E recognize were not the frontrunner. We know were an underdog, but we feel good about it. Reporter the underdog battles the field in iowa. Marco rubio stomping the confidence and promising to continue his White House Campaign despite tonights outcome in the caucuses. Him and jeb bush are lower in the polls in iowa. Both candidates hopes their message resonates. We explain the challenges for these two. Both have challenged. Bush more so than senator rubio. Neither is polling great. Both see tonight as an opportunity to get their backers huddled in a room and stir up some support. Senator M Marco Rubio started this caucus day at a Cracker Barrel in clive, iowa, posing for pictures, shaking hands, and the underdog, but feels good about tonight. Irrespective of what happens tonight, this campaign is important. Reporter at this point, its all about the ground game and who can motivateoters enough to show up and caucus tonight. Ha Hallie Jackson is covering the phone bank. These are calls from supporters who know they like marco rubio. They want to make sure they know it is caucus night tonight. Reporter jeb bush supporters in iowa are fired up, ready for their establishment candidate to step up in the polls possibly after tonights caucuses. Today bush pushed this ad on social media touting his accomplishments as floridas governor and promising to do the same in washington. If you want more d. C. Politicians or more selfpromoters, youve got options. Different, leadership, ideas, and a proven conservative record. Reporter a professor has low expectations for both of miamidades candidates. I think the republican be voters are tired of an establishment thas telling them one thing and doing another. At this point, its to he with all of them and bring in new blood. Rubio is hoping to sap away evangelical voters from ted cruz. Caucusing starts at 8 00 tonight. Nbc 6 news. Florida holds its president ial primary election on march 15th. You must register by february 16th. Early voting runs from march 5th to march 12th. The debate will take place at in durham at 9 00 p. M. And be moderated by chuck todd and rachel maddow. All three candidates say they will be there. And we haveeull coverage of the 2016 president ial election on the nbc 6 news and weather app. Well, a couple facing charges night after holding a woman for days in a North Lauderdale home where she was tied, beaten, and raped. The couple convinced the victim to go to the North Lauderdale home. Investigators say the next day the victim tried to leave, but they didnt let her. The victim was kept against her will while being sexually assaulted. After the woman was held in captivity r five days, the woman f nally took her to a train station and let her go. Well, a man is behinh bars this man masturbated in front of drivers and just 600 feet from an elementary school. He was arrested on a charge of lewd behavior. Students and staff shocked after someone plastered mean messages on campus. It was a story you first saw on 6. Bobby brooks is live at Archbishop Mccarthy High School with who may be responsible for all of this. Bobby . Reporter trina, good evening. Officially no one has been blamededet by the police. However, the students here at the high school seem to think they have a pretty good idea. You come to School Monday morning and see antigay slurs spray painted on the wall but thats not all. Pictures of the male anatomy, random scribbles, and then the letters mp. Thats what the students at Archbishop Mccarthy High School they painted over it. its very immature. Reporter immature indeed. There are racist and hateful words as well. Being a mccarthy student, i was offended. Reporter the blame is being put on mccarts rival school. Youre putting two and two together. It must be them . The initials were in several fferent places. Reporter Sheldon Taylor is on the team. He says someone threw out a smoke bomb during the game. Though hes not ready to pass blame. Youre not going to pass judgment on anyone just yet . No, because its not my place. Reporter theyve given no comments on who might be behind this. If it was someone from their rival, they should have known better. R. I would expect more from them school. I thihi what they did is just kind of wrong. Rererter back out live here. One thing the Police Department is saying. This is not a hate crime. As forurveillance video, there is some. We are told the vandals are caught on tape wearing masks. Bobby brooks, nbc 6 news. The World Health Organization has declared the zika virus a global heah emergency. Zika was detected in brazil last may and has since spread to severa countries, including the u. S. Two cases in miamidade. The bigst concern is the possible link to a virus, a condition thatt causes babies to be born with brain damage and unusually small heads. Its estimated the virus will reach most of the hemisphere and infect up to 4 Million People by a student died after falling from an apartment building. Gainesville police are investigating the death of 20yearold chance wolf. The weston native fell over a waisthigh glass divider at an apartment complex near campus. He walked out of the sixth floor elevator down a hallway. Investigators do not suspect foul play. The seminole tribe in florida is betting on an Hotel Expansion expansion. They plan to have the expansion create 28,000 jobs. The tribe and governor rick scott agreed on the plan last cember. A state house panel has unanimously passed legislation aimed at cracking down on unemployment fraud based on identity theft. Lawmakers say the practice of benefits under someone elses name is just spiraling out of control in florida. Theres been more than 146,000 fraud claims totaling more than 600 million. Our focus is antifraud measures to keep those criminals out and to keeee the trust fd healthy, to make sure the money is there for t tse who are eligible for the benefits. The bill would give state officials access torivers license databases. It would increase the penalties for such crimes. While the gloom myiy skies are clearing up, theres better days on the horizon. Miami skies still pretty cloudy there, but yes, you are right. Better weather is on the way. John, coming up next, a cop chased down. I pushed 80 to try and catch still i was still eating y ur dust. A Police Officer pulled over. How a daring driver turned the tables on a south florida highway. Takes center announcer its game night the only question that needs answering is what meal to make that everyone will love . How about an easasto 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. Everyones a winner with this flavor packed meal. For more recipes visit freshfromflorida. Com. Look for the fresh from floridalabel when you shop i dont know what im doing. I cant find anything just when i think its just not going to work. Thth 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 haha thought that anyone would find that do that. Make that go out of their way for me. Right then, right there i couldnt believe it he was so helpful i know its such a small thing little thing. Simple thing but ititade me smile made me happy made my day share your story. Publix. Where shopping a pleasure. We have new video of a lawn laundry mat. He tries to scale the wall to get into a locked office. He slips and falls, but doesnt give up. Gets over and finds a cash t he left with absolutely nothing of value. If you have any information, pleaseall Broward CountyCrime Stoppers at 954493tips. I pushed 80 to try and catch up with you and still i was still eating your dust. Roll reversl on a south florida highway. A driver pulls over a Police Officer for speeding and the woman behind the wheel followed that officer to chasti him. And she did it all on camera. The video has gone viral. Erica glover shows us how it all went down. Theres an officer in front of me that ive been following street, when he got onto the palmetto. Reporter when Claudia Castillo hit the road friday afternoon, she decided to take the law into her own hands andh press record. Hes really abusing the uniform. Reporter it took her about 20 minutes to catch up with the miamidade pice officer who castillo claims flew past her driving in and out of lanes with no emergency lights on. I had gone 80 and i was still eating his dust. Reporter after flashing her lights and honking the horn, she catches the officers attention. I was finally able to pull him ove lets say what happens here. The reason i pulled you over today and im asking you to come over and have a conversation is because i saw you since miller drive when you were first jumping on to the palmetto and you were pushing 90 miles an hour. Everything fine . No, everythings fine. Its your speeding i apologize. Ill be sure to slow down then. Reporter miamidade director released a statement in response dep artment will have his immediate command staff investigate the matter once the officer an citizen are identified. The appropriate course of action will be taken at that point. Im more worried actually about the possible retaliation of me standing up to a Police Officer. Reporter castillo says no one is above the law, which is exactly why she posted this video online. Shes hoping officers here will get the message. Nbc 6 news. Some spots saw a lot of sun at the end of the day today, but theres still some cloudiness lingering around. Boy, not a puff of wind out there. Of the canal there. A look atatthe live first alert Doppler Radar shows the rain for the most part has moved out, but not for every single location. Ththres still some rain hugging the coast in parts of coconut grove. The bulk of the rain has indeed moved away. Well zoom in. Extending into the area virginia key and extendinin to southern brickell. We still have some rain close to the c castline. Otherwise the rest of it has indeed ended. Talk about a wet start to the month of february. January was our wettest since 1932. 476 of normal rain. I know its going to be really hard for you guys to see this, but this is courtesy of the soutut Florida Water management district. Close to the coast have 300 to 400 of normal in january. If you thought january was wet, you are not incorrect. Another inch of rain today as i mentioned and a clelering beginning tomorrow. It will quiet for much of the rest of the week. Heres todays rain accumulation. 1. 75 in homestead. D. West. Ft. Lauderdale got almost an inch. Pompano beach 0. 75. 73, miami, ft. Lauderdale. Key west sitting at 78 degrees. We had a lot of moisture come up cuba and the florida straits. Thats over the central and expect a bahamas, but in florida the air is becoming drier. Thefore the weather is expected to beostly quiet for the re the remainder of the week. Ill show you tomorrow her on the future tracker so you can plan accoingly. Now the future tracker is seeing some rain early in the dy tomorrow. Honestly, i see very little chance of rain tomorrow despite what the computer model forecast is showing. It should be a papaly sunny day. An Early Morning of 69 degrees. Thee the sunsets tomorrow at 6 05 in the afternoon. Two more relatively qet and warm days through ursday. The next cold front approaches on friday, passes south florida, but returns possiblyn sunday with of course more rain. Today, the Miami InternationalFilm Festival for its 33rd edition. It will be at the olympia theater in downtown florida. Film screening will be held at the tower theater, coral gables, miami beach, and wynwood. Coming up next, we are bragging about a new south florida school. We go to Miami Springs high old, the welcome back. Miami springs is off the beaten path. A charming town tucked between the airport and hialeah. The citys high school considers itself aidden gem with two unique magnet programs and many decades of tradition. Porter the marching band is terrestrial. They keep their feet o the ground, but their music soars and theres no doubt the golden hawks cheerleads fly high. Welcome to Miami Springs high school, a place powered by tradition, and outstanding teachers. This is a passion for them. This is a vocation for them. Reporter tryits called ite academy in which students focus on video game design. Theyll incorporate everything they use within the core subject area,language arts, math, science, biology, physics. Reporter on the other sidee of the bra, art flourishes at Miami Springs. Her students have making the school look better. You have to have Excellent Customer Service so that the passenger, the guest, feels spspcial. Reporter they have the academy of hospitality and move up the ladder in floridas biggest industry. Theyve added modern distance, another outlet for student eativity. For these kids, its like buying stock in a Startup Company and theyre the capital. They dont have the opportunity to take this outside of school. So thats what were exploring this year. Reporter theres a Special Olympics team for its most special students. The golden hawks have hearts of gold. Every monday w wre bragging about a Different School in south florida. You can submit up to a 200word essay descriiing just what sets your school apart from all others. Greetings from iowa. Were setting the table for a big night of coverage here. Well tell you what the candidates and their armies of polls. The look at what victory you like being picture perfect. You should wanyour banking to be too. Stop into td bank and well help set you up with picture perfect banking. New customers, open a and you can get a polaroid cube and a reminder tonight that the n n 6 investigators are working for you out there. Send an email or you can call our tip line. Finally tonight, a quick look at our top stories today. The World Health Organization has declared the zika virus a Global Health emergency. The organization estimates that the vus will reach most of the hemisphere and will i ifectp to 4 Million People by years end. Florida has three confirmed travelassociated cases. Two of them here in miamidade. The biggest concern is the possible link to microcephaly. The virus is not transmitted person to person. A south florida Law Enforcement officer is murdered daveon halls mother discovered him just days after his home was broken into. He was shot in the chest. Police have not said whether his work as a corrections officer was in any way connected to his death. The first votes in the race for the white house will be cast tonight in iowa. Both the democrats and republicans are holding their caucuses tonight. Polls coming in today show donald trump leading the republican field w wle Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders still running neck and neck. You can follow the latest on these stories on the nbc 6 news and weather app. Just download it for free. This is the time of year when were supposed to have beautiful weather. Sunshine, beautiful temperatures. These days will never come back. Theyre lost. Were losing out on the driest, sunniest part of the year. The next three days will be better, but they will be warm. Then well get more rain, yes. And probably by the end of the week with a new cold front approaching. All this rain, man. A lot of it