a traffic alert with kelly blanco. >> we had an earlier car fire about an hour ago. you see the car up in flames, only one lane getting by. things haven't really changed much. we only have one lane getting by. alert camera andsee how it's looking at 5:00 a.m. this is i-95 northbound. you see that's a tow truck ready to tow the car on ffe. by. hopefully by the time you get clearing up. cluks. this is going to be a slow area on the northbound and southbound sides. it should be clearing within the next 15 minutes. let's take you over to our maps. palmetto expressway drivers northbound, you see all this red, that's because nrthbound at tamiami trail, all lanes are completely blocked off. take 87th avenue instead. also on the turnpike extensisi southbound at bird line road, all lanes shut down until 5:00 a.m. >>> two minutes past the top of the hour. in decision 2016, this is a quick rundown of the@ key developments since you went to bed. in missouri for republicans, the race actually too close to call this morning between trump and

here is kelly blanco. >> good morning, south florida. good news for you leaving your house here dark and early. if you're heading out the door from palmetto expressway to okeechobee, photographic between 48 and 50 miles per hour. if you t`ke a look at the first alert traffic maps, you see all the red over there. that's construction on the palmetto expressway northbound around northwest 122nd street. you're going to find all lanes completely bcked off. you'll have to follow those detours. on the palmetto expressway northbound, traffic moving around 55rom bird road to the dolphin expressway. only a four-minutu ride. you can follow me on twitter @kellynbc6. >>> in a couple hours voters in five states will go to the polls to choose their favorite. >> our own state expected to be right at the center of all of this as florida is one of the two states where the republican winner will take everything. julia bagg is live in miramar breaking everything down ahead the pls this afternoon. good morning, julia. >> reporter: hi there, eric and shelly.

here is your first alert traffic report with kelly blanco. >> as you make your way out the door in miami-dade, i have good news and bad news. we have a traffic alert blocking those express lanes. i know this is bad, but it looked worse about five minutes ago. if you're headed out the door, hopefully this clears in the next few minutes. this is i-95 southbound approaching state road 112. you still see the flashing lights off to the side of those express lanes. off. that's cleared out of the way. this is that one traffic alert. the good news, 836 drivers avenue, we had a crash with injuries blocking two lanes. also more problems on the dolphin expressway making your way eastbound before northwest 45th avenue. a left lane was completely blocked off. these two accidents on the up. you have nothing to worry about in broward countyty and in miami-dade just the one accident on i-95 southbound. >>> just about 6:03 on your friday morning. the gop takes the stage, but this debate for the most part was very unlike the others, at least to this point. >> the candidates were on the attack, but over policie

here is kelly blanco. >> thursday morning. if you're headed to work or school, we have one accident and one accident only and it's in miami-dade. 826 westbound. this is where we have the lanes of trafficly blocked off. this accident happened roughly an hour ago. crash with injuries. now only one lane is blocked off. you can still see crews on the scene causing a little slowowwn here on your westbound lanes of the palmetto expressway. so it's going to take a little time to clear up. the good news is, if you're headed eabound towards the have no issues. it's the westbound lanes affected by that earlier accident. let's take you over to our maps. construction has cleared out of the way. we have an earlier car fire on the palmeto expressway, that cleared out of the way as well. if you're headed from the golden glades to downtown, ten minutes. we have construction i-95 southbound at e exit to brickell avenue. > 6:03 on your thursday morning. certainly no holding back at thisppoint. hillary clinton and bernie sanders, if you watched,

here is kelly blanco. >>> thank you for joining us as you make your way out the door. this i-95 southbound and northbound lanes. you see the express lanes have oned back up. a 12-minute ride from the golden glades to the expressway. another crash in broward county on 595 eastbound as you try to ramp on to the rnpike. ex-length all lanes of the palmetto expressway north korea the on-ramp and off-ramp as well. and dolphin expressway drivers, as you try to ramp on to the palmettotoxpressway, you want to stick to your left-hand side. you two right lanes cometely shut down. >> kelly, thank you so much. two minutes past the hour now. a change in tone at the republican debate anyway. the 12th gop presidential debate wrapped up at home at the university of miami. in the debpast the debates got a little wild at times, last night was a completely different style. julia bagg joins us in the newsroom. glad to say this one didn't go down with the adjectiveraunchy slapped into it. that makes a big difference. >> it does. three candidates trying to knock off trump in the next fourday

here is kelly blanco with traffic. >>e have construction i-95 at sheridan street. expect at least three lanes to be blocked off there. here is a look outside, your northbound and southbound lanes at grififn road. accident-free in miami-dade and broward county. let's ching over to our maps. if you're headed out the door from cypress creek road to 595, eight-minute drooufive ahead of you an eight-minute drive, i-75 nice and clear pinin boulevard from the palmetto expressway, nine-minute commute. golden glades under ten minutes as well. we're accident-free in miami-dade and broward county. you can follow me @kellynbc6, i'll be pooing updates all morning long. >>> another case of zika in south florida. health officials are reporting one new case in miami-dade bringing the county's total to 28. there are 60 confirmed cases statewide including four that do invve pregnant women. last week experts discovered the first sexually transmitted zika case in polk county. far there have been no locally acquired cases in the state as all are travel related. >>> a trial that could i

here is first alert traffic reporter kelly blanco. >> we still have an accidentnt on i-95 southbound, your left lane blocked off. this is an earlier crash with injuries that still has not cleared up. this is i-95 southbound as you make your way towards ives dairy road. keep that in mind if you're making your way southboundn i-75. dolphin expressway, turnpike, all accident ee. we did have an eararer crash on i-75 northbound and commercial boulevard. also a car fire. i'm happy to report those two incidents have finally cleared up. no issues in broward county. as you're making your way out the door, 836, palmetto expressway to i-75, all that leaves you with a nine-minute ride. 826 southbound, five-minute cocomute with traffic moving at 55 miles per hour. >>> a week from today voters here in florida head to the polls to cast votes in the primama. >> with early voting under way right now, that means a lot of you u e saving time not to mention convenience by going early and doing it right now. the landscape by next weekould change dramatically by then. today is a do or die for one candidate

. >> here is our first alert traffic report with kelly blanco. >> thank you for joining us. if you're heading out the door, accidents in broward county. expect two lanes to be shut down on 595 and university drive. i-75 is shut down at this time until about 5:30 a.m. at sheridan street. you'll have those detours posted. also, 836 eastbound, that ramp to the palmetto expressway will be closed off for another hour. we are accident free in miami-dade as well. 826 northbound at tamiami trail, southwest 8th street, all lanes completely shut down. you can follow me on twitter, @kellynbc6. i'll be posting updates. >>> we hear from those who saw a garbage truck plunge off i-95. >>> how a split second decision saved the life of two fisher men as their boat was in the process >>> we'll hear from the woman >>> take a look as this garbage truck goes 100 feet off the highway. the driver you're looking at, incredible he was not hurt in all of this. nbc 6's jam pli guirola gives us a better look at what happened. >> traveling 45 miles per hour, falling 75 feet to the ground, not one camera

kelly blanco back in action. >> i think i am healthy. thank u for starting off your workweek with us. i-95, your southbound and northbound lanes on northwest 54th street headed into the airport epressway or continuing on i-95 to hopn to 836. we had an accident on i-95 north 103rd street. that has cleared and you are dealing with a 12-minute ride from the golden glades to the airport expressway. expect a couple lanes to be >>> president obama meets with cuban leader castro, on his home turf. >> we have covered this so extensively in the past year or so, and jay gray is in havana. >> this morning, president obama's focus will shift from tourist to a business of a renewed relationship between his country and cuba. a cuban poet was honored, and there will be an official state welcome where the white house says the president will be candid about areas of rights practices. for many here, the topic is not as important as the two sides are talking about. >> yes, a historic trip and it has been 50 years without relations with the north american g

kelly blanco off this morning. the smooth sounds of joe brennan. love his voice. >> good morning. looking like already we have trouble onthe roadways including a couple ramp closures. one of those i-95 southbound trying to exit westbou. you cannot exit. that's southbound 95 to westbound dolphin. expressway if you have plans heading the the airport from i-95. another ramp closure in broward county, northbound 95 at commercial boulevard. again, another accident there on that ramp way has it shut down. that's traffic. back to you. >> joe, thank you so much. >>> 4:32. baltimore ravens quarterback trey walker in critical condition after aotorcycle crash in northwest miami-dade. michael spears is at the hospital where he's being treated right now. what do we know so far? >> reporter: devastating. those are words from the ravens head cch when he got the news. ravens runnin back in the hospital following a rt bike crash in northwest miami-dade. we know miami police say the crash happened before 8:00 p.m. at northwest 21st avenue and 75th street. lights when he was riding. at this point po

here is your first alert traffic report with kelly blanco. >> good morning, south florida. accident-free. i-95 southbound and northbound at griffin road no construction whatsoever. in miami-dade we have a couple construction alerts. if you're h haded on the palmetto expressway northbound at tamiami trail, all lanes are completely blocked offfnot only that, the on-ramp and off-ramp are completely shut down as well. your southbound and norbound lanes at u.s. 27, okeechobee road no issues there. but there is a left lane blocked off at northwest 17th avenue. for you turnpike drivers, all lanes completely blocked off. this is a construction alert that lasts until about 5:45 a.m. yesterday morng. so expect that to be the same case today. >> all right. kelly, thank you so much. turning back to decision 2016, the four remaining republican candidates wrapped up thir 12th debate. this morning their spin from needs no spin, the overall feel of the debate. >> eric, each republican debate we've seen seems to get more raucous. this time we got to see a softer side of the final four. thin

kelly blanco off.

let's get back to traffic with kelly blanco. >>> good morning to you. good morning to you, south florida. 4:42 a.m. we already have a crash scene on i-95 northbound atembrook road. the problem is not only is the crash with injuries but al cop struction around this area that cars are getting by. again, i-95, northbound and pembrook road, this is where we have this crash. let's take you over to our maps. we have michael spheres live on the scene here. more information during the 5:00 hour. that policectivity blocking the right lane. this is on 395 westbobod as you are ramping on to i-95 rthbound. we also have construction alerts that are major at this time. palmetto expressway, northbound drivers, tamiami trail northbound. all lanes blocked off because of construction. >> thanks, kelly. your time right now, 4:43. a sobriety test gets out of control to say the least. >> dash cam video, oh, boy, showing the moment things take a bad turn. the shocking part is, who this woman has the back seat with her while all this was happening sgchlt will it is official,

we'll take a look at the roads now with first alert traffic reporter, kelly blanco. >> good morning, south florida. happy westbound back with you, and a special thanks to see you at the carnival this past weekend. you are at u.s. 441, this is your drive here. at 6:02, accident 43 on i-95, the palmetto expressway and turnpike, and still a 12-minute ride from the golden gladede to the airport expressway southbound. southbound northwest 113th street. 836 eastbound drivers just after northwest 45th avenue, one of your lanes completely blocked off because of an accident and in broward county we still have the traffic alert, orange drive from u.s. 441 to the turnpike completely blocked off and take griffin road. this was a car into a canal and one person has been taken to the hospital, and we'll have more information on that later today. >>>>it is an all too common occurrence happening again in south florida, and police hoping you saw something. a person is dead and this morning a hit-and-run driver out the on our streets. and erika glover is live at the police department. neighbors outrag

enjoy your beach time this weekend. >>> quick shout-out to kelly blanco. she's been out under the weather >> rest, kelly, we want you back >> thanksor lease a 2016 lincoln mkx for $399 a month just out what amitt romney is claiming to say about donald trump today as republican leleers openly consider finding a third party candidate to take on trump. with another big debate tonight donald trump will join us live to respond. >>> welcome home. scott kelly arrived from texas overnight and reunites with his family. >> it is a great feeling to be back here on planet earth. >>> smash-and-grab. dramatic video from a gun shop inin houston. thieves storm inside and steal more than 50 weapons. several arrests overnight. and launching a desperate search for more suspects and those weapons. >>> pressure? what pressure? an 11-year-old boy tests a new

here is kelly blanco. >> thank you so much for joining so we have some police activity going on in miami-dade but first county. this is i-95 here. your northbound lanes of pembrook road, construction and an accident. all lanes have cleared p. you have dodged that accident. no need to worry. let's take you to our first alert traffic map. on 395 westbtbnd ad you are northbound ramp is partially blocked off. a hit and r involvesing a police officer. that right lane as you are trying to ramp on to i-95 northbound. palmetto drivers, roads looking good for you, so far, so good. from the big curve, a five-minute ride with traffic moving along at 55 miles per hour. 826 northbound to the dolphin expressway, a four-minute ride. eric and shelly z no. no real surprises for republicans. if you went so sleep after 11:00, you are waking up to what turned out to be a democratic upset.t. >> not many people expecting bernie sanders to take michigan. >> certainlylyot. certainly, he is smile being this this morning. let's remembe hillary clinton still won big last night, taking more than 80 delegates when you co

right now first alert traffic with kelly blanco. day with us. accident-free in miami-dade and broward county. patchy fog not affecting your morning ride whatsoever. we have construction on i-95 northbound, a couple lanes blocked off at sheridan strt. hopefully that clears up pretty soon. this is i-75,our northbound and southbound lanes at miramar parkway. let's take you over tothe palmetto expressway. your southbouou lanes as you're making your way towarars northwest 122nd street. no issues as you make your way northbound. maybe you're about to hop on to i-75, no issues or delays. let's take you over to our maps, right now on the turnpike, coral reef to tamiami trail, ten minutes, trafficoving between 55 and 60 miles per hour. 8, traffic moving at 55 miles per hour leaving you with a four-minute ride from bird road to the dolphin expressway. >>> it is being called separation tuesday. the front-runners for both gop aa democrats hoping today is the day they can break from the pack. >> it's going to be do-or-die for a couple candidates here. the en

weeks's worth of weather in a bit, but right now to traffic with kelly blanco. >> hope you had a great weekend. thank you for starting off your

. >>> here is traffic with kelly blanco. >> as you are approaching i-95 from the golden glades to downtown miami, a 10-minute ride ahead of you. a crash on i-95 northbound as you are approaching 151st street, and you can see it's all nice and green on the maps, so need for an alternate at this time. palmetto expressway drivers, we had all lanes blocked off, and from bird road to the dolphin expressway,y, a 4-minute commute with traffic moving along at 55 miles per hour. >>> breaking news out of hollywood for you on this monday morning. we know one person is dead after a vehicle crashed into a building overnight and we talked to michael spears att 4:30, and you tell us about what happened? we know one person was killed in that crash, is that right? >> yeah, and one person confirmed dead.% we are hearing one other injury after police say a car, a cadillac crashed into the publix and this causing major delays in the area, and we have an active scene here, and to the east of us they shut down hollywood boulevard heading west, and police believe that's where the driver was coming from, and when

. >>> let's look at the monday roads with kelly blanco. >> good morning, south floriri. thank you for joining us. as you are making your way out to work, maybe school, orange drive from that u.s. 441 to the turnpike, it's closed off. emergency crews are on scene block the lanes from u.. 441 to the turnpike. let's take you to i-95, southbound and northbound lanes of copans road. an accident eastbound that was blocking all of the lanes on the ramp and it was an earlier rollover accident and that has cleared up, and if you are still at home, lucky you, you don't have to worry about that any longer. and northwest 122nd street, no issues as you make your way and head into broward county, no accidents and traffic heading up to speed on the palmetto expressway. >>> it's 5:33. as we speak, police are on the hunt for three people that were seen leaving a shooting in miami gardens. michael spears is live for us at jackson memorial hospital where we know the 16-year-old victim here is recovering. >> reporter: police say they need the community's help in stoppppg what they call nons

. >>> welcome back to kelly blanco. >> we have a couple accidents on the dolphin expressway other than the dolphin, we are accident free. the two accidents, one on the eastbound lanes of the 836 around northwest 57th avenue,

here is your first alert traffic report with kelly blanco. >> good morning, south florida.

here is kelly blanco. >> good morning, south florida.

let's get a check of first alert traffic and here is kelly blanco. >> right now accident free on our major roadways, and what you are taking a lookk at is palmetto expressway. we have construction blocking three of your right lanes and 826 northbound, we had all lanes blocked off and those have re-opened but still a couple that will clear up between 5:30 and 6:00 a.m. right now looking outside at the palmetto expressway, and no major issues here. again, we are accident free in our major roadways, and broward county, nothing to worry about. here is a look outside, i-95, southbound and northbound at griffin road, police activity northbound in stirling has cleared up. >>> your time is ten until the top of the hour. big cash up for grabs for anybody that can help solve a burglary caught on camera. m scott financial is offering 10,000 for tips to put a group of thieves behind bars because of what they did. they made their way into the check cashing store in kendall, and they think it happened sometime over the weekend. you can see more on our nbc 6 weather app and you can get a better loo

kelly blanco. >> good morning, south florida. thank you for j jning us. we had the earlier car fire on i-95 northbound. that's good news for those of you headed out the door at 5:16 a.m. we have a brand new accident in broward county, blocking the ramp from 595 westbound to u.s. 1. you want to stick to your left-hand sii to get by the accident just fine. another accident on the turnpike southbound. the construction is cleared out of the way, but now there's an accident just before bird road. two lanes blocked off because of a crash with injuries. we have construction on the palmetto expressway northbound. all lanes completely blocked off. you can see the red on our first alert traffic maps at tamiami trail southwest 8th street. we also have dolphin expressway eastbound, that ramp to northwest 45th avenue, the off-ramp blocked off f f another >>> we have new video involving the crash of a car into a publix in hollywood. the publix captured the moment the car came barreling inside the building. as you can see there, it killed one person and injured the girl

kelly blanco off. >> overnight road work trying to wrap up on some major thoroughfares. so far looking pretty decent as we take a look here, 595 in great shape in broward county east and westbound between 75 out west back to 95 and over to the airport, if you've got the early morning flight out, you'll be in good shape. on the palmetto expressway inn dade county, this is at red road that runs between the golden glades interchange and the big curve, sti getting by easily without any congestion problems al long the way. that's the latest look at traffic. back to you. >>> just about two minutes past the top of the hour. as we speak, police are on the hunt for who they're calling the dirty burglar. >> let's get o live to julia bagg who is in the miami neighborhood where he was last spotted. to say bizarre behavior was goingn here, seems to be sort >> reporter: it's the questionbehavior that has people on edge. as they know,a strange man has been lurking on their roads. this happened on southwest 28th road and 7th avenue. we know a hooded man with a long beard walked up to a

right now to first alert traffic with kelly blanco. >> good morning, south flora. right now we have a couple of things. if you're getting the kids ready for day care, getting breakfast ready, this is i-95 northbound around miami gardens drive. this is on-ramp to i-95 northbound. this is an accident that happened roughly 20 minutes ago. you have the ramp open. youcan see the cars getting through, but you have one of your lanes blocked off. going to add about two to five minutes extra to your commute or maybe ramp on to i-95 northbound instead by taking ives dairy road. we still have the traffic alert on the turnpike. that's where you should take i-95 instead. turnpike southbound, you have on the turnpike northbound you also have emergency crews blocking two lanes. so two lane blocked off on the northbound side of hollywood boulevard and one left lane blocked off on the turnpike southbound. this happened about an hour and a half ago and still has not cleared. >> this morning two suicide bombers who attacked the international airport in brussels have been identified a

let's take a look at the roads with first alert traffic reporter kelly blanco. >> thank you for joining us. we have a brand new accident, our first alert camera on i-95, these are southbound lanes at ives dairy road. one of the lanes is completely blocked off because of the crash that happened about ten minutes ago. keep that in mind as you're making your way out the door. local laechbs are open. it's the one southbound expressway that's blocked off. let's take you to our fit alert traffic maps, all lanes blocked off at southwest 8th street which is a big headache. they've opened up the lanes. good news heading out in miami-dade. 836 eastbound t t ramp to the palmetto expressway southbound completely brokd off. >>> 5:02 now. this morning we're getting a garbage truck takes a major fall off a ramp and falls 100 feet onto the highway below. julia bagg has more on what happened. remarkably, the driver is okay. what that success story that is? >> incredible. that's what investigators are saying this morning. this happened on the southwest th street at i-95. kaseem smith smashes through 50 f

here is kelly blanco. >> we lose an hour of sleep. >> i kn. i didn't want to say it. >> but i feel it. good morning south florida. as you make your wayut the door, we have a traffic alert on the palmto expressway. as we have three lanes of traffic blocked off 826 westbound. you're safe if you're headed towards the golden glades interchange. it's westbound around the area of northwest 17th avenue where you're going to have an accident with injuries. emergency crews on the scene blocking the three lanes. you'll need to give yourself extra time. the car fire on the palmetto expressway northbound is right at kendall drive, southwest 88th street. emergency crews on the scene of that car fire as well. dolphin expressway drivers, westbound, three lanes blocked off. that has cleared out of the way. also, construction on i-75, but we still have the turnpike extension southbound, all lanes completely blocked off at red road for 10 to 15 minutes. >>> kelly, thank you so much. it's 5:19 on your thursday morning. you've heard about the zika virus statewide

first alalt traffic report with dancing kelly blanco. >> got to shimmy a little bit when you know it's friday. fri-yay. we have a couple traffic alerts. this traffic alert we see on i-95 here and northwest 54th street. you can see it's pretty much a mess going on right now. the express lanes are blocked off. we also have the right lane blocked off. you the accident off to the shoulder, then you see the them about to head out there on northwest 54th street. let's take you on over to our maps where it's not the only accident that we have this morning. 836 drivers westbound right as you're approaching northwest 107th avenue, two lanes completely shut down. this is another accident with injues that's blocking two of your lanes. then another problem here on the 836 eastbound before northwest 45th avenue. make sure you stick to your right-hand side. a left lane is blocked off because of another crash there. >>> former first lady nancy reagan being laid to rest today. the funeral takes place at the ronald reagan library in simi valley, california, where she'll be buried next to her husband, f

kelly blanco off this morning. the smooth sounds of joe brennan. love his voice. >> good morning. looking like already we have trouble onthe roadways including a couple ramp closures. one of those i-95 southbound trying to exit westbou. you cannot exit. that's southbound 95 to westbound dolphin.

here is kelly blanco. >> thanks, ryan. good morning to yo south florida. a couple issues in miami-dade. no problems in broward county, all those accidents and constructions have cleared up. you see the flashing lights off in the distance. palmetto expressway northbound as you approach i-77 you have a right lane blocked off due to a broken down car. 12 to 17 minutes to g to i-95 around 122nd strt. one accident on the turnpike still has not cleared up. not seeing red or orange on our maps. that's good news if you're making your way out the door on this area. turnpike extension southbound at bird road, two lanes mpletely blocked off. you can follow me on twitter, @kellynbc6. i'll be posting updates all morning long. >>> investigators released new photos of a truck that caused an amtrak train to derail. we brought this to you as breaking news earlier this week. this agricultural truck caused the derailment to occur. the derailment happened when the engineer hit the emergency brake after spotting the damaged rail ahead. the crash sent more than two dozen people

first check on traffic now with kelly blanco. >> we had a car fire on i-95 northbound around miami gardens drive. you can see the fire has been put out. that car getting ready to get onto the tow truck. you see one left laneetting by just fine. it's going to be slow going around the northbound lanes of miami gardens drive because of an earlier car fire that had all lanes blocked off. on your southbound lanes, you don't see kars getting by.

. >> kelly blanco is still f. but we've got joe brennan who is going g sit in and give us the word in a few minutes. glad to have joe around. we'll see another dry day across south florida even though the cloud cover, notextensive at times. nothing adding up to bring us any significant rain chances. that's the case through your upcoming weekend. a live look outside on a thursday morning. it's just about 4:47 now. if you're up early, you've got a nice morning overall. temperatures only a few degrees warmer than where we were yesterday. know notice with these early temperatures, if you're an early up little by little all week long. we'll continue to see a warmer trend here for the afternoon hours. we're at 69 at m.i.a. our miami children's museum first alert camera looking back intoo downtown. a beautiful morning to get out and abt. it will be dry. rather extensive across the eastern gulf waters, everything moving west to east. the cold front moving through the area right now, packing zero punch. it's a very subtle

kelly blanco is off today. joe brennan in in with traffic. >> i've been telling you about a major mess on i-75 in western broward county, northbound side before you get to royal palm boulevard.

kelly blanco was telling us about that. nbc reporter, michael spears, the first with live kofrmcoverage at 4:30 joins us with new information. this involves a miami-dade police cruiser? >> reporter: the victim of a hit and run crash. one of the two suspects detained we are told thiss was not the driver. the alleged driver, i should say. two people in custody. >> brand new video you will only s on 6. it happened around 3:30 this morning. we are told by investigators that this officer, you can see all the damage to the front, was trng to get on to 395 westbound when police say two people in a black mercedes, which you will see next in a few moments, hit the officer and then kept driving. we are told the officer luckily is okay. we saw him. he didn't say much to us. he is okay. he was still on scene. he radioed in the description of that car. policeere able to locate it where we are right now, which is 395 westbound. you heard from kelly as you approacaed i-95 northbound. back out here live, a very active scene. we have at lea

kelly blanco back in action. >> i think i am healthy. thank u for starting off your workweek with us. i-95, your southbound and northbound lanes on northwest 54th street headed into the airport epressway or continuing on i-95 to hopn to 836. we had an accident on i-95 north 103rd street. that has cleared and you are dealing with a 12-minute ride from the golden glades to the airport expressway. expect a couple lanes to be

right now first alert traffic with kelly blanco.

live in the studio, kelly blanco, nbc 6 news. >>> family and friends are still looking for a missing miramar teenager. caitlin king was last seen on thursday and she was dropp off and never came home. she was 5'", and she was last areaing beige pant, white polo and beige sneakers. she is in need of her medication. anyone who could know anything about where she could be call 954-602-4000. >>> an 18-year-old man is behind bars accused ofn armed robbery, but police are still looking for two more, younger suspects out of this case. investigators are saying that jojothan valenzuela robbed a pair of 15-year-olds near west flagler street in little havana. the victims called 911 right away and did the right thing. police set up a perimeter and caught up with valenzuela and arrested him there. two more suspects are still out there somewhere. no one was injured. >>> a writeup in cuba's communist party newspaper as president obama's visit to the island approaches. the editorial in the newspaper criticizes president obama and the united states. it reminds readers the trade embargo is still in pl

. >>> welcome back to kelly blanco. >> we have a couple accidents on the dolphin expressway other than the dolphin, we are accident free. the two accidents, one on the eastbound lanes of the 836 around northwest 57th avenue, shsulder within the next couple of minutes. we don't see orange or red on` the maps, so appears good sign. another accident here, and this one was reported with the direction, and made phone calls for you, and it's dolphin expressway westbound at northwest 107th avenue, that entrance ramp partially blocked off because of the crash there. and palmetto expressway to i-95 a. nine-minute ride, so not too bad. let's take you to 595, no delays in broward county. don't forget, you can follow me on twitter @kellynbc6. >>> a busy schedule for president obama today. he is expected to meet withcastro, head on, and this trip has protesters hitting the streets not only in the cuban capital of havana, and we are talking about a lot of prrests happening here in south florida over this. >> many in t cuban exile community not happening with the president's visit. >> sending a messa

weeks's worth of weather in a bit, but right now to traffic with kelly blanco. >> hope you had a great weekend. thank you for starting off your this is on the palmetto expressway, southbound lanes closest to us, so traraic starting to pick up here at 6:02 a.m., and no delays or issues here on this side of the palmetto expressway, and hopping on i-75, no issues there either. we have a broken-down car in broward county n i-95, and emergency crews on the scene of this, just after sunrise boulevard before oakland park boulevard. one right lane blocked off and now two right lanes blocked off so stick to your right-hand side. and we also have an accident blocking the left lane on the parkway at law jean road at 42nd avenue. >>> breaking news on our social posting this video here on his twitter page. this is the aftermath of a deadly accident in hollywood. the first live reporter wh the story. do we know why this car crashed into this building yet? >> not from police, but we spoke to a friend of the victim that said it lost control in the circle, east young circle. a tow truck just arrived an

kelly blanco has an update. right now chopper 6 is over an earlier car into a canal. happy to report that everyone is safe. this issin the area of sunrise boulevard. one of your lanes eastbound is blocked of around the area of northwest 47th avenue. everyone again is safe. they ne to get that car out of the canal. also i-95 we have a crash southbound approaching northwest 95th street. delays at northwest 103rd street. >>> all right, south florida. temperatures right now still in the mid-70s, 77 already in miami. strong east-southeast wind warming us up and al leaving for some breezy conditions for the remainder of the day. we'll see a few clouds today but the bulk of the moisture remai over the gulf of mexico. slowly but surely will continue to increase throughout this weekend. in the meantime, tu, a mix of sun and clouds, breezy conditions with temperatures reaching into the 80s. >>> in just a few minutes donald trump will be holding a news conference in palm beach gardens. nbc 6 news and weather app. >>> this morning on "today's take," we're rocking with darius ruck

kelly blanco is off today. joe brennan in in with traffic. >> i've been telling you about a major mess on i-75 in western broward county, northbound side before you get to royal palm boulevard. over the scene herwith thehe chopper and it is again very heavy, very slow, trying to make your way through. use flamingo i&stead as an alternate route. things will take a while even after they get those lanes open to thin away. already back now beyond griffin road. that's traffic. back to you. >> all right, joe. thank you so much. creeping up on three minutes past the top of the hour. overnight, a football player right now is clinging to life. we've been telling you about ravens corner back tray walker. he was involved in a serious motorcycle crash. michael spears is live at jmh where walker is being treated this morning. from beginning to end, he was taken in crirical condition and is not out of the woods. >> reporter: at last check still in critical condition jackson memorial hospital. this is trending on facebok, a h

here is kelly blanco. >> good morning, south florida. hope your morning is off to a good start. we had a broken down truck on the palmetto expressway northbound as you were approaching i-75. these are your norbound lanes and your southbound lanes. no issues there, that truck finally off to the shoulder. 12 to 17 minutes to get to i-95 from here, the palmetto expressssay at northwest 122nd street. let's take you over to our maps. we have this accident that is finally starting to clear up. turnpike extension drivers southbound at bird road. this is where we had two lanes of traffic blocked off, fhp saying this accident should be off to the shoulder within the next five to ten minutes. if you're headed out theoor on northbound, bird road to the dolphin expressway, a four-minute right with traffic moving at 55 miles per hour. we'll talk about broward county in a couple minutes. 6:03 now. back to decision 2016, a story that is still developopg at this very early hour on this wednesday morning. we've got to head to 34is sorry, a razor-thin race on the republican side. donald trump bar

kelly blanco off. >> good morning. not a bad ride since they picked up the barricades from overnight work. this is the area between the broward county line and the golden glades interchange passing by dolin stadium there, you can see entering the golden glades iterchange on the southbound side, the right side of the roadway there, not bad at all. it will get busy later. it's moving out of the ggi in good shape. the turnpike, 95, also the palmetto expressway, 441, all those come together there at that point. right now everything holding up including 95 all the way in to downtown miami. we're not seeing any major stumbling blocks. the same for travel in broward county along i've still in pretty good shape since they picked up everything at that's traffic. back to you. >> joe, thank you so much. bizarre behavior from an alleged alert. live in that miami neighborhood with more. julia, safe to say this is a community very much on the lookout for some of the video we're about to see. >> reporter: eric, they really want this

let's get you over to kelly blanco for how it's moving. >> we had an accident at 4:30 a.m. now at 6:32, it's starting to clear. you can see it's still a big scene on the turnpike northbound and on your southbound lanes here around hollywood boulevard. this accident involving a tractor-trailer. it has been moved out of the way about ten minutes ago. you can see a couple cars involved and road rangers blocking the southbound lanes. both northbound and southbound seeing delays at this time. you can take u.s. 441 instead. we'll keepepyou posted on air and online and onn our nbc 6 news and weather app. les see you just how fast or slow traffic is moving. around hooywood boulevard, traffic moving at 14 miles per hour. on the southbound side, it looks a little better than the norttbound side, 42 miles per hour. you can avoid the turnpike by taking u.s. 441 or i-95 instead. >> another update in just minutes. ififyou're just waking up with this us this morning, we'll see gradually temperatures climbing quickly from the upper 60s and lower 70s, into the 80s today. a warmer weather pa

here is first alert traffic reporter, kelly blanco. >> we're accident-free in miami-dade and broward county. chopper 6 giving us a bird's-eye view above i-95 and northwest 95th street. southbound and northbound lanes looking really good at this time time. traffic moving around 59 miles per hour around northwest 75th street. from cypress creek to 595, only eight minutes. all green on our first alert traffic maps which means traffic eastbound, a ten-minute commute. making your way westbound towards the sawgrass expressway, a nine-minute ride. >>> an unwelcome arrival for apple fans. apple users are being targeted for the first time by ransomware. it steals your files and asks you to pay money to get them back. hackers infected mac through a tainted program known as transmission. apple has taken steps including the anti virus software to protect against the malware. >> the moment a plane pair shoots down in long island. we told you about this miraculous landing. now we have surveillance video of the crash#landing obviously. the plane literally fell out of the sky with the parachute. it

a look at the roadways with traffic reporter kelly blanco. >> this is some serious business. look at your screen. there are some miniature ponies on the turnpike southbound near i-75. five, six of them. you can see the cars are all looking at them. be careful if you're headed out the door this way because, turnpike southbound near i-75. no joke there. >>> let's tak you over, earlier chopper 6 was over a motorcycle accident. the condition of that person is still unknown, but we want to make sure you avoid i-95 southbound because those express lanes are still completely shut down, delays stretching back almost to broward county, aving you with a 16-minute ride from the golden glades to the airport expressway. >> ponies on the turnpike. thank you so much. >>> out of miami this morning a hit-and-run involving a miami-dade police cruiser. two people were detained. they have since been released because they're telling us just not enough evidence right now to arrest them. their cruiser that was hit was getting onto the mcarthur causeway. >>> an 18-year-old man behind bars accused of

let's check traffic with kelly blanco. >> visibility at 70% i-95 southbound north of u.s. 441, drive carefully around that area. we also had an accident, tamiami trail 17 m >>> it's 8:00 on "today". coming up, do vaccines expire? the study suggesting the vaccinations you got as a child could wear off. do you need booster shots as an adult? dr. natalie azar weighsn with the answer. >>> ever go to the store with a short list and come home with a full cart? the savvy ways grocers get you to spend money without realizing it. >>> what will they wear? >> winners are -- kaitlin and john! >> congratulations. >> you choho them to get married in our big fat today wedding. now, you'll choose what they wear when they walk down the aisle. 2016. >> we're on the "today" show. let's get on it, don't you leave me brokenhearted >> birthday girl. >> 84-year-old grandma woke us up to be here. >> it's 8:00 on "today". that is an adorable little baby. tuesday, march 15th. great day on our plaza. the crowd is wild and loud. spriri break rolls on. it's kind of a rainy one out here. >> what's that? >>rizzly

. >>> now a look at your roads with kelly blanco. >> well, sheli, chopper 6 just found this accident as they were patrolling the roads here. now, this is eastbound by the turnpike. that's what they're telling us, izbury road eastbound right by sun life stadium. you can see emergency crews on the scene. this is i-95 southbound at 119th street and we have one lane blocked approaching the airport expressway. see you then. >>> i have to get ready to go over there. >> 8:30 now, monday, march 7th, 2016. we just aren't getting in the camera shot. i didn't know it was coming our way. good morning, everybody. nice to have you along. bybyhe way, one week from today, get excited, coldplay will be here where we are standing in concert, live. >> goodness. >> you do not want to miss this one. if you are able to be here, if you're in the area, be sure to get here early. >> it's going to be tough. if you're looking for a place to stand, call the switchboard and ask for mr. daly. he can hook you up. no question. >> right, right. right by the soundboard >> coming up, we couldn't pack more stars into t