candace how are you? >> reporter: good evening. here from dairy in this middle school jim where rubio is expected to show up in half an hour. there is a line outside the door when we got here a few minutes ago. and there was several inches of snow. more than six. might have been close to a foot in some places. you know what? it wasn't just the florida candidates out here braving this weather. >> it is electrifies for sure. >> reporter: braving the snow is nothing new for steve and lou garrett. they know a thing or two about new hampshire in february. >> formerly from new hampshire. every four years this place is electric with the various presidential candidates coming up and they are so accessible. it is retail politics at its best. >> reporter: garrett works at tampa prep. he is taking advantage of the access to candidates here in new hampshire. like many, he will be headed to garrett asking the question that the ap government students at tampa prep want answers to. >> there are other candidates in the race. that promise to make c

-- candace mccowan live in new hampshire. >> news channel 8 political reporter candace mccowan is in the granite state for us tonight at university of new hampshire in durham for this democratic debate. candace, joining us now with the highlights. when i heard secretary clinton demand senator sanders in the smearing, i knew it was game on. >> reporter: yeah. at this point, keith. good evening. we are here in durham like you said at university of new hampshire that. debate just wrapped up and we have andrea mitchell and crew going through the details breaking down exactly what happened. let me take you through the big highlight today which was a new poll that showed senator bernie sanders had a 2-1 advantage over secretary hillary clinton showing that sanders had 60% support and that hillary clinton only with 30% support here in iowa. now here tonight at the debate it was gloves off as you said, a lot of insults flying both ways. there were plenty of debate topics, but if you listened to senator sanders or secretary clinton lately, you've been hearing a lot about the word progressive,

. >>> now, 8 onon your side's your vote coverage. with candace mccowan -- primaries with candace mccowan live from new hampshire. >>> it's the final push for votes ahead of tomorrow's primarary. candace mccowan is live from manchester, new hampshire, where things continue to be busy there. >> reporter: good evening, we're here in the middle of a trump rally. donald trump is set to take the stage in just a few minutes here. i have my finger up to my ear because it's very loud. it's almost full of people, look at the crowd, to see donald trump. if you look in the stands, the seats are almost full. this is about half an arena he's trying to fill here this evening. it's critical timing for donald trump and the other candidates in the last few hours to sway the undecided voters before heading to the polls tomorrow for the first primary of the election season, and i've talked to several people on the floor in the past few minutes that told me they're still undecided. they don't know what way they're going to go. donald trump, and he doesn't know if he'd vote for donald trump, but says he's mak

thank you candace. of course, our new hampshire primary race coverage will continue throughout the evening as the polls close. the numbers really start to come in. we will hear from candace again in our 8:00 and 11:00 p.m. newscast. >>> a unique piece of art from saint petersburg's chihouli collection is back. mary mcguire shows us how the glass sculpture reappeared today. >> you could only sell that to a private art collector. >> reporter: a guilty conscience may have gotten the best of a thief as this glass sculpture was mysteriously returned in a box outside of the art center unharmed and covered in bubble wrap. >> right in front of the front door. we are lucky nobody picked up the box and took off with it. >> i was in tears, so happy to the home less than 48 hours but getting the piece back might have been the easy part for saint petersburg police. detectives now tasked with reviewing more than 24 hours of surveillance video from the 28 security cameras rolling at all times in the gallery. to track

candace? >> thank you very much. >>> in our top stories, the country is mourning the loss of antonin scalia died in southern texas. skal was known as an influential conservative in the most provacative member at the highest court. he died at 79. the gop debates in south carolina began with a moment of silence for antonin scalia and then the insults flew as they accused each other of lying on a range of issues. groip at center of all of this. this was the 9th -- donald trump at the center of all of it. this was the 9th republican debate. we want to wish you a happy valentine's day. americans are expected to spend over 19 billion. wallet hub has the best and worst cities for valentine's day. orlando took the top four spots and hialeah took last . >>> now to the special coverage for cuba as the u.s. lifted the cuban embargo. kathy castor and u.s. representatives are in cuba this morning. reporter there to cover that trip. jeff talked with congressman castor after she landed about what she and oth

candace neil was featured in mike deforest's investigation into welfare fraud. the judge says this kind of fraud will not be tolerated. >> that's right. when we first met candace kneel last year, she would not talk to us but instead flashed us her middle finger. earlier this week, a jury convicted neil of ripping off taxpayers. now she's been ordered to pay for that crime. >> wearing handcuffs, candace neil made a rude gesture as deputies hauled her off to jail. >> neil will be locked up for the next six months as punishment for stealing your money so she could send her kids to this daycare. >> you're giving the middle finger to taxpayers. are you giving the middle finger to taxpayers? >> earlier this week a jury found neil guilty of stealing state money that's meant to help working families with jobs afford childcare. on this application, neil claims she was employed at the itty bitty learning center but the worked there. she submitted falsified pay stubs in order to obtain $20,000 in childcare subsidy. she was actually unemployed at the time according to prose

good morning, mary. >> good morning to you, candace. fellow tow truck drivers and service truck drivers oorged this ride for rogers -- organized this ride for roger to remember the life of roger perez baroto. he was 43 years old when he was struck and killed. the ride will begin around 10:30 this morning. that is when riders will begin meeting. they'll go past rodgers home in tampa and will go past lou's car care. that is where roger worked and they will go past this spot where he was hit and killed on the howard frankland bridge earlier this month. that all happene february 15th, early in the morning, when roger had stopped to help some motorists around 2:30. investigators say he was outside of his tow truck in the emergency lane when he was hit. we spoke with his sister, who was absolutely devastated just >> he was a very kind, humble, genuine man, she hard working, very family man. just like what he was doing that night. the kind of man that, you know, goes out of his way to help someone else. you know? that was him. very loving, hum

candace is covering it all for us tonight and joins us live from manchester. when we talked earlier, candace, you said this would be spirited and boy is that an understatement. >> reporter: it certainly is an under statement, rod. good evening. that debate just wrapping up and boy was it one to watch. the candidates are debating almost weekly. they debated in iowa and now in new hampshire days before this primary. from the beginning, it was extremely entertaining. the debate got off to a rough start. some candidates missing their cues because of a loud crowd, while other candidates walked around them. the commentators forgetting to introducing john kasich. march koa rubio was expected to he took it from governor chris christy. >> you have not been involved in a consequential decision where you have to be held accountable. you haven't. the fact is -- [ applause ] the fact is, when you talk about hez hezbolough, that's not leadership, that's truancy. >> your state got hit by a massive snowstorm, they had to shame you into going back, and then you stayed there fo

candace mccowan live in hillsborough county. thank you. >>> we want to give you another look at some video we showed you yesterday. right in the middle of an intersection. now, pinellas park police know who this is. investigators identify the driver and the two passengers in the car. and they are all juveniles. authorities may charge the driver with wreckless driving. >>> a man hurt in a crash that may have been caused by street racing has been identified. 27-year-old dustin fowler of tennessee remains in critical condition after yesterday's crash on fullerton road. they are still looking for a second car involved. >>> be aware of condos offered for rent at a low, low price. the internet is full of con artists waiting to take your money. they offer a condo often listed on craigslist with a review for going rate. if you take the bait, they will ask you to send a deposit and in some cases, the victims show the condo owner who never placed the ad. >> if you see a condo, a 2,000 square foot condo on the tenth floor overlooking a gul

candace mccowan joins us now live from manchester. candace, most polls will be closing at 7:00. some close a little later. we should have an answer soon after that. what have you seen from the candidates today? they have been very busy as have you. >> reporter: they have gotten around a lot. we are at a marco rubio celebration party that is not expected to start until much later but he is not the only candidate having a party like this this evening. several parties are having a a reason to celebrate. earlier today, we were at the polls where it was high turn- out, the candidates are all hoping they show up in third place or higher. each day has been full of stops for many of the candidates. jeb bush tells us he thinks he got the job done. >> we have a really strong campaign. we worked hard. and i feel good about the movement that we have had over the past month. my strategy is to take a nap. i'm exhausted. keeping up with kasich is hard work. >> reporter: yeah, back here at this party, this evening, it is expected to begin around 7:30. like you said keith, many of the polls clos

>> candace sweat reporting live candace, thanks. >>> you can look back on scalia's impact on the high court. you'll find statements on lawmakers, and more on the replacement. it's all on the home page of www.wral.com. >>> to another big story in our area now. weather and whiteout conditions caused this deadly crash in pennsylvania this morning. it involved 60 vehicles and killed multiple people. investigators still don't have definite numbers because they're still searching through the wreckage. interstate 78 remains closed right now and will stay that way until at least midnight. investigators say the crash killed multiple people, as we mentioned. >>> here at home, it is frigid temperatures will dip into the teens before daybreak. aimee wilmoth over in the weather center now to explain how long this will stick around. aimee? >> reporter: getting closer to the teens in the northern communities. look at our temperatures at the 10:00 hour. 21 in roxboro and south hill. 25 in rocky mount. and 28 in fayetteville. already very cold out there. temperatures will continue to tumble as we prog

i'm candace mccowan. thank you for joining us this sunday. we'll get to the top story in a moment but let's start with our forecast. well. big spread in temperatures. tampa. pinellas county being warmed a bit by the bay and gulf waters. head to citrus county and we're in the 30s. there are chilly spots this morning. satellite and radar picture, not too much to show here. relatively quiet. mostly clear skies. this morning, it will be a sunny sunday morning. a jacket or a coat, not a bad idea, with temperatures in the 40s this afternoon. a lovely afternoon. a few late day clouds and a 70 degrees. now, if you're taking a romantic cruise out this evening we'll have north east winds around 15 knots on area waters. a moderate chop. don't recommend getting in the water it is going to be 58 degrees. decent day weather wise. you can track the weather at any time using our storm team 8 it is free. just download it from the app . >> thank you. >>> right now. live pictures from our nation's capitol. the white house ordered to lower the flag to half staff

candace campos will be here and check rain totals, any damage, that sort of stuff. i'll be back to pinpoint your overnight lows that are really going to chill you out. >> thank you, tom. we're also following breaking news in orange county right now. we have video just coming in to orange county. a fire truck was involved in a crash on curry ford road. we do not know yet how this happened. we do know three cars were involved along with that ladder truck. no firefighters were hurt. but three others are being taken to the hospital. two lanes of curry ford road are shut down right now. i'll want to avoid that area if you can. >> >> don't forget, you can get breaking weather alerts and live radar anytime on our free news 6 store. >> tonight, police hope parents will talk to their children if they've met this man. a man under arrest after a young teen says he was sexually attacked and held against his will. it happened at a home on grandview avenue in daytona beach off a1a and international speedway boulevard. police tell news 6 reporter loren korn there may be more victi

candace? >> such a sad story. mary mcguire live in town 'n' country. >>> hillary clinton continues to celebrate her big victory in south carolina's democratic primary. her focus is shifting to next week to super tuesday. as steve handleman reports, the question is can hillary clinton and donald trump be beaten. >> the win for hillary clinton is overwhelming. >> we'll compete for every vote in every state. we're not taking anything and we're not taking anyone for granted. >>reporter: south carolina african-american, voted for their long time favorite. >> hillary clinton, she is a very smart and capable woman. >>reporter: bernie sanders, i feel like he is honest. >>reporter: sanders went to texas working to win more than just his home state of vermont in three days on super tuesday. >> we are not going to allow the trumps of the world to divide us up. >>reporter: with chris christie, donald trump focussed on the biggest super tuesday state. >> we're tied in texas and i think we have a really good chance of winning t

candace joins us now live from festival park where the 7th place tomorrow. i'd like to warm up with some nice chili. candace, my theory is standing strong here. you go where the food is on these live shots. that. but you know what? there's no chili here yet. gates open up at noon. so hah, matt, but it's certainly a chilly, chilly evening as people are preparing for this festive event at festival park. gates open up at noon and tickets are still available. make sure to have your rain gear and something warm. you may have to dodge a few rain drops out there, especially here in the chili cook-off. but what you want to do to make sure you're prepared is have our pinpoint weather app handy, no matter where you're going. if it's the chili cook-off, the mount dora art festival, whatever you do, make sure to have it. it has the interactive radar and pinpoints it down to your street level. you can really find out, specially if you see any of those scattered showers. let's talk about what you can expect as we head out here to the chili cook-off for tomorrow. gates ope

thank you, candace. >> checking out the roadways for you now, candace is looking good on her drive. this is a live look outside for the cars you see driving away from you, those are heading eastbound. notice what a slow go it is right there in the lane. expect a slow ride heading out the doors. westbound lanes are looking a whole lot better. here are your drive times now. >> well, if you were driving along the space coast this morning or even looking out east in orlando, you may have seen it. an atlas 5 rocket launched from cape canaveral. it was a spectacular sight. news 6 reporter mark lehman was there and shows us what it carried into space. >> it really was a spectacular sight for what turned out to be a beautiful morning here on the coast. today's launch kicking off what looks to be a busy year for space flight. >> great launch. >> a thumbs up from this crowd of rocket watchers. dozens braving the gusty winds and chilly temperatures for a happen. >> i was afraid. i saw the wind thing yesterday, saying there was going to be high winds. i was afraid so i kept watching. >> watchin

out and about today, here's meteorologist candace campos. >> hello, everybody. we are on the road on the 528 about to get on 95. you're going to be just cruising up and down the coast for today. we just finished leaving cocoa beach and we're heading to oak hill, new smyrna beach and finally finishing off in daytona beach. like tom's been saying, it's a gorgeous day. i really wish that we had a news 6 convertible because this is the best day to drive around, tops down, music up. the weather is just spectacular. the temperatures in the upper 70's to low 80's and we will continue to pinpoint your weather forecast right down to it looks like we're getting on 95 now and heading all the way up north throughout daytona beach by the 6:00 show. >> that is a beautiful shot. we want to point out that candace is not driving. the photojournalist is actually driving. so you can hold up on e-mails and phone calls, she's being very safe. >> don't forget, you can get breaking weather alerts and live radar anytime on our free news 6 pinpoint weather app. just search wkmg in your

candace mccowan joins us live with an 8 on your side health afternoon governor rick scott asking for a public health emergency declaration in hillsborough county and the three other counties where people currently have zika virus. in hillsborough county commissioners demanding information and action. >> we won't wait two weeks. >> reporter: for days now call seven coming into the commissioner. >> calls about concerns of people trying to have a family this year and live near the water and they are nervous. >> reporter: concern growing by the day. where 2 zika cases in hillsborough county now and each person contracted the virus in another country. in places like brazil the virus causes major birth defects for babies on the pregnant mothers are bitten by mosquitoes and affected. >> you see a little thin right here. >> reporter: in hillsborough the push is on to make sure the cat doesn't spread to local traps near the homes of the people with the virus. >> we think it's half a mile around where the person lives. >> reporter: health officials making changes to policy to protect americans

candace mccowan reporting live in deiry. and the candidates will be reporting. so be sure to stay with newschannel8 for the most complete local coverage of the new hampshire primaries. >>> and now to some breaking news. check out this video just into our news room. a pontoon boat on fire. this was off casey key. a viewer of ours randy white recorded this an sent it in. sarasota rescue is on the scene and we are told one person is inhalation. our partners are on the way to the scene and we will bring you details when we get them. >>> a wrestling match between two gators. >> it was caught on camera. coming up, hear from the photographer who shot this incredible video. know. it is who you know. and a lakeland man knew to call distance service went down. >> topped out at 64 degrees shortly after 4:00. but lit be a cool night largely because the skies are so clear. temperatures will fall, so bring a jacket this eveningful . it will be a cooler weekend too. we will have a look at the forecast coming up. >> that and more coming up. you're watching newschannel8. the sta

i'm candace mccowan. we'll get to our top story in a moment but let's by checking on the forecast with meteorologist mark collins. >> hi, candace, we've seen a quick rebound to the temperatures this morning and us out. very comfortable out there now. you can see how sunny it is. high, thin concludeds out. there 60 -- thin clouds 60 degrees in sun city center. lakeland holding behind at five it degrees and as we look at tampa international, 54. to plan out your day today, plan on dry conditions lasting right on through the afternoon. by 3:00, we'll be at 7and as we head into the early evening hours, temperatures pull back to close to where they are right now. we'll have changes this week. how much rain is in the forecast? stay with us. weather app. app store. >>> mark, thank you very much. >>> the life of a tow truck driver hit and killed on the howard frankland bridge earlier this week will be remembered today. fellow tow truck and service drivers have organized a ride for roger to remember 43-year-old ro

candace. >> don't forget, you can get breaking weather alerts and live radar anytime on our free news 6 pinpoint weather app. just search wkmg in your app store. >> well, from engineers to construction workers, lots of people are needed to make the big drive happen. >> including a lot of women. are working out in the field and in upper management. how they're helping finish the big project. >> and dozens of guns now off the streets. how deputies are getting people >> turn in a gun and get a gift card. the orange county sheriff's office is getting dozens of unwanted guns off the street. >> all day the department has been hold a gun buyback event. more than 115 guns have already been turned in. in exchange for the gun, a $50 gift card. deputies say gun theft is the big reason they hold the buyback every year. nearly 80% of stolen guns are taken out of unlocked cars. where weapons are being taken are being taken out of unlocked cars. >> as for the guns collected today, deputies say any reported stolen will be returned to the owners and the rest will be destroyed. >> and lots of people ar

in the newsroom, candace campos, news 6. >> thank you, candace. >> don't forget, you can get breaking weather alerts and live radar anytime on our free news 6 pinpoint weather app. store. >> chances are, you put the trash out the same time every week. why that is suddenly changing in some parts of orlando. >> plus, a big boost for plans to build a ucf campus downtown. >> also, ever wanted to fly the millennium falcon? what was just revealed about plans for a "star wars" land. >> but first, a big cat spotted on the prowl in central florida. one woman says she lost her pets and why she won't call the state for help, next. >> and join us on facebook during the break. >> take a look at a wildlife encounter that has a de bary woman fearing for her chickens. she first saw the bobcat saturday near her chicken coop and ate one of the chickens. it came back again this morning. she says she didn't bother calling florida fish and bear ate one of her chickens a few month ago, agents told her to get an electric fence. >> she probably needs better security first a bear and now a bobcat. >> just a f

candace mccowan is live with the story. was anyone hurt candace? >> reporter: good evening. thankfully, no one was injured. that deputy, though, was inside with his family including young children at the time. and that is the reason that sheriff chris is sending a strong message to anyone who threatens law enforcement. >> he goes i'm going out to get arrested. >> reporter: 30-year-old daniel thomas hall was looking for trouble when he left his hudson home this morning. he is accused of breaking into cars before spotting this deputy's take home vehicle in a home. >> he has a lighter and he keeps trying to light all the furniture on fire. as he lights it on fire, he knocks on the deputy's door. been with the department since 2007. he was in his home with his family with his gun drawn. backup arriving minutes later finding hall on the deputy's lawn. >> we are blessed. thank god that deputy lennox is safe. his family is safe. >> reporter: the small fire was put out, but the sheriff made it clear anxiety among his deputies is high. he has a strong warning. >> our deputies and the

candace, thank you. if you're looking for a new apartment you might experience sticker shock. >> rent is going up in orlando but just how much. the details are coming up. >> and stopping the silence and putting criminals behind bars. how sanford police are searching to push unsolved cases, next. >> it could be really annoying getting unwanted phone calls at your home. >> how often are they calling here? >> well, upwards of 10 times a day. >> they're coming in every 5 minutes, every 10 minutes. >> i'm getting tired of it but there's no way you can stop that. >> news 6 has learned a big mistake was made. many central floridians phone numbers have been wrongly posted tonight at 11:00, we're getting results for those people and >> they're holding an event this silence." investigators say they need more witnesses to help put violent criminals behind bars. one of the unsolved cases happened in 2010 when dennis williams was murdered in a home on castle brewer court. his dad says after six years, the family need

in this case, they discovered candace neil was taking money for working families at the same time she was collecting unemployment benefits. they cross-referenced databases and found she took from both and that prompted the investigation. >> double dipping. mike deforest, great work. thank you for that. >> no doubt race fans are hoping for postcard perfect weather this weekend, especially for the daytona 500. pinpointing what to expect. >> chief meteorologist tom sorrells has been saying it all week. the weather for speed week and into this weekend for the big daytona 500 is looking spectacular. let's pinpoint both saturday and sunday for all the folks heading out there for this weekend. for saturday, throughout the early morning hours, temperatures should stay in the low 60's as the gates open and warming up only into the upper 60's, low 70's. a mix of sun and clouds for your saturday. picture-perfect conditions as you head to sunday for the big daytona 500 as it starts in the afternoon. temperatures will continue to warm up to about 70 degrees throughout the afternoon and it looks li

for now, from daytona beach, i'm meteorologist candace campos. back to you. >> thank you, candace. >> don't forget, you can get breaking weather alerts and live radar anytime on our free news 6 store. >> well, if you're looking to get married at the last minute, you can tie the knot 400 feet in the air and it's free. the details, in minutes. also, one of the biggest bottlenecks in central florida is now toll-free. where you can keep on driving and why you still may end up paying the price, though. >> plus an exciting announcement from nasa as it's newest orion capsule arrives at kennedy space center. how its mission will help one woman make space history and shatter a glass ceiling. that's next. >> don't forget, you can get breaking weather alerts and live radar anytime on our free news 6 pinpoint weather app. just search wkmg in your app store. selling mattresses the traditional way isn't the best way. tmost are made in a large factory, p and shipped hundreds of miles p to a retailers warehouse, p where they're marked up and up p before finally

with a special coming up right after that, at 8 a.m., featuring, ginger, justin, julie and candace. super bowl all day sunday and all week online, go to clickorlando.com and click the sports tab, the sports social right there. the big game kicks off at 6:30 in the evening. they sent us one of the legit 50 super bowls. i think it's the boss', though, so don't mess it up. after the super bowl, "the late show with stephen colbert" and a special edition of news 6 at 11:00. we hope you'll join us for that. >> budweiser has released the commercial it's releasing during the super bowl. >> and are you still trying to decide what to have at your super bowl party? pizza hut may be able to help you out. the interesting way they're going to celebrate the golden anniversary of the big game. >> i guarantee you will not order that. yes. two million, four fifty-three grains of sand. exactly two hours, for steak 'n shake's half-price happier hour. we'll never miss half-price, hand-dipped milkshakes again. but master, happier hour is from two to five now. pardon me? they added an hour. ...two mill - great,

standing by now in the news 6 newsroom is meteorologist candace campos. >> reporter: well, two thumbs up for tonight. temperatures are cooling down into the mid-60's. a mild and drive evening. two thumbs down heading into wednesday. with the cloud cover building in by 8 a.m. that is when we'll start to see the chance of some showers and a few thunderstorms, could be rotating by noon, and even about 4 p.m. for areas in taft and most of central florida. do expect a stormy afternoon. because we are anticipating the storms, i went out earlier today in the afternoon and talked to some people who were actually enjoying lunch, a pb and j sandwich and talked to them about their severe weather and what we're expecting heading into the evening hours and into tomorrow. all you need to do is search wkmg in the app store. of course, i gave them some free news 6 swag. don't forget, rain or shine, our news 6 weather team is on your side. you can get all the latest weather alerts and updates directly on your phone by downloading our new news 6 free app. just search wkmg in your app store. the notific

i'm news 6 meteorologist candace campos in tavares. back to you. >> thank you. candace. >> don't forget, you can get breaking weather alerts and live radar anytime on our free news 6 pinpoint weather app. just search wkmg in your app store. >> our other big story right now, it is one of the most controversial cases of racial injustice in central florida. now, nearly 70 years after the so-called groveland four were accused of raping and kidnapping a 17-year-old white woman, the city's mayor wants to get results and make amends for the injustice. news 6 reporter justin warmoth is in groveland. >> when word got out the mayor of groveland wanted to publically apologize and exonerate the groveland four, he says he got mostly good reaction, but he says there were a few threatening phone calls but he says the phone calls are not stopping him from writing >> the best i can hope and pray for is that those people will wake up and realize the stage is long gone and behind us. >> the groveland mayor has been in office three years but already doing something many have feared

thank you, candace. and kadance will be on the campaign -- candidatance will be on the campaign -- candace will be on the campaign trail. >>> democratic debate is getting a lot of attention online right now. >> the #demdebate is trending online. news channel 8's lindsey mastis is joining us live with the how are they faring online this morning? >> social media is like the court of public opinion and twitter tracks how each candidate is doing so let's take a look at the data. now, there are three most tweeted topics and those are foreign affairs and national security, healthcare and the economy according to twitter and more people are talking about hillary clinton. she got 56% share of the conversation and sanders only got 44% right here but senator sanders won social in a whole other way. he dominated the top three moments by criticizing clinton over wall street. >> the business model of wall street is fraud. it is fraud. i believe that corruption is rampant. >> the candidates also got on social media to

thank you very much, candace, for helping us out. >> i hope we have a camera on him when she slides a card that says ginger. >> it's like who, what? >> what kind of business do you think you're in? >> when the burger king opens, is that the kind of reception it gets as well? >> i love burgers as much as the next guy, but i'm not waiting out there for a burger. this morning. >> it's because of a special partnership between a nascar driver and others. the child got to ride to morning. he was the co-pilot in the car. sammy was chosen from a group of scouts who all worked on bicycle safety this year. his fellow classmates were all given an autographed card. >> those doors don't open. >> oh, my gosh. that's so cool. he gave sammy a special signed race helmet and even let the second graders sit in the driver's seat before heading to school. alert today florida is a group that promotes pedestrian and bicycle safety in the sunshine state. >> i'm jealous. >> i'll never forget that day. >> if you need a pick-me-up, just roll your window down and jump in a car like that. >> all right. speaking o

candace campos, live for us tonight. thank you. >> it's the worst u.s. commercial maritime disaster in it decades. >> now the coast guard is searching for answers into what happened to the el faro cargo ship, expected with the investigation hearings. >> and this local couple is now but his delivery didn't happen in the hospital. >> tonight we're hearing the moment a father delivered his baby boy at home. >> his wife woke him up in the middle of the night -- i want you to picture this, guys -- and told him, hey, buddy, the baby is coming. stephen trout called 911 after his wife went into labor inside their merritt island home. beautiful family here. it happened around midnight on january 25th. >> he's out, he's out. >> he's out? >> yes. >> now i need you to wrap the baby in a towel or blanket and put it on top of the mother by itself. i need you to clean out the mouth if you can. >> clean out the airway. >> >> he's trying. >> is he breathing? >> no. >> rub him on his back. >> there you go. come on, buddy. >> congratulations, sir. >> i love hearing that cr

6 meteorologist candace campos, pinpointing your weather all the way down to street level. forget street level. let's talk about arena level. because it is such an important forecast, i have someone to help us out. we have shades here, solar bears mascot. we're going to -- see, he likes the shades. but you won't need your shades because the game on saturday is at night, starting at 7:00. we've got a great game at the amway center on saturday. let's pinpoint your forecast inside and out. he's so talented. inside, temperatures are going to be about 67 degrees. but when you're done with the game, you can even head outside and enjoy the beautiful weather as temperatures are only going to be in the 60's. overall a perfect evening ahead. >> and news 6 giving you two ways to watch tomorrow night's game. is air channel 6.2. we're also giving you a chance to see the action live in person. just head to our facebook page and the details to win four tickets on that page right there. >> keep your eyes open for a familiar face. >> when we come back, we introduce you to some of the people

candace mccown is joining us live now from new hampshire. how is rubio responding to the criticism? >> reporter: good evening from new hampshire. rubio is standing by those comments that he made even though he said them in the same exact wording a couple of times last night during the debates but his critics seem to just be getting louder. >> well, in florida we eliminated lifetime employment protections. >> reporter: former florida governor jeb bush continued to tout his record as governor at a town hall in salem, new hampshire to a crowd that couldn't even fit in the room. >> you want to hear what i thought about the debate? >> reporter: former candidate lindsey graham was the first to mention saturday's debate before bush jumped in. >> i learned that marco has a saying the same thing over and over. >> i envy the people that have message discipline to say the same thing over and over again. sometimes it doesn't work out, but normally it does. >> reporter: both are referring to rubio's talking points that the senator kept repeating. >> let's dispel once and for all this fiction tha

candace campos is live outside monitoring the storm as they roll through. let's start out with the team in the studio. standing in the storm tracker . troy has been here all night. we did have one tornado warning . quite a severe warning and a little bit of redevelopment now. most of it is lowered. let's show you what's going on now. all the big drain on radar and is just action. it's nowhere near the point for melbourne to the south and west. coming through along 95. heavier showers will be here th the cosine between satellite beach in cocoa beach and all of that is moving at a good 30 mph. clear but the heavy band of showers makes it to rockridge and lo and behold, look at this. the leading edge of the front has yet to come through. all we have been dealing with his prefrontal activity. if you have children in gainesville at uf, they are good. heavy action turns up with the arrival of the front. there is every possibility will fire up more showers into the afternoon. there is a cold front now >> once it goes through, temperatures will drop off and we have

wtvr anchor candace burns was the lucky recipient candace standup 1:10 ok here they go they look great from a distance lets see where they came from. this one is from 1800 flowers, lets take a closer look. im noticing the petals on these flowers are a bit droopy. this is what we ordered... and this is what was delivered from 1800 flowers, which used a florist about thirty minutes away from richmond.next up- proflowers. 0:54 it looks like these flowers were delivered from san diego -lets see how they look. nats hmmm, the boxed flowers were tricky. 1:22 i dont even know how to arrange this, im not a flower arranger or florist at all. candance said the stems were in water and there were directions in the box. heres the deluxe pink sapphire bouquet we ordered--- and heres what candance put together. we also sent a third bouquet from ftd. unfortunately, the picture perfect bouquet delivered the day after we scheduled it. ftd offered a 10% refund to apologize. in the meantime--- candace was she started with ordering online from local 'sedgefield florist' in archdale. heres what was delivered

standing by now on the road is meteorologist candace campos. hey, candace, what's up? >> well, we're sort of stuck in traffic, but besides that, it's a beautiful afternoon. temperatures are in the mid-60's. we're still criss-crossing lake county. we finally got out of the villages after going back and forth in between all the golf carts so we're on our way. the next stop is going to be leesburg. we're going to be hitting a throughout the 6 and 7:00 risk when getting on and off the school bus. >> we showed you the video yesterday at 5:30, cars driving right past the bright yellow school bus, completely ignoring the flashing stop sign. one car nearly hits her daughter. so we took this video to the orange county school district and police. once they were notified about the problem, see what happens when news 6 reporter mark lehman returned to the same street this morning in the metro west area of orlando. >> firsthand today, we saw the at this bus stop and thanks to news 6, police are seeing it, too. they're thankful our report is getting results. >> it's amazing that som

meteorologist candace campos is going to be here throughout the afternoon doing rainfall totals the next time i see you. right now, let's talk to julie. >> thank you, tom. see you in just a few minutes. we're already seeing major trouble on the roadways, starting along the turnpike in orange county. you can see right here, this is a crash involving a semi. it is causing big delays. this is impacting traffic along northbound ramp near 441 and the turnpike, and that's not far from the florida mall. orange county fire/rescue tells news 6 a pickup with a trailer collided with another vehicle. you can see the damage there it left behind. two people were taken to the hospital. right now, the extent of their injuries is not known. >> the roads are going to continue getting wet. so, remember, you can pinpoint the forecast zones with the live radar right on clickorlando.com, powered by news 6. plus the news 6 pinpoint weather app. >> we're following breaking developments in the zika health emergency. added to the list. governor rick scott addressed the virus concerns in a news conference just a f

thank you. >>> well, candace mccowan is making the trip to new hampshire. she will be there for the primaries later in the week and following the candidates on the campaign trail. don't miss our live coverage from new hampshire. >>> a tampa man arrested for possessing pipe bombs and grenades is refusing a public defender. michael ramos' duplex was invited. his landlord said he thought he was a nice man until this happened. >> if he does get out of jail, can he come back here to live? >> no. definitely no. that kind of people, okay? they need to stay out of here. that's my opinion. of jail until he attends a court. >>> a military veteran was caught on camera taking on an armed robber. he was working as a clerk. a man walked in demanding money. the clerk who did multiple tours with iraq was able to away. investigators are working to track down the would be thief. >>> the world health organization created a zika virus response unit. they discovered it in 1947 while discovering yellow fever in uganda but it affected mostly monkeys then. human symptoms were mild

candace mccowan live in new hampshire, and a reminder the coverage continues through tomorrow night's voting. >>> well, a traffic nightmare could be getting better soon. >> what road crew versus planned for interstate -- have planned for interstate 275, and >> plus happy trails, or should we say tails for rufus? we told his heart breaking ststory friday, and people respononded, leading to his forever hohome. >>> you've hadad that jacket out for awhile, keep it out though because it's going to stay cool. seven-day forecast, no customary warm up, and the winds strong, so we'll have that forecast for you coming up. >>> we'll have that and more coming upup. you're watching news channel 8, the station that's always on >>> tonight we're getting a look at new video that may help catch a hit and run driver that killed a cyclist. it comes from a red light system in sarasota. that's a gray coroll larry thomas turning at the light, and it would have some damage to the front. a cyclist died from injuries. police provided this photo of his crumpled bike. anyone with information call the sarasota p

. >> candace gillmore... >> his dreams were seldom spoken and wants very few. >> john gillmore was hit and killed by a drunk driver at the corner of tabor court and 38th avenue in wheatridge. >> he was a father, a brother, a grandfather. >> when mcgee was convicted... >> he was a wrestler in high school. >>... candace thought her family would get justice. >> this is a case that clearly cried out for prison. >> district attorney peter says he could have received 12 years. to see a maximum. >> judge plots issued a 5-year sentence to community corrections which weir says will equal 6 months. >> it is unfair to the family. >> i don't believe 6 months in a residential facility, given his attitude, gibbon his history-- given his history, is justice. >> metaphorically and physically a slap to the face. >> mcgee's attorney relaced a statement which reads "mr. mcgee feels tremendous remorse." she says he remains sober and working a group to educate students of the danger of drunk driving. it continues "it is positively impacting young people. mcgee has done all of these things in an honor of mr

candace sweat has been gathering information and joins us with updated information that just came in within the past few minutes. can dallas. >> reporter: just a couple of minutes ago we received word that all for cyclists were ejected off their bicycles and transported to the hospital. troopers said it involved three men and a woman. we know these cyclists were struck by a driver as they neared sue dry. we spoke with a woman what says she hit them and her daughter who says she rushed here to the scene when her mother called accident. her daughter tells us her mother was coming up a hill and noticed the cyclists. she then says at that point another car was coming in the opposite direction and she was trying to miss the cyclists and hitting the other car. her daughter tells us when she arrived on the scene she found her mother distraught. >> she said she panicked, she didn't know what to do, she didn't know whether to get over and hit the other car or whether to try and miss the bicyclists. she actually stopped in the middle of the road down there, then she pulled over here to get out

candace mccowan, thank you. >>> now, we have an 8 on your side exclusive. a fedex driver behind the wheel of this swerving truck and he of what he is doing at all. the fedex driver ran other cars and a tow truck driver off the road as he veered out of control and it was all caught on video. jeff patterson joins us live. sounds and looks like a very dangerous situation. >> reporter: good evening stacie schaible. imagine you are driving down the road and you see a fedex truck veering in and out of the lane ahead. what would you do? driving down the road just before noon, jonathan noticed something that just wasn't right. >> there's cars stopping. there were cars veering off the road. they know something is wrong. >> he took out his cell phone and recorded what happened next. the fedex driver slowed down to under 5 miles an hour. >> you can't see him, but his head is down and he is driving very slow. so i'm afraid he will keep >> reporter: he yells at the driver to get his attention. the fedex driver then speeds up and is totally out of control. >> i thought h

our own candace mccowan is in the granite state following the candidates. she will be there through tomorrow night when the votes are counted. >>> in an 8 on your side consumer alert this morning. energy drinks under attack. today, the morgan and morgan law firm based in orlando will reveal new information against lawsuits filed against energy drink comp. >>> a north carolina man dies during the krispy kreme challenge. it is a 5k where we have to eat a dozen doughnuts within an hour. it is a charity run that supports the north carolina children's hospital. investigating the shooting of four teenagers. this happened on the city's south side. investigate years report the teens were sath on a front porch when -- sitting on a front porch when the two men walked up and started shooting. >>> an mardi gras celebration in mississippi turns deadly. police report someone fired shots at the parade. two people died and four others were hurt. there have been no arrests. >>> here is a good rule of thumb. if you can't find a parking spot, don't park on a frozen lake. it i

we will have come coverage with our own candace mccowan. she will have live reports beginning on first at 4:00 and online and our app. >>> it's 4:08. and it's still chilly. >> it's chilly but the big thing is, how windy it is. we have extremely strong winds from the northwest. while it feels chilly now, we never warm up much. so watch what happens each hour. we start at 51. but it's a slow creep, a couple of degrees warmer by noon, 58 degrees at 3:00 p.m. wind will make it feel chilly all day long. and there may be a few sprinkles this morning. if you do have to go for a training run getting ready for the gasparilla distance classic, i'm putting my shoe of approval on an evening run. rough seas, gayle warnings, high surf advisory and a chilly week with highs in the 50s and 60 aest into the weekend. let's check on traffic on the 8s because there are problems out there. >>> i have good news. i already have good news. remember the overnight construction? look what's going on here, 275, the construction that was pushing you to the shoulder and

candace mccowan joins us now to show us how the pressure is on. especially for senator marco rubio. >> reporter: good evening. he has shown he can come in second, but not that he can win. if he want it is white house, he has to use tonight to not just hang with the others but show he can be the leader. the question is how to do that. [ cheers and applause ] especially for the two senators on stage. >> right now, marco rubio and ted cruz have to engage donald trump. if they ignore him, they ignore him at their peril. >> reporter: but engaging donald trump has been ugly. depending on who you ask taking off the gloves with trump may or may not be a good idea. for florida senator marco rubio. >> marco rubio is the only candidate that has support that has an optimistic and uplifting message. >> positive is important. >> just being positive isn't enough. jeb bush had all the credentials to be president. but that is not the flavor of the year. >> reporter: adam goodman is a republican strategist. he says they can't ignore what trump is doing. on, he can'

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candace mccowan reporting live from new hampshire. we will talk to you soon. >>> there is new information on the strip club shooting in tampa. a second person has died and now police have released a the picture shows a man detectives want to talk to. jeff patterson joins us live with the update on this case. jeff? >> reporter: yeah. good evening, jen. eight people were shot that night. two have now died and police are trying to piece together what happened in the confusing moments as the shooting went down. the video is from a cell phone sent out live over the twitter twitter app periscope. it is dark and loud. it is the first time someone has sent out video of their own more. marvin lancaster iii was and killed. christopher houston has also died. in the moments after the club. want to speak to one man who is there in particular. >> we don't have his identity. he is not a suspect. he is being described as a person of interest. we would like to identify him so we can talk to him. >> reporter: take a close look at this photo. police hav

candace mccowan is in the tampa news center following the trial all day. >> yeah, good evening. she just took the stand in the last 30 minutes. it's been a long day of testimony like you heard, even hearing from the man who filmed erin. but she told the jury why she and how much of a dream it was for here. >> i knew in high school pretty much my junior and senior year i was going to go to a college that had a good football team. as much as you wanted to go to the games, i wanted to go to college where i knew espn and cbs would be there to cover the game, be around it, and be around the people covering the games and see what they were all about. >> it's been an emotional afternoon, her mom taking the stand, and here's what she had to say about the moment erin called her family to tell them what happened to her. >> i heard her say naked, i am naked, dad, they've got me, i'm naked. i don't know what's going to happen. what's going to happen to me? i'm naked! what about my life? and she was hysterical. >> and again, emotional. erin was in tears while her mother was testifying. just

candace mccowan is joining us live from new hampshire. let's start with senator rubio here. some are describing his debate perfrformance as robotic. how is he s spinning that on his last full day of campaigning in new hampshire? >> reporter: he's not talking about it too much but he said he meant what he said and he will continue to say it. we're waiting out side the trump event for t the police to sweep all the materials before we can inside. former governor jeb bush was very vocal about why he should be president and not mararco rubio. marco rubio started early this morning at a town hall trying to remind voters he has the experience needed. but he wasn't answering questions. talking about your experience in the florida house. rubio didn't stop to respond what former governor jeb bush told me at bush's town haul. we're all comparing you and marco rubio, why you? >> because i'm a proven leader. that's why all the speakers before me, before marco and those after him, all of them but one are supporting me. >> reporter: bush supporters flying up from florida. >> when it comes