To return this season, i truly appreciate everyones concern and suppt. Does that mean hes coming back to play basketball this year . Take a look at a tweet he sent out yesterday with his shoes. An in it, he wrote another day in the office in the books. Practicing . A lot of little pieces. Is it a big piece . Will the heat get their star, highest paid player back this year . We wililkeep an eye on it and let you know. In the newsplex, patrick fraser, 7 news. And now the a developing story at opalocka city hall. Federal agents executing a search warrant as part of ann ongoing investigation. The mayor an husband reportedly focus of criminal investigation. Diana letss get right to the scene where rosh lowe is standing by live with the details. Reporter a wild morning seeing the fbi raiding city hall. As i step out of the way here, you can still see fb is on scene and they will be here most of the day, we are told, executing that search warrant. Lets get into our video now. And you can see all of the fbi agents an as ty were going in and out of the city of opalocka municipal complex, city hall. The fbi, as we mentioned, saying they ear serving a search warrant. Thre encouraging anyone who may have information about public corruptionr may have been a victim of illegal scheme by a public official to come forward and report it. The fbi officially wont comment if this is related to the mayors investigation of opalocka. What we can tell you about that, is that according to published reported, opalockas mayor mrs. Taylor and her husband have been subject of federal investigation. According to those published report, they allegedly engaged attempt to keep their personal finances from collapse f. You remember in 2010 after taylor was reelected, her husband and two other family members got into legal trouble overriminal campaign charges and then her husband, who is a bishop, l lt his church because of debt. Th fbi not confirming this officially linked to that investigation but the community is speaking about that. Lets lisn to what a resident told us. Its time. We been waiting on it for a whole three or four months. Thth wasnt no shocker for us. We was waiting on it three or four months. Reporter why were you waiting . All of the korcorruption, layoff, furloughs, mismanagement, we can go down a whole list of things going on in opalocka right now. Fbi, and this isorth stressing once again, if you have any information about public corruption in opalocka, they want to hear from you. Much more on this story later today. In opalocka, rosh lowe, 7 news. The mayor of Deerfield Beach under ethics investigation. Its followup report by Carmel Cafiero they have found possible prose into major robb. They believe she misused her elected position. She received gift and received unauthorized compensation. Florida focus the race for the white house. Later tonight the hopefuls will hit the debate stage ahead of the florida primary. Christine last night the democrats were center stagege fielding tough questions in their final war of words before we have Live Team Coverage of all political action. Lets begin with alex de armas in coral gableses with whaha the alex . Reporter well, christine, this is a very important debate for the republican candidates. Its the last debate before the florida primary. So right now, the candidates are focused on you and how to get your votes. This is the gop debate stage inside the Bank United Center at the university of miamiful its set p and readyor tonights big faceoff. It always comes down to florida. Reporter for marco rubio, his campaign for president will come down to florida. At a rally wednesday, he acknowledged the importance of winning next weeks primary. There are people spreading rumors were going to end our come pain. Let me tell you something. Ly be on that ballot tuesday. I will campaign as long and hard reporter a poll shows trump with 44 percent, rubio 24, ted cruz with 19 and john kasich at 5 percent. God bless miami. Reporter ted cruz spending the day before the next debate campaigning in miami. Both rubio and kasich are going to have to look at the race and assess their prospecec. Reporter and some not so subtle messaging from the trumdonald trump trum campaign. Fresh off his win, he will keep winning hearts and minds until he reefs the magic number of 1237 delegates. I sealrobably getting the delegates. Like the fighters you knock them out f. You knock them out, nothing can happen. Youre going for knock out . Yeah. Reporter in a new poll out taking the lead in his home state. Cay kasich ahead. He hee lighted his commitment to blue collar voters because thats how he grew up. As this campaign guess on, i feel more and more responsibility. Im just, im just a human being. Im just one guy trying to do the best i can. I cant levitate. I cant turn water into wine. Im just im just a guy that comes from hard work and blue collar parents and all i do is try and make things a little better for you. Reporter kasich hoping to land winner take all 66. Hes yet to win a primary or caucus. And early voting for us ends on sunday. Our primary is on tuesday. University of miami starts at 8 30 tonight. Of course, count on us to bring you all of the details. Alex de armas, 7 newsful and from the gop, we turn to the democrats and omar lewis is live in miami beach to gives a recap of the debate and show us what one of the candidates is up to today. Omar . Reperter good afternoon. Right now Hillary Clinton is on her way to tampa before her next rally. Before she left, she invited our cameras in to the fontainebleau staff. This is where she spent the night after the democratic debate with Bernie Sandersful they touchdown on everything from the economy to immigration. There was nothing but fanfare and camera phones thursday morning as Hillary Clinton thanked the staff at the beach where she spent the night. I was just saying the first time i came to this hotel was 1968. Reporter wednesday night was all about business between hillary and Bernie Sanders. When it came to the topic of restoring relations with cuba, there was agreement. I agree we should move to a full and normalized political relations with cuba. I certainly told the president towards the end of my time that i hoped he would be able to move toward diplomatic relations. Reporter the candidates face tough questions from moderators. Clinton was asked about her loss in michigan. I won one of the contest and lost another close one. This sa marathon. And its a marathon that can only be carried out by the kind of Inclusive Campaign they im running. Reporter sanders was questioned about clintons commanding lead. We began at 3 percent in the polls. Months. Reporter clinton discussed her emails. It wasnt the best choice. I made a mistake. Reporter hillary getting sister power from Actress Eva Longoria and joined her in the afterparty. Im so honored to have been endorsed. Reporter the biggest of the night was sanders answering a question from 30 years ago. This is ha you said about listen. Way back in 1961 they invaded cuba and everybody was totally convinced that castro was the worse guy in the world and all the people will rise up against castroful they forgot he gave Children Health care, education, totally transformed society. Reporter and senator Bernie Sanders went onto clarify those 1985 comments was that the point he was trying to make, the United States never should have the island nation becomes a diplomatic country. And a Hillary Clinton is on her way to tampa. And she was joined tat fontainebleau by miami beach mayor phillip levine. Omar lewis, 7 news. Christine stay with 7 news for continuing coverage in the race for the white house. We have a list of early voting locations on wsvn. Com and download the voice your choice app with the latest from the campaign trail. And now, police say it started innocently enough. But then came disturbing threats, demands for nude photos and didnt stop there. Teenager behind bars facing alarming allegations. Diana students returning to class today following the arrest and crimes against their classmates. Christine and police want to know if there are more victims out there. Elitsa bizios is live outside the jail where the suspect is reporter you know, the state attorneys is helping in this and shes set up a special hot line for any other possible victims to call in or anyone that has information about these crimes that police are saying happened or other crimes that are similar to this. But the 18yearold suspect this afternoon, he is being charged, has been charged as an adult. Hes a predator on these kids from the school, homestead senior high. Reporter terrylso a student at homestead senior high. In front of a miamidade judge facing several charges including extortion. This, after he allegedly blackmailed female classmates. In this affidavit, investigators say he referred to hself as dre on social media called sick, preyed on at least three teenage girls from homestead high school, demanding they send nude photos of themselves. Reacting. Nothing good comes from having social media. Further. Quote dre began making additional threats to her family and described where her sixyearold niece gets off the bus and stated victim wants to see her again, she must comply with these demands. He demanded oral sex. Out of complete fair, victim two reluctantly agreed to his demands and met terry outside a door. The sex was against her will. Just a new form of what rapist and sexual predators do. These days what theyre using is technology to manipulate, control and in these cases have sexual relations. Ats rape. Reporter miami schools released a statement that reads in part. This incident serves as good their social media activity and warn them of negative consequences when improperly used. Ordering to stay away from the alleged victims. Reporter now this 18yearold sits in jail while they continue to look for moror victims. And here is the number to the hot line that the state attorney has set up, if you take a look at youou screen. It is 305471tips. We are live outside tgk, elitsa bizios, 7 news. Andow on just one station, a woman saying a bold burglar hit her surfside home twice within 24 hours. The homeowner said she caught the thief inside her house at 91st street and byron avenue tuesday night and saw him again yesterday morning. Thth man got away with thousands she believes its a neighbor. Surfside police have identified Michael Rodriguez as a suspect. Broke my heart. This guy he used to pet my dog and l and play with him over time. Christine police now trying to track down the 26yeaold who has a criminal history f. You have any information that canelp police, call miamidade Crime Stoppers at 305471tipfuls a Monroe County deputy behind bars arranging to take money from inmate for favors. The inmate in jail for fraud and child porn at the stock island detention center. The deputy also facing charge of smuguging contraband into facility, a thirddegree felony resent rash of gun violence s city officials and Community Leaders banning together and forming a plan of action a. More. Reporter today Community Leaders making firsttep of making that happen. As we go to video, you will s News Conference and those Community Leaders talking about a gun buy back atlanta at jordan grove missionary baptist. Its time to start doing something and this is a good fit step. Were here today because were sick an tired of young ople being killed by gun violence in our community. Its only one gun thaha killed carter king. Reporter that buy back set for 10 to 1 at jordan dro missionary baptist church. Heres how it works. All you have to do is drop off a gun, no questions asked and you on the condition or the gun. Well have much more on this story coming up later today. Jessica holly, 7 news. The Prime Minister of canada landing on the white house. The president and michelle meeting the Prime Minister and his wife. It happened on the south lawn. The visit will include state dinner for the Prime Minister for the first timi in nearly two decades. President obama you can choose your friends but cannot choose your neighbors. Well, by virtual of geography, the United States and canada are blessed to be neighbors and by choice, weare stead fast allies and the closest of friends. Diana the obama enhance close ties between the u. S. And canada on environmental and defense issues. Coming up next, city officials in ohe Palm Beach Community ready to stem the tide to stop waves of troubleful and a lot of musicic entertainment taking place at calle ocho. The forecast is calling for just a couple of showers this afternoon witit high tempetures in the 80s. Your complete forecast is coming up next. An elderly woman victimized of warning abo tricky thieves. What would you do, if you could choose your ultimate adventure . Explore the ocean with a tour guide thats a ton of fun. Race like a cheetah at 60 miles per hour. Or fly down a waterslide. With choose your adventutu, you can explore four parks for less. Enjoy any two parks for just 99, then add an additional park or visit for only 10 more. More visits. More savings. And now, they looked like they were shopping. Deputies say they were in the market to steal. If they had beenn front of me, i would hit them with the cane. An elderly woman tricked and her wallet taken. Diana she was distracted and duped. Christine and she is not these guys. If i had seen him, he would have been a real sorry sight. Reporter 92yearold bet bet tty swanson saidf she had seen what these two men did to her last week, this story would have had a differentnt ending. Oh look. As quick as that. Reporter but she didnt and districting her, another was cleaning her out. And while i was looking at it. The other person was taking the stuff out of my purse. Reporter it happened at this publix in cooper city. Ose are the suspects shopping for a victim and they found one, a 92yearold lady. One districted her while the other emptied her purse. I feel like blasting them, i tell ya. If they had been in front of me doing that, id have hit them with the cane. I really would. Reporter the Broward Sheriffs Office said they we shall done yet. Here they were at a best buy at Pembroke Pines swiping 1,500 worth of computers. Most of the people probably robbed might p looking for food, money for food or something le that. An here they just use it for playing and nonessential things. Reporter betty says she stealing from a 92yearold, thats low. Why dont they have to prey on people. Get t out there and get a job and do something worthwhile. Rorter take a look. Deputy says are the two suspects walking out of Pembroke Pines. Call crime stotoers 954493tips. In coope city, brandon beyer, 7 news. An organization that hems track down organizations is in need. They have supplied blood hounds and now only have enough money left to purchase two more dog, which cost 1,000 each. It was estabshed by don and claudine rice following the abduction and murder of their son jimmy. He disappeared from a school bus stop. Juan carlos confessed to the crime. Ago. Superintendent Alberto Carvalho naming angel patrol, individuals recognized for their efforts in stepping forward to help needy families in the district paying for funerals of young victims and providing funding in time f afterschool programs. We have true angels among ourselves who undererand what the need is and provide solutions for the needy, fragile and needy in the community. We try to help the community and people who have gone through tragedies throughout the year. Diana a total of ten families were honored. Good afternoon, south florida. So far we are seeing lots of sunshine today in comparison to yesterday. Atimes we have been seeing a few coastal clouds. Our friends in the northwestern bahamas. As far as the radar is concerned, really quiet the last couple of days. Rain will be hard to come by in theext 48 hours. Temperature readings are responding to that sunshine already in the 80s. 80 degrees in miami, 79 in key west, 77 in grand bahama island with that wind Holding Steady right now picking up to 24 miles an hour in miami, creating choppy seas. But the big view is showing that where the wet weather is happening, thats around louisiana, mississippi, arkansas, movingnto chicago as well, steady stream of rain causing flood concerns and also right now from portions of louisiana and mississippi, there are a couple of severe thunderstorm watches. As far as temperature readings are concerned, much warmer towards the south. But then behind the system, thats when we find the chilly we will have the strong breeze creating rough seas for swimmers and boaters going into the weekend. The winds are expected to relax a little on saturday. On saturday and into sunday, more humidity will b b moving in across the area and we will introduce a chance of showers on sunday. If your plans take you beach or boat, Small Craft Advisory in effect, r rk of rip currents in effect. Four to eight feet. 10 20 in key largo with forecast highs expected to range only in the low 80s. Overnight lows in the 70s. Partly cloloy skies likely going into saturday. We spring forward on sunday. And the best time to switch those clocks ahead by one hour isaturday night before you go to bed. That is your 7 on 7 forecast. City officials hoping to put miami beac theyre partnering with the city to expedition production along indian creek drive. Its expected to be completed over the next two years. Diana it needs it. Christine sure does. Still ahead on 7 news at noon. She couldnt get pregnant so she stored her embryos and now cant get them back. Howard with patrick fraser. Police officers are tell you that Domestic Violence cases are will take the abuser wac over an overer again. Christine and now they have a system. Here is special assignment report. He swept me off my feet. Reporter laura thought she had met her prince charming. Tall, handsome, came into my lifefehen i was at the end of my rope. Reporter she lost her job and he quickly moved in. Seemed like the perfect situation. Reporter within a few weeks, it turned rocky. He was in charge of the finances. My every movement was controlling on him. Reporter he checked her friend and took from her friends. Eput an app on my phone that retrievedy deleted text messages. Reporter when he read those about him, he became enraged. At this point, im more reporter he beat, choked her. And he en crossed o over to sexual abuse. At that point, i kind of felt like it was my fault. Reporter she did call police and he was arrested. By the time he was released, she took him back and dropped the charges. Police officers s s most victims of Domestic Violence never prosecute. The moment that anger dissipates, it k kd of turns into i dont want to do this anything anymore or put him or her through that. Reporter a new program focuses on the abuser. You know who the perpetrator is almost before it happens. Its something we should be able to get ahead of. Reporter officers created a data base with a list of names for those involved in domestic abuse. They hit the streets to hand deliver a warning to those defenders. Officers coming to your house, providing you with the im writing to let you knog that members of Hollywood Police department are taking new approach. Consider this fair warning to avoid court charges. Reporter they hope by letting them know and the whole Police Department knows what you did and could change behavior. Reporter the violent relationship didnt end until he ended up in prison. Her advice, tell someone. A lot of times youre so ashamed you dont want to tell anybody. Reporter she hopes by telling her story now it will help other victims to get the cycle. Working. The number of Domestic Violence calls in hollywood is down dramatically. To learn more or get help the newsplex, lynn martinez, 7 news. Time for a break and check on wall street. stock market bell diana the dow is down about 120 points. The n sdaq is off 31 and s p is down 11. Welcome back. Officials remain on the scene of the opalocka city hall where they were conducting a raid. They continue to remain on the scene. Chris bosh commenting on his latest blood clot scare. The star responding to the condition, which has kept him out of the action since the allstar break. Bosh hopeful he will return to the Allstar Court this season. And r for the white house with the hopefuls taking the stage in south florida. Marco rubio calling the state a stwin as he remains in third place. Tonight he will be at the university of miami alongside ted cruz, donald trump and john kasich. 7 news at noon is not over yet. Coming up next. Diana while your mouth is watering, get ready to dive into a seafood dish. Bebeys will show us how its done. 7 sports is coming up. She wanted to store her embryos. Diana and now she wants to get them from the Doctors Office. Its todays help me howard with patrick fraser. Hi. Reporter there is absolutely Nothing Better in life than having a child. My daughter is awesome. Shes always happy and smiling. Reporter for danielle and baby they never thought they would have. I was told that i have a disease and girls like me cant have babies. Reporter but they refuse to accept that diagnosis and went through ivf. Your body is overly stimulated to collect eggs fro the body. They are fertilized and put back in the moms body in hopes of a pregnancy. Reporter its a remarkable procedure but not cheap. Pretty close to 25,000. I emptied out my 401 k. My husbandnd emptied out his 401 k. Reporter very expensiveive and emotionally toh. We had four tries. Reporter now they call her eir miracle. Theyre ready to use the two stored to try and have another baby, so they called the Doctors Office. He told me that your in current fee. I said i dont foe know about that. Reporter she said signed the drt but didnt know about the fees. Now she would have to pay another 17 hurk for that storage. I told them i dont have the moneyful i dont work anymore. I stay home with my daughter. Reporter if she doesnt pay for the embryos. What do we do . I dont want to destroy them. Those are my kids. Reporter legally d she be charged 1,700 to get her embryos to try an have another baby . Because danielle did not initial the clause that list the storage fees, its possible a court would s s she didnot because her eggs were stored, she has to pay at least fair market value. Reporter we contacted the Doctors Office several times. They did not return our calls but did send danielle an email to tell channel 7 to cease calling our office and stopping by. And then they did the nice thing. They compromised with danielle, lowering the cost of the storage from 1717 1,700 to 600, a price she can pay immediately. If they could not agree on price, one would have to sue the other and the judge could sort it outful legally, those eggs caot be destroyed. Reporter danielle now has her embryos stored with a company that charges much less as she saves up to get treatment for another baby. The quality of those embryos is veryy good. The likelihood from having pregnancy from that is very reporter good luck, danielle. Since she didnt initial that cause, it threw it into dispute n. Many case, failure to initial may not matr because that clause may be irrelevant to your purchase. No matter, its reminder to read the entire contrac carefully. A problem left you frozen trying to fige it out . Ready to give birth to a solutionon contact us. You dont have to egg us onto help you. For this help me howard, im patrick fraser, 7 news. Race like a cheetah at 60 miles per hour. Or fly down a waterslide. With choose your adventure, you can explore four parks for less. Enjoy any two parks fo just 99, then add an additional park or visit for only 10 more. More visits. More savings. A Fort Lauderdale bistro is serving up a delicious meal. Christine its on the menu. Lets grab a bite with belkys. Reporter the chef, phillip in Fort Lauderdale, a cozy restaurant serving up international cuisine. Wed take our influences from all over the world. We have an a little southeast asia, mediterranean, spain all the way. Reporter and open for lunch and dinner tuesday through sunday. You can also see chef phillip, other top chefs and yours truly at the fifth annual delish Tasting Event at gala of Amazing Things in Fort Lauderdale, benefitting students at the cull mare insurance constitute. Going to be great. Reporter and somethinglse to look forward to, the dish were making today, sered salmon. You wont see that on any other menu. Why . Because we invented it rite here. Reporter start with your sauce. In a blender, add chopped parsely, cilantro, fresno chili pepper, cooked garlic, and spices. Now the salad. We have shredded mango. Reporter then grape tomato, fresno chilies, sliced cucumber, parsely and cooked quinoa. Mix well and set aside. Now for the samb salmon. Season with sea salt, pepper and spice, which you can get at asian markets. Put olive oil in a hot pan and it cooks quickly about 30 seconds per side. Going to do it all the way around. Reporter when theres crust on all sides its done. The chef tops with mango salad, which is sliced. With our salmon we like to serve thanks, chef. That recipe is on our web site wsvn. Com and you can read my bite with belkys blog on there as well. In the plex, belkys nerey, bon appetito. The heat took their fivegame win streak into milwaukee last night. The bucks are not very good but the heat have a hard time with them. Heat in black, dwyane wades pass is intercepted. The heat were down 70 early. Final minute of the half. Hasan whiteside. He had 19 points in the first half. Heat trail by three at the break. Heat down four and wade turns it over again. Parker comes back the other way. Heat down by six and come all the way back. Josh richardson kicks to luol deng. Deng ties the game at 72. Final minute of the third. Dragics pass to richardson for three. The heats biggest lead. They lead by. Lays it in. 30 seconds to play. The floater and this will do it t. Heat lose, the heat are in chicago on friday. The dolphins are a different leave signing with the hston texans. 14 million guaranteed. Lamar will be joined by quarterback, who is leaving denver, four years the dolphins out of um. Hes gone. Dolphins resend the transition tag and agrees to terming with the genesful five years, 85 million 52 million guaranteed. They sigign mario williams. They trade with the eagles. Dolphins swap first round pick with the eagles and move down 8 to 14. They also sign safety from detroit. Got all that . Came back down from ottawa in their last game to boston only to lose in overtime. Cats have lost five out of their last six. First to third behind boston and tampa. Frustrated with the way we played great hockey and played awful hockey. When were consist at the present time team playing for 60 minutes and battle, thats hen the team is good. We cant be up and down. Steve got to get this one tonight. Canes open the acc tournament tonight. Make it a great day, everybody. Top talent fighting for americas attention. Six singers left to steal the spotlight. The pressure is onto find the one. Reporter talks to some of the finalists and judges about moving forward and the high stakes. Here they are, your finalists on American Idol season 15. Reporter on thursdsd, the final eight contestants per formed songs from past seasons and everyone knows theres no room for mistake. If you dont go 100 percent every week, manager could happen. Take iterformance by rather than been in competition with other, be in competition with yourself. They say several things have go just right during each performance. This is when it gets interesting. If we see it repeatedly, its really hard. Thats every artist. You have to bring somhing different but its still got to connect. You have to stretch outut of your zone and not go so far out that we tone know what youre doing. Its challenging. This is such a strange part of the process. At this point, its a`out who responds to whom an not whos better than anybody else. Reporter and with another Double Elimination on the line, america has the responsibility of getting it right. This show has always been about diversity in styles. We h he that represented as of now with the top eight. T be interesting to see who doesnt make it. Theyre not complacent of being qn the top ten an they take advantage when up there. You can only do so much and theyre doing about everything they can do, which is great. Reporter in hollywood, michelle, fox news. Diana catch an all new American Idol tonight at 8 on 7. And 245s today in florida. Thank you for watching. Im christine cruz. Diana and im diana diaz. Morning. Fablifes guide to good living. Chef Giada De Laurentiis. Spoon em all. You want to o lp me spoon, or are you gonna watch me . Im gonna watch you. Oh, come on laughter hacks to make cleaning a snap. Take the oh, yuck to oh, ye transform your shower into your own personal spa. F fulous steam bath that smells delicious. And. Lea laughter tips to getting some zs. Mazing, glorious, incredible sleep. That is the least sexy thing i ever seen, and i love it. laughing cheers and applause welcome to fablife. Now, today is all about good living. Were talking those simple things you do every single day, and were making them luxurious. Showers will never be the same afteyou see what weve got in store. And weve got cleaning hacks thatll change the way you tidy up. But part of my good living is obviously food, and lucky for me joined by eighttime cookbook author let me fix that eighttime New York Times bestselling author, the extremely talented Giada De Laurentiis is here. Congrats on all the success. Oh, my gosh, happy cooking, by the way, is so amazing. You ga me a copy last time. So, are you gonna do a little happy cooking . Im doing some happy cooking here. A little happy cooking all happy. All happy. Good. But congratulations its done so ahazing. Were so excited youre here. How was the book tour . The book tour was grueling. Really . But it yeah, its grueling. Its grueling. You go city to city to city, and you dont really get any rest, and you never know where you are. And shaking hands. Yeah, but you know what . You get to meet a lot of cool peopop. Thats awesome and that is the fun of it. You will know soon enough. I know. Im like, thats awesome thats great. Okay, so what are wdoing here today already . Were jumping right into it. So, were starting with a flaxs`ed lemonade, which i thought you guys all might want to try. Oh, my its its all you k kw, theres nothing in there. Dont worry, im not surprising you with any booze. Dont worry . Ill deal well, usually i would spike it with something for you, but nothese days, so what is flaxseed