Have, his endorsement isnt much of a surprise. Reporter i interviewed scott last thursday, asking him why e waiting. He had talked to the candidates but wanted to leave the decision in the hands of the voters. And sure enough, it did. There are distinct parallels between governor rick scott and donald trump, something scott pointed out last thursday when we interviewed him in miami. Race. Run. Florida. Scott is backing the candidate with a similar background. Quote, i believe it is now time for republicans to accept and respect the will of voters and adding if we spend another four months tearing each other apart, we will damage our ability to win in november. But unity may be difficult. Scotts own Lieutenant Governor think he can support trump, even locally, republican state representative bob cortez told Eyewitness News earlier this year that he wouldnt be able to tell his supporters to vote for trump. Tonight, i spoke to representative cortez a few moments ago and he says he will be backing the Republican Senate and house candidates. As for scotts endorsement, trump has given scotts pac 135,000. Well, the calendar says winter, but the thermometer says otherwise. We got close to record heat again today. Lets get over to our certified chief meteorologist tom terry. Its warm right now, very hot along the coast, too, we he 89 degrees again in Daytona Beach. Just one degree shy of a record. 87 still in downtown orlando. Believe it or not, were not even in spring yet. That doesnt start until sunday early on in the morning with the average temperature, 10 degrees above average right now, but hold on. Really going to change the weather pattern. A big storm system brewing, martha, more coming up, including a much better chance for rain, just as a lot of Central Florida starts spring break. Much more coming up. Well see you then. The battle is now on between republican senators and president barack obama the president announcing his pick for the Supreme Court today, despite republicans promise not to allow a hearing. The president introduced federal appellate judge as his nominee to fill the seat of justice antonin scalia. The older supreme justices ever confirmed, considered a moderate but republicans say they doesnt change their mind about refusing to confirm him. President barack obama pointed out he has a long history of by partisan so support. The president is calling on the senate to a vote. It would be a betrayal of our best traditions. And a betrayal of the vision of our founding documents. Republican leaders are Standing Firm in opposition insisting voters should decide the balance of the court when they elect the next president. Now, some is of the republican senators who supported garland in the past say, this time will be different, some say they wont even bother to meet with him. Senator bill nelson put out a statement on twitter about the nomination, he tweetd the senate has a responsibility to fill Supreme Court vacancies. Debris is all thats left of one of the most Iconic Properties in cocoa beach because last night, flames consumed the mansion called Pumpkin Center. Channel 9 is live at the property right now, where the mansion stood and she just spoke to two men who know this property better than most. They worked there. And mel, they told you that massive fire wont be enough to destroy their memories. Years on this property, and they tell me that experience was as unique as the former mansion. A day after a devastating fire at cocoa beachs iconic Pumpkin Center, only memories remain. From sky witness 9, we could still make out the mansions tennis court. Randy helped put it there. Its bringing tears. Im sorry. Reporter he shared some of his photographs of he and his family at the Pumpkin Center in years past. Back then, the property was owned by the late al new heart. Founder of usa today. He had that place immaculate in there. I dont care what anybody says. He wanted perfection and he got it. Reporter rick was the property manager. Everything was constant. Everything was hand made by somebody is. Reporter but with that said, loss here is about more than dollars and cents. Just all the things that you did here. From when i first came down here. Reporter were told the propertys current owner was at the scene earlier today. Fire officials hope to provide him with an explanation for all of this. May take a day, a week or a month, a sensitive investigation, we want to make sure we get him closure. Reporter a lot of folks just stopping by now to take a look at whats left of the property, as you might imagine, its been investigators, on Eyewitness News at 6 00, what theyve learned so far and why they tell us this investigation is far from over. Live here in cocoa beach, channel 9 Eyewitness News. And tonight, we are learning new details about the woman who police say was driving down the wrong side of the road in Orange County. Oakland Police Report says valerie had meth, pot and her pet cat with her while she was the Police Officer put his cruiser in froment of her car front of her car to stop her from huring anyone else. A former millionaire convicted of killing his wife is scheduled to be back in front of a judge. Claims that his attorneys made mistakes in 2011. Now, wards lawyers are working to get him bond while he waits for his trial, it wont happen for a you few years. Covering lake county tonight, two local priests are in big trouble for allegedly turning a blind eye that resulted in a sexual abuse of dozens of children. Channel 9s myrt price has been going through the documents. He joins us live in mount dora. These priests knew they were dealing with a Child Predator and didnt do anything to protect the children. Reporter one of those priests worked here at st. Officials say of allowing more than 80 kids to be sexual assaulted and anything to stop it. Right now, three priests including two currently here in orlando, working at the San Pedro Center in Orange County and robert j. Who was working at st. Patricks in mount dora have been charged in pennsylvania with conspiracy to endanger children. The grand jury has identified significant criminal wrongdoing. Reporter according to the Pennsylvania Attorney generals office, the priests were former leaders of the franciscan friars, which overseas the Bishop Mccourt catholic high school. These men a r accused of allowing this man to work at a teacher and athletic training despite having no formal training in Sports Medicine in the late 90s and early 2000s. These individuals u noo that brother knew that brother baker was a Child Predator. Reporter the Pennsylvania Attorney general says the priest knew had baker had numerous allegations of child molestation and they were even warned after a psych evaluation that baker contact with kids or be permitted to have overnight visits. Then, after priests learned that baker had abused a kid at the school, the documents, they removed him from teacher but allowed baker to have access to students by making him vocations director. We learned that baker eventually committed suicide. Now, we reached out to the diocese of orlando and they say both men were placed on leave and shortly after both men decided to vacate their positions. Live in mount dora, myrt price, channel 9 yns news. Some cocoa residents wake up and fall asleep to gunfire, each and every day, they say Brevard County Sheriffs Office gun range is just too noisy, for their quiet neighborhood. And filed a lawsuit to have it shut down. The range is on county owned property, close to several neighborhoods. A judge will decide what happens to this range after hearing aurpts today in Court Arguments today in court. Leading the charge against the Brevard County Sheriffs Office even representing himself and his neighbors in court. Sky witness 9 flew over the range today and its been here since 1985. He says some of the residents have been here since the 60s and over the years the gunfire from the range has gotten louder, and residents in the area are older and cant take it anymore. Its got worse. They were shooting 2 00, 3 00 in the morning, theyre violating their own policies. Reporter they say the range is not violating any noise ordnances. The judge did not make a decision. Reverend dennis says his fight wont stop here. Heres considering going to the Justice Department because he claims the residents sil rights are being civil rights are being violated. There are two ways this can be settled. Pack it up and move or they can close it in. We are here because this is a last resort. We have tried everything, we have tried to work with them, its time for them to check out. Now, we reached out to the Brevard County county Sheriffs Office for a comment on this lawsuit, but have not heard back. Nearly a dozen the trees were spray painted with the symbols of hate at a popular state park. All new at 5 00, what rangers are doing tonight to find out who did it. At 4 00, we told you hundreds of Osceola County voters were not allowed to vote yesterday, new for 5 00, why one woman told us she was turned away even though she was registered to vote. And rambo isnt your normal cute and cuddly pet, hes an alligator. Yes, hes my pride and joy. Next, why his owner says shes now fighting to keep rambo after rescuing him 11 years ago. Got to wait and see this story. Incredible. Well, start of spring three days wendy hates dirty lawn furniture. That s why she uses scotts outdoor cleaner plus oxiclean. It cleans all of wendy s lawn furniture without damaging any of wendy s lawn. Scotts. It youre watching channel 9 Eyewitness News at 5 00. Coverage you can count on. Heres something you dont see every day. But apparently in florida, you can. Meet rambo. The pet alligator. His owner says she rescued him 11 years ago and as you can see, she carries him like a child, even dresses him in clothing. But now, that woman is having to fight wildlife officials to be able to keep rambo and today, she told channel 9 her pet gator is also helping her deal with a family tragedy. This lakeland woman has signs like this one, warning people about the reptile inside, and wildlife officials will have to decide if she can keep the gator. The gator Eyewitness News met today doesnt live in the everglades. Instead, hes in marys constant care. Ram do stays inside of a rambo stays inside of a home in lakeland. Decade ago from someone who kept him illegally in a closet. He eats at the table, we have dinner at 4 00, and he sits at the table and eats. Reporter she shared these photos with me. The gator posing on a motorcycle and spending time in the living room. Confirmed she has a class 2 wildlife permit xh is required to keep a gator in florida. But present state rules require her to have twoandahalf acres of land, which she doesnt have. So she may have to give up the 6 foot gator. Carry any potential danger, do you think . He doesnt bite, ive shown you that. Im all up in his face. Reporter theyre looking into other issues, but wouldnt elaborate. They pointed out owners must have substantial experience and specific cage requirements. She says even though rambo is a cold blooded reptile, hes gent sxl shes attached. I lost my son in april. And this has been my rock. And if i lose him. Reporter state wildlife exact time line on when they will make a decision. Reporting in lakeland, channel 9 yns news. And rambos favorite tv show is witness news. A smart gator. Many of you are talking about this story online and want to know more. We posted more pictures of rambo at wftv. Com slide shows. Its a real gator, right. It is. If youre triered of parking so far tired of parking so far away when visiting walt disney world. A new preferred parking. For an extra 15 to the current parking fee of 20, youll be able to park in designated areas of the lot, preferred parking is not available at Animal Kingdom or hollywood studios. Super heroes, they decided to wash windows today at the Arnold Palmer hospital for children. All hanging out, literally, so the kids faces, watching from inside. I love it. I love it. The experience and the feeling you get from doing it, watching the smile on the kids faces, its unexplainable, priceless. I believe that. The window washers told us they took their time washing the windows, too, to make sure that all of the kids got a good look. They had a good time. Excellent. Big smiles. Well, spring break is rapidly approaching, guess what . Hot. Were going to change it completely around. What you have seen this week, you will not see coming up by the end of the weekend. All right. Theres a live view from Daytona Beach and just the luck of Orange Countys spring breakers, cant wait to get out of school and head towards daytona. 87 degrees, were going to have some decent weather next week, it will be quite a bit different than the hot temperatures weve had. 87 there down from 89. One degree shy of a record in daytona. 89 earlier today as well. Just extremely warm for march. Now, were just three and a half days away from the start of spring, were going to bring spring in like a lion. Orlando pretty quiet for tonight, well get some patchy fog as we did early this morning. As we joined you at 6 00 in the morning and then we have braves versus the astros down at disney tomorrow. Wide world of sports at 1 05. First pitch, 85 degrees, so after tomorrow, all bets are off for quiet weather. 87 for a high tomorrow. Slight chance for a shower, mainly in the northern zones, 85 ocala, 84 in palm coast. Storm system will be quickly sweeping by, this will give several days of rain, along the northern gulf coast, and including here in Central Florida. Heres future track, we just updated, as we take you through tomorrow, that will be areas of fog in the morning, mainly north and west. Then we have a good deal of mix of clouds and sun by 4 00 p. M. , well be tracking scattered panhandle and a little bit of rain here locally. Tomorrow, again, only a 20 Rain Coverage. A shower possible on friday. A sea breeze coming in with energy from the gulf of mexico. So most of friday looks okay. Late day friday, we get rain and a couple of thunderstorms moving on by, and then more moisture moving in with the stalled front to the north, showing rain moving in on saturday. So it looks like late this the day friday, saturday and at least the first part of sunday, well get some rain. But get out and enjoy tomorrow. 85 melbourne. 84 cocoa beach. How about 86 degrees up by titusville. So very nice tomorrow. Still warm. But were going to start to bring the temperatures down. Behind that rin is a pretty rain is a pretty strong cold front for the first part of spring. Fiveday forecast with your weekend always in view, 50 Rain Coverage for the latter half of the day on friday. Showers on and off for most of the morning and afternoon, that will be the wet day. Glorious, cooler 71 on monday. Martha. A brapd new action 9 investigation is still ahead. At 5 00. A kissimmee man claims he paid off his new car loan but a big lender kept taking his money and kept his title. Action 9 got answers for him and ten other consumers. New for 6 00. The may skror hurdle major hurdle has been cleared for the downtown campus. We reached out to residents in par mour. Voters told us that the Party Affiliation was changed without them knowing ahead of yesterdays primary. Spoke with that woman and her sister, who both had problems at the polls, and they told her they didnt know what happened to the Voter Registration until we went digging for answers. Reporter sister jennifer and stacey say she showed up at the polls in precincts in osceola walked away disappointed. Stacey has been a registered republican for 22 years could not vote on a regular ballot. Party affiliation and i was not going to be able to vote. Reporter she filled out a provisional ballot, her vote will not count because of the documentation. It was filed in Orange County, in 2012. Supervisor of Elections Office in orlando, which ive nefrp been to. Reporter shes right. The Voter Registration stacey gave us with the election supervisor who found out the third party changed her affiliation. She didnt say who it was, but the groups can change your affiliation with your permission and signature. Bottom line. Its not going to count. Reporter her sister was able to vote but in the democratic race. I have a Party Affiliation in the past, at this point in time, my husband and i were registered republican. Reporter this document shows democrat, thats how she voted. In this election, i was just after seeing that my sister wasnt able to vote. The sisters say they have signed off on petitions by third parties, but they dont recall ever agreeing to change parties. The election supervisor said those third party affiliatess can be fined if they dont follow the rules. Donald trumps biggest fight could be against his own political party. The new tactic republicans are considering to try to keep him out of the white house. Plus, weve shown you video like this of drivers blowing past local school buses time and time again. All new for 5 00, why its so tough to punish the drivers who do this. And symbols of hate were found on nearly a dozen trees in a popular state park. Just disgust, it runs a beautiful place on the river. Channel 9 Eyewitness News continues right now at 5 30. These symbols of hate were found spray painted on nearly a dozen trees in a popular state park. Theres no business here and in particular with the message it was making, makes it more disgusting. Easy to remove the offensive messages on di place in public. State park. Vandalism. Channel 9s roy ramos spoke with visitors who say they cant believe someone would damage the Natural Beauty like that. Feels almost tropical, so you. Reporter every day, kayakers paddle down this portion of the wekiva river. Especially on a picture perfect day like this. Kayakers tell me they come to this area right off of katies landing to get the beautiful scenery, like here, but they say when they came across these trees spray painted with symbols like kkk and swastika, for some, it ruined their experience. Every tree was marked up. With kkk, or nazi symbols, swastikas
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