Place, would it have this, you know, diagnosis if it was in the wild. Reporter gearhart said orcas are suscept orcas are susceptible to the disease in the wild. If he had shown up with this disease in the wild, theres no doubt he would have been gone a long time ago. Reporter you may tillikum from the documentary black fish. Tillikum has also been associated with the deaths of three trainers. And we also asked seaworld what the life expect as he of a the wild is, which is how old tillikum is. Outside of seaworld orlando. So many people wondering about the fact he was in captivity made it worse. Now, this story has already been shared more than 500 times from our Facebook Page. Let us know what you think by going to facebook. Com wftv. Weve had the perfect beach weather but for those of you starting or already on spring break, chief meteorologist tom terry has rip current warnings for you. This is what it looks like in daytona. Its pristine on the sand but in the surf we have rip current channels and much higher risk for rip current over the next couple of days. The rip current risk will be up and down the coast and probably through at least the end of the week. Before were going into a more favorable lunar cycle. Little bit rough out there but the temperatures are fantastic. Right now, were 74 degrees in daytona. Were down from near 80 across the interior but it is really going to warm up this week. Ill show you why were going to feel more like late spring than late winter coming up. Prosecutors fighting to block bond for a man accused of killing another man who investigators say made sexual advances toward him. Prosecutors want the man to stay behind bars until his trial. Police say masarro was offended when the victim approached him. The mystery gun man behind orlandos latest murder is on the streets this afternoon. We first told you about this shooting as it was breaking last night on Eyewitness News at 11. Police say it happened just after 8 30 outside an apartment complex on north terry avenue. Officers found a man shot who in an effort to help win over local voters, u. S. Senator marco rubio made another Campaign Stop in in Central Florida this morning, this time kissimmee. Reporter at this Campaign Stop in kissimmee, florida senator marco rubio said if anyone other than donald trump was leading this republican candidate would feel tremendous pressure to drop out but because it is donald trump the only pressure he feels is to stay in. We hear from people all over the country saying dont let donald trump be the nominee. Reporter his own advisors we asked him if any are you tiring of those reports . Are you tiring of hearing no. Its politics. When you run for president , its hard, but being president is even harder. If running for president is too hard, then you can be president. Reporter this undecided voter went home with a signed baseball but admits hes still on the fence. Others told me theyve heard enough. We have what he needs to be president. Reporter po support like that in florida will bring rubio back soon. You hear talk all the time about the i4 corridor, its important in florida, its important in the country. Rubios bus left to kissimmee to head to the gulf coast and the stop currently underway in sarasota. Hell be back across the state tonight in st. Johns county. On by Donald TrumpsCampaign Takes aim at rubio. Corrupt marco rubio has spent years defrauding the people of florida. Wftv analyst rick fogle song said those words are tough political talk but specific claims about marco rubio using a public credit card for expenses are mostly true. The allegation made at the top of the ad is political language. Its the spin on the facts, but the underlying facts in two of the three allegations are true. In that respect, thats about as good as these kind of ads get. And we can expect to see more tough ads like that before the florida primary, which is one week from today, next tuesday. Voters in four states headed to the polls today. Front runner Hillary Clinton is supposed to win the two states voting for democrats today. On the gop side, donald trump is supposed to win four states. Well have more on that part of the race in 30 minutes. Next april, orlando will become the first city to host wwes wrestle mania for a second time. The last two years, forbes has ranked Wwes Wrestlemania amongst the stop sport event and its something mayor Teresa Jacobs said will boost the local economy. We are keenly aware of the Economic Impact of this entertainment phenomenon. It is estimated that wesselmania will generate nearly 100 of Economic Impact for our region and local economies. Guess that takes mer a fan. Organizers talk about what to expect if the fans want to attend the event, including when tickets are on sale. Well put that part of the story together for you for Eyewitness News at 5. No new cases of the zika today. Bringing the state total to 50 cases. Now, four of those involve pregnant women. Although their locations have not been disclosed. So far all of floridas patients have been infected while traveling out of the state. A bill that would revamp floridas controversial money laws just now need governor scotts signature. The new formula is based on the number of years a couple was married, while the amount of the payments will rely on the couples gross income. Opponents say stay at home mothers will be targets. Shes not built up zs and retirement. Shes expected to start the next chapter of her life under this bill at a great disadvantage. The bill contains a children will spend equal time between the mother and father. State lawmakers also passed a bill to crack down on crooks stealing your information from scanners. It increases penalties for those caught using skimmers. State investigators say they found 190 skimmers statewide since the beginning of 2015. We showed you yesterday a state inspector found a skimming device on a pump in port saint john. This particular case, theyre working to find out if the people involved were caught on surveillance video. Permits were issued for several projects. The city said it approved permits for more than 80 include the ocean front westin hotel, the first building at embry riddles Technology Park and a com theater across from Daytona International speedway. Thanks to a bill, parents will soon be allowed to pick the teachers that teach their children and the school they can go to. School leaders warn this move isnt a smart one. Next, lake county investigators say they dismantled a massive grow house in the middle of a neighborhood in clermont. Who theyre crediting with helping them find all this pot. Well, spring break kicking donkey sound elephant sound theres a big difference between making noise, tapping sound and making sense. elephant sound donkey sound when it comes to Social Security, we need more than lip service. Our next president needs a real plan to keep Social Security strong. elephant noise hey candidates. Enough talk. Some people dont like to share their wifi, but at bright house networks, we do. Login to one of our hotspots and get your code for free wifi at over 50,000 bright house wifi hotspots. Lake county investigators are crediting a crime line tip for helping them shut down a large grow house worth about 300,000. Detectives say they seized 288 plants and why the suspects should not even have been at the home in the first place. Im shocked, because i have two little ones. Reporter this mom couldnt believe that lake county deputies busted a marijuana grow house next to her home. Deputies say afternoon a twomonth long investigation, they got a search warrant and once inside, they found this, 288 Marijuana Plants weighing in at about 25 pounds with a street value of around 300,000. It was very sophisticated. There was no furniture in there. Just for the grow house. Reporter deputies arrested steven moss and eric lum and hit them with a list of charges. Investigators say this all began when they got a crime line tip about possible drug activity at the home. Deputies raided the place last night and found the drugs. Neighbors had no idea what was happening inside this home. Its very quiet. Thats the whole reason why i moved out here. Reporter deputies are grateful for the tip that launch the investigation. Those drugs are not going to hit the street and thats the important thing. Investigators say both suspects actually live in Orange County, so the deputies are now working with the Orange CountySheriffs Office and opd to find out how big this drug operation is and if there are more people involved. Daytona beach police are still looking for a man they say in a back seat. Neighbors say the mother of the 12yearold left the child for only a few minutes before the man jumped in took off. They said he ditched the car in a nearby parking lot when he realized the child was in the back seat. Police are still trying to find a driver who crashed a stolen car into a familys house on lakeland avenue. The home was badly damaged. Two people were home when the driver of the silver eclipse hit a tree and then crashed into the living room. No one was hurt, good thing, but police say the driver took off leaving behind that stolen car. A jacksonville robber will probably think twice before targeting his next victim. Yeah, police say the suspect got the surprise of his life when during a home invasion, a deaf man stabbed him with a sword. He tried to rob an apartment. Stabbed that man with a sword. Thats ironic, a sword to fight somebody off with, but whatever works. You think . The suspect is expected to be okay and was arrested for robbery. The victim was not injured. Orlando city Officials Say welltrained staff and volunteers are working hard to protect nesting season at lake eolia. We saw several swans out there, including one with eggs in the nest. More than 80 of these babies usually survive and i posted those pictures on my Facebook Page and people love to see that. Theyll set up shop wherever they want to set up. Theres one outside world of beer right now. Talk about convenient. Why not . Got very close to 80 today in downtown and its going to let me show you live current conditions. Were at 77 degrees. 75 in Volusia County, the largest city there deltona, 75 melbourne and palm bay. So its been warm today. Were going to really get a boost, though, toward the end of the week. We Start Talking about this all last week and how this week will get much warmer. Winds out of the east and southeast. Well get more of a southerly flow plus a big ridge of High Pressure is going to build us. Right now, warm temperatures and a mix of clouds and sunshine, overall, very nice. We do have a fairly large storm system back here to the west but a strong High Pressure area right here. This is whats going to be amplifying the next couple days giving us this warmer pattern but its keeping the cold front, jet stream, tornado watching, warnings, all that way back to the west. We may get a scrap of some rain still working on more graphics on. Overall, were still in this hot and dry pattern. Well, warm and dry pattern. Well be in the lower 60 foss for palm 60s for palm bay and melbourne. Mix of clouds tonight. Overall temperatures falling into the upper 50s to mid50s, mostly clear skies and we are still warmer than average by a few degrees and well be as much as 10 degrees above average by the end of the workweek. Well keep a few clouds during the afternoon but generally dry weather over the next few days. Even drier on thursday as that strong ridge of High Pressure builds overhead and evaporates what moisture we have. Ocala, back in the lower 80s by 4 00 tomorrow. Daytona beach, bike week, its been great weather for this and look at these highs tomorrow, so we had about 80 today. 84 tomorrow and were not finished yet. Fiveday forecast, the weekend always in view, how about 86 degrees thursday and for orlando citys game on friday evening. 86 degrees. Theres that slight chance for rain over the weekend, which well talk more about. Just ahead with the mid80s moving in surprising records how hot we could get later this week. You might not think of ucf when you think of the war on terrorism. But coming up, hear how the university is using explosion to neutralize chemical weapon threats. If you have to talk to the irs, good luck with that. The problems that are causing a major backup when communicating to the agency even if youre trying to respond to something the irs sent to you. Rotisseriestyle chicken raised without antibiotics . Its what we do. That same chicken pulled by hand . Its what we do. Freshlybaked bread and crisp veggies . Its what weve always done. The new rotisseriestyle chicken sandwich from subway. music playing i feel pretty west side story not every cake can be handcrafted in store by skilled decorators layered with fresh berries and frosted to perfection like our publix bakery chantilly cake itll be remembered for all the right reasons. You wouldnt waste money buying a snow blower in miami. So why waste your money on overpriced lunches . Instead, for just three dollars at subway, you can get one of our best 6inch subs, every day of the week. Its the threedollar sub of the day. Subway. Fresh is what we do. The clock is ticking to file your taxes. If you have any questions for the irs, you may not get an answer in time for the april deadline. Of getting a response to a coin flip. Justin gray is live in washington d. C. Its a problem thats been getting worse each of the last four years. Reporter its a problem the irs is not denying today. The head of the irs saying on capitol hill here today that, quote, this was totally unacceptable. You reach out to the irs and wait, chances are, there could be no response for weeks and even months. Just radio silence. Crickets, they get no response. Reporter a new government audit finds 49 of the time the irs doesnt respond to mail correspondence within 45 days. That includes people reaching out because theyre Identity Theft victims, tax payers filing tax returns around customers responding to requests from the irs. Brandon arnold from the National Tax Payers union. Its a coin flip, 50 50 shot youre going to hear back. Reporter nearly half of all calls go unanswered, testifying before the u. S. Senate, the head of the irs didnt deny the problem. The level of Taxpayer Service last year was totally unacceptable. Reporter he puts the blame on budget cuts, and forced the irs to cut staff by 15,000 employees. If we have additional resources, well hire the people, well be able to answer the calls. Reporter president obama is asking for an extra 1 billion for the irs in next years budget. The irs commissioner saying today that some of that money would go to hire more staff for customer service. Thank you, justin. The irs has a new warning about the thieves who are targeting you at work. Ceos and sending requests to Human Resources asking for w2s to try to access your information. Hundreds of organizations are currently being tricked to send w2 information so that the bad guys can use that for essentially for bogus tax returns. Investigators say the thieves were using linked in, the social mediaed in work, to try to find who works where and make the scheme believable. The city is going to reserve Parking Spaces for super heroes. Well tell you who gets to park there. Then a first of its kind when very disappointing and a terrible idea. Some local School Leaders are concerned about a bill that would allow you to choose who teaches your children and even where they go to school. I think its convenient for the parents. We wanted to know how this would work when so many Central Florida schools are already at capacity. That measure would allow parents to move children across county lines but Orange County leaders say theyre already struggling with growth and dont know if they can handle any more. Michael, the Orange CountySchool District said its already adding thousands of new students each other. Reporter the districts said dozens of schools are already over capacity. Those buildings would not have to accept new students and others would and parents we spoke with like the idea of choice. Students in Orange County can already transfer to other schools within the district as long as the school has space. But lawmakers are considering a measure that would allow students to cross county lines. Lets take care of our children, let our children have the future they deserve and to be best for them and convenient for the parent. Reporter the proposal would allow parents to request a new teacher for our child. The School District isnt supportive. Its a terrible policy and an absolutely horrible idea. Reporter the School Board Chairman said the district is already adding four to five thousand students aer use. He doesnt know how students every year. The pleasure would allow parents to pick any schools across the state as long as the school is not overcrowded. Supporters say it would give more children better access to schools. This open enrollment philosophy makes it impossible for School Boards to plan for budgets and enrollment. Reporter opponents say the bill would benefit the wealthy who can afford to drive their lawmakers still need to approve the change. The time is running out. The session ends on friday. Despite opposition, the controversial best and Brightest Teacher Bonus Program will continue for at least another year. State lawmakers set about 49