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He released this Statement Today reading in part, we know that we must be prepared for the worst even as we hope for the best. Jim also late breaking, charges against a Central Florida man who is accused of starting a fire that killed his stepson have been dropped. Luis cruz was arrested in polk county in september. At the time, investigators thought he intentionally started a fire inside a mobile home at the Lake John Motel near oakland that left one child seriously hurt and another dead. He was charged with arson and attempted murder, but now the state Attorney S Office says there s not enough evidence to move forward. We re learning more tonight about a shooting last night near an orlando apartment complex that left a teenager dead. Police say 19yearold jacob almond was killed and another person is wounded when gunfire erupted last night at the serrano apartments on cyprus woods drive near kirkman and conroy. Wesh 2 s Michelle Meredith joins us live from the scene. Michelle, you spent the day there, what have you learned . Michelle we ve learned that but two apartment complexes here on cypress woods drive. This morning, investigators walked across the street from one apartment complex to the next, trying to piece together the sequence of events in this double shooting. A shooting that took one man s life. Only 19 years old. I waited for a little bit, and i could hear the ambulance and fire, so that was somewhere close. Michelle scot says from inside his apartment he heard the shots. It just seemed like boom boom boom boom boom boom. It was like six shots. Michelle investigators say it started around 10 30 tuesday night at the serrano apartments off cypress woods drive near conroy road. According to police the victims, two men, were parked in a car about here when the gun fire broke out. The people that did it, you could tell it was done execution style. Michelle this man, who does not want to be identified, says he was a witness, says after the hasty exit in a vehicle. Jump into it. Slam it in reverse. And pretty much proceed to take off through the complex. Michelle the witness says he tried to save one of the victims, who was lying on the ground. Then he says he saw the two men, the suspects, barrel back through. Proceeded on cypress woods, and in the meantime we heard two or three more shots across the street. Michelle across the street is summer gate condos. Police have confirmed that one victim went there to get help. The double shooting, the killing of jacob almond, has rattled the confidence of folks living in both places. Now police tell us this was not , a random shooting, and that they need to hear from witnesses. Call crimeline at 1800423tips. Michelle meredith, wesh 2 news. Angela i have you got out and enjoy the sunshine. We are in for a few changes. May need to batten down the hatches. Tony absolutely right. We are already seeing a cold front passing through mobile en route to tallahassee. It is gorgeous right now for the evening plans, one or two isolated pop up showers will occur later on. All of the stuff you see right now is not reaching the ground. Upper 70 s along the coast, low 80 s as you work back in lens. Ocala was 86 degrees today, two degrees at shy of a record in orlando. Hourbyhour, rain chance is about 20 as we get the seabreeze colliding later on. Maybe one or two early evening showers, but we have a front on the way, and we will let you know how much we expect and the super bowl forecast for sunday. Back to the studio. Angela thank you. We re learning new information about the Murder Investigation of an orlando woman last year. Sasha samsudean s body was found in august in her uptown place apartment. A just released autopsy shows strangled. Police say the building s security guard, stephen duxbury, killed her. They say samsudean was intoxicated when she came back to her building, and duxbury helped her back inside. Recently released Surveillance Video shows the two of them together that night, moments before she was killed. Police say this video contradicts statements duxbury made to police during their initial investigation. Just yesterday duxbury was indicted on first degree murder charges in the attack. Right now, Winter Park Police are trying to figure out if a rash of car dealership burglaries are connected. All crimes have gone down on used car lots, the most recent happened overnight at World Transport on clay street. Three high end cars were stolen, plus the keys to the rest of the cars on the lot. Window, where the air conditioning unit was. They took to bmws and a mercedes suv. Jim check out this video, taken from surveillance camera at an shoplifting, and when confronted by a Loss Prevention officer, pulled out a knife and tried to stab the man. At the store on south kirkman road. The women were able to get away, and no one was hurt. Police are hoping you might recognize them, and let investigators know who they are and where they can be found. Two people are in jail tonight, accused of breaking into resort rooms at walt disney world. They are charged with two counts each of burglary and grand theft. Wesh 2 s Adrian Whitsett has they stole items from more than adrian Orange County deputies burglaries at disney s Saratoga Springs resort may be solved with the arrests of 19yearold Minoska Guillen and 25yearold jake blair. Deputies working a burglary detail in january say they noticed the two trying sliding glass doors. After arresting them and searching deputies say they , found two dozen electronics and accessories on the pair, including a laptop, 7 ipads, and the items came from two other burglaries nearby. Both are charged with burglary and grand theft for those incidents. Tourists along idrive told us how they d make sure their stuff was safe. Chelsea heanssler i always make sure the inside of the door has one of those lock things that Patrick Anderson we don so much stuff. We re on vacation. Adrian disney says it doesn t tolerate such activity and they worked closely with Law Enforcement during the monthslong investigation. Disney also says there are added security patrols in place and it s working with the Housekeeping Team to ensure any doors left unlocked inadvertently by tourists get reassured. The investigation is ongoing. Guillen and blair have not yet been charged in dozens of Saratoga Springs burglaries. Chelsea heanssler don t trust anybody that you don t know and just be extra careful. Whitsett, wesh 2 news. Jim along with checking to make sure all doors are locked to keep any valuables from being targeted, you can ask for a room with a safe and use it. More than 100 people show up to a pta meeting last night for the Maitland School district. There have been ongoing concerns about threats made against the middle school and possible gang activity. One parent claims her son was attacked, and the school never contacted her. School leaders and Maitland Police maintain there is no evidence to support claims of gang violence. Extra security has been brought in as a precaution. Angela we have an update on the i4 ultimate work to pass along. A temporary detour is about to be set up and will impact your travel. Tonight and tomorrow night, the westbound exit to kirkman road north will be closed between 10 00 p. M. And 5 00 a. M. Drivers will have to stay on i4 westbound to the sand lake road exit, then go east on sand lake until they hit kirkman. Ve caught a pair of purse thieves. Police say they arrested cristie cook and johnny cook. This picture of the thieves. They re accused of taking a purse from the photo counter at the walmart on malabar road. They put it in a shopping cart under some items and just walked out. Jim we are learning new information tonight about a big donation made by the city of orlando to ucf. Angela we first reported last night at 5 00 that orlando was forking over 75 million to help build a downtown campus. Jim wesh 2 s greg fox looks into how the city will make this happen and when. Greg ucf has had a downtown presence in orlando for nearly a decade, but wants to expand, along with valencia college, to build a campus for roughly 7500 students. It would include ucf class space on the south side of livingston street between hughey and parramore. And valencia space closer to the old arena site in the planned creative village. To make it happen, the mayor is asking council to approve a donation of 15 acres of land, deed over the building where ucf street. Developers would also donate land worth more than seven and a 7. 5 million, and the city would donate 2 million in parking garage space. Buddy dyer it s a great investment for our downtown. Gail orlando mayor buddy dyer believes taxpayers will recoup the investment the city is putting in when other businesses build in the creative village and more property tax revenue rolls in. But he admits the development has been slowgoing. Was it stalled until the ucf component was added . Buddy dyer i don t know that it was stalled, but it s like everything else, it didn t go as fast during the recession as we had hoped it would. Greg the city still owes 90 million on a loan that was secured with the intention of paying it back by selling land to Digital Media businesses in the creative village. But so far, that hasn t happened. The campus plan could turn that around. Robert stuart the 90 million is a big deal. And we always want to stay on top of that. Greg ucf is hoping for board of governors approval on the 18th. Grant heston we re focusing on downtown. Needs 20 million in state funding from lawmakers before they adjourn next month, to greg fox, wesh 2 news. Jim coming up, a data breach hits several restaurant chains right here in Central Florida. Angela we re looking at what companies were hit, and let you know if you may be impacted. Plus, need a way to get around . A new company is coming to orlando with the promise of letting you rent a car for just 10. Jim and president barack obama makes his first trip to an american mosque. 2. Jim president barack obama meets with Muslim Leaders at a baltimore mosque this afternoon. President obama spoke out against discrimination against the muslim community, saying it tears at the fabric which holds our nation together. The president mentioned a letter from a 13yearold muslim girl, claiming she is frightened for her safety. President obama says it s wrong that any child would be filled with doubt, or question their place in society. This was his first trip to an american mosque. Multiple restaurants in s tourist district and in Daytona Beach are hit by a data breach. Now customers could be victimized as well. Angela all the businesses are owned by landry s restaurants. Wesh 2 s bob kealing has reaction and tells us what the company is doing for those impacted. Lauwyna newsome i will definitely will check now that i know it. First i ve heard of it. Bob lauwyna newsome is among customers who ate at the oceanaire seafood room at Pointe Orlando between may and november of last year. A socalled at risk window where credit card customers may have had their personal information compromised or stolen. Lauwyna newsome it seems to be more common now. That s what s disheartening. You re afraid to use your card at the gas station, the grocery store. Bob oceanaire is one of eight restaurants in orlando and datyona beach affected by the landry s data breach, including mitchell s fish market in winter park and landry s seafood in orlando. There are two atrisk windows, one in 2015, and another the s says they have already taken have been affected. Those customers will be notified if you think you might be victimized, there are other customers that used a payment card at an affected location during an atrisk window should remain vigilant to the possibility of fraud by reviewing their payment card statements for any unauthorized activity. If you re concerned and don t want to wait for a statement, call your bank or Credit Card Company and ask about your options. Outside oceanaire seafood, this couple says they no longer use credit cards in restaurants for this very reason. Michael ennis happened to me before, so i just don t risk it. Bob you just pay cash . Michael ennis yep. Bob bob kealing, wesh 2 news. Angela we ve posted a link to all the restaurants affected in our area and other information at wesh. Com. If you live downtown and need a new way to get around, you re in luck. Zipcar will now be renting out park area. Mayor buddy dyer and winter park mayor sarah sprinkle held a Ribbon Cutting this morning. There are now six locations in orlando, four at disney springs, here s how it works. You can use a credit card to rent a car for as little as one hour. The company says it should appeal to millennials and retirees. That s the baby boomer that now are retired, the children who have moved out of their Big Properties in the suburbs and it is too much to keep up with. Those folks are now selling, downsizing, getting rid of their car and moving to cities and now they are having more fun than ever. Angela so what does zipcar cost . A one hour rental is 9. A whole day locally is 69. Insurance is included with a 1000 crash deductible or you can opt to pay 79 a year for an insurance waiver. Jim smokey might just be onto something here. Jim let s talk weather heading into the middle of the week, and we have changes on the way. Tony it is starting to slow down a little bit. It will be relatively warm i4 south and east tomorrow. After that, the party is over. We cool down big time by friday. Let s look at the weather cast, gorgeous shot from lake eola. Temperatures still running in the 80 s, 81 degrees High Temperature here, 84. It was warmer to the west, the villages to ocala. At least on the hour, 86 degrees down to 83 in leesburg. Still hovering around 80 s in the villages. Cooler around cocoa beach. 81. Compared to average, bottom line , we were a good 10 to 13 degrees warmer than normal areas the front coming in, eric pushing talking about it this will go northwest to southeast throughout the day. Slow movers. We will see decent rainfall totals. We ll try to get a couple of showers to go, but not enough moisture right now. The sea breeze is climbing later on. We may muster up many showers. 82 the villages, 82 winter haven. We get warm temperatures because of the dry air over the entire peninsula. Evening plans, plenty of clouds, temperatures will make comfortable. A brief sprinkle, but by 11 00 it is nice and quiet. The five ocala, 66 orlando, 68 melbourne. Warmer overnight low temperature normal overnight low i will update this at 10 00 and 11 00 for those of you up early. The winds will be lighter, but there is still moisture in play that we could produce a decent veil of fog. With the fronts moving in, as we transition to the afternoon, the energy coming ashore by 3 00, a line of showers and thunderstorms approaches i4. And then i95 by 5 00. It was a key evening commute will be hampered by the rain. Shower activity on the brevard coast line. For friday afternoon, most of us looking good. Rainfall, anywhere from an inch to half an end. Up north warmer south and east. 80 to 83 degrees. Here s updated sevenday forecast. Front number one in thursday. Front number two in time for the weekend. We will let you know if that affects your Super Bowl Party plans in the next half hour. Jim coming up, the zika virus is spreading. Now doctors in the u. S. Say it s an std. Angela plus, dramatic video just into the newsroom of a factory in bangladesh going up in smoke. And a terrifying ordeal for a vermont woman. She s recovering after a chunk of ice crashed into her the highway. scal good day, mlady i am sircanalot, here to save you from another breakfast bore. Wake up those eggs with glorious spam see what spam can do. At angela take a look at this video of flames and smoke engulfing a clothing factory in bangladesh. Some people on the upper floors had to be carried out. The fire started just hours before 6000 people would have been inside the building. Four people were hurt. The factory produces clothing for Stores Including h m. No word yet on how the fire started. A road rage incident with a gun recently unfolded between a pickup truck driver and a group of motorcyclists in nevada. Some of it was caught on camera, but one driver says the video doesn t show the whole encounter. What happened said it started between another rider and a blue suv. That s when the driver of a red truck says one of the motorcyclists nudged his truck and then drove around him erratically. At the next light one motorcyclist knocked on the truck s window. Why are you guys flipping me off . I didn t do nothing. You re crossing traffic. Undoubtedly it startled me, and i pulled my gun out and i was prepared for him, and it s just that simple. I didn t really think it was gonna escalate to what it did. Angela that escalated quickly. The rider who shot the video says he turned the unedited footage over to police. Jim that is frightening. The zika virus is spreading rapidly posing a future threat to as much as 63 of the u. S. Population. The virus is spread by specific breed of mosquitoes. But heath officials in texas say they ve now identified a case of of zika that was transmitted through sexual contact. This is the first known case of someone being infected without doctors say it involves a patient who had sex with someone infected with the virus who recently returned from venezuela. Fears surrounding the zika virus could hurt the travel industry. There are more than 30 cases reported in the u. S. , but they ve been among travelers to more than 20 affected countries in central and south america. Pregnant women are being told to avoid traveling to the areas where zika is spreading. The caribbean is a key location for cruise companies, and many of the top cruise lines are having a slow start to the year. President obama s veto of a bill that would have repealed key provisions of the Affordable Care act failed in the house. The bill also would have stripped federal funding from planned parenthood. Gop house leaders knew that they would lose the health care vote, but they re hoping to use the issue to convince voters to elect a republican president and to help them overturn the 2010 heath care law in the next congress. Jim a freak accident in vermont lands one driver in the hospital. Police say an ice missile windshield. It happened after a chunk of ice flew off a tractortrailer. You know that had to be a narrow, dark looking awful thing. The 73yearold driver has severe injuries to her face. The trevor kept going. Police think he is unaware of what happened. Angela they should wipe away all of the snow and ice. Jim the thing on the back, it can get really big. Angela wesh 2 news at 5 30 is next. Jim Stewart Moore joins us now with a look what s coming up in our next half hour. Stewart jim, angela, we re following a tragic story out of Marion County. A man was killed in a hang gliding accident. Wesh 2 is on the scene trying to figure out how it happened and who was killed. Plus, a man convicted of killing a cop back in court. Why his life sentence could be changed. And mission to mars. Wesh 2 is giving you and up an up close look at nasa s stay with us. Ida chicken, snap beans and strawberry parfait. Fresh florida bell peppers sizzle in olive oil. Add snap beans, a dash of garlic and serve with roasted chicken. For dessert, surprise them with juicy florida strawberries in a scrumptious, easy to make parfait. From dinner to dessert, its just that easy to serve delicious fresh florida dishes anytime. And look for the fresh from florida label when you shop. Remember, delicious is always 2. Stewart tragedy struck at a Central Florida airport. Hanggliding accident. M Stewart Moore. Angela i m angela taylor. This all went down late tuesday in dunnellon. Wesh 2 S Dave Mcdaniel was on the scene to find out how it killed. Dave Marion County airport managers say the hang gliding group is not a tenant here, but they use the airport like any other aviation enthusiast. The Marion County Sheriff S Office provided these photos of the hang glider taken after tuesday evening s tragedy. 40yearold Tomas Banevicius crashed during a training flight. Ryan robbins he was going through a practice run. Some type of winch system to help get him off the ground. Dave the Sheriff S Office says the victim had already completed two practice runs on tuesday when around 6 00, he was being towed to get altitude for his third trip. Ryan robbins once he was up in the air, we believe he was under 100 feet in the air, when the hang glider lost control. We understand it guided to the right then impacted the ground. Dave he was pronounced dead on scene. Investigators say he s been training with this same group in new york for a few months, and this was a continuation of that s office continues to investigate, but for now says this appears to be ryan robbins a tragic accident at this time is the best way to explain it. Dave the u. S. Hang gliding inc. Website says it s a full service hang gliding Flight School based in new york that winters in florida at the Marion County airport. We called the local number on the hang gliding website, and the person who answered said they would not be commenting at this time. According to their website, right now they are closed. Stewart the victim in this crash is listed as living in new york. It s not clear if he was vacationing or possibly here on an extended stay. Today hugo terry, the man convicted of killing an Orlando Police officer, was back in court. Right now terry is spending life behind bars. Convicted for his part in killing officer al gordon. The court is now revisiting that sentence now that a Supreme Court ruling found anyone under 18yearsold should not be given life sentences. The resentencing hearing was pushed off until may 4. Losing control of her jeep. Investigators say Savannah Noriega was driving south on providence just before 1 00 a. M. When she lost control and slid across the road. She hit a curb and overturned in a yard on giles street. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Angela a small plane in Brevard County had to make an unusual landing this morning. It happened in merritt island. We re told something went wrong with the plane s landing gear , and the pilot had to land the plane on its belly. The pilot and passenger were not hurt. Brevard county fire and rescue was called to the scene as a precaution. So far, no word why the landing gear failed. Right now, police are investigating two cellphone store robberies, both in seminole county. The first happened at a store on 1792 in longwood, the second on wesh 2 s Jazmin Walker explains how it all went down. Jazmin well guys, the burglars hit two local Sprint Stores this morning. You can see the damage left behind at one of the locations. In this case the thieves used a in, and then took a couple of iphones. A store employee tells wesh 2 there s Surveillance Video of six or seven guys taking part. Another sprint store was hit on red bug lake road in the oviedo area. In this one, the crooks broke in through a side window. It looks they were after beats and jbl headphones. Investigators say they stole for payers. Four pairs. We looked over the Police Report it looks like those headphones are worth a couple hundred bucks each. Authorities say these were the only two stores hit overnight. They re still looking for the people behind these crimes. I m Jazmin Walker, wesh 2 news. Stewart the family of a Boynton Beach man, killed last year by a plainclothes officer, appeared in tallahassee today. The parents and sister of corey jones are fighting for a new bill, regulating the use of police body cameras. Jones was shot by a Palm Beach Gardens officer when his car broke down on interstate95 on his way home. The family s attorney spoke on their behalf. If there were body cameras, we all would have answers as to why a church drummer broke down at 3 00 in the morning on october 18th last year, was confronted by an ununiformed officer and is dead. Stewart the bill would only apply to Police Agencies that decide to use body cameras. Angela we are all getting used to the nice warm temperatures, sunny skies. Changes on the way. Stewart changes coming. Tony mainolfi is outside. Winter we see the change . Tony the front behind me is on the move. By Late Afternoon tomorrow, most of us will have rain. We have a good halfday for most of us, and then the changes arrive from northwest and southeast. Right now it is quiet. If you have any plans, afterschool activities, basketball or soccer, you are ocala to the villages, and mid 80 s earlier. Lower 80 s right now. Hourbyhour, still a warm evening. Super bowl forecast and the Rainy Weather is on the way. We will talk about those two stories in the next couple of minutes. Angela thank you. We re getting new information on the homeless problem that plaguing Daytona Beach for weeks. Stewart wesh 2 s claire metz looked into the donations, pouring in. Claire the homeless may have been removed from congregating in one place downtown, but city leaders know the bigger issue didn t just disappear. However they re getting some big , financial help to address it. 100,000. Claire glenn ritchey, the city s former mayor, now acting in his capacity as a big business owner, is part of an alliance of local ceo s who quickly raised 100,000 to help the homeless. Though police dispersed the dozens who set up camp along downtown beach street, Homeless Needs now have to be met at the space was created to shelter them, or at area hotels where some of the homeless were put up. Food, clothing, travelers aid all are expenses the private dollars will help meet. This issue has to be settled , and to do that, their has to there has to be a plan, and to create that plan we need to work together. How are we as humans allowing this to happen . Claire the sight of the large homeless camp in the heart of downtown was certainly not what the head of the area s lodging and Hospitality Association would call a plus, but bob davis said he went on a fund raising mission among hoteliers out of compassion for those less fortunate. I m bringing 10,300 to the city but it can only be used for food and shelter. Claire other donations have trickled in but most of the cost of homelessness is still being carried by the city the taxpayers, so it s the Long Term Solutions they ll be most anxious to hear about. And city leaders are expected to discuss a proposed permanent partnership with the county to build it at tonight s meeting. In Daytona Beach, volusia county, claire metz, wesh 2 news. Angela the race for president is becoming less crowded. Former pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum has dropped out of the race. He made the announcement official today. He came in last in monday s iowa caucus. Senator rand paul also dropped out of the race for the white house today. He says it s been a honor to run in the campaign. Despite dropping, he will be focusing on his Senate Reelection campaign. He is favored to win in that election. Senator marco rubio commenting on paul s departure today. He says despite their disagreements, he wishes him well on his Senate Reelection. First of all, i think, you know, rand is someone i disagree with on a lot of issues. But, as i said the other night at the debate, he believes strongly in what he stands for and i respect that. Angela rubio also went on to say rand is a true believer of limited government and liberty issues. Stewart the first of several congressional hearings on the flint, michigan water crisis along with city leaders, residents who are living through it were on hand to share their stories. In the coming weeks, more hearings will be held to determine what went wrong, and what can be fixed. Meanwhile michigan s governor wants to reimburse flint Flint Residents some 30 million in water payments. It s a request flint has been making for some time. I concur with the thought that people shouldn t have to pay for water they couldn t drink or used for cooking or other uses in that regard and so i want to make this proposal to the legislature. Stewart Governor Snyder called the announcement a positive step in the right direction. [applause] stewart a big day across the country for high school athletes. It s National Signing day, and students who have earned College Athletic scholarships announced which schools they ll be headed to, and playing for. Wesh 2 s pat clarke joins us now with a look at where some of our local athletes will be heading. Angela any surprises today . Pat there were a lot of smiles. His social event at pep rallies and gyms across the nation. They want to get players as fierce as it ever was. Michigan coach jim harbaugh had a sleeper recruit leaning toward penn state. He signed with the wolverines, going closer to home. Osceola s becker chose fsu. And bishop moore, not a lot of surprises but many happy faces. Woody barrett headed to auburn, one of nine football signees. This person going to notre dame. Young men and women making life choices today, putting ink to paper as the next chapters of their lives are set to unfold. It is like christmas day. I am so excited. I and excited for these guys. Sad for me because i don t want i really love them with all my heart. I m excited for them. I know this moment is exciting for their families as well. A great day. West orange has been so good to me. Another step, something i have to do to better myself. If a lie home the first time i stepped on campus. Great people, education, and the football. Pat sad by all accounts well said by all accounts. Some insist the seminoles got the top three in the nation. Scott frost injecting into that program at ucf, talking about his assignees. We tonight. Ground running. He and his staff went out and signed 20 guys. Avenue a top two in the american athletic conference. Stewart [indiscernible] pat he said it. He can bring the kids in. That does not mean what mean performing on the field. We will hear from him at 6 00. Stewart still to come on wesh 2 news at 5 00, dramatic footage of a tornado touching down in alabama. It caused plenty of damage. We re taking you on a tour of the hardest hit areas. Angela plus, the mission is a go. We re taking a closer look at the rocket nasa says will one day take astronauts to mars. Vo know you have a dedicated advisor and team who understand where you come from. We didnt really have anything, you know. But, we made do. Vo know you can craft an Investment Plan as strong as your values. Al, how you doing. Hey, mr. Hamilton. Vo know that together you can establish a meaningful legacy. With the guidance and support of your dedicated stewart this year will mark 47 years since nasa put a man on the moon. Several trips have been made since then, and now the Space Program has set its sights on mars. Angela the hope is to launch a mission to the red planet by 2023 and today, nasa gave the world its first up close look at the rocket that will carry the men and women selected for the trip. S what people have waited years for. Mark geyer it s a huge day, huge day for us. Stan love it s pretty exciting. [laughter] i flew down from houston just to be here today. Reporter at the Kennedy Space center, nasa showed off the new and improved orion crew module. The exploration capsule is set to fly at least 30,000 miles beyond the moon on an unmanned test flight in late 2018. Michael hawes it will demonstrate all of orion s systems capabilities for about three weeks in lunar orbit. Reporter and that trip is just the beginning. The ultimate goal is to send astronauts to mars and beyond. Nasa said orion is capable of taking them further into deep space than any other spacecraft in history. Mark geyer this is what we worked on for so long. This is what if you grew up and you are into human exploration and nasa, this is the epitome of that. Reporter there is still a lot of work to be done to get ready for 2018. And it s all taking place on the space coast, making it the first space craft ever to be built canaveral. Mark geyer we got to use the experience base of people here in florida who were part of the shuttle who knew the talents, they knew how to put things together, the quality they bring to assembly was enormous. Reporter it will be years before someone blasts off onboard orion, but when it happens, you ll see history being made once again on the space coast. Stan love pretty soon the rockets will be launching out of florida again as they should, and it s important to commemorate that. Stewart all right. Looking forward to that. A large tornado touched down in alabama yesterday. Angela it happened 45 miles west of tuscaloosa. Forecasters warned parts of the state were at higher risks of tornadoes up until this morning. Official say the tornado left a path of destruction with trees and downed powerlines. Look how wide it is. Only minor injuries have been reported so far. And another tornado hit the mississippi and alabama border. Here is the aftermath. Homes and buildings were ripped you can see some of the damage is so bad, it doesn t look like a building existed in the first place. Despite this damage, Officials Say no one was seriously hurt. They are more prepared now. Stewart north of that southern , minnesota is getting slammed by a winter storm. Troopers there say the storm has caused hundreds of crashes statewide. The National Weather service says six inches of snow fell by jackson. The snow is so heavy that some parts of this video aren t very clear. You cannot even tell what you are looking at. Blizzard like conditions hammered that area last night. Dash cam video caught this suv spinning out from an icy road. This is in south dakota. It is under a blizzard warning today. Troopers there had to close part of an interstate down because conditions were so bad. Wind gusts combined with heavy snow have made it impossible to drive. Angela i do not miss all of that. Stewart you don t . Angela no. Stewart 80 degrees. Angela it is ideal, but we are tony no snow, no severe weather. We have some thunderstorms by the afternoon, but that is the worst of it. Let me take you outside to Daytona Beach where it has been a pleasant afternoon. Current temperature 10 minutes of 6 00, around 79 degrees. As we look at the cold front, there are actually two trader warnings in south carolina. Tornado warnings in south carolina. We can use the rain. There are a couple of sprinkles off shore. That is where they are going tuesday. Temperatures at 6 00, it is still 83 in silver springs, 81 and wildwood. Farther in the interior, this low as 79. Maryheathrow 80 to 81 degrees. Low to mid 70 s up and down a1a along the eastern right of the florida peninsula. We are following fallen to 70 by 10 00. Melbourne overnight low expected 68 degrees. 66 the villages and back to ocala. Well above the seasonal norms for this time of year. From northwest to southeast throughout the day tomorrow, here comes the cold front. There will be a couple of rounds of showers and thunderstorms. We will have to watch that in the evening commute. The rain get in earlier in the far northwestern locales. Temperatures will hold in the upper 60 s, which moves 24 miles southeast to groveland, astatula upper 70 s. Go from there and you are in the upper 80 in the far southeastern sections of seminole county, even the ponce inlet area, the rain will get in later. Everybody on friday will be enjoying a calm day, a sunny day, and a cooler afternoon. Highs in the 60 s. We begin to run out of the gulf of mexico, clearing out a very early sunday morning. But is weather with timing for the super bowl parties. For friday, the atlas v launch, the window opens at 8 30 eight, still 48 go. For super bowl sunday, pregame we are talking about readings in the upper 50 s. Kick off around 55. It will be a cool sunday afternoon. Let me show you the updated sevenday forecast read 65 on friday. Lower temperatures behind the back up by wednesday next week. Stewart coming up, new images lowes presents how to put your foot in your mouth. Man, wish my yard looked like yours. Hey, the grass is always greener on the other side of the. Sorry. Now get 20 off stagreen fertilizer, at lowes. Stewart nasa has new images of saturn and its rings. As much material as previously believed. Nasa spacecraft has been orbiting the planet for more than 10 years. Images from cassini show there s little correlation between how dense they appear and their reflectiveness. Finding out the mass to determine age. An unusual discovery. Angela the breakin happened at a pennsylvania Marketing Company sunday. The company had a pizza party but didn t clean up the leftovers. Turns out a burglar helped himself to the leftovers, and left a trail of pizzas leading to a corner where he fell asleep. Of food,. A food coma. Stewart how messy. Angela wesh 2 at 6 00 a straight ahead. Meredith we are following breaking news in Brevard County were two people were shot. It happened in a tax office. We have new information him a man that helped stop the shooter. Video of a fire that wiped out a new i dont know what im doing. I cant find anything just when i think its just not going to work. This woman that works there comes over and asks can i help you . And he was so happy, to do it amazing right . I never would have expected would have thought that anyone would find that do that. Make that go out of their way for me. Right then, right there i couldnt believe it he was so helpful i know its such a small thing little thing. Simple thing but it made me smile made me happy made my day share your story. Announcer you are watching wesh 2. Jim tax center shooting. When we came back, the man got shot. Meredith chaos at a local are shot. Jim wesh 2 is on the scene as police try to figure out why bullets were flying. It s messed up man. He s a nice, cool guy. Announcer local, live, latebreaking. This is wesh 2 news at 6 00 in high definition. Jim right now at 6 00, we want to get right to the breaking news in Brevard County. The video you see behind me was shot by chopper 2 not long after the shots were fired. Good evening, i m jim payne. Meredith i m meredith mcdonough. This all went down at the travelers tax center on clearlake road in cocoa. Jim chris hush is there live. And chris, you just spoke with the man who wrestled the gun out of the shooter s hand. Chris that is right, and he is the cousin of one of the victims. Deputies tell me the shots ring out right here in the tax services office, injuring two people and one person just next door from debris. We are asking deputies who fired the shots and why. Two people were flown to the

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