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Tonight the cdc is warning travelers heading to cuba about the zika virus. It has been added to the list of central and south american countries where people are now at risk of contracting this disease. It all comes one day shy of president obamas historic visit to cuba. He will be the first u. S. Sitting president to visit the president obama will stay in cuba through tuesday. And the Rolling Stones are getting ready for their historic concert in cuba. The preparations are well underway at the concert venue in havana. The setup involved 61 shipping containers and hundreds of tons of equipment. Things like the stage, speakers, lights, and video screens. The stones concert is set for next friday, and it will be free. It is a pleasure to bring this size show here. It took a lot to get here. A lot of effort with the equipment and planning and all that with everybody. Yeah, its a big event. Now, the stones will be the first Major International rock stars to play in cuba. They expect hundreds of thousands of people to attend the big concert. And our own keith cate will beginning with the president s historic trip. He reports fundraiser havana tomorrow right here at channel 8. Island phillips has your sunday forecast. And a special athlete who is doing great things on and off hundreds of athletes took over Jesuit High School today for the special olympics. But these games, they are much competition. News channel 8s Adrienne Pedersen introduces us to a teenager taking charge on the field and in life. Theyre coming. I give advice to my players whether they are coming in from right, push back, pull forward. Reporter 18yearold thomas shirvington doesnt hold back when he is in goal. He was shy. Reporter tough to believe looking at him now. When thomas was diagnosed autistic, he was two and a half years old. Reporter just six years ago, he didnt talk. Special olympics has helped him communicate with people. Its given him friends. Accomplishment h. It helped me to help talk to different people, play different sports, and learn from them. And, basically, to have fun. Reporter the shy little boy award and carrying the torch. [ applause ] i am lucky to have him in my life and to be able to just be able to go out there and say, hey, this is my son, and to be able to participate in things with him. Reporter unfortunately, Mother Nature didnt really want to cooperate and cut the soccer game short. The part they did play, the parents and the athletes really enjoyed. In tampa, Adrienne Pedersen, news channel 8. Great story. As a followup to her story, unfortunately they did have to cancel all the Outdoor Sports due to bad weather today, so they played volleyball indoors. Meantime, check out the tampa. Patricks day. This morning boats spread the dye, which is very biodegradable, by the way, all in and around the river turning it into a bright shade of green. River ogreen fest. The emcee for the day couldnt contain his enthusiasm for the green festivities. Its a fantastic time to come out to 36 and River Front Park and enjoy this magnificent view and watch the Hillsborough River turn as green as grass. There is food trucks. There is bands. There is irish dancing and me your emcee for the day. More fun than you can shake a stick at, if that is your idea of a good time. Way. The good time event was free for everyone who attended. And there were so many events going on today across the tampa bay area. We really wish the weather could have been better. We saw a lot of rain and a lot of storms earlier today. Right now at the plantation on Crystal River, not a bad evening. Actually seeing some peeks of sunshine. On the rainfall gauge over many areas saw. 5inch to 1 inch even more in the heavy downpours. This weekend we are looking at cooler weather just in time as we head into spring. Spring officially begins overnight tonight 12 30 a. M. Is when it actually begins. Tomorrow the first full day of spring. And well begin spring on a nice mild note in the upper 60s. Still some light showers around tomorrow morning. But by noon most of the rain has come to an end. Temperatures in the low 70s. And tomorrow cloudy through the day, but the afternoon looks mostly dry and temperatures cooler. Only making it into the mid 70s. So not bad for the spring training games tomorrow. Most of these in the afternoons around 1 00. Pretty much all of the rain should be over with. Its just going to be cloudy and cooler. Temperatures staying in the low 70s. It will also be breezy. Not much sunshine. You may want a light jacket or light sweater at those games tomorrow if you plan on attending. At the moment the clouds for all most of us in Crystal River a little bit of clearing. In the Southern Area we are dealing with light showers. This is light stuff around sarasota, venice towards i4 over the next couple of hours has the best chance of some light rain. Temperatures very mild. In the low 70s. Its 72 currently in plant city. 70 in north port. 72 currently in tampa as well. So heres what to except for the rest of tonight. There is you are area of low pressure. There is our front still off to our west. With instability around, we will likely see some light showers overnight and possibly still tomorrow morning we will have some light rain around. By noon, all of this should be south of us. The clouds will hang around. Then behind this system we will winds kick in and its gonna be cooler. Especially as we head into monday. Monday morning we are waking up into the 40s and 50s. If you put away some of your winter clothes, you may need some of that because its going to remain cool all day and in fact, highs monday afternoon us. We will be nice and sunny by the afternoon hours. And on tuesday looking at a gorgeous day. 40s. By tuesday afternoon we are in so pretty ideal there. Here is the look at the forecast for air fest tomorrow. I know today wasnt the best of days. Tomorrow as it begins at 11 00 a. M. There may be a light shower around. But for the majority by 3 p. M. And breezy for you. Thankfully. Looks nice. Check out the sunshine we will be dealing with. Cooler weather as well. Its been a while since we have seen temperatures actually drop a bit. But hey, i dont think there is going to be too many complaints about highs in the low 70s and sunshinefor much of next week. If dow, think about what is like, right . I know. Thank you. Rays. Ticket to the sweet 16. There are two stages to march madness. Stage one. Rooting along the lines of your bracket. Stage two. Realizing your bracket, like everyone elses, is garbage. So you start cheering for underdogs. Round two of the ncaa tournament began this afternoon. A long shot, 11 seed wichita providence. This looked like a mismatch in the first half. Ron baker gets his pocket picked by Angel Rodriguez who goes the distance. Fred van fleet is touched by an angel. The hurricanes led by as many as 21 points. The shockers claw back. Ron baker gives Wichita State the first lead of the game. Rejoice. But rodriguez wouldnt letter the canes collapse. Some clutch shots down the stretch. Miami wins 6557. The hurricanes punch their ticket to the sweet 16. In the west region a battle of boat shoes. 12 seed yale. 4 seed duke. The blue devils cruise through the first. Allen three of his 29, ingram three of his 25 part of an 180 run. Duke is up 23 at halftime. But the bulldogs didnt go quietly. How about a 150 run for yale . Sherrod tough bucket. Justin sears with the slam. Yale got within 3, but couldnt complete the comeback. Duke wins 7164. From two academic blue bloods to two basketball blue bloods. Indiana and kentucky. The hoosiers lead the cats at halftime. In the womens tournament Florida State avoided the old 125 upset taking care of business against middle tennessee. A little later a duke bulgak. Then Leticia Romero gets in on the fun. Romero led the way. 7255. The knowles will play texas a m or Missouri State on monday. South florida stays 311 Colorado State tonight. If the six seeded bouls beat the i told our kids dont think about ucla or the bridgeport region. Concentrate on Colorado State. They want to prove a point that they are better than the one seed and they have won 31 games for a reason. Away from the hardwood less than cooperative today. The raysorioles game was canceled after two outs. The rays leave for cuba tomorrow. Big trip coming up. Also want to mention the rain delayed the 12 hours of sebring race. Delayed for due to weather for the first time in 18 years. I will have more at 11. Back to ncaa. Your two predictions for the last two standings . Both out i think at this point. Its irrelevant. All right. Paul, thanks so much. Stay with us. Evening, a few light showers possible. Temperatures are mild. Cloudy for most of tomorrow. Light showers will be mainly before noon. By the afternoon the rain ends. Back into the low 70s. Thanks for joining us. Nbc nightly news is next. We will see you back here at 11. On this saturday night, charged with murder. The dramatic new details tonight on how the suspect in the deadly paris bombing attacks was finally tracked down and captured as the french try to bring him back to face trial. Deadly crash. Searching for answers in russia after a boeing 737 crashes and breaks apart on landing in bad weather killing all 62 people on board. Arizona battleground. Ahead of tuesdays primary, we are out with the protesters who are blocking traffic and chaining themselves to cars in the ground war to try to stop trump. Road less traveled

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