and jason harper signed on as a math teacher and volleyball coach at a local high school. >> jason was your typical southern california surfer, beach volleyball, public school teacher. >> reporter: where he met the third of those tall friends, andy tompkinson. andy and his wife kristin taught at the same school, carlsbad high. >> on a campus of 3,000, 2,500 students, you tend to notice other people who are at the same eye level as you. and jason being 6'6" and myself being 6'9" -- >> reporter: there aren't too many people at the same eye level as you. >> no, no. so you -- you do notice, after a while, who they are. >> reporter: the two became fast friends. surfing, pick up basketball, poker. guy things. and then jason and julie started a family, jake first, then jackie. j names. >> even if that meant not playing cards with the boys or going on a surf trip, those kids always came first. >> reporter: so th -- it -- th -- were there times when you wanted to do something with him, and he said, no. sorry, i gotta stay home. >> abs -- absolutely. >> yes. >> reporter: home was here, in the te

jason, back to you. jason: new information from the panhandle about the teenager charge with murdering his 10-year-old sister. the state attorney' s office is looking to charge him as an adult. deputies say the 15 euros keeps changing his story about how his sister were shot. the girls' s body was found outside their home on sunday. deputies called the teen a hard-core kid who lied and curse. michelle: a man convicted of killing two people with a samurai sword will be in a brevard county courtroom. he was ordered to be resentenced after a judge dismissed a woman during the selection process. -- jury selection. covering osceola county, debbie' s want to take a good look at two robbers who hit up a busy poinciana publix. this is really cypress parkway store on sunday. they are handing you know to a if you know who these guys are, call rime line. jason: six dogs found abandoned in a south florida dog dumping ground are now in the care of that marion' s in central florida. we were there is those pups arrived

jason: thank you, alex. things are back to normal at ucf this morning after a chemical smell forced an evacuation. students had to clear out of this building. that is the college of optics and photonics. firefighters went in and checked the building, they deemed it say that about 11:00. there were no reports of energy just michelle: injuries. president obama is planning a historic ship to cuba. brett connolly has a preview of the official announcement. brett: obama planning the trip it' s month to cuba. it marks the first time in 80 the move comes about 15 months after obama' s administration formally reopen ties with havana, relaxing trade and travel research and after a 54-year-old freeze. this would allow americans to visit cuba for more reasons, until more -- including humidity -- humanitarian work. it is an itinerary that will include other stops in latin america. both presidential candidates marco rubio and ted cruz, each with family ties to cuba, slammed the announcement, saying the president should b

jason: it is 5:00 a.m.. our weather team has been on air covering tornado warnings for several of our local counties. michelle: busy morning. jason: thanks for joining us. michelle: severe thunderstorms moving across southern brevard county. we want to get right back to amy and eric. amy: tornado watch in effect until 8:00 this morning. the lightning is intense, the rain is intense and we have had some twisting with the winds in central florida. a tornado warning was in effect until 5:00 a.m.. brevard and osceola still remain under a tornado watch, which is still possible. the strongest threat has come to an end. some counties have been dropped from the tornado watch. that whole line is pushing through. showers and thunderstorms including those gusty winds still making their way through southern brevard county. once this line gets through, we will be done with a threat for severe weather and just be dealing with lingering showers across central florida. a severe warning is in a fact for southern brevard coun

>> no. >> reporter: neighbor michele cullen saw jason and julie together five days before jason's death. >> did you ever see anything that led you to believe that she was being physically abused? >> no, never. >> reporter: but julie's sister amy said julie did confide in her that jason was physically >> jason had become very, very angry, was constantly yelling at her, would grab her by her wrists and twist them. >> reporter: nothing about rape though. so, why would the jury believe julie's claim that jason did rape her violently, and repeatedly? when julie testified, she asked the jury to look at entries in her private journals and day planner. whenever they saw the word, "sex," said julie, that was code for rape. >> were you making notations of days you had coerced sex? >> yes. >> reporter: prosecutor watanabe, of course, didn't believe that. but, when he challenged her, was this real emotion? >> now, have you ever called the police on jason for any of these incidents? >> no. i was very embarrassed. i was very embarrassed that he was doing it. i didn't want -- i didn't want my family t

that killed jason. it came from a .38 caliber handgun. >> we did find a gun in the home >> reporter: but it was not the gun that killed jason. so, no murder weapon and the only suspect wasn't talking. >> we believed that there was an argument between the two, and a gun was produced, and she shot him. and we were -- we didn't know why. >> reporter: not an easy question, under the circumstances. oh, there was an answer. but do you think anyone intended to reveal that? >>> coming up -- >> i don't understand why any of it happened. you know what i mean? >> new clues. >> she was preparing for change in her life. >> private journals and secrets in the attic. >> my wildest dreams, i would have never expected that. powerful. by design. i've smoked a lot and quit a lot, but ended up nowhere. now i use this. the nicoderm cq patch, with unique extended release technology, helps prevent the urge to smoke all day. i want this time to be my last time. that's why i choose >> reporter: by the time julie harper's attorn

jason: we have coverage in iowa. an update to the story you saw first on wesh 2. is doing after thieves stole their gear. wesh 2 news sunrise starts right now. announcer: local, live, late-breaking. this is wesh 2 news sunrise in jason: good monday morning. we are going to get to your forecast in just a moment that we begin with raking traffic news. ted noah joins us now. what are you noticing? actually we are going to get to him in just a moment. first we will move over to amy sweezey. what are we looking like? amy: we are pretty quiet. temperatures in the lower 60' s in most spots, a couple of places in the 50' s. what i am watching for is a little bit of fog this morning. i don' t see any yet that through sunrise, which does not happen until 7:14, i don' t anticipate seeing fog. fog will lift early and will start breaking apart in the afternoon. we started off with a lot of clouds and ended up with a little bit of sun. we are headed to the upper 70' s and lower 80' s in most spots so much warmer than yesterday. he

jason: tgif. you will need something to keep you warm. 48 degrees in this spot as we look live toward downtown. amy is back. amy: seat warmers always a good choice on a day like today. i know, 40's is not so cowled, but for central florida it is. some of us will be a degree cooler than yesterday. we have plenty of sunshine expected but sunrise doesn't happen until just hour and a half to go of darkness and that means plenty of time for temperatures to keep dropping as well. so far we dropped down into the low to mid 40's in most spots which compared to yesterday is colder, more cold in some places than other places. that puts us in the lower 40's in which of our northwestern spots. 44 in salt spring, 44 in belleview, 41 in pearson. 46 deltona. 45 in port orange, port saint john. lots of sunshine today. not as wind i don't see as it was yesterday but -- not as windy as it was yesterday. but it will be a little breezy this afternoon as highs top out in the low to mid 60's. more about your weekend in

jason, back to you. jason: thank you jazmin. an update to a story we brought a local boy scout troop is raising money to replace equipment thieves stole. the crooks got away with their trailer last week from the parking lot of the all saints lutheran church in south orange county. it was used to store more than $10,000 worth of items. >> that this all happened -- that somebody went and took from the scouts. they took this just for -- i do not know what. profit? they might have thought it was lawn equipment. jason: we have had several phone calls in to our newsroom about how -- asking how people can help. the information on how you can help is posted on wesh.com. michelle: new on sunrise, cuba will soon have more internet access than ever before. overnight a communications company announced it is now allowing cubans to order home internet service. it' s the first step in bringing home access to one of the world' s least connected nations. general public access began last wifi spots. your big stories are next on sunrise. that incl

jason: more people than ever are michelle: jason: happening today, a local four-legged hero will be honored for his bravery. michelle: the police dog for the volusia county sheriff' s office will receive a purple heart for surviving a shooting. we were there back in november when deputies responded to a domestic disturbance call in deltona. a man shot his girlfriend and the k-9 before killing himself. the german shepherd, named endo, was hit in the neck, and seriously wounded. but endo made a full recovery and is already back at work. he will be awarded by the sheriff later this morning. jason: new on sunrise, more people were attacked by sharks last year than ever before, and most were right here in florida. that' s according to the new report from the florida museum of natural history. last year, 98 people were attacked across the globe, 30 of them in our state. the previous record was 88 attacks in 2000. experts say these encounters are expected to keep going up as human and shark populations michelle: today on the menu, a burger joint started by a hollywood actor begins serving in downt

jason: the u.s. olympic committee is also taking action, hiring two infectious disease specialists ahead of the games in rio. michelle: for the first time in decades, high school is why have a chance to sweat out the sats the changes is not take effect until next year. a spokesperson says this will allow students to take the exam one last time before college applications are due. college board scrapped the january 2018 re-tasked as a result. jason: lake nona middle school students were book worms this summer, and today they are getting those students a reward for all that reading. those students collectively spent 6.5 million minutes buried in books. more than any middle school in the nation. later this morning, they will get a big congratulations from an author, the guy behind the great green heist. michelle: congratulations them. five: 19, amy, it seems like everyone has a bit of something. we have a freeze warning and a frost advisory, the good news is, the sun will come out. amy: and it will be w

jason: sugar shock. michelle: why starbucks is under fire this morning. >> the officers have disgraced themselves, disgraced this badge. michelle: police scandal. the officers accused of raping several women while on duty. customers watch in shock. apparently, people think i'm too perky. so now i'm not being perky, telling you that drivers that switch to progressive save an average of $548! whoo! michelle: winter park police are trying to piece together a shooting that left two people dead. it happened on west avenue. police are not looking for any suspects and it is not a murder suicide. jason: today is day three in the search for a missing newborn. investigators hauled away dumpsters for closer investigation. the mother, susan richardson, is in jail on charges of child neglect. michelle: the white house will reveal the details of president s trip to cuba. restore diplomatic ties with cuba. police are looking for the bold robbers who ransacked a cell phone store with customers still inside. closing time

jason. jason: all right, brett, thank you. voters in new hampshire will be heading to the boots and less than 24 hours. right now, potential candidates are doing everything they can to get support. tracie potts has an update on what we can expect today. traci e: we caught up with hillary clinton' s team, trying to make up her double-digit deficit in new hampshire. >> people here, who we have have not made up their mind. tracie: the indecision is even worse for republicans. >> we have to win the election. and we well. if you vote for me, we will win the election. trac ie: many are considering changing their minds. >> people are looking to make a decision. they are trying to analyze who is the best decision. tracie : the most solid of support? donald trump. >> i feeling he is real. -- i feel like he is very real. tracie : on the democratic side, bernie sanders is pointing out the differences. hillary clinton voted for the iraq war, he didn' t. tomorrow, the voters decide. the university of massachusetts that democratic, much --

jason: gunshots ring out near ucf. we are live this morning as thank you for waking up with sunrise. i am jason guy. michelle: i am michelle imperato. we are waking up cool this morning. some people aren' t even going to hit 60. a look at lake eola in orange county. where we headed in the day ahead? amy: a few degrees higher than where we are now. that is it. it is going to be tough to climb , especially because won' t get a lot of morning sun. instead, we are socked in with clouds behind that front. it is breezy now. it will be downright windy. we could have some gale force winds along the coast. hour sustained winds for the most part it they are coming in behind the cold front came through overnight. a couple of showers here and there. look at all of those clouds that are still left. around. we will try to break them apart not this morning. because of that, our temperatures are a lot warmer than yesterday. 48 so far the low in ocala. yesterday, we dropped to 30. it was -- is a whole lot warmer this morning than yeste

jason: thank you for joining us. i am jason guy. michelle: brett connolly is live in the breaking news center with information. brett: i' m brett connolly in the breaking news center. a deadly hit-and-run crash has shut down all northbound lanes of orange blossom trail near americana boulevard. you' re taking a live look at that scene now. troopers confirm one person died in the four-car crash, just after 3:00 a.m. that is tough to look at. that car is absolutely mangled. -- a driver when speeding down the road, and crashed. >> i saw that car hit another car, which then turned on its side and hit two more. when i ran up to the scene, i was in shock. brett: police dave -- were given a description of the driver, who was found a few miles away. that driver was taken to ormc. we want to take things over to ted noah now for an update on how this is impacting the morning commute. ted: this is just a mile and a half away from i-4. we have heard from the deputies that both directions of obt are your backup plan is john young parkway or texa

jason: in texas, a new gun large classrooms. in response, university of houston professors are being drop certain sensitive topics and change the suspect -- subject if the student is getting angry. a similar bill is stalled in florida' s senate. michelle: a fraternity at fsu is suspended over hazing allegations. pledges were forced to take part in a tricking -- drinking game called "old south" which involves acting as slaves. to a story you will only see on wesh 2, police are looking for a group of thieves. this guy in the white shirt uses his jacket to reach into that older lady' s purse well she is eating lunch. the group walks out, but some cash and coins falls on the floor. >> local community leaders are still working to send aid to the "sunshine 4 flint" drive collecting financial contributions. donations can be dropped near south john young parkway. michelle: it is going to be a nice day but jackets required. amy: in the shade or in the sun, it is going to be windy today. jason: and that is through the whole day. amy: down

jason: two overnight shootings. michelle: we are working to find out whether those two shootings are connected. one person was shot on sheridan road, the other was hit near the police athletic field. no word on the condition. jason: a mother accused of killing her own son will be in court today. virginia arteaga shot her son while he was in the shower. michelle: space x is hoping the the launch window opens at 6:46 tonight. jason: welcome back. let' s get you to that forecast. amy: a tornado watch in effect until 10:00 a.m. for marion and sumter county' s. the light rain is just starting to move into marion county. a few showers just to the south of ocala along i-75 towards dunnellon. the bigger concerns are in the gulf of mexico and heading this way. even an isolated tornado, you can see the timing they' re getting into the metro area by late morning through lunchtime and continuing to exit through brevard county through the afternoon and evening commute. ted: congestion on the 408 westbound. especially onto to i-4

jason: have you seen anything like this before? >> a movie, maybe. jason: thank you. it must've been a frightening experience. >> i think the lord i am alive in my prayers go out to the family that lost people today. anita: thank you so much, and please give our thoughts and condolences to the families out there as well. i know this is a hard situation, when you are getting word of what you have worked so hard for that is now gone, but also finding out that a friend is gone. it is a much different situation , and a state of shock many people go through after an event like this. we also were watching things in newport news. stephanie: a treaty came down on house here at 80th street. we know that six people were living there. brandi cummings will have a live of minutes. i do everything on the internet. but, it's kind of slow. my friends say i should get fios because it's the fastest. i just downloaded 600 photos in 60 seconds. that's seriously better. (husband) we're out of 2%! i wonder what else could be better around here? (husband) i heard that. switching to better i

jason: i am jason guy. before you leave, grab that umbrella. you will need it. you can see in our camera here in orlando. still slick road conditions out there, 62 degrees. amy sweezey tells us it will be warm today. amy: will see more rain dropping this afternoon, some spotty showers this morning. as we go through sunrise, more of it will collapse. still a lot of clouds, a lot of moisture in the air. it will feel like it. any second, until it won' t. and a few isolated storms possible. where in the lower 60' s, quite warm, compared to yesterday, and to average. 64 in daytona beach. 63 in melbourne. here in marion county overdue flagler. those will move to the north. they will wind down over the next hour. the clouds will hold until lunchtime, and then the rain will start again. s and lower 80' s, well above average. except winds will be breezy, bringing in heat and -- in the heat. let' s get a traffic update from ted noah. ted: 520 and the beachline -- 528 and the beachline, westbound, things moving along nicely. no congestion just yet. for a wait, over i-4, es

jason: this comes after a u.s. navy destroyer sailed within 12 nautical miles of a disputed island in the south china sea. the guided-missile destroyer uss curtis wilbur recently passed near triton island in the paracel islands, in what the pentagon said was a challenge to attempts by china, taiwan and vietnam to restrict navigation rights and freedoms. coming up at noon, we have new information on a murder case involving to virginia tech student. michelle: who is being held responsible. >> you are watching wesh 2. jason: new information at noon about the murder of a 13-year-old girl in virginia. michelle: the victim' s mother says, her daughter had been bullied at school and on social media. nicole lovell disappeared from her home in blacksburg, virginia last week. virginia tech students david eisenhauer and natalie marie keepers are now charged in connection with the girl' s abduction and murder. saturday in north carolina. investigators are working to figure out why she was killed. jason: right now, the world he

jason? jason: amy, thank you. this morning, we are hearing from the family of a biker killed in a bizarre crash. troopers say a dirt bike hit and killed a woman walking along a sidewalk in pine hills saturday. wesh 2' s matt lupoli reports, whether racing led to the crash. >> he had more friends than i could ever imagine. and he loved to go out and have a good old time. reporter: michael wright says he' s still in disbelief over losing his nephew to a motorcycle crash, and heartbroken that a pedestrian, too, was struck and killed. >> it' s just really just a freak accident how it happened. reporter: florida highway patrol troopers say clayvon foster was one of at least two people riding motor bikes along powers drive. officials ahev not been able to confirm details about what exactly led to the crash. but witnesses who spoke to wesh 2 right after it say the group was racing on the sidewalk, doing stunts. fhp says foster lost control, hurting himself and striking a woman walking by. >> poor woman. she had nothing t

jason: thank you brett. happening today, lawmakers will consider a lgbt attention -- protection proposal for the first time in a decade. the senate judiciary committee is the first to discuss the bill which bans discrimination in jobs and housing. gay rights activists say the vote will send a message to the entire country about where florida stands. michelle: right now, the coast guard is scouring lake okeechobee for any sign of a missing couple. john russ and his wife, diane, disappeared while on a fishing trip saturday. searchers are focusing on the >> he was concerned that his friends, who were out fishing during the day, had not returned from the fishing trip. we have located a vessel, in the area of where the suspects were last seen -- of where the two were last seen. michelle: the coast guard believes weather may have played a role in the couple' s disappearance. now to the construction that' s become a fixture at central florida' s theme parks. jason: some of it is finally coming to an end this year.

jason: i in jason guy. -- i am jason guy. eric: it is 58 degrees now. it will be warm in our day ahead. it is a beautiful setup for the day today. we have mostly cloudy skies in the forecast. we will be starting off overcast, but as the sun comes up, it will help to break some of the clouds apart. mostly cloudy, partly sunny today. 64 degrees at 9:00. we' ll make it to 75 degrees i lunchtime. you' ll not really need a jacket today. 78 degrees before all is said and done. sunrise is officially at 6:50. just over an hour before we get that cloudy sunrise going. 52 degrees in sanford this morning. first alert doppler radar is looking nice and quiet. it will stay that way all day long. here' s a look at your high temperatures for the day. we start at 77 degrees. in the metro area, it is about 79 degrees maitland. 73 degrees greenland. 75 at daytona beach. the pollen has been bad, but we' ll talk about the week ahead and your most accurate forecast in just a few minutes. here is ted noah. ted: a crowd just popped up -- crashed just popped up on oak ridge roa

jason? jason: interesting to know. have just 24 hours to make their final super tuesday pitches. 11 states are voting for both parties, those are in yellow. only republicans will be on the ballot in alaska and wyoming. wesh 2' s nikole killion tells us about the latest donald trump controversy. >> donald trump refusal to reject an endorsement from a former ku klux klan leader has drawn criticism from both sides of the aisle. mr. trump: i do not know anything about david duke. i do not know what you' re talking about with white supremacy or white supremacists. nikole: the situation has landed him in another firestorm. several republicans have denounced him. on the democratic side, bernie sanders took to twitter, while hillary clinton called it pathetic. the latest poll shows clinton has a commanding lead. washington, nikole killion. jason: here in central florida, early voting today begins for orange and lake counties. only registered democrats and republicans can make their picks. other coun

jason: thank you, michelle. from brevard county, we are still waiting for word on the cause of death of a 13-year-old girl. her body was found along with her father, who deputies say committed suicide. the father has been identified as 42-year-old sittichai boonkeian . this is the last text message his friend to cover his shift at thai fuji in rockledge. after calling out last monday and wednesday, he was a no-show friday. t even show up. no text, no calls. not like him at all. >> sometimes he works too much. but he doesn' t have time for the kid. jason: while investigators believe the father committed suicide, many don' t understand why. coworkers say he was not hurting for cash. we have breaking news this new and, president obama says the detention center at guantanamo bay needs to be shut down. just a few minutes ago, he made his case that the prison is actually counter productive in the fight against terrorism. tracie potts reports on the plan and the stiff opposition it will face from congress. >> good afte

jason: take a look. this is the view they got on a chartered vote your boca raton. thought it was a humpback whale. >> it came up about 85 minutes, did about three up and downs, then he was found. the tail came up. down. it was only about 50 feet of water, so he didn' t have a lot of depth. jason: this is the time of your whales migrate toward the caribbean, so there is a better chance of spotting them. michelle: very cool. the world' s most famous panda is leaving the box office. jason: no surprise -- a lot of families saw "kung fu panda," which took in $41 million, the lowest opening of the franchise. events -- on true events," "the revenant." and "star wars: the force awakens" is shy of $1 billion. making your commute to the airport a lot quicker. michelle: we' re live with what we are working on for 6:00. reporter: the traffic caused the airport -- coming up, what you hey, guys, it's annie. you know, as moms, we are always looking for new ways to save money. pwell today, i'm going to share with you p

jason: thank you. right now, the zika virus is triggering a public health emergency in four florida counties. jazmin walker is here with how state officials are responding today. jazmin: governor rick scott signed the order for miami-dade, hillsborough, lee and santa rosa counties yesterday. this afternoon, he' ll give an update on the state' s efforts to stay ahead of the spread of the virus. there are nine cases of zika in florida, all travel-related, which means sufferers were bitten by infected mosquito state officials say they' re going to pay special attention to mosquito spraying. experts say a rash and fever are possible symptoms but pregnancy is the major concern. >> after a week they get better but we are looking at more the complications if a woman is pregnant. >> brand usa, all the major preparing for a crisis, but that is nothing compared to what is happening in brazil. alex: brazil is where we' re seeing the majority of birth defects as result of zika. mosquito bites are the main mode of

jason: the rodeo lasts through sunday. michelle: we will get to see the new faces of the orlando magic. the new players will come off the bench tonight. practiced the team. they traded channing frye to the cleveland cavaliers. they will take to the court against dallas at 7:00 tonight. jason: local people will show off their talents. this is what we have seen in past shows. a local group is hoping for stardom. they are going to be there and they could have a dancing granny. she will be performing a lady gaga a routine. america' s got talent will be looking for contestants. searching for answers. michelle: a grim discovery yesterday in daytona beach. ted: these are some of the busy spots on i-4. difference this morning. it' s in the mid-60' s along the coast in brevard county. i will break down all the numbers and talk about the upcoming weekend when return. spokesbox: go paperless, don't stress, girl i got the discounts that you need safe driver accident-free everybody put your flaps >> right now on sunrise, progress in th

jason: thank you. we' news in arizona where two teens wesh 2' s jazmin walker is in the studio with the breaking details. jazmin: jason, the high school is in glendale, arizona, that' s just outside phoenix. police have not said yet if the two teen victims are students. police and firefighters have been blocking off the area near independence high for hours now. officials are calling the shooting an isolated incident and say they are not searching for an active shooter. so, it' s still unclear who fired the gunshots. right now, the high school is on lockdown. there are about 2,000 students who go to the school. the students and their teachers have been told to being told to stay exactly where they are. despite the heavy police presence, officers say the school and surrounding neighborhood are safe. there are lots of unanswered questions here. we know two teens were shot at a it' they' police are not looking for an active shooter. we' ll have an update on this story on wesh 2 news first at 4:00. michell

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 degr

jason: weave a long road before the november election. i am jason guy. let' s get you out the door with that forecast. you may notice a little cloud cover outside. over orlando international airport, a little hazy at this camera. it is comfortable stepping outside. amy sweezey is tracking the temperatures and what he we can expect in the day ahead. amy: it is nothing like the fog and clouds we were dealing with yesterday. clouds a little higher coming in we will see more cloud cover today. it will still be warm. we are headed to the lower to middle 80' s with only you isolated showers possible as we get into the evening hours. nothing like yesterday on the visibility map. six mile visibility the airport. the rest looking pretty good. all thanks to those clouds streaming in. the clouds act as a bit of a blanket. between the south wind and that blanket, it is a whole lot warmer this morning. even that it was yesterday. look at the numbers yesterday, well above our average lows. most of us were in the 60' s and today we are even warmer by several degrees. u

jason? jason: thanks. next, we are live as crews are searching for a missing odor by water and -- boater by water and in the air. when you are away from your television by downloading the first alert weather at to your smart phone or tablet. it is free from your app store. just search for wesh. wesh 2 sunrise gets going at 5:00. stay right here. >> local, live, latebreaking, this is wesh 2 news sunrise. michelle: all-out search for a missing boater in brevard county. we will have a live report from our crew. jason: plus, an overnight fire leaves a home without -- a family without a home. investigators work to determine a cause. it is all straight ahead for you on this monday morning, president' s day. s give you a quick look outside before we send things over to amy sweezey. clear skies in downtown orlando. i didn' t think it was that cold today. amy: it was quite a bit warmer than yesterday and yesterday was warmer than the day before. considering how cold it was last week, this feels a lot better. most o

jason: the biggest night in music. jason: grammy winners and the michelle: new customers can save an average of $500 just by switching to progressive. so you'll be bringing home the bacon in no time. sorry. amy: you might have heard rain falling overnight but it is clearing out. the severe line of storms moved through while you were sleeping. no damage has been reported. jason: a mother and her teen daughter are dead. the two were found at their home on santa barbara drive yesterday. michelle: it is deadline day if florida is a closed state meaning you have to declare a party affiliation to vote in that party' s primary. the primary is march 15. from sound issues to some pretty awkward moments, today you will be hearing about last night' s remedy awards. >> brett connolly is here to break down the awards. one musician said she needed a burger break. brett: four of the top moments from last night, beginning with ele. she had a bit of an audio performance. >> everything there sounds clean. she was singing all i can ask b

jason: we begin with breaking news this noon. a mother and daughter to rested in osceola county on charges. m jason guy. michelle: i michelle imperato. agency they found them in poinciana after they posted ads online. brett connolly joins us. brett: here is the mother and daughter now behind bars in what you are looking at tracy mowatt and leslie on the other side of the screen. they made plans to meet up with the -- when the undercover agents met with the pair, they were solicited for sex. agency they also found cocaine and drug paraphernalia and three in a back bedroom. the department children and families were called and those kids were removed from the home. relatives. back over to you. jason: a huge mess to clean up in south daytona after a driver slams his car to an apartment complex overnight. when it all happened, a father and daughter were inside a sleep. michelle: wesh 2' s claire metz joins us live from the scene on -- outside of palmetto avenue. >> it is a mess. the driver who fled on foot after the crash went right t

jason: thank you. former florida gator aaron hernandez has settled out of court with a man who says hernandez shot him. alexander bradley claimed hernandez shot him in the face and dumped him in a parking lot in 2013. hernandez is already serving life in prison for murder and faces trial for a double murder. bust making headlines out of australia. detectives say they seize $1 billion worth of the drug place, a form of meth. they say the bust is one of the biggest in australia' s history. four people have been charged. people in flint, michigan could soon be getting government help with health care. michigan' s governor has asked the feds to provide medicare coverage for people under 21 and pregnant woman exposed to water with lead in it. that would provide doctors to people who need them. jason: residents of the northeast are digging out after a snowy valentine' s day weekend. the snow caused a major pileup that shut down the highway north of indianapolis. washington, d.c. in virginia are bracing for a

jason: 6:45. returning to commitment 2016 republican candidates back on the campaign trail after last night's heated debate in texas. michelle: this was the final republican faceoff before super tuesday and the target was on donald trump. >> were you the only person been fined for hiring people to work on your projects illegally? >> i'm the only one on the stage that's hired people. you haven't hired anybody. michelle: our political analyst is joining us live from washington. mark, thanks for joining us today. is it possible to declare a winner? >> good morning, guys. i think you can. i think the winner was hillary clinton. it's not just because they spent easily ten times more time attacking each other than her, but no one looked presidential last night. donald trump, the overwhelming leader in the polls right now, he called mitt romney, the previous nominee, a fool, the chief justice of the supreme court a disaster. he called ted cruz a liar. these are not the kind of comments that are likely to

jason: i' m jason guy. we will find out the names of those powerball winners. more straight ahead, a view of we are in the 40' s this morning in central florida and let' s get to amy. she has a look ahead of what is going to be a very pleasant weather day. amy: i feel likely haven' t had a lot of these this winter. it has been so warm and so cold and now we are just normal. we had storms yesterday, a bit of for this morning it a lot cooler temperatures now that the cool air is filtering in behind yesterday' s front. once we get through the morning, we will have plenty of sunshine today. temperatures will be in the low to mid 70' s. it is pretty job -- pretty dry and we will be right where we are supposed to be. it will be up to 20 degrees colder than it was yesterday morning, but we don' t have the rain or the thunderstorms or the cloud cover. what we do have is a little fog in our inland areas. marion county, sumter and lake. the rest of the area looks good, we will keep an eye out for that fog or sunrise. we still have an hour and a half to go before sunrise.

jason: thank you, brett. a cruise ship tossed around by a huge storm off of north carolina' s coast is excited to dock at its new jersey port this morning. the royal caribbean cruise liner was on its way to port canaveral when he turned around sunday. the cruise ship anthem of the seas had minor damage but gave passengers quite a scare when it was hit with 115 mile-per-hour winds. the cruise line says it was much worse than expected. florida senator bill nelson is calling for an investigation. michelle: adam mercedes-benz to this would recall cars from 2005 to 2014. the parent company of mercedes-benz says no one has been hurt in any of their vehicles because of the airbag. takata airbags can inflate with too much force and shoot metal fragments. this led to the largest recall in the history of the auto industry. jason: and unruly passenger forced an alaska airlines flight to make an unscheduled stop in denver. another person on the flight shot this video as police hauled off the allegedly drunk and disruptiv

jason: i' m jason guy. the shooting took place on comstock avenue. wesh 2' s michelle meredith is live at the scene with what she' s now learning from investigators. michelle: winter park police are death of two men here on west comstock avenue. police are guarding the house in the area involved. police have confirmed both were shot to death. witnesses tell us the two men were father and son and that they were fighting. witnesses also say that multiple shots were fired and that their bodies were found in two different spots outside the house. police are working different angles this morning. they told us they are not however looking for suspects. live in orange county, michelle meredith. jason: thank you, michelle. late breaking from marion county, ocala police are investigating two separate deadly shootings that took lace within five hours of each other. a little after 8:00 last night, officers called to the working hundred block of northwest 12 avenue. without a man shot several times. investigators rush to platforms nightclub a northeast jacksonvi

jason: we want to check in on the magic. the san antonio spurs come to town tonight. >> you are feeling the chill in central florida. ocala is below freezing at 30 degrees. as you move south and to the east, closer to the coast, it is warmer there. amy is back with a forecast that involves cool air for all of us straight ahead. caught on camera, a terrifying sort of attack at a south florida' s flea market. michelle: you can see a man swinging a sword wildly at an employee. he makes contact several times but the victim was not seriously hurt. the man had attacked another person with a poll minutes earlier. he later told police he was he is charged with attempted murder. accused rapist bill cosby has a high profile backer. jason: rapper kanye west posted bill cosby innocent, with all those! ' s. -- all those exclam ation points. some are calling this a publicity stunt. next, the spin was on as you were sleeping as the candidates reacted to last night' s new hampshire results. michelle: which storyline is the biggest and where

michelle: we we' jason: why customers jason: caught on camera, a fedex driver in tampa really creates a scare for other drivers. >> come on, pull over. jason: after that driver yells at the fedex truck driver to pull over. you see the truck swerve over the median. the driver eventually stopped and gave up the keys. >> i think i saved lives that day. not only somebody else' s life, but i think it' s a this guys like michelle:. michelle: -- michelle: deputies and fedex are trying to figure out what caused the driving. jason: a majority of drivers admit to being distracted behind wheel. in a aaa survey released overnight, 87% of drivers said they have engaged in at least one risky behavior while driving in the past month. more than two and three reported talking on a cell phone, two and five admit to reading a text or e-mail. one in three admit sending a text message. next at 5:30, questions run a double shooting an orlando. michelle: what police are saying we had a lot to alex the l' oreal. -- villareal. >> a worker killed on the job. i will tell you what officials are saying about the

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