Local, live, latebreaking, this is wesh 2 news sunrise in high definition. Jason good morning. I m jason guy. It is president s day and we are getting you going. It is still cool this morning, but nothing like those frigid days last week. We begin with meteorologist amy sweezey. Where are we going as far as temperature . Amy we ve got a lot of clouds that we are starting with this morning. We will be climbing today. It is going to be warm despite all the clouds. Upper 70 s this afternoon. Just a couple isolated showers in our forecast today. I don we ve seen a few along the coast in the overnight hours and we may see more through the day. It is warmer to start off this morning. Day before. That increase in temperature means we are in the upper 40 s in our coolest spots, but mid60 s to the south in broward county. A little bit farther inland, in brevard county, we are much cooler. Quite a bit of cloud cover. There s a few showers on the radar. We will continue to see a couple Little Poc
Interview him. He invoked his rights and did not make statements. We will piece all that together as the investigation moves forward, where he has been since friday. Amanda Sherrif Demings said ortiz turned 16 this weekend. He would not speculate as to why oritz waited to turn himself in. It s possible the teen or his family saw the video of sgt. Pearce and that may have moved him to surrender. Coming up on wesh two news at 5 00, i ll bring you some of that interview with Sergeant Pearce and have more on the charges ortiz now faces, as well as what the sheriff had to say about whether he ll be charged as a an adult. Live in Orange County, amanda ober, wesh 2 news. Meredith investigators find the body of a 13yearold girl, and her father inside their Merritt Island home. Agents aren girl died, but think the dad committed suicide. Wesh 2 s dan billow is at the home on indian street. Dan, what do we know about the family . Dan we know they were very well liked by their neighbors, and the n
Quite a bit of cloud cover. Even despite all the clouds, we will still make it into the mid to upper 70 s. 76 in salt springs. 77 in ocala. 79 in claremont. 79, orlando in winter park. Closer to the coast, midtoupper 70 s as well. Take a look at futurecast. Showers and storms are on the way overnight tonight. That is coming up in just a few minutes. Right now, Jazmin Walker joins us in the breaking news center. Reporter we are watching to see when the southbound lanes of 1792 will reopen. We have a camera crew there now. The southbound lanes have been closed where 1792 intersects with park avenue since thursday night. Crews are lowering the road under the Railroad Crossing bridge. It has caused massive backups. Workers are hoping to reopen the road by 6 00 a. M. Today. Muck that slowed them down a little. We will let you know when the road reopens on sunrise. In the meantime , ted has your way to get around this. Ted one of the main things is they are pushing traffic onto park avenue a
Scalia came under fire last year for his comments on gay and other civil rights. Again, he was 79 years old. He passed away this morning. Nbc nightly news will have much more on scalia s passing and the fight to fill his seat on the bench. That airs at 6 30 here on wesh 2. Also, look for developments as we get them inside the wesh 2 mobile app. Back now to that breaking news in daytona beach. Police tell us the suspect wanted in a deadly triple shooting has turned himself in. Tonight, we ve also learned the student killed was don kevious johnson. He played football for bethunecookman university. Two other bcu students were shot early this morning at Indigo Lakes Golf Club in daytona beach. Wesh 2 s matt lupoli just talked with police and has the breaking developments. Matt . Matt adrian, police tell us the suspect surrendered himself to the daytona believed Beach Police Department a few moments ago. He is being interviewed by detectives right now. He will face charges of two to firstde
Amy warm today, but a few showers expected overnight. I have the timing in your first alert forecast. Michelle replacing justice scalia, the political firestorm his death set off and who could , fill his spot on the bench. Good morning. They did for joining us. I am michelle imperato. Jason and i m jason guy. Let s get over to amy sweezey now for your forecast. Amy we have kind of a big picture difference this morning. Depending on where you re heading out from. Some of us are in the 40 s, some of us are in the 60 s. Most of us are in the mid50 s though. To plan your day, not a lot of sunshine expected. Once we get to sunrise, just after 7 00 a. M. , we will brighten up, but there will be plenty of clouds today. There is a slight chance of rain. Most of us will stay dry, but an occasional shower from time to time is possible today. In, out ahead of some bigger rain expected tonight. Temperatures will climb into the middle 70 s today. Right now we are at 55 degrees in orlando. 65 degree