Reporter three out of 1. 3 million man hours worked. They wouldnt break that into months or years but that gives you a sense of whats going on. Take a look with me. You can see just how many people are not out here today. Normally theres about 400 people out here and 200 supervisors. Today the tractors are quiet. The only noise is the sound of the evening commute. Sky witness 9 flew over one of the biggest Construction Projects in the state and it was deserted. It came into a halt after 34yearold Marvin Franklin was backed over killing him. More than 24 hours later the entire 21mile project was quiet. We spent the day trying to talk to them after we were only given a statement that it was shut down for safety reasons. We drove to the local headquarters in deland to get you specifics. Do in order to send a message that we care about safety. Well, it appears that its beyond a message. Theres certain thing that is the contractors is evaluating on the corridor, places they can improve things. Again, you know, safety is really, really important to us. Project officials tell me they want to give workers time to grieve and managers time to investigate. Fdot officials told me that the workers are going to get more training. Why do they need more training . It seems like this was just an accident. Well, you know, when it comes to Safety Training and we will speak broadly you train and you train some more and some more. Troopers say the dump truck was making a beeping sound but theyre still trying to figure out if there was a spotter. Reporter officials have told me over and over again that this project is still going to complete on time in 2021. They told us theyre going to come back out here as soon as theyre county, tim barber, channel 9, Eyewitness News. A political robocall supporting donald trump is facing backlash for its stance against minorities. The super pac is not affiliated with the billionaires campaign. As deneige broom reports hes being asked to shut down those calls. It starts off like most robo balls. The American National super bowler pac makes this call to support donald trump. Then takes quite a turn. The white race is dying out in american and europe because we are afraid to be racist. A White Supremacist Group is taking responsibility for the call saying they are asking people to support donald trump. Dont vote for a cuban, vote for donald trump. Analyst Richard Foglesong about the calls. His supporters have proven to be loyal. He also thinks those calls are more of a publicity stunt for the super pac and not to actually help trump. If people want to support donald trump they are probably already on board and did not need the push or information from this White Supremacist Group. Trumps campaign has not released a statement yet. When similar calls went out last them. Donald trump is not a racist but not afraid. Deneige broom, channel 9, Eyewitness News. Marco rubios campaign wants our political analyst has a lot to say about donald trump and his double digit point lead. You can read his weekly blog on click on the election tab. Carlos lopez campaigned for the u. S. Senate seat. Lopez said only he has balanced budgets, paid down debt and reduced debt and described his role in tallahassee. The Lieutenant Governor is the person who helps the governor push has seen agenda not only for the legislature but around the state promoting our agenda around the state and our successes. He told us the fact that governor rick scott has not yet endorsed him or anyone else in the race does not concern him. On the steps oh of the Supreme Court today Senate Democrats called on republicans to end the bitter stand off over the high courts vacancy. Justice scalia died this month and republicans want to wait. Democrats said no way. We have never had in the history of the country such republicans and democrats if the roles were reversed would say the exact same thing. In a way its kind of laughable. The white house said today president obama plans to meet with Senate Leaders and the today a committee amend ed ed the verse of the death sentence bill to align with the houses plan that requires 10 jurors recommend the death penalty. Thats different from the original position that would require unanimous recommendation. The bill now goes to the full senate. Funeral and Memorial Services have been planned for the six People Killed during the shooting rampage in kalamazoo, michigan. Greg warmoth has been on top of this story. Weve been learning more about the suspects behavior leading up to those attacks. Reporter we have. The lawyer representing Jason Daltons family said the uber driver seemed out of character and depressed. When asked if replied he was tired. I first wanted to express utter shock and simple and sympathy to the victims. There was nothing to indicate that Something Like this would occur. The married father of two began driving for uber just two weeks ago before the shooting. Now hes in jail after admitting to taking lives. The motive behind the rampage is a mystery even to his family. Theyre thinking like everybody else. Why. On the day of the shootings daltons family was out running errands when he visited a gun store. You can see him in his surveillance pictures buying a tactical jacket. The attorney revealed dalton went to his parents house after the first shooting and said his sideswiped and needed to switch cars to his parents hhr. Reporter the attorney denied reports that the family was having financial troubles when dalton was arrested. Abc will have much more in a motive right after Eyewitness News at 6 00. Bob, thats the big question, why. Why did he do this. It is. Senator bill nelson is now addressing the stalemate between the fbi and apple. The tech giant refused to create software to unlock an iphone used by one of the San Bernardino killers. Nelson said investigators need that investigation to learn actor potential terrorist plans. To get into their home to get evidence to protect the nation from other terrorist attack certainly there would be no objection to that. The senator is asking apple and the fbi to Work Together and find a balance between protecting National Safety and personal privacy. A local Nonprofit Organization is stepping up in a big way to help the victims of the flint, michigan water sunshine for flint is a local initiative to spread awareness about the flint crisis. The group is traveling around Central Florida collecting donations and relief items like packs of water. One organizer said as the worlds leader Tourist Destination we should care about where our visitors come from and not just their money. We cannot standby and watch a city in america in 2016 go through this thats effecting children. Children. The flint water cry crisis made International Headlines in january when it was discovered that the citys water supply had been contaminated with lead for at least two years. The problem still has not been fixed. A school bus carrying 27 students was in a crash with another vehicle today on 2 30. The bus was taking home students from wociva high school in orlando. No one was hurt and it was minor. Court upheld a red light camera ruling saying rental car drivers should not be treated any differently than car owners. They said june dars Constitutional Rights were caught on camera while in a rental car. The rental car got the notice of the violation and identified dar as the driver. Instead of getting the normal 158 ticket she got a 263 citation. The Greater OrlandoAviation Authority wants Community Input on the 1. 3 billion Capitol Improvement program at orlando international. At a meeting tonight they will explain why the expansion out oia is so important. Were at the level that were going to start seeing a degradation in Customer Service levels if we dont start the plans for expanding. Come out and see what the plans are and give us your input. This is ant your airport. Scheduled to start in half an hour. Travelers can expect to see changes to ticket counters as early as this summer. At the top of this newscast we told you orlando firefighters met with a doctor weeks after being exposed to asbestos. New at 6 00, how one firefighters own work may have saved himself and others from prolonged exposure to that dangerous material. A nursing home in the villages is working to contain a stomach bug. Were going to show you the steps being taken to protect patients and visitors. Patients attacked. Next 9 investigates takes you inside floridas Mental Health facility and why the states plan to fix them may not be enough. A breezy evening will drop alone and defenseless. For the first time were looking at the inside of floridas health hospitals. Its only a fraction of what the experts say is going in these staterun facilities. And employee on the floor of this state mental facility when a patient approached her with a radio antenna. He stabbed her four times in the face before help could arrive. That help not fellow staff but patients. This is life inside floridas Mental Health hospitals. The attack was investigated by the Sheriffs Office as well as a half a dozen other incidents. The videos obtained by the sheriff give a rare inside glimpse into floridas underfunded and understaffed state mental hospitals. Its amazing to my that ignoring situations. Candace croft said his staff does everything they can. Do you worry about them when the sinking of the el faro. The cargo ship sank near the bahamas in october after it ran into hurricane joaquin. Todays investigation focused on the boilers. A subcontractor hired to look at the boilers said while he didnt recommend a time frame for repairs in his opinion they should have been done right away. Millions of americans are recovering after severe storms damage. 27 tornados ripped through texas, louisiana and mississippi. In twister cut a 5 mile path through town. Eight people were killed in the storms and dozens more left homeless. Orange county fire rescue crews are getting high flying training in las vegas. They got a chance on the 550 las vegas high roller. Thats the tallest observation wheel in the world. Crews simulated rescuing patient from the wheel. Certainly wouldnt want to do that today. I get sick just looking at that. Windy here also. Not a good day to be on the orlando eye. Heres a beautiful shot over downtown orlando. 15 to 20 Miles Per Hour is the breeze out of the west. Consistent temperatures because of the gusty winds stirring things up, in the mid 60s for highs today. Still have a west wind at 30 in titusville. Were waiting for the falcon 9 launch at Patrick Air Force base. Some gusty winds there to only issues we could have weather wise today. Winter park temperatures for you down into the low 50s by midnight, 47 at 6 00 a. M. , a wind chill of about 42 in the morning for you. Elsewhere wind chills will start dropping after 3 00 or 4 00 a. M. As the temperatures get down into the low 40s. Well see 42 the wind chill at 5 30 in ocala, 44 in clermont. Here are the actual low temperatures. They wont be that far away from the chill in the morning. 38 the low in ocala, 39 the villages, 34 kissimmee. You can see the cool dry air filtering through now behind this big storm that brought all the tornados the last 24 hours. Its now just a big noreaster moving out. Now for osceola county, highs today in the bella lago area. The Oakland Division in kissimmee at 66. Widespread consistent very nice sunshine weather for tomorrow. Saturday morning well be colder. Patchy frost over the interior including 37 for leesberg and 36 in apopka. Its preseason soccer time. Orlando city soccer versus brazil. That will be a kick off around i guess its first off, first kick, whatever at 7 30. A light jacket. Its going to be perhaps a little bit on the cool side but not quite as breezy. The five day forecast with the weekend always in view, 65 degrees for our high tomorrow. Saturday and sunday a great weekend for the food and Wine Festival in downtown orlando. Weather perfect for that. Warming up next week. Thank you, tom. Sunday the stars are going to hit the red carpet for the 88th Academy Awards right here on channel 9. You can watch our vanessa, george and ashley from our radio partner k92 fm. Their will be live on our facebook page. It starts sunday night at 8 00 followed by Eyewitness News at 11 00. The city of orlando is already investing more than a Million Dollars for a new fire station and months after they broke ground they found out that the building site is contaminated. This couple is charged with child neglect after a child was shot in the hand. Also new he told me to come out with my hands up. An innocent man confronted by cops. The bizarre call that weeds. Nature s boomerang. At roundup , we know they keep coming back. You never invited this stubborn little rascal to your patio. So, draw the line. One spray of roundup max control 365 kills to the root and keeps weeds away for up to 12 months. Because patios should be for cooking out and kicking back. Roundup max control 365. Draw the line. A nursing home in the villages is taking extra measures to keep a stomach virus from spreading. They are even asking relatives to hold off on visitors. Myrt price is live from the villages. The center staff has compared this stomach bug to norovirus. Reporter yes, they think its Something Like that. Right now theyre still trying to figure out exactly what theyre dealing with and keep it from spreading. Right now the staff at the harvard chase assisted living facility are dealing with a nasty stomach bug. 20 residents and more than a dozen Staff Members are gotten sick with the noroviruslike illness. We asked friends and family if they were worried. Ive been a caretaker for quite some time. This is just precautionary. If you get it, it will pass. Its just the the executive director said theyre exercising an abundance of caution and working with the department of health. Carla saw some of this being done today. They were prepping for lunch in containers with plastic ware. Officials say theyre trying to keep the virus from spreading so asking them to refrain from mingling and wants visitors to wait a couple more days before coming to see their loved one. If you do come they want you to wear a mask. Theyve been really strict with people, keeping them in their rooms and trying to keep it contained. I think theyve done an excellent job. Reporter the department of health said employees are doing some very extensive environmental cleaning and also working to keep the ill and the healthy patients separated. Theyre limiting movement of all those people who are sick. Myrt price, channel 9, Eyewitness News. Family members of a lakeland officer shot in the line of duty were at a memorial honoring fallen police. His family donated 10,000 in his memory. He was 25 and working patrol when investigators say three teenagers shot and killed him. Daytona beach police are offering a chance right now for anyone with a warrant out for their arrest to turn themselves in. Operation safety surrender is scheduled for tuesday, april 12th. Officers say people accused of minor offenses can come to church at 511 freemont avenue. It will be safe and friendly and it will not negatively impact the surrounding community. All new for Eyewitness News coming up at 6 00. Months after the city of lowes presents how to put your foot in your mouth. Man, wish my yard looked like yours. Hey, the grass is always greener on the other side of the. Sorry. Now get 20 off fertilizer, at lowes. The work on orlandos newest fire station is already behind schedule and its about to get worse because a city inspection missed some serious issues. For the soccer stadium. They already paid more than a Million Dollar from the land. We found out the city is now on the hook the contamination. Shannon butler is live downtown. The city isnt sure how much that will cost. Reporter well, its hard to know. You can see here construction has not even started out here. Thats because after the city bought this piece of property they found problems in the soil. The problem lies right there with car parts and twisted metal. This piece of land will someday be a home of fire station 2. The city bought the land after the old fire station was torn down to make way for the orlando soccer stadium. Firefighters are in this temporary building thats now become more of a permanent one. The city bought the property on robinson street in 2014 for