Transcripts For WKMG News 6 At 6 Pm 20160128

On what cell youre closest to. Farthest to the north, heres pierson, all the way around to de land, deltona, Daytona Beach, all getting rain. Ill zoom in tight on astor. There you go again. Halfinch to the west of astor. 22 of an inch there. All that rushing on the east, all of Flagler County getting rain to the north, too. Farther down to the south, you see the activity in Brevard County quite heavily in southern brevard. Ill be right back and do another radar tour. Well talk about tonight and the big cooldown and dryout that awaits us tomorrow. Thank you, tom. 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. Or head to clickorlando. Com and click on the weather tap at the top of the page for updates anytime. Five deputies now face federal civil rights charges after this video surfaced. It shows them hitting a drug suspect. Four of them have already pleaded guilty. Tonight we wanted to know what the Marion County sheriff thinks about all this. Getting answer from sheriff blair. Hes pretty adamant about where he stands on this, correct . Absolutely. You know, he doesnt defend this at all. In fact, he says when he saw this Surveillance Video, he immediately picked up the phone with state investigators and turned the video over to them. Tonight, he is now trying to keep the Publics Trust in his department and actually so is the suspect in this. Tonight sheriff chris blair has a message for the residents who count on the Marion County Sheriffs Office. Dont let a few actions of these men destroy the image of any Law Enforcement agency as well as the Marion County Sheriffs Office. His comments come a day after we got ahold of this graphic Surveillance Video that shows five of his deputies punching and kicking a drug suspect. The deputies body cam shows them ordering derek price to stop resisting, but Surveillance Video shows he was not fighting back. Its very disheartening. It. Blair tells us hes working to rebuild the communitys trust and from jail, price is now urging Marion County residents to not jump to conclusions. His attorney released a Statement Today saying, mr. Price and the members of his legal team urge everyone to use restraint and peacefully await the outcome of the federal proceedings involving the Law Enforcement officers. We asked the sheriff if he had anything to say to price. You know, its an individual and its an unfortunate incident. I think we all know that it was wrong. Now, a fifth Marion County sheriffs deputy was indicted yesterday on federal charges. Jesse Allen Terrell faces charges that he violated the suspects civil rights. If convicted, he could face up to 10 years in prison and a 250,000 fine. Were live at the Marion County Sheriffs Office tonight, eric sandoval, news 6. 25 years in prison, that is the punishment handed to a Daytona Beach man who attacked a girl while she walked to school. A judge sentenced the 28yearold man earlier this week. Back in august, he walked up to a middle school girl, grabbed times. The 8th grader got away and ran to Silver Sands Middle School and told employees who called 911. Later. New at 6 00, a family is suing disney, claiming a snake fell on a boys head and bit him while they were visiting the Animal Kingdom. Disney says the family has the facts all wrong, though. The family hired Morgan Morgan disney. They say a large snake at Animal Kingdom fell from the tree on an 8yearolds head and the snake wrapped around the boy and bit him. It also claims the boys grandmother witnessed it and went into cardiac arrest and died. Disney responded today saying, quote, these allegations are an disney says the boy was bitten by a nonvenomous wild snake thats not a part of the Animal Kingdom collection. A nurse put a bandaid on his finger and the family went back to enjoying the rest irrelevant park. The u. S. Is sounding the alarm for zika virus. There could be millions of cases in the next 12 months in the americas. Justin warmoth is live at the Orlando International airport. Is the airport doing anything to keep travelers safe from this virus . Theyre not doing anything in particular. Theyre echoing Health Officials in saying if youre pregnant or planning on becoming pregnant, not to travel to countries that are affected. The countries include mexico and brazil, but still with the in and out of Orlando International daily, some worry Central Florida is still at risk. Every year, millions and millions of people come in and out of Orlando International airport including folks from latin america countries like brazil and mexico where the zika virus has become a huge health concern. Sharon mcintyre is traveling back home to minnesota. What troubles me is the infants are getting it. Its scary to me. The c. D. C. Has determined that women can pass zika to their babies, causing serious birth defects. The only way to contract the illness is through mosquitos, but u. S. Scientists are still warning it has the potential to be an explosive epidemic. We do have the mosquito transmit the virus, you need to have a lot of people infected with the virus and a lot of mosquitos to have a lot of transmission. We dont have, especially this its kind of the wintertime and the mosquitos only like the warm weather. Theyre saying theyre not doing anything differently in light of the zika virus situation but they say theyre going to monitor it. The doctor believes the threat now. Now, anyone who has traveled to countries that are affected or plan on traveling to countries that are affected should immediately see a doctor if they feel any symptoms. The symptoms include fever and rash. We have much more on the zika virus on our website at clickorlando. Com. For now, were live tonight at Orlando International airport, justin warmoth, news 6. Thank you, justin. Today the country stopped to remember seven astronauts who died when the challenger exploded in the sky 30 years ago. On january 28th, 1986, the seal on a booster rocket failed, causing the shuttle challenger it happened just 73 seconds after liftoff. President Ronald Reagan address the nation after the disaster. Heres part of his speech. I want to Say Something to the School Children of america who were watching the live coverage of the shuttles takeoff. I know its hard to understand, but sometimes painful things like this happen. Its all part of the process of exploration and discovery. Its all part of taking a chance at expanding mans horizons. The future doesnt belong to the faint hearted. It belongs to the brave. Today at cape canaveral, nasa held a day of remembrance. Hundreds gathered to remember the challenger crew as well as 17 other astronauts who have lost their lives in the line of duty. Sad news from ringling brothers tonight. Central Florida Center where they keep the elephant says the youngest asian elephant has died. The 2yearold mike died from the herpes virus. Vets say this type of virus can mike is one of 26 endangered asian elephants born at the Conservation Center since 1995. 12 performing artists are set to retire and live at the center by 2018. She is sewing with purpose. Tonight i get the honor to introduce you to a woman who is brightening up peoples days during one of the hardest times in their lives. Shes our getting results award winner this week. How shes keeping people warm with quilts and kindness. Thats coming up. That sounds awesome. Take a look at whats happening right now. Big rain is still pouring. I see an end to it. Ill be back to pinpoint when the backside of the showers finally leave us in Central Florida and look ahead to a chilly weekend ahead. Ill be back in minutes. And im meteorologist candace campos. Were going to see the cooldown ahead. As we pinpoint the forecast down to your area, meadow wood is dropping into the upper 50s and finally drying things off, cooling things down, down to about 64 degrees with still plenty of sunshine. Well, many cancer patience dealing with chemotherapy will tell you the process can certainly be stressful, spending hours in cold, sterile clinics, passing the time any way you can. But todays getting results award winner is doing what she can to change all of that. The staff at the u. F. Womens Cancer Center in Orlando Health filed todays nomination. They wanted to recognize someone who they say is providing comfort to their patients. Here we go. When your passion is Strong Enough this is what i like to do. Nothing can stop you. Hobby that makes you so happy can bring a smile to others as well. If i can bring comfort to someone, who is going through this, that means a lot. You see, shes sewing with a purpose. Ive been making quilts for Cancer Patients for about seven years now. The treatment rooms are cold. They say it keeps the germs down when they have cold rooms, but it makes the patients very uncomfortable. Piece by piece and stitch by stitch, she creates art out of scraps. When life gives you scraps, you make a quilt. And just like her quilts youve got the back layer, the batting layer and the top layer. She has layers too. This is a personal thing for me. My mother died in leukemia. Ive had ovarian and Breast Cancer and two years ago, my youngest daughter had a bout with Breast Cancer. Do you have any special colors you like . Shes donated thousands of i know what it means to go through this. Her blankets will end up here at the womens Cancer Center at Orlando Health. A comforting gesture at a difficult time. As you can see, theres a lot of bright colorfuls in here. I picked the brightest one. Just because youre going through chemo doesnt mean it has to be doom and gloom. We do this thing called the getting results and youre getting results for people who need help. Thank you so much for making warm. Thank you very much. I had no idea who made them. And its cool to put a face with kindness. Days to make and only moments to give away. Pay it forward. But the second part it was nice meeting you. That may be the most satisfying. Thank you. Byebye. Let me tell you, those quilts are beautiful, too. She tells me she dropped off more than 300 last year alone and its clear she really enjoys making them, too. If you know someone like her, getting results, i want to know them one of these guys. Go to clickorlando. Com where you can nominate someone you know, getting results. That way i can give them one of these, do a story about them, give them 100. Click the getting results tab at the top banner, which takes you to the nomination form. She gets up at 3 30 two or three days a week and sews for hours. That. An alert tonight about a new twist on an old scam. It is already taking local victims for thousands. Coming up tonight at 7 00, almost a victim. He says lieutenant croft from the Volusia County sheriffs it scared me. How she knew to be suspicious when someone claiming to be a cop called demanding money. Its information that can protect you or a loved one. They usually dont do that over the phone. Police officers dont call. Theyll just come to you. They just show up. Thats right. Chief meteorologist tom sorrells, what showed up today was tons of rain. I think were all ready it just needs to stop. Its going to end by 10 00 tonight, almost totally. Some of you have improved rapidly. Look at Marion County. Its been pouring in ocala, bellevue, all the way down to the villages. In the last 15 or 20 minutes, weve been able to crank it up. Turn off the faucet in ocala, slowing it down, saying goodbye to the rain finally, still raining in the villages to fruitland park, leesburg, tavares, eustis, i know, you cant catch a break. Give me another 45 minutes and i think well peel the rain away from you, too. Other areas getting rain, pine hills, gotha, windemere, all of western Orange County, all the way down near Hunters Creek to kissimmee into st. Cloud. Its been pouring but were about to turn the corner. From orlando to the east, youre clear out. From port st. John to rockledge, youre getting big rain at this hour. Titusville is raining. 14 of an inch on top of you right now. The heavy rain continues in pockets. Theres the clearing already starting. A few more lingering light showers will roll in, kind of plague us into the night. Overall, the big stuff has punched most of us. Rainfall totals so far today in orlando is. 34 of an inch. Melbourne, a world away from yesterday. Since midnight, only. 26 of an inch. Daytona beach, better than a. 1 of an inch,. 17 of an inch of rain. I start out with the camera shot right now. The traffic is awful and the commute is long and arduous because of all the rain tonight. 64 in orlando and 70 in melbourne and 61 in ocala. 63 in the villages. 58 in gainesville. Still 70 in melbourne because much of the rain didnt wash in there on top of you. Look at the visibility. I was just talking about the commute and the slow go because of the rain. Much either. We have rebounded nicely at o. I. A. From visibility down to less than half a mile. Now. Two in Daytona Beach. Four in leesburg and 3 in ocala. Here we go. Clouds and rain forecast by tonight, 8, 9 00, were done. 10 00 its over. Heavy rain is over tonight. During the day tomorrow, with the quickness, we get back to the sunshine and we have a really good day. Cool. Daytime high tomorrow, 4 degrees below normal. Were going back to 67. Overnight lows tonight, 44 in ocala and 50 in sanford and 53 in cocoa beach. The overnight low right here in orlando, 51 degrees with the early showers finally ending by 10 00. Heres tomorrow. This fridays going to be a good one. Sunny and dry. 67 is the daytime high. Should be a pictureperfect friday afternoon if you like it low tomorrow night, down to 44 degrees. Thats 6 or 7 degrees below normal. Saturday we bump it to 68. Sunday, two thumbs up. Sundays daytime high is 74 degrees. By sunday, it is all good. By tuesday, were back to 80 with our next system set to roll in on wednesday. Nice, warming up. Thanks, tom. Whats going on . Got a golf ball, pga show day two, quiz time, getting your noggin going. Look at some of the new products. This quiz might just baffle you three. Were all really excited to flunk this golf test you have for us here. Youre not going to flunk a golf test. This is a hotbed in Central Florida for golf. The magic are getting ready for the celtics tomorrow night. Theyre going to meet at the amway center in orlando at 6 p. M. The magic have lost 11 of their last 12 games. Tomorrow or sunday, they may not win their next game until february 23rd. Then they play the spurs, oklahoma city, clippers, hawks, hawks again and the spurs and dallas and the pacers and the 6ers. Weve got to do whatever it takes to win these games. All right. This weekend the pga tour starts right here on news 6 with our friends from cbs. The Farmers Insurance open 3 00 saturday, final round sunday at 3 00. Like every other year, the masters. I want to promote this. Because i want to hear the music, tom. The first round is april 7th for golfs first major. The third and final round 9th and sunday the 10th. A tradition unlike any other. Day two of the pga merchandise shown at the Orange County convention center. I just love that. 40,000 visiting daily as golf manufacturers unveil their golfing products. They have everything. I was wondering what Chris Demarco does there. A player coming to the show. Do you get excited about coming to the pga show . You do. You do. But its overwhelming. You look around and go, really . Im used to coming here and watch my daughter play volleyball. You realize how big this place is. You come here to visit all the different booths, its truly amazing. I have my microphone and i have the golf ball. This is the new prop here. Are you ready . Are you nervous about this pop quiz . How many golf balls does titliest make every year . The only participant correct tonight would be 300 million golf balls. Thats a lot of golf balls. Divide that by 12, how many dozen is that . Now you got us. A million i think. No, i know. Im terrible at math. Thats why im in the broadcasting world. They will even race in the rain. No more questions, please. Thank you. Wheres that rain right now . Its leaving Marion County. Seminole, volusia, flagler,