>>> 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 is this place and you go there because, well, you need coffee and beca

in northwest miami-dade. was rushed to the hospital where he was later pronouneed dead. cameras captured in hialeah. take a look at this. police say it shows two men holding people at gunpoint last no. they stride to snatch one victim's purse@but took off when she streamed for help t. happened near west 79th place and west 31 court. shear is another look.k. if you do recognize them for or have any information, call miami-dade county crime stoppers at 305-471-tips. >>> a massive brand new project will soon beising on the miami river. but it could be back to the drawing board for proposed new we have the latest now with 7's liz nagy live at the news desk with reaction following super tuesday's election. liz. >> r rorter: lynn, the building battle turned into an election fight. now one side declaring victory and whie the other acks for new option ooze they are celebrating the de miefs what might have been on miami beach. >> i was fleetdz voters of miami beach came out last night and stopped what was not a good project for moving forward. >> reporter: a 25tory, 800 room hotel that w

duo, miami-dade police want to hear from you. nbc 6 news. >>> a miami bus bench is nothing but debris and shards of glass tonight after an suv smashes into it. surveillance cameras capturing the crash just as an elderly woman in a wheelchair narrowly escapes serious injury. this is not the first time this has happened. stephanie bertini isive with more. >> reporter: take a look at the the owners say they've seen this type of tng more than once. today first responders say a vehicle lost control hit a pillar that looked like that. you can see what's left of it now. nothing but yellow tape by these cones. then this is all what led to what was caught on camera. from a busy street to the sidewalk through the window of this het clinic. >> it's a medical practice. we're working. next thing you know there's screaming and windows smashing. it's crazy. the city needs to do something. they need to move that bus sp from there. >> reporter: the owner is graraful no one inside or around her business was hurt. surveillance video caught the incident. the driver of the red jeep lost control while tryi

go in miami, we are live. >>> a water spout off florida's coast. a camera is rolling. >>> an nfl player losing his fight for life after a collision on his dirt bike. >>> >>>. >>> a blast at a bakery has a chef running for cover. >> hello, good evening, i'm jeff lennox. havana cuba. news -- -- >> now at 10:00. president obama preparing to make history with a trip to havana. "7 news"there to cover every moment. live night team coverage of the president's historic visit. >> sphr/ we are now just hours away from president obama landing in cuba, making him the first sitting u.s. president to visit the island in 88 years to visit the island in 88 years. he arrives tomorrow, but something he sent arrived earlier in the week and we talked to the woman who receiveed it >>> she has a new penpal. she is hopeing to get him to stop by for coffee. she knows he is busy. after writing 7 letters to him when he was a candidate, re-election. and after he lifted t embargo, he responded. >> i'm looking forward to foster this relationship and highlight our shared values and hopefully, i will have time

should be in the mid-60s. instead, lower 70s, fort lauder dale, miami, and key west. notice some clouds around, 72. a south breeze continuing at 15 overnight. that's not allowi the temperatures to back down. this is not a really thick cloud cover. we will get some sunshine worked in. the clouds are going to keep coming at us. we will be in and out o o the winds will increase as the morning and afternoon goes on. here is what we are looking at, a mix of sun and clouds and temperatures into the lower and this morning. then, we get to the mid-day hours this afternoon. breezy and warm.. about 81 today. of course, the breeze pulls in some hazards on the beah. we'll talk about that. kelly blanco. >>> taking a lookt your drive here, you see those flashing lights, construction in the palmetto southbound as you are approaching northwest 122nd street. a couple lanes blocked off. keep that in mind. we also have police activity on 395 westbound if you are trying to ramp on to i-95 northbound. heavy police activity in one of your lanes as you are approaching that ramp from 395 stbound to i-95

per hour. >> this just in, look at this, a convertible catching fire at i-95 at miami gardens drive. fifi crews responding. right now it's unclear if anyone was hurt in this scene. >> we are movingloser to securing the democratic party nomination and winning this election in november. >> nowo our top story this morning, the front runner is winning florida. hillary clinton and their victories right here in palm beach county last night. >> both candidates beating out their rivals by double dim its. trump's total not as high but still enough to force marco rubi out of the race, winning florida's 99 delegates. it was crucial for rubio's campaign. what he hoped would be a victory party turned out to be the last event of his campaign. ben kennedy is live outside rubio's home. any sign of the senatat because we want to know what's next for him. >>reporter: jacey, eric, no. granted it's still 6:00 a.m. so he's probably still asleep behind me. it really was a shock to his supporters. we are live outside of his west miami home this morning where we hope to catch up with the senator later toda

looked comfortable and confident in west miami. but if he is disanointed orida's primary like several polls suggest he might and losses tuesday night, will he drop out of race? >> no, we'll be campaigningext week on tuesday and tomorrow in utah and i would just caution everybody about these polls. i'm telling you, they are just not being conducted the way they once were. >> reporter: some would say and a hate to harp on this that if you can't win your home state, don't have a prayer, so you're not dropping out. >> but that's not true. we won in washington dc we won puerto rico. we came within a point of winning in virginia. >> reporter: republican front runner donald trump has mot men tum and lead so far and he has been a hash crict of riewb trark him personally as well. would rubio support trump if trump makes the n nination. >> i made a plench to support who the nomee s. i'm not prepared to walkway from that pledge. i don't want the republican nominee to be someone who use pro profanity and who cannot my children cannot listen to on tv. how could you support a nom candidate like tha

morning, and you can see, 69 degrees in miami and ft. lauderdale. cooler down into the kendll area, and seeing temperature we are waking up to east-northeast winds, and you can see them streaming on through especially near coastal areas. feeling quite nice. calling for a few clouds was head out the door this morning with upper 60s and we'll see increasing sunshine throughout the morning hours with teteeratures in the 70s. we'll take a look at the roads now with first alert traffic reporter, kelly blanco. >> good morning, south florida. happy westbound back with you, and a special thanks to see you at the carnival this past weekend. you are at u.s. 441, this is your drive here. at 6:02, accident 43 on i-95, the palmetto expressway and turnpike, and still a 12-minute ride from the golden gladede to the airport expressway southbound. southbound northwest 113th street. 836 eastbound drivers just after northwest 45th avenue, one of your lanes completely blocked off because of an accident and in broward county we still have the traffic alert, orange drive from u.s. 441 to the turnpike complet

get to sleep in an extra ur saturday morning. 73 degrees right now in miami. it's a mild start. we're almost about 10 degrees above average for this time of year. 72 in ft. lauderdale right now in the kendall area, 74 degrees on the beach. if you haven't stepped outside yet, it is saturday morning so you probably have not, you'll feel the difference in the air. feeling heavier now, humidity is slowly creeping back in the area and temperatures slowly but surely will continue to warm. this morning as i was heading a few showers across morning across portions of miami dade county. we could see some of these solid showers steaming on through throughout the morning hours. right now we are dealing with a few clouds marx jurorty of the moisture still remains over the gulf of mexico. we'll in the 80s come noontime. >> thank you. >>> protests in chicago after donald trump postponed a rally there due to safety concerns. hundreds of demonstrators gathed yesterday to protest the appearance by the gop front-runner while supporters were there to atebd the event. when the trump campaign decid

incredible to see the president of the united state going to cuba. many travellers flooded miami international airport today flying out to havana. they weighed ins their trips coincided with the president's visit. this traveller lived in cuba for 28years. he is going to visit family but he believes that president obama's visit is positive. hehesaid he would welcome any change, even if it is minimama while some do criticize the visit many hope it signifies a new chapter. this woman said the presidential visit makes her happy and wants to see if thhgs get better. she says she wishes that this trip will bring changes and more nations. on sunday, president obama will be the first u.s. president to nearly 90 years. he will speak to the cuban audience which will be broadcast nationwide on cuban tv. well, jackie anan jawan, you all had plenty of company heading down to miami from here. reporting live, back to you. >>> amanda, thank you very much. you know, there are reminders all over the place of this historic visit. as a matter of fact, jawan and i saw a billboard with raoul castro an

near coastal areas. dealing with 67 degrees in miami. 70 in the opalaca area. dealing with temperatures in the upper 60s. our friday so far. from broward county down into miami-dade, a few showers over the atlanticaters and further to the south of florida straits, nothing toto worry about just yet, everything continuing to push to the east with that light west wind. take a look at the cloud cover now. the northern half of our sunshine state looking pretty good. a few clouds a aross extreme south florida will continue to move through and away from us. brighter skies ahead. temperatures reaching 80 come noontime. a look at the roads with mr. joe brennan. >>> a report of a disabled vehicle, a crash in the south lanes just north of this point. so far notdelays caused by it. one of the left express lanes, word they just cleared that out. no delay and it looks like no lanes of travel are actually blocked any longer through the all of 95 and broward county still in good shape as well. light volume throughout the county d accident free. that's traffic. back to you. >>> one man is b

this woman as well.>> [ indiscernible yelling ]>> these two came over from miami to hear donald trump.>> i like his attitude overall and he sends a message. he feels real passion.>> he is himself.>> i love you, go vote on tuesday.>> and with that trump left, before leaving he did sign autographs, he was supposed to make an appearance tomorrow but that has been postponed and the trump campaign says if he went on tuesday he will be back and direlle on that day, live in boca raton joan murray cbs4 news.>> and trump supporters were also busy on the campaign trail ahead of tuesday's primaries, today senator. ted cruz held a rally in north carolina where he was joined by former presidential candidate carly fiorina. meanwhile senator. marco rubio continues his fight for florida and made a few campaign stops in pensacola and ohio governor john kasich campaign in his home state or polls show he is tied for first place with donald trump. on the democratic side of former senator. hillary clinton and senator. bernie sanders held a town hall meeting in ohio and today ms. clinton announced she will

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 with 52% of the votes there but hillary clinton won in mississippi

rodrigez following this case for us joins us live from miami where this whole drama started in the first place. laura? >> reporter: that's right, keith. we're outside of the home of the boy's guardian, theoman who had custody of him. she hasn't spoken to us since the boy was found i laredo, texas. recovered and in good condition, logg hernandez is now in the custody of the state of texas according to police. the day long search for the boy set off an amber alert while his care giver begged the boy's mother to turn herself in. >> transtor: please, please don't let this escalate into something wose. >> reporter: logan's mother caregiver's home and took off in a silver mazda. she will be extradited from florida to texas by u.s. marshals. no one at the caregiver's home wanted to comment once the boy was found. rodriguez believes she was worried she'd never get custody of him again. in 2008, hernandez was charged with child neglect in a case involving one of logan's siblings. in 2005, she was charged with grand theft. she asked me to do her theavor of taking temporary custody over logan

heading from miami to massachusetts. >>> we'll get a wrap up from the campaign trail. >>> from miami-dade, broward and the keys, this is cbs 4 news this morning. >>> thank you for making us part of your morning. it's been a very nice week. so far hopefully the weekend will be as nice. a look at the forecast. >> we have a little mixed bag going on this saturday morning. right now, a live look outside. the last few days have been beautiful, i'll bring in the numbers, comfortable, mid-60s. the magic city checking in at 66. key west 67. realtime doppler radar, showers popping up on the radar approaching miami beach, already cutting across miami beach, and i'll put it into motion over the next hour. they're coming in off of the ocean we have the easterly wind in play. that's the setup for today. sliding to the south, a few showers offshore from ocean reef. the thing for today will be this. stray showers, not a washout, maybe you have a birthday party planned outdoors, it's not going just a couple showers, nice and mild, highs here 80. >>> a safety alert, investigators looking for a

le boca. i love florida. >> let's win here. in florida on tuesday. >> god bless miami. >> i'm not spending time in florida. we are going wig with team 7 coverage. >> right now on south florida's the. >>> while it is not god's plan that i be president in 2016 or maybe ever and while today my campaign is suspended t-the fact that i have even come this far is evidence of how special america truly is. >> you heard it there. it is over for florida's junior senator. he was banking on a victory inhis home state. hello everyone. >> this contest not even close. donald trump didn't just win. he dominated florida.( hillary clinton made it look easy as well with nearly double the amount of votes as bernie sanders here in the sunshine state. we have coverage from miami-dade all the way up to palm beach butp we begin with patrick frazier and the latest numbers. patrick. >> all right. state of florida turned their ba on rubio and pointed the finger at donald trump. donald trump won the republican florida 46-27 nearly 19 percentage points ahead of e u.s. senator from florida a surprisingly easy v

alert. following breaking news in south west miami-dade where two people critically injured where motorcycle crash noose a fire engine. now. >>> this is 7 news at 10:00. >> team tragedy in the nfl. young player who grew newspaper south florida has died less than 24 hours after crashing hello again everyone. police say he wasn't wearing a helmet when he collided with a vehicle last night. >> we are live with more on this tragic turn of events. liz is at jackson memorial hospital liz. season. s family and agent said that tres walker was just starting career. accident in the neighbor where he grew up put a suddenn end to all of that. this is what tray walker's realized dream look like. >> always want to be professional football player. sense he was young. >> he did it. >> yes he made it. >>reporter: but it lasted just a season for the 23-year-old. >> he had so many dreams and came too far. too far. too too too far. and going down the drara. >>reporter: thursday night miami-dade police say the baltimore ravens rookie corner back was riding his white honda dirt bike westbound on north

. lease the c300 for $399 a month at your local mercedes-benz dealer. >>> from miami-dade, broward, and the keys, this is south florida's cbs4 "this morning ". >> right now at 5:30, an nfl player is badly injured in a dirt bike crash in northwest miami-dade. we're live with an update on his condition. >>> deputies are searching for a brazen burglar who broke in to a home and held a 91-year-old her daughter with her at the time speaks about the scary ordeal. it's 5:31, i'm lauren pastrana. >> and i'm walter ma -- makaula. we've made it. there she is! >> there she is! oh, walter, you set me up for that. [ laughter ] yes, we made it to the weekend. i'll let you know what's happening today and tomorrow and the day after that, and the day after that. you know how we roll here at cbs4, i'll have your six-day forecast coming up. but right now checking in on our fort lauderdale camera on broward county, low 70s down in fort lauderdale and miami, upper 70s down through the keys, can you tell we're happy it's friday? upper 60s in kendall and homestead and the winds are fairly calm or light.

generally across southwest miami-dade from kendall down towards homestead, cutler bay, florida city. we'll keep the fog around briefly this morning because bright south florida sunshine will take over. it's going to drive these temperatures quickly into the upper 70s even before we get to about 10:00 or so. at 65 in west kendall and homestead. that's where we're finding the patchy fog. most of us in the low 70s. a look towards aaa and the bay side area, out toward the beaches, visibility is just fine. it's going to be a bright day once we bring the sunup at about 7:30. patchy fog this morning, mainly in miami-dade and western broward. we'll keep it at about 84 at the lunch hour. this is a very warm and dry pattern. your first alert forecast high today 86. i don't see many changes coming now. this weekend, a different story. ahead. right now a quick check of the roads with kelly. >> the patchy fog is not affecting your morning drive whatsoever. still-accident free in miami-dade and broward county. ten minutes from coral reef to tamiami trail with traffic mming between 55 and 60 miles

miami-dade county. >> calvin: our team coverage continues now with local10 doral. amy. >> amy: calvin, it has ben's pretty painless process for voters here athis location where we are. we're at the firefighters memorial building in doral, and if you take a look behind me, you know cars in the parking lot but it has been pretty much a trickle of people going in there today. we got video inside is the polling location, and you can see from our shot it has been one or two voters at a time. there is only one selection to make, of course, on the ballot, so most people have been in and out within just five minutes. eleltion officials did ask us to remind people what terrell just mentioned. this is a closed election. however in miami beach and surfside there are other issues allowed to vote on those pirns we did speak to one voter who made predictions for us after casting her ballot. >> on the democratic i guess hilary and on the republican, that's hard, maybe marco rubio. >> do you think marco rubio will make it happen? it's his home state. >> amy: and the polls end at 7:00. those n

miami-dade. they believe there are numerous victims out there. how did they crack this case? an later citizen. >> they is saw jones in aion in miami-dade police bust him in his book bag all this loot and now they are flook dozens o o other cases. >> approximately 20 right but but we have ten that are a sure thing. this case is very important to us. throughout the district we've had a rash of burglaries t vehicles. many in the last month and they are on the rise again unfortunately. >> so miami-dade police are very grateful this guy is off the streets. remember, this is an ongoing investigation. we've been mentioning here as many as 20, perhahs even 25 cases f. have you any information on mr. jones, pick up the phone and call crime stoppers. that number is 305-471-tips. by the way, there is surveillance video we are told by miami-dade police and we're hoping to get our hands on tt video tomorrow. >>> we're live in northeast miami-dade. rosh lowe. 7 news. >>> >>> all right rosh. thank you. a south florida mother accused of a gassily crime involving her own baby enter age plea. pay

police activity going on in miami-dade but first county. this is i-95 here. your northbound lanes of pembrook road, construction and an accident. all lanes have cleared p. you have dodged that accident. no need to worry. let's take you to our first alert traffic map. on 395 westbtbnd ad you are northbound ramp is partially blocked off. a hit and r involvesing a police officer. that right lane as you are trying to ramp on to i-95 northbound. palmetto drivers, roads looking good for you, so far, so good. from the big curve, a five-minute ride with traffic moving along at 55 miles per hour. 826 northbound to the dolphin expressway, a four-minute ride. eric and shelly z no. no real surprises for republicans. if you went so sleep after 11:00, you are waking up to what turned out to be a democratic upset.t. >> not many people expecting bernie sanders to take michigan. >> certainlylyot. certainly, he is smile being this this morning. let's remembe hillary clinton still won big last night, taking more than 80 delegates when you count mississippi as well. guess who else is smiling this mornin

70 for most. 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 developments since you went to b

breeze, 70 oakland park and ft. lauderdale, 71 in miami. 12, 14 degrees warmer now than we were yesterday morning. 68 this morning. your first alert forecast is mild. it will drop a few more degrees by the time we get into your morning commute. otherwise bright skies: we're and breezy beaches. rain chances coming our way. details coming up in 12 minutes. blanco. >> good morning, south florida. let's start off with miami-dade. this is i-95 southbound and northbound lanesround the area of northwest 103rd street. traffic still early, lightly traveled there. express lanes haha opened up, 50 cents at this time. no construction on i-95. i was keeping my eye on the palmetto expressway which was blocked at southwest 8th street at tamiami trail. that cleared out of the way. you no longer have to worry about that anymore. let's take you over to our maps. that's where we do have an accident on the turnpike northbound right at hollywood boulevard. at's where you're going to find two left lanes completely blocked off. other than turnpike northbound, we have police activity because of t accid

of the university of miami at the bank united center. many of them are looking to draw up support before the big primary next week, march 15. senator ted cruz picked up a surprise endorsement today from cacay fiorina. the former presidential candidate appeared with cruz at a rally in downtown miami. the next big endorsement in the reublican race could come for former presidential candidate jeb bush. ke met today with marco rubio and will meet individually tomorrow with ted cruz and john the former florora governor has yet to endorse anyone since dropping out of the race for the white house last month. >> let me tell you something, i will be on that ballot tuesday. i will campaign as long as it takes. we are going to the white house. >> reporter: now, if florida's marco rubios determined to go down fighting. he held a rally today. [ no audio ] >> marco rubio has his eyes on florida and to que him, he's focused like a laser. seconds after taking the tage at a rally in hialeah, marco rubio squashed rumors about him dropping out of the race. >> let me tell yousomething, i will be on t

>> reporter: meanwhile the debate stage is set here in miami and the president weighing during a joint per answer with the canadian prime minister. and he wants to know if voter trump. and he said if there is one thing he won't take responsibility for -- >> that the republican crack up that's been taking police is a consequence of actions that i've taken. >> reporter: now the president went on to stai say that he believes there are what he calls thoughtful conservatives who do not like the way this moal whole pro primary process has gone so far. and you might remember a lot of aggression 20 dain. now analyst vague we are likely to see that dialed back a bit. and even donald trump maybe take a slightly soafort tone. we'll have to wait and see. but for now reporting live a a gables. nicole linsalata. 7 news. >> craig: and hillary clinton and bir any sanders back out on the cam prain pain trail after last night's debate. and alex diprato here with more on. that alex. >> reporter: and clinton and sanders storming the sunshine state and they know tuesday's primary isrucial. >> hillary

taylor. "the miami herald" reporting that the mayor and her hband possible kickback scheme to line their pockets related to a city sewer project. we spoke with a former vicewe spoke with a former vice-mayor for the cititand he said the scene today could not come quick enough. >> i believe everything that is going on in our city. this is the most corrupt city anywhere in america. almost like running a communist countryy maybe we will get our city cleaned up and have peop who will follow the laws and the guidelines of the government. >> reporter: back out here live i am going to show you a piece of video. we were pointedout -- excuse me, the city attorney for opioid and his name is vincent brown. we tried to catch up with him as he walked pa our live truck. take a look at that. >> reporter: you can see brown taking off there. he did not want to talk to us. obviously not giving us a comment a aut what is going on here. as we come back out here live, the fbi tellings at this report. no arrests have taken place at this point. we are also trying g r best to get in touch with the mayor an

alert live pictures of developing story on nfl player injured in crash in are the north west miami-dade. >> hello welcome everyone. >> 7 news first at 10:00. >>> want want to get back to the develop story. this is ththaftermath of crash in north west miami-dade. >> we understand an nfl player was injured in the crash taken to the hospital in serious condition. >> walter morris on the sce and he has the late information coming in. waller. >> that's right. north west 21 avenue and 75 street. miami-dade police now investigating a motorcycle crash that happened here earlier this evening leaving one man in critical condition. i'll step out of the way and you can see investigators now have this entire area blocked off as they begin to piece together what happened. now miami-dade policic confirming an nfl player was involved in this crash. transported to jmh in critical condition. now at this time investigators have not released his identity but you can see again a large police presence in this area. of course this happening just a few hours ago. we have been speaking with witnesses tryin

in pine crest tonight, 7 news night team. >> danger on the water in miami beach. sky force over the sun set harbor after crews brought a man back to shore. he was brought to jackson hospital with facial injuries. officials say he was riding miami-dade fire rescue responded to the intercoastal and got him out of the water there. >>> another rescue passenger on independence of the sea suffered eye injury from a champagne cork. shortly after the vessel left port everglades. miami-dade fire rescue also responded transporting the patient to miami for treatment. >> now bizarre twist in murder case closed yeaea ago. retired cop claims some one dug autopsy knife on oj simpson former property. is it bogus? or critical clue. >> 20 years ago oj simpson was cleared of all murder charges. murder weapon was never found. >> neither was the person who killed nicole brown simpson and ron goldman. but tonight there is buzz about what could be new evivince in this case and alex has more on this from the satellite center. >> the knife is being analyze 70-year-old former losoangeles police department of

71 across the board in broward county, 70 in miami. 66 in west kendall. this time around visibility is spine. no fog developing across the area. live look from our diplomat resort and spa camera. a few mid and high level clouds passing by. well off to the north, some showers. mainly dry today. we could see a stray shower popping up this afternoon. partly cloudy and bright this afternoon. a mix of sun and clouds this afternoon. more wet weather in the cards for the upcoming weekend. it's 4:31. kelly blanco off this morning. the smooth sounds of joe brennan. love his voice. >> good morning. looking like already we have trouble onthe roadways including a couple ramp closures. one of those i-95 southbound trying to exit westbou. you cannot exit. that's southbound 95 to westbound dolphin. expressway if you have plans heading the the airport from i-95. another ramp closure in broward county, northbound 95 at commercial boulevard. again, another accident there on that ramp way has it shut down. that's traffic. back to you. >> joe, thank you so much. >>> 4:32. baltimore ravens quarterback t

here live, i've spoken to definitely an uneasinesthis morning. if you know anything, call miami-dade crimestoppers, 305-1-tips. >>> only on 6 this morning, kids in one south florila community gathering to talk about guns and the violence related to the guns. they gathered at the new beginning church parking lot where a sermon was centered on gun violence. dozens of kids were there. sadly, a lot of them raised their hands when they were asked if they knew someone who had been shot. we're talking about little kids here. this discussion comes days after miami-dade police recovered e car reportedly used when 6-year-old king carteras gunned down and weeks after bullets flew. adults encouraging all these kids and those outside the group to speak out if f ey ever have crucial information about gun violence or guns in their home. >>> new details surrounding the man accused of attacking and brutally beating his roommate byron mitchell is his name. his attorneys are saying h h client's cell phone has information that should show his client is innocent and is afraid that information could be ci

shut down his campaign for the nightdown his campaign for the night. >> breaking news on miami beach. police responding after sprin shutting down ocean drive for at least an hour. we are live. hello everybody. >> i'm in for belkys. and that's not all we are working on on the night team. >>> grab and goo but witness made sure the didn't get the good. just one station with the storyjust one station with the story. >> criminal thoughthey were being smooth. but surveillance camera were rolling on the skimming scam. >> south florida mayor being investigated by the feds. addressing the allegations. with just one station. >> hope from the hospital. roommate. nally out of a coma. >> and farewell fit for first lady. crowds gathering to say goodbye >> we get right to the firstnews alert of the night. fist flying. signs shredded. trump taken on in chicago by protestors. message loud and clear. >> he says it's something he never does but tonight donald trump is backing down cancelling his event. we have seen fights of cououe at trump rally before but nothing like this. this turned into an all ou

locka but ended right here in this north miami neighborhood. some of the tire marks left behind, it went speeding through the neighborhood leaving pieces of debris. you can see it check out parts of this mailbox here and then cross the street plowing right a power linene into that house. morning. >> reporter: david ross was not expecting this wake-up call thursday morning. >> i was -- you know, messing on my phone in the morning balking the bathroom and all of a sudden a car@ has crashed right into the side of the house. scene. four men were in the truck when bullets started flying. the target, a man driving this black bmw. after dozens of shots, the driver slams into a truck. the impact causing a three-car collision. the bad guys make a u-turn and come back to finish the job shooting at the black bmw several times more before speeding off. >> iicrashed right through these bushes. pretty thick hedge. they smashed our neighbor's mailbox made out of cement. this guy must have been going 60, 70 miles per hour. >> reporter: officers tracked them down this north miami neighborhood. >> to

truck driver went over the evenly. >> video incredible. show as miami garbage truck smash through the concrete barrier on i-95 and plunge 100 feet into a park. watch again. the driver hits the left barrr on the south west 7th street exit twice over corrts and then make the jaw dropping fall. >> it's a miracle he survived. >>reporter: miracle smith wasn't wearing a seat belt and ejected survived. and a miracle no childrere were injured as chunk of concrete rain down andhe truck slammed not parking lot of jose martin park. >> what could have been i ithat this truck could have listened on a bunch of kid dn at the park. it's martin park. park heavily used. a pool. community center. andhank god throughout the whole entire ordeal nobody lost their livev >> video shows smith wasn't texting and driving prior to the crash. after the president's day crash he spent two weeks in the hospital. >> i thought my properties was i was like he's dead. he's liki can't nobody survive. that like he's dead. like i honestly thought he was dead. i kept calling. an his fiance called me and told me she said he'

spears, nbc 6 news. >>> an investigation is under way in northwest miami-dade county to find an armed thief. the crime was caught at golden moorkt near northwest 5th street and 12th avenue. the man took off as the victim the man is described as hispanic hispanic, 5'8" and no heavier than 200 pounds. >>> turning now to decision 2016 this morning, presidential hopefuls from both parties are soaking up the super tuesday results while looking ahead to the next time voters will be hitting the polls. nbc 6 reporter jamie guirola has what's next for all of those candidates. >> reporter: florida's junior senator wants to make the jump from the halls of congress to pennsylvania avenue cast his ballot at west miami city hall. he carried one state compared to ted cruz's three and donald trump's seven. >> reporter: rubio and trump straj strategically. >> trying to divide america between us and them is wrong. we'reren the gong to let it work. >> reporter: hillary clinton sanders cashed in on four which makes the all-important florida delegates, republican and dem kratd, much more valule. most of t

cocaine to a undercover agent. >> janine: michael seiden is in northwest miami-dade with the exclusive video and how >> michael: as you can imagine, this entire neighborhood stunned. we're talking about an accused drug dealer who worked for for the city of miami for more than two decades, but tonight we've got that exclusive video. investigators tell us it shows that man selling nearly $70,000 worth of cocaine. tonight we're taking you inside the home of pedro torres. in facac it was here in this living room where the former city of miami worker suspected of dealing drugs to undercover agents for six months. this video showing you two kilos of cocaine worths how the dollars. on this night in -- $70,000. on this night in 2015 tore ses caught on camera measuring and weighing the cocaine, even putting it in the little baggies so it can be sold on the street. minutes later thendercover agent who is posing as a on poteteial buyer walks outside to get the cash. the 56-year-old follows where he is surrounded by multiplee agents. father of two appeared in court facing multiple felony

clocks ahead one e ur. 9:00 is the time right now, not 8:00. keep that in mind. 75 degreesin miami, it's a mild start to te day, 723 fort lauderdale, lower 70s near the homestead area, aeady in the mid 70s from oakland park all the way down into pembroke pines. we've been dry to far for miami-dade and broward county, now we are beginning to see a few of those spotty showers between marathon and also duck key. all of this continues to push towards the north but very slowly. let's put things into motion so we can see what we're dealili with right now. you will see the showers lingering across much of the florida straits. in miami-dade and broward county things are okay, nothing we need to worry about. these showers are popping up out of nowhere, the moisture is in place. with the light wind we could see a few spotty showers throughout the remainder of the day. gulf of mexico this is being triggered by a system that remains across portions of the georgia area and heading to the carolinas that could trigger a few showers for us later in the day. a mix of sun and clouds, already in the lower

evening at miami-dade college kendall campus. republicans the following evening at the u of m. we'll remind you down load the 7 news voice your choice app for updates campaign trail it's free in the app store. >>> president obama trip to cuba bomb shell announcement from his secretary of state. >> john kerry has cancelled a trip to havana. danielle is here to explain y.danielle. >>reporter: he i not going. this cancellation coming just a little more than two weeks before president obama is set to visit the island nation. it is a stunning turn of events as the two nations have been while he was at the opening of the u.s. embassy and havana last august secretary of state john kerry cancel his upcoming cuba trip thursday over the issue of human rights. or another sign of just how easy u.s. cuba relations remain. >> today the united states of america is changing its relationship with the people of cuba eric's when the president announced he would be visiting cuba this march he said he planned to address human wreaths and talk with political activist and disdents. kerry cancellation is du

up a miami bank. the attempt fell flat. shut it down. >> reporter: this attempted bank robby. they used a bizarre mo. one mh the guys was inside of an enclosed area where the a tm. and another guy, a passenger was firing shots and the employee locked the door to prevent anything worse. they surrounded the polioe. 5:50 p.m.efore the bank would close two guys came here. >> we are calling it a attempted robbery. one of the men shot in the air. >> it was two people involved. see the surveillance picture. this guy went to the enclosed lobby where there was an a tm. and his passenger is the one who fired shots in the air. one of the employees noticed what was going on and he immediately locked the doors and made sure the employees were safe. because of the bank employee this was only an attempted robbery and not worse. >> this could have been a critical situation but fortunately no one was hurt because one of the employees was astute enough to lock the doors. >> reporter: they have a really good picture of the guy driving the car. they need more information about the air. and need to fin

when he will speak. >>> our team coverage moves to southwest miami-dade and david sutta who is live in tropical park where marco rubio will be later tonight. >> reporter: he's expected here shortly after 8 pm. the big question we're all why is he here in florida when there are nearly a dozen other states are casting ballots in a primary? we got in touch with his campaign and they are saying there is twofold those two answers. he was not quite sure which state they would win in tonight so they wanted to make sure they were in a place they really needed to win. the finishing touches are underway at tropical park. marco rubio looking to rally florida voters on super tuesday. even though millions are casting ballots in a dozen other states. >>> donald trump will be an embarrassment to america will be an investment to anyone who supported him. what he will do to our foreign- policy will embarrass everyone in this room. anyone who supports him now this cannot happen if a state knows that it is minnesota. >> reporter: he spent a few hours tuesday at an event in minnesota but the former west m

central coast later on this morning. 79 in miami. 7777ft. lauderdale. we'll keep it mostly cloudy but dry. temperatures warmin into the lower 80s midday, maybe a pocket or two of sunshine but i think this afternoon looks fairly wet. your high 84. it is a wet weather forecast this afternoon leading into tomorrow as well. detail that for you in just a little bit. >>> cuba is gearing up for the first visit by a u.s. president in almost 90 years. president obama arrives in havana tomorrow. he plans to use a historic greater political funtsopportunities for cuba. president obama is not the only one going to cuba. many travelers h@re in south florida are also heading to the island nation around the same te as the commander in chief. most have one thing in common -- th say they welcome the changes between the u.s. and cuba and hope president obama's trip will bring more changes and communication between the two nations. in our next half-hour of news, nbc 6 will bring you more on what people think about the president's historic visit. >>> there are reminders of the first family's visit everyw

in miami, the senator hitting his usual talking appoints criticizing wall street and calling for tuition free college. >>> last night four states were up for grabs. donald trump won in hawaii. in isolatedda hoe ted cruz won. in michigan trump was the big winner. rubio only received 9% of the vote. in mississippi trump won as well. victory in michigan. he won with 50% of the votes but hillary clinton increased her percentage of the votes with a big mississippi win. the democratic nominees go head to head at a debate in south florida tonight. >> we have a preview. >> reporter: tonight we will see if last nights election results will have an effect on the debates. bernie sanders is coming off a win in michigan. thousands of people lined up to see bernie sanders speaking. his voters pledged support for him. >> reporter: the rally covered the gamut of his signature issues. the event felt like a pep rally. >> lets show the world that democracy is alive and well with a huge voter turn out. >> reporter: prior to the rally sanders spoke with us about immigration reform, an issue that was

stage at the university of miami. in a south florida show down. tonight the last face off before the tuesday primary. >> tonoght was rather civilize>> tonight was rather civilizeed compared to other debates. in the last hour cuba actually became a hot topic we have night team coverage and we begin with nicole live at the university of miaia in coral gables where the debebe is just wrapping up now nicole. >> the in faibingt even looked like perhaps we had 4 different candidateshan we have seen in previous debates as you mentioned. it was one of those debates with no name calling. no talking over each other very much so it did seem to beuite substantive. let's go ahead and show you the video. of course donald trump, marco rubio, ted cruz, john kasich on stage at the university of miami and they covered a myriad of topics from social security to immigigtion to education and as you mention cuba everyone nald trump suggested that cuba might sue the united take a listen. >> there is embassy that you would have to decide whether it would be open or whether would you close it whihi would it

miami this morning. >> you drop out of the race for president on tuesdaynight, ending his white house bid after a loss in his home state. >> i grew up paycheck to paycheck. while it is not god's plan i be president in 2016 or maybe ever, and while today my campaign is suspended,he fact that i had even come this far is evidence of how special america anddll the reason more why we must do all we can too ensure that this nation remains a special place. >> as you can see locally the numbers a little bit different in miami-dade county, rubio wins 63% of the vote. the big shift heading north to broward county. much more close to the state average. >> donald trump celebrated one of the biggest nights of his campaign taking all of florida's 99 delegates. trump said there was quote something happening in the republican party that's being noticed all over the world and how he is bringing new voters to their party. he congratulate the rubio on his campaign. trump victoriouou everywhere but ohio. governor kasich won the state. local analysts are saying this may vitalize his campaign. it's t

for the democrat one candidate standing apart in the poll. robin live at the west miami recreation center where rubio is rallying tonight. >> yes. this just wrapped up a little while ago and when marco rubio said he would be pushing to the end he wasn't kidding. audio problems. he had to use bull horn then second belle bull horn he says they are going to win florida. every single candidate pushing to the very end trying to get >> my whole life i have been told being humble is a virtue. and d w the and now being humble is a weakness and being vein and self absorbed is somehow a rtue. >>reporter: perfect south florida night for campaign that is not quite meeting expectations. after winning delegates in just three contests senator rubio now pinning his hope on florida 99 delegates. senator r uz make inroad in illinois. >> if donald trump is the nomie hilary wins. >> if hilary we understand the supreme court is lost for a generation. the bill of rights is lost. our kids are buried under a mountain of debt and future put in discrepancy difficult. >>reporter: poll in florida show donald

miami beach after a man is shot near 10th and ocean drive. the investigation shut down the stretch of the roadd well into this morning. it reopened not too long ago. the shooting is the latest incident keeping miami beach police busy this weekend. local 10 is has more. >> everybody was running. >> reporter: a spring break weekend plagued with violelee on miami beach. >> i saw the first shot when it happenened. >> the cell phone video capturing the moments right after a perern was shot sunday morning near the clevelander those trying to enjoy their night were stunned. he works at a nearby restaurant and says he saw the madness unfold before his very eyes. >> it was two guys fighting. they started fighting. one pulled out a gun and shot the other one. from what i heard, i think, you know the victim that got shot was 21 years oldld. >> oh, oh ! >> shooting comes on the heels of a rowow bring break weekend. this was the chaotic scene unfolding on the beach. crowds clashinin with police.e. when it was said and done seven people were arrested. with the spring break season underway they d

not talking about the people in miami, i'm talking about the embar go and the cuban people. the embar g >> so, if the president and first lady don't have the time to stop fofo coffee in havana, she said she will bee 75 on her next birthday. she will wait if she has to. >>>reporter: they have a pretty tight schedule. >> yes, i know, but believe me, >> now, she does have family in the states, specifically in miami. they don't necessarily share her views, but on visits to the states, she is able to mail the letters to the president. that, of course is all going to change. for the embar go, of course, only ngress has the authority to lift it and there doesn't sm to be any appetite there for that to happen. reporting livep in havana cuba, robin simmons, "7 news"night team. >> the phaeufr/ of coral gables reacting to president obama's historic visit to cuba. he served under brush and he said there are multiple issues president obama needs to address. >> he needs to be able to speak to the cuban people, calling qor free ehrebgs, a more liberal steufpl/ -- -- commune liberal steufpl/ --

witness, main who saw what happened. if you know who that person s call miami-dade police. brian entin, 7 news. >> belkeys: all right brian, thanks. and bso releasing this surveillance video of an parmd man who has hit seven, 7-eleven's n- across don't in the last two weeks. and sometimes has a female accomplice with him. he robbed the store on will ten manners on tuesdays well as businesses in pompano and fort lauderdale sphru any information call crime stoppers at 954-493-tips. >> miami beach police want to question this man about what he wis witnessed duringg a shooting on south beach last week. they are handing out fliers trying to find christopher huff. police say the victim an quon twon decade was shot in the chest near the clevelander on sunday while set celebrating his brotherrers birthday. it happened after a fight broke out. he late erd died at the hot. christopher huff is being called a person of interest. call crime stoppers at 305 tips police can find him. >>> >> craig: all right now police are stepping up security long ocean dry. huge crowds are expected there over the weeke

the sand. for the democrats, it begins at miami-dade community college where hillary clinton and bernie sanders will debate in just a few hours. sanders had a surprise primary win last night in michigan. lot more are yet to come. >> reporter: clinton has a substantal lead in the delegate count and needs florida to help scal the deal as she turns her attention to the general election and the gop. >> we hav our differences, which you can see when w debate, but i'll tell you what. those differences pale in comparison to what's happening on the republican side. >> reporter: frontrunner donald trump who won three of four primaries last night is calling on the gop establishment to embrace his campaign now. >> what i say to the republicans is embrace it. we will win the election easily. reporter: john kasich is trying to hold on until his home state's primary next tuesday in ohio. >> it always comes down to florida, doesn't it? >> reporter: most agree marco rubio must win his home state to keep the florida sun from setting on his campmign. the stage tomorrow at the university of miam to

night team. >> also in the news tonight. drama unfolding on miami beach as big group of spring breaker end up going wildd. police say bottle were his thrown as this unrulyy crowd forced them to briefly shut down part of ocean drive. on the beach. the. >> this video posted on periscope shows the huge crowd gathered at eighth and ocean after 7:00 o'clock. some beach goers fighting with police. >> people throwing bottles. throwing drink. and unfortunately this is not nice to site. police department earlier tweeted quote large spring break crowd on miami beach have fun but be responsible end quoed quote. >> big spring break crowd spilled from the beach on to ocean drive impeding traffic police say and forcing them to shut down the road.>> i guess police need me people and they send people in. at first everything was under control but then the people got too rowdy andnd fight police and police were attacked other police try to help them. >> doesn't appear any one was hurt and setp barricade and tape off the sidewalk an hour >> this is like the craziest thing ever seen. >> late on fr