i also found a piece of sawgrass on the inside of her sweater. sawgrass? does that grow around here? no. it grows almost exclusively in the florida everglades. so, maybe he kidnapped her down there, brought her up here. anything to support the beauty pageant theory? you bet. obliquely oriented cicatricial contracture along the internal nasal vault. what the hell is that? a damn good nose job. benson: suitcase model was discontinued ten years ago, but it used to be available nationwide. a couple of partial prints, but not enough to make a positive id. nobody saw the guy leave it on the bu patrol's passing out flyers along the bus route. nothing yet, except some old lady said she saw osama bin laden. and the victim? no missing kid reports in florida or the tri-state area in the last 24 hours. any hits on beauty contests? i faxed the victim's photo to the little miss angel pageant in westchester. for the last two years-- no matches. well, to make the nationals, you must have to compete locally. any recent contests in the area? benson: actually, in the last tw

police activity on the sawgrass, soubound on the ramp to sample road. they opened it and reclosed it. it is closed. the sawgrass expressway ramp southbound at sample road. >> thank you very much. >>> this morning temperatures are dipping way lower than we're used to. >> it is a very co monday morning you're waking up to. some neighborhoods into the 40s. julia bagg is live on miami beach right now. we hate to point out the obvious, you got your scarf on which gives us one indication that south florida is waking up to a chilly start for our week this time around. >> indeed, guys. you heard ryan talk about a wardrobe change, definitely happening on south beach. we're at 49 degrees right now. a light breeze just makes it chilly to the bone. look how quiet it is here on ocean drive. this is near 5th street. mo people, if they were they're long gone, keeping warm. let me show you new video. there are a few brave souls, most of them bundled up and from foreign places, coming to miami anan expecting mild temperatures if not warm temperatures. now some of them t

we have a cluster of activity just north of the sawgrass expressway. weather service has not indicated quite yet if they notice the rotation at the surface but they have noticed it on the radar so the concern is that these showers and storms are headed towards the east northeast. it looks as though throughout the city of westononill have to deal with the worst of the weather around 6:59, headed in towards markham park. this could all change depending on the direction that the cell does go. for now that's what we're banking on. for you in these areas please be ready and prepared. the worst of the weather cream over coral springs. right over 75 getting soaked, 595 soaked as far north as boca raton, i-95, 441 andnd then you can see all is quiet just south of that area. for you watching me in hollywood, aventura, hialeah, you're like what are you talking about? i know you can hear the rumbles of thunder. you're not dealing with the precipitation just this line of shower and thunderstorm activity over the gulf of mexico will eventually slide towards the sou

sawgrass expressway in western broward county, on the front end of the weather, showers continuing to race off to the east. anywhere from ft. lauderdale beach to hallandale beach, wet the good news is the showers are trucking by. they're not camping out in one place, that said they're impacting almost the entire county. 95, turnpike, sawgrass all wet this morning. showers racing through miami-dade county from the 826 it's wet, turnpike. if you have not had wet weather yet, it's on the way. here's a wider look across the region as we spread out on live first alert doppler. 70s out the door. lower to mid 70s. i think your temperatures will be check. showers will be with us for the front end of our day.y. this afternoon showers begin to dissolve, maybe sunshine in the afternoon highs at 80. wet roadways out there, this could be trouble. >> you know, it but right now no trouble. we had crews he blocking those express lanes, they moved out of the way, that doesn't mean the express lanes have reopened, they're shut down around the no issues making your way northbound no accidents in miami-d

we have some strong storms moving into parts of broward, right over the sawgrass, 441, the turnpike, i-95, u.s.-1 right over portions o davie in towards pembroke pines. miramar getting soaked. hollywood getting soaked. the shield of showers and storms w wl continue into miami. i'll have more coming up. >>> the reason i pulled you over today, and i'm asking you too come over and have a conveveation since miller drive when you were first jumping on to the palmetto and you were pushing 90 miles an hour. >> a miami driver turnght tables on a police officer pulling him over for speeding. that entire thing caught on her cell phone with her questioning the officer about his alleged speeding. >>> now miami-dadad police say there will be an investigation. terrell forney h the individual. >> all fours cars down, i've had to keep up with him, i had to push the mit and everything. >>reporter: a turn of the tables for a uniformed miami-dade police officer after he's flagged down and accused of speeding by a citizen. >> i pushed 80 to try and catch up when you and we were still eating your dust. y

. >> reporter: burmese pythons camouflage themselves in more than 1 million acres of swamp and sawgrass here. rahill is known as the snake whisperer. >> i've got over 300 captured personally. >> reporter: he tracked down his first burmese in 2008 and was hooked. >> you go into an alpha predator mind set. if you don't have an alpha predator mind set, you could get hurt, conceivably. >> reporter: first, they bite. >> hundreds of sharp, razor-sharp teeth, you just have to breathe deep and just let it release on its own. if you pull away from a python when it bites you, your arm is going to be shredded. >> reporter: and b also coil and crush you. >> i had ahold of a 17-foot python a number of years back. totally ecstatic. whoa! this is great. i had a hold of it like i was a feather on a freight train. >> reporter: a big burmese can swallow a deer. inside the python's stomach was so big, the snam actually exploded. like the population of the snakes in the everglades. a female can lay up to 100 eggs. >> there could be tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of snakes, we just don't know. >

is quite busy f your ride takes you through broward county, we have pockets of heavy rain around sawgrass into sunrise, plantation an tamarac. we have pockets of rain moving into east coast and beaches at this time. the heaviest is in key biscayne, homestead, naranja, steady rain fromey largo through the 7 mile bridge for the last couple of hours. we will keep you posted with the late. temperaturewise in the 80s acroro the board with warm winds out of the south south-southeast. we have better beach an boating kind of weather. the southern rockies are dealing with a winter storm poised to and parts of the midwest, for us clouds p and rain going into tuesday, more of the same on tap for wednesday. it won't be until the end of the week thate watch the progress. and next high tide will happen at 2:07 and forecast highs nearing 80 degree, overnight lows in the 60s to 70s with the extended outlook call uing for and back here at home. a baby gets spooked by a shadow puppet. >> ashley: and who is the trickster? her own father, of cocose. >> i got you. >> ashley: you better not let mom see this vi

eastbound lanes along 595 west of the sawgrass expressway will be closed nightly wednesday and thursday from 10:00 to 5:00. at the same time all northbound lanes along sawgrass expressway at 595 will be closed nightly wednesday and thursday from 10:00 to 5:00. drivers will be detoured to the entrance ramp to eastbound 595. >>> for a list of all the ways i'm steering you right, go to our website at cbs miami.com. >>> on the health watch, a new study finds eating chocolate regularly appears to improve mental skills. researchers who found people who ate chocolate at least once a week performed better. further studies establish how chocolate boosts brain power. should always be balanced against a healthy diet and lifestyle. >>> a lot of kids dream of becoming astronauts and traveling into space. but apparently even the final frontier gets boring from time to time. judging from this video posted on twitter yesterday by astronaut mark kelley, we see someone in a gorilla suit bursting out of a bag at the international space station and terrorizing a crew member. just a tweet saying quote i tho

reports of three lanes shut down at the sawgrass expressway northbound right at 595. if you're trying to travel north, what you need to do is exit off that flamingo road, continue west to state road 54 and you'll be able to find your way back up to the sawgrass expressway. >>> two tetes caught in two different incidents minutes apart. >> that gunfire erupting minute apart from another. sanela sabovic live with some more details. >>reporter: good morning, eric and jacey. only hours after the miami-dade police department has announc that two people were arrested for the shooting death of a six-year-old child, two teenagers were shot. again, as you mentioned only minutes apart. one of them is recovering at ryder trauma center where the other one sadly would not make it. let's get to a map to see where these shootings took place. the second near northwest 71st street and 14th avenunu miami's liberty city neighborhood. a 16-year-old teenager@ police have identified as dekwan gordon. police saw a man walked up to gordon which was outside with a friend and ust started shooti

i-95, 441, the sawgrass, u.u.-1 all soaked this morning. as far south of i-95 down towards aventura, sunny isles.. downtown miami, key doral. you're hearing the mbles of thunder. these storms stretch all the way into southern miami-dade, the upper keys, middle keys and lower keys. i'll have more of these storms will push offshore and we'll see >>> we can see exactly where we're seeing those delays so obviously yousee all those colors. of course julie broke down the scientific portion of all this. looks like we had some delays right off of 441 and the turn pike. let's quickly get to that location so i can show you exactly what i'm talking about. zooming into our maps it looks like right in this cation we had minor slowdowns at 441 but not a whole lot to talk about this morning. north at i-95 and hallandale beach boulevard, we had reports of three lanes blocked in that location. looks like it's cleared up. not a lot to worry about there. reports of a vehicle fire, this one off of southwest 87th avenue southbound on the approach to kendall drd

ramp right off the sawgrass expressway is closed. >> wow, it got busy on the expressways. you need to watch all morning long to see what's going on with your forecast and traffic updates. live look outside. first light over the horizon. we do have clouds in the distance. that ocean breeze will continue to warm things up and bring a bit more humidity to the forecast but overall it's still nice out there. 62 degrees in kendada. 67 miami. few degrees above where of year. 68 in marathon. we have 688 in ft. lauderdale as welel temperatures anywhere between 2 and 11 degrees up to yesterday. itill be comfortable. it will be june right windy and that east breeze will continue. boaters advisories as well. i'll have more coming up. >>> back to that one and only exclusive story. traveled to tavernaero after a plane crashed near an airport. >> she spoke to local 10 news reporter derek shore. >>reporter: a huge crash but never did carol imagine her quiet night with friend had just been interrupted by plane crashing into her yard. >> we just all looked at each other like what happened.

eastbound lanes on 595 west of the sawgrass expressway will be closed nightly. at the same time all northbound lanes will be closed nightly. drivers will be detoured to the entrance ramp to eastbound i 595. >> go to our website at cbs miami.com. >>> the heat go to overtime to take down the pacers. plus the hurricanes bounce back in a big way against virginia. here's jim berry. >> reporter: the canes redeemed themselves over third ranked jim didn't like a call, coach, calm down. your team was determined last night. looking good against virginia down low. the three part of the team's 21 points. still they couldn't relax, the knockdown eye three and it is still too close for comfort. angel rodriguez playing tough d, that will do it as the canes win 64-61. >>> nobody goes through life without getting knocked down. it is how you respond to it. we got knocked down big time on saturday. you have to get back up and fight to show what you are made of and i thought we did that tonight. >> they certainly did. dwayne wade back in action for the heat after missing a couple o

. >> reporter: burmese pythons average about eight feet and than 1 million acres of swamp and sawgrass here. rahill is known as the snake whisperer. >> i've got over 300 captured personally. >> reporter: he tracked down his first burmese in 2008 and was hooked. >> you go into an alpha predator mind set. if you don't have an alpha predator mind set, you could get hurt, conceivably. >> reporter: first, they bite. >> hundreds of sharp, razor-sharp teeth, you just have to breathe deep and just let it release on its own. if you pull away from a python when it bites you, your arm is going to be shredded. >> reporter: and big burmese can also coil and crush you. >> i had ahold of a 17-foot python a number of years back. totally ecstatic. whoa! this is great. i had a hold of it like i was a feather on a freight train. >> reporter: a big burmese can swallow a deer. in this photo, the alligator inside the python's stomach was so big, the snam actually like the population of the snakes in the everglades. a female can lay up to 100 eggs. thousands to hundreds of thousands of snakes, we just don't

. >> shyann: jorgensen tells me northwest 136th salve near sawgrass mills road. and again one more look. they're telling me to call the number on this flyer. we have this posted our on website local10.com. if you happen tospot aage jorgensen, call with information, and this family is stressing they do not want police involved given their last encounter with police. but, of course, it's all about this little b b, so if you do happen to see hum, reach out to someone to get help. report can live, shyann malone, local10 news. >> laurie: and on i-395 it's opened an a highway hazardcalled an all day shut down. a metal bridge joint came loose thth organ the morning on the eeb lanes near downtown. crews were force odd tow shut down the entire are while they made repairs. as a result this is what traffic-ranked looks like most of the day. four cars had flat tires after driving over the gap. the officials say the bridge is spective two years. the bridge joint to loosen but officials suspect it's the large trucks heading for miami. we have traffic reporter jenise fernandez

we had a few showers move along the sawgrass and those exited the coastline about thee and a half hours ago. now we're watching this little cluster of showers that will approach downtown,y key biscayne, virginia key and the next half hour or so. as clinger can showers died out near miccosukee voter, one of those popping up right look tamp trail, florida keys, you are dry. this onshore flow will continue 10 miles per hour keeping our temperatures mild and right now the warm spots key west at 78. some of the cooler l lations right here along the coastline where we're sitting at 73. tonight we'll be in the upper 60s all across south florida and low 70s from marathon through key west. so passisi showers tonight. by the time tuesday rolls around we finally begin to dry out. we'll be warmer with temperatures going into the low 80s. when all eyes a cold front that'll eventually stall out just to our north by mid-week so we will keep the warm and breezy conditioio going for wednesday. friday that front will become a player in our forecast. but tonight we will be talking about and hearing storie

out west, so far so good on 75 and the sawgrass and 595 obviously connecting all those together, still moving along steadily. the same further to the north on 95, a look around cypress creek road. we can see a steady ride there, both directions. all routes look to be open from construction as well. that's traffic. back to you. >>> a passenger on the anthem of the seas cruise ship asp it was battered in that storm has filed a class action lawsuit. the suit filed in miami say it is cruise company knew or should have known about the warning for hurricane-force winds before that boat ever left port. they say they never should have ft. a spokesperson for the company has refused to comment on that. > a compaa out of florida is fighting fines this morning after a tent collapse killed two people last august. through the lancaster fairgrounds toppling a tent with 100 people inside. the accident killed this father and his 6-year-old daughter. osha fined walker international events of sarasota more than $33,000 for the way they put up the at the present time and disregarding severe weather warnin

some stronger showers right along the sawgrass. there is another liep of thunderstorms developing right here across eastern collier county. but the brunt of really nasty stuff remains offshore here and it is slowing down hopefully it it will slow dowp eugh and just fall part laterton night but as it move in our directions. even though the chances for it e getting lower, there's still a potential for an isolated tornado. do. that small craft advise roimplet threat of rip occur apts tonight. not a good night to be out on the boat. same throughout the keys. coastal water choppy. next high tide 9:54. 9:49 in fort lauderdale. key largo you're look agent 10:17. 11:04 in key west. more clouds tonight. chance for some thunderstorms. over night lows looking at the low 60s upper 60s for the keys. again, a a chance of some strong thunderstorms. any time between 6:00 and 8:00 p.m. depending on if that line does not fall part. tomorrow some morning clouds ch afternoon sunshyne. back to dry. temperatures will be a little cooler. highs only in th

the worst of the weather off-shore, with the exception of the sawgrass expressway, storms turnpike, aventura, downtown miami getting the worst of it, cutler bay. also homestead, moderate to heavy rain. keys, this will push east. we will keep the chance of showers in the forecast the later half of the afternoon, and dry out tonight, with a dry tuesday. >> pam palmetto, eastbound at 17th, due to an accident, you have to sit in traffic heading toward the webs. delays stretch toward the big curve. 13 miles per hour, another crash this i-95 northbound at 79th. busy morning. keep if here. continues. go big or go home >> we're live in iowa. welcome back to "good morning america." you're looking live at iowa right now at the nurses for bernie rallying this morning. george and robin are in iowa all morning long. hours away from the caucuses and we'll go back to them in just a moment. >>> also this morning, we have a sneak peek at some of the hottest new super bowl ads including one with ryan reynolds, like you have never seen him before. we'll explain. >> okay, and then w wre closing in on a huge mil

not excited about accidents, though, on the sawgrass expressway right now. even though southbound and northbound had crashes that were blocking both lanes, it's off to the shoulder now, but you're still seeing heavyy delays northbound and southbound here around the area of commercial boulevard. in miami-dade, we still have that crash blocking the left go big or go home >>> it's 8:300 now. it is monday morning, 29th of februa, 2016. it is leap day. tamron -- >> do me a favor, tell me if carson is anywhere. >> don't worry. >> he's live streaming. hello, carsrs. how are you this morning? >> nice to see you. dueling media today. live >> live streaming on facebook? >> we are live on facebook. go to our facebookk page. in honor of leap day, a little extra content happening because of leap day. that's a cute device. >>> ever go to thetore and buy a couple things or looking to buy a couple things, you come back and you have a car filled with things? could be the sign above bigger problems. jenna bush hager will take us into the world of a compulsive shopper. >> can

the accident is in sawgrass. you'll need the extra couple of minutes. beyond that still blocking the lane. 93 is stop and go. down to the corrector. pike is about four minutes now. as you watching the closure after an overnight accident. they closed both ways. your trip 30 to 35. trains and the buses on schedule. >> olessa, thank you. now to the breaking news in quincy. randy: kelley is on the scene of a deadly crash there overnight. reporter: route 28 behind me has re-opened after a deadly crash. many people were sleeping last night. the mercedes benz nearly unrecognizable. two of the people were found to be dead. one was taken to a boston hospital. this happened on route 28 between route 93. police are investigating exactly what happened. two are dead and one to the hospital. route 28 has re-opened this morning. quincy, wvcb news center. emily: we're following more breaking news. one person is dead and two others were rescued from the home and taken to the hospital after a fire broke out overnight at the home here in fitchberg. here's a look at the fr

. >> a crash on sawgrass expressway, blocking one of the lanes and causing delays. i-95 southbound area northwest 35th street. as you're approaching airport expressway there is a broken down car blocking left lane. can you see delays because of it. northbound no major issues. >> all right. kelly, thanks so much. we'll be back in 25 minutes. stay with us on nbc 6 news and weather app. features florida shrimp and clams. first saut\ olive oil, vegetables, and sausage, simmer until ready. now add the fresh florida shrimpand clams. things are getting delicious! once the shrimp is ready and clams have opened, add the final touch of creamy butter and juicy tomatoes; garnish with parsley and serve ovov rice. and that's how easy it is totoreate a seafood delight. visit freshfromflorida.com for more recipes. now i'm on the outside >>>t's 8:00 on "today." coming up, "the people versus o.j. simpson." >> nothing to hide. >> 20 years after the o.j. simpson trial unfolded on live tv, the drama is back on the small screen. and stirring up a new controversy. >> my brother was doing

broward county, sawgrass expressway at commercial boulevard, heavy delays due to this crash am you are seeing the red that indicates slowdowns, but 18 to 14 miles per hour. people accused of abducting a 2 baby, allegedly breaking into their cousin's hoo friday night taking the baby at gunpoint. they were track down the next day hundreds of miles away. each is fing several charges. >> police on the hunt to find a gunman who shot at multiple cars northwest 50th street and 27th avue in miami-dade. the gunman did get away. you are asked to call police if "good morning america" is next. (music playing) i feel pretty (west side story) not every cake can be handcrafted in store by skilled decorators layered with fresh berries and frosted to perfection like our publix bakery chantilly cake it'll be remembered for all the right reasons. publix. talk to me look at me baby going crazy crazy you should be rolling with me you should be rolling with me talk to me baby i'm going blind from this sweet, sweet craving whoa let's lose our minds anango crazy ya ya ya ya eat it every night >> dnce right th

the radar picking up strong storms over portions of boca raton, coral springs, sawgrass expressway getting soaked. the worst of the weather moving in. this is the storm direction. it will be head and it looks very strong. we already heard of some cloud to ground lightning meaning the possibility of lightning strikes is possible at the surface. be safe out there. i've got you posted all morning long through "good morning america." >>> now to our top the bad weather is half. this happened in cooper city. part of it fell on a home overnight after a possible lightning ben kennedy is there we'll bring you updates from hum at the scene all morning long. >>> iowa voters will discuss the candidates rathererhan simply cast ballots as we do. the caucus beginss at 8:00 p.m. with no set end time. glenna millberg, she is in iowa this morning. look for her live reports beginning today at noon. >>> a student from weston died after a falll from an apartment. the screunier graduated from cypress bay high school. >>> miami-dade police are investigating a video that appears to show one of their own officece

it's more than 1 million acres of swamp and sawgrass. there's a lot of them they're not finding out there. some of these are big enough to take down a deer and swallow it whole. >> you can remember the one that ate an alligator and it split open. from here to the everglades. >> me, too. i'm glad those people want the $5,000 enough to go do that. thank you, matt. >> the zika virus is confirmed in florida. now news 6 is getting results. >> we'll reveal the best mosquito repellant. >> yesterday we told you about the dangers of a bus stop at this intersection. now less than 24 hours later, a response keeping children safe. coming up after the break, how our report is getting results for this neighborhood. >> and part of a major road shutting down in orange county. what it means for drivers and why you may have a tough time getting to your favorite >> we get results for a local neighborhood dealing with a major bus stop safety concern. see what happened after we took this video to police. growing. how you can get results and protect yourself

you're watching us in coral springs, sawgrass expressway, weston. more will be to come. i'll have all the details coming up. >> wow, are you super busy this morning, julie. we're going to make sure we're turning to you for all updates. i'll let you know it it's affecting traffic. at this point it's not. we do have reports of abroken down car at 122nd street. those are our southbound lanes. those headlights heading towards you. at this point i don't see that car and i'm just seeing a little bit of congestion. the big story for anyone traveling in downtown miami. southwest tenth street. that offramp closed afterr that big dump truck went over the guardrail. so they are working on repairing that guardrail today. will be in place for several hours. southwest fourth avenue below i-95 northbound-southbound shut down at southwest fourth street. you've got to get into downtown miami. you need to take biscayne. also you may want too consider southwest 12th avenue. >>> breaking news right now, a missing child alert has been issued fo a six-year-old girl in miami. we're going to sh

entirety, extreme nohwestern broward county that we're starting to see the rain pressing along the sawgrass expressway. the core of the lightning and u.s. 27, low level and mid level rotation here. there are no warnings on this cell. really nasty. back here, at least south of i-75 across western broward county, there could be a little hail in here. watching this system move off t/ the east-northeast, the nasty stuff across northwestern broward county into palm beach county. not much happening in the miami-dade. i don't expect much to kick up until later in the drive. a live look into ft. lauderdale, we're capturing the lightning. broward county u public schools back in session this morning. be sure the kids are safe at the bus stop this morning. we'll carry you into the forecast and go this way, line of storms, one cell in particular going into beach county. the mainline will catch up late thy are morning. good news is after we get through the morning drive, even by the lunch hour, conditions improve drastically. showers and ststms, some could be strong this morning. this afternoon partly c

least there's no active precipitation, roadways are wet mong north on the turnpike, i-95 and the sawgrass, wet weather there as well. we'll keep the showers moving in. all that moisture riding up through the keys. here's the big picture this cluster of moisture will be around for the front end of the day. by the afternoon, some improvements. take an umbrella this morning, probably able to ditch it this afternoon. first ert forecast high of 80. here's traffic with lly. >> thank you very much for joining us this morning. it's pretty busy out the. i-95 looking good. these are your southbound lanes and your northbouvd lanes around that park and ride area, th express lanes are blocked off because of emergency crews. i-95 southbound before the golden glades interchange, express lanes are completely closed at this time. let's take you over to our maps, we have a couple issues, a crash on 836 eastbound, that left lane on at ramp is completely blocked off due to emergency crews being on the scene, and a couple more accidents. if you're headed out the door, give yourself plenty of time, i-75 driver

there is some rain up toward pompano beach, around coral springs a fewhowers moving in over the sawgrass expressway, and then check this line of showers extendndg back into extreme northwest broward, that going back out over intnt the gulf of mexico waters. no lightning really showing up along this line as it continues to move off toward the east, but we will be keeping an eye on it and we'll see if it gets any stronger as it eventually crossesover into more of your neighborhoods.& but so far the news is good. we just don't want to let our guards down as all of that continues to head off toward the east. so let's talk about what else is going. for the keys not a whole lot happening for you but here, too, we'll be expecting wet weather between say 8:00, 9:00 tonight. this all happening ahead of a cold front, a front that gets closer and closer to us as the behind the front, air behind the front, it's going to be schooler drier and the weather will be much improved and feeling a lot better, too, come tomorrow. but at least for tonight in forecast model showing between 7:00 and 9:00 some sh

broward county, it took a little longer for areas across the northern part of the sawgrass to dry at but now all of broward is dry. in miami-dade is showers hung around the longest out on the turnpike and just south of tamiami frame we have one of those just uth of miccosukee, and if florida key dry from key west to key largo. we've watched one shower over the past hour. that pug away from jew fish the south. our current reaeangs mr. the mid to upper s. overnight we'll fall down to the upper 60s in most locations. key west, marathon you'll stay in the low 70s. for somer tomorrow we're watching a cold front. that will stay well north of us. we'll stay drier and warmer. by thursday that cold front stalls out north along the panhandle. we'll stay warm and breezy with that southeast flow, and then all attention here over the next 24 hours is going to go to the big snowstorm that's gaining some strength from denver all the way back through anybody, and look at some of these small of total. through nebraska. it is dumping almost a foot of snowfall for north platt, hays tongue, the northern

. >> reporter: they camouflage themselves in more than 1 million acres of swamp and sawgrass here but rayhill is known as the snake whisperer. >> i've supervised over hundreds of captures. >> reporter: he tracked down his first bernese in 2008 and was hooked. >> you go into a alpha predator if you don't have that, you could get hurt conceivably. >> reporter: first, they bite. if hundred of sharp razor sharp teeth. you have to breathe deep and let it release on its own. if you pull away from a python when it bites you, your arm is going to be shredded. >> reporter: and big bernese can coil and crush you. >> i had a hold of a 17-foot python a number years back, totally ecstatic. this is great! whoa. i had a hold of it moving like a feather on a freight train. >> reporter: a big one with swallow a deer. in this photo the alligator inside the python's stomach was so big, the snake actually exploded! like the population of these snakes in the everglades. a female can lay up to 100 eggs. >> there could be tens of thousands to a hundred thousands of snakes. we just don't know. >> reporter: k

average about eight feet -- and camouflage themselves in more than one- million acres of swamp and sawgrass. but rahill is known as "the snake whisperer." supervised hundreds and hundreds of captures and over 300 captured personally (narr) rahill tracked down his first burmese in 2008 -- and was hooked. the 58 year-old works as an i-t guy -- but has programmed himself into a master snake-hunter. (sot) (rahill) you go into an alpha predator mindset. if you don't have an alpha predator mindset some people can get hurt easily. (narr) first, they bite. (sot) (rahill) (5:01 rahill) they have sharp, hundreds of sharp razor teeth.// you have to just breathe deep and just let it release on its own. // (mark) because leaving your arm out there is both counterintuitive and counter instinctive. (6:19 rahill) exactly, the natural instinct would be to pull away. if you pull away from a python that bites you, your arm is going to be shredded. (narr) big burmese can also coil and crush you. (sot) (rahill) (tc 9:16//9:50) (rahill) i had a hold of a 17- foot python a number of years back. totally ecstatic.