who's speaking in the palmetto and... on edge. parents at one chester county elementary school are expressing concern after a gun was found in a classroom. how school leaders say the weapon was found. plus... rain expected today. i'll have your first alert forecast coming up. it's friday, january 8th. and news 10 sunrise starts right now. good morning. thanks for waking up with sunrise. i'm mary king. i'm len kiese. it's five o'clock on this friday, january 8th. breaking overnight in the alert center... a philadelphia police officer is recovering this morning after he was shot multiple times in a shootout late last night. the shooting happened before midnight when 33- year-old officer jesse hartnett was driving through a west philadelphia intersection and the suspect opened fire. police say the suspect was so close to harnett, that he shot from from inside the police car window. harnett was shot three times in survive. the suspect is currently in custody. we'll keep you updated this morning on sunrise. we are expecting some light

it is friday which means we are joined with another palmetto pick of the week. this week, we are joined with tell us a little bit about kyle. >> yeah, kyle is a year and a half lab mix. and we just -- we've had him at our facility for a couple of days now so he's getting used to everything. he's very well behaved. >> mild mannered. >> he's very mild mannered. he's getting used to everything right now. we're slowly introducing him to, you know, some play groups so he can get used to being with other dogs especially some with really high energy levels like what we have at our facility but he's very sweet. he did really great in the car ride over here so we're looking for someone who is maybe interested in having a one doghouse hold to implement all the necessary training that he'll need to be a good dog. >> with kyle, do we know yet or are we trying to figure out if he's good with kids? do you think it would be better to put him in a home first introduce him or acclimate him? >> we don't know yet if he's good with kids. he'll probably be good to be on the safe sid

numbers >>> 95 southbound is jammed, one heavy raid slowing on the dolphin with delays between the palmetto and approach of lejeune road, heading out this morning, fries on the turnpike. delays for you approaching i-75 all the way down towards 106th street in hialeah. rolling out to work coming up on collins avenue, looking good at miami beach and biscayne boulevard in downtown miami is up to speed as well. live from 7 skyforce r, here's lauren lane. >>> good morning, south florida. 595 nice an quiet incident free, eastbound express lanes and main line still 15 to 16 minutes out of weston and fort lauderdale. i-95, no problems, you will want to use it instead. north bound just before hollywood boulevard wreck is off to the side. residual backups touching stadium. we'll have more traffic coming up in less than 15 minutes. >>> temperature readings right now are in the low 60s across the area with the localal storm-tracking radar showing some rain showers spelling around the keys. much@ of it will be on the the forecast is calling for an area and front to move through portions of our state ton

palmetto health, one morning, one mission to beat breast cancer. you can join palmetto health foundation in taking steps against breast cancer by taking part in this year's walk for life race for life tomorrow. the events kicks off at seven in on site registration will be available. the walk is set to start at 8:30 and all the proceeds will go to benefit the palmetto health foundation continue its fight against breast cancer. i am a very big supporter. event. >> i don't think there is any amount of rain to cancel an event like that. there's some rain in the forecast. hopefully it can hold off. john's weekend forecast. >>> the weekend is just about here. well, i'll let you say it is here. tonight it's going to be foggy. tomorrow the rain comes in but it's late. a friend of mine said what about leaves tomorrow? i think you're okay. it's evening into the overnight when we get the rain. if you're thinking about leaves you're in good shape getting them up. sunday it's going to be windy and sunny. let's show you what's going on in terms of humidity. 100%

. >> the next time they join together in the palmetto state is january 14. they will meet in charleston for another republican debate. doll trump was in iowa today but something that happened last night had everyone talking. a woman wearing a muslim his job scarf was kicked out of the rally, she stood up in silent protest when trump suggested syrian refugees were affiliated with isis. trump supporters then started booing, chanting and cheering before police escorted her and 3 others out. several in the audience shouted get out in you have a bomb. >> what happened when the crowd got this hateful crowd mentality as i was being escorted, it was quite telling happens when you start using this hateful rhetoric and how it can inside the crowd were moments ago they were kind to me. >> before the rally, she said she did not want to disrupt the event but she said she wanted trump supporters to know what a muslim looks like because they probably never met one before.>> script -- switching gears, little jury for the 2015 rock -- walk and run for life but several people

it gives diners the chance to check out new spots or palmetto state. restaurant week is in full swing in south carolina. we're joined this afternoon by motor supply company bistro, one the of the many restaurants taking part. 'restaurant week' runs through january 17th. participating restaurants will feature special menu items, promotions and discounts. for a list of restaurants participating, head to wis tv dot com and click on the big bottom of our home page. restaurant week south carolina is an eleven-day food fest taking place across the state january 7th-17th. more than 220 restaurants are participating statewide this year. in columbia, we have 55 restaurants participating. the numbers are up this year. restaurant week started in 2010. offer prix fiquick disturbance moves in from ggrgia, look for a showers will end by afternoon, we'll see some peeks of sun, cool with highs in the middle 50s. rain chance 40% early. a better chance of showers tomorrow ahead of a cold front, breezy, high near 60. rain chance 60% clearing by midday day sunday, it will

expressway, the big curve southbound traffic is closest to you, palmetto to 103rd and bird road up to the dolphin. reno grant. 7 traffic. let's check in with steven j. grey. >> traffic reporter: good mornin looking at better ride in broward county. we are seeing southbound congestion on i-95 approaching cypress creek, heading to work this morning on 595, a little bit of eastbound slow down approaching the ramp that takes you to i-95. we are getting word of a rollover and we're abobo to check it out on commercial boulevard. live from 7 skyforce, we'll check traffic again right here in less than 15 minutes. >>> on this wednesday morning we e nice an dry an not going to be talking about rain until friday. as for as temperature reings, they are still in the 50s 5shg 3 seeing more sunshine and the wind will start to swing around and this will be a sign that conditions are gong to warm up as we go into tonight and tomorrow. wind gusts at 22 miles an hour and at least until this afternoon. the big view is showing a storm system setting up shop around the upper midwest in the gulf coast state

coffee talk thursday will begin tonight at 6.discussions will be at palmetto health baptist on sumter street in classroom a.to register for the series...call palmetto health care..at 803-296-2273. 3 new research finds women diagnosed with melanoma during pregnancy or the year after have a greater risk of the cancer recurring or spreading, even death.the cleveland clinic study looked at hundreds of medical records of young women.researchers say hormones or changes in the immune system during pregnancy may drive the cancer. 3 a new test could help doctors determine a person's risk for dementia. london researchers used records from hundreds of thousands of patients to develop a formula that predicts the risk of being diagnosed with dementia within 5 years.researchers say the test worked well in people 60 3 and a new study shows patients treated in hospitals with the best nursing care have much lower rates of dying after surgery. the study published in jama surgery compared patients at more than 300 hospitals. 3 researchers at duke health have developed a blood test that can tell if a pat

palmetto health c.e.o. charles beaman says the move means better care for more people here in the area. >> providing the care and compassion that we want for our families and ourselves. we want to take that vision here in this local community in this region and doing things together we believe things will be better for all of us. >> of course, palmetto health is a large network. one of the largest health care systems and employers in the state of south carolina. up next, john with a look at the weekend and your seven day forecast. >> we hope you stay with us for more abc columbia news at 6:00. gervais. >> we rounded out week kind of cool and raw. you're looking live right now in columbia and as you see the flag flopping there on top of the statehouse, that's the wind blowing out of the northeast. we had that in play all day and with that, we had the cool, low clouds in there as well. let's give you a look at the highs today. we got to only 50 degrees. but when you add in the low of 45, it actually on averag

minor detour of the area, the palmetto expressway is n affected with no delays. palmetto expressway southbod all the way down southbound problems at 135th the right express lane blocked and use 441 to the west, you can use north miami, second avenue and biscayne boulevard east, delays on the dolphin, quite fierce from 107th all the way out to red road. make it a great monday. here's lauren lane. we have a tap of the brakes as you make your way southboundnd blocked before 25th street. be careful, i-95 east and westbound looking good passing pine island. that's 7 traffic. make it a great monday. we are waking up with times of straits. as far as the radar is concerned, we are seeing a few spotty showers and dry in broward p, dade and the keys. 59 in fort lauderdale, 60 in fort lauderdale, 67 in key west to 64 in marathon and north-northwest picking up between 10 to 16 miles an hour. so here is the big view. we have another front setting up texas. the upper midwest dealing with some snow. we have lake-effect snow in the coal air will continue to spill through the upp

all proceeds will go to the palmetto health breast center through the palmetto health foundation walk for life/race for life. 3 and today is the last day to take part in the annual grinding of ththgreens.there are several drop off locations--- they are on our website at wltx-dot-com.then mulch will be available for pickup on saturday at seven oaks park... and the state farmers market.while supplies last. 3 the south carolina chamber of commerce announced our state's infrastructure is their top concern this year. the group outlined their 2016 agenda at the state house yesterday.it's compiled and prioritized by the board based on the concerns of chamber members.this year... the chamber is asking for lawmakers to diversify the revenue stream... and give the state transportation department $600 million dollars a year.chamber of commerce presidentt... ted pitts... says they were disappointed when a bill to fix our roads and bridges stalled in the senate last session... but it needs to be addressed this year. 3 ted pitts: "all the business community asks is let's debate it, let's do somethi

no issues on the palmetto. let's go over to the maps. if you are making your way on 395 westbound afteralton road, you are going to find two right lanes blocked off. that construction is going on should be clearing up in the next 20 to 30 minutes. we have construction in broward county, i-75 northbound. three lanes blocked off. this is going to be going on until friday morning. we have construction on the palmetto southbound as you approach northwest 103rd street. stick to the right hand side. two left lanes blocked off. >> thank you so much. the time is 4:41 on this thursday morning. a girl goes knocking on a stranger's door and her parents end up arrested. what she revealed that could keep them behind bars. >>> the details behind the sudden death of one of zoo miami's newest additions. >>> the magnet schools we talk about every monday. this mornings education on 6 >>> breaking for you overnight, chinese stocks nose dived triggering the second day long trading halt. it put their primary bank, reduced theeorth of the money in an overall

the palmetto is accident free. lejeune road, northbound traffic moving right to left and still going to be busy along south dixie working your way from gables and the grove in broward county, i-95 sample road, accident free, northbound delays from sample to hills bvr on the southbound side from cypress creek down to broward. have a gre day and safe ride. reno grant 7 traffic. 7 news now continues. it's not as chilly as yesterday, but we need a light sweater or jacket and will be putting them away by the afternoon. cloudiness in the gulf of mexico and we are dealing with sunshine here at home and at least the radar will be the least of your worries today. it should remain mostly dry. temperature readings in the low to mid-60s good morning to you at 64 degrees. the breeze is off the ocean and why we are starting to see that warming trend take place and 5 to 8 miles an hour. the big view showing another winter storm setting up shop around the nation's mid-zest, we have snow, freezing rain an rain developing around the

now let's get to the palmetto expressway. two lanes of traffic blocked here at the palmetto. here's a look at our traffic cameras. that crash reported right in between those exits. you see two lanes of traffic blocked in that location. zooming on into our traffic maps this morning. i can show you what those delays are looking like. 17 miles per hour for our drivers northbound and then finalal this crash, this hit and run crash on the beach still causing issues for our drivers on miami beach, collins avenue northbound-southbound shut down between 14th and 15th street. washington avenue your best alternate. >>> a hunt is making headlines across the nation about to happen right in our backyards. >> the python challenge is back. how people are getting prepped to track down those massive snakes. >>> the search is on for run crash in miami beach. >> they are looking for a dark gray mercedes e-350 missing its driver's side mirror. we're bringing you all what would you do, if you could choose your ultimate adventure? explore the ocean with a tour guide that's a ton of fun. race like

we had an accident on the palmetto southbound at viiith street. luckily that scene has finally cleared up. we still have johnson street shut down and also dania beach boulevard shut down n om fifth avenue over to ocean drive. the turnpike 21 minutes from 288th street northbound up to the expressway. of ohio. a father accidentally shoots ankills his son, thinking he was an intruder. what you are about to hear is disturbing. >> i just shot my son. >> in his chest. with a .45. he scared me. i thought he was in school. i heard a noise and went downstairs looking and he jumped out at me and i shot him. he scared me. >> that was part of his call to 911. turns out the 14-year-old boy had decided to skip scho and go back home. >>> the man at the center of the netflix documentary, making murder conviction. steven avery claims he was deprived of an impartial jury are and he argues the search that yielded incriminating illegal. he denies his role in the murder back in 2005. the series heavily scrutinizes avery's murder trial and conviction. >>> the governor

toaster strudel. >>> on the palmetto expressway, where she crash not helping t. left lane is blocked and delays are solid passing around that big curve, no problems on the turnpike extension an at this time. we have no incidents on i-95 and seen the intermittent tapping of the brakes t. entire commute is around 30 to 35 minutes heading to the golden glades interchange expressway, stick with those express lanes or biscayne boulevard, 7th avenue is looking good, no problems heading i.to broward, no problem. we still have residual delays on i-95 southbound. the crash cleared at sterling tractor-trailer. now it's just tap of the brakes past sunrise boulevard. i-95 and on i-95, things are leez inging up >>> an we have low clouds and by mostly sunny mostly dry from broward, dade and the keys. 62 degrees currently in miami, including fort lauderdale, 68 degree, mild f/r you in key west and grand bahama island with the breeze a lot lighter today than yesterday and we have improvement on the waters for swimmers and boaters. the big view showing a series of storm systems m

this weather is impacting people across the palmetto state and the entire east coast. coming up after the break, meteorologist ben tanner will check out what happens to your weekend winter storm warning in effect through saturday night lancaster, chesterfield counties freezing rain advisororin effect until 2pm today newberry, fairfield, kershaw, lee counties periods of rain, some rain heavy at times. northern midlands have the best possible heavy icing due to freezing rain falling through early today, then again tonight. rain will be mixed with light snow northern/central midlands tonight and saturday morning not expecting much if any accumulation of snow. around columbia metro, high amounts chester north. sunshine by saturday afternoon this is still a developing storm, update will following during the day. winter storm warning in effect through lancaster, chesterfield counties freezing rain advisory in effect until 2pm today newberry, fairfield, kershaw, lee counties periods of rain, some rain heavy at times. northern midlands have the best chance of seeing possible h

taking the palmetto expressway to work, we are still looking at slow southbound grind approaching hialeah. here's lauren lane. >> traffic reporter: good morning. checking out the drive, nothing happening here up to speed and both directionss on i-95, it is quiet, eastbound 15 minutes at this point heading out of weston and fort lauderdale. more traffic coming up in 15 minutes. >>> and a, south florida, we are waking up to more clouds in the area and calling for a chance o o showers and it will be a wet one throughout the weekend. concerned, we have area impacting your ride and the keys on and off again and mainly around key west at this time. temperate readings are on the warmer side, 77 in key west with a warm breeze out of the south running up to 17 miles an hour in key west. we will have an area of clouds and rain showers leaving us with a decent chance of rain through saturday and on sunday, a front will be approach inging south florida. behind the front, we will clear out and cool down. temperatures will be seasonal in the low 60s to wake up to, high temperatures in the mid-70s. that

a richland two school counselor is headed to washington d.c. to represent the palmetto showers are in the forecast wednesday as a front slowly moves into the state and highs in the mid 50s. showers will diminish thursday with partly to mostly cloudy skies...highs near 50 degrees. friday through sunday will be gorgeous behind the front with highs in the 60s and lower 70s. a richland two school counselor is headed to washington d.c. to represent the palmetto counselor is headed to washington d.c. to represent the palmetto state leroy york loves his job of interacting with students as the director of counseling at kelly mill middle school in blythewood. that's why a coworker nominated him as south carolina's middle school counselor of the year. thursday he'll join top counselors from the other 49 states, meet the president and first lady and celebrate at a black tie gala. "when i first started out in education 17 years ago, one of my aspirations was to be a school counselor. started off as a teacher and then went to counseling, so to actually get to the point where i'm acknowledged as a

pines boulevard to the palmetto expressway, also under a ten we did have construction on the palmetto expressway north trying to ramp on to i-75. at this time. curve to the golden glades seeing all group on our maps, which means a nice commute for you this morning. 9 minute ride. 836 drivers from the 826 to i-95, also under a ten minute ride. >>> breaking overnight, there are 13 new millionaires in the sunshine state. and us doing showers all morning long is rubbing salt into the wound here. for the past couple of weeks, the largest jackpot in history has been causing a major frenzy right to a record $1.5 billion. >> we literally thought we could positive think it into being, but for most of us, it didn't this morning those billions

we have a couple of accidents. palmetto. eastbound. one other crash to worry about is on okachobie road and northwest 138th street. guys? >>> two women are in the hospital after being shot in coconut grove. >> cbs4's gabby fleischman is live with more. >> reporter: walter and lauren, at last check both of the women were stable. according to a friend of the victims both women were conscious and alert when they were brought to the hospital. thomas avenue, just east of douglas road. miami fire rescue tells us the women are 63 and 27 years old. according to the friend of the victims, she heard several gunshots and ran outside to find both women wounded. one was shot twice and the other one was hit by one bullet. >> gunshots, pop, pop, pop. miss sissy was shot inside of her car minding her own business and reese was shot walking to the house. >> police are asking anyone with information to give crime stoppers a call at 305-471- tips. gabby fleischman cbs4 this morning. >>> now to a cbs4 news learning new details about a crash that killed th

it's a wave of republican presidential hopefuls making their way to the palmetto state. republican presidential candidate donald trump will visit wintrhop coliseum in rock hill.... tonight at seven. according to the latest winthrop poll... trump has a 9-point lead among g-o-p voters. trumps former competition... our own u-s senator lidnsey graham... will be making a stop right here in the capital city. he'll be speaking about his experience in the 20-16 campaign... and look ahead to what he considers the major issues confronting our nation. you'll recall graham dropped out of the race to the white house last month, after struggling to garner any significant support in national or early state polls. two more republican presidential hopefuls still in the race will also be campaigning in the palmetto state. jeb bush will be speaking at a town hall in pendleton today. and marco rubio will be holding a meet and greet today in columbia. that's going to be at 4:30 at bluff road. the two g-o-p presidential hopefuls will extend their stay into the weekend... when they're joined b

this is your drive on the palmetto expressway. your northbound and southbound lanes at okeechobee road. whether headed towards i-75 or maybeou have a flight to catch, you are looking good right now at 5:31 a.m. let's switch sources. we have one accident. we had erika glover on the scene of that t ar versus pedestrian. avoid the area of north university drive and 50th street if you can. as far as 595, 595 is looking good eastbound from flamingo road to u.s. 441. westbound towards i-75 or the sawgrass expressway, a nine-minute commute and on i-75 from pinin boulevard to the palmetto expressway, also under a ten-minute commute. >>> kelly, thanks a lot. we continue to follow news out of miami. a police officer was stabbed in nbc 6 reporter@ julia bagg has been live at jackson memorial hospital. it's tough to utter the words stabbed in the face. but also the suspect is recovering in the same hospital. >> reporter: right, sheli, because that suspect is in the hospital. the officer is expected to be okay. the head of the fraternal order

no winner in next drawing will be held tommorrow night. . candidates will be campaigning in the palmetto state today. frontrunner donald trump is making a stop in rock hill at winthrop university. the event starts at seven tonight -- and we've learned it is sold out. marco rubio will make his appearance in the state a bit earlier. rubio will hold a meet and greet columbia this afternoon. the event will be at the carolina haven on bluff road. he's expected to speak at 4:30. and jeb bush will be in anderson county tonight for a town hall event. the former florida governor will it's ten days to go out, enjoy, and celebrate the cuisine from across the palmetto state. in south carolina. we're joined this afternoon by the executive chef from villa tronco nate skipper, one the of the many restaurants taking part. 'restaurant week' runs through january 17th. participating restaurants will feature special menu items, promotions and discounts. for a list of restaurants participating, head to wis tv dot com and click on the big red 10 at the restaurant week south carolina is an eleven-day food fest

in palmetto state college football coaching news.. mike houston is leaving the citadel to take the head coaching job at james madison. he earned the socon coach of the year as the cid start 6-0 in league play for ever....and ended up with a share of the conference title for the first time since 1992. then they beat south carolina...the program's first win over an fbs program since '92. one final check of the forecast arctic air will push temperatures into the upper teens, lower 20s tuesday morning. highs will struggle through the 40s the next several days before the rain chance increases late thursday into friday. 1"-2" rain totals are likely with this system to finish the week. temperatures will rise to near that's all for tonight's 7 o'clock report. we'll have another look at your local headlines tonight at 11. >>>hi, ben. >> amy schumer's live tv pda with her new man. our critics choice takeover. >> the couple of the osca nominees and the growing academy award controversy. >> we can no longer >> jada pinkett-smith calling for an os

and palmetto expressway northbound, traffic at 61 miles per hour. bird road to the dolphin expressway, a 4 minute ride. >>> here are the updated temperatures heading into the 5:00 hour. upper 50s across broward county, to our day. temperatures still falling. your f >>> last night's state of the union address was probably just as stressful for obama's speechwriter as it was for the commander in chief himself. >> it was the last one of cour for president obama as he is entering the end of his second term. but peter alexander gives us a rare look at how the presidential speech actually comes together. >> describe that feeling when tonight is done. >> relief. pride in what everyone has done here. >> reporter: behind the president's speeches -- >> state of the union is strong. >> reporter: keenan is tasked with translating images in to words. >> this is the land of open dreams. this corner basement office. no windows. the white hoe doctors give me vitamin d. >> reporter: the 35-year-old chicago native takes his boss' and then turns them into powerful pre

more road closures are scheduled for the palmetto. the northbound 826 will be shut down at flagler street. that's starting tonight at 11:00. so this is more northbound lanes can be opened up as part of ongoing expansion project. with the northbound lane closures, also come some ramp closures. the ramps from flagler street eastbound and westbound 836 to the northbound palmetto will also be closed but all the roadways are expected to open up tomorrow morning at 6:30. lauren? >>> vanessa thank you. time for talking with joe now. morning? before we get to sports, lauren if you don't mind, my friend is single that i work with in the morning. captain curtis and i was thinking about setting him up with that doctor. that -- had it out with the uber driver. what do you think? >> i mean, maybe we can get her number for him. i don't know. he might have to be careful with that one. >> she's a little feisty when she's drinking. >> oh gosh joe. all right, joe let's talk about basketball instead. i'm not going touch that with a ten foot pole here, d

palmetto expressway drivers you will find one lane blo kd off by u.s. 27. i-75 southbound on that ramp to the palmetto expressway you have the right lane blocked off. if you're headed on i-75 northbound trying to get to the palmetto expressway you have a broken down car locking one of your lanes. on i-75 northbound two lanes blocked off until 5:30 a.m. >>> this morning a south florida community is coming to terms with the loss of a man that was loved by a whole lot of people, native was one o the victims tilled in the terror attack that happened in west africa last week. nbc 6's michael spears has more from hollywood community church. michael, that is the place where this morning that missionary is being honored. >> reporter: yeaa honored, remembered by his family, his local fellow missionaries and fellow churches around the area. mike riddering, he was a south florida missionary who had been living west africa since 2011 and remembering a man who they say devoted his whole life to helping others. now, he was one of more than two dozen victims killed i a te

a historic event that changed the palmetto state forever. looking back on the flood that was theheumber one story of the last year. break a look now at your first alert when i was 6, my days were spent playing basketball. when i was 6, my dream was to make it to the nba. when i was 6... my mom had a stroke. i'm paul george, and i want you to spot a stroke, f.a.s.t. f, face drooping. a, arm weakness. s, speech difficulty. t, time to call 911. protect the ones you love. a cool front has passed through the midlands and brought some changes to the area. parked close to the coast therefore some widely scattered showers continue in the southern and extreme eastern midlands, those will clear out by midday. temperatures will "fall" to the upper 50s and low 60s by the afternoon. the first weekend in january will be dry and partly cloudy with highs in the upper 50s and low 60s, overnight lows will settle just above freezing. break new year's day: the front is parked close to the coast continue in the southern and extreme eastern midlands, those will c

all in the palmetto state and into the evening. into friday night, it's going to start clearing out. we're not going to expect a lot of rain. nevertheless, we will have a lot of rain for that day. 55 for that day. 59 on saturday. a chance for spinls on -- sprinkles on sunday. the coldest temperatures of the season so far. 23 for a low on tuesday morning. highs will generally be in the mid to upper 40s and 50s by wednesday. now let's take a look at the road conditions. a slow start. traveng is light in this area on 72. next several minutes. and no delays on gaston. both directions up to i-56. hills and downtown, 27 commute . >>> welcome back to news 19. you have one more place to eat more chicken this morning. chick-fil-a opening a new location. first hundred people in the door are getting free chick-fil- a for a year. >> people been there since braving the cold. . dion is there. >> about 45 minutes that the store has been open. the fanfare is over. the first hundred people have gotten the cards so they can get chick-fil-a free for

no issues on i-75, the palmetto expressway. your i-95 as far as accidents. construction, we still have a couple of alerts. up until 6:00 a.m. on i-75 southbound in miramar parkway, you'll have all lanes s st down. you can head out miramar parkway westbound and make that u-turnrn that's the posted detour there. all eastbound lanes of 595 west of the sawgrass expressway will be shut down for about another five to ten minutes. this should be clearing out by the time you head out the door this morning. as far as miami-dade, we have a right lane blocked. stick to your left-hand side from the palmetto expressway northbound to the 836. on the 836 westbound at le jeune road, northwest 42nd avenue, two left lanes are completely blocked off. we'll have drive times i a couple of minutes. >> kelly, thank you so much. it's 5:00 on the nose on this thursday morning. we're following breaking news out of miami. that's where a police officer was stabbed in the face. magic city casino. julia bagg is live at ryder trauma center where that officer is right now. julia, i'm going

dealing with a crash, still nice an quiet passing peen island in both directions and no issues on the palmetto expressway other than it's very slow in both directions approaching the dolphin. that's # traffic. i'm lauren lane. more traffic in 15 minutes. >>> >>> we will still need those jacket, 69 in west kendall. the morning commute looking exlen. right now the radar continues to show dry weather from broward, dade and the keys. here's what we can expect. an overall dry day.% it will be cool and cloudy. we will introduce a chance of showers on thursday with thursday night and friday, we will have a decent chance of seeing some showers and thunderstorms, keeping our fingers crossed, we dry up nicely for the weekend. and it is confirming that it will be an a wet one on friday and temperature very warm in the 70sment your extended outlook, south florida, is calling for warmer weather over@the weekend temperatures back in the 80s. taking you cross country, bad weather i being blamed, several trucks crash into each other on highway near indianapolis. the aerokwa had gone through two bad visibility

we have clear skies all throughout the palmetto state. in columbia those clear skies, temperatures will be dropping 290 winds out of the west at 6 miles per hour. per hour. the wind chill feels more like 23 degrees. when the kids head out to the bus stop they will need to look like the michelin man and covered in a lot of layers. 28degrees at the bus stop this morning. we will have a lot of sunshine, but only 37 degrees by 10 o'clock. by lunch time, 45 degrees as the winds are shifting out of the southwest we will reach 51 degrees by this afternoon. we are looking at possibly 43 degrees by 6 o'clock later on this evening. >>> as you get yourself ready to head out the door, and as we beat the traffic. you may give yourself a minute or two to warm up your car. marker 104 piney grove road, traffic has been picking up quite a bit but no accidents being reported on the interstate. no issues as you are coming off interstate -- coming into columbia to garners ferry all the way down to millwood avenue, traffic is moving pretty good into that area

palmetto at northwest 103rd street, stick to the right hand side. two left lanes completely blocked off. northbound on the palmetto at us-27, the left lane is blocked off until 5:30 a.m. >>> this morning, we are looking at dasam video showing the last moments between a woman and poli before she later died at a hospital. take a look. >> you need to leave my room. you need to just leave. get out of my way. >> you can't really see much, you'll get a better look at the dashcam video on the nbc 6 news app. that was barbara dawson. she went to a hospital an hour west of tallahassee trying to get help and treatment for stomach pain. she was discharged and refused to leave. the hospital called police. she is heard saying she cant breathe before asking for help and later collapsed. >> nobody gave her the benefit of humanity. she was a human being. she was a woman who could have been our sister, our mother, our aunt. they treated her like she was not worthy of consideration. >> that was the attorney, benjamin crump defending the family. they determined the re

this is 47th avenue near the palmetto expressway. if you are heading in that area, we are going to talk more about any other issues when you get back. >> thanks. and your bus stop forecast showing you are going to want to bundle up the little ones with 50s and low 60s. it is quite cool and feels great as we head into the afternoon. temperatures will only be in the low 70s. breezy with clouds around, but umbrellas again later tonight - at healthcare.gov i found affordable, quality coverage. emergency services, prcriptions... my insurance covers everything for my family. - narrator: most people who enroll through healthcare.gov qualify for financial help and avoid paying a fee of $695 or more. this is your last chance to enroll. - someone helped me find a high quality plan and financial help to pay for it. - narrator sign up at healthcare.gov. >>> welcome back. storm. a powerful tornado touched down in cape coral damaging several homes and leaving thousands without power there. the twister struck saturday with hour. yesterday, govern e

let's start thing off with the palmetto expressway. if i move out of camera angle, you see those flashing lights. we're also seeing a lot of heavy congesting as you see that orange, that shows us right there at the big curve is where we're seeing those slowdowns and those speeds at about 31 miles per hour. ce you get past i-75 things are nice and clear. if you are traveling off northbound. a crash there as well. those speeds pretty slow at 18 miles per hour. sticking with the u.s.-1 location but a little further north, another crash also clearing up. this one right off of 68th avenue. >>> right now officials, they are working to get tri-rail back up an running after it went offtrack yesterday. all day long passengers forced to find anothth way to get to where they were trying to go. erica rakow live at the scene this morning live from pompano beach. what's the deal today? same thing or new options? >>reporter: little bit of the sa.a little bit better this morning. we are son 24 hours since that one train i'm told that track is still do

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we have the details for you ahead at 5:30. >>> this is i-75 right at the palmetto. that is where we have reports of a broken down car causing some delays in that area. constance will have a look at your drive times minutes. >>> the broncos played the steelers in the nfl playoffs yesterday, and it was really a special thomas. >> not only did they win, she was able to watch her son play professional football. her sentence commuted last year through a pardon by president after defeating the steelers and securing a ticket, thomas got a nice surprise from his teammate. at a post game interview, broncos quarterback peyton manning gave him the game ball to give to his mother. >> nice tribute right there. >>> let's go back to our top stories, two people dead in central florida. dozens of people destroyed after tornados swept through southwest florida over the weekend. governor rick scott visited that area to assess the dabbling. >>> family and friends mourning the death of missionary michael riddering. he was one of the victims of the terrorist attacks. >>> and the democrat

comfortable weekend with lows still in the 50s by saturday morning. >> thank you, julie. >>> palmetto expressway west-bound right at red road. i'm talking about northwest 57th avenue. our west-boun lanes are right here to the distance. it's really early. i'm not seeing any delays here with our traffic flow at all. looks like traffic moving along without any concerns. let's see if we are seeing any issues here in our west-bound lanes. those speeds between 62 to 63 mis per hour so looks like no issues at all from that point. however, we do have some minor slowdowns reported outhere. let's look and see. looks like right at the golden glades at the i-95, u.s.-441, right in that location we're seeing some slowdowns there. if you're traveling i approaching the glades, lose like we've got a little stop and go traffic in that location. traveling just a little further down south, some more slowdowns right off of u.s.-1. >>> a semi skids off the ro, hits an ohio police officer. the whole crash caught onthis officer cruiser's dash cam. a tractor trailer pulled up to a train trackright before tha

palmetto to i-95 eight minutes. golden glades to downtown miami, nine minutes. construction at pines boulevard is cleared up. pines to the palmetto, eght minute ride ahead of you. >> thank you so much, kelly. at this hour, an elderly woman waking up in the hospital after a vicious attack that happened in her own home. it happened in her living room, in her home and is suspect is out there somewhere. michael spears has the heart breaking story you will only see on 6 this morning. michael, it's only on 6 bececse the son of the woman spoke to us. to say he was emotional giving the interview is a huge understatement. >> it is. he's not only dealing with his mother who was violently attacked, but this intruder saw his mother and is still out there. concern for the family. we talk about the victim here, ra raquel torres. right now, police are looking for the person responsible. have a look. these e exclusive pictures we got of raquel from her hospital bed. a grandmother. she was stabbed multiple times it appears to be a random crime. left with a punctured lung, severa

let's move over to palmetto expressway, at's stent delay. eastbound 836 delays to i-95, south dixie highway at kendall drive and not moving as it is going to crawl all the way on the merge up to i-95. in broward county, a look at sample road, accident free in going to go from sample into boca because backup along i-95 at grades road. hope you have an a safe ride. reno grant, now 7 news today in florida continues. >> g gd morning, south florida. and clouds are rain are due to a front well north. and turnpike, plantation and tamarac. well from ball harbor, miami shore, north miami all the way south into downtown miami, miami springs and moderate rain. the florida keys especially upper key largo thunderstorms over the lower keys have finally moved towards the north. winds out of the south will continue to pump in moisture in our direction from time to time. the front to north is anchored to spin of low pressure with ow and freezing rain into the carolinas. it is expected to produce a crippling blizzard around the nation's capital with over two

if you are heading into the dplaidz, the palmetto expressway or the turnpike you're going to run into this mess. >> constance, thank for the update. >>> back to breaking ws coming out of northwest miami-dade. >> that's where firefighters are on the scene of a fire they think is suspicious. is the whole thing out now, no hot spots left? >>reporter: kristi, eric, no, the hot spots are still going very strong but we have a bit of a rain here helping keep the fire and flames under control. the good news nobody got hurt. florida power and light has two trucks out here. they are turning the power off to keep this neighborhood safe. witnesses say flames shot 20 feet in the air. take a look at that cell phone shot, the guy that filmed this saw smoke from a couple mil away and pulled over to help. home off of northwest 36th court. it's there 25 firefighters were called out to put this one out. they hit a bit of a challenge when the roof collapsed so they wen around the back to fight flames there. investigators are still talking with witnesses to see what they saw. >> when i first got on to the

-pictures: two men in sections of palmetto explosion/lean bootcamp -- on south pike west road. -after midnight december 27th -white male and a black male going through the building. -men broke out glass section of a door -anyone wtih information is asked to call crimestoppers at 1-888- crime-sc it could be just a few more days before more of city officials say the parks department has been working around the clock to re-open three phases of the park. since last august the cayce riverwalk has flooded at least four times. the only part of the cayce riverwalk that will not reopen is phase two which runs from the train trestle to the riverland park neighborhood. a veteran of usc basketball is gone. bill foster died yesterday. foster led the gamecocks from 1980 through 1986 he won won 92 games at u-s-c and led the gamecocks to the n-i-t in the 1982-83 season. before coming to the palmetto state, he led the duke blue devils leading them to two acc championships and played for national title in 1978. bill foster was 86. coming up on wis: so what works? this weekend presidential candid

heading toward turnpike, palmetto, you are going to see the right lane is blocked off. no accidents out there, 8:26. on the turnpike typically where we see the slowest drive northbound. after that 9 minutes from 874 over to 836. and finally a quick four minutes on the palmetto from 874 up to the dolphin. >>> it is tuesday. that means it is time to steer you right and construction is counties. 874 and 595 drivers. this week's projects will affect you the northbound 874 exit ramp to southwest 88th street or kendall drive will be closed tuesday through saturday to 5:30 a.m. each night. there will be a complete closure of all westbound lanes on thursday from 11:00 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. and all eastbound lanes of i-5 95 west of the sawgrass expressway will be closed to 5:00 a.m. >> for a little of all the ways i'm steering you right you know the dry line go to cbs miami.com. >>> the canes had a huge win over duke. plus the heat take down the bulls on the road thanks to he revokes from dwayne wade. >>> big night of basketball for local teams, starting with the canes at the bank u

let's take you over to the palmetto expressway. this is southbound right around northwest 122nd street. no accidents, but what they're construction, those delays stretctcing back westbound on the palmetto expressways. you're starting to catch those delays. let's change sources and take sou on over to our first alert traffic map. this accident just happened moments ago. it is on i-75 southbound on the palmetto expressway. emergency crews on the scene of the accident. a 28 minute ride. if you're headed towards hialeah hialeah, stick to red road. better than sticking in that traffic on 826 southbound. >> thank you. be sure to keep track o the weather through the nbc 6 news and weather app. you can check out our live first alert doppler radar anytime you want. >> always very helpfulp. law enforcement agencies team up for a massive takedown. >>> and we'll tell you the dozens of people in custody now and what investigators say is now evidence. >>> we're seeing what it looks like through the ieeyes of a po every auto insurance policy has

a pretty nasty crash at northwest 47th avenue just before the palmetto expressway. you can see these lanes completely blocked off. and this is southbound. of course bringing you more information on air and online on the nbc 6 news app. you can definitely not even make what kind of car that is. and we see a truck involved in that accident as well. these are your southbound lanes that are completely shut down. we'll let you know as soon as they open back up. let's take you to broward county. way to i-95 northbound. you can see the flashing lights off to the right-hand side. emergency crews on the way to the scene. and the northbound lanes are creating an issue right now because of that traffic happened roughly around ten minutes ago. don't forget to follow me on twitter @kelly nbc 6. i'll be posting updates. >>> a suspected serial jewelry thief is expected to make they are fit court appearance today. on friday, the fbi arrested abigail kemp. the 24-year-old is believed to have robbed at least six jewelry stores in the south during an eight-month crime spree. we're als

here is the northbound drive toward you on the palmetto. let's talk about a brand new accident on the palmetto as well, this time southbound at northwest 58th street, partially blocking the roadway there. in broward county watch oufor a police perimeter they have set up and northwest 15th street, try to avoid the area if you can. >>> as a thank you now at 5:33 turns out a gun students found on the campus of a middle school had been stolen. >> reporter: worried parents rushed to apollo middle school after the school was placed on lockdown. police found a handgun on campus underneath a portable classroom. >> my kid is in there. >> reporter: officials say all students were safe and were dismissed on time. parents hugged their children, grateful no one was hurt. >> for a moment i was concerned but when i heard everything is say two o male students were handling the gun, which was stolen. other students saw them, the two tried to hide the gun and ran and other students told school officials. >> this is something we take very seriously. >> report

palmetto state is moving on up. >> that's right. new list of south carolina has made its way on to and what it's main and gervais. >> welcome back. south carolina is climbing the lifestyle ladder. >> palmetto state is ranked number two on the list of top according to the annual national movers study. last year, it shows more people were moving into the palmetto state than out of it. some other hot spots include oregon, north carolina and vermont. way to go. >> yeah. >> new study suggesting school lunches are passing the grade. according to a new study led by the university of washington, the plan to make school lunches healthier is working. the study looked at more than 7,000 middle and high schoolers in washington state before and after new meal standards went into effect. that was in 2012. the rules count calories per meal and require at least one serving of fruits or vegetables. researchers found that students are now getting more vitamins and minerals in their meals and that school meal participation did not change. a new york c

i-75 drives, only an 8-minute commute on the palmetto expressway. flamingo road to u.s. 441, eight minutes. maybe towards the sawgrass expressway, a nine-minute ride. breaking right now out of miami, a police officer has been stabbed in the face. >> nbc 6 rererter julia bagg is live for us at jackson memorial hospitalal julia, stabbed in the face, it's hard to imagine to begin with. do we have any idea in terms of his condition? is he in the hospital still? do we have any idea? >> reporter: eric and sheli, they told me they saw the officer walking out of here.@ they say he looked to be fine. we know from the fraternal order of police, he's expected to be okay. he came here to get stitches after being stabbed in the face at about 12:40 this morning at the miami city casino off of 37 avenue and northwest 4th street. not far fro here. it happened there. there was a disturbance in that the casino asked the police officers to help remove somebody from that -- from the scene there, from the casino. that's when there was some kind of struggle between the o

the presidential gop hopefuls are shifting their attention to the palmetto state. the states could play a bigger role. >>in north charleston folks started arriving yesterday to talk to the voters of south here is the latest. >> presidential hopefuls have a lot at stake when they take the stage for debate in south carolina. slackware so close to iowa and new hampshire and we become even more critical. >> political expert on voters in the palmetto state. candidates should focus on one group. >> in south carolina republican primary 60% of the voters are evangelical christians.>>ted --tran31 and marco rubio associate with evangelical voters each candidate is assigned a different color. you would be right if you guest trumps color is red. katrina is the national spokeswoman for the tramp campaign. south carolina gov. nicki haley was wrong to call out to drop when she said urge to listen to angry voices. >> if you're looking around and not angry, something is wrong. things are astonishing. many people, which is why you see trumps rallies grow. >> tonight's debate is the