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

at both parks. >> let's get you caught up on our big stories. >> we start with johnny live in daytona beach. >> reporter: david and kirsten, we are waiting for an update on a motorcycle rider who was burned after a fiery crash here beach. take a look, you can see the car ended up engulfed in flames. witnesses tell me the motorcycle ended up stuck underneath the car after the two collided early this morning and a passenger on the bike was also trapped. that person was air lifted to a hospital. once we get new information, we'll pass it along to you. >> overnight, a crash on i-4 shut down the highway for hours in orange county. we know a car and a semi were involved in that wreck right at the fairbanks avenue exit. so far, troopers have not released any other details about what happened. back open. >> another big rally is planned in orlando later this morning for one of the presidential front runners. mark lehman is live on curry mark? >> this time, it is ted cruz set to hold a rally with carly fiorina. it comes after the gop candidates face off in a debate last night. calmer than some of the

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

daytona beach that's how we roll on a friday, gorgeous outside. again, a lot of sunshine around, 64 winds out of the south at 5 miles an hour, sign up in a couple minutes officially sunset at its 31. 60s, 70s around and a pocket of 70s and brevard county osceola, orange, seminole county is in the 60s and mid-sixties volusia county from sams no. 3 deland and de leon springs. mount dora, eustis, the villages, leesburg lady lake in the 60s. 60 one ocala marion county. scattered clouds making for a gorgeous sunrise and staying dry today. here's the outlook winter park will jump up to 81 degrees by in the afternoon. we will have mid-80s around. nice and warm this evening and by 6:00 plenty of sunshine in temperatures start to drop into the 70s. coming up we will have the orlando city forecast for this evening and we will go city by city with temperatures and i mentioned the chance for storms by sunday. we will go over the weekend forecast and timeout some stories. 631. an update now on i 4 with deneige. >> looking better than 30 minutes ago. i 4 eastbo

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

this is amazing. >> ginger: that's a chamber of commerce shot right there. >> tom: this is from daytona beach right there. that's the way it's been looking all day long. our friend beach fool, got to get you a new name, a new handle. i feel badly every time i say it. anyway, great shot. a beautiful day at the beach, >> download storm pins right now we'd like to see what you're seeing in central florida. radar is showing the big storms out west and virtually nothing for us. and i mean not only now, but all the way into the weekend we've got virtually nothing except the warm temperatures. beach. lining up at main street making the turn. all good stuff. the temperature reading is 71 degrees at news time. winds are from the east at 10 miles per hour. we've had to deal with a touch of wind throughout the last 72 hours. it will continue into tomorrow. the wind doesn't ever really stop. melbourne right now, we're at 71 at 15. orlando, 73. up in ocala, much warmer. 79 degrees right now, away from the water. 77 in gainesville. 75 in the villages and 71 in daytona beach and 71 in cocoa beach as well. s

although daytona beach doesn't attract as many spring breakers as it once did beach patrol does expect bigger crowds at volusia county beaches next week so they will be on the lock out for underage drinkers. >>> it is a perfect beach day. warm afternoon and even warmer weather headed our way 80s back in the forecast. certified meteorologist brian shields is tracking the latest from severe weather center 9. >> monday perfect beach day a tease. here is a look at downtown orlando fair weather clouds around partly cloudy skies, looking beautiful and staying dry today. 77 now in downtown it's warm winds are out of the east at 16 so nice little breeze and helping us out. here is a look at the numbers taking you county by county, nelson park temperatures around 76 back in waterford lakes, we're at 74 now. swinging through seminole county for maitland, up toward altamonte springs about 71 toward fern park and longwood lake mary and we swing toward the coast we're a touch cooler in daytona beach there is that 73, mid 70s pierceon and deland and again just clouds pumping in you'll see that easte

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

everyone got into their vehicles and drove off. >> bikers will write in daytona beach this weekend for bike week kerry at several counties are hosting events, but mainstream -- main street daytona is the heart of ike week. -- bike week. local law enforcement wants bikers to enjoy themselves and they urge everyone to pay extra attention on i-95 and i-4. it stars today and goes through march 13. >> it will be a beautiful weekend, but they might find it a little cool right now. amy: it is a breezy, and the clouds have been going far enough south that daytona beach is dealing with cloud cover. it will feel a little cooler. i' m not talking freezing temperatures, just colder in daytona then to the south where there is more sunshine. it will be a nice weekend. breezy wind that will lighten up for saturday. more sunshine in daytona beach for the weekend. tomorrow, lower 70' s. then a reinforcing cold front will call us down to 70 degrees. look at the satellite picture. marion county has clouds and then it is creeping down into parts of volusia. the rest of us, blue skies and sunshine with qui

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

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

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 t

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

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

it's a live luck showing your main street in daytona beach with bike week as it wraps up . people getting ready for spring break in march has been a busy here. businesses are switching gears a little bit into spring break mode. >> mainstreet is packed with crowds between spring break and bike week. they say it's one of the busiest weekends of the year. >> it's a little bit crazy bumping into anyone >> harleys are lining the streets but they will be rivaled by swimsuits and coolers >> it's a great atmosphere all the way around. we week students are starting to file into daytona beach for the first spring break >> my friends are looking into missing items . >> they are walking up and down looking for shoes and everything >> between brinks, lodging and swag >> they are ready to shell out >> it's ridiculous and last night was awesome awful. jill abercrombie on main street says they change the menu to keep plates coming out hot >> it's been a mixed crowd but it's been fun. everyone is safe . >> they are looking at dramatic footage coming out volusia county. a driver took off aft

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the beach with rain and lightning in the distance zooming in mainly in northern zones offshore daytona beach had shelf cloud earlier, as far south as new smyrna beach with scattered rain mainly in the northern sections of lake in volusia county west of 17. including heavier downpours just north along 75 including gainesville, some strong storms lining up south of palm coast could get over 1 inch of rain approaching flagler beach in the next 15 minutes. more big changes ahead for the weekend. >>> when you talk about the summerlike temperatures, spring breakers loved it. volusia county beaches packed all they had commented rain is rolling in and spring breakers alive look in daytona beach beach patrol says the crowds have grown so much this week especially in the morning and early afternoon they are asking

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

this is a beautiful view in high definition at daytona beach. look at all the folks out and about enjoying the beach today. it's right around 70 degrees right now. you can see the sky, hardly a cloud out there. the issue will be the rip current risk likely the next couple of days. here are the official conditions at this point at daytona beach. we're at 69 degrees. that's what it feels like, winds out of the east-northeast at 11 miles per hour. tomorrow, here's the official beach forecast, warming to 78 degrees in daytona beach tomorrow. so tomorrow, warmer than today's near 70-degree temperature. water temperature is still way too chilly for me. i'm a big wimp. i like it in the mid-80's. we're at 69 degrees with the water temperature at daytona beach. the rip current risk is going to be the moderate category. check with lifeguards and watch out if you're going to be doing some swimming in the chilly water. 72 is the temperatures right now in the area. here's a look at the pinpoint accurate weather forecast for tonight. down to 65 at 9:00. 62 at

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

we've dropped two degrees, down to 87 in daytona beach, 84 in new smyrna beach and 85 in orlando. i have some rain to track or i did. those dissolved making their way to brevard county. big scattered showers were here outside of holopaw an hour ago. we're down to just about nothing on the radar right now. 10:00. once the sun goes down, we'll cool a little quicker. i'll be right back to pinpoint overnight lows and then the heat, well, that's still on for tomorrow. i'll explain in minutes. thank you, tom. >> don't forget, you can get breaking weather alerts and live pinpoint weather app. just search wkmg in your app >> matt: well, severe weather caused some serious problems for those in the northeast today. this was the scene in new jersey this morning. flooding caused a sinkhole that swallowed up a car here. you can see the car just down in that hole. crews spent hours cleaning up this mess. luckily no one was hurt. >> lisa: two orlando police cars crash into each other. one of those cars flipped on its side. investigators are working to learn exactly what caused this crash. this w

this is a beautiful perspective as we look at our wesh 2 tower over near daytona beach. looking at new the north, ormond in daytona. just as nice as it could be. 71 is the current temperature with a 13 mile-per-hour wind. it is just right. 75, orlando. at 77, the villages. 77, cocoa and melbourne. going to be working over to the coastline through the evening, so we will keep the clouds in there. 68, 7:00. 64 by 9:00. milder readings though this reading compared to the last line. 55 in lady lake tonight. 54, wildwood. 56, poinciana. 55, orlando. 54, oranges city. 55, ormond beach. along the coast line, could you ask for nicer weather? it is the on short break that feels so comfortable and the readings hovering around 60 degrees. tomorrow, a southeasterly wind up bright sunshine and warm temperatures. average is 77 and we are going to be pushing to 80 in the city. 77, titusville. 81, ocala. the further away from the ocean, the warmer the temperatures. it doesn' t feel like spring has the flower festival opened through 9:00 tomorrow evening, looking great. the us surf is not

claire: college students are dominating in daytona beach. a spring break crowd the city hasn' t seen the likes of in two decades, and there' s just not enough beach safety officers to go around. so they' re bringing in a dozen sheriff' the biggest issue, >> they' re bringing it down here on the beach. they didn' didn' beach, so we' re giving them that claire: but some aren' t willing to give up the suds. 20-year-old jayme gordon was arrested yesterday after a beach safety officer dislocated his shoulder in a confrontation with gordon. earlier in the week, a spring breaker was arrested for battering a life guard. >> we actually came here, because we heard that pcb was way more strict. claire: panama city? >> yes. claire: there is no doubt daytona beach' s big spring break is influenced by a crackdown in panama city beach, but booze on the beach is just as illegal here. along with littering, which officials have seen a lot of. students took note of the beefed up patrols in the core area around ocean walk and the band shell. >> we' re trying to

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 this morning, we woke up to 59 degrees. 65 did it in cocoa beach. 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

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,

several local counties are hosting event, main street daytona beach is the heart of the event. if you're heading out to daytona you can expect to see more women holding on to the handle bars. women are the highest market. law enforcement urges everyone to pay extra attention while traveling florida leads the country in the number of motorcycle it starts today and runs through the 13th. 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

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 to

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,

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,

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

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

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

from there that the city of daytona beach takes over. it would have to start moving within three years and paid to run the shelter. last night city commissioners talked about how to cover those costs up to $400,000 per year. you may remember last month a growing homeless problem outside accounting services building forced leaders to come up with this plan that camp on beech street grew more than 100 people sleeping on sidewalks outside the building and even shut down watch office. police dismantle the camera scrambling to make a decision. and of course we will be there as leaders vote on that land this afternoon and you can find updates on our website or on our free wftv mobile app and we will keep you updated on eyewitness news at 4:00. live in volusia county, kimberly eiten, eyewitness news this morning. >>> orange county is also dealing with homelessness and leaders are now reviewing a report on better ways to combat the problem. the 15 page report said the county can do a better job. targeting money to get people off the streets. the

it is 62 in sanford. 66 in daytona beach. 63 in ocala. bike week is under way in volusia county for daytona beach. we will be heating up into the low 80's. the mid and upper 80's in spots in central sections. 81 by noon in orlando. 86 by 4:00 with that breeze kicking up near 20 miles an hour. coming up, we are talking about rain returning, the timing for that straight ahead. first let's check on the roads >> not the best timing for the rain. at least we get to enjoy nice dry roadways. it is pretty much construction we are dealing with, the tail end of. you can see the presence along the i-4 ultimate project this morning but it is not causing any big delays. look at saxson boulevard, we are moving very, very nicely still at this point. your drive times are reflecting that. hitting the expressway, not going to have any slowdowns eastbound and westbound sides fantastic still. that is your check on traffic. back over to you. >> we are continuing to follow breaking news overnight. a wanted mother is booked into jail in marion county. it comes

if you were out for long periods of time along the beach, daytona beach, cocoa beach, it was windy. not as gusty tomorrow but we will have an east wind. near 80 clermont. daytona beach cooler. high temperatures in the low 70s along falluja in flagler county coastlines. high temperatures, upper 70s and downtown orlando, ocoee, visit, hunter's creek, 78. seminole county, 74 tomorrow, winter springs, 76, longwood, 77, lake mary, magnolia plantation, 76. cooler temperatures daytona beach in new smyrna, low 70s and gustier on the beach in volusia county. high pressure keeping us dry all week. not until the weekend we see a chance for rain. temperatures will be the warmest on thursday and friday. the southeast winds will pick up later this week. that will help to warm us up and you see this front approaching as it does, we will have a chance for scattered rain on saturday and sunday. temperatures, 87 on thursday, 86 on friday, and we stay fairly warm in the five-day forecast where the weekend is always in view. on saturday and sunday, 30 percent chance for afternoon rain each day. tomorro

daytona beach, 87 record is 89 2008. record highs. flagler county, palm coast, bunnell, the hammock, flagler beach into the 80s. through volusia county, numbers 87 pearson, 89 deltona, 87 toward ormond beach. lake buena vista, attractions, independence, low 90s on the way and staying dry. patchy fog tonight could be thicker than this morning. coming up, we will track the heat and also the second storm system moving in when rain returns and the next cool down. 6:09 am deneige. >> spinning the camera around to give you better shot of what we are saying, shutdown i 4 westbound, near sam lake we had i 4 westbound shutdown at kirkman for a crash. they want to show you it looks like they are pushing the traffic off and you can reenter at i 4 westbound at sam lake road. they could let people through so we will get the update on if they reopen the lanes. updating that into minutes, i 4 westbound shutdown at kirkman and reenter at sam lake john young parkway, town ctr., a crash and ucf, mcculloch road after alfred -- alafaya trail westbound lan

leesburg, up to 76. 72 in daytona beach. what about easter? we're going to pinpoint more moisture in the form of rain so there will be scattered showers sunday. we're going to pinpoint more of that timing as we get closer. but we are dry for the next couple of days. 81 on wednesday. we warm to 84 by friday with the 40% coverage of rain, by the weekend, rain chances at 50%. highs in the mid-80's. it will be warm. >> lisa: thank you. >> ginger: ping is here now. >> ping: how is everybody? i wanted to say hello. it was a great day yesterday. >> lisa: did you get rained on out at bay hill this weekend? >> ping: saturday, a 2:00 i was at the golf tournament. tiger woods dominated the arnold palmer invitational winning eight times. this year he was missed but fans had the event getting a taste of the future. jason day winning wire to wire. tiger never did that, but day did. recently i talked with mr. p. about golf without tiger. >> these days, the guys are good, aren't they? >> they are good. >> ping: out of the bunker, up and down. unbelievable sho

a beautiful evening, no rain in sight. 60s in daytona beach. palm coast, 59. marine land and frag ler beach -- flagler beach, much colder this time. and remember the rain? no more rain in the forecast for about a week. but the temperatures, that's where things get interesting. no rain this evening on doppler 9 hd. you see that line? that's our sea braze front. plumes of green, also some smoke from wildfires in southern polk county. everything is really quieting down this evening. and by morning, if you're in the villages, lady lake, bellevue, ocala, you'll drop into the upper 40s. low 50s in orlando. sanford, altamonte springs, daytona beach by morning, low 60s. and hour by hour tomorrow, the citrus bowl, upper 60s through 10:00 am. then we spend a lot of sunshine tomorrow. but keep in mind if you're in melbourne, palm bay, we're going to have more cloud cover and slightly cooler temperatures. we'll have that onshore wind. can you see this? palm coast doesn't even hit the 70s. daytona beach, cocoa beach in the low 70s tomorrow. the warmest temperatures for polk

next to a daycare when he was hit by a bullet from ward's gun. counts of attempted murder. >>> in daytona beach, spring breakers have definitely made their mark. police have made hundreds of arrests for underage drinking and just the other two-day, two spring breakers stole the volusia county beach patrols jet ski. it was recovered and shortly 2 men in virginia were arrested. another round of spring breakers are expected to arrive in volusia county today. moving now to lake county, the state fire marshal investigating a house fire there. it happened overnight in the 1800 block on south street in leesburg. multiple agencies responding within minutes of getting that 911 call. south street was shut down for a short time as crews worked to put out those flames. fire officials say no one was there. >>> -- was hurt. when your local responders are not saving lives they are on the gridiron it's for charities. the top cops, firefighters, correction officers and emts make up the orlando gardens. it's part of the public safety football league. last night the gardens played against the roanoke rampage a te

a fiery motorcycle crash in daytona beach. police say the bike collided and burst into flames about 1:00. the biker, a young man, had to be rescued from under the car, he was airlifted to ormc with burns. the woman who was driving the car was not seriously hurt. we' ll have a live report from the scene, coming up on wesh 2 sunrise at 5:00. turning to commitment 2016. in miami last night, the four republican candidates for president went head to head again, for the final debate before super tuesday, which includes the florida primary. it marked the 12th debate for the candidates. and this one was a lot calmer than their previous confrontations. wesh 2' s brett connolly has the highlights. brett the 12th republican debate : had a much different tone and image than we' ve previously seen. when we' re accustomed to seeing the attacks and insults we did not see much of that here at the university of miami. it was a discussion on policies and issues. one of the main talking points, employees that were laid off and replaced by foreig

daytona beach in sanford, 69. leesburg, 70. kissimmee, 71. upper 80' s, even a few 90' s. 78 is our average high. we' jason and michelle? michelle: a new poll spells more doom for marco rubio this morning. jason: polls open in about half an hour. look at these numbers, just released by nbc news. michelle: rubio drops to fourth place in this national poll. donald trump has extended his lead for republican voters like 20 -- by 20 points. and john as past marco rubio that -- kasich has passed marco rubio nationally. jason: a trump when is looking pretty likely in the sunshine state. brett: trump and clinton both have commanding lead. there' s a lot at stake as voters head to the polls in five states. we' ve got florida, north carolina, ohio, illinois, and missouri. and here are two big numbers to up for grabs. 367 on the republican side and 691 for the democrats. keep in mind each party has a different system in place for calculating delegates. and we hear it all the time during the presidential election, florida and ohio. these t

this is daytona beach, we are written up warm again today. amy sweezey is joining us. anything to worry out -- worry about? amy: is a little bit of low cloudiness. it is a little gray and gloomy to start off just like yesterday. the fogginess and low cloudiness will work its way out of your. once we start seeing a little more keep this morning, we get through sunshine -- sunrise and we will see more sunshine today. that will help our temperatures climb into the upper 80' s near 90 degrees. it is going to be another warm day. visibility is reduced one in two miles in a note -- in a number of the areas. as far as our temperatures, we are in the mid to upper 60' s in the -- in most areas. 68 in orlando, 65 daytona beach. up and that will break apart as we get through sunrise. 86 is where we will head in ocala, 87 in the villages and 89 in clermont. much like yesterday, muslims will be in the upper 80' s and a couple spots believe in hit 90 degrees. these are a first 90' s since november. it has been a wild. 87 in new smyrna beach and 88 in palm bay. it is 5:01, let' s see

up to 85 in ocala. 81 in daytona beach. 82 in cocoa beach. so area wide, a warm day and a pretty cool start in marion county tomorrow morning at 58. enough for a light jacket. many other areas, much milder. we are at 62 early in the almost 70 in cocoa beach at 67. we have more moisture there in the form of clouds insulating the atmosphere. here's the way it looks for the next three days, there's your friday, up to 85 degrees. and the weekend in red for you, wouldn't you know it, rain chances do return. saturday, not a washout. i did get a call earlier this week from someone wondering if they needed to get some of those tents for a wedding. i wouldn't do it, 20% chance for rain. and then rain chances up to 50% on sunday. we have highs in the low 80's so it will be warm. we stay in the 80's across the board through next week with minimal rain chances by tuesday. don't forget, we set the clock ahead one hour before bed on saturday night. let's check on the roads with amy in the traffic center. good morning, amy. >> i was checking with sky 6 abou

we are at 53 degrees in downtown orlando. 52 in sanford. 50 in daytona beach. milder in brevard county. right now, 67 at cocoa beach. there is ocala, cooler at 53. jacket. jacket. 78 in orlando. now along the coast, expect a high in the mid 70's today. a light jacket in spots and then short sleeves at the bus stop coming up, we'll talk about the rain chances. first, let's check on the roads and head over to amy in the napleton traffic center. >> it was a beautiful monday, no significant accidents, construction is clearing except for long term projects. this is the expressway, beautiful start to the day. not a ton going on there. drive times this morning, westbound side of i-4. st. john's to colonial, 19 minneapolis. your eastbound ride, osceola parkway to colonial only taking about 18 minutes. so far, no significant brake tapping on northbound or southbound. >> the time is 6:40. a cruise ship passenger lost at sea after goingover board. >> still ahead, what the coast guard is saying about the search for that man. >> you'll hear the announcement battle with cance

we are at 63 in ocala and the villages, 69 in melbourne, 60 daytona beach and our cool spot is daytona beach and palm coast. the wind will kick up. 83 in orlando, 81 in melbourne. stay warm through friday with a slight chance of rain. ted: trouble on i-4 in seminole county. a right lane blocks by 436. this was blocking a left lane. it is mixing with the drive time, 12 minutes slower than average. jason: the today show is next with a live interview from donald trump. michelle: and brett and jazmin are taking over cw18. brett: we are chatting about it and looking ahead to the season michelle: stay connected with updates from the wesh two mobile app . jason: we will see you back here tomorrow morning for sunrise. >>> good morning. good night. donald trump stays ahead in the republican contest. >> i wouldn't say anybody didn't do well who didn't do well. only one person did well tonight. donald trump. >> brings props to his victory rally to take on critics of his business empire. >> make the finest wine, as good of wine as you can get anywhere >> we'll join us live. on the democratichillar

looks good at daytona beach. water temperatures in the 60s and some universities have spring break so the beaches will be picking up in action. 71 degrees. we have an east wind or onshore the winds are the gustyist along the beaches from flagler to melbourne and because of that the cool waters are just cooler. daytona beach is 71. the villages, 80 in ocala. there are smoke brushfires here. there is some pockets of fog that could develop near the fires. keep your wits about you if you are by the wildfire zones. otherwise clouds offshore. if you are need the coast you will have more cloud cover through tomorrow morning and you can see that here. inland zone should stay clear tonight through tomorrow morning. no rain on the map through tomorrow. really through the week. this is a dry week. temperatures fall to the 70s by by morning 57 and sanford, orlando, kissimmee 55 by morning in deland and leesburg your temperature at sunrise 56 and same for palm coast and in melbourne and palm bay the morning temperature is 62 d

if you see him, daytona beach police want to hear from you. we're live in daytona beach, mike manzoni, channel 9 eyewitness news. >>> tonight we find out that within the past two week, four lake county high school students have been arrested, accused of bringing weapons to school. last friday, a south lake high school student was arrested for bringing a butterfly knife to school. the same school was arrested for having a knife. and two days before that, two students at umatilla high school were arrested for having a gun. >>> a sumter county caretaker is facing charges for ripping off a 90-year-old woman she was supposed to be taking care of. they say amanda warner stole $2,000 from an elderly victim. she took a credit card and helped herself to the money. after they discovered what was going on, they called the sheriff's office and reported it. >>> juries will now have the final say on whether a criminal lives or died. if 10 you out of 12 jurors vote in fair of the death penalty, they get put on death row. until today, a judge made that final