The daycares history and how parents can tell if their child is treated well. I was honestly in shock. It doesnt make any sense. Its just one of those things that is just why . Shes asking why someone would leave a live catfish to die in her mailbox . And as strange as that sounds, it has happened before. The story youll see only on news 6. Good evening, this is news 6 at 7 00, getting results. Im julie broughton. Im lisa bell. Ginger is on assignment tonight. Also were learning new details about some serious crimes that police say forced this homeless camp outside a government building to be shut down. Well have much more on that story, coming up. But our top story right now, new information on this video. Police say it shows a daycare director attacking a 4yearold. Closed. The news 6 reporter Troy Campbell is getting results by digging into its past and asking childcare experts how a parents can know their children are safe. County. They say parents sometimes assume certain things are required at a daycare facility. However, they say its important to ask questions because you may be surprised. The records showing the childrens Palace Learning Center in clermont has only been open about six months. Its daycare director, 41yearold kimberly reed, arrested on child abuse charges after this cell phone video taken by a coworker shows ree hitting the child and dropping him on the ground. Records also showing reed has worked in the childcare industry about four years. Fatalities are private businesses and theyre going to run it like a private business. Sometimes parentsssume that things are going on and they el they have tosk t question. New parents might be unaware of the different types of childcare centers. Department of children and families does not inspect daycares who have a religious exemption. Credited, do you have backgrod checks on your teachers, are th train on Early Learning courses and trained in c. P. R. And first aid . Also, any phycal mark on your chi should be written up an accident report and rents should be notified. On a daily basis, parents should be tking to their children, how was you day in scol . The childrens palace learning cente cancelled its contract to receive low income children on january 1st. Again, the facility remains closed. Troy, thank you. Employees told Clermont Police the directors aggressive behavior was going on for weeks. They should have called police immediately they say. For months, they camped out, building. So fridaynight, when the Daytona Beach police chief cleared out a homeless camp, many people were asking why now . News 6 reporter loren korn his officers went undercover and found illegal activity going on. Not only does the police chief say that illegal activity and extreme violence happened here once the sun went down, but he says the homeless camp itself was complete setup. It starts with political gain and facetime. More than 100 people camping outside the county building was orchestrated by a county advocate. The people who need help are the ones who were exploited by elected leaders and someone purporting himself to be the internet pastor of the year. The police chief claims the homeless were told if they stayed outside the county building, the story would pay them. They set up a paypal account, we were going to get money. Thats why were here. They were very disgruntled when they were moved because he lied did you tell the homeless to go to the location and you will give them money . Never at any time. People just showed up. Did i hand out money like needs for daily needs, for cigarettes and stuff, of course. Wagner was involved in the homeless camp for political gain. The politician laying on the ground, i feel the plight of these people, i bet my life that camp was run strictly on the up and up when the politician was out there sleeping. I was there to see whats going on. Was there drugs . Absolutely. Was there crime . Absolutely. On top of it did i see three fights a night, yes. Its exploitation of somebody. Its got to end. People need to go, you know what . Weve got a serious problem. Lets start finding solutions. In Daytona Beach, loren korn, news 6. This morning, two students claimed they were attacked by a homeless man on their way to school. Tonight police say those boys were the attackers. Stone wall jackson middle school, near cimarron boulevard and la costa drive in orlando. The middle schoolers first reported a homeless man tried to steal their cell phone and bit them so they fought back. Police say they eventually learned the students harassed the man first. Neighbors say they arent surprised saying while some of the homeless who camp out in the area are aggressive, but so are the kids. Should something change . Well, weve not seen many of our police that go around like we used to. Our neighborhood patrols . Patrols. We dont know how badly the homeless man was hurt, if at all, because police have not found him yet. They also have not said if the kids will face charges. Still breaking now at 7 00, a Security Guard accused of raping and killing a young woman he was supposed to protect will face murder charges. Late today a grand jury found there was enough evidence to indict the 33yearold stephen Sexual Battery and burglary charges. This Surveillance Video from downtown orlandos uptown Place Apartments is one of the key pieces of evidence prosecutors showed the grand jury. It shows the 27yearold woman walking with duxbury. Prosecutors say it was the last time she was seen alive. Her body was found inside her apartment, days later. Shed been strangled. Wrapped in a comforter and doused with bleach. Duxbury remains in the Orange County jail, held without bond. Only on 6 tonight, an unexpected delivery thats a real mystery. Someone has been putting catfish in mailboxes and leaving them to die. If neighbors say this is some kind of joke, its not funny. Amanda castro talked to one of them in st. Cloud. The homeowner was surprised to say the least when she opened up her mailbox and found a dead catfish inside. She thinks its kids playing pranks but is worried whoever it what the postman opened her mailbox, he found a large dead catfish inside. I was honestly in shock. It doesnt make any sense. Its one of those things thats just why . Thats the big question. It turns out shes not the only one asking. According to a Facebook Page for Osceola County residents, two other people reported similar incidents this week. Someone threw a catfish on to a yard and another one was found in a mailbox. I have no idea why somebody would want to do that and why a catfish. Why a fish in the mailbox at all. The 12inchlong fish may have been alive when it was left inside here sometime early monday morning. If you look, you can still see all the dirt and all the nasty sludge that was there from him. She says no one else on her street received the unwelcomed mail. She thinks shes a random victim. She doesnt know who put the catfish there but says it could be kids playing pranks. Shes worried the silly stunts yes, it might be kind of funny, but its not funny when it happens to you. Its not something that aa kid you should be going around doing. Shes now checking twice before opening her mailbox. Hoping to never find a fishy delivery again. In st. Cloud, amanda castro, news 6. She says she plans to file a report. Now, we did reach out to st. Cloud police to see if theyre aware of anything, and weve not heard back. Well, it certainly does not feel like winter out. No, it does not. At this time last night tom predicted wed see an 8 on the sorrells scale. So how did it turn out today . Meteorologist tom sorrells. I thought it was an 8. I like this. Problem we had was the heavy fog this morning and then we were way too warm. Its a pretty doggone good day in central florida. Some of you are dodging light pockets of rain. Theyre not super huge. You can see them on radar trying to make their way just inside the cape. For the most part, as they come make interaction with the land mass. Its not been too big of a deal. It was low enough temperatures this morning the fog set in. The daytime high shot back to 84 degrees in orlando. Thats only 3 degrees away from a recordhigh. Right now, were talking temperatures in the 70s. 73 in orlando. 75 in ocala. Visibility right now is fantastic. Its dropped in the villages. An 8mile visibility there but 10mile visibility everywhere else. Heres the onthetown forecast for tonight. Warm and nice. By 11 00, well be down to 70. Tom, thank you. One thing were not expecting in the morning is as much dense fog as we saw today. Meteorologist Candace Campos says it will make tomorrow different from today. Well, it turned out to be a beautiful and warm afternoon once, of course, all the fog burnt off. The viewers came in again with greatlooking shots. Look at this one. Less than a quarter mile you can see the trees but not much further down the roadway. And over here, you can see this one is really cute. It looks like the ducks are waiting for the fog to finally lift from the lake and the fog finally moved out of the area by about 9, even 10 00. Lets pinpoint one of our spots here across town. Zellwood, good evening to you. Temperatures back in the upper 60s. Expect another round of fog as you wake up tomorrow morning. Look for the Beautiful Day in store for your wednesday, topping off at only 81 degrees. Sounds good. Thank you. Dont forget, you can get breaking weather alerts and live radar anytime on our free news 6 pinpoint weather app. Just search wkmg in your app store. The Largest Power Company in florida wants to cut your bill. How much its customers could soon save, in minutes. Plus super bowl ads cost millions of dollars, so advertisers are bringing their a game. A sneak peek at how they plan to grab your attention on sunday. Were getting results in winter springs, windemere and all of central florida, here on news 6 at 00 and our free news 6 app. And join us on facebook take a look at this. Seminole deputies are sharing dramatic new video of a chase as seen from the sheriffs helicopter. This all went down around this time friday night. Were told the deputies are following a man named rashad smith. Sanford police say he fired shots at drivers and then shot at one of their officers. This all happened friday night near 1792 and the 417. You can see smith trying to get away. The helicopter pilot spotted smith behind an electrical box. He was arrested. The good news here, no one was hurt. Smith is charged with arrest. The states Largest Power Company says it wants to lower your rates, so Florida Power light has filed paperwork asking if approved, a typical bill will drop 1. 65 a month if you use a thousand kilowatts a month. They credit the strategy with replacing older plans with cleaner, cheaper, more fuelefficient gas turbines. The new rate cut should kick in on april 1st. An unusual challenge for hunters is getting results in the everglades. The fish and Wildlife Commission says 82 burmese pythons have been turned in for this years challenge. Its meant to rid the everglades of the Invasive Species since they threaten survival of native wildlife. When the competition was started in 2013, 1600 people signed up and they caught 68 last year. Well get another update on the number of snakes killed on friday. The countdown is on. Were now just four days, 23 hours and 13 minutes from super bowl 50. Counting down to kickoff. Even nonfootball fans tune in, though, for the super bowl commercials. Each 30second spot can cost advertisers 5 million. They certainly step up their game. She is beautiful. And we all love her. I think she needs no introduction. Here she is. Okay. I dont know this. Im just guessing that has to be betty white. I think youre on to something. I think youre right. This is a teaser from snickers. It appears to show Marilyn Monroe about to sing happy birthday. Its not her best voice. Snickers says theres more to this. Animals are always popular in the super bowl ads. This year, its not just the beer companies. I think weve already picked our winner there. Yes, im in love. This is a group of weiner dogs dressed as hot dogs and theyre at the heart of this ad. Its called meet the ketchups. Thats so cute. Tonight at 6 00, tune in at 8 00 for the memorable super bowl ads over the last decades. We learned late today that lady gaga will sing the national anthem. This sunday, our morning news goes into overdrive. Ill host a special game day edition at 8 00. And cbs coverage starts at 2 00, building up to kickoff at 6 30. After that, a special live edition of the late show with Stephen Colbert and a special ition of news 6 at 11 00. I didnt love holding the pom franz there. I dont think tom did. Today we turned in to see if a rodent can predict the end of winter. Here is no shadow to be cast an early spring is my forecast i always feel kind of bad for him. Thats the forecast from the worldfamous groundhog Punxsutawney Phil in western pennsylvania. Noaa pegs his accuracy at 45 . He never looks like hes having a good time there. Im always confused what it means if he sees his shadow or doesnt see his shadow. In the movie, groundhog day our reporter Shaun Chaiyabhat stars in that film. Yeah. Just a little bit of trivia there. A guest star, the little boy who falls out of the tree. Its a big moment. It is a big moment. Chief meteorologist tom sorrells is predicting an early spring. Has there been a winter . I know. Right. Up rth, it certainly has. And that was it. It took forever for the snow to start to fall. Ill start out the story tonight with this beautiful storm pin. Isnt that nice . She said you cant see the lake from the fog this morning. She sent that one in early. Sun setting low here. And another shot of Daytona Beach, the hazy sun. Thats classic. I love it. Download storm pins if you would if your app store. Its free. You can see the photos from the fog this morning, every single one thats been made during the day today. Other places around the country, too. You can send me photos of what youre seeing. Now, here we go into kissimmee, st. Cloud, from orlando to hunters creek, all the way to the south. Weve picked up a touch of rain in the last few hours. The showers have been few and far between. Not many people are seeing them. Offshore is where its coming from. You can see them trickling in there. Theyre dying and losing their steam as they come ashore. For most of us, its not going to be a factor in the forecast. A daytime high of 84 and 85. In melbourne and ocala tonight, youre at 75. 75 in the villages. 74 in leesburg. Kissimmee, 75. 72 right now at new smyrna beach. And 70 in palm coast. Visibility for now, great everywhere. A 10 mile visibility except for the villages right there with 8mile visibility. Whats going to happen tonight is the wind speeds stay up so strong that the visibility doesnt drop as much as it did this morning. Look at the dry air aloft, too. It helped things out today. Some of the cloud cover as the day wore on. The string of moisture continues from the east. Its this big stuff here from cincinnati to memphis down to the gulf of mexico. That cold front thats going to change everything when it gets here. But it does not get here tomorrow. It gets here thursday. Heres the way wednesday goes. 6 a. M. , broken clouds into night. Still good. Midnight, no worries. But by about noon on thursday, is there, raining hard from the villages down to the south. By 4 p. M. , it comes through sanford, orlando and kissimmee and exits out by melbourne, sometime between 5 30 and 7 p. M. On thursday. Tonights lows are in the 60s all over. The low in orlando is 67. Heres tomorrow. First thing in the morning, 68. By noon, 77. The high tomorrow, still mild at 83 degrees. So 83 tomorrow. 78 on thursday. Then on friday, the daytime high is 64. Rain chances are at their best by midday on thursday. Tonight at 11 00, ill be standing right here. Ill have a brandnew model run on the futurecast to try to pinpoint the arrival of all that rain. Sounds good. Thank you, tom. Bye. One of the best parts of being late night talk show host, asking the celebrities the deep questions. Have you ever wondered why were here . Oh, i think its because your wait until you hear the deep tune in for news 6 at 11 00 late show with Stephen Colbert. Stephen had some bro time pondering the meaning of life with kermit the frog. Hey, stephen, what is it that makes you you . Oh, i think its 12 writers and two hours of makeup. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yep. Kermit . Yeah, buddy . Do you think money can buy happiness . I sure hope not. Youre talking to a guy that doesnt have any pockets. Or might i point out pants. True, true. Kermit . Yep. Whats your biggest regret . Signing up for High School Biology class. Yeah. Kermit, do you think we have free will or is there someone iuess i never thought about it. Hey, stephen . Yeah, kermit. Do you ever feel like were being watched . I certainly hope so. Tonight, colbert welcomes David Schwimmer and pastor joel osteen. Dont miss it, at 11 35 on news 6. Thank you for watching news 6