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, including approval from lawmakers and governor rick scott. Last year, the governor vetoed state money for the project. But this time, ucf is asking for less money from the state, 20 million. Another 20 million will come from ucf resources. And 20 million from the community, in which 16 Million Community dollars have already been raised. Coming up at 5 00, why one governor voted against the project. Live on the ucf campus, gail paschallbrown, wesh two news. Meredith the legislative they approved the downtown campus, it will be open in the fall of 2018. Summer a sanford sixyearold was killed when a gun she found under a sofa, went off. The man who was supposed to be watching her, has since been arrested for letting her play in the area where the gun could be reached. Wesh 2 S Dave Mcdaniel is live at the Seminole County jail where that man is still locked up this afternoon. Dave Sanford Police say this 35yearold man had a responsibility to the sixyearold he was babysitting, a responsibility to make sure she was never near, a loaded handgun. The emergency call from sanford s hospital came in a little before 8 30, sixyearold Aletha Amanii Marie Burke had been shot. She picked up the firearm and it accidentally discharged, and resulted in a devastating consequence. Dave she could not be saved. Investigators say it happened at this home on highlawn avenue, near seminole high school. The loaded pistol was under a couch near where the girl was playing. 35yearold Erik Williams was supposed to be watching his Family Member, but the report could be easily found by a sixyearold. And it says williams did not keep the firearm in a securely locked box or container or have a trigger lock engaged. He was arrested for child neglect, causing great harm, unsafe storage of a weapon. Later in the day, a weapon s possession charge was added. Was easily able to obtain the firearm. It was not secured in any fashion. Dave just last week, a sanford toddler shot herself in the hand after finding a gun. The caretakers in that case, also arrested. Firearm ownership, there s a responsibility there, and as the owner of a firearm, you need to store it securely and away from juveniles. We owe them that. Dave sanford s police chief was more blunt in writing, saying, last night s tragedy was careless, senseless, and entirely preventable. Nobody at the home was commenting today. At wicklow elementary where the girl was in kindergarten, grief counselors were on hand. Tomorrow afternoon. For now he is in the Seminole County jail being held without bond. The Sanford Police department will be holding a gun safety class for parents and children next week. Details are posted on wesh. Com live in sanford, Seminole County, dave mcdaniel, wesh 2 news. Meredith an eightyearold boy remains in Critical Condition after he fell into a canal near school. Wesh 2 s Adrian Whitsett has been digging into changes made to make sure this doesn t happen again. He joins us now live near riverside elementary school. Adrian, what have crews done today . Adrian the biggest change we see is that public works put up a dual fence system around this large blue pipe, to block people from walking on it. They have also doubled up the fencing where they believe the boy got through. But that doesn t change the fact still in the hospital after falling in the canal. I want my son to come home. Adrian but for now, Milton Williams son remains tied to tubes after falling into water in a canal near riverside elementary, pulled from that water unresponsive tuesday. He s not moving. They re keeping him asleep because he can t breathe on his own. Adrian williams came out to the scene wednesday morning, trying to understand why his son was able to get in, snapping pictures of the hole in the fence nearby. If you have property like this and you re not taking care of it, then you need to be held accountable. Adrian Orange CountyStormwater Management coordinator jeff charles says they make, at the least, monthly checks in this area to see if there are problems with the fencing and gates surrounding the canal. We can fix this today and come back tomorrow and find the same thing or worse. They tore the fence down and that happens quite often. Adrian wednesday, crews added fencing around the water pipe from which the boy fell, doubled up the fence nearby to patch the large hole. Gate to prevent people from sliding underneath, hoping for more security. They ll find the easiest way in and unfortunately, were doing everything we can to keep the area safe. Adrian Milton Williams wishes it would have come a day earlier. This is something that every parent should be concerned about, especially in a school area. Adrian if you see issues with fencing or other matters that county officials can help fix, you are urged to call the county 311 line, and they will have a crew assess it as quickly as they can. Coming up at 5 00, hear from a family who went through a similar experience here, after a young girl fell into the canal after going through a hole in the fence last year. Summer thank you for that report. Convicted isleworth murderer bob ward is asking to be returned to Orange County for a status hearing later this month. In february, a circuit judge granted ward a new trial. While the state appeals that odds over whether ward should be released on bond. There s a status hearing on march 17. Right now, ward is imprisoned at a State Facility in ocala where he s been since his 2011 conviction for shooting and killing his wife diane. Meredith all lanes of life for our back open after a deadly and fiery crash. At first, both directions were shut down at the Enterprise Road overpass. Wesh 2 news has video of the immediate aftermath of this crash. Wesh 2 s greg fox is live where it happened and greg, this didn t just affect i4 traffic . Greg exactly. All foot traffic and vehicle traffic on the overpass bridge was shut down for obvious reasons. You can take a look at this fence and it is charred black because ll on the pavement is where the crash occurred at the tail end of rush hour. Motorists, including the one who shot this cellphone video of the were horrified, not knowing if the driver escaped the vehicle. Troopers say the man behind the wheel did not get out alive, after it appears he lost control of the suv shortly before 9 30 a. M. , and smashed into the concrete and steel supports of the Enterprise Road overpass. Shortly after, the Fire Department got the flames out on the vehicle, and as you can see, the east and west bound lanes were temporarily closed down for a time, but by late morning, one of the east bound lanes remained open. Still, traffic had a lot of trouble. It caused a slowcrawling traffic jam that stretched all the way back to 1792 on the sanford side of lake monroe. Deputies above the interstate closed the enterprise overpass to vehicles and pedestrians, while department of transportation engineers inspected the structure to ensure it was not compromised by the heat from the vehicle fire, that sent flames 25 feet up. You know you thousands of people using i4 going under that bridge every day. And the expectation is, that structure is going to be safe. Nothing is going to fall down on them and so those precautions are taken and we re all for that. There s too much riding on i4 and this structure. Greg engineers reopened the overpass by noon, and the pavement that was scorched by the fire, was deemed suitable for traffic again. We are live on the enterprise rich, the overpass of i4. All lanes a reopened again. The fhp is investigating the crash. We have no cause and no identity yet on the driver. Summer a man is finding himself in trouble after police say they saw him driving recklessly in sanford monday morning. When an officer tried to stop him, the driver sped off and tried running away on garrison drive. Police say 26yearold Raymond Gaines jumped over fences and even tried crawling to get away gaines is now facing multiple charges. He is charged with possession of cocaine with intent to sell, and resisting without violence meredith the house giving its final approval to a bill that requires faster testing on dna evidence involved in rape cases today. This comes after last year s disclosures that thousands of rape kits have been going untested. Attorney general pam bondi says testing the kits will solve old crimes and prevent new ones. Now the bill is waiting to be signed by governor rick scott. Summer late breaking commitment 2016 news, president ial candidate doctor ben carson is effectively ending his campaign. This afternoon he announced he would not be attending thursday s Republican Debate and sees no path forward to the nomination. He will speak about his decision on friday during an appearance at the cpac gathering. We ll have new details on the president ial race at 4 30. And when it comes to who will take senator marco rubio s seat, president barack obama and Vice President joe biden are weighing in. They ve announced their support for congressman Patrick Murphy in the state S Democratic Senate s a big blow to congressman alan grayson who has criticized murphy for being a former republican. Meanwhile, murphy has pointed out grayson is being investigated by the house ethics committee. Biden plans to campaign with murphy on march 28. Meredith for the first time in several days, the Health Department announced no new cases of the zika virus in florida. So far, all of the cases have been travel related. The Central Florida counties with diagnoses are orange, brevard, osceola, and seminole counties. This comes the same day as governor rick scott tweeted that the centers for Disease Control and prevention granted the state s request for 500 more zika antibody tests. We are learning that information about an officer involved shooting in brevard county. Summer we will listen to the 911 calls and why police may have felt threatened. Meredith wesh 2 news investigates into what Companies Say is a bigtime distraction on eric we we had real people make their own pizzas. They chose the ingredients they wanted. I like the fresh dough. Whats bha . Pim gonna go with the one thatpdoesnt have the acronyms. Pget that one without fillers. What are fillers . You guys just made your pizza the way i make my pizza. Hey no ingredients that you cant pronounce and no artificial flavors. And were proud to announce pour new quality guarantee plove your pizza, or get anotherpone, absolutely free. Pget any large pizza up to 5toppings pfor just 9. 99. Online only. At papajohns. Com not every cake can be handcrafted in store by skilled decorators layered with fresh berries and frosted to perfection like our publix bakery chantilly cake publix. Meredith a week after a 34yearold carpenter was killed working on the i4 ultimate project, we ve learned one of the Companies Involved is being investigated for another similar death. Summer that one happened last year in tampa and as wesh 2 s matt grant reports, distractions are becoming a deadly problem. Matt investigators still looking into why an i4 construction worker, who d been on the job for a month, was standing behind a dump truck when it was backing up and beeping. Florida Highway Patrol officials looking into all possibilities, including whether the victim was on a cell phone. Wesh 2 investigates has learned one of the Companies Involved in that i4 project. Lane construction was already under investigation by osha, after another worker died last september, also killed when a dump truck ran over him. A Highway Patrol investigation concluded that worker was on his cell phone and didn t hear the truck because he was inattentive. This is a common thing where workers are being distracted by these devices . Yes. Stevens construction, says it s an industrywide problem. Workers listening to music or distracted by phones. How problematic is that . Well, if you don t get it under control, it can be catastrophic. Matt in 2011, 70 workers were killed in back over accidents. Tucker paving, which is working on using technology to save lives. Do you think this will save a life . Definitely. Probably already has. Matt the company is now trying to make sure all its 200 plus heavy machines have a back up camera like this. Somebody could walk behind you and you don t even know, but with a camera, you know all the time what s right behind you. Matt you think all vehicles should have one of these cameras . Oh yes. Matt sanders says the first safety rule he s taught is not to back up unless you know what s behind you. He showed us how the camera gives him another pair of eye, s. The goal is zero accidents, everybody goes home at the end of the day two news. Summer the company in charge of the i4 project, sgl constructors, would not say if a spotter was used, or if they have back up cameras, but tell us cell phones are not allowed to be used their job sites. Officials say they are reviewing all safety protocols. Meredith Royal Caribbean s anthem of the seas cruise ship is back in a new jersey port. The ship arrived at cape liberty overnight after a trip was cut short for the second time in less than a month. Royal caribbean says a severe storm forced it to turn around, but passengers say an outbreak of norovirus was also spreading through the ship. Early last month, the ship was forced to cut a cruise short after encountering 30foot waves and Hurricane Force winds. Left sanfordorlando International Airport this morning had to be diverted to jacksonville. The flight was to land in indianapolis after the pilot reported pressurization issues. No one was hurt. The plane is under inspection. A replacement aircraft was sent to pick up the passengers and they made it to indy about an meredith local servers, be aware, a lot of sharks have been seen swimming close to the shore. Local surfer and marine photographer kem mcnair shared these pictures of sharks in ankledeep water near the jetty in new smyrna beach. Mcnair was out yesterday, and said the numbers just kept growing. Most of the sharks here are between two and four feet. Summer a lot of people were probably at the beach because it is wonderful weather. Eric while it looks inviting, water temperatures are still in the 60 s. That is a those that is a little chilly for me. A little more sunshine and it may be we can want those Ocean Temperatures and little bit. We have partly cloudy skies. Friends and i for not having a good go for it in the westbound direction. When does the west and 17 miles per hour. We have a nice, gusty wind near 20 miles per hour. Temperature wise, it feels 81, sanford. 77, ocala. 81, cocoa beach. 78, Daytona Beach. We have had plenty of clouds around, what we have been nice and dry throughout the course of the day today. Bigger perspective showing the ribbon of the cloud cover coming through. That is the cool front sliding it. While it does not make a difference in the afternoon, once we get this through in the wind changing around, it will make for a nice cooler evening across Central Florida. 76 at 6 00. Tony will be continuing to track the beautiful setup for you. Upper 60 s by about 8 00. We are where we are at yesterday , but from 11 00 onward, the temperatures will drop trigger then what we saw last night into this morning. Take a look at the temperatures. 44 in ocala. 45, de land. 53, clermont. 57, st. Cloud. 56, kissimmee and the city. Then we cross over the river. 52, deltona. 52, Daytona Beach near ormond. 59, melbourne. Tomorrow, it is a southwest wind, so even that we have a nice cool morning, the temperatures by the afternoon will be warming up nicely. 82 degrees for your lunch break tomorrow. Great morning commute and a great evening commute. Throw your convertible top down for the drive home. 80 degrees, Daytona Beach. 80, titusville. We are gearing up for fight week. Stretch and then saturday you are looking good and sunday you are looking good. Allergy issues begin and continue. We are using the same window for the last couple of days, but that is not been set in stone, 90 chance of good weather for the events this weekend. Nice and quiet all the way through the weekend. 80 s and 70 s for daytime highs and only a couple of sprinkles here and there. We will talk about event next hour. Summer a teenager arrested for impersonating a doctor is back behind bars. Meredith what he is accused of doing and why even more charges could be coming. Summer a new mother delivers on p and up p before finally selling and delivering them pat the original Mattress Factory p we take a straightforward approach. R we have eliminated the extra steps and created a direct line from our factory to you. Meredith if you haven t seen this video yet, stop what you re doing and watch. You can see a toddler fall out of the back of a van on a busy highway in china. Clearly, the boy is ok as he starts running. The driver who captured this video pulled over and rescued him. The grandfather turned around when he realized the boy was gone. Broken. Glad he is ok. New information in the case of a teen accused of practicing medicine without a license. Summer malachi loverobinson has been arrested again. He s facing new grand theft charges of palm beach county, accused of stealing more than originally thought from an 86yearold patient. Loverobinson was booked into jail around 11 00 last night. Meanwhile, Boynton Beach police are also looking into about 30,000 of money missing from the company he worked last year. Sources close to the investigation say he got a job as a therapist at a drug and alcohol rehab facility, saying he was a doctor with two fake diplomas. The u. S. Supreme court is taking up one of the biggest abortion case. The eight justices will hear arguments over a texas law that requires doctors performing an abortion have admitting privileges at local hospitals, and that abortion clinics upgrade facilities to have hospitallike standards. Those in favor of the law say it deals with health and safety standards, but opponents argue it s an attempt to end abortion. Meredith several kids across celebrate doctor seuss birthday with a little reading. It s actually National Read across america day and it s celebrated each year on this day. Even the first lady is getting in on the action. The goal is to encourage kids to read, but the National EducationAssociation Says adults can take a lesson and pick up a book as well. Summer it s a rare occasion when you re born on a day that only exists one in four years, wants in four years, and to share that day with your newborn son. Meredith a new illinois mother is sharing an extra special bond with her baby who was on born on february 29, just like her. On top of that, being born on leap day is about a one in 1400 chance. Now sharing the same leap day birthday with your mother, that ups it to one in two million chances. I never expected to marry anybody that was born on a leap day, let alone to have a kid that s born on a leap day. It does feel pretty unique. Meredith levi was born at a healthy six pounds. He is a cutie. He ll be in prek when he summer they should buy a lottery ticket. Meredith a stolen property ring unraveled. Summer they have taken down the operation and the important reminder to keep your valuables safe. Meredith a crashrdinary salad, this is a florida berry and citrus salad. The mixing bowl, proudly welcomes the arugula leaves. Lemon juice and Olive Oil Drizzle down. Fresh strawberries, blueberries with candied pecans. Done. Its easy to turn local produce into something extraordinary. Look for fresh from florida products when you shop. Remember, delicious is always local. Live. Latebreaking. This is wesh 2 news first at 4 00 in high definition. Summer a 911 call is shedding important new light on the shooting of a palm bay may by a police officer. Meredith in the call, a woman describes to the police how drunk she says the man was. Wesh 2 s dan billow reports she relayed a key fact, that the man was also threatening to shoot police. He s threatening to shoot us. Dan that statement to a police 911 dispatcher was concerning enough, but when police heard the next one, it became a fullfledged swat standoff. He keeps hollering that he s gonna get his gun and shoot all of us. Call the cops, he says. Call the cops. Call the cops. I don t care. I ll shoot them, too. Dan a dispatcher on the call said because of that specific threat to shoot police, they spent the time necessary, more than 20 minutes, to gather their forces, and arrived in large numbers, surrounding the house. About an hour and a half later, police say officer jason mccoy held his gun in a threatening manner. I spoke briefly today to the gunman s son, who said his father fought mental demons. He was in the military. He was discharged honorably for medical reasons. He had schizophrenia. He had ptsd. Dan whatever set him off had something to do with a stucco job next door. The crew had a bunch of equipment and a mixing drum and that seems to be what started it all. I guess he thought the guys are making too much noise. They re putting stucco on my house. He s been over here in everybody s face. He s drunk, i mean, you know, you could smell the alcohol. He was holding a drink a while ago when he came over here. Dan the son said Family Members are devastated over what happened. In palm bay, dan billow, wesh2 news. Meredith police have not identified the head man. Summer a Volusia County man is shot to death in front of his family and friends. Now, Rayshad Mincey is charged Daytona Beach police say it alll all started when mincey and 25yearold Jarrod Swinton got into an argument in front of a home on garden street, near the speedway. They say mincey pulled a gun and shot swinton in the chest. After the shooting, Police Arrested mincey after he allegedly drove off in a black pickup truck and crashed into a wall. Orlando police say they ve taken down a stolen property resale ring operating in and around paramour. It started with the arrest of a man trying to steal a 5000 bike , and as bob kealing tells us, the case serves as a reminder why it s important to write down numbers. Bob this is some of the 20,000 in stolen loot, bicycles, power Tools ElectronicsOrlando Police say they found at the home of this man yesterday 42yearold edward jerrel washington. Nicknamed, chubbs. Police say washington would take it around his 20th street neighborhood or online, sometimes for pennies on the dollar. In arrest papers, they had a confidential informant who says he brought three bikes here a day or more than thirty in total, each time trading them for crack cocaine. That informant was arrested in december police say, trying to steal a 5000 bicycle someone had left out on a rack all night in front of their home. He saw the bike and had some bolt cutters, homeowner scared him away and the Downtown Bike unit was able to arrest him. Bob washington was arrested tuesday on drug charges and multiple counts of dealing in stolen property. Detectives say you should always write down and keep the serial numbers of electronics and other valuables that have them, so they re easier to trace. Take photographs of anything of value that doesn t have a without that photograph, it is another ring that will be stolen. Bob he posted bond and has been released from jail. Summer court rectors show he is a convicted felon. Meredith two people are killed in a deadly mobile home fire near lakeland. Polk county fire crews sent us this picture of the burnedout trailer on old polk city road. Two bodies were found inside. They are investigating what triggered the blaze. Summer in apopka there was a crash involving in Orange County sheriff s deputy. The unit was tboned with such impact that the suv actually flipped. Someone ran a red light but they do not know which is driver day. Show meredith has the story. Michelle florida Highway Patrol says the crash happened at this intersection. They say vehicle number one was traveling this way, north on plymouth sorrento road, and that vehicle number two, the Orange County sheriff traveling this way west on kelly park road and that they crashed in the intersection. Troopers say vehicle number one, the toyota suv, tboned the deputies vehicle. When it was all over, the deputies unit had flipped , landed on its roof and the front end of the toyota was cracked up. What happened . Both drivers told troopers they had the green light. Did she say what it sounded like . She said it just sounded like a big boom. Michelle neighbors heard the crash, raced down to help. Witnesses say at first, the deputy, 28yearold Quinten Brown iii was trapped inside his unit, say rescue crews got him out through a window. The Orange CountySheriff S Office says the deputy had minor injuries and is already out of the hospital. According to troopers, the driver of the toyota, 29yearold kelley murray, also recieved minor injuries. He was Walking Around fine. Michelle he didn t seem to be that hurt . Michelle evidence of the crash is still at the intersection, vehicle parts, index cards the deputies use to take fingerprints. Who had the green light and who had the red light . Troopers say since there were no witnesses, no surveillance cameras and no dash camera on the deputies unit, they may never know. So until this investigation is complete, troopers say no charges have been filed at this point. In Orange County, michelle meredith, wesh two news. Summer troopers tell us this scenario where both drivers say they had the green light is very common and very hard to dispute when there is no proof. The Florida Senate is voting down a proposal that would require a unanimous jury recommendation in Death Penalty cases. The senate originally wanted to have all jurors agree on a death sentence. The legislature wants to change the law, requiring 10 out of 12 to recommend execution take place. But senators have agreed to switch to 10 jurors as part of a compromise with the house. Meredith the owner of a lawn fired warning shots this morning after two suspects stole expensive gear. Summer the suspects fled anyway, but as wesh 2 s claire metz reports, the owner says they know now, he means business. Claire the owner says the suspects drove up to triple d equipment from 1792 then backed into this space where the sheriffs patrol car is. The owner figures they were looking for a fast get away. I was firing down the warning signs, telling them to stop as they were driving away. Claire larry delong says he recognized the two men who came into the business and made off with expensive steel chainsaws valued at more than 600 a piece. He thinks they d been in to scope the place out two weeks ago, and when he heard the commotion, he rushed out of his office and chased after the men, firing warning shots into the ground. I carry, i m legal, alright, and this shouldn t be done. I have a sign out there protected by the second amendment, but apparently people don t listen. Claire delong was hoping the shots would stop the thieves in their tracks, but the snatch and grabbers were bold, just kept going. Everybody here works hard for their money. We now crooks and criminals, they don t care about anybody except for themselves. Claire investigators are reviewing store Surveillance Video and won t release it to us, at least not yet, but delong is certain the cameras captured the suspects and hopes it leads to their ultimate capture. The suspects fled in a brown dodge pickup with no license tag. Sheriffs deputies figure the suspects removed it so they couldn t be easily identified. Near deland, Volusia County, claire metz, wesh 2 news. Summer sheriffs deputies responded quickly, trying to track them down but they were long gone and are still working the case. Meredith in commitment 2016 news, marco rubio is back in his home state of florida. He and his wife jeanette went to the polls in miami first thing this morning for early voting. No surprise, rubio said he voted for himself. As super tuesday came to a close, rubio was close in several states and walked away with a win out of minnesota. Donald trump and Hillary Clinton were solidified as their party s frontrunners, each walking away with wins in seven states. Nbc our commitment 2016 coverage from texas. I voted for marco rubio. What an incredible honor to be able to vote for myself. Reporter Ken Marco Rubio stop donald trump . She early voted in florida which is a must win for him. It is my home and we are going to win florida. Reporter trump celebrated seven victory base and has a big lead in staples over rubio. He is a lightweight as i ve said many times before. Reporter ben carson says he has no past for his campaign. Can it ted cruz stop trump . Ted cruz did when texas last night and urged rubio to drop out. Head to head, our campaign beats donald trump resoundingly. Reporter ted cruz is despised by the republican elite whose if we are going to stop them, there is still time to do it but it has to happen right now and voters have to be educated. Reporter the stop trump effort could backfire, many voters could be anchored. Look, we know better than you. We think we have a better solution as to who should be the dominate. Reporter Hillary Clinton took seven safe last night and seems on a path to the nomination. That means we probably are going to win in a landslide. Reporter Bernie Sanders have a good night, winning four states but he needed 59 of the delegates from here on out to win. The disarray on the republican side will be on display tomorrow when mitt romney speaks out against him up from, who a few hours later will tangle with his rivals in detroit. Meredith the president ial candidates will start putting heavy focus on florida. We ll have more on the significance of florida coming frontrunner will be on the ucf campus this weekend. Donald trump is making a Campaign Stop at cfe arena on saturday. The rally starts at noon. Free tickets are available on trump s website. Summer the issue started out small and then spread quickly. Wesh 2 investigates stucco cracking on homes only five years old. What happens when the builder goes in front of local commissioners. What residents of these homes want to don and what experts say they found inside. That is all new tonight at 6 00. Meredith we now know when a new must anticipated disney show will debut. Summer what scott kelly says re watching wesh 2. Meredith it was another day in court for Sports Reporter erin andrews today. Summer she s suing her alleged stalker, michael barrett, who s accused of secretly recording a video of her naked in her hotel room. The video was later posted online. She s also suing the nashville marriot for being negligent. The hotel staff told barret which room she was staying in. Meredith scott kelly is back on earth after his fourth and Longest Mission in space. Kelly landed late last night in kazakstan and was immediately evaluated. Wesh 2 s jason guy explains how this is helping space travel for future astronauts. Scott kelly, back on mother earth after 340 days in space. Jason astronaut scott kelly descended wednesday morning into the kazakhstan desert on the soyuz spacecraft. The cold air was amazing, you know, fresh air. You know, the air i don t mean to say it s not fresh on the space station, but there s air coming into the capsule. Jason he spent 340 days on the International Space station, the longest time for any american. I m definitely encouraged on our ability to go even longer. Jason his mission included a battery of tests to learn about the effects of zerogravity on the human body. I think you know expanding our envelope and our ability to operate in space is something that s going to take us further from this planet. Jason his twin brother, astronaut mark kelly, was on earth the whole time, allowing scientists to study them and compare how their nearly identical bodies are different now that one of them spent almost 12 months at the iss. Leaving the space station was bittersweet. You know, i d been there a long time, so i looked forward to leaving but at the same time, you know, it s a magnificent place and i m going to miss it. So you know, mixed emotions, i guess. Jason kelly returned to earth with two russian cosmonauts, all three underwent field tests immediately and are doing well. Kelly says he s looking forward to jumping in his pool when he m jason guy, wesh 2 news. Meredith scott kelly is in the process of flying back to houston for testing. And while a russian cosmonaut has spent longer time in space, kelly has spent a total of 520 days in space in his career as an astronaut. The next closest for a nasa astronaut is mike fincke with 382 days. Summer spacex has set friday as their fifth try for a launch attempt from the cape. Highaltitude winds forced last night s falcon nine launch at the cape to be scrubbed again the fourth time. Four r the fourth time. Weather and technical problems have caused each of the delays. When it eventually is able to launch, the rocket will carry a navigational satellite for asia into orbit. The time of launch has not been set. Meredith disney fans have long heard about a night time show at animal kingdom. It ll make its debut next month. Rivers of the light is set to debut on discovery river in the asia section of the park on april 22. It s the first night show for the park. Meanwhile, here s something at disney you won t have to wait for. The flower and garden festival is now underway. There are several themed of the characters, and several Outdoor Kitchens around the world showcased. The festival runs through the end of may. Summer it is nice to have a festival but we do not need one. It is beautiful outside. Meredith what is happening out there now . Eric it is beautiful out there and it will be beautiful out there tonight if you re headed to the festival at epcot. We are cooling things down by 8 00. Everybody is out and about enjoying this forecast. The music you over to the beach with daytona, revealing a cloudy set up, 70 degrees. 76, leesburg. 77, ocala. 78, Daytona Beach. We have clouds a streaming in from the gulf of mexico and they will continue to do so as this cold front continues to push off toward the south. If you have outdoor plans over to the Central Florida fair, you are looking great and there is a beautiful sunset. By 11 00, readings into the lower range of the 60 s. As this cold front slides through Central Florida, we will be noticing cooler temperatures. 46, bellevue. 53, poinciana. 58, harmony. 55 lake mary. Back over to the shore, 52 as you take your trip down to Daytona Beach. Tomorrow, it is a couple of clouds and bright sunshine and in some cases, warmer temperatures. 83 degrees or so with gusty winds out of the self at 15 miles per hour. Look at lunchtime, already at 80 degrees. 82 i 1 00. We are looking at nice and dry. Talking about a mix of clouds over the coastal communities but by 5 00, nice and dry. Friday morning, 4 00, tracking showers early and watch as they move through. This is the next frontal boundary. The coming has moved up just a little bit to 6 00 on friday moving through the i4 corridor. Early travel plans may be impacted if you re headed to Daytona Beach. By a 9 00, the rain is out of here. This is the front pushes self which helps push temperatures and for the weekend. A lot of events going on through Central Florida this time of year. We have the strawberry festival kicking off thursday. Readings around 80 degrees in we have Orlando City Soccer on sunday. Real salt lake coming to town with temperatures in the middle 70 s. You cannot beat this weather. Tony will be talking about spring training coming up at 5 00. For that sevenday forecast, could you possibly have any issues with this . Upper 70 s and lower 80 s, great stuff. Tony will see you in a couple minutes. Summer i ve had that before where you lose something and you never get it. Just to have something that important be brought back to you. I just thought that was cool. Meredith Meridee Mcfalls was shoveling snow outside her utah home when her wedding ring slipped off and got lost. She thought posting pictures on social media and going around her yard with a metal detector would help. But it did not. Then two months later, the snow starts to melt off and wouldn t you have it, a group of High School Boys find the ring. As you can imagine, she is thrilled to have her ring back. A florida man is recovering after being hit by an unlucky line drive during a red sox practice. Summer the 80yearold man has been an usher for the red sox for the last 11 years. Hitting buzz dunham when he was bent down and cleaning. But before buzz was even put on a stretcher, batter Hanley Ramirez felt sorry and handed him a signed pair of gloves and david ortiz gave him his bat. I had one more step to go. Somebody hollers, watch out, and down i went, hit the concrete. Blood was coming from my elbow. Summer that looks like it hurts. He ll be back on the job by friday. He says he s hoping he ll get one more apology from one of his favorite players. Good luck with that. Meredith wesh 2 news at 5 00 is straight ahead. Summer jim payne joins us now with what s coming up in the next hour. Jim big news from the campaign trail. We ll tell you which president ial candidate is calling it quits. Plus, tragedy hits a local home. A sixyearold finds a gun, it fires, and kills her. Now police have made an arrest. And caught on camera, a brazen burglary. We re talking to the homeowner who says a woman let herself inside, and didn being recorded the whole time. Wesh 2 news at 5 00 is next. [captioning performed by the ahh. Yeah ahh. Ahh. Ah. You probably say it a million times a day. Ahh. Ahh ahh. Ahh but at cigna, we want to help everyone say it once a year. Say ahh. Ahh. Cigna medical plans cover one hundred percent of your innetwork annual checkup. So america, lets go. Know. Ahh know you can deposit checks right from your phone. Transfer money to someone quickly and easily. Speak to a financial professional when its convenient. And pay for things using android pay. Know that with pncs convenient solutions, at least your finances will be easy to control. Jim right now at 5 00, a life or death battle 24 hours after a local boy is pulled from a canal near his elementary school. Tonight, wesh 2 is looking into how this happened and the boy s chances for survival. Angela we re learning new information about a deadly policeinvolved shooting, including what happened after the gunfire. Jim ucf clears a major hurdle in it s plans to build a downtown orlando campus. Wesh 2 news at 5 00 starts right now. Announcer local, live, latebreaking. This is wesh 2 news at 5 00 in high definition. Angela we begin tonight in Seminole County. A local man is under arrest, after a 6yearold was killed with a handgun. Good evening, i m angela taylor. Jim i m jim payne. It happened in sanford. The young girl was killed when the gun she found went off. Police are saying the man of the house should have kept the weapon out of reach. Wesh 2 S Dave Mcdaniel is live with more. Dave. Dave you know, Stanford Police are telling us every gun owner has a legal and moral responsibility to make sure get into the hands of curious children. In this case, a child is dead, and the Family Member who was serving as a babysitter is here in jail. 6yearold a letha Amanii Marie Burke was rushed from this house on highlawn avenue after she was badly hurt by a gun she found under the sofa. Bianca gillett was easily able to obtain the firearm, it was not secured in any fashion. Dave shooting herself accidentally in the shoulder, the 45 caliber bullet traveled through her body heading straight downward. She died at the hospital from the extensive wound. 35yearold Erik Williams who was supposed to be watching her, actually drove her to the hospital. He was arrested for child neglect and unsafe storage of a gun. His arrest report says, this unsecured handgun could be easily found by a sixyearold. And it says williams did not keep the firearm in a securely locked box or container or have a trigger lock engaged. Bianca gillett the child was under his care during that time period