volunteers clean miami beach. v/lunteers cleaning up debris, from crowds cleaning up debris, from crowds. elementary and high during their spring break. the city launches the first anti-litter campaign, fine fines for litter violations up to $ hundred. >>> still ahead, florida students tkpwed/ students geting a waoeultd/ life lesson thehey would not forget. >>> hurricanes basketball season looking to get back to the sweet 16 for the third time in history. >>> you hear about march madness in sports. this is is what i call march madness in weather here in south florida. temperatures could tumble. sunday, 87, but monday, we may not get out of the 60s for high not get out of the 60s for highs, of the forecast is comingp. . >>. >> an alligator getting too close for comfort at a school campus. >> it is believed the gator was heading toward the nearby lake but apparently took a detour >>> we largely avoided the showers and thunderstorms. the re problem, this afternoon in spots. this was the theme late in the day. stillll

. >> from downtown miami to miami beach south florida is party central but it's not all fun and games for police on patrol we have night team coverage. >>> areas of storm over the south east. when can w wsee rain and stormswhen can we see rain and storms? >> 7 news continues now at 11>> 7 news continues now at 11:00. >> heart breaking loss felt ross the nfl after football player from south florida die ins a dirt bike accident. >> llo again baltimore ravens last night. >> late this afternoon things took a tragic turn. liz reports. >> this is what tres walker realized dream looked like. >> he always wanted to know a football player. he did it. he made it. >> but it lasted just a season for the 23-year-old. >> he has so many dreams he came too far too far too too too far and going down the drain. >>reporter: thursday night miami-dade police say the baltimore ravens rookie corner back was riding his whwhe honda dirt bike westbound on north west 75 street@when he crashed into this ford escape. since i first the found out what happened. >>reporter: walker was dressed in dark clothes detecti

the beat of miami. >> music. lights. everything. >> 2016 ultra music fest is here and it's officially taken over downtown. >> i'm here to have the best time of my life pause it's first time in miami. >> tens of thousands night sounds as cops and rescue crew keep wild loud electric bay front park party in check. >> the people the music everything. >> you can be yourselff. it's all about good vibe. >>reporter: good vibe awful traffic. >> biscayne boulevard an absolute bear. thth is the point at fourth street when they try to divert all the t affic away from all the madness but if you think this is crazy you should see the way people came into ultra around 4:00 o'clockriday afternoon. >>reporter: it's when the doors open and ultra massed offdoors open and ultra massed off. this partyon't stop until the end of the weekend. and no it will not. so far so good from what we have seen out here as far as incidents are concerned but miami police department telling 93 they are not releasing arrest total until monday. new policy for

we are miami beach. >>porter: across the bay in city of miami private development mighthte moving a little faster. miami voters said yes tuesday to plan for riverside wharf. privately funded 58,000 square foot river front complex that >> miami beach city commission is scheduled to meet as part of the regularly scheduled meeting and the commissioner say this is very likely to be discussed on how they will move forward on putting together a new plan for hotel. we are live on miami beach, 7 news night time. reminder. good time now to show is your choice app for the latest for the campaign trail. >> and now just days before major meeting in cuba big changes from the oval office. but not everyone is on board with the president's plan. >> shameful that a policy of unconditional surrender castro regime has taken place. >> night team with reaction before the historic visis. >> president obama says new measures and personal visit to the island is just the beginning in a long process for change. >> critic complain

the beat of miami. the lights. everything. >> 2016 ultra music fest is here and it's officially taken over downtown. >> i'm here to have them the best time of my life because it's the first time in miami. >> tens of thoands night bouncing among the lights and sounds as cops and rescue crew keep a wild loud electric bay front park party in check. >> just the people the music everything. >> you can be yourself t.it's all about good vibe. >> good vibe. awful traffic. >> biscayne boulevard an absolute bear. this is the point at fourth street when they try to divert the tffic away. from all the madness but if you think this is crazy you should see the way people came into ultra the 4:00 o'clock friday afternoon. it's when the doors open and ultra blasted off. and this party won't stop until the end of the weekend. >> miami cops have new policy in 2016. totals until monday. we have been told by ultra officials that on friday night that there were a few arrest. no specific number given. we are in downtown miami, sheldon f

and so miami knows how to throw a party you can watch the world premier off the rebound at the miami international film possess f- festival on march 5th. >> in the plex miem mike dipasquale. 7 news. >> lynn: got to check out that documentary. >> danielle: absolutely. looks great doesn't it. >> lynn: that. >> danielle: well, that 17 news 59 6:30. thanks for watching. i'm danielle knox. >> lynn: i'm lynn martinez. 7 news at 6:00 begins right now. >> now on 7 news. felines the victim ave disturbing attack. what else could be a clue to a cat killer? just one station has the story. >>> hackers getting into web sites and officers across south florida have reason to be concerned. >>> >> donald trump in another war of words as the former republican nominee for the white house doesn't hold bk. but a judge smaig else. >> carmel is on the case. >>> >>> this is 7 news at 6:00. >>> >>> now on just one station a disturbing discovery in a sou florida neighborhood. animals, the victims of sickening attacks. >>> >> i want these animals rites to be respected and it's not happen oog tonights cats an in

check in with your miami heat. looking for the 4 straight win in philadelphia tonight against the nba worst team. after two round the golf stars top of f e leader board at durral. highlights of cadillac >>> it's march and that means south florida is ultra busy. one of the biggest music festival of the york rocks downtown miami and that's not all. music not your thing. glow stick all right. how about golf with the pro. >> we node to take a nap before we go to march madness. >> speak for yourself. >> i'm already tired. danielle go all night. in the plex with more. >> i don't know about all night>> i don't know about all night. ybe for a little while but here's the thing guys. spring is in the air. bethat are blossoming across south florida from the music festival to carnival style celebration. really is something for everyone to enjoy in the month of march. first world golf championship tournament of the year wraps up at the trump national in durral this wean. johnson defending the title at the championship. this yea

we're very happy she has chosen miami to kick off her tour. >> reporter: >> the miami police department says they will take part in the union's planned boycott. the show is already sold out. >>> a republican frontrunner donald trump taking action against homeowners who live near his doral golf course. s lawyers claim the homeowners have been messing with the the lawsuitss were filed in miami-dade circuit court. >>> tonight, a special behind the scenes look at cirque du soleil. take a look as everything comes together f f the first flight. the show will brg the breathtaking world of "avatar" to the stage like you've never seen it before. the mythical tale is set thousands of years before the movie. stars say this show will be much different from other cirque du soleil performances because they'll use more stotoytelling with their acrobatics. >> there will be a lot ofolors with vivid projections. the audience sees they are inside the show. they are inside the movie "avatar." center tonight and tomorrow. it will run through sunday. >>> all rit. i've been called worse. i'll take the john mo

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 that's what is leaving us another gorgeous day across the southeast and down into florida and across the bahamas, and that's 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 d

miami. private developmt might be moving a little faster. miami voters said yes tuesday flien for riverside warf. a 55,000-foot quair complex that will fit partially on city land. >> now we have a real opportunity to come together to build an ideal hotel project that works for miami beach. >> reporter: the miami beach convention center that most to the hotel too is cururntly undergoing a $600 million renovation and expansion. live in the news desk, liz nagy. 7 news. >> danielle: coming in off the satellites four here now. a wild wreck in maryland. an suv landing on top of a parked car in baltimore. police say the driver of the chevy ran a red light and was struck by an on coming car. that impact sending the vehicle airborne. three people taken to the hospitalut they are all expected to be okay. >> lynn: a courageous clerk fiefght an armed robber in california. surveillance joyed shows the clerk demanding money but clerk hits him several times and then a customer jump nps to help. they manage

west miami-de. this white house detective say was a target and the woman who lives here tried to stop a crime in progress. >> received a call of alarm going off. as she was en route to the home the police was called out as well. >>reporter: she went room to room seahing inside the home herself. >> when she observed a subject exist the home through the rear. at that point there was some type of quick confrontation. >>reporter: confrontation that quickly ended with gunshot and 17-year-old boy they say bleeding on the ground. >> at that point miami-dade fire rescue responded to the scene and transported the victim to jackson trauma where he later was pronounced >>reporter: back at the scene of t t break-in, crime scene detectives and homicide investigators spent hours picking up every piece of evidence they could find. best details of the investigation may come from the woman who police say fired the shot. >> he is very cooperative. talking to our detectives. she's gathering all the infofoation. you ne

ted cruz will be in miami for a rally this morning at miami-dade college campus's there. those three also trading jabs at each other while making stops yesterday. we'll talk more about that. we'll talk about senator marco rubio's prediction about how much of an impact florida is going to have on this election. for now we're live in kendall, erica rakow, local 10 news. >> be sure to stay with local 10 this election season. we are always bringing you the latest results d analysis on-air and on-line. check out local10.com. >> don'torget the florida primary just six days away. march 15th is when you can go. early voting going on right now in miami-dade, broward and monroe counties. >>> it looks like there voter turn out in michigan yesterday. voters waiting in long, lon lines. the county clerk says because there were many first time voters waiting to cast ballots for bernie sanders and donald trump. >> voters were not able to vote immediately. we had up to a two-hour wait at one precinct. >> i seen one man change his vote from republican to democrat because he didn't want to

low 70s in miami-dade and into the keys. the wipt will be blustery at we talk about when the winds will finally satellite final -- settle down coming up. >>> i 95 is blocked up for construction near pembroke road. lets talk about miami-dade, we have a police involved crash on 395's west bound ramp to i 95 and construction on the palmetto has lanes near 208 closed. >>> he became hostile two weeks hostilitiy works for some people, not everyone. >> in campaign 2016, donald trump comes to south florida on his take on why he wins despite marco rubio's attacks. >>> we are going to win for bringing jobs and education for our young people not jail. >> bernie sanders hitting his usual talking points krit siding wall street and calling for tuition free college. >>> last night four states were up for grabs. in idaho, trump won, in michigan trump was the big winner there. marco rubio only received 9% of in mississippi trump one with 47% of the vote. >>> on the democratic side bernie sanders had a surprise victory in michigan. he won wit

miami wins 122-101. miami has 5 players -- -- d wade on enterg the 20000 club. >> pressure to be able to do it here at home. everytything happens for a reason, as i told you earlier. my best friend over here, pretty cool. to know that i have scored 20000 plus points in one uniform is the most precious thing. first place florida panthers hosting detroit. regular season record of nearly 20000 to see it. including actor kevin spacey. late in the second, cats lead 2-one. spapa second, cats lead 2-one. spacey is like "that's my team. ". >> p nthers lead. in the third, panthers blow it. drops the puck, crosses over the line, cats down 4-3. red wings with 4 unanswered goals, panthers lose 5-3. >> we have got to be a little ore even keel. getting leads on teams like this, can you never count teams out no matter who they are in the league. it's awe tough way to go out. ther dancing shoes on. canes in white, on fire. miami up, lead by 13 at the break. second half, wichita state, shock and awe, ron baker, 3. erased

this happened innnorth miami beach. we spoke with one homeowner that lives near the sne and was at work at the time, and he says the driver could have helped. >> just stop and call 911, just stop, just stop, please, please. it could be one of your family, like i said. >> again, officers here say the search is on for the driver. if you have any information you are urged to call crime for now we are live in north miami beach, erika glover, and nbc 6 news. >>> out of idaho, a pastor shot multiple times. the shooting happened a day ter he introduced presidential candidate, ted cruz, at an event. here is a look at the shooter overnight. andrew odom. the question is why he did this, why he opened fire in the first place. police found the pastor in the church parking lot and he is now is in stable condition, and odom is still out there and on the run this morning, and we will keep updating you on air and online about this shooting. >>> tempers flare in flint, michigan, ahead of tomorrow's primary in the state. dominating, and

>>> miami sneaks up on you. or do we change and find ourselves sneaking up, washing up, ending up in miami? ♪ i took a walk through this beautiful world ♪ ♪ felt the cool rain on my shoulder ♪ ♪ found something good in this beautiful world ♪ ♪ i felt the rain getting colder ♪ ♪ sha, la, la, la, la, la, ♪ sha, la, la, la, la, la, ♪ sha, la, la, la, la, la, ♪ sha, la, la, la, la, >>> miami, it's a big place. bigger and more multifaceted than it's given credit for. >> miami, where you at? >> we tend over the years to focus on miami's -- how shall i put this -- party zone. ♪ ♪ it's the kind of place we say that could never be me and then it is. it's a temptation that's almost irresistible. the seductions of flash, of palm trees, balmy nights, deco architecture, television shows made real, but across the causeway a few miles down the way there are other worlds, older ones. i think it's safe to say better ones. ♪ ♪ way out west 20 miles from the airport tucked in yet another strip mall

in downtown miami might no look like much now, but the miami world center is the largest projectn miami's history. in a $2 billion investment. this morning developers will break ground for the first phase of construction. the 27-acre mega project and its signature residential tower, the paramount miami world center condominium. the retail promenade will run north and south from northeast street in between northeast 1st and 2nd avenues, surrounded by residential towers, a hotel and exposition center. the proposal calls for a first dch or-its-kind upper deck which will debut as the largest deck in the u.s., spanning 90 feet above downtown miami. lit feature a pool, spas and private bungalows. it will include a sports and entertainment complex which will include the first outdoor soccer field featured in a high-rise residential development. developers say thth project will invigorate this area like never before because it's like living in a city within a city, hoping to complete the project in 2018. reporting in downtown miami, erika gver, nbc 6 news. >>> now first alert weather with meteoro

meanwhile in miami voters approving a referendum to relse a parcel of land on the miami river. it will be developed to continue the miami river an entertainment destination. and a referendum in monroe county to renew flexible for schools to pass. remember you can get all of the results, so all of the race that's matter to you, check out our website local10.com. >>> you can only catch this story hee on local 10, homeowners in a miami lakes neighborhood are having and iguana emergency. the homes are situated along the canal wse banks are eroding. they say the constant digging is making things worse which is hurting their property values and threat threatening their homes. >> that one unlucky matter where you have rising water levels and a lot of rain, that could just continue carving up and go right to the structure of home. >> homeowners did receive a grant to help fix the problem. now they are trying to figure out how best to >> it was nice sunning yourself weather the last couple of days. >> yes, it has been hot. we're wrapping up winter saying hello to spring nice and early i

on the miami world center. the new development will take up to six city blocks set to be the biggest project in south florida's history and when it's done it will be one of the biggest retail complexes in the nation. 60 story skyscraper wll boast over 500, high level retail spac and even a soccer field. >> we are building the second largest urban project in the it goes to show you what a city we have. the city of future not just in the u.s. but the world. >> critics say the project will push residents out of the neighboring over town but they say it will create jobs and improve the communit take a look at this. something that's pretty overwhelming. the chopper from our affiliate captured a school of spinner sharks in palm beach county. the cameras even caught a few of the sharks jumping out of the water. thousands of black tipped sharks were spotted off palm beach as they were migrating down to warmer waters. >>> now the big six stories you need to know. >>> right now we're heading to miami beach where police a

just use some caution here on the turnpike coming out of southwest miami-dade. you get into miami. visibility is okay. over five miles there. that's much the same across broward county. so no widespread dense fog. the visibility is just fine looking towards the aaa. skies are clear in ft. lauderdale and miami-dade. a few clouds in key west. that's about it. that brighterly morning sunshine with a 7:30 sunrise will burn off. firsr alert weather going this way. low 70s early. partly to mostly sunny skies into the afternoon. 84 by the lunch hour. today's first alert forecast high 86, well above average. we're dry for a new more days. then some changes. we'll talk about that in about 12 minutes. right now first alert traffic with kelly blanco.

somehow, miami did not crack the top 10. i'm not buying it. >> i'm not buying it either, not for one second. >> with those beaches, sign me up. >> all right. thanks for that report. we're going to have to do a recount i think. >> or what about hawaii? see if hawaii is on the list. i'm sure it is. >> got to be somewhere. that will do it for cbs4 this morning at 5:00. captions by: caption colorado, llc. (800)775-7838. email:

miami at 66 and key west, 67. realtime doppler radar, let's see what is happening with the showers as they approach the coastal sections. they're falling a part over the last hour, heavy as they got on shore around miami beach. but, again, they're falling a part as they slowly slide to the southwest. we have the land breeze, winds light 3-5 miles per hour. 65 degrees, getting ready for whatever it is you may be doing on this saturday morning. 65 in homestead. to the north, temperatures are cooler/colder, 39 in gainesville, 41 tallahassee, pensacola at 46. across the lower 48, a dip in temperature across the midwest. 32 in st. louis and atlanta. here's today's set up. a few showers, not as warm compared to the last couple days. as we jump into sunday, sun at times, a few showers, we're going to see the winds shifting and becoming northeast off and pleasant high pressure in control, breezy, staying nice. boaters today, northeast winds 10-15 knots. sun up at 6:40. today's forecast, high temperatures right around 80 o

miami. 75 degrees key west. the winds are calm and with the southerly wind flow, the national weather service has indicated there are some spots over inland broward and miami-dade. that has produced the possibility of patchy fog, so please be careful out there. around the 6:00 hour he'll have to deal with it. rapidly warming up to the mid to upper 80s. again warmer today than yesterday. i'll have more coming up. >>> fight for florida, it is here. we're less than three hours now from polls opening all across t state. voters chimes in on which presidential candidate they want to represent their party in july. >> last night senator marco rubio was at a rally and today could make our break his campaign. >> senator rubaie countingng on hometown support. >> the campaign does have some momentum, glenna millberg has our story. >>reporter: marcr rubio learned you can go home again. what did you learn today? >> we're going to win.thank you. >>reporter: a campaign down i-95 fin ins in rubio's neighborhood. lots from his ho

miami police department. in exchange $6,400 in gift cards were handed out. the tradeoff pretty simple, no questions, no identification needed. officers say removing even one firearm from the streets makes an impact. >> there's no such thing as there's lives involved and especially 6 year olds and 12 year olds and 13 year olds kids this. if your kid or relative got shot forward and tell. >> the mayor's office, and the rickia isaac foundation teamed up for the guu back at jordan grove missionary baptist church. >>> cleaning up the spring break chaos. dozens of volunteers hit the sand in hopes of teaching spring breakers a thing or two about respect. tts as thousands of spring breakers take over miami beach this weekend. bobby brooks has more. >> reporter: spring break miami beach, should i said more? as the sun gips to set and spring eakers leave the beach there seems to be one thing they're leaving behind, garbage. >> there's going to be a lot of trash left over. it is what it is. >> miami beach commissioners

miami police recrowd. he was taking part in field force training on virginia key when he passed out. officials think he suffered from some sort of heat related illness. sky force over the scene at mercy hospital where brought by ambulance. he's expected to be just fine. > 7 news viewer sent us pictures of an explosive scene on the palm met o. garbage truck caught fire near the flagler street exit in west miami-dade. no word how it started. driver wasn't hurt. >>> we might remind you if you seeews happening and you can can do it safely take picture or video and e-mail it to us at this web site. >>> up next on south florida's night team. new app could mean the difference between life and death for some. south florida firefighters say they need your help to make it work. >>> it's a special assignment report. >>> new app outhere could save thousands of lives. fire officials need you to get involved. tonight an exclusive look at how you could potentially save a life. >> two years ago pamela pulle her 5-year-old

call crime stoppers 're live in miami. rosh lowe. 7 ws. >> craig: all right rosh. >> belkeys: sthaild tear theer night live pike tiewfers the polling station. miami, 45 minutes or so leftt of voice your choice across south florida. if you haven't done so, get out% there and vote. >> >> craig: af and after that team deep tuned because we'll have coverage throughout the evening right here. we'll be right back. >>> >> >> now w4r7 with chief >> all right so. average high for this time of year is between 78 and 80 degrees. we're boof that today. key west 82. we topped off miami and fort lauderdale with a temperature of 87 degrees. and it could be even warmer tomorrow. right now fort lauderdale still reporting 86. check out pembroke pines. 88. 82 in miami and theool spot. key west 79 degrees. the wind out of south su southeast. the humidity 65%. here's storm tracker. today we hey couple sprinkles here and there. a few showers across deep southern miami-dade county. but right now looking mostly dry and that's thousand will be ton

miami beach have fun but be responsible. that was from the city of miami beach. look like some people fell short of that and that's why there was chaos out here but now everything is cleared up. just very, very busy. repoing live on miami beach, 7 news night team. >>> now on just one station. looking for an easy steal. this crime would not go as planned. pair of good samaritan jump no action makinghould you are this was a tough get away. >> walter morris live at the scene in miami with the exclusive. walt center. >> that's right. two good samaritan savi the day. thief thought he was getting a big payday when he grabbed a purse but thanks to two mechanic he didn't get anythingmechanic he didn't get anything. >>reporter: quick crime caughton camera. take another look as the thief snatches her purse in broad >> he pu my purse really, really really, really hard. >>reporter: bruises left behind on her arm. re shocking than this bold bad guy what was in the bag. 131,000 dollars. >> it was a l l of money and nobody wants this. >>reporter: all went down west flagler and

elsewhere in miami-dade, nono too bad. we're waking up to temperatures closer to seasonable. 66 in mime, 65 in ft. lauderdale. upper 60s d dwn into the keys. we're expecting warm temperatures aga this afternoon. not as warm as we saw the past few days but definitely should be hitting the 80-degree mark. we're dealing with a few clouds streaming in from the gulf of mexico. this is associated with a system that remains over the gulf of mexico. because of that we will be seeing that cloud cover and the moisture will be present. for your first alert forecast on this saturday, sharon and i will be at carnival on the mile from 12:00 to about 2:00 p.m. hope to see you out there. have the umbrella handy because we will see a few scattered showers. 80s. not a washoutt of a day, but dealing with that. high pressure remains inn control across much of the southeast. there is that front thatoved through. so we have the east wind thanks to high pressure and you'll see this cloudiness over the gulf of mexico. that will filter in across e

upper 80 in miami-dade. right now it is 58 degrees miami. 79 in fort lauderdale winds speeds >> by tomorrow. would could have few showers. then front passing through. possiblywith some heavier rain. for us. acrosss the keys. now, for as far seven day forecast. be do expect cooler temperature that coming up after this break. (baseball on tv in background) with heart failure, danger is always on the rise. symptoms worsen because your heart isn't pumping wellll (water fililng room) about 50 percent of people die (dog whimpering)g) within 5 years of getting diagnosed. but there's something you can do. talk to your doctor about heart failure treatment options. to keep it pumping. >>> a drone captures riders curving along the famous see why the view fromm a helicam is not always so scenic. >>> a parched elephant guzzlels water as villagers try to get it -- >> out of this sticky situation. >> see what it takes to pull off one herculean rescue. >>> cameras show a woman walking down the street.. see this vicious snea

spo says they're just happy that bosh is happy. >> he's working out routine in miami. when we get back we will be able to do some workouts with him but more than anything else he's in a good place mentallll and we don't have any kind of timetable or anything look that chief justices the heat are hoping to have dwyane wade in the line-up for that ballgame tonight. wade missed the act of part of shoot-around. he's got a thigh bruise. he will be reevaluated before tip off. >>> game of the day in college basketball. you con and cincinnati. kevin johnson steps up, hit what you think is going to be the game-winning three be, right? bearcats probably going to the ncaa with that. but wai jalen adams from three-quarters court. can you believe it? that forces a fourth overtime, and you con would go to on win it thanks to that shot 104-nevin. >>> the on the ice what a night for jaromir jagr of the panthers. first a stick to the mouth, chips a tooth. he would come back in the game and score his second goal, and then after the game he shows off the partial tooth and gives a little

further down south, 70 in miami. and easterly wind because of high-pressure that was back up over alabama. yesterday, the wind was north the wind has turned to the east but there is more. now, the high will be shifting off to the atlantic and the winds will turned southeast and south through the rest of the week into the upcoming easter weekend which means warmer and humid weather is on the way. the moisture forecast, that is dry air holding tight today. but watch what happens as we go through thursday, friday and saturday. lots of easter egg hunt on saturday. we do notice a lot more green on the map which means higher humidity and that always means increasing chance of showers. we don't really have a trigger for storms. no cold front coming into the storm systems. enough moisture to get us the rain chances. on easter sunday, of -- a way to dry air moves in and that will reduce chances on easter, itself. east winds at 10 to 15. that is a look at your weather. it's time for traffic. >>> it looks like more trouble on t

and he comes down to miami. and is a part of it. >> sports anchor: how about slam dunk contest eric gordon off a lf court. lebron taking it all the way the other way. cavs clinch it. hurricane in the second game. and that's what the head coach wants out of his guys as they take on wichita state. all of these games are tough. >> i think you know, especially in march where you play teams you never faced and never seen them on tv, it is a challenge at first. and you know, we have an opportunity to do a lot of very good things, in march. and over all, everybody was focused and aware that anything can happenn the tournament. >> sports anch: the canes were tied with louisville until willie steps up and a winning grand slam. hurricanes win that 18- 4. check out kevin spacy packing his bags. he is hinting and coming to south florida. multiple reports said he is expected to be in the panthers gage against the red wing. the team is ralliedround spacy and the space shirts and spacy had a lot of fun on social media. sports

by the way, there are about 50 consulates near in miami-dade county. for now reporting on miami beach, hatzel vela, local10 news. >> calvin: and local10 will be there for that historic visit. i'll be joined by my colleagues victor oquendo hatzel vela as our live coverage from cuba starts friday. we will also have live coverage of the president's arrival to cube on sunday at 5:00. >>> thousands in south florida and across the nation are gearing up for the have been lots annual jazz in gardens music festival. >> laurie: local10's neki mohan is live in miami gardens now to show us t t excitement. >> neki: laurie and calvin, look behind me. the s sge is going up as we speak. the concert just days away. you know, the crowd that's coming here for this expectant an upscale entertainment experience but they also expect good food. not just fast but fancy. jazz the in gardens in its 11th year packs the crowds into sun life stadium t see the super stars perform, and with all that moving and grooving, feed can them is no easy task. >> we're having a great time and

still tonight as we stare out through the lens of our miami tower camera look likee out toward mine miami beach still but we're not expecting rainfall, so if you happen to walk out of the house leaving the umbrella at home you should be just fine. right now temperatures from the mid-70s all around. homestead 74. pompano beach 76 degrees. from tamarack to pembroke pines 77 on our weather maps right now and 75 in marathon. by 10:00 tonight lower 70s out there and we still are anticipating quite a few clouds, mostly cloudy skies with in forest for the rest of the evening. winds, those winds flowing in from the south, a warm flow helping to keep those temperatures up, and that's why we were able to achieve the lower 80s and just enough sunshine breaking through as well. so we arey definitely warm as we see other areas of the south getting a little cooler. there's a cold front that has managed to slip all with a a down, now starting to approach the gulflf coast. a cold rain in atlanta with dallas nice weather he, comfortable 70s. we're going to track this front into tomorrow. ahead of it we ha

miami, we did 86 today. we're going to go for 87 tomorrow, winds from the southwest 5 to 10 miles an hour, lots of sunshine to go around tomorrow and the day after. by wednesday, thursday highs in the mid-80s. friday we may get a fewer showers in here but we're at least forecasting some highs in ththlower 80s. saturday bere chance for rain stepping into the spring season maybe we get a cold front that gets close enough and manages to make it threw and then cools us down for next wond with those highs in the upper 70s. tank tops and flip-flops, get ready. >> laurie: we are ready. i guess. >> calvin: we are. weather or n n, we're ready. the oven is on. >>> still to come today, a heartless thief targeting high school children caught on camera. you can seeehim breaking into the school before stealing a infrastructure we'll tel you what was in that strong box. >> laurie: also ahead a father@ and son race to save a stranger from their wrecked burning jeep. >> wilil hee heat host the nuggets town to start a home st

he brought with him miami beach commissioner and the son of the former miami city manager. >> i think it's a visit that's long overdue. having grown up as a cuba in miami and the hostilities between our nations, i think it's time it's this reproachment is occurring. >> reporter: although he has receivedsupport for his trip, he knows criticism will also come. you know you're probably going to get some criticism in south florida because of this visit. what would you say to them? >> i believe in the cuban people. cuba and miami. >> he said there's enough tourism to go around. interesting perspective. >> definitely. there's so many stories to tell here, jackie. we're going to have a lot more at 5:30. for jackie nespral, i'm jawan trade strader. we are live in havana, cuba. >> thank you for your coverage. >> our coverage from cuba will continue the next half hour as well. jawan is going to show us a side of cuba that president obama will likely not see during this visit in our 6:00 newscast. laura rodriguez will have more on raul castro's controversial comments concerning political prisone

we have mid 60s popping up into southwest miami-dade. but this time around not worried about the visibility. the fog that's trying to develop will be just patchy in nature. clear skies right now into miami. our royal caribbean first alert camera. first check on traffic now with kelly blanco. >> we had a car fire on i-95 northbound around miami gardens drive. you can see the fire has been put out. that car getting ready to get onto the tow truck. you see one left laneetting by just fine. it's going to be slow going around the northbound lanes of miami gardens drive because of an earlier car fire that had all lanes blocked off. on your southbound lanes, you don't see kars getting by. lanes blocked off because of construction. on the northbound side we have a traffic alert. in your southbound lanes we have construction in this area. you can avoid it by taking your side streets instead,aybe taking biscayne boulevard as your alternate. we tell you all thungs have cleared up. you can follow me on twitter @kellynbc6. >> a quick runwn of the key

we're at 71 miami as well as key west. you can see a little break in some of the cloud cover first light over the horizon sunrise. here's what it looks like from our hollywood beach cam. dark cloud cover as well as the palm trees not even blowing becausehe wind are so light. highs will rapidly warm up to the mid 80s. clouds will start to build with the i'll have more on the weekend forecast coming up. >>> we're still watching this t tffic alert right now taking a look at a tractor trailer into a building. this is in miami beach. it looks like that tractor trailer crashed into an apartment building. here's the traffic picture. this is 71st street and carlisle avenue. so the west-bobod lanes on 71st street are closed. eastbound is moving. your alternate is going to be 2u7nd 72nd street. we're working to get a lot more information for you so be sure to stay with us throughout the morning. i-95 in miami-dade. northbound-southbound lanes at northwest 75th street. they are looking great. traffic is starting to build up in the so

the mayor for the city of miami, the biscayne gardens chamber of commerce, anthe city of miami police and fire department are partnering for prevention, in hopes of keeping illegal and unwanted guns out of the hands of children. we're tired of all this violent crime. >> reporter: officers with the city of miami police department say getting even one firearm off the street makes an impact. >> they're coming from all over. we've had them from hialeah. one woman was waitinggor us to open up at 8:45 this morning from hallendale. >> reporter: thihi gun buy back is also a chance to build relationships within the community, reminding and encouraging residents to speak up. >> especially when there's lives involved, 6-year-olds, 12-year-olds, who haveothing to do with this. your kids or your relative got shot, you wa somebody to come forward and tell. >> reporter: hundreds of guns collected and more than $600 in gift cards given out. in miami, erika glover, nbc 6 news. >> an update on that number, in in gift cards. >>> for the sheriff's deputy who died today after he was hit in a wrong way cra

hatztz vela and layron livingston is at the university of miami and terrell forney is in miami beach. >> reporter: ladies, no doubt an important debate tonight because this will be crucial going forward when it comes to the gop race. a lot of folks looking at this important debate because of the primaries that are set to take place on tuesday. that includes florida and ohio. tw big states. and, of course, we are also going to be looking at the performance of senator marco rubio, because after all this is his home state. the eyes of e nation will be on this stage, the last debate before voters in five states cast their ballots. ohio and florida set to be the most crucial in deciding the fate of the top republican contenders. businessman donald trump says it is over the debates. >> we have been playingg the game for long time. these debates re getting boring if you want to know the truth. >> i will be on that ballot on tuesday and i will campaign as long as it takes. we are going to the white housewe are going to the white house. >> reporter: in hialeah, senatorarco rubio optimistic the

you have another option to get it miami and miami beach. the venetian causeway reopened for the first time in nine months. the project finished on time and on budget. >> on time and on budget is pretty impressive. >> it's a a beautiful thing, isn't it? >> yes, it is. >>> now to teen behind bars because he opened fire in a school cafeteria. >> several students hurt. what happened next. >>> a 14-year-old in custody after two students were shot in an ohio high school. four students were injured. all of them are expected to recover. police say the teenagesuspect ran from school, dropped the weapon but was later caught. >>> a driver has minor injuries after nearly driving his truck into a denver river. you can see it right here hanging over the side of the interstate barely slipping into a river. he was cited for careless driving. >>> and strong winds are being blamed for collapse of an historic church in west virginia. it was built in 1850 before west virginia was even a state. the current owners have tried to renovate the building. it has to b

for live we are in miami lakes, i'm miael seiden, local10 news. >> victor: letters at 5:30 miami beach police are planning strengthen security long oce drive during i spring break after this past quote quote weekend. the city held a number of weekends to come up wi a comprehensive plan to deal with the spring break crowds. two issues plan to reinstruct cars and security checkpoints on the beach. >> for spring break we're not doing you a closure of the entire ocean drive. it's where the spring break crowd tends to concentrate. the interaction with motor vehicles can be very dangerous. >> victor: and authorities are trying to control the trash beinlot of beach over the weekend. this new plan comes after shooting on the@ week, one left that i 20-year-old dead. >>> a man accused of operating an illegal slaughterhouse in northwest miami dade has received five years probation. gregorio santa ana faced 23 counts of animal cruelty cases system a 2015 bust p about h he was one of four people arrested and charged. authorities say 9500 in an were found during the march 13 operation. more than 3,0

live in miami lakes, julia bagg, nbc 6 news. >>> miami-dade police believe they have stopped a duo targeting women and elderly couples in a distraction scheme. they have bonded out of jail but will be back in court on a pair of charges. they punctured tires as car owners were withdrawing money inside the bank. when the victims noticed their flats the men allegedly posed as good samaritans offering a quick fix only then to steal their cash. they found gloves and a puncture tool in the men's car. we'll have a full report in about 30 minutes from michael >>> a mother admits to leaving a 2-year-old toddler inside a dumpster. stephanie bertimini has the latest. >> reporter: a judge ordering this mother to stay away from her little girl. catrice sheffield is accused of abandoning her 2-year-old child. the child's fath says the allegations caught him unexpectedly. the dumpster sits beside an office building on the property of plantation general hospital wednesday morning as employees were getting toork someone abandon her child. this woman rescued the toddler. >> she wasn't crying or !nything but i

patchy fog in southwest miami-dade, a little cooler at 65. 73 in miami, 70 in pembroke pines. a few passikg mid level clouds across south florida. we should yield lots of sunshine. the patchy fog won't stick around too long. a bright day, first alert forecast high is 86. here is kelly with traffic. >> pretty busy with both accidents and construction. we had a broken down car on i-95 around area of northwest 135th street. you can see that has cleared up. no issues asou make your way northbound at northwest 135th street. we still have the accident scene on 595 westbound as you're approaching u.s. 1. also, turnpike drivers, southbound just before bird road, you still have the two lanes completely blocked off because of an earlier crash that constructn on the palmetto expressway. this hasn't cleared up. still seeing all that red on the northbound lanes of the 826 at southwest 8th street. all lanes completely blocked off. you want to take 87th avenue. we also had 836 eastbound, the ramp to northwest 45th avenue, this should be clearing within the next five minutes. >>> 5:33 now. in

miami. within one degree of tying the record set back in 2014, fort lauderdale and key west you both topped off with 82 degreesboth topped off with 82 degrees. here's a front sitting right across south east. plenty of cloudy needs and rain streaming in out of the gulf of mexico. but look at the line of strong ththderstorms starting to move in. right across mton art moore pensacola here gulf shore, this is all the panhandle and we do have advisoryhave advisories here te at this hour. everything in yellow here which does include pensacola. under severe thunderstorm watch. everything in original is a severe thunderstorm warning. we keep our eyes on this overnight. following the rain that could arrive by the weekend. we have a lot more a little bit >> the night teamearing up for spring break in south florida. >> it is party time. and nobody does it like south florida. >> one of the biggest howest event ultra music festival. live night team coverage starts with jessica who has more on the stepped

>>> from miami-dade, broward and the keys, this is cbs four miami this morning. >>> right now at 5:30, a big day in in the campaign. the candidates get ready to hold a debate. >>> also kids and stranger danger in pompano beach. >> thank you for being with us this morning. we have your traffic and weather coming up. >>> good morning, happy wednesday to all of you at home. windy and warmer day ahead. we are rain free, that's the good news. just a couple of clouds on the but wow look at these sustained winds. peak wind gusts up to 30 miles per hour. that means a danger the rip currents so it's not safe to go swimming. -- as we head into the afternoon, it will be warmer and steamy. the winds will be light epiing up a bit later in the day. lets get a check of your traffic. >>> it looks like that traffic alert on i 95 has cleared up a bit. so the crash was blocking i 95 there are still some cones but it's mostly clear. we have an accident on i 95 and us 441, near the ramp. >>> we are continuing to follow the breaking news, police are on the scene of a hit and run involving a police car. >>

but f werks agin's complained came.e. >>> >>> >> is miami-dade fire rescue transported th maint to miami for treatment. >> craig: also to niervetle insults. >> this little guy has lie sod >> craig: attacks. >> donald trump has written hillary clinton not once, not twins but three times. and throughout the campaign i talked about issues. >> craig: last night's gop debate a bit more like fight night. >> it was the 11th and easily the most fiery gop debate so far. >> lynn: no doubt. today the candidates back out on the camign trail geerlg up for another round of primaries this weekend. joel wald man with thaha >> reporter: at last night's bate the four remaining can dailts shooting rapid fire at each other from. immigration to isis. >> i just thought the republican party especially in that first hour did not come across as a healthy functional parar that is able to convey a vision to the american`people. >> gop front runner donald trump, the target of the day ted cruz in maine kept stinging rhetoric rolling. >> if you want a washington deal maker to go to washington and cut deals with harry

moment that cha >>> the miami hat haven't been hotter all year. yet there's something about the always gives them problems. tonight, same deal. miami came into milwaukee on a five-game win streak. this dunk was beauauful. thipgs went south on this sequence here. winslow is called for a flagrant. ke a look. miami never recovers. dragic to whiteside. that cuts it to three. whiteside had 23 points, 13 rebounds off the bench. next play, chris milton blows by dwyane wade. rough game for him. heat se 114-108. next up, chicago on friday. >>> you won't believe what the newest miami dolphin said about the team's owner. martin williams told reporters, get this, he was shocked how cool ross was. he said, it was like talking to someone who is 30 years old. it makes you wonder, are we >> my role of an owner is to give them all -- put them in a position to win and do everything we can. >> cool/ huh? that guy? williams said he loved ross' energy and enthusiasm. whatever, it worked. the dolphins added williams and two possible starters via trade in free agency. b

if miami wins they'll play saturday. the games are back in the ncaa tournament for the firststime since 2013. >> it's a thrill to see your school up there and knowing that we have a number three seed. that will be the second highest in school's history. >> it was great not only for my teammates, but as you said'm a local guy, so it's great to know the community is enjoying it as well and they're excited about it. >> here are the top seeds in the south. it's cans, the jayhawks are the overall number one seed and in the east it's north carolina. virginia is the top seed in the midwest and out west it's the oregon ducksks division two ncaa tournament by the way, advances to the sweet 16. the miami are back home a aer dropping two out of three on the road. tonight the denver nuggets are in town. they won nine of the last 13 games. they've had five or six guys with only nine healthy bodies to play. only one back. behind boston for third. >> we're an unpredictable team as far as who is going to score the basketball. we're not

the clouds haveeen producing precipitation across miami-dade and miami bea and surfside and miami village and mia-dade dealing with a few showers out there. key biscayne about to get rain do to the showers and moderate rainfall push nsmght temperatures right now in the upper 60s. we're warming up quickly and if you're heading out to carnival on the mile, temperatures will be g%wting even warmer. take the umbrellas with you just in case. we still want cnt rule out showers rolling on shore. >> todd: all right. thank you for joining nowrntion. we'll be back in 30 minutes with a local news update. >> neki: for our now our coverage continues with "good morning america." for news traffic and weather any time of day log on to local 10.com. we'll see you back here in a bit. >> todd: 25. >>> real-time closed captioning provided by u.s. captioning company. >>> >>> >>> >>> (music playing) i feel pretty (west side story) not every cake can be handcrafted in sre by skilled decorators layered wiwi fresh berries and frosted to perfection like our publix bakery chantilly cake it'll be remembered for all