on the left-hand side you see the picture of the 6-year-old, ashley jade martinez. the woman they believe she is with is on the right-hand side.. it might be grandma. if we get new information during on. >>> watching the radar, live first alert doppler is quiet but nasty storms moving along i've. this cell in particular has a history of tornadoes. apparently a xornado touched down near mile city. the entire push of thunderstorm activity moving off to ourr north into palm beach county. we're not out of the woods. about during the morning drive. (vo) if you have type 2 diabetes, you may know what it's like to deal with high... januvia (sitagliptin) is a once-daily pill that, along with diet and exercise, helps lower blood sugar. januvia works when your blood sugar is high and works less when your blood sugar is low, because it works by enhancing your body's own abily to lower blood sugar. plus januvia, by itself, is not likely to cause weight gain or low blood sugar (hypoglycemia). januvia should not be used in patients with type 1 diabetes or diabetic toacidosis. tel

ashley jade martinez was last seen with her grandmother. the girl's mom told us the womans that threatened to take the child before. coming up, the big six stories you need to know before you head out the door. >>> impactsn the saw grass expressway. big time thunderstorms rumbling across broward county on live first alert doppler. gusty winds and a lot of lightning moving into coral springs and margate. checking your completefirst alert traffic. >>> from coral reef to tamiami, 14 minutes, moving 36 miles per hour. 826 from bird road to dolphin and 826 eastbound from the big good morning, good morning, hello, my name is patricia rodriguez. good morning governor, counsel, and jim allen. good morning everyone. i think it's still the most important ththg we can do for any family in this state is to create an opportunity i'm a single mother of three. i've been working for the seminole tribe for fteen years now. this company has given me the opportunity to provide for my chilen. how does it make you feel when you worry about whether this compact

i doant to pull up the new ashley jade martinez. again last seen here in the 200 block of southwestt 14th avenue. this missing child alert was issued early@ this morning. no word yesterday from officials on what she was wearing. they believe shemay be with 53-year-old lilly hatton. tir relationship is unclearment we don't know if this is a grandmother, a mother, exactly their relationship. we don't know exactly how they may have left this area. officials have not said whether they believe this 6-year-old is in any danger. we do know the 53-year-old woman was last seen wearing blue floral dress. we have posted this to facebook and our social media account. we encourage you to check them out, the nbc 6 south florida facebook page to spread the word on this missing 6-year-old. i talked to two neighbors and showed them the pictures. they say they have not seen the 6-year-old or the wwen. hoping people can spread the word a get this 6-year-old back where she belongs. we'll continue to make calls and find out more information about what e

investigators are looking for 6- year-old ashley jade martinez. she's on the left-hand of the screen there. she was last seen in miami and they believe she may be with the woman on the right of the screen, lily eugene hayden. call 911. >>> happening today, a controversial issue is expected to drum up a heated discussion board meeting. the board will meet to talk about creating a district-wide policy on gender neutral bathroom to accommodate transgender students. news channel 8's ryan hughs is live at the sarasota county school board offices. and one school already has the policy in place. what's that about? >> reporter: gene, good morning. pineview school here in sarasota county has a policy. it was enacted after a student asked for it. meeting here today along with some supporters here at school district headquarters. and some students and parents are calling for a widespread policy on transgender bathroom use. it's a result of a push from this student, a year ago nathan quinn began the transition process. it wasn't until recently that the princi

florida so we're asking you to share this picture from our mobile app so that we can bring ashley jade martinez home safe. she's 4'4", weighs 75 pounds, brain hair and hazel eyes. police say she may be in the company of 53-year-old lily hatton -- lily hatton. anyone who knows where ashley may be is urged to call 911. >>> ivan has a look at the rainy forecast. >> it's been raining all night. we had thunderstorms rolling through. in fact 40 mile-per-hour winds. we had some power outages as well. i think those are likely going to be attributed more to lightning. we didn't really have 60, 80 mile-per-hour winds rolling through. older trees on power lines, that kind of stuff. here's the heavy rain much over for us. still heavy rain bands with embedded lightning across portionses of highlands county. that continues rapidly to move east. we're not under any warnings at this hour. a bit of a close-up, you can see east of sebring plenty of lightning, pushing to the east. there are tornado warnings to the south which is where the severe threat remains and it will end certainly for us. as will the rain. t

ashley jade martinez was last seen in the 200 block of south west 14th avenue. the six-year-old is believe today with in the company of 53- year-old lily who was last seen wearing a blue floral dress. if you have any information you are urged to call police. >>> we are continuing to follow men were found dead inside an apartment. gabby is live with the latest. gabby, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, miami police not confirming how those two women were killed but they tell us they responded to that scene after getting several 9-1-1 calls about shots fire. this is video from around that scene. all of it happens around 7:00. detectives say the victim's bodies were discovered in a back apartment&taken to the mall cool examiner to determine cause of death investigators did spend the entire night gathering evidence trying to piece together what happened. tiff one is a mother and they don't know why this happened. help with information. if you know my 305471-imtip. >>> all right. thank you very much for that. here are the rest of your tuesday morning head lines

authorities say ashley jade martinez was last seen in the 200 block of south west avenue. the six-year-old may be in the company of 53-year-old lily hatten who was last seen wearing a blue floral dress. if you have any information on where they are, you are urged to call police. >>> in miami, two men were found dead. we will go to place head quarters with more. >> reporter: good morning, police telling us they fired, several shots fired at an apartment last night and they found both of those women dead. i want to go straight to video from the scene about 7:00 last calls. police el us the bodies were -- discovered in a back unit and they were taken to the medical examiner to determine a cause. family members did rush to scene and investigators spent the entire night collecting piecing evidence to what happened. one said her sister is a 4-year- old mother and doesn't know why this happened. >> very vibrant, outspoken individual. she really didn't bother nobody. >> i have spoken with her since friday and she didn't indication she was having problems with nobody. >> police sti

breaking overnight -- officers are searching for this little girl here, this is 6-year-old ashley jade martinez, missing from the miami area. she has brown hair, hazel eyes, 4'4" tall and weighs 75 pounds. we know many of you have family and friends in south florida so we're asking you to share ashley's picture when you see it in your news feed this morning. we've also posted this on our mobile app. police say she might be in the company of the woman you see there on the right side of the screen, 53-year-old lily hatton. if you see this child or woman, and you know where they are, call 911. >>> we're adding up damage after a tornado ripped through escambia county in the western at least 10 homes destroyed or severely damaged in the town of century. >> three minor injuries is all we've heard so far, so people are grateful because judging by the damage you see here it could have been a whole lot worse. we heard it took a while for crews to rescue a 94-year-old woman trapped in her home after that storm. >> this is actual tornado footage itself, that prompted the calls to emergency crews. you can

investigators are looking for a 6-year-old ashley jade martinez. you can see her on the left. they believe she may be on the right. if you see her or know where she is, call 911 immediately. >>> and we have another story to tell you about this morning. according to the state attorney's office, whitney bell took a plea deal. she will serve 12 months of probation because of her first dui. and here is another story right now. had thunder sleet is going to be her license suspended. and the court wants her to get an alcohol evaluation and treatment test. >>> and now to the court of public opinion. case of the girl recording herself while driving allegedly drunk and recording it all on periscope. >> reporter: gayle, that's right. this is a story that we want viral. this is one we have been talking about from the beginning and it's trending on our website right now. a lot of people are commenting and some believe the punishment is not enough. basically, she will not be going to jail. she does however have probation for 12 months and will have to go through 150 hours of community serv

the six-year-old ashley jade martinez who had gone miss winning her grandmother, the good news is the miami police department has canceled the missing child alert. no word on where she was found but she is safe. >>> this story is still trending on our nbc news app. we're getting inqirsry about the truck. it's still a mess out there. a live look right now and you can tell some parts of the highway, the guardrail and that truck are still gathered all over the ground. the clean-up continues even though the truck is gone. witnesses say that truck ripped through 50 feet of guardrail and fell more than 100 feet down on in happened in the southbound lanes, near southwest 7th street. this is in miami and luckily no one below in that park was hurt. >> it appears miami heat start chris bosh facing another blood clot scare. he missed sunday's all-star gaem with a leg injury. for the next few days, reviewing s options, chris bosh missed the laa 30 days of the season after a blood clot was found in his lungs. >>> this will turn into the tale of two days. all in one. severe weather this morning. fa

police are looking for 6-year-old ashley jade martinez. we're hearing she might be with lilly eugenia hatton. we have more pictures from nbc 6 reporter michael spears who is covering this story right now. we'll be talking with him and getting an update on where the little girl was last seen and what police are doing moving forward as they continue to search for her. >> it is tuesday, february 16th. we're also following the radar. a look at south florida's only live radar. you u n see a line of storms, but not in miami-dade or broward, at least for now. >> a lot of red and yellow means not good things headed in our direction. >> that's right. a lot of it locked inland first thing this morning. pretty nasty storm moving to the east-northeast right along alligator alley. we are currently ouide any if you're wondering what these circles are, we're looking at low level and mid level lowation in these storms. these are potent storms across collier r unty and henry county. maybe if you're along the saw grass in western broward county, you can see

investigators are looking for 6- year-old ashley jade martinez. you can see her on the left. she was last seen in miami. and they believe she may be the woman on the right, hillary has hadden -- lily eugene hayden. >>> and a lot of folks are commenting on this morning. we showed you this video back in the day, showing a woman live streaming herself drunk driving on periscope. and now we know she will serve no jail time for that dangerous charade. news channel 8s lindsey mastis is live from the morning alert center. lindsey, what consequences will she face? >> reporter: even though she won't go to jail, there is a long list of consequences impose bid the court and we know her face because of the infamous live stream on periscope. you have to believe, please, driving drunk is not cool. i am drunk on south florida avenue. [ bleep ] spear scoping at 21 -- >> reporter: according to the state's attorney office, she took a plea deal. she will serve 12 months of probation because it's her first dui. she will have to perform 100 hours of community service, her license will be suspende

ashley jade martinez was last seen in the 200 block of south west 14th avenue. the six-year-old may be in the company of 53-year-old lily who was last seen wearing a blue floral dress. if you have any information you are urged to call police. >> police are investigating a deadly discovery in miami. two women were found dead in an apartment there. this happened around 7:00 last night at 7 ath street and northwest miami court. they received calls about shots being fired in the area the victim's bodies were discovered in a back apartment unit. >> a driver is lucky to be alive after his truck fell off of i-95 and landed in a miami park. the garbage truck landed in the park located on south west 4th street. rescue crews rushed him to jackson memorial in serious condition. cleaning up after several -- by suspected twisters, that leaves 16 tornadoes were crossed add cross the southern u.s. >>> taylor swift took him the west west hon -- mark and bruno bars with been. >> it is time no talk live are from the studios. i am sure the talk of the town and on the radio and at

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