COMMISSIONER IS BACK IN COURT TODAY. WHY? REGINA HILL IS TRYING TO PULL HER ALLEGED VICTIM’S MEDICAL RECORDS. PLUS, DON’T KNOW WHAT HE DID, BUT IT MUST BE PRETTY SERIOUS BECAUSE THEY TOOK TWO OF THEIR VEHICLES. AND THE ONLY WAY THEY COULD STOP THEM IS TO RUN INTO THEM. A MULTI-COUNTY POLICE CHASE COMES TO A SMASHING STOP IN WINTER PARK, KISSIMMEE. POLICE SAY THEY WENT ON THIS PURSUIT AND TODAY IS THE FIRST EVER OFFICIAL STATE HOLIDAY FOR THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN. THE CELEBRATION IS HAPPENING HERE IN CENTRAL FLORIDA. WESH TWO NEWS SUNRISE STARTS RIGHT NOW. GOOD MORNING AND THANKS FOR STARTING YOUR DAY WITH THE SUNRISE TEAM. I’M MEREDITH MCDONOUGH AND I’M JASON GUY. WE WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT TEMPERATURES GREETING YOU AS YOU STEP OUT THE DOOR. WE’VE GOT 50S AND 60S RIGHT NOW, BUT WE ARE ONCE AGAIN GOING TO HAVE A BEAUTIFUL DAY WITH ALL THAT SUNSHINE. WE DO NEED TO WATCH FOR THIS MORNING. START ON OUR COAST WHERE WE GET TO METEOROLOGIST KELLIANNE KLASS. WE MAY SEE A LITTLE HAZE OR FOG. YEAH, THIS IS GOING TO BE MAINLY ALONG THE SPACE COAST IN BREVARD COUNTY. TAKING YOU OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW. MOSTLY CLEAR CONDITIONS, BUT A LITTLE BIT OF HAZE AT THE SURFACE. NOW IN TITUSVILLE WE HAVE IMPROVING CONDITIONS, MERRITT ISLAND AS WELL, NOW UP TO A MILE VISIBILITY. IT’S THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER THAT WE’RE ALMOST AT A HALF MILE VISIBILITY AND A MILE AND A HALF VISIBILITY IN CAPE CANAVERAL FOR THE REST OF CENTRAL FLORIDA. FOG IS NOT A CONCERN THIS MORNING. NOW, IT’S A COOL START WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 50S AND 60S. BUT THIS AFTERNOON, WITH ALL OF THIS SUNSHINE, WE ARE WARMING BACK UP INTO THE 70S AND 80S. NOW, WE DO HAVE SOME RAIN CHANCES ON THE WAY. WE’LL TALK ABOUT THAT COMING UP IN A FEW MINUTES. BUT FIRST, LET’S GET OVER TO MEAGHAN MACKEY, WHO’S BEEN TRACKING A VERY BUSY MORNING COMMUTE. YEAH, KELLIANNE, THERE IS A NEW CRASH. I’M MONITORING. IT’S ALONG I-4. IT’S IMPACTING THAT WESTBOUND SIDE RIGHT AFTER MAITLAND BOULEVARD HEADING TOWARDS LEE ROAD. THIS IS A LOOK AT THAT CRASH. IT IS BLOCKING OFF THE TWO RIGHT LANES AND INJURIES ARE REPORTED. WITH THIS CRASH. YOU CAN SEE HERE LOOKING LIKE TWO CARS INVOLVED IN TRAFFIC IS GETTING BY IN THOSE LEFT LANES. BUT IT IS CREATING SOME HEAVY CONGESTION FOR THOSE DRIVERS TRAVELING WESTBOUND FROM ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, HEADING TOWARDS WINTER PARK IN DOWNTOWN ORLANDO. THIS IS A LIVE LOOK FROM OUR TOWER CAMERA AT WESH TWO. IT’S RIGHT OUTSIDE OF OUR STUDIOS, TRAVELING ON THE WESTBOUND SIDE OF I-4, SO THOSE EXPRESS LANES TRAVELING FROM LONGWOOD TOWARDS DOWNTOWN ARE ALWAYS AN OPTION. THAT’S GOING TO BE THE FASTEST WAY AROUND THIS CRASH. RIGHT NOW. WE’RE NOT SEEING A SURGE IN THAT PRICING, BUT IT’S LIKELY GOING TO HAPPEN WITH HOW MUCH CONGESTION WE’RE SEEING HERE THIS MORNING. THERE’S ALSO A DEADLY CRASH IN OCALA. WE’LL GET TO THAT COMING UP IN A FEW MINUTES. BUSY MORNING ON THE ROADS IN THE DAY AHEAD. THE SUSPENDED ORLANDO CITY COMMISSIONER WILL GO BACK TO COURT. REGINA HILL IS ACCUSED OF STEALING THE LIFE SAVINGS OF A 96 YEAR OLD WOMAN. WESH 2’S BOB HAZEN IS LIVE THIS MORNING AT THE ORANGE COUNTY COURTHOUSE AND BOB BOB HILL’S LAWYERS ARE NOW TRYING TO GET THE ALLEGED VICTIM’S MEDICAL RECORDS. YEAH, AND THAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE HEARING AT THE COURTHOUSE HERE TODAY. PROSECUTORS, THOUGH, ARE TRYING TO BLOCK THAT MOVE. LAWYERS FOR REGINA HILL WANT TO GET THOSE MEDICAL RECORDS FOR THAT VICTIM FROM ORLANDO HEALTH. AS THEY TRY TO BUILD THEIR DEFENSE. IT’S BEEN EXACTLY ONE YEAR SINCE HILL WAS INDICTED FOR FRAUD AND EXPLOITATION OF THE ELDERLY. SHE WAS SUSPENDED FROM THE CITY COUNCIL AFTER HILL WAS ARRESTED. FDLE SAYS THE COMMISSIONER, CONVINCED THAT 96 YEAR OLD WOMAN TO GIVE HER POWER OF ATTORNEY. AND THEN SHE USED THAT TO DRAIN MORE THAN $100,000 FROM THE VICTIM’S ACCOUNTS. SHE ALLEGEDLY BLEW THE MONEY ON LUXURIES FOR HERSELF AND ALSO USED THE VICTIM’S INFO TO BUY A HOUSE. HILL HAS DENIED SHE DID ANYTHING WRONG AND HAS SAID THAT SHE CARED FOR THAT WOMAN LIKE SHE WAS PART OF HER OWN FAMILY. THE HEARING TODAY STARTS AT 1030. IT’S SUPPOSED TO FOCUS ON HILL’S PUSH TO GET THOSE MEDICAL RECORDS FROM ORLANDO HEALTH. IT ALSO COULD BE ONE OF THE LAST HEARINGS WE HAVE BEFORE HILL GOES ON TRIAL, WHICH IS SET TO START IN MAY. COVERING ORANGE COUNTY LIVE IN ORLANDO, BOB HAZEN WESH TWO NEWS. ALSO TODAY, THE MAN ACCUSED OF MURDERING A MOTHER OF FOUR IN A DOMESTIC DISPUTE WILL GO BEFORE A JUDGE. INVESTIGATORS SAY LAMAR BRYANT SHOT AND KILLED HIS WIFE, TAKISHA, AT HER HOME ON TUESDAY. INVESTIGATORS ARRESTED BRYANT LATER THAT NIGHT AFTER AN HOURS LONG STANDOFF WITH SWAT TEAMS ON I 92 NEAR ON 192 NEAR THE ORANGE AND OSCEOLA COUNTY LINE. COURT RECORDS SHOW THAT HE HAS A LONG CRIMINAL HISTORY, INCLUDING TWO ARRESTS JUST THIS MONTH WHERE HE WAS BONDED OUT. TWO WEEKS AGO. NOW, REMEMBER, IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS IN AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP AND NEEDS TO SPEAK WITH AN ADVOCATE, THE NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE IS ONE (800) 799-7233. HARBOR HOUSE OF CENTRAL FLORIDA ALSO HAS A 24 HOUR CRISIS HOTLINE AT 407 8862856. I HEARD A LOUD CRASH AND, YOU KNOW, LIKE A BAM. AND THEN I LOOKED OUT FROM THE WINDOW AND I SAW ALL THE COP CARS. MULTI-COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT CHASE CAME TO A CRASHING END IN WINTER PARK. LOOK AT THAT SCENE. THIS CHASE BEGAN AT KISSIMMEE WITH THE LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT THEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE OSCEOLA AND ORANGE COUNTIES SHERIFF’S OFFICES. THE U.S. MARSHALS TASK FORCE AND FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL. MUCH OF WHAT WENT DOWN WAS CAUGHT ON OUR TRAFFIC CAMERAS. AND KISSIMMEE POLICE SAY THE MAN ARRESTED YESTERDAY IS NAMED JORDAN BAILEY. HE’S A SUSPECT IN A SHOOTING ON PERSHING STREET BACK ON MARCH 13TH. AND WHEN OUR CREW WAS AT THE CRASH SCENE LAST NIGHT, WE SAW A MAN TAKEN OUT OF A CRUISER IN HANDCUFFS BEFORE ULTIMATELY BEING TAKEN AWAY IN AN AMBULANCE. WESH TWO IS WORKING TO CONFIRM IF THAT WAS THE SUSPECT, OR IF IT WAS ANOTHER PERSON IN THE CAR. ONCE WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION, WE’RE GOING TO UPDATE YOU ON AIR AND ONLINE. FLORIDA LAWMAKERS ARE TARGETING SUPER SPEEDERS WITH SOME NEW LEGISLATION. IT’S A PUSH TO MAKE OUR ROADS SAFER, AND IT’S BEING BACKED BY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. WESH TWO PAOLA TRISTAN ARUDA JOINS US LIVE IN PAOLA. THIS BILL WOULD CREATE HARSHER PENALTIES FOR PEOPLE SPEEDING. YEAH, MAYOR, THE FOCUS HERE IS ON EXCESSIVE SPEEDING. SO THIS BILL CRACKS DOWN ON DRIVERS GOING AT LEAST 50MPH ABOVE THE SPEED LIMIT, 132 MILES AN HOUR IN SOUTH CAROLINA. SO THAT IS PART OF A VIDEO THE ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE POSTED LAST MONTH, TALKING ABOUT HOW DEPUTIES HAVE SEEN A DRASTIC INCREASE IN RECKLESS DRIVING, BUT OF SENATE BILL 1782 BECOMES LAW, THOSE SUPER SPEEDERS WOULD FACE THOSE HARSHER PENALTIES A FIRST OFFENSE COULD GET YOU A $2,500 FINE AND A SIX MONTH LICENSE SUSPENSION, AND YOUR VEHICLE WOULD BE IMPOUNDED FOR 30 DAYS. A SECOND OFFENSE WOULD GET YOU A $5,000 FINE. ANOTHER 30 DAY IMPOUND AND A SUSPENDED LICENSE FOR A YEAR. THESE CHANGES ARE SOMETHING SHERIFF JOHN MINA SAYS HE’S IN SUPPORT OF. WHEN YOU HIT SOMEONE GOING 100 MILES AN HOUR, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO DIE. IT’S EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. SHERIFF MINA SAYS THIS PAST JANUARY, DEPUTIES CITED 101 DRIVERS GOING 100MPH. THAT’S COMPARED TO LAST JANUARY, WHERE ONLY 29 DRIVERS WERE CITED FOR GOING THAT FAST. NOW, THIS BILL DOES HAVE A COMPANION IN THE HOUSE, AND THE HOUSE VERSION IS CURRENTLY MAKING ITS WAY THROUGH COMMITTEES. THIS WEEK COVERING ORANGE COUNTY. LIVE IN WINTER PARK, PAOLA TRISTAN ARUDA WESH TWO NEWS. STATE LAWMAKERS HAVE ADVANCED A BILL THAT WOULD EASE CHILD LABOR RESTRICTIONS. THEY SAY IT WILL HELP FILL EMPLOYMENT GAPS. THE LABOR LAWS WERE FIRST RELAXED LAST YEAR, BUT YESTERDAY A DIVIDED SENATE PANEL GAVE THEIR FIRST APPROVAL TO A MEASURE THAT WOULD DO AWAY WITH RESTRICTIONS FOR 16 AND 17 YEAR OLDS. THIS MEANS THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO WORK MORE THAN EIGHT HOURS A DAY ON SCHOOL NIGHTS AND MORE THAN 30 HOURS A WEEK WHILE SCHOOL IS IN SESSION WITHOUT MANDATED BREAKS. THE MEASURE WOULD ALSO REMOVE RESTRICTIONS FOR 14 AND 15 YEAR OLDS WHO HAVE GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL, ARE HOME SCHOOLED, OR ATTEND VIRTUAL SCHOOL. TODAY AT ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. UNITED AIRLINES WILL HOLD A GROUNDBREAKING FOR A NEW TECHNICAL OPERATIONS COMPLEX. THE $315 MILLION PROJECT IS SET TO BRING MORE THAN 1000 ORLANDO EMPLOYEES TOGETHER ON A SINGLE CAMPUS AND IMPROVE THE LOCAL ECONOMY. THE GROUNDBREAKING IS THIS MORNING AT 10:00. ALSO AT THE ORLANDO AIRPORT, THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN WILL BE HONORED. TODAY MARKS FLORIDA’S INAUGURAL TUSKEGEE AIRMEN COMMEMORATION DAY. THE AIRPORT CURRENTLY HAS AN EXHIBIT OPEN IN THE COMMUNITY. EXHIBIT. EXHIBIT THERE TO HONOR THEM. WHO WERE THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN MILITARY PILOTS IN THE U.S. BACK IN WORLD WAR TWO? NOW THE EXHIBIT WILL BE OPEN THROUGH APRIL 20TH. ALL RIGHT, LET’S TURN TO YOUR FIRST WARNING WEATHER ON THIS THURSDAY. WE’RE GOING TO HAVE LOTS OF SUNSHINE. IT’S GOING TO BE ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL AFTERNOON. LET’S CHECK IN WITH FIRST WARNING. METEOROLOGIST KELLIANNE KLASS. UNFORTUNATELY, THAT SUNSHINE IS NOT GOING TO HELP US IN THE RAINFALL DEPARTMENT. WE ARE IN A DEFICIT OF PRECIPITATION ALL ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA AT ABOUT 3 TO 4 TO ALMOST FIVE INCHES OF RAINFALL. THAT’S AGAIN A DEFICIT. IT’S BEEN 22 DAYS SINCE THE LAST GOOD RAIN HERE IN ORLANDO. THE LAST TIME WE PICKED UP EVEN MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION WAS BACK ON MARCH 5TH, WHEN WE REACHED ABOUT A 10TH OF AN INCH OF RAINFALL. SO NOT EVEN A LOT OF RAINFALL. NOW, WE DO HAVE SOME RAIN ON THE WAY TODAY. TOMORROW WE ARE DRY. THERE’S THIS STORM SYSTEM OVER THE TEXAS GULF COAST THAT’S GOING TO GRADUALLY WORK TOWARD CENTRAL FLORIDA, AT LEAST FOR TODAY. IF YOU ARE TRAVELING TO THE TEXAS GULF COAST, BE AWARE THAT THEY’RE GOING TO BE DEALING WITH A SCATTERED SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. AND ALSO WIDESPREAD FLOODING, ESPECIALLY AROUND THE CORPUS CHRISTI AREA. BY THE TIME THAT SYSTEM GETS HERE, WE’RE NOT REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING, BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT RAIN FOR THE WEEKEND. WE’LL TALK ABOUT THOSE DETAILS COMING UP IN A FEW MINUTES. FIRST, THOUGH, IT IS 609. LET’S GET OVER TO FIRST WARNING TRAFFIC EXPERT MEAGHAN MACKEY KELLY. AND THERE ARE TWO BIG CRASHES I’M MONITORING THIS MORNING, INCLUDING THIS ONE HERE ALONG I-4. THIS IS A LIVE PICTURE FROM OUR TOWER CAMERA, WESH TWO. IT’S RIGHT OUTSIDE OF OUR STUDIOS ON THE WESTBOUND SIDE OF I-4. RIGHT BEFORE YOU GET TO THAT LEE ROAD EXIT. TWO OF THOSE RIGHT LANES ARE BLOCKED OFF. HERE YOU CAN SEE HEAVY BACKUPS TRAVELING FROM LONGWOOD AND ALTAMONTE SPRINGS TOWARDS WINTER PARK. SO THOSE EXPRESS LANES ARE GOING TO BE YOUR BEST BET. IF YOU’RE HEADING OUT THE DOOR IN THIS AREA. OUR CHOPPER HAS ARRIVED AT THAT SCENE AND THERE ARE SOME INJURIES REPORTED WITH THIS CRASH, SO EXPECTING DELAYS HERE FOR QUITE SOME TIME THIS MORNING. AND I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION THAT DEADLY CRASH I’M MONITORING IN OCALA. IT’S ALONG PINE AVENUE AT 39TH PLACE. A CLOSURE HERE AT THIS INTERSECTION, LIKELY FOR SEVERAL HOURS BECAUSE IT IS CONFIRMED TO BE DEADLY. WE’LL CHECK IN WITH THOSE TRAVEL TIMES ALONG I-4 IMPACTED BY THAT CRASH NEAR LEE ROAD. COMING UP IN A FEW SHORT MINUTES. NEXT ON SUNRISE, THE FULL TEXT CHAT BETWEEN MANY OF OUR COUNTRY’S LEADERS HAS BEEN RELEASED. WE TAKE A LOOK AT THAT MIXED RESPONSE FROM THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OVER INFORMATION IN THOSE MESSAGES. PLUS, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS GETTING INVOLVED IN OUR LOCAL ELECTIONS. WHEN YOU SEE THE FUNDRAISING NUMBERS AND YOU SEE THE ENTHUSIASM ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE AND HOW MUCH MONEY THEY’VE RAISED COMPARED TO HOW MUCH THE REPUBLICANS HAVE RAISED. YOU KNOW, IT’S BOUND TO MAKE THEM A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS. WH