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for northeast florida. omar lewis, today in florida. >>> breaking overnight, flames ripping through a south florida home. the homeowner managing to get out safely all thanks to his dog. >> diana: alex de armas is live on the scene in northwest miami-dade now with more. >> reporter: like you said, a man is lucky to be alive and has hit little chihuahua to thank. his home in northwest miami-dade was up in flames overnight. i want to get straight to video of firefighters when they were out t here busy fighting this fire. inside the home, we have severe damage, the ceiling is torn apart, the walls covered in ashes. this home here h no smoke detectors. the man woke up to his dog barking and she said he saved his life. >> i was sleeping. during the time i was sleeping, mying to sunshine she started i woke up an noticed the smoke and opened the door and heard loud crash and saw more smoke an closed i behind me. dialled 911 and got out of the house. >> reporter: and that man went onto say he had to climb out of a w

marchly here in florida. >> reporter: florida was set to execute terry lambricks in a number of days. but the supreme court stepped in and granted a stay. >> it's an interesting issue. the question is, what did their jury determine? if their jury was unanimous, then they mayo owe their death and not be overturned by the supreme court. if their jury was 7-5, 8-4 for death and the judge imposed it, then we might have a situation where the supreme court says no. >> reporter: today the florida supreme court heard from lambricks' attorney. since the process was ruled unconstitutional his sentence should be commuted to life. >> although he committed two murders, we have an 8-4 jury recommendation. two more jurors voting for life, he would have had life. >> reporter: in the meantime around 40 of nearly 400 other death row inmates have pending appeals. and locally in bradenton, trials that haven't even happened are in question. the attorneys of bradenton accused triple murderer avalos says the state can't move forward with the capital murder trial. >> those cases will probably be put on hold

. >> a missing florida boy found safe. we have reaction from his over joyed grand parents. >> we're going to win all the time. >> donald trump brings his campaign to florida. hear his message for the parked house in tampa. >> and we're all going to be proud once again to be citizen of this incredible country. >> i'm tracy jacim, here in lake county, not just in front of a fire truck. i'm with this beautiful little girl, but last summer something happened where she almost wouldn't be here. plus, tonight she's meeting the lake county firefighters that saved her life. is it cool? >> yes. >> yes. tune in, your groaring to love >> right now on fox 35 news at 10. >> and great news tonight, missing central florida boy xander quigley found safe more than 800-miles away from home. the florida department issuing - - . >> vanished with his mother after she took off from - - cutting off his angs ankle monitor and walking away from his work relief center. today the young boy, his mother, and that boyfriend all found in flemingsburg, ke

welcome back. >>> shivers across south florida. miami getting the cold shoulder. >>> and two people suspected arrested in a suspected drug house. >>> and sword wielding suspect.

fresh florida bell peppers sizzle in olive oil. add snap beans, a dashshf garlicand serve with roasted chicken. for dessert, surprise themwith juicy florida strawberrs in a scrumptio, easy to make parfait. from dinner to dessert, it's just that easy to serve delicious fresh florida dishes anytime. and look for the fresh from florida label when you shop. >>> a camera capturing the moment a massive crane fell on manhattan street, crhing cars and killing one person. kristin dahlgren has details. >> he is moving it fast and drop teeing really quick. >> reporter: the moment the massive crane crashed to e erth captured on video as stuped witnesses looked on in disbelief. >> it was an enormous bang, like the loudest bank ever. the whole building felt like the whole earth shook and moved. >> on the street below, debris stretchth the l lngth of two football fields. it twisted and broken. cars parked along the street flattened. >> we're going to need numerous ambulances here. we have one person struck by the crane. we have one person trapped

and deputies in florida. >> we are working diligently with the florida senate and the florida house to get this fixed, to help bridget and her children and any other law enforcement spouse who goes through this. >> reporter: here is the pension problem. the law says if a first responder is enrolled in florida's retirement investment plan, his family gets zero percent of a salary. if he's killed in the line of duty. state's pension plan, his family gets 50% of his salary if he's killed in the line of duty. >> the officers are out there fighting and protecting us, should be able to receive 100% of the pension if they are killed in the line of duty for their surviving family. >> mrs. pine has been working to push this change through florida's legislature for 18 months, the state senate just passed senate bill 7012 unanimously. >> last year it did not pass, and this year we're hitting a roadblock with the house of representatives. >> police across florida asking state lawmakers to forget politics and to help families of fallen police. >> to fix this problem and help her after the sacrif

the florida house just *passed one... that allows guns on college campuses. 3 that bill would only apply to people with concealed weapons permits... and allows them to openly carry their guns on campus. another bill passed by the house would allow *lawmakers to carry concealed weapons onto the chamber's floor. those bills are still far from becoming law. the state senate still has to pass it's companion bills... and senate leaders are not very confident that will happen. two *other gun bills were sent to the governor's desk. one would ban gun ranges in highly populated neighborhoods. ((more)) 3 florida's "10-20-life law" that sets mandatory minimum sentences for crimes involving guns. it now gives judges some flexibility when aggravated assault. 3 3 happening today in tampa: the deep fryers are warming up... and the ferris wheel is starting to spin. the 20-16 "florida state fair" is opening its gates.((more)) 3 so get ready for a dozen days of attractions, rides , the theme of this year's fair is "so much more to explore.

mainly clear across south florida and the florida keys. maybe a few clouds in the lower keys at this hour. our neighbors in the bahamas looking pretty good too. maybe a couple spotty showers out there. the forecast looking fantastic for the next few days. a few more clouds we'll start to see on wednesday through saturday. again, not expecting more than a 10% chance of rain. temperatures will be in the low 80ss each day. 80 on tuesday. then up to 83 wednesday. the warmest temperature would be 84 on friday. then remember we'll have another front moving through on saturday. that'll cool us down closer to 79 or 80 grees. the nighttime lows are going to be in the mid 60s. as far as tonight is concerned, 72 degrees at 7:00. overnight temperatures don't drop all that much. 65 your overnight minimum. that's right on par for what you all in all, quiet weather expected i south florida. back to you. >>> thank you all for this amazing award tonight. >> it's the moment that broke the internet. last night leonardo diicaprio won the first oscar of his ca

we do have a line of showers around north florida. this is the leading edge of front number one we are currently watching. here at home it is mostly dry. the big view showing that we have another storm systemm setting up shop around the western half of the country. great lakes dling with snow and we have a steady line of cloud and rain from the gulf all the way to maine. this is the front that's on the move and will bring us a change in our weather pattern. 10 degrees in minneapolis, 18 in kansas city to 24 in chicago, much warmer to the south. look for warm sunshine today with above average temperatures. tomorrow should be a little cooler back to w wre we should be for this time of year because showers that we're going to be getting across south florida. going into saturday, we will be watching our nextfront. but we're also going to leave the shower chan this is place across the area. it won't be until sunday when we will see a considerable drop in degrees. risk of rip currents in place, seas building two to three feet. biscayne baya

florida state number one. alabama two. lsu three. florida is down there at 12. miami way down at number 19. rivals.com has bomb bombalabama at the top, florida state number two, with florida 14 and miami's class at 21. hard to fault mark rick. he got a late start. i don't know what i'm doing. i can't find anything just whei think it's just nonogoing to work. this woman that works there comes over and asks can i help you? and he was so happy, to do it amazing right? i never would have excted would have thought that anyone would find that do that. make that go out of their way for me. right then, right there i couldn't believe it he was so helpful i know it's such a small thing little thing. simple thing but it made me smile made me happy mama my day share your story. lowe's presents: how to put your foot in youmouth. man, wish my yard looked like yours. hey, the grass is always greener on the other side of the... sorry. now get 20% off sta-green fertilizer, at lowe's. >>> welcome back. check thisout. police went above and beyond the call of duty to comfort a todd

florida. we have a few leftover light rainin showers. overnight we did get some batches of heavier rain. look for morning clouds and by the afternoon, those skies to clear with some sunshine and temperature readings struggling to reach that 70 degree mark. it'soing to be a breezy and cool kind of day and then we're goingo be watching a reenforcing day on saturday to be bringinin us some showers, but temperaturewise, we're going to be very chilly, even going into sunday. some of thth forecast models going with the 40s to wake up to. 64 degrees currently in miami, 63 in fort lauderdale, about 10 degrees cooler this morning. these 60s very typical for this time of year. right now the rain chances are between 10 and 20 percent this afternoon, even going through the overnight hours. it won't be until late tonight and tomorrow when we bump up that chance for rain. looks decent, all though the roadways are slick, the majority of the rain has pushe off the coast. we are seeing leftover clouds. i'll be

florida. one of those--in orange county. that brings the total to 35 in florida. all of the cases are on the business watch-- military and their families will have a new place to relax at "orlando ineternational airport." "united service organizations" will j%hh@h@xhxxxxxxxx`\\||\pppppl|pppppppppppppp``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````0{{^```x_`xr`x ?@tpx\\||\pppppl|pppppppppppp the widow of an orange county deputy-- killed in the line of duty-- is 2=iyour help. bridget pine is trying to get a bill passed-- that would boost pension urviving families of first responders here in florida. an online petition has been created that calls for the house to return the bill back to how it was originally proposed-- and was on track to pass-- that faces heavy opposition in the senate. we've posted the petition to our website "fox 35 orlando dot com". the golden state warriors coming into town for a matchup with the magic. the magic held off the defending champs for much of the first half. but in the end... stephen cur

fresh florida bell peppers sizzle in olive oil. add snap beans, a dash of garlic and serve with roasted chicken. for dessert, surprise them with juicy florida strawberries in a scrumptious, easy to make parfait. from dinner to dessert, it's just that easy to serve delicious fresh florida dishes anytime. and look for the fresh from florida label when you shop. remember, delicious is always served fresh from florida. angela: check this out -- an unexpected test shows up in a school in india -- a leopard was spotted walking on the school ground. capturing it was no easy task. at least four people were hurt trying to catch the animal. the leopard was finally last time i leopard was seen in that area was 2012. stewart: you can' t just run up and grab a leopard and get it in the wild. angela: not every girl gets to meet their idol. stewart: but she nearly cried when she got a hug from marco rubio. she started screaming and crying when rubio hunter. >> i don' t care about the others -- stewart: i wish i had time to ask you who would make

. >>> new tonight, a double shooting at a shopping plaza in central florida. it happened this afternoon just north of coooa beach. we're told two people were shot while a third was injured by flying debris. one of the victims suffered multiple gunshot wounds, but no word on their condition. >>> three boater stranded rescued by the coast guard today. they were five miles off the coast when their 18-foot boat capsized leaving t tm with no option ubut to wait for help. >>> a new york thrill seeker killed in a tragic accident. the man was hang gliding when the craft fell to the g gound nose first. his hang glider rotated right then turned downwards shortly after takeoff. it was his third ride of the day. he was part of a new york group that trained in florida. >>> governor rick scott tried to gain support for his proposals with a little tailgating f f here. he tossed a few bean bags in a game of corn hole with big name lobbyists and the senate president. he's hoping that some rotunda fun will get lawmakers on his side. governor sott wants to cut $1 billion in taxe

>>reporter: afafr super tuesday comes the florida primary. home state with donald trump leading 4 4 to 28% followed by ted cruz and john kasich. but rubio's camp has been selling this as a two-man race a a he acted the part last night. we'll see if the debate moves the needle at all for republicans voters. janine stanwood,ocal 10 news. >>> turning to dedecrats, both hillary and bill clinton, cross-crossing the state ahead of the primary. >>> as america can't live up to its potential unless we remove the barriers to let every to live up to his or her potential. >> i have lost my voice in the service of my candidate. >>repoer: bill clinton swept the upcountry on her behalf. into the night, after all dayhe clintons crossed theotton fields, shoring up the african-american vote critical in saturday's democratic primary with intimate q&a&a. >> could you give us an idea what you do? >> our farmers are suffering. >>reporter: bigger rallies, less diverse in ohio and flint, michigan where senator bernie sanders cse to campaign on thursday focused on be

right now people in the florida panhandle are checking out damage from a tornado. the twister was captured on a dash camera. an escambia county deputy was in his patrol car when it touched down in the small town of "century." he says he's never seen a tornado form that big and that fast. there are reports right now of three people with minor injuries. deputies say about two dozen homes have been damaged. the same line of storms is what moved through the hour or so. from adele and taylor swift to kendrick lamar and stevie wonder, the biggest names in music took the stage at this year's grammy awards. danielle nottingham has more from the red carpet in los angeles. we have all of the night's big gallery from the red carpet. check it out at "wtsp dot com." time now is . let's take a look world in 60 seconds. supreme court justice antonin scalia's sudden death over the weekend is now shaping the presidential race. he leaves the supreme court evenly divided, with four conservative and four liberal justices. president obama says he will appoint scalia's replacement. but

in upcoming tuesday and then florida's primaries happen on march 15th. reporting from cocoumbia, south carolina, i'm steve litz, nbc of news. >>>he two month old baby at the center of an all day amber alert finally with her parents this morning. she was found in orlando after mom and dad say intruders stormed their home in the dead of night and snatched the baby. nbc 6 reporter bobby brooks is at the scene with the disturbing tails. >> reporter: this baby a two her home in the middle of the night. it's like a scene out of a movie. we're told several people with guns stormed into the home on northwest 14th court and took the baby. neighbors here say when newborns aren't even safe you've got yourself a big problem. >> this is terrible. lord have mercy on s. have mercy, lord. have mercy. >> reporter: the infant seas name is taraji kemp. again, twtwmonths old. according to our nbc affiliates in orlando we're hearinin she has been found there. we do know a suspect 23-year-old stephanie augustin was caught by police in ft. pierce around 4:30. no word from dete

part of an 11-0 florida spur. murray led all scorers with 35 in kentucky wins big 80-61. against temple. we will go right to the second half. aj davis from deep, nights in front by four. else would hoot back at a two- point lead with 15 seconds to go. nights would go for the win but aj davis doesn't hit a three. davis heaves it right back at the rim. aj puts it back for the tie. or not. replay shows it was still in his hands at the buzzer. refs wave it off and temple escapes your doom 62-60. elsewhere in the acc florida state on a roll of late looking to keep it going in wake force. devin booker joins the thousand points level with this basket. 44th seminal to hit a plateau. a little later xavier rattan mays gets the hoop in the harm. fsu finished on an 8-0 run. they led by four of the break. in the second holes start to put it away. easily left all alone in the corner. different seminoles in double figures fsu wins their fourth straight 91-71. we are less than a month away from orlando city season opener. the lio

so we've seen mostly gray skies here across south florida. this is activity head of a front that will move in during the the day tomorrow. nasty weather right now do to that front across the gulf statements. you can see the spin right here. the front making it's way through louiana and into the gulf of mexico. we're going to be watching the tail end ofhat. especially late in the day. 40% chaps could go up as high as 50% after 8:00 p.m. and then as far as temperatures are concerned. with warmer now. the average low is 63. we're going to be almost ten degrees above that. and then once the front clears, temperature are going to dip into the 50s, friday, saturday and sunday morning. now, here is the very latest as far as temperatures are concerned. 70 degrees in pensacola. heading east towards the northern part of the state. 71 in tallahassee. 79 across jacksonville. and gainesville. central florida right now tempmpatures there are in the mid 70s from orlando through tampa. south florida we've seen our fair share of clouds today with dotted showe

maybe by early next week, another front approaches south florida. this is how we woke up this morning, and already, a taste of the low 50s in broward county. and 52 in homestead. as far as the weekend is conoerned, high pressure will continue to build in, ushering in the cold air. we are going to need to bundle up tonight and tomorrow. 6here's what we can expect. average low, 63, and typical high, 79. we're going to be waking up to 50, upper 40s in the suburbs, and a little bit warmer and not as chilly for the second halfer your weekend. and then we warmup and then a nice cooldown for thursday and friday. i'll have more on this a little bit later on. >> lynn: all right, happening community coming together to help a family say their final farewell, nearly a week after their six-year-old son was shot and killed while playing outside of his home. the somberray comes the police announce a third arrest in connection with this shooting. jessica holly is live where the viewing is underway. >> reporter: it has been a terribly difficult week in miami-dade co

we are following breaking news from the florida pan handsal. a missouri couple juaned for a four state crime spree was shot during a fire fight with authorities early this morning. we are told blake fits jell died. his girlfriend, brittney harper was oned after leading police on a chase frommest cam bee i can't county into santa rosa. they had been on the run since sunday. they're behind a series of rob roys and kidnapping in alabama, florida and georgia. >> shkreli was in hearing for -- for a drug sold by a company he acquired. lawmakers demanded to know why shkreli parked up the price but he refused to answer and the question. >> i truly believe, are you listening? >> thank you. >> after the hearing shkreli tweeted quote, hard ting aseptember that these -- hard to believe these represent our government. this morning his lawyer said he was misunderstood. he was forced out of his post in december after his arrest on securities fraud charges. >>> want to check in now, you will notice when you walk out the door it is a lot cooler. >> oh yes, you

front is down in the florida keys. it's just a few patches of light rain at this hour. actually i think a lot of this is actually false retutus for the possible exception of this shower here. generally speaking, things are calming down weather-wise. return, not tonight. actually not for@ the next several days. there are no advisories in effect right now, but we did have several tornado sightings. this is just one tornado. but each one o o these is areas where there was either damage or e tornado was sighted, and we're talking about the one in northern miami-dade county. that started, if i step out of the way here, just to the east of sunlife stadium. in the miami gardens neighborhood or so, moving towards the east-northeast, eventually crossing i-95,, ending up not far from afterenventura. the one near lighthouse point you can see moving from west to east and causing damage there in the part of broward county. again, things are expected to calm down now, after the front moves through. i'll have the forecast for the nex

penney's at the florida mall. live with the breaking details. >> he said he killed his roommate in self-defense. tonight prosecutors say it was murder. we have to the defendant's 9-1-1 call. >> i just shot him. he came in, violent. >> i'm keith landry in osceola county which has florida's first zika virus case. what you can to protect your family against it. >> the credit card confusion at the checkout counter, do you swipe or insert your chip. find out why so many stores have the new technology but aren't using it. >> a woman finds love and a kidney. >> announcer: right now on fox 35 news at 10:00. >> a shooting in the parking lot of the florida mall. >> fox 35 has learned one person is dead and one person hurt tonight. the florida mall south of sand lake road and east of orange blossom trail. how did this all start? >> reporter: good evening, that's a hard question to answer at this point. still a very early investigation. you can see behind me here florida mall, still a very active investigation, though it's fa

he'e'been on florida's death row since 2000. he is currently being held at union constructionrrectional institution. no date yet for his retrial. >>> a tourist from south florida vanishes from a beach in the dominican republic. a search is under way. the tennis coach was last seen on january 27th in the popular tourist area in the dominican republic. when he was seen getting out of the water, investigators found clothing and other personal items at the home where he was staying, but his passport, money, and credit cards are all missing. divers were sent along 50 miles of the coastline to search where he was last seen. >>> teens range in age from 14 to 17. judge decided ty will all remain in jail because of their prior criminal history. in the last three days alone, they're suspected of carrying out five different burglaries. detectives say these are expensive pigeonn too. they go for $100 per pigeon. e teens were trying to sell them for a mere $5 a bird. >> i had s spicions that the birds were stolen. they came the day before. t

the tornado watch for a sliver of central florida and into southwest florida if we can jump over to the other sourcrc we're reducing the severe weather threat on the west coast. we're beginning to merge these lines together. as we get throughd the morning commute, i think we'll start to see showers and thunderstorms. this cell in particular will move off to our north here just outside the metro area. again, be weather aware. bank on some showers and a few storms during the morning drive. the best part is we'll divide the day in two. our best storm chancelso be afternoon. this afternoon, much brighter, high of 82. >>> good morning, south florida. there's a broken down car reported on the 826 southbound around northwest 103rd street approaching northwest 122nd street. no issues as you're making your way northbound towards i-75. if you're taking the gratigny, that is looking good as well. we have construction on the northbound lanes of the 826. 836 drivers eastbound just after 57th avenue, y y'll find a couple lanes blocked off in that area. these are the alternates you need to know becaus

they made up of 53% of absentee ballots cast last week in florida. 15 days out from the florida primary, and as of last week, nearly 500,000 people cast absentee ballots. here in florida, number show there were more registered democrats and they tend to have bigger turnout during in-person day and republicans tend to prefer absentee ballots print of the top seven counties for absentee ballots, already cast, two are here in central florida. volusia and orange counties with 20,000, and 19,000 absentee ballots cast respectively. >> donald is not going to make america great, he's going to make america orange. >>reporter:before candidates focus their attention on florida they are turning up the insults . they will do battle in 11 states on super tuesday, and gop candidates are continuing to take shots at the front runner. >> donald trump, as a nominee, means hillary probably wins, and we lose this country. >>reporter:hillary clinton heads into super tuesday tomorrow on the heels of a big win in south carolina. , march 15, florida will be the big prize for candidates to win the same day illin

bazi kanani, abc news, washington. >>> this afternoon officials and central florida ivanka florida's primaries next month. brevard county supervisor of elections lori scott and her staff tested equipment for accuracy today. scott says they have 123 locations in the county and they want to be prepared for early voting and precinct voting march 15. early voting begins march 5. >>> we will art holliday athletes are protected from the zika virus at the plan the olympic committee is rolling out that some say is nowhere near enough. what lawmakers are considering that could change the way child custody cases are fought in court. storms are back to the west in the western sections, marion, following breaking news rainout construction worker with the i 4 ultimate project was accidentally run over and killed by another construction worker using heavy equipment. from sky witness 9 you can see the construction site and workers off to the side. it happened on wymore road near the street maitland. we have a crew on the way to the scene and we will bring you updates as soon as they become availabl

against the florida state fair. the protest today... and all the extra measures in place - to keep your kids safe. 3 ((jen and... another local teacher in trouble. police say he had sex with a student... and it didn't stop there. he also... got her pregnant! 3 ((walterplus... it's finally time to talk! the rays take the first step... to possible making the move... across the bay! 3 3 ((walter)) 3 good morning.. and allen. ((jen)) and i'm jennifer epstein. those stories in a minute, but now, a first look at your forecast... with dave. 3 3 3 3 3 developing in hillsborough county: it's "student day" at the florida today... for fun. they're planning to protest, after the death of their teenage son. ((more)) 3 today actually marks the two year anniversary of 14- year-old joseph andrew's death. he was hit by a car *on a busy interstate after he was *kicked out of the fair. his family filed a lawsuit earlier this week... against the sheriffs office, the school district, and the fair authority. they say all three played a role in their sons dea

. >>> new tonight, teachers in one central florida county demanding a raise. why they say the negotiations are not fair. >>> i'm keith landry in osceola county working on the catfish capper. the question why would anyone put a catfish in this mailbox right here? >> announcer: right now on fox 35 news at 10:00. >> he took the gun off of me was able top thep >> hep just seconds. we're talking to the gas accused robber. but this isn't any ordinary clerk. >> no, he's an army veteran who has already seen his fair share of danger. tiffany teasley joining us live to explain what went down. >> reporter: the bad guy was in for quite a surprise when the clerk/veteran quickly turned the tables sending the suspect running away. this surveillance video from the brevard county sheriff's office shows an armed robber pointing a gun at the clerk demanding money. it happened last tuesday here at the b.p. gas station in mims. >> he was using a lot of profanity. just telling me fought money in the bag. >> reporter: but things didn't go as planned for the robber that is. >> i kind

can rubio win florida? >> he can if all of these other candidates that are still in there, people finally realize that it is not going to help get rubio to the top, so i think what you'll see is a lot more people migrate towards rubio and that is why his performance the other night in the debate probably helped him in some of the other state. >> after suchlt tup if ben carson and john kasich don't do well, do you think they will get out of the race, clearing an easier path for rubio. >> not kasich because ohio's primary is the same day as florida and he feels he can win that with a lot of delegates. carson, who knows but many people are pressuring him to get out. but he is committed. i don't think you'll see either of them drop out. >> we mentioned polls, the democrats poll shows hillary clinton easily ahead of bernie the 45 plus category. i think the polls show her 59% over bernie sanders 33%. he does well with 18 to 44 but at this point, do you think it is a slam dunk in florida for hillary clinton? >> i

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this's your 7 o 7. >>> and ahead on today in florida. south floridians observing a tragic anniversary. >>> and several women in florida testing positive for zika t. when we return. >>> a somber service in southwestt miami-dade. families going decades after@ planes carrying their loved ones were shot down by cuban military over international waters. it happene 20 years ago. as jessica holly report, no one has been held accountable. >> reporter: seven minutes of an a bell marking the minutes planes were s st down. this woman's father was in the second plane. >> i keep his memory alive with my daughters and talk about him and whaha happened. >> reporter: what happened on february 24, 1996 took the lives of armando,o,29-year-old carlos, 24 year old mario and 29-year-old pablo. brothers to the rescue flying international air space above the florida straits looking for cuban refugees when cuban migs shot down two of the planes celebrating the attack. jose was in the only plane to make it back safely. opa-locka wednesday morning. >> today we co

florida u.s. senator bill nelson wants president obama to appoint a zika czar and he talked about that in orlando friday. >> and so if we're going to get ahead of it, it seems to me and white house suggesting that we have a point person that can coordinate the entire range of federal, state and local government in trying to get ahead of this virus. >> tom: and we are staying on top of this. you can stay with "fox 35" and fox35orlando.com this is continue tracking the state response to zika virus. just about 11 minutes after 9:00 now. at this hour 13 people now confirmed dead and survivors are being pulled from a high-rise building that collapsed in taiwan after a 6.4 magnitude earthquake. look at that video. wow! . it hit while many people slept. at least seven people died in that building. local media say the building included a care center for newborns and mothers and a newborn i s@f among the@v dead. so far 250 survivors pulled out of the rubble. now, watch this. >> he's dropping it really quic

super lice is hitting all over the country...including florida. what you need to do if you encounter the pesky critters. but first, who doesn't want to be happy and healthy? well, if you're looking for a place to make it happen, turns out you don't have to go very far. live look at tampa migraines and headaches may share genetic links with irritable bowel syndrome or i-b-s. a new study by the american academy of neurology shows more than half of patients with migraines and over a quarter with tension headaches also had i-b-s. researchers say people with i-b-s and headaches had at least one gene that differed from healthy people. it's no secret that because we live here in florida, we have it pretty good. well, a new study is now proving that! healthways released a list of the healthiest and happiest cities in the u-s.. and two florida cities made the top three. naples ranks first on the list! the study says naples has the lowest levels of stress and depression and has the most people who eat healthy. salinas, california was second and the north po

skies turning dark across south florida. and a system that shook the panhandle heads our way. >>> hot wheels racing from a dealership. police hope one clue steers them in the the right directions. just one station with with the video. >> and a dog proving to be be a best friend under fire. >>> >> belkeys: and w continue to follow this developing story. a a rough landing taking a homom owner by surprise. scene in just a couple minutesment. >>> >> this is 7 news at 6:00. >>> >> >> craig: a live look outsi our north bay village studio. south florida is in for what could be at time a nasty night. >> belkeys: the same system responsible for a twister touch down in the panhandle heading here. >> hello and welcome every one. several citied rocked by severe storm. >> craig: and our area could be in for similar weather. chief meteorologist phil ferro what latest speak froro the weather center. phil. >> phil: and you know, this cold front hay really given us a run for our money. earlier we thought that it would arrive here between 6:0

we will have an update on the number of cases in south florida. >>> place make a major arrest of a florida home. we will show you the amount of bombs and ammunition. officers found at the scene. >>> another day of wild weather in south florida. look at this damage.>>> any to address his >>> breaking there is a live pictures from iowa, where we are about to hear from the republican winner of tonight's caucuses, ted cruz and his family taking the stage ahead of the candidate who came out in a big victory tonight over donald trump and the third- it should be noted that ted cruz is the son of a cuban immigrants. >> we lose the history of these moments sometimes and it's amazing to think of it. here we have the sons of cuban immigrants leaving in the republican field. buying for the presidency one generation into this country. >> your talking about marco rubio and ted crews looks like it will be a three-way race with donald trump and ted cruz and marco rubio. nobody expected he would have done as well as he did tonight. tonight just looking ahead, you have to think about march 15 is the first b

for you in the florida keys exercise caution. especially for seas beyond the reef. building three to 5 feet. next high tide at 3:04 in the morning. 5:00 for the lower keys. your uv index tomorrow at 6:00. so for tonight w w should slowly start to clear out over night. but we can't rule out completelel a few showers. especially those sitting off shore. miami-dade. over night lows in the 60s to the low 70s. by tomorrow a lot more in the way of sunshine. highs in the low to mid 80s. what's average for highs is about 76, 77. here's your extended out look. wednesday warm. same on thursday. friday showers move in. and then our temperatures c ce down to what is typical for this time of year. that'u your 7 on 7. 7 sports is next. >>> >> time now for 7 sports with steve shapiro. >> right out of the all-star break. the division leading panthers play conference in washington tomorrow night donovan campbell at practice today. >> the all-star break is over in the lant it tick division leading cats wasting no time getting back on thece. it's important to get a good sweat out ther

but not across florida or the florida keys. looking pretty nice for us tomorrow. the showers remain offshore. you're going to see one pop up here close to keyargo late in the day into tomorrow evening. but overall i'm not going to forecast rain tomorrow on the threat tracker that is green. weekend. we don't have much of a risk of rip currents. there i a moderate risk of rip currents on the west coast of florida close to naples and fort myers. weekend. remember, temperatures in the morning in the 40s and 50s. but with full sunshine tomorrow, our temperature will rebound to 71 degrees, which is about the same reading we had today for a high here in south florida. morning. but i don't expe any 40s sunday morning. the east wind returns. our temperatures rebound to 74. and we'll have a mixture of clouds and sun. again, should be a fantastic weekend in south florida. as far as looking at next week, i'll have the seven-day forecast coming up during the 6:00 back to you. >>> john, thank you so much. food, fun and wine on the menu in south florida over the weekend. people

there are currently 65clinics in florida licensed to perform abortions. >>> a group of south florida students outshine hundreds of techies across the nation. getting for their i don't know what i'm doing. i can't find anything just when i thinkit's just not going to work. this woman that works there comes over and asks can i help you? and he was so happy, to do it amazing right? i never would have expected would have thought that anyone would find that do that. make that go out of their way for me. right then, right there i couldn't believe it he was so helpful i know it's such a small thing little thing. simple thing but it made me smile made me happy share your story. >>> we're back with the education on 6. students at a broward school win big in a national app challenge. they impressed a major tech company with their new life-saving technology. the students came up with an app that's aimed at protecting football players on the field, and nbc 6 edution reporter was there when the young winners gotot the big surprise. >> reporter: don't you love >> congratulations! >> reporter: an a

we see that blue starting to lead down towards south florida and mid50s in central florida and 30s in jacksonville aital hasy and that is some of the air draining in our directiln. it's coming in on the northwest wind, winds tonight sustained 5 already we're seeing 55 in kendall, fort lauderdale, pompano beach a really chilly spot at this point of 53 and so we are on track, it seems, to see some 40s out there by tomorrow. that's what the forecast model is showing. 47 for the low in miami. 46 in fort lauderdale. around 45 in hialeah and kendall may dip down to 44 while we maintain lower 50s in the keys. it's a chilly start. even with the high clouds working in. they're thin enough and not quite widespread enough to keep us from chilling out not to mention we stay in the north wft flow as we head through tomorrow morning. so thursday gets off to a cold start. a reasonable warm up, though, through the afternoon. so it's going be mild in the afternoon and if you start the day in a turtle ck, by the ash you're not going to want a turtle neck. we'll have lots of sunshineup there and tempera

the fight for florida has started. they are wading through the results of new hampshire, and battling it out in south carolina. and a lot of states might not have the resources and money to play in florida. the fight for one of the biggest states may not have the full attention of all of the candidate. >> john: what i find interesting, a lot of people may not have noticed, not many campaign ads. it seems with this much on the line and people voting early. a lot of candidates may have missed it. >> unprecedented shift. people voting absentee or early voting. we might be in store for the long stretch of campaign commercials is a compressed stretch. every other ad you see will be jeb bush or donald trump or the latter two need to make it big. >> if you are not going to make it, there's no sense spending the money. there's a big call saying if you make less than double digit, in single digits in south carolina, you should get all what do you think? >> i think that that he would want to get out. that's a big question for je

it is chilly south florida. we all have to go to work and school. 826 drivers, nothing too bad out there. we are accident-free from miami-dade or broward county. if you're headed out the door, youave a nice commute ahead of you. golden glades interchange. no issues westbound. we have construction on the palmetto expressway northbound at tamiami trail and 836 westbound, the ramp to northwest 57th avenue completely shut down. >> thank you so much. crisis management teams are headed to carroll city high school after a drive-by shooting. bliss are looking for 19-year-old stanley reagan. we have our picture on our facebook page. erika glover is live at the school in miami@ gardens with a closer look at what went down here. the great thing about is no one got hurt. >> sheli, you're exactly right. thankfully no one was hurt. we're standing outside carroll city high school? the same area where so many students were outside when the drive-by shooting took place wednesdayafternoon. grief counselors will be on haha to spea

florida primary is march 15. none of the republicans in the florida legislature has endorsed donald trump yet. what that could mean for the gop on a black -- on a blog. >>> candidate with an arrest history tells us is passed should not stop voters from supporting him. we cover the case in 2010 when josi colsn was put on probation for alleged witness tampering. he was saying accusations were misunderstandings. he also tells us he wants to serve the community with the people as his platform. >> who are people to judge me? only god can judge me. >> we uncovered drug charges and stalking accusations against him. he tells us two marijuana all medical condition he no longer has an stalking completely dropped. >>> in the last few minutes, we have been getting video damage left behind by a line of strong storms that moved through the south. that is what a sister -- twisted -- a twisted into a fitness gym and louisiana. the problem is the band is what is causing our way. >> we need to watch for that as we go over the next

to central florida. he was captured thursday after spending more than a month on the run. he is one of three men accused of shooting three people in lake land. the other two suspects were arrested last month. >>> a busy road in orange county has been shut down all weekend be open in time for your morning commute. crews laying down asphalt from monroe avenue to lake park. the lane closures have made things tough. >> i've been on the road for a good 20 minutes now and i'm just going down the street. >> the south bound lanes will shut down again next weekend to finish the work. >>> lawmakers are expected to discuss a bill to let anyone with a concealed weapon license to carry in terminals. this would be in areas controlled by the tsa. >> zika virus popping up in florida this week. >>> a florida college student explains how the virus debilitated him for days. a powerful storm is back on shore today. >>> as the sun goes down i'm updating the hour (donkey sound) (elephant sound) there's a big difference betwee

health emergency has been declared in florida. nine cases of the virus surfaced there. >> it is not just on tv. zica is dominating news online like yahoo, times, u.s.a. today and buzz feed. state of emergency florida is part of these headlines. headlines don't tell the whole story. jennie dean is digging deeper to find out if this abundance of caution could hurt tourism. >> reporter: port tampa bay was busy today. we talked to people heading out on a cruise. they were surprised the governor declared a state of health emergency. one thing we learned from the bp oil spill is perception is real. people thought our beaches were covered in oil so they didn't come here. now if they think florida is dangerous from the zica virus tourists may go somewhere else. >> i think tourism definitely could be affected. people get scared quickly. it doesn't take much. governor scott says he has good reason for declaring the health >> we are requesting that the cdc provide us with at least 1,000 zica antibody test kits to test pregnant and new mother

how about an easy to make pasta with a medley of delicious florida vegetables? pick up some fresh florida zucchini, beautiful golden squash, plump tomatoes, mushrooms, and garlic. dice, saut\, combine with the pasta, and serve. everyone's a winner with this flavor packed meal. for more recipes visit freshfromflorida.com. label when you shop because, delicious is always >>> off seasons in central florida has turned into musical chairs for high school coaches. chris leak was named the new man in charge at edgewater high school. the opening occurred when rich bettison left for wociva. he's best well known for his national championship with the gators back in 2006. >> been with the tampa bay bucs and being back with lovely smith maybe not on the coaching side business side of the bucs. you know, i've always had that itch. >>> orlando city is spending the way in melbourne ahead of their first preseason match on sunday. they're practicing on the new field that will be home to the harrison heath is an on mls contract but minutes in brevard county. >> last year was kind

forecast. >> south florida, good morning to you. frigid air invading the northeast and the great lakes the midwest already seeing temperatures below zero. single digits pretty much across the board. all that cold air from canada will continue to push towards the south as the weekend goes on. even we're feeling the chill in the air, at least we were earlier this morning. we were waking up into the 50s. we were in@the 40s earlier this morning in the kendall area. right now 64 there, 66 in miami and 65 degrees in the opa-locka and pembroke pines area. let's take a look at what we're dealing with as far as the winds are concerned. calm wind overnight, that together with the clear skies is what cooled us down overnight. right now we're dealing with a north to northwestwinds. expect it on the breezy side late they are afternoon bind a front that will be affecting us throughout the day today. in the meantime let's take a radar. dry conditions from broward county down to miami-dade. if you're in the keys watching, good morning to you. if yo

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