car tells his side of the story. >out of the hospital, the officer ambushed on duty. ouou cameras there as he was wheeled out. a robber is s the run after a rob holds up a 7-11. you can help c`tch the criminal. your weather authority has the forecast you need to hear straight ahead. hey, good morning, south florida. i'm eric yutzy. >> i'm jacey birch. it's wednesday. we'll get to all those stories in just a moment but you're going to notice a big change in the weather starting today. >> with that comes the rain you'veeen promising and here it is. >> indeed it is parts of broward getting soaked first. you'll see your fair share of showers. temperatures are in the mid 70s. this is 14 degrees above where we should be this time of year. culprit souththst wind pumping in the warm air and humidity. the storms roll in from the west.

anywhere from 11 to 20 mileper hour moving this camera around. kids will need the rain gear. make sure they are prepared for what will be a wet day at times. we're only expecting our high today to reach the mid to upper 90s because of the blanketed cloud cover. we are going to see a good chance of shower and thunderstorm actitity throughout today. once we get through the morning though, we are pecting most of the rain over coral springs, 441, the turnpike, pompano beach, i-95, 595 getting a little bit of rain. the worst is to the west of us and will be headed our way throughout broward and miami-dade. once this rain does move out, we do have better news once we get into the weekend. i'll have all the details in the forecasas hi, constance. >> hi, julie. our express lanes were closed back up. those were those express lanes and reaely no major issues as of yet. we're accident-free in both counties but in

have reports of some road debris on the airport express west-bound at u.s.-27, okeechobee road. no delays with this one but we're hearing there's a construction cone out there thatt could slow you down. those speeds at 1 miles per hour. we do have construction& crews especially on the i, talking about i-95 northbound it looks like this is near north miami where we're seeing those slowdowns this morning. obviously the red indicates a slowdown. we had reports of about three lanes of traffic blocked. hopefully they a a going to be opening them back up. speeds 12 to 13 miles per hour. i was scared jus to jump out of the car. >> new ts morning a d.w.i. crash arrest. the accused driver spoke before he was taken into custody. he allegedly caused a multi-car crash with a police officer in mime. that's where we find sanela sabovic live with what else the driver

to openly. >>reporter: good morning, jacey and eric. yeah, that drir did speak to local 10. he was visibly nervous. he said he was upset. he says he doesn't remember too much of his crash scene. you're looking at 33-year-old david marini. police say he caused a six car pileup along southwest eighth street and 32nd avenue tuesday night. they say he was headed stbound on southwest eighth street when he lost control of his car, swerving into oncoming traffic, slamming into veral cars including a miami-dade police cruiser. marini says that his brakes malfufutioned. >> it wouldn't work. i had to push it all the way down to work and right here it@wouldn't work. >>reporter: you could see remnants of that crash right there along southwest eighth street. now only one drive and the officer were taken to the hospital. that officer sustained

and hand. as far as marini is concerned, he's facing a d.w.i. charge. sanela sabovic, local 10 news. this morning the miami gardens police officer shot last week is out of the hospital and we were there as he was released from aventura hospital yesterday. he was ambushed while writing up a crash report. a man inside that s.u.v. started firing shots. this happened near northwest 1883rd street and seventh avenue. he is facing charges including attempted murder of a law enforcement officer. new this morning the miami police union's president is apologizing to a judge after saying he was angry that the man accused of stabbing a police officer at magic city casino was given bond. jose lopez is charged attempted murder of a law enforcement officer and was granted20,000 bond after last week's attack. t union president

was too low and sent a scathing letter to miami circumstance the court judge mindy blazeze he later sent a letter apolizing. aefendant can post and be released without appearing before a judge. ortiz later released a letter saying he made the statement after getting information confirmed from police so those involved could apologize to her. he maintains the suspect should not be able to walk free. a tribute for a federal ent killed in a hit and run crash. that is a police esct transporting the agent to theheedical examiner's office on tuesday morning. and then a second procession where that agent's body was moved once again to a cemetery. sky 10 showing us that procession moving along the turnpike. traffic temporary will

agent's pod was moved to wood lawn park south. that agent died on sunday. he and another ice agent reportedly hit while trying to flag down a cab.the 21-year-old arrested after police say she struck those agents and then drove off. now that that agent has died, she will likely be facing more serious arges. caught on camera, police want you to take a look at the man who walked into the 7-11 on eighth street on sunday. he handed a note to the clerk saying he wasas armed and demanded money. he was last seen wearing a gray hooded jacket, sweat pants and sunglasses. there's a search for a bank robber struck in miramar. he robbed the chase bank branch along palm avenue and miramar parkway on tuesday morning. the man last seen wearing this brown sweater, khaki pants and a brown babee cap. a different robber got away in a white car.

the teller's window saying he had a bomb.that man wearing a large straw landscaping hat. if you have any information on him, call police. anotheheround of changes expected to make travel and trade with cuba eier will go into effect today. under these new regulations, cuba will no longer be required to pay with imports of cash. changes were made in air travel as well allowing for airline co-sharing and the opportunity for leasing deals with cuban airlines. another regulation clears away for americans to travel to cuba for business, art tick or humanitarian reasons asell as athletic competitions. critics say the big winner in this is the castro government. preparations under way for the pope's five day tour to mexico.

songs they will perform for pope francis during a mass held on the 18th. he will give a mass in a border city so people in el paso, texas will be able to hear it. the trip expected to draw hundreds of thousand to see both cities. now so-call affluenza teen is headed back to the u.s. ethan couch has dropped an appeal against deportation and will return in the next few days. when couch is back in the u.s. he will be facing charges. a picture showed him allegedly drinking which is a probation violation. president obama calling on national health leaders to step up and speed up their research on how to treat the zika virus. health officials suspect it's linked to a wave of birth defects in brazil. they urge expecting

from countries where there are infection. new overnight, two m@n killed, three other injured during a shooting at a seattle homeless camp. police say a woman is in critical condition, another in serious condition. two people of interest are helds part of the case. developing now one person is dead, seven others have been arrested all near an oregon rev huge that's been the center of a three-week standoff. you may remember earlier this month am mond bundy took over the dispute. bundy was among those arrested. an outspoken member of the group, he was once interviewed and said he was willing to die for his cause. agents say he refused to surrender and that's when shots were fired. it's unclear how many people are left in that refuge. six cleveland police

fired after their involvement in a shooting that left two people dead. this shooting all started with a high-speed chase sparkedby a backfiring car which the officers say led them to believe they were being shot at. in the end37 shots were fired in that vehicle. two unarmed vehicles inside were killed. coming up out of hiding, the south florida doctor caught on camera attacking an uber driver. now she's speaking out. 're going to show you her side of the story at 5:30. people going nuts over chicken nuggets. he said the guy who tweeted it is a social experiment that blew up. high schoolers on potty patrol. e outrage growing this morning. why these teens have tobe escorted to the restroom. that's next. as the teens are getting ready for school, make sure they have the rain gear. currently getting soaked over northern broward,

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28 degrees. we are going to see the convergence of a lot of moisture over south orida due to the instability in the atmosphere. a front just to the northnd an area of low pressure developing just to the west. satellite and radar composite showing cloudy skies if those clouds precipitation falling, moderate to heavy rain over boca raton, over u.s.-1, i-95, the turnpike, sawgrass expressway. the worst of the weather still just west of 75 and that's going to head towards the northeast. so alligator alley right over weston and in towards miramar could deal with showers and storms. a line of showers developing over the eastern parts of mexico. so all of these showers and storms will target parts of south florida. the timing is on and off. not everybody will deal with the rain at one time so keep that in mind. this area of low pressure will continue to ride along the cold front. in the mid to upper levels of the atmosphere

that's why we're keeping a good chance of some showers and storms throughout the day. the breeze will continue as well. that's he elevating the risk of rip current for you beach-goers. not a great day to head to the beach to do any boating anyway. the leadidi edge of the front still needs to push through south florida. that won't happen until thursday night and into friday. we do want to remind you we have the marginal possibility of heavy rain and a few storms. highs today will be in the upper 70s. it will be a wet, stormy day. we'll do it again thursday. rain will start to taper off by friday morning. we'll have a beautiful friday afternoon and cooler weekend as lows will be back into the 50s by sunday. hi, constance. >> hi, everyone. construction crews still out. here's a live look off of griffin road. it's really dark and early but i can promise you crews are out there. there were reports of

right at griffin. agai this is all part of a long-term construction plan so no@ major surprise there. if you live off of i-75 use caution if you're out early this morning. we're still accident-free in both counties. we're now seeing delays west-bound at the airport expressway at u.s.-27. that's where we have reports of some construction cones there just blocking the roadway. use caution. finally i want to show you where we have reports of slowdowns. it does look like it's right by the turn pike. you can see that rai coming in. that's not looking good. right at the turnpike where it meets at the dolphin expressway, it looks like we're having issues just north of that location. quickly checking our travel speeds this morning, if you are traveling north o o the turnpike just past the dolphin you're going tl see speeds clocking in at 15 miles per hour. florida fish and wildlife says their latest python challenge has netted 61 snakes but they certainly want more huntnts to get involved

they sent us video of one of the catches to show us what the hunt is like. prizes are given for the most pythons captured as well as the longest snakes caught. the challenge runs through valentine's day. from finding snakes to chicken nuggets, the high schooler suddenly famous at school this morning, he post aid tweet about chicken nuggets and people went

we'll explain. welcome back. weight watchers gaining while oprah winfrey losing. within free just bought a 10% stake in the company in october. even though shares are

21% from a year ago. >>reporter: in today's tech bytes, how far would you go to lower your new cell phone bill. ads on your devices screens sometimes of you unlock the phone. in run customers w wl get $5 credit each month. it'snly available for ananoid. there's a brand new y to share your go-pro. users will be able to live stream their adventures. >> the new feature is expected to be on display this wee for coverage of the x-games. uber has an unique kn way to deal with drunk passengers. >> a hasbro toy called bop-it in the back seat so it's a way to distract passengers. >> or just be nice. >> that always works. >> those are your tech bytes. >> have a great day, everyone. a tweet p chicken nuggets. it went viral. it's a local teen who

and now he says the whole thing is just a cial experiment. he claimed he quit burger king last month, took all of their nuggets. while he says he made the whole thing up, his tweet went viral. he says the reason proof our culture has become obsessed with social media. >> what everyone is doing right now is just following whatever trends they see and having no individuality. >> the h he said none of the media outlets who ran the story didn't get in touch with him to see if it's true. coming up next find out why this nine-year-old has so many tear to see shred

going to do monday? >> what? >> we're going to see donald trump in person in new hampshire. >> are you serious? >> oh, boy. presidential elections are usually nothat get nine year olds excited? >> but this young lady, ava lovely, seeing donald trump in person brought tears to her eyes. >> thank you, mom. >> ava's parents say she dragged him to his rally, not the other way arounu. she even got him to sign her trump is number one poster. >> where is the boy bands when you need them, sesame street. >> nine-year-olds you never know what they will like. a d.w.i. arrest made in a multi-vehicle crash involving a police officer. david marini was the one driving under the influence, lost control of his car, swerve mood on-coming traffic.

has now turned deadly, one of the protestors shot and killed while agents arrested three people. it started with a trfic stop when protestors refused to surrender. the miami police officer ambushed last week is now in the hospital. david starlightning -- arling when he was just getting going. you see how shaky that cameraa is behind us. >> the wind's blowing. >> julie will be talking about the wind, the rain and warmer temperatu. constance is going to

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one and only exclusive, she's out of hiding. the miami doctor accused of attacking an uber doctor is now out of hiding. and a shakeup in vote 2016. the donald is dumping the final g.o.p. debates. why he refuse to see participate right before the iowa caucus. hey, south florida. i'm eric yutzy. >> i'm jacey birch. we have to get straight over to weather authority meteorologist julie durda because, look at this, the winds are whipping already, julie. >> indeed it is. embedded thunderstorms moving into alligator alley headed our way. get ready for a v vy wet wednesday. currently temperatures are in the mid 70s. 14 degrees above where we should be this time of year. we're going to move off that camera because it is downright windy across parts of south florida.

reported in the 20s and 30s already this morning. grab the rain gear, storms will be around through the morning and into the afternoonon unsettled weather pattern moving in from the gulf of mexico. thth worst of the their right now over south central portions off collier county. there's a tornado warning in effect until 5:45. the reason i'm mentioning this, it's still west of us but all of this is headed our way. the instability is well established with wind in place. those are all the ingredients i need to watch for you to make sure you get out of your house safely this morning. currently we're seeing a break from the rain. lots of rain jt to the west of us will eventually be headed your way. rain over portions of weston, pembroke pines, miramar,r,ll of this will be headed towards the coast. lots to talk about this morning. i'll have it. when you're busy, i'm goingo be busy. good morning, everyone. right now the roadways

a live look at i-95 and 135th street. we had three lanes of traffic blocked earlier this morning on the i, but that has since cleared up. the only thing we're watching is that road debris, the construction cones off the airport expressway northbound and own o o road. let's cruise on up to broward county, 595 eastbound. if you're starting at i-75 maybe you're head to the airport or heading to the beach. your average speed about 56 miles per hour. >> constance, thank you. new for you this morning, a d.u.i. crash arrest. officers taking the man into custody after he allegedly accused a multi-car crash. before he was taken away, 33-year-old davav marini he spoke to us at local 10 news telling us exactly what he had here. sanela sabovic hak more on what he had to say. >>reporter: a half a dozen cars including a miami-dade police cruiser all crashed and mangled

police say this mana 33-year-old david marini caused it all. hepoke to local 10 right before he was arrested on a d.u.i. charge, not really remembering the crash. >> i was scared. the car flipped offend and i don't know if it rolled over. i don't remember. i jumped out. >> he also said something was wrong with the chevy malibu he was driving. >> i couldn't stop. >> when it rolled over and came out. >> police a marini hit several cars when it stopped including a police cruiser. >> the vehicle that caused the accident was traveling eastbound on southwest eighth street, apparently lost control@ of the vehicle going into oncoming traffic clipping several cars and causing one of it to go on its side. finally coming to a rt on its side. >> the driver of a honda

were taken to the hospital. popoce say the officer sustained a hand and wrist injury. >> i was really scared, really scared and nervous. i panicked a lot. i can't believe i'm still here. >> sanela sabovic reporting. a short time ago marini was booked. he's facing charges including d.u.i. and reckless driving. two women sent to the hospital after being shot in miami. those two victims who are 63ears owed and 27 years old, they were taken to the hospital. right now their condition isn't known. we'll looking for updates and we'll bring them to yoas soon as we get them. out of hiding, the doctor caught on camera attacking an uber driver. the doctor right now headed to new york city to give a live interview to "good morning america." she is still suspended from work at jackson memorial hospital. that's where we find benn kennedy live with a

made head lines. >>reporter: odds are you've seen that video where she flat-out lost it on theber driver. you won't find her here behind me at jackson memorial hospital asshe is now live on "good morning america" in a couple hours. taking in a view from her miami artment, dr. anjali ramkissoon is ady to tell her side of the story after her violent outburst made national head line. >> call 911. >>reporter: she was caught on camera in a chaotic confrontation with an uber driver in brickle. it's a video that went viral and got the fourth year neurology resident susuended. >> i'm a five foot girl that weighs 100 pounds. i'm getting really belligerent. >> i had bruises all over me. holy [bleep] >>reporter: it's reported the uber driver was there to pick up

she demanded to be driven instead. an abc news crew was inside her home before she went to the interview as she prepares to talk live on "good morning america." the uber driver involved in this case did not press charges so there will not be an investigation but stay with us right here live on local 10 as she prepares to talk on "good morning america." reporting live in america, ben kennedy, local 10 news. now to a safety alert you n%fd to know about. a child missing in the palm coast, he may be with a wanted man. he was an inmate, cut off his ankle monitoringd device and disappeared on friday while at work. if you see the you are urged to give police a caca. >> mayday, mayday, mayday.

we are sinking. >> a luxury yacht with 13 people on board started taking on water near lauderdale-by-the-sea. that yacht long gone, now sitting at the bottom of the ocean. the captain and six member crew of the serena three were on their way to the bahamas when the boat started sinking. >> we saw the water inside the boat andnd everything was so fast. >> the coast guard believes the sunken yacht may have hit sea floor. they are still investigating what caused it to sink. let's see how much money fox is going to make on the debate without me. >> where we raise money for the v verans and the wounded warriors. >> donald trump shaking up the republican campaign once again. this time he says he will not take part in tomorrow night's debate on fox news. it is the last one

caucuses. the network issued a statement. trump fired back calling that statement a pathetic attempt to build up ratings. trump stays with 41% support among republicans. rounding out the cnn poll, senator marco rubio with 8% and ben carson at 6%. on the democratic side, hillary clinton is topping her nearest rival bernie sanders. clip's lead now smaller than it's been since the field narrowed to threecandidates. local 10 news reporter glenna millberg, she will be live in iowa as we continue to count on the vote 2016. watch her report from iowa right here on local 10. u.s. customs agents arrested a man who tried to smuggle live bird in his country by hide them in his pants. officers say he was

fanny pack and three more in his groin area. the birds were turned over to the department of agriculture for quarantine. the sunshine state is also known as@the capital for lightning strikes. one couple making an effort to keep their students safe. find out h h next. look at the panthers' win purchase going to know an all-star break. this is what a kinkajou looks and sounds like. this is what a 99-year-old woman in miami woke up to find in her house. this thingasn't just roaming the halls. how thi video helped them lure it out here

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they want to make sure no other families have to experience what they are dealing with. they are donating lilitning detecters to schools all across florida to say thank you. the christian school holing a special chapel yesterday in their honor. >> having a still to come like this, there's no guesswork. when there is lightning striking within the vicinity of that campus, that alarm is going to go off. everyone is going to get off the field, seek shelter. >> so far the couple has installed 25 detecters. public schools are covered by state funds. >> we need more of that all across thehe state definitely especially because of the strong storms we've been having dueo el nino. you notice the storms have strongew than normal. it's because of the heat and humidity ahead of the systems that he been moving in. the clash of the two air masses provide for the instab bill in the atmosphere and especially with the wind.. look at that, our winds already moving in at 20 les an hour for

miami and 11 le per hour wind in key west. wind gusts stronger but you'll notice the winds are the warm air connection. we're 14 degrees above what's going on this time of year in miami. 75 in homestead.look at these wind gusts reported in the 20s up and down the key west, ft. lauderdale. these are providing for dangerous risks of rip currents today and going into tomorrow and also some very rough sea for you boaters. stay out of the water. it's not going to be an ideal day anyway. here's what's going on. satellite and radar composites. we saw that tornado warning in effect for three more minutes. the reason i'm showing you this, again, it is well west of us but this line of shower and thunderstorm activity will be headed towards the northeast. if the rotation holds, if that instability in the wind profile holds, there will be the

storms headed our way. one thing that's going to keep you safe from the rain is the rain gear. yoyo need it already over portions of coral spring, sawgrass expressway over 441, the turnpike. light to moderate rain stretching into hollywood, aventura. but you can see down by the keys the only shower we're seeing is right over key west. here's the setup. we are expecting these showers and storms to move in from the northeast tohe southwest all ahead of e cold front. we have moisture at the surface and plenty of moisture in the mid to upper levels of the atmosphere. that's going to keep us saturated today. stormy at times, breezy conditions. we'll continue this forecast going into tomorrow until this front clears south florida which won't happen until friday morning.

damaging winds. can't rule out a tornado as our friend to the west are dealing with already. make sure you have the rain gear. otherwise by friday we'll dry out. beautiful weekend. we are accident-free. not quite sure how long that's going to last since we got this, some rain right over there. we've got that integrated system where we have weather and traffic data together. at this point we are accident-free. a live look here at i-95. we're seeing our traffic sweep looking pretty good. slow at 17 miles per hour. >>reporter: good morning, everybody. i'clay ferraro with your local 10 morning sports wrap. let's start on the court with the heat and nets in brooklyn. sometimes you need a little luck. look at this. give credit to justise winslow for the bucket though. heat down sevenn the second. chris bosh, how did he get this one to go with his right hand? unbelievable. that cuts the lead to two. then in the third

going to have a five point lead when dwayne wade picks up the steal and maybe the easiest two pois in his life. get out of your seats for this one, gerald green. the nets would close the gap in the fourth quarter though. that's when wade goes to work again. luol deng gets it to go in the foul it. wade just breaking ankles on his way to another smooth jumper. 27 point for him. the heat's second road win in as many nights. >> this is me, you know, and, as i said earlier in the season, this is me playing healthy. my body's notp going to do some of the things. every time i do

to be a f fe-throw. >> i want to say jack, daddy loves you. i'll be home soon. how about the panthers taking on the maple leafs. must have liked that new six year contract extension he just got. ties the gameep at one and later on it's going to be vincent giving the cats the lead for good right there. they win this by a final score of 5-1 in their last game before the all-star break. the hurricane football schedule is out and take a look at october. talk about a tough stretch. they played five games including florida state. and then notre dam got the complete schedule on our website local10.com. former canes coach al gololn may soon have a new job. he is in line for a job as a dallas cowboys assistant. the capes fired gold in midseason after a humiliating loss to clemson. i'm clay ferraro and that's your local 10

in the middle of the night an elderly woman sound asleep wakes up to a frightening yet fascinate willing site. >> erica rakow live is explain what is coming up next. >>reporter: a 99-year-old woman, an exotic animal, 2:00 in the morning, a cuddle session. put this all together and we've got a crazy story coming up with this kinkajou.u.

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she's a great dog. i'm here with christine but i'm in love with this one. stunning. >> this is a pitbull-greyhound mix found on the streets with her mom fiona. she's a beautiful, sweet dog which is unfortunate that some of these dogs have such a bad reputation. >> look at that face. abandoned pet rescue willll find your perfect match. all have you to do is check them out right now on our website local10.com. look right there. you can just surf all day. i'll work on finding your favorite pet. this is roll. take the treat. i'll get you a home. see what i do for these guys? i love it, i love it. i do. first on ten a fascinating find, an elderly woman wakes up to find an exotic woman

her chest. >> so how did it end up here in south florida? local 10 news reporter erica rakow is live in south miami to explain. i know i'm the animal advocate but i am getting a kick out of this story. how did it all happen? >> it ended up in south florida because someone here owns it. you can have a special permit to own one. we know it escaped from its owner about a week ago. i'm here to show what you a kinkajou looks like and sound like. if you imagine waking up to find this thing on your chest at 2:00 in the morning. it was lured out of this woman's home and brought here to southwest daddy animal hospital. >>reporter: this creepy crawler stumped the woman living inside. >> they sent me photos. >>reporter: kathy, a family friend, raced over and realized

friendie kinkajou. >> i googled kinkajou sounds and found the video. >>reporter: but the attic is not where this kinkajou was first discovered. it was a nightmare literally for the woman who lives here. >> 99-year-old woman is sound asleep. she feels something. she wakes up and this kinkajou, this furry, big animal is curled up asleep on her chest. >>reporter: the woman and animal both screamed. the frightened critter ran fast up into the attic. cacalie was eventually able to coax it out. >> i took it out. >> you weren't scared at all. >> no, but i have respect for it. >>reporter: kinkajous are nocturnal and rarely make it out of south america. >> you rarely hear about them because they don't

>>reporter: the doctor said this woman is lucky it was a pet and was domesticated. it's rightful opener should be here this morning to pick it up. >> oh, my goodness. >> do you like simba and jagger sleep on your chest? >> simba and jagger can do whateverhey want. >> erica rakow thank so much. we'll check in with you a little bit later on today. a new look at a police-involved shooting involving a teenager. the confrontation between the two is all caught on autonomy. a police officer injured in a crash. the person who allegedly caused it behind bars. you will hear from that

hauled off to traffic stop quickly turning violent near orlando. an officer caught shot shooting at teens as he tried to get away. the 17-year-old behind

wasn't going down without a fight. turns out the car was stolen. when the teen tried to drive off, the officer fired his weapon. >> everything happened so fast. i juzt froze, went in a state of shock because i wasnsn expect him to pull out guns and open fire. >> during that shooting the driver was struck in the shoulder before being arrested. two other passengers who were in the car managed to get away. police in ohio are putting their lives on the line after a getaway van catches fire. a teen girl pulled up about a man who pulled up and asked him to help her find his dog. police rescued the man and when i dog but charges are now pending. and a video of a south carolina toddler's nighttime ritual is making the rounds. >> it caught the two-year-old girl saying her prayers alone b bore ending with a big amen.

>> my daddy and my mommy >> her parents say -- >> amen. >> there it is. can i get an amen. they rushed their usual bed time prayers because they wanted to watch football. the video has been shared thousands of times. >> can you imagine a two-year-old. >> they love those routines. >> can we get an amen on that? >> yes. now to a crash that send a driver on a collision course with a cruiser. >> the driver is behind bars. before he was halled off to jail, h spoke to our cameras. >> she was caught on camera berating an uber driver but this morning she's out of hide and talking to gma.

exclusive interview new for you this morning, an arrest made after a two-car crash. details of how an officer was hurt in this mess. developing overnight, standoff shoot-out. a person killed after a week's long standoff in organization. tracking the wet start to you wednesday. how it's going to affect your commute today. baby backups, a newborn's arrival causing a traffic nightmare on one of america's busiest highways.