Transcripts For WTVJ NBC 6 South Florida Today At 6am 201603

Transcripts For WTVJ NBC 6 South Florida Today At 6am 20160307

We are waking up to eastnortheast winds, and you can see them streaming on through especially near coastal areas. Feeling quite nice. Calling for a few clouds was head out the door this morning with upper 60s and well see increasing sunshine throughout the Morning Hours with teteeratures in the 70s. Well take a look at the roads now with first alert traffic reporter, kelly blanco. Good morning, south florida. Happy westbound back with you, and a special thanks to see you at the carnival this past weekend. You are at u. S. 441, this is your drive here. At 6 02, accident 43 on i95, the palmetto expressway and turnpike, and still a 12minute ride from the golden gladede to the airport expressway southbound. Southbound northwest 113th street. 836 eastbound drivers just after northwest 45th avenue, one of your lanes completely blocked off because of an accident and in Broward County we still have the Traffic Alert, orange drive from u. S. 441 to the turnpike completely blocked off and take griffin road. This was a car into a canal and one person has been taken to the hospital, and well have more information on that later today. It is an all too common occurrence happening again in south florida, and police hoping you saw something. A person is dead and this morning a hitandrun driver out the on our streets. And erika glover is live at the police department. Neighbors outraged. Reporter one neighbor says he was at work athe time and he had no idea what was going on once he got back home. The vehicle description informrmion about the driver, officers here in north miami because their search continues. Let me show you the video from a ene on early sunday morning. Officers believe the vehicle involved with the hitandrun was traveling northbound at the intersection of northeast 19th avenue and northeast 177th street in North Miami Beach early sunday morning. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. We spoke with one homeowner near the scene who was at work, like i mentioned earlier, and listen to his reaction to the deadly scene outside of his door. Thats just soo bad for people to kill somebody like this and just driving. He might can saveve his life if he just stop and call 911. It could be his dad, it could be one of his family. Again, officers here this morning are hoping to get more information about the driver or he description of the vehicle. They say if you have that information they are urging you Crime Stoppers will give a cash reward for any information that leads to an arrest in this case. For now we are live in North Miami Beach, erika glover. Breaking out of australia. A sixhour standoff at a sidney factor ended with two people dead and two recovering in the hospital. The gunman turned the weapon on himself as police were approaching the scene, and we dont know the motive behind this, and Police Emphasize this is not part of a terror plot, and the country has strict gun laws and one of the lowest murder rates in the world. A teenager waking up in the hospital after shots rang out and this morning detectives are searching for a couple people that they say jumped in a a car and took off from the scene of that shooting. We know the teen is 16 years old, and he is recovering okay . Porter he is still recovering here at Jackson Memorial hospital, and going to be waking up in the hospital as others wake up and go to school. This Morning Police in Miami Gardens still looking for three suspects that shot this teen on multiple times on sunday. It happened on 25th avenue, not too far from wre police investigated an accidental shooting of a 14yearold last week. As far as this case, the suspects were in a red pickup truck when they opened fire on the 16yearold hitting h multiple times. At this point its not clear why this teenager was shot in the first place. It was an unfortunate incident that continues to happen not only in the city of citiessand the county, and we need the publics help to stop the nonsense. Reporter nonsense is what police are calling it, and a lot of people have the same aessage, this is nonsense and it needs to stop and police say if you have information, give them a call, and information that could lead them to the whereabouts the suspects, and call police o Crime Stoppers. For now we are live outside Jackson Memorial hospital, Michael Spears, nbc 6 news. This morning an allday miami alert out ofiami ended but the trouble is far from over. Police found logan and his momoer in texas, and his mother abducted him from his caregivers home and took off. No word yet on when she orthe child will be brought back to apaarently this is not the first time hernandez had a run in with the la she has been charged with child negligent and grand theft. The coast guard suspended its search for a cruise ship passenger that went overboard near key largo. He fell about 100 feet from the tenth deck of this ship, and this happened over the weekend and he has been identified as davidmossman. And crews covered nearly 1,000 square nautical miles off the coast of key largo. And condolences continue to pour in for nancy reagan. The former first lady passed away at her Los Angeles Home of congestive heart failure. The two were married for 54 president died in 2004. Florida governor, rick scott, weighing in on the first ladys ssing, saying throughout her life, her incredible commitment to hercountry and family did not falter and she will continue to inspire us to live bravely and selflessly. Look at these pictures here. Reagans name still trending in miami and across the country with hdreds of photos throughout the years, and her time as an actress and in the white house and after politics. You can see the pictures of nancy through the years in a special album we put together on the nbc 6 news and weather app. No rest on the campaign trail. A busy weekend leads to a major primary tomorrow. Our team in washington, d. C. Tracking all of the candidates, where they are right now and what they are saying this morning. Looking for a family florida may be the music playing i feel pretty west side story not every cake can be handcrafted in store by slled decorators layered with fresh berries and frosted to perfection like our publix bakery chantilly cake itll be remembered for all the right reasons. Publix. Off on the horizon, they see florida as quickly approaching, and for nbc 6 this morning, tracie potts in washington, d. C. , and you have your hands on numbers and things are progressing quickly as they head on florida in the next couple of days. The republicans focused on florida, and we know why its so important, and we talked about the importance of marco rubio to hang in the race, and his delegate count is low compared to the two republicans ahead of him. Before florida, the stop in the midwest, the democrats and republicans in michigan tomorrow where the issues are about water and jobs. It has been a long time, and i voted to save the auto the money that ended up saving the auto industry. Auto jobs and the flint water crisis, big topics in the michigan primary. People are not paying a water bill for poison water. Both democrats want the michigan governor to resign, and Hillary Clinton has a 17point lead there and far ahead in the delegate count after last weekend. Donald trumps topping polls in michigan and already targeting florida, marco rubios home state. Rubio won port auuerto rico this weekend. You have to unite, and thats what we are seeing happening. Trump thinks republicans will unite behin him. Michigan. Tomorrrw. We also have mississippi, idaho and hawaii voting on the same day. Live from washington, tracie potts, nbc 6 news. 99 delegates at stake in the flo ida primary on march 15th and the winner takes all. Rubio says he is confident that he will win, and many say its a make your break situation for the senator. Early voting is underway right now, and most voting stations across the statee will stay open until march 12th, and stattns in miamidade and Broward County, until the 14th. As far as liveresults and minute by minute updates from the campaign trail, go to our nbc 6 news and weather app. We have a Traffic Alert. 6 15 a. M. Chopper 6 on its way to orange drive, and its just before pembroke road. Three of the right lanes one, two, three cars involved in the crash, and a messy tie up on the southbound lanes of University Drive. No issues as you make your way southbound, and chopper 6 just flying over the scene on University Drive southbound before pembroke road. Avoid it if you can. The car into a canal on orange drive from u. S. 441 on the turnpike, this area completely blocked off and one person was taken to the happen. We will keep you posted on line and on the air and on the news and weather app. And 836 eastbound, afer northwest 45th avenue, two lanes completely blocked off and we are starting to see the delays on the eastbound 836 eastbound. Morning. South florida, things are looking pretty good so far. Dry conditions from Broward County all the way ito miamidade. The keys looking good so far. A quiet start to ourday, and beautiful out there so want to definitely get out there. Temperatures comfortable in the upper 60s. 69, ft. Lauderdale. 69 in miami. Still cooler down into the kedall area, and we are seeing temperatures around 66 degrees, and low 70s already down into the keys. Look atwhat we are dealing with as far as clouds are concerned. Some of the clouds over the atlantic waters streaming through, espececlly along coastal areas. And things looking nice across the Sunshine State. No rain in sight where we need to worry about this morning. And your forecast on this currents one of the threats, and highs reaching up into the 70s and we could see gusty winds at times. In the keys, in the 70s, and a breezy east win up to 20 Miles Per Hour. High pressure still in control, and thats what is leaving us another gorgeous day across the southeast and down into florida and across the bahamas, and thats what is giving us that breezy east wind. Breezy east wind means rip currents along the beaches, and Small Craft Advisory, and with all the sunshine you want to have the sun screen handy all day long. Taking a look ahead at the next few days, majo changes. We have not had a week like this for sometime. We are expecting a breezy afternoon today, but winds will continue to pick up as the workweek goes on, so we are calling for a windy workweek for the next few days, and the good news we cant see rain anywhere in sight, and the next system saturday into sunday, but still uncertainty with the systems. Temperatures will be close to average in the low 80s, and then creeping back into the mid80s for the weekend. Thank you so much. If you own an exotic pet and can no longer take caa of it. Saturday is exotic pet amnesty. Which means you can gii up your exotic pet with no penalties. They are going to show examples of exotic pets and talk about the pets you can surrender, and amnesty day will take place this saturday from 10 00 to 2 00 pm. At zoo miami. On this monday, people in oregon taking it to the next level and then some, and they opened a beerthemed spa. Its not just about serving beer in the spa, and its called hop attention as the nations first beer spa, so this is what they do. Customers can fully emerse themselves in a microbrew soak, and i hear its great for your skyk, and they make beer into a solid and grinding it up, and its like a bath salt made into beer, and i dont know if it smells like beer, and you soak in the hops and afterwards you are better for it, apparently. This is what they say. We know how good it is for our liver, so im sure its best for the ree of the body. I am a Firm Believer in it over the weekend, but not so sure about takakg a bath in it. And you know the kids are going to be off and the longer you wait from here on out more expensive its going to get. Go online and figure it out, southwest. Com, and all other Airlines Offering great deals. As i mentioned, a lot of people like florida, and a lot of people love vegas as their Top Destinations this year. Air fares are down about 6 on domestic flights and about 15 on international flights, if you really want to drop some coin. This is in part to lower gas prices, and orbitz travel says a lot of this in terms of lower gas prices is because about 65 of americans are p pnning to hit the road in terms of getting to their spring break destination no matter where it is. The celebration of art a culture, and kelly and erikaka h d a great time taking pictures and meeting many of you, and we want to thank everybody that came out and simply said hello, and that fans, which i am sure many of us needed and yesterday the weather was fantastic. We are hoping yesterday transfers over to the beginning of the week, and can you start your week off that awesomom it was great. Definitely feeling the burn, right . Or maybe not, especially the one second from the end. Miami heat mascot looking celebrate his birthday but didnt stick the landing. What officers are lo a legendary nfl quarterback expected to announce his retirement today, and of course we are talking about peyton manning. He is talking about ending his 18 year career. He just led the broncos to a super bowl victory earlier this year, and he called the team his plans. The sheri set numerous records throughout his career with the colts, which is where he spent his first 14 seasons and then the denver broncos. The Miami Dolphins took their International Search for cheerleaders to the argentina. The team will also hold tryouts in mexico and columbia as well as right here in south florida. The final auditions are set for soon. Watch video. Bernie incitedvited some of his budds to try and break the record for the most mascots flipped over during the break, landing. Oh, boy, falling on two of his furry friends, including stanley, and its just funny, and everybody was okay i think, anyway. Maybe they are screaming at bernieiei dont know, but if you want to see the failed stunt in case you were not in front of your tv, and we posted it on our facebook. Fun ship freddy for Carnival Cruise line, he got the brunt of it. He rolls and stood up and bowed. Not the type of takedown he is used to, and police pulled out all the stops to take an nfl player into custody. With ted cruz, and a pastor is shot multiple times. music playing i feel pretty west side story not every cake can be handcrafted in store by skilled decorators layered with fresh berriri and frosted to perfection like our publix bakery chantilly cake itll be remembered for all the right reasons. Where shopping is a pleasure. Lease a 2016 lincoln mkx for 399 a month welelme back, everybody. 6 30 and the breaking news here at 6 30 has to do th your morning commute. Lets head over to kelly blanco with these accidents. In Broward County, chopper 6 was on i way to see one accident when they spotted this crash. Its under cleanup now, but the three lanes are still blocked off for now on University Drive southbound before pembroke road. You can see one of the cars in the crash on the tow truck, and can see the cleanup crews moving everything out of the way, but still blocked off just before pembroke road. Lets change sources taking you over to the first alert affic, and this is a car that went into acal acanal, and one person taken to the hospital, and now a Traffic Alert in miamidade. Eastbound approaching northwest 57th avenue and just after that you will see a crash scene blocking two right lanes and give yourself extra time this morning. As far as the palmetto expressway, we have a crash there on your southbound lanes, and this is approaching northwest 103rd street. You can see the flashing lights off to the distance. We have a breezy east wind. Its really beginning to pick up in Broward County and miamidade. Unty, 10 to 15 Miles Per Hour onshore flow in portions of the miamidade. Its only going to contie to get stronger, taking a look camera. We are dealing with a few clouds, and i know it looks a little overcast across some areas, and especially coastal areas, but none of these clouds have rain. You can see the things looking quiet so far. Live first alert radar, dry conditions from ft. Lauderdale down into the keys and a nice way to start our day. A mix of sun and clouds and temperatures reaching into the mid70s. Yet another teen recovering in the hospital this morning, following the latest shooting in miamidade. Police say the violence will not stop without the help from the community. Nbc 6 reporter, Michael Spears is live at Jackson Memorial hospital. Michael, detectives say its simple if somebody comes forward and there can be an arrest. To that, they called this absolute nonsense. Another teen victim here in miamidade. What we are working to find out nowtis why, what led three people to shoot the 16yearold boy, a teen still recovering here in the hospital this morning, a i can report he is stable and expected to live, but those that put him here are still out on the streets this morning. This is a shooting investigation sparked sunday. Police looking for at least three people tied to this shooting who they say used a red pickup truck to carry out this attack. It happened on northwest 171st terrace. A motive, not clear. If there is one at all, this is the type of thing that led to forums on gun violence. Gardens police words, this is nonsense that needs to end. Call Crime Stoppers. Michael spears, nbc 6 news. Thank you so much for the update. 6 34. Police need your help trying to solve a deadly shooting that happened in miamidade. They say a car might be the key to figuring out the person that pulled the trigger in this case. Miami shores poce were called to motel shore along biscayne boulevard and 105th street. They found a young man inis 20s with a gunshot wound and was pronounc

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