announcer: local, live, late breaking. this is wesh 2 news sunrise in high definition. michelle: right now at 6:00, hundreds of miles from home -- when messages want to know about the woman' s youngest daughter who was found dead. jason: a shooting rampage at a cookout the left five people dead. amy: sunshine today means even warmer temperatures. your first alert forecast just ahead. michelle: and miami round two, the democrats on the stage last night and tonight, it is the

we will have a full report of commemorative i-16 in just moments. thank you so much for joining us, i am michelle imperato. jason: i' m jason guy. we are looking ahead to storms in the south end if the system could mean something for us. very quiet at daytona beach. busy there is by week rolls on. let' s get over to amy and she is a look at your forecast. do we any rain coming our way? amy: in the weekend. not today or tomorrow. the red light hold off until sunday. the front bringing the rain has slowed down a little bit. with a mix of sun and clouds today. more sunshine and which means temperatures will be about two or three degrees warmer this afternoon that but we did yesterday. we were in the lower 80' s on wednesday and now on thursday, we will be in the mid-80' s. 40 minutes or so it from sunrise and of course the temperatures start to climb quickly once that happens. right now we are in the lower to middle 60' s and most of central florida.

it is 65 and oviedo, ocoee at 66 and poinciana at 65. 60 a palm coast, city for deltona and 72 in melbourne beach. it is warmer this morning than yesterday morning and it will be warmer this afternoon. the coast will climb to about 80, but with oh southeast winds coming up the ocean, it will be a little cooler there. inland spots will make it to the mid to even if you upper 80' s. it is 602, let' s get a traffic check with ted noah. ted: your thursday morning job is off to a good start on i-4. this is eastbound going straight through downtown orlando, no delays this morning. a perfect drive out there. even getting into the turnpike area at colonial, delay free. westbound seminole into orange, no delays there. if you have taken drive through ultimate or maitland, this is the time to do it. jason: three siblings from

found last night right here in central florida. michelle: their mother is in custody. woman' s youngest daughter was family home. jason: jazmin walker joins us with the new developments. jazmin: these three kids were found safe in marion county. investigators have been searching for the seven-year-old, six-year-old and four-year-old for an entire day. the search ended in marion county when they found them with their mother, clarion garrison. we got this picture from the jail overnight. this started in alba knee, georgia where the body of the -- of garrison upon' s two-year-old daughter was found dead. detectives believe the child admit dead inside the apartment for at least two days. there are still several detailed they' re not releasing. >> forensic autopsy as soon as possible, probably in the

information about things that are important such as how the child actually died and we will be up to go further this investigation. jazmin: garrison is now currently called a person of interest in the child' s death. the district attorney has said other people live in that apartment. the department of children and families in florida has taken custody of garrison' s other three children. jason: thank you. covering volusia county, extra officers will be at a local elementary school after a scare for students. it happened as the child was heading to campus yesterday and edgewater. alex villareal is live there this morning with what started it all. alex: any parents watching this no just how important it is to teach her child about the dangers of strangers and this nine-year-old got that very difficult lesson firsthand here on his way to school.

he was approached by a man who asked him if he want to come to his house. the nine-year-old took off, heading back home after this man approached him. it was while this boy was on his bike on his way to edgewater elementary school. he describes this man is having a heavy build, medium black hair, and a long black goatee. police say this all happened around 7:25 in the morning. the boy' s is the man was wearing all black at the time. a black longsleeved t-shirt, black shorts and tennis shoes and sunglasses. edgewater police now say they are investigating the encounter and extra patrols will be conducted here around atwater elementary and the city' s other elementary school. we will be asking with the school system is doing as this is obviously very scary news for parents and other students. if you have any idea who this

call crimestoppers at 1 -888-277-tips. live in edgewater, alex villareal, wesh 2 news. jason: turning now to commitment 2016. in just hours, the republican candidates take the stage in miami. hours ago, the democrats do lead out there. michelle: it is an all-out fight for florida with six days left to convince voters. bernie sanders will be in kissimmee starting at 3:00 p.m. at osceola heritage park. hillary clinton is a stop in tampa. tracy potts is here with more on the sunshine state showdown. >> hillary clinton campaigns in tampa today, facing new questions about her e-mails, republican party suing for more, and about whether she will be indicted. >> oh-fer goodness, it is not going to happen. i' m not even answering that. [applause]

last night miami debate. undocumented children pouring into the u.s. without their parents. >> i said, welcome those children and this country. secretary clinton said send them back. that' s the difference. >> that is not fair about what i said. i did say we needed to be very concerned about little children coming to this country. >> marco rubio now publicly knology. >> it will come down to florida. we need to win here. >> and on donald trump. >> if he gets florida' s delegates, we have a very different conversation about the state of the republican race. >> marco rubio met with ted cruz, john kasich only thing today and ted cruz is on the list -- met with jeb bush, john kasich will meet with him today. >> donald trump on isis. >> we have to knock them out. >> seven is also hoping to do tuesday.

fox put out has to trump 23 points over rubio in florida. more than a million people have already voted early there. officials say could be 2 million by tuesday. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. michelle: we will have live coverage of bernie sanders appearance in kissimmee today. also, count on coverage of ted cruz and marco rubio campaigning in our area over the next few days. look for live streams in the wesh 2 mobile app. jason: students at matanzas high school will notice an increase numbers of deputies. it comes after the school was placed on lockdown. deputies say a student side of the student with a gun in the restroom. an intense search began. a gun was never found. jason: a convicted -- michelle: a convicted murderer will be sentenced in osceola county. david davis was sentenced -- was convicted earlier.

admitted to being with the group but said he had nothing to do with the murder. jason: breaking news we are following this morning. five people are dead and three other seven hurt after a massacre at a pennsylvania cookout. we had details just outside pittsburgh. >> i' m david kaplan here in wilkinsburg outside of pittsburgh where five people are dead after what police are calling an ambush style shooting here on franklin avenue in wilkinsburg. police believe two shooters open fire on a backyard barbecue around 11:00 last night. four people, three women and one man, died at the scene. another died at the hospital. police believe one shooter fired from the alley behind the home and another from the neighbors backyard as people try to run inside the house when shots ring out. police have indicated that somewhere between 30 and 40 shots were fired. at this point, still no suspects and no motive are known as police continue to investigate

because of the nature of the shooting, they checked yet here for quite a while. michelle: that was david kaplan reporting. several southern and gulf coast states are bracing for more damage as a series of severe storms moved through the area. three people have already died and others have been forced to evacuate. janet will have a look at the story coming up on the today show. >> slow-moving storms of the south the past 48 hours. this is one of the hardest hit communities. we' ve been talking to residents here, they are trying to salvage what they can. but many of them still can' t get back into their homes. we will have the latest coming up on today. jason: here in central florida we are not talking about rain just yet. we will michelle: see it creep into the forecast. michelle:we are on the other side of all that bad weather. amy, we have to just lovely. amy: we have been very dried we will continue this today, tomorrow and saturday. on sunday, that will be our next, best chance for rain

warm and dry today, more sunshine than yesterday. we will hit 86 in orlando. a little cooler at the coast because winds will come off the ocean. we are starting off warmer than yesterday at this time, most of us in the low to mid 60' s. even 71 right now in melbourne. we have our winds coming out of the southeast. at this point, about five to 10 for most of us. cocoa beach a little bit windier. the wind will kick up throughout the day. 10 to 15 miles per hour sustained winds. -- sustained winds. look at the mid 80' s and most of our inland areas today, until they get some rain, we will have really high pollen count as well. over, grass, and bayberry. you will get relief until sunday and monday of next week. ted: a drive on i-4 this morning, things are still looking good in our delay spots. princeton street moving along nicely you spend on the right. 408 looks good.

t trouble spots on i-4 east, and westbound again that are all looking good. jason: an alarming new case of the zika virus in central florida. michelle: what is different

concerns.co jason: a look at the big stories we' re working on. a georgia mother is locked up this morning in marion county after triggering in amber alert. three of her children were found safe in ocala. another toddler was found dead in her home in georgia. michelle: extra police will be at one volusia county schools this morning. a nine-year-old said a man tried to lure him into a home on wednesday morning near atwater elementary. no one has been arrested in the case. jason: fresh off last night' s debate, bernie sanders heads to our area. he is rallying into semi at 3:00. hillary clinton is in tampa. marco rubio and ted cruz have upcoming campaign stops in our area over the next few days. the state health officials have

sexually-transmitted' s bread of the zika virus in florida. michelle: jazmin walker is joining us with what you need to know to protect yourself. jazmin: this one is close to home in polk county. local doctor say they' re getting a lot of questions about the go. all the cases in florida before this one were contracted another country. usefulness spreads her sex. dr. cedi vice principal. >> if they of a partner, we advise them to do not have sex during the presidency -- pregnancy or to always and correctly use condoms. i don' t think it is a bigger s we are in the have, so i think people should continue to practice safe sex. >> the world health organization saliva and blood. there have been 52 cases of zika in florida.

jason: the first ever uterus transplant in the u.s. failed. the cleveland clinic announced the 26 role to receive a transplant had complications and he was removed. this transplant took place last month and appeared to be a success. the patient even appeared in a press conference on monday. doctors say they will continue with nine other plant transplants. happening today, the senate is excited to vote on a final passage of a so-called addiction and recovery act. the bill would provide grants to local governments to help fight the growing drug abuse problem. that includes heroine abuse, which is at an all-time high and on the rise in central florida. the bill would also strengthen prescription drug monitoring. michelle: some of the nation' s top transportation mines will get together to talk about cutting down a deadly crashes. federal government is hosting a two-day summit talk about the future of travel. one of the goals is finding ways to get people to change their behavior like drunk driving or distracted driving.

actors will play the role of disaster victims brought central florida. this is for a full-scale disaster preparedness exercise. local hospitals, the orange county sheriff' s office and orange county public schools and other agencies will take part. dozens of emergency workers and volunteers will participate. jason: let' s turn to your first alert weather now. it has been a very comfortable couple of days here. although we do need a little bit of rain to wash some of the air out. amy: it depends on who you ask. those of us who are suffering with allergies, i' m not comfortable, suffering -- i need some rain. carwash business is loving it. there are people on either end of the scale. getting the gets to school today, here is one thing you probably don' t need jackets were sweaters. no arguments in with you should wear a coat today because it is warm. we are in the 60' s and 70' s. with a couple of scattered clouds. sunrise happens in a few minutes

take a look over downtown orlando at the gorgeous horizon. couple of clouds off to the distance. we don' t have that big a layer of gray cloudiness we had yesterday. 66 in orlando, the wind coming in out of the southeast at seven miles per hour. couple of scattered clouds here and there, but otherwise we don' t have a cloud cover we had yesterday and with more sunshine today, that will lead to warmer temperatures. this morning, we have warm air and southeast winds coming in. it is 63 in ocala, 64 sanford, 60 eight in daytona beach and 70 cocoa beach. it is warmer again along the coast because of the breeze of the ocean. water temperatures in the 60' s. this afternoon, the opposite will happen as the wind comes off the ocean, it will actually keep our air temperatures cooler at the beaches and our inland spots will be able to climb into the middle 80' s. we will be about two to three degrees warmer than we were yesterday and that puts us at 85

we will climb to 86 in eustis and 86 in clermont. 85 in dunnellon. 86 orlando and oh kelly. a few spots in polk county may even had 87 today. i think upper 80' s are not totally out of the question, especially those winds died down a little bit. 81 in palm bay. if you' re headed to the beach today, i know a lot of spring breakers are in town. plenty of people year for bike week. it will still be breezy and if you' re getting in the water, if the upper sixes aren' t too cold for you cover the rip current risk is moderate. not as strong as earlier this week. make sure use when you' re a lifeguard and swim with a friend. the ribs are strongest as the tide heads out there is a happens late morning through early afternoon. seven-day forecast, we are warm and dry again and saturday and we will see showers and storms develop on sunday. if you scattered pockets of rain is that cold front comes to the

get over to ted noah. flying. they are on their way to a maitland. they will get a confirmation for us. this is westbound coming at the camera starting to see more volume getting into downtown orlando. changes. altamonte getting busy. michelle: next on sunrise, getting help after heartbreak. jason: how the gut -- michelle: a mother accused of

jason: welcome back. a south florida mom caught on camera putting up a fight after broward county. fhp sent us this this happened along i-95. she appears to not take the things change when the trooper moves to put cuffs on her. >> no, no, no.

oh my god, no. i just passed all the tests. jason: trooper say the woman' s son was in the backseat of her car to time. the child was not hurt and was released to his father. happening today, public viewing will continue for nancy reagan ahead of her funeral. michelle: maria shriver will sit down with an exclusive interview with reagan' s daughter. >> did you feel alone there walking with her? >> a little bit. yeah. a little bit. but, you know what. i feel very complete my relationship with her. and i think that whatever aloneness i might feel, there is that. and that is very comforting. i feel very clear and clean and where our relationship came to, particularly the last few years of her life. michelle: you can catch it right here on wesh 2 starting at 7:00. a new bill that would provide benefits for families of fallen

s signature. the house approved the bill yesterday. it would pay families of fallen officers 100% of their spouse' s salary. a call to action was sounded by the widow of orange county deputy scott pine, who was killed two years ago. the bill would also allow survivors to opt in to the plan after a loved one' s death. coming up at our next half hour, florida fight night. jason: debate, plus what to expect as tonight. alex. -- edgewater elementary will see more police today after a boy reported a man tried to adopt him yesterday. s investigation. amy: we will get more sunshine today compared to yesterday. even warmer. we are starting off with a

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>> a brush fire leaves a path of destruction in brevard county. several homes damaged. jason: march madness in miami. the back to that debates -- back-to-back debates. michelle: the scare for one child on his way to school. i am michelle imperato. jason: i am jason guy. take a look at this view. we have got the chopper up flying. as we had used over i-4, good-looking start. let' s get over to amy. we are dry right now. amy: it was looking like we were going to see rain on saturday but it is going to hold out until sunday with our cold front a little bit slower. more dry weather for today,

s. s. we are starting to brighten up with a little more clear sky happening this morning. 68 degrees in daytona beach, 71 in melbourne, 63 of ocala. a nice warm start. , and we will climb to 86 in bellevue and leesburg. 85 sanford and chuluota, along the coast we will hit 80 degrees as well and cooler because of that breea ze. ted: gorgeous shot from the chopper. they are flying west right now. they were checking out the crash on obt and maitland. into downtown orlando, not too

pretty good. right. no major delays just yet. jason: palm bay firefighters will be closely watching this area scorched by a brush fire. flames spread across 45 acres, damaging four homes. michelle: jazmin walker is joining us. jazmin: the fire threat level in brevard county is high today, so it is certainly possible. you are looking at the video from chopper 2 that was in the sky when it spread. reaching 45 acres in the sanfilippo drive area. it spread after a tree fire -- caught fire, hit a house, and spread.

the conditions were perfect for this fire to get out of control. >> with the high wind, low humidity, and -- that is prime for a while fire. -- wildfire. jazmin: firefighters worked through the night, putting out hotspots. what is driving this fire danger? amy: it' s not as simple as we just need rained. it has to do with a lot of other conditions. available fuel on the ground and in the trees, temperatures, wind. you can see 10-20 mile per hour sustained winds. there are two counties that are under the high level on our fire index danger index for today.

easily and become difficult to control if they are not stopped when they are small. michelle: turning to commitment 2016. central florida is the focus of the presidential campaign today candidate stops in the day ahead. to kissimmee. doors open at noon. hillary clinton is not far away. she will be in tampa. michelle: ted cruz is coming for a town hall tomorrow, former candidate carly fiorina will be there for that event. marco rubio plans a rally in the villages just two days before voters head to the polls. >> both democratic candidates will return to the stump in florida while republicans

hillary clinton and bernie sanders at it again. >> excuse me. >> their first debate since sanders' s upset win in michigan. >> i won one of the contests and lost a close one. >> they brought up the issue of deportation. >> i will not deport children. i do not want to deport family members either. i want to as i said, prioritize who would be deported. >> i don' t think the secretary fully answered your question. >> a florida fight now turns to republicans. >> you knock them out. >> donald trump promising a nicer debate as his rivals aim to take him down. >> we are going to win this

>> we will be donald trump over and over again. >> ted cruz picked up a key endorsement from former presidential candidate carly fiorina. in washington, nikole killion, wesh 2 news. >> each of the candidates except for trump will also be meeting with jeb bush. they are going to try and get bush' s endorsement. brett connolly will be in miami for tonight' s debate. look for live coverage on air and in the wesh 2 mobile app. jason: four men including three brothers are charged with first-degree murder. brian johnson junior, anthony,

the arrest report says the men beat banks to death because he allegedly raped one of their girlfriends. michelle: please in volusia county will be stepping up patrols around an elementary school. they are taking precautions because a nine-year-old says a man tried to about 10. -- of abduct him alex:. the man approached him right on this road that leads to edgewater elementary school. he says the man asked him if the boy wants to come to the man' s house. the boy described the man as heavyset with medium length black hair and a long black goatee. the child fled the area. police are calling this an attempted up to option --

the man was wearing all black at the time. in addition to sunglasses. the police are investigating the encounter and those extra patrols will be conducted here and around edgewater elementary. if you have any idea who this person could be, police want you to call crimestoppers and we will be following this for you this morning. we will update you on the investigation as soon as you get more information. jason: in orange county man' s arrested after being accused of sending naked pictures to a 12 euro girl. he asked to meet her. the girl' s mother called police. once released, he is not to use

michelle: the u.s. military says it has secretly been interrogating the man they believe is the head of the chemical weapons plant for isis. they say the detainee provided enough information in recent days for u.s. warplanes to conduct limited airstrikes in iraq. new video this morning of a high-speed chase. five suspects in a stolen car. after deputies spotted the car, it took off but the chopper was able to track it and trap it on silverstar road and into a neighborhood on fox ridge trail. thanks to the chopper, deputies were able to catch them within minutes. coming up, a florida mom is at

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>> talking about your weather, look at amy. no jacket. amy: there is a little coolness but it is not very breezy. it is very doable if you are ok with the 60 degree temperatures. notice, not nearly the clouds we had yesterday so we are starting with more son. more son un will lead to lower temperatures. 71 in melbourne, 61 ocala and 63 and palm coast. a bit of a breeze . they will be out of the southeast.

temperatures a little cooler but our inland spots are going to climb into the middle 80' s. 2-3 degrees warmer than where we were yesterday. ted noah is standing by. ted: at the 408, here is westbound. congestion in the for the right lanes into downtown orlando. into the i-4 area and off of the 408, dean road toll plaza to i-4, one minute slower than usual. no delays in that section. jason: a jacksonville mother is recovering after deputies say she was shot in the back i her four-year-old son. >> the moms facebook page believes -- claims she is a proud gun advocate. the reaction she is getting is brutal.

have left comments telling her to die. jamie guilt' s four-year-old son shot her in the back. deputies are now investigating whether criminal charges will be filed. it is illegal for a person to leave a loaded gun where a child can gain access to it. >> i would like to remind everybody that the statute is specific and does say the adult household member is responsible for taking all measures necessary to keep arms out of the reach of young people. jazmin: she is still in the hospital recovering. sanford police hosted a gun safety class last week. detectives have not been able to interview her.

charges will not come until after they speak with her. >> a substitute teacher is out on bond after she was caught teaching a second grade class while drunk. >> were you using drugs or drinking alcohol? do you deny the charges against you? jason: holly joel had little to say to our camera. the principal was told by staff that she was under the influence. when the principal confronted jolt, jolie reportedly fell and hit a nearby window. michelle: march madness comes to orlando. the amway center will host the conference tournament this afternoon. fans will not have to wait longer to see ucf in action.

overnight. now that there are tickets available, starting at $25. the u.s. women' another trophy in their hands. the team beat germany 2-1. this is the second win 14 usa in less than a week. they won with a late game goal from alex morgan of the orlando applied -- orlando pride. jason: some news out of the pittsburgh area. five people are dead, three others hurt. it happened in this backyard where you are looking. this was during a cookout at around 11 last night. police are looking for two gunman but are not -- do not

michelle: the today show takes over at 7:00. >> al is tracking wild weather. ahead is the public paying their final respects to former first lady nancy reagan. role model or bad influence? the debate sparked by controversial selfies taken by kim kardashian. wrangler is leaving us.

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so we know how to cover almost we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum apparently, so now i'm not being perky, telling you that drivers that switch to progressive save an average of $548! whoo! i mean, whoo. amy: it is 6:51 and we are waking up to sunshine and a couple of clouds. brevard county and melbourne looking good. in claremont inland, lots of clear sky and a couple of clouds in the distance. we have just a few clouds rolling through but we also have some clearings going on this morning as well. les cloud cover early today compared to yesterday when we were pretty sock in.

more sun early in the day. winds are at seven miles an hour. warm days even into the weekend where we see rain and a cold front sliding through. we are staying in the mid 80' s for the most part. several degrees warmer than average. we have some clouds, but those are high in thin to start the day. 61 in ocala and 63 in palm coast. 71 right now in melbourne. we are going to get those wind is kicking up today -- winds kicking up today. the wind will increase at 10-15 miles an hour. 20 from time to time along the coast. look at the numbers. 2-3 degrees warmer today than we

85 insult springs, 86 in eustis and claremont. 85 our high in dunnellon. g7 to the south and with those winds coming in, 86 in st. cloud. 86 orlando and ocoee. 84 in deland. about 80 degrees in most spots near beaches. with that wind coming off the day. moderate level. with that swell coming in, have your sunscreen because we will the coast. well. sunday, some scattered showers and the couple of storms and leftover rain.

ted: a crash on john young parkway northbound blocking one of the left travel lanes. a tiny bit of a slowdown approaching u.s. 192. obt is a way to get around. morning congestion spots on i-4 into march, we have a virtual map. westbound before 434 in maitland, a slowdown. eastbound, westbound approaching the term pike. -- turnpike. jason: a georgia mom locked up in marion county. michelle: clary garrison triggered and amber alert where she took off with her three kids. they were found safe in ocala but another father was found dead in garrison' s home in albany, georgia. jason: extra police will be at

attempted to lure him into a home. firefighters in palm bay are on alert for the possibility of another brush fire. flames burned, damaging four homes. a high threat level in brevard in seminole county. jason: david dame us was found guilty of first-degree murder last year. he and three other people broke into his home where they shot and stabbed him. michelle: three brothers are charged with first-degree murder. they murdered robert bates --

-- >> traffic and weather right now. amy: more sunshine compared to yesterday when we had clouds to start the day. temperatures, 61-71. that is our difference between ocala and melbourne.

un. it will be windy again today, ten-fifteen-twenty miles an hour at the coasts. gusts higher than that and a little cooler for daytona beach and melbourne. we are warm and dry saturday and rain cools off -- holds off until sunday. ted: a crash on john young parkway. it is northbound by u.s. 192. use main street as an alternate to get around it. i for westbound into seminole, between 430 and maitland, a few extra minutes. jason: local news continues when jasmine joins me on cw18 jazmin:. jazmin:in pennsylvania, live pictures to show you. five people killed. a preview of all the candidates coming our way in the next

michelle: thank you for watching. jason: we hope you have a good thursday. sunrise starting at 4:30 a.m.. good morning. breaking news. gun men open fire in an ambush style attack in a backyard party in pittsburgh. right to the point. hillary clinton faces a tough questions about her e-mail controversy during last night's heated presidential debate. >> if you had been indicted. >> i'm not answering that question. on the republican side donald trump says he is going