elementary school students evacuated after a school scare. a backpack left unattended on campus. the bomb squad had to be called in but the good news it has been deemed safe. >> calvin: that is great news to hear. let's get right to local10 news anchor janine stanwood. >> janine: what a scare on miami beach today. but as you mentioned all he'snded well. police were called to biscayne elementary 77th and dickens after reports of a suspicious paage. the bomb squad came out, they located a backpack near a fence. it saturns out there was nothing harmful inside that backpack but authorities didn't want tequila any chances. the school was evacuated, those kids waiting outside on the basketball court. soon, though, those kids were given the all clear and everyone, we understand coastal carolina, they were dismissed -- calvin and laurie, they were dismiss odd time. >> laurie: also developing right up those roll ek robbers, we're talking about a pairrof women accused of stealing and drugging men at a bar, and they've been caught on camera.

oquendo to fill us in. >> victor: this video just came into our newsroom. these two wen allegedly stole two rolex watches there the port house bar in sunny isles two weeks ago and one of the women were spotted on the security cameras. these two men said they invited the women back to their place in hollywood. the victims is that it women then made them some alcoholic drinks, and then ty began to feel sleepy, only recalling walking up the next morning. then they noticed both of their rolex were gone and the homeowr saw that five more watches were stolen from his personal safe p ifou know either of these women call police. this is almost becoming a trend in south florida. we saw two similar cases in coral gables and two more at the seminal hard rock casino. i'll send it back to you. >> laurie: also right now, terrifying moments when an officer was attacked at a south florida casino.

place face by a player at the casino. >> calvin: local10 news reporter terrell forney drel live. >> terrell: the magic city casino is pack open this afternoon after this police-involved shooting that sese both that officer and the man who was yielding t t knife and stabbed that cop in the face to the hospital. >> he stabbed h h with a knife in the case. >> terrell: the wild confrontation happenededn poker room of the magic city casinoy overnight as dozens of witnesses look george davila looked on. >> lee was being loud and boisterous, and at some point something must of set him off. >> trent: on one side an unruly patron and on the other a city of miami cop who w w work can an off-duty detail. the be casino triri to have tow belligerent man removed. >> the officer tried to get him to pretty much remain calm. he was fighting the officer. he was hitting the officer. they were on the floor. at that point i knew things were not going well. >> terrell: thth's when things

>> i heard someone yell "knife,"en and ahot went off. >> terrell: the officer firir a single shot, hitting the man who of stabbed him in the face. >> he almost got his pipe there was nothing else you can do except use deadly force? we want to thank the officer for his bravery and we're very happy he's doing well. >> terrell: and so it is very normal for city of miami police officers to be here on their off-duty time to earn some extra cash. we do know that officery perez is now out of the hospital. he's been on the force for about 15 years. so he is recovering well. as for that suspect, at last check he was undergoing some sort of surgery but still listed in critical condition at the hospital. we're live in miami. i'm terrell forney, don't news. >> laurie: terrell, thank you. and the search has been suspended for a swimmer who reportedly went missing in fort lauderdale. a witnesses says he was on his balcony watching the man swim when suddenly that man disappeared under the water.

police and fire rescue cruise arrived to search for the man but fort lauderdale fire rescue announced they suspended the search after about an hou >> calvin: and to breaking news now, a former oklahoma city police officers was stones 263 years in prison today after he was convicted of a number of crimes and other issues as well as rape. and authorities say this happened while he was on duty. daniel hotelsclaw whose case want national was convicted in december for allegedly committing sex crimes against 13 different women. >> laurie: right now, millions of americans across thehe east coast, they are bracing for a winter wallop, a likely blizzard that could bring historic snowfall to some areas. >> calvin: the mayor of washington, dc, has already declared a state of emergency and urging people there to stay indoors. our janine stanwood in the newsroom with the preparations already underway. janine. >> janine: i'm cold just thinking about it, calvin and laurie. millions of people are in the path of a huge winter storm that

i'm going to take you to live pictures from burlington, vermont where you can see there's a little bit of snow on@ the rooftops, it's just starting to come down. meteorologists say some areas especially around washington, dc, they could be buried in up to two feet of snow. from the north -- >> it is crucial for people@ to stay off the streets. >> janine: -- to the south -- >> winter has finally arrived in north carolina. >> janine: -- millions are prepping for a wicked wivter weekend. in washington, dc, it was chaos before the storm. less than an inch of snow turned highways into parking lotsyet yesterday. >> we don't know how long it will they can. one hour, two hour five, six hours. >> jeff: even the commander in chief, his presidential motorcade stuck in the snow with everybodyels. >> i would have hoped that they would have anticipated t`is a little better and treated the roads. >> janine: the city tad mitiing this morning it messed up. >> we are very sorry for inadequate response. >> janine: mayor muirial bowser said despite the failure

ready for the big one this weekend. >> we will treat this event as a homeland security and emergency management event in the district of you you columbib. >> janine: the nation's capitol is is expected to get the worst of it, a staggerg 30 inches of snow possible. virginia has the national guard on standby, and maryland is bracing for the worst. >> we anticipate the heavy, wet snow could result in downed trees and disrupted powerines with the potential for considerable power outes. >> janine: but the reach of this storm is massive. tens of millis of people from the southeast to new england could bepending the weekend snow in. and this storm could likely have an impact on our local airports. we checked officials at fort lauderdale-hollywood international as welas miami international, they sayegh they're expect expecting delays and cancellations asy erl early as tomorrow afternoon. if you are flying up there, you

>> calvin: you hav to call mom in dc. >> janine: i already called her. >> laurie: and my sister is flying out in a couple of hours trying to get ahead of the storm. >> betty: right now the storm is just getting its act together, and new england probably won't even be in the core of it.it's more of the mid-atlantic we have to worry about. there's a lot of focusight now on the dc metro area because they are under a blizzard warning. this is going to start tomorrow afternoon and go through sday morning. new york city, by the way, under a blizzard watch, but right now we're watching the energy with this stormcross the gulf coast producing the potential for tornadoes for the lower mississippi river valley. by tomorrow we'll be tracking this area of low pressure as it moves up the mid-atlantic coast, snow being produced in its path, and we're talking about a foot for western portions of north carolina. notice the cck. by 6:00 a.m. saturday, dc already lookingt a foot on the ground and then adding more to that. by saturday night this model projecting almost 30 inches of snowfall for dc.

the latest run showing about an inch there. so the heart of new england, laurie, may be spared from this one, but i'll have a lot more on this storm. our local weather, too. big cool cowandown in its wake for us. >> liane: know so many new yorkers watching closely. a man got a surprise when he came across this guest. he walked outside to find a crocodile inside his pool. here are some photos of the crock spotted at a home in lower mat cum about a key. it was estimated about about eight feet long, plenty big. florida fish and wildlife officers eventually arrived and safely removed the croc from the pool. here you can see that crocodiled heading back into the ocean saying, know i'm not wanted. our own todd tongen spoke with the man who cam across that unwanted visitor. look for his live report on this crocodile tale at 6:00. >> calviv: let's to go wall street. here are the final numbers. the arrows going up. the do you have was up 115

the nasdaq up today just .37. there you go. closing a 4,472. and the s&p 500 up today just about ten points, closing below the 2,000 mark. >> laurie: and if you ar hoping to hit rush hour early, let's get a which can on traffic for you. >> calvin: y jenise fernandez here with that. >> jenise:%eich 95 southbound, those cars heading toward you an accident was blocking west 103rd street. the good news that accident has sinned moved off to the shoulders but we are seal delays, again i-95 southbound approaching 103rd street. you'll see these delays start from the golden glades and speeds are at 19 miles per hour. we've also got a crash on theh airport expressway, this is as you're heading west approaching us-y 27 with speeds thereat 10 miles per hour. cruising o up to broward county, a broken down car causing someproblems on i-95 southbound. this is as you're trying to ramp onto 595. there is a left lane blocked,

speeds there at 10 miles per hour. calvin, laurie. >> calvin: another day of violent protests in haiti to stop sunday's third round of elections but the crase president sayshe election will go on as planned. late yesterday haiti's senate passed a resolution after much debate that delayed the weekend vote, but the resolution is non-binding, and the ballots have already arrived, and so haitian president michel martelly said sunday will be the day haitians elected a new leader. today protesters have gathered outside the u.s. embassy urging for the runoff to be suspended. glenna milberg is traveling to haiti to cover the elections. look for her liveeports tomorrow on local10 news. >> laurie: ann curry from great britain head russian president putin@likely approved at the death, the 2006 of alexander dimensiono. investigators say hoe was poisenat a meeting. the judge found the russian officials likely acted behalf

approval of vladimir putin. >> calvin: breaking news at of africa. a terrorist attack has happened in the country of somalia. a suicide bomber first rammed the gates, then it appeared other terrorists opened fire on people eating at the seafood restaurant the in the capital stead of mogadishu and they now have hostages according to smally police. we will, of course, keep watching this developing story. >> laurie: an employee at the los angeles zoo had to be rescued falling into the gorilla end closure pop that worker was never reportedly in real danger as the g gillas were inside their, quote, bedrooms at the time of the fall. rescue crews lifted the worker out pie lowering a basket inside. that rescue took about five 25 minutes and the worker was taken to the hospital with a possible fractured leg. coming up at a forts a woman caught on camera attacking an uber driver. that p psenger a medical resident.

one man describing taking cover. we're also talking about neighbors who are packing their own heat because of what else has gone on in this neighborhood. >> calvin: and a man arrested for trying to save his dogs during a fire.

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placac under arrest, his face left bloodied by the tackle. >> i think at the most he should have took me aside and if he felt that there needed to be -- to cuff me and put me in a squad car, until things settl. >> victor: firefighters were able to rescue those three dogs. they were not hurt. before he was arrested, he was taken the to hospital for a c.a.t. scan. now he says that these deputies used excessive force b%t they say that he was intoxicated and they feared for their safety. laurie and calvin, i'll send it back to you. >> calvin: let's take you now to the east coast and the state of vermont that is getting ready for a monster winter storm. we're talking big winds, lots of snow and, oh, boy, the question is will they be ready. >> laurie: and taking a live look from our fort lauderdale tower cam, what i difference, exact particular opposite but we do have sun -- exact polar oppositete betty davis our chief certified

where we're heading as we get closer to the weekend. >> betty: a few ups and downs. it's a roller coasters, and enjoy the dry weather for now because we're going to introduce rain tomorrow, and we're also introducing temperatures that are a lot milder, and you're probably noticing that outside right now. even this morning fort lauderdale started started at 61. somehow miami managed to drop down to 54 degrees so you probabab did need the sweater for a little while but right now everyone from the lower 70s, including pompano beach where it's 72. the forecast f the evening, pretty tame. mostly cloudy skies, lingering clouds by 8:00 tonight. that and with our winds eventually starting to become southeasterly should help to keep the temperatures up so by 8:00 upper 60s, truly tolerable deference as we're heading through the overnight. right now we're starting to see our winds becoming south easterly in fort lauderdale, also miami. those winds sustained around 13 miles an hour. increasing some clouds, some high cloudiness flowing in in the mid tower level. you can see those on the cloud

southwest but all eyes on this low pressure system that has the potential to produce some severe weather for the lower mississippi river valley. thus, a tornado watch in effect for that region. we're going to track this system overnight into tomorrow, and it will start to make for some snow in portions of mid-atlantic as we're getting into the weekend but for now the big threat is the rainfall along the gulf coast at the time potential for that severe weather but look at the wirt weather watches,, watches and warnings lined up from memphis to the mid long, washington, dc, blizzard warning going into effect starting morrow afternoon. so some one to two feet of snow still in the forecast for some of those areas. right here at home, the tail end of that front is going to sweep our area. it brings the potential for rain. won't rule out a few gusty storms, i should say, tomorrow. right now it doesn't appear as though severe weather is in the cards for us. the front sweeps through friday night, even behind it we may have a few showers early

then saturday afternoon we'll cool, we're wende, we're setting the stage for really chilly temperatures sunday morning so let's enjoy the mild stuff tomorrow with highs in the 70s, the clouds, the wind, the rain. we can jump ahead to sunday and let you know it appears we could start in the upper 40s even here in miami. aurie. >> laurie: brrr. get ready saturday night, get a layer. investigators believe a hoverboard may be responsible for a fire that burned right through a california home. a family lived inside this santa rosa home along with their two dogs. investators traced the flames to the daughter's room where he said been charging aoverboard. while the family did escape, both dogs died in that fire. >> it't' like selling kids bombs. never know what's going to happen. didn't sight coming, of course, just be title of parents out there. it could have happened in the middle of the night. i could have lost my daughter. >> laurie: the consumer products safety commission said this is the 40th reported hoverboard

commission is looking hard at lithium ion bat ritz that come with the products and you will ayala yesterday we reported $94,000 of copycat hoverboards were were seized the at the port of miami. >> calvin: a man dies inside a car. what witnesses are saying about this terrifying ordeal. >> laurie: we'll give you a look at terror dating. now isis has its own match make go site, and why experts say it's working and it's so dangerous. >> will: i'm will manso. coming up in sports, the injury problems of the heat getting so bad they be may run out of players before necessityty slip out of playoff contention. we'll have the latest injury news next. >> it's a video that's gone viral. now we know more about the woman seen attacking an uber drever.

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>> will: the heat are struggling right now, and not only with their play but with the staggering a injuries that could drdr them right out of the current playoff race. miami's injury voter like a starting line-up at this point, and that tops our daily sports shot. dwyane wade missed last night's gaga week linger can shoulder issues but this latest injury could turn out to be serio. we're waiting on the word of the mri of hassan whiteside the determine the severity. he went down in dc last night without being touched, left the game without returning. he called it an oblique injury, later said it could be a hip problem, andthen luol deng got poked in the eye. he had to leave the game, did not return. the heat are off today so we do not know the status of these players and won't no know before tomorrow's game in toronto. all the college hard court the number 15 hurricanes were up to boston college and got a m mh needed win.

mini two-game losing streak that saw them slip in the ranking eight down to 13. they host lake forest on saturday. florida panthers getting much needed good news today. eric likely to return from a concussion. the panthers have lost four straight. but how about this? all without ek louisiana. finally theiami dolphins announcing the search for cheerleaders will feature intern auditions. they will to go buenos aires, mexico city, rio de janeiro andnd brazil to hold international awed ditions. at 5:00 how a hollywood argument is inspiring the florida panther but back to that dolphins stories we don't have enough beautiful talented women in miami. i guess weave to go worldwide. >> calvin: no, we're an international community. >> will: looking erywhere else, exactly.

and that'll do it for us a 4:00. >> calvin: let's check in with victor and janine with whatgs happening at 4:30. >> janine: a lot of news to get to at 4:30. >> victor: a woman attacks an uber driver in brickell and now herr her wild behavior is going viral. >> janine: and a bullet hole remains after a car was shot up and it turned deadly. >> victor: plus, terror dating.a dating website or isis. how the terrorist group is recruitingrides online. also janisleidy herbello has a traffic lert to -- jenise fernandez has a traffic alert to tell you about.

be right back. >> janine: right now on local10 news at 4:30, a bullet hole remains after a car was shot up. a man inside killed from that shooting in a neighborhrhd shaken up by the gunshots. >> victor: let's get to lodgelarry livingston with our top story at 4:30. layerin. 4> reporter: i want you to along at that orange arrow on the ground there, it's pointing to e spot where police say they found the victim's car.

there are still stickers on the i had side of this building, one, two, three, four, more than half a dozen of them marking where the bullets went flying into this building . and into thiss buickly sibber. >> the driver's side was shot up and the person just leaned back in it. >> reporter: jevon hiltony list of nearby, thought whee heard tere fireworks around 12:30 this morning near northeast third court. >> i heard pop, pop, pop. >> bang bang noises, and i thought it surrounded like someone was king a door in. i couldn't tell what it was. it just frightened me so bad. >> i grabbed a gun and went to the door to see what was happening. >> reporter: this couple gives in the 55 and-up community across the street. >> we were robbed once before at gunpoint inside the apartment. i have expected this toappen a long time ago because there is noise and people and cars. >> reporter: all miami dade police will say that four men were sitting inside the buick.

and started shooting, and t many very was killed, found inside the car. still no word on who the victim is or if anyone else inside the car was hurt. and we've learned that there is a recording studio on the other side of this green wall. in fact, we spoke with a young man who was here along with several other people last night when this shooting happened. you'll hear from himater on at 5:30. for now reporting live in northeast miami-dade, layerin livingston. >> victor: also at 4:30 a woman attacking an uber driver and this was all caught on camera in brickell. to that woman is actually a medical resident, and this afternoon we're learning more about her as her wild behavior goes viral. >> janine: volunun hatzel vela live with details of the woman at the center of that video, hatzel. >> hatzel: janine, in the last hour we have learned these is a four-year nearology resident now being placed on nevada leave, removed from all clinical duties here at jackson hlth system.

depending on what happens when this investigation she could lose her job. >> would you call 911, please. >> call 911. oh, yeah.h. call 911. >> let him go. the video violent at times. >> seriously? >> yeah, seriously, get some help. >> hatzel: this is how it starts. the man people say is the uber driver asking someone to call police. person who posted the video say they were on t phone with their uber driver when out of nowhere this girl, now being identified as anjali ramkissoon shows up. she insisted he take her. the driver refuses. then then this happened. she knees him. he pushes her away, she falls, then decides to get in the car. she curses, demands he get in the car with her and keeps throwing things at him. second later she starts tossing things out of the car. >> holy [bleep].

police where he's located in front of rosa mexo in brickell. >> i'm a five foot girl that weighs 100 pounds. i'm getting really like belligerent right now, so -- >> hatzel: an uber spokesperson tells us they expect everyone in our community to treat each other with inspect and common courtesy and we have aero tolerance policy, i should say, for all forms of harassment and abuse. we have suspended this rider's account as we investigate the incident. by the way, police were involved but this woman was never arrested because the man, the uber driver never pressed charges. at 5:30, you're going to hear from her neighbor and also the person who answered the door at her house. for now reporting live from jackson memorial, hatzel vela, local10 news. >> janine: a man is shot during an armed robbery in northwest miami-dade and now we're getting a closer look at the guys who

vega was robbed at his home on northwest 10 seventh street near 23rd avenue. he was approhed by two men, refused to give up his with all the. that's when he was shot. surveillance video catching those two suspects who apparently roped off vega's chain and took off. these are sketches those two men police say committed the robbery. once again, that robry happened early december, and this is a picture of that chain that was snatched. if you know anything, call miami-dade policic >> victor: police have identified a body found floating in a lake att broward college's south campus. the man has been identified a 42-year-old christopher michael adkins. the man's body and a bicycle were old pulled from the lake, and spray no foul police say suspected. q. a person is in the hospital after b%ing hit by a car in lauderdale hill. this happened at around 3:30 this morning on north university drive and northwest 50th street. we're waiting for more details on the crash but we do know that at a white honda has significant p front end damage the driveve did remain on scene. >> victor: three people were hospitaled after a crash

a car collided with that truck at the intersection of wiles and godfried prosed one victim is said to have suffered moderate injues, the other two being treated for minor injuries. it's note yet clear how this crash happened. >> janine: and right at the peak of tourist sustain the dania beach bridge is closed for repairs. >> victor: and traffic diverted to an already busy sheridan street and the bridge won't be open until march. jenise fernandez has more. >> jenise: anyone trying to cross over the intercolt on the dania beach bridge will face a spine i. sign. the bridgework began last week. the $5.7 million project wilil upgrade the bridge, add bike-friendly squawks and new guardrails but the repairs won't be completed until mid-march which means this bridge is closed right at the peak of tourist season. >> i don't see a lot of people here, and i fish all the time on the pier. i love dania.

road the beaches are usually full. >> jenise: with the snowbirds in town it's time for businesses t to cash in. gym bow's sand software popular -- jim bo' sandbar is. is a popular start. jim bo's manager isramaing optimistic during construction but fears tourists may avoid this area because it's simply too much of a has el. >> i think i it was extremely bad planning, yes, this time of the year. i think it is very, very poor planning. >> jenise: so while repairs being done on the bridge, that means thousands of cars are being rerouted on sheridan street through southeast i have fifth avenue. many worried this will cause more traffic issues on an already busy street. >> a main street. a lot of people go that way. >> jenise: construction has only been going on for a few days so it's still a bit too soon to tell wha sort of impact construction may have. >> and, you knono we have our

still come and see us and hopefully they will spread the word that we're still open. >> victor: that sounds like it's going to be a head page let'sbring in jenise to show us how to get around that. >> janine: that and other traffic troubles this afternoon. >> jenise: let's take to you the dania beach bridge because that's where we're seeing the most impact. here's what's happening. if you are on us-1 and heading that way you're going to have to be diverted to southeast 5th avenue, then sheridan street, and once on sheridan street you'll have to head back up north. so you can imagine how that could be a little bit of a headache for those heading in that direction. all right. we still got a couple of other accidents to talk about, though, this is i-95 northbound. davie boulevard seeeeg heavy delays here with speeds at 33 miles per hour.let's cruise on down to dade county as well because there's ab accident t i-95 northbound at northwest 135th street. we are seeing those delays as well with speeds at 25 les per hour. you may notice some delays in the southbound lanes. that's due to an accident that just cleared up. those speeds are also as the

>> victor: yen east, thank you. marijuana plants as far as the eye can see, and it's all legal and approved by the government of chile. is marijuana field opened monday to fulfill the needs of the 4,000 patient authorized to consume medical marijuana, and it's the largest in latin america. it will produce cannabis in a country where production and distribution of marijuana is still illegal. >> janine: attorneys for ethan couch, the texas teenager who used an affluenza defense in a deadly drunken driving wreck say he'll return to the united stat from mexico winds weeks. authorities allege that couch and his mom crossed into mexico in december as texas prosecutors investigated whether the teenager violated his probation in the 2013 urn dr.en driving case. >> victor: coming up, terror dating. a dating website for isis. how the terrorist group recruits brides online. >> janine: and coming up in our health cast, ovavaan cancer is often called the silent killer but there's a new seening process that may be able to

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>> janine: no arrests yet after three people were stabbed in deerfield beach. thth three victims were stabbed last night off fourth avenue and southwest 2nd street. deputies say one of the men was treated on scene and released, other two were taken to broward health north. they are expected to recover. >> victor: to teenagers were arrested after you allegedly trying to steal more than $300 worth of goods from target. pembroke pines police said 18-year-old johniz and 19-year-old mia strickland were stopped outside the target pines boulevard with those stolen goods on tuesday. they confessed and said they did it because they were, quote, stupid. >> janine: a snowboarder caught

officials say the snowboarder was trespassing an area that had not been open to the public in five years and that he put others a risk. that case is now in the hands of the state attorneys office. >> victor: and and right now isis is running what you might call its own version match.com. >> janine: it's aecruitment site targeting mostly young women to become brides of gi hautists. laurie is in production control. >> laurie: this is incdible. there is each a catchphrase they go by, jihotties, and they say unfortunately this online dating site is a success. she writes in flowery detail her first meeting with her futurehusband. >> a a few minutes, he looked at me. our eyes catch each other's. i had palpitations that is faster than the speed of light. >> laurie: this is a blog written by a a woman who goes by the handle bird of jahna. analyst say this is a recruitment tool for isis

>> where it's about romance, it's about the perfect life, it's about making everything bad in their past go away because now they're going to have the perfect future. >> laurie: experts say there's even a catchphrase circulating jihotties. >> jihotties refer to men who arar displaying their masculinity showing what heros they are and how they are willing to fight. >> laurie: it's part of an explosion of online recruiting for isis that is eye catching and inviting. young women promised free housing, health care, cars. men are promised beautiful brides true to the faith, and in many cases it seems to be working. it's estimated more than 500 western women have left their families to travel to syria and iraq to join isis. >> yeah, it's something that appuals to the demographic which is people in their teens, early 20s, so it's a presence online, on the platforms with people that of age use instagram, twitter, but it's

it's a lot of pictures, not a lot of words. >> meterologist: analysts say with the women actually get to isis-controlled territory they're placed in female dorms for indoctrination. they often don't have a choice of who they marry, and in reality they say housing, water and electricity are scarce. the stories often don't end well. and if an isis bride becomes a widow, apparently she's ford to marry another member. at this point undercover agents around the world, anti-terrorist agents are trying to encourage young recruits, especially the women, to leave isis. but as you can imagine, if they leave, if they can get out, they face getting killed. >> victor: think our mouths both dropped when you said jihotties was their phrases. >2> also at 4:30 two grain silos were impled in north carolina. there it goes.

the two style owes collapsing from that implosion, but it didn't all go according to plan. a house across the street apparently had some windows blown out but they have since been replaced. >> janine: around 70 brushfires burned across tasmania, australia today. special its remained on the san joaquin to fight those nicer and officials urged pple to evacuate their homes or initiata fire safety plans. >> victor: right now let's take a live look out of our miami tower cam. it's shaking a little bit. >> janine: but considering what they're going through in the northeast. >> victor: wind is fine. i'll take the wind. >> janine: take a little wind and cloud cover. >> bty: we like a little southwesterly wind on a friday eve, right is if but we d o have changes to talk about moving into friday. at least now we are catching some dry time and warmer time along the hollywood broadwalk with temperatures in the lower 70s, winds from the east-southeast from ten to near 15 mes an hour depending on where you are. the forecast for at the evening,&

mostly cloudy skies across florida, temperature generally holding in the upper 60 for town with that southeast wind sort of staying. you clouds mid to high level filling the skies, this all happening ahead of the next big weather event for us, and that would come in the form of of a cold front that sends a round of rain, maybe a few storms in our direction. right now that system is getting its act together near the lower mississippi river valley, and bringing the threat for some tornadoes around, say, new orleans and rainfall, by the way, extending up into northern mississippi and upper alabama as well. this same system will be tracking into the mid-atlantic come tomorrow and bringing a big-timenow event for places like washington, dc, around baltimore, maybe an inch or two around new york city but it's going to be more like two feet in dc, and they are indeed under a blizzard warning tonight. so the snow, the windetween friday afternoon/evening and saturday just some ugly weather times ahead there. we're going to catch the cold

the tail end of it. and that will bring us a better chance for rainfall for tomorrow. we're also going to be looking at deteriorating conditions out there along our beaches. i know today the rip current risk has been moderate. by tomorro our winds start to become southwest toest friday night into saturday. 25 to 30 miles an hour sustained, gusting up to 40. so small craft advisory in play over the next 24 to 48 hours, and add to that the potential for some rain out there, too, sonot the best weather to be outside, at least for tomorrow. so clouds and rn on the way for tomorrow. windy, too. temperaturesould hit about 77 in miami, so that's our warm-up ahead of the front, but behind the front we're going to cool it down. so saturday morning kick degrees, skies drying out, and then by the afternoon temperatures try to get up to about 70 and then saturday night that northwest wind fulton in some really chilly air, so as it stands now, sunday morning may

than what we saw earlier this week. we're going with the upper 40s for south florida. be ready for the chill, especially if you're going to be hanging out saturday night into early sunday, maybe running the miami marathon sunday morning. you may actually like those deference in the upper 40s. highs only getting into the low the mid-60s sunday. monday morning cool as well. we'll start in the lower 50s and highs in the mid-70s. that will be a little closer to average come monday average.. victor. >> victor: running a marathon sunday morning. wearingvery sweater i own. 40 degrees. miami police officers were honored at an award ceremony earlier today. this cerony was held at the city of miami police college on northwest 2nd avenue near third street. several awards were presented for officers' service in december and geeff llanes last on hand to give those awards. >> janine: researchers uncover a potential way to screen for ovarian cancer, the fifth most common cancer deaths in women. kristi krueger criss has today's health cast.

news on the cancer front. a recently pub lush study showing that combining a specific blood testt with ultrasound scans could reduce deaths from ovarian cancel by as much as 20%, and while the fiings are encouraging, avern gynecologist dr. mark firestone says it's still not clear whether all women should be screened this way. >> the problem with this study in my mind is that thehe results weren't strong enough that i would recommend it for patients of low risk for ovarian cancer. >> kristi: dr. firestone said women of high-risk or ovarian cancer should get this extra screening, and that would include women with a strong namam history, women with endome the roses and women who have never had c cldren p. and also in today's health cast the latest research on the benefits of mammography for older women. researchersst florida atlantic university right here in south florida were actually investigating disparities in mammomram screening between white and black women, but they inadvertent discovered something

the ages of 75 to 84 who underwent annual mammography had a 10% lower rate of death from breast cancerhan those who did not get screened. >> this evidence is not randomized, which is what you would he had to get the highest quality of evidence, but it's suggestive and i would leave it to the doctor in each of his or her patients to make thatdecision. >> kristi: current federal diedlines suggest tajik mammography should stop at the age of 74 even though the risk getting breast cancer increases as we age. so as always, ladies, talk to your doctor. with your health cast today, i'll kristi krueger. >> janine: always good advice. >> victor: now a young name in jacksonville is counting their blessing today. >> janine: after 13 months in the hospital the first of their conjoined twins is finally home. to bring a baby home from the hospital is momentous for any moment but for the bir a bales this was a moment they weren't

little connor came home 40 first >> duodenal had our downs. we also hadur ups. and there was certain things we struggled through, and -- but the boys are little fighters. they mad it through everything so far. brother carty, he is still in the hospital but doctors say he ma need another surgery before he can go home, too. >> victor: a mother in washington is sharing a stranger's kind gesture when her autistic son had a meltdown in if diner. she expected an unexpected act of kindness, a free meal. on the back of the receipt she left a sweet note that. note said "have a great day. you're doing a wonderful job. god bless from a mother who knows." >> i started crying. the owner started eyeing. we started hugging each other. and elliott's, "hey, mom, what's going on?" >> she didn't know her. we don't know her. she wasn't one of her regulars, and she just really felt for lauren.

it has gone viral. mom said sheould love to meet this anonymous during and thank her in person. >> janine: there is a disturbance in the force. star wars fans are being forced to weight seven months longer than anticipated for the follow-up to to the the force awakens. they have moved the date to may from may to december 2017. it broke dozens of box office records. all new at a fight of we continue to follow dealing news, two men accused of drunk men and stealing there them, they were caught on camera, and a lot o o cases like these have been popping up across south florida. derek shoreill have a live report at 5:00. >> victor: and on the one and only, a grandma carjacked and the terrifying moments were caught on camera. local10 news reporter michael seiden was the one and only voot 6:00. >> janine: and do you want to build a snowman? how about this?

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>> janine: so do you want to build a snowman if you could? how about olaf from "frozen"? that's what a father and daughter in michigan did. this giant snowman is 13 feet tall about it only took them a day to build. the arms are made from sticks, the buttons are ice creamam buckets and that nose is a plastic capone looks like this snowman likes warm hugs. >> victor: in wiscsin a professional artist is using the snow to build sculpture yoda one huffs latest creations. he's also built a snow horse and kay dragon. at times he adds color to his creations using food coloring and water. >> janine: and staying on this theme let's's take to you minnesota where there is a magical frozen street there. builders are right now budget the finishing touches on some

the 60 towers, tunnels, sleds slides that go along with those castle are made of ice. it takes 2 million gallons of water to make all of this possible, and you can imagine a lot of manpower. >> victor: it all looks really nice. from afar, way war fey. >> janine: from a distance. so we're going to hangut with our south florida winter. we can handle it. >> vtor: we'll keep the sand. you keep the snow. >> janine: that's going to do it for local10 news at 4:30. >> victor: here are laurie and calvin back for the news at fight of. >> laurie: right now on local10 news at 5:00 rolexobbers, they have struck again. we have the surveillance video of t t men were robbed of their expensive watches. >> calvin: and we're hearing from miami as a top cop after a officer was attacked at a casino. >> laurie: an uber driver attacked by a passenger and the video has gone viral. >> calvin: and millions of people in the north teener u.s. are bundling up for a major winter wallop. >> laurie: p ps, a new way for football coaches to protect their players from concussions, and if big idea is coming from

here in south floridi. realtime closed captioning performed by u.s. captioning company >> laurie: off the top at 5:00, two women caught on camera after they allegedly drugged and robbed two men of priceywatches. we see these rolex robberies happening i several south floridaestaurants. >> calvin: the young women meet the men, getnited back and wake up hours later having been during robbed. >> lrie: this time in hollywood and be local10's derek shore is live with the details. derek. >> derek: that's right. it has happened again. this time two women apparently pake inning off with quite a haul, and it would all start here in sunny isles beach at this restaurant, the porterhouse bar and grill, and then it would& end in hollywood. take a look at the two women who hollywood police are now searching for. they were caught on camera leaving the victims' home. defect say on january 7 if this two women struck up conversation with the two victims here at the porterhouse.