we pray for all the people involved in this investigation and for those who are suffering." bob kealing, wesh 2 news. jim: the church has paid millions of dollars to settle suits filed by baker' s accusers. the orlando-area clergymen now charged are expected to be returned to pennsylvania for arraignment in the coming days. late breaking tonight. we' ve just learned the 15-year-old accused of hitting and injuring an orange county sheriff' s deputy has been charged as an adult. jancarlos ortiz is facing three charges attempted second-degree , murder with a weapon on a law enforcement officer, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon on a law enforcement officer, and leaving the scene of a crash with injuries. sergeant marcy pearce says he hopped into a car and rammed into her when she tried to arrest him on burglary charges last month. meredith: a firestorm destroyed a central florida landmark. firefighters spent the day putting out hot spots as investigators try and figure out what started the blaze in cocoa wesh 2' s angela taylor joins us in the studio with new fire. angela: well, the fire destroyed the former home of publishing mogul al neuharth. tonight the cocoa beach fire chief says its all-wood construction could be a reason the fire was so big. take a look at this video. earlier today, chopper 2 flew over the estate called pumpkin center. a 10,000 square-foot home with everything from a treehouse with running water to 12 bathrooms once stood where this pile of rubble is now. frank vega: the thing was an old, wooden, kind of a hunting lodge. and so there was, you know wood , decks across the entire top of the house, huge decks. that obviously contributed to what happened. fire chief: it means a lot to me personally, to all of us in cocoa beach especially the re just hoping to get some really adequate information that helps answer some hard questions. angela: last night the home along the atlantic burned for hours. it was built in 1975, and this is where neuharth made plans for his innovative newspapeer, "usa we' for close to $5 million after neuharth died three years ago. bobby pella who lives nearby captured this drone footage, showing smoke still rising from the ashes. the fire chief says looking into the cause could be a very extensive investigation. jim. jim: thanks. the greater orlando aviation authority unanimously approved plans to build a new south terminal at orlando international airport. the $1.8 billion complex will service international and domestic flights with 16 to 24 gates and a six-story parking garage. the project will be paid in part through grants, bonds, the airlines, and a passenger fee you already pay on every ticket you by. t control if airlines raise its prices because of this. >> at this point, we are already 2000' ticket. that will remain the same. the collection period gets jim: airport leaders have no control over the prices if airlines raise their prices. construction is expected to begin in 2017. meredith: a local man who had been facing charges of manslaughter for a deadly shooting back in january, is now out of prison. investigators say 22-year-old tonney mccants had legal justification to shoot marquis grooms at the kensington oaks apartments. the state attorney says grooms had assaulted a woman living in his apartment. orange county deputies tell wesh 2 they' ve arrested the victim of a home invasion. investigators say two men burst into a home around midnight on conway road last night. they shot and killed a dog and stole a car. so far they haven' t been caught. investigators who were called to the scene arrested michael magie. they say he was keeping cocaine, pot, and a stolen gun inside his house. jim: just one day after donald trump claims victory over senator marco rubio in florida, governor rick scott is endorsing trump. the message was posted on the governor' s facebook page and may come as a surprise to some people who thought the governor was trying to distance himself from the billionaire. wesh 2 political reporter greg greg, this comes right after scott' s appearance on an msnbc program was cut short for dodging questions about trump. greg: exactly. he was on a program last week and was asked if he thought all muslims hate america, after donald trump was recorded saying, "i think islam hates us." in fact, rick scott was asked not once but four times to answer that question. each time rick scott started rambling on about jobs or something else to the point where the hosts of the program cut off the segment and told the governor of florida he could take his mic off and leave the show. now, here we are the day after trump scores a solid victory in the florida winner-take-all primary last night, and governor rick scott had this facebook post. "with his victories yesterday, i believe it is now time for republicans to accept and respect the will of the voters and coalesce behind donald trump. this has been a hard fought primary, with an outstanding roster of excellent candidates, including two of florida' s favorite sons, and several republican governors who but the voters are speaking clearly. they want a businessman outsider who will dramatically shake up the status quo in washington. " the governor also reminds us he was a businessman, not a politician when he was first elected in 2010. he went on to say, "we have to elect a republican in the fall in order to grow jobs, rebuild our military, and put a person who respects the constitution on the supreme court." meredith? meredith: after last' s night' s announcement from florida senator marco rubio, many are now wondering, "what' s next?" he had a blistering defeat last night in the primary election. political experts seem to be pointing to the governor' s race in two years. given the fact that rubio lost to trump in every county except miami-dade, they doubt he' ll try to run for re-election this year in the senate. more than a quarter of registered florida voters didn' t get to vote in tuesday' s presidential primary. there are citizens that either 3.2 million have no party affiliation or are only registered with minor political parties. this means they cannot vote in the republican or democratic primaries. and yesterday, a lot of people t. >> some people get confused. they may have been npas, no party affiliation, so they may have expected that they could vote, but the fact is that florida law does not permit them to vote. meredith: florida has been a closed primary state for more it' s one of 28 states along with d.c. that use the method. jim: the search is on for two men, accused of robbing back-to-back businesses in orange county in just a matter of hours. the first happened on mercy drive, the second near the mall at millenia, 20 minutes or so away. wesh 2' s dave mcdaniel looks at why detectives believe the crimes are connected. dave: the security camera shows the man with the gun, demanding cash at the mercy market around noon the owner grabs her own monday. smith and wesson 38, telling him, i have a gun, get out of here. then police say she "fired a single shot at the suspect. the shot missed, but it made him take off, jumping into a blue minivan heading south." more than three hours later, at boulevard, a guy in a green shirt is the first in the door, a very similar looking guy to the suspect in the mercy market robbery is there as well. a worker says they "pulled a gun on him and ordered him to open the cash register, eventually grabbing the drawer and pulling out all the bills." brian ferarra: that second gentlemen from the subway who see come in and he' s wearing all black with a black hat, he appears to be the same gentlemen from the mercy mart. dave: and in both robberies, the getaway car was a blue minivan. brian ferrara: the chances of having two armed robberies to commercial establishments in that time frame with those descriptions, to us that pretty much tells us they' re going to be linked. dave: they want everybody to look carefully at both videos, the facial features, the way the men walk and carry themselves. police say anybody going to the -- if you have a security system, make sure it works and you know how to use it. and be a good witness, get a good look at faces getaway cars, which way the suspects took off. and don' suspects. battle ' em by being able to identify them. in orlando, orange county, dave mcdaniel, wesh 2 news. on either robbery, you are asked to call crime line at one 800 -- 1-800-423-tips. meredith: a woman working with a marion county church is arrested from a charity for mammograms screenings. 69-year-old sharon gane is accused of forging a signature michelle-o-gram charity account to her own over the course of 16 months. she is charged with grand theft and forgery and is now out on bond. new at 6:00, rockledge police are trying to find the person on your screen. police say the woman used fake money to buy things at cvs off of fiske boulevard. a report says she even bought hair products and got a haircut with a fake $100 bill . in both cases she was seen carrying a large gray purse with tassels and wearing sunglasses. jim: the centers for disease control has published new guidelines urging doctors to avoid prescribing powerful suffering with chronic pain. the cdc says the benefits of drugs like hydrocodone and vicadin don' t outweigh the risks. health officials say painkillers are not the preferred treatment , and if prescribed, the patient should begin when the lowest possible dose. for short term acute pain, the cdc recommends only giving enough for three days. the cdc says 40 people die every day from prescription drug overdose. >> i think we are seeing a lot of people dying, taking opioids. if you look at the number of deaths, the increased last year and again this year. jim: the guidelines do not apply to active cancer patients or those receiving end of life care. kids stepping off of school buses are stepping into dangerous situations. meredith: the bus stops, but cars driving right next to them don' t. what one man is doing to remind drivers that this is breaking the law. jim: and a man who carjacks a woman this morning takes more than just her car. woman and her not so little buddy. tony: near record. a few folks around 90 degrees. that will be the course for the next few days. will it weather on the way. i will time and out straight ahead. reporter: in the wesh 2 traffic center, talking about i-4 ultimate, see more construction on the i-4 westbound from seminole into orange. this could affect you between state report 36 in altamonte this is sunday through friday night through march 31. we still have time with it. a.m. if you need to know about meredith: don' t get mad, get even. jim: this dad takes action after blowing by stopped school buses who were loading and unloading precious cargo. michelle meredith has the story. michelle: watching cars illegally pass school buses made one father very mad. >> it' s impatient people, and they don' t realize what could possibly be at stake by them disobeying the laws. michelle: so chad cartledge camped out at the corner of aloma and forsyth with cell phone in hand and caught car after car illegally passing stopped school buses. check out the white car. >> he decides i' m not going to wait anymore, so what does he do? he gets into the turn lane. he just guns it and continues straight across the intersection. these children' s lives are most important and i am not , going to risk being late for work at the expense of the possible life of a child. >> there is for. michelle: chad noticed the vast majority of motorists were zooming by the stopped school bus to make a left hand turn, which by the way is also illegal. why do you think people think that left turn lane is fair game? >> it isn' t. there is no reason to think it is fair game. how the law works. if there is a school bus stopped in the road loading or unloading children, it is illegal to pass that school bus and make a turn in the left-hand lane. chad' s videos were featured on the facebook page for the orange s office got thousands of views. the same intersection handing out tickets. so how much does that ticket costume? $269. several points after insurance. meredith, wesh 2 news. jim: not only is that find steep, you may also get to to three points on your license. meredith: tonight an 18-year-old is accused of carjacking a woman near deland early this morning, stealing her suv with her beloved dog inside. deputies say andre pomerleau ultimately crashed and was pulled from the fiery wreckage. the victim' s dog kenzie was eventually found safe. after the crash, she ran into a neighborhood and laid down on a stranger' s porch. s car while she was at a light. the woman jumped out and he sped off, crashing into a power pole several miles away on mcgregor road. >> helped him get the guy out of the car so we could get him away from the fire, ' cause it was fixing to, fixing to blow. meredith: you really get a sense of the impact and fire damage, looking at these pictures of the crushed and burned out vehicle once the fire was put out. jim: tonight sanford police will join members of the community, to try and make the streets safer. this is all in response to several recent killings which have not been solved. that includes the christmas week killing of a local grocery store owner. so far, no one has come forward with information to help police make an arrest. the meeting starts at 7:00 at the second shiloh missionary baptist church on west airport boulevard. meredith: the invictus games are coming to central florida. the games recognizes the achievements of wounded service men and women, who have suffered life changing injuries. the games will be held at the disney espn wide world of sports complex. they were first held in london. more than 500 athletes, from 15 sports. >> it is, it is pretty exciting. we are not in london, we are in the usa. around her -- our own home turf. i have my local family and my local friends. meredith: the games will be held may 8 through the 12. jim: it is hot outside, smoky in some places. standby, change is coming. tony: we need cooler weather because you hate going from 70' s to around 90. jim: that is a usually do. tony: but i still care about it. let me take you outside and show you what it looks like. a few clouds, some haze. as jim was running in seminole county, talking about the smoke. three are the top of 6:00, wind of the west-northwest. almost again in daytona, but we orlando 87. sanford middle have hit 90 today. we will get the official number around 8:00 today. the clouds were in and around the airport today, so that was the saving grace, at least at the airport. otherwise the number would have been higher. look at the breeze working in across brevard county. temperatures in the upper 70' s. middle 80' s up i-4. palm coast from 7:00 to 11:00 going from 82 down to 70. palm bay south unidentified 77 to 72. i will provide you with an update on the fog at 10:00 and 11:00. overnight lows in the low to mid 60' s. set up tomorrow, west-southwest winds, clouds and rain up north. look for highs running in the middle to upper 80' s. muscular up north as the showers -- much cooler up north as the showers come in. in mayhill, we will not see rain, but we might have fog. we will babysit that for you. rain chances on the rise for the second and third rounds saturday and sunday. spring training, braves and at 1:05. as we look at the setup friday through sunday, watch this front . not moving too quickly. stationary, drifting to the south. afternoon showers on the rise. a wave of low pressure develops along it and rides northeast. that we will get strong enough and drag the front of south as we head into sunday afternoon. bay hill again, friday 82, 83. saturday up to 81. 70% chance of showers. forecast on the fourth and final round of sunday. great weather to start the work week next week. folks in orange county will be off for spring break. 71, 75. morning lows, upper 40' s to right around 50. meredith: those forecast some of , the best golfers in the world have gathered this week at arnie' s place, pat. pat: round one of the arnold palmer invitational set for tomorrow, but today some great news about the future of this tournament. we' ll share that news with you. plus speaking of best golfers in the world, rory mcilroy returns to the hill this week, glowing about what he experienced during pat: guys named mickelson, and fowler, and of course, woods, won' t be there. bubba has a bad back, and the arnold palmer invitational field may not be as star-studdded as it has been in the past fews years, but there will be significant star power on the course this week. and that includes world number two rory mcilory, who played bay hill for the first time last year and is back. tied for 11th a year ago. in the api pro am field this morning, first off the tee preparing now for the match play month and loving the shape of the bay hill layout. >> the place is perfect, it really is. the greens, the fairways, the rough, you could not ask for a golf course be in better condition or more well presented . i know last year got finished 11 under, so i would say coming close to that, i will have a chance next year. pat: mcilroy in one of the featured first and second round pairings. two-time defending champ matt every in that group, as well, teeing off at 1:08 thursday. adam scott who has won his last two pga starts, off the tenth tee at 8:11 with brandt snedeker and henrik stenson, who finsihed second here as year ago. and world number 3 jason day with zach johnson off number one just before mcilroy thursday afternoon. it' s no secret that mr. palmer' s health lately has not been terrific. his tournament week schedule has been trimmed significantly, but this event is every inch as rock solid as it has been and will be pga tour commissioner tim finchem at the hill this morning reinforcing the importance of , the api, which next year will see the new arnie' s army charitable foundation become the host organization. the purse bumps up to $8.7 million a year from now up more than $2 million, and winners here will continue to receive a three-year tour exemption. >> we are absolutely committed, and we are right up the road, to doing everything we can to work with the arnie' s army foundation going forward, to perpetuate what this tournament is all about and to continue the terrible impact. jim: there' s an all new attraction coming to orlando this summer. meredith: and it' s meant to bring out your creative side. the rockin' paper attraction at the crayola experience will bring paper creations you made to life. you can decorate your creation and then see them move around, complete with their own music. the crayola experience opened at the florida mall last july and will now feature 26 hands-on attractions. jim: trying to get answers from the orange county supervisor of elections after more than 1000 pull workers were not able to cash their checks. meredith: a local woman says there is nothing funny about being told she cannot keep her pet alligator. at why she was to keep it in her home and watching things it should not go. jim: the latest at 10:00 p.m. on cw 18 and on w developing news. tonight supreme court showdown. president obama's supreme court nominee revealed as many republicans refuse to even meet with him. an epic battle brewing. trump versus clinton. after big wins, donald trump warns of riots if he's denied the nomination at a contested convention, and hillary clinton now plotting to take him on. an american student sentenced in north korea, breaking down as he's ordered to serve 15 years of hard labor. what north korea says he did. a shocking escape caught on camera. a helicopter hijacked at gunpoint flying

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