the windows in his cruiser. >> none of our officers carjacked secondhand any weapon. we don't have an opportunity to. the officer was ambhed. >> amy: he called for back u. and police say mehm led them on a dangerous ride for several blocks shooting at several police officics in pursued before hitting a car and runnini a red light. police say the man in that daughtht was driving his daughter to school. the neighbor ned luis said he heard a bang and one of his neighbors saw mejia run by before police took him into custody. >> wont officers interviewed her, and she saw a guy with red pants running through her house. >> amy: police say starling will make a full recovery but the violent act stunned not only law enforcement. but also the community they serve. >> i'm sorry for the officer. they're trying to do their job and look what happens. >> amy: wook tell you officer starling is expected to recever from his injuries but he remains in the hospital this evening. as for mejia, he is facing

and we did check with several businesses here and where that crash ended after this pursuit, and none of them say they have any good perspective or capture exactly what happeped here o o there, but miami gardens police tell us this evening at this point it looks s ke this was an individual act and not terrorism. we're live in miami gardens, amy viteri, local10 news. >> laurie: and local10 news has learned the fbi is now involved in the investigation, trying to figure out if the suspect has any ties to isis because the terrorist gup is using social media to call for attacks on police officers. local10's todd tongen continues our live team coverage nowow from miami gardens police headquarters. todd. >> todd: laurie, now the investigation focuses very heavily on that 24-year-old suspect from aventura, david andres mejia. here is a mugshot of mejia from a previous arrest. he is charged with nune felony counts, including four attempted murder of a law enforcement officer charges, resisting

by a convicted philopoenas tow trucks brought the suspect's bmw in a bullet riddled police vehicle the to miami police station, local10 local10 can confirm the fbi has been here questioning the suspect, and he's not cooperating. mejia's mugshot in a previous arrest shows his neck filled with tattoos including a large one in the is there center of his throat depicting the eye of providence. ooh eyeball within a trianane represents the all-seeing eye of god and most notely appears on winds bill. the feds want to find out if this is an isolated incident orr a terroristac attack. one reason terrorism is being looked at is because of the ambush on a police offic in philadelphia. jesse hartnett was fired 15 times. hartnett was able to return fire. the suspect slipped away but was later taken into custody. he told police that he shot the cop in the name of islam and

the islamic state, and law enforcement is well aware isis has called for supporters to target police officers. >> so whatever this gentleman was going through, we're going to find out, we're goingo find out if there was a morph, but for right now he ambushed someone who was protecting, who is employed to protect and serve sour citizens. >> todd: 24-year-old mejia is originalal from queens, new york. he is now living inventura. niece stranger to law enforcement. the bigger question now is why did he target this police officer, exactly what was his tive, and that's why the fbi, federal agents have been here througho the day trying to question him. we understand he has been uncooperative. so far the police and the fbi have not made any sort of a link between this attack and any terrorist threat. at miami gardens police headquarters, todd tongen, local10 news. >> calvin: now we're hearing from officer david starling's father who is also a lawenforcement officer himself up in jacksonville local10's derek

hospital where officer starling is being treated this aftfrnoon. derek. >> derek: officer starlg's father said he is very proud of his son and very grateful he survived all of this. we have seen officers from across south florida coming to aventura hospital, checking on their colleague, again learning that good news that their colleague will recover. we're traveling fast in the law enforcement community, an officece shot. miami gardens police identified that wounded officer as-day-old starling, an eight-year veteran of departmenen >> the strts have been getting manner and more violent, and thiss just one of those byproducts that 're seeing. >> reporter: miss community remembers expressing their disgust gut but thankful at the same time. >> he is very, very luck toby alive. he definitely had a guardian angel watching over hum today. >> derek: today wewepoke to members of starling's family over the phone. they tell us he was put into surgery and has his wife by his side hpis. father leroy starling telling us

coerns something like this could happen. >> we pray for hum every day. that's about all you can d it's just a sad commentary that the world has come to this place to have such a's hated for law enforcement. >> derek: still indirectliy proud of his son who followed in his footsteps. >> he loves it, and it's in his blood. i guess from myself. i was in the sheriff's office here for 25 years. >> derek: a and officer starling's father is now making ans along with other members of the family to come down to the miami area to be wit their son and loved one. again, we are hearing that theofficer is likely to mauk a full recovery. we're live in aventura, derek shore, local10 news. >> calvin: derek, thanks. and stay with us for continue be coverage of the officer ambush in miami gardens. we'll of more live team coverage ahead at 6:00 and local10.com is always updating with the latest infofoation. >> laurie: it's been a dreary friday all across south florida. you just want to s sy in bed, right? but but is rain is finally

the dps are on the lens but you can see hope in the distance. >> calvin: i like that. a ray of hope. the rain isn't the only big story today. >> laurie: we have another cold blast coming this weekend so betty davis is going to fill us in. what do we wear, betty? get out the woolens? >> betty: this forecast will make you dizzy. right now it's thehe arena but later this weekend it will be the chill. latest let me show youou what's happening currently on doppler radar looking a lot better f f the overseas highway, islamorada those strong stormhave pushed off on the atlantic side and they're going to stay on that side so you do not have to worry about that anymore. rain thinning out for miami over toward miccosukee, too, but we have to pay attention to the rains coming into west broward eastern coral springs and weston it's coming down. and this rainfall stretches from northeast down toward the southwest. see this narrow little band? this is sort of that second batch that we still have tow get across. even though some of you are in a

bit of a break, there still could be a fewassing showers to go. this is what we're expecting, less rain the in area by about ception tonight and then tomorrow a brisk breeze, drier,& cooler weather. that sets us up for a really chilly sunday withorning lows in the 40s. now, we're getting the warm side of this sysm. there is a wintery side, an outwrit blizzard laying plague out in the nation's capitol and we'll have a lot more about that and have live shot four coming up. >> calvin: all of this wet weather slowing down traffic so let's get a check with local10 traffic reporter sanela sabovic. snell a. >> s sela: good afternoon, calvin. the weather showing things down. a major alert up in broward county we're talking about a crash on i-95 northbound,& hillsboro boulevard. four lanes are blocked. let's check some spee times for you now. 16 miles per hour. you want to avoid this. take us-1 or the turnpike as an alternate route. keeping it with i-95 again another crash in the northbound lanes, this is at hallandale beach boulevard.

still causing a traffic nightmare. nine miles per hour. now, let's get you to miami-dade county, another crash to tell you about. this is the don shula southbound at 104th street going southbound again as a mentioned, one plane is blockcd there. let's get you speed times. 29 miles per hour. calvin, laurie. >> calvin: snell a, thanks a lot. >> laurie: and mow breaking news about this weekend's scheduled runoff elections in haiti that have led to angry protests. >> calvin: protestors have burned down at least one polling place and now the big story sunday's vote for the rahn election has been postponed for yet a second time. let's move to this newsroomm now. >> janine: the presidential runoff election has been marred by allegations of fraud and heated protests, as you mentioned, i will be postponed for a second time. that's news coming the from haiti's electoral council. there's been concern that if a run off a flawed, it would push the crit to brink of of turmoil. there have already been protests

schools were burned last night. that's a picture of one of those schools on fire, another one serving as a polling place for the election. and here's another pushing of an suv that has been set on fire in the middle of had an intersection. did not forget, our glenna milberg is live in haiti to cover the runoff elections. look for her live coverage beginning today on local10 news at 6:00. one of two presidential candidates, jude celestin, already wrote a lter saying that lee would not be participating in a runoff, so we're still waiting on details now that it's been postponed on what will happen next. laurie. >> laurie: such a tense situation. thank you, janine. two car burglars are on the run and miami police are tryingto track them down right now. the bandits stole a woman's personal items from her parked car which was still running and then used her credit cards. the burglary happened almost three weeks ago on northwest 28th avenue near third street, and now we have pictures of the if you will actual suspects the police are looking for. both men earlyly 20s, a security camera caught as thehe bought

if you thinkou might know who either of theys two men are call crimestoppers 305-471-tips. >> calain: now tote winter wallop that is affecting millions of americans the weekend, trouble on the tarmac at one of the nation's busiest airports when this plane ran off the runway this afternoon in the snow at o'hare international airport in chicago. >> laurie: the dc area is expected to get more than two feet of snow, and it started coming down early today. you can barely make out the white house in this video. >> calvin: we're talking 22 states are on alert for this huge winter storm. >> laurie: the situation is especially tense in the nation's capitol. they're just not prepared for this kind of thing, and they're still recovering from a clipper storm with even more extreme weather on the way. local10's lana zak live in washington now with the very latest for us. lana. >> reporter: hi, calvin and laurie. yes, exactly. we are going from just one inch snarling traffic earlier this week to now areduction of as much as 30 inches in our nation's capitol.

hour in washington, dc, these streets completely abandon non-nobody wants to be caught unprepared. the snow is already falling. blanketing north carolina where the panthers are practicing for the nfc championship gamee still scheduled for sunday. and in louisville, kentucky, a rare treat. >> five sledding hilts in our parks are u u and running if you want to get out and burn off some energy. >> reporter: but for all the wintery fun concern, too, with 70 million americans in path of extreme weather. the storm making its way north of 95 want least two more deaths from road accidents in north carolina. and the nation's capitol is in a lockdown. >> we have a forecast that i don't think we've had in 90 years. >> reporter: drivers asked to stay off the roads, the dc metro transportation system will be closed. >> by 3:00 today you need to be where you're going going to be throughout this storm. >> reporter: up to 30 inches of snow freaked here, 50-mile-an-hour winds, and the

in the new york area nearly 1800 snowplows are at the ready. >> stay off the roads. they wl not only be snow-filled and slip. there could be whiteout conditions literally meaning a driver cannot see what's happening in front of them. >> reporter: extreme conditions facing coastal communities. >> the delaware and jersey beaches, this will to be greatest test sce hurricane sandy sandy. >> reporter: this shows the monster snowstorm growing by the hour. and what is happening here in washington, dc, is affecting travel throughout the nation. more than 6,000 flights have already been cancelled for this weekend. we're talking more t tn 200,000 travelers potentially stranded as we are making our way into the heart of this very storm. reporting live from washington, lana zak for local10 news. back to you, kkk calvin and laurie. >> laurie: when is the worst expected to hit? >> reporter: we are currently in a blizza watch right now. that's going to continue until 6:60 a.m. tomorrow morning but

crazy re in dc in the coming hours, probably as soon as thesun starts to set here. we're looking at massive snowfall happening in the next couple of hours. >> calvin: wow. >> laurie: be careful out there. we will be watching every step of the way. >> calvin: the winter wallop causes flight problems here in south florida p at mia 6 6 flights have been cancelled with 41 have been delayed, and at fort lauderdale-hollywood international airport vive flights have been c ccelled, 110 have been delayed, and some of those delays have been as long asen hours. pack some patience. philly basically closing down its airport tomorrow. oh, my gosh. >> laurie: this is really the first winter mess that pele are dealing with around the country. we'll have more reports for you at 6:00. mean tomb, dramatic video from a hit-and-run that sent a woman right to the er and we have to warn you the video is graphic. you can see the victim trying to climb a chain link fence to keep the danger-she is suddenly sent flying. live report at 6:00.

fights back against an armed robber and it was all caught on camera here. you'll hear from her ahead at 5:30. >> laurie: first, we will introduce to you a man who really knows how to make things stick.

magnetic personality. laurie: take a look at this sight. this man makes his money pie sticking different object to his head. how do they stay there? sanela sabovic has moved to the newsroom to explain this one. >> sanela: laurie, it's one of the strangest things i have ever seen and most doctor don't know how to explain this medical anomaly that is hadding up to bic bucks for a man in illinois. this is not a joke. we are not pulling hur your leg. this man is f real. he's can head. >> and a full coke,nd it just sticks to your head? it. >> jussticks to me, to my whole body. >> why? >> they don'ty really know. >> sanela: one doctor told him it's because of his abnormally high body temperature. he is always at 100 degrees and that somehow turns his skin into pay total body suction cup. >> 23 years ago i shaved my head for the first time and i was at a ballgame. i was trying to cool my head down because it was a hot day, and all of a sudden they hit a home run.

it, and i'm like where'e' my drink? everybody was laughing becauau it was stuck to the back of my head. >> sanela: he was parlayed in urn ability tie worldwide fame. in china he set a record for being the greatest can head of all time andnde will soon member the book of world records. suddenly the money is rolling in. >> now it's turned into a business where i actually promote people's companies all the time, different companies just to wear their name on my answered are on the shirts. >> sanela: can head says he can make up to $1,000 a day and even $8,000 for a weekend of renting out his head and this reporter isn't faking it wheh he tries to pull this can of peanuts off jaime's dome. by the wayhe doesn't just latch onto bottles. >> it doesn have to be a can. >> a cell phone. >> this is the way i use hands-free. >> _anela: empty cans, full cans, bottles of vote caw, this can head is for real.

>> sanela: isn't that interesting? he can put anything flat on his head, even a credit card. >> calvin: so he walks into a store and some vodka sticks to the back of his head and he's accused of stealing. >> laurie: there you go. can head. that is the story of the day. thanks so much. >> calvin: all right. can head man. >> laurie: definitely helpful for the cell phone except you do not want to keep it close to your head. renting out his head p. that is too funny. >> calvin: he's hands-free. >> liane: just do not want t be his wife, betet. going to sleep ethics to him, 100 degrees. cann you imagine? >> betty: got to do what you got to do. >> calvin: you may need him this weekend in the mid-atlantic. >> betty: for us not quite out of the rainfall although it is starting to taper off in a few areas as that nish batch has gone out over the atlantic. meantime a lot better for the

from islamorada to marathon, we'll the stoppers will sight atlantic side. already tching this thin line of showers coming into mainland monroe into northwest mild county and then this expands into a bigger batch over broward county right now. so fort lauderdale, the leading edge of this starting to close in on you. coral springs, it is coming down. i'll give you some rainfall rates. we'll see how heavy it is. i don't think we're looking at an inch an hour, maybe 22/10 of an inch an hour but you know what? the rain is pretty persistent so that in itself more than a nuisance so there you have it, about 2/tennessee 210 of and we have to get more expansive rainfall out of thearea, and that's going to happen around 7:00 tonight, i think. but between now and 7:00 wet, certainly still wet because we've simply had so much rainfall. record rain out at fll today, 1.72 inches.

we won't rule out a stray passing shower but we shoulde transitioning to a west wind. it's just a matter of pushing the cold front through, and that has not happened yet. it's going to happen later tonight, though, overnight into saturday we get into a brisk wind from the west, and then saturday night winds become north westerly and chilly sarah air starts to slide down the peninsula and that knocks our temperatures down into the 40s for sunday morning. remember wednesday of this week when the forecast low and the actual low in miami came out tobe 52? that was the coldest so far this season. we're going to top that possibly sunday morning, so we do h he you are ready for the 40s with those winds flowing in from the northwest. tomorrow, though, it will at least be cooler than where we are today. we'll start the morning in the upper 50s, highs climbing toward the mid-60s. wednesday, out there, too, ouds and sun, becoming drier and drier and mainly sun by sunday. remember sunday morning it's going to be chilly as i

we start the innate 40s, highs in the low to mid-60s. make sure you tell a friend. we don't want anyone saying they didn't know it was going to turn this chilly and then the numbers get a little warmer beginning of next work/school week. >> calvin: we continue following late breaking developments in today's top story, a police officer ambush in miami gardens. >> laurie: new information is coming out about the convicted felon accused of shooting that officer.

6:00. winds gathered a fort myers high schoolast night to remember and honor one of the 12 marines killed in a helicopter crash off the coast of hawaii. 22-year-old corporal thomas jarredis a fort myers native was onboard one of those helicopters. after fiveedays of searching the marine corps officially changed the status of the missing marines to deceased yesterday. the search began last thursday

seeing a fireball in the sky. >> laurie: chaos in eastern europe caught on camera. dozens of protesters storm the parliame in to demand early elections after lawmakers voted prove a new pro european government. protesters pushed their way into the building's entrance but riot police blocked them from both any farther. seven police officers and three other people had to be treated for head injuries. >> calvin: we continue to follow new developments in. a miami gardens police officer ambushed on the job. >> laurie: jan ja has what's next at 5:30. >> janine: we're learning more about the man the police arsted after this morning's attack. we also have an update on how that officer is doing ahead in a life report. and a controversial redevelopment project could radically alt all the are the look of fort lauderdale beach. investigator bob norman is on the case. and we are seeing some heart-stopping video from a hit-and-run that sent a woman to

local10 news will be right back. >> janine: not a pretty way to end the week. the rain has been coming down auto day. this is a live picture from our hollywood beach cam where there are a few people that are out and about. >> calvin: and in shorts, but that's about to change because we'reoncerned about more than just the wet drops out the. >> janine: it turns out there is another cold blast coming this weekend. chief certified meteorologist elisabeth here with what we can expect. >> betty: plenty of ups and downs these days. for now we're tracking the right now doppler radar. thinning out but not quite over. this is the view over keys. a little line of showers on the gulf side.@ you can see some of those showers starting to roll over the lower keys but nothing compared to heavier storms of earlier. miami-dade, from miami to miccosukee on the drier side but then this bd of showers in northwest miami-dade, it, too, is g gng to make its way eastbound, so there could be some more passing showers for you, miami, even though you're in a lull right now. broward, you're active so you're on the end of the storms that's oriented toward the northeast

how this band is oriented, so the rain is coming down over us-1, fort lauderdale to hollywood, still some wet weather out there. weston, you're still in it. so there will be more showers creeping across broward tonight, and eventually we push that cold front through, and once we do that, we'll start toave more changes out there. but the bottom line on the forecast by 7:00 tonight less rain in the area. tomorrow a bsk west breeze, drier, cooler air coming in. by sunday morning still forecasting 40s. calvin. >> calvin: okay, betty, thanks. we continue to follow new development in our top sry, the ambush of a police officer in miami gardens. veteran officer david starling was shot this morning while on patrol. >> janine: and police say this is the man who attacked hip, and it was not david mejia's first run in with the law. >> calvin: officer mehm's patrol vehicle was sprayed with bullets but somehow he was able to alert other officers with his police radio. it appears starling was sit mapping his police vehicle at the time of the attack filling

the shooting happened near northwest 1 why you had athlete and northwest seventh parch the shooter tacking took off and the surety later crashed taking place at 1 injured street and throednd avenue. starling is expected to serve his injuries. as for mejia's criminal past, he was charged in an armed burglary back in 2009. he pleaded no contest and was sentenced to four years of probation. miami-dade gardens chief of police spoke out this morning to stop. >> the violence against police officers in this country must stop. the violence against children must stop.the violence against our community must stop. no one is exempt from violence. we suffer as a community. we can overcome this as a community. >> calvin: stay twos for continuing corvet officer ambush in miami gardens. balance of more live team

>> janine: now a alatest on that uber attack that has gone viral on social media. >> calvin: many are wondering y the young woman who attacked the uber driver isn't facing charges. our local10 news reporter shyann malone is here with why they still might be filed. >> shyann: she is not phrasinin any criminal charges but that is something that could change. i'll get to that soon. but, yes, this video has gone killer, people people are commenting about what's going to happen if anything to this g gl. we know she is note facing any jail time as of right now but we do know that he has been suspended from herob. she is a neurosurgeon, one of the most elite type of positions we know about, and hoe knew her getting into someone else's uber would jeopardize somethingg she's worked so hard to be. >> will you call 911,,, please. she's getting violent guys another case of is an uber driver getting attacked.d. >> shyann: as a a story making

anjali ramkissoon a four-year residents letting loose on an uber driver. >> yes,, seriously, yes. >> shyann: pushing be with kneeing, assaulting him, yet she walks away f free. miami-dade police department tells me there is no police report on file because the driver has not come forward with any formal complaint. the doc may not anybody trouble with the law but she has been suspended from the job, and the most will negative reviews on health grades.com, a website used to rate medical professionals aren't helping her retation much, either. one person writes in part "she wasserman schultz by far the rudeets neurologist i have ever seen." but another comment defends her "definitely the best doctor i have ever had. he she was very shor other so and caring. i would recommend her." the miami police department has come forward, saying there is no incident repor because that man has not come forward. he is not pressing any charges. therefore, they say this is simply to them a video that went viral.

any charges on their own. anas for the family, we knocked on their door. no one is answering. i did reach out to her sister. she is not commenting. she hung up on me, some of the behavior similar that was demonstrated the other night similar attitude. the family going through a lot. as for the uber driver, we tried to reach out to him as well. so far we have not heard anything back. reporting live in miami, shyann malone, local10 news at. >> janine: iestigative reporter bob norman looking into a redevelopment project that would radically change the look of fort lauderdale beach. here is his reporo. >> bob: you're looking haiar tis' rendering of the massive $400 million project on bahia bar boarded by two condo towers. >> they would be the largest on the beach by far and certainly amongst the tallest in the entire city. >> there are 600 public parking spaces that are going to be

intercoastal restaurants. >> bob: central beach alliance president john weaver said they support the plan which is set for a vote by the city commission on february 2nd. >> this is a game changer. >> bob: now more and more residents are@ opposing the project, saying it's give away the store to@ developers while shortchanging the public. >> we're becoming just like south beach which is exact whether i where we don't want to go. >> bob: city commissioner dean trantalis represents the beach ar, and he says residents are telling him the giant development is out of scale for the city-owned land meanto be used by the public. >> we're trying not to urbane fort lauderdale beach. we're trying to make at a user friend with fily friendly environment and not to be overshadowed by towering silos of structures that are glass and steel. >> bob: the planned building morehan three times the height currently allowed on that part of the beach. the upcoming hearing is expected to bring a large crowd, and the

the boat show as well. >> i'm not against the project. gist feel we can refashion to it make it work for our city. >> now it's up to the commission to decide does that make sense and it's uppo the developer to decide if there's another way to work things out. >> bob: on fort lauderdale beach, bob norman, local10 news. >> janine: and mayor jack seiler told bob today he is waiting to see more information on the project before he decides which way heal vote. >> calvin: the final report now out on the dozieschool for boys. researcher at the university of south florida submitted their report to governor and cabinet yesterday about the unmarked graves found at the reform school. the repairs are 51 boys have now been found, seven have been identified and be 14 more have presumed id dollars through artifacts, age and ancestry, but now the state must decide how to handle the nameless dozens of bodies that were also found. >> the poor kids, they weren't even honored in death let alone living.

of the legislature to say what needs saying, which is i'm very sorry. >> calvin: some are recommending a memorial and mausoleum on site but the state has not made a final decision. the state reform school was shut down in 2011 after allegations of decade of physical and sexual abuse, and even missing children. >> janine: now to the latest on the flint water crisis. a regional director with the environmental protection agency is stepping down in connection with the recent water woes. epa administrator susan hedeman whoo was in charge that of region that includes michigan will resign effective february 1st. and the calls for michigan governor rick snyder to resign, they are growing even louder. meanwhile, president obama says the federal government pledgege allegiance invest more money this year to help local gogornments improve their water systems. roughly y 0 million will go to michigan next week. >> calvin: a major recall alert for parents of young children today. recalling thousands of its car

cracking and breaking. thee recall includes 71,000 infant car seats starting with the be safe 35 model. the company is also recalling its be safe 35 elite model and its be safe travel system. the products were all manufactured between october 2014 and july 2015. >> janine: a rainy day causing some delays on the r rd sleets check in with local10 traffic reporter sanelaa sabovic. >> sanela: good afternoon, janine. the wrote are causing a nightmare here. weir lounge a a broward county hillsboro boulevard. it looks like a mark parking lot. let's so show you are our mapap hillsboro boulevard i-95 northbound. let's get you now to speed times hor clocking in at 24 miles per hour. not looking too good there. let's keep it now with i-95, another crash northbound at hallandale beach boulevard. we're still monitoring this one. one lane is blocked and it's causing some delays northbound.

35 miles per hour.you can take us-1 as an alternate if you do not want to navigate through these roadways. now let's get to youiami-dade county. on the dolphin expressway, 836, mike gallow waugh road one lawn is blocked due tie disabled clock. speed times clicking on 31 miles per hour. janine, calvin. >> calvin: thanks a lot, snell a. >> janine: still ahead, a woman is recovering after somehow surviving a hit-and-run, and the surveillance video is horrific. you can see that very many trying to climb a against to escape the danger before she is suddenly sent flying. a life report at 6:00. >> and a wild scene president front lob of thisondo building. coming up we'll tell how you this suv ended up in the pool. >> janine: plua brave convenience tore owner who fought back against an armed robber. >> calvin: a live picture are our mount sinai medical center camera in miami beach. yes, from the picture it really says everything here.

weave been dealing with for hours today, ts of rain, lots of roominess, it doesn't feel like friday. not fact lay beach day. betty will have your forecast

gentleme >> calvin: caught on camera here in massachusetts, a convenience store owner fights back against a robber, and wins, and now she's talking about her

>> he pointed a knife. he pointed a knife. >> calvin: that deadly weapon was inches away and mariaaldez didn't flinch. >> i grab it, and i smack him. >> calvin: her two foot long wooden club made contact. >> i'm not going to let this. he says, i don't want to get in trouble. i don't want to get in trouble. >> calvin: it was enough of a whack to scare him off. >> i love everybody. i'm mom. everybody's mom. >> calvin: she's been running selena's market for eight years now. and has learned to always be prepared. >> point a knife. he said, give me all the money you have in the cash register. >> calvin: when confronted with that threat inside selena's market. >> i've got thihi one. i have this one. >> calvin: she had just the defensive tool she need. >> he gave me anxiety last night. i went home. i can get some sleep. i have to wake up andnd pray, ask god to help me. >> calvin: her heaea still races watching that surveillance video.

thanks, god. >> calvin: and along with her own life,e,he feels she was defending a precious memory. >> i open this store in my daughter's name which passed away 13 years ago. i opened this place so i can hear selena a thousand times a day. >> calvin: thank to all of those surveillance cameras in the store, police say they have plenty of videoed and evidence other clues hashey search now for to that robbery suspect. >> janine: a wild scene in cambridge, massachusetts afteris aalet lost control of suv and ended up crashing into an jndoor pool. that valet told authorities that a rug went under his pedal sending the suv into you the building and in the pool. thankfully he landed in the shallow end. the water was only four feet deep and if valet was able to get out on his own. he was taken to the hospital with minor iuries. no charges, of course, filed. police say it was an accident. whoa! did you hear that?

windshield of this burning taxi blowing out. it happened on wednesday in quincy, massachusetts. the man who record they had video said he heard at least six plosions when this cab caught on fire. the 45 his elderly passenger, they able to get out unharmed. firefighters eventually showed up and put out that fire. >> calvin: take a look at this sinkhole that opened up alongside interstate 98 san diego yesterday. the hole is about 30 feet long and 20 feet deep. it forced the closure of several lanes yesterday, two lanes will remain closed through this afternoon as crews fill that sinkhole with con croat. what a shocking story from washington state where the owner of a consignmenthop is shaken after a man dropped off a bag of dresses at that stoto that also contained a kkk outfit. leona coakley opened her consignment store called ration to riches in redmond. rags to riches. she said a man came into her store and left a kkk rope and it

>> i didn't know what to do. it was so horrifying. >> if we close the store, they win, and i don't want to give them%any satisfaction. >> calvin: leona and her son shane called the redmond police officer and officers released a concept o man who brought in that kkk robe but so far he has not been found. >> janine: millions of americans are being wned to stay inside and off the roads as a huge winter storm hits the northeastern united states this weekend, and stores, they are running out of supplies as worried beam stock up on food and water and batteries before the weather gets worse. plenty of south philly residents, they are preparing but some people haveildly different ideas of what storm supplies means. >> i already hit the grocery store but, i mean, honestly when we're being truthful, the most important thing is wine and whiskey. >> i got a lot of bacon. almond milk. hot chocolate. >> janine: almond milk and bacon. it's a wide variety of foods

on another note, philly police, they are using drake's hotline bling video to warn motorists not to use traffic cones to save the parking shot that they shovelel out. they've added traffic cones to the video. i guess that's drake maybe with the little traffic cones? >> calvin: yes. >> janine: you can see the #nosavesies. so you can't save your traffic out. >> calvin: in philly you kno that traffic -- parking spots are hard to find. there you go. h@re's a life look now at the white house in dc, the nation's citol as it prepares for a major winter storm. we've been talking abo there. they will need to charge up their cell phonespbecause electricity might be an issue as that storm begins to move in, and i'm still stuck on the fact that it's really hard to believe that you have the most powerful man on the planet living in dc but yet they cannot clear the snow. >> janine: couple couple of inches and there is gridlock. >> calvin: oh, my gosh.

all this stuff going on. >> janine: it's true. i know. >> betty: after this weekend they may budget for that. they may just have to this. a lot of snow anticipated there. rain has been the story for us. rain-cooled still in fort lauderdale and miami, in the upper 60s, winds from the south-southwest out at mia. that lets us know the cold front certainly has not cleared our area. but the upside to the forecast, it's going to become less rainy through the evening, although it's still pretty document there, isn't it? we are looking at our last little -- preeti damp. we are looking our last line of showers right now. you are see some of those showers cross 10 muddle keys moving toward marathon. eventually those head out to the atlantic side. then this batch coming into northwest miami-dade. eventually this is goingo close in on the turnpike and then more rainfall around broward and are it is more concentrated between weston, coral springs, also fort lauderdale. infall rates have not been tremendous. we'll check out one or two infall rates to give you an idea of what we're contending

at this point it's more of a nuisance than anything else, under 2/10 of an inch an hour as we check things out for a lot of broward over the sawgrass expressway, plenty o wet weather 1 but that all has to sweep eastbound ahead of the cold front, and it will continue to do so over the next hour or so, and this is what the blizzard looks like, by the way, on the radar imagery out of the mid-atlantic. there's freezing rain in raleleh. a wintery mix in charlotte. and then, of course, the snow in washington, dc. back here at home we're going to catch the tail end ofhe system, the cold front that comes across later tonight, andin its wake we're going to be left with a brisk west wind starting on saturday, about 25 to 30 miles an hr if you have interests out over the waters, not ideal boating conditions. gale warning for tomorrow. small craft advisory. seas off miami-dade and broward running about six to ten fee maybe a little higher than that at times behind that cold front really chilly air spilling down toward the gulf coast.

freezing line or 32-degree line makes it, almost bumping into north florida. that lets us know once we get in that northwest wind saturday night on its going to be on. that cold aur filters all the way into south florida. wake-up temperatures on sunday, low 40s. for tomorrow, though, we're going to start the day a lull closer to 60 around 6:00 in the morning. and then highs climb toward the mid had to upper 60s during the day with wendnd conditions. then saturday night when you're out your boyfriend, girlfriend, maybe living s sgle life, it's going to get chill out there and sunday morning it's going to be in the 40s. highs making it into the mid-60 and a little warmer each and every day next week. >> calvin: if you love sir aceh you no longer of to lunge around a clink bottle of hot chili pops a new single serving packet has

ciracah, now you can take it anywhere you go. >> janine: oh, good. now you can burn your mouth everywhere. some people love it, i guess. hey, good! >> calvin: keep the water handy. >> janine: a little spice in your life. >> calvin: a busy from it in local10 newsroom. here are somomof the stories we're working for you coming up at 6:00. we are seeing graphic surveillance video of a hit-and-run crash that nearly turned deadly. >> janine: we have more live team coverage on m mmi gardens police officers who was ambush today and the plan police say pulled the crigger trigger. >> calvin: and local10 is live in haiti withoday's big story, sunday's presidential election

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>> janine: you could say pope francis has been engaging in some tech diplomacy. he said a private meeting today with apple ceo tim cook county vatican city. no word on whathey talked about but afterwards the pope repopoedly called modern forms of communication, quote, a gift from god. the pope m with former google ceo eric schmidt last week. and take a look at these amazing images captured by nasa's hubble telescope. nasa says thisp diamond-like cluster young stars which astromers of nailed trumler 15, it's only abo 500,000 yours old, it includes some of the brightest stars in the milky way. and now to this. four young people from new zealand behaving very balad. they led police on a chase until they fopped the road blocked by a huge flock of sheep. police say they're lick they didn't run off the road.

14-year-old boy and a girl are now facing charges for that police chase and for the theft for the original crime of not marrying gassing up their car. those sheep deserve a commencation dation, i think. that's going to get oul for local10 news at 5:30 calvin and laurie are back with the ns at 6:00. >> laurie: right now 6:00 officer ambushed. a police officer survives after a shower of bullets target his police car. >> calvin: the suspect caught thanks to that officer's quick action. now the fbi is covering this. team coverage on every agency of this telling story. >> betty: your weather authority health you know when the rain moves out and the old cold aur moves in. >> laurie: also a haiti's runoff election caulfield again. >> calvin: and caught on camera here, a crash. a victim sent flying into the air when a car slams into sidewalk. the news at 6:00 starts now. realtime closed captioning perford by u.s. captioning company >> calvin: officer ambushed. the latest attack on law enforcement happening here in

>> i must say that the violence against police officers in this countryy must stop. >> calvin: a miami gardens police officer targeted. >> and i heard a bang, and that was the accident. >> calvin: the gunman chased and taken town t tight. the fbi joining the ininstigation as that officer recovers in the hospital. >> laurie:hat miami gardens police officer thankfully is going to be okay. >> calvin: but anything could have happened when his suv was shot up in a parking lot this morning. tonight we have team coverage for you. derek shore is live at the hospital where tha officer is recovering. todd tongen has more now on the suspect, and the fbi's investigation. >> laurie: and we begin with amy viteri. she's live at the scene where all this started. amy. >> amy: laurie and calvin 1 an offifir writing up a routine report in this parking lot this morning, that'shat investigators investigators say has was happening at 8:00 a.m. when a man pulled up and ambushed officer david starling right here in this parking lot. in fact, if you zoom in you can

tinted glass from his cruiser is here on the ground, and tonight