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particular broward county and north of that yesterday across the sunshine state. right now ft. lauderdale waking up to a temperature of 74. that is if you are waking up at this hour. 72 in miami. 78 in key west. so a mild start again for most of south florida, but most of e rain is still out toward the west. there was one shower that was getting a little near portions of west broward and it is right here. it is actually starting to dissipate. those light sprinklesould make an impact into miramar in the next few minutes and westo n. back here where the heaviest front is. to the north of tampa wich means we can still heat up things and, also, we canstill expect some storms later this afternoon before that front arrives tonight. more on that and your seven-day coming up in ew minutes. neki. >> thank you, jennifer. begin with breaking news out of plantation. that is why officials say multiple people have been shot.
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street. we are being told that all of the gunshot victims are trauma alert. we have a crew on the tay and we will bring you updates as soon as beget them. wild weather yesterday off the coast of ft. lauderdale. a water spout captured on video and posted to social media. the weather service says that water spout turned into a tornado and when it hit land, it did some damage. per houou boats were tossed around, and people at a restaurant near the beach got quite the scare. >> i was actually scared for my life, you know. >> it s raining and water spout, huge. it looked like a globe. globe like epcon disney but only it was swirling around. it was really scary. >> neki: the cleanup ccontinues this morning. thankfully no injuries reported. loved ones right now head a vigil to rem@mber the life of a nfl player killed in dirt bike crash in northwest miami-dade. friends and family gathered en tray walker crashed his
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the baltimore ravens cornerback was riding all black and riding without headlights. he was takento the hospital with serious head injuries but died after severalours in surgery. >> and ain't nothing we could do about it. but he is still with us in spirit and in our hearts andd he will always be. >> anchor: walker was bornin miami. he attended northwestern senior high before beig selected in the fourth round of last year's nfl draft. an investigation under way after a driver crashed into a home in northwest miami-dade. it happened along northwest 10it happened along northwest 103rd avenue and 127th street. no one was inside at the time. the 80-year-old driver was taken to the hospitalalith minor injuries. crews were called out to check on the home. it is now a total loss. it is unclear what becauseit is unclear what caused that drive to lose control.
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6-year-old inside his northwest miami-dade home will be tried as an adult. the teen was back in court yesterday where a judge announcedthe rulings. he is being charged with attempted and second-degree murder for the death of king carter. police say teams and three others were involved in a gunfight at an apartment complex last month when carter was caught in thee crossfire. 18-year-old leonard adams and 17-year-old irwin pressley face charges. three people are recovering after a fight led to gunfiree on waters hill on browa and 31st avenue. started from an argument at club 54. authorities confiscated four weapons and took three people into questioning. we are told the victims were treated for minor injuries. also, a person is dead after they lost control of their car and slammed into a bus stop inn miami. this happened yesterday at northwest 50th street and itth avenue.
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`the crash split that car in half. police believe speed may have been a factor. it's been nearly 90 years, but today a sittingg u.s. president will return to cuba. >> anchor: unbelievable. later this afternoon, president obama is set to toh down in havana and of course local 10 is there. anchor calvin hughes has a recap of the last-minute preparations being made ahead of the president's big visit. >> reporter: we know the president leaves andrews air force base at 4:05 landing at 4:50 4:50. where president fidecastro will meet mr. obama. some ayes, others say we will not pb we will have to see. the u.s. embassy closed in 195. fidel stas stroh calling it a nevs spy but then opened officially august of last year. local 10 was there for the flag-raising event. after leaving the embassy the
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old havana and make a stop at the cathedral. we heard from a top cuban official who talked about what obama's trip can mean to cuba. >> we can speak frankly and enly about the difference of perceptions that we hhave but not with the intention that we will change you you will change us because it will finally be up to our populationfinally be up to our populations that are struggling to find out what kind of model and government it will be better for them. >> reporter: we have spoken with a lot of cubans about their reaction to the presidenttheir reaction to the president's visit and one person seemed to have a visit for miami exiles. [speaking foreign language] >> reporter: major preparations are underway at the latin baseball stadium where the cuban national team and the tampa bay rays.
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surprising to hear on cuban soil, the national anthem being played and sang by a cuban choir of young people. oh say cacan you see by the dawn's early light . >> anchor: unbelievable. our team coverage continues throughout thehday with live reports from havana starting this morning at 6:00, and late this afternoon, stay with local 10 as the president arrives in cuba starting at 4 p.m. just hours before president obama is set to touch down in cuba, the cdc has issued a zika virus-related travel advisory. the decision comes after the first local case was confirmed on tuesday. the mosquito-borne vy cruise lead to birttdefects in pregnant women. doctors believe e can be sexually transmitted. authorities have detained 11 cuban migrants.
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rescued. there has been an increase of cubans leaving the island following new dipomatic relations between the u.s. and cuba. cububs fear they will not be able to pursue citinship by leaving cuban soil. a bus crash after a bus flipped over. a driver spilled a drink on herself and sideswiped the bus causing it to roll over. all 27 passengers on board the bus we taken to the hospital. but all but one were treated-and released. those who live by heard the crash and rushed oer to help. >> i got my shoes on and stuff and out there. and there were already a lot of people stopped on the highway running tohe bus doing whatever they could to help get people out. kids were jumppg out of the back of the bus. some were coming out the pide win dose. >> anchor: the crash closed the expressway for two hours n miles. police have not announced any charges for driver.
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heard about e-cigarettes, right, and hoverbods exploding, but now it has reportedly happened to a iphone. >> anchor: that is what happened to one college student and on an airplane no less. the shocking story right after the break. speaking of phones, a new piece of proposed legislation of cell phone etiquette quickly getting support. how one new jersey lawmakers is aiming keep our road safer. and tracking rain on the radar right now. it is well to the west of us, but it is headed you are way with a cold front as well. that is going to cool things down for us as we kick off spring. remember local 10 news is always on. local10.com, your smartphone
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6 when all of a sud ton caught fire. flight attendants were able to put that fire out in less than 30 seconds.the alaskan airliner was midflight over the pacific carrying 163 passengers. >> flames rightoff my phone. i flipped it off on the ground and it got on to somebody else's feet and the flames were getting higher and a bunch of people stood up. >> neki: wow. why the iphone went up in flames is still unknown. that's scary. >> andrew yeah. mother nature was a little bipolar. >> neki: some areas had -- we were at jazz in the gardens and itit rained earlier and the rain was overcast and comfortable. >> jennifer: neki and andrew, the severe weather threat was to the north of miami-dade and the threat was pushing southward along with the front. first and foremost, it is the
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now this is going to be the interesting thing. starting off the w week tomorrow with temperatures below the average. quite a change. quite a rolle coaster ride once again with the forecast whether i get right to it. the sunrise this morning will be at 7:24 be at 7:24. and this will be the day we will have 12 hours of daylight. 12 hours of nighttime. so along with spring starting off, we do have the concern again for rain later today. temperatures once again in the 70s this morning and winds out of the south and southwest. breezy in key west. 18 miles per hour currently there and lighter breeze for us all the way up through ft. lauderdale. check out the radar. very active now. west broward and south -- i should say southwest broward already seeing a little bit of rainfall entering. light to moderate result to the south of weston over miramar and u.s. 27. pushing toward the north and east.
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but looks like much more coming our way. the actl front is all the way back here. rain to the north of tampa that has to pass through. this front drier and cloudy. those clouds are blanketing north florida. if it wasn't for the clouds these temperatures will be much colder. where it turns into blue, the cold air is. it is coming across the sunshine state right now pensacola at 52 degrees. temperatures likely to not warm up too much later on today for them in the pannhandle. inhouse model shows wet through the morning and early afternoon. a few thunderstorms cannot be ruled out. and then it looks like it tryand then it looks like it tries to band up like a line of showers that passes through from the keys you will the way to west palm beach by 4:00. so pretty much an active day for -- for much of the day thenfor -- for much of the day then. by 8 o'clock when things start (to dry out, cool down, by tomorrow morning temperatures
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inland temperatures can get as cool as the upper 50s. that is quite the change. but beforehen, it will be warm today, and muggy. andwe do expect, again, could possibly see some strong thunderstorms out there. andrew, neki. >> neki: thank you, jennifer. i am so guilty of this, texting and running. >> anchor: have you ever run into anything? >> neki: it is really distracting and dangerous. >> anchor: some lawmakers are pushing to make at they call a high-risk habit a criminal fense. >> neki: it is too much. >> anchor: you better be careful.a new jersey legislator will fine violators $15 or 15 days of jailtimee. this man texting while walking nearly runs into a bear in california. >> the smartphone is the newest and arguably one of the most dangerous forms of distraction.
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of time about to get hit by a car. . >> anchor: recent numbers from the governor's highway association finds a 10% strike in pedestrian fatalities in the year! in our healthcast this morning, shedding light on a medical condition that is often misunderstood. tourette's syndrome is found inone out of 263 children in the u.s. and doctors say thatnumber could be even greater. our med cat specialist kristikrueger is here with the news of a local authortrying to break the stigma. >> kristi: well, that stigma exists because a neurological disorder have such public symptoms, involuntary movementssymptoms, involuntary movements, ticks and noises and sometimes they blurt out inappropriate words. anthony ward who grew up right in plantation wants to break the stigma. he has written a book exploring the struggleses and successes of glowing up with this syndrome. anthony hopes reading about his journey will increase tolerance
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>> a very public disoer. very easy to spot. within you hear someone screamwithin you hear someone screaming at the top of their lungs in a restaurant it is easy to put a bulls eye on the back of the individual.a lot of how i was able to escape that stigma of being weird and off and different was to be open about it. >> reporter: anthony graduated from florida gulf coast and concentrating on his writing. his first book "mental archy" is available on amazon and we wish him well. in another health news 2.8million children are living with disabilities that have special approaches to education and care. the our pride academy is t tking that effort a step further createcreating businesses and bs at their school for their studentstheir school for their students. through program, the all pride academy is helping students create and produce products for personal use and provides services like laundry care for local businesses. >> we hope thatthe model that
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is a model that can be replicated, you know, not only here in miami-dade but in the state of florida and thought the united states. >> my plans were to work quick, yes. >> kristi: the program at the school was started just this last year and employs 45 former and current students. the school is working to raise funding for its scholarship and program through an event that tha happens tomorrow night possibilities. the goal this year is to raised 100,000 to buy supplies and program. with your health news, i am kristi krueger, local 10 news. if you have no plans today, don't worry. we have you covered. that's why we are here f, especially on weekends. >> neki: yes we are. the community@ calendar coming up next. a popular south florida ride. now it is coming crashing down.
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this week, local 10 community calendar has something for the thrillseekers and the music lovers. for some fun, the miami-dade county fair and expo has officially opened. it features 21 days of rides, shows and, of course, all those finger-licking fair food youu can stomach. the stare located at 109th avenue at coral way. admission prices vary and spcial discounts are available. for more information visit fairfor more information visit fairexpo.com. a different kind of fun. the florida ukulele network or fun is hosting the fifth annual ukulele festival. yes,, a real thing.
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the three-day event with a brunch, ukulele skills and on the beach at the grand cabana. parker playhoouse. tickets for today easy vent are $50. visit southfloridaukulelevisit southfloridaukulelefest.com. a final day of jazz in the gardens. join local 10 and tens of thousands of your best friends at the 11th annual jazz in the garden music festival. it ends with a star studded, that stars janelle monet. all happening at sun life stadium. from $55 to north of 200. come visit and there are tickets left to check i iout. don't forget, if you know of an event happening in south florida, we will definitely love to hear from you. e-mail@community.local 10.com. at last ride for this
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beach. the 125-foot roller coasr was once known as the tall nest the state of florida but it is now officially coming down. local 10 reporter jenise fernandez explain why is this landmark is being leveled. report the last ride for the hurricane woodenen roller coasterhurricane wooden roller coaster. a heartfelt farewell to the coaster tt stood as a landmark in dania beach for 16 years. >> we are 270 cars a --000 cars drive by and tuesday as a landdrive by and tuesday as a landmark. honey i am almost home. i can see the rollecoaster. >> reporter: roller coaster is coming down piece by piece. it was known in 2000 as the tallllt musement ride. our own todd tongen was one of the first to ride it. the coaster reached speeds uup to 160 miles per hour and was closed down in 2011. `out with the old and in with the new. the coaster is making room for new developments, dania point.
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the 102-acre complex will hold shops, residential units, two hotels and 5,000 square feet of office space. a main street feel with three different entrances. >> time to move on a bit and the revenue to come through the city to get more for public safety, elderly, children's programs. >> reporter: tearing down the coaster will take some time. it was built well and crews will have to carefully tear it apart piece by piece. all the leftover wood would be brought to the location to be pcessed. all note coaster was given its fair share of goodbyes, not an emotional moment for many that believe dania point will be a new landmark for dania beach. they are expected to tear down the roller coaster completely probably within the next two weeks and phase one of that project will be completed by the end of this year and start with the retail shops. reporting in dania beach, jenise fernandez, local 10 newsjenise fernandd, local 10 news. >> neki: even in this day and age the wooden roller coasters tetrifying me more than the you
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.> andrew: can i say some thing, today was there. when when he was not working, he is working. >> neki: he is always there. he was watching us on periscopehe was watching us on periscope. violence on the campaign trai@ continues to plague donald trump across the country. >> neki: protesters and supporters clashing once again in several states. states. we will tell you what trump had to say of the recent rash of violence. yesterday was good news for jazz in the garden. a few showers that died off. today could e a different story. we want to you be prepared with the forecast to expect showers and a few storms. so the rest of the forecast and
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72 degrees. a live look out ofour ft. lauderdale cam. wow, they really got rain down there yesterday. today they are hoping for a better day. we will see. but jennifer says don't hold your breath for that one. .> andrew: fingers crossed. >> jennifer: be prepared. someone wilget rain today and yesterday, yes, there was browardd but remember everything tracks to the south. way. that is the good news. i can't wait for that cold front to arrive because that will bring our temperatures down for early this week and for the start of spring. now temperatures have been in the upper 70s for the keys, low 70s across miami-dade and broward. 74 degrees, ft. lauderdale. miami at 72. now check out the radar. not much going on for us; however, some light drizzle and some moderate rainfall out west have been pushing in over weston and just the westernn edge of broward county. that's where we are seeing the rain this morning and where else are we seeing it? well, out west as i just mentioned over the gulf waters. stronger and heavier showersr
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