>> meredith: i love zumba! what do you want to be when you grow up jazzy, have you thought about that at all? >> i want to be a coach that helps people get really, really >> meredith: you know what and you are the perfect person to do it because you know what the struggle is like, right? you sure do. i just want your reaction when you see your daughter now compared to, you know,... >> it's amazing. she is an amazing little girl. i always underestimated kids, but looking at her and as big an inspiration as she is. she is all over the world. she is in barbados, australia. >> meredith: and she is helping you get healthier. >> i've lost about 80 pounds. >> meredith: oh my gosh. good for you. so i hear that you have a special workout jam. who is your favorite singer and what song do you like best. >> bruno mars just the way you are. >> meredith: i love that, too. it's a great anthem. people should love themselves just the way they are. >> me and her dad used to sing it to her as the bullying started. we would always

in osceola county, michelle meredith, wesh two news. meredith: thank you. although the officer did not lose his job at the police department, he did lose his job in the k-9 unit. federal officials want to change the status of florida' s manatee. they want to listed as a threatened species. the public has 90 days to comment. summer: disney marathon weekend is underway. the first race is a 5k. than 100,000 runners are expected to take part in the event over the next few days. here is the schedule of the the 10k is tomorrow morning and it wraps up with the big race on sunday. meredith: what is the weather going to be like? tony: we have some fog in daytona and we will have race fog. fog and scattered showers at 63. be prepared for that. this will be very early tomorrow morning. we are in between it to weather systems right now. there is one approaching from -- bermuda. it is setting up the onshore flow in volusia and flagler counties. look at these high clouds rocketing off of the gulf of mexico. we were able to get a little bit of sunshine through the interio

meredith i' m meredith mcdonough, : in for angela taylor. this all went down less than 10 days ago, in a pine hills parking lot. wesh 2' s dave mcdaniel has examined the footage. he joins us live from pine hills with more. dave? date: just a little after midnight, it was a seatbelt violation. a cop salty car drive through and the driver was not wearing his seatbelt and then things got , frantic. officer jonathan mills fired when he says the dodge drove toward him. the car drove off after those shots, crashing into a vacant home on stoneybrook lane. two suspects ran off. this started as a seat belt infraction, but when the three suspects inside the dodge, reported stolen out of orange out of the car, officers tried

meredith: dr. lori boardman of florida hospital for women says postpartum depression is a big problem most under diagnosed and affects 15% to 20% of women. summer: you' ve heard it before, exercise is the key to a healthy lifestyle. now physicians are taking it a step further. the journal of the american medical association actually wants patients to receive prescriptions for exercise. a simple recommendation could help avoid obesity, stroke, and depression. >> it can be as simple as walking for 30 miutes, three times a week. exercise program you' re reminded to check with your doctor. meredith: another rainy and stormy day, it is just in time for the evening commute. summer: we are going to get you the information about how long it will last. tony: i am most concerned with these rain waves approaching i-4. we will talk about this and the next half hour, one inch to two inches in the next half hour. we will continue to babysit that for you. let' s take a look at i-4 in winter park from the airport

meredith: heartbreak for a community. how two victims of the latest round of severe weather are being remembered next on wesh 2 taking control of your health isn't easy. but cigna is there for you. literally. just download our free coach by cigna app. for personalized programs from a team of health coaches to help you achieve your wellness goals. cigna. >> local. live. latebreaking. this is wesh 2 news first at 4:00 in high definition. meredith: success turns to failure at the last moment, as a spacex rocket lands on a barge in the pacific, then collapses when a support leg breaks. it' s the latest eye-popping portfolio of rocket smashups for spacex. summer: wesh 2' s dan billow reports the company' s founder is likening it to the early days of rocketry at the cape, with a goal of revolutionizing spaceflight. dan: the spacex falcon 9 hit its target with impressive precision, but like a gymnast landing, didn' t quite stick. the consequences here are far greater than 1/10 of a point deduction. the founder of spacex jokingly

michelle meredith has the story. reporter: did the sight of her great grandson being bitten by a snake on disney property cause a woman to die of a heart attack? in a news conference, matt morgan told reporters plans to find out -- he plans to find out. he says in october 2 thousand s animal kingdom when a green and brown snake fell from a tree. >> it fell onto an eight-year-old boy and wrapped around him. when it wrapped around him, it bit him. reporter: the snake was nonvenomous and the bite was not serious. what was serious, was a woman' s reaction to seeing her great-grandson bitten by a snake. she died of a heart attack two days later. >> when she arrived at the hospital, the doctors informed her family she had had a massive heart attack. reporter: matt morgan described the woman as being in her late 80' s to early 90' s. she was in a wheelchair, but in perfect health. a spokesperson described the case as a mischaracterization of the incident. the boy was cleaned and a band-aid was applied at disney. the family

meredith: new orleans. summer: the firefighters have of the buildings. no longer stre-e-e-e-eam stream, stream, stre-eam stre-e-e-e-eam stream, stream, stream when i want you in my arms when i want you and all your charms whenever i want you summer: firefighters in new orleans remain on the scene of a massive downtown fire, but are now worried the building may collapse. the six alarm blaze broke out overnight in a four-story building. one person was inside, but was able to escape. this was near canal street, which borders the city' s french quarter. the cause of the fire is under investigation. an indiana elementary school principal is being hailed a hero for saving some of her students lives. meredith: she died after a school bus suddenly jumped a curb and hit her, but she pushed the kids out of the way to safety. two 10-year-olds were hurt in the crash, and were transported to a local hospital where they are currently stable. parents are remembering the elementary school principal beloved by the community

meredith: have to be careful. summer: authorities warned, if it sounds too good to beach or, it probably is. meredith: a state senate committee is considering legislation which would allow advanced registered nurse practitioners and physician assistants to prescribe controlled substances. the bill, in part, would allow them to prescribe seven day supplies of what are known as schedule two controlled substances. that includes vicodin and oxycontin. summer: a lender police are looking to hand out tickets. pedestrians, 30 cyclists and 75 out of that group, 21 people were ticketed, and another 362 were given warnings. it was part of the under pedestrian safety grant, where the goal is to crackdown on pedestrians or bicyclists. meredith: a milestone in nasa' s newest spacecraft "the orion." the pressure vessel is complete and now headed to kennedy space center. it was built in a new orleans facility which is where this picture was taken. it' s aimed the hardware will go out past the moon and back in 40 years. s officia

meredith: dr. june scobee told wesh 2 her husband gave christa mcauliffe, a teacher who had been asked to join the mission, a chance to back out. she said her husband stressed the danger of space travel to his entire crew. he apparently wanted them to know that the possibility of never returning to earth was real. >> he felt responsible for all the ten finalists in the teacher selection, and chose himself to fly to washington dc to meet with them. to tell them that it wasn' t just a commercial flight, that it was a real experience of a test vehicle that they were going to fly, and that any of them could back out now if they wanted to. meredith: mcauliffe' s backup, barbara morgan, eventually became a full time astronaut, and completed christa' s mission tonight, wesh 2 is following a bombshell announcement from the world health organzation. it says, over the next few years, it anticipates millions of cases of the zika virus. stewart: it' s being spread by mosquitoes in south america. but wesh 2' s

meredith: i am meredith mcdonough. stormy weather will be moving in first thing in the morning, and it could make for a dicey and potentially dangerous friday. jim: first alert chief meteorologist tony mainolfi is tracking what could be a day packed with weather watches and warnings. tony: we have a nice line of thunderstorms developing. it has a one to combination. the first punch comes in, a rumble near daybreak. part two will come mid-to-late morning on into the afternoon. you can see along the frontal boundaries some lighter showers beginning to pop up near the south and west. take a look at futurecast. i will time this out for you hour-by-hour. spotty showers before sign-up. at 8:00 my here come a nice little squall line rolling in from the gulf of mexico. oh, is first at 9:00 a.m. -- ocala is hit at 9:00 a.m.. sanford and orlando, 10:00. by 2:00, 3:00, osceola, brevard county. it then moves offshore. we have a marginal risk for severe weather. there will be a few isolated storms. there could even be a brief tempo

meredith: wesh 2 has learned that the st. cloud toddler who accidentally shot himself, is now in stable condition. osceola county deputies say it happened after 2-year-old ethan walker found a hand-gun in a truck outside a home on michigan avenue. the shot was fired after a house, leaving the child in the truck. investigators are still trying to determine whether charges should be filed. summer: covering marion county, vandals destroy thousands of dollars worth of clothes, books and toys collected for homeless students. workers had to wear masks to clean up the mess caused when someone trashed the donated items and set off a fire extinguisher in the room at the marion county public schools storage area. they also sprayed profanity on the walls. the damage is estimated at more than three thousand dollars. we' ll have more on the investigation on wesh 2 news at 5:00. meredith: the powerball jackpot continues to grow. $800 million and growing. that is the biggest jackpot in any history. the cash payout is estimated right around

meredith: tragedy on the field. what may have caused a student athlete to suddenly collapsed during a soccer game. jim: 30 seconds is all it took jim: breaking news just into the newsroom of a starting -- a shooting in the pine hills area. this is in the 2000 block of the forest hills subdivision. one person was shot, but we are not sure of the extent of their injuries. stay with wesh 2 and wesh.com as we get it. meredith: a crash in altamonte springs climbed -- claimed the lives of a father and son, but there will be note terminal charges filed. -- no criminal charges filed. jim: family members believe justice is not being served. chris: it took nearly three months to investigate the crash that happened right at this intersection. 434 and 436. in this 35 page crash report, witnesses gave statements that lead investigators to find the driver at fault. tonight, some of those witnesses are asking why charges aren' t being filed. catherine noga: the light was red. everybody was stopped. and then, crash. chris: catherin

meredith i' m meredith mcdonough : in angela taylor. wesh 2' s greg fox explains what happened, and looked into the criminal past of the man who was killed. >> it was very late at night and it was a really crazy instance. gregg ryan panzegraf was asked : by detectives not to discuss details of what led to him fatally shooting a man in his next door neighbor' s house sunday morning. by the time deputies got to the ocala home, they found a bullet hole in the front door, and 32-year-old michael thomas ratliff, dead. he was better known as casey ratliff to family and friends and was living in the home with alyse lazaro. deputies say panzegraf told them lazaro ran to him for help, saying she was being beaten up, and he grabbed his pistol, went next door, and, after a physical fight, shot ratliff in self-defense. it' s not an emotion i ever >>it' s not an emotion i ever thought i would experience. so it' s not, i mean i' m a big second amendment supporter but it wasn' wanted to do. >> panzegraf told me he feared lazaro' s child who is physica

meredith: the suspect is still on the run. police have released a sketch, hoping someone can turn in this man. jim: obviously a man of few words. let' s talk about this crazy weather. we' ve a situation downtown and on the coast. tony: downtown, that is the low we have some wind. ll watch this hour-by-hour. back near the coast, the rain has been the big story. we have had a month' s worth of rain in melbourne just this evening. the winds for now have called down area west northwest at about 80 miles per -- eight miles per hour. we will look at what is causing the rain. it is this area of disturbed weather over the,. it is counterclockwise, so we are driving the atlantic moisture to the immediate coastline. happy to report that the heavy, steady rain has ended. a few showers redeveloping over i-95, two to three inches of rain. want to watch travels on a1a and i-95. rain. this could work active rockeledge. but we do not see as rain here. do not be fooled. we have had a lot of rain in the real estate from osceola county, so be ex

michelle meredith, wesh 2 news. meredith: the woman was in her late 80' s or early 90' s. disney says the snake was not part of the park, that it was wild. stewart: right now the red cross is helping a family who lost nearly everything in a fire. take a look at these photos, sent to wesh 2 by the marion county fire rescue. you can see flames shooting out of the roof of the juniper trail lane home. this all happened last night. now, we' re told the fire started in the car you see here, and quickly spread to the home. how or why the car caught fire has not yet been determined. a mother and her four children were able to escape, and firefighters were able to rescue the family dog. meredith: a scam alert you need to know about. the volusia county sheriff' office says someone pretending to work for the department is calling people in the area. the scammer claims there is a warrant out for their arrests and they need to pay money to clear it up. an 81-year-old victim was scammed out of $5500. if you get a call like this, call the sheriff' s office immediately. deputies are looki

meredith: i' m meredith mcdonough. none of these big winners have come forward yet. wesh 2' s dan billow is live at the publix where the winning ticket was sold. dan people across the country want to know who won. what does the attention mean for this tiny town? reporter: people here are saying it is putting the place on the map. melbourne beach is so small it has one supermarket and it seems everyone buys tickets here. >> they said central florida and then they said melbourne beach. then they said at the publix . i ran into the room, i grabbed my tickets and i did not even have one number that matched. small that they claim to fame is the dog groomer. >> it is a small town. reporter: it is so small it has to just one traffic light. >> i was shocked. it is unbelievable. we are on "world news" and somebody knows us now. reporter: melbourne beach is so small it calls itself a town. >> i bought two tickets in melbourne last night. i am sick. i am really nauseated right now. reporter: melbourne beach is so small the lottery win is viewed with joy, not in the --envy. to b

meredith: and i' m meredith mcdonough. several counties across the area are currently under a freeze warning. chief meteorologist tony mainolfi is tracking it all. he joins us now with your first alert forecast. tony: no change or earlier in the evening. five counties remain under the freeze warning. flagler county, marion county, center county, in the volusia county, lake county, west of i-43 current temperatures. brenda numbers of the top of the hour. 34, ocala. daytona beach, 41. order to come orlando. 38, broncos. -- palm coast. clouds building back. they will lift back off toward the east later on. a chilly night out the door in the morning. 27 of toward ocala. 31, the villages. 37, orlando. 34, palm coast. in a couple of minutes, neighborhood by neighborhood. how many hours of freezing temperatures are expected where you live. and we are tracking our system, plus the warmer temperatures headed back. meredith: to a story that you saw. a woman in the hospital after being attacked by dogs. jim: police officers opened fi

wesh 2' s michelle meredith reports this neighborhood is all meredith: we are having a bit of an audio issue. summer: the orange county man accused of firing a shot that hit a delivery man has been granted on. a judge granted him a $25,000 bond. he fired the shot that hit christopher packed last --peck last week. meredith: two people are dead, eight others hospitalized, after a greyhound bus rolled over on a rain-soaked california highway. it happened this morning on busy highway 101 in san jose. the bus, with 20 passengers on board, was traveling from los angeles to northern california. one passenger is said to have major injuries. investigators say they driver will be asked to submit to a blood test for alcohol and drugs. summer: they are investigating whether you think couch went to against his will. prosecutors investigated whether he violated his probation for a diy arrest that killed four people. his trial was postponed today. meredith: the police department is warning about a woman trying to cash in on elderly victims. the victim says the suspect poses as a representative of the

meredith: late breaking. a local man turned himself in this afternoon, telling winter garden police he' s the one who hit a three year old boy last night and ran. angela: billy joe gibson has now been arrested. wesh 2' s dave mcdaniel is live at police headquarters. dave, did the driver say why he didn' t stop? dave: he did. he told them his license is suspended and he knew that would land him in trouble, but leaving the scene has him in even more trouble. earlier today, three-year-old daniel monsalve in home, well and his mom is thankful. dave: the three-year-old is home and he is doing well and his mom is thankful. sandra guerrero: he got a bruise head, too, but they scanned him and they say it' s good. dave: the little guy was knocked down by a car monday evening as he and his teenaged brother were going to the ice cream truck in the street. the car took off. sandra guerrero: he has to stop and see how' s my kid. i don' t know. he has to stop. dave: this is the car found a half mile or so away, in a parkin

meredith: wesh 2 will be headed to the iowa caucus. adrian whitsett will be reporting from des moines. look for his reports starting sunday. stewart: a paralyzed burglar, shot by a homeowner in a gun battle, was sternly warned by a today. 19-year-old joshua lamb was shot by a homeowner as he tried to burglarize the man' s palm bay home. an innocent woman was permanently disfigured by one of the bullets. when it came time to sentence lamb, instead judge charles crawford suggested it would go easier for him if he named his accomplice. charles crawford: if you have any hope whatsoever of staying out of prison for the rest of your natural life, now' s the time to talk. stewart: lamb named the accomplice and told the whole story. the judge will decide in march if he' ll have to go to prison, or if he can go home on has volunteered to give him round-the-clock care. meredith: today marks 30 years since the entire crew of the space shuttle challenger was killed, when it exploded just moments after lift-off at cape canaveral. today a memorial w

meredith: we will all feel its impact. emergency management offices across our area had attorney drill making sure the employees know where to hunker down. >> we ask you to remain calm, help your friends if they need help. go down the stairwell. do not get in an elevator , any room where there are windows. meredith: if you have questions about your office building, s emergency management office. tony: we have a northeasterly gust on the coast, damp and chilly rain coming on. jackets are required. there is that line of looking at daytona beach, actually melbourne beach. new the airport there. we have a 55 degree temperature and sustained winds at 15 . we have energy to the south, wrapping around on the backside of low pressure a strong easterly flow. that is joining in a convergence in central florida. the rain is starting to feel back in from oak hill, dunedin, bithlo. the heaviest rain will continue near kenansville, ye hot johnson -- yeehaw junction. indian harbour beach, whilst melbourne -- melbourne, filling in, racing

meredith: you never know in the snow. jim: he looks like he picked a good spot. >> out the door tomorrow morning, we are rain-free. we are not as cold. you are not scraping. milder temperatures there. mid 50's by 7:00. hitting 71 by noon. 61 by 9:00. check this out. a lot of rain in the forecast by wednesday and thursday. cool on friday. near 80 degrees on monday. jim: we're staying on top of that breaking news that we have been talking about. an awful accident claims two lives on i-4. you can see two lane s of traffic now westbound are being allowed to go free but the hey, guys, it's annie. you know, as moms, we are always looking for new pwell today, i'm going to share with you pa simple tip that could help you stretch your budget when it comes to your grocery shopping. not bad. pit's easy: bogos from other stores aren't always the best deal, pbut walmart every day low prices, pwell, that could save you some money. orlando, the total amount saved at walmart vs winn dixie was $20.81 in this week's basket - that's 17% inc

go od evening, i' meredith: i' m meredith mcdonough. with wesh 2' s summer knowles. summer, what can you tell us? bahraini officers hurt? summer: i can tell you that neither of the two officers who were involved in the shooting were hurt. you have undressed 7:30 p.m. if you look behind me, this is the courtney landing condominiums where it happened. it is now back open to traffic here here' s what we know, to orlando pleased when officers responded to a suspicious incidents and said that when they arrive they encountered somebody with a gun who refused to drop it. that is when they said officers fired their weapons. no word on how many shots were fired or injuries to the person with the gun, but we do know again that neither of those officers were injured. we also know is moments after the shooting, those two police officers had to confront another man who we are told is a veteran also armed with a gun. >> he heard the shots being fired, so he came out with his firearm and her officers, after just being involved in a shooting, turned to confront this other armed pers

meredith: you should seek football there. in orange county man accused of breaking into a preschool. summer: he has a lot of explaining, what he did that ended with a car catching on fire. tony: we are done with the coldest night of the season. we have a nice turnaround in temperatures, and that another shot of cold air on the way. stre-e-e-e-eam stream, stream, stre-eam stre-e-e-e-eam stream, stream, stream when i want you in my arms when i want you and all your charms whenever i want you all i have to do is stre-e-eam. ahh... ahh... ah. you probably say it a million times a day. ahh... ahh! ahh... ahh! but at cigna, we want to help everyone say it once a year. say "ahh". >>ahh... cigna medical plans cover one hundred percent of your in-network annual checkup. so america, let's go. know. ahh! and take control of your health. summer: we are following some a serious crash with injuries. a lot of people standing outside. this is near west oak ridge road in the eastbound lanes. they are completely shut down. firefighters are ret

meredith: and i' m meredith mcdonough. this is new video that deputies his alleged rape victim, together. jim: wesh 2' s matt lupoli has been pouring through the documents in the case all day and has the story. matt: this video wesh 2 news shows what happened say is a rate at disney springs this person entered in a dark shirt. it looks like he is wearing different clothes, but investigators say that is herrera and the victim in each other' s arms dancing. the victim' s face is blurred to protect her identity. the pair is also seen leaving together are in an arm in the early morning hours of july 16. because of heavy drinking, the rest of the night is a blur for the victim. documents obtained by wesh shows how she was found lying almost naked with only a broad on ingress -- in grass and shrubs on the disney property. she was given a traffic best to cover her. documents reveal her clothes and stuff are strewn about. after circulating a photo of declined. with the report. disney officials tell us that they put herrera, a cook

meredith: i' m meredith mcdonough. the jackpot is the biggest lottery prize ever and tonight, you could become a brand new billionaire. jim: we' re still waiting for the results, so lets head out to wesh 2' s adrian whitsett, live outside the wawa in winter park, where he spoke with some hopeful powerball players, and even some people who just couldn' t buy a ticket in time. adrian. adrian: that is right. it was kind of crazy, the line was a wrapped up from this machine here that doles out the powerball tickets. people doing some power plays, some just doing normal powerball. it only takes one conversation of numbers -- one combination of numbers to win. many people did by multiples. we did see a woman that was here, putting money in the machine at 10:00, and that is when it said no, it was on a drop break, waiting for the numbers that come in and the next 30 seconds or so. we did talk to a man named clint rogers, and he has got a unique perspective on what could happen if he wins. >> there are so many people, somebody

meredith: good information. more and more moms-to-be are turning to apps to help navigate their pregnancy. almost half of all health-related apps are used by women who are pregnant. many of them can help track fertility, find the perfect name, and even let you listen to the baby' s heart beat. moms who use the apps say they are a quick and easy way to stay on top of the pregnancy. many hospitals are now creating their own apps, to help their pregnant patients. summer: there is still no sign of a missing malaysia airlines plane that went down in the indian ocean, but searchers have made a historic find. they' ve located two shipwrecks in the search area. one, found in may, is believed to be a 19th century cargo ship, and now sonar imagery has identified what is likely to be a second shipwreck, a steel-iron vessel dating from the turn of in the earlier wreckage, searchers found an anchor and other objects believed to be man-made as well as what were thought to be lumps of coal. meredith: parts of the country are g

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meredith: late breaking news tonight in sanford. police are now asking for your help as they try to solve the murder of a popular store owner. they say these three people were captured on camera inside of ' kim' s food store' the same december evening joshua hur was killed. it was two days before christmas. police say these people are not suspects in hur' could maybe explain what was going before hur was shot and killed outside his store. they ask anyone with information about who these potential witnesses are to call crimeline at 800-423-tips. there is a reward of $1000. jim: sadness surrounds a volusia county high school campus after a teenager collapses on the sideline and dies at the hospital. 16-year-old rosie deleao went to the bench during again, used in inhaler to control her asthma , and seemed like she would be all right. she collapsed moments later. >> we had an assistant principal that began impressions right away. ambulance was called right away. the school did everything and followed the proper protocols. jim: the girl

meredith: tony mainolfi is here. we escaped that severe weather, but we really had this rain throughout the day and night. tony: record rainfall, today and maybe not tomorrow. we' ll have decent records. one look at i-4 in the fairbanks curve of the accident has been cleared away. traffic is moving. we are going to see rain overnight. allow yourself a little extra time, maybe 15 to 20 minutes more than what you would normally give your self. 63 degrees right now. let' s talk about the daily rainfall records. in orlando, one point 73 inches, shattering the old record of 1.03. daytona beach shattered by 2.37. another few minutes before midnight, we could tack on another bit of rain. you can still see it feeling in south and west of tampa. more rain will be on the way. things are fairly quiet, but plenty of water. the 408, colonial, the beach line, all of them are wet. please at slow down and take it easy. fog is a concern. miles near ocala. the rain around four of five -- 408. temperatures not going anywhere. can you f

meredith: investigators say the other. jim: on a street, of nine-year-old girl was left sobbing and pleading for help at the side of her dying brand mother. war and you can was formally charged with manslaughter. it started with an early evening stroll of the grandfather in grand daughter. he wound up with injuries to his face as if he had been punched one to three times and an injury in the back of his head as if a hard object or the ground. he died later in the week. >> they went over to check on our neighbor and find out he is laying on the ground, unconscious. jim: buchanan told investigators he acted in self-defense. he told arriba not to touch his truck, and he became hostile and threatening. meredith: a violent flight involving a police officer. he is found not guilty. angela taylor joins us with more in the studio. angela: it started last august. police officer james wilson was attempting to arrest terry johnson in the parramore neighborhood. there was a scuffle caught on camera. >> are you threatening me? i feel t

meredith? meredith: thank you. the opportunity for floridians to make medical marijuana legal is back. it will be amendment 2 on the november ballot. in a crowded news conference this afternoon attorney and , advocate john morgan announced he' s got the 693,00 signatures necessary. a similar amendment almost got enough votes almost two years ago, but it failed. morgan says the wording on this version is more specific about how it will work and who can get it. and expects much less opposition even from law enforcement. , john morgan: we are really talking about, for the most part, illnesses and injuries where people are fighting for their lives. meredith: the amendment will need 60% of the vote to pass. stewart: today marks 30 years since the entire crew of the shuttle, this space shuttle was moments after lift-off at cape canaveral. today a memorial was held at the kennedy space center to honor the lives of the space shuttle challenger. that includes school teacher, christa mcauliffe, and the mission' s commanding

meredith: he hit right here -- meredith: no one was home at the time, but there is significant damage to both the van and the home. jim: thousands of dollars worth of liquor has been stolen from a local nightclub and it was all caught on camera. orlando police say this is 43-year-old george goins filling a trash can with $4000 worth of liquor. they say he then sold it on the street. coins is being held on $7400 bond. you' ve heard it right here on wesh 2, orange county is having some problems with the new trash program. meredith: but tonight we' ve just uncovered a new issue one neighborhood has not scene a trash truck since last year. jim: a frustrated customer s dave mcdaniel shows us, once some extra attention was focused on the issue, the trash trucks arrived. dave: the long awaited trash trucks arrived mid-afternoon. residents say before they reached out to wesh 2 news, trash days in a row didn' t change a thing. shane jeffries: we have called, and they said they have put work orders in for them to come out the next day, and they' ve yet to come out here. dave: trash piles were g

meredith wesh 2' s greg fox sat : down with his girlfriend, as she explains what fueled the domestic dispute and why she ran next door for help. >> he loved me. and i loved him. gregg alyse lazaro wants us to : conceal her face, which is cut and battered. on advice from the state attorney she won' t say exactly what happened early sunday morning, events that ended with shots being fired, but she says she wants to remember her boyfriend, casey ratliff, for more peaceful times during their relationship. >> all i can say on that night is that, that was not casey. had he been drinking? >> i won' t talk about that >> night. >> deputies say they responded to a domestic violence call, and that lazaro ran next door to her neighbor, ryan panzegraf, for help. he grabbed a gun and confronted ratliff, and seconds later, t something i ever wanted, i ever wanted to do. alyse has already forgiven >>alyse has already forgiven panzegraf. >> he did not murder anybody and casey is not a monster. it' s just a situation that >>it' s just a situation that developed suddenly and in a way that no one could

meredith: tonight, a major loss children. vandals destroyed everything inside a marion county storage unit that houses basic need items for students. workers had to wear masks to clean up the mess caused when someone trashed the donated extinguisher in the room. they also sprayed profanity on the walls. the damage is estimated at more than $3000. suzanne mcguire: i just think they were terrible people who so we have a lot of items that weren' t even salvageable. we just had a dumpster truck just come in and take away a bunch of items. meredith: 2000 pairs of new pajamas and 1000 brand new books were destroyed. as of right now, no one has been arrested. jim: there is still no cure for powerball fever. tickets are going as fast as computers can print them, the jackpot continues to grow. take a look at this billboard. we' re talking $800 million. just yesterday at this time, it was $700 million. it' s the biggest jackpot in any lottery in american history. the cash payout is estimated right around $500 million. the drawing is to

meredith: there is a suspect girl. jim: the shift focus is to this man who deputies say forced the victim to have sex with him. chris hush has the latest on the investigation. chris: the details are graphic and disturbing. a 19-year-old woman, allegedly held against her will by a man and woman as they took turns raping and beating her for several days at a deland apartment complex. the volusia county sheriff' s office has already arrested this woman, 28-year-old daria hill, an alleged accomplice to 18-year-old terrell williamson, who is still on the run. andrew gant: we want to investigate fully, swiftly, find the person responsible and bring him to justice. chris: investigators say the victim knew the suspects. told authorities the attacks started on january 1st. with a gun pointed at her head, the victim says williamson told her to take her clothes off. he then allegedly raped her while hill watched. this was just the beginning. andrew gant: in this case, three separate incidents. chris: over the course of a week, in

meredith: an alarming situation involving a school bus. a crossing arm on the front of the school bus. all school bus drivers are required to stop look and listen at all railroad crossings. this volusia county driver must have a clear line of sight for 1000 feet each way. crossing arm buses are far be safe. not to back up behind them. and possible damage to the crossing arm. jim: a burglary that ended in a deadly crash. he was charged with grand theft. he was one of the people who broke into a home in sanford back in november. then he led police on a high-speed chase. the suv flipped over while trying to avoid stop sticks. two other people in a vehicle died. a link between a man whose burned body was discovered and an earlier homicide. 18-year-old isaiah hammond exhibit admitted shooting carlos hatfield outside his home in march. after an argument over stolen drug money. they were preparing to cement the case to the state attorney' s office for a final charging decision. the smoldering remains were eagles nest park. meredith: the supreme c

meredith: super thief caught. he was a good dad. he was a good son. meredith: neighbor shoots neighbor in an exclusive hear from the girlfriend of the man dispute. andrian: and no end to the crisis in flint michigan. re look, i know you're a cow and all. and you may not know what i'm talking about, but, uh. the yogurt made from your milk, is delicious. >> all i could say was that wasn' t easy. >> had he been drinking? reporter: i will not talk about that night. andrian: her boyfriend was hitting her early sunday morning. she ran next door for help. >> he didn' t murder anybody. he is not a monster. >> it is a situation that developed and ended in a way nobody could have predicted. >> the prosecutor' s office will now decide if his justified. meredith: one station has been burglarized six times. now the man is under arrest. he first broke into the station five more times until he was caught today. these photoshop a him -- these photos show him wearing different masks. andrian: and deciding against shutting down its administration building on beech stre

meredith: deadly terror attack with a central florida connection. this man was one of dozens killed by an government and al qaeda linked attack, white is a difficult last for people in our area. jim: danger on to wills, bikers take over the streets of a florida city, keep it here to find out why. meredith: >> the latest on the news hour at 10:00 on cw-18 and on wesh 2 news at 11:00. [captioning performed by the which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy.

in orange county, michelle meredith, wesh 2 news. meredith: a new women' s health care program is now open in pine hills. the easy access women' s health clinic is in the hiawassee plaza, and has been built to benefit low-income women. breast exams, prenatal and post partum care, as well as counseling services will be provided. the chief executive officer says no woman will be turned away. she also says the services will be critical, as this area has a high infant mortality rate. >> this zip code specifically has one of the worst outcomes in central florida. we came here on purpose because we wanted to access those women in particular. we accept medicaid and want to work with low income or -- and on insured women. so we' ll make so we' ll make a very low cost payment plan or prices very reasonable but the goal is to get the care. meredith: the center' s grand opening is january 29th at 9:30 a.m. there will also be a diaper giveaway that day as long as supplies last. jim: quite a surprise for some brevard county workers when they foun

meredith: chris hush has the story. chris: it' s it started one suspect in the hospital and the other one still on the run. these armed robbers when after the chevron convenience store around 8:00 tonight. they attempted to rob him at gunpoint. the owner turned the tables around the shooting at the men. he shot several rounds hitting one of the men. the second suspect did get away in a vehicle that was also struck by gunfire. we do not know if he was hit. the suspect was shot was taken to holmes regional medical center. detectives are actively searching for the other man who got away. they are also searching for that vehicle. this is the third time that this gas station has been robbed. because of that, police tell us the owner of the convenience store is known to carry a gun with him. are a lot of things questions about who the suspects are. identities have not been released yet. we are asking detectives for descriptions so we can pass that along to you. meredith: a chilly forecast. the temperatures are dropping fast.

meredith: people talk about cold to tumble and here' look. jim: counties in central florida under a freeze warning. we are tracking it all. tony: clear skies, lighter winds tonight maybe even colder temperatures than what we experience this morning. five are counties under freeze warnings for tonight. clouds down to south. us dropped into s last night. 48 at 6:00 in ocala. 48, daytona beach. falling into the mid-30' s by the 11:00 hour up toward ocala. overnight low temperature around 28. 31, the villages. 37, orlando. above freezing, daytona beach. i' m going to show you just how cold it will be in your neighborhood and how long many of us will be under those freezing temperatures and we are tracking our next one system, plus whatever temperatures, stick around for that update straight ahead. meredith: latebreaking, lockdown has been lifted of four schools after a man was shot at a nearby lets show you where this all happened. it was at the citgo on pine hills road near silver star road. wesh 2' s gail paschall brown is live at the scene wit

meredith: it' s a done deal. the city of orlando voted today to sell the orlando city soccer club the land for it' s new stadium for $18 million. the original plan was for the city to build the stadium, but then the soccer club stepped in with plans to privately fund the project. the agreement ensures that major league soccer will be played in the stadium for at least 15 years but team leaders say they hope to be there much long. -- much longer. length of the acquisition period which is 15 years. it' s a great location. said forever it' s the best location in mls so we' ll delight to play there for years to come. meredith the orlando city lions : say the new stadium will be ready for their 2017 season. officials voted in favor of buying constitution green park. thousands of residents had signed a petition opposing the private landowner' s plans to develop the park for an apartment building. the city is using $3.34 million in cash from it' s community redevelopment agency budget to buy the one block park and save

[applause] >> meredith: so he, you know, he showed emotion. for a president accused of being nonemotion. whether tears of anger or sadness and immediately in of the right said it is a conspiracy and he had an onion in his pocket, he is a fake tears. >> lance: you know i love a conspiracy theory and there's no way or onion or ben gay there, this man was emotional. use common sense. is it easier to put ben gay on your finger or think about your daughter being shot. that pullses emotion. >> megan: he tried in 2012 to and he's angry and upset and on his watch a lot of people died and gun control needs to pass. go for it and show emotion and cry. >> lilliana: that is the emowing every parent watching him speak. [applause] >> meredith: i have to say there are gun owners who are parents and care about sandy hook and can worried about p their rights being trample. they are good people. >> lance: if you read the actions. they are out there. his actions they are common sense. there is nothing taking guns away. and if you are against that then there is s

meredith: we are also following an orlando woman. summer: video released by the state attorney' s office shows steven duxbury walking with a woman he is accused of murdering, which contradicts there is video from the night sasha samsudea n was attacked in her downtown orlando apartment. together in a parking garage. building together. this is a big deal because when he was interviewed about the murder last summer, he told them he had not been with her. we are going through a bunch of new material released by the s office. stewart: thank you. now to your first alert weather. the rain continues to fall but there' s no threat of severe weather tonight. however, some local cities are close to having the wettest january ever. meredith: we' re here now with first alert chief meteorologist tony, we' through tomorrow? tony: once we get past tomorrow we will be in better shape. this has led to this. we have had record rainfall across central florida. let me show you the record rainfall for daytona beach. two point 31 inches of rain and still

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and she starts right now on meredith. [applause] makes you feel real good. feel real good. thank you. >> meredith: thank you. and that my foot is a sleep. we have a great show today. i love my first guest who is in i am talking about evalongeria. and i can't wait to see the ring up close. it is gorge out. first, we'll talk about what is hot now. >> lilliana: i thought you pulled a hammy. >> meredith: no, it is a sleep. >> megan: you want us to rub it? the audience. you have a good weekend. >> yes. >> meredith: did you go out to a restaurant. >> lance: this weekend. >> meredith: if you are sited next to the window you are visually attractive enough for the primo seat. unattractive diners get sent to the back of the restaurant and given the best seats. >> lance: come on, they blow out the candle and put me in the back. >> meredith: that is wrong. >> megan: that. >> yamaneika: you are a hamster. >> megan: this is valet parking. they but the the grand cherokee way in the back. >> lilliana: i think it is common practice. and one friend said go to the hotel and wear your chiquest

and meredith goes on a dog rescue. it all starts right now on meredith. daily llama li lama -- [applause] >> meredith: hi, everyone. we have a great show today. i have two word withes for you. richard gere. [applause] >> meredith: he's one of my favorite movie stars and remember the scene in "the have seen that too many times. and my husband is saying again? and so romantic. but first we'll talk about "what's hot now? ">>meredith: the pope's first visit to the united states was met with great fanfare from the white house to the open air pope mobile motorcade in washington d.c. thousands of people line the streets for a glimpse of the popular pontiff. but one little girl stood out in the crowd. let's take a look. [applause] [cheering] >> meredith: so cute.

meredith: we have to remember it is just a game. angela: news at 5:00 is straight ahead. >> stormy weather blows through midday today, and as quickly as it struck it was gone. we will look at the trouble the squall line cause. we are live at the drowning in st. johns county. how counties were alerted, and nervous robbers nearly flub a holdup. s pants almost fall down any dropy find your sweet spot today with dunkin's chicken apple sausage sandwich. enjoy sweet apple and savory sausage together for under 400 calories. the new caramel macchiato from dunkin' donuts. let hand-crafted layers of espresso, milk, and a caramel-flavored swirl uplift your mood. indulge in a hot or iced macchiato today. america runs on dunkin'. this is wesh 2 news at 5:00 in high definition. angela: we begin with breaking news at 5:00. new information and a rape case at disney springs. jim: video in the newsroom shows the suspected rapist with his accuser. matt lupoli joins us in the breaking news center with more. matt: that video is among 100,000 pages of do

all right now on meredith. feels real good. >> meredith: hi, everybody. we have, thank you. thank you. we have a great show today. there may be a sister/sister reunion in the works. i will ph y her with wine. and lisa edlestien is here. [applause] >> meredith: yamaneika is out today and definitey on the mend. but helping her out my good pal is mario. >> mario: thank you for having me. you have been a pleasure. >> meredith: that is weird. you like it. >> yes. i do. >> lilliana: we'll talk about p them. >> lance: it is there. >> meredith: lisa edle stien is