Crops with our certified meteorologist. Sunrise is still an hour and 20 minutes away and we will see more of Central Florida drop below freezing this morning. Freezing is in effect for a lot of Central Florida. Anywhere in the light blue it could drip it could dip below freezing this morning. Here is a snapshot as of 6 00 a. M. Well below freezing and no colla and Sumter County below freezing as well. In Orange County, 36 at oi a. That is the southern part of the county and most areas will be colder. Winter park on over toward the maitland area at 35. Wind speeds are out of the northwest, but there is wind. You will not see a hard freeze form, but this will impact vegetation. When you factor in the wind, feels like the 20s outside. Thats what you need to dress for this morning with the wind advisory until 9 00 a. M. Tracking temperatures across florida and how warm we will rebound. Citrus llort growers are keeping a close eye on their crop. Eyewitness news this morning, Julie Salomone continues. The growers will be checking the temperature through the morning. Right now we are looking at about 36 degrees according to the channel 9 weather app. They have been preparing for this cold weather since yesterday. This leads to an emitter inside the tree. Reporter joss arnold tows like sunny and warm weather. You are at risk of killing your fruit as well as your citrus. Reporter by spraying water on the tree, it can freeze and insulate the fruit from colder temperatures. Citrus can handle cold, but does not do well below freezing. A major freeze in 1989 devastated the florida crop. That, damage could lead to higher prices for consumers. On top of that, problems this year could impact the crop all we check the air temperature and if there are parts, we will to protect the citrus. Reporter there are more than sit 70 varieties of citrus here at showcase of citrus. Some do better and cold temperatures than others. Report in the late county, this morning. Homeless men women and children were invited into shelters, even if they were at capacity. The coalition for the homeless has a center on whitman street. Both are in downtown orlando. Digging out of the snow packed area after a massive lizard hit the east coast. This is a live look at baltimore, maryland where was the snowiest on record. We found out how people across the country are dealing with the snow. Reporter millions of americans in the northeast are socked in from a crippling snow storm. I did not expect to be caught in the middle of the snow. Reporter there is so much snow that the plows cannot keep up. On the jerseys shore, roads are flooded with chunks of ice floating by. Chris christie praising residents who heeded the Early Warning to evacuate. This is my 17th snow emergency in six years. We know how to do this. Reporter further west in pittsburgh. It is one after another with the trucks stuck. It is nonstop and it doesnt seem like we are getting anywhere to be honest. Reporter many commuters spent at 15 hours in their present frigid cars. We have not had any food since yesterday. Reporter in new york city, there is a full travel ban with bridges and roads closed. People are walking down the middle of the street. So far three people have died from shoveling snow bringing the total to 15 deaths. Abc news, new york. A winter storm is causing international airport. Most were headed to new york or philadelphia. You can check your status by going to wftv. Com flight tracker. This is on clearlake road and rosenstein street. One person is dead and this eyewitness said the crash sounded like a rocket. We heard a loud boom. We thought they ran into a building or something. Reporter we are waiting for stay true cert state troopers to release more information. When we get it, we will bring it to you. Still searching for an escape prison near prison inmate escapes prison escaped prison inmate, gary ankle monitor and escapes. The accused getaway driver , ormc, had her threeyearold son in the car at the time of the escape. I was supposed to see him for the weekend, but she canceled and i guess this was her plan. Reporter he is served six years of an eight year sentence. If you have any information, you can share the story. Trying to figure out who shot and killed a man. Police found mar their marvyn windham with several gunshot wounds. Investigators are looking for possible leads to try to find a suspect. Anybody with information is asked to call crime line. Looking for the cause of death for a mobile mobile home fire in osceola county. A man died in a Mobile Home Park in khaseem he and a woman was also found with injuries enough evidence was found to decide that the fire in deaths were no accident. We do not know us we cannot say specifically what that did that with the deputies found, but they do believe the deaths were suspicious. Neighbors heard gunshots before the home caught fire. Deputies have no suspects, but there is no threat to the community. Today marks 10 years since disappearance. Police plan to release evidence. Detectives say new advances in dna testing could provide more clues about the case. And disappeared. There have been many tips and searches over the years, but investigators dont know what happened. Discuss the controversial retention pond. It would take out the citys last orange grove to make way for Retail Shopping plaza. They will need a retention pond and a road which will take up more than 3 acres of the lake charity wetlands. There will be a meeting at city hall at 6 30 p. M. Tomorrow, orlando city leaders will vote on a land deal for the Orlando City Soccer club. They have agreed to buy the land where the soccer stadium will be built. The payments include work for infrastructure already completed. If approved, the privately owned stadium would cost the club 155 million. The stadium is expected to open for the 2017 season. The new store Ford Hospital for when them women is expected to open. They will have advanced gynecology clinics and those even places where mothers can donate breastmilk. They want to serve women for every need across their lifespan. Today is when you can ride the new limo line bus ride. It stops at the collar college of law and the u. S. District courthouse. To stops will be added in the village area in august. The orange line will expand to add stops along magnolia avenue farther north. We have rusty mccranie in Severe Weather center 9. It is cold. It is cold. I want to take this segment to go county by county. Starting in Orange County. 34. Downtown orlando 36. Hard freeze is possible in marion county. Lake county 34. And the villages, 32 degrees or colder. Falluja county, Daytona Beach is close to freezing. Pierce and elaine are not far behind. Lake erie 34. Temperatures dropping and all to mont. All to mont altamont. Today we will have more sunshine and the wind will be lighter outside with the daytime high still 15 degrees below average of 56. We bottom out this morning and a warm up is in store. As we warm up, we introduced the chance for showers and storms again. I will have that in a few minutes. A crash in Orange County that your mother and children was actually staged. This scheme with other crashes 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 20. 81 in this weeks basket thats 17 including bogos. Give walmart every day low prices a try today. Welcome back. It is 6 14 on this cold start to sunday morning. We follow temperatures that are following falling in Central Florida this morning. 28 and all collar in ocala. In some of the outlying areas it will be below the air below the numbers you see. If you live a long and north and west of i4, you have a good chance of hitting 32 this morning. In Orange County, still 34. You know areas like Winter Garden will be at 32 or slightly below. The winds are slightly up a little bit. Colder and there is a battle chain a better chance to see frost or freeze. We have a bit of wind across i 4. No frost formation. A Winter Weather advisory is in effect. You have to dress this morning for temperatures in the mid to upper 20s which is what it will feel like at least through 8 00 a. M. Is in effect. You have to dress this morning for temperatures in the mid to upper 20s which is what it will feel like at least through 8 00 a. M. The wind advisory from northwest of the metro all the way through polk and brevard county, that is in effect until 9 00 a. M. Wind chill values in the 20s. The skies are clear. If we had lighter winds, we wouldve had a harder frost or freeze this morning. Sunshine and very light northwest winds at around five and very light northwest winds at around 515 miles per hour. The highs today below average. It is jacket weather all day long. And brevard county, double nickels and the same thing and sunset reach at sunset beach. Flagler beach at 52. Up and marion county, perhaps a light freeze. The village is at 36. We will stay with the northerly wind and swing more out of the east to south east, especially into tuesday. The temperatures ramp up ahead of the next el nio storm system. We will have a good chance for showers. Not only for one day, but for two days. Storms roll through and one chant one chunk and we will have pieces of energy. Look for a wet and to the week. 75 is the highest temperature for the week and it cools off with rain by thursday. We are a little more than a week away from the republican caucuses. The polls while marco rubio and ted cruz tried to catch up. Reporter joining us is mark caputo, florida part of florida playbook. Lets start with jeb who is getting help from his family on the campaign trail. His mom says that people should vote for him. Barbara bush did not think her son would run because the country had had enough of the bushes. She is still one of the most like people in the family and it has to be doing something for him. Into thousand seven, when rick scott ran for governor, one of the most popular ads was his mother saying, vote for rick, hes a mention george w tried not to mention george w as much is possible, but apparently he is joining him on the campaign trail. 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Michael bloomberg is also considering running for the white house. The 73yearold said he is willing to spend 1 billion of his own money to run as a candidate. Bloomberg is expected to make a decision sometime in march. Remember you can get the latest on all the 2016 election news news app. A statement of Insurance Fraud said in Orange County man is part of a larger scheme to collect funds from accidents. John cs admitted he john cs a man is charged with participating in fraud scheme. Using other peoples identities to get food stamps. You can see suspects checking out purchases. Deputies say that seven were already receiving through steps under their own names. They racked up 5500 a fraudulent purchases. Still ahead this morning. This lady is one of hundreds looking for a forever family. Inin t thihis line of work ononlyly t the freshest iningredients mamakeke t the cut ititss i important to meme to know eveverery dish i serve isis t thehe best it can be. 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My wish for christie is that she can finally go to a home and stay forever. To have someone by my side when i go through stuff and have a parent that loves me. Ive never really had that. To finally be happy and feel Eyewitness News this morning. To find out more information about the children, go to the number on your screen or go to wftv. Com. Freezing temperatures this morning could cause a lot of trouble for Citrus Growers. This is violet. Shes been waiting for this moment for awhile. 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 right now Central Florida is under a freeze warning after temperatures dropped overnight. Good morning, it is sunday good morning, it is sunday, january 24 and the time is 6 30. Lets look outside over downtown orlando this morning. Temperatures will drop over the next hour. The impact it is having on the crops begins with certified meteorologist rusty mccranie and certified winter sever and Weather Center 2 winter southern Winter Center 9. Until 8 00 a. M. , the area in purple is a hard freeze it is 36 at oi a and 33 in sanford. 32 in sanford. We are at or below freezing in many spots. And Orange County, 34. 35 in winter park. I know that there are a lot of backyard thermometers at around that 32 degree mark right now. There is not much wind out there right now, but the wind is not allowing the first the frost and freeze near metro. It is different at sumter in late county where the wind is light. When you factor in the wind, feels like the 20s outside. Yesterday. Still a chilly afternoon. High in orlando is just 56. Tracking city by City Temperatures when we come back. Central florida are watching damaged by the cold. We have Julie Salomone this morning who is live at a citrus growth and lake county. The growers say they will be checking the citrus groves throughout the morning. Reporter we are out here at the showcase of citrus and it is about 37 degrees here right now. They told us yesterday that they have been preparing for the colder weather. This pipe right here will lead to an emitter inside the tree. Reporter josh arnold we showcase of citrus told us that spraying water on the trip on parts of the tree, it will form ice and protect the fruit from colder temperatures. You can never be too safe. Reporter fruit likes sunny and warm weather which is the opposite of what is expected saturday night and into sunday morning. Anytime the temperature drops below 32, you are at risk of killing your fruit and your tree. Tolerate to tolerate cold, but does not do well below freezing. Crop damage can potentially lead to higher prices for consumers. On top of that, prices this year could impact the crop all the way to next year. We check the air temperature and if there are parts that are under concern, i will turn on the irrigation for that citrus. Reporter they have more than 70 varieties of citrus here. They told us that some do better with colder temperatures than others. Reporting and lake county, Julie Salomone, Eyewitness News this morning. 26 point Julie Salomone, Eyewitness News this morning. 26. 8 inches fell in central spark park in new york. It is the second highest number since the hot 1800s. The snowfall stopped shortly left drivers stranded on a 14 mile stretch of i75 in kentucky for more than 12 hours. Tobumper. Take a look at this. Flurries in north florida. This was shot at lake butler where snowflakes were reported in clay, union and do fall. You can get weather alerts on your smart phone. App. Osceola county looking to see if gunshots heard in kissimmee could be tied to the deaths of two people. One was found inside a burning mobile home and the other person inside the home died at a local hospital. We found out that investigators believe that the fire and the deaths are suspicious. Reporter set and broken glass all you can see. The fire caught a neighbors attention. The firemen try to get everything out of control. We were surprised at what happened. Reporter he told Eyewitness News that he did not know the man and woman who live there. He said they were your average neighbors. My daughter saw a guy walking his dog around. After that, i woke up like it 4 00 in the morning and i saw a lot of cops around. Reporter deck gives said detectives said that once they got inside, it was clear. The evidence was here and not out here. They