miami-dade county, winds running about 10 to 15 miles per hour, and go over and check out what the winds are doing. there we go. winds at 13 in miami. and they were sustained at 20 now, and updated until about 16. bottom line, a warm and breezy morning. mostly cloudy skies taking over. in the meantime, out initially this morning, looking at miles conditions and for those of you working, find conditions at about 68 as we get into the morning commuted this morning, and we get into the afternoon hours. the evening commute may have more showers around. let's see how the roads are moving on this president's day. >>> we have an accicint on the extension southbound. this an officer-involved accident. it happened a little while ago a you can see all lanes are completely shut down and we have a crew there and we can see from the live picture that that ramp this is turnpike extension southbound, so we have the onramp shut down, and expecto be detoured off the turnpike at that exact area. let's take you over to i-95 southbound and northbound where we have no construction going on on i-95 in broward

county, in the clear so far. i wantnto take a zoomed-in loom to miami-dade county. zooming up real close as you can see along 195 through 112 approaching okeechobee road. we are beginning to see a few showers. some working their way into the airport area. 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, in

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

county, heavierrain in ft. lauderdale and ft. lauderdale beach and across miami-dade county. forecast for today, take an umbrella. a wet forecast through the mid and early afternoon hours. evening commute should be dry, but it will be slow going on the morning drive. let's check in with kelly. looking at our drive this morning in broward county, this is 59595 just around from davie boulevard, so you have no issue whatsoever as you can see. lightly traveled at this time. let's go over tthe maps. if you're headed outut the door in miami-dade on the coral reef drive to tamiami trail, 10 minutes. a five-minute commute on the palmetto from the big curve to okeechobee. and headed eastbound on flamingo drive. >> kelly, thank you very much. we've been counting down to the iowa caucuses for a while but now bad weather there is the concern. steve handelsman is in des moines with how this could affect turnout. >> reporter: candidates worked into the final night to get caucused. with a snowstorm forecast for bernie sanders rallied volunteers. >> the issue is not just hillary clinton vers

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 rushed to e hospital after being struck by a police cruiser in miami. hello and welcome every one.

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

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 of northwest 62nd street. no construction crohn's and no accidents. i-95 right now looking good. the express lanes should be opening up within the next 30 minutes. let's take you to our first alert traffic maps where we have construction on 395 westbound at alton road. a couple lanes blocked there. on to the 836 northbound,d, the ramp to northwest 72nd avenue completely blocked off because of construction until 5:30 a.m. also, i-95

. >> reporter: it has been a terribly difficult week in miami-dade county. three children shot and two of them did not survive. and rightow, people are gathering at this church in miami to say good-bye to a six-year-old. friendship missionary baptist church, where many will gather, mourning the loss of an innocent child. and while family grieves, the police make an arrest. taken into custody, his family members joining him in court. leonard adams and presley, charged with second-degree murder. of king, two more shootings involving teens. 21-year-old antoine is under arrest accused ofhooting and injuring a boy in miami-dade. and so far, no arres in the same day that took the life of 17-year-old gaffed gold borne. in the wake of recent violence, hundreds have demanded justice and peace, praying for an end to the killing and the gununiolence that's stealing young lives in miami-dade county. the police are lookingh for the vehicle that they believe is in the shooting of king carter. a 1999, black, tinted windows with possibly bullet holes in it. if you know anyth

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

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

cbs4's mar bell rodriguez is live with more on the big take down. >> we're just outside the miami decade county auditorium. as you can see, city of miami police have set up their command center, where they have brought and continue to bring people who have been arrested for a number of crimes and transfer them to jail. early this morning, several arrests were already made. >> prostitution has been a concern in this area in the last few years, again with these proactive efforts we have been able to reduce it. again, we still need to keep working at it, so it doesn't continue to happen. >> that proactive approach operation clean up. for 24 hours, city of miami police out in full force from southwest 8th street to south river drive and 27th avenue to 72nd avenue. on a full scale operation targeting all crimes. >> i think it's great, much needed. i mean, crime has taken a rise, seem insignificant to others. >> alexia rodriguez's car was broken into this morning. but within minutes police say they arrested 18-year-old manuel camacho. >> our officers saw an individual with a backpack, stopped him and

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

county and some of the other larger jurisdictions. >> the miami-dade county jail faces a daunting problemf 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 every day. but when i do, i go on a binge. >> are you presently taking any kind of medication? >> crack cocaine. prozac. that's for depre

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

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

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

one of the new casesis in miami-dade county bringing the total number ofaties to seven. says at least three people are now dead due to zika complications. venezuela's r rorting more than 5,000 suspected cases of zika just since november. and a short time agogo the world health organization said a possible zika vacacne is at least 18 months away from large-scale trials. >>> a guilty verdict in the trial of a new york city police officer accused of shooting and kijling a man in a darkened stairwell. the 28-year-old killed in 2014 after the rookie officer shot him while he was patrolling the stairwell. prosecutors argued the officer's actions are reckless. >>> if you live in the 32 through 3300 block of northeast 36th street and northeast 32nd avenue you'r advised to boil all water before that will remain in effect until surveys show the water is safe again. >>> still to come this morning a bold thief breaking into a woman's home while she's in the shower. >>> reststrant rampage, diners attacked by a man with a machete. >>> having a heart. the traffic stop that led to deput

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

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

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

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

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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.

. >> laurie: the zika virus outbreak continues to spread in florida with another case in miami-dade county if total cases of 18 across our state. 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 t

wells was stopped on i-71 in miami county last month and charged with five drug counts because of pills found on the seat of her car. wlw's bill cunningham confirmed on the air today that it was percocet and offered his concern for wells. "she's one of us. it's happened here. as one person to her -- if she's listening or hears about this -- we want you to get better, we're willing to help whatever we can do, but for the grace of god there goes i." i."if convicted of a felony, wells could face sanctions on her law license from the ohio that is 9 on your side at 7 for this wednesday.updates on all the day's top stories right now on wcpo dot com.our next newscast is tonight at 11..."the list" is next... the list starts now. cool techs to keep your pets entertained while you're way at work. >> your dog toy is stumping me.

later we had another tornado warning for portions of northeast miami dade and southeast broward county, miami gardens, sun life stadium, north miami. we had multiple tornado reports and also multiple reports of damaging gusty winds as we approached the 8:00 am hour. some of the peak gusts so far ranging from 25 to even up to

another young life lost to gun violence in miami-dade county leaving parents distraught and officials outraged. >> king carter was struck by a drive by bull let. his family is overcome with cleave cleatcleave cleat. sanela sabovic live in northwest miami-dade with more. good morning, sanela. >> reporter: todd and neki, good morning. another child killed by senseless gun violence. the victim only 2 years old. sparking the miami-dade police commissioner to come forward and denounce this scooting. 6-year-old king carter you see right there was playing outside of his home northwest 1h avenue and 103rd street when he was shot nd killed in a drive police director want perez is fed up. >> i am angry. the community behihd me is angry. hopefully angry enough to lead to the arrest of the individuals. >> reporter: the director telling us that witnesses reported seeing a black sedan with three men taking off from the apartment complex. moments after king was killed, superintendent of miami-dade cocoty schools alberto carvalho showed up at jackson memorial hospital where the child was pronounced d

records show lisa wells was pulled over on i-75 in miami county, north of dayton ... late last month. month.troopers say they received a call of a vehicle driving recklessly... then found several pills on the seat of her car.wells is accused of operating a vehicle while intoxicated. police in middletown are looking for a man who robbed a gas station with a butcher knife. knife.our partners at the journal-news say the man was wearing a black ski mask and black surgical gloves when he went into the speedway on roosevelt boulevard this morning.he showed the knife and got away with some money and a lot of scratch off tickets, he may be driving a their ballots for the presidential primary today. today.in hamilton county ... voting is taking place at the board of elections office ... local politicians including cincinnati city councilman chris seelbach and state senator cecil thomas were there celebrating the early voting kickoff when the polls opened at eight.early voting will be from 8-5 today through march 4th except on weekends ...then continues right up until election

is the breeze that has been strong overnight, and we have winds over the east and about 202 miami-dade county, winds running about 10 to 15 miles per hour, and go over and check out what the winds are doing. there we go. winds at 13 in miami. and they were sustained at 20 now, and updated until about 16. bottom line, a warm and breezy morning. mostly cloudy skies taking over. in the meantime, out initially this morning, looking at miles conditions and for those of you working, find conditions at about 68 as we get into the morning commuted this morning, and we get into the afternoon hours. the evening commute may have more showers around. let's see how the roads are moving on this president's day. >>> we have an accicint on the extension southbound. this an officer-involved accident. it happened a little while ago a you can see all lanes are completely shut down and we have a crew there and we can see from the live picture that that ramp

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

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

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

county are still without power. 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

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

weather and the tornadoes that were confirmed in broward around pompano beach and northeast miami-dade county we broke into our national programming to warn you about the first tornado that developed around 7:10 am. and then we had the other tornado in northeast miami-dade that took place around 7:51 -7:59. peak gusts of 200 miles per hour -- up to 100 miles per hour. i was on the phone with craig adler talking about how el nio has thrown everything off. it is still impacting our weather. with the warmer ocean water in the pacific and what happens is we have a stronger southern jetstream meaning the wind in the mid-to upper levels are more from the west and across florida. and taking more of a southerly path. and at the surface the wind flow is moving from the south. so we have a change in the wind direction and that leads to the to favorable conditions for tornadoes. we will continue to see as long as a strong el nio is in place we could see more of this active weather out hour winter. thankfully that's not the case this morning. dry and rain free. and cooler. no major jacket and sweaters th

sheldon. >> reporter: belkeys, the gunshots popping off and the sirens screeching throughout miami-dade county. they make the loudest noise but it's the stuff thaw can't hear that really compounds the problem. not enough people spping up and swhaig saying what they know. >> in miami-dade county, thehe shooting scenes and body removal aren't reserved for criminals. >> these kids are droppinggike fliesms it hits us hard because it was our kid. >> s4ep up, speak up. >> reporter: too many school kid have been shot and the call now is for people to not stand back. miami-dade schooo police and superintendent alblbto carvalho says it's time to stop what some say is nearly as seadly as the bullets fired across town. a street code of silence. so many school kids had been shot across the county ithat too visit schools and familiar lees rocked by violence said this. >> i stopped counting at 452 years ago. >> reporter: but carvalho had to revisit the numbers because. >> when in a 12 month period 60 kids have shot and over 20 are killed and within a 1424 hour period two schools become the victim of drive b

. >>> 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

for the early birds, there are 20 locatis onacssro miami-de county and they extended the amount of early voting days to 14. in broward county, there will be 9 days of early voting and also making it easier to use seabntee ballots by paying for the postage. >> so when a voteceives their absenteeballot, open te it, package it according to the directions. make sure they sign the ballot. drop it in the mail. no postage is r ruired because we're taking care of the postage. >> reporter: but if you do make it to the polls on election day,you'll notice the changes starting at check-in in miami-dade. >> now we have an automated check-in system with your drivers licecee or florida i.d. we're able to swipe your record right away and move you through the check-in process very quickly. >> reporter: also new precinct lines have been drawn across miami-dade county to beer distribute the ount of voters in each voting location which means you'll want to check first because yoururpolling place may now be different this time around. >> one of the big chanans is reprecincting and that means we redrew the bo

. >>> 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

a plan going down in the water of this is the water in the atlanta can you ocean, not far from miami. county. this is the part of the plane that went into the water. according to reports, there were two people op board of the plan, they were both rescued. wore watching it for you and as we get new details on it, we'll have it right here on local 12 news, and also on local12.com. >> all right. super bowl 50. nearly here now. one quarterback arrived in san white zebra pants. peyton manning and cam newton have little in common except tremendous talent. don't forget. you can catch super bowl 50 right here on local 12. >> spring is coming herely. >> pennsylvania's most famous groundhog punxsutawney phil failed to see his shadow. he's predicted an early spring. they announced the results just outside of the town for which phil is named. fill is going to go back in his borough and just be happy. >> it feels like spring. we're going to have these storms evening. especially late evening, it looks like, the best chance of this will be. some of them could produce some damaging wind gusts, you know how

miami. broward county, anywhere from 1 to 2 inches of rain in some isolated locations. a lot of rain came in fast and storms and now we're going to push the clouds out and get back to sunshine the rest of afternoon. here's what we're looking at in first alert weather. severe weather threat is over. quiet pattern is settling in. we'll return to a much sunnier and drier forecast. e weekend, is going to be a great forecast. here's an ovell look here at the storm reports that we had. again, mainly across broward unty and the northeast miami-dade tornado reports here. the national weather service currently surveying thisnd chief meteorologist john morales will let you know what they find tonight at 5:00, 6:00, and 11:00. pictures continues to come in. tweet us at nbc 6 so we canan see your storm damage across the area. we'll see improving weather. that clearing line just across the central portion of the peninsula. more sunshine on the drive home. again, beginning to quiet things quick stop here on the temperatures. ler 70s now. we'll have an off shore breeze today, that's a

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 ca

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

he spent time behind bars in miami county and dade county in the late 2000's for burglary and theft. i'll have more on the other victims at 6:30. >>> this is thing everyone will be talking about today. back on the campaign trail. there were lots of fireworks at before super tuesday. for florida senator marco rubio and texas senator ted cruz this was the last to take the lead the gloves were off. >> this is a lot of fun. >> donald, relax. >> i'm relaxed. you are the basket case. don't get nervous. >> we are a couple weeks out from florida's primary. the latest quinnipiac poll shows trump is leading marco rubio by 16%. >>> bill clinton will be out today campaigning for his wife, hillary. clinton has a big lead over bernie sanders in that state heading into the primaries coming up this weekend. >>> president obama will be in florida today to talk about still package passed weeks after he took office. he'll be in jacksonville. >>> crews are still assessing tornado hit punta gorda. the tornado hit wednesday with winds up to 96 miles per hour. many homes were damaged with many of them unli

was arrested on january 25th after ohio state troopers spotted her driving erratically on 75 in miami county. when they pulled her over, officers say they spotted various pills on her seat... sparking a search that later found prescription pills in the car. she was later released, now charged with o-v-i and drug possession. we now know the name of the victim killed in an early morning house fire it happened at a home on olympia drive around 1-15 this morning. investigators say 70-year old roma hunt was found dead in her bedroom... after the home had partially collapsed because of the damage. they say she was the only person living in the home at the time.... and likely died from smoke inhalation. no word yet on an official cause. and still no word on what caused the fatal fire in springfield township yesterday. investigators say david oldham was found dead.. after his home on timbermill court caught fire around 9 a-m. crews battled flames for nearly 2 hours until they were able to get it under control. the springfield township fire department is working with county investigators to pinpoint

they stem from a traffic stop on i-75 in miami county on january 25th. a state trooper wrote that several pills were observed on a car seat after wells got out of the vehicle. she's facing five drugs charges -- four felonies and one misdemeanor. wells has law offices in covington and west chester, plus hosted a weekend radio show on 700 wlw. when contacted, wells commented, "i am not a public figure and you should not be reporting this." he was looking for a good time instead was abducted and robbed at gun point. that's the word from the boone county sheriff office looking for the man and woman who they say set the victim up. 9 on your side's julie o'neill joins us from boone county. a 22-year-old young man from northern ohio comes down here to do some construction work - make a little extra money-- and ends up losing about a week's pay...while getting the lesson on valentine's day courtesy of a man and woman caught on surveillance video...along with their car, a toyota avalon. tom scheben sheriff's office says the victim was staying here at the airport