in daytona beach motorcycle racing continues at daytona international speedway. opening ceremonies start at 7:00. don't forget about spring training. the astros and nationals have home games today. the braves are at home tomorrow. coming up, we'll see a first pitch. >> we are updating all of your top stories next. but first the "today" show is covering the latest in commitment 2016. >> good morning. coming up on a friday here on "today" the surprisingly civil tone at last night's republican debate and how donald trump is responding to growing concerns about also ahead, a controversy tied to the s.a.t. why your rates could determine how much your kids are charged for on-line prep courses. oprah reveals a plan for weight loss. there is still time to vote for the couple you want to fat "toda >> good morning and welcome back at 6:51. both at the coast in melbourne and in downtown waking up to a gorgeous sunrise here. a little bit of high, thin keeping our temperatures on the warm side. want to see some video from i was out and about in central florida. these are the

daytona police investigating a fiery crash involving a motorcycle and car. we are asking officers went back to it. >> we needed this kind of the debate. we need this kind of tone. >> republican presidential candidates get personal attacks to a minimum in that debate in miami. major issues discussed ahead of florida's big primary. >>> everyone on their best behavior including this morning, so far. >> good morning, 6 am, friday, march 11. >>we check weather and traffic every 10 minutes. deneige broom watching the roads let's get started with certified meteorologist brian shields . not a bad start. >> great start to the day. warm and a good weekend and by sunday we could see some storms popping up. 70s greeting us this morning, 64 degrees daytona beach, deland sensible, ponce inlet and volusia county, seminole, orange, low 60s and 64 osceola county toward kissimmee 66 lake county and 70 toward cocoa beach. warmer in brevard. scattered clouds, patchy fog this morning. has up along the st. johns river basin, patchy fog but the planet today, look how warm we get,

yesterday, he tracked 21-year-old sherman atkins daytona beach. he allegedly sold rags to undercover officers and fled when they moved in to make an arrest. endo pulled atkins from a porch. atkins briefly penned th -- pinned the canine, but gave up. >> yesterday, council members passed an ordinance giving law enforcement flexibility to fine people caught with 20 grams of weight or left. -- or less. if you' re caught, you could get a citation instead of arrested. it will go into effect on april 1, but only in unincorporated full he sure county and the beach. you could see a launch. space-x will make up at the 10 technical problems and weather has led to several delays. it will carry a navigational satellite for asia into orbit. you can watch it live on the wesh 2 mobile app. just in, orlando' s next soccer star made it to town. >> antonio torino flew into italy. he comes from ac milan. he is not expected to start in the season opener. they our last check a few thousand feet away from filling the bowl for the game. >> sports authority, the effect th

the timing is not great. 64 in daytona beach right now. that allergy cast is not looking good, at least for today and for tomorrow. the rain could help a little bit. we see oak and grass both in the high category. here's the big area of high pressure. i want has dominated the forecast, blocking those storms from our north and northwest from moving in. that will be the story today. more winds coming in out of the south bringing in heat and bringing in a breeze gusting in at 20 miles an hour. starting off mild. we are at 71 in melbourne. 63 in orlando. 61 in ocala. daytona beach at 64 degrees. here's the way it looks as we pinpoint your hour by hour forecast. forecast. >> notice the sky into these time periods by noon, we are at 83. 87 by 4:00. that is 10 degrees above the average of 77. we'll be dry through tonight. we are still at 70 degrees by 10:00 tonight. a mild evening if you are heading out on the town. there's the clouds and rain forecast, white indicating a few clouds. not a lot. we'll see sunshine and through saturday afternoon, w

>>> breaking this noon, daytona beach police say a man stole a car with a sleeping child inside. it happened late this morning and less say after the car jacker saw the 12 year old girl sleeping in the car he abandoned it and the child was not hurt. channel 9 has more on the car jacker police are still trying to find this afternoon. >> reporter: i'm standing on white court and this is where daytona beach police say a man stole a car with a sleeping 12 year old girl inside. they got the call at 8:49 this morning and they say the victim, the mother was picking up another child in this neighborhood when she left her car running and the 12 year old in the back neighbors who saw some of this happen say it happened in seconds. with the car but soon notice the child in the back seat and actually pulled over at the eagle park apartments and left the car and fled the scene the child was unharmed but police are still on the look out for the suspect. they don't have much of a description except they say it is a black male described as having a short mohawk gold teeth in his early 20s last s

it's 87 degrees in daytona beach. winds are wicked, pushing from the west-southwest at 21 miles per hour which allowed daytona beach to get really hot today. we were at 85 in melbourne. ocala, 82 degrees. at news time, we've dropped off from 89 to 87 in daytona beach. the 87 in daytona beach was preceded by a high of 89 which was hot enough to tie the record for this date. satellite and radar together we don't have a lot of relief coming in. we'll be sitting here with winds coming from the west-southwest tonight. warm rapidly. that will be the case going through the next 24 to 48 hours. look at the water vapor. anytime you see black and orange on the water vapor shot, it means all the dry air is moving in. 30,000 feet gobbled up the cloud cover and brought the sunshine back in to us today. with that much dry air in place, it's going to be hard to squeeze out a shower. futurecast looks like it's trying to think it's going to rain a little bit in the next 24 hours. you just saw the dry air. it's going to be really hard

he has been daytona police -- daytona police chief since 2006. we told you earlier this year when the sheriff announced he was high -- retiring. >>> mike chitwood will join a crowded field, seven other candidates have filed to run that includes dave brennan and eric dietrich, they were both captains with the volusia county sheriff's office. wendell bradford and daytona police lieutenant david mazer also running. the other candidates are listed on your screen. >>> in the next three hours we expect to find out more details about how orange county heroin task force will fight the growing drug problem. for six months. recommendations today. voters say they are focused on treatment. the medical examiner's office says there are at least 82 heroin overdose deaths in >>> us department of health and human services has awarded money to florida to fight the growing heroin problem and prescription drug uses. more than $3 million to nine health centers including the healthcare center for the homeless in orlando. those centers will be able to screen more patie

the daytime highs, we hit 89 in daytona beach. that's the one we focused on all we did tie the record from in 1985. 87 in orlando and 84 was the high today in ocala. right now, no rain on radar. we had scattered showers down south. those have long since clocked out. no rain is happening in this part of florida. it's going to be a while before we get more showers. current temperatures, 77 in ocala. 80 in leesburg. 83 in orlando. the on-the-town forecast for tonight within the hour when the sun goes down, partly cloudy, 77. 9:00, 75. and the 10:00 hour, 73. i'll be right back and pinpoint overnight lows tonight and the heat is back for tomorrow. >> ginger: tom, thank you. >> 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. >> lisa: well a strange mishap at gun range sent six people to the hospital. >> julie: hear what went wrong, in minutes. also a family's emotional plea after a middle schooler's life what school leaders are doing t

live the daytona international speedway, matt grant, wesh 2 news. adrian: you' ll likely see more motorcycles on the roads while bike week begins in daytona beach. our dot cameras captured this it involved a motorcycle, who was injured. drivers are urged to use caution while driving around bikers. and we are also learning new details tonight in a crash that left two people dead in west orange county. troopers now say one driver ran a stop sign, causing the crash late last night in winter garden. wesh 2' s matt lupoli learned, children are among the injured. matt: pieces of plastic and metal torn and strewn about near avalon and mckinney roads in winter garden show the impact of a crash that took two lives and injured several others. florida highway patrol investigators tell us one car careened into another here, overturned, then took down these three trees along the road' s shoulder. troopers say the driver of a small coupe, 45-year-old robert hughes, failed to obey a stop sign at the intersection. the car crashed into a van with six people inside,

maybe what is going on out there in daytona beach. here's the official forecast for bike week, officially starting tomorrow. 76 will be the afternoon high. 74 in daytona beach. 76 on sunday and staying dry. looking good and warm. early in the morning tomorrow, we will be pinpointing a little bit of rain, all along a front that. moves out quickly. tomorrow afternoon, things look great for bike week. here are the temperatures. 46 in ocala. 48 in palm coast. 50 in daytona beach. 56 in orlando. melbourne right now, 57 degrees. here's a look at your pinpoint accurate forecast forecast. thoit the sky as we take you into the future, we'll see cloud cover but some sunshine breaking to get all the way up to 79 degrees as early as noon today. the average afternoon high is 76. we are up to 82 degrees at 4:00. well above that average. 77 will be the temperature at 6:00 this evening. mild temperatures tonight. dry tonight, if you are making evening plans, we are at 68 as lake as 10:00. here is the breakdown on the clouds and rain forecast, as we p

it's a high of 82b0 in daytona 81. there is a 60% chance of rain. here at the lunch hour, many spots are at 80b0 and we are 80 and samford and 81 in orlando. 80 in daytona beach and on into the early morning hours tomorrow, we are near 60 and centurylink prism tv has all your favorite channels, tons of live sports, and more -- all in crystal-clear hd. watch when and where you want with advanced features like our wireless set-top box, whole home dvr, and prism on the go. and choose from a variety of great packages to fit your home. call... ...and get started with the prism essential tv bundle. you'll get tv plus up to 40 megs of centurylink internet all for only $75 a month. especially if you love sports. get prism essential tv and up to 40 megs of internet for only $75 a month. score! or, if you love great movies... hey, clementine, go on and get prism essential tv for only $75 a month. [ whip cracks ] get started with prism essential tv plus up to 40 megs of internet speed. just $75 a month for a year with autopay. speed may not be available in you

daytona beach police say they are stepping up patrols for the 75th annual daytona bike week. so far police say they have doubled their number of patrols.... and will triple them as the week goes on. officers have already made 12 arrests... for things like assault and robbery. those at the event say they appreciate the hard work. officers say they hq:w %lly on the lookout for pick pocketers... burglaries... and people driving under the influence. they say... bottom line... if you are breaking the law... coming up next-- the state of california waking up to some severe storms this morning. heavy rain is bringing some dangerous-- and deadly-- flooding to the area. the latest details coming up. plus-- is it really the end for peyton manning? soucres saying... the m-v-p could be announcing his retirement later today. 7w we will have the details... when we at hillshire farm, spice is the spice of life. that's why our craftsmen season every sausage perfectly. so you can coax out great flavor effortlessly. p hillshire farm. because it's worth doing right. at hillshire farm, there's a

through boulevard, osceola county, 69 daytona beach shores and daytona beach and winds is lighter and that's what we see patchy fog northern zones and waterways as expected. breezy but not as windy as yesterday. winds were really kicking around yesterday. satellite radar looking good low cloud cover and after that a lot of sun and warm up. 79 by noon and 4:00 86. freedom elementary, volusia county making a run and 90. staying dry, good day, by 1:00, fair weather clouds and this afternoon when you see tom terry, mostly sunny skies all the way through the evening hours and we will look good tonight with the exception of more fog on the way for tonight. tomorrow morning, 6:00, the beaches, for those on break, in the 80s water temperatures. that will cool you down. loci. within a couple degrees city by city temperatures to show you where we end up. 90 kissimmee daytime high around 4:00 in the afternoon. that will be the hottest, 87 the villages, 80 deland, hammock, 86. spring valley, sprint oaks, in the 60s. patchy fog around and tomorrow, hot in spots, mid to upper 80s and a couple could

south daytona, daytona beach, a few more showers ongoing. and then pressing on to the south, we get a quick thunder showers with outflow boundary. that is redeveloping some showers in oak hill, geneva and the eastern terminal county. as this outflow boundary continues to sag south and the breeze drive to work back in the interior, we will watch this area writing here to see if we get redevelopment committee thunderstorms, because -- maybe the rain in bunnell, 1.87. that is great news. palm coast 1.37. look at the change in temperature from daytona beach to orlando. 75 to 86, rain and cool. we are following from 7874 up north. -- 78 to 74 up north. overnight lows should be around 56. everyone is around five to 10 degrees normal above. for tomorrow, the front is still up north. this rigell -- best rainfall chances in the northern counties , marion, sumter, lake, volusia. for bay hill round two, we are in good shape. and spring training, first pitch we have angela, stewart and tony during that one out. stewart has been working on the last coupl

daytona, 86 in leesburg, and tomorrow. 2 degrees shy of a record. daytona beach could be day two of record breaking heat for you and close to the record in melbourne tomorrow and a hot week ahead, the average 70 degree, we'll keep it very warm, and until we get towards the upcoming weekend, that's when we start to even the playing field, with a better chance for some rain and i'm updating the forecast models. more on that and the timing in the next half hour. the five-day forecast with your weekend always in view, temperatures staying on the warm side, with near record heat tomorrow and wednesday. there's that upped rain chance, 50% rain coverage on friday, scattered storms into saturday. >>> thank you. vote in the presidential primary, marco rubio is crossing the state. why he must win florida tomorrow. plus, four students were caught with weapons at three schools in just the past few week, at 6:00, we are asking what's being done to keep weapons off school campusess. >>> and a teenager is shot and killed just walking down a sidewalk. . >> why have

temperatures along the coast warm pushing 80 in spots and 78 in cocoa beach, details of -- daytona beach near 81 and winds selfies 10 to 15 but 87 in the villages and ocala. we do have some of that warm weather that will be pushing in. we will check why it has been so dry and when we will get some storms back in the forecast. the time is 5:02 am. deneige. >> a crash that had all eastbound lanes of i 4 shut down before fairbanks but looks like they may have reopened one the right side of the screen, it looks like you may be able to get through at this point. checking all the other cameras to double check. looks like they are diverting traffic off the road so you can eastbound. anytime before that. and i will tweet updates at wftv traffic. orange avenue, orange avenue, weatherby wrote, a partial roadblock no word of an alternate get i will update the clashes in the next seven minutes. -- crashes in the next seven minutes. >>> data breach police investigating a fiery crash involving a motorcycle look at the video you can see the motorcycle wound up underneath the car in both the car and mot

in daytona beach, jennifer ortega, news 6. >> matt: thank you, jen. in about two hours now, republican presidential candidate marco rubio is holding a rally in sanford. it will probably be nothing like the one donald trump held on the ucf on saturday. >> ginger: that's because one of the biggest political rallies in central florida also got a bit tonight students are showing us the video to prove it. news 6's erik von ancken is live at ucf. what is the school saying about what happened tonight? >> reporter: i just heard back from ucf. they tell me that 65 people were kicked out of the arena here on saturday, and this new video clearly shows that some of them were man handled on their way out. >> come on, get them out fast. >> reporter: donald trump paused, we counted at least a dozen times. >> go home to mommy. >> reporter: when hecklers disrupted his rally on saturday. >> is this fun? do we love this? i love it. >> i wish we had some real protesters, protesters with guts. it's sort of exciting, isn't it? he also riled up the crowd. to some of the res

the showers continue to develop and it is right on top of daytona beach. that is where that camera were showing the rainfall on the coast. still heavy rain and flooding going on in the flagler beach area. it is due to heavy rainfall that continues in flagler county. one of these abrupt turnarounds in the northern zones, 8:00 tonight, showers are spreading farther south including titusville, sanford and a sprinkle around orlando did nothing heavy for us but we will continue to see a slight chance for rain and this front to the north is the focal point for rain in the next couple of days. it is stuck to the north and the best chance for rain will also be to the north of central florida until we get to saturday night as the front approaches. in between them, we will have some scattered showers 8:00 tonight altamonte springs, very mild and back in the mid to upper 80s again tomorrow. better chance for rain in the northern zones. future track again, tonight is clearing out the rain and tomorrow looking pretty good. we have the winter park sidewalk art festival,

summer: police in daytona beach are looking for in daytona beach are looking for a net who stole a car with a 12-year-old girl asleep in the back seat. the child was later found a and sound, but the mother stopped at s home on white court this morning to pick up another the mother left the keys in the car, and while she was inside, the suspect jumped in and took off in the car. police do not think the suspect realize the child was in the vehicle does he stopped at apartment complex a few blocks away and then ran off. we spoke to a witness. >> the daughter said when she woke up, that is when she realized a stranger was driving and he told her, i am going to take you back to your mom. summer: that little girl is safe. police are searching for the suspect but have not found him. altamonte springs police have named a suspect in the shooting death of a long time or later employee. jose gomez was found one week ago at the lotus landing apartment complex. joshua carter, a person of interest is now a suspect in the case. the 24-year-old made a court appearance on an unrelated charge today. he

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

a busy time for daytona beach. break begins. before long bikinis will be mixing in with that weather. jason: inspectors in west palm beach are back at the scene of a wall collapse. witnesses say several bricks fell from a building and went through the roof of a nearby law office. city officials believe metal attachments inside the wall broke causing the collapse. people in the law firm said they had to dive under tables for cover. >> the wall separated as a result of those attachments collapsing and failing and that's what caused the collapse. >> the fire department is standing by. we have the streets blocked off in case anything else falls, we have an additional collapse. jason: residents in the loft were forced to evacuate. the red cross is helping them find a place to stay. michelle: a volusia county man who threatened to kill president obama will spend the next seven years behind bars. he was sentenced tuesday. prosecutors say he sent a threatening letter to the he also threatened the scet -- secret service agent who tried t

it's 82 right now in ocala. 87 in daytona beach. palm coast, 86. 85 in orlando. radar, a couple of hours ago, we were getting ready for the 4:00 newscast, we had big rain falling from harmony to holopaw. their mojo. up. the satellite and radar together you. by thursday, rain chances are going to creep back into the forecast. here's the pinpoint accurate weather forecast overnight. you saw how dry and open it is from here to the west. clouds and radar is trying to eke out a little bit of moisture. pretty. on thursday, time for st. patrick's day, i'll throw in a slight chance of rain with bigger storms coming for the weekend. overnight lows, we're going 61 in ocala and 65 in leesburg and 68 in cocoa beach. tonight in orlando, the overnight low is 66 degrees. here is tomorrow. first thing tomorrow morning, 68 degrees at 8 a.m. by noon, 82. daytime high, about 88. tomorrow we get even warmer. so here you go. 88 is the daytime high tomorrow. for wednesday, 87. and for thursday, st. patrick's day, we should be dry most of the day. a slight chance for rain building late

matt turpin, a teacher at daytona beach college, is facing drug charges by daytona beach police. he was arrested last year after halifax hospital officials reported him. according to this emergency restriction of license order handed down just three days ago by the department of health which was obtained by eyewitness news, turpin is accused of stealing pain and anxiety medication along with hypodermic needles. in november of last year, according to police report, turpin would withdraw the medication from the dispensing system from patients but they never received it. they found drugs on him as well as on a backpack. in documents, turpin would admit he would divert opiods from hhmc and use them orally and internasally. he started working in august of last year, diverting morphine and hydromor- ofone and -- hydromorphone. he used the substances to cope from daily life stressors. they recommended he enter treatment for nurses. he hasn't complied. >> reporter: i reached out to the college tonight to see what turpin's status is with the college. but because of spring break, i have no

we warm to 86 in daytona beach. 88 in sanford. 90 in kissimmee. inland areas seeing the hottest of the temperatures. inland expect temperatures in the 80's. heading to the beach t rip current risk will be low. 30% chance for rain tomorrow. spring arrives officially on sunday. let's check on the roads and head over to amy in the traffic center. >> you were just mentioning fog. here is the fog for you. over i-95, this is by mall bar. it goes without saying, if you run into fog, just allow a couple of extra minutes in the area. just turn the fog lights back off. give the car in front of you some distance. should be just fine. a couple of issues i want to talk about. it looks like this is on its way, it wasn't causing big issues, on colonial eastbound direction by fort christmas road. a heads up for you, it looks like the traffic signal is malfunctioning on millenia boulevard by oak ridge road as well. that is your check on traffic. >> need to get away? news 6 wants to send you and your family to lego land. >> we have a contest going off four tickets

from there, daytona beach takes over. he would have three years to start building and have to pay operating cost. last night commissioners talked about how to cover part of the more than $1 million it would take every year to run the shelter. you may remember city and county leaders were forced to come to an agreement last month when a growing homeless camp more than one or two people spent weeks sleeping outside the office on beech street before police dismantled the camp. when officials met they do not want to drag out the process they say any further they want to vote in meat the march 3 deadline and we will be there when they do. look for updates on our wftv website and free mobile app and eyewitness news at 4. live in volusia county, kimberly eiten eyewitness news this morning. >>> florida senator. geraldine thompson says the bill she filed in the senate to get the groveland four exonerate will probably not pass this legislative session. the senator says time is running out in the session in the measure is still in c

only a high of 76 at daytona beach. orlando city soccer, 76 degrees at 2:00 when acting get started. -- when that game get started. the waves will be increasing throughout the day. watch out if you are going into the water. look at the seven-day forecast, we are warming right on through the work week. we will talk about a chance of rain in the forecast, as we head into next weekend. cara: the florida police department a video in the hope of shedding some light on a growing problem. that thousands of people o this one goes out to all the allergy muddlers. you know who you are. you've lost your game. literally. your family outing is magical for all the wrong reasons. and your sneezes are a force to be reckoned with. well allergy muddlers, muddle no more . try zyrtec for powerful and zyrtec is different than claritin . because it starts working faster on the first day you take it. try zyrtec . muddle no more . and now introducing rhinocort allergy spray. powerful relief from the makers of zyrtec cara: new video this mornin

so many people out there on the roads, state troopers i daytona and daytona beach police say safety was a big concern. there were a few crashes, before the most part the 75th annual event was a safe one. that event brings in more than $200 million. lawn's seminal county you need to follow the rules since daylight savings time taken effect. information on your screen. >>> a top nascar driver was not behind the wheel in daytona, this weekend. the incident with police, during bike week, that kept the driver off the racetrack. >>reporter:we are following three deadly weekend shootings, here in orange county. at 6:30, we are asking why no arrest have been made as the sheriff explains why his deputy's cannot stop the violence. >>> some rain coming down in volusia county, new smyrna beach through daytona beach. you see it trying to kick off to the east. hot weather in the forecast. this is a letter from someone who's here. she has to take a brand name drug. been taking it since the early 1980's. at that time it cost approximately $180 for 10 shots. the latest refill was $14.700 for the same 10

primarily in daytona. thursday, still warm before rain chances increase. 50% storm coverage with afternoon sea breeze activity. why not? feels like summer, right? 50% storm chance on saturday before we cool back down. a little on sunday. greg? >> all right, tom. >>> got golf this weekend goal as well, bay hill. local leaders say they're a local group disagrees sayings that's not enough. next, what they're pushing for now. >> and getting you ready for your tuesday morning. i'm brian shields. tomorrow on eyewitness news "this morning" starting at 5:00 a.m., one of the warmest starts we've had all year. plus some fog around. and we'll track the temperatures, how quick he we warm up. beach leaders have yet to reach an agreement to solve the homeless problem in the city. but a local faith-based group are determined to find a solution. they gathered tonight at the bethune cookman university to demand more access resident for health care for the uninsured in daytona beach. they want better protection for children

there are the numbers running in the 50s and 60s 660 daytona beach and daytona beach shores, 61 deland, 64 in clermont, winds out of the south west and that is the reason we are milder southwesterly, westerly windy keeping us on the warm side even with extra cloud cover. you can see it here clouds moving in. there is a weak front to the north not a lot of rain with it. there was a severe weather toward atlanta but you see all of that weakening. for us it feels more cloud cover and a chance for sprinkles for today. 72 at 10:00, windsor park a couple sprinkles not that this afternoon with temperatures near 80. future track, 9 am, watching the front dropping in and you see the clouds and green. this is by 1:00 and through 3:00, format, clouds are around out for tonight chillier weather for tonight. beaches with with your day. moderate chop intercoastal 60s water temperatures, air temperatures in the 70s. a couple 87. 81, weak front with sprinkles with over numbers in the 70s low 80s southern sections winds 10-20 miles an hour. 40s and 50s tonight on the way. when i see you in the morning,

a heavier shower near daytona international speedway in moving back toward daytona beach, watching the trends on that. the area have to watch now is over near deltona, as this worries works ease, it may clear up some of these storms. summer: deputies are trying to figure out what was the motive for a late-night shooting at an apartment complex. we learned one person was killed at the chowder bay apartments. the 26-year-old the tim geithner hospital. we now know a man has been detained, but it is still unclear if he has been charged with anything. meredith: new smyrna beach police are looking for a trio that stole a car from an elderly victim. they arrived at the walmart in this nissan armada. they stole the mitsubishi from the victim. if you have any information, call crimestoppers. summer: the orange county supervisor of elections continues to handout paychecks to all workers whose checks --poll workers. michelle: today there was a steady flow of people in the elections office, here to pick up checks they hope will not bounce this time. you need this money? why? need to pay the mortga

and in daytona beach it' s more like $1.89. experts are blaming refinery maintenance and rising oil prices for the spike. summer: some compare prices online to get the best deal, others download or clip coupons. but for some products, deep discounts go by the calendar. wesh 2' s jazmin walker shows us five things you may want to splurge on in march. >> it' s the end of the season, jazmin: mandy walker at consumer reports says that march is on clothing you' ll need next winter. >> go to the racks in the back of the stores. you can get anywhere from 40% to 70% off clothing. jazmin: oddly enough, march is also the best time to a buy a new digital camera. she says manufacturers are making room for the newer models. >> so, it' s a good time to buy a digital camera for your upcoming summer vacation and graduations and weddings that you' ll be going to. jazmin: even more odd, heavy equipment, like a treadmill, is most affordable in march. since the weather is getting better, stores want to push indoor equipment out. >> keep in mind, t

we dropped to 51 in the spread and daytona beach this morning. -- in leesburg and daytona beach this morning. slowly, we will climb as we head into the afternoon. we will eventually make it into the mid and upper 60' s later today. we will top out well below our average of 79 degrees. 65 are high in daytona beach today. 66 in melbourne. michelle: your next uber ride, may cost you less in one local city. brett: the deal rolling out today. it could make your commute much easier. michelle: and we' re just hours away from seeing what apple is cooking up. product unveiling event. brett: plus, how a biker was stolen during bike week. michelle: welcome back. we are following breaking news on i-4 westbound. this is in deland near state route 44. there is an accident, involving multiple vehicles. two of those vehicles may beat semi trucks. the backup is already stretching at least two miles. we will check in with ted noah in a few minutes, and he will tell you how to get around all of this. stay tuned. brett: right now, troopers are on the lookout for a driver, who hit and killed a bicyclist,

this was the scene about half an hour later in daytona beach. officers say a car slammed into a bike, and dragged that rider about 75 feet before both burst the car and the bike burst -- flames. this happened on nova road. the driver of the car had minor the biker, who is from south carolina, was flown to orlando with serious burns. charges are pending. >> today, police want to know tracks in volusia county, when they were hit and killed by a train. wesh 2' s alex villarreal talked to officers in holly hill. >> unfortunately, it was a fatality and it appears to be it was very quick. alex: holly hill police say it was just after 8:00 this morning when this freight train plowed into a person just south of 6th street. >> there' s no way at this point that i can make an assumption on why this person was on the tracks, but we will be looking into that obviously. at this time we have very limited information. we don' t even know if it was a male or female at this point. alex: the accident stunned those who work around the tracks, and saw the train sto

it happened on friday night along the 1200 block of hillcrest drive in daytona beach, not far from daytona state college. news 6 reporter loren korn is live at daytona beach police headquarters tonight. so how was that teen able to get away from that guy? >> reporter: well, at first she said she froze, didn't know what to do. and then she screamed and that was enough to scare that man away. scary moments for the 14-year-old girl. >> i was praying and thinking about what should i do. i was thinking am i going to get kidnapped, am i going to be taken away and never seen again? pulled up next to her friday afternoon, pressuring her to get into his car. >> i froze. he was like come here, come here, you're not going to tell me where you're going. he said come here. i ignored him. he said you could come to me or i could come to you. >> reporter: the teen says there's only one thing she could do. >> i just screamed. >> reporter: the man sped away and she ran home and called police. >> we had the helicopter up, we went door to door canvassing. we want to find out who this individual is and get our

another live look over daytona beach, a few motorcycles out there, not much. 76 degrees out in daytona beach. it's a beautiful evening. winds are calm, humidity up to about 67%. so as we look at the visible satellite, you can see we're still seeing a mix of sun and clouds. the visible is going out a little bit as the sun goes down. it extends one hour after daylight savings on sunday. mostly clear skies, just a few high-level clouds out there. here's the weather story, as we plan out the weekend. tonight, nice and mild and dry. temperatures back in the a carbon copy of what we saw today. mostly sunny and dry with a better chance for rain returning for your sunday. current conditions, we're in the upper 70's to low 80's. >> in the villages. 81 in leesburg. 75 in cocoa beach and 73 in new smyrna beach. the wind speeds have still moving in from the east-southeast, pumping in all that heat around town. wind gusts between 10 and 15 miles per hour, sustained winds and wind gusts up to 20 to 25 miles per hour. let's pinpoint the forecast, hour by hour, so you can plan out your weekend. you ca

daytona beach, cocoa beach in the low 70s tomorrow. the warmest temperatures for polk county and orlando. our high is 78. you can see that increase in coastal clouds tomorrow. then sunday we'll actually be sunnier as a weak front passes. but that rain will stay offshore. so we're gonna keep the rain out of the forecast. and much warmer temperatures. upper 80s by the end of next week. here's your 5-day, the weekend looks great for orlando city's home opener at the citrus bowl on sunday. you can see details on that or some of the other pregame festivities on icflorida.com. low 80s by tuesday. mid-80s by wednesday. and next week, upper >>> outrage over the way a worker was cleaning at a disney resort. she was caught on camera mopping the floor. no problem. but moments later, using the same mop, she wiped tables. >> what we found in state inspection reports and what disney told us about the avo: when account lead craig wilson books at laquinta.com. avo: he gets a ready for you alert the second his room is ready. avo: so he knows exactly wh

daytona beach police tell us this happened friday night along hillcrest drive, not far from daytona state college. news 6 reporter loren korn has been getting answers about this all day long. she joins us live at daytona beach police headquarters tonight. you talked with that young victim. what did she have to say? >> she said she was scared. it happened all so fast. she had only one chance to get away. and she took it. >> reporter: spring break off to a scary start for the 14-year-old 14-year-old. >> am i going to die, get raped, kidnapped, never seen again. i don't know what to do. i'm scared. >> reporter: she says it happened friday afternoon. he pulled up, opened the door, trying to convince her to get in. >> i ignored him. he said you can come to me or i can come to you. >> reporter: the teen says there do. >> my best chance was to try to get help so i screamed. >> reporter: and it worked. she ran home to tell her mother and they called police. >> it looked like he was probably in his 30's or 40's. officers immediately released this sketch and description of the man, a black male, 30

it is 64 at new smyrna beach. 58 in daytona beach. a little cooler north, you may want a light jacket heading out the door. look at the warmup through the day. 80 as soon as noon. up to 84 by 4:00 this afternoon. well above the average. a few clouds on and off. the clouds and rain forecast showing moisture in the form of clouds moving onshore. as we talk about the breeze kicking up, gusting near 20 miles an hour out of the east and the southeast. you can see the white indicating clouds rolling onshore. green trying to paint some moisture. again, most of the moisture we see will be in the form of clouds. any rain will be out to sea. no forecast for rain in the coming days on land. as we take you through temperatures wrshgs you live by 4:00, up to 81 in daytona beach. bike week is under way. 83 will be the afternoon high in ocala today. 84 in leesburg. 82 in melbourne for the afternoon high. well above the average in many spots. tomorrow, even warmer. getting up to 86 degrees on your thursday. there's your friday, a high of 84. no rain

next, the old-timer taking home a new trophy from daytona. the magic on the west coast battling some jet lag. two wins in a row while ro if you're doing everything right but find it harder and harder to get by, you're not alone. while our people work longer hours for lower wages, almost all new income goes to the top 1%. my plan -- make wall street banks and the ultrarich pay their fair share of taxes, provide living wages ensure equal pay for women. i'm bernie sanders. i approve this message because together, we can make a political revolution and create an economy and democracy that works for all >> the orlando magic taking a break after battling the blazers on the west coast road trip. they looked tired after back-to-back games. the blazers were on fire, shooting 56%. final score on this 11 21-84, the magic lost. michael barnes came out of retirement to become the oldest champion of the daytona 200 motorcycle race. why it -- wyatt ferriss finished third. the best golfers in the world will converge on the watch this week for the 38th editio

the county says the city of daytona beach is not on board. in today's council meeting, a new commission is offering a way to alleviate the homeless problem. >> we need measurable accountability. we need to know who is delivering the service to the target populations. >> reporter: the members proposed seven recommendations, including a temporary shelter, work groups to provide services for the homeless and a crisis response emergency shelter. >> an environment that emphasizes housing first, which says we're going to move people from shelter into housing as rapidly as possible so we do not have a bottleneck in terms of shelter. >> reporter: as of right now, no decision has been made. in de land, loren korn, news 6. >> ginger: if the county agrees on the seven recommendations presented in council today, it will go into effect july 1st. >> lisa: we're following breaking news in the fight between uber and taxi giant meres. both sides are met to meet with altamonte springs senator david simmons within the next 30 minutes. they'll discuss whether st

by friday afternoon, we get up to 76 in daytona beach. looking good, looking sunny, warm, comfortable conditions. saturday, 74. sunday, 76. staying dry through the weekend and, of course, more festivities we'll continue to update the forecast. temperatures this morning, cool enough for a light jacket in most spots. a nice warmup today. we are at 56 in orlando. 58 in sanford. 50 in daytona beach. 46 in ocala. it is 57 in melbourne. here's a look at the pinpoint accurate forecast. >> we draw your attention into the pictures here. we give you a glimpse. noon, a mix of clouds and sun. 79. then we are up to 82 degrees at 4:00 today. on into tonight for your evening plans, 69 at 9:00. good and mild tonight. tomorrow, we pinpoint a front. today a mix of clouds and sun. then the front approaches. this is a weak one, moving in fairly quickly. 6:00, 7:00 along i-4. and then pushing down to the south into brevard county after that. by 11:00 tomorrow. we are looking good and sunny. we'll pinpoint it carefully. 79 the afternoon high today in ocala. 82

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

gina benitez live in daytona. gina, i know it's been a busy week for emergency crews and police but what happened there yesterday? >> reporter: yeah, absolutely. well, yesterday two spring breakers actually stole volusia county beach control jet patrols. they said their maintenance bern had to beach the jet ski because it was having some mechanical issues and that's when these two guys took advantage and took off on it. now, officers spotted these guys doing this and were able to follow them along the shoreline on land when the two thieves ditched the jet ski just south of the main street pier. they ran and officers were able to catch up with them. this is just one of many incidents happening here on daytona beach over the last couple of weeks. trouble keeping the crowds under control so they had to beef up enforcement. with which biggest issues has been underage drinking. police say they've already made more than 200 underage drinking arrests. arrests. >> we have been working with abt for the last 9 days and so f

his accused of hitting a daytona beach police officer. investigators say it happened with the officer tried to detain him after getting into a fight with a woman. the attorney appeared in court yesterday but a judge did not make a decision. he was suspended from raising this past weekend. >>> with one month left until tax day, scammers pretending with the irs to steal your money. everything about the rise of scams in florida were callers demand they pay them or face penalties. officials say the irs would never call you to ask for payments. they say if you get a call like this hangup and report it. >> unfortunately, they are using technology and bogus numbers and it is hard to contain this. >> the department of the treasury and criminal investigators are looking into the problem. the country and job growth. state unemployment rate dropped to 5 percent in january. lake county is the same at 5.1 percent. higher brevard county, 5.5 percent. >>> orange county school district leaders say $50 million in extra funding is not enough to give teache

here's what's happening in daytona beach. i just want to show you. every day i stand here, not that i don't love my gig, i stand here and think, man, if i could get to the beach. 78 degrees right now from daytona beach, wind is from the west at 12 miles per hour. downtown orlando doesn't look too shabby either. 81 degrees in orlando. 81 in melbourne. ocala holding in at 77. it is 76 up there in gainesville. daytona beach is gearing up for bike week, already. 78 degrees, i'll show you a storm pin in a minute of bikes that have already arrived. 73 in new smyrna beach. 81 in cocoa beach and 81 again in melbourne. visible satellite, there it is. here's the cold front, right there. the leading edge pushed through to daytona beach and orlando already. we have increased the cloud cover. if you watched us at 6 and 7:00 last evening, i didn't think we would get much out of this. most of you have not even had a sprinkle and it's almost done. satellite and radar shows cloud cover but you do not see rain. i don't think you're going to. here's the futurecast by t

right now in daytona beach we're back to a reading of about 64. wind is from the north-northeast at 13. it is breezy, but i don't believe the wind is going to be enough to shut down our rocket launch attempt later this afternoon. is it 6:35 or 6:40? when is the rocket going, ladies? >> lisa: 6:35. >> tom: crossing all fingers and toes. 77 in leaves right now, 61 in daytona beach and here are the it is breezy, but not enough to knock you over. got a 13-mile-an-hour wind from the coast in daytona beach. 22-mile-an-hour wind in cocoa beach and across the interior, 6-mile-an-hour wind does it in ocala. wind gusts, most of them are blank until you get over here to the coast. it's a 30-mile-an-hour wind gust in cocoa beach in the last hour. satellite and radar together showing you just how far down to the south the frontal zone went this morning. all the cloud cover is down south. it's a miami thing. they can have it. across much of the state of florida, up into jacksonville son -- jackson mississippi tonight, the water vapor loop, it's all clear. at 30

in daytona beach, 63. 70 in melbourne. here is the tyco air show official forecast for this weekend. today, it starts. 83 will be the temperature, warm and dry with mostly sunny skies. saturday is looking good. a mix of sun and clouds and then by sunday, we are still heating up to 84 degrees. we'll see a 60% chance for rain into the afternoon. we'll have to watch that one closely. we have a couple of good days to get out this and enjoy. we'll talk about sunday's rain. let's check on the roads in the napleton traffic center. so we are still dealing with this closure with the eastbound lanes of i-4 in a well traveled stretch. you can see east by fairbanks avenue. it is between parra that that closure is in effect. we can either take the local roads or come back to i-4. you can see where cars are let on. i was watching some of the police blockade. it looks like four. we have the eastbound closure in effect this morning. extra time is a good idea if you are traveling early. the rest of the roads are moving without significant

accused of punching a daytona beach police officer. the daytona beach news journal reporting-- danny eslick had his charge reduced from a felony --to a misdemeanor --after pleading no contest to the crime. he now faces 12 months' probation.... with early termination after six months. finally.... the city of port orange is expected to approve nearly half a million dollars to pay for police body cameras. the daytona beach news journal reports the money will be approved at tonight's meeting. it will pay for 70 camera.... and 70 new tasers. the department is seeking a 5-year deal contract for the devices. in brevard county... someone is vandalizing republican campaign @ signs in melbourne. and-- they are using a tag-line used by democratic candidates. along the "wickham road corridor" -- we spotted 3 donald ` trump signs--- and 2 ted cruz signs-- all defaced with the same message. in spray paint--the signs read "feel the bern"-- a slogan made popular by bernie sanders. melbourne police say they have not received any complaints about the si

sanford at 64. 63 in daytona beach. a little cooler north and west as this front is is moving through in marion county. it is 57. here's a look at the pinpoint accurate forecast. >> and notice the sky over downtown orlando. a mix of sun and clouds. more and more sunshine breaks out as the day progresses as we clear out behind the front. the front continues to push out of the way. we are at 75 at noon today. by 8:00 this morning, we are leaving in a 20% coverage of rain. county. even there we'll be clearing out by 8:00 and looking good. 79 the high at 4:00. the average high is 76. we are just a few degrees above where we should be rather than the 80's we saw yesterday. 63 at 9:00. mild and dry for your evening plans. we are at 60 at 11:00. heading out to dinner, maybe to a movie, looking a-ok. no need for the rain gear. the kids won't need the rain gear as most of the rain is out of here by bus stop time. looking good and dry. get outdoors. warming to 77 in sanford. 77 in melbourne. leesburg in lake county, 78. close to

just up to the south and even west of daytona beach. even still with plenty of clouds overhead, because high-pressure is nearby, it is a very stable air match. so an onshore wind means rough conditions for folks wanting to get into the waterways. for the rest of us, it is bright sunshine with those clouds kind of throwing -- thrown on in. 80 degrees or high temperature forecast for lando. 76 daytona beach, 77 in melbourne and the land. calling for about 78 degrees this afternoon. at times, gusty wind. that is ruffling of those trees. we know with no rain, it means a rough go with it in the old pollen forecast. bayberry is one of the prominent pollens. we do have rain in the forecast for the weekend. hopefully we will get these numbers down. the steelman goes to 12. we are hanging out at 11.5 on thursday. with this dry weather, great weather forced bring training. a similar forecast up at disney. looking ahead to tonight, we will gradually bring those clouds on out. averages will fall off nicely. 70 by 7:00. middle 60' s by 11:00. a mild