one of the victim's home in hollywood. the two men say the women made them some alcoholic drinks, they felt drowsy and only remember waking up the next morning. when they did, the women were gone ask so were seven of their rolex. it was earlier thihi month two different women were caught oohtape after drugging men and stealing their rolex and those incidents started in coral gables. the suspects don't appear to be the same in these cases but it's unclear if they are at all connected weise come back out here live, again, hollywood police searching for those two women and asking if you have any information to call broward crimestoppers. that number 954-493-tips. we're live in sunny isles beach, derek shore, local10 news. >> laurie: derek, thank you. >> he stabbed theolice officer in the face. when whether he makes it or not that's his problem. that guy is a dirt bag. >>alvin: harsh words from the president of the fraternal order of police after a miami police officer was attacked at magic city casino. that veteran officer wassed

the person who attack him. >> laurie: officer raul perez is now recovering a home whilee learn more about what led to this assault. local10's terrell forney live with the latest now. >> terrell: you can bet that officer perez has seen some pretty wild things during his 15 years as a street cop here in miami but no doubt that that training certainly helped him here inside of this casino as he subdued a man who eventually stabbed him in thehe face. >> he pretty much lashed out at the officer. >> terrell: witnesses describe a belligerent man who refused repeated requests to leave. >> he hutt the officer. the officer tried to tackle him down to the floor to detain him, arrest him. >> terrell: things grew more violent pie the second inside of magic city casino just before 1:00 a.m. this morning. officer raul perezez was at the facility working an off-duty detail and was called over t escort the man outside, and that's when had a knife was pulled%out.

his face, and from what i saw, the officer acted you know very patiently with the man, very responsibly, like they was really doing his best to avoid an incident. >> terrell: officer perez fired a single shot, striking the violent patron. the casino turned nigh full on crime scene following the incident it. will take us time to crawl through the witnesses. i do know about there 43 witnesses to the incident. the poker room was full to capacity. >> trent: we know the facial stab wound narrowly missed the officer's eye but he has sinin been treated and released from the hospital, but this afternoon the fate of the suspect is still up in the air. >> i could care less what happens to him, you know, he stabbed the police officer in the face. whethe he makes it or not, that's his problem. that guy is a dirt bag. anybody that stabs a law enforcement officers or puts the public at peril, i don't hardware kaur what happens to him. >> terrell: and the magic city casino is back open for business

casino management issued its ownwn statement today saying that this was ab isolated incident, but they are rooting for the speedy recovery of this officer with who, by the way, is recovering back at home. meanwhile we know that at last check that suspect was in critical condition at jackson memorial hospital. we're live in miami. i'm terrell forney, local10 news. >> laurie: terrell, thank you. a false alarm at biscayne elementary school today after police received reports of an unattended backpack on campus. the bomb squad came in, went to the miami beach campus and discovered the backpack had nothing harmful inside. students were evacuated outside the school temporarily as a precauon, and once that check was committee, students were sent back inside and classes were dismissed at the regular time. police say a van hit a building earlier today. officers say there was minor damage to the build at north xie highway near johnson street. the driver suffered minor injuries. >> calvin: the search has been called off for a swimmer who

a witness said he was on his balcony watching the man swim when he disappeared under the water. the witness then called for help. police and fire rescue teams began desperatelylyearching for the man, even putting divers in the watererut fort lauderdale fire rescue suspended the search after about an hour. >> laurie: now to the huge winter wallop that's affecting millions along the mid-atlantic coast, icy coast leading to hours of gridlock the in dc metro area. some dvers stranded in their cars for heros over the littlest bit of snow. janine is in the newsroom with the latest. it is going to be a nightmare. >> janine: it is.. a state of emergency has been declared in washington, dc, virginia, maryland, even north carolina in advance of this major blizzard this weekend, and even more may follow. 20 states in alllin a winter weather watch. they cald washington, dc,'s may go storm in 2010 snowmageddon. this storm could be worse. >> this is predicted to be the

since snowmageddon in 2010. >> janine: maryland governor larry hogan urging residents to have a week's worth of supplies on handromising public works will be prepared, too. >> statewide sha has 2700 pieces of equipment that will be deployed and is ready with 365,000 tons of salt to battle the storm. >> janine: with up two to feet of snow predicted, residents are preparing for the worst. this store in chesapeake, virgrgia forced to limit the amount of snow supplies each customer could purchase. >> the fastest moving thing has been the snow shovels. we're down to like the last few of them, which is hike three or four. >> janine: this dc trader geez supermarket trying to control the crowds, only allowing ten shoppers at a time. >> take the next ten. >> janine: is it all too much? the director of the nation's weather forecasting agency said today preparation can stave lives. >> you're talking about a potentially paralyzing storm. >> janine: and after wednesday's

major accidents, the stakes are even higher. and if you arelying anywhere in the next few days, take note. spoke to fours at fort lauderdale-hollywood as well as miami international airport. they say they are expecting cancellations and delays as early as tomorrow afternoon. and, calvin, yes, i called my mom. she went to the grocery store. she's got her food so she should be good to go. >> calvin: she's always watching you online, local10.com. thanks a lot. the winter srm has everyone's attention north of us, no doubt about it. >> laurie: chief certified meteorologist betty davis right here to tell us how much snow d ice this bird could bring. >> betty: hi, everyone. we have winter storm warnings in effect from portions of arkansas, cities look memphis extending over into the carolinas, the mid-atlantic, too, and, yeah, there could be some accumulating ice as little as a tenth of an inch to as much as an inch depending on the cation. but, of course, the big story, the snow. all the snow expxpted with this, and this blizzard warning, by the way, in effect for dc goes

so the ent, the wintery part of the event, that has not started. we are still tracking the low pressure system as it gets its act together over the lower mississippi river valley bringing a tornado threat to some areas along the gulf coast, but by tomorrow this system is going to be tracking into themid-thank you from the carolinas to souththn appalachians and places like dc one to two feet of snow. q. now to vote 2016 and a brand new poll out of iowa just days ahead of the iowaaucuses. on the democratic side the cnn poll finds bernie sanders with an 8 point lead over hililry clinton in iowa. 53% on the republican side. donald trump holds a double digittead over ted cruz, 37 to 26%. and florida senator marco rubio is in a decendant third in iowa with 14%. meantime some establishment republicans are going after cruz, concerned that he could

possibly cost the gop control of the u.s. senate. our senior political reporter michael putney is in the video port now with more for us. michael. >> michael: calvin, those republican leaders are afraid cruz will not only cause them to lose the senate but gop candidates losing up and down thth ticket. ted cruz got slammed big-timetoday by bob dole, the one-time gop presidential nominee. dole telling the new york times cruz is an extremist and nobody likes him. >> the washington establishment is rushing over t support donald trump. >> michael: trump continues to bask in the glow of plan he's endorsement which could help him in iowa. meanwhile, the other gop candidates grind out the town hall meetings. >> the danger is we'll change asa country if we don't fix these things. >> michael: the former florida vernor is making something of a comeback in new hampshire. now died tied for third there at 10% with fellow floridan marco rubio. >> when i'm president of the

who you are for 100% certainty and we do not know your coming for 100% certainty when i'm president you are not getting into the country. >> michael: rubio said he's all for legal immigration but is working overtime to show she doesn't support amnesty or a new wave refugees from cuba. >> gaun since gaun bay is a naval institution we're keeping it. >> michael: on the democratic side the clinton campaign reportedly man's to start hitting bernie sander's record as a left at wing socialist, but he's only too happy to show he is. >> the proposition that every public college and university in america be tuition-free. >> michael: in iowa today hillary clinton said bernie sanders has some good ideas but she also said the president has to deliver in reality, not theory. we are in the video port. we'll send it back to you,

overseas for a developing tor a terror take the at a resort in somalia it. gan when a car slammed nigh restaurant near the beech side hotel this was an explosion. those attackers then entered the hotel where there is an ongoing exchange of gunfire with security forces. five people weree killed in the initial explosion. so far there are no reports of casualties inside the hotel. >> laurie: a former only citypolice officer accused of committing sex crimes against women while on duty was sentenced to prison today. daniel holtzclaw has sentenced to 263 years in prison. holtzclaw was convicted in defers committing numerous rapes and sexual assaults against 13 different women. >> calvin: chile has opened the largest field of medical marijuana in south measuring. this marijuana field opeped monday tow fulfill the needs of patients authorized to consume cannabis for medical reasons. this government-approved and funded fieldld is expected to produce a ton of marijuana in a country where production and distribution of marijuana is still illegal.

we're in the thick of it how with that afternoon rush, so let's get to traffic reporter jenise fernandez. >> jenise: we've got twoaccidents on i-95 southbound in broward county. the first at cypress creek road. you can see where the cars starting to hit their brakes. this is kong a pretty significant backup ps we zoom on in to our maps again this is i-95 southbound a cypress creekek road with speeds at 17 miles per hour. and staying on i-95 southbound, this time at oakland park boulevard another crash there with speeds clocking in at 30 miles per hour. cruising onto dade county, there was an earlier accident on i-95 northbound. this was actually in the express lanes at northwest 103rd street. good news is that crash has cleared up, but we are still seeing delays with speeds at 33 meows. and another accident on the palmetto expressway, this is as you're heading north right around northwest 74th street with speeds there clocking in at 18 miles per hour. laurie. >> laurie: jenise, thank you.

her car and only local10 has the video. you can see the robber run up behind the victim and grab her before taking off in her car. our one and only exclusive all new at 6:00. >> calvin: and coming up at 5:30 we'll show you how one local artist is painting the history overtown so that all can see. >> laurie: but first, family to find a few new place to live

>> calvin: a family in northern california is simply devastated today after a fire at their home. thatatire killed their pet dogs, and firefighters say the blaze probably was started by, yes, a hoverboard. >> i is like selling kids bombs. >> calvin: from the moment it began there was no ordinary house fire. mark keiler knew it when he saw the windows of this home explode and began taking this video with his camera phone. >> i mean, completely engulfed within minutes. >> calvin: the cause fairly certain now. the santa rosa fire department trace dollars its point of orin to a little girl's room in the front of the house where he said been charging a hoverboard that appears to have caught fire. >> the hoverboard itself was plugged in in the bedroom near a book smell of the book shelf had some karats on it that showed that the fire had started down near the ground revel. >> calvin: this is the 40th reported hoverboard fire in 19 states, according to the consumer product safety commission, which is looking hard at lithium ion bat ritz

no one was home. neighbor jesse molina saw the flames first and called 911. >> feels like it all happened within a minute or two. it was rlly quick. >> calvin: david carpenter who lives in the house with his wife and daughter told us he had just left to pick up his daughter. normally he would bring his two dogs along, too. instead he left billion a and by a boston terrier behind. they died in the heat and smoke, and the family is d dastated. >> you never know what's going to happen. i didn't see itoming, of course, and just be careful to the parents out there. it could happen in thehe middle of the night. i could have lost my daughter. >> calvin: be cacaful. the fire caused an estimated $250,000 in damage to the house, which is uninhabitable at thispoint. the santa rosa fire department has notified the consume products safety commission about that devastating fire. >> laurie: in the wake of all these hoverboard fires amazon is offering refunds to anyone who bought hoverboards on the website. the consumer product safety

than 300 instances of hoverboards bursting into flames or smoking. the they offer those refunds, and it's calling on other retailers and manufacturers to do the same but despite the refund after, do know that amazon is still selling hoverboards. >> calvin: let's check in now with our betty davis. betty, you probablyy know tall too well that managers of on the eastern school board are going to need hoverboards getting around this winter dealing with that major winter storm. >> laurie: they're not going too get to work. >> betty: they're glued to those seats tracking everything doppler radar. right now not a lotappening over our skies but we are anticipating the tail end of the system a what it brings for us tomorrow. in the meantime we had a nice rebound in our temperatures this afternoon, back to near average for our highs, sitting 75 in miami. outside right now miami it's 71. in fact, lower 70s in most of your neighbors. by 9:00 tonight hang mounting upper 60s. we'll tend to have our winters from the east-southeast and

we can see some of those mid to high level clouds streaming in ahead of the low pressure system that's going to make for the big snow flatten mid-atlantic starting tomorrow. for now, though, it is bringing the threat for severe weather through portions of lower mississippi river valley, a totoado watch in effect, and there are some active tornado walkers along this area off stormy weather, so things getting a little rough there. as the system closes in on us tomorrow, it brings a better chance for rainfall. as for the threat for thunderstorms, the storm prediction center has a northwest part of the state in the slight risk category. we're in the marginal category, so that m%ans we won't rule out a few storms, and some of those may be on the stronger side. we're simply going to have to wait and see how you the all plays outs. what we can tell you is that we will have a good chance for rain in the area, rain and brisk breeze ahead of the front. we'll be watching any storms thatevelop. those move through later tomorrow afternoon into the eveninin the front sweeps through friday night. behind it we get into a west

early saturday we may have a few residual showers moving across our skies. and then we focus on drying out during the day on saturday.cooling down and some windy weather as well, and once we get that wind shift to the northwest, it is really on as far as cooling those temperatures off for saturday night. tomorrow,hough, mild to warm, starting the morning around 66, highs climbing toward the upper 70s, clouds, rain, windy conditions so be ready for all the changes tomorrow. and then by saturday we'll start to cool off. our high makes it up to 70 saturday afternoon. then onundays morning, look at that, upper 40s. so some real chill is going to arrive as we are winding down the weekend. calvin. >> laurie: ever. >> calvin: love that. yeah. >> laurie: all right. >> calvin: upper 40s, huh? you ready for that? >> laurie: we'll repretend we're playing the with snow. >> calvin: clom, a swimming pool surprise for a homeowner in the keys.

home in their own backyard people that story coming up with todd tongen at 6:00. >> laurie: plus,s, a local middle schoolers come up wi play to make football safer. their plan for protesting concussions. >> will: what is the secret thinned panthers' success this year? bow believe it's mysterious sweatshirt.

next in sports. >> will: if surprising florida panthers should get a key player back tom.when they host the blackhawks. yeah, is expected to be back from a concussion. as clay ferrero reports, so is hollywood star kevin spacey. >> clay: over the last month and a half the panthers have jumped frfm near the bottom of their

division. so what's changed? three words "spacey in space!" a spet solicitor featuring argument kevin space's face in space has`hysteriously shown up in the the locker room. so what's the deal? >> we kind of like keeping our mystery so we're going dewpoint that way. >> clay: time for some digging. rough a quick search of the twitter feed we found out that the shirt only shows up in the locker room after wins and it's typically a new player from game to game. >> i don't think it's good to dish on a player in a game when we lose. there's no purpose behind it. only when we win. >> clay: it's not only fans that have taken notice. the actor himself, kevin spacey, tweeted, "only i really know what spacey in space means. hope it continues to bring good luck." >> are you a fan of his at all? >> i am actually. >> he's part of it. his face is on it.

wouldn't expect his face too be on. >> clay: with all the mystery we just this ththk you to see this fashion marvel in person. i have snuck behind the scenes here in the panthers' practice facility because i've been told by a source that it's -- and, look, there it is. the spacey in space shirt. but even though we found it, the players still won't reveal what it means, wheret came from, or even whose idea it was. they say that stays in locker room. >> you know, it's huge piece of the puzzle to find something like that that you can hold tight as a group and protect as a group, and, you know, obviously we plan to keep that it way and, you know, plan to enjoy the fruits of it. >> clay: so the mystery lives on. we can only hope the shirt does as well. in coral springs, with the panthers, clay ferrero, local10 news. >> will: more on the panthers in the second but also i will remind auto 6:00 we're going do hear from chris bosh about the seemingly endless judicious that have decimated the heat.

details at 6:00. back to that sweater, i know there's py right issues but if the panthers make the playoffs they better be selling those t-shirts because they will macha fortune. good luck charms. >> lauriej thank you, will. a shocking attack an uber driver is going viral on social media. >> calvin: victor andy janine has what's happening on the 5:30. >> victor: that happened sunday night in brickell. an inebriated young woman yelling at a uber driver and trying to kick and slap him. >> janine: a murder mystery in need of mimed after a person is fond dead inside of a war riddled with bullets, and we now have new information on the investigation. >> victor: and all new at 6:00, exclusive video of a carjacking in north miami beach, the robber targeting an elderlyriver.

after this short break. >> janine: we begin with a murder investigation in northeast miami-dade where the

a car riddled with bullets. >> victor: local10's layerin livingston joins us life with more. >> reporter: we're hearing this shooting happeneddized recording studio. the victim may have been here to utilize the facility, and one man else tells us he ran inside to take cover when the bullets started flying inside of this building. >> i heard bullets, and the first thing you want to do is get down. >> reporter: he asked us not to show his face but tolds he's with 87 entertainment was here early this horning along with several other people when gunshots started popping off on northeast third court. >> a red challenger or something like that, and they just started shooting. the bullets was coming through. you see all the dust coming out of the walls and stuff like that. it was crazy. >> reporter: he described hearing close to a dozen shots. miami-dade police aren't saying much. all we know is one person was found dead in that buick lesabre. one of four people police say were inside the car when the shooting happened. >> we were scared to come outside because we didn't want

finish the job, so everybody just left. we left. we got all our stuff and left. >> reporter: and back live here, we're hearing that business has been suspended here at this recording studio. in the meantime we're working to learn the identity of this victim. we're still trying to get that information kong firmed, as well as we're hearing there was at least one other person taken to the hospital. we're trying to confirm that with miami-dade police and as soon as we have that information we'll bring it live to you. reporting live, larin livingston, local10 news. >> would you call 911, please. she's getting violent. >> ya'll 911. oh, yeah, call 911. >> janine: this is the video that has a lot of people talking on snod. an uber driver attacked in brickell, and we've learned that the woman in that video is a neurology resident at jackson health system. >> victor: and she's now on administrative leave as the company investigates, but at this point she's not facing any criminal charges. let's get to local10's hatzel vela. he is live tow explain why.

administrative leave, and what this means is now there's an investigation by jackson health system that could end up being where she ends up being fired. this is anjali ramkissoon in her doctor's coat, in 2014 aum health website calls her a second year neurology resident. that picture has since been taken down from the site. here she is in a different setting, early sunday morning. >> would you call 911, please. she's getting violent. >> hatzel: the video valentine times. >> seriously? >> serioioly. >> hatzel: the uber driver asking someone call police. he was reportedly there to pick up someone else when witnesses say ramkissoon demands he take her instead. she knees h'm. he pushes her weapon. she falls, then decides to get into the car. then starts tossing things out of of the car. the driver on thehone presumably telling police he is

>> i'm eye five foot girl that weighs 100 pounds. i'm getting really like belligerent. >> she attacked me. i have bruises. >> holy [bleep]. you lost your mind. >> that's her. >> yes. >> hatzel: a neighbor recognized ramkissoon shocked to hear this happened. >> they're a good, good family. >> hatzel: two daughters both successful, one an attorney, the other a doctor. >> sometimes you are a beautiful person but you have a bad day. >> hatzel: we wanted to know if that's the case. >> we're looking for anjali. >> she's not hear. i don't want to say anything on her behalf. i wish you to go. >> you don't want to say anything to the uber driver? back to the video. >> that's destruction of property. you're crazy. >> hatzel: this is how it ends. >> i guess that's it. i guess i'll tell you at the crime scene. good night! >> hatzel: goodbye, she says.

as for the police, well, we know that they were there but she was not arrested because the uber driver did not press any charges. for now report can live at jackson memorial, hatzel vela, local10 news. >> victor: three people were hospitalized after a crash involving a dump truck in coral springs. the car collided with the truck at the intersection of wiles and godfrey roads. the dump truck ended p on its side with its load of dirt spilled all over the road. much victim is said to have suffered moderate injuries. to other two have been treated for moderate injuries, and it's unclear how this crash happened, and a man was shot during a cold chain robbery in miami-dade. veg you a said he was robbed hate home on northwest 127th street near 23rd avenue, he was approached by the two men but well refused to give his wallet and that's when he was shot. surveillance video caught these two suspects who took vega's chain and ran off. once again it happened in early december.

chain a that was snatched. if you know anything about ts robbery, call miami-dade police. j a brevard county man is facing mismarine charge of he was arrested for ignoring firefighters' commands while trying to save his dogs from a burn belden. wendell allegedly went back inside his burning hom to search for his two dogs. he even grabbed a fireman's ax off the ground and tried to smash his way into the house at when which point they was tackled and placed under arrest. he's not apologizing for his tions, either. >> i think at the most he should have took me aside and if he felt that they needed to cuff me and put me in his squad car until things settled. >> janine: joiner is charged with disorderly conduct and resist conditioning arrest.thankfully firefighters were able to rescue his two dogs and they were not@ hurt. >> victor: a young family in jacksonville is unt coulding their blessings.

the first of the conjoined twins is home. to bring a baby home from the hospital is momentous but fer the mira bales that was something they didn't think would ever happen. >> we definitely had our downs. but we also had our ups. and there was certainly things we struggled through, and -- but the boys are little fighters. they made it through everything so far. >> victor: and connor's twin brother cart ser still in the hospital. doctors say he may need another surgery before he can finly go home, too. >> janine: right now it's time for to us get a check on the afternoon rush. let's bring in traffic reporter jenise fernandez judges of this is the third decent northwest 133rd street i-95 neighbourhood. it is causing traffic and a backup as we zoom on in to our maps. again i-95 northbound at northwest 103rd street. that accident in the express lanes with speeds right now at 12 miles per hour.

northbound, this is right around the airport expressway with speeds the at 28 miles per hour. we've also got a major accident in deerfield beach. this is also on i-95 but as you're heading south approaching hillsboro boulevard there a two lanes blocked here and we are seeing pretty heavy delays with speeds clocking in at 10iles per hour. victor. >> victor: now thigh heartwarming story from the attle area where a mother who was having trouble dealing with her young autistic son's utburst in a crowded restaurant got unexpected support from a stranger. 've all been there. out for a meal when a child loses it. six-ar-old elliott had one of those moments that his mother says was ab aught meltdown. >> yelling, screaming. it's -- it's a temper tantrum on a whole other level. >> victor: elliott is used to his routine but theestaurant was packed, noisy, and he couldn't get his usual table, all triggers. >> so i started to get some looks.

the diner, something happened that floored lauren. a patron not only paid her tab but on the back left this sweet note that's now gone viral. >> itays "have a great day. you're doing a wonderfulob. god bless, from a mother who knows." >> victor: lauren was overcome with emotion. >> i started crying. the owner started crying. 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 o o our regs, and she just really felt for lauren. >> it's a ar tick moment when you realize there's someone out there who isn't judging, is completely on your side. >> victor: so moved, lauren posted h h story and those kind words to facebook to t tnk the stranger. they may never anita but they will always beonnected. >> and i'm keeping it in my wallet because i think it's important to always have a

keep in mindd next time you see a kid having a moment. >> a kid who is having a hard time may be having a hard time, not giving a hard time. >> janine: so nice for her to get that little bit of support. >> victor: very sweet, and that other mom still hasn't come forward. >> janine: still ahead, a violent carjacking caught on camera and only local10 has the video. we can see that robber run up behind the victim and grab her before taking off in her car. our one and only exclusive all new at 6:00. >> victor: bad news for "star wars" fans. the e xt chapter series now being delayed. >> janine: and some local students say they have come up with a new app hopopto protect players from concussions. we'll show you who it works up next in towed's health cast. >> victor: but first as we headto a quick break a live picture toto our mount sinai medical center tower camera in miami beach. it's a little windy out there but betty says a cooldown is coming.

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>> janine: football season might can winding you down but looking for ways to make the sport safer will continue long after the super bowl. protesting players from getting concussions is a hot topic, and

an idea that's getting nation attention. >> kristi: lots of kids like to play football. but these seventh graders pinecrest school in fort lauderdale want to do more for the sport. >> football is fun, and most americans watch football, and we need to save football by making it safer. >> kristi: yep. john and his friends want to save football, and they're hoping to do that by decreasing the number of concussions, and preventing traumatic brain injuries. it's something they've been researching for two years. >> it's a helmet with four sensors embedded in the skull of the helmet, and when the player gets hit, it wirelessly transmits the affidavit force to the coach's phone and on a memorabilia device. >> kristi: theys students are feeing in the verizon app challenge. 12 milled schools are submitted their kids. these kids are among the top 12 in the nation. it all began with a physics principle. >> what's different about our design and application is that

>> kristi: that means coaches on the sidelines get the information they need quickly to protect their players. all this really cool research is taking place in this grand newi lab where the em fa is cyst on ask critical thinking and learning just as much from your failures as your successes. >> when each of us come up with an idea we may not like the whole thing but we take parts of it and put it detect and it's our own idea. >> kristi: ideas that are getting closer to becoming a reality. but no matter what happens with the contest, these students are are already winners. >> i don't really gator innovation. care about the innovator and belief in themselves. >> kristi: so if the pinecrest team winds with they're going to get to work with experts from mit to build their concept into a real work go happ. guess what? you can ep help them out. there's a fan favorite award as well so go to our website local10.com to find out how you can vote. and that's today's health cast.

a big demolition project all caught on camera in north carolina yesterday. those two - -- implosion yesterday in new burn. the new grain silos needed to be demolished for a future development project along 24 hackers of riverfront propertych let's check on this view of the northern lights taken from high above earth. is the astronauts shared their view of the aur ya'll is borealis from the international separation. it's a little different than what the astronauts saw. pete called their view magical. >> janine: i agree, beautiful. >> victor: it is magical. magically cold this weekend. >> janine: we're all talking about the weekend. sounds like weave to bundle up. >> victor: betty said 40s. >> betty: sunday morning before but we get there we have to talk about rain moving into the area. right we're increasing clouds in south florida, temperatures in the lower 70s.

you can see one person on the on the broadwalk getting in a little run, winds from the southeast near 10 miles per hour. the forecast for the evening mostly cloudy skies. temperatures will tend to hover in the upper 60s between 8:00 and 10:00 tonight as weave that southerly component to our wind. milder air, that's the story for the evening, and also as i mentioned we're increasing the clouds ahead of this frontal system, a system that i i bringing some severe weather into the lower mississippi river valley tonight. so a tornado watch in effect for portions of louisiana and also mississippi. we'll be tracking this weathermaker into tomorrow, and as it gets into the mid-atlantic, it gets wrapped up into some colder air and it does spell a lot of snow, a lot of snow for the mid-atlantic, so dc under a blizzard kong warning, some two feet of snow possible there. the blizzard warning starts tomorrow afternoon and runs through sunday morning. then other areas from memphis into, say, baltimore also will be dealing with some wintery weather. all right.

end of this system, the front, how it all plays out for us tomorrow. as it's approaching, this forecast model showing that 7:00 amount of in the morning our winds flowing in from the southeast, and we could have a round of rainfall moving across for your mention commute so make sure you're tuning in to julie durda to get the latest on that. then in the afternoon, say 3:00 be, 4:00 we may be tracking a gusty line of showers homecoming into the western part of the peninsula, so watching the skies very closely, and we'll certainly be watching to see how well those showers hang together as they move eastbound. may not be much left of them as they come in around broward and miami-dade counties but we're not going to rule the maybe a gusty shower rolling through one or two neighborhoods. the bottom line is be ready for some changeable weather tomorrow afternoon, and then the model showing by 8:00 tomorrow night that line is out of here. our winds become westerly. we have nothing more than little teeny tiny showers, maybe moving through early saturday. windy conditions and drier, cooler air starting to rush in

you'll see the temperatures in the seven-day planner in just a moment. i do want to will it know that if you're going to try to make tomorrow a beach day it's going to be really breezy, southwest winds 15 to 20, small craft advisory going into effect late tomorrow, bays are choppy, seas three the six feet off dade and miami and broward. start the innate ics 60s. highs make the climb in the mid-s. keeping in mind rain and wind. now we can focus on sunday morning and are we are dropping these lows into the upper 40s. wind chill may be in the lower 40s. be ready. victor. >> victor: 40s. betty, thank you. abba has reunited but not for a concert or anything. the four members of abba made a rare joint appearance yesterday in stockholm for the opening of a restaurant. they had not sang or posed for pictures. the restaurant is inspired by the abba musical "mama mia." they interacted with waiters and

tunes are encouraged. >> janine: then there is this. this is a new flavor of oreo cooking, cinnamon bun oreos are in stores p there's buzz but the flavor's release. it's beenn circulating for three months, and the company also says it will be relegions red velvet oreos just in time for valentine's day. >> victor: those look delicious. >> janine: i'm a oreo purist but i would eat that. >> victor: i tried a lemon oreo the other day. >> janine: fig newtons? there are many types fig newtons these days. >> victor: this is a disturbance in the force. the reliefs "star wars" episode 8 beg pushed back. it was supposed to have debuted in may have 2017 but now it's been pushed back seven months to december 18th of next year. the walt disney company isn'ty

dozens records in december judge there are hundreds of pets not need of loving home. and animal advocate jacey birch has a pack of puppies ready to play. >> what are you guys crying about? awe. you're so sweet. you're so cute. oh, my goodness. we are in puppypalooza right now. look at all these little tiny babies. i'm jasey birch here with jaime's rescue. i've got to situate. jaime, what do you have? more than a half a dozen of these little guys? >> yes, their pointerrer-jack russell mixes and they were born in somebody's backyard. >> it's oh they're so adorable but this happens way too often. so you got stuck 1 seven babies, and now we have the fun job of placing them in new homes. how big are they going to get? >> they'll be medium-size. they'll probably be a 25-pound dog. >> you know what they're saying rant, right? i wait a minute new mommy. i want a new dad ep. how can you say no to these faces? you can look at them all day

i have pictures for you right now set up on local10.com. there they are. pick your favorite puppy, name them and they can go home with you today. no more hawaiian, no more puppy hawaiian. i told you i'll find you -- no more whining. how hard cody be? don't you want one of these today? >> victor: yes. there's still a lot more news ahead on local10 news at 6:00. here are some of today's top stories. we have exclusive video of a carjacking in north miami beach, the robber target an elderly driver. >> janine: a swimming pool surprise for one homeowner in the keys. we'll show you more of this crocodile and you and who it made itself right at home in the family pack backyard pool. >> victor: and the miami heat going international in their

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>> janine: miami's overtownn neighborhood is brimming with history. >> janine: and one local ar us the has been charged with painting that history with the neighbhb as his audience. we got a sneak peek. >> his whole persona is going to start coming out. >> janine: think of the walls of this overpass in overtown as you giant canvas. where artist adonis parker has a big job to do. if this area a northwest third avenue and 11th terrace looks different to you, that's because it's where the icoc murals of the late per vis young once hung, a self-taught artist from

social and racial issues and captured the heart of the neighborhood. buthese images were copies, wrapped oo the walls, and taken down after they got too tattered and faded. >> i study his work and stroke. >> janine: and so parker was selected by the overtown redevelopment agency to make his own mural celebrating young's work, life, and likeness. >> this mural is going to be about about hope, actually restoration. the name of the mural is called yesterday, today and tomorrow weeks, i'm going to come from a perspective of when overtown was momo prominent. >> janine: we first introduced you to parker in 2014, a prolific miami artist whose medium is a painful glidden house paint. it is here, too, but this grassy corner is now his studio and ssers bye are sometimes his critics. >> we'reurviving in a sense, you know?

is is a tribute. >> janine: and so in a neighborhood where there are signs of dogs, p`rker says it means little without paying respect to the past. boy the way, that mural is scheduled to be done some time in march, and the final design, it's under wraps until then. >> victor: did you say house paint? >> janine: house paint, and he works on such a lge scale. it's beautiful when he's done. stay tuned until march. and that's going to do it for local10 news at 5:30. >> victor: laurie are calvin are back the with news at 6:00. >> laurie: routine at 6:00 only on 10, an elderly woman carjacked and it was all caught on video. who could do such a thing? michael seiden with the exclusive. >> calvin: also caught on camera suspected rolex robbers striking again. where they found their targets this time. >> laurie: and great-for a brief warm-up but after that a major dip. >> calvin: swimming pool surprise. a crocodile taking a dip at a multi-million dollar estate. hear from people who could not believe what they saw ls plus, the dolphins going international to find cheerleaders.

news at 6:00 starts right now. realtime closed captioning performed by u.s. captioning company >> calvin: off the top at 6:00 a story you wilil see on the one and only a carjacking in north miami beach, and the many very an elderly woman so frightened, she just turns and walks away, and the crime doesn't end there. >> laurie: local10 news reporter michael seiden is live with the disturbing details and more of that exclusive video. michael. >> michael: well, talk about a terrifying experience. that grandma had just finished up getting a f ft massage here. she's walking out in this parking lot heading to her car. that's when a carjacker went on the attack, and it was all captured on that surveillance camera. her family says she's a sweet as sugar. this 82-year-old grandmother was ononer way to meet her grandson for lunch when she stopped here for a quick foot massage, but what happened next outside this north miami beach business on northeast 162nd street is down right despicable. >> and it's just horric that people are so brazen in the