time to grade and managers time to investigate. the incident only -- only happen in a staging area near maintenance a week reached out to bosses that fdot to find out why all 21 miles at a stop work. >> wise the entire project shutdown? >> that was the determination that the joint venture made. as far as the florida department stamford, safety is important to us and if the joint venture feels this is what they need to do to make sure the corridor is safe for the public and workers, then we support them. >> reporter: we took -- kept pressing about the notion and asked when the project could start up again. i got safety statistics for the company here. we are putting that together now for eyewitness news at 5 at the live in orange county, and tim barber, channel 9 eyewitness news. we turn to breaking news and winter park where police are investigating why an suv crashed into a boston market and caused a gas leak from sky suv sticking out of the restaurant. police say neither the female driver nor restaurant customers or employees were hurt. the gas company has crews at the scene working to fix the leak now. breaking in lake county, less than one hour ago, crews began searching for a missing boater. we told you about the search for 76-year-old william robel yesterday. kathi belich got to the scene. what can you tell us? >> reporter: they are searching right now. they are not letting us into the scene. the gate is open so searchers can go in and out. we are told the aviation and marine units from the orange county in lake county sheriff's office are searching. from sky witness 9, you can see the area lake beauclair more than 1100 acres of surface area. you can see how difficult it would be to search also rough waters. i have been told when william robel, 76-year-old went out to go back fishing yesterday waters were probably rough then and maybe why he got into trouble. i have been told the waters have been rough all day yesterday and today making the search very difficult. sadly, it does not look good for mr. robel. this has been more than 24 hours now that he has been missing. they found his boat yesterday after family members call for help. his boat was circling in the water here with no one in it. live from lake beauclair, kathi belich, channel 9 eyewitness news. we are following breaking news out of orange county now. another case of zika has been reported. orange county has three total cases of the state has 35. announcement following the diagnosis of three pregnant women somewhere in florida yesterday. the disease can cause severe birth defects. every single one of florida's patients became infected when traveling out of the country that the virus is not in the local mosquito population. find everything you need to they had to wftv.com and click on the news tab and then zika virus. this afternoon investigators say a major central florida drug cartel was so organized it was like working a 9-to-5 job for somewhere members would be fired if they did not show up for work. >> u.s. attorney's office, da in several local agencies teamed up to take down the cartel and they say it was pumping massive amounts of maryland -- heroin into such florida. jeff deal has been looking into the case that these guys were selling 1 kg per week. >> reporter: they say that is a lot of heroin. they were selling it in the taurus corridor and parking lots like this one outside of it and scott, kirkman road. according to investigators, they would get shipments from out-of-state most likely originally come in from mexico into california. and then to central florida. once here, the drug trafficking organization headed up by fontan as we break it down into different baggies and sell it and parking lots of hotels and investigators say they would sell from five individual does baggies up to 200 bags at the time it mostly to local people and they often worked out of a strip mall business called majestic tattoo in barbershop. they believe these guys would run it like of business each working 12 hour shifts to do the deals. >> it was fairly complex on how they distributed these things with phones and making appointments and working shifts. people got fired if they did not show up for work. >> reporter: the dea and share of both said the effort is continuing and they will go after people dealing drugs on the street level and they believe this group is likely part of a much larger drug organization. live in orange county, jeff deal, channel 9 eyewitness news. >> orange county lost the task force to cut down on the growing problem. we told you about the last august including orange county mayor teresa jenkins. the goal includes reducing drug help addicts recover, and educating children about drugs. david segal join the cause followings overlooked -- daughter's death last year. deputy searching for two suspects accused of stealing a car from an orlando man at gunpoint and then using it in another armed robbery. these are two of the four suspects investigators were able to arrest. investigators say they stole the man's car from the eagle reserves apartment in orlando yesterday and used the car to rob another man near the altamonte mall. police and civil county deputy start -- spotted the suspect and bailed from the vehicle and two others are still on the run today. wants to candidates from florida running for president. now there is only one. something soon there will be none. >> christopher heath looked at which candidates were calling on the others to drop out so they can go one-on-one with donald trump. who is winning the race to be what they call the anti- trump?>> reporter: all of them john kasich camp says rubio needs to quit the race. ted cruz leading in texas and so far the only one to beat trump in a contest. rubio says he has the best chance to actually win one-on- one. in the final debate before super tuesday, front runner donald trump could not take fire from both sides the senators marco rubio and ted cruz both questioning trumps conservative credentials in a fox news forum wednesday night. >> who knows what you do as president. >> we will not allow conservative movement to be defined by a nominee who is and not a conservative. >> reporter: rubio was yet to win a state trails trump i 16 points in florida according to a new poll. rubio's camp has downplayed the poll. experts say a loss by rubio in florida could end his campaign and now is the time for him to consider going after the front runner. >> every attempt to take on donald trump has failed spectacularly in the problem rubio and cruz have is they are donald trump's force ghosts of 2012, mitt romney calling out donald trump are not releasing his taxes. even though neither ted cruz ignore marco rubio have released theirs. >> we have good reason to believe that there is a bombshell in donald trump's taxes. >> reporter: trump, angry reaction on twitter. probably should have one for the election and now is playing a tough guy. on the democratic side, south carolina will hold a primary saturday and hillary clinton is expected to wiggle the state by double-digit probably bernie sanders moved on holding on -- a rally in a while. i will have announces on the great. -- on the debate. like our page it starts at 8:30 watch eyewitness news at 11:00 for a recap. sea world orlando and sister parks fighting a battle since the release of a documentary challenging the treatment of wales in captivity. a report shows things maybe improving for sea world. angela jacobs went through the in attendance but not what they were hoping for. >> sea world had specific reasons for that one being the weather unlike today at overall corporate said it considers the financial position very stable despite the rocky year. >> reporter: tourists are on the fence on whether to visit sea world this week. >> if i had kids i would be more inclined. i don't know that i am compelled to go to sea world now. >> reporter: for apathy is not related to have an opinion yet over the movie blackfish or pr nightmare that followed. they do something part can take as a good sign. in the earnings webcast, we listened on this morning. >> end-of-the-year seeing signs of the business stabilizing. >> reporter: management team praised $3.3 million increase in revenue pulled in by years end. loss of $9.6 million in the fact it -- attendance of 1 percent. >> 2016 softer in florida due to factors. >> reporter: management said the factors include lighter latin american market for sea world orlando and busch gardens where january wet weather also forced both parts to share a combined 27 days of operating. that's four times the amount of rain delays than all of last year. you are looking at another reason sea world expects florida numbers to rebound. the mako roller coaster at it with a cobra coaster expected at busch gardens, both expected to open by the summer. live in orlando, angela jacobs, channel 9 eyewitness news. >> both will only have spectators. >> looking from a far. >> annecy bug hitting a nursing home in the villages. >> what officials tell us about how long they've been astronaut scott kelly ready to say goodbye to the international space station. i am ready to come home. it's not like i'm climbing the walls or anything. >> why he said he has mixed emotions about his impending departure. >> reporter: american heart association has held annual compasses at the orange county convention center but coming up, i will tell you about the new policy meaning they would take business somewhere else. sunshine returning this afternoon. 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(elephant noise) hey candidates. enough talk. the american heart association regularly hosts the convention at the orange county convention center. economy but we learned they are pulling the event and money because florida allows indoor smoking. julie salomone asked if it was too late to change the mind of the organization. >> reporter: the american heart association has said it will no longer host its annual conferences and meetings in cities that allow indoor smoking of any kind and that means the orange county convention center could now lose money. the american heart association held its annual event at the orange county commissioner ctr. in november. bringing nearly 20,000 people to the area and pumping 40-$50 million into the economy. the heart association announced on a national level it will no longer do business in cities where indoor smoking is still allowed. >> american heart association is not anti-orlando. that is not the message here. >> reporter: the chair for the chapter of the american heart association says the policy -- policy has been talked about for a while. has been promoting healthy habits and anti-smoking and we're strict on those things. some smoking in bars and hotels. the heart association hopes stricter policy encourages lawmakers to move toward a smoke-free state. there is a goal right now that it has will give local counties and cities more authority to enact smoking ban. right now, they must follow state law. we found an irish put where smoking is allowed in employees see smoking as a personal choice. >> even if we ban smoking inside displays, people will go outside to smoke it would not make a difference. >> reporter: the policy goes into effect in july 2017 which allows the association to honor any current contracts. live in orange county, julie salomone, channel 9 eyewitness news. hoping all aboard florida will add stop the brevard county. next year the commuter rail service will connect miami, fort lauderdale west palm beach in orlando. yesterday the melbourne city council identified three potential stops that could be added. other cities proposed stops as well. because transportation planning organization will discuss the potential stops next month. in about two hours spacex will try again to launch a communications satellite on their falcon 9 rocket. this is video from last night when the launch was scrubbed because liquid oxygen temperatures were not cold enough. the next window 646 night. best will -- this will be the fourth attempt to rock -- land of rocket on a floating barge. you'll see it live on wftv.com and tom terry will talk about the weather forecast. nasa astronaut scott kelly gave his final news conference from the iss before returning to earth. scott kelly 340 day stint in space will end next week. during his time and space, he said amazing pictures showing his views of earth. kelly says he is ready to come home. >> i recognize the importance space station and i feel like it is a privilege but at the same time i have been here for a long time and i will be great to get back to earth. >> i wonder what he misses the most? he is scheduled to return march 1 and will have compiled 520 days on earth during 4 missions. >> i would miss my fire pit. >> that would not work. >> i'm talking about other things. >> i am just checking. >> downtown orlando, sunshine, 64 degrees and in deltona, the same with a westerly breeze at 20 miles an hour. i am so much trouble now. thank you, vanessa. 70s back but not today. 67 in cocoa beach, 63, the leesburg, clermont. 62. we had a drop in temperatures from yesterday, 16 degrees colder there. 14 degrees colder and titusville and the wet is blowing brisk. we have the wind gust over 30 miles an hour today. we will finally start to relax what we call the pressure gradient which is the difference between high and low pressure creating windy in the first place and that will settle down to market fairly brisk tonight you can see the cool air but we try things out on schedule storm still northeast ringing tornado damage more coming up in the next half hour but it will be out leaving cold air for us. including in sanford, fort mill part wekiva springs, 49 at midnight, windchill 47, dropping from there. 45 and 43 on the windchill as you start your day tomorrow. winds are lasting -- relaxing a bit. seminole county, 46 in altamonte springs, spring oaks and 43 and oviedo. volusia county tonight cooler, breezy feeling like upper 34 ormond beach, 43 the land de leon springs in toward deltona and debary. finally one was top local -- cold in lake county, lower 40s for temperatures tonight and osceola county, not as windy with temperatures hitting 44. celebration, st. cloud, poinciana. upper 30s north and west ocala, 39. 38, 39 degrees the rest of us mainly in the 40s and a nice day tomorrow. lots of sun shine not as windy just about picture-perfect as temperatures slowly creep up heading toward a busy weekend for outdoor events. five-day forecast where the weekend is always in view. from 68 on saturday, 72 on sunday and how about 78 degrees by tuesday. icflorida.com. the downtown including the festival cannot take a bigger icflorida.com. watchdog group pressuring transportation officials to do something about a mural of -- on state property. it's been repeated. -- repainted. fake people getting government benefits. how thousands of applications for health insurance were approved when they should have been denied. police say a severed toddler is lucky to be alive because she was shot -- sanford lowe's presents: how to put your foot in your mouth. man, wish my yard looked like yours. hey, the grass is always greener on the other side of the... sorry. now get 20% off sta-green fertilizer, kim rankin people apply for government subsidies to get health insurance are actually in need of help. and uncomfortable -- uncover investigation found out millions wrongfully headed out on the obamacare. many applicants should have never been approved. >> reporter: jail and prison inmates and people with fake or fraudulent social security numbers. you would expect them to get caught by the system but the system is leading them through now. fake people getting real government benefits. the government accountability act fraud protections calling them undercover auditors. >> they don't exist that they are fictitious documents are fake, information is bogus. >> reporter: 11 of the 12 fake applicants were not only approved for subsidies they receive them for all of 2014 and what automatically be enrolled for 2015. >> we have communications from cms saying everything we did submit checked out which we look at each other as they really. >> reporter: gal look at real people and found problems there as well. half 1 million applications with bad or fraudulent information given government subsidies, your tax dollars to my totaling $1.7 billion. >> basically a lot of money at risk for potential fraud. >> reporter: 22,000 jail and prison inmates awarded aca subsidies and 35,000 people who did not have real or valid social security number just the start basic fundamental things. >> reporter: official response to the gal audit administration agreed to make all changes auditors recommend but aj just pointed out in 2015, they did and coverage for more than 470,000 people who fail to provide proof of citizenship. gao tells me they have a monitoring system in place to see the administration follow through on the recommended changes. live in washington, justin gray, channel 9 eyewitness news. still to come at 4:00. >> what administrators accused of doing that got her arrested. >> a close look at the damage a massive tornado left behind as it ripped its way up the east coast. dozens of elderly patients at a nursing home in the villages have come down with a stomach bug. >> they were good about warning us in preparing us. 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investigating a serious bug at the harbor chase assisted living facility and sumter county. the department of health tells me 20 residents and more than one dozen staff members came down with a virus that visitors said they were met with signs morning then about the illness when they reached the doors. >> something about going through the building and advising residents to stay in the rooms or not to have visitors or outsiders. >> carla was unaware something was going on. >> they give us mass as a precaution. >> reporter: those say they are not worried about the illness and will eventually run its course they say. >> i feel fine. i have been here for three days. in and out. >> reporter: we reached out to officials of the nursing home and they released a statement telling us some residents and associates is started exhibiting silhouette -- symptoms of illness five days ago in all but three have been health officials are still waiting on tests to determine exactly what they are dealing with here. live sumter county, myrt price, channel 9 eyewitness news. we call daytona beach police and they are looking for a man accused of shooting 4 people and briefly walking down bcu. watson opened fire from a white hyundai sonata tuesday night. police arrested his brother ricardo wasik, none of the innocent girls had life- threatening injuries. facing four counts of aggravated battery and a suspect in the shooting from one year ago. no word on whether orlando police inc. the same gunmen carried out two shootings and wounding two people left the house riddled with bullets. two people found shot on king cole boulevard. one said it happened over gambling incident but would not identify the shooter. before the shootings, investigators say gunfire hit a and no one was hurt. deputies say they are working with two car jacking victims who say they know their attacker. investigators said the victims pick up a woman they knew and stopped for gas at a circle k on bondable drive this morning. they say another car pulled up and a man attacked the victim and the woman they were given a ride to and stole their car. the victims will be okay. a bill meant to better protect voters is becoming law this afternoon. last summer austin stefan house never found after leaving jupiter inlet. the bill inspired by the search for these friends with discounts state registration fees for voters who got certain kinds of emergency locator beacons. the bill passed in the house and is being discussed in the senate. lifesaving devices. cleanup has begun in florida that the midwest and along the east coast following a string storms. >> officials say 8 people are dead including a toddler in virginia. hundreds more have been left homeless. certified chief meteorologist tom terry followed the storms and more than two dozen tornadoes were reported. >> looking and radar across east coast, the last two days, 29 confirmed tornadoes touched down from texas, louisiana to virginia. some here in florida and severe storm out like reaching as far north as new england leaving a path of destruction in its wake. the national guard is on the this afternoon to help homeowners recover and rebuild and one of the hardest hit multiple homes were destroyed and three people were killed when a tornado hit packing winds over 100 miles an hour. >> this is something out of a movie. this is destruction. >> similar scenes across pennsylvania. lancaster county, buildings were ripped apart. new york state, winds was so overturned on its way to rescue a disabled fishing boat. >> between conditions and mechanical issues, they wound up being pushed on shore. >> reporter: a midwest, blizzard conditions left a huge mess on the roadways, dozens of drivers spend hours stuck in cars and stranded along the illinois indiana border. back east the damage is so severe in some areas, cleaning up means prioritizing. >> if it's the worst one we would address it right away. >> for the most part, the storm system is moving out and temperature wise, we are in for a roller coaster ride from the 60s today into the 40s tonight and a late warm-up for the weekend. more on this coming up in 10 minutes. >> as you predicted it is wild winter. cleanup continuing throughout the state, south florida officials confirmed >> what the initial evaluation shows is this was an f-1 tornado approximately 97 miles an hour is what i've been told. >> the sun was out to show damage left behind by the tornado. shingles ripped off of roots, trees are uprooted and the storm ripped pieces of metal off of a bank. no one was hurt in yesterday's storm. seminole county schools director accused of stealing from a department store is out on bond this afternoon. 37-year-old erica pooler is the director of the office of school safety and alternative placement for seminole county schools. she was arrested tuesday when the security guard said he saw her and ernie's try to steal more than $800 worth of merchandise from coals and oviedo. she's on administrative leave. 79-year-old frank freshwater could find out if he has been granted parole in ohio 50s on the run from a prison being captured in melbourne. he was serving time for violating probation connected to a second-degree manslaughter case. ohio contact emailed us to say the parole hearing was underway but a decision was expected today. the pentagon wants to resume flying military surveillance despite an incident last fall. a blimp became the attached in 2015 drifting to pennsylvania. the pentagon blamed design flaws and was to make changes to fly blimps again. the pentagon spent 20 years working on blimps and it's a waste of money critics say. >> the pentagon is selling -- sinking $2.7 billion in it in that time and so far there's been no tangible results. >> congress slashed the blimp program budget. receiving $10 million this year apple asked a judge to dismiss an fbi order that would force the tech giant to unlock bernardino shooters. investigators say information on syed farook sapong could help clarify the motive and the deadly attack. they also hope it will help to determine if other people were involved in the shooting. apple have you visited the order to unlock the phone's claiming it would be a breach of customer privacy that could potentially expose millions of iphone users. the fbi director said they want access to four oaks phone only -- to syed farook phone only. >> the code judge directed apple to write only works on this phone. the code will be at apple which has done a good job of protecting its code. >> apple ceo tells abc the company would be more than willing to provide the information off of -- syed farook phone if the process did not cover buys data on other devices. protesters have gathered at 30 stores across the country to support the company. we will keep an eye on the decision and we will update you on developed. suvs following an investigation into a fatal car -- crash in canada. they announced the recall last week but regulators revealed the investigation today. they say seatbelts in the backseat can be cut by the vehicle's metal frame and will not protect passengers per toyota says deal is with had plastic covers to fix the problem. ford has issues with seatbelts, 51 transit wagons in north america have been recalled. the rear seat belt may not latch property -- properly. it affects 2015-16 model years. most vehicles sold in the us but there were some in canada and mexico. ford says it's not aware of accidental injuries related to defects. gold coast residents asking us officials to restore amtrak passenger service from orlando -- they want to use to grant programs to pay for. rated the last year $325 billion transportation budget. those fighting for the service have nine months to come up lockheed martin sent students to a galaxy far away today to help them find tune their science, technology and math skills. >> they hosted the first robotics tech challenge.*bot wars. -- bot wars. they were themed after star wars movie. sending engineers to the school as mentors. >> they help to solve problems and give us advice and tell us how to approach competition differently. >> organizers say that name of the competition helping with stem subjects science technology engineering and math. >> clearwater police say parents lied about kids being in the car when it was stolen. >> no car can amount to my kid -- >> the reason the money -- >> temperatures on the way down to the lower side of 40s. how much colder we get on saturday morning and how soon we warm up again. a mural painted on state property without permission is gone. we are asking who paid the bill to clean it up and will the people responsible face consequences. george estimates, ashley from k-9 to will join me live on wftv.com where we will watch the academy awards with you on channel 9 and we will be live facebook starting sunday night know you can deposit checks right from your phone. quickly and easily. speak to a 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known it was painted it would look like any other wall and we're glad it looks as good as it does now. >> reporter: fdot says the mural was painted on state property without permission or knowledge. we reported the story in november. records show people started asking questions and today we were in the holy land -- learned they pay for the mere to be removed. >> our organization works -- focuses on encroachment of religion and government and this is a perfect example. >> reporter: there's a little bit of blue paint along the edges and drivers along interstate for may have not noticed the mural because the exit ramp over here is on a slope. we asked the state to order the new paint job and how much it face consequences but did not get an answer. we obtained two dozen emails from fdot showing one of the first complaint about painting came from a business owner in july. another woman called the euro, quote, illegal. >> it's disappointing it took long but glad to see results. >> reporter: the holy land tells us it work with fdot to find a contractor to return the ball to the original condition and thanked the state for the understanding. michael lipari, channel 9 eyewitness news. we posted the full statement from the holy land on wftv.com. fish and wildlife officials have of the lorain county of manatees in florida. so far it is passing last year's numbers. organizations observing more than 6200 manatees in florida. almost 200 more than 2015. officials say the numbers are not accurate because some go undetected. data helps researchers who study them. a couple facing a parent first -- worst nightmare when radical 911 and report their >> police discovered they lied. they tracked down angelica marrero. the three-year-old no way to be gone but he was in day care. a couple admitted they thought their car would be found quicker if they thought -- said the son was inside as i would never do this again. ever in my life. i love my kids. >> they are facing felony charges for misusing 911 and filing a false report. the child is in the custody of grandparents. we have a chilly day. >> i went out with shorts on. >> jacket weather. daytona was 80 degrees yesterday. back down to earth here heading on this late february afternoon. temperatures in the 60s, 65 right now. 17 degree drop versus yesterday. though west wet is relative. it's not the northern land 60s for temperatures. a small craft advisory in effect through friday. after these big fronts it is always messy for boaters. moderate risk for recurrence. warming up a little bit courtesy of warm weather. 65 to 68 in cocoa beach. temperatures still falling from daytime highs in the middle 60s battling gusty winds and the west over 30 miles an hour and windchills will drop. this is the forecast model. high resolution model and you can see where the lakes, they are warmer and the winds blowing against that leaves a street effect of warmer temperatures coming down. interesting. we do not see that often with the late showing up as well as they do. windchills toward the morning, you can see the impact around various lakes get 42 ocala, 5:30 am, 44 is what it will feel like as we eventually fall into the upper 30s on the thermometer and also the 8:30 am feeling like 43,. we will keep the winds turn it down tonight and have less winds and a gorgeous day for tomorrow. another example of temperatures falling hour by hour in the villages and lady lake hundred thousand recurring. marion county, temperatures in the 40s also lake county. three counties, chills in the 30s and low 40s led -- 44, kissimmee, downtown orlando the same at 40 and apopka. orange county tomorrow, sunny dry and not as windy. johns lake over by central orange county, 66 ocala, 65 and winter park. tomorrow like today only not as windy. osceola county, in the middle 60s. low humidity, low dew points a brevard county for tomorrow. it is going to be equally as nice in the mid-60s and we will see choppy conditions and also easier along the coast a temperatures lots of 60s and we warm up gradually. five day forecast where the weekend is always in view. lots of 40s coming up in the next half hour. working on saturday mornings low we will high more 30s and the western zones. until then, warmer temperatures in fact nearly a perfect forecast for the weekend, greg, big events. cannot go wrong with that. >> i approve. thank you. 9 investigates broke the story that a group of orlando firefighters were exposed to asbestos in an old apartment building. >> brand-new at five, the test doctor told firefighters they will have to have moving forward. a volusia county bar with a gun range open for business. we got a look at the safety measures keeping drinkers out of target practice. channel 9 anchor martha sugalski introduces us to brothers and their amazing search for a forever family. you do not want to miss it. some companies whose increase help stocks go up. dow jumping more than 212 points. i'm savin' you five hundred 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health. >> officials launched an investigation more than 2 weeks ago after channel 9 started asking questions. >> the apartments have asbestos in the ceilings, floor tiles and duct work. steve barrett was there when they met with doctors today. what's next for his first responders? >> reporter: they have been waiting on answers for these questions for some sometime, a couple weeks since they left this apartment complex when they realized they were ripping out asbestos components. the orlando fire department shut down training operations for good here. now those >> today more than a dozen firefighters concerned with their health found out they will have to monitor their lungs for years to find out if asbestos will take any toll. some are angry they've been put in this position by the city. >> these are young guys lives. to have that little thing tick in thing back of their head is unacceptable. >> we told you how some firefighters were on their hands and knees scraping up dangerous flooring in preparation for live fire training at the boarded up lake side village apartments. this is one picture that a firefighter snapped of the work. we told you how the asbestos problem was well documented in city files before firefighters were sent into the complex. >> how our city allowed it, how our fire document allowed it, how our training division allowed it, i don't understand. >> dr. stan hams revealed that

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