in another chapter in u.s. relations. a course he set out on 15 months ago the president will stroll the streets of havan, a meet with raul castro and deliver a speech the white house says will touch on human rights. >> anchor: the trip comes after a break threw in relations between ma van aand washington, including the easing of travel restrictions. our team coverage begins tonight with our colleague, calvin hughes, in havana. >> reporter: e we're now just 17 hours away from president obama's visit to tild. it will mark the first time a sitting american presidede has come to cuba since 1928, nearly nine decades ago. the president leaves a arews air force base at 2:05, landing here at 4:50. will president rauau castro greet mr. obama? some reports say yes, others say castro will not. we'll have to wait and see. then it's ontohe american embassy to meet with staff members. the amerin embassy officially

fidel castro calling it a nest of spice. t it reopened officially in august of last year. after leaving the embassy, the presidint will take a tour of old havan, a then make a stop here at the cathedral. today we heard from a top cuban official who talked about what obama's trip could mean to cuba. >> we have to speak openly about the differences of conceptions that we have, but not with the pretension that we will change you or you will change us, because it will be finally up to our populations, which are to decide what kind of government they consider is better for them. >> reporter: we've spoken with a lot of cubans about their reaction to the president's visit and one person seemed to have a message for miami exiles.

>> reporter: major preparations are still under way at the baseball stadium for the game between the cuban national tuesday. today we heard a song that was very surprising to hear on cuban soil, the national anthem, being played and sang by a cuban choir of young people. oh say can you see by the dawn's early light >> reporter: i'm joined now by my colleague who had a chance to talk with some tampa bay rays players, and we also heard today dan levitar who had some painful words about the game that be played on tuesday. >> he is highly critical because he is of cuban heritage. he says the mlb should have never come here for this game. but then we hear from the cuban players, from the folks in tampa, they're so excited, not just because it's competition, but because it't' history. baseball bringing two old foes

>> the love of the game is at the core of what they have there. >> reporter: players from the tampa bay rays thrilled at the chance to see the legendary baseball culture here in ca. >> we feel pretty lucky that we got picked. >> same union of two countries by way of baseball still pains some. >> it just hurt my feelings. >> reporter: usually funny, but dan is now tackling a tough and personal subject. >> espn gave this show, me, my father, the opportunity to go and it was just heartbreaking to my mother, couldn't even talk to her about it. so i won't g. >> reporter: it was an espn promo he heard that sparked him to lash out. too much pain associated with this, he says, especially with a small pocket of older exiled cubans. >> we were chased through the streets by the police with chains for having political views. >> reporter: he worries new relations, the presint's visit

>> miami understands, but i don't think anybody else understands. it would be really hd to understand. >> reporter: the game goes on, literally and figuratively, and players on both sides of the florida straits are r ready. this cuban pitcherays cuba still has quality players and he thinks they can put on a good show. so these players are looking for that competition, but one thing they don't want to miss is the presidenen of the united states being at the stadium. >> and he is going to be there with with with presidede raul castro. >> yes, that's what we hear at this poioi. we're not sure if he's throwing out the first pitch though. >> this isis a rubber match between the cub national team and the american baseball team, the baltimore orioles actually beat the cuban national team back in 1999 and then the cuban national team beat them lat in baltimore. >> it's odd.

when a cuban comedian actually got on the phone with the president before leaving to come here. >> you can't make this up, risht around a little. we've seen it before back in america. here it is, local 10 already has the story, the comedian, apparently this c character's name -- the president did have a conversatiti with him. >> let's take a listen. (speaking spanish) >> yes, the real obama. who is this? >> my name is -- >> from the tv show? >> yes, yes. >> (speaking spanish.

the united states is s saying -- you can't make it up. >> we have a lot to look forward to tomorrow. when the president arrives here, again, willl president castro meet him at the airport? so we will have to see. of course we're following the president every step of the way and we have you covered. so until tomorrow, we'll see you then. back to you. >> calvin hughes in havana for us. stay with local 10 news for& complete coverage from cuba, we'll have live reports on the president's arrival in havana tomorrow at 4:00. >> anchor: we're also learning that zika fears have reached cuba. the c. d. c.. has issued a travel advisory for the island. this comes after the first local case was confirmed there on tuesday. the virus leads to birth defects in pregnant woman and may also be sexually transmitted. the warning comes on the eve of president obama's historic visit to cuba. >> also tonigig, wild weather off the coast of ft. lauderdale. beach goers captured a water

posted on social media. >> that system eventually hit land and did some damage, boats were tossed and people at a restaurant nearhe beach got quite a scare. it happened around 2:30 in the afternoon. >> winds were well over 50 miles per hour. eric shore is live in ft. lauderdale with more on the damage. >> reporter: good evening. we are hearing officially from the weather service that this was a tornado, a water spout that turned into a tornado when it hit land. and it caused damage. take a look at some of the debris left onon the beach. you u ally can't recognize it, butthat is a sale boat, it really caused a scare for beach

it is amazing video of a giant w was swirling arosnd. it was really scary. >> reporter: the fierce wind speed sending items flying along ft. lauderdale beach boulevard, as can you see in this surveillance video. pool furniture tossed like leaves. outdoor cafes caved in. and a handful of sail boats parked on shore tossed across the sand, most snapped like twigs. >> we saw the wind just take everything and just spin it aroundnd and it just started throwing everything, like the tornado just hurled it down that way. >> reporter: take a look at this video, the moment the spout came towards shore, sending terrified people running for cover to avoid injury. this man was in the water with a mass, when the spout formed.

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thousands of people have taken over bayfront park for one wild weekend. leeanne, whatave you got? >> reporter: that's how we do it here. we're at ultra music fest. if you've been anywhere near downtown you've probably heard those thumping beats. some people coming out already, but the party is gng on for at least one more hour until midnight. so just for a moment, for a couple of minutes, we're going to take you inside ultra music fest. stay tuned. the beat of ultra music festival has the heart of miami pumping. >> it's the atmosphere and all the people, e&eryone is acting crazy and it's so much fun to see. >> reporter: tens of thousands of people from all over the world make the yearly pilgrimage to bayfront park wearing their brightest, flashiest, quirkiest

>> i always try to go withsomething that really screams my personality. >> reporter: worship at thealtars of the best d.j.s. they know firsthand what it's like to play before an international crowd at one of the world's biggest festivals. >> when you're standing on that stage at that time and the sun is going down and you see the crowd going crazy on your music, >> reporter: the fans come from far and wide, out of stata. >> chicago. >> how is miami treating you so far? >> pretty good. >> reporter: or as far away as these guys who came from kuwait. >> in our country -- >> reporter: m@ami police are keeping things safe and secure for the festival, asiami fire rescue stays close buy for any medical calls. for the thousands of revelers partying late into the night. >> i love coming to this, i never miss out.

photo journalist nick in on the action, we're going to fist pump all night. this is going on until midnight. they have a strict curfe the music off at midnight so the neighbors can get some sleep. but there's a whole other day coming tomorrow, the last day of ultra music fest. >> anchor: all right. fist pumping out there, and no rain at least for miami. but we're seeing a couple of showers impact traffic keys. also severe threat could be seen once again on sunday.

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>> anchor: for us we've been deing with those showers, especially in broward, but now things have quieted down except for the keys. lower keys getting a bit of rain, some heavy showers lining up right over the florida bay as well. upper keys seeing some rain and some heavy downpours. zooming in on this, these are

they're just pretty much staying put. so 18-mile stretch, you'll probably see some rain overnight. there's that other band over the war, pulling toward the north and east, could graze our coastline. this is ahead of a cold fro that's headed our way by tomorrow. right now temperatures under the 70s. they'll struggle to dip because of the cloud cover. winds are calm for miami, or a light breeze out of the south. the model will depict that showers will start to form again in the morning, and look at this big band. this indicates that there could be strong storms once again, this time the threat will press to the south over miami-dade and the keys tomorrow afternoon. sof course stay tuned with with us and we'll keep you up to date on that. if you want to head to the beach tomorrow, head out early. there still could be a few showers along the coast. for boaters, no advisories so far, seas two to three feet as well as for the keys. this will change, though as we head into tomorrow when that

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>> anchor: it's always a big heat when the heat take on lebron james and the cavaliers. but tonight was bigger, we needed to see how they'd respond after that loss to charlotte on thursday the answer, very well, thank you. lebron did his part, he goes for 26 to lead cleveland. but thehe heat unstoppable

wade lays that one in to reach the 20,000 pnt milestone, a great. he led with 24. the big question, could he dunk, me the coolest thing is i've been wearing this one jersey, and i got all 20,000 0 those in a miami uniform. it's amazing to be parof the history of the game. >> reporter: how about the hurricanes, looking to move into the sweet 16 taking on a tough witchita state team. cancers jumping out to a lead, but the shockers are tough, they come all the way back.

and this play changed the game. a long alleyop from angel to mcclellan. rodriguez was great down the stretch, he scored the team high big night for the panthers spacey night. also honoring yammer jagr. >> we had the match going and then all of a sudden peek-a-boo. it's president underwood. >> gotta love it, frank

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we are out there week after week getting incredible video, just like this. with the help of a drone above, and multiple different camera angles provided b his buddies, this group tightly packed together as they make their way through the different corners. followed by a sport bike. >> he has become so notorious for his videos on youtube. you'll see why this footage is getting so much attention. >> ooh! >> ! >> at the exact spot where he could go over the canyon. >> right. now that left-hander is the reason why so many guys go out there. it's that particular corner, just the radius of it, the way it curves around and goes uphill. it just feels so good to get around that corner. >> he didn't slow down? what ppened? >> it's hard to tell. we can watch it from a lot of differentangles. you guys go down -- >> oh, and he's on the other pside of the guardrail.