support as they can. >> jeff: pope francis on the historic mission tomexico. thousands attending sunday mass before a special visit by the pontiff to a childrens hospital. >> reporter: a windy start to the week. nds and temperatures going up. >> robbin: battered by the storm. now back on the high seas. the anthem of the seas once again setting sail. >>> good evening. i'm robbin simmons. >> jeff: i'm jeffffennox. the night team first at 10 starts now. >>> off the top several crooks caught in action pplling off a series of grab and go burglaries across soututflorida. hello again. targeting electronicks and cell phone stores. >> and while not connecting all the crimes, they say each happened in the same way. the night team's elitsa bizios is live outside one of the businesses that was hit. elitsa? >> reporter: roroin and jeff, they did happen in very similar ways. we' talking not one, not 2 but t 4 of these burglaries happening within about an hour of each other. one of these business owners thinking they're all connected. >> they took the register and basically everything that they could.

noses. >> danielle: it certainly did and now some are breathing a sigh of relief. jeff whren kno living on the scene in fort lauderdale where clean up crews are make pro progress. jeff. >> reporter: they certainly are lynn and danielle. the water has been removed. pump out of this apartment complex in fort lauderdale but the smell is still pres present in this neighborhood. the strong stench ringers. >> it's an o disor likeead animal and a person together. >> and crews cleaning up this mess. >> tim kelly says its ways rough night sleep with his home filling of sewage at the regal apartments. >> and the break sent sewage and water gushing all over five square blocks at this complex off the 500 block of northwest 4th avenue. >> and bad man. >> and he grabbed his cell phone the rup cure happening outside his window. the water reached up to a foot in some spots. >> you were there w wn it happened? >> i'm the one that called over 911. the next thing you heard was boom. william says it took a couple of o hours for the strong odor to set in. i had my windows closed but you could still s

hampshire voters do the same. li in the news plex, 7 news night team. >> jeff will be in new hampshire for the primary. his life reportsgain saturday >>> if you haven't done it yet now might be a good time to check out or done load voice your choice app. updated with the latest come in from the campaign trail. >> more cases of the mosquitos born zika virus confirmed in florida. health officials say 6 new cases of the virus detected in the sunshine state. 2 of those new cases here in miami-dade bringing the total number of cases to 4 in e county. mean time a first in america. health officials in dallas say they have a patient who contracted zika after having sex with an infected person. >> zika spread by mosquitos with travel to tropical region where in democratic to mosquitos such as latin america, mosquitos such as latin america, caribbean, however in dallas county we have received confirmation that it spreadd otherwise through sexual >>rerter: virus linked to birth defect in newborn and muscular and nerve damage. world health organization estimates up to 4 million people across the ameri

going to have any cars left to do overtime. >> let's check with vince. >> jeff gordon described it as bumper cars, kyle. what'd you see out there? not much lace for you to go. >> no, i seen the 19 and the 2 really fighting for a spot. for my vantage point that's all i could see. j could tell we were going to wreck. i tried to check up a little bit. then it's on from behind me. but nothing else you can do from there, i guess vr it's funny when the guys behind you get through the wreck and they're i hated for our m&m camry -- still pushing to 13, working really good together. i was going to push him to see if i couldn't get farther, give ourselves a chance to win. hopefully benefit our teammates can do it. >> thanks, kyle. >> thanks, tell mates denny hamlin and and matt kenseth running first and fourth. >> wow, a lot of damage there. >> wow. >> carl edwards who moments before was in a position to challenge for the win. >> last year in this race, half the field ended up wrecked in the garage. and we were hoping not to have a repeat of that tonight. however, that's pretty much where we

. 7's jeff lennox getting ready to cover the new hampshire primary. wah for the live report starting saturday on 7 news. >> anchor: and don't forget @to download the 7 news voice your choice app. it's free and updated all the time with the latest from the campaign trail. >> anchor: pope francis heading back to cuba for a historic meeting. the pontiff will meet with the patriarch of the ressian orthodox church next friday in the island nation. it's the first nation of its kind aimed at healing tensions feeler a thousand years. the pope will then travel to mexico for a 6-day tour. >> anchor: and the loss of a music legend to tell you abt. maurice white from earth, wind and fire has passed away. do you remember september i was changing the minds while chasing the clouds away >> anchor: he was the founding member of the grammy-winning disco group. details of the cause of death haha not been released but a publicist said he died at his l.a. home,wednesday night. >> anchor: coming up next on 7 news at noon, live pictures frfr the warehouse where at this hour president obama is expected to

because 7's jeff lennox will be there fr the primary on tuesday and preview the contest on tuesday. those reports begin tomorrow. >> anchor: the historic meeting for pope francis planning another historic trip to cube a. he'll sit down with the head of the orthodox church next friday. he hopes to heal the divide between eastern ananwestern christianity that's existed for almost a thousand years. fueled by accusations, the cacaolic church actively works to recruit converts in russia. miami's archbishop hails this as an important step. >> this meeting is an important meeting because it's the first meeting with the patriarch of prayed for for a very long time. >> they'll spend time at the airport before the pontiff makes his way to mexico. >> anchor: still ahead her husband was kill indeed a terrorist attack overseas and tonight she's speaking out for the first time. >> anchor: the night team's nicole linsalata is on this story. >> and she's rning pain into purpose. we'll have her inspiring story coming up. >> anchor: a football player's private records released by employees in a south flori

coverage a a candidates already setting their sight on south carolina. alex is there but we begin with jeff in manchester, new hampshire. >>reporter: what a day it has been. big primary finish here in new hampshire and the top winners from both parties bernie get right to the video. donald trump walking up on stage in front of big crowd of supporters in the last hour claiming the victory here in the granite state. picked up the ground game leading up to the primary on this tuesday. surprising second finish as well for john kasich in this race. let's go ahead and take a listen to donald trump and the other candidates with the g.o.p. and the order which they are placing right now. take a listen. >> we are going to make america so great again. maybe greater than ever before. i love you all. than you new hampshire. thank you. thank you new hampshire. thank you. we are going now to south carolina. we are going to win in south carolina. >> tonight we head to south carolinand we will move through south carolina all across this country and will enen up in the midwest and you just wait. let me tell

the presidential hopefuls have a lot too to win support. jeff lennox has more from the campaign trail. >> reporter: it is primary day. the polls are open across the state. on the gop side, the stakes are very high in this primary. the voters could decide who stays in this race in theong haul and who heads home in the end. the polls are @open. candidates greeting voters as this the first in the primary, the firstrecincts as they voted midnight. three gop candidates tied and a hand full of people voting very early. senator marco rubio pulling in second rightht now in new hampshire on primary day meeting with voters at this polling location in new hampshire. >> you're polling second, how are you feeling? we have great energy, a lot of great support and moving onto south carolina. >> reporter: rubio criticized for being too robotic and scriptededith his answers. protesters following his bus on primary day. jeb bush continues his attacks on donald trump. >> i'm not going to send my resume to the donald, but we cut thee government work force by 11@ percent and people's income grew and pulul

debate. jeff lennox, 7 news. >>> and sparking debate between the white house and republicans over replacing him and vowing to deny any nominations picked by the commander in chief. >> well look, ion't me how many times we need to keep saying this. the judiciary committee has recommend there had be no hearings. i said repeatedly and confident my group agrees it should be made by the next president, whoever is elected. fill the seat before his term ends. it comes meeting for the first time since scalia's death. >>> two brothers to the rescue ago. >> diana: several events being held to mark the agonizing anniversary. gathering. was 20 year ace dpoe today that four men left the airport and would never return. as we go to video, you will see friends and family members bringing flowers tohe memorial to remember the lives lost. we're talking about four men who were on a mission to help others. as people gathered to remember other, they talkedbout the president's upcoming visit to cuba and what that means to them as they continue to demand justice. >> and i believe that obama to cuba in t

accused of bad behavior with a student. >> jeff: the teenager in the flames. we'll hear from the humble hero. >> robbin: and democrats caucus south carolina. the results coming in on one side of the race for e white house. >> jeff: and a fire fighter take part in the rescue. shococd when he realized who he is helping. hello. good evening. i'm jeff lennox. >> robbin: and i'm robbin mmons. 7 news starts right now. >>> first at five, a mother crying in court, accused of leaving her little girl all alone while flames tore through their apartment. the alarming allegations coming after this 5 year old s saved from the burning home. >> jeff: and now w her mom tonight is facing tough questions. elitsa bizios is live in northwest miami-dade where the girl was rescued. >> reporter: jeff and robbin, the little girl resting and the good news is she was released after being treated for smoke inhalation. she is with her grandmother. the grandmother issued the order to take care of her. but before we talk about the grandmother and the little girl, we want to give the background. her mother was arreste

american race. >> how could you not have respect for what jeff has done and he has been a great mentor and a great friend to me. and he has welcomed mo'o he with open arms and he has been supportive over the pa, you know, few years that i met him and got to know him in a little bit and it has been an open book as far as questions and thihis to try to help me. >> mature young man there. d we have seen the crazy dunks but we are about to show you something that brought the house down, and make that the entire rim and glass back board. the university, flying team off of the tramp to make it look easy and the final dunk, and they don't make the glass, back boards like they used to. i if they had a big broom to clean up the mess, and led by four and had the night off and the cats, host the sharks tomorrow night in sunrise and are back after this. sgr >> anchor: that is a wrap for us first here atten, chow chow i'm belkys nerey >> craig: i'm craig stevens, comes next right here. >> belkys: breaking news, we have been following this one all night long. we now know president obama is planning

today. and those numbers could major break a number of catch pains oomple jeff lennox live for us once again in new hampshire with a look head. he is in manchester tonight. jeff. >> reporter: craig, a big night head here in manchester. the anticipation building. the secretary of state is 3re direct age record break turn out here in had race. anywhere from 500 to 550,000 ballots will be cast in the end. that's his restiks. >> and the voters have been big in this race a. a recent poll that just came out shows 46% of republicans in this race made their decision on their choice of nominee in just the last >> which candidate, which gop candidate will 245 benefit? only time will text the first polls close in about one hour. >> it all started in three small towns. dicksville notch. # voters at this pole kicking ofort new hampshire primary at midnight this. >> this isust a incredibly unique experience to make my vote count this much. >> and the polls opened and long line seen across the state. >> reporter: marco rubio pulling in second here on primary day. meeting with voters at this plolg ind

more coming up later tonight right here on 7 news. we're live in riviera beach, jeff lennox, 7 news. >> anchor: and if you haven' done so download t voicp. it's dowihe latest from the campaign trail. >> anchor: the florida primary is a month away and as voters prepare to head to the polls, the elections department is doing some planning of its n. 7's omarshthe ange.>> revong for esidt miamdadeunty has headaches during previous elections. ju itthis man who waited in line r fo8 urhos during the presidential race of 2012 >> maineschare and it's alrely thetic. >> er: but thisth miami-dade election department is hoping to make the qomplaints a thing of the past. >> the major achievements the depament has made in the last couple of years i think will all result in much less voter >> reporter: for starters there are now 3 ways to miamdade without even standing ne the orflida presidential preference primary el tion day, h 15th you can vote from home. you can all yo ballot u can e in earl ting. for the early birds, there are 20 locatis onacssro miami-de county and they extended the amount of

. jeff lennox 7 news iemplet all right from jeff lennox to lorena es tra saturday. >> danielle: she is live in miami garden with with a daycare was damaged. lorena. >> reporter: good news is that every one here the at the child development center is okay. but the director tells me it was a very scary situation. just look at the damage here and all of that happening just minutes after theheids were dropped off this morning. 7:46 a.m., the wind begins to pick up outside miami gardens child care center. and in a matter of seconds, you see debris flying around the playground and then a ripped off. >> five year-old dijon was inside the daycareenter when the storm hit. >> i sat over here. >> she show us where she and ornl children took coverage. she couldn't see what was happening outside but sheould certainly hear it it. >> i hear the wind blowing, the twreez are down i was scared. >> reporter: a scary sound for any cld but they were in good hands. >> it was scary. i was scared. we practice tornado what happen if we have severe weather like a tornado. what happen in the area we practice

. >> belkeys: all right robbin. thanks for that. >> craig: team 7 coverage continues with the gop now. jeff lennox in perfect rop tropical park in west miami-dade where@mierk marc o rubio will make an appearance tomorrow. jeff. reporter: and we have 24 hours leading up to super tuesday. and colg up tomorrow senator rubio will be here in s. right here behind me in southwest miami-dade at the ronald weg reg ghana quis tree an park behind me. pgh a large crowd of supporters will be here to watch those returns come n. a rally is set with marco rubio tomorrow night right here at this location at 8:00 p.m. meanwhile leading up to that rally, the gop candidates are crisscrossing the u.s. trying to drum up support head of super tuesday. >>> >>> super tuesday, republican polls suggest donald trump could sweep most of the super tuesday states with hundreds delegates up for grabs. >> you got to get out. you gt to vote on tuesday. everybody here, you vote. we're going to win so big. >> reporter: in total 595 delegates on the table. the largest contest so far in the race. senators ted cruz and marco rub

the claim plais a. jeff lennox begins our coverage jeff. >> danielle: and lynn, we surveyed the damage behind me here at this home. and damage all over. let's zoom out to the canal this this backyard and you can see the large ficus tree that was knocked over early this morning when the storm moved through. >> ran out to call my husband. >> reporter: neighbors like this is a this storm came through like a freight train eye am lm thoughtndrew came back and hit us. it was almost day asia view for me. >> reporter: residents here got alert on their phones that i nasty lief line of storms was on it's way. >> next you thing you know we heard a l ld roaring. we we set said let's get tie safe close eat. >> donny got larmt too. >> we got the kids and took cover. i went out to get flashlights and i saw the with wind coming through sideways. >> reporter: in just a matter of second the worse part of storm came and went. this the aftermath. >> all these tree top ended up in the cool. a lot of this stuff got ripped >> reporter: check this out. this rod iron table belong to this whriet house in cave v

. the night team with the live report. >> jeff: the republicans going full throttle towards super tuesday as donald trump gets some questionable support. his competition using it to their advantage. making a return and we could see some rain showers this week. >> reporter: a pilot rushed to the hospital after his small plane crashes. crews arriving to the scene finding it belly up. >> robbin: : od evening. i'm robbin simmons. >> jeff: i'm jeff lennox. the night team first at 10 startstsright now. >> robbin: a teenager lands in handcuffs after police say he accidentally shot his friend. police say they were at a home playing with a gun when it went off. >> jeff: and a 14-year-old boy was killed in the end. he's now in serious trouble. walter morris live in miami gardens with more on the top story tonight. walter? >> reporter: jeff, a teenager charged with bringing a gun to a friend'house. they were playing around and the gun went off and now the 14-year-old is dead. >> wonderful kid. trying to make you laugh. >> reporter: 14-year-old tobias rhodes dead, killed while playing with th

for tomorrow's nevada caucus. one campaign is getting shake up. jeff lennox live in the plex with the latest on the campaign trail. jeff. craig, senator cruz has one of his campaign managers pack his bags today. and the field slimming down on both side as the candidates get ready to vote on super tuesday fl we start way back and forge ttle of the two gop candidates trying to topple trum. marco rubio going after ted cruz after a joyed surfaced from the cruz campaign that falsely depicted marco rubio dismission the bieb he'll. >> it's part ave pattern. if this just happens once, you say all right. those things thap nay campaign. team rubio fired ban on sunday and cruz responded big on monday asking his communication director rick tyler to resign over the in accurate videoeo >> he we are not a campaign that will question the faith of another candidate. feen it was true, our campaign should not h he sent. it that's why i asked for rick tyles resignation because the standards of conduct in this campaign have been made clear for every member of the >> reporter: donaldrump meanwhile so lit l

affect the turn out i. jeff in manchester with more on that. >> reporter: belkeys and craig, 20 degrees right now in manchester new hampshire. a storm coming from the northeast right now. that could affect voters tomorrow. at this hour the candidates are crisscrossing the state delivering the closing arguments to voters here in the grang knit state before the polls open in the first of the the nation primary tomorrow morning. >> as the clock clicks towards tuesday, presidential hopefuls aren't waition a single minute. ththcandidates know tuesday's results could major break some lagging campaigns. >> if the the lights get that >> and the jabs at rubio during the recent gop debate chris christie continued to point out rubio inexperience on monday morning. >> president of the united states is not about having a nice suit and good smile and well. and he set his sites on hillary clinton instead ignoring the body blows from chris tee. >> most important is to be common ter in chief. and i'll say this to you without any disowpt there is no one running for president that knows the issues on nati

over voters. manchest. jeff? >> reporter: yeah, robbin, the campaign entering the final hours of this race. this primary that is coming up. they're delivering closing new hampshire. the granite state heading to the polls on tuesd morning and also this weekend the war of words continuing to unfold among many of the candidates. entering the final hours before entering on tuesday andonald trump leading the nearest competitors by double digits. he spoke to 7 news one-on-one. >>> you have a commanding lead in new hampshire. talking to the voters out there, what do you feel like your chances are on tuesday? >> i feel we have a great relationship with the people of new hampshire and florida's going to be very soon and i look forward to it. that's going to be great. >> reporter: trump also going after jeb bush for bringing his mother and former first lady to help him campaign. >> poor, poor, poor jeb bush who brings out his mother becausushe needed help? he needed help. mommy! please come walk in the snow, mom. i like his mother, but i don't like that stuff. i don't li that. we have to d

tuday's primary. live in the news plex, 7 news >> some one else is there and jeff is in new hampshire for next tuesday's primary. watch for his life reports they again sunday evening rate here on 7 7ews. >> stay with us f f real time results of the iowa caucus. the numbers as they come n.we will have them for you throughout the show. >> 20 minutes analysis of the results and what tonight numbers could mean for the campaign in the coming weeks. >>> mother nature splitting up a tree with a single strike. lightning causing a trunk to tear in half. >> sure was a sog monday in some parts. rain really coming down in part of broward miami-dade this afternoon. >> we are drying out. here's a live look outside our north bay village studio with no rain drwp in sight. as the rain moves out the warmer weather will start to move in. >> phil is at the weather center phil. >> good evening everyone. here are your headlines. there have been some pesky showers sitting just offshore. they should be falling apart. over the next 45 minutes. possibility of some inland fog developing especially as we go through

for us tonight but first we go to jeff lennox who is in manchester, new hampshire awful lot going on right now. jeff. >>reporter: yes. it has been a big day and big night here inew hampshire. the primary has wrapped up and now know the resultstst the topnow know the results at the top. donald trump bernie sanders whipping their races for the respective parties and donald trump talking about his big win here in the new hampshire primary. first win in the contest so far. let's go ahead and listen in to donald trump. >> people are going to come into our country but they are going to kilometer no our they are going to come in legally. jeans we are going to build a wall. it's going to be built. it's not even believe it or not, itit not even believe it or not, it's not even a difficult thing to do. and bthe way, for the people of new hampshire where you have a trememeous problem with heroin and drugs you wouldn't even believe it y/y see this place and you say it's so beautiful. you have a tremendous problem. the first thing always that they mention to me mr. trump please do something. the

on the scene for the search for the shooter. >> jeff: a south florida woman recovering from an alarming attack she says was at the hands of her roommate. >> reporter: a pretty dry weekend but we do ha rain on the way starting to make its way closer towards south florida. your complete forecast to get you througugthe work week is coming up. >> robbin: an uber driver accused of going on the random shooting spree kill@ing several people over the course of several hohos. criss-crossing the u.s. caidates stumping for support ahead of the next major contest. >> robbin: winds topping 185 mph as a monster cyclone tears through fiji. the deadly storm leaving parts of the island unrecognizable. gfj. i'm -- good evening. i'm robbin simmons. >> jeff: and i'm jeff lennox. the night tetm starts right now. >>> a shootout killing a 6-year-old boy. >> robbin: friends and family turning the scene into a growing memiorial. that little boy killed in the shootout. >> and now hopes someone would turn the shooter in in this case. we have live night team coverage on the tragagy. elitsa bizios has reac

story chase elliot, 20 years old, the youngestt 500. he takes over the 24 car and crew of jeff gordon. talk about big shoes to fill. it starts with the great american race. >> how can youot have respect for what jeff has done. jeff has been a grebt mentor and great friend to meful he's just been so supportive over the past, you know, few years that i met hem and got to know him a little bit. has been open book as far as questions and things to try and help me. >> mike: very mature young man. panthers home to host the san i'm mike dipasquale. have a great day, everyone. >>> and b more on that news alert on pope francis and comments he made about donald trump. >> diana: ashley jones has more. >> ashley: we continue to follow donald trump making comments. they actually came whenn he was enroute home from his trip in xico from pope francis. >> well thank god he said i am a political man. at the end of the day, a human being is a political animal. at least i am a human being and that i am a pawn? i will leave that up to your judgment. a person who only things about making walls again and a

causing a campaign communication director to lose his job jie. >> danielle: jeff lennox live >> reporter: and ladies big news on the campaign trail too. senator crews calling for his director to resign after a back and forge with rubio's campaign. rubio a ciewg his staffers of dirty trick on the trail when it came toy a joivmentd it called into question rubio's faith and de fictd him dismission the bieb eevment here is cruz just moments ago. >>> we are not a campaign that will question the faith of another candidate. even if it's true our campaign should not have sent. it that's why i asked for rick tyler's r rignation. the conduct has been made clear for here member of the the campaign. >> reporter: and rubio has yet to respond to that resignation. d rick tyler leaving from the cruz campaign. all this copg into the news room as the field nair reez in the race for the white house. >>> and it's down to seven for n- the race for the white house. candidates are going full throatel imeerg up for super and donald trump won in south carolina feelgd big crowds in georgia on sunda >>

being a part of it with us. >> jeff: now at 5:00, a community coming together, calling for an end to the violence after a 6 year old boy is shot and killed. live team coverage on the investigation. boaters off to the south with the rough waters rocking their vessel causing it to take on water. >> a quiet and breezy sunday across south florida. they changes and some warmer temps. >> a suspected uber driver going on the random shooting spree, killing several people. >> jeff: business as usual on the campaign trail. candidates back out stumping for support ahead of the next major contest on the trail. heheo and good evening. m jeff lennox. >> robbin: i'm robbin simmons. 7 news at 5 starts right now. >>> the community rallying together hoping to catch whoever shot and killed a 6-year-old boy. good evening. that child playing outside when someone pulled the trigger. >> and the shooter taking off and now hopes someone will turn in the shooter. tragedy. we begin with walter morris live in northwest miami-dade at the scene of the crime and today's rally for change. walter? >> reporter: robbi

month. while hilliary clinton campaigns out west, her husband is meeting live in vero beach, jeff is where the president spoke. >> reporter: on this presidents' day, former president, bill clinton, acting as hilla's surrogate at this event. this afternoon, looking at video as the president made his way onstage earlier today. hillary not here because of her very busy campaign schedule out west right now in nevada. the caucuses out there happening this saturday. and bill clinton making hillary's stance clear at this event. in palm beach, looking at how hillary is looking to restore the american dream, and climate change and how she will help americans overwhelmed by college debt. running nationwide with bernie sanders, and take a listen. former presisint, bill clinton, stuffing for his wife, the former secretary of state. americans, to restore broad-based process territoryan d taking it into the future. have to deal with all of this anti-immigrant talk from the republicans. hillary supports the dreamers and wants them to stay in america and have a future in america and make their lives

higher on the republican side. we have jeff lennox recovering >> reporter: at the ronald reagan equestrian center, marco rubio will hold a big rally with his supporters here in south florida, watching the returns come in. it starts at 8 p.m., but leading up t the rally with marco rubio, we canell that you the gop candidates are crossing the country, trying to stump for support and get out the vote. republican presidential candidates turning up the insults. >> donald is not going to make america great, he's going to make it orange. >> reporter: super tuesday just hours away, and donald trump taking fire over theeekend for deflecting questions on whether he would disavow support from kkk leader, david duke. >> you say that you unequivocally say that you disavow their support. >> i disavow, okay?y? >> reporter: trying to slow trump's momentum going into super tuesday. >> donald trump refused to criticize the klu klux klan. >> reporter: donald trump as the nominee means hillary probably wins and we lose this country. >> reporter: and the rubio campaign taking on a different tone sin

support a the former govenor and his bid for the presidency. jeff lennox live in the plex with more. chef. >> and belkeys. for bher govenor bush bowing out of the race. with jeb bush out of presidential politic picture sl. >> so tonight i'm suspending my campaign. former bush backer. the republican congressional delegation in south florida. >> now it' essentially just a three% race. eleana ross layton. carlos ca rel o troag their support to riewp riewp. i will probably tawk voit for rubio baw i know heaz been a a principal fleertd the florida legislate tore and a great legislate tore in the senate. and when you look at a cheechment or getting things done or to unite the republican party and then this greatat country. marco rubio is the person. the republican party and the american people deserve a candidate for president who respects the american people, who respects the constitution of this great country. rubio on the chill in nevada as this ep dorsment came n. rubio in a locked battle with riewz cruz over who is the best alternate to trump. and cruz doing damage control after this. >> y

. >> danieiee: and they are doing everything they c!n to court the votes. jeff lennox live in manchesterr with the latest on the race for the white house. jeff. >> reporter: and we are entering the finals hour of this race. the primary tomorrowoworning. candidates right now in a final push for votes here in the granite state. candidates on both sides have a number of visit scheduled througiewt jiewt the evening before the race gets heated up tomorrow morning and we can tell you tonight the heat is on for the candidates. >> as the clock clicks towards tuesday, presidential hopefuls not waist age single minute. they know that tuesday's results could major break the campaign. >> when the lights get that >> and hoping to capitalize on the remoorkz he m me to rubio on the last debate and heill point out his in p experience on monday morning oog commander in chief is not about reeling a the tell a prompter well and having a nice smile. >> and body blows from chris tee. >> most important job as president is to be commander in chief. i'll say this to you without any doubt there, is no one running

. >> belkeys: coming up, a burglary and no business of a smooth criminal. jeff is there live. >> reporter: this crime unfold at aaundromat in wilton manner. this bumbling burglar makes his way in tried to to get inside a locked office but makes a clean getaway with any cash. stay tune to find out. >> craig: also concern spreading word wide because of a mosquito born virus. >> belkeys: a dver getting into a a fiery accident. he would need to think fast if he wanted to make it out alive. >> craig: and kids getting a lesson of a lifetime seeing student has. >> camera stealing from a business and he would turn out to be a bum belg ding u-burg lamplet he hit the laundromat. >> belkeys: and cramps show didn't get away way gene cleen getaway. >> jeff is live with more. jeff. >> reporter: not at all a clean get way. this is live in wilton manners and he tried to to get inside a locked office to getaway with cash but once inside, thihi lawn crow mat right here. his plans spun out of control. this leadgedburg larg. we pick up the crime at 5:00 a.m. on mon dmierng. wilton manners please say this man

. experience and judgment count in be on the stage tomorrow night. and jeff lennox has you covered through tuesday's new hampshire primary. >> lynn: a major meeting between two religious leaders, this as pope francis heads back to cuba. the pope and the head of the orthodox church will meet for the first time on friday. it's meant to heal the divide between eastern and western christianity for 1,000 years. >> this is the first time that a russian, onorthodox is meeting with a patriarch from the west. and it's something that we have been praying for for a very long time. >> lynn: the two religious leaders will meet at the hosanna airport and the pope will making his way to mexico. >> danielle: a mother taking the parenting, all as her killerson hopes to get his sentence reduced. >> lynn: and the lmpd going on a wild ride, caught on its own and on camera. and how people were able to get is thing under control. >> danielle: and a man posing as a customer before going for a money grara, but the clerkrkas more than one way to stop this crook. lynn: then all new at 5:00. [ gunshots ] >> lynn: a

gunman who killed 6 people during a random rampage. >> jeff: winners and losers from the south carolina primary caucus talking about the highs and lows in n the race for the white house. >> robbbb: viral video of the dangerous car craze. drivers doing donuts in the middle of a busy bridge. good eveneng, everybody. i'm robbin simmons. >> jeff: and i'm jeff lennox. 7 news at 6 startstsight now. >> robbin: now at 6:00, a march for residents for change one day after a 6 year old boy, a first grader, is gunned down in the street. good evening. people sick and tired of children being killed in their community. >> jeff: and now they're forward with information in the chase. we have live team 7 coverage tonight. elitsa bizios breaks down the trend where we start with the rally. we're live in northwest miami-dade with more onthat. walter? >> reporter: jeff, robbin, that's right. in fact there's a growing memorial here. you can see people honoring that 6-year-old shot and killed here at this apartment complex yesterday. today hundreds rallllng alongside his family making a call for anyon

northeast miami-dade and several ther cities left with damage as well. 7's jeff l lennox live in davie where residents have been cleaning up debris wiwl all afternoon. jeff. >> and we talked to a number of neighbors on this tuesday when the storms moved through our here in this backyard of this davihome. off to the left u can see a large tree there. kind of dark now. but a large ficus tree that knocked over whlt storms moved through and right here behind me. large chielz here. tree branches andam brawns. lawng chairs right here.e. all this came crashing down when the bad storms moved through broward county. >> no i ran out to call my husband. >> neighbors like norma cory in davie say t ts storm bear ed through like a freight train eye almost thought hurricane andrew came back and hit us. it was almost dashavu for me. >> residents here on 107th 107th avenue got alerts on their phones that i nasty line of storms was on it's way. >> next thing you know we heard a loud roaring and then comen on. let's get tie safe cloats. we got the kid and went into the safe room there and took cover. i w

losing his life. now his friend is behind bars. >> jeff: an infant safe and sound after being kidnapped in south florida. why investigators say this was a family affair. >> a big south carolina primary win n d will be here live. >> good evening, i'm robbin simmons. >> im jeff lennox. 7 news at 6:30 starts right now. y >> hollow and good evening. one teen -- hello and good evening. >> robbin: and another teen now faces charges. walter morris has more. walter? >> reporter: that's right, a 14-year-old is dead after a gun goes off while two teens are just playing around and now his friend is being charged with manslaughter. one teen dead. another facing serious chges after gunplay goes wrong. >> it's a very sad situation. >> police say 14-year-old tobias was staying with a family friend on terrace and 22nd avenue. a friend came over and he had a gun. >> accidentally shooting inside the house. the kids plague with the guns. >> reporter: rhodes hit, air lifted it jackson memorial hospital. but too late. the teen pronounced dead at the hospital. >> and one kid always smiling and play

but i had never heard of that before. >> jeff: a south florida man talking after he says he contracted the mosquito-borne illness. i'm jeff lennox. >> robbin: i'm robbin simmons. 7 news at 6 starts right now. >>> good evening. supreme court justice antonin scalia has died. >> jeff: walter morris is live in the satellite center with more on his death. walter? >> reporter: justice antonin scalia dead at 79 years old. this is the latest information. according to reports, justice scalin found dead at the west texas ranch while on a quail huning trip. he got there to attend a party with furt other people after a day of hunting. whenee didn't appear for breakfast, the worker went to early reports say he died of natural causes. scalia, the longest-serving justice on the court. of course reaction has started pouring in and this statement from justice john roberts on behalf of the court and the retired justice. i'm saddened to report that our colleague, justice antonin scalia has passed away. he was an extraordinary justice and his passing is a great loss to the court and the country

florida. jeff is live in miami where president clinton attend ago private fundraiser on behalf of his wife hilary this evening, his wife hilary this e ening, jeff. >>reporter: the fundraiser just wrapped autopsy few moments ago with the former presidentt. let's go ahead and look at the bill clinton leaving the neighborhood. walked up to some valet drivers took pictures then took off in the motorcade. this is the third stop for the former president on the campaign trail today stumpping for hillary clinton. [applause]. >>reporter: former president clinton on the move in south florida. stumpping for hillary clilion and attending two private fundraisers. hilary backing out of the events last week. >> hilary is run to go restore e american dream to all americans. to restore broad base prosperity and take it into the future. >>reporter: former secretary of state khohoion instead to campaign out west in nevada ahead of saturday'saucus. clinton talking about universal health care on the stump mondadahealth care on the stump monday. >> affordable health care is in many ways the under pinning of so

started pistol whipping the employee. >> jeff: and the owner says he got away with nearly half a million dollars in stolen jewelry. 7's elitsa bizisos live with our top story tonight. elitsa? >> reporter: this family-run business, these owners are typically not open on sunday and obviously them getting robbed today, almost half a million getting taken, is not what they expected. they open today, of course, because it's valentine's day and becae they want tod make that extra money and wanted people to be able to come in and buy their loved ones guests but unfortunately that thief struck. a valentine's day jewelry heist in hollywood. the family-owned of joulers. it happened just after 9 on sunday morning an hour before the storm was supposed to open for the holiday. walked in wearing a ski mask and pistol whipped one of the employees and locked that employee and another in the bathroom. >> crazy. i don't think k that normally happens in the neighborhood. >> reporter: crime investigators on the scene of sheridan street. for several hours on sunday dusting for fingerprints. this woma

people to the hospital. good evening, jeff lennox is on assignment. >> i'm robin simmons, "7 news"at 11:00 begins now. >>>reporter: off the top at 11:00, a live look inowntown miami where rain is on tap, but a cooldown is coming. south floridians grabbing umbrellas tonight. >> the question is will the rest of the weekend be a washout. meteorologist brett cameron live in the weather >>>reporter: easy answer, no, rain started to arrive this this evening, we are alady seeing showers on the radar. a february flop with our temperatures. not only are we talking about the cooler air starting to rush in tonight, but an extended period of this cool weather that is foflowing our cold front. here's what we have been watching throughout the evening. waves of rain and quite a bit of it across central and south florida. the bulk of these showers moving off shore in the atlantic. so the restf tonight will involve just a few lingering areas of light rain. when you wake up in the morning, we'll still have lingegeng clouds, too and temperatures in the 50s too and temperaturesn the 50s. the 60s tomorro

. >> reporter: good evening. i'm alex diprato. as you see jeff lennox is on assignment. >> robbin: and i'm robbin simmons. 7 news at 6:30 starts right now. captioning provided by: u.s. captioning company, depere, wi >> alex: from layers to sweaters, uth floridians wearing cool clothing as the temperature dips. flip flops and tank tops. normally we see them on the weekend but not this weekend on miami beach. >> robbin: not today! live. walt are morris is covering the big chill. walter? >> reporter: that's right, robbin and alex. it's getting colder and check out the thermometer behind me. 61 if south beach and only going to get colder. we could see lows in the mid40s tonight. jackets and scarfs are in this weekend. the cold front moving into south florida giving man a chance to e different parts of the wardrobe. >>> how often do you get to we that? >> i bought it like a year ago and this is my first time wearininit, but this is see throw so i'm not bundled up. >> reporter: the thermometer at the bank of america building on lincoln road reading 65 on sunday afternoon. chilly for south florid

suspended morris for two games for throwing a towel and the then coach jeff hornacek. >> and barry university hosting georgia tech, and scores 41 points for the second straight game and becomes the first player in the division two to score, 40 points and three times this season. and barry, wins again. 104-88. >> state championships in the two a, finals against tampa catholic and ransom and green, and trailing one nothing, and the turn around shot. and ties the game, 1-1. again, and the lose balance in front and stewart scores again and he will be a big, big man, and ransom, wins, and the first state soccer title in school history, congratulations. that is all that i got. i don't have too much. i am steve, back to belkys. >> craig: good for the ransom, and good. >> belkys: just enough out of you, thank you very ch. go home, that is a wrap for seven news at eleven, chow chow we are all going home, i'm belkys nerey thanks for being with us have >> announcer: this program is a paid presentation for omega xl and is brought to you by great healthworks. >> welcome. i'm larry king, and i'm

big south carolina primary win, bill clinton heads to miami gardens. >> jeff: the republicans also looking ahead to super tuesday. donald trump getting some support from a supremacist group and marco rubio using that to his advantage. hello and good evening. i'm jeff lennox. >> robbin: a deadly decision landing a south florida teenager in handcuffff police say he accidentally shot his friend. and police say it happened in a home. >> and now facing serious time behind bars. miami gardens with more on the top story this evening. walter? >> jeff, robbin, that's right. a 14-year-old dead after a gun goes off while two teens are playing around and now his friend facing possession o charges for a firearm. one teen dead and another facing serious charges after gun play goes wrong. >> and this is s a very sad situation. >> a friend came over saturday afternoon anthat 14-year-old had a gun. >> and accidentally hitting and the teen pronounced dead at the hospital. >> lost a wonderful kid. always smiling and always playing trying to make you laugh. >> while family members grieved, miami garde

for his wife t.candidate oboth side continue to quarrel on the campaign trail. jeff has t t latest on the race for the white house. >>reporter: president clinton on the move in south florida wrapping up a fundraiser at art gallery in win wood neighborhood. mr. clinton spent monday stumpping and fundraising for hillary clinton. hilary backing out of the events last week. >> hilary is running to restore the american dream to all amejicans. to restore broad bates prosperity and take it into the fufure. >>reporter: former secretary of state choosing instead to campaign out west inevada ahead of saturday caucus. clinton talking about universal health care on the stump mondayhealth care on the stump monday. >> affordable health care is in many ways the under pinning of without health, without access to quality care the there's a lot of sivshtion senator bernie sanders in michigan. according to uaw struggling to pick a candidate to endorse. the on the g.o.p. side former president bush trying to give his brother a boost ahead of the south carolina primary this weekend. >> please welcome a ser

saturday. live in the news plex. >> belkys: all right, jeff lennox is going to be in new hampshire to cover that primary and watch for his life reports starting saturday on seven news and a reminder, now is a great time to download the 7 7 news, voice your choice app. for the latest from theampaign available for your smart phone, or tablet. >> craig: the former member of the south delegation wants his seat back,, garcia is ready to run. and lost the election to carbelo and the district that stretches from south west, miami dade has been redrawn and includes more democrats and that could help, he faces one primary challenge from adeo who has announced her bid for the 26th seat. >> belkys: still ahead here, a wild addition of help me howard with patrick fraser. a woman bought a baby goat and said that she returned it. the store says that never happened. and now the animal is gone, and so is her money. >> craig: residents forced out when something starts to leak. >> belkys: new surveillance video of the moments before a group of gunman open fire on three unsuspecting women. >> craig: and

florida today. and 7's jeff lennox is live in riviera beach where the former president is back on t campaign trail. jeff. >> reporter: yeah, craig on this president's day former president will clinton deciding to sphum p for his wife here in south florida. to attend threee events to attend today. she chose instead to campaign out west in nevada. >> on the trail in south florida, former president bill clinton campaigning for his wife ate grass roots event at the port of palm beach, the florida primary just one month way. >> hillary is running to resort american dream to all americans. to restore broad base prosperity and take it into the future. >> reporter: hillary clinton ab sefnlt her schedule stacked out west with stum speeches leadg up to the caucus. mr. clinton speaking a packed audience giving his pitch on why he believes hillary is bette best suited to lead the white house. >> we have to deal with all this antiimmigrant talk from the republicans. hilly supports the dream mer and wants them to stay in america and have a future in america and make their lives in america. it's i

tonight. jeff lennox 7 news. >>> >> >> danielle: also in the news today, emergency riewz the r- crews at the ready when the cargo plane experiencinintrouble on touch down. you see it touching down there. but that jet blue one of it's siers shortly after take off from miami international a airport. and what comes up must come down. 7's omar lewis reports on this runway draw ma. >> we are understanding that there is a plane that has a potential high descro ik or other control issues coming in to it's miami international airport. >> reporter: well wednesday morning started with an emergency for a crew they'd beau sky force above it all, steven jay gray. >> and they blew all the airplane way from this runway. >> so around 8:30 in the morning take off turned into touch down again. it was back to miami inn ib airport for the crew. officials say a blown tire caused the panic. emergency crews standing by for any potential problem. >> look at all the firir rescue equipment here on the field ready just in case. th's perimeter road. look at the fire rescue equipment on the runway chasing after this

business nan man. >> craig: and another victory when it come to endorse ments. jeff in the plex with more on this. jeff. >> reporter: andndonald trump picks up win no. 3 last night. check off another win for donald trump. we won wit young. we won with old. we won with highly educated. we won with poorly educated. i love the poorly educated. >> trump's winning streak continues after a big win in nevada. the gop field for the most part down tie three% race. >> they keep forgetting that when people drop out, we're going to get a lot of voaks. 123-4509 morning after victory trump picked up endorse ments from two sitting members of congress. and according evangelical vote with pat robertson. 're going to be very strong on battling for second in nevada rubio emging out ted cruz by 2000 votes. the majority of republican electrotrick and voters in this country do not want donald trump to be nominee cruz bik picking up a an endorsement from greg abbott. like rubio it says cruz will pick up his attacks on trump a as super tuesday gets close ear the. the only cam paip that has beaten donald tru

are face moving in nevadada >> lynn: that's right and one candidate shaig up his staff. jeff lennox reports. >> reporter: the field slimming down on both sides as the candidates get ready for 13 states to vote in their caucus and we start way back and forth battle among t t two gop candidates strieg topple trump. senator marco rubio going after senator ted cruz after a video surfaced from the cruz campaign that falsely de pictd marco rubio dismission the bible. >> it's part of a pattern. you know if this happens once, you look at it and say all right. these are t things thap nay campaign. team rubio fired back at the cruz camp on sunday and cruz responded big on monday asking his communications director rick tyler to resign over the in accurate video. >> we are not a campaign that will question the faith of another candidate. even if it was true, our campaign should not have sent. it that's why i asked for rick tytyr's resignation because the standards of conduct in this campaign have been me absolutely clear for every merve the campaign. >> reporter:r: gone ald trump solidifying hi

. >> alex: a horrifying hit and run. reacting to new video of the crash. >> jeff: candidates from both parties raising tracks cooz new hampshire. the primary les than 2 days away here in new hampshire. the ght team reports from manchester. >> and bucking the panthers in super bowl 50! good evening. i'm robbin simmons. >> alex: i'm alex diprato. jeff lennox is on assignment. 7 news at 11 begins right now! captioning provided by: u.s. captioning company, depere, wioff the top at 11:00 people bundling up on this >> but in a few hours 'll wake up in the 40s. the night team's walter morris is on miami beach where ople are coping with chilly change. >> disappointmeme from several visitors. >> and from arguaranteina expecting ld climate. >> are you disappoint? >> a lot. >> reporter: the wind chill in the 40s and giving ny the chance to break out clothes they rarely use. >> the sweater, almost never. that? >> i bought it a ar ago and the first time i could wear that. >> reporter: the temperature dropping steadily bringing folks to linkon road in layers. broward county declaring an emergency. t

7 news at 6 ststts right now. >> jeff: off the top at 6:00, investigators dusting for clues after a hollywood heist. hello and good evening again. jewelry store employees ambush and roughed up by a masked man. >> robbin: that crook getting away with nearly half a million dollars in stolen goods. 7's elitsa bizios is live in hollywood with more for us. elitsa? >> reporter: robbin and jeff, some scary moments for the employees who were inside this jewelry store at the time. you know on sundays this business typically isn't open but, of course, today being valentine's day, they were supposed to open at 10:30. they were supposed to be open for business. but, unfortunately, that thief struck. a valentine's day jewelry host. it happened just after fiensunday morning an hour before the storm was supposed to open for the holiday. hollywood police tell 7 news the thief walked in wearing a ski mask and pistol whipped one that person and other employee in the bathroom. >> crazy. i don't think that normally happens in this ighborhood. rep respect crime scene investigators on the scene in the 33