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announcer: local, live, late-breaking. this is wesh 2 news sunrise in high definition. jason: right now we have winners. gino hills california . folks celebrating the powerball news overnight. someone you know may be holding another lucky ticket. michelle: three people are splitting that jackpot and can you believe it? someone right here in florida. jason: we love to hear that news. that is a great way to start your thursday.
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we are going to be cranking up temperature in the day ahead. here is downtown orlando. parts of the area in the 30' s right now. amy sweezey has your forecast. amy: it is cool again today. a lot of clouds so we will not drop to significantly here. we will stay mostly cloudy for your thursday and late tonight we do have showers and storms on the way. i expect it to stay dry and quiet. we will make it into the upper 60' s, we are still saying on the cool side for one more day. 45 in leesburg, 48 in orlando and daytona beach, and melbourne has dropped to 51. they are going to continue streaming in all day today so we will stay mostly cloudy. rain to our south and bring back your along the gulf coast. these showers will be moving closer to us over the next 12
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that is going to bring showers and thunderstorms to us. late night tonight overnight on friday. 67 our high in claremont. 69 in orlando and longwood. 66 in pennell. safety seven in the land -- 67 in deland. it is six: 02. -- 6:02. here is ted. ted: we are looking at the 408 in the main shot here. no delays on the 408 or i-4. if you' re getting ready for a westbound drive. westbound, we have westbound here on the right side of the screen on i-4 going out of all the mont into maitland. no delays. it is only a short 11 minute drive at this point. we do have travel times at the
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jason: a powerball party at this 7-eleven in southern california. someone bought one of three winning ticket. michelle: the others were purchased in tennessee and right here in florida. we are trying to solve that billion-dollar mystery. jason: we put alex villareal on that task. stewart: -- alex: it was sold in orlando. that is why we are standing in front of this florida lottery office here in altamonte springs. we are asking that burning question this morning. is it true? was the winning ticket bought and sold here in orlando? that is also why you had better be checking your ticket if you have not already. here are those winning numbers. for, eight
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27, 34, powerball of 10. the bit -- the jackpot winner bought in orlando. the lines were long. everybody was rushing at the chance to become an instant billionaire. it is not just the jackpot winner that is waking up richer. florida lottery officials say 11 other people in florida won a million dollars. one person won 2 million. we will be splitting the over $1.5 billion prize with the winners from california and tennessee for a total of $528.8 million each. we are pushing to get lottery officials to tell us where the jackpot was struck. as soon as we find out if it was in orlando, we are going to be heading straight there.
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brevard county -- a 15-year-old is facing murder charges in the death of his little sister. the toddler died on sunday. brett connolly with what led up to the arrest. brett: a heartbreaking time. the older brother waking up in a juvenile detention center facing second-degree murder charges. the sheriff' s office says the 15-year-old intentionally killed his younger sister riley mullen. police were called to a cocoa home last weekend and found the 21 -- month old unresponsive. an autopsy revealed the toddler died of blunt force trauma. police have not released any information regarding a motive or what led up to the toddler' s death. this does remain an ongoing investigation and police want to speak with anyone -- who has information. you are urged to call the
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michelle: orlando police are asking for your help to identify a man involved in a violent armed robbery in orlando. this guy is one of two that robbed dose women last month -- two women last month. the attack happened back on december 21 at the fountains apartment complex. one of the suspect used a knife to flash one of the victims in the face. call crime line at one of the -- police say they are investigating a suspicious death. this happened at the apartment off orange avenue and brant street. the call came in after midnight. we do not know how the person died or why investigators are calling this one suspicious. they also have not said where exactly that body was found at the complex. we are continuing to make calls to get all those answers.
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jason: police have identified the body found behind a business on our city' s east side. essex taylor iii. a delivery driver spotted taylor' s body. police do not know how the man ended up there but his death is suspicious. michelle: florida supreme court is refusing to grant a new hearing to a brevard county judge who forced a complication -- confrontation. >> let' s go out back. michelle: judge john murphy says that outburst is a result of post dramatic stress. he wanted -- posttraumatic stress. he wanted the reason to be medical. an attack carried out on a busy tourist district in indonesia while you were sleeping. three suicide bombers blew themselves up at a starbucks in a bustling area of jakarta. all five of the terrorists were killed.
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a spokesman says this appears to be an isis attack. imitated the november attacks on paris. we will bring updates as soon as we get them throughout the morning. jason: commitment 2016. presidential candidates preparing to face off in their first debate of the year. they will gather in south carolina for the debate hosted by fox business network. it will focus on economic, domestic, and international policy issues. the democrats will meet this sunday for their direct. -- debate. ted cruz is dismissing airport that he failed to disclose a loan. cruz did not reveal that he had relied on money from goldman sachs. a spokeswoman for his campaign is calling it a filing error. she says they are asking federal regulators how to update the old reports.
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street this morning to see if there is any improvement to the stock market. the s&p 500 lost 40 points bringing it down 10%. a fall that large has not happened since last august. energy and consumer stocks took the biggest hit with crude oil trading nearly $30 a barrel. the dow jones down 364 points, nasdaq 159, s&p 48. jason: an update on the construction progress of a new elementary school in orlando. the new building will help relieve overcrowding. work began on july -- into july near south john young parkway. 45 classrooms. it is inspected to be complete and ready to open by the fall. michelle: your first alert forecast. we have been dealing with cold mornings but the afternoons, even if we not getting a lot of sunshine are quite beautiful. jason: everyone is enjoying this cool stretch.
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a lot of clouds. the clouds still streaming in from the gulf of mexico. high temperatures stay closer to average but not quite there yet. most in the mid to upper 60' s. cloud cover we have now, those clouds will keep streaming and. warmer than it was yesterday morning but there is still a cooler -- coolness in the air. upper 30' s-lower 40' marion county, 45 in the villages. 49 in claremont. salt springs is at 40 degrees. 46 in winter park. 49 in sanford and oviedo and deer park area 47 in osceola county. 43 deland. 50 in port st. john. the warmer your temperatures are. we will stay mostly cloudy, 65 by noon and we will top out in
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i will take you around county by county and we will talk more about timing of the showers and storms coming up. ted: 6:11. i-95 mile marker 250. things moving along nicely. better on the northbound side where he wrapped up the construction from earlier. as you can see here, not causing any impact at all. 408 westbound, past the conway toll plaza, no delays this morning. minor crash off to the side. if you' re going to be traveling through there you might see a delay. it is looking decent. michelle: an american olympian under arrest. jason: what skier is doing to one of her family members. michelle: new questions in two high-profile murder cases. why a killer on death row might
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jason: someone here in the sunshine state bought a ticket that hit the powerball jackpot. they will have to share that with two other winners. e officials have not yet announced the exact store where the ticket was sold. michelle: police in orlando found a body this morning. officers were called to the apartment complex off of orange avenue just after midnight. they have not said how that person died. jason: five attackers and two other people are dead after a assault in jakarta indian -- indonesia. they were likely affiliated with isis. at least three attackers used suicide bombs at a starbucks. some news at home. two local hype -- high-profile murder cases will go back in front of a judge tomorrow. michelle: jazmin walker is here
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jazmine: one deals with the murder case set to go to trial where the dental -- death penalty was going to be an option. the other was a murder suspect already sestak -- sentenced to death in orange county. back in october, a judge sentenced him to death for the 2012 murder of alex delta bar. -- alex zaldivar. earlier this week, wesh 2 talked with these father -- his father. >> that would be a miscarriage of justice and a waste of taxpayer money. for what he did to our son. jazmine: the second trial is for the deltona man accused of murdering his family. it may be delayed after the u.s. supreme court ruled florida' s death penalty system as unconstitutional. luis toledo' s trial was set to
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he murdered his wife a t delay. florida law gives too much power to judges and not enough to juries. jason: we will be watching these closely. one of the backstreet boys is in a florida jail this morning, a bar. according to the arrest documents, carter was take into in key west. new this morning, olympic gold medicine -- medalist charges. and admitted to pushing her father down at least one flight of stairs and locking him in the to plead not guilty when she
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>> twitter is being accused of helping isis. they are facing a lawsuit from the family of a florida man killed by an alleged member of the terror group. now that man' s family is suing because they say twitter knowingly allowed isis to recruit, raise money, and spread propaganda. isis operates 70,000 twitter accounts. twitter says this is without merit. jason: chase to show you. station. this woman was driving recklessly yesterday. she ended up right there banging affiliate. police arrived. she tried to drive away but they have got her surrounded. take another look. that is the front door of the michelle:.
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it seems like every single morning we are getting just a little bit warmer. amy: there is still a chill in the air. sweaters probably still a good idea. tomorrow morning we will be warmer. maybe we can finally ditch the winter coats for the raincoats tomorrow. getting the kids to school, we have a lot of clouds. we are in the lower 40' s to lower 50' s in most of the area. we did have some 30' s in the overnight. winds kicking up. 41 in ocala. fairly light, it feels colder than it is. 48 orlando, 48 daytona beach, 49 in sanford. there is the clouds that are streaming in. we are mostly cloudy. meanwhile we have these most -- showers here. low pressure is going to move closer to us over the next 12 hours. as it moves closer it is going to fire up.
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tonight into early tomorrow. 64 salt springs. we will hit 66 in eustis and 67 in clermont. warmer than yesterday, not quite back to normal. extra clouds will keep us a bit cooler. 68 in this low. -- this low -- bislow. those showers will start to develop late in the late night hours thanks to this warm up -- warm front that starts to move in. rain tomorrow early in the day, and then we will have another round of storms as the cold front pushes through later in the day in the afternoon. we will try things out friday night into saturday. there will be another front that comes through on sunday that will bring rain and also some cooler air. here is futurecast.
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thunderstorms rolled through overnight tonight into early tomorrow. we are still talking about showers and storms in the morning, 8-9-10:00. new tomorrow into the afternoon and evening, into the evening hours on friday, we will be done. i want to let you know january, we have a subtropical storm way far away from florida, way over by the cape verde island. hybrid system. it is very rare to have storms formed in the month of january. it has happened four times since we have been keeping records. it is a name off our list for the season which does not officially begin until june 1. we are warmer tomorrow with showers and storms. view, westbound on the right, as they make their approach into
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part the drive on i-4 is still a quiet one. here is the 408. just pass conway toll plaza. no delays right now. if you' re going to get on near the toll plaza it would cost you four minutes if you left now. epcot center drive to get around that one. into downtown orlando, from obt all the way to colonial, let' s say you' re going to drive from turnpike only eight minutes. jason: the oscar buzz is
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michelle: >> new video for you to take a look at this morning. this is an oil well fire in oklahoma. it broke out yesterday afternoon and at least for fire departments were called in. there were massive flames and smoke could be seen a mile away. the cause of the fire remains under investigation. no one was hurt. hollywood stars are waiting this morning for a very big and important announcements. michelle: the oscar
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here is who is getting a lot of buzz. many people are saying this could be leonardo dicaprio asked chance at an -- best chance at an oscar for his movie the revenant. that movie might get a not for best picture but it could get competition from matt damon and the martian. also spotlight, mednax, and straight out of compton. -- matt max -- mad max and straight out of compton. >> the magic have lost five of their six games and aaron gordon is expected to miss the game with a sprained ankle. tipoff is at 3:00 p.m.. in your next half hour the big stories this morning. did you win the powerball? jason: someone in florida did.
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grocery store in melbourne. we have all the details straight ahead in our next half hour. amy: now i am a little bummed. we are cool in central florida. clouds. temperatures in the 40' s and in the lower 50' s.
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nd announcer: local, live, late-breaking. this is wesh 2 news sunrise in high definition. >> excitement across the nation. three people are waking up a whole lot richer. it could be someone you know. >> we now go to central florida where a lot of those lucky -- i am live with a low update -- the update. >> we will tell you about the died. responsible. >> tallahassee right now, the
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>> thank you for waking up with wes two news sunrise. -- wesh 2 news sunrise. jason: i am jason guy. michelle: i am michelle imperato. here is a look at melbourne. we are going to have more information on this lucky powerball minute in just a minute at first amy sweezey has your forecast. amy: it is 6:31. cloudy and cool this morning. we are warmer than we were yesterday but there is still a bit of a chill in the air. mostly cloudy for your thursday. mid-upper 60' s for your highs. we have got showers and storms on the way later tonight. it is 41 in ocala. warmer than yesterday' s upper 30' s. 49 in sanford, 48 in orlando and kissimmee and 51 in melbourne. comparing yesterday to today, a
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we did the -- dropped to 37 since midnight in ocala. those temperatures are coming up because of the wind and cloud cover. that is going to continue for the day. we will hit 65 in bellevue. 69 today in maitland. 68 in waterford like , -- lake, 68 is where we are headed in melbourne. the timing of our showers and storms for later tonight coming up in just a few minutes. ted: we have a crash blocking a lane on when a vista drive this morning. -- buena vista drive this morning. if you' re going to be traveling through, if you left right now not too bad to start. busier between 436 and maitland. it is looking good. jason: police are investigating
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a body was found at the lost -- just off orange avenue. they have not said why the person died or why they are calling it suspicious. breaking news this morning. where the winning powerball jackpot ticket was sold and it was -- is right here. michelle: alex villareal is about to hit the road for melbourne. good morning. alex: good morning. extremely exciting. we just found out the publix in melbourne beach -- that is the store that sold the winning jackpot -- jackpot winning ticket here in florida. it was confirmed by a lottery official to us. if you live in melbourne, if you bought your ticket in melbourne, today could be you' re very lucky day. make sure that you check those
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if you haven' t already. we know that it was a reporter in l.a. who originally treated -- tweeted that the florida jackpot winner but the lucky ticket in orlando. lines were long at gas stations and publix stores. everybody was jumping at this chance to become an instant billionaire. 528.8 million dollars are how much each of these three winning tickets are worth. that publix in melbourne beach is going to get money here. a commission of that total prize. we are about to head off. we have to jump in our truck and get going. we are going to see if there is that same kind of frenzy at the store here in central florida. jason: it is going to be an exciting time. good luck.
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to tell you about. it involves a wreck that claimed the life of a 14-year-old boy in orange county. michelle: the teen was hit was trying to run across john young parkway at 7:30 last night. he had been standing with two other people in the median. the teen was hit by two separate cars and killed. troopers do not suspect alcohol was involved. the team' s name has not been released -- teen' s name has not been released. >> wesh 2 was there last night as billy joe gibson wanted out of the orange county jail. he hit three-year-old donyell months all they -- daniel monsalve. he told police he did not stop as he had a suspended license. >> deadly attacks in indonesia. new video of one of the explosions in the nation'
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seven people were killed. three suicide bombers exploded themselves in a busy starbucks. police stormed that coffee shop and spend more than two hours in gun battles. unconfirmed reports of explosions in other portions of jakarta. the attacks were not a complete surprise. police have warned that islamic militants were planning something big. it is unclear if other attackers are on the run. no one has claimed responsibility for the attacks. jason: we are learning some shocking new details about the murder of a florida woman in italy. the suspect is now in custody. ashley olsen was found dead in her apartment in florence on saturday. she suffered two fractures to her head before she was strangled. dna from the scene ties an
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s name or motive. michelle: arguments set to begin in the trial of a marion county woman accused of beating and killing 18. -- a teen. her first conviction was overturned because she was not properly read her or let -- miranda rights. jason: features -- teachers, parents, community leaders preparing to leave for tallahassee. a bus pulled out 30 minutes ago. they are planning to protest about school testing. brett: standardized testing remains a highly controversial topic. many teachers don' t approve of teaching to the test and parents want to see other options in education. with the beginning of the legislative session this week teachers, administrative, and parents all coming together to
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they are headed to the state capital to protest the direction lawmakers are taking public schools. that bus leaving from the sanford mall and when they reach tallahassee they will be joined by thousands across florida planning to attend this rally. lawmakers are expected to discuss -- take a listen. >> a lot of teachers just want to teach. we know our students best. let ability to classroom. not against that. i want to make sure that i am here for my students and making sure they know what they need to do. as they were getting ready to board that bus. few options regarding testing. one idea would allow students to use tests other than the state
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it is going to take time to implement changes. michelle: this morning, new text messages reveal more about exit drug lord el chapo' s time on the run. investigators say he says -- sent a series of text messages to mexican actress kate del castillo. in a text message to his attorney, el chapo says he did not know who actor sean penn was and had to look them up. the meeting with sean penn helped lead to his capture. el chapo is expected to be extradited to the united states. jason: 10 american sailors are safe in u.s. custody. iranian video shows the nine men and one woman after their two small boats drifted into iranian waters. those sailors were held for some 14 hours and were not released until this apology was made on camera. >> it was a mistake.
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apologize. iranian behavior was fantastic while we were here. we thank you for your hospitality and your assistance. jason: it is unclear whether the sailor was speaking voluntarily. the u.s. has not commented. john kerry says the iranian nuclear deal created a line of medication that help resolve the matter clean. republicans are speaking out. marco rubio said iran knows it can get away with those actions while president obama is in office. candidates will go head-to-head tonight for their first debate of the year. michelle: nikole killion reports it could be a game changer. weeks. >> it is the first one of 2016. make another impression with voters before they cast their first ballot in south carolina.
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excellent -- slated to appear on prime time. ted cruz and donald trump tangled with a neck and neck race in iowa. rand paul is clamoring to get back in the mix after being booted to the undercard along with carly fiorina. paul has reportedly asked the debate host to reconsider. as of now foxbusiness says it has no plans to give any candidates a second look. michelle: up next, setting the alarm clock a little later for students. jason: leaders are going to be
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jason: if you missed our breaking news, one of the powerball jackpot winners was sold in brevard county. you' re looking at the winning numbers from last night' s drawing. worth $1.6 billion. one of the three winning tickets sold at the publix in melbourne. we are heading to that store right now. >> 6:44. another cool start as we get
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>> we are all covered in these clouds this morning. are we going to see those clouds clear out? amy: mostly cloudy today but it feels chilly out here again like last couple of mornings. if you have needed a jacket you will probably want one today. it makes it feel colder than it is. later today we will be warmer than yesterday. mid 60' s by noon and upper 60' s for highs. not a whole lot of son. clouds all day long. marion county in the lower 40' s. dunnellon dropped to 39. villages at 45, claremont at 48. windemere is at 49 and it is 49 right now in his low -- viz. low -- bislow. a little bit of a chill in the air. we will be in the mid-to-upper 60' s and we have got some
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the timing of that and futurecast when i come back inside. let' s send it back inside to get traffic update. ted: a situation on i-4. in volusia county, a big stir. this is westbound by the st. johns river bridge. this crash is not blocking the roadway but it is causing a three mile backup that starts right around the area of the very. -- did very -- deberry. it is going to be slow for a couple of miles. buena vista drive we have a block, hughes epcot center drive to get around it. not so bad on i-4. eastbound is still nice. if you are leaving now between the turnpike and colonial, eight minutes. between john young and colonial five to six minutes. jason: we are covering orange
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public school leaders will once again focus on whether some students are getting up too early for school. michelle: possible plans to start classes -- the changes would take effect in grades nine through 12. all of orange county high schools bring in the first class bells before 7:30 a.m. -- 7:30 a.m.. the estimated cost of the difference varies from zero dollars. many scenarios involve buying more school buses. school members are looking for a solution that won' t break the bank. >> i would love to find a way to move start times back a little bit. the issue for me is balancing those priorities because that comes at a cost. a great cost to the district. michelle: board members want to
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the teen brain is not functioning property -- properly before 7:30. workshop starts at 4:30. jason: candidates for the osceola county schools superintendent opening narrowed down to three. anna diaz, debra pace, and dr. lori romano. the community is invited to meet those candidates at a reception tonight. it is being held at valencia college' s osceola campus. michelle: the circus comes to town and it will be your last chance to see one of their iconic act. ringling bros and barnum & bailey' s legendary show ' s elephants will be retired in may. the show will feature acrobats, horse riding, and much more. top stories next on sunrise. jason: let' s see what the date
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>> let the search begin. live with the new powerball frenzy underway after winning tickets for that record jackpot were sold in three different state. hazardous to your health? the major lawsuit just filed against a popular brand of lip home. those stories plus complete coverage of this morning' s oscar nominations and we will celebrate one year of our very
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>> it is>> 6:51. there is a chill in the air in central florida. low-to-mid 40' s in our northern spots. clouds keeping us from dropping, but there is a bit of a breeze to so we have got a wind chill. 51 in melbourne. cloud streaming in since yesterday. they will continue to do so today. rain in south florida , showers along the gulf coast and all of this is going to be heading closer to the state of florida over the next 12 hours. that is going to bring some showers and storms our way late night tonight and early tomorrow.
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getting closer to average. still not quite there. mid-to-upper 60' s, 64 ocala, 66 daytona beach, melbourne you' re headed to 68 with a breeze eventually this afternoon coming off the ocean out of the east. today, lots of clouds, warmer, showers and storms late tonight. as this one front makes its approach, we will see showers and thunderstorms overnight tonight into early tomorrow. a second round will happen in the afternoon as our cold front gets dragged through the area. a one-to punch -- 1-2 punch. strong storms with gusty wind. make sure you have got batteries in your weather radio. once we get to saturday we are drier but there is another front that will come through sunday that will bring us another round of showers and storms.
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showers with embedded storms overnight into early friday. into the morning commute, still some lingering showers and late morning on friday, showers and thunderstorms that will roll through. you can see it on and off through noon then into the afternoon and evening as that cold front slides through we and the rain. we will try things out by the time we get to friday night. if you have friday night plans the rain will be gone. dry again on saturday with showers and storms sunday. cooler air for next week. another round of 60' s for next week. ted: trouble on i-4 westbound over three mile backup. we have a crash, not blocking. everybody is stopping to take a peek so going through de berry it is going to be slow westbound. look at the speed sensors.
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at deltona 27 miles an hour. a couple minutes so we can see a aerial view. epcot center drive is a good alternate to get around that one. the i-4 right into downtown orlando is still not that bad. only eight minutes. jason: we just found out where one of the winning tickets was sold. michelle: lottery officials tell us it was sold at a publix in melbourne beach. that ticket is one of three. they will have to share the nearly $1.6 billion prize. the winners have not been named. winning numbers are for -- o, eight, -- jason: police are investing getting a suspicious death in orlando. detectives arrived there. they are not seeing how the person died or why they are
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michelle: a 15-year-old locked up in brevard county after allegedly killing his toddler sister. an autopsy revealed a toddler died of blunt force trauma. deputies have not determined if the teen will be charged as an adult. jason: a crash left a 14-year-old boy dead in orange county. the teen was hit will trying to run across john young park and west of oak ridge road. the teen was struck by two separate cars. both drivers stayed at the scene. teachers and come -- community leaders in tallahassee will be protesting over school testing. many teachers do not approve of teaching to the test and parents want to see other options in
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wesh 2 2 amy: another cool start in central florida. 49 in melbourne and 45 and is taught -- daytona beach. closer to normal, not quite there yet. lots of clouds and we have showers and storms that will role in tonight. overnight into early tomorrow, a second round in the afternoon. likely some thunderstorms.
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