Three lanes are still completely blocked off at ives darery road. Expect two lanes to be blocked on i75 southbound approaching sheridan street. President obama will visit cuba before he done this year. We brought you the announcement from washington on our 11 00 p. M. Newscacat. Leaders have been reacting with mixed emotions. Nbc 6 reporter julia bagg is live in little havana. The Cuban Community speaking out. What are they saying and what they telling you . Sheli, i just talked to two men about it working inside to set up at cafe versailles. One didnt want to talk about it, just shook his head. The other said he thought it could be something good. This seems to be the natural progression for the white house sie the announcement of improved relations back in december of 2014. Since then businesses are back open at embassiesboth in theres an announcement of now commercial Airline Flights between the u. S. Mainland and cuba. Lots of changes in this warming up of relations. Remember something else. This also comes on the heels of the cuban migrant crisis, the latest one with thousands of people from that island making the track from Central America but many stranded when nicaragua closed the border there. Here is what was said at a gop town hall last night. I want the relationship between the u. S. And cuba to change, but it has to be reciprocal. The visit follows president jimmy carters two visits after he left office in 2002 and again in 2011. He went on the invitation of fidel castro. Coming up in our next half hour, find out what else cuban exiles are saying about this here and what else this means just in the were live in little havana, julia bagg, nbc 6 news. Also for you this morning, a Convenience Store clerk still shake after an armed crook set his sights on quick cash and a Cash Register as well. The crime was caught on camera february 6th at the mobile gas staon on broward boulevard. The thief ducks below the counter catching the clerk completely off guard. He was armededith a knife. He urges her to come out with the cash and he was it done quickly. The thief eventually got away but not before cameras got a good look at his face. Nbc 6 erika glover going through more video youre looking at. Well have a full live report on what happened coming up in our next half hour. People line the street of oak Grove City Park claiming the city closing down their programs. At a soup kitchen for the last 25 years. The group claims oakland park issued a cease and difficult sift order and denied attempts to compromise. Back in 2014 the city enacted an ordinance to revamp the area and make room for new developments. A story getting a lot of attention on our nbc 6 news and weather app. It revolves around a local teenager who police say has been scamming people pretending to be a doctor. Michael, we talked about this yesterday. This wasnt something going on for a day or two. This was something going on for months. So convincing to say the very least for this kid. Absolutely. Were hearing from him. 18yearold malachi love robinson. He says hessaddened and feels disrespected about the charges against him. Were also learning why hes also charged with grand theft. We learned an 86yearold woman has come forward claiming the home visits for what she says was severe stomach pain. This woman said he diagnosed her with arthritis and sold her natural vitamins. According to this woman who said during one visit she had to go to the hospital and claimed loverobinson told her to leave her purse and keys at home and he would lock up. She later found out her bank account was empty. During a press conference wednesday, loverobinson wouldnt address those accusations. I would ask for you to pray for us in this time, that we get the truth out of it, not only the truth but we can shed some good light on some of the things happening in the communy today. Office says he opened a medical office previously cited by health officials. We speak to the woman who claims she was scammed. Live in studio, michael spears, nbc 6 news. Commotion in westin as cops nab two young men probably up to no good. Police arrested wesley vel diva and salvador gutierrez. Officers think thth 20yearolds have had sticky fingers in the San Sebastian neighborhood. Theyre accused of targeted unlocked karps nabbing anything they ha. They had a blanket full of wallets and phones and stuff like that. Its around 500 in money y d credit cards, wallets, phones. A 17yearold was with the two men when cops showed up. Actually targeted. For the first time the miami heat are addressing chris boshs latest health scare. They announced chris bosh would not accompany the team to atlanta on friday. We told you of reports on calf injuries and hes back on blood thijners. Heat star dwyane wade says he doesnt think the issue is as serious as last years blood clot that sidelined bosh for the final 30 games of the season. A new shakeup in the republican race as a top contender gets a major endorsement. Were tracking the campaign developments from our nations capital. An officer injured in the line of duty makes a surprising support to students who he says helped him in on his road to recovery. 62 in miami. Were Still Holding on to 61 in opalocka with temperatures in yo. Welcome back. Your time is 5 11. One republican president ial hopeful is going against fellow candidates. Ben carson said if he were president , hed nominate someone to replace right away, that is, even in his last year in office. Getting a lot of backlash from a lot of republicans who aay the process of nominating a new justice should wait until a new president takes office. Scalias Funeral Services are happening this weekend. New developmentsshis morning in the republican race for president. Donald trump is losing steam while ted cruz is gaining momentum and marco rubio gets a slam dunk in South Carolina. Tracie potts is following all these new developments from washington washington. The sound youre hearing is the sound of screams coming from washington, d. C. Reporter thats ted cruz announcing his twopoint leaea over donald trump in our news nbc news wall street journal poll. Statistically its a tie, but trump is down seven and cruz supp eight points just two days before South Carolinas primary. Republican voters are taking one more moment to take a pause and denied whether donald trump is really the person they want to nominate for president or not. Threatening a lawsuit over this cruz ad. Im very pro choice. Reporter trumpays thats old. Hes pro life. Its quite literally the most ridiculous theory ive ever heard. Please, donald, file the lawsuit. Reporter in the same, donald trump denounced rubios trip. Rubio just picked up the endorsement of South Carolinas governor over jeb bush. Im disappointed she didnt endorse me. Reporter two more days to more disappointment or maybe a big push for some of the six remaining republicans. Tracie potts, nbc news, washington. Nbc 6 is everywhere. Political reporter steve litz traveling to South Carolina ahead of the primary. Look for his live reports starting friday. That is troechlhl you can follow him on twitter for updates on the campaign trail as well. Continuing to follow the tornadoes that swept through a few days ago. Neighbors across south florida continued a huge cleanup job as i mentioned, spawned three different ef 1 tornadoes. In davie the most recent one concerned, a cluster fig tree, the largest single trunk tree in the state of florida now missing a giant limb after the storm ept through. Gives you an idea of the winds here. The National Weather service di confirm yesterday a third tornado originating in westin moving about seven miles east towards dave. You can see in this Surveillance Video the power and intensity. Causing trees to fall, leaving Property Damage from miamidade through Broward County. Luckily, through all of that, though, a lot of damage and a lot of pricey damage. Nobody was hurt which is incredible given the scope. It wasnt centered in one place. It was from miamidade all the way through broward. It was pretty widespread. Real quick. The National Weather service did not send out a survey team when they were actually able to use to get an idea and piececeit together to make the determination it was an ef 0 tornado. It was hopscotching along. It was that clear based on the pictures and video. Photos. Bottom line, Severe Weather passed us now. Morning. A great start to the day. Live first alert doppler which was such a great tool with the outbreak of Severe Weather we had just the other day picking up no rain in sight. Just false returns offshore. Well leave it rainfree right now. A beautiful forecast leading into your thursd afternoon. For the kids. Clear skies, 57 to 62. Ill show you the spread in temperatures in just a moment. Sunrise at 6 54. Well bring the sunup and warm things up. A delightfully clear morning. Beautiful look into ft. Lauderdale now. Wind speeds not all that impressive. Clear skies, weve been able to dial the temperatures way back. We will see a subtle wind shift today to the northeast. It will have some implicions on the beaches. Our current readings of 58 in Pembroke Pines and pompano. 59 in ft. Lauderdale, 56 in west kendall. Hanging on to 62 in miami. For everyone, it feels great, looks great, what a great day top to bottom. Up to 76 as our high today. A little breeze and a little cloud cover moving in out east. Out west, cloudy skies. The wind will enhance the rip current risk. While the sunshine is inviting, rip currents developing today. Certainly possible for the next several days as the northeast breeze stays established. Tonight maybe not quite as koochlt coulddven see a sprinkle on that northeast breeze. In the next few days looking very nice, very persistentor temperatures in the mid 70s. Lots of sunshine all the way through. Maybe a sprinkle or two. Our lows in the 60s. Our next significant chance for rain not coming until next tuesday. Lets check on the drive with kelly. Good morning, south florida. Youll like were accidentfree in miamidade and Broward County at 5 17. This is your drive on the palmetto expressway. Your northbound and southbound lane on u. S. 27 and observe choeb bee road. No issues on this side of town. Over to the maps we have a traffic alert` because of the garbage truck accident, southwest 7th street is still completely blocked off. You want to take southwest 17th avenue, brickell avenue or biscayne boulevard until the ramp is back open. 836 to 826 you have all lanes shut down for another 10 to 15 minutes. Plan for that construction. Indian creek drive between 63rd thats going to be all morning long. I95 at ives dairy road we have three lanes blocked off. Thats cleared out of the way. This should be clearing, i75 southbound at sheridan, two left lanes closed off. 5 18 on your thursday morning. If you have lost money to a contractor, the money may not be gone forever. Theres a little kno state fund that actually pays you back if you have this kind off issue. People like maria gonzalez, a housekeeper who put 2,000 down on hurricane shutters, but the contractor that she paid ran off with her money before any of the work was done. Now her daughterinlaw is trying to get it back. She doesnt have disposable income to just give away 2,000 like that. They t tl us they have been waiting for years for this money to come back, but still they havent seen anything. Its a process thats been called complex and complicated. Nvestigate ers investigators Myriam Masihy will have more. Federal judges and anyone to see. That is actually ofcourse a federal violation. The site that posted thth information was created by a former deputy who says he sold the site in 2012 to friends who live in russia. He believes theyre the ones who records. We understand policere investigating this data breach. A Miami Gardens officer shot in the line of duty getting a lot of support from Elementary School students. Had to give the kids a moment to gigi him a shoutout. Now that hes on the road to recovery, this is his way of thanking students for their this right here is what makes my job, all that we do, this is what makes it important. So students with the embrace girl power after School Program didnt hold back as they thanked Miami Gardens Police Officer david starling for his service. The girls wrote d dens of supportive cards while recoveriri in the hospital after a gunshot wound in an ambush that happened last month. Girls lined up for autographs and hugs to thank him for what he does in the community. Starlings using a cane to get around and says he looks forward to getting back to patrol. The man who shot him, david ma high hee yeahmejia is behind bars. Your time is 5 20. Well introduce you to the sunshine states newest multimillionaires. See what theinners of that theyre saying theyre going to pope visit wraps enamel is your teeths first li of defense. But daily eating and drinking can make it weak. Try colgate enamel health. It replenishes weak spots with natural calcium to strengthen enamel four times better. Colgmte enamel health. Welcome back on your your time is 5 23. Maybe youre still wondering who the luckiperson was from florida who won the powerball jackpot. This morning we can give you that answer. This is David Kaltschmidt and maureen smith, a melbourne couple, tang home at least part of that record 1. 8 billion. Very calmly walking up. I would be freaking out. Its their first public it happened yesterday. Thats when they made the big announcement. They bought their Winning Ticket at a publix supermarket. They plan to take the 327 million lump sum and help out their families as well as donate a good unk to charity as well which is very nice. The first thing they handle is very important business. Take a listen. My truck is about to fall apart. So i do need a vehicle. I want to get a massage. Hes going to fix his truck massage. No yachts, yet, no bighouses. Apparently theyll split that jackpot with two other families. How they kept i ia secret for a month is really impressive. The person in california still has not comom forward. The odds of choosing those winning numbers, one in 292 llion. She said shes always played those same numbers. Congratulationso her. Believe it or not, some big lottery tickets actually never get claimed. In florida alone nearly a dozen powerball and florida lotto jackpot ticketsave expired since 2000. Thats about 200 million going unclaimed. 80 of the expired jackpot go into the education fund. The rest is usedor future drawings. Somebody here in the studio with us, i wont name any names yet, there she is. I hit a double, guys. Look at her, theyre trying to block you. So team blanco won. Thats right. Of course they did. Team blanco always wins. And adam. Oh hes still happy about it. Media day game at marlins park happened last night. Youre just looking at kelly blanco and Adam Kuperstein as well. Kelly got a double. As for adam well, basketball is his favorite sport. He was there. It as media day at marlins park. How cool. Was it fun . It was amazing she said. Awesome. Much moror ahead in our next half hour of news. A freak accident sends a man to the hospital. How an attempt to clean a Community Pool almost cost him why apple is lowes presents how to plan for the future. Happy valentines day. Happy birthday. Sorry i forgot our anniversary. Happy mothers day. Now get 3 shrubs for only 10 announcement in the move to restore relations with cuba. President obama getting ready for an historic visit through the island nation. Big punishment for a teen involved in a fatal crash that killed his best friend. See what charges hes facing. A gas station clerk threatened at gunpoint during a robbery. Police asking for your help finding the culprit. Live, nbc 6 today starts now. Good morning to you, everybody. Your time is 5 30. Im eric harryman. Im sheli muniz. Thanks for joining us on this friday eve. Were working on many stories for you this morning including a big announcement from the white house. Live reports on all that coming up for you. First lets get you over to meteorologist Ryan Phillips with a close look at what youll encounter as you step out the door. Feels great outside this morning. Want you ready for a chill in clear skies and light winds. Thats what weve got overhead here in the magic city, allowing for the perfect setup to bring temperatures down into the upper 50s and lower 60s, a light northwest wind. 59 in ft. Lauderdale and oakland park. Were at 65 currently in key west. Again, mostly clear skies. If you look very carefully here, there are clouds developing out across the atlantic waters. As our winds turn from the north to the northeast, some of the clouds will come our way as the day progresses. A beautiful start to our morning. All of our roadways are dry. First alert weather, clear and cool. Bright skies this morning, about 59 is what well average out as we begin our morning. Warping to the mid 70s this afternoon. Breezy on the beach. Partly cloudy skies. High of 76. Good thursday morning, south florida. Hope your morning is off to a good start. We were accidentfree until a couple seconds ago
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