atwe announcer: local, live, late breaking. this is wesh 2 news sunrise in high definition. michelle: right now on sunrise, maryland in morning. the local connection to the gunman who killed two deputies. >> this is the room i sleep in. jason: minutes between life and death. the damage the car that punched a hole in a county home. michelle: you will need layers and time to defroster windshield.

villareal and the effort to keep the homeless warm. amy sweezey is tracking how long these temperatures will stick around. and you for joining us this morning. i am michelle imperato area --. jason: i' m jason guy. it is cold. amy: we have a freeze warning in numbers in a second. we are going to climb today. we will get some sunshine that will help our temperatures get to the low to mid 60' s. however, that is not back to normal yet. 73 is our average high. we have to wait to tomorrow to get back to normal. we have an hour to go and once we do get to sunrise, our temperatures will climb. we will make it to 58 by noon today. the freeze warning you saw in effect for more counties today. it includes volusia, northern light, and sumter for another three hours. everybody else that is not officially freezing with the air

because the services would it down to 32 degrees. car windshields, grass, roofs of your house, you may be dealing with frosted about spots. here is our numbers now. it is 28 in ocala. 36 and the villages and sanford. 38 daytona beach. kissimmee has dropped to 39 and melbourne and leesburg are at 38 degrees. in sanford, not much of a breeze today. a bit of a wind. that 36 feels like freezing. even though it is not super blustery this morning like it has been, just a little breezes give us a windchill. later on today, we will -- we' ll make into 64 for the high in orlando this afternoon. alex villareal is out in orlando right now.

alex: iamb amy and i am feeling pretty good out here, it has been interesting. we have had mixed reactions to the temperatures. we talked to new yorkers who said this is nothing. it is cold enough that coalition for the homeless of central florida here in orlando did that means they have opened up to get out of the chill. s men service center takes care of 250 men a day and the center for 240 men women and children. on a cold night, when the temperature dips below 40 degrees, the coalition opens overflow site -- space and everyone is welcome. i talked to a member of the kitchen staff who said they have dozens of extra people there today and they are making more breakfast right now to be able to feed and take care of those people. seminole county emergency officials also opened up more shelter space overnight in seminole county at the rescue outreach mission of central

shelter on standby. in orlando, utilities commission put extra crews on standby and said they are ready to provide extra power for home heating systems during the cold snap. it is a chance -- they are tips to keep you safe. including open your blinds and drapes during the day to lead in the warm sunshine, but at night, close them to keep out the cold air. keep portable heaters if you need them at least three feet away from furniture, bedding, walls, clothing, and anything else flammable. it is cold outside, so remember that when you are stepping out. ted has an information you might need to look out for when you step outside to get in your car. ted: usually, i-4 eastbound or seminole county is quiet, it is westbound that gets slower. i-4 but when you look at the chopper. ultimate hasn' t wrapped up get

we have a right lane blocked, it moves over to a left lane blocked. it is a traffic switch with construction happening there between maitland in altamonte springs --. we have a right link -- i for eastbound into is not too bad. from the turnpike as we virtually fly into downtown, things are looking good. michelle: flagyl fly half staff in maryland to honor two deputies killed in the line of duty. jason: we have learned that the gunman has ties to central florida. brett connolly has that information. brett: the gunman' s family described him as a troubled man and he had warns out in two different states, florida and maryland. he was wanted here for multiple traffic violations. he was wanted elsewhere in florida for assaulting a police officer. this is part of the chaotic scene around lunchtime yesterday in abington just outside of baltimore. the first maryland deputy was

the sheriff says the shooter, 68-year-old david evans, took off. he killed another deputy during killed. police have not released a motive. the sheriff says he thinks the because he was in uniform. s son on his estranged father. >> he never talked poorly about cops to me. never had issues in the past with police officers. he just -- i think he just got into, he was a heavy drinker. he had emotional problems and all in all, i think what happened today is a terrible tragedy. brett: one deputy killed was a 30 year veteran of the department, the other had been with the agency for 16 years. a spokesman for the harp -- harvard county -- harford county sheriff says the investigation is ongoing. michelle: this morning, we are

damage this car caused when it slammed into this orange county home. the damage is so bad, the home on rio grande and 19th street has been deemed unsafe to live in. the homeowner says the all situations hard to fathom. >> how far was the car in? >> it went year. michelle: orlando police say the driver of a sedan lost control yesterday afternoon. kinsey' s daughter and -- say they were minutes before -- in the spot minutes before it crashed. >> and you are just in there just before? >> probably about five minutes before the car went through the wall. michelle: the family is now staying at a hotel and we are waiting to hear from police about possible charges for the driver. jason: a brevard county deputy is out on bond this morning, charged with having sex with an inmate.

taylor had two accounts of sexual misconduct at the jail. >> i can tell you how much it angers me as you guys now, the men and women of the state do everything they can to protect our nationalism and her citizens. something like this serves to take that away. >> this is an individual -- this is an individual who dismissed his players to do the right thing and embarrassed himself and everything he stood for. jason: taylor was named corrections officer the year in 2013. intimate 2016, nowak he is getting ready to host the next go around between hillary' s -- milwaukee is getting ready to host the next round of debate between hillary clinton and bernie sanders. >> is a smaller field and south carolina. this could make a break jeb bush

>> the question for people in south carolina is what kind of person you want behind the big desk. >> john kasich as he will try to not go negative. >> i' m not going to let some one pound me, i have a right to defend myself. >> the men and women in south carolina i believe want a consistent conservative. >> donald trump has led every poll here in the last six months, in clemson, he hammered hillary clinton and her loss in new hampshire. >> honestly, women don' t like her, men don' t like her, take a look at what is happening to her. >> lawmaker -- black lawmakers are coming to her rescue. the black caucus will endorse or today. members and -- >> the people in south carolina are angry and he wanted candidate that reflects that. >> could that be bernie sanders? >> go your own way, the

>> he is courting carolina voters. he will face off with hillary clinton in the debates tonight. bernie sanders' s campaign says he raised $5 million in small donations overnight after his win in new hampshire. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. michelle: we are turning back to those frigid temperatures because that is what people will talk about today. jason: you have to bundle up and you will probably see her breath outside. people and manatees alike are doing anything they can to stay warm. let' s get to amy sweezey with our forecast. there is some relief later in the day. amy: we have lots of sunshine today and that is going to help our temperatures climb once we get to sunrise. that doesn' t happen for another hour yet. we will climb, make it to the low-to-mid 60' s. still cooler than average is. yesterday, some of us did not

a frosted visor he -- freeze warning for our northern areas. 29 in dunnellon, 32 in romeo. 30 in citra and silver springs. 32 in okahumpka. temperatures will continue to drop through sunrise as we got clear skies, the wind is fairly light and that is a nice setup with that cold air that is filtering in yesterday. 34 and lake mary. 36 in winter park and 36 in holopaw. palm coast is dropped to 31. port orange avenue 39 degrees and deltona, it is 35. temperatures will climb once we get there and we will make it to 58 by noon. we will top out in the low to mid 60 later today. i will tell you more but when the 70' s make a comeback and a peak ahead to the weekend in a few minutes. it is traffic time, here is ted. ted: very slow drive on i-4 eastbound between just before

through maitland into altamonte springs i-4 eastbound is on a crawl. road work that has not wrapped up since the overnight and it has been alternating between a right lane blocked. for a couple of minutes we had all eastbound lanes blocked. traveling from sam -- traveling into seminole from orange, it will be slow. 95 southbound, a right-wing blocked going through the state road 44 area. not bad on the 40 wait, westbound on the right in this shot between the conway toll plaza and i-4, four minutes. michelle: the new concerns bringing state officials to the capitol hill. jason: why this disease is so dangerous and how the lip committees trying to protect athletes. michelle: next, here from passengers back on dry land

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jason: you are looking live at the temperatures in central

screen and if you of lake eola on the right. you may see a little snowfall in the graphic, but that is not the case. it is cold. 28 in ocala right now. we will have much more straight ahead as we check your first alert forecast here on sunrise. this would a covenant a crew ship slandering a store is doubt back in port. michelle: jazmin walker is joining us now. what did passenger say once they were on dry land? jazmin: some jumped for joy, others yelled free at last and we made it. passengers who thought they were taking a week vacation say it was anything but. >> so glad to be home, that was a heck of a ride. >> it was 12 hours of pure torture. jazmin: the ship never made its planned stop at port canaveral. the anthem of the seas turned

powerful winds and waves as high as 30 feet toss the ship around, damaging some public areas and state rooms. for passengers had minor injuries. >> 17 hours, it was like a roller coaster you can' t get off of and you are strapped in. >> the crew and captain were great. jazmin: the passengers will get a full refund and 50% off a future cruise. the cruise line said the event exceptional iced -- exceptional as it was, exemplified gaps in our system. though the system want wealth are many instances of severe weather around the world, what happened this week shows that we need to do better. bill nelson is asking the national transportation safety board to investigate the decision to sail into the store. royal caribbean says it far exceeded their forecast. as for the at them of the seas, much of the damage has been repaired. it sales -- set sales next week.

day, health officials on capitol hill fighting for funding to battle the zika virus. they are worried it will make its way to the u.s. from south america. all but one case has been travel related. the concern remains mostly for pregnant women, because the virus linked to birth defects. experts say something we' ll may not know they even have zika. >> is believed to cause no symptoms and approximately 80% of the people infected. mild symptoms in a virtually all of the rest. jason: the u.s. olympic committees taking action, hiring two infectious disease specialists ahead of the games in rio. michelle: lake nona middle' s postings were bookworms and they are getting a reward for all of that reading. students collectively spent 6.5 million minutes buried in books. that is more than any middle school in the country. later this morning, they will

the author of the book the great green heist. jason: you may want to read a book to stay inside. this is not an outdoor playing morning. amy: i think later today, the kids will be good, mostly because the have a lot of sun. he warmer in the wind will be,. that is what everyone was complaining about yesterday. it was tough to be outside. today, it is much less windy. that will allow early one temperatures to drop the. we' re in the upper 20' s north and west. we are going to climb today, with lots of sunshine across the area. that will bring our temperatures up today into the 60' s. this morning, look at these numbers so far. 28 degrees in ocala, that is a far cry from the average of the seven.

we' ve dropped into the upper 30' s and we could drop more in a couple of places. 38 in leesburg right now. 34 in the villages. 37 palm coast. look at all of these 30' s. orlando is at 40. we were in the upper 30' s a short time ago. buildings help us keep a little warm. 29 in dunnellon, 32 romeo. thursday in burbank. 32, myrtle island and shall block. -- shell bluff. no wind chill that is a good thing. look at melbourne, it is 38. the wind is called. but it feels like 38, instead of doing that wind chill like yesterday. it will be warmer with less wind and lots of sun, that means our temperatures will make it back to the 60'

some of us hit 60 yesterday, some did not make it out of the 50' s. we will hit the 70' s tomorrow. 64 is where he had been clermont. before in longwood and oviedo. low to mid 60' s along the coast. 62 daytona beach, 64 cocoa beach and 65 palm bay. tomorrow, we will be sunny and dry. we will -- the 70' s will make a comeback. we will be warmer for a few days. friday and saturday, temperatures will be in the 70' s. on sunday, another cool blast of air and that will coolest down a bit for valentine' s day. let' s get a traffic check and get over to ted noah. i-4 ted:i-4 eastbound between -- ted: i-4 eastbound has lanes blocked off. they have reopened at least two of the lanes. still a bit of a slowdown just past maitland boulevard.

go from maitland until 436, it would cost to about an extra seven minutes. this is i-95 southbound approaching state road 44. on the right lane, a lane blocked. lake mary to lee, that is the good spot. no major congestion out of seminole and into orange. that is at 11 minutes. more travel times at the bottom of your screen. jason: one year after a price hike, a local themepark discharging more.

you to hang up with harry pth jason: we have frost and freeze warnings for you in central florida this morning. you will want to bundle up as you step outside. our area in ocala is the cold spot for central florida. 28 degrees. a little warmer as you head south and east to the coast. 38 in melbourne. amy sweezey' s looking ahead to a warm up this afternoon in just a minute on sunrise. michelle: a thief hoping to strike it rich on a scratch off ticket stealing spree.

from an orlando 7-eleven on january 28. deputies believe you may have snatched tickets from up to eight different stores. if you know who he is, call crime line. starting today, it will cost you a little more to get to universal orlando. jason: the themepark is bumping up the ticket prices overnight. a one day single park passes up to $105. that is up three dollars from last year. for a one-day part two part ticket, it will cost you $155. jason: michelle: net -- netflix is introducing kids to one of the greatest bands of all time. the beatles will literally become beetles in a new show. they will feature songs from the band played -- covered by modern artists. it will hit in august -- netflix in august. jason: fbi agents around an armed militia in oregon. how soon come to an end. michelle: good

into a frigid lake county pond to save an elderly man. let' s had a lot to alex villareal. alex: it is cold outside. coming up, i will toe you would local shelters are doing to make sure everybody stays warm. amy: you definitely want those layers this morning. we have dropped to the 20' s in a northern spots and we are not done dropping yet. a freeze warning in effect. i have the chilly details when we return. spokesbox: go paperless, don't stress, girl i got the discounts that you need safe driver accident-free everybody put your flaps

announcer: local, live, late-breaking. this is wesh 2 news sunrise in high definition. >> right now, freeze warnings are in effect for central florida. michelle: local agencies making sure the homeless have a warm place to go. alex villareal' s life in orlando with the effort. thanks for waking up with us. jason: we are joined by amy sweezey. it is not just a floridian thing. it is cold. brett: it is -- amy: it is

we have a frost advisory in effect. once we get through sunrise, and other parts of the country it won' t climb. we get the benefit of the florida sunshine. we back -- make it back into the lower 60' s today but at least it is warmer than yesterday. some of us didn' t make it out of the 50' s yesterday afternoon. freeze warnings in effect for our northern spots. colder in a lot of these places. we have seen that for the last couple of hours and a frost advisory for everyone else. even if you are not actually dropping to 32, the services will be cold enough that we will see that frost. on the roof of your house, on the grass, we will have quite a bit of house -- frost. 36 in the villages and sanford. in daytona beach and leesburg,

we will hit 64 in sanford and maitland. low-mid-60' s expected along the coast with lots of sunshine and very little when. jason: these bones chilling temperatures are hard on the homeless. michelle: alex villareal is out side the homeless coalition. alex: the coalition declared it a cold night and that means they are allowing anybody inside the shelter who needs to get out of the cold. usually they are open to a limited number of their residents, but tonight and this morning, they are allowing anyone in. that happens anytime the temperature dips below 40 degrees. we are feeling the chill this morning. everybody is very bundled up. typically, the

per day. the family center houses 240 men women and children. everybody is welcome. who says they have dozens of additional people this morning that came overnight. they will be feeding them as well. seminole county emergency officials opened more shelters at the rescue outreach mission in central florida and sanford standby. in orlando the utilities commission put extra crews on standby. it is willing to provide extra power to heat your house during the cold snap. it also has tips to keep yourself warm and safe. those include opening your blinds and drapes 20 -- let the warm sunshine in. if you are using affordable heaters, keep those three feet

flammable. has given a list of the things that they need. if you are able to donate, s, coats, hats, scarves. pass this up to the people who don' t have them and need them in this cold weather. here is a look at your roads. ted: i-4 eastbound, we have wrapped up the road work between maitland and 436. for a little while we had eastbound shut down. delays have subsided. good news. in lake mary, westbound on the left, tends to see some backups towards maitland. not there just yet but still looking good. westbound on the right, eastbound of the left where we have more backups in the

the stretch from the turnpike to colonial drive is going to cost eight minutes. jason: we are working to find out how an elderly man died after driving into a frigid pond. the crash was reported in groveland, not far from the turnpike. brett connolly joins us now. we understand he made it out of the car alive. brett: the good samaritans that pulled him from the karsay the 73-year-old was talking with them before he suddenly died -- car say the 73-year-old was talking with them before he suddenly died. two good samaritans pull that crash victim from the pond. he was speaking with them but as he was sitting on the ground he fell unconscious and died. this crash remains under investigation. michelle: a former marion county

we showed you this video of jesse terrel punching derek price. price had laid down, appearing to surrender. the other four deputies took plea deals on the charges but terrel is fighting them. a trial scheduled next month. jason: the standoff at an oregon wildlife refuge could come to an end today. the fbi has that refuge surrounded. for protesters hold up inside. the group sees to that refuge over opposing federal land-use policy. cliven bundy was taken into custody. his son, ammon bundy, was leading the protest until his arrest last month. michelle: the man who assassinated robert kennedy will remain behind bars despite help

the decision came from testimony from paul schrade who was injured in the 1968 shooting. schrade claims there was a second shooter who shot the presidential candidate. jason: the nation' s top cop will begin a tour two point out some of the best police departments in the nation. the justice department announced it is suing ferguson, missouri, over civil rights malaysia -- violations. >> loretta lynch will launch a to her that will take her to six cities to highlight police departments she views as role models for law enforcement. this comes after she announced the justice department is suing ferguson missouri after legislators voted against a deal about how police and courts

a complaint accuses the missouri city of routinely violating residents rights and misusing law enforcement to generate revenue. the justice department has been scrutinizing ferguson since michael brown, a black, unarmed 18-year-old was fatally shot by an officer months ago. the unanimously voted against a deal with the justice department saying they couldn' t afford the price tag. jason: people will come together to remember fallen orange county sheriff' s deputy scott time. a candlelight vigil -- scott time -- scott pine. the deputy was shot after confronting car burglary suspects. the gunman later shot and killed himself. his girlfriend is serving 15 years in prison.

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jason: thursday morning is here. you are dealing with another cold start. the coldest morning we have had. michelle: you need a jacket today. amy sweezey is breaking down our forecast. amy: i have not been out here that long but it is cold. we have got temperatures in the 20' s in our northern spots so it

36 in sanford and 38 in leesburg. it is not as windy today. the winds are much lighter in a lot of spots. we don' t have to worry about wind chills but we do have the freeze warning for our northern counties. as we climb today we will start to get sunshine and that will will be warmer than yesterday. it is a slow climb. we will be in the lower 60' s before noon and later today we will top out in the mid-60' s. we will talk about when the 70' s make a comeback in just a few minutes. let' s get a traffic update. ted: the chopper is up and flying west through seminole county looking for delays. things are quiet. we are getting a lot easier going into maitland and eastbound on the left side of i-4 and downtown orlando, starting to pick up with the morning congestion.

have a crash on state road 50. it is partially blocking elaine. if you are -- blocking a lane. a little east of the area of the turnpike and downtown orlando, that is john young. you can see a little bit slow as you start to approach through kaylee at 21 miles per hour. only two minutes longer than usual. michelle: we are hearing from a former health worker accused of punching a patient with dementia. jason: the nursing assistant lost her job. this woman is saying it is a misunderstanding. jazmin: she says she was trying to protect this patient who said she was -- he was trying to make the -- escape the facility. >> i was trying to trick him with the towel to see if you could let go of the door and hold on to the towel.

michelle: alonso punched randall ellison and senior who was in a wheelchair eight times. upon learning , our staff reported to local state agencies. the defendant' s son says he did not hear about it. >> the staff did not communicate to me what had happened. that is what disturbed me. jazmin: the victim is being cared for at a veterans facility instead. he is not going to sue but hoped the nursing home employees treat every patient with respect. michelle: and eatonville street could be fixed in hours. jason: public works crews have repaired a water main break.

water gushing from the main. a boil water advisory for those who live in the area. that same water main broke and lasted for weeks. flagler county is holding the largest groundbreaking in county history. a ceremony will start construction on the palm coast center for the arts on central avenue. this complex will become a world-class destination for artists. michelle: the u.s. women' s soccer team is one step closer to the olympics. alex morgan scored two goals. it was team usa' s first matchup in the olympic qualifying tournament. they will play mexico on saturday and the full tournament

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>> ocala is at 28 degrees. don' t be fooled, it is cold there to. amy, everyone is getting a little bit of it this morning. amy: i love that graphic that snows the show. some frost , we do have a frost

as we get going today, as soon as we start to get more sun, we will climb and make it back into the low-mid-60' s. we are not back to normal but we will be warmer than yesterday. a lot of us did not make it out of the 60' s but all the sunshine. it has been so blustery in the last couple of days, that cold air has felt colder. today, calm her winds allow our temperature to fly. on sunday, we get another cold front that comes through but it is not as cold or significant as last couple of fronts. this will bring us down to below average. it is 28 degrees in ocala, we dropped to 44 in the villages. leesburg, daytona beach, melbourne all at 38 and

orlando is our warm spot at 40, but we were in the upper 30' s earlier so we have dropped since mid-eight and lined. marion county under the freeze warning. a lot of freezing temperatures, upper 20' s and lower 30' s. flagler county also under the warning although we are not all at freezing. 30 degrees in palm coast. we have got that frost as well and we have a little bit of a wind chill. most of us have calm winds that sanford is one of the spots where that 36 actually feels more like freezing because that breezes in about five miles per hour. we will get lots of sun, so between those things that will allow our temperatures to decline a little more significantly than yesterday. 64 today in eustis. we will top out at 65 in kissimmee, 66 winter haven.

62 in daytona beach. 65 today in palm bay. tomorrow, the 70' s return . lots of sunshine again but our temperatures will climb for tomorrow and saturday. that next front comes through saturday into sunday, which pulls us through in time for valentine' s day and we returned to the 70' s early next week. here is ted. ted: we have a crash at 653 at curry forks road. it is right by dean road. the chopper is going to check it out. lake underhill is your backup. county road 445a is blocked. there is a blank -- bad crash that is apparently needing a medical transport helicopter to assist with injuries.

state road 60 at the e vine, a crash farce and -- partially closing lane, from john young to colonial, it would cost to seven minutes. jason: it is one of those days where the cold makes it tough to get out of bed. michelle: temperatures are the big story for everyone. look at those numbers. construction workers were bundled up while working outside and the homeless were in shelters. our range and seminole counties opened overflow space to make sure everyone has a warm place to go. jason: investigators trying to figure out how a man died after he crashed his car into a pond in lake county. new the turnpike in groveland, they pull the man out alive. he dies a short time later. jason: an orlando family is waking up after a car smashed

the home is not safe to live in. police don' t know why the driver lost control or if any charges will be filed. >> the man accusing to deputies in maryland had an arrest warrant for forage county. david evidence rambis -- ambushed to deputies in a restaurant. michelle: a candlelight vigil to honor orange county deputy scott pine. pine was shot and killed. at 5:30 tonight, horse ferry road. jason: the royal caribbean cruise ship caught in a massive storm is back in port. it was docking in new jersey last night. four passengers reported minor injuries. passengers will be getting a

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amy: a frosty start in central

frost on the car windows and no doubt you will see it on the roof and the grass. a frost advisory for most of central florida, a freeze warning for the north and look at these falling temperatures. 30 and palm coast and even sanford. the airport getting close to freezing. orlando is back to 38, leesburg 36. a cold start. we will have sunshine, i' ve temperatures will recover back to the 60' s today. warmer than yesterday. s all return. ted: we have a crash on curry fork road id and road. take lake underhill -- by dean road. take lake underhill to get around that. to slow down between altamonte and maitland. jason: the today show is next on

brett: three days until valentine'