Transcripts For WFTV Eyewitness News 530 20160128 : vimarsa

Transcripts For WFTV Eyewitness News 530 20160128

It is all in the air. Reporter knew this hour, we are trying to get answers from the landlord about why these residents were told to treat the problem themselves. And people who live in the apartment tell us they have been dealing with problems for years. Now the ceiling as collapsed in one of the units at the seeley apartments and almonte springs. Channel 9s roy ramos spend the day and residents told him they have had enough. This isnt just your apartment . Its all of them. Reporter residents an eight unit seeley Apartment Building in almonte springs told me they are concerned for their health and safety with Living Conditions some have been dealing with for close to two years, in at least three units, we spotted it appeared to be mold and furniture and clothes covered in mildew. It has caused water damage, it is causing it to be in the living room, on the floor. Reporter residents have been complaining to the landlord about a mold problem right here on this drywall. They say it was about 4 00 a. M. They woke up to the sound of loud boom and this is what they walked out in the living room to see. You can see the drywall has collapsed right down to the floor and they put these containers right here to collect the water that continues to trip out. The ceiling is filled with mildew and mold and it is the wood is very, very soft. Reporter i called the landlord who told me he has given residents sealer and spray to treat the mold issue. As for the ceiling collapse, we were there as crews arrived to make repairs today, but some clearing the most from the building, it is only a matter collapse. It has taken over my furniture. It took over my clothes. It is all in the air. Done. Reporter roy ramos, channel 9 Eyewitness News. We also contacted the city of Altamonte Springs and professional regulations but we did not find any violations in the past year. Reporter with just hours until the next debate and only nasty and i were. And now for Florida Republican very personal. Live. The big story continues to be the name of the top. Reporter donald trump continues to say he will not be debate. Meanwhile, ted cruz is attack. Other candidates are not just sitting by the sidelines, marco rubio just released this ad targeting jeb bush and hillary clinton. Of course, bush five back releasing this ad targeting marco rubio. Clinton and bush. Two names from the past. Reporter there was a time not that long ago when marco rubio consider jeb bush his mentor. This new ad from rubios pack seems to suggest those days, like jeb and hillary, are in the past. Its time for a new generation of leadership. It is the bush pack attacking rubio. And less so jeb bush himself. Reporter our political says bush and rubio are establishment voters and therefore they are fighting each other. With bush pushing back in this ad, hitting rubio for flip flopping on immigration and a pathway to citizenship. Then he broke his promise during with liberal democrats. Bush fight donald trump, new york values, not ours. Reporter ted cruz has a pair of ads going right after donald trump. We cant afford trump care. Reporter they seek to proclaim trump is a closet healthcare and access to abortion. The assertion he is not in touch with iowa or the gop base, a move by cruz to retake the lead in iowa. If you look at past elections there are candidates who have moved the needle late in the race and i will, but something really important has to happen. Reporter his Campaign Continues to say he will not be at tonights debate. He does however lead in iowa, meanwhile good news for the bush camp, two new polls show jeb moving up in New Hampshire although he still trails trump and cruz. Bob and martha . Chris, we have you covered on social media, you can join greg life on his Facebook Page for analysis on the debate and Donald Trumps event as well. You can also live tweet with chris who will be on twitter as well. Governor rick scott is in the Nations Capital today pushing for big changes in how you pay for a visit to the er. Because he says hospitals are ripping you off. He says patients are paying thousands. Sometimes even tens of thousands of dollars more than they were expecting for procedures or treatments in the er. Scott says hospitals are price gouging when people are at their most vulnerable. The hospital can set whatever price they want but if you are in an er setting, you significantly above your average price. Governor scott is a former Hospital Executive and was medicare and medicaid. But, scott denied knowing inflation. Happening in Orange County, a ghastly got in orlando complex has put dozens of Peoples Health at risk. We told you how firefighters had to evacuate the Apartment Building on walls and circle after 10 people became sick. Since then, julie, you have learned firefighters are using a device to check several peoples Carbon Monoxide levels and their blood . Reporter martha, those 10 people like you mentioned are all expected to be okay despite Carbon Monoxide poisoning. If you take a look behind me, that yellow building that you see is the building that was evacuated early this morning. Residents needed to stay out for at least 12 hours, and just in the last few minutes, we saw the hazmat team with Orlando Fire Department just arrived, they told me they are once again checking for Carbon Monoxide levels inside the building. Reporter a family of 4 who lives at walden homes condominiums went to the hospital after feeling sick. Doctor phillips hospital staff monoxide poisoning. And call the Orlando Fire Department. Theres no odor. There is no color. So youre being exposed to it whether you know it or not. Reporter when orlando firefighters arrived they heard a loud noise upstairs, forced their way into unit and found somewhat collapsed from Carbon Monoxide poisoning. Another five also felt sick and were taken to the hospital were treated at the complex. Firefighters said maintenance moved a generator inside a under renovation. There is allowed Carbon Monoxide buildup endorse. Reporter one resident who did not want to show his face of the building was affected by firefighters. Im glad that they woke me up depending on the doors and yelling, fire department. I would rather have that than wake up in hospital. Reporter lieutenant derek shaman with orlando fire showed me a device they used to detect Carbon Monoxide in the blood. This morning. Right now you are at 1 well within that range or lower end of the range. Reporter he said people at the complex read as high as 22 . Our system will alarm at 10 . They were twice our alarm point. Reporter once again, you can see the hazmat team out here. I am told that they were checking for Carbon Monoxide levels, just as a safety measure. I reached out to the condo complex several times today, but they refused to comment on this story. Reporting live in orlando, julie salamone, channel 9 Eyewitness News. President obama took the first step today toward his ambitious plan to cure cancer. Which he likened to landing on the moon. Vice President Joe Biden will be in charge of the white house cancer moon shock moonshot cancer task force. The nonpartisan campaign involves several dozen departments and agencies. Goals improved funding for research, nutriment and better access to come up house while in bureaucratic red tape. A second house hearing on the pastor protection act was postponed but the bill is still we are not aware of any charges or pastors or members of clergy who have ever been sued because they made the wedding. The bill would prevent clergy members from being forced to perform marriage beliefs. Opponents say those protections already exist in the First Amendment which guarantees freedom of religion. A woman was supposed to be taking care of people in need but was caught allegedly stealing from them. A nurse at Coastal Health and rehabilitation in Daytona Beach is accused of stealing pain pills from 10 different elderly or disabled patients. Channel 9s jeff deal found that more. Reporter police say she got caught because of discrepancies in reports. In some cases she was marking down that she was giving medication to patients here on days when the patients were given here. When it comes to helping like i said, my mother said do whats right when no one is looking. Reporter but Daytona Beach Police Say One nurse at Coastal Health and Rehabilitation Center did something wrong. They believe ty mason, a 33 yearold licensed Practical Nurse was stealing pain pills like oxycodone from the elderly and other patients needing care. Im jeff with channel 9. I understand that you were still in Prescription Medication from elderly patients at the assisted living home . No. You did not do that . No. Reporter mason denied that to us when we stopped at her condo but police say she confessed to taking the pills to treat her own headaches. Able visiting patients they were surprised. Some people have to think beyond what they want. You know . Me, me, me. Reporter when we checked the Health Departments website, it shows she has a clear and active license with no complaints on file that under florida law, the Health Department is in the light to say if the medical worker is even under investigation until 10 days after they go through a that means someone awaiting, no trial could get another job working with patients somewhere else. Police say seven of the 10 patients affected have diminished mental capacities and they feel like she exploited that. Her attorney is trying to get her confession tossed out. Reporting in Daytona Beach in volusia county, jeff deal, channel 9 Eyewitness News. The state is making major changes for anyone on food stamps. The move to help Grocery Stores keep shelves stocked that could make it tougher for families to keep food on the table. The aclu says local deputies target black drivers. Information the group collected that they say shows how deputy street drivers differently based on the color of their skin. And, neighbors say trees along i4 used to act as a sound barrier but not anymore. I can hear it inside the house. Next, 9 investigates why the state refuses to put in sound sections of find your sweet spot today with dunkins chicken apple sausage sandwich. Enjoy sweet apple and savory sausage together for under 400 calories. Look, i know youre a cow and all. And you may not know what im talking about, but, uh. The yogurt made from mmmm, yoplait. The new caramel macchiato from dunkin donuts. Let handcrafted layers of espresso, milk, and a caramelflavored swirl uplift your mood. Indulge in a hot or iced macchiato today. We are not getting a break from the screen. In the i4 corridor, our meteorologist tom terry monitors who gets the worst of it and will have an update in less than five minutes. The i4 ultimate project is intruding on neighborhoods up and down the highway. Construction crews ripped up hundreds of trees as they moved to the highway closer to some neighborhoods. Our investigative reporter, darlene jones, asked why the state is now refusing to do anything about potential for traffic noise. Reporter this is what the traffic noise sounds like along i4 between want blossom trail into michigan avenue. And its just a stones throw neighborhood. The intersection is right on top of it. You never could see i4 from here. Reporter the Florida Department of transportation ripped out trees and other vegetation. This man told us it has not only kept the busy highway out of sight but also helped block out from the noise. I can hear it inside the house. Reporter fdot refuses to add a sound barrier and we learned only about 10 miles on both sides along the 20 one mile stretch of the i4 expansion actually qualifies for that noise barrier. We took of dells concern to the state agency for answers. Why cant fdot just put in a sound while . Its a little more, located than just going in there and saying lets put up a sound wall. Studies are done and look at the environment. Reporter fdot told us that noise has to reach 66 db, then the state must determine how many homes would benefit for may well. The cost is a factor. Thats because there has to be enough homes that a sound while would benefit to keep the cost of the wall to about 42,000 per home. But Officials Say conservatively speaking, even a 14 foot while would cost nearly 1 million. I4 is going to be up really high there and the sound is going to cover on top of it. Reporter you can see her the state is prepared to add what is called a dry retention pond which will include some trees. Likely not nearly enough to replace what was here and not nearly enough to satisfy of dell. Who moved into what is now a historic neighborhood, 28 years ago. But i want a solid barrier like what they are doing in other areas. Reporter the state will upgrade a 2 1 2 safety wall to about 3 1 2 which they say should reduce noise. We learned there is a Mobile Home Park in the same neighborhood. A spokesperson for fdot told us they actually do qualify for a sound wall, however fdot may not include it in the construction because removing underground utilities may make it too expensive. Fight. You can always he would 9 investigates has been looking into by logging onto www. Wftv. Com. Tomorrow begins the 100 day countdown to an International Sporting event for injured servicemembers. Right here in central florida. The ithis games will be at orlandos espn wide world of Sports Complex in may. Last year, prince harry announced the games would be healthier and more than 400 wounded veterans and active duty servicemembers from 14 nations are expected to compete. The blizzard of 2016 has officially been ranked as the fourth worst snowstorm in the northeast history. This snowstorm beat a 13 year record out of the last huge blizzard in 2003. They say the impact was crippling, but not extreme. It affected over 100 million people. Across 26 states. Its nice to look at. Yeah, get those dump trucks loveflorida. Come down here. It has been kind of an indoor game, downtown very, very slow. 64, temperatures will be in the 60s tomorrow only its going to be a hold of the landscape as we move the rainout but its still very slow. There is our fdot at fairbanks, that treacherous fairbanks curve. Downtown orlando still a lot of rainfall stretching all the way across. The mysteries the heaviest along the east coast, a couple of lightning strikes are here, that means we are starting to get a taller storm. Getting some heavier rainfall. High rain rates along the coast snow from cocoa beach to rockledge all the way to downtown titusville, just past the causeway and the yacht club where we do our brevard duck race with the indian river festival every year, to the dance now pushing through. It is going to be more of a steady light to moderate rain as opposed to the heavy, heavy rain that is along the coast. Kissimmee, poinciana, downtown orlando, light screen stretching all the way back to apopka. You get the idea. All of the wealth yellows, reds and oranges are the heavy rainfall, but we are starting to see the back edge of this, which of course you can track with our live interactive doppler 9 radar with our free wftv weather app. You can also upload photos of the rain and what his student. Rain so far, closing in on 3 inches in celebration, lake mary, over 2, hunters creek, 2, lake butler, an agent have, apopka an inch and half. Over an inch downtown orlando. The back edge of the rain is still about five or six hours out. Once we get past 11 00 nine, we will see the storm rocking offshore. Its going to be breezy and future track. This is a forecast model updated every hour in gives us a good idea of kind of a short term guidance if you will on exactly how long the heavy rain will be over the area. Through 7 00 all the way on tv 27, i will see you back here on channel 9 at 11 00. Thats when we start to say fare the well. Ucf campus at 11 00 starting to clear out. Uproarious afternoon, we get some time back, orlando 67, melbourne 67. 66 in daytona and very consistent temperature pattern tomorrow. Going to be windy but it looks like a fantastic weekend. Heres your 5day forecast weekend always in view from the upper 60s on saturday, in the 70s on sunday and look at that, 80 degrees on tuesday of next week. Lots of events going on, great weather for the rolex in daytona, that goes on starting saturday and its going to be perfect weather for that but not perfect now. Martha, im back tracking rain in 10 minutes. New for Eyewitness News at 6 00, change is coming to in florida. I think its a very big shock. A group that says it always to defend equality says they believe local deputies are targeting black drivers. Channel 9s Shannon Butler went to a newly released study by the aclu showing sheriff to white drivers and suggest officers need more training. Reporter they say there needs to be a change in Cultural Police department all study by the American Civil Liberties Union Liberty still racially profile. The aclu shows that the florida Law Enforcement stuff into a black driv

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