we will tell you why. welcome back. your time is p8:30 and time to check on the day's top stories. >> lorena: fear in flight passenge travelling from miami to milan, italy. the plane was diverted to newfoundland.d. they're work nowing to get the the rest of the passengers to their destinations. donald trump surging past ted cruz in the hawk eye state. former mayor michael bloomberg said he's considering a run for the white house. and transforming to sledding hill and the big apple getting back to business as well.

skyforce, and an accident at 6300 atlantic street. and backyard looks li we have some fire rescue, stuff that was left on the ground from possible alleged shloting scene. if you're rolling to work of the rest and an earlier accident has just cleared, a lot of congestion and seeing stop and go delays for your nortbbounders working your way up from any where to commercial boulevard all the way through portions and allow yourself extra time, turnpike delays for your northbounders as well. heavy delay, at least no wrecks on thehe palmetto expressway and it looks like this for both directions approaching the dolphin, i-95 incident free. the expressway and main lines

northwest 103rd. you can use 7th avenue west as an alternate or biscayne boulevard, heading into downtown, you will need the traffic lights to contend with. more traffic coming up in 15 minutes minutes. >> good morning, south florida. temperatures. by this afternoon, it will be feeling nice and mild. 53 degrees in miami to 58 in key west andnitis and dry out there. as far as our forecast is concerned, we're going to see more rain today. in place, you can increase the rain chances and thunderstorms

the in-house computer model, temperature readings on wednesday will near 80 degreesened will start to see some rain around the area, especially in the afrnl our % models are suggesting that once again we will need those sweaters s nd jackets as we round up the week friday and saturday, lows w@ll be in the 50s. that's your 7 on 7. and appears this record cold snow, knows no bounds. japan seeing historically cold l. one ikland seeing snow for the first time in 115 years. and many other cities throughout western and northern japan experiencing historic snowfalls, and one area blanketed in six inches despite snow being a rarity there. >> diana: and looks so pretty

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just what the doctor ordered. they say laughter is the best medicine. his name is dr. patch adams best known for medicine and cloos. asz >> ashley: he stopped to spread joy and laughter to kids who need it most. >> reporter: she a doctor with a healing cause. >> and basically this mood helps people bcome healthier and

it's love, humor and compassion that he believes will help treat his patients an brought those tools with him to south florida. the children of the kids corner at the plantation nursing an rehabilitation center were in for a real treat. the long-term care facility using the doctor's positivity and ga of clouds bringing smile to the faces of children who have been through so much. report > i have found that just a hand on someone's face can go a tremendously long way. >> reporter: and you may have heard from patch adams from the film starring dr. patch adams starring robin williams. 24 doctor is far from the glitz of hollywood spending 45 years in medicine, he's designed a hospital in west virginia, that eliminates 90 percent of the

>> the purpose of life is to have a task, something you devote your entirere life through for the rest of your life. and the most important thing is, it must be something you cannot possibly do. >> and something he knows he can do, make one ssile at a time. >> i decided to live six quall tishgs happy, funny, loving. as the most effective use for world of peace and justice and care for everybody in nature. >> and for more information on the patch adams foundation or sage institute who helped organize the event, log onto our web site at wsvn.com. reportg in the plex, omar lewis, 7 news. >> so amazing that guy. and laughter really is the best medicine. he is someone who love what is he does. straight ahead on today in n florida, we will get a final check on weather.

how to shoot hoops after a

street still a group of florida kids getting the ultimate shaq surprise. it started when the when a

noise complaint. and sheldon's -- 7's sheldon fox is getting big, big basketball backup. hw often does shaq show up for a game of basketball hoops? exactly. it's one to cherish, shaquille o'neal knows how to make an entrance. >> you guys ready? >> reporter: it all started when gainesville police ofcer responded about kids making too much noise playing ball. >> complnt about kids playing basketball in the street. >> reporter: the officer showed up with a little cmplaint time of his own. then came the diesel. i brought a little backup for

>> what's up? >> reporter: this is what you call an mvp visit. >> the legendary center offering c-note for whoever could stick the j. two shots each to cash in. shaq shelled out about a grand, plus some hall of fame advice. spoken like a true champ. his friends ending up with priceless advice and cops looking cool to the community wins. sheldon fox, today in florida. >> love the shaq. even the big diesel would have trouble on i-95. we are seeing delays here working your way up to deerfield.

consider taking turnpike as an alternate. if you take it up the line here and show you, make it southwest 10th street camera, it's still jam packed northbound and getting few very good delays and still seeing eastbound slow down that takes you to i-95 northbound. live from 7 skyforce, here's lauren lane. good morning. i'm happy to report that we have no wrecks. and heading to i-95, deisn't drive on the palmetto expressway, it may look jam packed and crash free and traffic moving. it's crawling anthe drive is 30 minutes heading past miami lakes drive. north bound looks the same. use gallowowy instead. turnpike extensions approaching

that's 7 traffic. i'm laurenlane. make it a great monday. gogo morn ging we are seeing mostly sunny skies. we willstart to see more passing clouds with the return of an ocean breeze. for now, your morning commute looks fine, mostlyly dry from broward, dade and the keys. right now 51in pompano, 51 in coralspring, western broward davie. in miami-dade, 52 in hialeah, including miami beach and surfside, still in the 40s, pinecrest at 50 with the florida keys ininthe upper 50s from marathon to key west at 58. now the breeze is still out of the northwest, but now we're starting to see signs of it swinging around more out ofhe east-northeast an by this afternoon, we will start to

the big view is showing that we have snow around the da key tashgs great lakes and cloudiness around the ohio river valley@ as the front is starting to develop. we will see cool sunshine with highs nearing 70 degrees today, going into tuesday much warm erer and thunderstorms ahead of the next cold front to cool us down late week. if your plans take you beach or boating, we don't have any advisories biscayne bay coastata waters of the keys are at a moderate chop with seas building inside the east, nexthigh tide in miami will take place at 9:28 an 9:51 in key largo. forecast highs inthe 70s, tonight partly cloudy sky, warmer with lows in the 60s. the extendedd outlook is calling for times of wetp weather between

need the sweaters and jackets once again. that's your 7 on 7. fair to say most people across the east coast are desperate for warmer weather. >> i think you're right about that. our morning must see shows us that our furry counterparts ar't in quite the rush. this puppy was more than appy to pull two bundled of joy on the sled there. and horses can't get enough either making the best of the weather. they like it. and finally group of deer flolicing down the road with it all to themselves. they like that. >> ashley: yeah we donelike it so much. if you think you have the next pry value video, sen it to morning mu see. they absolutely love that.

next up on today in florida. the fallen angel makes the city of angels his home. wewee going behind the scenes of fox's new show lucifer. and asking you to send in your picture perfect morning. check this one out. this one of little havana sent to us on inssgram. post guard. we love sharing them.

back. welcome back. the devil raising hell across the city of angels and new fox show premering tonight. lucifer makes los angeles his new home. >> and constantly urged to return to the underworld. the bible's fallen angel is raisisg hell on fox's new tv series lucifer. >> entertaining and not trying to teach people anything or change beliefs or anything like that. we're trying to tell a story about someone's preseaved and ir

>> the actor plays the prince of darkness who go or fun in los angeles and finds himself on the right side of the law helping lapd punish criminals. >> we say he's bored of hell and bored as the devil, but as the series goes, it's much ore deep. >> he becomes more visible when he befriends decker. >> she sees that he's magnetic and women love him and want to be him. he can get people to tell the truth. he can ask someone something and open upto him. >> and also not use lucifer but asking to help with skills and powers. at this point in time we were shooting our show, ii have not or

>> reporter: and they say they enjoy raising a little hell onset. >> yeah we like to have fun and do onset gags. we are like little dee mondays and good hearted demons. fun is gooo the series premiers tonight at 9 right here on 7. we like to do little things onset here too. we're not dee mondays. >> you're watching today in

>> we're coming right back. >> ashley: that will do it for today in florida at 8. i'm ashley jones. >> lorena: and i'm lorena estrada.

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