you can see a couple sitting right there by the front window of downtown pizza grill. that car crashes right through the glass window andlams into the counter, and right into them. the man and his fiancee were injured. that happened along northeast 62nd street east of i-95 last night. the driver crashed after losing control of her car. the people who were hurt, those are ones inside the restaurant at the time. they were taken to the hospital, treated and released. >> i just heard an engineev, and everything just slowed down. i knew that i had to protect my fiancee at all costs. i didn't care if i had to put my life in danger and, you know, i ended up taking -- instead of her getting hit, got hit. >> janine: that driver was not injured. she was actually seen right there sitting in the back of a deputy's vehicle after that crash. right now it's unclear if she'll face any charges. crews, they're hard at work today now functions the mess left behind, and repairing those

gets back to normal. >> eric: an accused burglar busted accused of ransacking and stealing from a school earlier thisis week, surveillance video showing him in the act. that crook breaking in through the ceiling of the school he's in little havana. >> janine: and there is new surveillance video-jumping fences in his community, a neighbor jig him hasdrubal troublemaker pepper we're now@ learning now details about that accused thief. >> eric: local10 news reporter glenna milberg live with the trouble this man is facing. >> glenna: this guy is already a convicted f fl op, spent time in jail could cocaine charges last year. now they're saying what a new low, stealing from schoolkidc. twice today he confessed to not only stealing from this school but to another one to police. here h h stole money, yes, he also stole trust, butut today this school at least got one of those things back. >> we heard from our principal, she made a big announcement and the kids just went crazy. i thought the buildingas going to fall, screaming,um jing, some

>> glenna: quite the difference from the shock and stadness of finding this monday. >> it's amazing they caught the guy. >> glenna: that guy is jose luis galdames. >> . he's accused stealing $5,000 in field trip money for the students at la progressiva presbyterian in a one-hour forage through windows, crawl spaces in the ceiling, kitchen and offices from which he hauled out the school's locked safe. >> really bad. that's like someone would even dare to steal from a school. ing. it was galdames airport. who helped police pick him up. they got into the apartment from a tip. someone in the neighborhood had seen the wanted flyers with galdames shotstsrom surveillance. neighbors considered him suspicious. one recorded him trespassing. others knew he'd snt time in jail last year on a cocaine charge spay he's now also

from another school lastonth, and for both school burglary he'll now await trial on $22,000 bond. >> have a nice day. >> glenna: police have not recovered that $5,000. apparently it wasn't at the location that galdames said it wa but there is an upside because this school has had such an outpouring from the community, so many donations, far more than $5,000, and that means these kids can go ahead and g g on that bible retreat they were scheduled with that money, and they leave here tomorrow. i'm glenna milberg live in miami tonight, local10 news. >> eric: now to a safety alert. this out of deerfield beach. that is where place police are trying to track down did armed robber in this stech. he allegedly helped up a 91-year-old woman and her daughter in their own home. >> he pushed past me into the house, put the gun to my mom, and i was screaming like a

he just scanned and snatched my purse off the kitchen counter. >> eric: this happened around 6:00 this morning along northwest 1st way and 2nd avenue. police say he took off with both of their purses. so take one mere look at this sketch. if you think you like thihi mancall broward came p crimestoppers. 954-493-tips. also right now the president just days away from his historic visit to cuba. >> janine: and today cuban foreign minister parilla denounced the u.s. embargo on ba. >> its elimination will be essential to move toward normalization of the bilateral agreement between the united states and cuba, the same way that the return of the territory illegally occupied by the naval base in guantanamo. >> janine: back here in senator, reaction to the president's trip has been mixed but not from the group that met with the president at the white house yesterday. our senior political r rorter michael putney picks up the

>> mhael: janine, a group of 16 cuban americans went to the white house yesterday, talked with the president for two complete hours, andhey came home feeling optimistic. >> his mission is to open up the doors and windows to the forces of change. >> michael: charles is one ofkane cuban americans who went to the house to tell the president about their concerns on his upcoming trip. >> very, very lively discussion with a good range of different points of view. >> michael: prominent in the discussion yesterday was cuba's crackdown on pro-democracy activists like the ladies i i white and the lack of basic human rights on the island. >> his main focus is on human rights, the dignity of the cuban people. >> michael: the president is scheduled to meet with about ten to 15 dissidents during his trip and may mention them when he speaks on cuban state tv. >> i asked him to create a sort

reagan did, a "tear down the wall" moment. >> michael: those who spoke with the president said the main point of the discussion was advancing freedom in cuba. >> this is not a question of the u.s. imposing its will on cuba. it is the issue of us cuban americans wiwi the help of the cubans in cuba and the u.s. governmentorking towards a better future. >> michael: mike fernandez and the wthers who went to the white house are encouraged, optimistic, the feel good about the president's trip, but most older uban americans here say obama in cuba only ledge mighties a corrupt regime. >> janine: local10 will be in cuba for the president's historic visit. anchor calvin hughes will be joined by victor oquendo and hatzel vela. our live coverage starts tomorrow from cuba. we'll also have life coverage of the president's a lively rile to cuba on sunday at 4:00.

back on capitol hill. sesetor marco rubio here receiving a standing ovation, this the scene from the halls of the u.s capital as rubio hurns rush to his office. you can see him stopping and waving. he suspended his campaign on tuesday night after finishing second in the florida primary. >> janine: hundreds of protesters took to the streets in brazil peace capital after a controversial move by their president. they are against the appoint of former presidentnt desilva to the current president's cabinet p. some say it' an effort to protect him from a corruption prosecution. a brazilian judge issued an injunction to suspend today's swearing in of lula arguing that the appointmentnterfered interfered with the power of jacker. >> erica: also in latin-american news venezuela shutting down 4 a week as theovernment struggles with dee e. deep epping electricity crisis. venezuela smashed slashed outbut put to its who it electric dams. venezuela has suffered from

that is extended this long holiday. it is almost h he. hear the smooth sounds, the 11th annual jazz in the garden festival. >> janine: it will feaeare some of the biggest names in the music. can you say ghoul and t gang? love it. it's going to be right in our own backyard and our own neki mohan explains how you the all came together. >> neki: before the super stars take the stage at jazz in the gardens, if stage has to be built. cruises have five days to make a parking loot sun life stadium into the hottest musical experience for its crowd. when you come in here and they say, make a fabulous festival, scott. >> let's look at what we start out with. we start out with a washing parking lot and some grass. whee mauk it into is a music festival, a stage and a food area. a great time. >> nekek scott gardner is the producer. he is responsible for the entirir experience, performers, seating for tens of thousands, you name it. halfway through setup the stage

on this day they're raising the roof. >> we have 35 climbers thato up and actually build the towers that raise the roof. tomorrow we'll have sound and lighting and my video guys will be set up the video walls. >> do you fonda lot of poem that want to climb 50, 60 can be 1010feet into the air tow string cable? >> it takes a special kind of western to do that work. >> neki: no data is overlooked. the stage will get quite a workout. outside of the area thee vendors paths a a the food service areas will be placed out back. with a massive renovation underway at sun life stadium right now, the producers of jazz in gardens had to make sure everybody was accommodatedd and be very creative with the parking spaces. each year the red $ headlining stars get bigger and bigger. gardner is a veteran involved in every aspect, even filling those extra special super star dressing room demands. >> there was an artist a few years that go requested a

placed in their dressing room, and it was a demand that had to be met no matter what, and we actually found it, put it in their dressing room and there it sat all night and was never played. >> neki: 18 that's the length this crew will go to mauk it happen every year. >> we're proud of this. every that puts their heart and soul into this event, we come out with a wonderful recent event and each year it gets bigger and better and we're excited. >> neki: in miami gardens, neki mohan can, local10 news. >> janine: local10 there be there from fight of to 8:00 p.m. on saturday, constance jones, neki mohan week laurie jennings and betty. >> eric: sunday from 5:00 to eight come by ask see nee me, shyann malone and terrell forney. are you ready for the fair? liveictures out of tamiami park in southwest miami miami-dadede you hear the sounds of screaming. hold on tight. the fair openedd a couple of hours ago on this st. patrick's day. >> janine: the sounds of indigestion and people screaming. that's what you hear when you go

tickets are $14 online or if you go to sadan orcs' suit up markets you can get them for $10. >> eric: have a good time eating bad food. go out and have some fun. it's going to be hot so be ready fore that. >> janine: world is making big announcement when it comeso their killer whale program. >> eric: what this means forl to theme park at 6:30 on "world news." >> betty: it did hit 80 degrees at the mia. we'll get you ready 4 the walked. >> eric: an historic game in cubaba the rays are getting ready to

that you yeah president barack obama getting ready for his historic trip tow cuba this weekend. >> janine: also getting ready for tampa bay rays. they are playing the cuban national team in havana on tuesday and the president had been attending. our own hatzel vela spoke with

rays about what he thinks this trip means. >> cold beer. >> programs! >> hatzel: tampa bay rays playerer and managers alike know the signifies this upcoming game in cuba. >> we feel lucky we got picmed. >> did love of the game is at the core of what they have there. >> there's that strong connection, a cultural connection that just enhances this game even further. >> hatzel: tampa, cuba and bail a connection that dates back to the early 19 minutes. >> i is a game that tran sentenced boundaries and cultures andnd actually brings them together. >> hatzel: this titi accepting culture is a cuban native. this is outfielder var ona, the only cuban player. the 28-year-old is with the rays as part o a minor league deal. [ speaking in spanish ] >> hatzel: it's been three years since i left my native land, he says.

would be amazing, he says. barona says he's looking forward to seeing cubans on the stands. the kind of energy they're known for. he knows it will be quite the show. from the time you're a child, he says, you're given a ball, about a bat, and a glove. a ball and be a bat and a glove. [ speaking in spanish ] to see barefooted kids playing baseball. baseball is to cuba as soccer is to brazil, and for me to be there, he says, to me it's a huge deal. it will be part of history. that's cuban and american history. in tampa, hatzel vela. >> eric: barona has not been back to cuba since 2013. he and his mother came eye boat from haiti. he hopes he is horn return to test hhs homeland more often.

pond in ireland where folks are embracing the st. patrick's day celebrations. hundreds decked out inn green turning out to the famous temple bar in dublin tonight. >> eric: today for many in southflorida the official start of spring break week early relse today for cools, and so plans or for a busy weekend ahead. >> janine: so we need some good weather, betty. >> betty: well, now, let's talk about that. we are going on cool down early next week, so if you're staying put with the kid, next week is going to be really refreshing especially at the front half the of the week but we've got to get through some weekend rain first, and we've got too deal with more warm weather. miami reaching 87 this afternoon. fort lauderdale 82. above. >> anchor:emperatures at this point in the season. right now we still so a lot of lower 80 out there. pembroke pines at 82. so, yes, it will be a warm evening but mainly dry, just a few clouds for most of your neighborhoods, and by 10:00 tonight mid to upper 70s showing up on your thermometers.

over the everglades. those won't be marching in your community, that not in the weather plan, thus, mainly dry weather rules with high pressure in c ctrol tonight. we have another mainly dry day on the way on friday, hot weather, mid to upper 80 within our reach again before finally a cold front sweeps us early next week, but ahead that of front on saturday we see our rain chances going up. tomorrow, though, the rain chance only creeping up to 20%. once we heat up in the afternoon. we'r forecasting a high of 86 for miamih tomorrow after starting in the lower 70s in the morning, and we could have patchy fog, by the way but we are anticipating lots of afternoon sunshine. saturday 40% chance for rainfall. sunday 60% chance for rainfall as we usher in the official start of spring season. and here comes our drier, cooler air riding in on a northwest wind. big changes ahead for next monday and tuesday.& will. go. >> will: almost the official start of the playoff sustain for

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>> will: lotat the metropolitan mesh. little did we know when the schedule came out that this particular game between the heats and the hornets would be so important, one of 15 games left in the regular season for-mile and it is vibe vital in the playoff race. you know who has been vital in

youngsters p we were know dwyane wade will always do his heart, the heat veteran 2 2 points away 220,000 point in his nba career but how about the young fellas, the rookies josh winslow and josh richardson. they have been a for as of late. as for tonight's game the heat entered the night as the third seed but they're just one game up on the team that i play tonight that's currently the six seed, the charlotte hornets. >> they're right there with us. we understand just like they understand how important this game is, you know, for us we what the to win the series three-one. for them they want to tie the series 3-two and try to catch us in the standings, so this is an important game and i'm glad it's here at our home. >> will: meanwhile, miami hurricanes fans are waiting and waiting, counting the minutes when miami plays against buffalo this point first round of t t ncaa tournament. at practice yesterday the canes will doing alley-oops. they had some fun.

scheduled just around 7:00 p.m. stow a little over half hour away. bad news for a the miami dolphins. kristi krueger johnson will not be their running back next season. thty were hoping the potential was there for the free agent to come to miami. corp. to espn 's staying put in arizona signing a one-year deal. and on the ice, the panthers hit the ice tonight in toronto against the maple leafs. cast picked up a big road game against the canadiens on monday night. puck drops a 7:30 as the panthers stay in their playoff push. coming bat back out live who would have thunk it. p the hornets wororng on final shots. tip-time at 7:30. a lot can f fp-flop, the he'd one ahead and boston and atlanta just a half game hind behind. we'll have more at listening. that story from the arena. i'm will manso, local10 news. >> janine: thanks so much. lots going to this week.

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blocked by the republican party. leaders now calling his words unacceptable. breaking now. the new video. the young american captured, accused of fightingor isis. you will hear his explanation, right here. now saying it was a bad decision. lead in the water. the grilling on capitol hill. our reporter, tracking down authorities. why didn't they act sooner? d the new report that this is far beyoyo flyntint. locations in 4 the states? the trful plea. the young american sobbing, begging to be free. now we see the alleged prank in north career ya that lande him 15 years in hard labor. the effort now to get him home. sea change, bowing to public pressure, sea world annouocing a major change tonight. and prince harry, right here this evening. revealing to robin roberts the moment he was broken. good evening. and it's great to have you with

and we beginin with several dropping stories at this hour. first,ew claims that some of donald trump's personal information has now been hacked. the trump campaign responding at this hour. there is also new backlash tonight after donald trump's warning that there could be riots at the republican convention, if the party stands between him and the nomination, if there's a contested convention. tonight, house speaker paul ryan slamming the comments, calling them, quote, unacceptable. all of this comes after the images we've seen from trump rallies, protesters and pporters clashing. abc's chief white house correspondndt jonathan karl on the backlash and on the claims that trump has now been hacked. >> reporter: donald trump w w denounced today by republican leaders in washington and ohio for predicting riots if he loses the nomination this summer at the convention in believe land. >> i think you'd have riots. i think you'd have riots. i'm representing a trendous, many, many millions of people. i think you would have problems like you've never seen before.