We are talking about the powerball. Are you playing tonight . I will get in the game now that we are above the 6 million mark. The 600 million mark. The odds seem bad. They are really bad if you do not buy a ticket. Jazmin for anyone who buys a ticket, sign it. Michelle we want to send things over to eric. He is monitoring things for us. Eric i going to play the lottery and be the one guy who outside this morning, we are going to win the lottery. Starting off with cloud cover. We do not have any kind of rainfall. We have cleared that out. Sunshine will prevail. It will be a gorgeous day ahead. 75 hour daytime high. First alert doppler radar, we can breathe a sigh of relief. No slick roadways. The only activity i am tracking is offshore. Visibility numbers running low across the area. Areas in gray are areas tracking the heavier pocket if fog. Heavier pocket of fog. 75 for groveland over to claire metz over claremont. Much more on your forecast in minutes. Ted we have cleared construction. Looking at eastbound in the white. I for, gone. Westbound slow starting to increase getting out of seminole into orange. Five minutes. We had Police Activity in brevard county. Brett we are monitoring a Police Standoff in melbourne. Less than 10 minutes ago outside of this condo complex we heard what appears to be gunfire. Take a listen. [gunshots] on the scene, saying they are beginning to see more activity out there. It is unclear what led up to this and who might be involved. Let s show you a map of where this location is. This is in melbourne, along the water. A Police Standoff has been going on for some time. The bullets we heard about 10 minutes ago. We have a crew heading to the scene. As soon as they get there, we will get you a live report. Back to you. Michelle right now a desperate , search is on for this man. Deramus monts disappeared two weeks ago from orlando. Police fear he may be in danger. Jason g wesh 2 s Jazmin Walker is here with the investigation. Didn t show up for christmas, his family says they knew something was wrong. His disappearance suspicious. So many of his personal belongings were left behind. A friend lent this red suv to monts in december. It was found 3 days after christmas, in the parking lot where monts works, off arlington street in orlando. No sign of monts. Police say the doors were open. Monts cell phone and back pack were on the front seat. Disturbing news for his sister. He wouldn t walk away without any of us knowing where he is that. Not voluntarily. Jazmin monts sisters says he briefly disappeared once before when he checked himself into a drug rehab facility, but he stayed in touch. The family is now passing out flyers hoping someone will recognize monts and lead them to him. If you ve seen him, call orlando police. Jason g the Powerball Jackpot michelle the powerball frenzy is about to reach a fever pitch. The estimated jackpot is 675 million. That often grows when people buy their tickets. This will be the biggest jackpot in any lottery in american history. The cash payout would be 413 million. Two people in florida one big prizes. There are two tickets that had every number except the powerball. They are worth 1 million apiece. Jason g good luck. We are waiting to learn information in the case about a man accused of killing his wife and two children. A judge will hear motions on what evidence and testimony can be included in the trial of luis toledo. The trial begins on january 19 in saint augustine. The bodies of toledo s wife and step children have never been found. Michelle the man accused of Authorities Say 36yearold trayston morgan got violent, and tried to drive away during a traffic stop yesterday morning. The officer, richard fink, got a concussion from being dragged by the truck. Morgan has dozens of previous arrests, including resisting arrest with violence. I think that s really going to send a red flag with this guy because not only does he have a violent history, but a violent history with law enforcement. Michelle morgan faces charges of aggravated battery and aggravated eluding law enforcement. Jason this morning, an orlando man is facing charges after police say he took out his frustrations with Customer Service to a dangerous level. 55yearold Jeffrey Lauer is accused of threatening to blow up the orlando offices of brighthouse networks. According to the arrest report, he made the threat during a phone call to brighthouse to complain about his tv service. The representative notified police who then arrested him. Michelle new this morning, governor rick scott plans to stand up for his tax cut program with a 1 million tv ad campaign. You ll start seeing the ll have english and spanish versions. Scott wants state legislators to approve 1 million worth of tax 1 billion worth of tax cuts. He s also asking the legislature to create a 250 Million Dollar fund to lure businesses to the state. Jason this morning, president obama says he will veto a new bill from republicans that aims to repeal his Signature Health care law when it gets to his desk today. The house passed the bill yesterday that would not only dismantle the Affordable Care act but also cut funding to planned parenthood. This is the first time the bill has mated to the president s desk. By holding the vote, republicans say they have fulfilled a promise to voters in an election year. New this morning, the white house is doubting north korea s claims of a successful Hydrogen Bomb test. The u. S. Government says it s early investigation of underground activity in north korea is not consistent with the blast from a Hydrogen Bomb. A Spokesman Says seismic data from tuesday night s event would have shown greater force if hydrogen was involved. They are now waiting on air samples to get a better idea of what happened. Michelle new this morning, bill cosby will not face criminal prosecutors rejected charges from alleged incidents from 2008 and 1965. In 2008, a woman claims cosby sexually assaulted her at the playboy mansion when she was 18. In the other case a woman says cosby raped her in 1965, when she was only 17. Prosecutors say the charges were denied because the statute of limitations ran out and the lack of evidence. Jason says we will get a better idea of the Severe Weather impact across the country. Noaa is releasing it annual report on extreme weather events today. Climate experts will discuss weather and climate highlights from last year. The agency will also announce a preliminary number of weather events in the u. S. That caused losses exceeding 1 billion. Waking up to a little fog and hayes. Jason g let s get a check of traffic and weather together. Eric we are looking ok except the a haze and fog. 76er High Temperature in orlando. 72 in daytona beach. Satellite and radar showing the band of showers along the trough sitting offshore. Maybe through the day today, we into the coast line. Plenty of clouds overhead. By lunchtime, it is a big improvement over yesterday. 75 degrees or so for our daytime high. Ted good morning. A crash on some ron boulevard on semoran boulevard near lee vista. Some key sensors picking up live data. For the most part, things are looking nice and quiet. Here we have eastbound on the right side. No delays in either direction, sometimes seeing patchy fog. If you have patchy fog, keep the low beams on. Michelle coming up, the final hours for a florida serial killer. Jason the convicted murderer is set to die today. A look at the case that gained michelle and more heartburn forrt so, i needed to deposit a check. I was about to head to the bank, but out of nowhere it just started to rain. Like really rain. [clap of thunder] i did not want to go out. [clap of thunder] but then i was like duh, just use your phone. Mobiledeposittechnothingy to the rescue. Im rayna. And i bank human at td bank. In 1965 subways founders had one simple mission. Fresh sandwiches. It seemed crazy in a time when gimmicks were all the rage. But the idea of freshly made sandwiches with Quality Ingredients would stand the test of time. The Subway Sandwich shop. In 1965 subways founders had one simple mission. Fresh sandwiches. Gimmicks were all the rage. But the idea of freshly made sandwiches with Quality Ingredients would stand the test of time. The Subway Sandwich shop. Founded on fresh. Very Large Police Presence out here. Seeing a number of officers. This was some kind of a standoff. Someone barricaded a person was barricaded inside one of these condos. We did , about 20 minutes ago, hear what sounded like gunshots. [gunshots] a lot of noise. Appears to be gunshots, but it is unclear if it could be a teargas bomb or other type of explosive. It is unclear what the source of the noise was, whether it was coming from police or the suspect inside the condos. To give you a better idea of gardens condo. The area is heavily surrounded by police. We are working to learn the circumstances around this. Back to you. Michelle thank you. More breaking news. Orlando police let us know they found a missing man. This is deramus monts. He was last seen before christmas. We will bring you an update as soon as we get it. Jason right now, a convicted serial killer is living out his final hours. Michelle the tampa man was found guilty of murdering three women. Brett 30 years after he was first found guilty, he will be executed tonight at 6 00 unless an Appeals Court steps in and spares his life. He was convicted of murdering decades battling it. Each trial has been reversed at least twice, but he was convicted again in each case. The murders have a similar pattern. One woman was abducted leaving a fast food restaurant, another a shopping center, the third from a post office. All three were stabbed. The cases were unsolved. Police received a tip years later. Battles, the suspect ended up marrying. Michelle more bad news for chipotle this morning. The chain has been served with a federal grand jury subpoena. Nbc s tom costello has the new fall out. Tom good morning, have you eaten at a chipotle restaurant lately . It turns out a lot of customers are deciding they re steering clear for now, scared off by the hundreds of people sickened and that itself. The stock down dramatically from october and meanwhile, profits are also down. Sales off by 30 in december alone. So what does it mean for the company that is now under a i m tom costello, that story coming up on today. Jason also coming up on the today show, they will have a look at the new dietary guidelines released overnight. Out every five years by the u. S. Department of health. The report usually has a big impact on federal nutrition policies. This year, the Advisory Committee focused on healthy diets overall rather than individual ingredients. Today breaks down the three this morning. New this morning, chickfila is making eating at their mom and dad. Michelle the franchise is implementing a new concept called, mom s valet or parent s valet at Stores Across the country. The service lets parents order at the drivethru with their then, families go inside, and their table is all ready with the food, condiments and high chairs needed. A store owner here in florida came up with the idea. I am sure it will be a big help for anyone who travels with little ones. They give out books as toys in the kids meals. My kids will eat them up. They get more excited about books than toys. I get excited about the food. Michelle i get excited about the weather. Eric a little bit of sunshine. When you look at this skycam, you will not see much sunshine. Even some patchy fog around. Wind out of the north at 9 00 taking a look at visibility values, about a two mile run from the villages in leesburg. Ted will be around to update you on how this impacts your morning drive. You are getting a reprieve from the active weather. 52, silver springs. 58, oviedo. 56, lake mary towards apopka. 61, port orange. 64, cocoa beach. Showers offshore. Some data trying to hand these guys will go rogue and work over towards the coast. Wind out of the northeast today. The impulse of Energy Starts to exit stage right. Skies part and the sunshine is down. We will make it to 73 in the villages. 72, titusville. Futurecast doing a wonderful job, as always, of taking a look at our day. Lunch time, the clouds part. Watching one or two of the showers trying to work in. Through 6 00, a mix of clouds and sunshine. Tomorrow, the forecast shows low pressure moving in from the gulf of mexico. The same thing we were talking about monday. By saturday, the next cold front moves in, bringing showers and sunday, clearing out. Monday, highs in the 60 s. Lows in the 40 s. Great weather through tuesday we have nice, cool weather thursday and friday. Ted no ways happy. Ted noah is happy. Ted near International Speedway boulevard, reports of a crash somewhere in this area. Keeping an eye on it. This is the time of morning where we start to see congestion on i4, out of Seminole County. Semerne boulevard cimmaron boulevard, i4 eastbound in downtown orlando, five to six minutes. Lake mary, you are ok. 11 minutes to get out of seminole into orange. Michelle why you can expect to see bigger crowds at the parks. Jason plus, too big to fail . Overnight, we learned star wars soared past another record, the title it could take over after this weekend. Michelle new video shows a s desperate escape from a canada. Firefighters and a neighbor were aber to catch were able to catch the boy appeared the mother and father jumped out of the window, too. They were taken to the hospital. No one else was injured. Today, we are getting a look at the final seconds of a disney holiday tradition. Jason the osborne lights are off for good this morning. M o u s e jason with that, the familiar tune from the mickey mouse club, the lights go off. Right now, runners are about to finish their first race. They took off in the first event, a 5k, about 27 minutes ago. More than 100,000 runners are expected to take part in the events across the four parks. Here s the schedule, the 5k this morning. The 10k is tomorrow morning. The Half Marathon is saturday, and it wraps up with the big race on sunday morning. Michelle star wars is the highest grossing movie of all time. It surpassed avatar s 760. 5 million domestic gross. Avatar still holds the worldwide record of 2. 8 billion in ticket sales. So far, star wars has earned 1. 6 billion, but it still hasn that happens this weekend. Following breaking news i name melbourne. We are live at the scene of a standoff. Jason someone is refusing to announcer local, live, latebreaking. This is wesh 2 news sunrise in high definition. Jason breaking news. People in an older neighborhood are waking up to the sound of gunfire. Alex i am live at that condo complex where police are locked in a standoff. What we re seeing at the scene right now. Michelle another misty morning. Look at your screen. You can barely make out maitland. Where else is looking gloomy and when the sun will shine through. Swift response. The u. S. Managed to get another country to take on new north korea s nuclear claim. Michelle nobody one last night s drawing in the powerball which means the jackpot is going to be even bigger. 675 million jackpot. We all get our tickets. Michelle all about this drawing in just a few minutes. We are dealing with some weather in just a few minutes. Let eola. We think it is golden misty this morning but we were just talking waking up in the 20 s today. Eric facebook kind of throws that throwback. I was putting the forecast out on my Facebook Page for winter park, snow flurries were in the forecast for Central Florida. Just a few years ago we did get those snow flurries. Just incredible. Nothing like that this morning. That s no looking sky, those clouds around, but as the day progresses we will get the sun shining right through. 75 degrees 3 00 today. That will be our High Temperature. We are into the above average territory as far as those readings go. Doppler radar quiet but we do models are saying that through the day we could see one or two pop into the i95 corridor. Visibility, this is what we are talking about when it comes to the light haze out there. S turnpike corridor from i75 all the way down through about the Orange County corridor. Just a heads up on that. What s that burns up and the sun shines bright temperatures climb , 74 degrees astatula, 73 down into balfour. Skies clear in your neighborhood in just a couple of minutes. Jason crashes coming in on apopka, it is in between conroy and the turnpike at Westminster Abbey boulevard. The blocking s, you can always use hiawassee as a backup plan. One is still ringing around lingering around cimmaron boulevard. Westbound on the right side of the screen approaching the airport toll plaza. Morning delays haven t started yet. Things are looking good. Jason we are getting some new information from police about a standoff in melbourne. Michelle our crew heard gunfire just about a half hour ago. This is all happening at the coral garden condos near the airport. Alex villareal is live. That is a very active scene. Alex we are seeing a stream of people coming out of their homes here at the Coral Gardens apartments and police just issued a tweet saying that red cross assistance is being set up for any displaced residents here. We ve seen people come out and back roads bathrobes, sleep clothes, there is a very large presence of police out here right now. You can see more residents streaming out here. Of a standoff going on, a person refusing to come out of a building here at the Coral Gardens condos and about 20 minutes ago it was that we heard the sounds of what sounded like gunfire. Alex you can hear dozens of those loud booms and it is unclear at this time if that was gunfire. Or if it was some type of tear gas bomb or some type of explosive and whether it was coming from police or the suspect inside. To give you a better idea, this is the Coral Gardens condo on Regency Drive in melbourne. The area is heavily surrounded by police and we are looking to learn more information about the circumstances. Who is this person they came out here after and why . We will bring those straight to you here on air and on wesh. Com. Live. A judge accused of a bloody attack on in ormond beach couple. Michelle Police ArrestedMichael Phillips. They say he stepped the couple repeatedly. Jazmin walker is here with the developments. Jazmine it may seem like the victims are related but shelley and Adam Phillips say though they have the same last name Michael Phillips is a total stranger to them. Police say phillips broke into the couple s home and step the woman in the living room. When her husband came into the room, philip stabbed him to. He then ran and the couple went to the hospital. The man who was stabbed was in Critical Condition. Investigators released a composite sketch of the person responsible. Information from that sketch helped them lead them to the suspect. Michael phillips is accused of two counts of attempted murder and burglary. He goes before a judge at 1 30 this afternoon. Triggering a shooting that left an innocent bystander dead is set to face a judge. A Pretrial Hearing is set for cody rhodes for Second Degree murder charges. Orlando officer says he was forced to fire after roads reached for his waistband. A stray bullet from the officer s gun killed 20yearold maria. Michelle swiss justice for whoever is behind double murder. Three people were found dead inside of a lakeland home yesterday morning. Another man was shot in the face and was in Critical Condition today. Investigators do not believe the community is in any danger and say the killer or killers targeted the home for a reason. We re going to find you. We re going to put you in jail. We are ultimately going to send you to prison for the rest of your life or send you to the just chamber death chamber. Michelle early evidence indicates the suspect or suspects took drugs and money here is the story everyone is talking about. We are going to see the biggest lottery drawing in american history. Jason last night nobody matched all those numbers in a half billion dollar drawing. The jackpot grows to 670 5 million for saturday and to go from there. Two people in florida did win a million bucks in last night s drawing. A new candidate is set to enter the race for a local congressional seat yesterday. Bob pope seen in a previous interview will make an announcement of the pine hills marketplace. He will be running for florida 10th congressional district. The scene is held seat is held by dan webster. That former Democratic State representative Linda Stewart will be running for state senate seat. She says she will enter the race for district 13 which serves orange and brevard counties. She will kick off her campaign the seat is held by republican andy gardiner. The white house is casting doubt on north korea s claim that there was a successful Hydrogen Bomb test. Michelle countries across the region strongly condemned the testing of a bomb. New developments from the nation s capital. South korea says it will retaliate against north korea for what it leaves is an act of war. The country plans to resume propaganda broadcasts along the border after pyongyang announced it successfully tested a Hydrogen Bomb. Early analysis was not consistent with north korea s claims. President obama spoke with leaders of south korea and japan with all three countries working together to form a strong and united response. The u. S. Launched intelligence gathering air act aircraft it maybe be collecting more evidence about the north korean test. Jason the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are beginning to search for a new coach. Smith was fired last night after the team ended the season at six and 10 and last in the south division. Smith had only been with the team for two seasons, the buccaneers say they will start the search for new coach immediately. Michelle timing the sons return. Eric we have forecast straight ahead. Jason the manhunt continues. Bond after allegations of heio eric welcome back to sunrise. Today, you might notice a bit of a slower drive thanks to some fog and hayes. Is this widespread or patchy . Eric we are watching the low clouds widespread. Take a look at downtown orlando. While at the surface the roadways are not looking bad, that low cloud deck is masking the higher buildings across downtown. We have got the low clouds and the fog, but at least it is cool. I am enjoying every minute. I may not come back inside. 58 degrees, 71 through lunchtime, 75 will do it today in lunchtime in Central Florida. We are clearing out the clouds. We are going to move from seattle to orlando in about six hours. Satellite nice and quiet overhead. Showers off the east coast. We will talk about what that means as we look ahead towards your weekend forecast. Those roadways are getting busier. Ted 6 44. Beach line expressway this is westbound right near the area of the airport toll plaza. Not seeing any huge congestion just yet. Some reduced visibility, things we are going to see an increase on the right here, i4 between alt mod and maitland, if you left right now and are going to drive between lake mary and lee, average of 12 minutes. Apopka just north of conrad conroy, head over to hiawassee instead. Most of us looking pretty good getting into downtown orlando. No delays right now on i4 and the 408. And Osceola County teacher accused of having sex bond. Of jail last night. She was let out just hours after appearing in court. Jason more on her case. Brett this substitute teacher is accused of having sex with a 14yearold more than 20 times. Help teachers children. Here is sarah more she had nothing to say to our camera regarding the allegation. The mother of five appeared in court for the first time facing those charges. Moo re worked at the school for three years. She denied the allegations in court and pointed out she has never been in trouble before. She now faces 10 counts of Sexual Battery on a minor. Michelle the fbi is trying to track down this jewel thief this morning. They say she struck again on monday in North Carolina and held employees at gunpoint. The same woman can be seen grabbing jewels from display cases at a panama city store back in august. She is also being blamed for robberies in tennessee, south carolina, and georgia. Jason leaders will discuss the new plan to fund the schools downtown campus. Ucf announced it will scale back state from 60 million to 20 million. The rest will come from private funding. The meeting this morning is whether to approve this plan. Educators have given the greenlight to new grading standards for state tests. The state board of education approve those standards for what students should earn in math and reading. Some School Officials want to the state to make the passing scores tougher. A new formula will also be used for grading in schools. Michelle we are updating our top stories next including the breaking news we are following in melbourne. Jason back to the scene for a live report to bring this new in 1965 subways founders had one simple mission. Fresh sandwiches. It seemed crazy in a time when gimmicks were all the rage. But the idea of freshly made sandwiches with Quality Ingredients would stand the test of time. The Subway Sandwich shop. In 1965 subways founders had one simple mission. It seemed crazy in a time when gimmicks were all the rage. But the idea of freshly made sandwiches with quality stand the test of time. The Subway Sandwich shop. Michelle when will we see the sun . Eric the sun officially comes up in the next 25 minutes so we will see it then. The question is will it be visible through the clouds . Outside, we are starting to see for slight. It will be this afternoon. We are going to get some mixture in the atmosphere. That is going to break up those clouds. This is our skycam going towards degrees, that wind out of the north at 10 is the only reason we re not talking about dense fog this morning. School bus forecast not bad. Temperatures from the lower 50 s into the lower 60 s. A cloudy and cool start to the day with those low clouds, misty fog. That ride home is going to include plenty of sunshine. 54 in leesburg, 58 degrees in sandberg and first alert weather radar showing the biggest cluster of offers offshore showers in flagler county. While it is quiet overhead now, some of these guys trying to work over towards the coast later today. 10 mention of a shower but for right now that trend is keeping everything just offshore over the gulf stream waters. You can see that counterclockwise spin. It is not. Any low pressure area spins counterclockwise but it has that impressive presentation on satellite and one of these outer over the gulf stream waters, it is staying there. Downstream, our next weather maker is looking right on through the Mississippi River valley. It makes its way into Central Florida tomorrow bringing us increase rain coverage. For now we are looking back at how much rain we had yesterday and a recordsetting day in brevard with nearly three inches from oak alley towards ranch road and even into palm bay. It is improvement. 74 in eustis, 74 mount dor s, 75 in claremont, 75 in winter park, 75 degrees in sanford, into titusville, 72, Merritt Island and cocoa beach about 72 degrees. Sevenday forecast is revealing rain chances on their way up. 47 chance, a couple of thunder boomers as we had to our saturday. Monday and tuesday cooling down, showers clearing wednesday as our next frontal boundary moves in. Ted we are looking in Seminole County at westbound on the right side of the screen between alt month and maitland. Starting to increase not so horrible just yet. I4 in the downtown orlando eastbound of the main shot here, john young to colonial is about six minutes. If you are going to drive on i4 westbound and you re going to go from lake mary to lee, that should cause to 12 minutes. 417 to i4 about a seven minute drive. Apopka, just with of broadway, use hiawassee. Jason police are on the scene of an earlymorning standoff standoff. Alex i just talked to Police Officers out here who tells me that it is a man who is hold up they are in communication with him. Earlier, we did hear some noises that sounded like gunfire and that Police Officer does confirm to me it was gunfire. You can hear dozens of shots were fired. It is not confirmed who was shooting, whether it was police or the suspect inside. A neighbor was told it was the man inside who was shooting. To give you a better idea of where we are this is the Coral Gardens condo complex. Red cross assistance is being set up for any displaced residents. We did see a stream of people coming out this morning. People taking shelter in nearby bowling alley. Jason much more ahead on cw18 plus some International Breaking news out of paris. Michelle a man armed with a knife attacked a police station. The suspect was shot to death. It is not clear if this to be terrorism. We will continue to update you. And orlando man who has been missing for two weeks has been found safe. Dojo during this month der amus mont. Jason police say michael Adam Phillips last month. Detectives are telling us he is not related to the two. The man who was stabbed remains in Critical Condition. Michelle we are waiting to learn new information in the case of a man accused of killing two his wife and two of his stepchildren. Luis toledo. The trial begins in saint jason nobody won last night s powerball drawing, the jackpot is growing bigger. 675 million. That could grow. Game in u. S. Hisn michelle we are on top of some breaking news this morning. A man is barricaded in a home at the Coral Gardens condos in melbourne. Jason we heard gunfire and hour ago but that standup is still going on right now. Michelle dozens of residents streaming out of that complex. We are staying on top of this story all morning. Jason we will be watching. We want to get you out the door with traffic and weather together. Eric fog is the concern this morning. Visibility at halfmile to two miles. Ted we are starting to see congestion starting on i4 westbound. We have a crash on Westminster Abbey boulevard locking hiawassee is a good lack of backup plan. Michelle don t forget, you can get some news updates every time