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overnight. pompano beach pumping up with the top of the hour, 17-mile-per-hour breeze. 14-mile-per-hour winds in ft. lauderdale, 6-mile-per-hour winds in west kendall. southwest miami-dade, cooler readings, right now 62 in west kendall. everyone else fairly mild from 67 to about 69, what we've been trending with for the last few hours. the northeast wind bringing in passing clouds today. as i mentioned, maybe a sprinkle. by and large it's ploud conditions and mild weather in place as we get through our friday and into your upcoming weekend. mild start at 68. breezy beaches today and a high rip current risk which i'll talk about in about 15 minutes. up to 75 this afternoon, warmer into the weekend. next week, rain chances but also warmer weather coming our way. more on that in a few minutes. right now a first check of traffic for this hour, here is kelly blanco. we have an accident that you're approaching 395. that ramp, they're telling me it's completely blocked off. as you can see, traffic is really not moving at this time. this accident happened about five minutes ago. you can see the flashing lights herereff to the distance. that's that ramp at 395, the macarthur causeway. i'm goingng to make phone calls to see how it will affect your morning ride. as we can see, traffic is a complete parking lot. we've been accident-free up until right now. i-95 southbound trying to ramp on to 395, macarthur causeway completely blocked off. stck to julia tuttle causeway. a 5-year-old is inhe hospital for breathing in too much smoke. firefighters snt the early morning hours sifting through the burned remains of an apartment. nbc 6's michael spears is outside the apartment southwest miami-dade. a big question many people had when thisas happening. >> reporter: that's right, sell li, where were the parents and hot did the fire start. those are the big questions they're looking the answer. the girl was rescued from a burning condo unit, found alone according to fire rescue. she is okay but recovering from smoke inhalation after being rushed to the hospital. cell phone video from last night shows how busy and chaotic this scene was. miami-dade police have bn called in to investigate as well. this is the versailles gardens miami-dade. we're told they got multiple 911 calls before 8:00 p.m. and the girl's mother according to investigators was somewhere else apartment. exactly where is unclear, that's what we've been working to find out. we know neighbors were evacuated and some were truly worried the fire would spread. >> coming across from the get worried about you and your family and what's going to happen if it spreads or not. >> luckily this morning a positive happy ending to all tts. the 5-year-old girl saved, firefighters able to contain the fire to this one unit. it did not spread to other units. folks were evacuated and later let in. this morning, again, the two big questions, not clear if the police will file charges against the girl's parents. now to an update on a crackdown to get criminals off the streets of miami. officers wrapp their investigation six hours ago, rounding up suspected criminals to show crimes come with consequences. the sweep comes amid concerns about sketchy activity in the flag am many area. police say they're hoping their efforts clean up the crime and deter it in the future. four minutes past the hour. county man shot by police is saking out. we're hearing from them for the first time since a merial for their loved one was burned. julia gg is in the studio with us this morning. this was made four months to the day after corey jones was shot and killed. the question now is whether or not it was an accident or whether it was on purpose. what are ings pointing to? >> the family suspects this was not an accident and it is indeed a grim discovery. talking pictures, teddydy bears, candles at this spot on the side of pga boulevard and i-95 where a palm beach police officer shot october. it's the same place jones' family gathers to remember him with music every month. they were on that spot yesterday morning and say sometime after they left the musician's memorial went up in flames. >> i was passing by, a a as i passed the site is when i right. >> those are the words from a the time stamp on that video says 11:31. the man who captured i has a dash cam company. jones' relatives say they do not believe the candles at the memorial set everything on fire. police say they don't have a reason to believe the flames were set on purpose. but they're checking into that possibility. sheli, bk to you. >> julia, thank you so much. new details in the disturbing case regarding 37-year-old paula vargas ortiz. she walked out of jail by the side of her husband. under her bond conditions, she'll be confined to her home with a gps ankle monitor. cops arrested her earlier in the month for her involvement in the death of baby hugo alvarez vargas and found inside a freezer at her homestead house. this morning we're hearing from a miramar dad heartbroken after his son was hit and killed by a man running from police. en has of his son jayden. all this happening in palm beach county when jayden was hit by a driver who swerved off the road while being chased by police. jayden's olderbrother still wearing the same clothes from the weekend on saturday and is refusing the change. >> i just real wish i could see, you know, what he was going to really turn out to be, because he touched a lot of people. >> devastating to say the least. police did catch up with that driver that is lex eugene he was recently released from prison and was driving without a license. he's facing a long list of charges right now including vehicular homicide. new this morning, a pilot's world turned upside down when his plane crashed in the keys. the pilot trying to land that small plane at arivate airport when it went down late last the plane hit phone lines before it hit the ground. it's not clear exactly what caused the crash to begin with. the pilot did walk away unharmed and no one on the ground was hurt. green bean surprise. a woman was preparing dinner for a church function when she found something very disgusting. talk about being at the how sun f i don't know what i'm doing. i can't find anything just when i think it's just not going to work. this woman that works there comes over and asks can i help you? and he was so happy, to do it amazing right? i never wod have expected would have thought that anyone would find that do that. makekehat go out of their way for me. right then, right there i couldn't believe it he was so helpful i know it's such a small thing little thing. but it made me smile made me happy made my day share your story. publix. where shopping is a pleasure. welcome backeverybody. the final arguments are under way. we've just 24 hours from democratsaucusing in nevada and republicans voting in south carolina. for nbc 6 tracie potts is live in washington, d.c. talking about is trump's war of words with theope which grabs headlines for obvious reasons. also, hillary clinton expecting a big endorsement at this point. >> reporter: exactly. trump dialing back his criticism. you'll see that in just a moment. meantime we are expecting jane clie berg, a popular lawmaker in south carolina, congressman to endorse hillary clinton that could help with the african-american vote, but that's a week away. today theemocrats are focusing on nevada. in this morning's new nbc "wall street journal" maris poll, african-americans are helping hillary clinton hold a 28-point lead over bernie sanders. they're essentially ed in nevada. with 24 hours to go until nevada's democratic caucus, both are going after the state's large latino electorate. >> my immigration policy is to unite families, not to divide families. >> i was the firstperson to call out donald trump. and paranoia. >> reporter: trump still leading in south carolina, but now only by five points. at a candidate forum, trump backed off criticizing pope francis. >> i think he was very much misinterpreted. i also think he was given false information. >> i don't think it's appropriate to question donald trump's faith. >> reporter: and clinton still have double dijgit leads. although clinton's lead has slipped by half. we're watching all the candidates, eight of them left, plus nevada, plus south carolina, a lot of it. it's all happening this weekend. i'm tracie potts, nbc 6 news. . >> tracie potts, thank you so much. nbc 6 6is everywhere. physical reporter steve litz is traveling to south carolina ahead of the primary, you can look for live reports tonight starting at 5:00 and can always follow him on twitter for updates from the campaign trail. his handle @stevenbc6. this morning we know more about president obama'sistoric up coming trip to cuba. white house officials say the visit will take place on march 21st and 22nd. during the trip the president will meet with cuban leader raul castro, cuban entrepreneurs and members of civil society. news comes after the u.s. and cuba restored diplomatic relations in 2015 for the first president obama took to twitter to make this historic announcement. the president says he's not turning a blindye to human rights concerns and plans to address dectly with people who are anti-government descendants. he emphasized that even though relations have thaud, there are still differences between the two governments. preside obama is the first president to visit cuba since calvin coolidge nearly nine decades ago. 6:15 a.m. we have a traffic alert. we've asked chopper 6 to go to the scene of 395 from i-95 southbound. chopper 6 ababe the accident. it's a rollover crash. no word on injuries just yet. this accident happened roughly 15 minutes ago. this is i-95 southbound, the ramp to 395 which is completely blocked off. you can see emergency crews on the scene blocking that ramp to 395. stick to 195 instead. those delays are stretching back for quite a few miles as you can take that detour. stick to the julia tuttle causeway. make sure you tell your co-workers the ramp to 395 is completely shut down. another vantage point from our first alert cameras, traffic not moving much, pretty much a park lot. again, i-95 southbound as you approach 395 ramp. this is the only traffic alert we have this morning. no other mjor accidents. broward county you are accident-free. i have posted a picture of the crash scene and a video on my twitter account @kellynbc6. >> kelly will let us know when that accident scene clears. that's a big deal there, southbound on i-95. roadways are dry, though. we've had a few sprinkles attempting to develop across the area. not adding up to much inhe two-county area. down i ito the keys we are rain-free. it's the breeze that will be the center stage hre of the local forecast today. at the bus stop this morning, a watcher morning, a mix of sun we're not too far out n from sunrise which keeps dialing back this morning at 6:54. temperatures this morning at about 66 to 69 with breezy conditions developing across the area. a live look outside into miami right now. skies are partly cloudy. visibility just fine at m.i.a. we've come d dwn to 67. we'll level off at this point and climb into the mid 70s. the cloud cover coming in on the northeast breezeze which became well established within the last 24 hours. it will be with us at least into saturday with improving conditions sunday which ends up being the better day of the weekend. all the while partly cloudy skies in place. updated winds now at about 15 to 20 at least into eastern broward county. everyone should level off between about 10 and 20-mile-per-hour winds across the area today. 67 in pembroke ppes, just like miami. 62, a little cooler into west kendall. that's not bad at all. 68 in pompano, 67 in key west. across the mid atlantic states. breezy conditions today and tomorrow that spells a high rip current danger on the beaches. i mentioned a sprinkle. it may come in on thebreeze. otherwise our temperature trend goes this way. first alert weather on the drive in, partly cloudy and 68. 73 before the lunch hour. today's high 75. with a prolonged period now of northeast winds increasing. rip current risk very high today and tomorrow. i mentioneded sunday being the better day. i think at that point the winds come down just a touch and the temperatures warm up. 75 today, tomorrow. 78 on sunday. rain chances as we get into tuesday and wednesday with highs briefly into the lower 80s. then another cool spell perhaps kicking in next thursday. deputy, in jacksonville, florida, are on the hunt who they describe as a very clumsy burglar. this is why they say that. you can check out the full video on the nbc 6 news and weather app. here is a piece oift. wait for it. he faururs through the roof. cameras at ap popeye's fried chicken restaurant. the man spent a couple hours trying to pry open a safe underneath the counter. he did eventually break in and made off with a bunch of cash. talk about being in the right place at the right time. cameras captured a would-be robber walking into a gas station south of port st. lucie. seconds later an off duty deputy looked real nervous about the man standing in front of him. he ended up finding a gun on the man which investigators s is fake. the suspect now is in custody. have you seen the movie "the finest hours?" we've got real life video for you. the coast guard posted this to facebook as members trained in around as they sped right into some huge waves. this is off the coast of hatham, mass thank you sets, the same place where t movie takes place. the boat specially made to conqu those currents. one woman in you daw getting a slithering surprise in a can of green beans. while preparing dinner for a church youth function, she almost served something that wasn't on the menu, a snake head. troy walker contacted western family, the manufacturer is already pulling cans from the shelves as a precaution. the company says they've halted production and are investigating what happened. it almost looks like a green bean. >> it does almost look like a green bean. i guess a snake head is better than a whole snake, right? you have to think of the bright some of these kinds of things. >> oh! with the eyes? >> your time is 6:21 on your friday morning. latest flu map. the sunshine state finds itself under a cloud of illness right now. maybe you've noticed at your workplace. we'll take a look at how strong a grip that virus has on south florida. donald trump has found himself in a war of words against just about every now. governor rick scott has been pushing for more money for tourism and marketing. he says he's setting a higher mark for tourism this year. if you notice a few empty chairs this morning. in the newsroom we're experiencing the exact same thing. big jump in a big way. >> if you're sick, you definitely don't want to come to work. you want to stay home. florida is one of 17 states seeing regional outbreaks in the latest numbers we're watching this morning. ininthe new map, this is fresh out from the centers for disease control. ififou look closely, you'll see seven more states have the darkest color. those are the states with widespread cases, states like new york and california. for us in florida, the flu season did get off to a slower start. it does usually peak right around this time of year. good news here, miami-dade and broward report add mild level of cases so far. the cdc says the flu makes people sick enough for 31.4 million outpatient visits every year. you can expect one in five of us to come down that bug this year. eric and sheli, i hope that's none of us. >> absolutely. more than a decade since "friends" went off air. many fans are still hoping for a reunion. who feel like they grew up with that television show. this weekend, those fans who want a reunion, you'll get your wish, not exactly a reunion. but close enough iguess. the cast of friends minus matthew perry who couldn't make it is coming together to celebrate the acclaimed career of james burrows. the all-star tribute to the director who is behind "frazier," "taxi" and "will and grace." it will air sunday right here on nbc 6. a traffic alert out of i-95 southbound, the ramp to the 836 and 395 completely blocked off. you can see the heavy delays. i'll let you know the delays and give you your alternates. required recess. a florida house bill passes easily. with just a coupleweeks left in the session, some are saying it should be left to the school districts. beyonce's concert here at mmrlins park is already sold we'll tell you why one group of good morning, good morning, hello, my name is patricia rodriguez. od morning governor, counsel, and jim allen. good morning everyone. i think it's still the most important thing we can do for any family in this state is to create an opportunity for them to get a job. i'm a single mother of three. i've been working for the seminole tribe for fifteen years now. this company has given me the opportunity to provivi for my children. how does it make you feel when you worry about if the compact isn't signed, then it does affect me tremendously because i would be out of a job. a month ago my sister passed away. she have children? how many? five. so are you taking care of them? yes. this compact not being signed would affect me and many people that have grown with me at ts company. if would affect them immensely. jobs for florida. boycotting beyonce. miami's police union says it won't work at her concert in reaction to her controversial new single "formation." brand new this morning, a canadian diplomat's son could get a plea deal instead of jail time for his role in a fatal shooting that killed his brother. we've covered this story extensively. the plea deal would include a camp program with job draining and drug treatment. he was charged as an adult in the drug related shooting that killed his brother and another teenager last year. a 5-yr-old girl treated for smoke inhalation overnight after fire consumed the apartment she was living in. her mother nowhere to be found right now investigatorortrying to figure out what sparked those fire and why the girl was home alone. right now it is 6:31. that means a whole lot of you are about to walk out the door for the morning commute. there's a portion of i-95 that a lot of people will want to avoid this hour. >> as you make your southbound on i-95 heading towards 395, you can't take that ramp. a rollover accident has that area completely shut down. we're seeing pretty heavy delays because of it. they are going to start to let one of the lanes get by. for right now avoid 395 completely. you can see the delays stretching back for miles. it's arollover crash that has the ramp to 395 completely blocked off. you can take 195 instead: a busy palmetto expressway, these are your northbound an southbound lanes. this is where we had an accident scene that is still causing now to your forecast with meteorologist ryan phillips. >> don't forg traffic alerts any time on the free nbc 6 news and weather app. u can get live first alert doppler. no rain out there this morning. we may see one or two sprinkles coming inbound on the northeast wind si is pretty well established now. we'll deal with it for the next two days before things improve. our roadways are dry. skies partly cloudy. out east towards the beaches, cloudier than what we'll see out westst across northwestern broward county. passing clouds today, an increasing breeze.e. a mild morning. we're at 67 in miami, 68 in miami and oakland park. east wind about 15 miles per hour. gusts possible up to 25 miles per hour. a breezy afternoon. partly cloudy skies. 68 on the drive in. 73 by the lunch hour. 75 is today's first alert this morning the miami police union says off duty officers won't be in formation when beyonce kicks off her world tour in miami. >> nbc 6 reporter erika glover is live at marlins park. the miami police union are asking for other people to jump in on the boycott, too. >> reporter: that's crect. they're asking other organizations to also back their boycott. it's back the blue boycott beyonce. that's the message from the fraternal order of police in miami. they say when she kicks off her world tour here at marlins park, support. that's because of her half-time super bowl performance of her latest single called "formation." fop president javier ortiz tweeted this photo saying we all know about "formation." if you missed the video and the out. here it is. beyonce's backck dancers wore black panther style costumes and lives matter movement. some say her music video is just as politically charged. you can see beyonce sitting on car. officers signaling the hands up don'thoot gesture. fop president javier ortiz says the organization voted to have all law enforcement officers boycott@ her april performance. ortiz says her platform divides americans and her anti-police message shows she's not in support of w enforcement. the miami police department has yet to release a statement regarding the union's proposed boycott. for now, outside live marlins park. a 13-year-old robbed of jewelry is breaeaing a sigh of relief this morning. the accused ief is behind bars. this isn't the first time the accused ronber has struck. responsible for a string of robberies. when it firstst happened y y can see the man in the white hoodie approaches a group of teenagers, threatens them and takes off with their jewelry. miami police looking to get streets. they're looking for this man who robbed a woman at gunpoint at an atm. the man took off in a black chevy malibu withth his partner aiting inside. this happened last month in january at a wells fargo on flagler and 107th avenue. yoy can see more of the video on the nbc 6 news and weather app. if you can identify any of those involves here, you're asked to 305-471-tips. donald trump has never shied away from confrontation. he's proven that. turning heads. >> trump and pope francis exchanged comments. kind of backtracking. >> maybe trump won't say that if you ask him. it does appear that way. donald trump taking a softer stance this morning in this wrangle over words between the pontiff and the presbyterian. it started on board the papal plan where someone asked about trump's plan to build a wall on the mexican border. >> trump blasted back his comments were disgraceful. now he's saying something else. >> the pope made the statement, i think it was a little nicer statement than reported by you folks in the med. after i read it, it was late softer. the bottom line is we've got to have a border. we've got to have security. >> trump and others on social media now also pointing out, hey, there are walls around the vatican. have a look at some of those postings now on facebook, on twitter as well. some saying tear down the vatican wall reminiscent of tear down the berlin wall in the 1980s. trump sayingg he does not like fighting the pope. you'll hear what else he says certainly as we follow this try out throughout the day. breaking news about the paris attacks that happened late last year. it's turning out that fake passports apparently stopped two would-be attackers. here is what wewee learning from our nbc producers are that on the ground in paris. an algerian and pakista man attempted to get through a migrant checkpoint in greece. they were stopped even as the other attackers were able to go ahead and get there and carry out that attack which, of course, happened last year in november. their passports raised too many questions and they were on a multiday hold. those men, both of them, are now under arrest. confusion and curiosity got two women in trouble with police. the mother and daughter turned themselves in to mooech police for questioning. sevel calls, a lot of calls from people con send about these rwo women they say were suspicious because they were visiting local synagogues and churches. it turns out the daughter was making the visits because she suffers from terminal cancer and was curious about other faiths. >> my intention was to say hi, hey, it'sme. i'm here t say love, peace, we want to be brothersand sisters because we are one blood. >> after several interviews which included the department of homeland security, police say no crime was committed. brabd new, a report calling out marco rubio for his time in the house. we look at the allegations made against the senator. a family member of corey burns speaks out. waking up to extra clouds across south florida. live first alert doppler dry for now. we could see sprinkles. we'll talk about an improving forecast for the weekend coming up in a few minutes. an accident on i-95 southbound as you ramp on to 395 blocked off. approach of the accident scene. i don't know what i'm doing. i can't find anything just when i think it's just not going to work. this woman that works there comes over and asks can n help you? and he was so happy, to do it amazing right? i never would ha expected would have thought that anyone would find that do that. make that go out of their way for me. right then, right there i couldn't believe it he was so helpful i know it's such a small thing little thing. mple thing but it made me smile made me happy made my day publix. where shopping is a pleasure. good morning. 6:42 is the time. there's a traffic alert in miami-dade. chopper 6 was over the scene moments ago of a rollover accident on i-95 southbound as you try to ramp on to 395. you're not goings to be able to. that ramp completely shut down. causing prty heavy tie-ups. we'll take you to our first alert camera. traffic right now at a standstill. these are the southbound lanes as you're approaching the 95 ramp. you might want to stick to let's take you to our maps and see how fast traffic is moving along. on i-95 on the approach of that ramp to 395, traffic moving to 18 miles per hour. if you take the julia tuttle causeway. we have a crash on the westbound lanes of northwest 27th avenue. you have a right lane blocked off. doesn't seem to be causing too much of a tie-up. no major issues in broward. first alert forect with meteorologist ryan phillips. >> roadways are dry right now. temperatures warmer than they were at this point yesterday morning. 68 on the drive n. extra clouds mainly out each towards the beaches. as you move west, more sunshine. mild and dry for the drive home. ut in between this pesky northeast wind which has become better estabshed with the extra cloud cover out there may produce a sprinkle or two. no organized precipitation, but may find one time that y yu may have to run the windshield wipers on the morning drive. our roadways are dry at this hour. the cloud cover stacking up across the atlantic waters. the breeze is not too strong right now, will pick up later this afternoon. ten to 15-mile-per-hour winds pretty much the rule at this houfrmt moving towards 10:00, 11:00, 12:00, we move to 15 to 20-mile-per-hour sustained breeze across the area. especially truong towards the beaches. a little warmer there, too. 68 in ft. lauderdale. in boab know beach, 67. 62, the cool location in west kendall. about 74 to 75, key west and key largo at 74, marathon at 75. last day of the workweek heading into work this morning, a mix of sun and clouds, mild. 68 early. up to 74 towards the lunch hour. our normal high at this point is actually 79 degrees. below average because of the breeze, 75. here is my emphasis, rip current staying high today. dangegeus rip currents certainly possible on our plight beaches. that will be true today and into tomorrow. we get through the weekend and it gets better as we go. i think the winds come down. we have more sunshihi and warmer weather by sunday. again, 75 today, 66 tonight. 76, same pattern for saturday. lighter winds and more sunshine. 78 sunday. next chance for rain coming with highs in the lower 80s on tuesday and shower chances midweek and a cooler pattern at the end of your first alert extended forecast leading into thursday. guys? >> all right, ryan. a young girl in the hospital after she was left home alone when flames started in her miami-dade apartment. this morning fire investigators want to know where her mother was. nbc 6 reporter michael spears is live outside the fountain blue apartment complex. michael, police actually think the little girl may have been the one to start the fire. >> reporter: it's unclear at this point how exactly the firee you talk about this fire, truly a parent's worst nightmare. your kid trapped inside a burning apartment. in this case investigators say the mother was nowhere to o found. luckily investigators were able to pull the 5-year-old girl out of the apartment and rescue her. she is recovering in the hospital with smoke inhalation. expected to be okay. investigators are looking into why the girl was alone insisi the apartment in the first place and, of course, how the fire started. we're here at the verysailles gardens apartments. we're still getting whiffs of the smoke. one can only imagine what it was like being trapped in there. they say the girl's mother was outside the locked apartment at the time. >> i smell a lot of smoke. firefighters going in bringing out old people, pets and stuff. i just saw a bunch of fire. i came out. i was worried about my buildin they were able to contain this fire to just this unit, did not spread to the other units here. there's quite a few of them. neighbors were evacuated, however. we saw people very thankful that this fire didn't spread. we're going to find out whether filed. that is unclear at this time. live in northwest miami-dade, michael spears, nbc 6 news. your time is 6:47. we dive into a lot of newspapers overnight to gather information. this time around we found a story that is sure to spark a lot of debated rigig here in florida. "the washington post" detailing marco rubio's time spent as a representative in the statehouse and how his attendance directly related to that is now in question. julia, i think not such good publicity in terms of marco rubio rubio. >> definitely not. these developments appear to show a pattern the senator has repeated in washington. then state representative marco rubio landed a spot on a coveted 9/91 panel. then he skipped hours of expert testimony, missed more meetings than any colleagues and did not show up for m me than 20 votes. his number of no-shows drew concern fm the speaker of the house who gave him the job. later on in washington, senator rubio has missed more votes there than any of his colleagues. that is certainly something we will be watching to see how the senator responds to that on the campaign trail. ba to you, eric. >> julia, thank you so much. a new bill could have elementary school kids back out on the playground. the bill requires at least 20 minutes of recess a day, and it pass phd the florida house late last night. only two people actually voted against it. the bill would also make it so that kids will not have their recess taken away for any disciplinary or academic reason. so far the state senate has refused to hear that bill. mind you, there are onl three session. in a few hours, the world health organization will give an fight against zika, this comes as the number of cases continue to grow in the states, including here inflorida. last week two new cases popped up both here in miami-dade. all cases so far are traveled related. the broward lawyer accused of having sex with an inmate returns to court to try to get er client out of jail this time. now as she is defending him, dep stays have found a new way to keep the two separated moving this case forward. 35-year-r-d jessica ma shally can only meet with her client through a window. she's arguing she can't have eaningful contact or prepare paperwork by doing it this way. a judge disagreed with all that. the defense attorney believes the accusations that recently surfaced have nothing to do with her and everything to do with her client. the trials for the death of 25-year-old freddie gray are on hold. maryland c crt of appeals put a hold on the trials of three baltimore police officers charged in this case. the court will wait until a or not officer william porter can be forced to testify ainst them. you might remember gray died back in april of 2015 after breaking his neck in the back of a police van on the way to a police station. it is a big day at the u.s. supreme court. we're not talking about a case. nbc justice correspondent pete williams is in washington for us this morning. >> reporter: justice antonin scalia will return today for the last time to the u.s. supreme court where he was one of the longest serving members in history. his memory will be honored in the supreme court's great hall where his casket will lie in repose. members of thth public will be allowed to file past and pay their respects, too. president obama and the first lady will be among those filing past. vice president biden will attend saturday's funeral. i'll have more on today's plans and the politics surrounding them coming up on "today." >> we look forward to that. thank you so much. despite her already mounting tech woes, hillary clinton is bernardino iphone debate. while she didn't give an opiniononshe did say she hopes tech companies and government will reach common ground. right now investigators at saeed farook's home. agents also searched two cars parked out front. so far no one will say what they're looking for. 6:51 on your friday. if you were are more than the one million drone owners in united states right now, today is the deadline to register your drone with the faa. you've got to do it or there's fine. only about 300,000 people have registered their drones in the first months since that rule took effect. that means of the 1 million, 700,000 have not done it. ter today unregistered drone owners could face serious consequences. this is what i'm talking about.t. it's a similar on-line process. you pay $5 bucksto register and >> flying a drone you definitely around you. they could potentially dangerousus that they actually hit somebody. >> the faa ip hoping education will help reduce crashes with other drones or planes as well as property and injury damage for people as well. if you do notegister your drone, you could be facing a drone up to $250,000 and prison time in certain circumstances. this morning the affluenza teen will appear in crt to find out if his case will be moved to adult court. ethan couch was 16 when he drove drunk and killed four people. he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to probation and later fled to mexico with his mother where they were arrested and expedited back to the united states. if his casas is moved to adult court and he violates probation again, couch could be sent to prison. now, the big 6 stories you need to know. beyonce is kicking off her world tour here at marlins park. the concert is already sold out. the fraternal order of police here in miami say back the blue boycott beyonce, because of her super bowl half-time performance. they say she used her platform to divide americans,romote the black panthers and does not support law enforcement. outside marlins park, erika glover, nbb 6 news. an investigation is under way after someone burned a memoribl for a south florida musician. this is happening four months after corey jones was shot and killed by a sheriff's deputy, four months to the day, mind you. jones was killed while he was in his car. it was broken down along i-95 and he was shot by a plainclothes officer. a man accused of robbing a 13-year-old waking up behind bars this morning. we told you about this story last month when it first happened. police say garcia approached a group of teenagers, threatening them and robbing one of his jewelry. following donald trump's this is the front page of the "new york daily news" implyizg trump is the, quote, anti christ. the pope says it's not very christian to want to build a wall between mexico a a the united states. south carolina congressman james cliburn expected to endorse hillary clinton today. y can look for live reports from political reporter steve litz in south carolina starting today. 17 states have outbreaks of the flu pretty bad rightht now including here in florida. that's according to new nmbers out by the cdc this morning, reporting the flu will trigger nearly 31 million outpatient visits and 200,000 hospital visits this morning. if you're still hanging out with us at home and getting ready to head out the door in miami-dade, that's where we had a traffic alert. up until just a minute ago, i95 southbound, the ramp to 395 eastbound was completely shut down because of this rollover accident. way. emergency crews have left the scene and that ramp finally has reopened. let's take you to our first alert cameras where we're seein heavy delays around the area of northwest 20th street. you can see traffic is starting to now get moving. let's take you over to our maps. we were seeing delays from northwest 62nd street, traffic moving at 30 miles per hour. it is going to get better, but of course a lot of folks heading out the door at 6:55. so you'll catch the morning tie-up tie-ups. on the turnpike, coral reef to tamiami trail, a 15-minute drive with traffic moving 29 to 34 miles per hour. 836 looking clear from the palmetto expressway to i-95. a ten-minute ride. broward county accident-free. cloudy sky it is rule across the area. we'll keep this trend going through the morning hours. we could see a sprinkle out there. inviting sunshine at this hour. clouds are streaming in on the northeast breeze. it's become well established in the last 24 hours. i think we still have to contend with it today leading into tomorrow. not a wet pattern here, maybe a sprinkle. the breeze bringing in the extra cloud cover. winds out of the east-norththst at around 10 to 15, ramming up to 20. a mild morning. in the upper 60s. 69 in ft. lauderdale, 67 in miami and pembroke pines. first alert weather, friday, clould difficult skies, mild conditions. upper 60s. on our way to 75 and more sunshine`coming in. a breezy pattern and a day with a high rip current risk. that rip current risk continues with the breeze on saturday. if i pick one of the two, i would say sunday is the choice y weekend. lighter winds, more sunshine and 78. we briefly touoh the 80s. more rain as we get into next tuesday and maybe cool stuff coming late next week. we'll be warming up through the weekend. >> nice to see a weekend forecast like that. get them out and enjoy the sunshine. we'll see everybodymonday. good morning. ho war of words. donald trump responds after the pope questions his faith for wanting to build a wall along the mexican border. >> he has an awfully big wall at ththvat cannicanvatican. >> we'll talk to donald trump live. on the democratic side, hillary clinton is booed for a dig at bernie sanders. >> doesn't know what the last democratic president did. it's true. it's true. >> as our new poll shows that race tightening. paying respects. the body of justice antonin scalia set to lie in repose at the supreme court today. president obama scheduled to be

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