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the big 10 has been wow! ing crowds for years but tonight there are big changes coming to the circus. ring for good. >> some say it's about time. here's jeff lennox. >>reporter: they are the show on earth. but the 11 remaining elephants of the ringling brothers circus are preparing for the final curtain call. a year and a half eaeaier than expected. parent company fell entertainment announced in 2014 they would be retiring the asian elephants in 2018. but that has now changed.

including these ones behind me from our touring units of ringling brothers to live at finally. >>reporter: concern over the treatment of the gentle giant and new law across the country made it challenge to go use towns. >> it has become more difficult and will become more difficult elephants. >>reporter: the new home 200 acre conservation property in central florida between tampa and orlando. it already houses dozens of elephants. some of the animal will be used for breeding to help increase the dwindling numbers of asian elephants. worldwide. >> any animal that come here just adds to what i do every day of my life. >>reporter: but some animal activist group say they have concerns about the center as well. >> they take a cherishable deduction for having it. but it's a profit making enterprise that the elephants expense. the elephants need to go to a

>> they have a lot reach. >>reporter: the circus in miami at the triple a through january 18. it's the final time these massive entertainers will perform in the ring in south florida. before retirement. and while some are pleased to seat elephants of the circus circuit, some spectators sad to see them go after close to 100 years of service. >> they are a trademark. they were on the logos. >>reporter: after the circus wraps up here in south florida the elephants will only have a few dozen shows left. the final shows with the elephants will be on may 1st in pennsylvania and in rhode island. reporting in downtown miami, reporting in downtown miami, jeff lennox, 7 news night team. south florida getting ready for hunting season. the 2016 python challenge kick the 2016 python chaenge kicks off saturday in the everglades. hunters will be going after ber most python in an effort to reduce the numbers of the invasive snake. >> the python snake can get up

and and that is really hurting our fur bearing animals in thebeautiful everglades and our food chain. >>reporter: the challenge runs through february 14th. we have got all the information o how you can register on a link on our web site at wsvn.com. coming up. it might never happen. such a warm december. >> long sleeves. >> but temperatures are dropping this week. >> phil is in the weather center to tell us more about this, phil. >> first of all check this out. this morning miami finally dropped into the 50's. that's the longest that you have had to wait for 50's. old record was december 23rd, 1994. temperatures are set to drop tonight but there's some written on the way. we'll take a look at everything in just a couple uinutes. >> okay phil and the number is so big it won't even fit on the scene. how do you like that? power ball has people seeing

was it a security breach at one of south florida's main airports or not? that depends on who you ask. >> it appeared an obvious security breach. >> we will explain how workers with access to secure areas ended up being detained by the feds and suspected of being illegally in the u.s. it's a story you will see on just one station tomorrow only

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can't even put the number on the billboards because there's not enough room for that figure. jack pot started at 40 million november fourth then it keeps growing. the next drawing is on wednesday night at 11:00 p.m. wednesday night at 11:00 p.m. don't forget your favorite tv anchors. all right good evening everyone. we have had a cool day here across south florida. morning low in the 50's. fort lauderdale miami mid 60's for the keys. then the cloud cover kept the afternoon highs in check. in the low 70's. right now everyone is in the 60's across south florida under mostly cloudy skies. pressure is rising. the whipped out of the north north west. humidity up there at 73 percent. take a look at the radar because things have changed since this afternoon. the models were hinting at most of the moisture staying down by extreme southern miami-dade county and the keys

but over the last few hours all the moisture has come up north and it is aiming for the main land. we do believe that a lot of this rain will make its way into south florida tonight and stick around throughouthe day tomorrow. and that is all due to a front that has stalled out right across south florida and will continue to drag some moisture our way. so beginning at midnight we are going to see some more of that rain starting to move in across south florida. our in house model shows that by 5:30 in the morning some heavy rain will start to move in across broward county. that is going to stick around thughout 7:30 in the morning just in time for your morning commute. miami-dade looking pretty good miami-dade looking pretty good. and then as we move in through th rest of the day, 11:30 still looks like most of the rain concentrated across broward county. northeastern miami-dade and then finally it appears that the rain will start to move out in the afternoon and by 8:00 p.m. just a few lingering showers across deep southern

i know it's january. national hurricane center still eyestill eying this spin in the middle of the atlantic ocean. they are giving it a 40 percent chance for development over the next 5 days. even if it does develop it will only be a worry for the shipping lanes. use caution tomorrow if you are boating 20 knot win. biscayne bay a moderate chop. you too will need to exercise caution in the florida keyy wind building to 20 knot. sea beyond the reef 4 to 6 feet. coastal water turning choppy. next high tide miami 10:59. 10:54 in fort lauderdale. 10:53 tonight key largo 11:27 in key west. more cloudsds tonight. showers are moving in. overnight lows and everything depends on the cloud cover. if it sticks around we may just get into the upper 50's if the clouds can clear out. maybe a little cooler. by tomorrow highs only in the low 70's. good chance for rain here's your extended outlook.

wednesday but returns on thursday and friday. that's the 7 on 7 forecast. >> i don't want to hear any more mention from the hurricane center until june. >> not even. >> exactly. drivers in miami-dade can once again earn cash back for using toll road. they will issue refunds for the second year in a row as part of customer loyalty frame a surplus at the end of the fiscal year. to kawvl drivers have to have a sun pass account if good standing and spend 1 hud dollars annually on the toll. if you want to register and see the roadway involved here, see the roadway involved here, just head over to our web site. night team. he's usually tracking down south florida. >> but tonight he's up to his elbows in entre. >> sheldon fox is putting on the chef hat when we grab a

well wrap up our special series featureseries featuring members of the

culinary talent. we wrap up with 7 news reporter sheldon fox. >> that's right. tonig sheldon and mom are in the kitchen whipping up an american classic. meat and potatoes on the menu. so let's gb a bite. the chef 7 fuss reporter sheldon fox. >> how close are we to where it happened. >> right here. >> he covered the newsn his hometown. >> born in miami beach. raised in bay harbor islands. >> he loves nothing more than getting a great scoop. >> one day you could be covering your local politics story and the next day deal with something globe. justin bieber speeding down the drive in rented lamborgini. >> that's s story he will never forget. >> we were the first ones with it and within an hour people across the globe were covering that. he loves breaking stories and cooking with his mom sympathy yeah and today they are making a family favorite.

fried potatoes, onions and jalapeno. >> this is a wm, comforting, delicious, knock your sox off kind of meal. it's just fantastic. >> let's start with aillet of beef and work praying of fresh rest mare under the string. >> fresh from the garden. that's how mom rolls >> don't forget to turn the ends of the rose mary. >> watch the fingers. >> careful there. now put olive oil in a roasting pan and make sure the roast is covered. sprinkle on kosher salt and pepper and put in the oven at 4 25 degrees for 25 minutes. for the fries mom cynthia careful slicely jalapeno d idaho potatoes. >> you are doing really well. just how i taught you. keep it up. >> put the sliced potatoes in water to keep them fresh. now it's time for sheldon to do something. he slices red and white onions and shall lot. >> we almost had an accident on tell conviction. >> go ahead sheldon keep going.

now add vegetable oil to a pot. >> get this ppy nice and hot. >> drain potatoes and pat them dry on paper towel. when the oil starts to sizzle d potatoes a little at a time. when they start to brown add the onion and jalapeno. >> this is going to add some kick to the fries for sure.>> it takes jaws few minutes for the onion and peppers to cook.so far so good. when they are done let them drain on a paper towel. >> bread spread them out mom's orders. >> plot oil add salt and now a taste test. >> perfect. nice work. >> oh, that's sweet sheldon. when the roast is done take out the roro mary and it's time to plate first the fries. >> bed of fries. >> then sheldon puts the roast on top of those frieie. >> so that when you cut it the fries end up in the od juice. >> cut the meat into serving size pieces and it is dinner time. >> with our meat and potatoes we like to serve witness a nice ice cold beer. so it's all ready.

fillet roast fries a little jalapeno and onion. enjoy. >> all right. for more information on this and other recipes check out our web site listed here. click on features and click on bite and you can always read my bite blog about all the new restaurant option. also on our web site. was it me or did sheldon's mom appear to do everything? >> maybe she didn't trust him to do the heavy lift something she wanted to do it. stay tune. >> looked good that's for sure. >> very.

13 in a row. that's what the panthers are going for tonight in vancouver and going without all star defensivedefense man eric. early highlights. panthers in white. minute 20 into the game. riley smith along the board and letit rip. panthers lead 1 nothing right out of the gate. we are near the end of the first period. hubert the loose puck in front. and he 64s. nothing after one. oing for 13 straight wins. tall order for the heat tonight at golden state. white side is out for the heat white side is out f the that game just started. around the association san antonio in black against brooklyn.

drives to tim duncan spurs up two after one. in the second duncan to leonard. spurs win big. 106-79. 8 straight wins. washington at chicago. wizard in red. derek rose turns it over. to john wall wizard beat the bulls 114-100. canes basketball team is up to number eight in the country in today's a p poll. 13 and 1 after beating florida state on saturday the canes have won 8 in a row in that game sheldon scored 21 of the 22 points in the second half. mclellan is the canes leading scorer. >> he's a guy that can slash, hit 3 very athletic defensively and very complete and really knows thousand play the game. they certainly have the make they certainly have the makings of a heck of a team this year. you can see that watching miami. >> tomorrow night. high school hoop tonight. we get everything. new orleans and central. he goes to um no. 20.

second quarter david baptist to the cup. new orleans leads by 12 at the intermission. fourth quarter this is huell. had he 15. led everybody. they beat central 61-52. vikings are 14 and 3. cincinnati linebacker perfect suspended the first 3 games next season for clocking pittsburgh receiver antonio brownaturday night. looked like antonio went out cold. perfect will appeal. pittsburgh beat cincinnati in the game. antonio has to pass concussion tests to be able to play sunday at denver. cincinnati safety pac-man jones said this morning he thinks brown was faking it. >> antonio brown was not hurt. i know he was faking. go back and look at the play. antonio brown had already went off the field. and everything. >> he just got knocked out. you won't wink at you. >> i think he need a grammy

i do. >> grammy are music award, no. sent a ticket to jill this afternoon palmetto bay resident named today women soccer coach of the year. by fifa. she was this sweats the award ceremony. they won the world cup last summer >> well it's tremendous honor and i'm of course very, very proud but more importantly i get to share this with the people that helped me gethis and that was my players and my staff. i'm always loing forward so right now focusing on qualifying then if we gulf it's hopefully y nning the olympic gold medal. >> next smevrment u.s. forward carly lloyd was women player of the year. messy was the men player of the year. if you care and i imagine you alabama is leading clemson 21-17. third quarter championship game. that will do it.

is a. that's a wrap for us first at 10:000. ciao ciao. >> stay tune.