Repeatedders of the horror that took place inside. The couple just got out of the hospital this week after being stabbed multiple times. Police say 19yearold Michael Phillips admitted to the crime during his arrest. He states that his intention was to leave the area. End to get out of town. And when he saw a nice truck in the driveway of that house, he went inside with the intent of stealing the truck. But police say just as he walked in, the woman who lived here got up to get some food for one of her daughters when she came facetoface with him. Thats when police say he just started purging and stabbing her. She managed to get to the bedroom to lock the door and call 911. Police say the victims came up with this composite sketch. Shortly after fox 35 news showed the sketch on tv, several people called police, saying they thought the suspect could be phillips. Phillips was staying with his from the victim. Police say phillips own parents came forward, saying they believe he was capable of doing Something Like this. They said he suffers from ptsd and hes currently a reservist in the military. His father told Police Phillips has had recent severe anger issues. This is a very scary situation. You have somebody who the victims dont know, goes right in their house and attacks them in the comfort of their own home. And theres probably nothing more scary than that. As for the victims, were told by neighbors they got out of the hospital this week, they went to the home where they were staying, they grabbed everything ohio. Live in volusia county, kelly joyce, fox 35 news. Bob fox 35 followup, the state attorney is deciding not to file criminal charges after altamonte springs. A father and a baby were killed in this crash, 434 and 436. This happened in october. A 75yearold driver slammed a red light. 35yearold and his 1yearold son were killed. The childs mother suffered a traumatic brain injury. But the state attorney revealed that the elderly driver had no drugs, no alcohol in her system, and at most shes guilty of careless driving. Orlando officer William Anderson cleared after firing his gun while being run over not too far from universal studios. He pulled over this car for speeding last july. The passenger baled out. The driver hit the gas and ran over officer anderson. The state attorney ruled that anderson was in fear for his life when he opened fire. A standoff between one man and Melbourne Police is over. Bob the suspect in custody after a very long, intense shootout with police. Derrol nail has the story. Reporter youre looking at a wide view of the crime scene. And this paints a picture, let me show you, around 11 15 last night, a call of domestic the suspect allegedly upset about his dinner. You can see cook ware on the ground outside. It deteriorated from there. The suspect barricaded himself inside the condo, firing hundreds of rounds. Police cars struck as well as swat vehicles. It ended, amazingly, without anyone being hurt, right behind that swat truck right there. After 12 hours, the combat veteran put down his weapons and gave himself up to police. Still wearing an army helmet at the time. Amazingly, no one was hurt. It seemed like it was almost like the army versus one man. Police say it started last night around 11 14 with a domestic call. Pans with food scattered on the asphalt, the shooter allegedly angry about how his dinner was prepared. When police arrived, the gunfire began. Each of the windows in 47yearold Michael Taylors garden cove condominium were shot out, while outside an entire row of car windows were shattered. From what police say was a 12hour gun battle with an estimated 500 rounds exchanged between a 47yearold army veteran and close to 50 officers. But right around 10 00 a. M. , sheriff wayne ivey, whose deputies were also involved in the shootout, chose a different course, bringing in a long time veterans advocate, george taylor, to talk to the shooter, soldier to soldier, through a police robot. It was fortunate that he was was that he would talk. The isnt is facing a slew of charges, including attempted murder on a police officer. In melbourne, derrol nail, fox 35 news. Bob and developing, Marion County detectives are investigating what they call a suspicious shooting death of a former corrections officer. Deputies found 29yearold ronnie damon shot dead right here in front of his house late last night in ocala. County from 2007 to 2014. So fun anything, you should give the Marion CountyCrime Stoppers a call. 352368 stop. Andrea the man accused of dragging an Orlando Police officer with a truck is denied bond. Accused of grabbing the officer during a traffic stop and dragging him along, leaving the officer with a concussion. It happened early yesterday morning along division avenue. Morgan is charged with fleeing and eluding an officer. The accused killer toledo in court today. Of the judge tried to decide whether to allow the medical examiners statements given that the bodies have never been found. He denies killing the children. His trial starts january 19th january 19th in st. Augustine. And a sad story out of Marion County. Vandals destroying things that would have helped homeless students. Brand new pajamas, prom dresses, books, toys, and Childrens Clothing worth thousands of dollars. Inside the building. The picture shows just one part of the vandalized area. A bill filed in the Florida Legislature could allow students to take the sat or act instead of the states standardized test. As dana jay reports, the plan resembles one promoted by Seminole County public schools. Reporter remember the sunshine solution that was previously known as the seminole solution . It was the plan that would have loud School Districts to swap out the computerized fsa for a paper and pencil exam instead. Well, the bill introduced this week by influential lawmaker don gates adopts a version of that plan. The fsa would still be the default standardized test in florida schools, but School Districts would have the option of giving an alternative test. It sounds good to the superintendent of Seminole County public schools. I think whats really positive about it is that hes attempting to provide some flexibility to districts, using rigorous nationally normed i know our district would appreciate and probably take advantage of it. The bill is still in its very early stages. The legislature goes back for the 2016 session next week. In the newsroom, dana jay, fox 35 news. Bob a new poll from the chamber of commerce says that floridians like the deal with the Seminole Indian tribe to own and operate casinos in the state and they want to see it extended. That issue is going to be before lawmakers for the next two months. The new deal would give the save 3 billion over the next seven years but would allow more gambling. New casinos in miami, dade and palm beach counties, plus craps and roulette. There is a substantial financial component in the proposal that the governor put forward. The question is, is that payment enough to make up for possible expansion in other ways with private florida entities . Some Central Florida fight the expansion of gambling in florida. Disney has also led an effort against new casinos in the state. The 17 minors trapped hundreds of feet below the surface are rescued. Andrea good ending to this story. How long the minors spent stuck underground. Our forecast looking good across the florida peninsula, but out to the west clouds and rain. Well talk about the chance for rain for later tonight and more about your weekend. A Central Florida woman lost her boyfriend in a car crash. How shes trying to get you to be safer out on the roads. Checking in on wall street, ouch, another cringe worthy day. Kickoff ever which is why we don t just add, anything else. Longhorn steaks that sizzle for 12. 99. The new smoky bacon sirloin. The new spicy grilled jalapeno sirloin. And the parmesan crusted sirloin. All with hand chopped salad unlimited bread for 12. 99. Tonight only at longhorn steakhouse. You cant fake steak. And for lunch try our new steak and bacon cheddar melt. Bob it was a simple post on facebook, one womans new years resolution after the death of her boyfriend. Little did the woman know that her words would catch the attention of thousands. Andrea her resolution is to stop distracted driving and she wants people to join her. She doesnt want anyone to feel the kind of loss shes experienced. Reporter one thing continues to make susan light up. He was the new kid, and he was in a lot of my classes. Reporter her boyfriend. He had the most incredible life. He could make you laugh at yourself even when you didnt want to be. And he just made everyone feel really special. Reporter the two new each other for 12 years. They met in high school and dated throughout college. After a short break to experience life, they were back together. Just the love of my life. Reporter five months ago bob was in a car accident and died, in an instant susans life ripped apart. I lost somebody who had just been a constant in my life that i always thought would be there. Reporter no one was in the car with bob but susan and his family both believe he was distracted by his phone. Something that can happen to anyone. I think everybody thinks theyre invincible, that it wont happen to them, that its just a split second. Reporter hours before the new year without bob, she went to facebook and wrote a six paragraph post, asking others to follow a new years resolution of not being distracted while driving. I know a lot of people dont text, but people use pandora, use their maps, just answer one little thing, and all it takes is a split second of being distracted to change a lot of peoples lives forever. Reporter in just a matter of days, the post had been shared more than 72,000 times. While at times bittersweet, susan hopes others will take their promise to heart. Nothing is going to make it bring him back, but in his memory, if fewer lives can be lost, it was worth posting that. Andrea and her Facebook Post continues to grow. Its been like 64,000 times and close to 7,000 people have commented on it. At this hour, french president honors those who died if last years Charlie Hebdo attacks. One year ago, 11 people were killed inside the offices. Today on that anniversary, another attack at a Police Station in north paris. A man with a knife stormed the building to attack officers. Andrea stuck inside an elevator hundreds of feet below ground. The last two miners were raised deal. The salt mine is the deepest mine in the western hemisphere. Bob cell phone video shows powerful winds and rain blowing this is what it looks like. Heavy el nino rains pounding the region yesterday, bringing thunder and lightning. It even prompted a series of weather alerts, including a brief tornado warning. The weather got so bad that all of san diego district schools had to be under shelter in place orders. Nobody got seriously hurt. I hear it never rains in southern california. That cant be the right video. Ive been to san diego, it doesnt look like that. Glenn when its el nino, it does rain. Weve got still some changes in our forecast due to that same el nino. Live picture of downtown. Clouds across the area but we did break out into some of that sunshine earlier today, allowing temperatures to warm back into the 70s. Very comfortable evening right now, with temperatures holding in the 60s. Live radar currently is rainfree. It looks like good as we go through the next four to five hours for this evening. 69 degrees in orlando. 67 in melbourne. 64 in the villages. Very comfortable but cool. Gainesville. Temperatures right now in orange in yellow running about five to 9 degrees warmer tonight compared to last night at the same time. So definitely it has warmed up today. 69 degrees in downtown, a lighter easterly wind at five, its been very windy the last few days. Seas are very rough. It will take quite some time to get things to calm down offshore. 75 degrees the high today. Officially 71 is our normal high. So we were 4 degrees warmer than normal. The warm weather will continue as we go through upcoming weekend. Well cool it off a little bit on sunday. Showers on friday and saturday. So it looks like the chance for rain on sunday, boom, gone. Its not here. No more. Sunday looks good. Clearing and cooler, though, as we get into the second half of the weekend but especially as we get into next week. 72 in miami. Heres the stalled front. South of the front a little more humidity, a little more warmth. North of the front, a little bit drier air, and temperatures cooler, and sitting out to our west is the next area of rain. The computer models are doing a pretty good job, indicating that it would show up, but they were off quite a bit when it came to the timing. It looks like it will show up overnight tonight, and early in the day for tomorrow. Its not much. A little area of low pressure. Some showers along with it. Here it comes. Heres our model showing good dry weather for this evening but overnight, two, 3 00, 4 00 in the morning, showers arrive. Look at the showers stretching from ocala back out to melbourne, kissimmee. Youll have light rain at that time. Lakeland, up towards daytona beach, into flagler county. Then through the morning to slowly break down. This is 8 30 in the morning. So a few lingering showers. As we go through the morning and afternoon, the breeze light out of the south which will increase the humidity, and also the chance of showers begins to move back in, especially out to the south over into brevard county. A low sweeps through the area, not much with it, may squeeze a few more showers into our forecast. As we approach the weekend on saturday, well prepare for the up, it looks like late saturday night, early sunday, and with it showers. Our lows for tonight getting into the upper 50s to low 60s, so a little warmer, about 56 the cool spot up around gainesville. For tomorrow, partly to mostly cloudy skies and were expecting to see a chance for those showers, mainly early in the day. As we get into the afternoon, well see some sun. It will warm up. Tomorrows High Temperature topping out near 80 degrees. Orlando kissimmee. And 78 degrees over in sanford. Heres my sevenday forecast. Downtown. 78 on saturday. Clearing on sunday. And some cool but comfortable weather for early next week. Bob National Signing day, february the 3rd. Holly bristow scored a one on one interview with ucfs new head football coach, who has been on the job a little more than a month. How are things going for the new coach . Reporter he told me hes very excited and very enthused so far in the first five weeks that hes been head coach of the ucf knights. This afternoon he told me that the knights will play an ucf hes been recruiting fast, hiring fast and his team is going to practice fast, and of course play fast. The coach says hes recruiting all over. Hes been particularly impressed by the local talent, especially right here in Central Florida. Ive just been thrilled with the amount of interest that were getting from recruits and the amount of attention. Were able to, i think recommend i believe well be able to get a lot of good Football Players in here. Its already starting to happen and were going to try to capitalize on the momentum and finish with a strong recruiting class. The coach tells me hell be do innovative things with his new team come fall. He tells me it will be really fun for the players to play and of course exciting for fans to watch. For now, reporting live at the home of the knights, holly andrea coming up, republican president ial candidate donald trump being called a a lie liar. Why samuel l. Jackson is call him a liar. Andrea first saving you money with the pump patrol. Gas is 1. 89 at the 7eleven on orange avenue. 1. 79 at the 7eleven on 1792 in ugugh. H. I i rerealallyly s shohoululdndntt. N no,o, y youou k knonow w whwhatat . . I i shshououldld. Anand d i i wiwillll. I i dedeseservrve e ththisis. I imm a a b bogogo o fifindndinin,, weweekeklyly a ad d flflipippipinn, cocoupupononining g mamaststerermimindnd. W whohoss s savavining g bibig g titimeme . . Ththisis g girirl l cacan n i i hehelplp y youou . . 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He doesnt think hell be golfing with him any time soon. Hes saying trump is lying about this and its such a silly thing to lie about. We had a huge debate in the newsroom about why he would lie about this. Maybe he just forgot about it. When you have everybody saying it happened and then youve got the receipt showing it happened, at that point you say, okay, we played, you know, sorry, it slipped my mind. But sam is not letting it go. He wants to let everybody know that trump is a liar and they definitely played together. And he keeps it up and samuel l. Jackson will leave snakes on the trump plane. All right, gary, good to talk to you, my friend. There you go. Glenn great weather in our forecast. Looks good. Temperatures warming up to about 80. And a chance for a few little showers, not a big deal. The best chance for rain will be late tonight, early tomorrow morning. Tomorrow afternoon, really a nice time, 80 degrees. As we get into the weekend, a cold front moves through and it looks good by sunday. Asked jackson why would at longhorn steak like this doesn t need anything else. Which is why we don t just add, anything else. Longhorn steaks that sizzle for 12. 99. The new smoky bacon sirloin. The new spicy grilled jalapeno sirloin. And the parmesan crusted sirloin. All with hand chopped salad unlimited bread for 12. 99. Tonight only at longhorn steakhouse. You cant fake steak