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

Transcripts For WTVJ NBC 6 South Florida Today At 6am 20160308

Well take a look at the roads with your first alert traffic. On antibiotics until thursday. I95 these are southbound lanes at northwest 151st street out of the Golden Glades interchange interchange. We had an accident for two hours that wasnt clearing up on i95 southbound and ives dairy road. That accident has finally cleared out of the way. If youre still at home, you dodged that one. No issues as you u ke your way northbound. Express lanes still ununr 1. 00 at thi time. Lets take you over to our maps. If youre making your way out the door this morning on the turnpike, traffic moving between 55 and 60 Miles Per Hour. P coral reef drive to tamiami trail, tenminute commute. 826 from bird road to dolphin expressway, four minutes. We had overnight construction blocking all lanes near tamiami trail trail. That has cleared. As well. Thank you so much. Two minutes past the top of the hour. Take a look look at this man on your screen. Broward county sheriffs detectives say he sexually assaulted a 5yearold girl. They want to make sure all parents get a good look at his face. Michael spears is live at the Broward County jail. The fear right now is there are a lot of other victims out there and they very much, more than anything else, they want to hear from victims. Reporter it may offer parents sense of relief this man is behind bars accused of molesting a 5yearold girl this morning. That is the concern. The 5yearold Pompano Beach girl is the victim. This man is identified as 29yearold Lamont Mayweather. He is accused of targeting a 5yearold girl just this last apartment complex near sample road and i95. Detectives say he didnt even livevet this complex and tried at first to lure the 5yearold girl using candy. Bso says when that did not work, he convinced at girl to follow him into a laundry room alone and molested her. The child went to her brother who confronted the man and he took off. To have someone who doesnt live where the children live, has no relationship with their parents or them themselves, it makes us pause for concern because its so unusual. Reporter the Broward Sheriffs Office says hes known in the area for trying to befriend little girls and little boys using that same method, candy. We learnrn mayweather was out of jail on bond for drug charges at the time of arrest. We looked through his criminal robbery with a deadly weapon, Home Invasion robbery and even first degree murder. Investigators say if you heard this man around your home, around an area with children, to give the Broward Sheriffs Office a call immediately. Michael spears, nbc 6 news. A busy day on the campaign trail for all the candidates as voters in four states gear up to hit the polls in the 2016 president ial primary elections. Hawaii hosts the republican caucus. Both party also take to the voting booth. For bernie sanders, michigan, a big mustwin. Hes wonl several states but needs a big one to stay competitive. Sanders is behind in all polls but closing in on hillary clinton. Keep it here to nbc 6. Tracie potts will have an update breaking it down from the nations capital. The poll numbers just released, that will be in about ten minutes. Coming up in our next half hour interview with president ial hopeful donald trump. Hell make himself available to us in just 35 minutes or so. Our time is five minutes past the top of the hour. Florida Highway Patrol troopers are calling it a miracle nobody didid, the driver or anybody on the ground. You remember our extensive coverage of thegarbage truck that fell off i95 crashing 75 feet below where kids were playing. Julia, you have hands on new video that gives us a better idea of what might have gone wrong here eye o. Stunning images here. The video inside the truck is revealing what went wrong last month on the i95 exit ramp to southwest 7th street. Have a look at it closely. Investigators say the driver you see here, kaseem smith, hes clearly distracted as hes doing that and smashes into two guardrails before hes launched out of that garbage truck. Several stories and crash onto joze marti park below. Despite the crumbled concrete and the truck as well opping onto basketball courts, nobody on the ground was hurt and smith himself is expected to be okay. Basically focused on something else. He is driving carelessly. Meanwhile troopers putting the blame squarely on smith for this. Hes been cited for careless driving and also for not wearing his seatbelt. Troopers are astonished that he survived that fall and the crash. Sheli . This Morning Police say a mom who abducted her child and prompted an amber alert had help. Miami Police Arrested rebecca rodriguez, lazar rah ortiz and ju mesa helped Leydibet Hernandez abduct her son. Detectives say the three knew hernandez had taken the boy to e Lone Star State but gave the boy was recovered from her care, and a second child, investigators say her plan was to vanish in mexico with her son. If you own an exotic pet and you feel like you can no loer take care of it or you just plain dont want it anymore, kpotdic pet amnesty day is coming this week end which means you can give up the exotic pet for free, no penalties, nq question asked. Zoo miami will be opening their doors for exotic pet amnesty day. That means owners, as i mentioned, who cant care for the animal, dont want it anymore, y y can surrender that exotic pet to them. No questions asked. All of it is free. The program is to reduce the number of nonnative species being released potentiall into the wild. Its hard to believe people keep these thin as pets in their homes. It can affect the native species that live in the environment and at the end of the day is doing something to its not the animals fault. Experts say they wi do whatever they can to help place all the them think animals with qualified adopters. A medical Marijuana Bill waiting f f Governor Scotts signature. We break down the bill and what whats being lease a 2016 lincoln mkx for 399 a month welcome back. Its 6 12. Its decision day in michigan, mississippi and hawaii. Well have to wait until later today to figure out exactly whats going on. For nbc 6, tracie e tts is live in wrd. Tracy, at least for the turn mississippi into a battleground, whether not it will be successful, well have to wait unl the end of the day. Exactly. Well be watching the results later today. Four contests today. Michigan will be a big one for bernie sanders, more than 150 delegates and he needs to catch up. Today ice michigan primary could be Bernie Sanderss last chance to beat hip. Disputing the claim that he didnt vote to save the auto industry. What i didnt vote for was a middle class bailout for the crew crooks on wall street. I hope to win the nomination. If i am so fortunate, i hope to work with him. Republicans are focused on todays mississippi primary. Raise your right hand do you swear youre going to vote for donald trump tomorrow . I love you. Ted cruz is going after trump supporters. Were seeing supporters who realize he wasnt who he said he was was. Reporter florida, marco rubio is the underdog now facing attack ads from trump. All talk, no action. The latest poll shows rubio closing in but still eight points behind trump in rurios home state. Florida votes next tuesday. And so does ohio, the other big winnertakeallstate, the home state of governor john kasich. Hes declared hes going to win there. Hes doing better in his home state than rubio is. In ohio, kasich is four points behind donald trump. Live in washington, tracie potts, nbc 6 news. Theres a new law regarding governor rick scott signed the byll into law which requires ten out 12 viewerjurors recommend the Death Penalty. The law was ruled unconstitutional in january. The new law prohibits judges from imposing the Death Penalty if the jury doesnt recommend it. A mecal Marijuana Bill is on its way to the senate as well. A house version was approved allowing medical marijuana for patients with terminal uses only. It allows the five dispensing organizations approved last novembero continue with the process of obtaining medical arijuana marijuana. Look at this from ft. Collins, colorado. Hail measured up to quartersize. No one was hurt during the storm, but it did cause making everything very slick. South florida, hail across some portions of the country. For us relatively quiet. Its quiet again this morning. Live first alert radar looking good for Broward County down to miamidade. Were picking up on a few spotty showers. If it were to hold together and continues to move in along the east wind, we could see a light sprinkle this morning. Other than that, were expecting it to be quiet. 71 degrees right now in ft. Lauderdale as well as pembroke pines. Were seeing 72 in miami and Pompano Beach. 70 degrees in the kendall area. First alert forecast calling for partly to cloudy skies, lower 70s. Upper 70s. Some areas could hit the 80degree mark. I think the cloud cover and the breezy east wind will keep us into the upper 70s across the board. A high risk of rip currents across the atlantic beaches. Heading down to the keys, highs in the upper 70s. More clouds in the way than sunshine later this afternoon. Bigger picture, High Pressure means over the atlantic, just off the carolina coast hanging out there. It will for the next few days, protecting us for any system swinging through. It will continue to leave us a breezy conditions. High risk of rip currents with small craft advisories today. Much the same. A mix of sun and clouds. Temperatures and the humidity levels will slowly creep up as the workweek goes along. Windy conditions sick around saturday. Into the atlantic waters. That will allow an isolated chance of showers for saturday and into sunday with temperatures this weekend into the m m 80s. Lets look at the tuesday roads. Here is first alert traffic reporter, kelly blanco. Were accidentfree in miamidade and Broward County. Chopper 6 giving us a birdseye view above i95 and northwest 95th street. Southbound and northbound lanes looking really good at this time time. Traffic moving around 59 Miles Per Hour around northwest 75th street. From Cypress Creek to 595, only eight minutes. All green on our first alert traffic maps which means traffic eastbound, a tenminute commute. Making your way westbound towards the sawgrass expressway, a nineminute ride. An unwelcome arrival for apple fans. Apple users are being targeted for the first time by ransomware. It steals your files and asks you to pay money to get them back. Hackers infected mac through a tainted program known as transmission. Apple has taken steps including the Anti Virus Software to protect against the malware. The moment a plane pair shoots down in long island. We told you about this miraculous landing. Now we have Surveillance Video of the crash landing obviously. The plane literally fell out of the sky with the parachute. It takes a hard hit but still bouncnc a little bit when it touches the ground. It didnt shatter into pieces. Daughter coming home from a College Visit in road island. The plane fell from the sky just about eight milesfrom the airport where the pilot intended to land. Incredibly out of that, can you imagine what was going on inside the plane. Incrediblyyno one was hurt. You see fire crews there, dad and daughter, theyre all okay. 6 20 is your time. A south florida family left heartbroken this morning. music playing i feel pretty west side story not every cake can be handcrafted in store by skilled decorators layered with fresh berries and frosted to perfection like our publix bakery chantilly cake itll beemembered for all the right reasons. Tonight at 6 00, nbcbc 6 investigator Tony Pipitone looks at whats wrong reporter consumer advocates say you should not be punished because an emergency room or Health Insurance network. Tonight at 6 00 ill show you how surprise bills from medical emergencies can add insult to whatever injury or illness brought you to the er in the first place. Then the bills started coming. It was like, oh, my god, im going to have a real heart attack. The bill is getting sidetracked as some legislators side with hospitals and doctors who want the bigger payments from patients whose insurance puts them out of their network. Nbc 6 investigators take you inside whats happening tonight at 6 00. Nbc 6 investigatorTony Pipitone, nbc 6 news. Havana, cuba, should be busy at the end of the month when president barack obama comes to town and the Rolling Stones rock the city. Preparations already under way pour the groups visit. Crews have starte to move equipment to the havana Sports Complex and cooiseum where theyll play on the 25th. Their trip follows another maj concert that happened when major i think you probably know this guy likes his job. Seems to have a really good time, late night with seth meyers joins the Ellen Degeneres show to talk about how much fun hes having as the election season continues to roll through. Every interview seems to get more funny regardless of who he is talking to. Lets give you a snippet of this interview with ellen. With the election yea you must be having a blast. Im terrified for the future of e company. But the present its a fantastic present for seth meyer. Some when you have on a talk show youll think theyll be loose and have fun stories, but they just say their talking points. That must be difficult, to get them to loosen up. Myers also says his wife is expecting their first baby in two months and whether or not he will get her a push present. Youll have to tune in. Late night talk show, what whole lot from anfternoon type of talk show. Be prepared if youre talking to seth meyers. Thats for sure. Right now 6 25 on your tuesday rning. Were talking live. Speaking of politicians with the gop frontrunner donald trump this morning at 6 40, well hear what he has to say about e president s trip to cuba. Were talking about president obama there and a lot of what he has to say about the other candidates ahead of floridas primaries just a few days away. Detectives continue to search for answers in the case teenager falling victim to gun a major Public Traffic study has confirmed our worst fears. Every time miami beach holds a local trade or consumer show instead of a flyin convention, an additional 3,200 vehicles come barreling into town. Creating a mess on our roads. But independent experts say a new Convention Center hotel could fix this. So people could walk not drive to conventions. On march 15th, vote yes for a world class Covention Center a man was arrested after deputies say he abused a 5yearold little girl in also ahead, how todays voting could make or break at least one candidate. Keep it right here on nbc 6. In ten minutes well have a live interview with this guy, the gop frontrunner, donald trump. Well hear what he has to say about cuba, Youth Violence in florida and the other republican kachbd dats. All that ahead of floridas primary election next week where winner takes all. Thats a few minutes away. Right now a check of your first alert traffic and weather together, starting inowntown miami. A warm start to the morning. Our staurt to the morning starts at 3 00 a. M. But we can look ahead. Well forget about the 3 00 a. M. Start. 71 right nown ft. Lauderdale and pembroke pines. 70 down in kendall. Right now first alert radar is dry. Were picking up on a few spotty showers over the atlantic waters. We could see a light sprinkle we can downloadadhe nbc 6 news and weather app. Dropping the kids off at the bus stop, it looks like temperatures can be in the upper 60s to low 70s, under prtly to mostly cloudy skies. Good morning, south florida. Hope your morning is off to a good start. Happy to report were accidentfree. Over Broward County and miamidade, things are looking good. Traffic is starting the build. If youre heading out the door from pines boulevard to the palmetto expressway, a nineminute ride. Lets go ahead and take you outside to see whats going on out there. On i95, the palmettttexpressway starting the get busy out there. No accident have been reported. Well find your typical morning times from the big curve towards northwest 122nd street, maybe youre headed towards the 836. Now at i95, things looking better than the palmetto expressway. This is northwest 103rd street under 2. 00. Dont forget, should anything change and we get Traffic Alerts, make sure to have the nbc 6 news and weather app handy. Well be sending out push alerts if anything happeps on the roads. Time is 6 32. A man is behind bars this morning accused of sexually assaulting a young child. Detectives are fearing this little girl might not be if only victim out there. Nbc 6 reporter Michael Spears is live at the broward jail with a face that deputies say every parent needs to see. The fear is this little 5yearold girl is the face of many, manythers like her potentially out there. Reporter unfortunately, eric, that is the case. Sick sendi and unusual. A 5yearold preyed upon by a stranger who offered candy to a little girl and molested her. 29yearold Lamont Mayweather is behind bars. May be even more victims. They say he has a reputation, is known for offering candy, not only to little girls but also little boys in the area. Right now accused of molesting a 5yearold sunday evening at a` apartment complex near sample road and i95. Detectives say the girl was outside playing with other kids when the man tried to offer her candy, lure her away. She refused at first. He did no

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