Ryan it is the all important 9 00 hour of good day orlando on friday. Im ryan elijah. Amy im amy kaufeldt. Here is what you can expect. It is an unlikely pair. Were going to bring you the latest on a big endorsement that donald trump is expected to land from a former president ial candidate today. Ryan happening right now, turns out video games could actually be good for your kids. Were going to talk to a local doctor about the academic and social benefits. Amy big changes coming to date light. How you can watch at your house, but would you be willing to pay what theyre asking . Thats the bigger question. Cheap. Amy lets talk about it if plans. There is a ton going on around town. Brooks the weather is going to stay warm today all the way through the weekend. Its just that we do bring in ill show you y why in a minute. Outside, look at that. 9 00 temperatures, 72 in orlando, 75 degrees in melbourne, Brevard County. Its going to be another warm, dry and little breezy day. The storm syst
The confirmation when arriving at 7 00 this morning. Ormc nurse who called the newsroom said a coworker saw the picture of van dyke on our newscasts and thought it was a wednesday. Hospital staff thought the teenager. The patient was in an accident on a scooter. Police were looking for the motorized scooter. Police arrived at arm see a short time ago. In the last hour police have notified us and found the team and the end of the last 15 minutes they confirmed to us that teen boy is van dyke. Working to get the accident report from fhp and the missing persons report filed in apopka a developing story and we will bring you the latest on Eyewitness News tonight at 4 00. Reyes, channel 9 Eyewitness News. Breaking news right now from Orange County courthouse where two people accused of being involved in a dogfighting ring were found guilty. Apocrypha Apopka Police rescued dogs in 2014. Rinaldo bill, Mona Cumberland county within the past two hours. They are being sentenced now. Both denied
Slavery in a News Conference this morning. Wesh 2 s matt grant is live. Matt they used Strong Language , about this arrest. Matt they did. Strong language like calling ms. Akin to modern day slavery. Agents say they are calling back fighting back against Human Trafficking which they say is a problem in florida. They accused a man of prostituting at least two High School Girls aged 16 and 18. Agents say he met the girls other and manipulated them into prostitution. In some cases he used physical force to get them to comply. And one case, he drugged one of the girls and had sex with her was unconscious and took pictures of her. Sex acts at a hotel. They told a School Resource officer what happened when Law Enforcement officers were contacted. There could be other teenagers who are victims. Yes, we believe we have a problem with human and sex trafficking in Central Florida but we are out front to do something about that. Matt he is jersey with Human Trafficking of a child, each carries a
Some of the rain could linger into the evening hours. Some fog this morning. Another warm afternoon in Central Florida. Ted construction on i4 , a lane taken out both east and west bound. Two left lanes taken out. 417 northbound around curry ford road, right lane taken out. Crews are still on scene with that project. Jason it s another day of big changes for drivers, as crews rebuild i4. Michelle a popular ramp closed overnight, from orange avenue to the westbound lanes of the 408. The new ramp is about four blocks away at division avenue. Alex villarreal is live this building that interchange is going to be a major project. Alex it is massive. It also means huge changes for drivers like this one. This ramp closure behind us here , westbound 408, right beyond where we are near the and south lucerne. You 408 west. The good news is, it is just four blocks west of the old ramp. There are signs you can follow. Transportation officials moved to this ramp to give crews space to build a new r
We have a wind that will kick up, gusting near 20 miles an hour. We are heating up, that is the recipe for a few fires. You can see in live high definition, there is the camera view in downtown orlando. A beautiful shot. 66 is the temperature right now. More and more folks on i4, you can see there on the left side of your screen. Temperatures heating up with southeast winds working in more warm air. And a little bit of moisture in the form of clouds. We are at 63 right thousand in ocala. 68 in Daytona Beach. 71 in melbourne. 81 by noon. A mix of sun and clouds. Up to to 86 at 4 00. Lets check on the roads with amy in the napleton traffic center. Anything major happening yet . Not yet. We are getting in towards rush hour. It is still early for the time nice conditions over on i4, moving you easily past church street. Eastbound and westbound, not going to have any significant slowdowns. Take a look at your drive times. Looks like the expressway, 417, you are just on time for the time bei