channel 9 anchor jorge estevez is following this story, and jorge, a very important voice many the tech industry, is not backing apple in this public fight. >>reporter: no, microsoft co-founder bill gates says he doesn't agree with apple's ceo who says creating software to break into the phone would put people in jeopardy. thousands of apple supporters are expected to rally in 40 cities nationwide, telling the fbi don't break our phones and what they call a fight for the future campaign. >> this goes far beyond this single case or this single phone. >>reporter: a judge has ordered apple to unlock san bernardino terrorist sayed farook's phone. an intense battle between tim coke and james couplemy. security of hundreds of millions of law biding people. but he responded in an open letter, we don't want to break any anyone's encryption or sent a master key loose on the land. investigators believe critical evidence may be on the killer's phone, and have the support of many of the victim's families. >> there might be some information in that phone that could lead to any other terrorist plots.

now, new at 5:00, channel 9 anchor jorge estevez found out there is a connection between heroin and those robberies. and jorge, deputies told you the suspect was tried to feed an expensive addiction. >>reporter: $1,000 a day, that he spent on heroin. it sound like a lot of money, but that's what they said. and he was feeding that addiction by robbing as many as 9 places in orange county in a month. the man identified as the batman robber, has been caught. nearly a month after his crime spree began. >> he said, i don't want to hurt you guy, i just want the money. >>reporter: a worker who doesn't want to be identified described entered the i love new york pizza place, on east colonial drive. >> he can take whatever he needs, as long as we don't get hurt or killed. that's the most important thing. >>reporter: orange county sheriff jerry demings described the crime spee as a drug-related issue. >> we still have a significant issue. >>reporter: part of the orange county task force on heroin, he committed the crimes to fill his habit. the 26-year-old has been arrested several times for the poss

watched the live coverage on wftv.com with vanessa echols, jorge estevez and ashley from our radio partner. they will be live on facebook as well. it starts sunday night at 8:00 followed by eyewitness news at 11:00. a big night. tune in for the oscars. >>> officials will break ground on the center designed for our armed forces at orlando international airport. what is needed to actually get it open. >>> initiative gaining speed to help residents caught in the the new caramel macchiato from dunkin' donuts. let hand-crafted layers of espresso, milk, and a caramel-flavored swirl uplift your mood. indulge in a hot or iced macchiato today. oh-oh, oh-oh oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-ooh, oh hearts are made for sharing. spread some sweetness with dunkin' donuts' cookie dough and brownie batter donuts. heart-shaped happiness too sweet not to share. america runs on dunkin'. to group of volunteers and central florida reaching out to the victims of the flint, michigan water crisis that local initiative sunshine for flight was formed to spread awareness. the group has been collecting donations and relief ite

jorge estevez has expert analysis on how last night's results will give marco rubio momented in new hampshire. >>reporter: bob, rubio needs more momentum, he needs to make this a two-person race, a challenge because at the top, cruz and trump, with new hampshire a less conservative state, cruz faces his own challenge and may not land in the top spot again. fresh off of a victory in the iowa caucuses, ted cruz has his sights set on the next battle. >> going on to south carolina, to cop pete and win this primary and win the general election and turn this country around. he's confident. >> we will go on to get the republican nomination. >>reporter: marco rubio came in a close third. >> for months, because we offered too much optimism we had no chance. celebrated. last night, because he won the referendum among the so-called establishedment candidates, beating bush, and kasich and also christie the. >>reporter: the u.s. senator from florida has more work to do. >> marco rubio needs to excel again to separate himself. >>reporter: on the democratic side, hillary clinton won by a fraction of a perce

vanessa echols, jorge estevez hosting a life. 5:54 am next week an old apartment complex that has caused numerous problems for finally go up for separate the city plans to sell the property along with the drive for more than $1.2 million but this is the same apartment complex were some orlando firefighters were exposed to asbestos during training. it will be bulldozed and turned into low income housing but a jacksonville developer. the deal is expected to be finalized on monday. >>> in addition to the sale of the property we also found out some of the fire gear worn by orlando firefighters went in the complex has been sent out for asbestos testing. one of the firemen called 9 investigates earlier this month after they removed roof tiles while prepping the building for training. we discovered county report showing the building had asbestos in it. orange county environmental protection officials were investigating. >>> a bill that was created to help a payment the fallen orange county deputies is now caught up in a political struggle. the bill will increase the benefit for the spouses of l

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jorge estevez joins us. >> calls came from an hour before the shootings began. and uber confirms getting the this was the first complaints about the this guy. charge td with six murders and facing life in prison, dalton showed know motion. >> i would prefer to remain silent. >>reporter: prosecutors did say the 45-year-old admitted to the investigators he took people's lives. >> the loss of innocence, really -- this is a tesh moment in this community -- terrible moment in this community. we face violence, but nothing on this scale, nothing like this has ever happened here before. >>reporter: the biggest question, still, why? dalton's victims all random, dalton's friends say they're in disbelief. >> he was very quiet and reserved. not afraid to speak his mind. but definitely not out to ever cause anybody trouble. >>reporter: we're also learning from a local gun shop owner that dalton stopped in about once a month, and just hours before the shootings, he bought a tactical jacket. >> screeching like you would not believe. >>reporter: casey said she called 911 to rep

live outside of the orange county sheriff's office, jorge estevez, channel 9 eyewitness news. >>> breaking in the past 90 minutes, clermont police say they have not been able to find the suspect or suspects responsible for killing a man in a publix parking lot, they've been working the case nonstop. channel 9 anchor bob opsahl has been following the story and the police weren't the only ones talking today. >>reporter: the family was there, too, and they made an emotional plea for help. >> if you are a parent, out there, or anything out there, y'all would want to know what happened to your son. clermont police news conference, officials told us they finally located the white volkswagen that he was last seen driving on february 5th when he was gunned down in this publix parking lot. the car had been dumped and set on fire in oakland. today, the police chief urged the killer or killers to do the right thing. >> turn yourself in. we are making progress in this case, and narrowing down the investigation to possible suspects. we will identify you. locate you or arrest you and hold you accountabl

jorge estevez is live at oia to show us how this would affect passengers. there are limits to the plan. >> reporter: there are limits. if this passes you will be able to take a concealed weapon and bring it through the doors. you would be able to have it and ticketing. you would be able to do what i'm doing now, maybe take a concealed weapon to pick up your grandson or maybe pick up a loved one of the airport. you will be able to walk this way through oia with your concealed weapon if it passes but will -- what you will not be able to do it go to where the tsa hangs out where they do the checkpoints like in the middle of the airport. the proposal that would allow people to bring onto airport terminals has taken off. >> it illuminates one of the soft spots for so the measure narrowly approved along party lines in the senate and criminal justice committee would allow people with concealed weapons licenses to continue to carry guns in the before passengers go through security screening process. including a ticket counter and baggage claim. a republican senator

jorge estevez and radio partner will join me for the live look. it starts sunday night, 8:00, followed by eyewitness news at 11. we will have fun. >> quite a trio. >> you will comment on the outfits. >> of course. that's what i care about. >> checking out your stuff. >> i cannot believe they are trusting us to do this. >> it will be great. >> big nice. awesome. >>> downtown orlando, sunny skies with us looking up to the north, 62 winds out of the west in the 50s and 60s. 63 melbourne, grant-valkaria, milder as we get into so the brevard county, osceola, the winds continue to come in out of the west-northwest. breezy winds today. it will stay windy. gusting up to 25, clermont, 33 palm coast, 30 orlando. not just the coast but also inland dealing with that. lake wind advisory in effect for winds up to 30, 35, we will have just over 30 as we go throughout the day. nice, lots of sun. storm system to the east and we will see sonny next five days. temperatures will be the story dropping quickly, 65, 57. -- 6:00, 57. 40 by 10:00. future track going throu

jorge estevez was working to find out if anything could have been done to protect these students. and jorge, this happened outside of a party that was off campus. >>reporter: yes, it sure did, in fact, i checked with the sheriff's office and they took 17-911 calls, when someone shot them. >> yes, we have people shot at the apartment clubhouse. >>reporter: the chaos erupted early saturday morning of the indy go lakes apartment house. >> pow, man, that sound issed like a gunshot, and then screaming. >>reporter: reported dozens of people outside during and after the shooting, listen as one man kept dispatch on the phone as he hovered over the body of one of these victims. >> whatever you do, you better keep breathing, you better keep breathing, whatever you do, whatever you do, keep breathing, please. please, keep breathing. >>reporter: we were there as the man suspected of pulling that trigger went before a judge yesterday. lamont postal with his head in bandages. the man is suspected of opening fire, t shooting three people, killing a bethune-cookman college student. involved in a f

we will have live coverage of the oscars sunday night on wftv.com join me and also jorge estevez and ashley from our radio partner canine to fm. we will be live on our facebook page. it starts sunday night at 8:00 followed by eyewitness news at 11:00. >>> it looks like it will be fun. state atty. gen. against a florida business selling high school and college alumni directories over the phone. pam bondi's office received more than 800 complaints about alumni research inc. in pinellas county. the state investigation found the company either failed to send the directories at all or delivery was greatly delayed. some 26,000 customers were affected by this. the company can no longer sell directories or engage in telemarketing of any kind. >>> evenflo is recalling thousands of child sees because children may be able to loosen the harnesses themselves when buckled in. the recall covers transitions three and one combination booster seats made from december 2014-january this year. it is on your screen. the company says the front adjuster button loosened the harness may be within a child whic