zooming out to see all of miami-dade county and we will put things into motion for you. you will see where these showers are coming from all over the if you are northern dade and south broward, we could encounter a shower or two within the next 20-30 minutes. let's take a look at what we are dealing with outside of our first alert camera. this is facing holiday ever grades park. blue skies out there. if you are along coastal areas, you are seeing the brunt of that shower activity. things are looking really nice with the light north/northwest wind so far on this saturday morning. temperatures near 64 in miami. 69, ft. lauderdale. that goes for opa-locka as well. near coastal areas awe can see. still dealing with shower activi across portions of miami-dade county. highs to reach in the mid-70s. as the day goes on, increasing rain chance because of this front that remains to the south of us. totoy, i did expect it to shift a little more towards the north. low pressure will form along this front and push through overnight to tomorrow morning dragging a cold front that will co

to i-95 southbound and northbound where we have no construction going on on i-95 in broward county or miami-dade, and broward county you are accident free, and it's also president's day so no school in miami-dade or broward county, so hopefully that will help those of you that have to work this morning. that accident on the turnpike extension southbound at 216th street, and that accident is under investigation and we'll talk about construction in a couple minutes. >>> the last day to register to vote is tomorrow. and we are live at the campus event that can get you ready. >>>>eporter: a lot of people have the day off for president's perfect be opportunity to get out here and register to vote if you haven't already done so. you mentioned if you would like to participate in the primary election, march 15th, and you have to register if you want to be involved, which is whyhe students here have organized the drive to get as many people out here to get registered to do that. this is from about 9:30 to 2:00 p.m. you have to have a photo id like your driver's license or passport and a current document

and they're especially concentrated in southern broward, in northern miami-dade county. southern miami-dade county did not see near as ch as the system came through. no doubt, folks, this was a big-time surprise for every meteorologist here in south florida. nobodydyxpected this line of thunderstorms to be as potent as it was as it moved through our area. a lot of the energy wa expected to be off to the north. so that the southern end of the front wouldn't be as active, but boy was it ever. and we had big problemsith the winds today. as a matter of fact, this is just sampling the winds at the local airports. and just looking at those, you can see a 54ile-per-hour wind gust at ft. lauderdale. but keep in mind, there were several locations with winds over 60 miles per hour today in gus. and that's what generated all spots, and that caused, of course, the power to be cut off. and also some damage to several the area. right now, temperatures are in the 70s for us. down to 69 degrees in naples. that's a sign of things to come. tonight. and as we head into tomorrow. by the way,

it's the number in miami-dade county an you can collect cash cops. we are in miami, jackson, were in miami, jackson, sheldon fox 7 news night team. >>> coverage continue was walter morris in north west miami-dade where the community there is mourning the loss of 6-year-old boy. killed outside his home. >> get the help he needs. they are growing up to be killers. this is just not right. >>report: passionate cry to stop the violence. more than 100 people rallying behind the family of king carter in the same apartment complex where gunned down. >> baby. baby. my son was 6. the ripe tender age of 6. >>reporter: first grader walking the bike saturday afternoon when gunfire erupted north west 103 lane and 12th avenue. carter hit by straight bullet. call toned gun violence stopping traffic as parents leading the march down 103 street thursdayyvening. many carrying signs that red >> like a sword that won't ever heal. item a sore. painful. it's real. these guys still killing one another. it's not stopping. >>reporter: march coming to an end at this growing mem

another teen killed by gun violence here in miami-dade county and this time accident. the can dells lovingly form the letter j, a 14-year-old killed over the weekend in an apparent accidental shooting. word of the teen's death, a shock. >> he didn't serve to die. >> the 14-year-old was shot to death on saturday by a friend who brought a loaded gun to the home where rhodes was staying at. detectives say the gun wentff as the unidentified teen also 14 who later died at the hospital. >> just teenagers. they are kids. they are babies. >> reporter: miami gar denies plea have charged him. >> they took advantage of a 14-year-old kid. >> reporter: an attorney for the friend accused, says it was not accident, but not criminal. >> i know they push around a 14-year-old kid and they force him into some kind of statement. >> reporter: police have not yet responded to requests for an interview. the chief did tweet this out over the weekend, saying another life gone too soon. miami-dade county public school superintendent alberto carvalho also took to twitter, guns, children, homes d

across theh keys, miami-dade and broward counties. heaviest activitit right now there. is u.s. 27. i-. most of of the the rain now starting to move in through neighboring palm beach county. to pick up tonight and tomorrow. ahead of a front. there is the f fnt. a good chance of some rain tomorrow. now, the models are suggesting that by the afternoon, we should start to dry out. maybe even see a little bit more sunshine and then by wednesday, high pressure build n. should be nice, clear, der and if this front kind of maintains it's punch, we could see over night lows dipping into the 50s for thursday morning. but again, it looks like it's oath going to be just for one day. back into the 60s for the rest ofhe week. i'll have more on this a lail little later on. >> craig: a new clue on cameraa as police step up their search for the driver who struck and killed a south florida man. 7's liz nagy is live for us at the scene i ifort lauderdale with more on thvment liz. >> reporte craig, family and friends have now set up a memorial in the spot where they say charles black ledge cied by som

parts of northeastern miami-dade county. that's not five tornadoes i'm showing you, it's five different reports of tornadic damage in parts of northeastern miami-dade. so right here is sunlife stadium. here's some of the ones that occurred. of course, we had -- or some of the reports that occurred. we also have the one up here near lighthouse point. let's talk how these things do indeed form. because of the el nino winter, we've got strong, strong winds in the upper levels of the atmosphere. and when you've got those winds so strong aloft, and weaker on the surface, you get the spin in the atmosphere, and eventually this rotating column gets lifted into a thunderstorm, downdrafts can then push the back end of that rotating area of air, that vortex down to the ground. and that's where you get the tornado forming. and that's what happened earlier this morning. that'swhat's been happening, thanks to the el nino. the el nino causes those levels of the atmosphere. a stronger jet stream. therefore, we get that turning, and that lea

burglary, fleeing from an officer, aggravated fleeing, and carrying a concedes weapon, all in miami-dade county. a friend on facebook said that he was oririginally from miami. >> mr. ford, who was residing from newton, kansas, had been served a pfa, a protection order, at 3:30 that afternoon. 3:30, gets served. and 5:00, we have the first shooting. >> reporter: on thursday, a series of attacks in the kansas scattered over several areas. one of the scenes, the plant in heston, where the investigators say the shooter worked. >> we heralds a pop, pop, and we thought it was just metal fall on the ground, and the doors open and people start screaming, s sing go to the front, and he everybody started going to the back over here. >> we have 14 people in various hospitals, medical center, wesley and st. francis. those conditions r rge from it stable to critical and one going into sgery as we speak. >> the suspected gunman was shot and killed by police. heston is about 35 miles north of wichita and is a community of about 3700 residents. on thursday, it was the scene of a huge law enforcement presence a

but the r- for the lir birds miami-dade county and thief extended the a. ear voting days to 14. in broward county, there will be nine days of early voting and also making it easierfor voters to use absentee ballots by paying for the postage. >> so when a voter receive their absentee ballots, open t vote it, package it according to the directions. make sure they sign the ballot and drop it in the mail no. postage is required because we're taking caifort postage. >> but if you make it to the polls on election leks kay, you'll notice the changes starting at check in in miami-dade. now we have an automatic check in system where with your drivers license or florida id we're able to swipe your license and bring up your voter record right way and move you through the check in process quickly. >> and new precincts lines have been crawn croos miami-dade county to better distribute the amount of voters at each vote log indication. which means you'll wt to check first because your polling place may now be different this tim around. reprecincting. which means we redrew bound descri liefnltz

as we mentioned, early voting begins tomorrow in miami-dade county ready for march 13. march in miami-dade county early voting gets underway of march 5 and broward county and 15. remember to stay with us for continuing coverage of campaign 2016 online@cbsmiami.com. miami beach, the >>reporter: causeway is set to reopen tomorrow after nine months of getting rerouted to travel between miami and miami beach. drivers will be able to take the venetian causeway starting at noon tomorrow. the 730 foot stretch of the bridge connecting the venetian island to the mainland's was completely restructured. ribbon ceremony will be held for the project that is finishing on schedule. vanessa will be there with a live report tomorrow on cbs4 news at noon. >>> still ahead, tonight the mother of a woman beaten by a remake she found on craigslist, doing. >>> a memorial for an officer killed on her first day on patrol with the virginia police department. >>> a small airplane crashes into a tree, leaving the pilot dangling from the aircraft in midair. >>> after a beautiful weekend i am tracking a weather system

live first alert doppler, showers racing across miami-dade county. some locations like on the gratigny, heavier rain falling now. that's true further east to the ggi. moving into broward county, you're on the front endf the shower activity. east, the heavier showers exiting pompano beach. more wet weather here, concentrated rains back into margate and coral springs, the sawgrass fairly wet. here's another decent cluster of shower activity in cooper city and davie racing along griffin road. we've had decent flashes here. let's go over to the first alert camera in miami looking down towards the aaa. thunderstorms the exception, not the rule. keep in mind that night sky will help the flashes of light to carry all across just fill th sky up. again, we have not had any severe weather move in. these thunderstorms will be quick to dissolve. we'll keep the clouds around, showers around as well. it's an umbrella morning across south florida, i do havav optimism once we get this batch through the area, the concentrated ins will be first thing this morning. by m

new cases in miami-dade, that brings the tote number of patients in miami-dade to seven. >>> traffic coming up don't go anywhere. >>> right now at 5:30 bullets hitting twowo miami-dade county schools in less than 24 hours. whose facing charges for one of those crimes this morning. >>> details on the sitdown uniting the leaders on t catholic and orthodox churches. >> then i see the window is smashed. i said oh, my god. >> a homeowner finds thousands in jewelry gone. how thieves managed to break in while she was still inside. >>> plus how a local art dispy honors two boys at sea and gives back to local entrepreneurs. >>> feels like friday, south florida. how are you? i'm eric yutzy. i'm jacey birch. warmer than yesterday but still it doesn't make it any easier to wake u u and get your day going. >>> still cool. temperatures right now in the low 50s ft. lauderdale. we've got 56 degree in miami. we should be waking up to the low 60s. still below average for 61 degree in key west. our winds are moving in from the north keeping that cool air connection this morning but by the afternoon an ocean breeze is going to warm us up. enjoy your morning time. we are seeing temperatures i

some areas in miami-dade county are in the 40s now. the radar is nice and quiet. the northwest wind, cool. and with the wind, you have a windchill of 43 in pomp know if -- pompano beach. if you like it warmer, hang in there. plenty of sunshine. chilly start and warming up. more on the forecast in minutes. >>> the father of a missing teen is speak for the first time, getting out of jail and accused of abandoning his son. carey codd has more. >> i miss you. hope you're safe. >> talked to him and told him to him, kicked the son out of the car and told him to walk home. he didn't go to the police because he has always come home. >> had a history of running from anybody who was police- related. to board a flight on a one way ticket. saying the police were wrong and showing the round trik trip ticket he bought. >> can want unring the bell though. >> saying he's unfairly portrayed and some say he may have taken the boy from his mother years ago. saying that's not the case, he hasn't heard from her for a long time. >> should have known precisely where we were. every oppor

that way, most cops will let you make a dime. >> we've had some issues with the gangs here in miami-dade countyut not to the extent in l.a. county and some of the other larger jurisdictions. >> the miami-dade county jail faces a daunting problem of its own. the area's booming narcotics trade and the casualties in its wake. >> the crimes vary but most of them are centered around use of drugs. >> we don't know if they're high on drugs, going to come through and fight a bunch of people. >> we had superman come in one day. a guy dressed in a superman suit. he was visibly upset because they took his cape. >> we had just gotten done interviewing some of the jail officers about miami's drug problems and how they contribute to most of the city's crime. when we stepped outside and saw an officer bringing in a young man to be booked. >> what's up, man? >> retail theft. >> it turns out he was a prime example of someone whose drug abuse was not only leading to other crimes, but stealing his life from him. >> do you want to give up drugs? >> yes, i've tried. i don't do drugs every day. i don't smoke crack e

a little cooler for miami-dade county with the upper 60s. homestead 68, 69 miami, 70 and marathon. it will be a blustery day. and fact wins already sustained checking in on the radar we are seeing a few showers sweeping in on the breeze around sea. and also we just had rain in fort lauderdale, and daisy just had a quick shower. most of miami-dade county quiet. showers across the keys. ranging from -- it will be warmer this afternoon compared to the last few days. the rain chance going up tonight and tomorrow. details ahead. let's get check on your traffic. >>> we have a crew that just arrived to a scene of that police involved crash on the florida turnpike. we are hearing this as is a police involved accident as well. if you're heading southbound, three cars involved including the police officer's cruiser as well. luckily, the good news we are hearing from the scene everybody's going to be okay. that is the great news, the southbound lanes are still shut down at 216th street. you're going to be detoured off 216th, you can jump back on. we have another accident you have to worry abo

more concentrated into southwest miami-dade county. deep interior sections have it thick at the broward county and miami-dade. a dense fog advisory there. clear of any wet weather. wouldn't be surprise fd we see a few sprinkles. we'll talk abo why that is and our complete forecast. temperatures in the upper 60s and lower 70s. 68 in oakland park. by the way, a humid morning across the area. reduced visibility in southwestern miami-dade county, west kendall, homestead, florida city. miami international about seven miles of visibility. low clouds are holding offshore. again, patchy fog in place for the morning commute and we return to sunshine late on. the clouds as they develop may hold us back temperaturewise for a few hours this morning and the sunshine getting a good drive on the temperatures, up to about 80 this afternoon. that's above average. 80s will be pretty commonplace pour the rest of the week. we'll talk about that in a aew minutes. right now let's check on traffic with first alele traffic >> i-95, a couple lanes blocked off o

there are 14 days of early voting in miami-dade county with 20 line free locations to kick things off. carolina lopez is the miami-dade county super visor of election ooze. i want to remind you in florida the primaries are closed. thal means is if you're republican, you'll get republican candidates on your ballot and if you're nonpartisan this. election isn't four. we'll see you in november. same goes for broward county where early voting begins saturday a. while there were no crowds spotted thon fairs first day of early voting m. locations saw a steady stream of people ready to have their voises heard. a paish lint people are enthused about electing their candidate for press den say. that's a good thing for america. >> again, there are 13 more days of early voting in miami-dade county. for times and locations just go to our web site, wsvn.com. reporting live in doral. jessica holly. 7 news. craig: also on 7, drivers are finally crossing the bridge ave nine month renovation. the venetian causeway opened today after being closed since june. there's the ribbon cutting ser many next the

emergency in the state florida afterer cases of zika, hillsborough, lee county, santa rosa and miami-dade county. four cases reported in miami internationalmiami-dade county. governor to take action after state. this is a developing story that we'll stay on top of and bring you the very latest throughout the day on our newscast+ coming right back. >> danielle: well, that is s 7 news at 4:30. thank you so much for watching. i'm danielle knox. 7 news at 5:00 starts right now. >> now on 7 news. >> craig: developing a a health emergency for miami-dade county after several people come down with the zika virus. we'reive. >>> women come dmr the gun outside an o pap lack arrest tour ant. police say the gunman is still on runun >>> and police say a man had too much to drink and ended up in a roll over wreck an sent a cabbie to the hospital. >>> and the dem scratle getting ready for a new hampshire face off tonight. >>> a traveling mix of weather leaving it's mark. >>> >> and passengers hold on to hope and each other when something goes wrong mid flight. >> belkeys: and this 7 news later at 5:00. a child

between broward and miami-dade counties. there are now five confirmed cases of the bhos key to born illness. all the cases in florida are travel related. the mosquito that causes td zika virus is common in florida. doctors and official with the public health department are closely following the progression of zika. we are prepares but there's no reason to panic. but this is a disease that we will be able to manage and we all need to dob could lab or rate and take precautions to control transmission. bright and lir thursday morning. county crews suited up armed with pesticides prepared to exterminate as many mosquitoes as possible. so far no mosquitoes in south florida are known to have the the zika virus but miami-dade county isn't take any chances need to make sure they don't have any accumulation of water around the house where mosquitoes may breevmentd these mosquitoes breed in small puddle of water. >> reporter: all five cases of zika in south florida infected patients during travel to south or central america. >> for th

crime stoppers in miami-dade county. collect cash for the right anonymous tip. we're live northwest miami-dade. sheldon fox. 7 news. >> craig: and from the heartbreak of one shooting to another. >> belkeys: tonight a memorial for a verer young victim of violence. our covevage continue with walter more nis in northwest lter. >> reporter: that's right. dozen rallying behind the 6-yeyr-old killed this weekend. the family. take a look the at this. we're on north west 103 street. you can see the large parade taking off from a gas station near where that child wa killed. now walking through the neighborhood. calling for change, a few minutes ago we saw religious leaders saying a pray. there was gospel music and again, that kid family calling we want show thu young victim there. ral lib behind again. that was 6-year-old king carter hit by a sprai stray bullet this weekend. police say he was on his way to buy candy when he was hit. that gunfire erupting at an apartment complex on northwest 103 lane and 12th avenue. king trowshed jackson memorial where he was pronounced d

wet weather overtaking miami-dade county. broward had a lull in the action, but now more showersrs moving in. spotty showers all morning long. looks to be a wet drive, even thoughhe don't have active weather in central broward county, we've had rain shower activity this morning. all of the major roadways we main wet. we'll keep it wet for the bulk of the morning drive. here's your first alert forecast, temperatures into the bank on showers heads out the door for the morning drive or to school. improving conditions this afternoon. high of 80. should see some sunshine late this afternoon as the showers end. 6:32, time for traffic and kelly blanco. >> it's monday. we have wet roads, a whole lot of accidents. good morning to you, south florida. i-95 northbound, problems northbound and southbound because that just happened. have a broken down car there blocking one of your left lanes. this as you make your way southbound, not affecting the southbound express lanes. this is northbounu where we have the express lanes blocked off mak

that was yet another twister im nactime northern miami-dade county. now, this second twisterer also had a path of about three to 4 miles and it it quickly made the best newss of all, we've had some damage to s!me property but no injuries have within reported. both of them have been categorized as an ef1 between an 86 and 110 miles per hour, moderate damage and that's what florida. aside from the tornadoes, we also had some straight line winds report bid the national weather service. the strongest pembroke pines, 62 miles per hour. here is that front that caused all the cafnlgt it is move waismght clear skies on the back side. and that's what we shomld enjoy in the days to come. biscayne bay with with a light chop tonight. for you throughout the florida keys, no adviser reerkz theind at around ten to 15 knots. next high tid will be at 4:12. 6:27 for the lower keys and your water temperature at 71 degrees. for tonight skies w)wl continue to clear out. over night low lows will be in the low 60s. western suburbs of oward. the keys in the mid 60s. by tomor

a little cooler for miami-dade county with the upper 60s. homestead 68, 69 miami, 70 and marathon. it will be a blustery day. and fact wins already sustained checking in on the radar we are seeing a few showers sweeping in on the breeze around sea. and also we just had rain in fort lauderdale, and daisy just had a quick shower. most of miami-dade county quiet. showers across the keys.

miami-dade. in broward county we have an accident i-95 northbound. but this is miami-dade around no issues making your way into the miami beach area or downtown miami. 836 where it meets the palmetto expressway, no issues here, but we have roadway debris on the 836 eastbound around 17th avenue. keep that in mind as you make your wear out the doofrmt we have one traffic alert this morning. that's southwest 7th street, exit ramp is still blocked off after that garbage truck plunged onto the i-95 southbound overpass. biscayne boulevard is the exit % you want to take, south on miami river onto brickell avenue and head towards 7th or 8th street. affic at the southwest 7th ramp completely shutdown, your alternates are southwest 17th avenue, brickell avenue or businessiscayne boulevard. >>>>>bc 6 reporter julia bagg is live where that garbage truck that trauk has finally been moved out of there. tt doesn't mean there's not a huge mess left f crews to clean up this morning. >> reporter: definitely is still a mess. i want to show you something you haven't seen

miami-dade county with a total of seven cases at tpis point. broward county with two cases. the virus has been associated with a rise of microcephaly birth defect cases, common symptoms include fever, rash and joint pain. symptoms, wear going to me tothis story in a moment, but please go see a doctor. calvin. >> calvin: this afterno the mother of a baby who was found dead in a freezer now? court. in fact, the mother had called police threaning to commit sue i'd all right. after arriving, the officers found the baby in `theomees am were's homestead house. our own news reporter michael seiden is liv in miami with the latest. michael. >> michael: laurie and calvin, prosecutors describe her as a walking time bomb, claiming that she may hurt are on possibly kill herself if she's not under 24/7 supervision now, i want to take you inside the courtroom. this is what just happened about a half hour ago. this is 37-year-old paola vargas-ortiz, charged in the death of her five-month-old sonhugeo. today her husband and attorney were in court begging judgeo release her from jail. the jud

and miami-dade county we have the other accident on the entrance ramp. it still closed so be careful. yet the drive around it or take another different entrance. >>> a german shorthaired pointer has been crowned top dog at the 140th westminster dog show. the three-year-old cj was named best in show last night. his breeder owner and handler says he's an old soul that is a serious show dog. cj was singled out for being alert bright and paying his grandmother one best in show in 2005. >>> james corden is at it again. he spotted tran eight in los angeles*to carpool karaoke. -- sia in los angeles and asked her to carpool karaoke. [ singing ] >> >> they perform some of the biggest songs that she has performed and rain including chandelier and diamond. you can watch the late late show with james corden weeknights at 1237 after the only here on cbs 4.>>> coming up it's time for another edition of south florida survivors. >> cyclist get ready to ride in the cancer challenge. one woman spreads an important >>> let's meet other south florida survivor like thousands

this one happening in miami-dade county. if you are traveling right off of 87th avenue northbound at flagler street, we he reports of a crash there, obviously some flight delays righd at that intersection. those speeds clocking in at 18 miles per hour. aside from the construction again, we are accident-free in broward county so quickly get's get to 595 and a dve time there. if you're starting at i-75 and cruruing east, heading over to u.s.-1. maybe you're heading to the airport, not a lot to slow you down. 15 minutes to get there. your average speed about miles per hour. >>> it is officially over, the iowa caucuses have finished reporting their results. >> while some candidates spent the night celebrating, otherssre closing up shop announcing they are leaving the race altogether. glenna millberg is in des moines with the latest. >> god bless the great state of iowa. >>reporter: texas senator ted cruz beat the iowa polls and its front runner donald trump. >> when the media in one voice said a conservative could not win nation

the number jumps to 30 customers in miami-dade county. still down from the 90,000 who lost power yesterday. if you have weather pictures or video you'd like to share with us, send them to share@local10.com. >>> a sea tow boat captain coming to the rescue after a small boat caught fire, endangering all the others around it. captain greg and his crew stopping a 37 foot bobo from being destroyed by those flames. 7 mako boat considered to be a total loss. >>> a sewer main broke, neighbors say the smell was terrible. the sewage is up to a foot deep in some of here's sky 10 over the scene. ft. lauderdale city leaders are now warning people to avoid standing water in that area and really to avoid water related activities in parts of the new river downtown. >>> miami city manager says a hard drive has been recovered from a police truck that fell from i-95 on monday. it's hardware that's pretty similar to a black box. investigators are still trying to figure out what caused that driver to lose control on the exit ramp at southwest 7th street. that

. >>> on the eve of early voting in miami-dade county marco rubio opened his miami headquarters. this is his first campaign office in the state route is located at 7575 west flagler st. along with supporters, speaking on his behalf, the campaign is working ahead of super tuesday. >> i want this to be your second home. you can sleep at home. that's okay. but when you get up in the morning, come here and work the phones, work the precincts. you're going to have friends of say please give me a bumper sticker. you're going to tell them where to come to get a bumper sticker. i want a yard sign. you're going to give them a yard sign. we want to south florida to be all right. >> sen. rubio is expected to spend super tuesday miami. his rival, trump, is expected to spend super tuesday and west palm beach. it's a big day because 30 states will be voting in the republican primary. and reminder about how to hear south florida. tomorrow early voting begins in miami-dade county through march early voting gets underway march 5 and broward county and the republican primary is just around the cor

that's the number crime stoppers in miami-dade county. you can collectash forthright anonymous tip to police. >>> we are live in m mmi, >>> we areive in miami, jackson memorial hospital, sheldon fox 7 news night team. >>> from the teen hit by gunfire to the 6-year-old killed by teens, coverage continue was walter morris in north west miami-dade walter. >>reporter: the rally finishing up a couple hours ago but look at the drowing memorial here. now tonight the boy's family calling on members of the community to step in and keep other kids from becoming victims. >> get the help. they are growing up to be killers. this is just not right >>reporter: passionate cry to stop the violence. behind family of king carter in the same apartme complex where gunned down. >> baby. baby. my s s was 6. tender age of ccumstances he was walking saturday afternoon when gunfire erupted near north west 103 lane and 12th avenue. carter hit by stray bullet. call to end gun violence stopng traffic. parents leading the march down 103 street thursday evening. many c

through here at the o opa locka burger king. 305 tip tips is the number to crime stoppers i miami-dade county and you can collect cash we're in opa locka sheldon fox. 7 news. >> >>anielle: all right sheldon. thank you. the search is on for shooters involved nayay violent car jacking in southwest miami-dade. one of the two victim returning to the scene in coral gables where police found his stolen rental car. police say he and another victim met with the three armed men who then ambushed them on southwest 135th court and 254en street. authorities caught up with one of the suspects who tried to to take off. >> there was about ten policicemen looking all over the place for two hours. they ware looking. >> the other victim is expected to be okay. if have you any information on the other two shooters, cal crime stoppers. 305-471-tips. >> lynn: in the race to the white house. a tough fight in iowa causing two more presidential hopefuls to drop p t. monday's result spark a new round of political punches between front runner ch jeff lennox live in the plexx with more on thvment scwhref se. >> reporte

watching temperatures fall this across much of miami-dade county. mid 50s in broward county. it gets even colder heading into tonight and tomorrow morning. your first alert forecast is minutes away. >>> we're following a deadly accident that killed two people. michael spears is live on the scene with an update. i-95 northbound has a few lanes we'll give you lowe's presents: how to plan for the future. happy valentine's day. happy birthday. sorry i forgotur anniversary. happy mother's day. at lowe's. >>> welcome back everybody. your time is 5:30. i'm eric harryman. >> i'm sheli muniz. thanks for joining us on this wednesday morning.. a fiery crash on northbound i-95 just before the 836 and i-395. >> michael spears is live on scene. sadly, we understandwo people were killed in the crash. we're also hearing there is a possibility that northbound 95 might be completely shut down at one point. >> reporter: eric, they did shut

let's go into miami-dade county overhead holding back our morning sunshine. there will be gaps in the clouds out here across the gulf waters. this is all moving f fom west to east. eventually more sunshine cominin back into the skies across south florida and the keys. 68 in mararhon, one of the warmer locations. 65, good morning to you in key west and pompano. 64 in ft. lauderdale and miami. let's walk you through your day as temperatures continue to climb in t lower 70s, even as soon as 9:00 or 10:00, and then in the upper 70s for highs this afternoon, and i think we will touch 77 which is warmer than we have seen in the last sfpruleveral days. mid-60s, that's what you will find this mororng. here's the isolated shower chance initially. it's a matter of bringing back the sunshine, which will happen progressively as the day goes on. 77 your high today, and then tomorrow, 81. we have not seen the 80s in a several days now. 81 to 83 will do it most afternoons here. no significant chance for rain activity. could see a stray shower as the week goes on, and i thin

beyonce's april show is already sold out. >>> miami-dade taking on quite the challenge here. the county is joining a new federal initiative to shrink the achievement gap between w wte and minority students. erika glover is live in downtown miami with a strategy that they are hoping is going to bridge that divide. good morning, erika. >> rorter: good morning. one way to bridge that divide is with a commitment to meaningful change which is exactly what offifials say is going on here this morning at the local task force meeting. >> we need solutions andhat is the purpose of my brother's of this forum today. >> reporter: members of congress, the superintendent, mayor and officers are making a new commitment to the my challenge in miami-dade county. >> i think i've said it many times, the level of carnage that we've witnessed in our community must and can be stopped if the community rallies together and develops solutions for what's happening in our streets. >> reporter: with a constant rise in gun violence, these community leaders say the need for opportunities and strategies to help at-ris

early voting begins on monday, including miami-dade county and broward county begins march 5. ford is a closed primary state, meaning the winner takes all 99 delegates and it means you must be registered voter in the primary for which the primaries being held. stay with us for continuing coverage. let's turn our attention to the weather and it has been a picture-perfect day.. tonight. craziest tell us how chilly. >>reporter: 40s that and a cold front that came through, a reinforcing cold front will be keeping air around into the early part of the weekend and the stage is set tonight with clear skies. computer model shows us going down to the 50s. 40s along most of the peninsula 50s and 60s in the keys. tomorrow we don't warm up a lot. mostly 60s and maybe 70 and tomorrow night. cooler yet. 60s and 50s. don't stick around because temperatures will bottom out in the 40s and 30s west of the late, definitely some colder for this time of year. when we were warm back up, coming up in a bit. >>> a show support for the >> i have a lot of people behind me. >>reporter: the police say th

between broward and miami-dade counties, there are five confirmed cases of the mosquito borne illness. >> the mosquito that causes it is common in florida. >> reporter: doctors with the public health department are closely following the progression of zika. >> there's no reason to panic, be able to manage and we all need to collaborate and stake precautions to control the submission. >> reporter: they suited up with pesticides, prepared to exterminate as many mosquitoes as possible. so far, no mosquitoes in south florida are known to have the zika virus, but miami-dade county is not taking any chances. >> residents need to make sure that they don't have any accumulation of water around the house where the mosquitoes may be. these mosquitoes breed in small puddles of water. >> reporter: all five cases of zika in south florida infected the patients when traveling to central or south america. known for causing developmental diseases in children, it's a danger for pregnant women. blue as they watch and are concerned about zika. >> we don't want people to such doesn't cause any major healt

. >> the two hometown candidates from miami dade county, senator marco rubio and jeb bush have work ahead of them. a second place finish would have done them some good moving forward in this contest but that did not happen. listen to their message to their supporters. >> we don't win this election, my children and yours will not inherit the greatest nation i i the history of the world, which is what our parents and grandparents love for us. tonight, we did not wind up where we wanted to be, that does wind up at the end of this. new hampshire. you've given me the chance to go to sth carolina where we're going to do really well. thanks to you all. today. i was at polling place in manchester where the elections officials there were very impressed with the 50% turn out and they weren't evenlose to counting all the ballots. the number was expected to go much higher. as the polls closed, lines stmped long. people were waiting at polling places and people were waiting in their cars to get into the voting sites. john kasich stunning with coming in second on republican side. that couldde a game ch

there are steps to take to stem the violence occurring in miami-dade county. one of the interesting things that's happening with the increase in violence and what's upon hag is the perpetrators are getting younger and that's what's going on and need to stop the violence now and put programs in place that actually prevents this from happening in the future. >> the people in the communities who say this seems to keep happening and what is your message to them? and the only way to stop it is people there probably knew something going on here. some kind of drug thing going on here so there is a drug house that you know where it' at and tell us. we'll go shut it down and those things happen and the targets go away and then you wowot have this kind of senseless violence happening in the community. we need the community's help. we need the community to tete us what's happening who is doing it and then our police officers put them behind bars for the community and the future. >> and there you have it the 6-year-old boy guns down at this apartment complex earlier this

miami-dade. broward county, you are accident free. and right around southwest 216th street, all lanes blocked off plus the onramp, and this was an accident involving a police officer. you w wll not be able to hop on the turnpike. >>> your time is 4:40, and still ahead, getting goesy with castro the head of the russian orthodox church, face-to-face in havana. >>> and then parts of the midwest, and this morning

we're live in miami-dade county. nbc 6 news. >>> tonight, more alarming news concerning the zika virus. a new case is confirmed in broward county. >> there are three new cases of zika in flor. a new one in miami-dade and now broward is on the map and part of the expanded health emergency order. >> we have to ensure, just like a hurricane, we have to ensure that florida is safe. >> reporter: florida governor rick scott announced today there are now at least 12 people infected with zika in the state. that's up from nine. in a health emergency order scott is asking the cdc to provide 1,000 zika antibody tests. >> what they know is if they get ahead of this. >> reporter: in miami-dade, service calls for mosquito control up from three to four calls a day to at least 56 calls yesterday. >> this is a huge difference. i'm sure that all these complaint calls are generated because people are concerned. >> reporter: there are no recorded cases of transmission in florida and it's not believed the mosquitos here have the virus. th

. >>> local and national leaders were on hand for a historic event as miami-dade county accepted president obama's my brother's keeper community challenge. live in miami to explain. >> reporter: the first time an entire community has accepted the president's challenge, one that will make miami-dade a >> given the call to action, miami-dade county is happy to accept president obama's my brother's keepers community challenge. >> a call to action by the president for all communities to come together and develop plans to improve the lives of children. >> as a community, we call this forum today for every city to pledge that they will be a part of finding a solution to the problems our young people face today. >> problems such as violence hitting schools. >> i think i said it many times, the level of carnage we witnessed in the community must and can be stopped if the community rallies and develops solutions for what is happening in our streets. >> u.s. secretary of education, john b. king, jr., so impressed by what congresswomanen wilson has done with the program, 5,000 role models of excellen

live from the miami-dade county jamie? >> this is where the teacher is waiting to be fitted for his gps ankle bracelets. it's one othe conditions he has to meet if he wants to get from the schoolyard to the courthouse, the orange jump suit is noting this they are used to seeing the teacher wear. >> i have known him for three years. it's not something he could have done. >> reporter: he taught english, ap english andtudents watched as police removed the popular teacher from the classroom. >> police stormed in and arrested him. and everybody was really scared. >> reporter: myers, accused of having sex with a student twice in the classroom after school in december and nember of last year. >> kind of scary. no one really knew uil second period or third period. andd you felt like the whole year with him and had nono clue he was like that. >> reporter: stunned parents were notified by the district. >> for my kids, i'm really protective. i got scared when i got the call. >> you have predators out there. you don't know where they

miami-dade this evening. jeff lennox 7 news. okay jeff. early voting underway in miami-dade county head of o!r march 15th primary as jeff nengsd. jessica holly is live at miami-dade election headquarters in doral with more on this. jessica. >> yeah, the first day of early voting but these people turn owght today are first voting core for convenience. why? because they can vote at any of the it locations and there are no lines. no lines. that's very fast. no waiting. the machine. scafnlt five minute and done. >> early birds taking advantage of 14 days of voting in miami-dade county leading up to the florida presidential primary set for march 15th. 20 free line locations to kick things off. we look forward tow soog you. carolina is the deputy supervisor of elections. i would like to remind you in florida fla, primaries are closed. and all that means is if you're republican, you'll get candidates on your ballot and if you're registered democrat iewt gel. and if you're nonparson this. election isn't four. we'll see you inoff. and same for broward county. while no exrowdz spotted thon first dadaof

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right now we're accident-free in miami-dade and broward county. taking a look at your drive in the 305, this is i-95 northbound and southbound at 163rd street. out there. those express lanes, however, still blocked off. once they open up, they'll be 50 cents. if you're making your way out the door this morning on the palmetto expressway northbound, that r rmp to northwest 122nd street is completely bcked off. should be opening up within the next half hour to 45 minutes. we also have this broken down car on i-95 northbound as you're making your way over to the 836. you want to stick to your left-hand side. blocked off. we have overnight construction. up until 5:00 a.m., five lanes northbound completely blocked off. >>> kelly, thanks so much. your time on thisis friday morning is 4:42. still ahead, the cocotry's top doctors are more concerned this morning after another country has been hit with zika. shot and killedithin florida house has passed a nearly $80 billion budget deal, expected to go to schools in part, also health care and environmental p

cats still get a point. >>> girls high school 3ainals miami-dade county day in red. kelsey marshall ahead for the layup. country day by 19 at the break. sptans blow it up in the third quarter. marshall for the three. she had game high 20. they win and lady sparks become first miami-dade county team to win three state titles in basketball. sund right here on channel 7. we are your home for the daytona 500 race. coverage begins at noon. firstt of the two qualifying duel races last night. si laps to go. denny hamlin in the lead until dale earnhardt jr. takes the lead. he holds off defending 500 champion joey. dale jr. startfrom the third spot sunday. second duel, bush leads and jimmie johnson makes contact car ends up on the hood of matt kenseth. they will have to use their backup cars and start in the back of the field. chase elliot has the pole for the great american race. remember on sunday, we will have the race right here on channel 7. that's sports. q'm mike dipasquale. have a great day, everyone. >>> president obama honoring his hometown chicago blackhawks. they

miami-dade. broward county, you are accident free. and right around southwest 216th street, all lanes blocked off plus the onramp, and this was an accident involving a police officer. you w wll not be able to hop on the turnpike. >>> your time is 4:40, and still ahead, getting goesy with castro the head of the russian orthodox church, face-to-face in havana. >>> and then parts of the midwest, and this morning washington, d.c. bracing for a winter storm of its own. >>> it's a national@ holiday, so a lot of you will get to relax at home and sit with the kids. all public schools will be closed. the postoffice, my miami-dade courts will be closed. the malls will be open and so will state offices. so for a good portion of the country, mind you, south florida excluded from all of this, but snow and bitter cold ripped the rest of the country. >> record lows in the northeast, and a snowstorm in the east. >> it was a snowy valentine's day in indianapolis. at least ten people taken to >> visibility was already zero. in 32 years this is probably

an idea of how temperatures are starting the corral camera and we are seeing the 50s around miami dade county and broward. 56 in miami, in fact 51 in pompano beach. it is a little chilly in spots, 53 fort lauderdale and the keys. that's due to fact, the wind flow is 5 to 7 miles per hour, clear sky, mainly dry. you don't need the umbrellas today. highs will climb to tupper 70s. that's first time it has happened in quite some time. we had a stretch of highs in the 60s for about five days. so yeah, warmer sunshine and i will tell you about the all important weekend forecast straight ahead. let's check on your traffic with vanessa. >> reporter: we are starting to see delays as a result of construction on the palmetto northbound at kendall drive or south west 8al 8th you can see blocked by construction. one lane is getting through. you will hit those brake this is morning if you are approaching kendall drive, 88th on the palmetto, southbound side tall lanes are opened. let's talk about an accident on northeast 3rd quart. this is just north of -- that accident is blocking your eastbound lanes appr

>>reporter: six travel associated cases of zika in our state, fou in miami-dade county, none in broward. the virus linked to birth defects in babies and paralysis in adults could spread to almost all c cntries in the americas. >> for people who are pregnant or could become pregnant, these people need to be cautious. >>reporter: this is very rare but it involves a person infected in another country and transmitting the virus through sexual relationsns here in the states it. >>> basically we're looking for any kind of larvae. >>reporter: they are concerned about the '80s egyptae. >> you're going to type this mosquito anywhere in miami-dade county. >>reporter: in fact its presence is high across south florida. sprays are under way in broward and miami-dade killing it on the spot. >> most people their body mounts a normal immune response and they get rid of it. >> all of the cases we mentioned are travel related. no known transmissions from moss -- moss -- mosquitoes have occurred in the u.s. >>> janine stanwood has more on the run for the white house. >>reporter: now in new hampshire trump

was expecting clearer s ses by this hour, but still cloudiness is hanging across broward and miami-dade counties, as well as the k ks. here's a good look at that cloud cover. and the temperatures have also been kept in check. 66 in fort lauderdale, and 65 in miami. 68 in grand bahama island. and the wind coming out of the north at 10, 12, 14, even 17 miles per hour. check out grand bahama, 20 le-per-hour winds. here's the stormtracker right tomorrow, a better chance of rain as we get yet an area of low pressure moving across o all of these zones highlighted here are under a small craft advisory until 4:30. i'm sure that they're going to weekend. it's just going to be awful boating both saturday and sunday. so here's our in-houseodel, starting at 8 p.m., we're going to see a little chance of showers, and there comes that area of low pressure by tomorrow, with a trailing front. it election likeometime in the afternoon and through the early hours of the aftftnoon, we're going to see a better chance of rain in south florida and that's going to stick around through at least saturday night and then by