Questions about it, whether people are right or wrong, there are different facts out there, it was not worth fighting that. We need to move where society narrative. Amanda as for the 29 whales already in captivity at seaworld parks, including seven in orlando, seaworld is building new habitats. They will be called orca encounters where guests can watch the whales swim and play. Fans of the shows at shamu stadium seemed resigned to the fact that the change is necessary. I think seeing more a conservationist side of things and how they help to protect and all the research they do to help marine life, and i think that to me is more interesting. Amanda siewert says it will in the future focus more on rescue and rehabilitation programs. Release the whales to a sanctuary, but they think that could be too risky for whales were lived in captivity. Who have lived in captivity. Jim just a short time ago, the car crashed into a retention pond. Chopper 2 was over the scene moments after it happened. This is that kirkman and i4, one of the exits for universal orlando. Everyone got out safely. They are wet, but none of them have serious injury. Angela a local man has been arrested after leading an Orlando Police officer on a chase. It happened this morning. The officer says he was headed to a report of a man shot in the arm on deerock drive. On the way, he heard a description of the car that officers already on the scene were looking for. Moments later, the officer spotted it. He followed and eventually the car stopped and a man got out and took off running. He was arrested and later identified as 24yearold bakari mccant. Connection to the shooting. However, he is accused of resisting arrest. If you were on state road 436 this morning, and anywhere near the airport, you may have spotted this accident. Chopper 2 was over this scene just before noon today. A crash forced the closure of the southbound lanes at frontage road. One person was taken to the hospital. So far, no word what caused the crash or how serious the injuries were. Jim a pep rally in a south Florida High School takes a horrific turn this morning. Several students and a firebreathing performer have to be rushed to the hospital. A student from Atlantic Community high school in delray beach sent us this video. It is amazing. The performer was in the middle of the act when they caught fire. After the flames were put out, several students complained of breathing problems, because of the fumes from the fire extinguishers. The performer did suffer serious burns and had to be flown to the hospital. Today an Orange County judge deals a blow to the man convicted in the isleworth mansion murder case, who was angela bob ward, who was previously found guilty of killing his wife, learned he d get a retrial weeks ago. Today, he tried to get out on bond, but was denied. Wesh 2 s bob kealing joins us live outside the courthouse. Bob, you spoke with ward s daughter. What did she have to say . Bob she was disappointed. She could ve taken her father home, and that did not happen. The judges sided with prosecutors and said that if someone was convicted of such a serious crime did not have any property getting bond. Bob ward tried to make eye contact with his daughters who were in the courtroom as he asked for bond while awaiting retrial. After hearing both sides, judge Heather Higbee sided with the state. Judge higbee the court finds it has jurisdiction to consider the bond, but finds the defendant is not eligible for bond under the applicable law. Bob that ruling means ward will remain incarcerated while the state appeals the trial judge s february finding that ward deserved a new trial due to counsel. Ward was convicted in the 2009 murder of his wife diane. And has been serving a 30 year sentence. Today ward s daughter sarah told wesh 2 she is disappointed. I want my dad home. Bob his attorneys say their quest for ward s release is not over. Craig gillen today, the issue on bond, that will be appealed. Bob wesh 2 legal analyst Richard Hornsby says it s not surprising the judge sided with the prosecution in this case. Just because ward got the green light for a new trial, it doesn t mean he deserves the presumption of innocence while the state is appealing the new trial ruling. Richard hornsby from a practical standpoint to let it be. Bob so at this point there is no date set for any bob ward retrial. The state is the fighting that. And a spokeswoman for state attorney general aston says even if they lose and they have to try ward a second time of seconddegree mother murder, jim thanks. The Volusia County sheriff s Department Says its deputies will soon start wearing body cameras. Some will switch them on as early as next month, after county leaders agreed to buy more than 200 of them. Cameras will eventually become Standard Equipment for each patrol deputy. The cameras will cost 2. 5 million but taxpayers will not footing the bill. The money will instead come from cash seized during criminal investigations. Angela we are seeing sunny skies in the orlando area, but it Daytona Beach, a lot of rain. Jim there is a line of demarcation. Tony let me show you the sky and the camera at Daytona Beach. Several waves of rain have come through, anywhere from half an inch to an inch in Volusia County. Currently 75 degrees. You can see the steady rain beginning to move offshore, but we still have decent rain unsure. Heavy stuff is about to move offshore from marineland. You can see the heavy rain band right over port orange just north of points and let ponce inlet. That extends off to the south. We ve a bit of an outflow boundary, that will go with the east grows to may see new showers developed nor the kalamazoo. Things are fairly quiet cut in Orange County, and i think he will stay that way. Look at north pennell, two inches of rain. Palm coast 1. 37. More rain in the forecast for the next couple of days. Ll take you hourbyhour straight ahead. Angela a local teen died in a house fire, and investigators caused it. It happened in lake county at a minneola home. We have just learned the name of years old. Wesh 2 S Dave Mcdaniel spent the dave the home was fully engulfed in flames when the crews got here just after 9 00 wednesday night. They were able to get the teenager out of the site house, but his life could not be saved. Principal call it deeply saddens me to tell you we lost one of our students yesterday in a house fire. Dave Lake Minneola high s principal sent out this message. Principal call all of our students were given the news of the death today by their teacher and by myself this morning. Dave the teen is being identified as 17yearold trevor ross. State fire investigators say the fire started in the rear of the historic home. They re not sure about the cause, but say nothing appears suspicious. Jeremy stone i heard glass breaking, and i run out and i seen panic, i heard panic. And i heard, a glow in the sky. So i knew it was a fire. Dave minneola s fire chief it was heroic, just getting to the teen. There s immense sadness that his life could not be saved. It breaks my heart that such a great kid, anything could happen to him. Donations at minneola city hall. Pat leone we heard about it last night and we were heartbroken for the family. Dave the boy s parents and two younger brothers are living in temporary shelter. The city manager posted on its website, now is the time to come for us to come together and pour out our love to this family. The home had smoke detectors but the chief says it s not clear if they were working properly. He asks one and all to check all smoke detectors and put in fresh batteries. Reporting in minneola, dave mcdaniel, wesh 2 news. Angela such a tragic story. A rockledge woman is defying city law by keeping up to 30 found out there s not much the city can do about it. 16 of the cats were taken from the home less than a month ago. City law forbids more than four cats in a home at a time. But after the homeowner the animals care, she got them a county attorney said there s no legal grounds to take away the cats permanently. Enforce its own law. The county Spokesman Says the animals were not considered criminally neglected, and so had to be given back. Jim the centers for Disease Control spends part of the day on the phone with Florida Health leaders. Together, they re working on a plan to fight the zika virus. The call was arranged by governor rick scott, who wanted more information on a local case which was diagnosed last week in polk county. It was sexually transmitted. It s just one of several local cases, but unlike the others, it wasn t travelrelated. Right now there are 66 cases of zika confirmed in florida. A new patient was diagnosed just today in brevard county. We have an update on the i4 ultimate project. Where work has been underway for almost a year now. Construction crews can be spotted for more than 20 miles from longwood all the way down to the attractions. But now there s one area specifically that could add some extra hassle to your commute. The orange avenue onramp to the 408 in downtown orlando is set to close tonight. Wesh 2 s gail paschallbrown is live downtown. Gail, the new entrance ramp is expected to be ready just in commuters. Gail absolutely, i am here on division avenue right near the temporary ramp is. The Florida Department of transportation has been passing out flyers and signs letting folks know. This is a temporary ramp, but you will be using it until temporary 2019. 5400 vehicles use this westbound on ramp daily at state road 408 in orlando, but listen up things are about change in a big way. Jessica ottaviano this is the first major thing that motorists are really seeing happen, and there much to come, at this interchange. Its a very intricate complex , interchange. Gail tonight, this wb 408 entrance ramp from orange avenue avenue. Why . State highway planners need room to build a new ramp for the future 14 408 interchange. Jessica ottaviano you re in the middle of downtown, you have tons of venues and buildings around, so there is not much is based to work. Gail it s a short detour. Though the new ramp is temporary motorists will be using it for will be ready for friday morning commuters. However this motorist tried to use it today. The new 408 westbound entrance ramp will be located about 4 blocks west of the current one. If you orange, you ll take gore street to get to the new ramp off of if you re heading south on orange avenue you , to division and the new ramp location, which is just south of the amway center. Jessica ottaviano we did some restriping on orange avenue near the gore intersection with orange avenue to add additional left turn lanes to accommodate extra traffic in the area. Gail the next major project will be down the road where workers will set steel beams for the kirkman road interchange. Expect rolling road blocks to begin this sunday march 20 with a test run from 12 00 a. M. To 5 00 a. M. Then, four nights of actual operation from march 21 to 24. That s weather and schedule permitting. The Florida Department of transportation urges you to stay alert. Put down the cell phone or any other distraction and allow accommodate the construction. I am gail paschallbrown, live in orlando wesh 2 news. ,jim coming up, spring break gets a bit too wild. Angela wesh 2 is talking to Daytona Beach officers who are now requesting help from the Sheriff S Office to control the crowds. Plus, new information on the death of Frank Sinatra jr. Who passed away right here in 5 00. And brace yourself. The digital coupons are coming next. Look at her, so proud of her momma. You saved quite a bit today go ahead. Say it. Chaching and coupons. Three easy ways to save at the same place you love to shop. Angela it has been a wild two weeks and Daytona Beach. Jim spring breakers have crowded into town, and over 100 wesh 2 s claire metz reports beach patrol is actually asking the Sheriff S Office for help controlling the crowds. Claire in march and april of last year, the spring break months, beach safety made a total of 94 arrests. In just the first two weeks of march this year, we re up to 120 and counting. This is kind of ground zero for us right now. Claire College Students are dominating in Daytona Beach. A spring break crowd the city hasn t seen the likes of in two decades, and there s just not enough beach Safety Officers to go around. So they re bringing in a dozen sheriff the biggest issue, they re bringing it down here on the beach. They didn didn beach, so we re giving them that claire but some aren t willing to give up the suds. 20yearold jayme gordon was arrested yesterday after a beach Safety Officer dislocated his shoulder in a confrontation with gordon. Earlier in the week, a spring breaker was arrested for battering a life guard. We actually came here, because we heard that pcb was way more strict. Claire panama city . Yes. Claire there is no doubt Daytona Beach s big spring break is influenced by a crackdown in panama city beach, but booze on the beach is just as illegal here. Along with littering, which officials have seen a lot of. Students took note of the beefed up patrols in the core area around ocean walk and the band shell. We re trying to have a good time and not cause any problems , but this seems to be a lot more Law Enforcement just to deal with the problems. Claire as busy as last week and beach, safety officials are expecting an even larger crowd next week, College Students and local high schools because , they re on spring break too. In Daytona Beach, Volusia County, claire metz, wesh 2 news. Jim i have is sneaking suspicion that there got that story done earlier. It is running now. Tony right now it is beautiful. No, i m kidding. [laughter] tony that is tremendous, a goodlooking sky. Temperatures in the 80 s look at Daytona Beach. And mrs. Claire, if you are in brevard county, it is 75 degrees, clouds, light showers. Severe thunderstorm watch right there. This piece of energy will drift our way, especially by saturday ll give all the florida the rain. Today was just bogus rain for my 10 from i 10. With the intensity, we did have freight in the northern locales. This is good news. We needed the break. Some folks nearly two inches of rain in the northern locales. Marion county getting a breather , but there is more rain coming in in the next half hour. Palm coast, flagler beach, steady for you, and the heaviest is pulling offshore. Nearly two inches of rain in flagler county. Moderate to heavy rain once again in atlantic high school, ponce inlet. Good news for portions of Volusia County. We have not seen a lot of rain. We ve been talking about this with brushfires of late, and the little outflow boundary from the we have the east coast seabreeze , and when they collide, we get the lift. That can produce especially in the summer, some additional thunderstorms and more beneficial rain. So bring it. Melbourne 1. 87 inches of rain. Flagler county doing well. We see the storms getting more aggressive with rain and some of studios. Not sure if it is going to build this far south, but it will be close, especially if the outflow boundary can collide with the east coast seabreeze. That would give us the opportunity for muchneeded rain. And now where it has been raining up north, we are in the 60 s and low 70 s areas where it has not been raining, still mid 80 s. 22 degrees cooler than this time yesterday up and comcast, compliments of today s rain and near it epcot. Rain will be north of you, so you are looking good. 65 bill the you. A pretty quiet day, a few showers in the afternoon up north, but bay hill looking good. Another shot of rain saturday afternoon as the next wave of energy comes in off of the gulf of mexico. Let s look at the updated sevenday forecast. The temperature trends are going down. Sunday forecast looking better for the fourth and final round of bay hill. I will have that forecast for you coming up. Checking out monday and tuesday lows, middle and upper 40 s. Angela that is head of chilly. The son of legendary entertainer Frank Sinatra died in Daytona Beach last night. Frank sinatra jr. Was to perform at the peabody last night but suffered a heart attack. He was in his hotel room when it happened. His life seemed like a movie and not only because of his famous father. When he was 19 years old, he was kidnapped and held for ransom, only to be released. He would later become his father conductor. Still ahead, a nasty bus crash in the middle east leaves several dead. Jim plus, a deadly disease pops up in a hospital operating room. And a road collapse in california causes a big problem for first responders. You 5 00. Jim more than a dozen passengers who are headed to saudi arabia for a religious pilgrimage are killed when their bus overturns. 16 palestinian pilgrims died in the bus accident in jordan near the Saudi Arabian border. 36 were injured. Jordanian media is reporting the bus driver lost control before flipping over. The u. S. Now says isis is commiting genocide in iraq and syria. Secretary of state john kerry officially using the term yesterday at the state department. Kerry says genocide best describes isis attacks against christian groups and other ethnic minorities in the region. The last time our government declared a genocide was in darfur back in 2004. The house of representatives unanimously passed a resolution to use the term genocide to describe isis attacks. Angela a patient is diagnosed with a potentially life ending disease, which prompts all operating rooms to be closed at an arkansas hospital. The patient was diagnosed with creutzfeldjakob disease. It s a brain disease that infected neurological tissue. A doctor sa