camera. it's a busy weekend in south florida. how are things going this year? looking back at day one of the bash. >> from miami-dade, broward and the keys, this is south florida's news good morning. good morning. it's 6:00 on saturday march 19th. thank you for joining us. let's get our first check of the saturday morning weather. and a good morning. >> it's looking like an unsettled day and it's been a warm week we'll keep the warmth around. could see some heavy downpours today and tonight passing storms around. we're ahead of a cold front. a lot of moisture pulled up ahead of the front and passing storms and an unsettled week.

the good news is, if you're on spring break, it's looking great. cooler, clearing skies, temperatures in the 70s as we start the week. the forecast for today looks like this. we will see warm and humid condition storms at times, high near 87 degrees. winds out of the south at 15- 20. tonight, passing storms, low near 72 degrees and the forecast taking us through the weekend into next week. things getting better and cooler by monday. now at 6:00, friends, families and football fans are mourning the loss of a young player from miami. trey walker died last night less than 24 hours after crashing his motorbike. >> family and friends of trey walker kept vigil for hours ever since walker's accident on

friday evening, their worst fears came to pass. >> sadness on display friday evening as family and friends of trey walker, a miami native with the baltimore ravens, died. >> it has been a sad day. >> reporter: he died after suffering injuries from a dirt bike accident. his sister could hardly bear it. >> i love you trey. >> always remember you. >> it appears, walker was riding his dirt bike without lights on a dark street with dark clothing there's a good chance the driver did not see him. >> that was his dream was to get drafted an made it.

he was a good man with a kind heart, he was humble and loved being part of the ravens team. it was a life cut short with dreams unfulfilled >> he came too far, too too far. >> that was the theme we heard from the hospital as well as on social media. one of those teammates sent out a statement that reads football was walker's escape. it hearts my heart he doesn't get a chance to show the world what kind of man and football player he was going to be. new this morning, when the miami hurricanes head back to spring practice today, one member of the team will be absent. the kicker is off of the squad after being busted for a dui. john was arrested after he crashed into a car, stopped at a red light.

when police checked him out. he played as the kickoff specialist and will be a jr. next year. the hurricanes announced he is off the team. you know that sound, downtown miami hosting a massive party this weekend. it's the ultra music festival. an overhead look at the spot ware. tens of thousands of fans will be out in full force for day two. this annual party has brought problems in the past. there's been issues of crowd control. city officials considered kicking them out. so far, so good. we have the wrap-up of day one. it's the event people from around the world look forward

each year. 165,000 people from the u.s. and 87 countries packing in for the ultra music festival and it's in full swing. >> this couple was in the condo overlooking the festival. >> we were watching, we went. we're about to go in. >> something i always wanted to do in life. it's one thing i always wanted to do. >> it's the first big event of the whole year, it determines where the deejay's play through the year, so it's a big deal. >> they know to steer clear of the area friday through sunday. they shut down southbound and northbound traffic cut down to two lanes along the waterfront. >> all around the area, directing traffic time.

>> spring breakers and winter music conference events jammed the island. that means more police. ocean drive from 7th to 11th street closed to cars. the beach is off limits meaning no one on the sand after sun down >> the main messages we want, we're ready for large crowds and we want you to come out. be responsible. >> reporter: one more bit of traffic advice, tonight the miami play the cavaliers a couple blocks north from where we are. don't miss tipoff. in world news this morning, sad news to report out of russia where all 62 people onboard a boeing jet died in a crash. you can see an explosion, a

flash after the plane went down. dubai flight took off from dubai and the pilot twice attempted to land before the jet crashed at an airport. they posted a statement saying, we are doing all we can to gather information as quickly as possible. at this moment, our thoughts and prayers are with the passengers and the crew onboard the aircraft. now to the war on terror. belgium authorities made an arrest connected to the the paris attack last november and there's a promise for more to come. omar has more. >> reporter: the four month long man hunt for the only paris attackers to escape alive ended friday. police captured him after a gunfight in a neighborhood.

moment he was caught. his legs injured in the raid. prosecutors say he did not immediately surrender or obey orders they discovered his fingerprints during a raid. he helped to plan the paris attacks and was in the city the night they went down. the attacks killed 138 people. they believe he called some friends to pick him up and drive him back to belgium during the attacks. it appears there were more people involved in the planning of the attacks than originally thought. a tragedy at sea. the coast guard confirms that a

the brilliance of the sea is on its way to mexico spotted them yesterday just west of marco island. the refugees said they left cuba 23 days ago. there's been a steady increase of human rafters since the u.s. and cuba normalized relations. meanwhile, the cuban government continues to spruce things up in advance of president obama's arrival on sunday. the old capitol building was under renovations but that's being hurried along now. communists abandoned it because they said it looked too much like the capitol building. we're covering the president's visit starting

and still ahead this saturday morning, it was no wrestling match, but hulk hogan, the wrestler awarded millions in a sex tape lawsuit. see why the battle is not yet over. >> from legal drama to political drama, donald trump is taking on everyone. president obama wants the party to rally around hillary clinton. the latest story in our series of south florida survivors how a brain injury survivor is

welcome back. in news across america, hulk hogan is a winner of a legal site. he was awarded $115 million in his sex tape lawsuit. he was emotional. they showed a video without his consent of him having sex. it will consider punitive damages sunday. >> this is not only his victory, but anyone else who has been victimized by tabloid journalism. >> i'm confident we would prevailed if we could have

we expect to win this case ultimately. >> so gawker plans to appeal. the breakdown of the the 115 million for hogan is 55 million for economic injuries and 50 million for emotional distress. he was only suing for $100 million for the sex tape. an intense scene in utah last night as hundreds gathered outside of a donald trump rally. utah is voting and has 40 delegates up for grabs trump took a shot at one of his biggest critics, mitt romney, a favorite son of utah. >> is this guy a joke? he's a joke artist, i can't believe. are you sure he's a mormon. do i love the mormons.

>> and there's a new chapter in the trump feud. the anchor got under trump's skin if when she called him out about comments he said about women. fox news came to kelly's defense saying in part, donald's sick obsession with her is beneath the dignity of a presidential candidate. megan is one of the leading anchors in america and we're proud of her phenomenal work and support her throughout every day of trump's endless barrage of crude and sexual verbal assaults

repeatedly be abused just for doing her job. incredible. neither party has rallied behind a single candidate. that could change. the republican establishment figures are turning to an unlikely source to stop trump and now there are reports that he is ready to take sides. >> reporter: ted cruz has the support of two senators including lindsey graham who says anyone is better than donald trump. mitt romney plans to vote for cruz in the caucus. >> if you want to beat trump, cruz is the only campaign to do it. >> it's a blow to ohio governor who romney stumped for just last week. >> we'll move beyond it. >> trump reponded calling romney a mixed up man who doesn't have a clue.

he tweeted that graham's endorsement was a ginx. the new york times reports that the president privately told doners that the sanders campaign is coming to an end and the parties should unite around clinton. sanders is trailing in the delegate count. >> we received more votes from people under 30. >> clinton is taking a break from the campaign trail to attend private fundraisers in connecticut and virginia. >> now on this saturday morning, we turn it over for a look at the weekend forecast. much of the week has been warm, we're going to hold on to the warmth and we'll see a chance of showers and thunderstorms and a lot of outdoor activities into next

the youth fair as it's called, the miami-dade expo continuing into the week. warm and humid, storms at times and the best chance of downpours, here's the pattern, a lot of moisture, moisture coming up from the caribbean and it's all conversion and the rain chances will be high high rain chances through tomorrow. but then, the early part of the week, it will cool us off and dry us out and things looking very, very nice for the spring breakers coming up. warm and humid for today, storms around, temperatures in the mid-80s and then tonight, with i -- we'll see periods of storms around. and then finally things cool off a bit as the cold front comes through, we'll see temperatures dropping into the low 60s for lows and highs only in the 70s. that's for monday and tuesday.

high near 87 degrees. for boaters, winds coming up out of the south. and choppy conditions on the bays tonight, we see passing storms, some downpours, and taking us through the weekend into next week, we'll see a couple of stormy days ahead and then looking cooler. >> looks good, thank you. to an all new story in the south florida survivers one young survivor knows what it is like to live with tbi. he's helping others find hope through their challenges here's lauren with the story. >> every 13 seconds, someone in the united states sustained a traumatic brain injury. for jose diaz that came on

>> i got my first car, immature enough, my friends say i was doing about 45 miles per hour, i don't remember anything. the roads were wet because of the rain that day. i switched lanes, hit the brakes because there's a car in front and the car hydro planed and hit a palm tree. >> reporter: his best friend was in the car with them and both were seriously hurt. jose was in a coma for ten days. >> there were many doubts about if i was going to survive. hospital. i told my mother, i don't know this. he's either going to pass away vegetable. >> reporter: jose woke up with no recklation of what happened. tasks

feeding himself. he started speech therapy at the brain injury program. using technology like this computer game, he's regained almost all motor function. >> people ask me, what do you do for a living i say i'm in a position to observe miracles >> reporter: he's one of their -- stand out patients. >> i see him as an inspiration because of his willingness to give back. >> he's not just working on his own skills, he mentors other survivors just starting out on the recovery journey. >> i lot of times, they give me a smile and hope is back

it. >> jose hopes sharing his story will raise awareness and keep people from making the same mistakes behind the wheel. he wants everyone to buckle up. visit our web site on cbsmiami.com. bracket busted yet? march madness is here and it's already as crazy as ever. the miami hurricanes are getting ready for a second round match up at wichita state, what the players are saying ahead of the big game.

why paying for items may be welcome back. in this tech minute, smart phones are becoming more integrated into our lives every day. banks will soon allow the smart phones for our atm cards.

use their phone and leave their atms at home. >> no fumbling to get your card. >> the atms are equipped with a reader that senses a card stored in the smart phone. >> they're going to hold the phone over the reader. i'll enter in my pin like your cash, $20 from checking and we're all done. here comes the money. >> reporter: other banks including chase and wells fargo plan to introduce cardless atms this year. they believe that the plastic card will eventually go by the wayside. >> you'll see phones playing a bigger role in routine transactions. >> the phone is safer than a plastic card because the thief needs to unlock the victim's home and know the pin number.

>> with all new technology, it takes time to get used to it, but once you're used to it, you realize how easy it is. bank of america plans to have it in 3,000 machines by the end of the year. an amazing win number 1500 for hurricane's baseball coach and the canes basketball team looks to keep their march madness hopes alive against wichita state. here's this morning's sports report. >> reporter: march madness back in full swing. they tip off against buffalo. the canes number three seed led by their guard, and he is their emotional leader and bares a resemblance to the guy who plays

same kind of tattoos and same game, but in his mind, they don't look alike at all. >> i do wonder if we get the same comparisons >> i respect his game and he's going to be a very tough opponent to face. >> he's a smarter guy, he has to have all of those tricks and be crafty to get the job done and he does it well. >> we'll see who prevails today. the baseball canes made a winner as he slugs the walkoff grand slam in the middle of the 9th. for the coach, it's career win 1500 which means he's been around a long time. and doing it well too. cbs sports this morning. >> look forward to the game this morning. still ahead this saturday

obama will be the first sitting president to visit cuba since 1928, what look at what to expect from the historic visit

seeing and the keys this is south florida's cbs 4 new this is morning. good saturday morning south florida. thank you for joining us. the time is 6:30 and here's what we're working on now. >> a fire-breathing performer who nearly burned his face off at a pep rally is speaking publicly about the accident. hear him describe what went

tomorrow, president obama will be the first sitting president to visit cuba since 1928. it's expected to usher in a new openness between the u.s. and cuba we'll look at some changes cuba is starting see. part one of the final installment hits theaters. lisa catches up with the star of the movie. >> but first, let's get a check of the saturday morning weather. we turn over to craig. good morning. temperatures in the 70s this morning but the humidity returns. it has gotten sticky again. that moisture ahead of a storm system that will bring us a good chance of rain. showers and thunderstorms are a good possibility today. best bet is later today and tonight. we'll see passing storms around >> passing storms for your sunday tomorrow, some downpours possible.

ahead of this cold front, it comes through tomorrow night. highs on monday will be in the low 70s. much of the day we'll be in the 60s. a sign that it can get chilly even though we're into march. warm and humid, highs near 87 degrees. winds out of the south. 15-20. choppy conditions on the bays passing storms, some downpours and lows near 72. sunday, more of the same. storms around, but the cold front comes through on monday and cools us off for the upcoming week. thank you. now at 6:30, a fire-breathing performer who nearly burned his face off at a pop rally is speaking publicly about the accident. cbs 4 caught up with him where he describes how things went wrong. images of his injuries may be

>> reporter: pyro tech stuntman is counting his blessings >> first of all, i'm lucky. >> reporter: holding back the tears, he describes the accident that left his face severely burned >> it's like being burned alive and an audience is watching. it happened so fast. >> reporter: thursday, charles was performing at a pep rally in front of the student body in del ray beach. the performer has been making his living doing this work for years and nothing like this has happened before. this time, he made a small change to his act. >> two months ago, i wanted to make my craft better. i'm googling fire breathers and what material they use and what oil they use. they use coleman fuel, the camping stuff. i'll try it. i take full responsibility i should have practiced >> i didn't practice.

cost him his life unlike the fluid he usually uses, this was a stronger and more intense accelerant. the rays fell on his face and body he was rushed to the medical center >> he's got second-degree burns at varying depths the ear and the rest of his head. >> reporter: the doctor says he has burns on one of his forearms and thighs and calves he's lucky he didn't have inhalation troubles he's just happy to be alive. 20 others were injured as well. he said he's sorry for that and sorry that the kids had to witness something so horrific. >> students brought to the hospital as a precaution, i understand they're doing fine as is the person responsible for

now for a cbs 4 exclusive involving the case for a child molester. they say that the police dropped the ball with the investigation. now at least one officer is in trouble for the way the case was handled. police got information that a man was sexual assaulting a girl inside his home according to the the police department investigation, jeffrey jennings, investigated the case but failed to properly handle the investigation. >> two days off work sounds like a vacation to me. >> reporter: she told her story but when she had trouble confronting the coach over the phones, jennings decided the girl may not be telling the truth. the case was cleared with no charges filed. >> i had to live with what carl

i tried to kill myself at one point because i thought i wasn't worthy. >> he never spoke to the children or visited the home to corroborate the story. he knew that the man had access to the gym but did not tell the wife. >> because of that failure, he probably will never serve time for what he did to me. >> reporter: the allegations came to light after he was charged with child porn. he was arrested for the sexual assault of this young woman but prosecutors declined to go forward. the victim hopes he gets what he deserves on the child porn case >> i don't ever want him to have the opportunity to do to anyone

>> the fort lauderdale's police concern, it would require supervised review and going to the da's office. the concern is justice for the victim with regards this case, our policies have been updated which would not allow it to be cleared today it would require review and to go to the state da's office. five new cases of the zika virus reported in florida bringing the total in the state to 67. that includes a fifth case in broward county. broward has nine cases of the virus. to help curb the spread of the virus, they decided to speed up the zika vaccines

now to president obama's historic visit to cuba, he will be the first sitting u.s. president to visit the island since 1928 and it will usher in a new era of openness between cuba and the u.s. already companies are preparing for what could be the biggest changes for havana. >> reporter: walk around havana, change is hard to miss, cuba seems poised to begin a new era of tourism, one with americans on the guest list. >> tour groups are everywhere, many from the u.s. havana's biggest port has been largely cleaned up and now welcomes luxury cruise ships

green light, charter flights are in demand. honey runs a travel company. >> people want to go somewhere different. they all want to go because of the food and the music. >> reporter: cuban officials say that one million have visited the island that's about 1/3 of what they saw in 2013. >> reporter: business has doubled in recent months at the restaurants, many are americans like these college students from new orleans. he believes more tourists could help reignite the economy. >> still, a number of cubans are not sure that the island's infrastructure is ready for a bigger tourism surge. >> i'm just kind of waiting, you

this may bring to our country soon. >> look for the reports, starting tonight right here on cbs 4. here is what to expect. president obama will arrive and take a tour of old havana and meet with the cardinal there. on monday, he will meet cuban entrepreneurs. on tuesday, president obama will make a speech directly to the cuban people and meet members of civil society and that will be follow bid a baseball game between the cuba national team and the tampa bay rays still ahead, it seems like

past, part has to do with a popular spot no longer attracting spring breakers like it used to.

welcome back. the 11th annual jazz in the gardens music festival. 40,000 expected to attend this

it includes performances by you shall by usher and baby face. jazz in the gardens at sun life stadium. if it seems like spring break and seems busier than in the past, they had the option of flocking to panama city to party. that's not happening at the rate it used to. >> miami beach has its own march madness, 2016. tens of thousands of college kids have overwhelmed police. bobby, president of the local fraternal order of police. >> they made comments that they couldn't go to panama beach. they would be harassed. >> reporter: miami beach

down after last year's spring break. cell phone captured an unconscious woman being gang raped on a beach. this is panama city beach this year. many beach front businesses are down 80%. neil owns a half dozen hotels and restaurants and says that many business owners think that the crackdown went too far. >> i think, when you take 21 new laws and ordnances and take drinking off of the beach and you pretty much told the college spring breaker don't come here and the kids said see ya. >> it was a hoping beach club last year, not this spring break. the owner is furious. >> normally, this time of the year, approximately 300 staff must bees, we have less than half that now. >> now miami beach has to decide

whether to push the parties somewhere else along the coast next year. >> look at that scene. how is the weather this weekend for the spring breakers we go to craig with the weekend forecast. unfortunately, this weekend is not looking too dry. we have a lot of moisture in the area and showers and thunderstorms moving through possibility of heavy downpours today, tonight and tomorrow. we're ahead of a cold front, the cold front will end the rain, but not before the weekend is done. for your sunday, the same, passing storms. today and tomorrow in the 80s. then this front comes through and it will bring us dryer and cooler air. clearer skies looking great for monday, tuesday and wednesday. low humidities and cool temperatures and lots of blue skies out there. it's not summertime yet.

in the 70s. another day, spring-like weather down in the south. for today, warm and humid, storms at times. high near 87 degrees. tonight, we see storms continuing. but for boating, south winds, choppy conditions on the bays some downpours, lows near # 72 degrees. then the cold front will switch around to the north. here's the forecast for the weekend. storms move in, passing storms tonight and tomorrow. the first day of spring is tomorrow, but it will turn cooler with highs in the 70s for monday, tuesday and wednesday lows may dip into the 50s. looks like a good week. still ahead this saturday morning, it's the beginning of the end as part one of the series hits theaters we catch up with the star of the movie.

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welcome back. the series is back on the big screen today, it's a whole new scarier world as her comrades, they escape the city of chicago. lisa talked to the star. >> back in action in the series franchise allegiant.

whole new world far more dangerous than before. it makes things onset more exciting. >> it was exciting for us to film, first and formost, because every day for the last two years, we knew what the set would look like and new the actors involved and this movie, new characters, the wardrobe was different, everything felt very fresh and exciting. >> reporter: she was sporting a new hair style. she said working with theo for the past three films just gets better and better. -- >> we're really both focused on the artistic value of being an

because of that, i think it just lends to comfortability and over the years, we have gained more respect. i think that's fueled. >> if you're a fan of the book, there are just enough similarities and differences to make the action-packed allegiant fun to watch. >> it's a little different from the book which i think people will admire and like. there's a lot of similarities. then there's a lot of ideas that our director personally implemented and it's exciting. >> they will be back in action to shoot the final installment. it's now out in theaters. cbs 4 this saturday morning is coming back. first, here's a look at what is happening in south florida.

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sheriff's office kicked off the state ride that recognizes the men and women who have died in the line of downtown. it honors the lives of two officers and two k-9s who made the ultimate sacrifice. >> the state ride started in 2008 to honor the memory of the sergeant killed. finally this morning, it finally happened. a baby bald eagle hatched yesterday in washington. now, a pair of american bald eagles had been keeping two eggs warm since february. the american eagle foundation said this the first emerged from

likely to hatch in the next few days days they're the first to nest the area since 1997. thank you for joining us. up next cbs morning saturday. we'll is be back with a news

captioning funded by cbs good morning. it is march 19th, 2016. welcome to "cbs this morning: saturday." breaking news overnight. a passenger flight crashes in russia killing everyone on

a camera captures the moment of impact. plus, a key suspect in the paris terror attacks was taken aalive in a a aalive in a violent rage. >> spring break rules. finances in florida's hot spots and animated movie only for adults to a first-person action thriller. we will show you the ground breaking films at the south-by-southwest festival. we begin this morning with a look at today's "eye opener." your world in 90 seconds. it did make two attempts to land. state media showing this video which they say is the moment of the crash and the fire. >> a flydubai crashes in russia killing all on board. >> investigators are focusing very much on the weather conditions. >> severe storms and rain continue to pound the south. >> a brutal snowstorm may hit on the first day of spring.