Pack. A german shorthaired pointer takes home top honors at the westminster dog show. Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. President obama fired back at senate who say they wont consider his nominee for fill Justice Antonin Scalia of the supreme court. A funeral is planned for saturday. Speaking in california yesterday, mr. Obama said the constitution is clear and the senate has no grounds to refuse a vote. Theres no unwritten law that says that it can only be done on off years. Thats not in the constitutional im amused when i hear people who claim to be strict interpreters of the constitution, suddenly reading into it a whole series of provisions that are not there. There is more than enough time for the senate to consider, in a thoughtful way, the record of a nominee that i present and to make a decision. Senator chuck grassley, chairman of the Senate Judiciary committee, which would hold hearings on t
Per hour. 90100 Miles Per Hour. Will cover all of that demonstrate the morning the radar is dry and we are seeing the wind flow light out of the northwest from 510. Temperatures are cooler with low to mid 60s in comparison to 70s yesterday. Plenty of sunshine today with highs in the upper 70s. Lets check traffic. We have construction in broward on 95 around Stirling Road and sheridan. In both directions up and down 95 you can see flashing lights. Lets talk about an accident on the palmetto south by 103rd st. The right lane is blocked. Construction that has always shut down on the palmetto northbound at sw. And the garbage truck that fell over 95 the guardrail still needs repairs to the exit ramp is still shut down. I called my son instead its a tornado. Tornadoes touched down first in broward and then miami dade. Team coverage in south florida again. The storms rolled into south florida. A major mess is left in some areas. The cleanup is in full swing. Carey codd start charging coverag
Pressure in control. The breeze will be increasing through the day and we will see dangerous risk of rip currents. Highs in low to mid 70s with sunshine. The full forecast coming up. Lets check traffic. 95 nw. At 54th st. Is where we start off. There are no accidents. All the construction has been cleared up. Its going to be a smooth thursday morning drive for now. Take advantage. Its 95 at 151 street. Here is the palmetto eastbound these commuter heading right into the interchange. And and broward 95 both directions president barack obama is going to visit the communist island of cuba. Month. Its expected to release more details of the travel plans today. Marybel rodriguez is live at first i restaurant. Reporter the president will visit cuba on march 21. Normalizing relations between the us and cuba the white house determining the conditions are right for the president to visit the communist island but not everyone agrees. Secretary of state john kerry travel to havana in august to re
Action news is next. Live for the station taking action for you. This is abc action news. Now at 11, a hitandrun suspect answers to a judge. This while a bay area family is burying a tow truck operator. And the case being built against Allison Huffman. We are live on the Howard Frankland bridge. Reporter Wendy Jamison a couple hundred feet away from me. Behind a safe spot. Perspective of how narrow the emergency lane is now that fatal crash has a suspect in custody and police are building the case and trying to piece together where Allison Huffman was before and after the crash. Your honor, the state requests no bond. Allison huffman rolled her eyes as the state requested she be held with no bond. She has two prior duis. Appearing before a Pinellas County judge. Distraught when learning she would not be getting out of jail anytime soon. She is a danger to the public. Reporter family members in court watched the person florida Highway Patrol officer says killed roger perez, a father and
Thank you for being with us. First lets check on the forecast. Make sure to bundle up and that you have your jacket or sweater. A live view from our Fort Lauderdale camera. The skies have cleared and that has allowed for the radiation and cooling and temperatures to drop then yesterday. Hello 50s. 58 Pompano Beach pier 62 miami. Mid to upper 60s in the keys. And kendall 55. Were talking homestead 56 again its on the chilly side. We see the wind blowing out of the northwest from 310 Miles Per Hour. High pressure is off to the north and east which means with dangerous risk of rip currents. Today 74 with sunshine and mild through the evening. The full forecast coming up. Now lets check traffic. On the palmetto you can see it heading westbound and eastbound or southbound right in that interchange when youre hitting the big curve. Its looking good. Lets talk about 95. We have an accident southbound. A hitandrun crash off to the shoulder so its not causing delays but it is taking time to cle