Anywhere else. You can see in Broward County things are looking good. The spotty showers forming. We have a light northwest wind this morning, kind of light and variable, so really these showers have not been moving much since they formed earlier this morning. Down in the k ks things are okay as well. A few spotty showers as well. You can see thehe ones to the east of key largo not moving much. We will continue to kee an eye on it. If you have outdoor plans, you can always download our nbc 6 news and weather app for updates as far as conditions near your area. 70 degrees in ft. Lauderdale and miami. 69 in the hestead area. Deal with clouds, especially coastal areas further inland looking a little nicer. First alert forecast, well keep the spotty showers in there, sharon, until at least noontime. Erica, thank you. Disturbing Surveillance Video that seems to show a south florida girl running for her life trying to get away from an nbc 6 reporter erika glover has more with who deputies are looking for. Reporter this morning officers and parents in broward are praising one teen for her quick thinng trying to escape an alleged kidnapper. Officers need your help finding the man responsible. Watch this Surveillance Video. You can see the 13yearold girl running down the street trying to get somewhere fast. What the video does not show in detail is shes trying to get away from this suv. Broward sheriffs deputies say the teen was walking home from School Wednesday afternoon along northeast 4th street near 14th avenue and pompano beach. Thats when a male driver pulled up alongside her, got out of the vehicle, zbzbbd her by the waist and tried to pull her inside. Is morning neighbors are praising the girl for her bravery as parents and studen think twice about their ssfety. I think shes a pretty strong willedgirl. Thats scary. When i was young, i remember something happened around the us down. Thats definitely something i advice all parents and ill do myself when he starts to walk to school. Reporter the man is late 40s, early 50s with reddddh brownish hair and a t tn frame. Ththes a 3,000 reward for any information leading to an arrest in thiss case. Officers say you should call crimestoppers with any tips you might have. That number is at the bottom of your screen. Reporting in broward, erika glover, nbc 6 news. Were learni more about the fiu basketball player accusing herhead coach of sexual misconduct. Were told Destini Feagin was suspended from the team because of an investigation involving criminal theft. It was after she was suspended that she accused coach marlin chinn of pursuing aexual relationship for her. An email from campus officials was sent to the uninirsity quote, we want to reiterate that at fui there was no lerance for misconduct by an employee or a student. We will pursue the truth to the best of our abilities while supporting the victims and ensuring due process for all involved, end quo. A south florida foursome in a miami courtroom facing serious charges for their alleged roles in a fraught scheme. Miamidade detectives say they operated out of a rental home on lock necessary drive in miami lakes where cops found fuel pumps, skimming devices and more than a dozen water growing pot ants. One man is accused of using counterfeit gift cars to steel diesel gasoline for a rigged up ford f 350. A cork from a champagne bottling being opened apparently damaged a passengers eye. The miamidade fire rescue boat independence of the seas cruise ship left port everglades. The fire boat got there quickly and rushed that passenger back to land and to the hospital. No word on that passengers condition this morning. Turning to decision 2016, presidenenal candidates are gearing up for another full day of primaries and c ccuses across the country. On the republican side, donald trump, ted cruz, marco rubio and john kasich are competing in louisiana. Today early voting starts in a. M. You can go to any of the early voting sites and cast your ballots. You can look at browardsoe. Org. Early voting will run through march 13thth, and remember to bring a p pture i. D. With a signature like a pass poured on 9 06 is your time. Ahead, were learning more about the zika virus and how it affects unborn babies. What local officials are saying we should do to protect ourself. Beautiful day in store. Were dealing with a few clouds and spotty showers. Other than that, it will be nice. The second half of the weekend will be even nicer. If youre heading out to spend your saturday on the water, winds will be shifting out of the eastnortheast. Occasionally well see seas up to five feet. T. No advisories over the atlantic waters. What can we o shop all makes, models and colors in your neighborhood. All with worryfree ownership. Head to your neighborhoo enterprise car sales and let the people who buy more vehicles than anyone. Turns out lemon juice doesnt cureink eye. Hi. How are you doing today . Thats how i am. Red head fred. Ultra rare. I collect these too. Nah, these are for my dog because he can never decide which one he wants until he gets home, so. American express presents the blue cash everyday card with no annual fee. Cash back on purchases. My only concern is that this is where we put food. A dogs foot is cleaner than a humans mouth. Thats what they say. Is it . Cleaner than my mouth. Welcome back. Some sad news to report. Prince of tides Author Pat Conroy has died yesterday at his home surrounded by family and loved ones. He announced last month that he had pancreatic cancer. Childhood experiences. South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley said conroys love and words for South Carolina will live on. One of his most notable words was his 1986 bookprince of tides adapted into a popular movie featuring Barbra Streisand and nick nolte. Conroy was 70 years old. This morning we have new clues about the zika virus and how it affects unborn babies. Scientists at Florida StateUniversity Say it can infect and harm fetal brain cells. The study does not caused the birth defect called microcephaly. But researchers believe it inaffects a stem cell that later goes on to form the part of the brain responsible for intellectual capabilities and higher mental functions. Zika is spreading rapidly in no locally acquired cases here in florida. Broward county Mosquito Control says it does a good job of dealing with the mosquito that spreads the virus. However, representatives stress there are things you can do to protect yourself. What you can do to help is by draining make sure theres no water around your house where breed. Cover any trash container, any water area. If you have any doubt about what to do, the experts say you should follow the recommendations of the cdc and epa. Florida lawmakers poised to make a move in medical marijuana legislation. N. Nearly two years after passing a law to allow limited types of medical pot, the house approved a more far r rching plan this week. The bill would revamp the 2014 law and legalize fullstrength marijuana for terminally ill patients, while opponents to substance abuse, some believe the billbenefits are undeniable. This bill will make sure that we finally deliver on the promise we made on 2014, and that probably is the most important thing the bill does. The 2014 law was supposed to make noneuphoric cannabis available to patients who sufferer from cancer or chronic seizures such as children with severe forms of epilepsy. The substances still havent reached patients because fights between nurseries and the Florida Department of health. Now to an update on the legislation aimed at ensuring Law Enforcement agencies have standards for using body cameras. The bill doesnt require cops to use the cameras, but does establish procedures for the use and maintenance of the equipment and the data it records. State representative Sherman Jones is the bills sponsor. He says the measure would help the officers and the people they encounter stay safe and take responsibility for their actions. Finally spacexs unmanned rocket space. Three, two, one, zero, liftoff. There it went. The rocket launched last night from thehcape Canaveral Air Force station to send a commercial satellite into space. This was the fifth launch attempt over the past week and a half. Sundays try ended with an engine shutdown seconds before liftoff. Although the launch was a success, the rocket crashed when it landed on a drone ship in the atlantic ocean. Erika and i both will be heading to carnaval on the mile later today what kind of weather will we be expected when we get there around 12 00. We are dealing with a few showers, spotty and scattered in nature as the day goes on. We are dealing with cloud alonon coastal areas. The further inland you go, youreing clearer skies. Right now dealing with spotty showers near portions of miamidade county. Zooming in, the shower approaching pinecrest and into the kendall area, north miami and also Miami Gardens and into tt aventura area. This has been the case all morning long. Broward county, youve been in the clear all morning long. Just want to have that umbrella close because some of us will be needing it at some point today. Right now seeing temperatures of 70 degrees, 69 in kendall area. Coastal areas dealing with cloud cover. We have a light northwest win right now. You can see the American Airlines arena down there. The first alert forecast calling for spotty showers, turning more scattered in nature as the day goes on. If youre heading to carnaval on stop you. It will be a great day out there. Were hoping you come by the nbc 6 booth so we can meet you in person. Light east wind later today. Low risk of rip currentss along the atlantic beaches. This is the setup. We have High Pressure right now over florida, over much of the southeast, i shouldsay. As you can see, this cloud cover further to the south a ross the gulf of mexico, that continues to stream into south florida. Thats why were dealing with some of the clouds, especially the further south you go. Taking a look hour by hour, this is our inhouse model. Seems totobe a little more aggressive than what were seeing right now. Keep that in mind as we go hour by hour, taking you into the later morning hours, remember, again, i think this is just a bit aggressive and i dont think it will be as bad as its looking right now. In the afternoon hours, i want you see what im talking about. Today well leave that in the forecast because we have a weak front moving through florid tomorrow. In the meantime the moisture will remain present. The uv index on the higher end of the scale. Showers will leave it on the lower to moderate end of the scale. Tomorrow well see increasing sunshine and it loos like it will stick around until at least next weekend. Looks like secretary of state john kerry will now be visiting cuba after all. The white house confirmed kerry will go to cuba with president obama later this month. There were reports kerry canceled a trip to the island over haggli on human rights issues and meeting with dissidents. However, the Obama Administration says its a logistical issue. I push back strongly against the notion that somehow secretary kerry canceled the planned trip. The trip was not planned. It was something considered, but ultimately once it became clear that secretary kerry would travel with the president to cuba, a secretary level rlevel trip prior to the president s the president is scheduled to arrive in cuba march 21st for a twoday trip. Meantime president obama may be leaving office soon, but is confident the nations economy has improved during his time in the white house. There seems to be al an alternative realii out there. America is pretty darn great right now. The president says repupuicans may be making doomsday plans about the economy, but hes looking forward to rebutting their claims. He delivered his assessment of th economy yesterday as a new Labor Department report showed another strong month for job growth. Employers added more than 200,0,00 workers and the Unemployment Rate held steady at 4. 9 . The battle between apple and the fbi continues. Now a prosecutor is saying the unlocked phone could i. D. Another possible unknown San Bernardino attacker. They say the information inside could answer wther there was a third person involved in the San Bernardino terror attacks that killed 14 people. Police say all evidence points to only two shooters, but the possibility of a third attacker hasnt been ruled out. There were two 911 calls reporting three attackers during the shooting. 9 17 is the sometime. Ahead, a group of robbers picked how thesemedley served with sirloin steak. The sizzling sound of fresh florida vegetables mingling together; ut\ zucchini, squash, bell peppers, and tomatoes in golden olive oil. Rnish with fresh parsley andserve with juicy sirloin steak. Complete a delicious meal. Visit freshfromflorida. Com for more great recipes. And remember, delicious is always served fresh from florida. He caught the wrong girls on the wrong time. A group of robbers behind bars after the two women they targeted decided to fight back. The women say they were inside their suv outside a Grocery Store in deltona when the robber jumped and pointed a gun. After they managed to get free, police arrived. For nbc 6, chris hush has the story. I went crazy. Look what i did. All maggie wanted to do was protect her 2yearold granddaughter, going to any length to do so. He caught the wrong girls on the wrong time. Reporter she and her friendlie lisa perez say they were in their suv in this Grocery Store parking lot off howland boulevard on friday, a man jumped in their vehicle. He had a gun to my head. He told me, give me your purse, give me your purse he started cursing. I said no reporter then the women told wesh 2, he pointed the gun at the 2yearold. He had the gun and i managed to turn it on him and put it straight at his forehead. I could see it. I was pulling the trigger. Both of us kind of elbowed and fought him. Reporter it was enough for the man to run to theetaway vehicle. Two other men were waiting inside. Stepped on the gass and followed. Just got robbed at gunpoint. Reporter as perez called police, she rammed the suspects vehicle. The suspects jumped out of the car and ran away. Only wesh 2 was there to capture the massive search launched by deputies. Eventually all three suspects were caught not far from the Grocery Store, one of them taken out of the woods off howland boulevard. Thankfully the crash didnt cause a a serious injuries and the victims say thankfully the gun never fired im happy less trash on the street. That was chris hush reporting. No word yet on any charges. Deputies say although the womens actions were heroic, they strongly do not recommend fighting a suspect. Instead, comply and call 911. Counting down to carnaval on the mile. Previewing the kiwanis club celebrating 40 years of giving back. If you are planning to spend your day at the beach today, winds will be shifting out of the east, blowing between five and ten Miles Per Hour later today. That will only allow for a low risk of rip currents along atlantic beaches. Scattered showers to partly cloudy to mostly cloudy s donkey sound elephant sound theres a big difference between making noise, tapping sound and making sense. elephant sound donkey sound when it comes to Social Security, we need more than lip service. Our next president needs a real plan to keep Social Security strong. elephant noise hey candidates. Enough talk. Give us a plan. Head to your neighborhood enterprise car sales and let the people who buy more vehicles than anyone. Welcome back. This weekend a cantmiss cultural experience. 6 in the mix host Roxanne Vargas joins us with more on this years carnaval on the mile. Reporter art in every form takes over the mile in coral gables. As the kiwanis club of little havava celebrates 40 years of giving the the community, we carnaval. Welcoming over 120 fine artists. The ultimate honor of being named poster artist goes to this local artist, carlos who created dawn of the carnaval. An homage to kiwanis for 40 yearof service. I had Little Havana on my mind and i also wanted to capture memoroes that i had of seeing the old posters from visit havana and the carnavals and that stuff. Theres the red coach that you see there, alludes to the first meeting that they had at the old red coach in in miami. Zbr keep an eye out for this years king of carnival, actor andy garcia. Three concert stages, over 30 musical groups from all over the country bringing the best latin funk and jazz to the mile. Too. All new this year, cork and fork, south floridas best chefs under one tenenserving up delicious bites, cooking demos and cellent pairings during carnaval on the mile this weekend. Do not miss it. Carnaval on the mile happening this saturday and sunday. Nbc 6 and our sister station telemundo 51 proud sponsors of this amazing event. Comomand meet us. Well be hanging out alongside the lejeune stage. Ill be there saturday at 4 00. Roxanne uargas, nbc 6 news. In case you missed that, nbc 6 is a proud sponsor ofhe event. Come out and meet us along the lejeune station. Do you see anyoneewho looks familiar . Stephanie will be there along with sharnd me. For more information, head to thebc 6 news and weather app. When we go out ere. We love when you come over and meet with us and take pictures and get our things we give you for free. I wonder what well have this time. Suspense is killing me. Kant wait until noon. Youll have to show up. 9 27 is the time. Surveillance video shows the moments o an attempted abduction in pompano beach. Who authorities need your help looking for this morning. New questions in a good morning everyone and welcoo back to nbc 6 south florida today. Its saturday, march 6t. Im sharon lawson. A few showers in the forecast. Well get you started with your first alert forecast with meteorologist erika delgado. The majority of showers have been over miamidade. Broward county, things looking okay s