Play music, fun, craziness. A controlled craziness it is hoped. We behave yourself this weekend . Probably not but we wont take any bets. Reporter she laughs but in 2014 the festival was marked by Drug Overdoses, violence, fence jumpers and secure to guard was trampled. Her skull cracked by a gatecrashing mop. We have one person who died of a Drug Overdose at jackson. Reporter the city was persuaded not to stop the music that will alter out of town after promoters agreed to hire more police and medics and reinforce the printer. Last year there were some issues a few dozen arrests and Drug Overdoses but no mayhem. The hope is for the same this weekend. We spent over 1 million in my any and police fire and medics and sanitation to make it a safe and fun event for reporter starting tonight biscayne boulevard will be detoured and check out southbound at north e. 4th st. And northbound traffic will be reduced to two lanes along the festival waterfront. Ultra is big but theres more. It is spring break and all roads lead to south beach. Which will be saturated with police. Ocean drive from seventh to 11th will be closed to cars from 7 pm until 7 am this weekend and next. The beach will be offlimits and the one on the sand after sundown. No alcohol allowed on the beach Police Checkpoints are already at Access Points screening for contraband. And speaking of contraband, bands are contrary here at the ultra music festival. All the music for the not hip is electronic and spun by disc jockeys. I am among the not hip but even learn a new trick. Ive never considered you to be not hip. You are as hip as anybody i know. Fire accident after a stunt during the High School Pep rally goes terribly wrong. Sending several people to the hospital. Atlanta committed to High School Officials say a firebreathing performer his routine this morning. Ricardo charles suffered burns and was phone 2 delray medical ctr. Interviews condition. Seven students also went to the hospital after breathing fumes from the fire extinction. A big announcement from the following the companys decision to end its breeding program. And comes after years of controversy. Seaquarium is long been the target of legal action and wednesday of protests over lolita the killer whale who lives and performs. Now that the world and Humane Society of the west have partnered up to make conditions better for orca, local animal activist are demanding seaquarium make changes as well. You might have seen lolita the killer whale and a performance at the Miami Seaquarium. The 48 cold or got was taken from the wild at age 3 and has been a resident of the seaquarium ever since. Animal activists hold weekly protests. Arguing her Living Conditions are deplorable. Shes been endangered species and shes in the smallest tank in north america. Tank reporter natalie barefoot is more than an advocate for the leader. She says she has her lawyer. Is space also the fact that she is alone. She does not have another species of her kind reporter she was thrilled when she heard the announcement that the world would no longer breed it orca and will phase out the flashy shows. Into environmentally focused performances in a natural setting. People Work Together for the whales and dolphins rather than having the fight and the money that has been Going Forward the this site will be moved towards education and conservation. Reporter despite the Humane Society partnering up with the world, special Animal Activist Group says it has no negotiations with the owners of seaquarium. Something lolita activists hope will soon change. We are happy to hear that the world is listening to their customers and marine experts and realizing that workers do not belong in captivity. We really are here today to urge seaquarium to do the same footsteps and put her in a sanctuary somewhere she can thrive. Reporter i asked the seaquarium spokeswoman if the seaquarium had any plans to make any changes for lolita in my do todays announcement from the world. They do not answer the question directly. Instead they released a statement. It reads in part this Marine Mammal show that Miami Seaquarium our console evolving into incorporate important educational and conservation of elements. Well continue our committed to education and conservation and the appreciation for all marine species including lolita our resident orca. The seaquarium now is the subject of a federal lawsuit that is alleging essentially these animalrights groups are saying the seaquarium is violating the endangered species act by holding lolita here. The trial will begin in the summer. He is perhaps the most high profile american prisoner to be jailed in cuba. Ultimately is considered by many as a linchpin for Us Diplomatic breakthroughs with cuba. Electronic specialist who had worked in 50 countries setting of communications equipment. Michelle gillett reports his life came to a screeching halt when he turned his attention to cuba and inadvertently helped change history and how he sees his life. Reporter here we are in front of the white house. Did you ever have moments of thinking you would never be back on us soil . No. I always knew i would come back. Always. Reporter 66yearold alan gross says he recklessly clung to that hope for five years. As he sat for days and nights for nearly a year in total darkness. Incarcerated in a cuban jail cell. Reporter the first time i heard the clanking of the door reporter within hours of his arrest he was interrogated by cuban police for allegedly being an american spy. What would they say . They threaten to hang me. They threatened to pull out my fingernails. This i would never see the light of day. I do not see the light of day for more than 20 minutes the first year. Reporter Us Government contractor he was sought out and hired. He said to set up Internet Connections in cuba. In what turned out to be a Pilot Project for the jewish community. The project was really straightforward. It was a technical project reporter the goal of getting the equipment into cuba what was the goal . To bring Broadband Connectivity to cuba. That was it. Reporter at least thats what he says he was led to believe. There was information kept from me. It is illegal to distribute anything in cuba that is paid for in full or in part by the Us Government. Reporter and you do not not. Absolutely not reporter the project was sponsored by and funded by a Us Government department agency, usaid, he says he quickly found he was on his own. Truck i thought for sure and then as each day passed it was wondering where is my government . When will they take me home . And where the hell are they . Reporter the woman who fought for his freedom . His wife judy. For five years she championed her effort to get her husband released. Holding rallies and meeting with Congress People and lawyers they had to hire we lost everything reporter your after your his health deteriorated. I lost 110 pounds. Reporter he shunned the food served him there was a lot of infestation in the food. Reporter he was determined to survive thinking of his relatives who survived the holocaust. Reporter thought about them reporter he lost time wait and from lack of nutrition, five teeth which is held onto. Along with a sense of humor. He says kept them alive. He says he will be forever connected to the island and the cuban people ultimately judy gross worked with a new team of lawyers and a new strategy with contemplated. A swap for cuban spies. They grabbed me in order to poke uncle sam in the eye. But then i think they got in their minds that they could leverage me to get the return of the five. Reporter what you think it took so long for you to be released . Our government in general could not get their heads around the idea of treating a nonspy for five spies. The record today were you a spy . Absolutely not. If i had been a spike i would have been home in a matter of weeks. Not to five years. Reporter the president in the white house what is your message to him days before hes headed to cuba . Im eternally grateful to the president and i wish and every of luck on his trip because hes going to need it. Reporter why does he think so . Tomorrow night a closer look and negotiating with cuba. Like he wants to return to the island nation. A one on one with his wife and some tough questions about what the projects he was working on was really all about. And check out our extended report only on cbsmiami. Com. Rudabeh shahbazi and i will be in havana for the president s trip next week. Look for our lives reports starting sunday night at 11 still to come a smashing entrance. Nsb slams into a pizza place sending customers flying. Hear from one of the victims. Assent of the a story we told you about after Labrador Retriever was rescued from the southwest miamidade canal. The luck of the irish people around the world and here in south florida are the weekend foreca new video of the cereal armed robber who targets 7 Eleven Stores in pompano beach. He has a partner in crime over the course of two weeks the crook has had four different 7 elevens. This new video shows him with a second person who Police Believe is a woman robbing the Convenience Store on n. Dixie hwy. Anyone with information as to call crimestoppers at 954 493 tips. A bite to eat turns into a nightmare for people after an suv smashed through a pizza shop in oakland park. The crash happened to be downtown pizza grill of Cypress Creek road and north e. 9th avenue. After midnight. Outside of the driver appears to be parking but visiting the break she steps on the gas hitting two people inside. One of the victims felt he was with his fiancie waiting for their food order when the suv slammed through the front of the restaurant. It pinned him against the pizza counter. All i see is blue car make a sharp turn and only heard was the engine revved up and plowed right through the glass. I pushed my fianci out of the way and i took the full force of the car. The man and his fiancie were treated at the hospital and are expected to be okay. The driver of the suv was not hurt. The crash remains under investigation and no word if any charges will be filed. Details about lolita Labrador Retriever firefighters rescued from a southwest Miami Dade Canal sadly she has passed away. The yellow lab died of respiratory complications. The water two weeks ago but the rescue of florida had taken her to a veterinarian where she was being treated for water in the lungs. Hip trouble and kennel cough. They hoped she would recover and be put up for adoption. Got so hot last month that federal scientists are describing the temperatures as astronomical, staggering and strange. And la said Earth Average 56. 08 degrees in february which is 2. 18 degrees above average. The scientists also say it was the most above normal month since meteorologist toward keeping track in 1880. We here in south florida have been contributing to that this is part of the el nio pattern. Globally it heats up of the atmosphere of the ocean is one in the pacific. Winter. Looking at downtown miami you blowing by. 80 in miami. 79 key west. It still humid out. Southeast breeze at 10. There are a few showers out. The winds are light but will pick up on sunday. Showers are popping up now mainly over the everglades. You might see a brief stray showers this evening but all in all it wont be widespread. On the satellite lots of sunshine after the fog burned off today. The big activity is over the panhandle where theres a possibility of strong storms and hail as one cold front is stalling out in north florida. Warm weather and highpressure temperatures in the upper 80s and a mix of sun and clouds. Ancient of the saturday with spotty storms around ahead of the strong cold front that will move our way. Warm and humid on saturday and same for sunday where we are still ahead of the front but Storm Chances are higher on sunday when the front comes through early monday. Clearing and cooler with temperatures in the midto upper 80s now but we see a break with highs in the 70s next week. The rest of the country is one with temperatures in the 60s. Mild and muggy with patchy fog. Tomorrow sun and clouds. Warm high again near 87. Through the weekend several warm days but rain chances go up saturday and especially sunday. Spring begins sunday and temperatures plunge. Next week people around the world celebrating all things irish today for st. Patricks day. This is video of festivities in dublin ireland. Celebrations include parades, festivals and of course a beer or two. Analysts predict or 2,000,000 pints of guinness will be consumed worldwide during this years holiday. The white house is feeling the luck of the irish. They mark the holiday with water in the fountain on the south lawn was died a festive shade of green. Closer to home the annual shaker shamrocks celebration is in full swing in coral gables. The iconic john martins pub on miracle mile was hosting its 25th annual celebration filled with a variety of themed activities, live music and great food. Until midnight. There has to be a way. Carry the centimeter, divide by 3. 14 something something something. [ beeping, whirring ] great caesar salad and now the name your price tool shows people policy options to help fit their budget. Is that a true story . Yeah people really do save an average of over 500 when they switch. I mean about you inventing it. I invented the story, for you and the big dance starts in about 30 minutes. They hope buffalo is a speedbump for a deep run into the tournament. Sheldon mcclellan is ready and Providence Rhode island. Watch this. He buries this halfcourt shot in practice. Credit for the game. Fans hope to assert their dominance between of the underdogs buffalo bulls could be a fearless team. The way you pull them up so what you play hard and play hard. Theres no point in stressing about anything else. Were going to give it our best effort. If we hit some shots then we will have a shot at it. Three days into spring practice and mark richt has you and Football Players smiling. Mccains played to read and react defense but they didnt read and they did not react. They want defenders to be more aggressive and cut it loose. I feel like im in the hospital again. With got to get on the edge of defense and do my job. And to what the coaches told me to do. Read and react team and that is not quite as strong. Not fun for the fans to watch either. After visiting with the dolphins kris johnson react with arizona. Mixtures 1 will come in the draft. The panthers up to make a tonight in toronto. Place but this is the last place me beliefs. The playoffs are living and we all know but right now the cats are trying to not get too far ahead of themselves. Its exciting to be part of this club and the potential that it has. We are trying to improve and get ready and obviously accumulate as many points as i and clinch a playoff spot. The heat host charlotte emitting at their heels in east. The heat is only have to give up. Into. The marlins play the mets. He struck out six but jose does get knocked around a little bit. Edwin jackson in the link as a tworun single. Charge all six west jose. A goodbye to someone who is a stable here at cbs 4. And a special guy. After 37 years our audio technician is retiring today. We celebrated his retirement with the cbs 4 party last night. His resume is not just include decades of service to the station but more impor pelley thats the rear window of a car after a ferocious hail storm battered north texas. Also tonight, under fire over water. You messed up 100,000 peoples lives, 100,000 of them, 10,000 of those people are six years old and younger. Pelley the e. P. A. Takes the heat for the crisis in flint. The democrats fall preview. Donald trump wont make make republicans the minority again. Pelley a sea change at seaworld. The curtain is coming down on killer whale shows. And the players who turned riding bench into an art form. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley late today, the skies opened fire on texas. A Violent Storm assaulted the dalathforth worth area with huge hail stones leaving vehicles looked like theyd been attacked by machine guns. Vinita nair is here with the story and the pictures. Reporter hail, ranging in size from an egg to a tennis ball, destroyed just about everything it fell on this morning here in the dallasfort worth area. In arlington, texas, the Violent Storm paralyzed the morning commute. In dallas, backyards were covered in a sheet of white. More than two dozen medstar