as for the gop debate, thats tomorrow night, as is trump's event, seven's nicole linsalata will report from iowa and stay in place through the caucuses and after that jeff will be off to new hampshire to cover the primary there and his reports start, february 6th, live in the news plex, robin simmons, seven news night team. >> craig: okay the justice department and the city of ferguson, missouri appeared to have reached a deal to revamp the city'y' police force it comes after the violent protests rocked the city after the death of an unarmed black team and the decision not to indict the officer who shot him. former offjcer, der on wilson show the and killed brown in august of 2014, if the city accepts the changes it will likely alert a civil rights lawsuit the feds have been threatening to bring againstst the department, the leader of an

to protest land rights is urging supporters to end the stand off and go home, he and seven others were arrested yesterday and made the first court appearance, todada one of the ranchers was shot and killed by the f.b.i. during the tak down >> belkys: thehe u.s., government has began received for the vaccine for zika. researchers are cautioning that will not happen over night, the center of disease control has advised pregnant woman not to travel to brazil and 21 other latin american countries that have seen an out break, which is linked to a rare, birth defect, that c cses babies to be born with abnormally small heads. >> craig: coming up here on seven news at ten, her alleged attack on an uber driver went viral and now this young south florida doctor is speaking out for the first time. >> reporter: plenty of cloudy thinks and a chance of rain over night and the potential for the

and the entire out look in just a couple of minutes. >> belkys: and it was just looking for a late night little snuggle but tonight, this animal

is back where it belongs. >> in the car. >> craig: that south florida doctor who made national headlines, assaulting an uber driver is trying to clear the air. video of that attack was posted ononine and it has gone viral. >> belkys: now she is offering an apology and an explanation. >> the video went viral on the internet. the woman is angali casum a resident at jackson memorial hospital.. >> i am a 5 foot girl that weighs, 100 pounds, i am getting really like -- >> belkys: s s thought that the man was her uber driver but he was waiting to pick up someone else. when he refused to drive her, shenees him and is thrown to the grod and she gets in the car and does this.

apologized for her behavior. >> there is absolutely no excuse for me actions. i am ashamed. >> belkys: she had been brinking and says that she had a rough night. >> my father had been placed in the hospital and my boyfriend and i havav two years had just broken up and he went home and i was there by myself. >> belkys: she has been placed on leave from her job. >> i he hurt so many people, my family and my friends and my job and the uber driver and no one deserves to be treated that way and that is not me. >> belkys: sthe says that she has apologized to the driver and is thankful he did not want to es charges. >> i was extremely stressed out day, it was one of the worst days of my life and i was caught at my lowest moment. and nothing like this has ever happened to me. it was come mrooetly out of character. >> belkys: this is the not the first time that an uber driver has been attacked on the job. this week, the service announced

the back of some cars, hoping to be able to distract intoxicated drivers. >> craig: there is a detour to make you aware of for drivers on, all eight bounds of the 826 closed now, on the exit a will stay, shut down to 5:00 in the morning and the crews are doing the work on the roadway and will put in the overhead signs and e detour signs are posted. >> now seven weather, with chief meteorologist phil ferro. >> phil: what a nasty day of weather, especially for you in broward county, dealing with a tornado. and this is how the day shaped up and the morning lows in thehe 70s and the afternoon highs to the 70s and 80s and the tce of rain in key west and miami, and fort lauderdale at the air fort justnder a quarter of an inch of rain but many areas across northern broward county getting anywhere from two to five incncs of rain for a while there, north east in broward, was under a flood advisory, and that has long been cancelled. take a look at the tememratures

the upper 60s except in k k west and the temperature is 72 degrees and i think that because the skies will remain mostly cloudy tonight we are not going to see much fluctuation in those temperatures, the humidity up there up at 97 percent. and this is the storm tracker and it shows us where it is raining, we are still looking on a lot of moisture in the gulf of mexico. and throughout the florida, states and all ofhat is aiming for, the keys, and you will be seeing some on and off showers and thunderstorms during the over night, and the same throughout miami dade county and most of the heavy rain that we had in@ northeastern miami dade county is starting to move offshore and still coming down heavy across, and in through downtown, miami and the beaches surf side and in through broward with the hollywood and the moderate rain fall and the moderate rain is hugging the coast here, of all broward county, basically from the beaches, all the way back in through the saw grass and so there i still a chance for more

will be@ there tomorrow as well with the possibility of another twister. all of this is due to a front moving in our direction, the area of low prergs and that is moving away, another low will develop tomorrow and then the front is going to stall over us, that means another chance for some very h@avy down pours here across south florida, by friday, that front clears out. less humidity, breezy, and then in the temperatures will start to cool down for friday. morning and in through the weekend. and here is the rine, forecast, use caution. due to the winds here and building to the 20 knots and throughout the floridaeys and also exercise caution and the coastal waters with a moderate chop, and next high tide, 11:41, 11:46 in fort lauderdale and the next high tide, four minutes after midnight and 12:41 in key west, cloudy skies, still a chanan for some heavy rain, over night lows, right around the mid 60s and the low 70s for the keys and by tomorrow, another good chance for rain,, and the highs

your extended out look, friday morning waking up to 5959 and breezy and then the cold air settled in for saturda and sunday, and that is your seven on seven forecast. >> belkys: an exotic pet making fof an unexpected house guest and back where she belongs. reunited with her owner today, the animal escaped ten days ago, but managed to sneak into another south miami home to spend the night. >> she is sound asleep andhe is 99 years old and she felt something likikthis going to her face. >> i was painting my house and i had to move her to my brother's house in a cage and she figured out a way to open it up. i did lapz and left the food out and left a trap out. >> belkys: well, they are part of the raccoon family and are mostly found in the rain forest. south america. >> #raig: cute. >> anchor: sdmr well check out this other pet that you don't seee every day, a two headed

the owner bringing it to the vet for a check up, before shipping in the philippines. doctors say at 6 years old, the sturtle is surprisingly healthy and say normally these types of turtles don't live very long. part of the newscast, brought to you by animal planet. two headed turtle. i would like to knono how the 99-year-old woman is doing after that h it on her chest. >> craig: yeah. >> belkys: she is fine. that is qui the story to tell. >> craig: still ahead here, from the nig team on a wednesday night, she says that she was a team player and lending money for her child's sport team. >> belkys: but n n she says that the coach and club will not pay

howard with patrick fraser. >> belkys: well parents often help their kids schools out and one woman loaned a booster club

>> craig: and now the club and coach are refusing to repay her, it is tonight's edition of help me howard with patrick fraser. >> help me howard. >> patrick: when tracy son started playing football at hollywood hills high school, she was the type of parent every school wants. >> i joined the booster club in his freshman year and stayed there a year after he left and went to college. >> patrick: as a booster she helped to raise money for the football team. >> for any items that the team may need that the school does not provide it. >> patrick: then the head coach wanted to take the players to a 7 on 7, and the club did not have the monthny at the time, so the coach asked tracy to help. >> i offered my credit card with the promise, and i made sure that i had a promise from the head coach that i would be paid back because i cannot afford to

and you know he promised to pay it back. >> patrick: tracy says the football coach paid for the vans of the trip and she paid for the hotel rooms. >> it was great, the coach got paid back for the vans and i they ever got paidd back. >> patrick: she has a document from the booster club saying that using the card was approved by the coach and the money was to be paid back by the cl. and did pay back some of the money, $2200. >> i would get payments here and there while he was part of the booster club. >atrick: she is still owed, it is 3800 and t t money she lent for the t-shirts for the fund raidser instead of being repaid, sh h got boosted. >> administration wanted a whole new crew in therereith people who had kids that played. and so, we were asked to leave, and that was fine. >> patriri: tracy didn't mind leaving because her son had graduated but she did not want

had loaned them. >> the coachch and the booster club are the people that owe me the money because that is who i was told that i would be paid back for and that is who the money was given to off my credit card. >> patrick: well legally is tracy entitled to get her money back? >> yes, she is, and from the documents and texts that we have seen, both the football coach and the booster club are responsible for returning the money. ahd if the principal, blocks them from repaying the loan, it is what the law calls tortious interfence with the contract and the principal could be liable as well. >> patrick::e first contacted the broward school district, the spokesperson said the principal did not approve using tracy's credit card and the coach did not have the authority to approve using the credit card. and the spokesperson said that the coach said that he never gave tracy the authority to spend her money for the football team. we tried to talk to the coach about the document that said that he did approve using tracy's credit card.

>> patrick: if the coach and the booser club will not return the money she should sue and that document is what the lawyers call a smoking gun, which almost, guauantees she will win in court. >> patrick: tracy hopes t t hollywood hills booster club repays her sohe does not have to sue them, while they have the monthny they cannot take away the memories that helped the athletes. >> some of the students that went there did not have a lot of monthny, so it was nice to be able to help these kids, through i have got cleets for kids who need cleetsts >> patrick: hopefully they will repay, tracy the $3800 they owe her, if they don't, tracy can sue in small claims court, she does not need a lawyer for that and that will keep the costs down, we will let you know what happens. you feel like you are being tossed around like a football? need a boost from someone to kick things into gear? contact us, all that we ask is for you to loan us your time.

seven news. >> time now no seven sports with mike dipasavale >> in alabama for this saturday's senior bowl to look for potential draft picks after signing sue for a $100 million contract last season, and may be looking to restructure for the

and it is nearly $29 million, if he restructures that frees up $18 million a a gives miami more flexibility. >> obviously that is onef the leverage that we are going to take a close look at and we have not made any decisions as it relates to the strategic planning and salary cap and the budgets and by the time that we get to the first day of the year, we should d ve plenty of room to address the needs that we have and we ill be looking at the contract. >> one of the four dolpins with the probowl, honors this year and there are also, seven south florida players in seven's game and one of them is f fe man, a former miami star was not the running back for atlanta at the start of the season and ending the year with over 1,000 yarz and over, 500 receiving yards and tied for the league lead with eleven touchdowns. >> and it means a lot, j uft to come out here and compete, you know, this is going to be a lot of talk and when you come up and lot of people are going to say, too small and not fast enough and nototig enough, but

believe in and i believe this one of the best players. >> and so i i work in it a a it is an honor to be here. >> the count town as super bowl, continues, and carolina a favorite. and led by newton and some experts have labeled him as being inmature at times and a lightning rod along with the teammates. >> theyalk about maturity with me and they talk about skill set with the team, no one has changed it has been the same kid that was drafted by the miami dolphins, you no he what i am saying? the same, jerico and the same cam and nothing has changed the only thing that changeds that we are winning. >> reporter: your miami heat have won two straig, dwan wade has been dealing with a banged up shoulder, pain and a a he has willed his way, and lately, 27 points and the w against brooklyn and 28 a couple of nights ago and a a win against chicago.

that i want to the court and which, you know, every time that i do something it might be a free throw that is vintage nowadays and this is who i am in the 2015, 16, season and it is not every night but i try to be sure that i am there for my teammates. >> leading by five pointss and now the it is all-star break, they haveeen on the roll. and the panthers will have the time off and three plplers, including the head coach are heading to nashville, tennessee and they will represent, the atlantic division in the susuay's all-star game. >> you john, and like i said, the three year players are going to be there and we are represented by the four florida, panthers and we are in first play and it is a lot of if unand we are looking forward to it and we had a great first half and we need to get ready for the strong, 33 games is what it is left. >> the cats are looking good, a 30 second, commercial during the super bowl, 50 will cost, 4.5,

to cash in with the first commercial with the help of dan marino. >heer leaders, again i thought that you were the expert of these parties. >> what about a snack, stadium. >> brilliant. knew list. i am going to need an architect, a 5-star chef. >> snacks? >> that is smart. >> reporter: snacks are always good for the super bowl, he will be at super bowl, 50 and mike who was a panthers offensive coordinator, coming up an up date to williams looking to advance to the finals of the

after this. >> belkys: that is a wrap for us, chow chow i'm belkys nerey. >> craig: i'm craig stevens stay