you can also see updates on wesh. com and on the wesh 2 mobile app. and then tonight, immediately out an hour long nbc nightly news with lester holt. right now a stretch of the 4-08 has re-opened, after a semi-overturned this morning. it shutdown one of the major arteries that connect i-4 to the state road 4-08 toll road. the crash happened at the tail end of the morning rush hour. orlando police say when the truck was going up the ramp, the weight of the furniture it was carrying shifted, causing it to overturn. the driver was not seriously hurt. meredith: tonight we' re learning new information about a late-afternoon shooting this week, that left 1-person dead in apopka. it happened yesterday, near a playground on 15th street. today we learned the name of the victim. he' s contondre bryant, just 18-years-old. in the apopka area in just a matter of days. wesh 2' s michelle meredith joins us live from apopka, with reaction. michelle? reporter: people are outraged. the neighbors tell us the shooting happened right down this bike path. >> people have to

w re watching wesh 2. meredith: police tell us and the rest after a simple traffic stop took an arrested man off the streets. summer: he was taken into custody in seminole county and the latest. reporter: that' s a spec is being county jail. the orange county jillson. take a look at this video pine street. a fight spiraled into this frantic scene. life-threatening. the shooter was nowhere to be found, but half an hour later, an officer stopped a stop sign, and he later allegedly found marijuana in the car, and the driver adam manaiza did not have a license. they eyed the same man, manaiza as a suspect in the downtown case. this reinforces the danger and importance of simple traffic stops, the police tell us. >> he is out there perfect trolling -- patrolling the streets, and as simple as this violation may be, you can see what the results were. now faces attempted murder charges and a charge of possessing a firearm he also faces other charges in osceola county and traffic charges in seminole county. meredit

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wesh 2' s gail pascal brown was there for the vote. gail, how did ucf finally win over the board of governors? reporter: they had a lot of supporters. they took an hour to present the reason why there needs to be a downtown campus and then the board of governors took an hour for discussion and then came the vote. >> the motion passes. [appaluse] gail: by a vote of 14 to two, the florida board of governors approved ucf campus in downtown orlando. there was a standing ovation inside the ucf' s fairwainds alumni center where the plan was approved. both ucf and valencia will share the academic building, which is expected to open in 2018. the $60 million building will serve about 7700 ucf and valencia college students. ucf leaders and supporters say this is a great day. >> i think it was obvious the governors gave it thought and consideration. while we did not have a unamious vote, an overwhelming positive response. gail: president hitt says he is delighted with the outcome. the race is still not over. ucf still has a few hurdles to go, inc

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sally kidd, wesh 2 news. angela: -- stewart: tonight we are getting a birds-eye view of the flooding situation in louisiana. this is drone footage, taken over the town of slidell. days of heavy rain led to severe flooding, washed out roads, and damaged homes. a major interstate in the area higher ground, until the weather finally moves on. the flooding is considered to be some of the worst the area has ever seen. angela: they are not getting a break. this is ongoing. we are finally getting some rain, which is good for central florida. not here in orlando. tony: it is coming. the rain up north is great news. and the pollen getting many and many of you out there. it is warm and ball me, and weird to switch over to daytona degrees. when does call, a couple rounds of rain coming in. 88 was the high temperature in sanford. and now behind the sea breeze, it is not just warm here today, it is warm from dallas -- look at boston. 53 degrees in the middle of march, that is a bargain. there is a next slug of rain more r

wesh 2 news at 5:30 is next. jim: stewart moore joins us now with a look what' s coming up in our next half hour. stewart: nothing like rockets, but it has been a long week for daytona beach officials. spring breakers are stirring up trouble. already more than 100 arrests, and the season still has a long way to go. plus, back in court, a teen accused of running over a deputy. and an nfl player in serious condition after a florida motorcycle crash. what investigators think happened. and brace yourself. the digital coupons are coming next. look at her, so proud of her momma. go ahead. say it. cha-ching! thank you the weekly ad, bogos and coupons. three easy ways to save at the same place you love to shop. angela: beach. good evening, i' m stewart moore. angela: i' m angela taylor. we' ve been reporting on the trouble for two weeks now. more than 100 spring breakers have been arrested, and some beach officials hurt. and as wesh 2' s claire metz reports, that' s only on the beach. claire: the beach is just down the s

sally kidd, wesh 2 news. stewart: there is still a long road to win the white house, and wesh 2 will be tracking the whole thing. be sure to stay with us on air and online for the latest news coming up, looking into the possibility that more degree from -- debris from a missing flight has been found. angela: and back in court, hope a man accused of killing a woman stewart: and brevard county, for -- firefighters are working to help or people out of a ditch. angela: we just saw what looked like one of those people getting pulled from the ditch. we saw the vehicle lying on its roof and a lot of brush. we can see just how difficult this whole thing was. you can see just how far in firefighters had to go to surround this vehicle and help we are told amazingly no one was seriously hurt. we will bring you more details as we get them, and dan billow will join us live at 6:00 with the latest from that scene. stewart: it has now been nearly six months since sasha samsudean was killed inside her orlando apartment. step

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this is wesh 2 news sunrise in high definition. michelle: right now on sunrise, the round of primaries are over and the candidates -- we will of the big winners in each state. jason: a local mansion goes up in flames overnight. check out this footage of this fire. we we are from witnesses at the scene is investigators work today to determine the cause. time to rise and shine under wednesday, you made it to the middle of the week. after this, i like to say this, it' s all downhill to the weekend. michelle: on michelle imperato. here' s a look outside. 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 degr

expect continued coverage on wesh 2 news and on the wesh 2 app. meredith: the fire danger remains high in central florida. the fire is contained the smoke is continue to fill the skies. his scheduled burn got out-of-control in the subdivision but no one was hurt. summer: it is beautiful outside. tony: it has been so nice but the wind has been a factor not only for fires of the spacex launch that was scheduled this evening. elon musk put this on a couple minutes ago. he is pushing the launch to friday because of extreme high altitude wind. it goes up to 70 meters per second. it is like a sledgehammer when the rocket is going up. elon musk tweaking that a few minutes ago. upper-level wind has been gusty. watching the clouds moving back on end, 80 degrees the current temperature. nice and quiet around here, plenty warm. belleview, 80 degrees. 81, clermont. 82, downtown. 81, sanford. right along the shoreline, 73 there are a couple of clouds, not a factor in the election night and there are all out over the gulf. we are watching the next storm system,

bob kealing, wesh 2 news. , for aircare' s aviation provider air methods tells wesh last night' s incident, and will need more time to determine what occurred. new at 6:00, a man who was gunned down in a standoff with palm bay police tuesday has been identified. police say they got a call about a person making threats to shoot three people doing construction work at a home next door. investigators say dimitri corcino came out of a house and pointed a gun towards officers. an officer shot at corcino, killing him. the incident remains under investigation. meredith: a man accused of leaving a loaded gun where a 6-year-old could get her hands on it, could be leaving jail tonight. 35-year-old erik williams went before a judge this afternoon. he' s accused of child neglect after a 6-year-old girl he was caring for, found a gun under a couch and accidentally shot herself with it. she died at the hospital. was under the sofa, and let the child play in an area where she could find it. his mother defended her son today. rosalind williams: it' s not his gun, he don' t carry a gun, he' s not a violent

bob kealing, wesh 2 news. jim: right now at 5:00, this is all that remains of an iconic, cocoa beach homestead. the pumpkin center caught fire last night, and the flames spread quickly, destroying everything. it took crews hours to put out the flames, and locals came out to watch that battle in person. wesh 2' s dan billow is live at investigation into what caused dan. dan: just reopened in front of pumped in center. you can take a look at the main entrance, firefighters are still inside it working on the fire. taking into account the wooden construction of the estate, which the fire chief says they so unforgettably huge. >> oh, my god. oh, my god. dan: people watched in disbelief as the estate called pumpkin center disappeared in flames before their very eyes. amid the fireball was a fabulous mansion outfitted with everything from a treehouse with running water to 12 bathrooms. 10,000 square feet of magnificence along the atlantic burned for hours. river potter: you could feel the heat from the dunes a hundre

wesh 2 is there, for all the 5:30 is next. announcer: you' re watching wesh 2. angela: police say a man exposed himself inside a publix. 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

in brevard county, dan billow, wesh-2 news. angela: and as for john the rosset, he awaits -- summer: a suspect lines of how long he will spend in jail for that attack. angela: rolling of roadblocks, the areas affected, and when you won a watch out for that impact. tony: right now, a nice line of summer: right now, all eyes are on mr. president and the first lady. we are talking about bald eagles. of two eggs, and around 8:30 this morning, the fully hatched eaglet was visible. another egg was laid on valentines day in the nest high up in a tree. that eaglet is expected to hatch in about four days. how cute is that? angela: some delays starting this weekend, connected to the i-4 ultimate project, wesh 2' s jim payne joins us now to tell us why and when they start up. jim: this is all tied to the installation of steel girders for a new northbound bridge over i-4 along kirkman road. a huge crane will install enormous steel beams on newly-constructed piers. it takes 30-minutes without traffic for each beam to be secured in place. so

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only wesh 2' s chopper was in the plane landed and people we' re right now, wesh 2' mcdaniel joins us live at the dave, we' re learning the passengers did not know what happened until they landed. dave: that seems to be the case. normally people would be clearing customs with 45 minutes to an hour, but this flight landed in sanford right around 1:00 this afternoon and three hours later, except for a couple of passengers who did not have any checked baggage, they have come through, but a most everyone else is inside the customs area, their backs are being inspected, inspected twice, and before they are paired up with the passengers they cannot leave. they have been given snacks, water and trying to make them as comfortable as possible. they are ready to be on the move, but because of everything that has gone on, they have to be absolutely careful when it comes to security. these people left brussels almost simultaneously with the attack and spent hours in the air without knowing it. >> my family told me what happened. dave: a consistent theme while others watched the chaos. in the air,

on wesh 2 news at 5:00. also in florida today, hillary clinton. she was in tampa this afternoon for a rally. the latest quinnipiac and cnn polls show clinton has a lead over sanders in the florida primary on tuesday. tomorrow, she' s taking a brief break from campaigning to attend s funeral. and on the republican side, in a last minute conference, ted cruz miami. senator mike lee of utah endorsed cruz for president this cruz said he' s humbled. this is ahead of the debate we' ll have a live report from wesh 2' s brett connolly is there now with the latest on the gop side as they prepare for the debate at 4:30 and on the wesh 2 meredith: late breaking today, a publix customer is accused of recording video under the skirts and shorts of young girls under the age of 13-years-old. orlando police say the man is facing video voyeurism charges. michelle meredith is live outside the jail where the suspect could bond out soon. michelle: we understand the bonding process is well underway for the suspect, so he could c

i' m brett connolly, wesh 2 news. michelle: melbourne police say they' ve made a rest -- an arrest at the super bowl murder case. investigators say 21-year-old gianluca massaro killed 53-year-old kent wilbanks on february 8th during a confrontation just after the bars were closing. officers tell us wilbanks may have made a sexual advance on massaro. the victim' s body was found in a parking lot. he later died at the hospital from blunt force trauma to his head. new at noon. we' re now getting a clearer picture of the man deputies say held up a mini golf course. take a look. these new surveillance photos show him with his black hoodie and jacket. he' s described as a hispanic man in his mid-20' s, about five foot 10 inches. deputies say on sunday he demanded cash from the employees at the congo river mini golf on u.s. 192 in kissimmee. they gave him some money and he took off. crimeline at, 1- 423-tips. jason: let' s turn to the weather. it is going to be another warm one. we are back in the 80' s. michelle: we are on

in orange county, greg fox, wesh 2 news. summer: the key to this case is whether or not a jury will believe the girl was intoxicated to the point of being incapacitated at the time she says she was attacked. the ex-fiance of a local woman who disappeared years ago, will have to answer questions in a civil court case. michelle parker vanished in 2011. her family thinks she' s dead and that her ex-fiance may have played a part in it. today parker' s parents asked a judge to force dale smith junior to answer questions under oath, as part of the negligence lawsuit they' ve brought against him. smith' s attorney says there' s no point. but the judge sided with the parkers, who are now hoping it will provide some clues to what happened to her. it' s agony and it' s total torture everyday. it gets to the point where you accept that this has happened but you' re hopeful that things will come the right way some day. and i hope that we get these right answers. yvonne stewart is also seeking the right to visit her 7-year-old twin grand

i' m jazmin walker, wesh 2 news. summer: candidates in both parties are making a push ahead of super saturday, voters in some states have their say this weekend, they' re the ones in gold, tomorrow there are caucuses in kansas, kentucky, and nebraska, and primaries in louisiana and maine. the republican party, and in nebraska for democrats. maine' s primary is for the republican party, then the caucuses are the day after on sunday. also on puerto rico' s republican sunday, primary. meredith: former florida senator mel martinez is counting on florida republican voters to take the state out of billionaire donald trump' s hands. today, martinez cast his early vote for current senator marco rubio, at the elections office in orlando. martinez is also the former chair of the republican national he tells wesh 2 news trump' s support tuesday night of planned parenthood, and his harsh character are clear evidence conservative voters should not trust or vote for the billionaire. >> i think our party is better than that, i thin

summer knowles, wesh 2. cara: the girlfriend of a man shot by palm bay police opens up to wesh 2 about the man' s emotional issues. jennifer tindall says her boyfriend, dimitri corcino, struggled with paranoia. he believed people were out to kill him, and always carried a gun. during tuesday' s standoff, she says police called her twice. she was asked to help talk corcino out of the house peacefully. finally, corcino called her, but they spoke only briefly. >> he was calm. he was scared. his comment to me was please come home, i am scared. there' and they are going to kill me. cara: police say they had to shoot corcino because he made a threatening move with a handgun. he also threatened to kill neighbors and police. it is now up to the jury to decide whether erin andrews should win her nasty legal battle. both sides made their final case yesterday. this all stems from a video that andrews' stalker michael barrett admitted he recorded of andrews naked in her hotel room in 2008. the jury must now decide if th

live in west palm beach, wesh 2 news. angela: after visiting central florida last week, clinton' s opponent bernie sanders will be in arizona tonight to campaign. earlier today, he was in chicago. illinois is also holding its primary election today. there, he highlighted links between clinton and the troubled administration of chicago mayor rahm emanuel. jim: 99 delegates are on the reporter: there are high expectations for donald trump. in the latest poll, it is a two to one win over michael rubio. all 99 delegates are bound to vote for the person that wins in florida. now she is saying she wants him -- governor rick scott has not endorsed anyone even though his name is been tossed around as a possible vice resident contender. he was also flagged by sarah palin yesterday. he had not arrived yet at the he will give his speech at 9:00 p.m. tonight. he has already said that florida and ohio combined with give him the nomination. jim: florida senator marco rubio will find out tonight if he can win his friend date. he is up f

wesh 2 news sunrise starts now. >> live, local, late-breaking this is wesh 2 news. jason: good thursday morning i' m jason guy. right now we' re in the 60s with a few clouds in the sky. the temperature comes 65 degrees. let' s get over to amy sweezey to find out if any rain is in our forecast for the next few days. good morning, amy. amy: we had a little bit of rain it where anticipating that from today. we continue this dry pattern. we will have cloud cover mixed with sunshine. temperatures are expected to climb. we are warmer this morning. we will be warmer this afternoon that we were yesterday. sunrise happens at 6:41. we may drop with those temperatures. we do have some cloud cover this morning so that will keep us from dropping too much. visibility is looking pretty good. where at 10 miles. -- we are at 10 miles. the winds are breezy and awesome . we have enough cloud cover that i do not think we' ll see anything widespread. temperatures, look how warm it is, low to mid 60' s. it is 62 in silver springs and 64 in wildwood. 65 in the toby. 64 degrees into yoda.

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 foreign workers. >> 250 disney it workers were laid off and replaced by foreign visa program. senator marco rubio has supported certain programs to bring in foreign workers and was questioned about the plan. senator rubio: it is a violation of the law now to use that program to replace americans and if a company is caught doing that whether its disney or anyone else they should be barred from using it future. >> appearing much calmer on stage republican front runner he believes is his major strength. >> i am different in 1 primary s trade. i feel we have had horrible negotiators, horrible trade deals. >> second in the delegate count senator ted cruz ta

summer knowles, wesh 2 news. cara: the girlfriend of a man shot by palm bay police opens up to wesh 2 about the man' s emotional issues. jennifer tindall says, her boyfriend, dimitri corcino, struggled with paranoia. he believed people were out to kill him, and always carried a gun. during tuesday' s standoff, she says police called her twice. she asked to help talk corcino out of the house peacefully. finally, corcino called her, but they spoke only briefly. >> he was calm. he was scared. his comment to me was please come home, i' m scared. there' s people outside with guns , and they' re going to kill me. cara: police say, they had to shoot corcino because he made a threatening move with a handgun. he also threatened to kill it is going to be up to the jury to decide if aaron andrews should win her back the legal battle. it all stems wrong the video that her doctor admitted to recording of her naked in a hotel room in 2008. the jury must now decide if the hotel shares blame for the video , if she has suffered f

in lake county, chris hush, wesh 2 news. jim: a man is taken to the hospital after being bitten by a venemous snake. this happened in the 3000 block of taylor creek road in east orange county. this is brand new video from the scene. orange county fire rescue says a caller reported that a man had been bit by a water moccasin. he was flown to ormc. right now, there' s no word on his condition. meredith: we have new information in the brutal attack of a sketch artist at universal' s islands of adventure. wesh 2' s angela taylor is live in studio with a look at the evidence. angela: meredith back in , january, investigators say glenn ferguson in the head with a pair of scissors. you can see what police say is torres chasing ferguson through the park. the victim runs to a security officer, then takes off running toward the bottom of the screen with his alleged attacker in hot pursuit. we also have pictures. these images from the aftermath show ferguson getting medical attention. investigators believe torres did it to get back at

i' m jazmin walker, wesh 2 news. summer: and here' s one more good look at the suspect in the robbery. if you see him, don' t approach him. just contact police. authorities have yet to tell us the name of the person who was hit and killed while crossing an orlando road. the victim was struck around 10:30 last night on edgewater drive at second street. troopers say the car involved stayed at the scene. here is new video of where the crash happened. investigators closed off all lanes of the road as they investigated. no word if any charges will be filed. meredith: you may have noticed a coat of yellow on your vehicle over the past few days. more sniffling and sneezing. first alert meteorologist eric burris is in the outdoor weather center with your allergy forecast. eric: it is going to be a little bit better tomorrow. my black car is yellow right now, which is kind of hip, i guess. notice the level comes down to an 8.3. that is finally in the moderate category. a little early for the allergy sufferers. saturday and su

you're watching wesh 2 news at 6:00. reporter: i had for us tonight, conservatives meet that trump plan. we look at what is behind why more and more children are being rushed to ers with medicine announcer: you' re watching wesh 2. jim: drivers are certainly going to notice a big change in downtown orlando. meredith: it' s all to make room for the i-4 ultimate project. jim: wesh 2' s gail paschall-brown shows you what to expect after the orange avenue on-ramp to state road 408 westbound closes overnight. meredith: gail: 5400 vehicles use the westbound 408 on ramp at orange avenue daily in orlando, but listen up: things the ramp is moving here to division avenue not far away, just in time for friday morning commuters. jessica ottaviano: this is the first major thing that motorists are really seeing happen, and there much to come, at this interchange. it' s very intricate a complex interchange. gail: tonight, this wb 408 entrance ramp from orange avenue will be relocated to division avenue. why? state highway planners need

wesh 2' s brett connolly explains. brett : :many of you filling out your ncaa bracket this week are doing so in one of the best cities in the country for basketball fans. a new study showing orlando earning high marks on the hardwood. the website wallethub reviewed 18 metrics in producing the list. obvious ones like the number of nba and college teams in the vicinity. but also ticket prices, the rankings place orlando as the 10th best city in the nation for basketball fans. you might be wondering how that' s possible given the magic last won a playoff series in 2010? good question. allow me to explain. the study ranks the magic near the bottom for nba performance but gives them high scores for stadium accessibility and engaged fans. and while ucf hasnt made the ncaa tournament in 11 years having a d-1 and nba program in your backyard gets extra points. plus the aac tournament was played here last week averaging 7 thousand fans per game. next year will be rewarded. i' m brett connolly. stewart: coming up, florida' s pri

greg fox, wesh 2 news. meredith: republican marco rubio will be hoping to revive his campaign with appearances across the sunday in the villages. angela: friends and loved ones reagan in california today. nbc' s gina kim shares part of the service, to honor the former first lady. >> i am the resurrection and the like. >> under a gray sky threatening rain, nancy reagan made her final journey, surrounded by family and friends. from hollywood, to washington, and perhaps the most important roles of all, mother and life. >> it was as clear as if it had been traced around them, indestructible, in penetrable, >> most importantly, she will lay down beside the man who was the love of her life. gina: a spokesperson at the ronald reagan library in simi valley, california said nancy reagan herself had planned her funeral, where would be, who to invite, who would speak during the service was full of hymn s, bible readings, and loving tributes. >> we gather today to say goodbye to nancy davis reagan. a beautiful, smart,

amanda ober, wesh two news. jason: governor rick scott will be coming to the city beautiful the reason of this celebratory visit, next. and, staying on top. who is just starting to lead, and who is in the top list to stay. let' s go outside on a more morning in central florida. amy is back with central s most accurate forecast amy: it is monday, 4:44, i' m amy sweezey. we are going to be warm today, much like yesterday. with our breezy selfless wind, we will still be warm even though the close will try to block out quite a bit of the sunshine. 86 in melbourne, 85 in daytona beach. our cool spots are to the east and when i say cool spots, we are at 64 in ocala. it is pretty warm when you step out this morning, but you may want the umbrella because we have a few light sprinkles falling. you can see just a little bit of green showing up on the radar. that is going to continue through the morning commute. look at futurecast, how it picks up on little pockets of rain, and isolated thunderstorms possible, especially t

right here on wesh 2. havana, cuba is getting ready to welcome president barack obama in just a few hours. as patrick oppmann reports, it' s the first visit from a u.s. patrick: its been a long wait, but cuba is getting ready to welcome a u.s. president. after 50 years of isolation from america, cubans are elated that relations with the u.s. have improved to the point that an american president is visiting for the first time in 88 years. alejandro ended his studies to drive tourists in a 1950 chevrolet, earning more in an hour than he would have pulled down as an engineer in a month. he says, he hopes to soon drive more americans. >> i am only 21-years-old. i never thought a u.s. president would visit cuba. i hope that relations improve between the us and cuba. that the economic situation gets better. that' s what cuba really needs. patrick: while the u.s. economic embargo, which only congress can lift, is still in place, obama has dulled some of the sanctions' sharpest teeth. it' s not clear how much cuba

summer knowles, wesh 2 news. meredith: a melbourne man is living proof you can fight city hall and win. rick hester says the city' s architectural review board wanted him to paint over a mural on his eau gallie boulevard furniture store. hester' s 14-year-old daughter is the artist. rick hester: i think the words they used were not up to our standards, amateurish, looks like something that should be hanging on a refrigerator. meredith: last night, the city' s planning and zoning board agreed with rick, and overruled the architectural review board which means the mural stays. jim: after a record-setting stay on the international space station astronaut scott kelly , talked with reporters today for the first time since coming back to earth earlier this week. after nearly a year in space, kelly says he' he says his muscles are much more sore than he was after an earlier 5-month mission. and when asked about mars, he acknowledged there are challenges, but he says he does believe it' s possible for humans to one day t

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wesh 2' s pat clarke has your morning sports. pat: it is too bad phil, ricky, and bubby anna -- and bubba are not playing at arnold' s place. no disrespect of them. some great play on thursday and great to see the king out enjoying it. early thursday morning, justin rose playing the tough third as well as anyone can. second shot from the fairway. into the whole for eagle henrik stenson with a near miss last year, positioning him self well. eagle at 16. he shoots 67. they are chasing jason day, six under 66. buoyed by an eagle at 16. he is your leader after round one. >> i' m just trying to win. i can' t think about it now. there is three more days. i have to be patient. today is a good day. i am happy with it, but i have to focus on tomorrow. >> it is no pushover if you get out of position. will be difficult here over the week with the firm greens. that is the kind of start i am happy with. hats: here' s a look at the leaderboard. all of the players at five under will play in the afternoon wave on friday. you see the dismal day f

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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

wesh 2' s adrian whitsett takes hands. adrian: some people have known for a while who their candidate is. m 100% voting at this point for marco rubio. adrian: some people are ready to cast their vote right now. >> i would really love to have an early vote, because i feel the lines are going to be quite long for this one. adrian: and with florida' s presidential preference primary less than a week away republicans and democrats can but what about independent voters who don' t get their say until november? in the epicenter of america adrian: wesh 2 republican analyst eddie fernandez believes we' re about to see candidates' polarizing primary messages skew to the center. eddie fernandez: i think they' re all going to move to the middle but truly focusing on florida' s , independent swing vote which happens to be crucial for every campaign. it coincides with the i-4 quarter. adrian: as of last month, there are almost 3 million actively registered voters, with no party affiliation. a number that could rise as we head to novembe

wesh 2 news at 5:00 continues. stewart: we are staying on top of breaking news where we have brushfires into local counties. -- in two local counties. meredith: firefighters have this one in palm bay almost 95% contained. 45 acres have been burning through 100 homes. stewart: in samsula, you can see pictures with a fire on top of a landfill. fire cracked fruit -- firefighters are on the scene. we will stay on top of both of these breaking news stories throughout the day. >> we still are digging in to the details of the case. we are not exactly sure at this point what has happened. meredith: a jacksonville sheriff' s detective is in critical condition tonight. he was shot while off-duty. right now details on how or why this happened are sketchy, but we do know the suspected shooter was also shot. it' s unclear if they were shot by return fire, or responding deputies. the shooter' s identity is not being released. stewart: care for central florida' s veterans took a step forward today. meredith: the lake baldwin va n

this is wesh 2 news at 6:00 in high definition. jim: right now at 6:00, a little boy is fighting to stay alive after falling into a canal. good evening, i' m jim payne. meredith: and i' m meredith mcdonough. it happened as 8-year-old shamore franklin was on his way home from school yesterday. jim: today crews were replacing the fence around the canal near riverside elementary school in orange county. meredith: shamore' s father gave wesh 2 this picture of his son hooked up to many tubes after a friend was able to pull him out of the water. jim: wesh 2' s adrian whitsett is live at the scene with an update on the little boy from his family. adrian. adrian: the condition right now of the boy, it is very critical. his family' s by his bedside. they are running tests, family doctors are running test to see much brain and lung damage he has from his time in the water. fixed holes in the fences, and is also getting a response from parents walking their kids home from riverside elementary. the walk home from riverside elementary school wa

i' m jazmin walker, wesh 2 news. summer: we don' t have to tell you, the commute on i-4 can be down right brutal. meredith: troopers say they' re working more accidents on the interstate. straight ahead, we' re looking at the two biggest problem areas they' re seeing. summer: and on the heels of scott kelly' s return from a year in space, some new information about how far off a mars mission summer: we are still covering breaking news out of brevard county. chopper 2 is live over a brush fire in a palm bay. this is near sinfully go, west of i-95. west of i-95 -- san felipe , west of i-95. meredith: homes have been damaged, anywhere between a minor in severe. homes are being in evacuated. we know this is not jumped the large intersection, but the roads are closed, so we will continue to follow this breaking news happening in the palm bay area. fhp says crashes, especially multi-car wrecks are up along the i-4 ultimate construction zone. we told you yesterday how march is the most dangerous on florida roadways. last ma

you're watching wesh 2 news of 6:00. reporter: what we have learned from sources about the knife found in o.j. simpson' s former house. after the debate, we look at what donald trump really stands for. important is what kids and peanut allergies and the exposure.ex jim: the attorney for michaeal kennedy the owner of the king cobra owner -- he is not getting what he wanted. meredith: he failed to provide secure housing. jim: the defense can throw out evidence. >> i think you made the right ruling with the right set of gail: the attorney for michaeal kennedy the owner of the king cobra elvis, which escaped last october wanted some statements and information his client made to florida fish and wildlife officials supresssed. >> when one escapes, they' re required to notifiy the authorit, which is fwc. >> when doing that, you are obviously notifying one of your animals has escaped, and they are trying to use that information against you in court. they can' t have it both ways. gail: the state argued michael kennedy didn' t re

wesh 2 news at 5:30 is next. jim: stewart moore joins us now with a look what' s coming up in our next half hour. stewart: jim, angela, coming up next at 5:30, a major human trafficking bust in orange county. why it took multiple police agencies to make the arrests, and why investigators think there may be more victims. plus, drugs and a whole lot of cash. both seized from a local home. we have the details on how police caught the man they say was behind the operation. and a mystery in brevard county. wesh 2 is talking to wildlife officials who say they keep treating pelicans who are showing up with broken wings. what we know so far, next on 2. angela: right now at 5:30, orlando police say they' ve made a big human trafficking bust, but they' re still looking for more victims. good evening, i' m angela taylor. stewart: i' m stewart moore. it took several police agencies to make the arrests. wesh 2' s matt grant was there for the announcement. he joins us live with more. matt? matt: stewart, fdle agents believe th

in orlando, greg fox, wesh 2 news. jim: marco rubio plans to hold a rally in the villages this sunday at 3:00 p.m. he spent time in west palm beach today supporting another candidate in ohio. he' s encouraging voters to vote for john kasich instead of donald trump. and a reminder this is the last weekend to vote before the primary on several counties are tuesday. offering early voting through tomorrow. stay with wesh 2 news for upcoming visits from the presidential candidates hoping to get your vote. meredith: right now, wildlife officials are trying to figure out what' s leaving pelicans injured along the brevard county coast. the florida wildlife hospital in palm shores has received 125 injured pelicans in the first two months of this year. that' s compared to 174 for all of 2015. officials say most of the birds are suffering from broken wings. >> some of them have it at the tips, some of them have been much farther. t been any sort of pattern. meredith: about half of the injured birds are dying. officials say most o

we are live, matt grant, wesh 2 news. summer: officials say there is no delay of a launch sending astronauts to the international space station despite strong wind concerns. today in kazakhstan, the soyuz rocket was rolled out to the launch pad. it will take two american astronauts to the iss. expedition 47 will blast off late friday. meredith: lots of fans are looking forward to march madness games. it' s a bit of a tradition for the president to fill out his bracket on espn. today, president obama said it will come down to kansas, texas a&m, north carolina and michigan state in the final four, and this year he' s predicting the kansas jayhawks to win it all over the tar heels. for the record, he' s picked kansas in 2010 and 2011. they didn' t win either year. he' s only gotten it right once during his presidency, that was win it all in 2009. summer: hello. meredith: again, your team. they just won the conference to be virginia. summer: it was an amazing game. amazing weather if you like it warm up. meredith: tony, we ha

this is wesh 2 news sunrise in high definition. brett: a teenage couple is just about to head to court in connection with a murder. and, the moment of impact. newsroom overnight, believed to show a fiery plane crash in russia. good morning. thanks for joining us. i' m brett connolly, alongside meteorologist dave cocchiarella. dave, i jotted down a couple things for today. it is spring break, and kevin chesney is playing tonight. there is a sidewalk art show. all of this could be impacted by some rain. dave: we have some thunderstorms out there. that is our major concern. right now, it is muggy and sticky out there. it is the heat of the day that will get things going. we will see temperatures around 64 degrees in ocala. we know it is going to be a warm, muggy day. just on the edge of the screen, this is the gulf stream. this is the western edge of it. these showers and clouds are moving out over the atlantic, that is what we are looking for at around 2:00 or 3:00 this afternoon. so, some active weather in the forecast for us. it co

in cocoa, dan billow, wesh 2 news. summer: school officials sent a recorded call about the mishap to each parent, offering them the option to pick up their children at school. meredith: tomorrow, the late mother teresa will be given official approval to be declared a saint. pope francis signed off on the miracle needed on his birthday last december. the miracle involves the cure of a brazilian man suffering from multiple brain tumors in 2008. tomorrow, the date and venue for be announced at the vatican. summer: severe weather moved through some southern states. in arkansas, this tornado is one of five spotted in the state sunday afternoon. some trees were knocked down and some windows were broken, but most of the damage was minimal. a little further down the road from where this video was taken, there was some damage to docks. and in louisiana, some homeowners are cleaning up after record-setting floods. in some parishes, homes and cars were swallowed by the water. flood waters are expected to stick around through the