umbrellas the by the afternoon they are gng to see the possibility of a shower. 86 degrees will be o high. it will be very warm before the clouds do art to build and we could see the possibility of isolated showers. wide-spread showers and storms return to the forecast for this evening. an nfl player the hospital in critical condition after a crash last night in northwest miami-dade. police say baltimore ravens corner back tray watkins suffered head trauma at northwest 23rd avenue. police a walker was on a dirt bike when he collided with an s.u.v. they say his bike did not have lights on at the time th he was wearing dark clothing. the 23-year-old drafted in the fourth round of the draft. he was born in mime, went to northern western high school. he was rushed to ryder trauma center. family and friends gathering outside of that hospital.that's where walker's

on his condition. >> right now he's in critical condition and in surgery. that's all we know right now. i just thank everybody r praying. right now we need prayer. that's all we need. we don't need no bad vibe around us. >> sources tell us investigators are looking for a m%mber of the new england patriots who may have witnessed that crash. we'll be on the story all morning long with live reports from the hospital at 5:00. a pep rally becoming a fiery emergency at a south florida high school leaving one performer burned a sending a number of students as well to the hospital. this performance group is actually called inferno's challenge. >> but their demonstration quickly went up in flames. derek shore is live in del ray shore. >>reporter: a stunt performer accident lightsimself on fire in front of stunned students at

>> everything went to hell in a number of weeks. >>reporter: the injured man was spitting fire. just as another performer was jumping over him to dunk a ball, the flames ignited. the owner of inferno's challenge, a company, that among other things, puts on shows incorporating fire. the company brought in to entertain students at a pep rally. >> they were on the floor trying to get the fire out. it was crazy. >> his face is the first thing that caught fire. he used his happens to try to rush it out. >>reporter: charles was sent to the hospital as well as seven students complained of problems after the fire extinguishers did their job. >>reporter: dwayne kidd is charles's right-hand man and said nothing like this has happened in the 20 years the

>> charles continues to recover. we're told the potentially of the burns he suffered were to his face, as you can see in that video. the school district is evaluating how this event got approved and weather similar events like it will be approved in the future. derek shore, local 10 news. the causeway was shut down.a 2-year-old woman was transported to jackson memorial hospital as a result of that crash. her injured are not life-threatening. caught on camera new video showing an s.u.v. crashing right into a restaurant in oakland park. we brought you the story as breaking news yesterday morning. here in the surveillance video you can see a couple students sitting in the s.u.v. it slams all the way into the counter right through those two. it happened on northeast 26nd street east of i-95. two people inside the restaurant were taken to the hospital.

treated and released. there are crews hard at work hard at work repairing those glass windows. two meme are in custody this morning after a drive-by shooting in opa-locka. that video showing a black bmw riddled well bullet holes. the driver lost control causing a three-car collision. the shooters took off running. they ended up plowing it into a home in north miami and then they r. >> i think it was just one guy. somebody jumped out, ran around it was so dark. it all happened so quickly. >> i heard somebody walking that way. i don't know if they were trying to hide. my thought is there were at least two on my property. >> at last check the victim was still in the hospital. police are still searchingor two more men they believe are involved in that shooting. a man facing multiple charges after they say he stole federal a religious school in little havana.

surveillance video. he's accused of stealing from the presbyterian school on southwest 7th street near 27th avenue on monday. police say he took around $5,000. they were supposed to be used for field trips for students. they say he also confessed to a second school burglary from february where he allegedly stole several tablets from lincoln marquee school. this is deer park peach, an elderly woman and her daughter b bh robbed at gunpoint in her home. she says a young man wearing a hoodie opened a side gate and point aid gun at her. he pointed the gun at her 91-year-old mother. the robber took off with both her purse and her cell phone. >> i looked at cooking video on youtube. i looked up and there was a kid with a gun to my face. >> i'm hyper vigilant in public. i know where i am in a parking lot at all times

that we haha to live like that, but i refuse to be afraidd to have a cup of coffee in my backyard. >> broward deputies were able to recover her phone. they have not found the suspect though. now to a traffic alert. the fesesval starts today and runs through sunday night at bayfront park. all northbound traffic on biscayne limited to just two lanes. it's the 11th annual jazz in the gardens music fesesval. >> lots of music in the air this weekend. lots of peoe flocking to this festival. >> all of it right here in our backyard. neki mohan explains how it a came together. >>reporter: before the super stars took the stage at jazz in the gardens, it has to be built. the host musical experience for its crowd. you come in here and

make a fabulous festival, scott. >> you start off with a parking lot and some grass. that's about what we make it into is a music festival, a stage, a food area and a great time in the city of miami gardens. producer. he is responsible for the entire experience, performers, seatings for e tens of thousands. you name it. the stage is almost complete on this day roof. >> 35 climbers that can build the towers that raise the roof. tomorrow we'll have sound and lighting come in and we'll have guys that are here. >> want to climb to string electrical cable. >> it is a special peon it takes to come in and do that work. no details overlooked. the vendor booths are going up and the food seseice areas will be

with a massive renovation under way at sun life stadium right now, the producers of jazz in the gardens had to make sure everybody was accommodated and be very creative with thehe parking spaces. each year the headlining stars get bigger and bigger. even filling those extra special super star dressing room demands. >> there was an artist a few years ago that requested a specific pin ball machine be placed in their dressing room and it was demand that had to be met, no matter what, ande actually found it in their dressing room and there it sat all night and was never played. >> that's the lengths that crews will go to to make it happen he have year. >> we come outith a wonderful event and each year it gets bigger, get better. very excxced. >>reporter: neki mohan, local 10 nene. >> local 10 will be

8:00 tomorrow. this is who you can say hi to. >> on sunday from 5:00-8:00 i'll be there alock with shyann malone and terrell forney. >> lots of fun. >> a great group. ushe and aretha franklin. >> brings you back to high school. way back there. the rays getting ready to play the cuban national team. coming up we'll show you the long five connection.

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coming days, and, if they work, they will remove the penalty. this will make it easier for tourists to exchange money in cubub more about the connection between the island and right here in florida. >> especiaily when it comes to baseball. hatzel vela explores the history of baseball and cuban immigrants in cuba. >> baseball is part of tampa's dna which is why they are building a museum that chronles the game for more than 100 years. >> when the cubans game, they brought baseball. >> these are cubans who migrated to cuba, to ybor city. >> it was part of the culture. it was part of the recreation. >> that's what this museum will show, and you'll find it all at the childhood home of al lopez. tampa's first major league player, the first tampa native to be inducted into the hall of fame.

spain but lived in cuba before migrating to tampa. once again tampa, baseball and cuba are reconnecting. since president barack obama announced changes in policy towards cuba, the tampa bay rays will be the first major league baseball team to travel to the islands and play an exhibition game. >> knowledge about the baseball game. >>reporter: catcher renne ray rivera whose puerto rican knows the passion for the game in the caribbean. fromhe time they are born he says, they love and know baseball so we want to g g down there and share the love with our people. >> i've got your programs. >>reporter: latin americans who love baseball always know what's happening, whose playing he says, the player's background. that applies to cuba where people livi for baseball.

win or lose he says. what matters is the new friendship we're building. in tampa, hatzel vela, local 10 news. >> calvin hughes, victor oquendo and hatzel vela will have live coverage om cuba. that starts today. we'll also have live coverage of the president's arrival in havana. that coverage starts today at 4:00 p.m. it's been warm. it's been humid and we're seeing mostly dry conditions. that's all going to change. the heat and humity is not going anywhere quite yet. this mororng we're waking up to dry conditions but we're still dealing with the heat. 70 degrees in miami. we should be waking up to the mid 60s. again for the fourth day in a row, well above average temperatures for overnight lows. the winds are calm. you're feeling the humidity ass you walk out the door. 71 muggy degrees in pembroke pines. our cooler spot is in kendall. 67 in homestead. 77 for you in marathon.

morning we could see the possibility of inland fog. i don't think it will be a problem or have major problems unless you're driving on krome avenue or in mitsubishi. plenty of sunshine early in the day. the daily heating and early sunshine will provide for the poibility of sea breeze showers starting to develop. there's plenty of atmospheric moisture in place due to a front. this is the samee front that we showed you that will stall into the southeast. this is the one that starts to increase our rain chances going into the weekend. but it's not going to be the one that actually clears. it's going to be the second system behind that's going to bring us even wetter conditions going into your saturday night into sunday and then cooler, drier their by monday. for now the severe weather threat today stays right over portions of texas and in towards louisiana, lower

we're not worried about severe weather as we go into the weekend but we're dealing with a good chance of showers and storms. currently you can see temperatures behind the south warm and humid. very cold arctic air spilling into parts of the great plains and northeast. we'll see the chance of sea breeze storms later today. not wide-spread. the wide-spread showers and storms move into the forecast by saturday. we're expecting a plume of moisture increasing our rain chances to 60% come sunday and seasonably rain showers by monday morning. don't forget jazz in the gardens tomorrow. will see spring start sunday but it's not going to feel lake spring. we'll see lows in the low 60s by sunday or monday morning. >> that sounds great. the flint water crisisiss taking center stage on capitol hill right n n as lawmakers

that's coming up. testifying at a house hearing about the water crisis in flint. >> this was a failure of the government at all levels, local, state and federal officials. >> you were not in a medically-induced coma for a year, and i've had about enough of your false contrition and phony apologies. >> the governor, rick snyder there, there saying he did not find out about flint water and it was contaminated contaminated with lead until 18 months after the city started drawing its water from the flint river. just a wild chase in califofoia ending with a driver being hauled away in handcuffs. take a look at this, the driver weaving in and out of traffic. the suspect even drove the wrong way several times. he eventually jumped out

ofofcers to run right after him. hundreds of protestors taking to the streets in brazil's capital yesterday. they are rallying against a controversial move by the president. demonstrators, some say it's anest to protect him from a corruption prosecution. the brazilian judge issued an injunction to suspend yesterday's swearing-in arguing it interfered withhhe power of the judicial system. next in the sports wrap, a thriller with the panthers leading theway in the big dance.

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good friday morning. i'm will manso with your local 10 morning sports wrap. normally a lot of upsets on that day. luckily the miami hurricanes weren't one of them. coach back in providence where he played his college ball. the first points of the game. later in the first half we are all tied up. then newton reid on the oop. they did not look back. had the triple here at 24 to lead the way. canes advance 79-72 win. they will play in the second round action on saturday. >> we just kept fighting and fighting and fighting. it seems like that play gave the team a lot of energy. you know, that's the beauty of this team.

thing to get us going. >> i thought angel and sheldon were senior leaders today that really dominated the game. no such luck from the heat. they were looking to light up the hornets. gets the steal. goes coast to coast in the first points of the game. 16 in this contest. second quarter hassan whiteside givivg the heat a 15 point lead but in the same quarter they blow that lead. charlotte now up by two. down three, one last shot for the heat. they go to dwyane wade just three of 13 on the night, 11 points. heat and celtics are now all tied in the east. >> coast to 15-20 point lead. we never do. as i said previously, every time we played them, it's going to be a battle to the end of the

i think this w a big one but we have another big one coming up on saturday. >> meanwhile saint patrick's day, celebrate that with a win in toronto. mama it 1-0 panthers. he wasn't donone though. shoots it off the defenders, well, we were in and in for a second goal of the game. take another look. that's the way you drew it up i guess. in the nets. third period jaromir jagr as the empty netter. win 4-1 the final. dolphins can they nally get a running back. this time it's chris johnson latest to pass on miami. set staying with the arizona cardinals on a one-game deal. he remained in denver as they matched. now the 'phins are reportedly in talks with james stark. i'm will manso and that's your local 10 morning sports wrap. >> all right, will, thank you. we are staying on top of developing news this morning, an nfl

>> just ahead here on local 10 news at 5:00, the crash that left him in the hospital and how

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jacey. let's check out our weather with our weather authority julie durda. >> julie, kristi,ric, south florida. it's finally friday. what a week we've had. it's been very warm. feels likepring. hold on tight it. here we go. we're starting off this morning warm and humid. we will see a mix of sun and clouds in the forecast as the kids head to the bus stop. by the afternoon we are anticipating a slight chance of afternoon storms. we will see a better chance of storms going into the weekend so this is just a little taste of what we're expecting by saturday afternoon, time hour frame, we are expecting a good chance of storms not just saturday, also saturday night and into sunday. that's just a lite heads up to a preview. currently we have temperatures in the low 70s, pembroke pines, hialeah. remember we suld be waking up to the mid 60s. so far we're dry this morning but this will all change. i'll have all the

good morning, constance. >> quite a few accidents already atat 5:01 in the morning if you're traveling on broward county. take a look. we've got a crash here off to the shoulder but you see the flashing lights. looks like road rangers are there along with police. no delays are reported here but there are a lot of folks on the roadways. obviously a lot of spring break crews there partying throughout the night. another crash rorted this time on the i southbound at pembroke pinebut the story's the same, 66 miles per hour. a broken down car reported on the i northbound at hallandale beach boulevard. if you're traveling into downtown miami the exit ramp is shut down here southbound at the airport expressway. developing right now, an nfl player in the hospital in critical condition after a dirt bike crash last night in northwest miami-dade. tray walker suffered head trauma as a result of this crash that happened on northwest 21