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marina jurica has been tracking rain. >> that's right. we have seen showers off and on and now it's isolated. light showers moving throughout the area. if you look out at the gulf, you see what is coming in. we will be looking at showers and thunderstorms developing as we move into our day today. temperatures are quite mild. we're in the 60s with 64 in ocala and the villages. 68 in downtown orlando and kissimmee. if you like mild weather, then enjoy the next 48 hours because as we head into sunday night and into monday, it will be a big change. that's to do with the cold front moving in. it will give us a 50% rain chance today with temperatures in the low to mid 80s for highs. i'm tracking the rain hour by hour for you in the next 60 minutes. stay with us. darlene. >> a teenage girl charged in a 15-year-old's murder is free on bond. and his boyfriend who pulled judge waiting to see a judge. julie, deputies say the girl led deputies to her boyfriend. >> reporter: deputies told us that the girlfriend wasn't there at the time of the shooting but she had close contact with her boyfriend who is now a murder suspect. >> do you have anything to say to the man that you shot accidentally. >> reporter: eyewitness news was the only crew there when mike enanderson was taken to jail friday afternoon. deputies say anderson shot antwan davis in the high when anderson met him to buy marijuana early sunday morning. >> we know this won't bring antwan back but we hope this news will bring a measure of comfort to his family. >> reporter: deputies say they first arrested anderson's girlfriend, lindsey shirley, friday morning and charged her with being an accessory after investigators say she led them to anderson who deputies found hiding in the woods. records we dug up shows that anderson has been arrested half a dozen times since last year. his criminal past shows burglary, grand theft and aggravated battery. the sheriff's office told us it will be up to the state attorney's office to determine if he will be charged as an adult or juvenile. julie solomon, eyewitness news this morning. deputies say 21-year-old ward who you see here was fighting with his girlfriend at the magnolia court apartment complex yesterday and pulled out a gun. they say he was working to shoot his girlfriend but the bulleted missed her and hit an innocent man working on a fence. >> they're family. they're our family. >> ward is facing an attempted murder charge. the owner of the fence company says the victim is in a local hospital in critical condition. the accused mastermind of the deadly paris terrorist attacks will soon return to france. abc chuck steverson reports he was caught after a raid. >> reporter: explosions and gunfire ripped through a brussels street, a s.w.a.t. team zeroing in on public enemy number one believed to be the man in the hooded sweatshirted dragged out of an apartment building by police and placed into a car wounded. >> he was slightly injured on his leg during the intervention. >> reporter: the 26-year-old was the only survivor of the group of terrorists who carried claimed 130 lives. a french citizen raised in belgium he drove the car to the stadium. he also dropped off more isis american rock band was performing. then he disappeared. until four months later. alex marquart report this from brussels. >> reporter: he was captured just yards from his family's home. >> reporter: president obama congratulated the french president and belgium prime minister. >> officials have been working closely with belgium officials. >> the president of france has called for the immediate extradition so the suspect can face trial. boeing 747 jet before it crashed, killing everybody on board. officials say the flight was coming from dubai and headed to russia. 55 people on board and 7 crew members were killed. there's no word on what caused the crash. tomorrow, president obama will become the first sitting president to visit cuba in 90. he will normalize relations with cuba. the first familiarly, including their daughters, will spend two days in cuba. they're expected to tour landmarks and have dinner with castro. president obama will give a speech that will be broadcast live on cuban tv. there is a new bill in the works that could help develop a vaccine for the zika virus much faster. there are 67 cases of the virus throughout florida. this puts the virus on a list of diseases that could be added to a program that would allow companies to get vaccines approved faster. bill nelson cosponsored the bill that would give the companies incentives. remember you can find out know about the zika virus. just go to wftv.com and click on the news tab and click on zone zone. leesburg police are looking for the people involved in a school. this person captured the fight that happened earlier this week. since then several other videos been posted on social media. the aunt told us that adults showed up to the fight and joined in instead of trying to stop it. >> you've got grown women who outweight her kicking her in the -- outweigh her, kicking her in the face. it's tough to watch. >> yes, it is. officers have been put at the school to try to avoid another fight. more security will be added to a middle school when students return from spring break. this is video of a fight at that school. wow. the parent says her son has been attacked several times. other parents say they are having trouble getting answers from school leaders about what is being done to stop the fighting. >> even when you make it clear satisfied with the school's response, they didn't respond back to me. and that's not right. >> this is very scary. maitland middle school administrators told us that they are monitoring security measures at the school. the ramp to i-4 westbound will be closed as part of the ultimate project. it will reopen monday morning at 6:00. yesterday crews shut down the ramp to the 408 westbound for the next three years. new this morning, the international space station has three new crew members they blasted off last night. by the end of the six-month mission, williams will hold the american record for the most days in space with 540 days over the course of three missions. the time is 7:08. marina jurica is in weather center 9. >> a strong cold front is moving through. if you're heading to the beach this weekend, we have a high rip current risk advisory both today and tomorrow. be sure that you swim near the lifeguard station. we will see thunderstorms develop as we head into the latter part of the day today. but temperatures will be in the 80s for one more day before we cool down gradually tomorrow and monday. we will see a rainy start at about noon after seeing rain a couple hours ago and then the best chance for rain comes after 2:00. this baldwin park we will be looking at showers from noon for storms as we move into the 6:00 time frame. daytona beach, storms hold off until 2:00 with a cloudy start. darlene. >> this morning the orlando city soccer club is celebrating their first win of the season. they were playing new york. orlando city won 1-0. now for even more of orlando city and the orlando pride, make sure to check out orlando city insider at 10:35 on tv-27. harbor house is in a legal battle with the former ceo. why one donor is worried that the lawsuit could scare others away from making donations. this woman thought she paid two and a half million dollars and paid $14,000 for trying to with havertys furniture, your home can be perfect. even when life isn't the spring home event is happening now. from classic to contemporary, >> good morning. i'm meteorologist marina jurica here at 7:14. i hope you're having a fantastic start to your day today. showers earlier this morning but now they're isolated. that's not the end of the rain. taking a live look at downtown orlando, lake ocala, it's a quiet start but it won't be a quiet end. 68 right now. we are looking at doppler 9 right now and we are seeing an isolated shower or two around seminole county, brevard county and osceola county. looking better than they were two hours ago. this is due to a huge system out in the panhandle right now. of the woods until afternoon tomorrow. ahead of it, thunderstorms develop. along the front, we will see showers and storms develop tomorrow. so temperatures are in the 60s right now. it is mild and it is comfortable. as we head into the next 48 hours, we're going to see a huge temperature swing as we head back into normal temperatures. it's going to be later on this afternoon that storms develop throughout the afternoon and then turn scattered as we head overnight tonight and late into our evening. future track 9 is showing us the story nicely. there's the storms punching in already at 1:00 this afternoon. once we head into that 3:00 to 5:00 time frame, scattered thunderstorms across the region. by the time we head into this evening, it will be scattered to isolated showers and thunderstorms into our sunday. the actual front will start to approach at 2:00 tomorrow, bringing some scattered showers and thunderstorms through the afternoon and early evening before it clears, leaving us start to the workweek. so 84 today. it will be our 12th day in the 80s believe it or not. then our coolest temperature will be 70 before we 307 back into -- before we pop back into the 80s for the rest of the week. 84, rain and storms developing after morning showers. scattered rain and showers moving in tonight into early tomorrow morning with a low of 65. five-day forecast with your weekend always in view showing the cooldown, dropping us down into the upper 60s and low 70s for highs. and upper 40s and low 50s for our lows. so it will get cooler. if you enjoy the cooler weather, this might be our last chance to enjoy it for a while. darlene. >> some harbor house supporters are wondering if a lawsuit will slow down fundraising. wick's attorney says the lawsuit could cost harbor house $200,000 plus attorney's fees. harbor house is in the middle named for john morgan who has donated $1 million to the nonprofit. >> and if the perception by the public is the money is going to a lawsuit or to lawyers or for whatever, money can dry up. >> morgan also said this could end up looking like a divorce where no one wins. the mayors of orange county and orlando are both involved with harbor house. orange county mayor theresa jacobs has the domestic violence task force. the cochair says he is confident that harbor house will get through this. a man who drove his truck into a group of people on horseback will spend the next five years in prison. r. todd intentionally drove his truck into a group after an argument with riders. one of the horses was killed. one admitted to using a racial slur before it happened. prosecutors wanted todd to serve ten years but the owner of the horse says she is satisfied with the sentence. we can't bring back what happened that night or change it. >> todd will also to pay $7,500 worth of medical bills and compensation for the owner of the horse. a kissimmee woman just fell victim to a $14,000 sweepstakes scam instead of winning two and a half million dollars, she spent fees on a jackpot that didn't exist. >> the call came after kathleen tiffany entered a mail sweepstakes. kathleen heard she won two and a half million dollars. >> i thought, oh, the answer to >> reporter: kathleen wired $1,000 to what she thought was the costa rica headquarters for insurance fees and she sent a $900 delivery fee. then this call, the money was >> this is richard with the american eagle courier but then kathleen was told that the courier van was slowed down. more fees over two weeks time that totaled nearly $14,000. her first serious warning came at a publix. >> western union refused to send the money. >> reporter: bad guys target victims who responded to other prize offers. >> understand that you are throwing your name out there for hundreds or possibly thousands of other sweepstakes who will solicit you, put on the hard press. >> reporter: they use fake federal agency names and spoof washington, d.c. phone numbers. >> michael speaking. >> i'm calling about kathleen. why don't you give her her money back. >> reporter: he hung up. that's the same guy who conned >> i thought of him as someone i could trust. >> if he calls again tomorrow and wants more money, what will you do? >> nope. i'm done being stupid. >> reporter: todd al alricht, eyewitness news this morning. if you have a story you would like todd to check out, fill out a form online at askwftv.com. a seminole county mother admits to killing her teenage life. why her lawyer disagreed with ththfun? the sosotimemehaphphard,d, never boring fun. the why can't it smell like this all the time fun. the learning the virtue of sharing fun. why let someone else have all the fun? that's no fun. unleash the power of dough. >> covering seminole county, the mother who admitted to shooting and killing her teenage daughter will spend the rest of her life in prison. a judge sentenced her yesterday as she pleaded guilty to killing 17-year-old daughter in 2014. she rejected a plea deal of 30 years. her attorney says she is mentally ill and won't get the help she needs in prison. >> there are two culprits here that we haven't discussed. and the first certainly beyond her control and that is her mental illness. >> she asked the judge to send her to prison in hernando county but the judge says he cannot make that decision. are due in court next month accusing of allowing more than 80 children to be abused. they turned themselves in yesterday. investigators say they were part of a group who knew the children were exposed to a sexual predator and didn't do anything. two men in brevard county are facing felony charges after local business owners used a gps tracker to help police track them down. cocoa police say yesterday the two stole two pickup trucks from a construction business on industry road. the trucks were equipped with the gps tracker. police tracked down richards in this wooded area off of state root 524. a police dog led them to the second suspect. a warning against sea world's decision to stop breeding the whales. reproduction is an animal right. cycle and well being of any species. since sea world owns the orcas, they say they will comply. a jury has awarded $115 million to hulk hogan in a sex tape lawsuit against the website gawker. the jury reached the decision last night less than six hours after they began deliberations. they found the website to be in the wrong for posting a sex tape of hulk hogan in 2012 without his consent. the trial never conclusively determined who leaked the video. right now, a 17-year-old accused of killing another teenager is in jail. next, why the suspect shouldn't have been outside in the first place. and i'm tracking a major cold front moving through the area bringing us unsettled weather over the weekend. first here are ideas on how to spend your day. for a complete list go to >> this is eyewitness news this morning. coverage you can count on. >> new from overnight, one of the teenagers orange county deputies say was involved in a 15-year-old's murder is now out of jail. expected to face a judge today. good morning. it is saturday, march 19th. the time is just about 7:30. let's get you outside to get a live look over downtown orlando this morning. a beautiful start to the day with that sun struggling still to make it out this morning. meteorologist marina jurica is in severe weather center 9 trying to push through the clouds this morning. >> i know. we will be looking at a lot of clouds and rain and storms pushing in as we head into the day. we can see some showers starting to form in portions of there's a lot. if you look out to the gulf, that still has to come in as we move into the day today. keying in on that region for you, we can see that we have just got light rainfall heading from 528 up into ovito. late rainfall for now but we will see isolated shower action throughout the morning. it's not until after 1:00, 2:00 this afternoon that we start to pick up on the widespread showers and storms. 11th straight day in the 80s. guess what on our last day of winter today, we will hit the 80s again. it will be the last until a big cold front moves through tomorrow and brings our temperatures to an seasonably cool levels. believe it or not, spring starts tomorrow. >> wow. an 18-year-old charged in connection with the murder of a 15-year-old is out on jail on bond and her boyfriend is accused of pulling the trigger. julie is live at the jail. julie, he wasn't even supposed to be outside when the shooting happened. >> reporter: he was on community supervision which means he really wasn't supposed to go anywhere besides school or work. eyewitness news was there as deputies take michael anderson to jail late friday afternoon. he is accused of shooting 15- year-old antwan davis in the head last weekend and leaving him on a sidewalk in ocoee. marijuana. anderson's girlfriend, 18-year- old lindsey shirley, friday morning and charged her with being an accessory after the fact and am entering with evidence in the case. investigators say she led them to anderson, who deputies found hiding in the woods. >> we know this won't bring antwan back but we hope this news will bring a measure of comfort to his family as they prepare for his funeral. >> reporter: court records show anderson was only supposed to be at school or work because a court put him under community supervision until he turned 19. records we found show he had been arrested at least half a dozen times since last year. he had several felony charges for burglary, grand theft, and and the sheriff's office told us it will be up to the state attorney's office to decide if anderson will be charged as a juvenile or adult. county, julie solomon, two men accused of taking a joy ride on a lifeguard's jet ski are set to face a judge today. beach patrol officials say an attendant had mechanical issues and left the jet scheme a few minutes later, the two hopped on it and sped off. police followed them along the shoreline until they took the jet ski back to shore. we will be in touch with fire crews in brevard county today to find out if anyone was hurt in a boat fire. it happened around 8:30 last night. still not clear how it all started. the fire marshall is investigating which is routine. right now, a new father is in critical condition after he was accidentally shot while working at an apartment complex. orange county deputies say it happened when a man started shooting at his girlfriend during an argument. kimberly spoke to the suspect who had a message for the innocent victim. >> i feel sorry for the person i shot. >> do you have anything to say >> what about his newborn child. >> i'm sorry. >> reporter: ward is accused of attempted murder. orange county deputies say he pulled a gun on his girlfriend during a fight outside of the apartments but when he fired, he hit an innocent bystander. a worker fixing a fence on the other side of the parking lot. >> we care about him deeply. and, you know, you never think this would happen. >> reporter: the owner of the fence company told eyewitness news that the victim and his brother were working together when he was hit by the stray bullet. >> the brothers were working together today. and he is the one who saved his life. >> reporter: the victim is in the hospital in critical condition with his family and four-day-old baby by his side. deputies tell me that the bullet hit him in the torso. >> we just want him to be okay. >> reporter: as for the shooter, he is in an orange county jail. ward is a convicted felon with a history of gun crimes. for, so dangerous. >> reporter: kimberly heaton, eyewitness news this morning. >> we will continue to check on the victim's condition throughout the weekend. ward will face a judge today. we will let you know if the judge grants him bond on eyewitness news at noon. firefighters are trying to figure out why there is an increase in brush fires. firefighters have responded to more than 100 calls since january. investigators say they cannot say right now whether someone intentionally set the fires. >> nobody gets the lots trimmed back or anything else either. so it's easy if something lights on fire and it's close to your house, it's difficult to keep it back. >> palm bay fire rescue is working with police and forestry officials to coordinate response to the fires. firefighters are still trying to figure out what started this massive fire that destroyed a cocoa beach landmark. we told you about the pumpkin center fire friday. it was in the process of being the teenager accused of running over an orange county deputy with a stolen car is being charged as an adult. 15-year-old john carlos ortiz intentionally hit sergeant marcie pierce and then took off. she was trying to arrest him on burglary charges. pierce is still recovering but plans to return to work. ortiz is now being held on no bond. lake county sheriff borders is retiring and will not seek re-election. he has been lake county sheriff since 2006. he will retire next january. he has served the community for more than 36 years. some government wash dogs are throwing their support behind the new state budget. the budget includes money for roads, cultural projects, health care and law enforcement programs. $2billion in tax cuts governor rick scott lobbied for is not in the budget but he also vetoed more than $256 million in spending. >> you can't have good budgetary process that is fair to all floridians, particularly the hardworking taxpayers of florida. >> this is the largest budget in florida's history. gas station owners could be require to increase security for customers. they want to cut down on skimmers who steal your credit card information. the bill would increase penalties for people with fake credit cards. new federal research revealed parents around the country are teaching their kids to steal your tax dollars. how the children are now being coached to steal social security disability benefits. and a morning shot here of daytona beach. get ready for sun protection that stays on ...right through your game. neutrogena cool dry sport. the only sport sunscreen play on with protection that stays on. cool dry sport. neutrogena >> in cocoa beach we are in at about 2:00 and then showers through the rest of the afternoon with some more storms returning by tonight. the u.s. inspector general says parents are telling children to fake disabilities and it is costing taxpayers money. an audit found that the social security administration approved an unknown disability payments for children who were not disable. in one case, a man got $77,000 for all eight of his children. only some are disabled. >> there will be children who might not ever talk, who might not ever have access to services because someone is lying. >> government officials say they're going to crack down on this type of fraud. congress though has not given the agency enough money to complete timely reviews. orlando city took their first road trip of the season last night. coming up, the familiar face helping the lions walk away with the win. everything you need to know about life, you can learn from granola. keep it simple. don't be artificial, but always be sweet. nature valley granola bars. flavors or sweeteners. just good. there are a lot of ways to pack your breakfast with protein. but the most delicious way is to just add milk. new nature valley cereals. at least 10 grams of protein with milk, and a touch of sweetness for three new ways to power you >> florida fish and wildlife is working to figure out what caused a fish kill along the island. look at this video from harbor town marina. 100 dead puffer fish lined the shore out of the water there. wildlife officials believe it was caused by a brown tide algae sweeping through the river. a 10-foot alligator stopped some lakeland students from going home. students had to stay inside after the bell on thursday until a trapper could get there wrangle the gator. staff members spotted the gator walking across the field and into the school parking lot. if you want to see more video of the gator, head over to facebook. ultima springs will unveil their partnership with uber. there is a one-year pilot program to determine how it transportation. it will pay 25% of a ride that stop. cities want to reduce congestion and boost rider ship. governor rick scott says for the 13th year in a row the state has the highest private sector job growth. the governor announced florida businesses added more jobs in january than any other state. job growth nationwide in the private sector is at 2.2%. here in florida it's at 3.7%. it is spring break and there are a lot of students in the area. and orlando international airport expects to be the busiest spring break airport in all of the country according to tsa. it's recommended that you arrive at least two hours before your flight. air traffic is expected to be up more than 13% compared to this time last year. visitors are expected to head to winter park for the sidewalk art festival this weekend. we stopped by yesterday. you can see there are more than 200 artists this year. it will be open today from 9:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. and sunday the festival will reopen at 9:00 a.m. and close at 5:00. the time now is 7:46. always a great time out there. let's hope this rain can stay away. >> i know. brian shields and i will be out at the booth today and hoping we will be the good luck charm to get the rain out of here. we are looking at showers moving in, folks. you can see out of the gulf there is a whole lot of trouble moving in in the next few hours. we are seeing isolated showers already on early warning doppler 9. we can see that in deltona and shower action just to the east of downtown orlando. so we are seeing some showers already. but there is a whole lot of moisture behind this system. so this is all due to a cold in until tomorrow. it will bring us unsettled weather for the next 48 hours. be prepared. it won't be rain for the whole time. just enough to keep the umbrella nearby just in case. 60s area wide this morning from 64 in ocala to 72 in coke co- beach. 66 in daytona beach. and 68 in downtown orlando. future track 9 is showing the story nicely. isolated shower action this morning. as we head into the afternoon, this is 1:00, we start to see some more scattered to widespread showers and thunderstorms moving in. this is 3:00. so until about 6:00, we are going to see a chance a pretty good chance for the showers and storms. then becoming isolated tonight and sunday morning. the actual front pushes through tomorrow. that will bring us scattered showers and thunderstorms as we head into sunday afternoon and evening as well. it's not until tomorrow night that we kick the system out of here and usher in the much cooler air behind it. we might see gustier winds and small hail as well. of course i will be here at noon tracking the beginning of those storms and george waldenberger will be in at 6:00. downtown orlando hour by hour, the clouds increase throughout the morning. by noon we will be at 80, starting to see showers push through. into the early part of the afternoon, rain and thunderstorms likely. and then isolated action as we head into this evening. so today, low to mid 80s. rain and thunderstorms develop. 65 tonight as scattered rain and storms continue. but they will be very scattered into our sunday. then once again, sunday we will see scattered storms as well as cooler air moves in behind it. darlene. >> there were several upsets in the ncaa tournament and your bracket is likely ruined this morning. michigan state was considered a favorite to win the national title. and 13th seed hawaii beat out 4th seed california for its there have been 13 upsets in the first round. that ties a record from 2001. wow. orlando city picked up its first win of the season last night. sports anchor christian bruey has more with your morning sports. >> orlando city striker cyle larin has an ainity for the big -- an affinity for the big apple. larin came home with six goals. back in the big city. orlando city at yankee stadium to face nyc-fc. 7 minutes in, guess who. larin heads home his third of the season. that ties him for the league lead. then in the 32nd minute, they're looking for him again. this time it comes out to kevin molina and his shot is deflectioned over the bar. orlando city takes a 1 had-nil opportunities galore for new york. bendik turns it away. 15 minutes later, steven mendoza. off the post. orlando city hangs on for the 1- 0 win. their first of the young season. now for even more on orlando city and the orlando pride, make sure to check out orlando city insider tonight at 10:35 over on tv-27. meanwhile tiger woods' attendance numbers at the arnold palmer invitational. now, world number three jason day put on a show for all in attendance friday. his last hole of the day, he decides to finish in style. drops a bomb of a birdie. gets him to 13 under par. but hendrick isn't going to let him run away with it. he had five birdies on the back 9. he is two back of the lead. i just had to be patient with myself. it is through the second round. i have to be more patient tomorrow because i hear we have weather coming in. that should bring in wind and those are trying days. magic hosting lebron james and the cavs. irving, beautiful pass to lebron. he knows what to do with it. cavs up by 9 at the break. in the 3rd though here come the magic. victor was on fire. career high 45 for depot. magic in front by 2. it's not enough. the former magician, channing frye buries the triple. 14 for frye in this one. cleveland wins 109-103. san antonio golden state despite the warriors incredible season, they're only three games in front of the spurs in tipoff at 8:30 right here on channel 9. orlando hoping to break the record of 9500 which they set on their opening night a few years back. tonight's game is a big one. the bears are right in the thick of the playoff hunt with just 12 games left on the schedule. right now orlando is 4 points oust the 8th and final playoff spot. that will do it for your morning sports. have a great day. >> thank you, christian. here is a live look from our tower camera over downtown orlando. marina jurica will have another check of our weekend weather just after the break. and remember you can interact with marina and me during the show this morning. we are both live and active on twitter and facebook this morning. but first here is a look at what is happening around central florida in the weeks ahead. for a complete list go to let the games begin! experience the power... the passion... and the pageantry of medieval times. kids and students just $29.95 it took joel 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volunteers had their first training session yesterday. organizers are inviting people who live in motels, cars and camps to the he got up event. there will be a job fair, legal services, free haircuts, food, clothing and an easter service. >> we wanted to make a gathering point of celebration so that these individuals as they're transported from okay la, seminole, orange county can have a day of celebration. >> free bus service will be available for people in orange, seminole and osceola counties. serve as many as 25,000 people. awesome event. an orange county teenager accused of killing another teenager is now in jail. how his girlfriend, an alleged accomplice, helped deputies track him down. i'm tracking thunderstorms developing out to the west. i'm tracking when the timeline >> this is eyewitness news this morning. coverage you can count on. >> right now on eyewitness news this morning, this teenager is accused of killing another teenager. how deputies say they finally caught the couple. authorities are now working to bring the accused mastermind of the paris terrorist attacks back to france. this dramatic raid with police just before he was caught. it is saturday, march 19th. i'm daralene jones. time is 8:00. we will have more on your top stories in a minute. first here is a live look outside over downtown orlando this morning. take a look to the left. several folks already out and about on i-4 this morning. meteorologist marina jurica is in severe weather center 9. unfortunately it's not going to showers and thunderstorms developing already out to our west in the gulf. as you can see nicely on early warning doppler 9. we have seen isolated showers this morning. mainly dry until the midday. and that's when the big changes come. we are in the 60s. so it's very mild out there right now. heading into the afternoon, low to mid 80s. last day in the 80s as the front approaches and we see a 50% rain chance. i will track that hour by hour coming up in the next 30 minutes. definitely throw an umbrella in the back seat. you might need it off and on today. darlene. >> a teenage girl charged in a 15-year-old's murder is free on bond and her boyfriend is now waiting to see a judge. eyewitness news julie solmone reports that the girlfriend led deputies to his boyfriend. >> reporter: sheriffs deputies say the girlfriend was not shooting but she was in close contact with the suspect. >> do you have anything to say to the man that you shot. >> reporter: eyewitness news was the only crew there when orange county deputies take murder suspect michael anderson to jail late friday afternoon. investigators say anderson shot 15-year-old antwan davis in the head when davis met anderson to buy some marijuana on a sidewalk in ocoee early sunday morning. >> we know this won't bring antwan back. we hope this news will bring a measure of comfort to his family. >> reporter: deputies said they first arrested anderson's girlfriend, 18-year-old lindsey shirley, friday morning and charged her with being an accessory after the fact and tampering with evidence in this case. investigators say she led them to anderson, who deputiesed found hiding in the woods. records we dug up show anderson has been arrested half a dozen times since last year. his criminal past shows several battery. the sheriff's office says it will be up to the state attorney's office to determine if anderson will be charged as a juvenile or adult. eyewitness news this morning. >> in the next two hours, the man orange county deputies say shot a new father is expected to appear in court. deputies say 21-year-old ward who you see here was fighting with his girlfriend at the complex yesterday and pulled out a gun. they say he was trying to shoot his girlfriend, but the bullets missed her and hit a man working there on a fence. >> two of the brothers work for us. they're family. i just want them to be okay. i don't care about anything else. >> ward is facing an attempted murder charge. the owner of the fence company says the victim is in a local hospital in critical condition. the accused mastermind of the deadly paris terrorist attacks could soon return to france. chuck reports that the suspect was caught during a dramatic raid in belgium. >> reporter: explosions and gunfire ripped through a brussels street. s.w.a.t. teams focusing in on the man in the hooded sweatshirt dragged out by police and placed into a car wounded. >> he was slightly injured at his leg during the intervention. >> reporter: the 26-year-old was the only survivor of the group of terrorists who carried out the highly coordinated paris attack that claimed 130 lives. a french citizen raised in belgium, he rented the car that drove a team of suicide bombers to a cafe next to the soccer stadium. he also dropped off more isis performing. then he disappeared. until four months later. alex marquart reporting this from brussels. >> the fugitive was hiding out right here, captured just yards from his family home. >> the united states intelligence officials have been working closely with french and belgium national security officials since november. >> reporter: the capture is seen as a victory against isis. abc news new york. the president of france has called for immediate extradition so the suspect can face trial. new from overnight, russian officials say the pilot tried to land a boeing 737 jet before it crashed and killed everyone on board. this is video of the airport where officials say the plane crashed. officials say the flight was coming from dubai and headed to russia. 55 people were on board. there's no word on what caused the crash. will become the first sitting president to visit cuba in 90 years. the president will celebrate his decision to work toward normalizing relations with cuba. the first family, including their daughters, will spend two days in cuba. they are expected to tour landmarks and have dinner with president castro. president obama will give a speech that will be broadcast live on cuban tv. there's awe any bill in the works that could help companies develop a vaccine for the zika virus faster. there are 67 cases of zika in florida. it is on a list of diseases that can be added to a program that allows companies to get vaccines approved faster. bill nelson cosponsored the bill that would give the companies incentives. >> you could get quite a few drug companies working on this, all of which could come up with virus. >> the first company that different disease that was on the list sold their findings for $125 million. remember, you can find out everything that you need to know about the zika virus on our website, just head to wftv.com, click on the news tab and then click on zika virus. leesburg police are looking for the people involved in a fight near leesburg high school. take a look at this. this person captured the fight that happened earlier this week. since then, several other videos have been posted on social media. one of the teenagers involved told us that adults showed up to the fight and joined in instead of trying to stop it. >> you have grown women kicking her in the face. i mean, i -- it's hard to watch. >> it is awful. police say at least four juveniles and one adult will likely face charges. they put more officers at the school to prevent another fight from happening. orange county school administrators say more middle school once students return from spring break stemming from this fight automate land middle school. the same thing is happening at lockhart middle school. parents say they are having trouble getting answers from school leaders about what is being done to stop it. >> even when you make it clear that you're not satisfied with the school's response, they and that's not right. administrators told us that they're monitoring minor discipline issues at the school. seminole county deputies are trying to track down the driver who they say hurt a deputy. investigators say the deputy pulled over a man on lake mary boulevard yesterday and when a deputy tried to force him out of the car, the driver grabbed his arm. the deputy pulled his arm back and shattered the window and the person drove off. the deputy had minor cuts. drivers who take i-4 and maitland will have to plan for a detour. this weekend, the ramp to i-4 part of the i-4 ultimate construction project. the ramp will reopen monday morning at 6:00. yesterday, we told you crews also shut down the ramp from orange avenue to 408 westbound for the next three years. new this morning, the international space station has three new crew members including a nasa astronaut. this is jeff williams and two russian cosmonauts. they blasted off last night. by the end of his six-month mission, williams will hold the american record for the most days in space, with 534 days over the course of three missions. the time now is 8:09. meteorologist marina jurica is in severe weather center 9. arnold palmer invitational happening this weekend. the rain is getting in the way. >> a tough weekend for it because the cold front is approaching and it is shoving showers and thunderstorms in it will be a bit touch and go today and tomorrow. for this weekend, we have a high rip current risk. you want to make sure that you swim near the lifeguard station. the beaches will be busy as we officially kick off spring break this weekend. it will be tough because the thunderstorms will push in later on this afternoon. seas at three to four feet with a moderate chop today. in ocala, a good chance for showers this morning. then we will be looking at a better chance for thunderstorms later on this afternoon. in celebration and the i-4 corridor, we will have a sunny start. then the clouds will increase and we will see a chance for showers at the midday and a better chance for storms after 2:00. in palm bay and along the coastal area, we will start to see the showers and thunderstorms developing after noon today. but along the coastline, the morning should be pretty nice. darlene. >> this morning, the orlando city soccer club is celebrating its first win of the season. the lions were in new york taking on new york city at yankee stadium. 7 minutes into the game, his third goal of the season. orlando city took off with the one 1-0. larin is now tied for the league lead in goals. for more on orlando city and orlando pride, check out orlando city insider tonight at 10:35 on central florida's tv- 27. the florida film commission says state lawmakers throughout a critical incentive for the film industry. we asked what the decision will cost floor no, especially our local schools. and harbor house is now in a legal battle with its former ceo. >> as we head into the rest of our day today, we will see showers and thunderstorms develop. we have a lot of rain just and that is going to start to head in here. so watch out as we move into the day today. you're going to want to have that umbrella handy for sure. this is due to a cold front that is well off into the panhandle. this is just the rain and storm action ahead of the front. the actual front won't push through until tomorrow afternoon. 60s are ruling. a mild start to the day today. if you like the milder weather, today is our last day in the 80s. once we head into tomorrow night, we're going to see big changes temperature-wise but just lasting a couple of days. showers this morning, mainly north. then just scattered storms this evening and overnight. hour by hour, this is 2:00. we are seeing heavy rain and thunderstorm action as we head into 4:00 it's starting to push off the coastline. until 5:00, 6:00, we will see the storms and they become scattered tonight into early sunday morning. at 3:00, it moves in with scattered showers and storms until it finally kicks out by 7:00, leaving us with a gorgeous start to the workweek. it's not fantastic timing. we have a whole bunch of events. we want to make sure that we download our weather app so that throughout the entire day, you can stay ahead of that storm. so our average high this time of year is 78. we will be in the 80s for one more day today. then the temperatures take a nose dive for a few days into the low 70s for the beginning of the week. then we bump back into the 80s by wednesday. it's a short-lived cooldown. if you like the cooler weather, get out there and enjoy it. rain and storms developing. 84 will be the high today. 65 tonight. scattered rain. then that five-day forecast with your weekend always in view showing that we are going to see a couple of scattered storms tomorrow as well as that front actually pushes through. and then behind it, look at and it may be our last cooldown of the season. looking for something to do, look at icflorida.com. brian shields and i will be out there at the festival. hopefully we will see you. darlene. >> some harbor house supporters are wondering if a lawsuit will slow down fundraising. former ceo carol whip was fired earlier this year. her attorney says the lawsuit could cost harbor house $200,000 plus attorney fees. harbor house is in the middle of building a new facility named for john more gone who has donated more than $1 million to the nonprofit. >> if the perception by the public is that the money is going to a lawsuit or lawyers or for whatever, money can dry up. >> morgan also said this could end up like a divorce where no one wins. the mayors of orange county and orlando are both involved with harbor house. orange county mayor theresa jacobs has a domestic violence task force. the cochair says he is get past this. a man who drove his truck into a group of people on horseback will spend the next five years in prison. christopher todd intentionally drove his truck into the group after an argument with the riders. one of the horses was killed. the group admitted it using a racial slur before it happened. one horse rider was also hurt. prosecutors wanted todd to serve ten years in prison but the owner of the horse says she is satisfied with the sentence. >> i believe in second chances. we can't bring back what happened that night or change it. >> todd will also have to pay $7,500 worth of medical bills and compensation for the owner of the horse. hulk hogan just got $115 million from the website gawker. a jury reached the decision last night, less than six hours after they began deliberations. the website posted a sex tape the trial never conclusively determined though who leaked the video. a european zoo in charge of some of sea world's killer whales is warning against the park's decision to stop them from breeding. reproduction is an animal right. they say stopping it is against the life cycle and well being of any species. since sea world owns the orcas, they say they will comply. more than 2,000 people in orlando earn their income through the film industry. film tax break incentives expired last week. and the pool of money to lure film makers to florida will be gone by the summer. eyewitness news this summer jamie holmes found out where the money from the business is now going. >> reporter: orlando is literally booming in the '90s when the old city hall was blown up for lethal weapon 3. last week florida's program to to shoot in orlando was not approved by the legislator. john lucks runs a company in orlando that worked on dolphin tale movies. without that break, the work hasn't come. >> it's never been about the studios and the celebrities. it's about the people who pay taxes here and have kids who go to school here. >> reporter: the state lost $650 million in income from films not shot here. much of that involves hotel and restaurant revenue that supports the crew. orlando lost out on 99 homes about the foreclosure crisis in orlando. it was shot instead in new orleans. the majority of orlando's film talent is packed up and headed north to georgia. the peach state offers tax breaks and made $6 billion last year from films. "ant-man" and the walking dead were all shot there. >> it's a business. businesses are going to go where they are supported and where they are wanted. injury, there are 30 schools that get tax money in the state that offer film programs. but those graduates don't stay here. >> our tax paying dollars are going to these colleges and universities to help these students get educated in this industry, only to graduate and literally take their diploma and move up to georgia. so we're educating the workforce of georgia right now. >> reporter: jamie holmes, eyewitness news this morning. >> critics claim florida's weather and no income tax should be enough to lure in hollywood. to see a list of some of the movies once filmed in central florida, go to wftv.com/slideshows. a local family lost their son and everything they own in a house fire. next, the help that the family is now getting from strangers. remember if you want more local news at 9:00, turn to eyewitness news on central florida's 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owners used a gps device to help police find them. william richards and austin stole two pickup trucks from a construction business on industry roads. the trucks were equipped with gps trackers. police tracked down richards in this wooded area. a police dog led them to the second suspect. right now, a 17-year-old accused of killing another teenager is in jail. next, why the suspect shouldn't have been outside in the first place. and i'm tracking a few showers on early warning doppler 9 for your saturday morning. that's just the start of the rain chances this weekend. i'm breaking it down in the next 30 minutes. so stick around. but first here are some ideas on how to spend your day. new from overnight, one of the teenagers orange county deputies say was involved in a the other suspect is expected to face a judge. it is saturday, march 19, time now 8:30. let's take a live look outside downtown orlando. meteorologist marina jurica is in severe weather center 9. >> is a nice start but we've got a mess coming in. let's look at early warning doppler 9, from the gulf of mexico, heavy rain and thunderstorm action moving in. isolated showers this morning but in the next couple of hours, we will see some big changes as the system moves in. we have been quite warm for the month of march so far, and we are seeing our 11th straight day in the 80s yesterday. today will be the 12th but it will be the last because we have a cold front coming through as we head into the day tomorrow. not only are we going to have to deal with scattered showers for the next 48 hours, we will be seeing a huge cool down sunday night into monday morning. 60 minutes, stick around. overnight and 18-year-old charged in connection with the murder of a 15-year-old is out of jail on bond, her boyfriend is accused of pulling the trigger. eyewitness news this morning's julie salamone reports he was not supposed to be outside. >> reporter: he was on community supervision meeting he was not supposed to go anywhere besides work and school. eyewitness news was there as deputies took michael anderson to jail friday afternoon. he is accused of shooting 15- year-old antwan davis in the head last weekend and leaving him on a sidewalk in ocoee. investigators say davis met anderson to buy some marijuana. deputies say anderson's girlfriend, 18-year-old, lindsey shirley was arrested friday morning, charged with being an accessory after the fact and tampering with evidence in the case. investigators said she led them to anderson who deputies found hiding in the woods. >> we know this won't bring antwan back, but we hope this news will bring a measure of prepare for his funeral. >> reporter: court records show anderson was only supposed to be at school or work because a court put him under community supervision until he turned 19. records he found showed he had been arrested at least a half dozen times since last year. he had several felony charges for burglary, grand theft and aggravated battery. the sheriff's office tells us it will be up to the state attorney's office to decide if you will be charged as a juvenile or an adult. reporting in orange county, julie salomone, eyewitness news this morning. two men accused of taking a joy ride on a daytona beach lifeguards jet ski are set to face a judge. a jet ski attendant had mechanical issues and left the jet ski. a few minutes later, james duffy and andrew gentry hopped on and sped off with it. took it back to shore. we will be in touch with fire crews in brevard county to find out if anyone was hurt in a boat fire that happened around the causeway at 8:30 last night. the state marshall is investigating which is routine. a new father is in critical condition after he was accidentally shot while working at an apartment complex. orange county deputies say it happened when a man started during an argument. eyewitness news this morning's dupuy eaton spoke with the suspect who says he is sorry for the victim. >> i'm sorry to the victim. >> reporter: 21-year-old jakell ward is accused of attempted murder. orange county deputies that he pulled a gun on his girlfriend during a fight outside the magnolia court apartment but when he fired he hit an innocent bystander, a worker fixing a fence on the other >> we care about it deeply. >> reporter: the owner of the complex told eyewitness news the victim and his brother were working together when he was hit by a stray bullet. ryan hixson says the victim is in the hospital in critical condition with his family and four-day-old baby by his side. deputies tell me the bullet hit him in the torso. as for the shooter, he is in orange county jail. a search of his rap sheet show he is a convicted felon with a history of gun crimes. >> this is so uncalled for and dangerous. >> kimberly eaton, eyewitness news this morning. >> we will continue to check in on the victims condition throughout the weekend. jakell ward is scheduled to face a judge today, will let you know if he is granted bond. palm bay firefighters are figuring out why there has been an increase in brushfires. firefighters have responded to more than 100 calls since january. investigators say they cannot intentionally set the fires. >> nobody keeps their lots trimmed back or anything else either. it's pretty easy if something lights on fire and it's that close to your house, it's difficult to keep it back. >> palm bay fire rescue is working with police and forestry officials to coordinate response to fires. meanwhile, firefighters are trying to figure out what sparked this fire that destroyed this cocoa beach land plot. this was the former home of usa today founder, al newhart. the teenager accused of running over a deputy with a stolen car will be charged as an adult. 15-year-old john carlos ortiz who you see here hit sergeant marcy pierce, then took off. she was trying to arrest him on plans to return to work. ortiz is held on no bond. lake county sheriff gary borders is calling it quits, retiring, and will not seek reelection. he has been the lake county sheriff since 2006. he will retire next january. he served the community for more than 36 years. government watchdogs are throwing their support behind a new state budget. it includes money for roads, cultural projects, healthcare and law enforcement programs. $2 billion in tax cuts governor rick scott lobbied for in the budget were not included. he also vetoed more than $256 million in the budget. >> you can't have the government following a budgetary process, it's fair to all floridians particularly the hard-working taxpayers of florida. >> this is the largest budget in florida's history. gas station owners could soon be required to improve security for customers. lawmakers want to crack down on electronic skimmers which steal credit card information. governor's desk yesterday. it would increase penalties for those who have fake credit cards. federal research reveals parents around the country are teaching children 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chance for showers and noon. the u.s. inspector general says parents are telling children to fake disabilities costing taxpayers money. security administration approved an unknown number of disability payments for in one case, a man got $77,000 for all eight of his children. only some of them are disabled. >> there are going to be children who might not ever access to services because someone is lying. >> government officials say they will crack down on this congress has not given the agency enough money to complete timely reviews. it has been two years since the start of major renovations at fashion square mall in orlando but the property still looks like this. we asked why construction is at a standstill. ormer apopka city administrator is collecting two pensions from the city while working as it took dozens of prototypes. painstaking craftsmanship. and an infinite reserve of patience... ...to create a vehicle that looks, drives and thinks like nothing else on the road. the all-new glc. the suv the world has been waiting for. the former city of apopka administrator is collecting two richard anderson will receive $10,000 a month from the pension fund. 9 investigates asked the mayor why the city allowed something even the state has banned. >> reporter: richard anderson is collecting what he has earned after more than 40 years with the city of apopka, most of the time with the fire department, then city administrator. he is the only former employee collecting two pensions, totaling over $4000 a month. >> pensions are obligations of the funds, not the city's budget. >> reporter: the city has three different pension funds for general service employees, police and fire. we checked with other major cities throughout florida. in theory, orlando police and fire employees could collect a second pension. in jacksonville and tampa, it isn't allowed at all. in 2010, florida stopped retired employees from earning a second pension. not allow employees to do this, why should it be allowed in the city? >> it's a one-of-a-kind situation and i think as apopka moves forward, grows and becomes a bigger city, i don't think we are going to see something like this happen again. >> reporter: anderson is paid $22,000 a month to work as the city's consultant and lobbyists. it was a last-minute deal brokered as he retired in 2014. the mayor credits anderson with developing a downtown deal still being worked out but required monthly reports 9 investigates show due in and state records, easily accessible online, joe anderson did not register as a lobbyist for apopka until this year. >> if you haven't asked him to lobby for anything on the state level, should you, in fact, be paying him thousands of dollars to be the city's lobbyist? >> it's a contract that we negotiated and each of us are trying to live up to our contract. >> so you're stuck. >> a contract is a contract. collect both pensions until he dies. one pension will drop a few he reaches social security age. he also received a lump sum check of $70,000 since he had delayed filing his second pension. a central florida man is fed up with text messages from a restaurant that he filed a class-action lawsuit claiming the fast food chain violated the telephone consumer protection act. he says he never signed up for fast food offers, never provided a phone number and has not eaten there since 2009. governor rick scott says for the 13th year in a wrote the state has had the highest private-sector job growth. yesterday the governor announced florida businesses added more jobs in january than any other state. job creation in the public sector is at 2.2%, in florida, it is at 3.7%. it is spring break for a international airport expects to become the busiest spring break airport in the country, that's according to the tsa. if you have a flight in the next few weeks is recommended to arrive at least two hours before your flight. air-traffic is expected to be up more than 13% compared to this time last year. on monday, the mayor of altamonte springs will unveil the new partnership with uber. the city created a one-year pilot to determine the impact that app will have on transportation. the city will pay 20% of a ride that starts and ends in the city, and 30% of a ride that starts and ends at the sun rail stop. the city wants to boost sun rail ridership. hundreds of visitors are expected in winter park for the 57th annual sidewalk art festival. we stopped by central park along park avenue yesterday. you can see more than 200 artists. it will be back open today, in about 10 minutes, running through 6:00 tonight, and sunday, 9:00 to 5:00. in central florida. runaway country music festival kicks off day 2 in a few hours. sky witness 9 flew over osceola heritage park in kissimmee yesterday as the cruise set up. the concert has two stages with performances by country stars including kenny chesney. day 2 kicks off this morning. time now 8:48. let's hope that the rain does not rain on the parade. >> yes, rain on the offense. there are so many happening in the next 48 hours. it's going to be touch and go, but it looks like the rain and thunderstorms will be scattered this evening but during the day make sure to keep that umbrella ready to go. early warning dopp shows it coming in from the gold coast. we will see showers and thunderstorms by midday and for at least a few hours it will be widespread. have the umbrella ready to go. this is ahead of the next cold front that does not slighter until tomorrow, so it's going to be an unsettled weather temperatures in the 60s, it is mild but will not stay mild into the next 48 hours. behind our front, much cooler. future track 9 showing that as we head into the 2:00 timeframe you can see showers and storms across the area. pushing off the atlantic coastline, becoming scattered and overnight into sunday. the actual front makes an appearance as we head into the day tomorrow. this is 4:00, not as widespread but we will see scattered showers and thunderstorm action until it clears by 8:00 or 9:00, leaving us with a beautiful start to the work week. our major hazards today are going to be heavy rain and lightning, we could see gusty winds in excess of 40 miles per hour and small hail but it's going to be mainly a rain and lightning defend as we head into both today and tomorrow. hour by hour downtown orlando, 70s by 7:00, clouds increase and by the afternoon, test popping in as we top out at 83. we will get rain and cooler air as we head into the evening, and then the scattered showers and thunderstorms as we go into tonight and tomorrow morning. we've only got a 40% rain chance overnight tonight with temperatures in the 60s once again. then his body showers and storms tomorrow and behind this front we are so much cooler, upper 40s and low 50s for lowe's, low 70s for highs. if you like the cooler weather, get out there and enjoy the beginning of the week because as we say hello to spring tomorrow, it won't be long before heat and humidity returns. two years after a major renovation project was announced for fashion square mall in orlando, the property still looks like this, a mess. eyewitness news this morning anchor, nancy alvarez, tracked down the developer to find out why the project was delayed and what happens next. >> reporter: we are standing along the most visible part of the mall because it faces colonial drive. this is what shoppers and it is still a construction site but there is no work happening. the developer told me work has stopped for now but the plans are still moving forward. charles lebaeto and anne steffan are regulars but have seen a lot of changes. now they are met by this, a construction plan in limbo and on hold. we took their questions to you p development, the company behind the plan, to transform the 44-year-old small and bring a seven-story hotel to the space. >> what may appear like an abandoned construction site is not? >> reporter: it could be another six months to a year. the developer says there is uncertainty over the future of macy's and sears, and there is not a clear site for what is going to happen to the pieces have to work together and plan together. >> reporter: u.p development has already planned $20 million relocation of stores including this dick's sporting goods among others. the company says it is still committed to the mall but for shoppers, the wait for the over. nancy alvarez, eyewitness news this morning. >> we put in calls to see if the stores have any plans to move from the fashion square to hear back. as we go to break, here is a live look over a cloudy downtown orlando. meteorologist marina jurica will have another check of the weekend weather after the break. remember, interact with us during the show this morning, we are both on twitter and facebook. first, here's a look at what's happening around central florida. for a complete list go to here is one more look at stories we will monitor throughout the day, a 17-year- old accused of killing another teenager is in juvenile detention waiting to see a judge. out of jail on bond. michael anderson shot and killed antwan davis last weekend. anderson's girlfriend, lindsey shirley, faces charges accused of being an accessory after the fact and tampering with evidence. in the next few hours, the men orange county deputies say shot a new father is due in court. jakell ward was fighting with his girlfriend at the magnolia court apartment yesterday and pulled out a gun. he was trying to shoot his girlfriend but the bullet missed her and hit a man working on the fence. the owner of the fence company told us the victim is in critical condition. drivers to take i-4 in maitland while 1040 tour. this weekend the ramp to i-4 w. will be closed as part of the ultimate construction project. it will reopen monday morning at 6:00. crews also shut down the ramp from orange avenue to the 408 westbound, that will be closed for the next three years. you have been talking about it all week. >> that cold front is moving in, we have got the arnold palmer invitational, the sidewalk festival, it's going to be a tough weekend and we will have to.showers and thunderstorms in the mix. today anytime after noon is fair game, northern counties could see it as early as 11:00. showers and thunderstorms until around 3:00, 4:00, scattered into tomorrow morning. tomorrow when the actual front purchased or we will see some as today. much cooler as our highs drop into the low 70s and upper 40s. if you like the cooler weather to enjoy it. tomorrow we say hello to spring on the calendar. 9 eyewitness news. for more local news, eyewitness news this morning continues 27. we will see you again at noon. good morning, america. breaking overnight, deadly crash. a boeing 737 explodes while attempting to land. the disaster caught on camera. the plane erupting into a fireball. the investigation this morning, was bad weather to blame or perhaps something else? paris fugitive captured. the terror raid takedown. people running for cover as europe's most wanted is hauled away in this dramatic assault in his alleged role in the paris attacks hiding in the same neighborhood police have been

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