Her family the sad news, and took to facebook to express her frustration. Thats where her friend of 10 years Olivia Daniel saw what happened and decided to help. I was online, and i had thought about it and i was like oh they have those go fund me things ive never done this before. But olivia wanted it to be a suprise, so she unfriended amanda on facebook and tried to raise some money for her friend and her children i um, i was relentless with it. I posted it every hour. She kept the whole thing a secret, and with the help of friends and strangers who donated to the cause, she was able to raise almost 800 dollars by Christmas Day. Thats when she took the money over to amanda, and got the whole thing on video. Its a bunch of people and theyre all just awesome and it was super cool. Youre so funny, oh my gosh. I was really excited because she didnt know, she was completely shocked, and as grateful as i knew she would be because of everyone who helped make it happen. It was really cool. A
Look at the planner for central park, showing rainfall after 5 or 6 00 into the early evening hours. The umbrella and raincoat for christmas dinner. You can see on the futurecast south of i78 by 5 00, a decent rainfall during the early evening hours before it pushes away. Well look at the weekend theres any more record warmth in it, then a little winter chill down the road. Thanks lee. Cleanup is underway for many who survived this weeks deadly storms in the south and midwest. Unseasonably warm weather helped spawn two dozen tornadoes that swept across seven states. 14 people were killed in mississippi, tennessee and arkansas. The line of storms continued east dumping rain that flooded roads in georgia and alabama. Now to christmas 2015, so many christmas activities here and around the world. Were going to begin here in new york city. For some in our area Christmas Morning a jammed st. Patricks cathedral at midnight where new york Cardinal Tim Dolan led mass this morning as well. Our m
There will be areas of light snow in western portions of the state. Light accumulation is expected. Temperatures will start to warm later today and even tonight. There is a chance for light showers after midnight. More light rain tomorrow morning and then colder and windy conditions set in for the end of the weekend. We are watching a stronger storm as it moves off the pacific coast. This will arrive in iowa by monday. Heavy snow and gusty wind will be possible with this system. Expect measurable snow monday through early tuesday. Gusty wind and colder temperatures are expected travel could be difficult late monday to tuesday. Next week stays much cooler. There will a few more chances for snow. But not as potent as after a busy day of Car Accidents caused by slick roads yesterday. Today was much quieter for Police Officers and tow truck drivers. The fog was heavy in Downtown Des Moines today. And across the state. Making for Poor Visibility on the roads. People going on interstate 80,
Prosecutors have to reconsider their cases all around the state. But for now, it appears 390 men and women on death row may never be executed. Justice sometimes work in very mysterious ways. Reporter at the state wants to pursue all of the executions, they would have to go to the Florida Supreme Court now but need a very High Standard to actually get those executions essentially approved. So coming up at 5 00, im talking to legislature about what they are doing to change the laws and at 6 00 looking at a case that could be affected here and what the family, the family of the victim feels about it reporting live in downtown orlando, steve barrett, channel 9 Eyewitness News. And the we talk to legal analyst about what it means for the 390 inmates who are now on death row. We asked him what it means for well get going through that with the interview we will have the latest in the next hour. We are in for another cold night there is a frost advisory in marion county. Lets get over to certi
The wind should be running 10 Miles Per Hour this evening and should make for a nice, chilly but not freezing evening. We are going to throw in clouds for the forecast. We will talk about that in a few minutes. 53 degrees at 10 00 for orlando. We continue to drop from there. We will go over a county by county breakdown and talk about when rain returns. Meredith a judge has denied bond for 18 accused of running over in orlando officer. He was asking the judge to set bond for him. He ran over offer search anderson and the officer fired two shots in return. He has been cleared of any wrongdoing. His wife says he has ptsd. Scene of an American Hotel near the Orange County convention center. Chopper 2 is live above the scene. Investigators are investigating a suspicious advice. We will let you know new details as we get them. Meredith late breaking. A local man turned himself in this afternoon, telling Winter Garden police he s the one who hit a three year old boy last night and ran. Angela