determined gain approval from his home state. from palm beach broward to miami-dade county. we have live team 7 covovage on the fight for florida. let's begin with 7's jefef lennox he is live in palm beach where donald trump willspeak later on tonight. jeff. >> reporter: danielle and lynn, we can tell you that over the last couple of weeks, donald trump has been on an all out blitz across the five states voting on this tuesday. north carolina, illinois, missouri and ohio and florida fla but his primary focus has been on ohio and florida. those are the two winner take all contest on this tuesday n. ohio we can tell y y heaz been going hard off john kasich, ot hi o govenor hoping to thaij out of race. they are in a dead lock heat as those polls look to close at 7:00 tonight. and here in the sunshine state donald trump has had several events over the last couple of weeks and hitting riewb hard hoping that after tonight rubio

>> we're gng to make america great again folks. we're going to make ameca great again. >> reporter: can anybody stwp donald trump? that's the questions the billionaire opponents are asking? today raises in florida, ohio, illinois, missouri and northern mare rhianna islands are are crew shaft. john kasich looking for a win today in his home statement but donald thrum has added extra events in ohio hoping to knock down the 66 delegates in ohio. ohio is going to make america great again. kasich cannot make america great again. > we're going to win ohio. i feel very good. think it will happen. trump who is leading every where else has taken notice. the latest poll shows rubio far behind in his home state sevment still hoping for a big surprise. trump has gone after rubio's rorld record calling him a

he set a record. one of the worse records for in ten years never snroaght senate. and he is he ready to make this an official two mainman race, cruz versus trump. >> we cel come with you open arms bececse only one campaign has beaten donald trump. >> reporter: okay and we can tell you senator cruz is hoping to do well in those states that divide up the delegates by proportion, po namely north carolina and missouri. both evangelical basis in those statements. his go to electorate throughout this contest so far and let's play out a what if scenario. if trump wins ohio and florida. 66 up for grabs in ohio and 99 here in florida. if he wins both those states that could make him the de facto presidential nominee for the go. leb well on his way to the nalg magical number of 1237.

need to lock in the gop nomination live outside here tonight at the mara la go resort owned by donald trump. he will speak to the media and supporters tonight at 9:00 p.m. once the polls close and we'll be hereor that speech. live in palm beach, jeff lennox 7 news. >> lynn: and beach been talking about this all game a critical time for marco rubio. we're going to head over to west miami-dade. sheldon fox is live at fi, where rubio will learn his fate tonight. shell zon don. >> reporter: and he is a half hour way from take the podium lynn. they call this a celebration. the primary night celebration. that from his cam but if he don't win his home state, they will be doing anything but celebrating. >> on this day, the home of the golden panthers is also being called rubio country. >> and this is the set up to what hisis camp calls a primary night celebration. >> we're excited about tonight. >> reporter: on prarptz most

far senator rubio is talkingo seven and voters in his home state. >> >> he arrived at his home town monday and looked come per terrible and confidence in wis miami-dada but if he is dispiend like several polls suggest he might and lose tuesday night, le drop out of race. >> no, we're going to be campaigning next week on tuesday and i mean, tomorrow in utah. and i would just caution everybody before these p pls i'm telling you they are just not being conducted the way they once were. >> >> reporter: some saying if you don't win glur home state they say you don't have a prayer. >> but that's not true. we won in minnesota and won in washington dc and won puerto rico m. came within a point of winning in virginia. >> reporter: republican front runner donald trump has mot men tum and lead so far and he has been a hash crict of rubio

would rubio support trump if trump a makes the nomination eye made a pledge to support whoever the nominee s. i won't aalkway from that flefnlgt i don't want it to be someone who use profanity who my children can't listen to on tv. >> and how could you end up support age guy like that. >> and i acknowledge towed that's growing de increasingly difficult. that's the growing problem and dilemma we face. >> reporter: and whether he wins or lose florida marco rubio is head next for utah. and he said to us he is not dropping thought of rairks win or lose. we'll be here when he hits the podium and beyond. for now we're live in pes west miami-dade on the campus o o fiu. sheldon fox. 7 news. >> lynn: all right sheldon. >> danielle: two candidates on the hunt for the democratic nomination and dem scrat ik dom nation. hillary clinton and bernie sanders both vying for your

>> lynn: and sa hillary clinton will be in south florida when the results come in and jessica holly live in west palm beach with more. jessica. >> reporter: that's right. hillary clin 207b is expected to speak at podium here at 9:00 p.m. behind us. and she has made a busy day and take time out for coffee talk. as we go to video you'll see he making a s sp ate donut shop in west palm beach, visiting seniors from west village and encouraging people to get out and vote. as for tonight, her opponent bernie sanders will be watching the results fromrizona but she will be right here in florida. >> in just four hours this ball room will be packed waintding to hear from the front runner in the democratic pry mare right. yesterday clinton telling reporters she's the right choice. i want people who are democrats to look athis election to who

democratic nominee against whatever republican we put against them and a think that is most likely me. >> and one of the last stops before take the state in the sunshine state. and the grand ball room around 9:00 p.m. today more delegates rup for grabs than almososany other day in the primary. clinton hoping she will leave bernie behind. meanwhile san dmers chicago and hoping for a he sequel. >> if there's a large voter turnout. we'll do just great here in illinois, and missouri and north carolina and florida. i ihink that in the saif states that are coming down the pipe, we have great opportunities to win many of. they we feel really good. >> sanders also getting support in florida with the relay walk for bernie sanders wrapping nup miami. 100 volunteers hitting the streets nay 17 day rere lay

get out andnd vote for bernie. last minute pushes as the fight for orida nears an end. >> and here in west palm beach, all about about hillary clinton. she is expected to walk up near the podium at 9:00 p.m. and she is hoping to talk bay win in the fight for florida. reporting in wt palm beach, jessica holly. 7 news. >> lynn: now there isn't a lot of time left to cast your ball no. fact we have about 200 minutes. team coverage continues with robbin simmons live at a polling site in miami where closing time is, well, 20 mimites way robbin. >> reporter: yeah, you still have about 20 minutes. people have been -- it's been a steady stream here at fire station no. 2 nat cityy of miami. never been super crowd. nice and easy for stroartz come in and cast their ball ossments we have to s s a lot of the voters did take advantage of early voting and absentee

combining both 198,000 took advantage of that and in broward 157,000 took advantage the lir absentee voting options. here in the polling stations in miami-dade and broward, it's been smooth sphierlgt most part for most of the day but we're just starting totoet information into 7 news about swloartz say their party affiliation was switched without their nofnlgt now, the super visor o o elections broward county will be meeting with a canvassing board and intieks later on theefnlgt they are look into this but we have calls from two republicans, two democrats who say they went in to vote and their party affiliation had been switched to independent meaning ey could not vote and they weren't wear they could get a profession vition nal vote or wouldn't provide. they then that is being looked into right now.

possible confusion in palm beach county but for the most part smooth sailing for voters on this primary day with a lot of municipal issues on the ballot arizona wefl. for now reporting live in miami. robbin simmons. 7 news. >> lynn: all right robbin. and stay with 7 news all night for coverage on t, a on line and on the phone. we'll have results as the polls are closing and a full recap first at 10:00. >> danielle: also on 7, a south florida bailiff busted. kendall busily busted. charged with attempted mur mr. der and sexual bat rairnd suspend without pavement police say he picked up a prostitute at a gas station in northwest miami-dade and forced her to perform a sex act and stab then stabbed her in the back. the woman managed to get out of car. she was hospitalized for weeks.

cruelty strike age deal. he plead guilty in e ehange for five years probation. the 70-year-old was arrested for rung an illegal slaughter house in west miami-dade last year. more than 9000 animals found on the property and many h h to be euthanized. >> >> lynn: coming up on 7 news at 6:30, a florida woman tossed like a toy. now an officer is under investigation after literally play downg the law. ooze.

>> lynn: a florida cop seen throwing a woman across concrete. cameras rolling on the parking lot throw down. she admits to being drunk. danielle: but the woman who was slammed to the ground says the officer used excessive force. 7's lshly jones hashe story. >>

do a good investigation. >> march any speak out for the first time since this video surfaced on sunday. it shows a cape coral police officer trying breakup this argument before tossing 23-year-old britney fails to the ground. >> stop. someone said thax's uncalled for and that's when the officer was like oh, she's faking it. she folk out just hours after at rest and while she admits she was intoxicated and asking for her car keys, she says nothing just ta fietz officer's behavior. if there's anything that makes me mad about the whole entire video, it's not even like being thrown on the ground but how she's none cha lantly saying get over too. she's not out dude. she's faking it o oplet and claiming excessive force was used. now the department confirms that the officer involved is on paid leave pending an internal investigation. while they won't release the

cape doral's mayor says it's far toearly to make any judgment i know we have a zero tolerance on our force. we have an excellent police force. i want to be as trans pairnt as possible. i wish someone would have introduced themselves to me or separate me from what i was doing as opposed to force meg to the ground. >> and the cape coral police department h h not comment ond how long the internal investigation will take. in the satellite center. i'm ashley jones. 7 news.

>> now 7 weather with chief meteorologist phil ferro. >> phil: and we're in for a hot night here across south florida. right now temperatures in the upper 80s across tallahassee. we do have a lot of cloudiness moving in across pensola. 73 degrees there. for us 86 still in fort lauderdale. miami 82 and 79 in key west. as far as any rainfall is concerned, we hey couple sprinkles and some showers croos deep southern miami-dade county. we might be able to see a sprinkle later on tonight but in general we are drying out. and we could even see over night fob fog. but b b story is it was hot today. it will get hotter tomorrow. high pressure here. front moving through. you can see the flow tomorrow. the wind coming out of the south southwest, that will draw in a lot of heat and it will be well temperatures will be in the upper eight's maybe around 90 in the western suburbs. more heat for thursday and then this front will be watching the tail end.

here saturday@and sunday. so here's the marine forecast for tonight. no advisories, biscayne bay with a light chop. for you throughout the fla keys, ten knot winds. seas beyond the reef one to 2 feet. next high tide 2:41. 4:49. you're water temperature at 72 degrees. so for tonight mostly clear. pot ten shall for over night fog is there. especially for the western suburbs. over night lows mid 60s. right around 70 at the coast. low 70s for the keys. tomorrow another hot one. low 80s for the keys. highs in the upper zero's to right around 90 in the western suburbs. here's your extended outlook. we remain hot through friday. somelshowers saturday and sunday. head of a front cool us down for monday and tuesday. sunday that's your first day of spring. and that's your 7 on 7 forecast. >> lynn: phil, thank you. >> danielle: still head on 7 news here at 6:30 added inspiration for the heat last night against denver. 7 sports explains.

have you to have faith and a beach doesn't hurt as well. the stars from miracles from heaven in snro and they talk about the movie you have to see to believe. a little doak and divine intervention. how much more fun can we have? tonight at 7:30. amen.

>> time now for 7 sports with steve shapiro. >> this was good to see. chris bosh back on the heat bench last night.

boshout five weeks with another blood clot in his leg. the heat now ten and four without bosh. they beat denver last night. wade had 19. the heat had seven flares double figure ooze. >> i didn'tt know he was coming out. when he came out it ways surprise for everybody. it made us good to see him there andupporting his team and giving us his iq to the game helps with what he seize big me. >> and charlotte here on thursday. pant thers back at it tonight at mon tree a. that's a good thing. the cats glafght n nht against the islanders. panthers had a two to nothing lead. gave up three goals in five and a half minutes. still one point behind boston for first place. we kind of stopped playing welln made bad mistakes and then we were sack back and lost our guys. and you know that cost us the game montreal tonight. it's truly mark rick's team nono the canes open spring practice.

former quarterback coaching up brad kaaya. kaaya going into his junior year. rick got to see his starting quarterback up close you can see he is a veteran. you could telewas around. there are new things sthea learning but mostly it's things that he has already done that d a different name. ways police with what he did in the meetinin and on the practice field. awesome. althese guys are hungry. all the guys ready to get back to it and it will be great. 15 practices. d gordrn three for three. giancarlo stanton struck out twied twice. marlins lots to the mets. >> that's it for sports. lynn and danielle back after

>> danielle: that is 7 news at 6:30. thank you so much for watching. i'm danielle knox. >> lynn: iem lynn martinez. three minutes left 'til the polls close. more coverage. have a good night everybody.

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>> this is a 7 news special report. ce for the white house. >> belkeys: the republican front runner in the race for the white house confidence le take the biggest prize of the night the fight for florida. >> craig: anything less than victory in the sunshine state could sink marco rubioio campaign. some pendants say this is the senator'sast stand. >> belkeys: and the second biggest prize being eyed by the ohio govenor john kasich counting on home town help to keep him in the race. >> >> craig: texas senator ted cruz hopes when all the ballots are in an hour from now it becomes a two man contest for the republican par fi. >> belkeys: and hillary clinton could take commanding lead but bernie sanders is look for surprise up sets. hello and welcome every one. fight for florida and several other states is on. i'm belkeys nerey. >> craig: i'm craig stevens. tonight could reshape political land staip going forward. five states fowrp grabs.

now closing and we're waiting for results to come in this eefnlgt robbin simmons j jns us from where some voters cast their ballots in the city of miami. robbin snie. >> reporter: hey guys you literally just missed the final roart come here to the fire station no. two. he came in here. they said you got three minutes. come on in and dhas ballot. he just wrapped things up and now the poll workers cleaning things up. and all over miami-dade and broward county. they have been doing a brisk business. let's get you into that video. the polling places openh from 7:00 'til 7:00 today and a steady stream of voters. e reports we're flearg both count times. nothing cries craiz disi or really long line. that's because a lot of people took adavan tancht absentee voting and lir voting available here in florida and in south florida the voters took