in edge water, tracy jason, fox 35 news. >> update on a story we brought you last night at 11:00. young girl accused a man of trying to abduct her. turns out things aren't always as they seem. sunny? >> the girl told deputies that someone tried to kidnap her as she walked home from school. detectives reece leaguesed a composite sketch of the man. had the whole community on alert but she made it up. she told investigators she did it because she was tired of walking a mile home from the bus stop. while the sheriff is relieved she was not in danger, not exactly happy with the lie. >> she wasted hundreds of hours on our part and certainly anxious is the on her parents part and in the community who also had children there. >> the girl will be charged with a miss demean thise mean for for >> day 4 of the hulk hogan versus gawker trial. he wants $100 million because the web site posted a sex tape of his online for days, for weeks. on the stand today, university of florida journalism professor talked about ethical guidelines. gawker attorneys suggested he was out of touch with modern jour

. >> as fox's tracy jason reports this young man is teaching us something about di fines. >> defiance.>> you would never guess that 18-year-old joe skinner is battling leukemia. tonight, joe couldn't talk to us, he is in the hospital. >> i can't say i believe it, it's really hard to comprehend and you really focus on the process. >> and the process is arduous. with hospital stays and chemotherapy and hopefully acceptance into a clinical trial but this is also a part of the >> we told like close to 3,000. >> mike judge y is joe's good friend and you see him here with joe on signing day, signing on to play baseball for ucf, a dream come through, and then a few weeks later, an emergency visit to the hospital and a leukemia diagnosis. and all of the people here dressed in gold raised thousands of dollars but not for him. >> they wanted to raise money and joe said there are kids at this hospital that need things a lot more than i do. >> so a home run here tonight and more home runs to come on the ballfield, god willing, joe skinner is a home-run king. >> the community can get together and

tracy potts, nbc news. jason: there is still plenty of talk about last night' s primary vote in five states, including florida. the focus was on to candidates who seemed primed to square off in november. jazmin walker joins us with our commitment 2016 update. jazmin: all night and through the morning, the numbers have been changing. here' now. at -- donald trump pickup 99 delegates with his win in florida. he is more than halfway to the s lead over ted cruz as you can see. 138 after his winner take all victory in ohio and rubio is holding onto his delegates with his campaign suspended. for the democrats, hillary clinton is about 800 short of her final goal. participate in the next gop debate on monday in utah there it saying we' debates. s committed to a speech instead. that means the only two on stage will be on john kasich and ted cruz. >> the fact is we have to bring our party together. >> this race moves west next week. voters go to the polls on tuesday in arizona, utah and idaho. coming up today, we are foll

tracie potts, nbc news, washington. jason: make us your source for commitment 2016. live coverage of the primary result begins at 8:00 tonight on cw18 and continues until 11:00. catch our election special on wesh 2 tonight at 10:00. here from the candidates, voters a home invasion in orange county started out with masked men and chase and crash. michelle: michelle meredith is live in ocoee today. this is such a bizarre story. michelle: well this is a very difficult story to follow. try to stay with me. police tell us all started with a home invasion in ocoee about four :00 -- 4:00 this morning. five suspects wearing masks with pig faces side of the victims. pistol with one man, the two suspects loaded up the victim in his own bmw and took off with the other three suspects following right behind in a mercedes suv. the vehicles. a winter garden police officers spotted the mercedes. in an effort to get away, the mercedes suspect plowed into race over nissan at the the innocent victim was t-bone and quickly injured. a winter garden police officer was trying to secure the

jason: tracie potts is in washington with a look at what -- a preview of what is happening today. >> you have to get out and vote. >> donald trump hoping to build on his front-runner status with his closest challengers aiming to collect enough delegates to remain competitive. >> a vote for donald trump tomorrow is literally a vote for hillary clinton in november. >> for ted cruz, it means winning his home state of texas. >> what we will see, i believe is donald trump coming out a chunk of delegates and others far behind. >> there could be trouble for s promises to close the border. >> you should be very troubled york times one thing and the voters another. the audio this interview so that we truly believes. >> bernie sanders is open to pick up wins at home in vermont, massachusetts, the midwest and maybe even texas. >> i think we will do better than people think. >> hillary quit is looking past super tuesday, focusing on trump. >> at some point, you can' t just say whatever pops into your head if you want to be the president of the united states of america. >> republicans are looking

tracie potts, nbc news. jason: the today show will continue coverage this morning with a live interview with donald trump. you can watch it on which to starting at 7:00. michelle: a man on the run after a man found dead in orange county. this was on the 1500 block of winding trail. we spoke with neighbors who knew him. >> he was a quiet i don' t know why it happened. like until can tell you is he was a nice guy. michelle: so far, no word on how he was killed. a total solar eclipse will blackout indonesia. it is scheduled to begin at 5:20 p.m. it will blackout the sun over the main indonesian islands of sumatra. jason: you may have to turn on the zika in the car. but then, you will shed that jacket, because it will get nice and warm. michelle: we are getting used to this. amy: brevard county, 70 degrees, but 48 in ocala. again, a huge difference across central florida. we all climb to the mid-to-upper 70' s today. but we have some cloud cover, and east winds. a huge impact. the metro area is in the lower 60' s, as

tracy potts, nbc news, washington. jason: the today show has continuing coverage of the republican debate and mitt romney speech. catch it all on wesh 2 beginning at 7:00. a former hillary clinton staffer has excepted immunity in the case. in exchange, she will -- they will provide an interview with federal investigators. the fbi finish the review of clinton' s e-mails on monday. they will investigate whether she committed any crime by using the server. >> north korea has fired six short range projectiles into the sea off this coast. that information coming from south korea. of those projectiles were missiles or artillery fire. this comes hours after the un security council approved the toughest sanctions on that country in nearly 20 years. south korea' s military has now been put on full alert and their government released a statement, saying these projectiles flew between 62 and 93 miles off the korean peninsula. tensions have been extremely high in this part of the world in 2016. in january, the north conducted a nuclear

tracie potts, nbc news, washington. jason: -- michelle: the today show will have more developments starting right here at 7:00. you can get up-to the-minute coverage on air and online on wesh.com and the wesh 2 mobile app. jason: the man accused of killing two college students in virginia is expected to plead guilty. jesse matthew jr. will enter the play tomorrow. prosecutors have agreed to drop the death penalty if he pleads guilty. this morning, investigators are trying to figure out what led a 14-year-old to open fire inside an ohio high school. witnesses say the student entered the school' s cafeteria yesterday morning and started two other students were hurt trying to escape the scene. none of the injuries were life-threatening. the shooter is charged with attempted murder. a motive has not been identified. michelle: space-x will make it' s fourth attempt to launch a falcon nine rocket from cape canaveral today. leaders are aiming to lift off at 6:35 tonight. the third attempt to send the rocket into space was scrubbed o

tracie: hawaii will also avoid tomorrow alongside -- will also vote tomorrow, alongside michigan. jason: overnight, we checked and tickets to marco rubio' s rally tonight are still available. we will have full coverage of the rally, and latest poll results inside the wesh 2 mobile app. michelle: america is remembering former first lady nancy reagan. she died yesterday at her home in los angeles from congestive heart failure. andrea mitchell has a look at the today show' s coverage of her life. >> good morning nancy reagan , played such a large role in american history. not only as first lady, but as the political advisor and the ronald reagan. especially after the 1981 assassination attempt, only months into his residency. she also realized that he did not have the political antenna about people who were in it for themselves that she had and that she could protect him from self-serving cabinet officers or chief of staff. we will have a lot more from those who worked for her, those who knew her well, and all of the reminiscences coming up on today. jason: this morning, the coast guard sa

jason: the clock is ticking. hundreds of delegates will be awarded on mega tuesday. jazmin: tracy potts tells us how the polls have the candidates. tracie: hundreds of delegates at stake tomorrow on both sides, florida and ohio the biggest prizes, winner take all. donald trump is winning florida by double digits. he is in tampa overnight. >> donald trump is a pathological liar. alex: hillary clinton said trump is inciting. >> he lit the fire and throws his hands up and claims he should not be held responsible. tracie: clinton says leaders are it is marco rubio who really needs the sunshine state. slamming trump as he continues. in ohio, john kasich is now leading in his home state. ted cruz is claiming a tie in north carolina despite the polls. >> is going to depend on turnout. tracie: in florida, nearly 2 million people have already voted. in ohio we will see mitt romney campaigning with john kasich. washington. jason: in this final stretch, marco rubio is making a mad dash for voters down i-95. this afternoon he stops in restaurant. s at 2:00. at the same time, donald trump will

jason: president obama' s supreme court nominee will be meeting with lawmakers. tracie potts is the latest development. >> a handful of republican senator senators have agreed to meet with the president supreme court nominee, judge merrick garland on have -- capitol hill. >> that' s a good thing. there is a constitutional responsibility that members united states senate have to consider the presence nominees to fill a vacancy in the screen court. it' s as simple as that. >> chuck grassley may meet with garland in april after the break. others are undecided. >> if i do meet with him, admin at not be a good use of this time because i' m not going to change my position because it' s based on the principle. >> the senate' s top republican spoke with garland by phone but won' t meet face-to-face. majority leader mitch mcconnell called waiting for the next president' s nominee a fair and reasonable copper mice. the house speaker agrees. >> the president has every right to nominate whoever he wants to. the senate, which is a co-equal branch of government has every right not to

jason: but the debate did shed some light on immigration healthcare and whether the u.s. should send troops to libya. tracie potts has a look at the big moments. >> this guy has lied so much. >> beyond the bickering , the name-calling , the insults and accusations. >> don' >> you have to do better than this. >> i don' t think the people of america are interested in bickering schoolchildren. >> why did you write checks to hillary clinton to be president in 2008. >> it was for business. >> it will save more than $300 billion a year. >> the numbers don' t add up. >> donald trump explained why he changed positions on syrian refugees and workers. >> you have to be able to have some flexibility, some negotiation. >> we now need troops in libya to go after isis. >> we have to be there on the ground. >> the republicans have four contests this weekend. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. candidates are turning their attention to florida. senator marco rubio will be back in his home state tomorrow, holding a rally in jacksonville. and donald trump will speak at ucf, where thousands are expected to show up. brett conn

jason bateman, aja naomi king, and music from cee-lo green. and friday, an encore "after the oscars" tv special . with ben affleck, tracy morgan, chris rock, nathan lane, matthew broderick, henry cavill, jesse eisenberg, sacha baron cohen, alicia vikander, and that no-good matt damon, who was not invited, but did show up. four first guest is an oscar and golden globe-winning actor, kennedy center honoree, and afi lifetime achievement award winner whose tonsils have already been selected for enshrinement at the smithsonian museum. his new movie "london has fallen" opens in theaters friday, please welcome morgan freeman. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: always lovely to have you here. >> thank you. nice crowd. >> jimmy: i assume you came here in a car, limousine of some kind. you were driven here. >> yes. >> jimmy: when you get into a car with a chauffeur, how frequently do they mention "driving miss daisy"? >> i have the same driver all the time. he's only done it once. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: and you kept him, >> well, the first time, you know, it's okay. >> jimmy: i have that app waze. it's a navigation app for people

jason: hillary clinton took seven states and more than 450 delegates last night. donald trump also winning seven states and to picking up more than 190 delegates. tracie potts has all the overnight developments. >> we are going to go to florida -- >> donald trump and hillary clinton. >> i am so delighted to be with you in florida. >> both looking ahead after sweeping super tuesday. she 17 states, including texas where trump wants to build the wall. >> instead of building walls we will break down barriers. >> bernie sanders one colorado, minnesota, oklahoma and his home state of vermont. >> it means so much to me that the people who know me best have voted so strongly to put us in the white house. >> as expected, almost everything else. he is vowing to seal florida for marco rubio. >> once we get all of this finished, i' m going to go after one person, hillary clinton. >> ted cruz declaring triple victory. texas, oklahoma and alaska. he is begging everyone else to drop out. >> that is the only way to beat donald trump. >> but marco rubio, who only carried minnesota said he is going nowhere. >> i will campaign as long as it takes and wherever it takes t

jason: ted cruz is coming for a town hall tomorrow in orlando. carly fiorina will appear at that event. marco rubio plans to rally in the villages the sunday. s tracie potts shows us what' s at stake over the next five days. >> hillary clinton campaigns in tampa today, facing new questions about her e-mails. the republican party suing for more and about whether she will be indicted. >> it' s not going to happen. [applause] >> immigration a big topic in last night miami debate. undocumented children pouring into the u.s. without their parents. >> i say, welcome those children into the country. secondary clinton said send them back. >> it' s not fair about what i said. i did say we need to be very concerned about little children coming to this country. >> marco rubio is now publicly knowledge and. >> it will come down to florida for me. >> and a donald trump. >> if he gets florida' s 99 delegates, we have a very >> ted cruz also on the list. >> florida is my place. >> donald trump so far ahead in florida. he is campaigning in north carolina, focusing on isis. >> we have to knock them out. [applause] >> something he' s also hoping to do in florida tues