. >> todd: and i'm todd tongen. trent aric is here for jennifer correa. >> neki: trent, you called it iemplet and neki you just remind me. 14 days 'til valentine's day. guys out there. and you can see the the mt. sinai tower cam and we're just about be an hour andn a half away from sunrise from what look to be a a great end to the weekend. radar is quiet. dry on this sunday until after sunset. a chance of rain but most of that come in late over night and for monday. in the meantime right now you can see the temperature spread 67 key west. 58 in kendall. 56 in homestead. those are some of the cooler spots and we have a calm wind coming in basically out of north east. so later on today here's what we're expecting. a few clouds. even warmer today. we'll talk about all the numbers and details coming up in a few minute. neki. now 59 4:30 a fatal fight over a parking spot. outside a nightclub two men get into an argument and with one pull out a gun. >> this morning we're hearing from the family members of the victimimnd a

in miami gardens, todd tongen, local10 news. q. todd, thanks a lot. and we continueur team coverage now. we led to the hospitaller and officer starling is recovering tonight. >> laurie: local10's derek shore is there for u u derek, how is he doing? >> derek: at last check we are told he is expected to make a full recovery, he is in good condition,n,nd according to his family, he underwent surgery this afternoon we've seen officers coming to aventura hospital to check on their colleague as the officers father prepares to travel here to mia. as law enforcement gatred at the hospital to be by his side, the stepfather of officer david >> he les it, and it's in his blood i guess from myself. i wasasn the sheriff's office here for 25 years. >> derek: reloy starling tellings his son followed in his footsteps as a member of the jacksonville sheriff's office. coming to miami gardens. he says he last been worried something like this could happen. >> we pray for him every day, you know, that's about all you can do. it's just a sad commentary thatthe world has co

we are in pompano beach todd tongen, local 10 news. >> constance: todd, it is pretty amazing the amount of damage. it looks like i i hit part of the trees and, obviously, the tractor-trailer, the warehouse it doesn't look like it has much damage at all. >> reporter: he said the warehouse doesn't have a lot of damage just a few bay doors and some stairwells. some of the ironwork was bent up. the worst of it was, obviously, this tractor-trailer and a lot of the landscaping, the trees that he has on the property snapped in half. and we are directly east from the turnpike where that vehicle was flipped over on the turnpike. so it appearsp it came from that and then continued on eastward. >> kristi: that's exactly where we are going to head. we are going to head a little more east and talk to tzel vela now and assess the damage where he is. hatzel? >> reporter: kristi, this is a park right behind the broward college, and i can show you the kind of damage we are talking about here. take a look at this massive tree. the roots just uprooted from this park. and you can see what the wind does. it

in miami gardens, todd tongen, local10 news. >> laurie: todd, thank you. >> calvin: and the officer again was taken to aventura hospital where he i now recovering. let's continue our team coverage here with derek shore with how the officer is doing a a this hour. derek. >> derek: well, the officer is said to be in good condition, likely recovering from surgery. we've seen officers all day flocking to aventura hospital, and, ofourse, learning that good news, that their colleague will recover. members of the south florida law enforcement gathering to support one of their own. miami gardens police@ identified the officer shot this morning as david starling, abby eight-year veteran of police department and an even longer law enforcement officer. >> he is very, very lucky to be alive. >> derek: the police community expressing their concerns was incident as brazen as this. >> here you are doing routine work, as we call routine, and then you get am ambushed. it's a total breakdown. >> derek: while officer darling's wife sat his side we spoke to hik father today to the phone from jacksonville. he

. >> todd: i'm todd tongen in cat. and surgeon are you today because clubby is a little bit backwards, literally. his legs are twisted. he's going to get surgery today but we're going to tell you all about the rescuers that are spending lots of money and dime and their effort to save this cute little kitten. it's coming up next on local10 news. >> calvin: but first, copycat hoverboards from china how to spot the fakes, next. >>aurie: $94,000 worth of cope cat hoverboards that have come in from china are now being held at portmiami. some 300 hoverboards with counterfeit batteries have been seized, and as we've reported to you it's these substandard and counterfeit lithium ion batteries that have been blamed for the dozens of hoverboard fires in 19 states but despite the fires hoverboards are in high demand, and consumers authorities want you to be warned. >>> so far florida's second public hunt for pythons has proven successful. python challenge started this burmese pythons from the everglades including this one you he

i'm todd tongen well. want to thank you for waking up with us. we appreciate. that we want to get to jennifer correa a. every one wants to know what the weekend will be lice and if they have to dodge any thunderstorms. >> jennifer: yes, good morning todd and neki. good morning south florida. we will have a chance of rain today and thunderstorms later this afternoon. if you were planning to head out to the beach. , woi say earlier the better but even early we could see showers out there. so let's get to it on the radar. at least for broward and miami-dade and for the keys. we are drive however, we've had those over might showers and thunderstos. they have pulled way over bimini and towards the bahama and then back out across the gulf of mexico. we have a band of showers and this is really like up and most likely expanding. this is something we'll have to watch because this will be headed our way later today. and again, this is all out head of a cold front. keep in mind we're starting off with mostly cloudy skies out there but we will have a few peek of sunshine.

local10's todd tongen continues our live team coverage nowow from miami gardens police headquarters. todd. >> todd: laurie, now the investigation focuses very heavily on that 24-year-old suspect from aventura, david andres mejia. here is a mugshot of mejia from a previous arrest. he is charged with nune felony counts, including four attempted murder of a law enforcement officer charges, resisting by a convicted philopoenas tow trucks brought the suspect's bmw in a bullet riddled police vehicle the to miami police station, local10 local10 can confirm the fbi has been here questioning the suspect, and he's not cooperating. mejia's mugshot in a previous arrest shows his neck filled with tattoos including a large one in the is there center of his throat depicting the eye of providence. ooh eyeball within a trianane represents the all-seeing eye of god and most notely appears on winds bill. the feds want to find out if this is an isolated incident orr a terroristac attack. one reason terrorism is being looked at is because of the ambush on a police offic in philadelphia. jesse hartnett was

todd tongen is live with the latest. todd. >> todd: the backstreet boy and runner-up for dancing with the stars was arrested in key west for misdemeanor battery.. arresting officer's body camera. it is very dark, but you can hear carter tell the officer his first name and trying explain what happened saying he can't believe this is happening to him. police say carter and another man michael papayens arrived at the hogs breath saloon and denied service for being too intoxicated. carter intentionally hitting skyler cardin a bouncer at the bar and papyens punched the manager. thisiss carter's third arrest fooling nightclub incident in 2002 and a dui bust in 2005. he has a well-known history of substance abuse that was documented on a rlity show about his family. 7 7 7 tell me why 7 >>reporter: carter that lives in ruskin, florida is a member of the backstreet boys, one of the largest boy bands that began in the late 1990s "i want it that way" was one their big hits from over $100 million in they played the super bowl in 2002

to explain why we head you at live now to local10's very lucky todd tongen. >> todd: i god got powerball fever here at this mobile station on hallandale beach boulevard, i think actually that the powerball lottery machine could yore heat. we have seen a steady stream of poem people comen but keep in mind 44 different states in the country participate in powerball. >> this is a lucky number for tonight. i'm going to be rich-for- >> todd: hopes are certainly high for tonight's powerball jackpot drawing. the billboard says it paul you the powerball is a whopping >> six out of ten will ask for a powerball dodgers the machine was spitting out tickets in a friendsy. >> if i win this, everybody will be working for me, okay? >> okay, man. see you later, boss. all right. i'm in. i don't want to work for that guy. so here are some tips. don't become glimmers gays odd with you kid's birthday or your wedding anniversary. in fact don't bic the numbers at palm let the computer do it. 70% to 80% of powerball winning tickets have been computer picks. >> so there's 59 white balls. >> todd: jason gerbman

i'm neki mohan. >> tod i'm todd tongen. thank four wake up with us oh this last sunday of january. >> neki: we want a repeat trent. >> todd: yeah. >> neki:i: yeah, so far so good. >> todd: people don't know what carbon copies are. >> neki: cc on an e-mail. age there?

. >> todd: i'm todd tongen. thank you for waking up with us as millions across the country are waking up with blizzard warn oosmghtz the storm takes over rginia. the snow plows are out and ready to tackle several feet of snow that are expected in that arere >> neki: travelers croos the country seeing the effects of storm. thousands of flights delays and some canceled as the frosty temps roll on through. in someplaces they have ice and they can't travel on the roadways. the record storm expected to hit 22 states but even here in south florida. we won't be see anything snowfall but certainly feeling the effects. >> todd: that's right. our live team coverage begins with weather authority meteorologist jennifer correa to talk about how cold it it will get right here. well, south florida, good morning to you. happy weekend. i'll talk about the temperatures that we're expecting for sunday because that is the story this weekend. the chilly cool down that we'rere getting because of that system. here's a live look out of

we'll let now what lead toy >> todd tongen >> todd: welcome back. protesters taking to the streets of chicago after another video released swing the shooting of an unarmed man by a police officer. >> protesters and other stock exexanges on friday in an even to prevent employee from entering.police on hand to keep that situation peaceful. >>> 17-year-old cedric chapman was shot and k kled in 2013 but video of the shooting was not refer leased until yesterday. officers say they were forced to fire when chapman turned towards them way dark object but that dark object turned out to be a cell phone. >>> and a pennsylvania woman turned herself in after she was caught on surveillance video stealing from a macy's for. police released the video of alyssa bore da nar could stealing from the store. soon after it aired, she called the police department and did >> we were at my house last night and saw it on the video and we were like, you got to call, you know what i meefnt call or go ncht so she called first and it was like yeah, i just saw myself on the news.

. >> todd: i'm todd tongen. good morning. thank for waking up with us. can you believe the shot from the powder cam. >> neki: i couldn't believe it. i couldn't see. >> todd: pea siewvment and i need an accent. good morning cher rio. >> jennifer: i'm not going to trite accent. i don't want do miss it up. and good morning guys. >> we're talking about a den fog advisory fr 'til 8:00 a.m. for broward and miami-dade. all the county under some layer of thick fog. check out the visibility. it clearsly shows it is hard to see out there. 0-mile visibility from pompano beach down to miami and 1 mile as you head inland towards hialeah down to homestead. the fog so far. your visibilities up 10 miles so. reason for the fog w we have calm winds over south florida because there's a high. it's centered right over us. that is providing for the calm wind this morning and luge for the fog to develop. also, temperature aren't too bad out there. waking up to the low 60s. nice and cool start for us. no rain on the radar. more detail on the weather coming up. neki and todd. >>

. >> todd: i'm todd tongen. we want to thank you for waking up witit us. >> neki: millions of people across the country are under warnings right now as winter storm 'do jo naj takes over in virginia. the snow plows out and ready to tackle several feet of snow that are expected to fall in that jair yeah. >> todd: people around the country seeing flights delays and canceled as the frosty temperatures roll on through and the snow continues. winster storm jonas is expected to hit 22 states but even here in sunny south florida where we won't seat snowfall,l, >> todd: an honest to goodness cold front. and n n to meteorologist jennifer correa. >> and when did they start naming snow storms. >> neki: did that just happen ierks. >> jennifer: nation mallweather service does not name snow storms. >> todd: a media thing. >> jennifer: the weather channel does. for us here in south florida we'll feel the cold down. it will be cold s. not so much today. it is cool thougug temperatures drop together 50 eaches however we're still

. >> todd: i'm todd tongen. thank you for waking up with us on this sunday plorning. thankfully the thunderstorms died o down before we had to drive in this morning. they were over night heavy rain at my house. >> neki: yes, a rollercoaster right. starts off cool, and then it gets hot and then snap, crackel pot. >>odd: it starts. >> >> neki: and i'm not talking about my rice kris peez. >> jennifer: we'll have another round of storms of that noon. so far we have tone joy our start for the sday morning. live look out of the of the hollywoodeach cam. live look at what team like a dry day. you'll feel it in the atmosphere. that humidity will intensify a the t tperatures go up through upper 60s for some of us across miami-dade and brord wax elsewhere we're at 70 degrees or the upper 70s in the keys. no rain to speak of as far as heavy downpour on land. but we have small showers that have developed over kendall. at least in west kendall and count into cut whrer bay but the ones that were tracking are over the gulf of mexico and right here a band of heavy showers and storm t

. >> todd: i'm todd tongen. meteorologist jennifer correa here to talk@ about all the snow we're going to get. >> neki: no, she's not. >> todd: no? no snow? >> neki: you're freak out the marathoners ch t t mara aton is tomorrow and it is about t be cold. >> jennifer: runners, get ready. tomorrow morning y'll need to bundle up. it will be good for aun but chilly and chillier than what we've been feeling the past few couple of days. i'll have all the details on. that but this morning it does feel cool out there. 59 degrees in kendall. that's the coolest spot. elsewhere in the low 60s or right at 60 deal. there is a breree and it will be brisk through the morning hours. winds up at 13 miles per hour in key west and fort lauderdale. 12 i` marathon. and plenty of cloud cover is sweeping through florida and back out into the eastern gulf of mexico. why? wind over the warmer waters helping produce clouds and showers. more details on the rest of our forecast coming up. >> neki: thanks a lot jennifer. this morning new det

local10's-to-todd is back on storm -- todd tongen is back on storm duty to show us more of >> todd: calvin, some super scary moments for residents of this pompano beach neighborhood that is just north of copans road just west of federal highway. it came up v vy quickly, strong winds knocking down this entire fence line, and power out to a large portion ofhe neighborhood. >> it was bad, man. it was crazy. never steen anything like it before. >>>>odd: long lengths of fensioning mowed down and largey tree limbs snapped bike twigs. the storm plew the about 10:30 this morning. some thought it was a tornado but the national weather service says it was straight line winds. >> what are you holding, larry >> the exhausts fan from the next door neighbor's house. >> where did you find it? >> >> backyard. >>> the tornadic c nth mccrone said it was fast and furious lasting less than 30 secondsy. >> looked out the window, heard a humming sound. twoecond later you could see it coming through. went this way. tree went down, luckily missed my truck. >> the noise was crazy. my could go dog jumped up on t t

i'm todd tongen. jennifer tore core ray is here with the weather. i had the the low we'll on. >> jennifer: yes, low beam. do not use the high bems beams with with a foggy situation. visibilities areount especially across western portions of miami-dade county. homestead visibility, zero. that's exactly what you're seeing as you head out to the wechts dense fog advisory all across south florida. even extending up to portions of lake okeechobee. on the radar no rain to speak of so far but as we head into later on today. we do expect rain. the reason for the fog, well, we do have a tropical for us cam winds. temperature right where the dewpoint are. surface and td winds are call p so you'll get that later. and here's what's next across the south. this is what will give us rain as a cold front a pros our area later tomorrow. i' have all the details on that coming up. neki. >> thank a lot jennifer. right now at 5:30, it's happeneded again. men who say they were druggedand rob bid women. victim a attended the coral gables low cages around mier cle mile ier

. >> todd: and i'm todd tongen. obviously if you've been outside you've seen the dangerous fog cawing problems for drivers this morning. real pea soup out there. let's get to jennifer correa with more because visibility is very low. for me it wa like driving in a snow storm with no snow actually. >> jennifer: it's pretty scary. if you see it in front of you you want to stop. drive slowly. don't use your high beam but june use the fog liessments don't put high beam on, it just makes the situation worse. densee fog advisory 'til eight a app. much of broward and mmi-dade county. all of the county under a thick layer of fog and do note visibilities are down to zero. hard to see out ahead of you. i'll haveore on the weekend forecast coming up. >> >> todd: thank you jen. one man is dead this morning after an attempted robbery in deerfield beach. >> neki: that man was trying to hold up a convenience store only to find out the employee on duty were armed. unfolding last night on southeast 10th street at the snappy convenien

. >> calvin: lorne todd tongen at the%jail with the story, and could she possiy lose ore job jo over this? >> todd: he already lost a job shu had about a month ago and there are allegations swirling that that could be related to another incident but we'll get to that later. first let's talk about this big story everybody's buzzing about here in broward. it is real talker. i spoke with tortious that have over 40 years in practice, and they say they've never heard about a kies like this ever before. county jail, you'll see a large poster with jessica's face on it posted at the security chececoint because she's been banned from all broward jails. a bso incident report from last wednesday states the 35-year-old married lawyer was caught having sese on an interview stable inside the jail where client ysreal granda who is up on four felony chargesncluding two for attempted murder. today through her murder and his partner, mi shalle is fighting back. >> it's completely false allegatitis. we believe there's a ulterior motive byroward sheriff's office. >> so you believe that the incident was f

. >> victor: and local10 news reporter todd tongen is live in fort lauderdale with the details. todd. >> todd: this accident happened nearly two years ago, in fact, the mother and her surviving southern out of the hospital and have recovered from their injuries, but mean meanwhile andrew perez, the driver of that vehicle police say was being driven recklesslessly has since gotten into another crash and hain cited this morning he turned himself in to police. >> good morning, mr. perez. you have the right to remain silent. >> todd: andrew perez stood before a judge facing a vehicular homicide charge ask two counts of reckless driving with injury. it all stems from an accident in sunrise in march of 2014. sunrise police say perez was traveling over 80 miles an hour black bmw sudan on the 4200 block of pine island road north of oakland park boulevard when he lost control of the car and hit a mother pushing her children in a stroller. four-year-old abdallah staih was killed. seven-month-old a media staih was injured, their mother 37-year-old natali ala'ouni was critically injured afte

. >> todd: i'm todd tongen. hit heat seat heater. >> neki: hot buns? >> todd: yes, hot buns. >> neki: had imlofs and hat. >> todd: you looked like a bag lady. >> neki: designer bagady iemplet i love these temperatures. mie g morning to you dark and early out there. yes t is cold for us here in scht had is cd. when temperatures are dropping into the 40's. key westtill at 62 degrees. key west keep in mind you can drop into the 50s however a couple clouds still lingering over the lower keys keeping you warmer than the other areas. 57 degrees though in marathon and then we have the upper 40's. mid to upper 40s across broward and miami-dade. we can still drop a few degrees more through the next hour. d this is the temperature change the past 24 hours. check it it out. time than it was yesterday. so defininely a change here in south florida. we're waking up to maiaiy clear skies except for the lower keys and we'll continue to see winds out of the northwest. lighter for today. by the way, runners, get set and also, and also bundle up. now 6:00 a.m., miami mara

local10's todd tongen was brave enough to go town and find it what happened. >> todd: people live in the florida keys for if@ leisurelyly lifestyle but this morning the family that lives in this beautiful ocean sued tome got a jolt reality. >> they were senior political reporter very surprised when they woke and found this eight foot crocodile chilling in his pool. >> he's probably about ate feet p a big one. >> todd: b mcilroy is a contractor working on sewer pumps at the home. he said the family that list of there just bought the $6 million three bedroom four bath moment they moved from pennsylvania to the keys four days ago. >> quite the am whether wagon coming from pennsylvania. >> he thought it was a stoy. >> someone put aloaty. i guess think turned the pool heat are on a few days ago so i guess he likes the wm weather. >> todd: longtime residents of this lower matecumbe key say seeing a croc in ts neighborhood isn't necessarily a croc of you know what. in fact, they say they spotted another crocodile not far from her. when police and wildlife officers arrived they took pictures

and todd tongen has moved on in there in hallandale beach where this machine is. you're just printing them out like money, aren't you, todd? >> todd: well, i'lled i'd look to get a of winning ticket heard a collective homer simpson don! ticket sales have been on fire. powerball fueling that fire. wednesday night's powerball jackpot rolled over for the 18th time and powerball fever is gripping the nation as well as south florida. since yesterday morning the powerball jackpot has gone from $450 million to $500 million. then rolling over with no winner and hitting $675 million and this afternoon another bump to $700 million. even though it is already the largest jackpot in u.s. history, loiter officials say it will likely go even higher. >> at such a rapid rate, people are talking about it maybe getting to $1 billion. >> todd: in fact was of last night they have several $370 million in powerball tickets fashion nationally, and florida's responsible for over $30 million of that. sales were so brisk, they sold 25,000 tickets a minute between 6:00 and 7:00. everyone know

. >> todd: and i'm todd tongen. jennifer correa is the one we want to talk to. thunderstorms kept me up all night because of my dog. >> jennifer: and thunder later this afternoon. and showers have pulled over the atlantic water but a band of showers moving over parts of marco island and extending back to the western porgzs of the gulf of mexico. this is all ahead of the cold front. the cold front is back up to north and central fla plavment that will pass through later today and yes, we'll be dealing with round of showers and even storm this afternoon. now, as far as the temperature we could still drop into the upper 60 'but warmer and humid out thrvment around 9:00 a.m. we could have shower out thrvment temperatures warming close to the mid 70 eaches now, i'll give you a more, better look at the timing of the showers and when we can s the thunderstorm and of course the the cool down coming up. all those detail in a few minutes. todd. >> todd: all right jen, thank you. new this morning the power ball rolling over again. no one matched the ticket. none of the num

. >> lauaue: and that's where we find local10 news reporter todd tongen with the latest for us. todd. >> todd: calvin and laurie, this neighborhood is just nortrt of pompano beach golf course, and they got hit pretty hard this morning. at this point we don't know if it's a tornado, a microburst, straight line winds, but the damage really tells the story. as you can see, this guy lost a complete whole side ofis fence, one whole completside of his yard. the fence went down. also, across the street they don't have power, no less than a supervisor as well as this wood trimming truck. all the folks here are trying to get this neighborhood back in shape. >> it was bad, man. it was crazy. never seen anything like it before. >> todd: long lengths of fencing mowed down, large tree limbs snapped like twiggs, even a metal shed sailing from a backyard across the street street to the corner of this pompano beach neighborhood. the storm blew through at about 10:40 this morning. some say it was a tornado. regardless, damage left behind was impressive. >> i seen it come through, the fence went d

our own todd tongen is live in fort lauderdale with the latest. todd. >> todd: laurie, as you mentioned, this accident happening nearly two years ago. in fact, that woman and her surviving son are out of the hospital and recovered from their injuries. meanwhile, the driver that's accused of being behind the wheel in that fatal wreck, andrew perez, has gotten into another accident since and been cited. his license has also been suspended. this morning he turned himself in to police. >> good morning, mr. perez. you have the right to remain silent. >> todd: andrewy perez faced a judge facing a v vicular homicide charge and two counts of reckless driving with injuries. it all stem cells from an accident back in sunrise in march of 2014. sunrise police say perez was in a black bmw student 4200 block of pine island road north of oakland park boulevard. >> 80 to 83 miles an hour. >> todd: police say he lost control of the car, jumped the curb and hit a mother and her two children finally a cement sign. in the 911 transcripts, a caller can be heard saying

local10 news reporter todd tongen is life now where the tornado blew over a tractor-trailer, an 18 wheeler, the power of that storm. todd. >> todd: pretty impressive, calvin. it@ was man against nature here in pompano beach this morning as that twister rumble through this area. cleanup efforts are still underway even though it's raining. the whine of chain sauce could be heard throughout this industrial neighborhood in the aftermath of a tornado touchdown. >> it just sounded look the whole place was coming to an end. winds were kicking up, thealm trees were bending over, like you didn't know what the hell was going on. >> todd: workers froro this industrial park whole foods warehouse off brown county road said theornado touched down >> saw the tornado pass by here. >>> if luis was in his car in the parking lot when the tornado passed directly in front of him. >> it sounded look a train. everything shaking. >> todd: that tractor-trailer was picked up with slammed into the warehouse, and impaled on a cement-filled parking post, spearing a gaping hole in the side of the trailer. meanwhile, tr

at the broward county jail, todd tongen, local10 news. >> calvin: police say an 18-year-old was shot and killed today leading to a lockdown of two northwest miami-dade schools. the boy was shot dead in the middle of the street near northwest 26th salve and 52nd strtrt. both brownsville mil and earlington heights elementary schools were base placed on dem temporary lockdown. police say the victim was an adult education student. >> janine: safety alert for parents out there hereafter a 13-year-old boy is harassed and robbed by ab armed man right outside of a charter school in miami. the slam charter school, they are were rolling as the gunman ranks hauf that teen's chain and then demands more. local10 news reporter liane morejon joins us live with more of that video police want you to see. liane. >> liane: one of the most unnerving things about this entire crime is this happened right outside of the victim's own school. he's just 13 years old. this is the slam academy charter school off of northwest 12th avenue and 6th street it. happened just around this time on wednesday evening. the

in coral springs, todd tongen 1 local10 news. >> laurie: glad she's okay. >>> now to a story you will see on the one and only. new details into the deadly hit-and-run crash on the palmetto christmas eve morning. plus staggering numbers about hit-and-run crashes here in south florida. our own michael seiden is live with this exclusive. michael. >> michael: laurie and calvin, it is ridiculous to think that there are drivers out here who plow into othery motorists and keep on driving without mauking the call for help, but here in south florida that's rattle reality and ev year dorses dying. they were best friends, roommate who would do anything for each other. but on the morning of christmas eve their friendship came to a tragic end, a deadly hit-and-run crash killing carlos thomason and critically injuring oscar rodriguez. carlos was trying to help out his buddy who had run out of gas along the palmetto expressway near southwest 8th street when left for dead. tonight investigators tells they have a person of interest. they have also seized the car used in the the hit-and-run. >> would y

with todd tongen and neki mohan. >> todd: authorities are searching for threenmates including a suspected murderer who is scaipped from jail in southern ca call. they escaped pray county jail in santa ana southeast of los angeles. they cut through bars with plumbing clippers and then they repelled count the r rf. >> and 23-year-old jonathan and 43-year-old back long were raft seen friday morning. official say all three men are considered dangerous. >> each of t t three should be viewed as very dangerous. again, we don't have specific information that they are armed but i think the public should expect the worse if they are encountering them. >> todd: the fbi is offering a information leading to their arrest. >>> with just eight days left in the infnfential iowa caucuses. the state's largest newspapers, the des moines register has now announced it's endorsement. the paip ser now endorsing hillarar clinton on the democratic side and marco rubio on the gop side. they called rubio the republican party's best hope. >> obviously we're concerned about the direction of america and i'm frustrated

. >> todd: i'm todd tongen. thank you for thank you for waking up with us on this saturday a. here's jennifer correa. >> neki: my head is always in the fog. >> todd: that's true. >> jennifer: there is a fog out there guys all across south florida. visibility not too bad. look like the fog has dissipated in the meantime for that area but southwest miami-dade. the f is dense and visibilities down to 1 mile in homestead. a lot of areas out towards south west of the peninsula does have areas that are less than a quarter mile down to zero visibility. count to 0679 so den fog advisory has been put moo effect thvment remains in effect until if any new update comes up of course. i'll let you next on radar good news is no rain out thrvment if you're heading outer lirks keep in mind to use the regular head lights and not the high beam and take it slow and easy on the roadways. this is do to a trough over us. i'll exek more on when we expect more rain. todd. >> todd: thank you jen. shing dramatic moments when a apartment building goes up in flame on video. all the family made it out okay

in pompano beach, todd tongen, local 10 news. >> kristi: thanks a lot, todd. very busy day for those folks having to clean up a lot. >> constance: those broward people dealing with a lot. >> kristi: video when the tornado touched down near broward's south campus. so much damage yesterday. >> constance: the cleanup after the tornado overturned cars, a tractor-trailerr knocked down trees and blew part of a roof off at an apartment complex. the national weather service confirming a ef 1 1 made it that touched down in coconut creek. >> kristi: residents there are assessing all the damage to their homes. local 10 reporter ben kendy is live in coconut creek to tell us how the students and homeowners alike are trying to pick up the pieces. ben. >> reporter: good afternoon, kristi and constance. a busy day. the focus has been on cleanup. surrounded by branches and twigs andleaves. this used to be 6 feet tall, the samame height as me. walk with me just a bit. you can see ssns of the tornado. take a look at this damage. the fence has bebe knocked down by that tree. it w

. >> you're watching local 10 news with todd tongen and neki mohan. >>> a. the conference call. the ultimate arena for business. hour after hour of diving deep, touching base, and putting ducks in rows. the only problem with conference calls: eventually they have to end. unless you have the comcast business voice mobile app. it lets you switch seamlessly from your desk phone to your mobile with no interruptions. i've never felt so alive. make your business phone mobile with voice mobility. the reason i pulled you everyone today and i'm asking you to come over and have a conversation is i saw you since miller drive when you were first jumping on the palmetto and you were pushing 90 miles per hour. >> oh okay. >> todd: a miami motorist turning the tables on a police officerulling him over after she says he was speeding. the driver claims the cop sur passed 100 miles per hour at one& point so she pulled him over. the entiesh insurance den caught on camera.in the video that driver says she started following that officer assistot on the expressway on 56th street and struggled to keep

we'll tell what you it was all >> todd tongen and neki mohan on >> ni: for the second time nay week police in wisconsin have uncovered a load of stolen cheese worth tens of thousands dove rars. a tip lead authority to the missing 41,000-pound of par ma shab. the ship meant spiked up by the distree biewr ter two week ago and never made it to the destination in illinois. the whole loot valued at 90 grand. tour a a said say scheesen. >> and the suspect making a murderer answering questions related to the the con tro cher ver shall case. in the first time on ceras sips she took on steven. avery is optimistic. the case made famous on netflix brought avery's case back into the spotlight. supporters came from croos the country in the kililng of photographer teresa hall back. the lead prosecuto said the next flix series o mitd damaging evidence against ave rer very. >> >> neki: french crews wrrk twog lift cargo ship to shore and forced to abandon the efforts s cause of dangerous waves there. that ship thaw can see is tilted almost 90 degrees on the side was being fos tossed around by wave as high

. >> todd: lucky ah.i'm todd tongen. thank you for waking up with us this saturday. >> neki: sunday. he didn't get a lot of sleep last niecht don't know how. this is great sleeping weather. >>ennifer: you i know. it's nice. head out and enjoy. it you'll want to do that later on this morning. i it's still pretty chilly out there. a lot of people have decided to stay in later this sunday morning some of you waking out on the broadway. nice and sunny for the start of sunday. it will stay like that for most of the day and notice the with winds are a lot lighter. remember, yesterday the pam trees were blowing against a strong west wifnltd well, today we have a northwest flow at 00 miles per hour currently. temperatures in the 40s right now and we'll continue to keep it chilly for the rest of our sunday because temperatures won't be warming up that much. i'll have the details on. that high pressururbuilding is n. that will keep us nice and dry through the beginning of the workweek. neki. jennifer. breaking news to bring to you

local10 news reporter todd tongen joins us live with our >> todd: boy, this is the big buzz in broward legal circles, everyone talking about this case. i spoke with an attorney who has been prange for over 40 years. he says he has never heard of a case like this. attorney jessica mashaly has been banned from all broward jails. her picture is posted at security checkpoints. a bso incident says the 35-year-old married lawyer was caught having sex on an interview table inside the jail had her client ysreal granda who is in jail for attempted murder. today through her attorney and his colleague, she is fighting back. >> she was there seeing her client, as she does and how she is entntled to do as an attorney, but as far as the allegations go, they're completely false. >> todd: she wouldn't spe during our interview but her attorney said this has been em ep bares and go it's hurting her career. >> her faceaul over thehe news. she's a private attorney. she meade's to see her cents. their rights and they are

i'm todd tongen. >> neki: i'm neki month hafnt not that much sun out there right now. julie durda track the severe weather across our region. julie. >> jennifer:. >>> >> that right guys as early a it moved in, it is moving out. before we get to the good news we have to talk about the damage already. wind gust reported at 45 miles per hour thcht is video from plantation early this morning as the storm rolled in a s cross

news with todd tongen and neki >> the home of a mother of three in chicago is now a mess after it was raided by police and it turns out that the raid was conducted at the wrong houou. a kenosha bag get says police sted through her back door on thursday look w- a search warrant looking for drug and main named papa bree. >> and then they told her they got the wroro information from an informant ahd went to see if this was true. >> if they did an investigation they would see this was a household ave working mom with three kids. not a drug dealer. >> she says drug dealers are many that neighborhood but she is a working mom struggling with money an that she will now have to pay for the damage on her home. >> neki: and in colorado a student fight. it happened while they were changing classes and no teachers were in the room the father of that girl says he told teachers at school and claim that the school miss handled the whole thing eyeust couldn't believe. it i was outraged. ways angry. i just couldn't believe something could happen to her for a good minute. the girl was on top of her hitt

let's get to todd tongen. he is our lottery guy, our powerball guy these days. a lot of mania going on. >> todd: do you know how many times this billboard has rolled over? i've been you the outed here five or six times in the last two days, laurie and calvin. stay with me. it's such hundred million dollars but the bulk piet, the one tomb woul be over $425 million. i crunched the numbers and i think, if there's a single winner and it was me, i would be able to buy local10 from warren buffett. wednesday night as the powerball jackpot rolled over for the 18th time and powerball fever is the gripping the nation as since yesterday morning the powerball jackpot has gone from $450 million to $500 million then hitting $675 million and this afternoon another bump tow $700 million. even though it is already the largest jackpot in u.s. history, lottery officials say it will likely go high. >> it's being sold at such a rapid rate, people are talking to it maybe getting $1 billion. >> todd: you may want to hang onto that ticket. there may not have been a ticket but over $6.5

in opa-locka todd tongen, local10 news. >> janine: a mork man accused of planning a machete attack on new year's eve in the name of isis was in court today. authorities ai 25-year-old emmanuel lutchman planned to kill people celebrating new year's eve a an upstate new york restaurant. his arrest prompted the cancellation of rochester's new year's eve fireworks celebration as a precautioning also today two meny arrereed for terror-related charges in california and texas were in court. those two are palestinians born in iraq who came the to united states aref geez. they both reportedly had plans alongside isis. >> victor: extremely disturbing video from northern california where police shot anankilled a man who had been shooting of a gun in a neighborhood. officers say they were forced to fire when that man refused to follow orders and pointed the gun at them. we want to warn that this video is very graphic. countless shots wring ringing out in this cell phone video of a deadly officer-involved shooting tuesday night. it shows the suspect opening up the apartment door, pointing a gun st

local10 news reporter todd tongen live now in coral springs >> todd: such a scary story, calvin and laurie, but thank flight does have a happy ending. that little girl is home, she is safe and happy to be alive. >> what if i would have never got a chance to hold her, so now i just held her. >> todd: title holding her mother's hand six-year-old jan eye a is a lucky little girl. she is safe after a crook stole a car with her in the back seat. surveillance cameras caught the crime on tape as the first-grader was left in the quart keys still in the ignition and h stepfather walks into a gas station off of sample road in coral springs. the carcinogen can be seen scoping out that black kia before finally getting in and taking off. two miles later he finally realizes jennia is in the back seat and he drops her off near wiles road. >> sheust said, when he said "get out of car" she just ran. >> todd: thankfully a good samaritan saw her and called police. message for the carjacker after letting her little girl go. >> thank you. exactly what my sister said. god bless you. >> todd: meanwhile, immigran

home in their own backyard people that story coming up with todd tongen at 6:00. >> laurie: plus,s, a local middle schoolers come up wi play to make football safer. their plan for protesting concussions. >> will: what is the secret thinned panthers' success this year? bow believe it's mysterious sweatshirt. next in sports. >> will: if surprising florida panthers should get a key player back tom.when they host the blackhawks. yeah, is expected to be back from a concussion. as clay ferrero reports, so is hollywood star kevin spacey. >> clay: over the last month and a half the panthers have jumped frfm near the bottom of their division. so what's changed? three words "spacey in space!" a spet solicitor featuring argument kevin space's face in space has`hysteriously shown up in the the locker room. so what's the deal? >> we kind of like keeping our mystery so we're going dewpoint that way. >> clay: time for some digging. rough a quick search of the twitter feed we found out that the shirt only shows up in the locker room after wins and it's typically a new player from game to game. >> i d

i'm todd tongen. >> neki: i'm neki mow man. a chilly start for the runners this morning. a second with jennifer with when the warm-up should be coming by. >> jennifer: it should come up in a couple days. happy sunday to you, beautiful sunny skies across south florida. notice the windsre lighter out there and should stay like that for today out of the northwest. temperatures in the 40s upper 40s across south florida and then 55 degrees in marathon. temperature chang since

our todd tongen has been on the live now with the very latest, todd. >> todd: calvin with we're just off blount road in pompano beach where you can still hear the whine of chain sauce and the growl wood chippers as they try to clean up up after the damage what is left by that tornado. >> it just surrounded look the whole place was coming to an end. winds were kicking up, palm trees were bend can over like you didn't know what the hell was going on. all you hear is sirens, and the next thing you know a kinds of satellite composite sirens from the police department coming by. it was just a madhouse. >> todd: workers from this industrial park whole foods warehouse in pompano beach just off blount road said the twister touched on down withoutarning, and the fears force ofych mother nature was evident. >> the i saw the tornado pass through. >> todd: louise trujillo was in the parking lot. >> it sounded look a trara, everything shaking. >> todd: that tractor-trailer was picked up, slammed into the ment-filled parking post, spearing a gaping hole in the side of the trailer. meanwhile, trees

our own todd tongen spoke with the man who cam across that unwanted visitor. look for his live report on this crocodile tale at 6:00. >> calviv: let's to go wall street. here are the final numbers. the arrows going up. the do you have was up 115 the nasdaq up today just .37. there you go. closing a 4,472. and the s&p 500 up today just about ten points, closing below the 2,000 mark. >> laurie: and if you ar hoping to hit rush hour early, let's get a which can on traffic for you. >> calvin: y jenise fernandez here with that. >> jenise:%eich 95 southbound, those cars heading toward you an accident was blocking west 103rd street. the good news that accident has sinned moved off to the shoulders but we are seal delays, again i-95 southbound approaching 103rd street. you'll see these delays start from the golden glades and speeds are at 19 miles per hour. we've also got a crash on theh airport expressway, this is as you're heading west approaching us-y 27 with speeds thereat 10 miles per hour. cruising o up to broward county, a broken down car causing someproblems o

i'm todd tongen. >> neki: i'm neki mohan. happy sunday. let's get to jennifer because i can't possibly look at the sky and say it's not going to stay like this all day, jen. >> jennifer: no. it's absolutely gorgeous. blue skies todd and neki. looks very nice. if you want to head to the beach the earlier the better. we will have showers. the chance for storms as well. let's get to it because it will be an active weather pattern as talking about the warm up today

i'm todd tongen. >> neki: i'm neki mohan. jennifer is the barrier of. >> jennifer: bad news. >> neki: can't say it's bad when you start like this. >> todd: slow your roll. enjoy it while it's here. >> neki: slow your roll. >> todd: let her move offset and give us the bad news. not next to me. >> jennifer: we'll show a picture of sunrise. dd and neki it's a beautiful start to the morning. you said it. this is by our viewer of he sent us a sunrise picture. thank you for that. that looks gorgeous out of fort lauderdale. a nice start for our sunday from when the sun rose and now. but it is very warm. temperatures already hitting 80 degrees in key west. miami and fort lauderdale. close at 79 degrees. southwest wind at 13 miles per hour. and we do expect the rain. now a few showers trying to develop along the coast in miami-dade county but back out west we're tracking still this they are pushing this whole bandit self-pushing to the south and east. will impact the keys most likely first. miami-dade and broward as well by this aftern

. >> todd: i'm todd tongen. we have breaking news tole but. a deadly wrong way wreck on i-95 shutting down the lanan there. the crash happened north of sheraton south of griffen in day of vich we're told one person cied at the scene and three others had to be taken to the hospital. >> jennifer: now it's not known whether fog played a role in that accident but the fog what been a huge impact. still dense fog advisory 'titi 9:00 a.m. advice 3weu89 down to zero in the inland areas. all do to the high pressure over us. south central will be bringing us a threat for severe storm ch that's not until late tonight. before then enjoy the sunshine once that fog limpts highs reaching 80 degrees. >> neki: all right. thank you jennifer. that does it for us right now. gma conditions next. just before 9:00 a.m. with more >>> all right. happening right now, the gop birther battle heating this morning. trump tweeting about a lawsuit filed by a lawyer down in texas taking aim at ted cruz's eligibility to become president. trump says cruz was a cadian citizen un

i'm todd tongen.>> neki: i'm neki month hafnl the worse is over for us. let get to julie durda who is here this morning. julie, we can breathe a sigh of are relief now. >> absolutely we can. the worse occurred over o portions of central florida. we are blessed ch weaver just seeing rain and heavy wifnldz i know aot of you have power out gea and sm you may be disagreeing saying, oh i don't have my power on and that is something that can be taken care of. and here' a live look from our mt. sinai medical center. i know it's not pretty out there. but that will c ctinue throughout the morning. the only good news is we're not seeing rain from the fog. precipitation will continue to push way from the east from us. and the farther way this cold front gets, the better our weather pattern will be. and currently over boca raton and corral spring. into miami. just isolated activity was focused over key biscayne rain has de minute fished nor of a imrizel over portions of islamorada and marathon. and let's down what will happen in the next few hours. ill dealing with g