out there tonight, betty? >> betty: hi eryone, hope you made it is through this wednesday tock. we picked up a tenth of an inch in miami. half an inch in fort lauderdale. now things are quiet on the doppler radar, no more than a few sprinkles making a run toward, say, hollywood beach or near aventnta, maybe get a couple raindrops around hialeah but nothing terribly heafy or widespread we can focus on the temperatures. gradual clearing this morning. tomorrow morning we'll start the innate lower 60s, still a touch on the cool side but quite the rebound tomorrow afternoons amore sunshine breaks through, upper 70 in the forecast. and then bthe end of the week some lower 80s. i'll be back in a few minutes to show that you seven-day planner. >> laurie: and now to two crimes caught on camera. first off, a nimble robber who held all fast food restaurant in fort lauderdale. surveillance videorom december 22nd shows the masked thief hop the counter and empty the drive-through register. this is at the kfc restaurant on

he then ran to another register, pulled the out of the counter and took off running with it. detectives save he is armed and dangerous. and frightening surveillance video from cooper city where a knife-wielding robberiy terrorized a cleric at a smoothie shoppy. police say he the got away with hundreds of dollars at the smoothie king on sterling road in cooper city. if you might know anything about either robbery ge a call to broward crimestoppers, 954-493-tips. >> calvin: trial began this week for the former president of the broward teachers union. pat santeramo is accused of stealing thousands of dollars from that organization but he says he didn't do it. local10 news reporter terrell forney live now in fort lauderdale to show us exactly what happened in court today. >> terrell: calvin, it's taken more than three and a half years to get to this be point bought that trial is officially underway. pat santeramo is facing a number of charges, including racketeering, grand theft and

land nim in prison for the rest of his life in convicted. the criminal case against pat santeramo is built on checks bearing his signature and testimony from the mouths of people who worked under him. >> i asked if i would be reimbursed, and he said yes. >> terrell: the money was for biscayne donations but investigators say he illegally used teacher funds and used the same coffers to line his own pockets be with sometimes abusing company credit cards and other times with construction kickback san dimas. >> he would simply take the real cost of the materials and the labor, let's say the real cost was $4,300 and he'd tack on 10 triple digits in all the 68-year-old a is accused of stealing 300 how toed from the union that represents about 10,000 broward teachers. santamo who served a president of the organization for ten years resigned in 2011 and was arrested after the allegations came to light.

flaws as president but he was not corrupt. >> terrell: defense blames the discrepancies on the lack of management skills an overwhelmed bookkeeper battling a life-threatening illness. >> she had cancer and she was in and out of the office. pat wasetting her work from home. they were trying to get -- reduce her days at work. so she got further and further behind if they bookkeeping. >> terrell: and cancer did take the life that of female bookkeeper a few months after santeramo went to jail. meanwhile, this trial is expected to last about a week. we'll keep you updated. for now that's the latest here outside the broward county courthouse, i'm terrell drexel. >> laurie: a man accused of beating his mother's boyfriend to death in margate, he appeared in bond court today. 30-ymar-old edward cadet wats denied bond charmed with murray in the brutal beating that killed his mother's boyfriend 59-year-old referenda pierson. police say cadet's mother was

but it's not clear if she committed suicide ore was killed by someone. cadet went to his mother's house-yesterday to collected her belongings and they argue and cadet allegedly beat pierson to death. >> calvin: haiti has picked a date to hold its leaks for president and parliament. january 24th. the presidential run-off has been postponed since last month over allegations of voting fraud in the first two rounds of elections. 8,000 commission living in i -- the first 180 migrants will be flown to el salvador where they will be bus today mexico with hopes of across crossing into the u.s. at 5s dollars per person and keep in mind they will to have me up with that money on their own. the first group will include seniors and those have been living in calls in costa rica the long peps next wave would be patients traveling with children.

live pictures now out of hallandale beach where people are lining up to buy a golden ticket. we're talking about a giant jackpot. it's tonight's winning powerball, and the numbebe are worth half a billion dollar. >> calvin: staggering stuff. it's very difficult to win. to explain why we head you at live now to local10's very lucky todd tongen. >> todd: i god got powerball fever here at this mobile station on hallandale beach boulevard, i think actually that the powerball lottery machine could yore heat. we have seen a steady stream of poem people comen but keep in mind 44 different states in the country participate in powerball. >> this is a lucky number for tonight. i'm going to be rich-for- >> todd: hopes are certainly high for tonight's powerball jackpot drawing. the billboard says it paul you the powerball is a whopping

>> six out of ten will ask for a powerball dodgers the machine was spitting out tickets in a friendsy. >> if i win this, everybody will be working for me, okay? >> okay, man. see you later, boss. all right. i'm in. i don't want to work for that guy. so here are some tips. don't become glimmers gays odd with you kid's birthday or your wedding anniversary. in fact don't bic the numbers at palm let the computer do it. 70% to 80% of powerball winning tickets have been computer picks. >> so there's 59 white balls. >> todd: jason gerbman is a associate professor mathematic nova southeastern university. he said a few weeks back loiter fishes changed the game. >> they added ten white balls, took away some read balls and the combination has gotten a lot heard. >> todd: odds of you winning on a a single ticket senior literally stron cam. >> the number is 292 million so

the orr is better than winning this powerball. >> todd: now, that said, the professor said, yes, he is still going to buy a ticket. he said it's just for fun. don't expect to win if you're doing just for entertainment and you can afford it. obviously no big deal. he also says he than the woo be surprised if there are no winners, and this thing could go to $700 million. he thinks by the end of the year with this new formula that we will see a $1 billion jackpot at some point. by the way, if it stays at $500 million right, that bulk buyout,, that one tomb payment that most people accept is about $274.5 million. there's the winning ticket. >> laurie: we were just making our budget over he ever. >> todd: i than the would be here tomorrow. >> calvin: nice knowing you, todd. >> laurie: we'll meet over there. don't forget local10 is the only place to catch tonight's powerball drawing. see it live for yourself during

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>> laurie: a bittersweet goodbye at the frost museum of art today. the museum is preparing to move to downtown miami so thax means finding a new home for these two giant beloved tortoises 105-year-old charles and 65-year-old sophia. the tortoises are being moved to zoo miami for the rest of their long lives. after all giant ttoises can live to be more than 200 years old. >> calvin: and speaking of zoo miami, it is mourning today after the sudden death of one of its baby giraffes. >> laurie: it had to be

accident. >> liane: zoo miami as friendly giraffes are one ofs its most popular attractions. a neen molder giraffe named west leigh was euthanized yesterday after suffering a devastating injury during a freak accident. >> we have never had an incident leek this. >> liane: wesley was one of seven giraffes measuring nine feet in mite huget, similar in size to but are cup another young giraffe at this exhibit. zoo-mile-per-hour took the giraffes out to be examined and that's when lestot a little curious. >> wesley came around the side of the exhibit and was able to raise his over over two fence post and is slip his neck down. >> liane: zoo staff dislodged mim in hints but it seems west least thrashing caused severe injuries to his legs and spinal cord. >> several hours we tried to

couldn't stand. he had to euthanize him. >> laurie: a extended necessity croppy will reveal the extent injuries. meanwhile they have added an extra bar to protest further injuries. staff members are closing similar gaps around the zoo. >> in hindsight it's a a prevalentable loss. hopefully we hav learned from it and it won't happen again. >> calvin: the clock is ting and yet more troubled to out of brazil and the upcoming olympic games. the stadium expected to host multiple against in rio de janeiro had its electricity and water caught of due the a dispute over unpaid bills. the stadium is home to a pro soccer team but ownership was recently turned over to the government 4 the olympics. both both the team and the government want the other to pay the bills. >> laurie: meteorologist betty davis is right here. she's doing a rain dance. what am i saying? a sundance. can you switch over at the time sundance? >> betty: we are making aur our way back over to beautiful conditions.

lens of our key west tower camera and you could probably see the sun set tonight looking great out there as the cuds are starting to re erode. key west picking up .3, miami .1 of an inch. temperatures lower 70 everywhere you look but for marathon sitting at 79 degrees. still a little on the cool side. we have winters fairlyight coming out of northeast at 10 miles an hour. remember how blustery they were earlier? so they are starting to relax a bit. with that light breeze around, we will anticipate some clearing tonight, and by 10:00 tonight a lot more of you will be in the upper 60s. doppler radar not terribly act of. that light northeast wind, though, is allowing for just a few showers, very light raindrops to flow not a few areas. there's one coming in around hollywood and aventura. these sprinkles passing by hialeah, too. nothing widespread as we track an area of low pressure offshore, off the the southeast

this, of course, in our weather plan and playing out as we anticipate it. this system spreading rain overoveroveroverhaul toward the bahamas. it's going to continue to move out over the waters of the atlantic. behind it we'll get into a northwest to north flow in the morning. so some drier air starts to seep in they surface and it's going to amount to more sunshine out there for us. so the sun will definitely mauk a comeback tomorrow. on friday not just sunshine but warmer temperatures, too, so a warming trend on the way. our cool snap we're about to put a wrap on that, but not before falling off into the lower 60s by tomorrow morning. so you've got one more day, i would say, to rock those boots or maybe it's your favorite sweater as we're expecting to start around 63 in miami, more look 61 we'll say in pembroke pines. and then our high temperatures climbing toward the upper 70s. so flip philanthropist flops, we're back into those by tomorrow afternoon and be certainly into some springtime

saturday with our temperatures climbing into the rore lower 80s and our morning lows won't be nearly as cool but we will have another cold front on the way and that could knock temperatures dunes we look ahead to even next wednesday, lower 60s for more than lows. back in the forecast. what's going would be will? >> will: betty, a lot to talk about here from the american airlines arena. as the heat are getting ready to take on the knicks, rookie justise winslow gting in work pre-game. we'll preview the game. if there's any justice, mike

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>> will: all right. the heat set to take on the knicks tonight. before we get to that let's update out dolphins head coaching. they had interviewed assistant anthony lynn. they are said stoat interview former bills coach marone. the heat 8 over 500 currently in fis players playing great basketball. coming off that win in dramatic fashion in overtime against the pacers. but if you think this team is happy think gen again. >> coach really set the don't by kind of being super serious this morning. saying we got do get better! you usually only hear thain the morning. i was like, why are you yelling at me?

panthers continu to get better. they have contend straight games. jagy the ageless wonder. the panthers looking for 11 in a row playing tomorrow night in ottawa. and-time the hallf fame is in in major league baseball. as expected ken griffey, jr., is in, 99% of the votes, but south florida resident mike piazza finally getting in the hall of fame on his fourth try. the every year i rant he belongs in. i admit he's my favorite player of all time but just a short time ago announced mike piazza, making miami proud, a hall-of-famer. i know mike piazza laid played on five teams. the mets, the padres, the dodgers. who did he end his playing his career for? >> the marlins. >> calvin: i don't know. >> will: no. >> laurie: who? >> will: the oakland a's.

season. yes. >> calvin: oh, my gosh. he is a fan. >> laurie: you know everything about him, don't you, will? >> will: and i know he's one thing, he's a hall-of-famer deservedly so. >> laurie: we're happy for you and piazza but really happy for you, will. >> betty: we're drying out tonight. still a little cool. one more fight and then we start to warm up. the flu virus hits big. with aches, chills, and fever, there's no such thing as a little flu. and it needs a big solution: an antiviral. so when the flu hits, call your doctor right away and up the ante with antiviral tamiflu. prescription tamiflu is an antiviral that attacks the flu virus at its source and helps stop it from spreading in the body. tamiflu is fda approved to treat the flu in people two weeks of age and older whose flu symptoms started within the last two days. before taking tamiflu,

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