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all the way to lawnwood did not after that you can see who's blocking two lanes because of water was pulling on the interstate near par street causing a danger to drivers. people farther south felt the strong winds. look at this wind damage in venice. sarasota sheriff's office says no one was injured by this. >> and look at this video from one of our crews in orlando as they headed out for the story this morning. you can see the windshield wipers could not go back enough to keep up with the rain as they drove along mcguire boulevard neocolonial drive in orlando. and the rain may be over for now but as commented more is coming. make sure you're prepared by downloading our free weather app to all of your mobile devices. were following breaking news right now out of volusia county where a body has been found in the st. johns river. skywitness 9 is live over the scene and investigators sent out both in divers to retrieve the body. we are told a man at a nearby fishing dock spotted a contacting deputies. you as soon as we learn more. breaking news out of the kissimmee with police are looking for the man in the sketch in connection with the frightening home invasion. police say is one of 2 men who force their way into a home on brown street and beat up and 85- year-old woman last night. the victim was locked inside of a bathroom while they ransacked her place and stole from her home. we have also posted the suspects catch -- sketch on facebook.com slash wftv to get the word out. an update from orange county deputies are calling that fatal stabbing at an apartment complex just -- justifiable homicide. >> it started as a home invasion investigation were deputy say a resident fought back and stabbed the suspects. steve barrett has been at the apartment on oak reserve lane all day. steve, deputy say the 2 know each other. >> reporter: yes, that is right and all 3 of the people who lived inside the unit in the apartment complex you are looking at new the in beneficial -- to the individual trying to break into the apartment. he committed the same crime one month ago. >> deputies got a call for a burglary in progress and when they got here, they found that there was an individual deceased. >> the call came in 6:30 this one. a break in at the oak reserve at winter park apartments. residents woke up to a crime scene in more than one dozen deputies ask it was scary when i walked in my -- when i was walking my dogs and the dog is looking and i am saying let's go the other way. >> reporter: a manager told investigators the same unit had been broken into at least once before. investigators say this time, 3 people were home. one of them got into an altercation with the burglar. >> everybody is cooperating. we want people to know we are not looking for suspects and hopefully will have more information soon. >> reporter: within hours of the death, the sheriff's office revealed the man in his 20s had been stabbed to death. they were safe will be short deputies were not looking for any suspects. >> i never had complaints. i know. i would be shocked if something happened here. >> reporter: at this point they are referring to the investigation as a justifiable homicide is in one of the 3 double in the unit was previously in a relationship. not sure what kind of relationship but with the person who was killed here today. by the way that person who died already facing burglary charges. because of what happened here at last month. live in orange county, steve barrett, channel 9 eyewitness news. i don't know if you saw this but we are watching the stock market closely and low energy prices sent stocks loading this morning. -- limiting this morning. there isabel after that ugly price of oil below $30 a barrel in trading at the lowest level since 2003 energy companies are struggling because of that to at one point today stocks dipped 500 points. the dow almost 400 points down at the closing bell nasdaq dropping 126 point and s&p 500 fell nearly 42 points today. seconds ago we were hearing from the first powerball jackpot winner. they are not worried about the stock market -- stock market market this kumble from tennessee big smiles on their faces. johnna lisa robbins and says they are taking this month some payout worth there it is, it says 528 but the lump sum is $327 million after taxes. taking that money ahead of time. listening to what else they have to say and will have a story for you in less than 30 minutes. there are a couple of winners and they look so, so happy you could brevard county deputy say they have a suspect in connection with the death of a grandfather who died mysteriously. we've been working on the story for quite some time and now. 67-year-old jermaine heredia was found unconscious on the street on which drive in mims were getting an update from investigators about what is to manslaughter investigation in the next 30 minutes we will take the new details we found surrounding his death. the man of accused of murdering his wife and children was going on trial next week but today a judge decided that the case against luis toledo will be pushed back. channel 9's blame tomlinson has been following every development of the case and attorneys got there delay but they do not know how long. >> state attorney's office space in the building behind me asked for 60 days but judge rowels embryonal did not include the amount of time. legal analyst says that was a wise move. >> luis toledo's trial took more than 2 years to prepare for an expected to start next week now it is delayed and for good reason according -- according to legal analyst and former chief john melvin perry. >> they need to do it right and first time still. >> reporter: the judge granted the state's motion for continuance 2 days after the u.s. open court ruled that the method florida's users to unconstitutional. despite doubling to prosecutors say they intend to seek the death penalty in toledo is convicted of murdering his wife yersinia suarez and her 2 children michael and tilia but perry says the judge any guidance. >> he needs to find out how the florida supreme court is going to implement the vision. >> ordering -- granting the motion saying the ruling left issues undetermined including the requirement of an anonymous jury in making decisions related to the death penalty. he also stated when a human life hangs in the balance a rush to judgment is unwise. with each passing hour, the law will become discernible. yessenia suarez's mother has trial to come picture.now want to speak on camera saying she was under a lot of stress and says this is all in god's hands i'm going over more analysis of this and how it could affect the defensive strategy for my story coming up at 5. live in daytona beach, blame tomlinson channel 9 eyewitness news. police looking for 3 armed robbers who stormed into a liquor store with guns while several customers were inside. take a good look at this surveillance video from a discount liquor slower on e. orange avenue. last night -- friday night. the 2 men wearing masks and hoods. they were's inside the store with guns forcing customers to run for safety and no one was hurt. this hour, 2 seemingly random local robberies now have one startling connection. >> if you are watching eyewitness news last weekend, you are among the first to see surveillance video from a credit union robbery and brevard county. investigators tell us that suspected bank robber struck again but is that of a clean getaway, humid the barrel of a store owners gun. heinen is the men seen here in this video dressed in black. inside this space coast credit union rockledge armed with a ago. after flashing his gun to a teller, police that he ran away with some cash and jumped into a car driven by 37-year-old shane cooper. we caught up with cooper in court today as he faced a judge for the first time but the wilder story involves heinen. police say that surveillance video and eyewitnesses helped investigators identify him. then suddenly, this past tuesday, police say heinen cocoa. pulling a gun inside the chevron to be mr. south cocoa boulevard police say the store owner fought back, shooting him more than once. after 5 robberies at the same gas station, so i said he had to protect his business. >> you have to defend yourself. if you don't is a -- defend yourself you'll die. >> reporter: investigators say but the armed store owner prevented him from escaping. heinen's accomplices in the crime were also caught this afternoon high man remains in the hospital facing armed robbery. new smyrna beach police are looking for anyone who may know more about what they believed was a deadly hit-and-run crash. it happened last night around 7:30 state rd. for 4. police say the-year-old kevin mack had been riding a bicycle on the shoulder of state road 44, busy road when he was struck from behind it police they 27-year-old jonathan gibson was arrested for dui a little while later with damage to his truck. new smyrna beach police are still investigating to see if they are tied together. disney's hollywood studios is making over the new "star wars" and "toy story" attractions but that means a mother rides and attractions will be closing soon. on april 2, the lights, motors action extreme social and nearby locations around streets of america will be closing for good. that includes tearing down the iconic tower. will run daily until the closing day. storm number one now, storm number 2 on the way. more on the timing of the 2nd el nio system coming up. neighbors said a grandfather was out for a walk with his family when he collapsed and later died yet the suspect investigators just arrested and what is to come, a manslaughter investigation. plus, we showed you the damage caused by wild hogs in edgewater. checking to see whether travis caught anything. a historic spacewalk outside the international space these little guys? they represent blood cells. and if you have afib-an 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exactly clear why this keeps happening but every time it does nasa officials tell us american asher not timothy kopra was trying to fix an electrical box outside of the international space station when his spacesuit started to collect water. the problem south florida sci- fi nightmare but this is not the first time it has happened. helmet of an italian astronaut nearly drowning him, briefly putting spacewalks on hold but last february it happened again. that time to american astronaut terry burke. he spent several hours of his spacewalk in call -- installing cables one he returned his helmet took on water. astronaut scott kelly and -- expected and took pictures of the latest league but he says it is not that serious. >> kopra was much -- wet, not soaking wet but moist by his shoulders and wrist. >> reporter: the problem dangerous enough to cut the spacewalk short. the mission was to restore full power to the iss by replacing a member -- electrical box the field months ago flashing power by 1/8. despite the water problem, the mission was a success. >> we will let you know as soon as we get a better explanation from nasa about what happened. live in the newsroom tonight, eyewitness news. the coast guard continues to search for 12 people missing after a pair marine helicopters crashed into each other off the coast of hawaii. so far crews have only found an empty liferaft after the choppers crashed. no word on what caused it. the debris from the wreckage is spread over 2 miles. 6 crew members from a marine corps base in hawaii were inside each chopper and no one else was on board. we have learned a trapper caught 3 hanks overnight in edgewater where the wild pigs are slowing lawns and upsetting people live there. we were at the location yesterday as they set the traps and neighbors living on 35th st. said pick started coming christmas. for grub worms. it was the city who actually hired a trapper because officials are neighbors had been shooting at the nuisance animals and they did not want not only animals to get her to anyone that was in the line of fire. >> you are out >> voted off of the island. >> it was early. >> like you talked about yesterday. >> right on time. models are getting better. super-computers are faster. it was pouring. >> you were sending video from your car and earlier today we had a lot of folks sending in photos thanks to everyone who jumped on our twitter and use # storm alert 9 early today just as the storms were approaching orlando and hit winter park and all the way over into the area. coming down heavily 1-2 inches event 2.5 along the coast and that is right on with what the forecast was expecting with this passage of a system. we had rain earlier this morning and this wall of winds came through pretty much right on schedule. i hope you were not caught offguard. the winds from earlier today, we had a threat of winds 50 miles an hour and wind gusts at 52 in ormonde beach pier cocoa beach sanford daytona these places are not necessarily next to each other but we felt about the same thing it started along the gulf coast traveling across daytona was a mess earlier wind and it is quiet beautiful late friday. winds out of the west 15-20 miles an hour we have some nice weather headed for us tonight clear to start in low clouds and fog will start to move in early on in the morning. so we have a very wet around as wind subsides it will bring it close to 4:00 and 6 4:00 and 6 o'clock, fog. approving conditions in the afternoon. mix of clouds and sun 78 orlando i cannot rule out an isolated shower the forecast is showing a slight chance for a shower and remaining for tomorrow. here is 6:00 tonight, here is our storm system that came rambling through earlier today. and again we will bring and some more low clouds maybe a sprinkle tomorrow there is 7:00 father low clouds up and down the peninsula. a sprinkle 2 in the afternoon. rain chances are less than 20 percent it back to the west, we are not seeing the storm system coming into the picture yet but there it is. sunday morning, 36 hours later. another thunderstorm complex. this one perhaps a little bit farther south but either way, similar impacts. this will be 5 am showers moving through heavy rain fall by daybreak morning and gusty winds. i think the better threat for severe weather will be south of tampa, perhaps the 3rd wave in a row. fort myers. could have some severe weather again by 10:00 in the morning we will try to move all of this back out with a little rain on the backside it letting you know sunday is our next weather action day. things are going to get active and it is going to be early in the morning sunday pit do not let it speak up on you. we will keeping you advisory 5 day forecast, where the weekend is always in view, after we clear out the rain, temperatures staying very nice. 70 percent rain coverage. in fact, for sunday, and cooling down coldest air of the season, vanessa, another big blast of winter after our 2nd el nio storm this weekend. >> state lawmakers are working coming up, how it will also benefit businesses. picnics, republican presidential hopefuls back on the campaign trail last night gop debate. we will explain how the candidates from florida work to draw attention. 13-year-old boy stole the school bus taking a joyride. inin t thihis line of work ononlyly t the freshest iningredients mamakeke t the cut itit's's i important to meme to know eveverery y dish i serve isis t thehe best it can be. esespepecicially for this fofood critic. pupublblixix bakery scratch mamade bread wewe b bakake it in store every daday with pride soso y youou can serve it wiwith some for gop of the year with less candidates offstage. donald trump stands interstate while former florida governor. jeb bush was push to the wings. christopher heath watch the fireworks from those left standing explaining how the 2 candidates struggle to get airtime. >> reporter: donald trump back on the trail today claiming victory in the gop debate. spent last night we had the debate? i think so. >> reporter: trump hammered the canadian born ted cruz claiming cruz may not legally be able to serve as president. >> there is of it? on your head and you cannot do that to the party. >> back in september my friend donald said he had his lawyers look at this from every which way and there was no issue. but the poll numbers have. >> reporter: cruz blocking trumps blow on that point but when cruz criticize what he calls trumps new york values, trump was quick to fire back. >> everyone understands that the values in new york city are socially liberal. >> when the world trade center came down, i saw something that no place on earth could have handled more beautifully more humanely than new york. >> reporter: as the front runners battled, other candidates forced to cut in for a share of the time yes i hate to interrupt this episode of court tv. >> reporter: marco rubio going hard after crews as medical -- record on immigration. >> i appreciate you dumping the folder on the record but at least half of the things that marco said are flat-out false. >> reporter: postdebate numbers shows trump as the winner as cruz it will be a coming in 2nd and 3rd. trump on top in both new hampshire and south carolina. >> of anything else it is always interesting if not entertaining. >> never morning. at a for a close look at how one school district works to help families who are on the brink of being homeless. >> it is a challenge. >> breaking down plans to prevent homelessness among students after a ticket sold in central florida matched all 6 numbers were waiting to hear who the winner is. looking at claims from other potentially lucky ticket holders. centurylink prism tv has all your favorite channels, tons of live sports, and more. watch when and where you want with advanced features like our wireless set-top box, whole home dvr, and prism on the go. of great packages to fit your home. call... the prism 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[ whip cracks ] [ normal voice ] call... get started with prism essential tv plus up to 40 megs of internet speed. with autopay. in your area. only from centurylink. call and switch today. major store today, heavy rain squalls from an el nio winter storm and more severe weather will be hitting this weekend. rain in this video recorded at lake yolo. >> it would have been tough to eat there this afternoon but it was not just downtown orlando that so torrential rain and wind. certified chief meteorologist tom terry has been tracking storms. ast with the jet stream very prominent el nio style jet stream where it is out of whack moving fast storm to already on the way. it means we will get a short break and then we get hit with another storm system that will feel a lot like what we went through earlier today. the meantime we clear things up but i want to transport you ahead to sunday morning. 5 am. firming timing plus or minus one hour to but get the idea early sunday morning we will have rain moving in and then look at that mess, rolling in between 5-8-9 o'clock moving expect a similar pace on sunday and it is so easy when the storms are moving that fast to get severe winds that are also blowing that fast. the storm prediction center has us in the low risk of severe weather where we had it today and a high risk down south because the storm will be a slightly different position. similar impacts, another el nio storm system 2 in 2 days. more on the timing hour-by-hour with future track coming up. you mentioned the rough weather many out and about when the rain squalls hit including myself. i grabbed the phone and took video. you can see the water up to the headlights of that car as some folks made their way through. this is one of flooded streets i saw. this was on the border of seminole county by winter park. make sure you're prepared for the next round of storms by downloading our free of weather and go to all of your mobile devices. developing this afternoon brevard county deputies have made an arrest in the death of a mims grandfathered eyewitness news told you about this case earlier this month. deputy say the 67-year-old confrontation with a man 16 years his junior. >> this happened in the victims neighborhood on rajat drive. mentally hold is there. deputy say the victim was walking the dogs with his granddaughters when this happened. >> reporter: and they apparently stopped in the area along here with the victim apparently touched a vehicle and i am told that is what sparked the deadly confrontation as the victim and suspects were separated by defense. 51-year-old warren buchanan is facing a charge of manslaughter in the death of 67-year-old herman already appeared deputies do nothing readiest death was intentional but they do believe it came as a direct result of his confrontation with the suspect. on january 5, her video was walking the dogs with his granddaughters when he paused in front of a residence at here on raj. they believe he touched or leaned on a vehicle and that drew the attention of the suspect who yelled for him not to touch the truck. that approach the fence where there was a verbal confrontation and the victim was struck. he fell hitting his head on the concrete. >> this was a senior citizen totally defenses, very well thought of in my opinion. >> reporter: neighbors tell me today that they are relieved that an arrest has been made. they tell me that the victim has lived here since the 1980s. live in mims melonie holt, channel 9 eyewitness news. hundreds of people gathered in jacksonville to mourn the death of missing toddler lonzie barton. >> lonzie barton is here not to just look at where he is but to look at where we are. >> this vigil took place us on for the 21-month-old whose remains were finally found in a trash heap last weekend. the little boy was missing since july. so far, investigators have not released a cause of death but despite the tragic ending there is at least some closure now for lonzie's family and >> it is anywhere but happy but it is prayers asked and prayers answered yes investigators say the boyfriend of lonzie's mother reuven ebron told investigators were to find the remains. he was also a prime suspect in the child's disappearance originally. orange county this afternoon apopka city leaders approving a sales agreement leaving the city for $2 million in the red. leaders say they purchases land in 2006 to bring retail shops and restaurants and hotels to the 13 acre site since then, the land value has decreased. investments presented a plan earlier this afternoon all but one commissioner voted for the project that land sold at 66 percent below what the city pay for it. were getting more details about some of the lucky winners on wednesday's record-breaking powerball drawing. 3 tickets were sold and one here central florida and melbourne beach. one in california, and one in tennessee where just 30 minutes ago, a father make sure the entire family was there to >> we will take the lump sum because we are not guaranteed tomorrow. >> good point the entire family had to include the family dog. do you see it there. bob opsahl has been following the lotto friended so far there are only hands and rumors about those other 2 big winners. sprint have not come forward yet but i bet they cannot wait until the first jackpot winners as you saw have gotten their symbolic check, their ticket has to be officially validated. there was confusion in california today where the 3rd winning ticket was sold and an employee at a nursing home said she thought she was one of the jackpot winners. >> somebody won the lotto. >> is that we haven't told it was a prank by her son. the woman's daughter says the whole situation is a misunderstanding to the owner purchased 18,000 tickets for his staff and residents, including the one they thought had hit it big. real winner but made up the prank story to avoid coming forward. >> this was a prank done by her son as the claim i think is somewhat detestable. >> back in central florida, rumors are running rampant about the local winner including one that the winners are employees of public spirit and another about a melbourne beach woman who had the media can't out in front of her home all day. >> everybody is excited and fired up wanted to know who it is. >> reporter: of course we want to know as well and eventually we will find out who the other lucky winners are because according to powerball rules, they have one year to claim their prizes and they cannot stay anonymous. greg? when you buy a ticket is printed on the back to say who you are. cargo terminal import canaveral will be the only u.s. cargo terminal import canaveral will be the only u.s.for a weekly container cargo ship it the stream i will continue this providing refrigerated and dry container services take the cadena will arrive at. >> reporter: canaveral from central america and departing to your from there. the service begins january 31. it should help the economy and brevard county. hyatt hotels releasing information about hacking that target customers and hundreds of hotels. the chain said a bridge -- a breach including restaurants front desks spots and even parking facilities at 250 hotels around the world including 100 in the united states. officials did say the customer's credit and debit card numbers and other information were exposed in the hacking to the hotel did not say which locations were hit and if the locations were in florida. one would think that was the case. were the hotel capital of the world. several county school district is launching a fund to help families on the brake of homelessness. >> a current fund already helps homeless families but the new fund will try to prevent homelessness altogether. solano county reported tim barber shows how it will help students in and out of the >> reporter: gregory williamson and his wife have 4 kids and only one job between them. >> food is always a challenge. >> reporter: williams lost is like a garbage truck accidents of finding work as hard. >> if it wasn't for the programs it would be a challenge. it will be hard it would be nonexistent. >> reporter: seminole county school distance focuses on education but shift gears to help. >> we want to be sure every student has all of the tools they need to be a successful adult. >> reporter: dating is has a fund named families in the helping parents with jobs and homes. it existing that -- them to transition already helps those homeless that provide housing food and clothing it has $400,000 answers 1800 families react when the child comes to school without their basic needs of food, clothing, shelter, safety being met, it does not matter how affected the teacher is. >> reporter: williams lived in this apartment for the last 10 years and up to 6 people at a time. they are hoping with the can ditch the apartment and finally find a home. >> the florida -- new fund is hoping to get $200,000 from donors in order to serve 2000 families like the williams. >> thank god for those programs. i really do and seminole county, tim barber, channel 9 eyewitness news. the district finds families who need help from tips or people who asked for the extra help. today is your last day to sign up for healthcare in the portable care act if you want the insurance to trigger next month, we found that 300,000 central floridians have already enrolled since november 1 and more than 1.5 million have done the same in florida. if you do not sign up today, january 31, that is the last date to enroll for 2016 for obamacare. today the state senate is giving the final touches to a bill aimed at helping people with disabilities become economically independent. the proposal will require an agreement among certain state agencies to improve the hiring pick andy garner from orlando has a son with down syndrome and hopes the bill will one day become law. >> that built that comes out of year today really sets the tone where agencies have to report to us what they are -- what the policies will be in hiring individuals with unique abilities. >> the bill will also establish the state program to recognize businesses that hire people with disabilities or unique abilities and another to teach them financial -- financial literacy. >> i like that term. numbers from atm and overdraft fees have president again it is angry. jp morgan chase bank of america and wells fargo made more than $6 billion in 2015 in atm and overdraft fees. hillary clinton said the atm fees were exorbitant and unethical, bernie sanders propers -- promise academy $2 instead of the average for dolls is elected president open hunting on python the florida is about to begin. the state 2nd python challenge, look away vanessa starts tomorrow. 2013, 68 snakes were killed. wildlife experts say thousands of burmese python continue to really slither in the everglades. native wildlife -- snakes are unwanted pets because they are not native. hunt begins 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think it is best for families and certainly for children. >> reporter: the number of children however who died in the state continues to be about 400 kits per year. childcare officials are asking if day care programs like this can cut down on that number. a preliminary study shows 12 percent of the people who could not get into this program later went on to have dcf investigations. >> if we were able to not only serve those children that are on our wait list, but look at a way of being able to expand services, i think that we would probably see the possibility that we would not see children suffering at the hands of their caregiver for her she cannot imagine what her life would be like without the program. something a lot of families in orange county understand all too well. >> i am less stressed now. i am at peace with my life. >> reporter: in orlando jamie holmes, channel 9 eyewitness news. the governor has proposed a one-time $30 million lump sum day care officials saying putting more children in the program across twice that every year. ucf team has bring the life of a child by giving a little boy the arm he desperately needed but his family cannot afford it here you go. 9-year-old alvin from nebraska received a "star wars" themed prosthetic arm created by limitless solutions of darth vader himself he showed up today. this.first time we have talked to about the ucf team since last year they have given more than one dozen prosthetic arms to kids around the country. i have been there they have done this with 3-d printing and they are able to make it cool. where january hurricane and they atlantic has weakened. messages released a new satellite photo of hurricane alex while still at hurricane strength. it is the first hurricane to form in the month of january since 1938. the atlantic hurricane season does not officially begin until june 1 but somebody did not tell mr. el nio that. >> that is right. in the pacific ocean and here it launched a hurricane in the far eastern atlantic but that low that got kick started, it moved past us a week and a half ago. we will watch it here. posting about it and tweeting. and face booking. and there it went. time lapse and we appreciate all of the folks who also tweeted and facebook and used social media and gave us video of storms that came through the area. right now the rain totals adding 2.5 inches and satellite beach, cape canaveral, 2.1 and satellite beach, cape canaveral, 2.116 cocoa indian harbor beach the same. melbourne international record rain for you today. we barely made the board, 1.42 at the wftv wrdq studios downtown. glories late afternoon. things change fast guess what, we are reloading for another storm system that will be early sunday. spirit we will not enter -- upper 50s we will develop low clouds after 2:00, 3 am. winds died down and low clouds develop and behind a fast- moving storm system and i hope you're not surprised by it today. we pretty much nailed the timing to the hours.'s came by and we will continue to see mostly clear skies for tonight. low clouds will develop between one-4:00. not a completely clear start to the day. i will put a 10 percent rain chance in for tomorrow and isolated sprinkle coming from the low cloud deck. overall, a pretty nice day on saturday. sunday, in the morning, very early. make sure you have a weather and go to alert you of storms pending but a weather radio that will make a lot of racket if there is a tornado warning going on in the morning hours or severe thunderstorm warning. watch this as the weather was in quickly between 5-7 am sooner or later we from the time as we get close. but it will be racing through with similar storm conditions than what we had today. isolated tornado threat. storms themselves will move at 60 miles an hour. it is really going to be moving fast. sunday afternoon, a quick shower and then temperatures will start dropping. sunday morning, 50+ mile-per- hour winds the highest when threat from that isolated tornadoes and we could pick up a quick inch or 2 of rainfall and then look at the temperatures, we start to go down. 58 for a high on tuesday. five-day forecast, where the weekend is always in view, big changes. a cold tomorrow but overall good saturday. storms early on sunday. the whole day will not be ruined. monday, martin luther king junior holiday, 62 and sunshine. we will be updating more pictures, greg, coming in from the field today. coming up at 5:30. >> thank you, tom. deputies and police 8 2 arrest helped to close a number of armed robbery cases in orlando and orange county. one victim says she is now afraid to drive the car but -- thieves reportedly stole. uncovering trash troubles in orange county. 11 call for help after feeling ignored by officials. >> i have run out of trash cans and i do not know what to do. >> at 5, why she says there is more to blame than backorders on trash containers. a new report reveals the federal government could save at longhorn steak 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worth the cost of producing coins. enlistment has not answers yet. >> it is worth considering but what is the downside? >> why have a we got to cheaper alternatives? it has to do with cost and the impact this change could make on some things that we do every single day. >> it could be devastating for small business in every community across america for eric reasons the vending machine industry pick the exchange could cost his industry have $1 billion to >> it reads a metallic content signature of the coin from the metal in the coins. >> reporter: the added cost could be passed to you. soda. >> reporter: that is fine so it should cost more 2010 act existing machines. in washington, george collie, channel 9, eyewitness news i do not know what i am more astounded with. >> there was a lot. it should cost more. okay. story. next at 5 yes heavy rain fall and gusty winds today. round 1 under our belts. number 2 will be sunday. the changes on the way. vanessa? push were 2 more stories you have not seen at 5:00, a local store owner held a woman hostage inside and return. we are working to find out how it happened. police and 13-year-old boy stole a lake anti-school bus and what happened when police tonight we are trying out after a line of strong storms that marched across california, with - - southern florida. some areas got record rainfall this morning. and when area got more than 2 inches. >> yes, 2 inches of rain just like that. and it moved on early this morning for daybreak. we have the sunshine back now to prove it. and the storms were moving at 60 miles per hour. look at the rainfall estimates. wind gusts today are excessive, over 50 miles per hour. that's what we have today. sheets of rain that poured down

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