jessica holly shows us. >> are you in expired. as deputy director to i'm coming to you as a citizen today. e-august 2014. ami-dade police deputy director juan perez demanding support for his department in the face of bump it cuts and layoffs. >> telling the community the commissioner the mayor whoever is listening that we need them. >>reporter: year and a half later that passion may very well be what is taking him to top cop. >> reminded me of me when i was a director of the miami fire department. you have to fight for your department. you have to fight for your people. >> i say what i mean and do i what i mean so i think the mayor respects that from me. >>reporter: so on graduation day as 95 joined the force, force gets a new leader. perez taking over as director jd patterson retires from the department. >> i'll tell you that the troop are excited and happy to have him as oururew leader. he does have some big shoes to if he's allowed tbe a professional law enforcement officer without any inference from the mayor's oychlts i appoi

jessica holly. 7 news snie. >> lynn: jessica thank you. >> danielle: coming up on 7 news. a woman back from mer ma tyranny leave at work when the place gets rob and the dangerous do o though the ens something explosive. >> lynn: and a dare at school. first a teacher who claimed to be with a popular ride sharing service asked to pick up a student. a warning for all parents on just one station. >> danielle: and two students in court instead of in class after a loaded stolen gun was found on campus. >> lynn: plus, workers claim power ball thought they hit the jackpot. one person even quit on the spot. don't do that. find out yes had to ask for his job back. >> phil: you know, if i were to win the big lot to. i would not quick work. >> lynn: oh you're lying. >> phil: right. let's take a look at what we can expect. a big area of low pressure snrepght gulf of mexico. that could bring us a couple of rainy days here across south florida. minutes. >> >> lynn: u oh my gosh. those poor people. not so much. >>> >> a major mix up had a group of new jersey employees celebrating striking

jessica holly. 7 news. >> lynn: jessica, thank you. a race to the rescue after a woman is 12ubg in the treement street. woment left trapped in a mini-van after being hit at taft street and 72 avenue. to help her out. >> we tried to several times to lift@ the car off of her. couldn't get it off her. they grabbed the jack perfect her car and a used it as live vj to expwract car up just enough to relieve pressure from her and until e e and firefighters came on the scene. >> lynn:ell, it worked. the woman was pulled out and taken to the hospital. >> danielle: a crook gunning for cash at a south florida gas station. police releasing surveillance video of a man they say robbed a mobile station. the thief walking in demanding money from an employee this morning he took off with the cash from the station near johnson street in north university drive. if have you any information, call crime stoppers a 954-493-tips. >> lynn: police investigating an armed robbery at a south florida hotel. a thief flashing a knife and repeatedly smack main in the

jessica holly life a the bb and t in sin rice. hi there jessica. >> reporter: hi there. he will be here and we hey chance to ct with garth brooks about his south florida stop this afternoon. >> i've got friends in low places >> reporter: it's been two decades since one of the biggest names in country music took the stage in south florida. >> thank you for 20 years and thank new advance. this weekend will be stupid crazy and loud. snow when you are coming, this is how it will be. >> reporter: and it will be a family affair. wife and superstar in her own right trisha yearwood will be >> we feel so bleesd we talk about it. not just something we say in an interview. he retired in 2000 157bd came out of retire meant in 2009. >> now on a world tour. >> reporter: what could be next for garth looks. >> people talk bay bucket list. don't have anything on my bucket list expect to do this more. that's all i woont want to do. >> reporter: you now, the original plan was for three shwws here in sunrise. there was such a demanded they added thursday's show. show starts at 7:00. still t

jessica holly live at the fire station in fort lauderdale with with this story. jessica. >> reporter: belkeys and craig, this is the busiest fire nows t country. that's right, the busiest fire how the house in the country and last night the crews here many more on their platete cleaning up someone else's dirty work. >> the side of the truck says it's saving life and property. >> reporter: and thursday night while unit two and crew were doing just. that someone did this. >> i can't believe someone quo do that. the fort lauderdale fire department rescue truck was parked right outside the emergency room at broward health medical center. thing they moted was right here

. >> lynn: 7's jessica holly live on the scene of this killer collision with their fight. jessica. >> reporter: it was just a horrific crash at this intersection of southwest miami-dade. in fact youing still see some of the damage on the corner here. a young man lost his life here and now his family is demanding apses from this service that was hired to bring him home safely. >> 20-year-old pablo sanchez junior died may fiery crash two days after christmas. >> pablo senior in tears remembering hi only son. >> he like a role mod tole younger kids. he will help everybody. >> reporter: but no one could december 27th. >> the car exploded and pablo lost his life right then, right there. >> reporter: now an nier for the the pamly announcing a wrongful death lawsuit. >> around 4:45 the morning of the crash ch pablo and hi friend were taking an uber ride. according to miami-dade police, the suv they were riding in attempted to make a left turn from southwest 157 can on to southwest 144th street in southwest miami-dade when the suv was hit by an on coming car. a miami-dade police ne

a separate shooting leaving two people dead including teenager. 7's jessica holly live in miami with the manhunt that is going >> >> reporter: yeah, it was a disa sad saturday. three shooting. and # people died. one of the victims that bairksd the shooting happened in this area and he was just a kid. >>> i'm a little cousin. jis love him so much. >> a young man visit age small memorial for his cousin hill. the latest victim of gun violence in miami. shot saturday night, rushed to the hospital but would not survive. >> he died shortly after arriving. he was just 15 years old. >> that shooting in area of nocialtion west avenue and 69th street. one of three shoot shootings that night. in the northwest block of second court. main hit multiple time in critical condition. around 9:15 sunday night, more gunfire. >> a man just 21 years old also had beenhot in the block of 56th street. leonard rushed to the hospital ch he didn't make it. >> we could not know if they are linked but we're asking the community for help. >> reporter: police knocking on doors over the weekend. >> miami police. >>

walter morris live at the hospital where that officer was rushed and jessica holly live a shooting scene in miami gardens. we begin this evening with jessica. >> reporter: ladies, the details of what happened here in this parking lot chilling according to police, a man in an suv passed an officer in a unit when i saw the officer in the unit. he put it in reverse. pulled out a gun and started >>> >> the violence against police officers in this country mustt stop. >> reporter: the latest attack in miami gardens and police say this man, 24-year-old david mejia pulled the trigger. it was around 8:30 friday moing. officer david starlg an eight year veteran in the force in his police unit writing a report near northwest 183 street and 7th avenue what i black suv r08d up. >> the vehicle made contact with him advice youly. backed up and discharging a firearm in the

for today's health minute i'm holly firfer. " " jessica rae: coming up.... we'll turn to politics bernie sanders has a new way of attracting voters ahead of the iowa caucus... all up next morning siouxland. let's get a check of conditions outdoors on the port neal welding company skycam hd. we have some very slick conditions this morning due to freezing drizzle and fog. a winter weather advisory is in effect until midnight and a dense fog advisory is out through at least 6 am. visbility is reduced with light northerly winds blowing in and temps in the upper 20s and lower 30s. we have some snowy and icy conditions anticipated here on system is going to slide through today spreading in ice and drizzle this morning followed by 1 to 2 inches of snow. as we move into the middle of the week, temperatures are going to soar above normal with highs in the upper 30s and even 40s! we should be able to melt away some of our frozen precipitation. today's high is 31 and we'll have foggy conditions plus drizzle which is going to freeze and stick to roadways followed by sno

holly will fight misha. march 5th will be a huge welcome back here. we have rugby, it's an olympic event this year. >> jessica: a lot of people want to see her get back in the ring. she had such a heart break after that loss. >> she did, and i read today that she's not going to be back for u.s.c.200, she'lling postponing that because she has a movie to film. so we'll see if she comes back at all. fair for the car enthusiast. nevadas.... y con un compresor de agua... un generador y un sistema de tuberias... parker logr traer el clima invernal a su vivienda... aqui vemos el resultado-- la residencia cubierta por una capa blanca de nieve.... por si se pregunta: este proyecto cost 200 dolares y la construccion tom 25 horas...

holly 48:57 it really helped enter me on the fact i need to focus on who the candidate is as a person and as a christian. ae they godly first and jessica rae: next week, graham's prayer ralliess will continue. he has stops scheduled in florida, louisiana and new hampshire before the month is over. jessica rae: scott's up next with a final check of our forecast. what's coming up on the show today. " " jessica rae: again that's on dr. oz at 4 o'clock right here on abc9. jessica rae scott: today's high is 37 with cloudy skies, drizzle, sleet, and snow. the overnight low is 30 with patchy freezing drizzle. then tomorrow we'll have a high of 36 with drizzle followed by a rain/snow mix during the second half of the day. here's your 7 day forecast. today's high is 37 with cloudy skies, drizzle, sleet, and snow. the overnight low is 30 with p pchy freezing drizzle. then tomorrow we'll have a high of 36 with dre followed by a rain/snow mix during the second half of the day.

holly 48:57 it really helped enter me on the fact i need to focus on who the candidate is as a person and as a christian. ae they godly first and foremost? jessica rae: load king, an elk poininsouth dakota specialty trailer manufacturer has been recently bought out. over the holiday on december 30th kansas city based comapany utility one source announced their of the company, saying the existing management of load king will continue to do business in the area. jessica rae: another big powerball prize is up for grabs. tonight's drawing will be for an estimated 450- million dollar jackpot. it was initially set for 4-hundred- million dollars... but lottery officials say the surge in ticket sales caused an increase. jessica rae: and here in iowa... many people in the work place are trying to cash in on the big prize. iowa lottery spokesperson mary neubauer shared some tips for powerball office pools. "definitely keep careful of who put money in and who didn't especially if you're buying tickets regulary so there wouldn't ever be a question of wether of not someone was in that week or not " jessica rae: this is the sixth largrgt jackpot of any u.s. l

holly and wilmington. bright skies. 40 degree at 3:00. >>> first alert with jessica boyington. >> we're seeing lots of delayserms of accidents but we do have sun glare and delays. it's adding at least 25 minutes to a half hour to your morning commute. there's an accident scene on 95 ant round one backed up to 73 at exist 3. tracy. >> thanks. the community will come together today for the philadelphia police officer recovering after being shot in an ambush. they'll hold a fund-raiser for jesse hartnett. he'll be there. all proceeds go for his recovery. yesterday the new york police department came to philadelphia to personally show their support. and the philadelphia police department is hoping to land female recruits. the women in law enforcement career fair happens today. we have more on our website and our nbc 10 app. we'll have the latest update and you can always get the news and weather with the "nbc 10 news" app. i now back to the "today" show. i'm tracy davidson. thanks for watching. have a great day. ♪ >>> it's 8:00 on "today." zoning in on zika. how worried should you be. we will separate fact from

holly. sunshine, we'll make steady progress. upper 30s by 1:00 this afternoon. >>> it's 8:26. let's check the roads. jessicatown, delaware, summit bridge northbound is closed to traffic due to multiple accidents that have actually occur this had morning. accident investigations are under way to find out the reason why so many accidents keep happening there. northbound commuters you can take the roth bridge or st. georges bridge as your alternate. that would be your best bet. 422, we do have a disabled vehicle. this is trooper road right in here. disabled vehicle blocking that on-ramp that wraps around 422. >> jessica, thanks. >>> powerball fever. you're likely to see large ticket lines for the largest powerball jackpot in nearly a year. the sixth largest jackpot ever in america. last time that much cash was at stake was in february. the odds of winning are 1 in 292 million. i'm tracy davidson. >>> hi, everybody. good morning. good morning. hi, everyone. it's wednesday, january 6th. it's a beautiful morning. we've got mate lauer here, miss natalie morales, wrangler, al, carson. the gang is all here. god, i l

for today's health minute i'm holly firfer. " " jessica rae: coming up.... we'll turn to politics bernie sanders has a new way of attracting voters ahead of the iowa caucus... all up next