temperatures will climb into the middle 80' s. 85 in longwood. 86, winter garden. along the coast, cooler because of the breeze off the ocean. the wind today will be lighter. we will talk about that in a few minutes. michelle: more breaking news from overnight. 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

amanda castro joins us from longwood with the latest on this. >> reporter: the st. johns county judge granted him bond. a 15-year-old girl says he flashed her while she was mother. it happened in aisle 4 at the publix in longwood on state road a 15-year-old teenager says a man exposed himself to her. she continued shopping with her mother until she saw him again in another aisle. that's when deputies say the teen told her mom what happened. >> a customer pulled out his privates and they're saying i have to call you to report it. he is in the store walking around with it out in the aisle. >> reporter: she alerted the store managers. they saw the man run out of the grocery store and drive off. they got the tag number and the seminole county sheriff's office traced it back to a 21-year-old student at seminole state college. >> you've been charged with indecent exposure. >> reporter: cook shook his head as the charges were read. the judge granted him a $500 bond as long as he has no contact with minors, doesn't go back to the publix and stays away from schools >> she ad

what happened here at about 7:30, according to longwood police, there was an accident involving four vehicles, which resulted in a t-bone of a mercedes and a hummer. and we're told that the driver of the mercedes was flown to ormc. you can see now they're working on one of the light poles that was knocked over. quite a lot of damage here, which is why we're reporting this to you. this whole area here will be closed, according to police, until at least midnight. they have a lot of repair work to do. there you go, guys. bear that in mind if you're headed out this way, sonni and bob. >> sonni: live in longwood, tracy, thanks. new at 10:00, from brevard county. person who shot and wounded a dog in its own backyard. that dog the beloved companion of a boy with special needs. tiffany teasley joining us live in studio to explain. >> reporter: that dog is recovering in a cast this evening after she was shot in the leg over the weekend. and tonight we're learning just how special that dog is to an 8-year-old little boy. 8-year-old jonathan hawkins plays with his furry friend this evening, doi

detectives say he was visiting someone he knew in longwood at the time of the assault. he is charged with sexual battery of a minor. >> issuing a declaration for two counties after a tornado ripped through the panhandle earlier this month. the declaration would help supplement efforts to recover after these storms. packing winds of 152 miles an hour left 40 homes destroyed and 300 others damaged. >> inv, we are waiting to find out what caused a car to become a ball of fire on i-4. this is video from the dot camera. you can see that fire burning just off to the center of your screen. . this was on i-4 east near the causeway. we are waiting to find out what happened there. no word if anyone was hurt. >> a former longwood police chief convicted of accepting $30,000 in bribes is heading to prison. tom jackson was sentenced to four years behind bars. he took $32,000 in bribes who jackson hired as an officer in 2009. state law said felons can mot be hired as police officers. jackson served as police chief in longwood from 1997 to 2010. >> wild moments caught on camera. oaklan

fire fighters say the fire broke out around 9:00 last night in longwood. there were three people in the home at the time. werp told the homeowner suffered burns and we're trying to get more information on his condition and what may have caused that fire. >> time now 6:06. a florida teenager is in jail in connection with the toddler. police in jacksonville say 16-year-old henry heys was involved in a gang shooting in january that killed a 22 -month-old. the toddler's family say they forgive him but feel he should still be punished. >> we've already forgiven whoever did it. we forgive him. we can't go around and be hating him, you know, as much as we want to hate him, you know. i wasn't raised like thand didn't raise her like that. >> hayes is the fourth person to be arrested in the case. detectives believe the shooting is the result of a gang rivalry. >> the death toll from severe storms impacting states along the gulf coast has risen to five. thousands of families have been evacuated in louisiana and mississippi because of d into waters there and some area

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today we climbed to 84. 83 in ocoee and orlando, 83 winter park, 82 longwood and a veto. -- longwood and oviedo. coming to town for spring break, it will be breezy and we still have that high risk of recurrence. be careful. the tight heads out this morning through early afternoon. -- the tide heads out this morning through early afternoon. by friday those winds are going to calm down considerably. the timing not so great with the weekend. we will have a lot of clouds on saturday and some scattered showers into monday. ted: been talking about this crash in osceola county around poinciana boulevard, and you can see though northbound lane is blocked and causing a backup. take bass road to the west -- to the east or take : boulevard. i-4 current travel conditions have the most congestion in the morning. westbound lake mary-lee and the toll plaza to i-4 all running on time. michelle: a local mayor preparing for an ocean odyssey. jason: why he wants to travel michelle: a new michelle: the bay area reporter was in the wrong place at the absolute wrong time. alex savage was live on air talki

build them as we get into the afternoon and start to heat up. 82 in clermont. 82 is where you and longwood and orlando. 81 in mount dora and deland. up at on the coast will be the upper 70' s near 80. a breeze obvious and keeps us a couple degrees cooler near the coast. it is 4:32 now, let' s get over to ted noah. ted: problems on i-95 southbound. the accident scene is just beyond the pioneer causeway. you take it over -- they are diverting it off. a deadly car crash under investigation by florida highway patrol that will impact your cell phone drive. we' ll come back in a few minutes to look at cameras and see how things are looking. jason: commitment 2016 the stakes couldn' t be higher as voters get ready for super tuesday. the polls open in more than a dozen states in just a few hours. as mary maloney reports, today -- this could be a make or break day for some campaigns. >> at donald trump' s a vent, the celebrity candidate was upstaged. interrupted when a secret service agent grabbed the negative photographer and slammed into the ground. inside the republican party, a different kind o

then four years ago, another complaint about an 11-year-old here at longwood who looked malnourished, afraid, couldn't see very well. for the second time she called caesar herself. >> caesar's response to me, what, when i call you think i should drop my pants for you? i thought that was a really odd response. >> reporter: lastly, another 11-year-old boy who caesar wanted in special ed here at the school because all the subsidies added up to $18,000 a month. >> because it could guarantee money for him, and victims. >> because debi confronted caesar, she says he threatened to sue. he also complained to her bosses here in the long wood school district. the end result, debi edwards says she was prohibited from ever speaking to caesar's foster boys again. >> i'm ashamed that i wanted to keep my job instead of helping them. >> but you cared about these boys. >> yeah, but i should have done more. >> reporter: in suffolk county, stacey sager, eyewitness news. >>> new tonight in new jersey homicide detectives are investigating the suspicious death of a woman whose body was found on the side of

there you go, guys. headed out this way, sonni and bob. >> sonni: live in longwood, tracy, thanks. new at 10:00, from brevard county. police in cocoa want to find a person who shot and wounded a dog in its own backyard. that dog the beloved companion of a boy with special needs. tiffany teasley joining us live in studio to explain. >> reporter: that dog is recovering in a cast this evening after she was shot in the leg over the weekend. and tonight we're learning just how special that dog is to an 8-year-old little boy. 8-year-old jonathan hawkins plays with his furry friend this evening, doing his best to nurse him back to health. >> it was devastating. >> the 2-year-old wears a little bit blue cast after he was shot in the leg saturday night while in a fenced in backyard of the family's cocoa home. >> we heard the gunshot, and it sounded really close. gunshot, and riley hollered and we knew someone had shot him. >> when they came out, they found him bleeding from the fragments still in his paw. >> he had blood all over his paw. >> what's worse, jonathan's grandmother says they do

we will make it to 66 in eustis and 67 in clermont. 66 in longwood and oviedo. we will climb to 67 and st. cloud. 68 today in halle pop. -- holop aw. 64 flagler beach and 67 in palm bay. at the beach today, i know it is spring break, there will be so much sunshine. make sure you have your sunscreen and also look out in the water. we have a high risk for rip current. that' s well coming in very those richer strong as the tide heads out. that' ll happen around 10:00 a.m.. during the heat of the day when most of us are at the beach. we will -- tomorrow will be sunny and dry again. not as windy as the ridge of high pressure moves in a little closer. on wednesday as the wind starts to shift around we will get a couple of clouds beginning to building and the moisture start gradually returning. as we get into thursday, the 80' s will return as we get a southeast breeze coming in and a slight chance for showers on thursday. into next weekend we have another front going to approach. it will stall at like next weekend -- like last weekend. right now it is traffic time, le

cloud are headed to 90. 80 nine winter park in orlando and 89 in longwood in a veto. along the coast, same deal. mid-to-upper 80' s, a little bit cooler but not by much. i think we will get a little bit of breeze coming off the ocean. once those wins cap -- pickup, desk . another warm and dry day tomorrow. on thursday, we are mainly dry as well. maybe a few late day showers because our next front starts moving in. as this front hangs out nearby towards the end of the week, it is going to bring more clouds and also some scattered showers and storms. it looks like that front will be in north florida friday and saturday, meandering. once that front comes through on we get a bit of cool down as we welcome spring this week. jason: our team coverage of what some are calling mega tuesday gets going all new at 5:00 and a commitment 2016 coverage and we are looking at all five of the states heading to the polls and hundreds of delegates on the line. breaking news, the latest on the interstate shutdown starting out 5:00. announcer: local, live, late breaking. this is wesh 2 new

longwood police say four cars were involved. one person was seriously hurt. you can count on eyewitness news to let you know when the road is back open and power is restored. >>> tonight we're working to find out if there's a gang connection of a shooting that took the life of a 15-year-old boy. someone left antoine davis' body on a sidewalk. they believe they know who shot davis but haven't arrested anyone. jerry demmings told us the boy hung around with a group of teens that played a role in his death. >> reporter: your investigators have said that the victim was involved in what we call ongoing disputes. but haven't elaborated. is that another way of saying that he was involved in some kind of a gang? >> well, i'm not going to say that about the young man. but he was a troubled youth. >> reporter: demonstrating says we should know about specs coming up. we'll keep you posted. >>> a growing heroine battle six months of meetings and debates spent to create the heroine task force. some of the ideas, higher bond amounts and stricter penalties on those transpor

stewart: this happened on the store at 434 and wekiva springs in longwood. detectives have made an arrest. matt: they have made an arrest, closer look at the publix. it is really at the intersection of 434 and montgomery. they have made an arrest, and he just bonded out of jail. detectives say they have evidence on the store surveillance to back-up the girl' s story. >> a customer pulled out his privates and they are saying , that i have to call you to report, and they are going to look at it on camera. greg: that 911 call was made by the mother of the 15-year-old girl, who claims a man exposed himself in one of the aisles of this longwood publix. he -- >> he is out in the store with this walking out in the aisle, and then he told me, and then i told the manager, and i asked if they could catch that on tape, and he said they probably caught it on tape. greg: the man quickly left the store, but a manager got a license tag number and detectives with the sheriff' s office arrested 21-year-old melick hurley cook of altamonte springs. the victim stepfather told m

it is not out of the question. 89 in ocoee and longwood and 89 in oviedo. mid-to-upper 80' s along the coast. 88 is where we are headed in palm bay. if you are headed to the beach today, i know a lot of kids are on spring break, we have those wins not quite as -- wind not quite as breezy as yesterday. keep in mind that late afternoon into the evening is when that rip current risk will be the strongest, the poll is the strongest is the tight heads out. tomorrow, we have a front that for the next few days. that could bring a few showers in a northern counties tomorrow, i don' t really expect much rain on thursday, but on friday, we will likely see a few more showers and storms. it' s just going to be scattered, i don' t expect a total washout. there won' t be a whole lot of sunshine as we had to the weekend with mostly cloudy skies. we will get some scattered showers and storms right through sunday. let' s get a traffic update now, ted noah standing by. ted: a deadly car crash on u.s. near fairwinds boulevard. it is very slow, use poinciana boulevard instead.

worker here at longwood middle school, debi edwards is now talking about how she found herself closer than ever to an alleged pedophile in what's fast become one of long island's most horrific cases. >> how come you're talking to us now? >> because now it's concrete and it's real. >> reporter: so real it's sickening. a 17-count indictment earlier this month alleging 59-year-old gonzales-mugaburu sexually abused boys in his care, even had sex with his dog, all in the community of ridge. investigators suspect there are far more victims. caesar fostering 140 boys here over 20 years. >> you didn't know they were being sexually abused. >> i had a feeling. i never felt professionally supported to pursue that feeling. >> reporter: she did confront problems with three boys loving here. the first -- three boys living here. the first, a 16-year-old boy kicked out for having a girlfriend. >> he said he had nowhere to live. >> reporter: she filed a complaint that went nowhere with the state registry. then four years ago, another complaint about an 11-year-old here at longwood who looked malnouris

deputies tell us the incident happened exactly 2 weeks ago when they were called to the longwood publix store along state road 434 by a mother who told them a man had just exposed himself to her 15-year- old daughter. the mother said she and her daughter were shopping around to: 30 that afternoon when a man allegedly exposed himself to the girl and one i'll and then followed both mother and daughter to another aisle. in the incident report, we went through, the mother said she noticed he was holding a magazine over his pelvic area and immediately went to find store management. acting quickly on a stick out able to provide investigators with surveillance video as well as the suspect license plate information as they watched him leave the store, get into his car, and drive away. from the security video, authorities told us they match 21-year-old malika with his current drivers license photo on file. on wednesday, he was arrested without incident at his home in altamonte springs. and we have requested a copy of that store surveillance that helped crack this case. we are told it is still pa

. >>> tonight the former longwood police chief will spend the next four years in prison. thomas jackson took more than $32,000 in bribes to help a convicted felon get a job as a police officer. jackson gave them a credential longwood police department. >> the judge says that you did not show any kind of remorse or anything like that. >> no comment, thank you. >> jackson was allowed to walk out of court today but will report to prison when notified by the bureau of prisons. >>> we are waiting for a response from the orange county school district after a second parent has come forward saying bullying at school major child consider suicide. >> they are beating him up against the wall. he threw up. i'm afraid he might take his >> that. says bullying at robins with middle school has gone on for district to do anything. on friday a different mother told us her daughter tried to overdose at me when the middle school because she was being we found out today police are now investigating that case. >>> tonight and orange county man accused of murder is in jail without bond after ei

a few or two warmer than we were yesterday. 82 in claremont . 82 longwood and oviedo, 83 in st. cloud. along the coast, upper 70' s, lower 80' s, cooler north, warmer south. a breeze coming off the water will keep cocoa beach at 79 and wind will shift to the south and climb to our inland spots this afternoon. this is the rain on the way. we have a cold front that is going to approach late night tonight. during the day, we are dry, we are good. clouds start to increase after midnight and then rain starts to show up about 3:00 in the morning or so. showers will push to the south during the morning commute tomorrow. it will not be widespread that notice there will be several spots that get rain. commute, most of the rain is gone and drier air filters in behind that front. you will have a nice friday afternoon and evening. any rain we get will be a early in the day and after that -- as that air settles in tomorrow, sets us up for a fantastic weekend. we will still be in the upper 70' s that it won' t be lower 80' s. we are going to see temperatures climbed by the middle of next week

. >> police say on wednesday 21-year-old melick cook exposed himself to a girl in longwood. we asked him if those charges are true. >> a 15-year-old girl is accusing you of showing her your privates. you didn't do anything? they said it was caught on video. so what happened in that publix? >> nothing happened in the >> anything else you want to say? >> the victim's mother was with the 15-year-old and happened. cook faces a charge. >> two teenagers are recovering after a pickup truck you can see one of their truck. were riding in the crosswalk yesterday on courtney parkway outside of merritt island when they were hit. troopers say the pickup driver hit the first teen and pan i ikd, accidentally hit the gas pedal and hit the other boy. >> we're speaking with witnesses and checking the cycles of the traffic light to see how it works out here and at what point the pedestrian signals would be activated. >> the victims have been identified as aden and graham murkowski. troopers say aden has serious injuries while graham has minor injuries. new video shows sparks flying as a driver

.-- a former longwood police chief is sentenced to four years in prison for accepting bribes. jurors concluded yesterday that tom jackson broke the law-- when he took money from a felon... in exchange for hiring him on the force. according to a jackson not only gave the man a job.... but he also provided him with a badge and a gun. jackson was sentenced to four years in prison-- followed by one year of supervised release. brning new details about the man... hit and killed... after a driver tried to out-run orange county deputies. investigators have identified the victim as 23-year-old cody garrick. they say he was a delivery driver making his last trip of the day early sunday morning... when a woman ran a red light at americana boulevard, hitting his car and killing him. garrick leaves behind a 3-year-old daughter. 27-year-old syndia saint-cyr was arrested. she is being held on no bond. broadway comes to orlando! the doctor phillips center for the performing arts just announced their upcoming show schedule. coming up-- we will tell you what you can see this season. plus-- a ne

in longwood... just south of state road 4-34. firefighters say-- several people were burned -- but they are going to be okay. no word on what sparked the fire. you decide 2016-- fresh off their performances in last night's debate.... ted cruz and marco rubio will be in central florida today. there are just four days left before the florida primary. later this morning... cruz will speak at a rally at the "faith assembly of god church" on curry ford road. joined by former presidential candidate carly fiornia.-- who threw her support behind him earlier this week. and marco rubio will be in kissimmee tonight -- for one of the biggest g-o-p fundraisers in florida. rubio will appear at the "lincoln day dinner." former louisiana governor.. and presidential candidate bobby jindal will deliver the keynote speech. last night-- all the candidates took the stage for the final debate before florida's primary. it was a lot more tame than the previous debates... with the candidates remaining more focused on the issues than each other. 444444444

. >> a longwood police chief convicted of accepting $30 thouks in bribes is heading to prison. a judge sentenced tom jackson to four years behind bars. jackson took 32,000 in bribes from a felon who jackson hired as an officer back in 2009. state law says felons cannot be hired as police officers. jackson served as police chief in longwood from 1997 to 2010. >> wild moments caught on watch as deputies and police jumped out and took off. both men eventually gave up and they are both now facing serious charges. >> one local mom is getting results at a bus stop after she says drivers were putting students in danger. it is a story we brought you three weeks ago when angie shared this video of cars passing stopped school buses and putting kids in danger. now that bus stop has been moved to the other side of the street. a simple change but one that rosa says could change lives. >> changed dramatically. i have contacted the police. i have contacted the school. i was able to finally get results with you. >> now rosa says she hopes the high school and elementary school stopping at the c

after the front clears we will have sunshine. 80 as the eye and longwood and oviedo and 81 is where we are headed in orlando. upper 70' s is where we' re headed for the coast. get a traffic update, let' s get over to ted noah. ted: heading out dark an early, some roadwork. 408 westbound, you can see the barricades. left lane from just about i-4 to obt. flashing lights right there, an indication on i-4 from princeton to maitland, construction didn' t have a left lane. just beyond maitland to 436, a left-wing taken out there. construction and before the 417 as well. michelle: this morning, a local student is fighting for his life after nearly drowning. jason: investigators tell us he fell from a pipe wesh 2' s alex and into a canal. wesh 2' s alex villarreal is live there this morning. the district says crisis counselors will be on campus today. alex: the campus said they will be providing counselors and as long as -- as long as they are needed. that is after an eight-year-old boy fell into this canal that you see right now. we are going to be watching to see if anything else will be don

we will make it to 80 in ocala and the villages and 80 today in eustis. 79 in longwood, 80 in winter garden and kissimmee. a little cooler at the coast with that southeast breeze, 70 six in new smyrna beach and 78 in palm bay. brett: bombers have been identified as belgian brothers. tracie potts has more information on this investigation. >> there is an urgent manhunt in europe for this man, authorities believe he is the third attacker at the brussels airport. the others they said blew themselves up. in a new communique, isis is reporting black days across europe. >> i don' t feel secure. i don' t want to go all now. >> one of the last flights out of brussels before the attack had landed in the u.s. amid increased security at airports and mass transit. planned, they didn' t know where or when. >> we will stand as a nation with our allies and our friends and people all over this world. >> the brussels attacked have created a political risk. donald trump says close the borders. ted cruz wants police to patrol vulnerable communities. >> where there is an expanding presence of radical is

crews worked late into that night in longwood on state road 434 near grant street. the intersection was closed for hours. police say four cars were involved and a hummer slammed into a power pole. one of the drivers was seriously hurt and had to be airlifted to ormc. wesh 2 spoke with a driver, who says the power lines fell on his car. >> it was a pretty big impact, because it we were not expecting the guy to darkened front of it. -- dart in front of it. a loss of power to the neighborhood, and across the street. jason: according to duke energy, the crash knocked out power to about 100 homes. michelle: tonight, friends and family will gather to remember a 15-year-old murdered over the weekend. investigators say antwan davis was shot in the head on north lakewood avenue late saturday night. so far, there' s no word on any suspects. his family told police he had an the neighborhood. tonight' s vigil will be held at starke lake at 7:00. covering volusia county, a huge donation is going towards the homeless problem in daytona beach, but one group planning to protest tod

and 70s today and 78 in longwood. and then the weekend, look at sunday, the first match for orlando city at 2:00. and the searches in the 70s and live tv coverage on tv 27 starting at 1:30 on sunday. coming up, the weekend i'll see you at 6:17 with that. >>> we had a couple of other crashes pop up here. you can get there. keep in mind that you'll see them on the scene. and i-4 westbound, you see u.s. 27 and the champions gate area, you have a crash. this one, we have not got a good indication if any lanes blocked. we'll get a better look at that. and we have a crash central florida parkway and rock et -- rocket boulevard. >>> the pentagon is asking for hackers to break into their computer systems and why they are actually helping them. >>> the fact that she lists a different place that she's liveing is ed. >> and why the real home 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 when he can settle in and practice his bi

lake mary, heathrow, longwood, temperatures in the upper 70s lake mary. a few 80s on the coast. daytona beach shores, daytona ormond beach. not looking good. -- now looking good 79 deland, scattered clouds again. similar looking day to the last couple of days and warm and mid- 80s. sunset after 6:00. the sun will go down and gorgeous for the match tonight, kick-off 7:00 orlando city at the citrus bowl. temperatures upper 70s to near 80 gradually falling throughout the match. it will be beautiful, pleasant evening. we will find tune the weekend forecast -- 52 the weekend for -- >>> state lawmakers expected to send governor. scott a budget proposal for more than $82 million. we told you this with legislators reached a deal on florida's budget agreeing to fund dozens of products including health for the disabled. with time running out in the sessions of the senate could offer on a major education bill. a bill requiring colleges and universities to tell students at a time about tuition hikes is on the governor's desk. if approved, schools will have to notify students 28 days before

this all happening along grant street and 434 in longwood. police say the pole that was damaged-- also supported a traffic light there. the road is closed between "wayman avenue" and "county road 427." police are still investigating what caused a man to crash into that pole. driver was air-lifted to the hospital with serious injuries. will gather tonight to remember a boy.... shot and killed in orange county. the boy's mother is demanding justice. a candlelight vigil is scheduled for tonight to honor 15-year-old antwan davis. deputies say he was found shot and killed sunday morning-- near north lakewood avenue and anderson place-- in ocoee. davis' mother-- stacy found out about her son's detah in an unacceptable way-- from an instagram post. she also says-- he was the oldest of her four kids-- and she will miss his smile. family members say they are hopeful that someone will call-in information leading to an arrest. tonight's vigil is scheduled for 8 p- m.... at "starke lake" in ocoee. new this morning-- no charges for a central florida man a

a couple of degrees warmer than where we were yesterday. 79 in longwood and a veto. lots of our inland areas will hit 80 today. the coast with that east brees will stay a bit cooler. mid-to-upper 70' s. flagler, volusia and brevard county. 76er daytona beach and 78 in palm bay. you' re headed to the beach, keep in mind that the wind will be kicking up a little bit and we still have at high risk for rip current. if you are making beach plans asked him to get warmer, keep in mind that those rips are very strong lineup. gusty and southeast winds will bring us into the lower 80' s. we will clean desk keep climbing with temperatures. especially tomorrow and thursday, the wind is going to be downright gusty. they will be warm wind but it is going to be pretty breezy. we will stay in the mid-80' s and not see any rain until the upcoming weekend. 5:20 now, time for traffic. ted: we have cleared up i-4 eastbound construction from fairbanks to lee road. it' s moving along great. eastbound before 535, a little bit after that you will see a right lane taken out. a little portion

longwood police a state road 434 from wayman avenue to oleander street is closed. investigators say new at 4 cars crashed around 7:45 last night and one person was hurt. we checked with duke energy and power is back on in the area and we will let you know when it reopens. >>> governor. rick scott will not say whether he will sign a bill that would give a $20 million to cf for the downtown campus pack last summer he vetoed similar pill -- build he was touting 53,000 new jobs and central florida over the last year. he would not verbally commit to funding. ucf hopes to use state funding, $20 million in donation and own cogitations of 20 to -- 20 campus. >>> travelers could foot the bill for one $.8 billion terminal expansion at orlando international airport. tomorrow the trade orlando aviation authority will vote on passenger facility charge which flight. the airports biggest carriers delta and southwest say the expansion is unnecessary and >>> tomorrow windermere neighbors will get the chance to voice opinions on a plan to build a mosque near a home. a landowner want

and you'll see a few showers back through seminole county into the 80s and longwood and sable point and winter springs in the mid-80s and in the mid- 80s in brevard county and we'll see a stronger risk of rip currents and mostly cloudy and isolated storms today and the highs around 87 and the front arrives tomorrow and we'll tracking storms for part of the weekend and a big time cool down moving n. >>> we have a couple of crashes out there with a couple road blocks. they should get this one out of keep that in mind. and in deland at oak clair avenue, you also have a partial road block at that crash. and i'll let you know if they need to shut everything down. >>> and we're getting a look at jail videos of a womb accused of -- woman accused of abandoning her baby known as baby willow. >>> a school fight caught on cell phone video. and it is not the first time. and we're asking the school leaders are doing to stop the attacks on campus. >>> we have found out that a nurse you professor of nursing had his home raid the. >> it happened in november, according to police report and hospital to t

we will hit 82 in longwood and oviedo. o' in kissimmee and st. cloud, it will be 83. warmer -- colder north and warmer to the south inland from the cooler water. cocoa beach gets in east brees early in the day, you will be at 79 for the high. this is futurecast tonight. 11:00 when most people are in bed. as we get into the overnight hours, the clouds will increase in a big way and then here comes the rain. not much, but a few showers will role in from north to south early tomorrow morning during the morning commute ahead of our cold front. i don' t expect much rain at all. a 20% coverage. once we get to 9:00 in the morning commute is come to an end, the rain comes to an end as well and then that drier air will alter rim, which means he rest of friday, friday night and the weekend looks fantastic. just that isolated shower earlier in the day tomorrow and in the sunshine will return and stick around for the weekend. behind the front. it won' t be significantly cooler, but we will be in the upper 70' s rise on saturday and sunday. ted: construction on 417 northbound of l

taking you down to longwood, we have a crash slowing things down on the 434 right at grant street. an accident east of i-4. taking a look at your drive times, i-4 westbound from lake mary boulevard to colonial will take you 14 minutes. eastbound from the attractions and if you're using the 408 from the 417 to downtown, that will take you 13 minutes. back to you. >> all new this morning, the search is on for the driver in a deadly hit and run crash in brevard county. >> this happened last night around 9:45 at the intersection of courtney parkway and spruce avenue in merritt island. that is where we find gina benitez. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. according to florida highway patrol, the 54-year-old bicyclist was trying to get from one side of courtney parkway to the other side when he fell off his bike. that's when fhp says a driver who was going south hit him and then took off and kept driving. according to fhp, the bicyclist scene. at this point they have not man. notification. at this point, troopers don't have an exact vehicle they have very little to go on. witnesses

through seminole county for maitland, up toward altamonte springs about 71 toward fern park and longwood lake mary and we swing toward the coast we're a touch cooler in daytona beach there is that 73, mid 70s pierceon and deland and again just clouds pumping in you'll see that easterly breeze with us, bringing in a few of the clouds along the coast but either way we cut it partly cloudy skies, we'll be a little warmer though across our interior zones but we are warming up further the next few days each day through friday, we are going to be warmer for today, this is in daytona as we continue through bike week 75 tomorrow, 77, 79 on wednesday, coming up we're going to talk about what temperatures will soar through the 80s. vanessa? >>> things are not looking good for allegiant airlines. the teamsters aviation mechanics coalition will release a report today blasting the air loin for several recent safety issues. a take off was aborted yesterday in indiana because of the smoke and we told you in december about a flight out of orlando sanford international airport that had to be diverted saf

afternoon to our friends torts water ford lakes 68 and the apopka area 67, altamonte 64 towards longwood and lake mary 68 and then in volusia county it's a little cooler there the mid 60s to deland, orange city daytona beach. skies are clear out there in the satellite and radar composite but again with a northerly breeze and chilly start to the day we will not get back to above average as matter of fact we stay well below average, high today in the metro just 75 degrees but a nice afternoon ahead. come on back i am tracking changes including when highs will be nearly 10 degrees above average and what looks to be a wet holiday weekend ahead. thousands of dead fish are floating in the indian river lagoon and state biologists are working to find out why. from titusville to melbourne florida fish and wildlife is receiving calls about fish kills. the agency is collecting samples. people who live in the area say its never been this bad. there are so many dead fish the air stinks. >> there's catfish, trout, i've seen mullet, every kind of fish you could think of. there's about 12 species of fis

86 is where we are headed in ocala and salt springs, 87 in the villages and 89 in clermont. 89 in longwood and a veto, 90 end -- into sammy. this will be the warmest day we have seen so far this year. we are officially welcoming spring next weekend and is feeling more like summertime. 87 are high and palm bay today. jason and michelle. jason: turning to commitment 2016. s encircled on the counter for months now. michelle: florida voters go to the polls to choose nominees for president. 7:00 this morning. they will stay open until 7:00 tonight. some polls in the panhandle close at 7:00 central, so we won' until 8:00 our time. nearly 2 million people cast their votes early in this election, so the lines manatt be as bad as they years past. keep in mind, several candidates who dropped out of the race are still on the ballot. votes for candidates like martin o' malley, jeb bush and ben carson will not count. brett connolly joins us now with a look at exactly what is at stake today. -- today. so much at stake as voters head to the polls in five states. we have florida, north carolina, well. her

angela jacobs tells you this happened at the grocery store stable 434 and wekiva springs in longwood. since then, she got hold of the 911 call the team's mother made describing what happened at that publix in plain sight. anything. >> reporter: moments after she says a man exposed himself to her 15-year-old daughter in the olive oil aisle of the summit county publix, a mother calmly told a 911 operator what she saw. >> he's walking around towel in the aisle. >> reporter: the mother said she and her daughter were shopping around 2:30 that afternoon when she said the man allegedly exposed himself to the girl and one aisle and then followed both the mother and daughter to another. in the report the mom tells police she noticed the suspect was clutching a magazine at his waist and she went to find store management, expressing her immediate concerns to first responders. >> could you send someone a. >> reporter: by picking up the suspect at the star exit, managers were able to provide investors with his vehicle information and license plate number as he got in his car and drove away. he was

that will bring us some sunshine later today. 76, eustis. 77, longwood and oviedo. we will climb to 78 in winter park. temperatures along the coast, much cooler to the north. 79 is where we are heading for the high today. if you' re heading to the beach, choppiness going on. as far as the rip current risk, that is low for now. into the weekend, we are going to see this week front that will be sliding through. i do not expect any rain. it will reinforce the cool, dry air. into the weekend, the morning lows will be cooler. next week, we will be in the low jason: look at all of the flashing lights here. it looks like a lot. only one lane is taken out. occasionally, we are seeing traffic slowdown. if you' re going to travel through volusia county, a crash came and went. it is slick out there. give yourself extra time. we are continuing to follow breaking news this morning. a man is hit and killed on a local road tonight. what police are telling us about their investigation. >> orlando police are working to piece together how [indiscernible] about the investigation. jaso

seminal county deputies said cook exposed himself to a 15-year-old inside the store on 434 and longwood. the girl's mom and store managers were able to catch the license plate number before he drove off. detectives were able to use that to track him down. >>> another man accused of publics is back on the street as well. >>> he used his cell phone to take videos up girl's skirts. erik sandoval is outside the store in bald win park tonight, eric? >> reporter: investigators tell me this man would take his cell phone and strategically place it in his shopping basket. some as young as five-year-old. tonight, we were waiting outside jail to ask him some tough questions. you have nothing to say to these families? 27-year-old scott was in the orange county jail for only eight hours before he posted his $5,000 bond to get out. police say the surveillance cameras caught him walking around the publics in bald win park. he puts his cell phone right on top of a box of salt teen crackers. he used that to prop up his up the skirts and shorts of at least two little girls. one around five-year-old, the

and right now, the intersection where this happened in longwood is still closed. we want to give you an idea of where this is all unfolding right now. it' s at state road 4-34 and grant street. officers are on the scene redirecting traffic. police say two cars were involved in the crash. hospital. re working to find out their conditions. duke energy tells us about 100 homes are without power. we just heard from a driver who says the power lines fell on his >> it was a big impact. it ended up shorting out all the wires. the intersection is expected to be closed until sometime after midnight. angela: we' ll continue to get you knew developments on this breaking story. live in the breaking news center, angela taylor, wesh 2 news. the motorcycle was killed as he was going east on fort smith boulevard. the writer was approaching when he wiped out and died at the scene. there is still no word on what caused the writer to crash. jim: right now, police in clermont are looking for a man with a bogus badge, who they say is dressed as a lawman. new tonight, wesh 2' s summer

he bonded out after deputies say he exposed himself to a girl inside a store in longwood. that wasn't the only story involving the popular grocery store. >> you have nothing to say to these families, do you have anything to say to these allegations? . >> we were there the as a man accused of taking pictures the skirts of girls at another publix walked out of jail. 27-year-old irwin was caught in the act. he hid his phone in a basket to take those pictures and the victims were as young as 5 years old. police took his cell phone and computers but they have not said what they found on them. >> the georgia mother arrested not planning on returning to her home state any time soon. >> 28-year-old clarion garrison sa says she plans to fight extradition to the state she ran away from with three of her children on wednesday. deputies believe it could be because her fourth child, a 2-year-old girl was found dead in their home according to georgia officials. since garrison did not waive her right, those charges could be upgraded as the investigation continues. >> ucf basketball quest

about the pets tonight or -- if you're in one of those typical hot spots. 67 in lake mary, 65 in longwood. as we swing over towards volusia county seeing some numbers in the low to mid 60s. so we're going to drop we'll see the temperatures in the 40s. coming up we'll track bob. >> all right. see you then bryan. >>> breaking right now in orange county, jeff la coolage just arrived on the scene where a 20 acre brush fire is burning now much of central florida is under a fire warning right now for at least jeff, you spoke with residents about how that fire came up right to the back of their homes. >> reporter: yeah, bob, they were nervous they would have to leave their homes. take a look. this is where the edge of the fire line was and you can see how close it got. take a look another the fence here melted from that brush fire that started around 3:00. now we'll go to some video of sky witness 9. you can see how much of the field here was burned. about 20 acres is what they're saying. 90% of it is contained at this point. now, we did talk to some residents, they had some fire some of the hot

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deftly started to see those winds kick up. 80 in clermont. 79 longwood and oviedo. 80 degrees in orlando in winter park. so the farther inland you are, the warmer you are. and the closer you are to the coast and that east brees, the cooler you will be. even our cool spots will make it to the mid to upper 70' s. 76 are high in daytona beach. if you are headed to the beach, we have that brees picking up. high risk for with currents -- rip currents. if you are making -- seven-day forecast, to beach plans but you see this temperatures. we will be climbing into the middle 80' s by the middle of -- and of the week with no rain until the weekend. time for traffic, here is ted. ted: constructional 417 southbound. left lane blocked through the narcoossee area. i-4 eastbound approaching 535 to a little bit after that, a right lane it taken out. more construction happening -- it is all cleared up. 528 has a lane blocked at universal. jason: wesh 2 news sunrise at 5:00 gets going right now. alex villareal joins us live. alex: a car crashed into an orlando home. i' m live with a look at the damage an

court ruled last year that same-sex couples have a fundamental right to marry, house sponsor of longwood and aaron bean began drafting the bill they say will protect churches, clergy and church employee who is decline to perform marriage ceremonies contrary to their belief. how difficult would it be to marry two gay folks based on your belief? >> well, it wouldn't be difficult at all because i wouldn't do it. >> reporter: hand down. >>? >> hands down wouldn't do it. >> reporter: federal law provides religious freedom for pastors. equality florida thought to change the proposed bill to the >> and we still believe that bill is completely unnecessa{?x and we know that pastors and clergy have always had the right to marry or not marry any couple for any reason. that's the way its always been and that's the way it should be. >> reporter: they will vote tomorrow. in clermont, tracy jacim, fox 35 news. >>> a crime alert tonight. crises mee police need your help trying to identify an arm the robbery suspect. you can see the picture on screen here. the suspect approached the counter at the 7 elev

. >> reporter: in longwood, sashell saunders news 6. >>> there is something to that lea year. she looks closer to 21 than 84. she's 84? >> i thought there was a misprint there. >>> just in, a woman's frightening lift. >> i don't know where he's taking me. dude, can you stop? >>> she called for a ride and the driver refuse ed to drop her off. happening to the driver tonight. >> plus a controversial take down. why the secret service slammed a photographer from time magazine. tom? >> wow, that's scary stuff. hey, look at the visibility ies visibilities, it's back up from 9-10 mile visibility. the fog is starting over here. i'll be back to pinpoint this now. it's going to work its way all across and greet you tomorrow morning. >> but first a consumer alert about ovens that can can explode. hi, guys! we all know about bogos from other stores, right? pbut did you know they're not always the best deal? pwalmart has every day low prices on everything they sell, not just on select items. orlando the total amount saved at walmart vs winn-dixie was $20.54 on this week's basket- that's 17

temperatures in the 60s and 70s, 70 degrees cocoa beach, 71 melbourne, 62 sanford back through longwood and lake brantley. new smyrna beach port orange daytona beach 60, 64 in the villages this morning. a great day on the way. a few scattered clouds a

we're in the 70s for longwood. a very thick layer of clouds here. showers building up here to the north. during the evening hours. it will move toward metro orlando around 6:00 am. until then, very mild, low 60s for lake buena vista, learned, 59 with late showers from winter garden to apopka. showers also for sanford in the early morning hours. from 11:00 tonight, showing the clouds continuing to stay overhead with some light rain around 3:00 am, here comes that broken line of heavier downpours from gainesville. the farther north you are, the more likely you forget measurable rainfall. can't just be a trace. doesn't count officially. here's a couple of showers near daytona, and moving past metro orlando around 6:00, 8:00. and that's it. not going to stick around. we'll get our sunshine back, warming back up. of course we were below average in in a decent rain amount. the latest model going out through march 19th, it came up with barely a tenth inch of rain for orlando! this is one of the reasons why next week, a summer-like ridge of high pressure is

a light jacket this evening as once the sun goes down, we'll be dropping off, 73 sable point and longwood. deberry, volusia county, towards the coast, a mix of 60s and 70s now. looking awesome outside. clear skies, not as chilly as last night. by the morning, this is sanford,s most of us waking up to 60s around. mainly clear sky, a couple of more clouds along the coast. tomorrow, 9:00 o'clock, dlu the day, mostly sunny. still staying on the dry side for tomorrow. thursday, let me stop it at thursday, more moisture around. going to see a 40% chance of so a good night on the way. clear skies. temperatures around 55. over the numbers for you, 47 in ocala, nothing like this morning. it's still going to be cool over towards sanford and the riverwalk. 54. 52 palm coast. and 57 degrees in titusville. let's go county by county, with the highs tomorrow. celebration, by the water tower, 81 by the loop in kissimmee. orlando, sky lake taft, hunters creek, all in the low 80s. a beautiful day. temperatures around 81. in swinging back through volusia county, after again the cool start, up to 79, in pier