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now at 11:00, stepping into cuba and the history books. >> groundbreaking visits to the packed presidential schedule and the impact felt right here

thank you for joining us. i'm sarina fazan. >> president obama's historic visit to cuba has been nonstop since the first family got off the plane this afternoon. >> raul castro was not there to meet him but will talk to him tomorrow. while the president's trip is all and business, today was also a chance for some family times. >> laura harris has been following the president's motorcade. >> it's been a very busy day since we got here this morning. >> we did a pretty good job. i want to show you this right now. the bus behind me a lot of rays fans got off of this bus. those are the doors the rays are going to be walking into any minute now. while we went on the rays, some video from earlier today, we got the president's motorcade just after leaving the airport. it's interesting to see the

the u.s. president. many of them understand the significance of the visit. even our cab driver took it in quietly. the first family taking a tour of old havana and visited the cathedral with with people of the catholic church who were instrumental in normalizing relations between the countries. we spoke to the mario rick priceman who made the trip. the focus has been on the president and his efforts to ease relations between cuba and the united states. about baseball. >> you talk about winning the lottery, that's what it feels like. to have all the major league teams picked here to let it be the rays that get selected by major league baseball. baseball. decision.

first pitch. major league baseball says that's actually going to be reserved for two cuban pitchers who are famous in that area. for you. does it sound familiar to you. he's actually on the tampa bay rays team. from cuba. he'll be getting off one of these buss in just a little bit as well. you can look for full reports coming up in the next few days. laura harris, thank you. >> of course campus is home to thousands of cuban americans. now the president's voice. >> i the question is is this trip progress or a mistake? >> we have more on the divide that still exists in the community.

cuban sandwiches are fresh. >> definitely have to keep this alive. the history, it's about the history of tampa. >> now is a time more than ever to celebrate that heritage as president obama celebrates cuba. >> some people can put aside past prejudicisms, what is our country about that. >> others worry that the u.s. is entering in a dangerous territory, working with what they see as a corrupt government abusive of its people.

if they want to feed their family, then i believe you need to start there. start with taking baseball teams. >> continuing on how the u.s -- whatever happens, cuba deserves a better future. >> hopefully you want what's best for the entire country. >> you can follow along with all the big moments with their live coverage. laura will be sharing her journey over the next few days, what you need to do is find our facebook page. course. >> getting a taste of cuban culture. they battled it out for the best cuban sandwich. the festival ran all weekend and any bay area restaurants sent up in centennial park.

from london to compete. >> we just wanted to prove that we make the best sandwiches in the world. so we came here to prove it. st. pete went nontraditional. definitely want to have it pressed. we'll be cooling off over the next several hours. the cold front has cleared out of the bay area.

got 64 in tampa and valerie co. a very mild night right now. by tomorrow morning, temperatures down another 15 degrees or so. our northern neighborhoods, it's going to get even colder on tuesday. we'll take a look at how low that mercury will dip into the work week. the weather forecast is coming up in about ten minutes. >> two 13-year-olds led deputies on a car chase. the ambulance was struck in a second crash. the girls lost control at the intersection of darlington road. the drama playing out this morning. later a man crashed his car. the man got a ticket for not yielding. the passengers are in serious condition.

police officer after he's near whether i hit by another wrong- way driver. police arrested this woman. they say she was driving the wrong way along i275 and showed signs of impairment. officers say she was speeding on the interstate around 5:00 this morning in the same lane as that patrol car. the officer was headed home behind the shift. he had to swerve out of the way, narrowly missing a crash. other officers later tracked her down as she was exiting in the wrong direction. just last weekend a wrong-way driver claimed the life of deputy -- that happened on the selmon expressway near brandon. fdot is installing signs and lights to help prevent these crashes. covering hernando county tonight where people are back in their homes after being

fire crews were called to killion street in spring hill tonight. an underground pipe from one of those homes was leaking propane gas. eight homes were cleared out. crews have now fixed that leak. >> new tonight, just one day after the police reported a spike in overdoses from the drug spice, another department is cracking down. clearwater police are arresting these two today. lawrence and marie caranance. several people had reactions to the dangerous drug. >> they're worried about targeting homeless people. a deputy is gunned down on the job and a second is fighting for his life. >> sergeant buckly were trying to serve a warrant at a trailer park this morning when someone

detectives later found this suspected gunman dead inside. coontz did not suffer revenue. he had been with the -- did not survive. he had been with the department for two years. with primaries in utah coming up, more violence breaking out at trump rallies in arizona. minutes later trump campaign manager appears to grab another demonstrator by the the collar of his shirt. these clashes come as a new republican campaign tries to stop trump. john kasich is now saying there's only one path to the nomination. >> everybody has got to face the fact that we're going to an open multiballot convention.

rally. hick hillary hillary clinton is taking the day off. still to come, rallying behind a first responder, the support he's getting that's much more than financial. plus, girl scout hero, the near tragedy she prevented. >> and if you don't like snakes, serena, this might be your worst nightmare. the new record weighing in

in an abc action news update, a little more than a year since the tragic death of phoebe johnchuck. a touching tribute today. her own father arrested for throwing her from the bridge back in january of 2015.

they say her sad story hits close to home. >> i have two daughters daughters of my own. it's hard to fathom why somebody could do something like that to their own child. >> for the second year, the must money raised will once again go to a scholarship for a social work student, the hope? to try to prevent these type of cases. phoebe's father remains in a state insurance decision. >> hurt in a crash is now getting a mental boost from his neighbors. we told you about a fire lieutenant who was hit nearly two months ago, he was riding home from work. his right arm and hand is injured. family and friends held an event in tampa. he's ready for a chance to get back out into the community. >> it's nice to see everybody.

faces, friends and family to come out and support this. >> facing a long road to recovery. he's undergoing physical therapy to undergo nerve damage in his arm. a huge python problem in florida r. searchers putting out these images of some of the more than 40 burmese pythons weighing a total of about a ton. pounds. scientists believe it's the largest male python ever recorded in south florida. well, a girl scout in colorado hailed a hero tonight after she help save her mother's life. the 11-year-old wears a scout metal of honor over her heart. she got the rare award for her quick actions when her mom had a diabetic episode. her mother's blood sugar dropped to a life-threatening level. >> i heard her fall out of her bed.

so i called 911. >> i am so proud and so grateful to her. it's very scary. >> what a brave soul. she says thinking about her five-year-old brother helped her stay calm because she did not want to scare him. there's only 28 girl scouts in the entire country that have that honor? i researched it. >> amazing. >> incredible. >> dan bishop couldn't make a save like that. night. >> yeah, he did. >> unbelievable. we're going to be getting cool. i will show you in a second. we have numbers for you. if you like this weekend, the 2 2nd half of this weekend, things cleared out. you're going to enjoy tomorrow. it has gotten breezy. a tower cam shot looking down

good idea of the clear skies right now as we're getting ready for what's left of the cold front kind of just pushing through, moving everything out. behind that, we'll get those north winds blowing with the north winds, the clear skies. it's going to get chilly. it's going to feel wintery by morning. even though today is actually the first day of spring. on that first day of spring, we hit a high of 77. the average of the highs over the past three decades, 67 our low. no rain in the gauge. in tampa. 65 in clearwater. and 66 in st. petersburg. that's as cool as it's gotten over the past several mornings. we do have temperatures into the 50s in the panhandle. this is what it's going to be 74 in west.

through the east coast where there's actually an area of low pressure. one of the nor'easters coming up the coast. that could bring in snow anywhere from 2-7, 8 inches of snow. spring has already sprung. gotten this front through. you can see the clearing back behind it. and for the overnight, we're going to be chilling out. as the breezes come in, it will bring the cooler air in as well. and it's going to stick around for a couple of mornings. looking at 50 in tampa. 49 for lutz. closer to the water, it's not going to get as cool. 46 in hernando and crystal river. about 48 in spring hill. inland areas further off to the south, not quite as cold. 54 in lake placid.

on monday morning, it's going to get even chillier on tuesday morning as the cold air settles in. here's the way things look as we warm up tomorrow. if the 50s up to about the mid- 60s that's as warm as we can get. 74 is your gulf water temperature with those north winds tomorrow. we're going to see the seas kick up 10-14 feet. small craft advisories will be in effect. the sun will be up at 7:43. you can see a lot of sun over the next couple of days. the warm flow coming into the middle of the week. after an overnight low of 48 monday night to tuesday. that's florida's most accurate forecast. you can check it out anytime. coming up, the rays offense providing a big spark in its final tuneup before cuba. ben bishop sets a record r. do

the lightning needed a win badly last night after losing five of six. the boys in blue and white

now tampa bay begins a six-game home stand beginning with detroit on tuesday. the red wings are four games back from the lightning. >> i got six straight at home. unfortunately it's a long trip for us to get back. we've got to get our rest. detroit won big against florida two. teams battling for spots. >> here is your fresh up to date standings. four points separates six playoff spots. lightning currently hold the fifth seed because pittsburgh won tonight. the penguins jumped not just the bolts but also the rangers. star players step up in the crucial points of the game. that's exactly what ben bishop did - night against the coyotes. he was a force last night. dominant between the pipes and a close game. the lightning had a 1-0 game where they add a one netter. 31 saves for his fifth shutout of the year. now he owns a hometown record

in the process, he recorded his third straight 30-win season. >> i feel good. i really don't feel like i've been in the groove one way or the other. i kind of felt the same way all season. >> i think that's been pretty obvious the last couple of years. back to the diamond. rays get a rare spring training off day because of their cuban showdown with the cuba national team. there was unfinished business before the boys could hop a plane and face baltimore this afternoon. top of the fourth we go. orioles, one on, two off. we have liftoff. he crushes it deep to center and over the 25-foot wall. rays cut the lead in half for two. very next batter. two pitches later, evan longoria, he swings at a pitch that would be the ball. back-to-back runs for the rays.

this game ends in 8-8 tie. the rays had to catch a plane to cuba. the game against cuba will be televised on espn. basketball, the sweet 16 is nearly set for the ncaa tournament. miami remains in the big dance and the other less popular tournament, the nit have the gators facing -- that would change. florida leading by 12 in the second. taye von allen. yes, that wasn't the best dunk of the game. 5'9", harris. baseline. gators have the last laugh. gators will either face george

the bulls beat colorado state. off the bench was the first time the future product came off the bench. now, jose fernandez wouldn't say why he didn't start her. it doesn't matter. they still won. they're not playing their best yet. >> this group has been together for a long time. that's what we talked about at half-time. the next 20 minutes can define your season because, you know, your next game could be your last. i think with everything we've gone through, we still haven't played our best babasketball and we haven't had our best moment yet. >> a trip to the school's first ever sweet 16 now on the line for usf. the bulls take on ucf monday night at 9:00 out in los keep it here. the news returns after this

i want to give you a look at the first week of springs, ladies and gentlemen. that's a 48-degree low for tuesday. ivan will be talking about wind chills tomorrow. i guarantee it. check it out. >> not bad. you can break out the winter

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