near 120th street was broken

on the beach. the. >> this video posted on periscope shows the huge crowd gathered at eighth and ocean after 7:00 o'clock. some beach goers fighting with police. >> people throwing bottles. throwing drink. and unfortunately this is not nice to site. police department earlier tweeted quote large spring break crowd on miami beach have fun but be responsible end quoed quote. >> big spring break crowd spilled from the beach on to ocean drive impeding traffic police say and forcing them to shut down the road.>> i guess police need me people and they send people in. at first everything was under control but then the people got too rowdy andnd fight police and police were attacked other police try to help them. >> doesn't appear any one was hurt and setp barricade and tape off the sidewalk an hour >> this is like the craziest thing ever seen. >> late on friday no word yet of any arrest but police say no one was injured. reporting on miami beach 7 nuts night team. >> now on just one station camera rolling

daytona beach and new smyrna beach 74 and at cocoa beach, 75 will be the high temperatures. and it only gets warmer from we are at 86 and friday 86 and saturday we will stay warm through next weekend as we wait for our next front. here is the setup. you see the high, that high is sinking air. has air sinks it warms and dry and difficult to get rain in that pattern so we are stuck without rain through friday. the southeast wind will warm us up. the next front behind me and it will approach on saturday and sunday. the timing of the front is up on the air. so it looks like saturday or for a quick round of showers and thunder. i don't think we will get rain on both days. a reminder on saturday night you lose an hour of weekend. this will be the shortest weekend of the year you can say clocks ahead saturday night. all right. this week if you are going to the beaches, dangerous rip and they are headed towards the beaches, give them the heads up if they plunge in the cool water. it will be choppy as well. here is the five-day forecast. there it is, the warmup and dry weather all th

beach 74 tomorrow. bike week on going. not quite so cool but up per 70s in brevard county tomorrow. a gustier wind along the beaches. it will be breezier tomorrow and this high pressure will keep us dry through friday. we're not going to see rain through friday. then the weekend we'll introduce rain to the forecast. look at these temperatures. with a southeast wind mid 80s. the warmest air yet this year. that's thursday and friday. then here comes that next front with rain approaching for the weekend. the timing of that front is up in the air. here's what i want you to know, a lot of stuff going on this weekend. go to icflorida.com if you need ideas. temperatures in the mid 80s in orlando. if you're going to the beach this weekend temperatures in the low 80s. it will be breezy but not terribly windy this up coming weekend. rain saturday or sunday. not both days. the reason i have that or in there is because that timing of the front is up in the air. it's something we will watch all week. here's your fiv