i'm deborah is a. brawl on the beach. shutting down ocean drive. >> woman carrying thousands of dollars when the purse suddenly snatched. pair of men with the eye on the crime jumping into action.

>> pair of alleged thieves caught on camera. pulling off a fast one at south florida gas station. >> van subject mentaled in a canal with father and daughter inside. gogo samaritan rushing to the rescue. >> developing tonight thousands of anti-trump protestors out in full force. fist flying at campaign event tonight. forcing donald trump to postpone his chicago rally. >> i'm lynn. >> i'm danielle. 7 news at 1 1:00 begins now. the the. developing tonight it was supposed to be a donald trump ray but things quickly getting out of control as you see right here. fist went flying. signs were torn apart. protestors clashed. things quickly escalating

more protestors fill t streets outside. >> wild night forcing republican front runner to postpone the rally. something he has never donebefore. alex is live in the satellite center with a look alex. >> you may have heard the expression politics is a contact srt. tonight it took on whole new meaning as fights broke out at the donald trump rally. >> chaos at the donald trump rally in chicago. fist flying between protestors and trump supporters. >> at least one protestor storming the stage ripping up what appeared to be a trump sichbility anti-trump banner were draped from the balcony. others turned into tug owar between the two side. police officers moved in.

violence causing the rally to be postponed. >> mr.r.rump just arrived in chicago and after meeting with lawnforcement has determined that for the safety of all the tens of thousands of people that have gathered in and around the arena tonight's rally will be postponed until another day. >> trump responding in a call to fox news. >> i don't want to see people get hurt. and i don't want to see people get hurt or worse and i decided ry strongly to make a decision not to do it and postpone the rally. it was a big rally andtremendous rally with tremendous people but i screws don't want to see people get hurt. >n wednesday at rall in north carolina protestor was punched in the face by a trump supporter. after punch officers wrestle protestor to the ground doing nothing to the man who landed the punch. man identified as john mcgraw. >> next time we see him we might have to kill him.

and charged trump has drawn heat for inciting violence. >> like to punch him in the face i tell you. >> earlier friday trump said this about protestors who get violent t his events. >> he was swinging. he was hitting people. and the audience hit back. and that's what we need. >> after things escalated ououide the wild night spilled out on to the street of chicago there were some scuffles with police. no word yett if any one outside the pa zillion at the university of illinois at chicago was arrested or injuredchicago was arrested or injured. news chopper were above the scene and unlike what happened inside the arena, there didn't appear to be any physical confrontation between trump supporters and the demonstrators as police officers on foot and horsebackwork to keep them apart. as for trump he was scheduled to speak tonight after the rally at private event at the rolling meadow in illinois. he cancelled the appearanc as well.

the 7 news night team. >> also in the news tonight. drama unfolding on miami beach as big group of spring breaker end up going wild. police say bottle were his thrown as this unrulyy crowd forced them to briefly shut down part of ocean drive. nicole has more on this brawl on the beach. the. >> this video posted on periscope shows the huge crowd gathered at eighth and oceanafter 7:00 o'clock. some beach goers fighting with police. >> people throwing bottles. ththwing drink. and unfortunately this is not nice to site. police department earlier tweeted quote large spring break crowd on miami beach haveun but be

>> big spring break crowd spilled from the beach on to ocean drive impeding traffic police say and forcing them to shut down the road. >> i guess police need more people and they send people in. at first everything was under control but then the people got too rowdy and fight police and police were attacked other police try to help them. >> doesn't appear any one was hurt and set up barricade and tape off the sidewalk an hour later and only then reopening the road. >> this is like the craziest thing ever seen. >> late on friday no word yet of any arrt but police say no one was injured. reporting on miam beach 7 nuts night team. >> now on just one station camera rolling as woman purse suddenly snatched.

in cash is inside there. the thief trying make a run for it but 2 good maritan made it tough painful get away. >> the victim speaking to just one station. walter has the exclusive. >> quick crime caught on camera>> quick crime caught on camera. take another look as this thief snatches a woman's purse right off her arm in broad daylight. >> he pulled mimi purse really, realal really, really hard. >> bruises left behind on her arm. more shocking than this bold bad guy what was inside the bagbad guy what was inside the bag. 131,000 dollars. >> it was a lot of money and nobody wants this the happen. >> it all went down west flagler and 18 avenue around 6:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. she was on her way to deposit the money when theroc made the grab. thanks to pair of mechanic turned good samaritan he got away empty hand. >> i fix a month ago. >> check out the damage on the

and sprang into achblingts employee chasing on foot. he hopped into the car running the guy down 6 blocks away. >> opinion them against the fence that's when i.e. treevd the ba back forth lady. >> thief slipping away and police need your help tracking down the man in the video. detectives say they think he got out of that suv. >> while police count the cash she count her good fortune for the good samaritan. >> i'm okay. most important thing is that i got the money back. >> thanks to good this guy over here. >> if you recognize this guy and police want to hear from you call crcre stopperer. the number is here on the screen. >> car ending up in biscayne bay after very dangerous mistake. car going into the world trade center near shucker bar right next door to channel 7 basically and the grill on 79 street cause way in north bay village. police say the driver got out of the car thinking he had

rolled into the water. rubbingly nobody was inside the car at the time. fiu says women basketball coaoh fired weeks after athlete accused of harassment. coach chin admitted to university officials he violated ncaa bylaw giving money to student atalete. the schools also investigate the accusations that he sent inappropriate text messages to 22-year-old star player destiny feeling an. she filed the complaint shortly after she was suspended from the team as police investigated her for theft. >> trouble at sea for south florida boat owner. go ahead and take a look. vessel losing the anchor drifting away and slamming right into the cause way bridge that link virginia key to key biscayne. miami-dade fire rescue responng telling that both back to nearby marina. >> and firefighters working to tame flames in west miami-dade.

137 avenue and sixth street. this afternoon. second blaze also in the area. right now crew say a total of 185 acres have been charred. no structure being threatened. crewave left for the night but will be back in the morningbut will be back in the morning. >> more brush fires bound to break out. here's phil to tell us what the conditions are like now. phil. >> you know what we are in fire season. it really stretche more or less between january and april but this winter has been rather wet due to el nino as a matter of fact we are running on the sulus side of things here across broward, miami-dade and the keys. but over the last couple of weeks it has been rather y. fire. that's what is happening today. and by the way this weekend a lot of spring breaker in town. be careful. threat of rip current is there at the beach. makee sure you swim at guarded beach.

stormtracker the fires right about here south west 137 avenue south west eighth street could you actually see the smoke plume right now nothing out there and if there's anything the wind coming off the ocean here at 10 to 15 miles per hour will push any smoke that's out therever the everglades and keeping it away from any of the western suburbsfrom any of the western suburbs. rain so far this year. here we go. miami fort lauderdale key west this i i what is average. we are on the plus side by the y rainy season that starts in mid may. i have more on our local forecast a little bit later on. thank you phil. >> nation sayings farewell to nancy reagan. former first lady funeral held today ronald reagan presidential library. hundreds there to pay their respects. she was buried next to her husband on library grounds.

president bush and former first lady laura bush hillary clinton and roselyn carter in all attendance. >> still ahead on 7 news at 11>> still ahead on 7 news at 11:00. van going into the water and sinking fast. but good samaritan getting there just in the nick of time. >> sneaky duo caught on camera.

>> van plunge>> van plunging into canal. n and 10 overruled daughter trapped inand in trouble. rush to rescue is suddenly on. >> thean driving by quickly proving the real life saver. vanessa with the story. >> it was early on sunrise boulevard around 7:00 o'clock friday morning. thomas was drivingast when suddenly something flew across his windshield. >> i look to the right. i heard the sound of crash. i look across and i saw the water subject mentaling. >> van going into the canal inside a father and his 10-year-old daughter. >> they went straight in. >> tire mark possibly where he tried to stop unclear why the car ended up there. >> so i just pull up over there>> so i just p pl up over there. jump you up pull across and dial 9 you 11. >> he flagged other drivers on busy sunrise boulevard to stop.

driver for fpl finally did stop. thomas then jumped in the water. he first tried to the front door. >> tried opening that it didn't open. then i h hrd a knock on the back window. once i heard that i said thank god they are safe. they are not dead. you can see they were very frightened. >> water up to the chin just waiting quietly inside of the van. >> it was a the way up but i could say the father was holding hehe above the water. >> thomas jumped in then pulling on the window. i grab this i saw my finger could get in. i grab it open an busted. once it busted the little girl just jump on my neck. >> father getting out hugging thomas realizizi what he had done. >> you saved the family life today. >> just welcome back of those things. >> you savededheir life.

>> the could have been my wild and wife. >> this was left behind according to thomas the 10-year-old girl had a gash to the top of her head but she was treated and released at the hospital with minor jersey. had this good samaritan thomas not driven by this would have been a very different story. reporting in plantation, 7 news night team. two men caught on camera plant ago skimming device inside a miami beach gas station. go ahead and take a look. watch as the men distract the cashier and then place the skimmer right over the payment key pad. employees calling police 0the following day after the skimmer came loose. it happened at gas station on 15th street and alton road. if you recognize these guys call miami-dade crime stoppersat this number on the screen. fbi is searching for a repeat robber in fort

pictures show the criminal if ball cap demanding money from teller. pwravrping located on sunrise boulevard near 72 avenue. robbed twice this week alone. investigators believe it was the very same crook both times and let's go ahead and take another look at him. if you recognize him call crime stoppers at this number on the screen. >> come up. weather has been gorgeous. past few days. certainly has. how is it looking for all important weekend phil. >> going to be good. but item going to be short. we lose an houou this weekend. we spring forward here on sunday we lose an hour of sleep.entire outlook in just a kim of mint. >> craig has a@ready changed his office clock before he left so at this time threw me off. i kept looking at it. >> talk about this afterhe news. what goes up must come down.

this is not a cheap thrill. >> should be nice week here across south florida. right now 74 degrees in miami under partly cloudy skies. wind out of the east at around 13 miles per hour. 74 also in fort lauderdale. relative humidity for you 82 percent. so partly cloudy meanwhile key west 74 degrees. with thehe wind out of the east. as far as the radar is concerned that breeze helping to bring in a couple of dotted showers along the coastal waters. if any of them hold we could see isolated sprinkle up and down the coast here broward and miami-dade.here's the big view. huge dome of high pressure across the western atlanta ticket dominate our wchblingts area of low pressure spuning rate here across texas. both of these areas just taking a lot of heat.

the south east dumping a lot of rain. they are looking at more rainfall tonight and tomorrow tlat for flooding 30's parts of misssippi, alabama, and even in through the panhandle so we'll be watching that carefully. over the next 12 to 24 hours. nofor us breezy tonight but that wind is going to relax. over the next couple of days here. tomorrow we look at warmsaturday and then as we go in through sunday. still pretty warm but fewshowers left over from the front could make their way across south florida. especially sunday night. some of them could stickround through monday. here's marine forecast a lot of folk here for spring break beach. make sure you swim guarded beaches only. small craft exercise caution. for you throughout in the keys. there is an advisory in effect. coastal water choppy. but things will im move by the afternoon as the wind come downafternoon as the wind come

next high tide 11:frichlt 1next high tide 11:frichlt 1:0fifth uv index at 10. for tonight partly cloudy isolated sprinkle. over note low in the 60's to low 70's. tomorrow high upper 70's to the low 80's. still a little breezy at the beach. here's the extended outlook. ain spring forward on sunday few showers sunday and mday

much of next week > what's up south florida. we start the sports party with the miami heat who took care of business in chicago taking on the bulls. wade started to gain only 9 points in 31 minutes. second quarter heat down 6. white side for the alley oop. just over 4 minutes of play.

heat trail by 4 at the break. take the lead in the third quarter. on the fast break make tough lay up. game high 26 points. fourth quarter we go. dang. lob it up to white side who do the rest. rock the rim right. 13 points as i mention. then rookie richardson making it rain. failing 4 triple in the fourth quarter. heat led big as 27. finishes on career high 22 points. put that in the bag buddy. heat win. thanks to good friend over at simplyealth care this morning i met nba hall of famer johnson. magic in the manual i city visiting sdents in miami and concerning magic career cut short because of health issues. withined his take on chris bosch and current health situation. >> hopefully chris doesn't have to come to that point that he has to make a decision or

his health and the fba. i hope that he's going to be healthy and strong because if he can come back witthe team that they already have i could see them playing cleveland in the eastern conference final if he's healthy. >> i like the way magic thinks. hurricane take on virginia with a win. miami punch the ticict to covrns title game. not happy with the tea first half performance. canes if green. trailss am as 11 in the first half. newton drive the hoop and foul. 11 in the first half. just few minute left in the half. malcolm nails it deep for the calfs. in for three. he nails it close as 3. but the canes could not get over the hump. again. misses inside but wilkins there for the put back jachlt miami trails by 8. less than 1 minute to play. that will do it for sports.

>> can you drive. >> take us home. you drive. >> not that much s sps to make. >> that will do it for 7 news on the busy day of news at 11:00 o'clock. thanks for watching at 11:00 o'clock. >> make ate great night everybody.

get out there and enjoy it. >> announcer: the following is a paid commercial program proudly brought to you be prosvevt. do you make frequent trips to the bathroom... suffer from urgency...

do you get up more than once a night? can you even sit through a movie? or, worse, have a diminished sex drive? if so, chances are you have an enlarged prostate. fact -- 30 million m now suffer from an enlarged prostate. fact -- every other man now watching this show will someday face the same painful l oblems. until now, y y had three choices -- take expensive drugs with potentially serious side effects, face painful and bloody surgery, or try and live with the pain and embarrassment. fact -- you don't have to live with it anymore. introducing prosvent, the all- natural solution so good it's guaranteed to give you relief in less than 30 days. >> i experienced, wiwiin the first two to three days, a significant change. >> you know, not having to worry about running to a bathroom is unbelievable.