THIS IS BREAKING NEWS. I’M SANIKA DANGE HERE AT 726. WE ARE CONTINUING TO FOLLOW SOME BREAKING NEWS WITH WESH TWO. PAOLA TRISTAN ARUDA LIVE IN ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, WHERE POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A 13 YEAR OLD GIRL. PAOLA. SANIKA A MISSING CHILD ALERT WAS ISSUED FOR RACHEL SCOTT. SHE HAS AUTISM AND HER FAMILY IS VERY WORRIED. TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR SCREEN. SHE IS DESCRIBED AS A BLACK HISPANIC FEMALE WITH CURLY HAIR AND BROWN EYES. SHE WAS LAST SEEN CARRYING A PINK BACKPACK WITH A STRAWBERRY DESIGN, AND SHE WAS LAST SEEN IN THE AREA OF WYMORE ROAD THAT’S NEAR WESTMONT DRIVE, JUST OFF THE BUSY STRETCH OF STATE ROAD 436 NEAR I-4. NOW, ANYONE WITH INFORMATION OR IF YOU’VE SEEN THIS LITTLE GIRL YOU ARE ASKED TO CALL ALTAMONTE SPRINGS POLICE OR CRIME LINE RIGHT NOW. LET’S GET A CHECK ON THE ROADS WITH MEAGHAN MACKEY. IMPACTING THOSE EASTBOUND DRIVERS HERE RIGHT AT THE I-95 INTERCHANGE. SO TRAVELING IN PORT ORANGE THIS MORNING, JUST THE LEFT LANE IS OPEN TO DRIVERS HERE ALONG THE STRETCH OF I-4. SO A LOT OF CONGESTION THERE. I ALSO WANT TO GIVE YOU A LOOK HERE. HEADING OUT THE DOOR IN WILDWOOD. STATE ROAD 44. A DEADLY CRASH WORKING TO CLEAR. COUNTY ROAD 475. AVOID TRAVELING AT THIS INTERSECTION. KELLIANNE HOUSE OF FORECAST FOR OUR DAY AHEAD. MEGAN. RIGHT NOW WE’RE STARTING OFF WITH COMFORTABLE CONDITIONS. TODAY WE’RE WARMING UP INTO THE 80S INLAND, AND OUR COASTLINE WILL REACH THE MIDDLE 70S AND OUR WINDS PICK UP OUT OF THE NORTH TODAY AT 10 TO 15MPH. PLENTY OF SUNSHINE FOR THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SO IF YOU’RE HEADING OUT TO ANY OF OUR LOCAL ATTRACTIONS, IT’S GOING TO BE A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR IT. JUST DO NOT FORGET THAT SUNSCREEN AND STAY HYDRATED AS OUR TEMPERATURES QUICKLY WARM INTO THE MID 80S TONIGHT, IT’S GOING TO GET CHILLY. WE’RE GOING TO DROP DOWN TO 48 IN DUNNELLON, MARION OAKS, LYNN, SALT SPRINGS AND WEIRSDALE WEBSTER SUMTERVILLE THE VILLAGES, RUTLAND AT 53. SAME THING AT UMATILLA AND THEN 57 DEGREES IN CLAREMONT. MOST OF US TONIGHT WILL DROP INTO THE 50S. SO HAVE THOSE JACKETS READY FOR TOMORROW MORNING. TOMORROW AFTERNOON WE’RE WARMING UP TO 84 DEGREES. THE MID 80S CONTINUE TO START THE WEEKEND NEARING 90 ON SUNDAY. THE ORLANDO MAGIC ARE PLAYOFF BOUND. WHAT COACH JAMAHL MOSLEY HAD TO SAY ABOUT LAST NIGHT’S WIN AS THEY SET A NEW PACE FOR THE UPCOMING GAMES. BREAKING RIGHT NOW AT 7.30, THE SEARCH CONTINUES IN ALTAMONTE SPRINGS FOR A MISSING 13 YEAR OLD GIRL. WE’RE TAKING YOU TO THE HOURS LONG SEARCH ON A BUSY STRETCH OF 4.36, WHERE I-4 MEETS. PLUS, THERE’S NEW ESCALATION IN THE U.S. AND CHINA TRADE WAR. HOW THIS WOULD DRIVE PRICES EVEN HIGHER. WESH TWO NEWS SUNRISE ON CW 18 STARTS RIGHT NOW. GOOD MORNING. THANKS FOR JOINING US HERE ON THIS WEDNESDAY. MADE IT THROUGH HALFWAY THROUGH THE WEEK. I’M SANIKA DANGE AND I’M MEREDITH MCDONOUGH. YES, THE WEEKEND IS IN VIEW ALREADY. FIRST WARNING METEOROLOGIST KELLIANNE KLASS AND TRAFFIC EXPERT MEAGHAN MACKEY BOTH HERE HELPING YOU GET OUT THE DOOR. KELLY KIND OF LED US. IT LOOKS LIKE A BEAUTIFUL SUNRISE THIS MORNING. IT IS? YEAH. STARTING THIS MORNING, EVERYWHERE WITH A NICE SUNRISE. MOSTLY CLEAR CONDITIONS FROM OUR TOWER CAMERA NETWORK HERE IN LAKE COUNTY. WE HAVE HIGH PRESSURE FILTERING IN AS OUR COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO DIVE DOWN TO THE SOUTH. NOW WE’RE NOT WAKING UP TO COLD AIR, BUT IT’S COOL. ESPECIALLY IN MARION COUNTY, DOWN TO 57 DEGREES IN OCALA, 60 DEGREES IN PALM COAST, 63 DEGREES IN NEW SMYRNA, 65 DEGREES IN ORLANDO. THIS AFTERNOON, MOST OF OUR CENTRAL FLORIDA LOCATIONS WILL ONCE AGAIN BE BACK IN THE 80S, BUT YOU’LL NOTICE THAT COOLER AIR ALONG OUR COASTLINE TODAY AS OUR HIGH TEMPERATURES WARM UP INTO THE MID 70S FOR OUR COASTLINE, THIS IS GOING TO BE CONSIDERED UNSEASONABLY COOL. BUT FOR INLAND SPOTS TODAY, THIS IS GOING TO BE RIGHT AROUND AVERAGE. SO WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FOR THE REST OF THE DAY AHEAD. MOSTLY SUNNY CONDITIONS, TEMPERATURES GRADUALLY WARMING. AND THEN WE DO HAVE SOME RAIN IN THE FORECAST. WE’LL HAVE THOSE DETAILS COMING UP IN A FEW MINUTES. FIRST THOUGH AT 7.33 LET’S GET OVER TO FIRST WARNING TRAFFIC EXPERT MEAGHAN MACKEY KELLY. AND I’M CONTINUING TO MONITOR SOME BIG BACKUPS HERE IN PORT ORANGE ALONG I-4. IT’S IMPACTING THOSE EASTBOUND DRIVERS RIGHT AT THE INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY BOULEVARD INTERCHANGE. SO JUST PAST THERE, HEADING TOWARDS I-95. YOU CAN SEE HERE THE RIGHT TWO LANES ARE BLOCKED. TRAFFIC IS GETTING BY IN THE LEFT, BUT THERE IS A LOT OF CONGESTION HERE FOR THOSE EASTBOUND DRIVERS IN VOLUSIA COUNTY ALONG I-4. SO ANTICIPATE THAT THIS MORNING AND THEN WILDWOOD, THERE’S A DEADLY CRASH WORKING TO CLEAR FROM 2.5 HOURS AGO. IT’S ALONG STATE ROAD 44, WHICH WE KNOW IS A MAJOR ROADWAY THERE. AND WILDWOOD AT COUNTY ROAD 475. SO A ROADBLOCK HERE THIS MORNING. I’LL MONITOR BOTH THESE CRASHES AND WE WILL CHECK IN AGAIN COMING UP IN ABOUT 15 MINUTES. IT’S NOW BEEN MORE THAN 14 HOURS SINCE ANYONE HAS SEEN A 13 YEAR OLD GIRL IN ALTAMONTE SPRINGS. HER FAMILY SAYS THAT SHE WAS LAST SPOTTED NEAR WYMORE ROAD, WHICH IS JUST OFF THAT BUSY STRETCH OF 436 WHERE IT MEETS I-4. WESH 2’S PAOLA TRISTAN ARUDA IS LIVE THIS MORNING IN ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, PAOLA. WHAT’S THE LATEST ON THE SEARCH? MAYOR, I JUST RECENTLY REACHED OUT TO THE ALTAMONTE SPRINGS POLICE DEPARTMENT. JUST HEARD BACK AND THEY TELL ME THAT THEY HAVE NOT YET FOUND HER AND THERE HAVE BEEN NO ADDITIONAL LEADS ON HER WHEREABOUTS. BUT RACHEL SCOTT WAS LAST SEEN IN THE AREA OF WYMORE ROAD JUST AFTER 5 P.M. YESTERDAY. AND SHE DOES HAVE AUTISM. HER FAMILY, OF COURSE, VERY CONCERNED ABOUT WHERE SHE COULD BE. NOW TAKE A LOOK AT THIS PICTURE. SHE IS DESCRIBED AS A BLACK HISPANIC FEMALE WITH CURLY HAIR AND BROWN EYES. SHE WAS LAST SEEN CARRYING A PINK BACKPACK WITH A STRAWBERRY DESIGN. HER HAIR MAY BE SLICKED BACK. SHE WAS AGAIN LAST SEEN IN THE AREA OF WYMORE ROAD NEAR WESTMONT DRIVE. THAT’S JUST OFF THAT BUSY STRETCH OF STATE ROAD 436 NEAR I-4. WE DID DRIVE BY THAT AREA EARLIER. WE DIDN’T SEE ANY POLICE ACTIVITY THOUGH. IF YOU HAVE SEEN THIS 13 YEAR OLD GIRL OR HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON HER WHEREABOUTS, YOU ARE ASKED TO CALL ALTAMONTE SPRINGS POLICE OR CRIME LINE COVERING SEMINOLE COUNTY LIVE IN ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, PAOLA TRISTAN ARUDA WESH TWO NEWS AT 735, NOW COVERING LAKE COUNTY. JUST LIKE MANY OF OUR CENTRAL FLORIDA COMMUNITIES, TAVARES IS GROWING AND IT’S GROWING QUICKLY. IT WENT FROM A SLEEPY TOWN OF ABOUT 10,000 PEOPLE AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY TO AN ESTIMATED 22,000 TODAY, AND NOW THEY ARE WORKING THERE TO FIND WAYS TO MANAGE THE GROWTH. AND A CITY COUNCIL MEETING LEADERS WILL DISCUSS AN IMPACT FEES CHARGED TO DEVELOPERS ON NEW HOUSING OR UNITS THERE. NOW THAT MONEY WILL GO TOWARDS THINGS LIKE INFRASTRUCTURE AND FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS. WITH THE GROWTH, WE NEED TO EXPAND SOME THINGS AND AND THAT’S PART OF IT. WE’VE STILL GOT MORE HOMES COMING DOWN THE ROAD THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED, AND WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE PEOPLE AND NOT HAVE IT ANY, ANY IN ANY WAY HURT OUR RESIDENTS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE. NOW, IF THE COUNCIL APPROVES THIS PLAN, IT WOULD TRIPLE THE CITY’S CURRENT IMPACT FEES. STILL, THOUGH, THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR MAINTAINS THAT IT WOULD BRING THEM UP TO THE CURRENT MARKET VALUE. A GROUP OF STUDENTS AND EMPLOYEES AT FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY PROTESTING AGAINST THE UNIVERSITY’S POLICE DEPARTMENT, PARTNERING WITH ICE NO ICE ON CAMPUS, NO ICE. IN THE LAST MONTH, 18 STUDENTS HAVE HAD THEIR VISAS REVOKED. THE UNIVERSITY IS NOT SAYING WHY THAT HAPPENED. FIU DID ISSUE A STATEMENT SAYING ITS POLICE DEPARTMENT IS JUST FOLLOWING THE GOVERNOR’S DIRECTIVE TO PARTNER WITH ICE. THERE IS AN ONGOING STANDOFF OVER THE DEPORTATION OF A MAN FROM EL SALVADOR WHO WAS LIVING IN MARYLAND. AT A HEARING, A FEDERAL JUDGE DEMANDED TO KNOW WHAT STEPS THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS TAKEN TO BRING HIM BACK. NOW, THE WHITE HOUSE IS ARGUING THAT KILMER ABREGO GARCIA WAS NOT MISTAKENLY DEPORTED. NOW, THAT CONTRADICTS EARLIER STATEMENTS FROM A JUSTICE DEPARTMENT PROSECUTOR AND THE SOLICITOR GENERAL WHO ACKNOWLEDGED HIS DEPORTATION HAD BEEN AN ADMINISTRATIVE ERROR. NOW, EXPERTS SAY THE CASE IS ABOUT MORE THAN JUST ONE DEPORTEE, BUT RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DUE PROCESS IN THE UNITED STATES. ABREGO GARCIA WAS A FOREIGN TERRORIST. HE IS AN MS. 13 GANG MEMBER. HE WAS ENGAGED IN HUMAN TRAFFICKING. HE ILLEGALLY CAME INTO OUR COUNTRY. AND SO DEPORTING HIM BACK TO EL SALVADOR WAS ALWAYS GOING TO BE THE END RESULT. ABREGO GARCIA HAS NEVER BEEN CRIMINALLY CONVICTED IN EITHER COUNTRY, BUT DID ENTER THE COUNTRY ILLEGALLY IN 2011. WELL, SOME DEMOCRATS SAY THEY’LL EVEN VISIT EL SALVADOR IF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION DOES NOT RELEASE ABREGO GARCIA, INCLUDING FLORIDA REPRESENTATIVE MAXWELL FROST. HE POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA, QUOTE, SENATOR, I AM WILLING TO JOIN YOU AND HELP ORGANIZE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE TO DO THE SAME. FROST SENT A LETTER TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE YESTERDAY, FORMALLY REQUESTING A CONGRESSIONAL MEMBER DELEGATION TO VISIT THE PRISON WHERE GARCIA IS BEING HELD. NEW ON SUNRISE AND HIS FIRST PUBLIC REMARKS SINCE LEAVING OFFICE IN JANUARY. FORMER PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN REBUKED THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S APPROACH TO SOCIAL SECURITY. SPEAKING AT A CONFERENCE IN CHICAGO, BIDEN SAID TRUMP’S SOCIAL SECURITY CUTS WERE ALREADY PUTTING THE INSTITUTION IN PERIL FOR MILLIONS OF DESERVING AMERICANS. NOW, THE FORMER PRESIDENT DID NOT OFFER A DEFENSE OF HIMSELF OR HIS OWN ADMINISTRATION. HERE AT 738, WE ARE GIVING YOU A LIVE LOOK AT THE STOCK MARKET THIS MORNING. S&P 500, DOW JONES AND NASDAQ ALL IN THE RED. IT’S BEEN A BIT OF A ROLLER COASTER AS WE’VE BEEN MONITORING THE ON AGAIN OFF AGAIN TARIFFS. AND IT APPEARS THERE’S NO MOVEMENT FROM CHINA OR THE U.S. ON LOWERING THE TRIPLE DIGIT TARIFFS. EACH COUNTRY IS PLACED ON THE OTHER. AMY LOU EXPLAINS PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS A NEW MESSAGE FOR CHINA. THROUGH HIS PRESS SECRETARY, PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS THE BALL IS IN CHINA’S COURT WHEN IT COMES TO DE-ESCALATING THE TRADE WAR, AS ECONOMISTS SAY THAT CONSUMERS WILL VERY LIKELY PICK UP THE BILL FOR TAXES UP TO 145% FOR CHINESE GOODS. CHINA NEEDS TO MAKE A DEAL WITH US. WE DON’T HAVE TO MAKE A DEAL WITH THEM. THERE’S NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CHINA AND ANY OTHER COUNTRY EXCEPT THEY ARE MUCH LARGER. AND CHINA WANTS WHAT WE HAVE, WHAT EVERY COUNTRY WANTS, WHAT WE HAVE. THE AMERICAN CONSUMER. OR TO PUT IT ANOTHER WAY, THEY NEED OUR MONEY. NEW MOVES BY CHINA SUGGEST THEY DO NOT NEED AMERICAN CAPITAL. WE LEARNED OVERNIGHT HONG KONG’S POST OFFICE WON’T COLLECT U.S. TARIFFS AND WILL STOP SHIPPING SMALL PACKAGES WHEN A 120% TARIFF ON THEM TAKES EFFECT NEXT MONTH. CHINA IS ALSO HALTING SHIPMENTS OF KEY MINERALS USED IN A WIDE SWATH OF ELECTRONICS. ON TUESDAY, PRESIDENT TRUMP ORDERED AN INVESTIGATION INTO SAFEGUARDING SIMILAR MINERALS MINED IN THE U.S. THIS COMES AS CHINA’S PRESIDENT IS ON A TOUR OF ASIAN COUNTRIES PROMOTING FREE TRADE AND THE CHINESE MARKET AS A SOURCE OF STABILITY AND CERTAINTY. THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS 75 COUNTRIES OTHER THAN CHINA ARE NOW COMING TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE, WITH 15 NEW TRADE DEALS UNDER CONSIDERATION. IN THE MEANTIME, JAPAN’S CHIEF TRADE NEGOTIATOR WILL START THREE DAYS OF TALKS WITH THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION STARTING TODAY. IN WASHINGTON, I’M AMY LU. THE FLORIDA HOUSE IS MOVING FORWARD A PROPOSAL THAT WOULD ALLOW TWO THOROUGHBRED HORSE TRACKS TO OFFER OTHER TYPES OF GAMBLING WITHOUT HOLDING RACES. RIGHT NOW, THE TRACKS ARE REQUIRED TO RUN RACES IF THEY WANT TO OPERATE CARD ROOMS AND SLOT MACHINES. BUT UNDER THE NEW BILL, AFTER MORE THAN FIVE YEARS, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO DECOUPLE. THE PROPOSAL IS DRAWING OPPOSITION FROM PEOPLE IN OCALA WHO SAY THIS WOULD DEVASTATE THE HORSE INDUSTRY. TODAY, THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION IS SET TO RELEASE AN ASSESSMENT ON SPACE OPERATIONS AT CAPE CANAVERAL. THE DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT INCLUDES SEVERAL PROPOSALS, LIKE A LICENSE CHANGE ALLOWING SPACEX TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF FALCON NINE LAUNCHES AND CREATE A FIRST STAGE BOOSTER LANDING ZONE. THE MEETING ABOUT THE ASSESSMENT IS SET FOR 6 P.M., AND WE ARE NOW ABOUT A YEAR AWAY FROM THE FIRST CREWED MISSION TO THE MOON IN DECADES. NASA IS ASKING FOR HELP PUTTING A FIFTH MEMBER ON BOARD THE ORION CAPSULE. OKAY, WE’RE TALKING ABOUT A MASCOT. YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT ARTEMIS ONE, WHICH WAS UNCREWED. THEY USED THIS LITTLE SNOOPY DOLL, RIGHT? ACTING AS A ZERO GRAVITY INDICATOR. NASA WANTS TO DO THE SAME THING ON ARTEMIS TWO, AND THEY WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU. NASA IS ASKING CREATIVE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TO DESIGN A NEW WHAT THEY SHOULD BRING ON THERE. THE WINNING DESIGN COULD ALSO WIN $1,225. OKAY, SO NEW LITTLE UNIFORM THERE. MY IDEA IS A COW BECAUSE WE HEAR ABOUT COWS JUMPING OVER THE MOON. WHAT ABOUT THE FIRST COW ON THE MOON? THERE YOU GO. YOU COULD BE ON TO SOMETHING BETTER. DESIGN THAT. GET IT OVER TO NASA. IDEA. OKAY, WELL, KIDS ARE MINING FOR A CHANCE TO SEE THE TOP MOVIE RIGHT NOW. AND WE’RE TALKING ABOUT MINECRAFT. BUT A NEW VIRAL TREND IS CAUSING CHAOS IN THEATERS AND HAS NOW HIT HOME, MAKING A MESS AT THE OVIEDO MALL.