new at noon accused double murder
suspect markeith Lloyd was back in court
this morning asking a judge for a new
attorney new Six's mark layman explains
what was decided after Lloyd's previous
requests were denied considering Lloyd
requested this attorney in the past the
judge was hesitant to allow an indigent
defendant to handpick his counsel
nevertheless the judge ruled this was
the best choice in this case by mr.
linman I'm gonna appoint you as lead
counsel Miami based attorney Terry lemon
is someone Lloyd first asked to
represent him in April of last year but
the judge declined at the time appointed
local attorney Roger Whedon after he was
removed from the case last month the
judge returned to lemon we're
comfortable that we can move forward in
attempt to try to be ready in January
the main issue today is meeting a trial
date that was pushed back to January
lemon is one of the top capital defense
lawyers in Florida known for keeping his
clients off death row I'm glad that the
judge was able to listen and me I think
the most rational decision Lloyd has had
his troubles in the past with his former
lead counsel now with a new attorney in
place co-counsel Ted Marrero says he's
looking for the case to move forward I
expect that mr. Lloyd is happy to have
Terry on board as well so hopefully
he'll be more inclined to communicate
effectively with them now the focus
turns to depositions there could be as
many as 150 in this case Lloyd is due
back in court for a hearing on August
first reporting in Orlando mark Lamon
new 6 let's take a turn now to the
weather live look over downtown Orlando
basically an oven out there at the lunch
hour but towards the west way out yonder
storms and showers are marching in you
think that's enough and you should be to
the west coast yeah that's right we're
gonna continue with that Sun Oh would
the feel like temperature well into the
triple digits for the next few days
already feeling like the triple digits
in spots so when this rain does come
into your area you'll cool down and be
happy about it I'm sure the problem is
we've got some lightning to deal with as
we show you those Western zones eastern
zones dry as Kirsten just pointed out
but you can see out to the west and sort
of a lie
here for Ocala all the way back down
into Sumter County you can see a good
bit of lightning a couple hundred
lightning strikes in that zone alone
where we're seeing Marion County down
into Sumter County within the last hour
there's Ocala right now some light to
moderate rain the moderate where you're
seeing the yellow down to Bellevue and
then heavier rain moving into Sumter
County now we're talking about a couple
of inches to three inches of rain an
hour coming down as it's moving
gradually off to the east and to the
northeast floral City Lake pennis off
key on down to Webster seeing a good bit
of heavy rain with the next couple of
minutes as well as some lightning popup
showers that have fizzled a little bit
for Ocoee and Apopka there for Lake
Apopka a little bit of rain moving out
of the Clermont area it's 90 in Orlando
92 in Melbourne right now rain cooled in
Ocala 78 but the humidity making it
brutal look at all those triple digits
it feels like 103 in Leesburg 104
Orlando and 100 is the feels-like
temperature for New Smyrna Beach and
Daytona Beach guys coming up we're gonna
pinpoint the rain for the rest of today
and what to expect for the coming days
rain chances going down just a little
bit as we head closer to the end of the
week back to you for now good for the
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well the harsh criticism of President
Trump's comments during his press
conference with Russian President
Vladimir Putin showing no signs of
slowing today yeah during the joint
appearance in Helsinki yesterday the
president refused to blame Russia for
interfering in the 2016 election Molla
legi has the latest from the White House
President Putin was extremely strong and
powerful in his denial president Trump
is standing by his widely criticized
summit with Russian President Vladimir
Putin tweeting Tuesday while I had a
great meeting with NATO I had an even
better meeting with Vladimir Putin of
Russia sadly it is not being reported
that way but senior administration
officials tell CBS News there is an
effort underway to fix the situation
after President Trump sided with Putin
over u.s. intelligence agencies which
have concluded the Russian government
meddled in the 2016 US election they did
interfere on elections it's really clear
there should be no doubt about that both
Republicans and Democrats
denounce the president's comments the
president isn't leading Vladimir Putin
walked away from Helsinki with a win
it's a disaster it's unbelievably
disappointing absolutely disgraceful
the president is getting support from at
least one Republican on Capitol Hill
from meeting with his Russian
counterpart on CBS this morning Senator
Rand Paul of Kentucky did not fault the
president's position the president has
undergone an onslaught of a year year
and a half of a partisan investigation
accusing him of somehow colluding with
the Russian so I think he's sensitive to
that in response President Trump thank
Senator Paul tweeting you really get it
mole the leggy CBS News the White House
then on Tuesday Russian officials said
they're ready to increase cooperation
with the US military in Syria following
Monday summit
well the i-4 ultimate project leading to
another traffic alert for drivers what
do you know right big surprise but
tonight it's not a portion of i-4 that's
closing it's the for oh wait so starting
at 10 o'clock tonight all eastbound
lanes are going to close right at Orange
Blossom Trail so workers can take the
next step in building a new flyover ramp
and drivers getting off on OBT can take
Gore Street East to Orange Avenue then
you can get back on the floor away from
there now F dot officials say work
should be wrapped up by six o'clock
tomorrow morning we'll see if that
happens and we'll keep you posted with
its progress tomorrow on the Morning
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fight over a controversial mural in
Mount Dora could end tonight
commissioners are expected to discuss a
settlement the starry night mural
inspired by the famous van Gogh painting
was completed last summer on this house
along West Sixth Street city leaders
said it was a code violation but up
there thousands in fines the case ended
up in federal court now according to the
Sentinel the settlement calls for the
city to waive the fines remove the lien
on the home and allow the homeowners to
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Kirsten we are pinpointing rain even a
good bit of lightning moving through
parts of Marion County on down into
Sumter County all of this making its way
closer to i-4 just in time for that
drive home we're gonna detail the
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noon the one polis foundation is
honoring the 49 lives lost in the polls
nightclub shooting new six reporter
sasha saunders explains how a new ideas
generator will keep memories alive in a
permanent memorial this is part of the
healing process and a continuation of
the promise by post owner barbara Poma
to let everyone take part in how we
remember the 49 it's not the destination
it's the journey before architects come
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