drivers. a man and his brother busted after purchases thousands of dollars of merchandise on stolen credit cardsful when they moved in to make the arrest they found a large stash of marijuana and cocaine as well. and special warning for pregnant women as virusakes its way from south america to america. two cases of mosquito-borne zika virus in miami-dade county. it's not treatable.

birth detectctes. > bernie sanders surges to 60 percent and donald trump pix up a key endorser. and it had been our big traffic story. all lanes shut down for more% than three hours. finally the right lane has been open. hello, again. we are loong at i-95 sosohbound headed to the the street and 103rd, crawl much of the way from the golden glades to downtown miami onto the palmetto expressway, the big curve southbound traffic is closest to you, palmetto

to 103rd and bird road up to the dolphin. reno grant. 7 traffic. let's check in with steven j. grey. >> traffic reporter: good mornin looking at better ride in broward county. we are seeing southbound congestion on i-95 approaching cypress creek, heading to work this morning on 595, a little bit of eastbound slow down approaching the ramp that takes you to i-95. we are getting word of a rollover and we're abobo to check it out on commercial boulevard. live from 7 skyforce, we'll check traffic again right here in less than 15 minutes. on this wednesday morning we e nice an dry an not going to be talking about rain until friday. as for as temperature reings, they are still in the 50s 5shg 3

seeing more sunshine and the wind will start to swing around and this will be a sign that conditions are gong to warm up as we go into tonight and tomorrow. wind gusts at 22 miles an hour and at least until this afternoon. the big view is showing a storm system setting up shop around the upper midwest in the gulf coast states and will be approaching our area o friday. this afternoon will be nice and. and we could see storms ahead of the front that will clear out throughout the day. it will be nice an dry on saturdayay the chilly weather returns on

that's your 7 on 7 forecast. fch ever fp winter weather in nebraska causing more accidents than police officer. there were so many accidents in omaha that cops stopped responding to crashes that didn't involve injuries they told drivers to just exchange info. more than 100 city trucks have been hard at work plowing an salting. heavy snow causing accidents on missouri roads two others seriously injured after being thrown from a truck on weather-related accident. and pennsylvania pounded by the snow blanketedn snow t. forecasters of lake erie could see up to two feet of snow an others could expect to see about

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investigative reporter carmel cafiero broke the story and is back on the case. i caught up with him he was concerned about credit management company. you didn't takak advantage of these people?

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>> and creditors were calling everer day. what happened as a result of the mispayment for two month, all of the interest rates went back up. >> even as far as way as hawaii. lor r re said they deducted money from her father's checking account and stopped paying creditors. she spoke with us through video chat from honolulu. >> and i did explain the situation to the creditor and they understand collecting money. >> reporter: and she's not alone. a cascade of complaints tells similar stories. they have cop operated with authorities and blamed it on

>> they had a manager that's what we would have raised had this case gone to traffic. >> carmel cafiero, 7 news. and consumer who is already filedomplaints will be contacted by the attorney general's office. those who have not are asked to do so by the end of the month. we have more information on how to do that at miami international airport. if there's something you think carmel should investigate, give her a call, e-mail or tweet her. and still ahead on today in florida. we will get a final check on traffic andweather. plus, the planets align and

spectacle in the sky. sky watchers get your tetescopes out. they also say it's the first time in more than ten years rhat all five have appeared together in the pre-dawn sky. if you need help on where to look, check out the u.s. naval observery pages.

can help as well. pulling and pulling an a vehicle that was rolled over on its side. an minor eastt bound delay on approach. an we are seeing southbound congestion on o 95 approaching our camera here headed out on i-95, approaching i-95 and some delays south on i-95 to the southern end. what's going on with 305 miami-dade county? >> we are looking at nthwest 135th street working its way towards the top of the street. we have vehicle that's just

delays stretching all the way to the 112, 195. let's check out i5 the julia tuttle causeway, westbound traffic coming towards you until about 8:30 this morning, all lanes were blocked off. a single right lane getting by between miami beach an mime mile, moving onto the palmetto expressw,ay the big curve, the southbound traffic closest to you, southbound delays from the big curve to 103rd, northbound 826, very slow go from bird road up to the dolphin, accident free eastbound 836 delays from 107th avenue to 27th avenue. reno gran. have a great day, 7 news today in florida continues. we are wakingp to a lot of

high clouds if your commute takes you through broward, dade and the keys, 56 in coral springs, in weston, still at 50 52 in pinecrest and south miami including west kendall. what about the ekeys? in the upper 50s, currently in key west with the bree out of the north-northwest and teens in the keys. we have another one in theheulf coast states. the forecast is calling for this to become a major winter storm riding along the easternrn sea board, one or two feet of snow

of washington, d.c., new york and boston. of course, we will keep you posted with the latest because the leadingdge will be crossing through our area. it won't be as chilly but will be dry through tomorrow. and by tomorrowing an cloor out for tht weekend. the risk of rip current for swimmers, biscayne bay light chop forecast highs will be a little warmer, tonight look for passing clouds an lows in the mid and upper 50sment on your extended outlook, we will warm up through friday with a chance of showers and storms, nice and breezy saturday, back to chilly on sunday.

and coming up next, the star search continues tonight. american idol judges have more golden tickets to hand out. will one of theme the one? and we've been asking you to send in your picture perfect mornings to us using the #senditto7. one of fort lauderdale beach

on instagram. american idol back on the road with dream team and plenty tickets to hand out in hopes of finding the way. on tonight's american idol, the judge wills be handing out more golden tickets in atlantic little rock and philadelphia. >> the talent's been incredible. it kind of comesn waves. i remember there being a a period of about 15 performers coming in and every single one of them got three yeses, which i have never seen before. >> we're super happiful we had high hopes of what it's goingo

beal -- talent wise and it's fee phenomenal. >> they come in from all different plays. >> i work at costco and hustling all day. >> we just had an ep out called battle cry and dressed up in our battle wear and battle pain. >> we make youtube videos online together and she's here for support. >> i'm a wedding singer. i don't dress like this. >> and perform in the subways an so many people constantly going across asking what you're singing. >> what are you going to sing? >> it's not like weave phenomenal 37 r and b singers.

a country country r & b, strong quirky talent. join the judges on the road in an all new episode of american idol tonight at 8 right here on 7 t. show executives have announced that kelly clarkson will return as guest judge and performer next month. . the oscar winner will portray woman isn't by the cia to poison the leader and did n go through that attack. cuba has been heating up as possible shooting location t. singer, cowrit of american hustle will work on the screenplay for sony pictures. and saying sorry, the actor has apologized after an mlk day post on instagram was not well received.

quote i'm grateful for a couple of things today. martin luther king jr. an tone million followers on instagram. he was slammed b b fans on social media and embarrassed, he said he has nothing but respect for martin luther king. the remark has been deletedful and congratulations to cat dealey she and her husband irish comedian welcomed a new baby boy. that was the first child for the couple tognether ten years before marrying in 2012.

an we're coming right back. >> omar: and that will do it for today in florida at 8. we hope you're keeping warm today. i'mmar lewis. >> christine: and i'm christine cruz.