Transcripts For WFTV Eyewitness News This Morning Sunday 60

Transcripts For WFTV Eyewitness News This Morning Sunday 600am 20160214

On this sunday, valentines day. Marina jerrica is in Severe Center 9 with areas in the 30s this morning. Its a chilly start to the day and knew it would be. This afternoon, were going to warm into the 60s but is a chilly start. Our satellite radar is showing clear sky and current temps 30s up north in ocala, deland, palm coast. We hit our coolest temperatures at sunrise so we still have a few more degrees to go but it was actually cooler last hour in downtown orlando at 44 but well get back there. 46 right now. 42 clermont, 36 ocala, 40 daytona beach, 55 cocoa. We are seeing almost a 20 degree temperature drop across the area so it is definitely cooler and as we move into the afternoon, were talking upper 60s but mostly cloudy skies will rule and well get a chance for a few isolated showers this afternoon and ill tell you who has the best chance to see those showers, coming up. Darlene . New from overnight, man who University Students, killing one of them, is in Volusia County jail. We have been following every Development Since it broke yesterday morning and overnight, we got this new mug shot for the suspect, lamont postell, jr. Julie salomon is live at the jail this morning. Police interviewed for several hours before taking him there. Reporter he turned himself in to police around 5 00 last night and they took him into the Volusia County jail around 2 00 this morning. Daytona beach police said the fight started inside the clubhouse on indigo driver saturday morning during a party. Witnesses told police they saw lamont postell, juror, with a gun. He killed donkevious johnson. One person took this video. Oh, hell no oh, my god, oh, my god. Reporter less than 24 hour after detectives collected evidence from the parking lot, the suspect turned himself in we spoke with the victims mother earlier in the day, and it was the result she hoped for. Im not mad, im not holding no grudges, nothing like that. In. Reporter police said bullets hit two other williams, william and cunningham, as she tried to get away. Both are Bethunecookman University students. Friends of the victims called the shooting senseless. It was just pandemonium, shot firing out, people dive into the ditch, people getting in anonymous peoples cars just trying to get away from what was going on. Reporter postell faces firstdegree murder charges, as well as two counts of attempted murder. Hes expected to appear before a judge this morning. Live in Volusia County, julie sal lo morning Eyewitness News this morning. Also new from overnight, stan Sanford Police are seven 11 near lake mary boulevard it happened around 2 00 this morning. Police released Little Information so far but we are working to figure out what happened. Well bring you an update as soon as they get back with us. New Smyrna Beach Police said an elderly woman was sleeping in her bed when a truck crashed into her bedroom. Take a look at this. You can see the hole left behind. Investigators said this truck was tboned and crash into the home on oakwood drive around 11 30 last night. The elderly woman was not hurt. That is the good news. The passenger in the truck was taken to a local hospital as a precaution. Alcohol does not appear to be a factor. This morning leaders across the country are mourning death of one of the most influential and Controversial Supreme Court justices. Justin Antonin Scalia was considered one of the most conservative justices. His sudden death may set up a struggle between the president and congress. Reporter justice Antonin Scalia was known as the Supreme Court, and his sudden death was marked by republicans and democrats alike. He influenced a generation of journals, lawyers, and student and profoundly shaped the legal landscape. He will go down as one of the great justice in the history of this republic. Reporter theres a political battle brewing. Mitchell mcconnell lent that republicans will not confirm any obama nominee. The president said he will fulfill his constitutional responsibility. There will be plenty of time for me to do so and for the senate to fulfill its responsibility to give that person a fair hearing. Reporter associate justice Antonin Scalia was the longest serving justice on the current Supreme Court, nominated in 1986. Getting nominated to the Supreme Court is, uh, the culmination of, uh, of a dream, of course, and im, im greatly honored the president would reporter he was confirmed unanimous nosily by the senate and the first italianamerican in the Supreme Court. He died of Natural Causes at a west texas resort, leaving a wife and nine children. He was with 79 years old. And though Justice Scalia was ever firm in his conservative belief, he wasnt afraid to reach across the political aisle, counting among his closest friends liberal Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg. Abc news, washington. Weve got much more about Justice Scalias life by click on the home page of wftv. Com. Were less than a week away from the South Carolina republican primary, and the six remaining president ial candidates faced off again last night, trying to win over voters in that state. Donald trump, who won last weeks primary in New Hampshire, exchanged jabs with ted cruz how he would work to improve the country. Trump also targeted former got personal when he mentioned his brothers administration. World trade center came down [ overlapping conversation ] this is not about my family or his family. Okay. This is about the South Carolina families that need someone to be a commanderin chief. Several candidates also discussed finding a successor for Justice Scalia. The constitution is to be interpreted as originally meant. The South Carolina republican primary is on saturday. The democratic primary date is the following week. Before the primary in South Carolina, candidates are trying to rally support in nevada. The Democratic Caucus there is on saturday. Senator Bernie Sanders continues to draw voters after defeating hillary clintonton in New Hampshire. More of clintons emails from her time as secretary of state were just released. Release by the end of the month. And bill clinton will be at the port of palm beach at rivera beach. The event starts at 2 00. Well have a crew there with coverage starting tomorrow afternoon right here on channel 9. Remember, you can follow all the developments of the 2016 president ial candidates by downloading our free wftv news app. A man accused of killing three people in lakeland is in jail after spending more than a month in the run. Jamal smith is one of three men who shot four people on east magnolia drive in december. Only one victim survived. He was caught in miami on thursday. The other two suspects were arrested last month. No word on when smith will return to polk county. The teenager who police said was driving the car that hit an Orlando Police officer is scheduled to have a hearing tomorrow. Edward kelsey has been charged as an adult with attempted murder. This is dashcam video from the incident last july involving officer william anderson, who injury and its still unclear if he will be able to return to work. Construction crews are working hard to reopen a road closure on 17 92 and maitland. Southbound lanes from park avenue to monroe has been closed this weekend and are scheduled to reopen tomorrow morning at 6 00. Crews are removing concrete slabs and replacing the roadway with asphalt. Officials say they are planning the same closure for next weekend. Winter guard been residents will be able to visit a Health Care Facility tomorrow. This is what the inside of the new Florida Hospital in Winter Garden looks like. The threestory, 97,000 square foot facility will feature stateoftheart equipment. The hospital is also equipped to provide lab and Imaging Services of as well as primary and specialty care. On tuesday, some veterans in lake county will have a new place to go for their medical care. Thats when a new v. A. Clinic will open in that veeries. Any veteran who need care now are asked to visit the lake nona facility. Be happy youre not up north. Look at this massive, deadly pileup in pennsylvania. There were 40 or 50 vehicles involved in this crash there, all because of the heavy snow. Look at the buffalo snow. Theyre dealing with temperatures as low as 30, so cold lake erie is starting to freeze over. 6 09. Marina is in Severe Center 9. Were fortunate. That polar vortex brought those temperatures down into the negative numbers for the bulk of the our northern states. For us here, were just dealing with 30s and 40s so its a chilly start but definitely doable and as we head into the day today, today is a big day. Daytona 500 qualifying race. For the forecast, we have a slight chance for an isolated shower so, of course, they will keep a close eye on that as we well look at mostly cloudy skies, wind northeast 10 to 18, and the race is at 1 15. In college park, i4 corridor, after 2 00, well start to see those mostly cloudy skies roll in with a high of 67 and in new smyrna beach, the clouds will be here at 10 00 but thicker in the afternoon with a high of 64. Darlene . If youre in the market for a new home you want to hear the next story. Coming up, why it may be better to build a home. And the focus is now on the president ial primary in South Carolina. Next, the battle for Campaign Welcome aboard my starship. Ahoy, mateys its full of things i love. Like me brave crew. And my fellow Space Adventures and free of things i dont. Like aliens. Just like eye patches. And when its time to refuel, i eat chex cereal. Its full of stuff we pirates need. No artificial flavors, and its glutenfree. Excelsior eat up, me hearties keep it down im exploring the galaxy. Arrrr, thats not even good morning. Im maria jerrica at 6 14. I hope youre having a great valentines day. Were starting out cool and mostly clear, taking a look at the radar, clear skies through yesterday. It was a perfect setup for the cooler air to invade and were in the 30 and 40s this morning, but we will start to see an onshore flow later on this afternoon and evening and once that easterly wind starts to pick up, well start to see those clouds as well as a couple of showers start to move in so keep that in mind, especially along the coastline. We could be looking at sprinkles so temps right now, 36 ocala, 39 palm coast and deland, 40s to the south. One 50, 55 cocoa beach, and winds are 10 to 15 Miles Per Hour on the east and and where we will stay throughout day today so a sunny start, chilly temps, chance of a coastal could be isolated to the i4 corridor in the afternoon. Partly cloudy and milder this afternoon. Futuretrack 9 showing the clouds and shower starting to push in into the midday today. So right now, flagler, volusia, Brevard County look at a couple of spotty showers as we head into the noon, lunchtime hour, and then its very isolated towards the i4 corridor, mainly a coastal event as we head into the day today, tonight, into early monday. Our best chance for rain comes in as we head into late monday and tuesday with the passing of our next cold front. In Brevard County, clouds will move in and watch out for the isolated shower. Titusville, 67. Cape canaveral, 68. Melbourne, 68. Around West Melbourne and westbrook, well look at the upper 60s and is going to be overall a much milder night tonight so we went from being 20 degrees cooler this morning to being 10 to 15 degrees warmer tonight as we see 54 folks are at 36 right now so thats a big improvement, 54 palm coast, 61 melbourne so a milder overnight if you have valentines plans. Looking at the fiveday forecast with the weekend always in view, 77 tomorrow so a lot warmer and the front moves through monday into tuesday, leaving us with pretty average temperatures this time of year the rest of the week. Darlene . The race for the white house moves to South Carolina. Marco rubio and jeb bush are working to make ground on donald trump. The battle for campaign money. Reporter joining us this week from politico, the author of the florida playbook, mark caputo. How are you, chris . Reporter were resetting a bit after New Hampshire and obviously jeb and marco both resetting after New Hampshire. Rubio is rebooting and jeb is being mr. Genuine. He got question on the campaign supporter, how come your polls arent better . He gave a long explanation of how things have changed. He sounds like a humbled man. Reporter smart move to bring his brother out . Most polls show george push is very popular among republican primary voters. He is popular as a former president. The question is whether he is popular among future republican and so far the answer is no. Reporter have we seen tend to marcomentum . Maybe 3 4 long and when you saw him fall on his face, his support quickly eroded. He come from florida and so does jeb. Jeb took the big money people money donors out of the northeast and like military campaigns, political campaigns need money. Rubio will come to a crossroadses where the money will run out. Reporter is the relationship between jeb and marco done . I dont want to say done but its difficult. In the end, the superpac has one degree of separation. This will strain relations. Reporter thank you for your time. Thank you for having me. Hope to see you soon. Remember, you can catch christopher and mark talking sundays for the inside track on what season happening across the state. Floridas Public Housing getting millions of dollars for families in need. The u. S. Department of housing and urban development is giving the state nearly 50 million. The money will help Fund Improvements such as replacing roof and making Energy Efficient upgrades on plumbing and electrical systems. Building a new home may be the way to go. Explains why a new home looks better for buyers. Over the last several years, as the Housing Market has been coming alive again, builders have been concentrate only on building houses at the highend. Well, now theyre building too many of those and turning their attention to starter homes, homes for firsttime homebuyers or firsttime moveup buyers. What theyre doing is trying to make the homes more affordable. The nations largest home builder, d. R. Horton, has been successful building bake homes, getting rid of worthless dining rooms, as an example. They may not be as big but theyre very practical and more affordable. If youre going out looking for home and they dont seem to fit your budget, there may be somebody out there building homes that will stretch to meet your budget. Im clark howard. Home prices are on the rise in the orlando area. Median price of a new home in 2015 was more than 178,000, 9 2014. The Orlando Regional Realtor Association says more than 35,000 homes were sold in orlando last year. Remember, clark howard helps our action 9 unit look out for consumers just like you and he posted consumer resources and other Information Online at clarkhoward. Com. This young man is one of thousands of children looking for a forever family. The special name he has earned from his friends. Remember, if you want more hey, guys, its annie. You know, as moms, we are always looking for new ways to save money. Pwell today, im going to share with you pa simple tip that could help you stretch your budget when it comes to your grocery shopping. Not bad. Pits easy bogos from other stores arent always the best deal, pbut walmart every day low prices, pwell, that could save you some money. Orlando, the total amount saved at walmart vs winn dixie was 22. 55 in this weeks basket thats 19 including bogos. Give walmart every day low prices a try today. Youll be glad you did. This is violet. Shes been waiting for a moment other kids wouldnt think twice about. Her first bowl of cheerios. Because now that cheerios are gluten free, violet, and many others are enjoying their first now to our forever family series. This morning, Eyewitness News anchor martha segowski introduce us to j. J. , a special teenager looking for a forever family. [ indistinct ] curly queue in there. J. J. Loves every single animal that came into this room today. There you go. A little honey. I think she has a new best friend you. Yeah, you. Hes the sweetest 15year old boy who loves collecting and organizing his hot wheels collection. He really does not like messes. And so even when we have, like, hay, he grab his broom. He wanted to sweep and help out. Hes always known as the big helper. Thats his nickname in the home he lives in. What you want to see for j. J. . A family thats going to love and care for him really, like, hes their very own. There you go. See her tongue . He is a special child and brings so much to the table and any family that is will

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