Now on fox 35 news. Battling a brush fire thats already damaged several homes. The latest from Brevard County. Comes to orlando. Temperatures are on the increase, but looks like a change on the way for the weekend with a cold front. Forecast. Right now on fox 35 news at 10 00. Developing tonight, fire crews in Brevard County get the upper hand on that raging wildfire in palm bay. The flames damaged four homes and burned 45 acres of land. Sky fox was above the flames and the smoke this afternoon. You can see the smoke rising above the trees. This map shows the area were referring to in palm bay west of i95. Reporter the fire started with a structure fire and quickly spread to vegetation in the area. Fire crews spent hours putting out flames very close to this neighborhood. Terry shaw lost his rental property. I was at home, a friend of mine called me and asked if i heard what was going on here and i said, no, and she said, well, your house burnt down. Reporter four homes in all were damaged. Dozens of firefighters and utility workers surrounded the area. No one was evacuated, but they came close to it. With the wind gusts, the dry vegetation and low humidity levels it was prime for a wildfire. Reporter fire crews worked about 45 acres burned throughout the afternoon. Smoke could be seen for miles. According to the officials in the area the winds didnt help. Fire 95 contained by 5 00ment as for terry shaw he says it wasnt a good day, but it could have been much worse. Fire crews will monitor the area throughout the night and look for any flare ups. Three children missing from georgia were just found safe in marion county. Investigators say they were abducted by their biological mother earlier today in georgia. The mother is, of course, under arrest. A crime alert out of volusia county. A man tried to abduct a nineyearold boy in edgewater. He was riding his bike to school this morning when he apparently was approached by a man on turgot avenue. Incident or if you recognize police a call. A substitute teacher has bonded out of jail accused of being drunk on the job. Holly joel was drunk while in church of a classroom full of kids in seminole county. It was the principal who noticed joel acting strangely, saying she was swaying and closing her eyes before finally falling. Police found alcohol in a water bottle as well as prescription pills in her purse. Im in shock right now. With all due respect i hope courts prevail and do whatever they have to do to make things go the way theyre supposed to go. Seminole county Public Schools i say she has been fired. The widow of scott pines is one step closer to changing the law in hon more of her husband killed in the line of duty. The scott pine law, sending it now to the governor for if the bill does become a law the families of First Responders who are killed in the line of duty will get 100 of that officers salary every year for life. Bridget pine, the widow of Orange County sheriff, scott pine, fought for that change. We have a mother and a widow and an Orange CountySheriffs Department who would not let the memory of a man go without doing something about it. If you put on a badge or hop on the back of a fire truck, strap on a gun every single day to keep my family safe, i owe it to you to keep your family safe as well. The bill is retro active to 2013, meaning families who lost an officer after 2013 theyll see their benefits increased. Lawmakers may expect they need to revisit the issue next legislative session so other changes. Just six days before floridas president ial primary. Theyre hitting all the corners of the state looking for those votes. Ted cruz speaks friday morning at 10 00 during a rally at the Faith Assembly god church on curry ford road. Carly fiorina will be with cruz at that friday rally in orlando. It was earlier today when she officially endorsed cruz for president. Wow [ cheers and applause ] isnt carly extraordinary . We just turned a whole bunch of democratics going, holy cow, what was that . A new poll shows cruz far behind in florida. The poll says donald trump with marco rubio at 24 , ted cruz at 19 and john kasich at 5 . Coming up, big wins in michigan, mississippi and hawaii. Donald Trump Campaign inside North Carolina today where he advocated for a stronger military. Because weve become weak, and we really have become weak. Just like our military, weve got to take care of isis, folks. Weve got to knock them out. Weve go r to knock them out. Going to knock them out. All of the republican candidates will be in miami tomorrow night for a debate. On the democratic side theres a new cnnorc poll8\4 that gives Hillary Clinton a 27point lead over Bernie Sanders here in florida. The democrats are debating tonight in miami. More on that coming up at 11 00. All the talk was about Bernie Sanderss surprise win in michigan. Outside the debate hall in miami with that part of the story. Reporter inside the filing room were wondering about how off that surprisemichigan win. After all Bernie Sanders trailing in the polls in michigan. Trailing in the polls in florida. Will tuesday bring another upset . Bernie sanders supporters hope for a michiganstyle comeback. I was very excited about that. She thinks she has it all wrapped up, but people learn what hes about i think theyll vote for bernie. Reporter knowing it may be difficult to get her fellow Bernie Sanders voters to the polls. Voter registration here in florida, and what i found as a volunteer its very difficult to explain the complicated laws surrounding voting here because its a close primary system. Reporter Hillary Clinton supporters know its not over in florida. Im confident, but well know next tuesday. Just means more work to be done, getting out and talking to more people. The polls show a Comfortable Lead for Hillary Clinton in well have a full debate recap coming up at 11 00. Mikeof synan, fox 35 news. Bernie sanders will be making two Campaign Stops in Central Florida tomorrow. First hes going to be appearing at the University South village field at the university of florida in gainesville, then hes going to head o osceola Heritage Park in kissimmee. Central florida firefighters heading tof[ york to honor those killed on 9 11, a test of their strength and emotions at the same time. When people call us its their worst day and hopefully we can make it better. A battle over books in winter park. Should they renovate the old library or build a new one . Were going to hear the arguments from both sides. And his job was to take a bullet for the wife of the most powerful man in the world. Were going to hear from the former secret service of nancy reagan as the nation says goodbye to the former first d new tonight at 10 00. Apopka firefighters and one Police Officer traveling to new york city tomorrow to honor the 9 11. Tracy jacim explains. Reporter chris has been a firefighter for the city of apopka for five years, and every single day of his time here has included thoughts of 9 11. When people call us its their worst day and hopefully we could make it better. Reporter his uncle, brian, on your far right with the new york city firefighter who died on fathers day three months before 9 11 when his entire crew picture chris sent us. I debated that for a long time with family members whether he was going to be there or whether he wasnt going to be there. If it was a crew going off youre jumping a truck. Reporter chris believes his uncle would be gone even if he hadnt died fighting a fire in june. And thats a big reason why hes44444444444 up 100 pounds of gear and heading to new york city with eight other apopka firefighters and one apopka Police Officer for the Second Annual firefighter stair climb. Theyve been training at orlandos 28story bank of america building to ascend the 72 floors of the newly constructed world trade center. [ indistinguishable ] reporter 343 firefighters from around the world will make the climb sunday. Each will represent one i think the main reason were going is because we are americans, and were going to go and show that were here, and apopka is here. Show our pride and our city and states. Reporter and the climb honors those who serve in a different capacity too. Money raised goes to a nonprofit that supports our countrys veterans in. Apopka, tracy jacim, fox 35 news. Shacking up, living in sin, whatever you want to call it. Cohabitation will soon be just an issue between you and your church and not between you and the state of florida. Lawmakers have tossed out a 19century law that made living together out of wedlock a Second Degree misdemeanor. I represent communities of seniors where a lot of them are not married, theyre living together because it makes more sense financially or for whatever reason for social security, what whatever the reason want to beye . reporter thats why nicky barns is urging voters to vote next tuesday for a bond referendum of up to 30 million. The money would replace the Current Library and move it to a section of the Martin Luther king jr. Park along with the civic center and parking structure. Barns said experts found that structurally the building would have to be torn down to do a renovation with the proper upgrade. And then when they were looking at alternatives were able to find a fantastic option next to the park that allows for a very small footprint and the opportunity to be a model of reporter on the other hand the group, save our library, which has their own website wants them to renovate the Current Library which would cost twothirds less than rebuilding it. We believe its the heart of our city and the idea of moving it out of downtown really changes the dynamics and starts to change the culture of our community. Reporter in addition michael pool says residents dont want to see part of the green space of the park disrupted. Its a beautiful park. Its a nice, passive park where people like to come and relax, look at the wildlife thats here. The idea of building 125 square feet of building changes the dynamic of the park we have. Reporter tiffany teasley, fox 35 news. The referendum would cause owners one hundred thousand of assessed value of their sz home. Im kristin here with your iforecast. The bridge work in downtown orlando. Its going to shut down the section of ivanhoe boulevard at the i4 overpass that. Work will start at 10 00 at night and go until 6 00 in the morning and continue until march 11th. An alternate route, hop on mag magnolia and edge water and take that all the way up. Remember you can actually check out traffic and construction updates on your smartphone. To download the fox 35 weather and traffic app text the keyword iphone oren droid to 87056. Well see you tomorrow morning starting at 4 30. You want to get rid of credit card late fees then just ask. Nine out of ten people asking their Credit Card Companies to ditch those late fees they actually have their requests granted. Three out of four got a lower a private firm tracking salaries reporting that physicians have the highest pay in the u. S. The median annual salary for a doctor about 180,000. Lawyers, pharmacists rounding out the top ten highest paid careers. Happy birthday boe market. And just in time for st. Pattys day, a new survey says boston has the best st. Pattys Day Celebrations in america. While that may not be a big surprise, this might. The u. S. City with the most irish pubs per population is seattle. I would have never known. Cheers thats business, im neil cavuto. Beautiful weather for today, but then some changes as we means a chanc 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 bright house wifi hotspots. Its free for 30 days. Glenn joining us now with the forecasts and 80s, 80s, 80s. On the weekend some rain but not a washout. Not right now. Portions in louisiana and arkansas theyve already had up to 16inches of rain. Like a hurricanes going on out there. For us well get bits and pieces. Youll see the rainfall forecast in just a little bit. Live radar currently rain free. The skies are mainly clear. 67 right now in orlando. 72 melbourne. Temperatures are currently running about 24degrees warmer tonight compared to last night at the same time, so each and every night we continue to increase in the Temperature Department and right now the wind basically coming out of the east and southeast. 67degrees right now downtown. Got that southeasterly wind at about 8 Miles Per Hour. You have a wind at 7. Dew point has been increasing too. Now sitting at 64degrees. Were throwing a little bit more moisture into the atmosphere as our winds have turned southerly, and of course thats going to aid in fueling that big rainmaker up to the north. Also that means for us were looking at temperatures a little bit warmer at night. When the airs dry you can cool it off, but when it moistens up its hard to cool things down. We will be warming for the daytime highs back into the mid 80s. Again this next front will die out pretty much right over us. Well just get a few showers, nothing heavy. No thunderstorms, nothing like 74 in miami. 63degrees right now back over towards tallahassee. Heres the third night in a row of rain. This is just a prolific rain machine. Yesterday it was severe weather, and now a new area of low pressure has formed. Our computer model indicated that last night. Through texas, arkansas, out through louisiana. They have quiet a bit of flooding going on with a tremendous amount of rainfall over the last 48 hours. How much rain will we get . No rain for tomorrow. No rain through friday. No rain on saturday. Sunday by mid to Late Afternoon thats about as far as our computer model goes out. A 10th to 2 10thsover rain. Upwards of half an inch of rain. Some showers on the way primarily on sunday. 63 for tonight in sanford. 67 in melbourne. Gainesville. Highs tomorrow very warm for this time of year. Normal highs around 77. Were up to 84 inland. A little bit of an onshore breeze and cool things off from the cool waters of the atlantic. Southeasterly wind at about 1020 Miles Per Hour at the beach. Highs upper 70s to about 80 and the seas are still way up there at about 68 feet. Boating weather not so good. 7day forecast. 86 tomorrow, 85 on friday and that crazy clock in the middle of the screen there between saturday and sunday a reminder that before you go to bed saturday night put your clocks forward one hour due to daylight savings time. Amy kaufeldt from good day orlando orlando. Are carbs the new cigarette . The Fox Medical Team explains why your favorite breakfast food could increase your risk of it all starts right here 4 30 to 10 00 a. M. On good day orlando. Well see you then. When we come back a case of individual lanty justice leads to murder. Five white man from polk county behind bars after a man is found dead. Clues on the suspects iphone. A 1. 72 on curry ford road in southeast orlando. Same thing at the shell turn creek avenue on east michigan street in south orlando. Youre watching fox 35 news at 10 00. And follow us on if youre doing everything right but find it harder and harder to get by, youre not alone. While our people work longer hours for lower wages, almost all new income goes to the top 1 . My plan make wall street banks and the ultrarich pay their fair share of taxes, provide living wages for working people, ensure equal pay for women. Im Bernie Sanders. I approve this message because together, we can make a Political Revolution and create an economy and democracy that works for all and not just the powerful few. Wendy hates dirty lawn furniture. That s why she uses scotts outdoor cleaner plus oxiclean. It cleans all of wendy s lawn furniture without damaging any of wendy s lawn. Scotts. It `|| a right now on fox 35 news. A story of vigilante justice turned for violent. Three lakeland brothers and father are behind bars. They beat, strangled and sexual assaulted a man and then killed him and buried his body in sumter county. Tiffany teasley joining us now with the story. Reporter investigators say those five suspects are facing some serious charges and 2926 in lakeland, investigators say a series of unthinkable acts happened here and robert banks was the target. They kicked him, they strangled him with an electrical cord, they beat him with a pipe, they beat him with their fist, they beat him with sticks. Reporter banks was then sexual assaulted. One of the accused attackers. I think hes innocent. Why . Because i dont think he would do anything to hurt anybody. Reporter investigators say his fiance and four other44444444444 men have confessed and are rehind bars because banks is dead. They say banks invited a woman to get high. Deputies say she told the suspects he also raped her, so they say three brothers, anthony, brian and nathan brutalized and killed banks and burned his body. 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