is a tactical move that he learned at the police academy. le clair had a hospital band and an infection on his feet. and he pushed him to some dips, he didn't the le clair touching him. this is not the first time that he had had a run-in with le clair. in an episode in 2015, le clair was lelidge rant and threatened to hurt the officer. on the 22nd, the officer claimed that le clair was aggressive yet again. again i warned him and i said that you can't be here. you can't sleep here and he said leave me [ bleep ] alone, and i just want to go to sleep. >> it's a flat out refusal of my lawful command. i said you have to leave.

facing two counts of battery and one count of falsifying a police report. because according to the prosecution, he didn't put all of details in that report. the prosecution going on to say that ramirez just lost his temper, and that's why he slapped him and that's why he pushed him. both the state and the prosecututn -- rather, and the defense havedefense have rested, and the jurors will begin their deliberations immediatelyn vanessa ruiz,. >> lynn: a teacher out of a job after very alarming allegations. craig stevens is live with this. >> reporter: lynn, we're talking about a veter teacher hired by broward county in 1976, out of a job now, fired by superintendent rumsy. she showed up to her first grade classroom with a blood alcohol level at more than double the

she taught at the academy. according to the report against her, the first grade teacher was stumbling on the way to her classroom. the principal pulled her aside and noticed an odin odor on her. a it student suffered a serious injury. the student's finger was slammed into the door when he returned to the classroom. singleton has twice been convicted of driving under the influence in 1988 and 2 22. there's a process by which she can fight her terminatiln, but so far we have not heard from her, and we don't know as of yet whether she has rained a lawyer. jessica holly will be on this and we'll hear from her later on 7 news. right now, at the news desk, craig stevens, 7 news. >> danielle: well, the police

repeat robbers in south f frida. surveillllce video capturing the crooks robbing a seven-lesson in pompano beach, and according to the police, this is not the first time. the robbers have reportedly hit at least four different gas stations in the past two weeks. anyone with information is asked to call crimestoppers, 954-493-tips. and a driver making a smashing entrance in oakland park. the brakes on his humor stopped working, causing him to slam into an office building on oakland park boulevard and i-95. >> it started skidding, and i moved to the side before hitting them. >> danielle: well, no one was hurt, and the crews were called in to expect the stability of the building before giving people the okay to go back inside. >> lynn: firefighters`tackling a barn burner, also as they try to

harm's way and not all of them could be saved. brann beyer is live in lake worth where this whole thing happened. brandon? >> reporter: lynn, just a heartbreaking story out of west palm beach county. the barn behind me caught fire late l lt night, and as you mentioned, 12 horses killed in that fire. they were able to rescue 11, but 12 trotting race horses, just on is the cusp of starting their racing career killed last night. let me show you the still picture of those flames from last night. the firefighters saying that the flames shooting as high as 30 feet in the air. they fought the fire to the best of their ability. there were dozens of barns out here, and not only were they trying to save the horses as best they could and keep it from spreading, but let me show you other video. some of those horsese killed, seen here training. just recently, some of these

some of the horses you see here are the horses that were killed late tuesday night in the barn fire. we spoke with one of the trainers who worked his horses to get these horses out andnd another manager, as you can imagine, heartbroken as well. >> a friend of mine came over and tried to open the gates and let them out, but it was just too tough. the roof start to come down, and e horses were just on fire, and i mean, you just freak out and you don't know which way to go. >> it was really hard to get them out, they saved 11. we have three associates, i i have two in critical condition, but they're working on them. dr. daniels is just tremendous. you know, the rest of them have gone onto the rainbow. >> reporter: okay now, before we

to -- she mentioned some of those 11 surviving horses and before we show it to you, it's graphic and tough to look at. and if you're squeamish, it won't be up on the screen for long. one of the surviving horses, bun of the lucky ones, obviously significant damage to the front of his head. they thinknk that it's electrical but the cause of the fire is still under investigation. brandon beyer, 7 news. >> danielle: president obama announcing his nominee for the supreme court. and immediately started another bipartisan battle on capitol hill. a supreme showdown over the nomination of jud merrick garland. >> lynn: president obama exercising his constitutional right, but his opponents say that his successor suld nominate the next supreme court justice.

this is the greatest honor of my life. >> reporter: president obama has nominated merrick garland to fill justicecalia's vacant seat on the supreme court. >> fidelity to the constitution and the law has been the cornerstone of my professional life. >> reporter: but the senate may hold up his nomination. senate republicans have vowed to block any nomination, saying that president obama's successor should be ableo picked next justice. >> to check on the president and withhold his consent. >> reporter: republican frononunner, donald trump, agrees. >> i think that the next president should make the pick. >> reporter: while democratic pro runner, hillary clinton, said that the president has an be obligation to make sure that a qualified canceled gate is confirmed, and it does not fall on the sitting president, nor does the constitution make an

>> i have fulfilled my constitutional duty. now it's time for the senate to do theirs. presidents do not stop working in the final year of their term. neither should a senator. >> reporter: since scalia's death, the court has been onlating with eight justices. >> danielle: well, it is now down to the final five candidates in the race for the white house after a big night for frontrunners, donald trump and hillary clinton. senator marco rubio suspending his campaign after failing to win florida.. >> lynn: donald trump delivering the knockout blow, and also won other states last night. sheldon fox has more in the newsplex with more on the

>> reporter: lynn and danielle, a big final night for rubio, and a big night for hillary, and a continued grind for the rest. now we know who rick scott is endorsing for president, donald trump. >> the fact is we have to bring our party together. we have to bring it together. >> reporter: the sunshine state is shining on the dodged. florida delivering 99 delegates in its winner take all primary, and trump delivered a a knockout blow to florida senator, marco rubio, ultimately e"ding rubio's path to the white house. >> while it's not god's plan that i be president in 2016 or mayb ever, and while today my campaign is suspended, the fact that i've even come t ts far is

like to congratulate marco rubio on having run a really good campaign. >> reporter: in ohio, adding extra rallies and speeches, while locked in a tight race with ohio governor, john kasich for weeks. trump said that kasich failed as governor and would do much the same as president, but kasich took the ohio win with 66 delegates. and he said that he's riding the wave all the way to the convention in clevela. >> to have people believe in you and believe that you can bring people together and strengthen our country. i have to thank the people of the great state of ohio. i love you, that's all i can say. [ chchrs ] >> reporter: no winner take all ctories for ted cruz. cruz says that he s sll sees this as a face-off been himself and donald trump. >> only two campaigns have a plausible path tonight

ours and donald trump's. nobody els has any mathematical possibility whatsoever. only one campaign has beaten donald trump over and over and over again. [ cheers ] >> reporter: on the democratic side, tuesday was super for hillary clinton. and the opposite for bernie sanders. clinton took florida, ohio, illinois and north carolina. >> we are moving closer to securing the democratic party nomination, and winning this election in november! >> are you tired of a handful of billionaires running ourur economy? [ cheers ] >> reporter: and here's what governor rick scott had to say about the gop frontrunner. i'm asking all republicans today to come together and begin preparing to win the general election in november. with his victories yesterday, i

republicans to can accept and respect the will of the voters and coalesce behind donald trump." sheldon fox, 7 news. >> lynn: and we have you covered online and in the white house, onhe 7 voice your choice app. >> daniee: ahead on 7 news, crook not only putting a mother under the gun but taking aim at her baby. she exains what she did next. >> lynn: is looks like an action scene in a hollywood movie. convicts breaking free with a helicopter. >> danielle: and a driver is nearly crushed by a massive truck. >> lynn: and then at 5:00, parts of the midwest taken by storm. parts of twisters touching down in several spots. >> phil: in miami-dade county, look at miami, so far, 87 , 81

82, and the sizzle will continue tomorrow.

of minutes. >> lynn: taking a dangerous turn the. >> danielle: jonathan spoke to the crew. >> reporter: a worker trapped under a huge vacuum truck is rushed to the hospital after a a 30 minute wait.

one gets hurt. >> reporter: the big truck full of sewage, it weighs 80,000 pounds. >> it looks like they may have been jacking it for some reason, and the jack gave out and there was a gentleman underneath. and fortunately it didn't go all the way to the ground. >> reporter: the man be works for a tire company. he was called to jack up the truck and replace a left rear tire, but witnesses say that the jack snapped. the jack resting on the back saved his life. it kept the truck from going all the way to the ground. the fire officials rushed to the scene at 7:30 am. seven tech rescue crews, everyone available,, came with heavy-duty jacks. >> we were raising the truck, but raising the tanks and not the truck itself. so you have to raise it an inch and get closer and raise it another inch, and eventually we

where he could wiggle free. >> reporter: the healt and occupation is on-site. and the worker was talking to his rescuers while they were trying to save him. >> it seems that the way he was trapped had to do with more his position rather than injury. >> reporter: the iestigators believe that he should be okay, no he's requiring treatment at the hospital. 7 news. >> lynn: lucky guy. he's alive. coming up tonight at 4:00, suddenly off-limits after stories about a dangerous resident turn out to be true. >> danielle: a a hiker making

back to the time of jesus. >> danielle: a hiker striking gold in israel. a woman finding this rare, 2,000-year-old coin in eastern galilee. there's only one other coin like this in the entire world. it shows the face of the everyone error augustus. the woman has since turned the coin over to israel's antiques authority. >> phil: month of august was

let's look at south florida this afternoon. we have seen a little bit in the way of cloudiness moving in across the area. a big stream of clouds here, but most of tonight and most of the day tomorrow, we should remain cloud-free. the temperatures have oscillated a little bit. not too bad in browardrd county. fort lauderdale with 80, but we heated up quiuily in miami-dade today. high of7 , 80 in key west. and 79 in grand bahama island. the wind coming off of the ocean in broward. and the winds have been variable. 7 miles per hour in key west. mostly dry right now. a couple of showers sitting across the florida straits and that's about it. so here's what we can expect. the area of low pressure here, trailing front, and the high pressure sitting in the western atlantic. once again, the flow of air tomorrow will be dragging in more heat. we're expecting highs in the upper 80s. could be close to a record in miami.

the week, that front starts to settle in, it' still going to be hot, not as hot i think as thursday, and then by the weekend, we may get a chance at some rainfall from that front. so here's the marine forecast tonight. no advisories. the wind out of the south, biscayne bay smooth. for you in the florida keys. the wind out of the east, 5-10, and coastal waters with a light chop. next high tide, miami, 3:48, 3:43 in key largo. 6:09 in key west. meanwhil for tonight, clouds start to move out. the mild breeze, overnight lows in the low 70s. by tomorrow, sunny skies, mostly dry, 82 in the keys, and fort lauderdale, 87, 88 in miami. now, tax the record for tomorrow. set back in 2014. so we'll be flirting with record heat in miami-dade.

by the way, tomorrow, saint patrick's day, friday, 85, and showers move in ahead of that front. and then our temperatures should come back down to nearly normal for the early part of next week.

>> lynn: that will do it for 7 news at 4:00, i'm lynn martinez. >> danielle: and i'm danielle knox.

ahead. >> danielle: now at 4:30, a woman and her baby under the gun as crooks try to make fast cash. good afternoon again, two men posing as customers, and heading right for the register. >> lynn: a mom tries to hand over the cash as the gunman talentens her baby. and the sore was robbed earlier. brian? reporter: the mother was working in the store with her nine-month-old by her side, and she said it's a miracle that both of them were not hurt. she said the suspects come inside and grab a bag of chips, and put them on the counter like they're planning on buying them. and that't' when one of them whips a gun out. let's go right to the surveillance. and you can take a very close look at these two suspects.

came intohe grocery store on north 2nd avenue yesterday, around 1:00. after browsing the aisles, the cops say that they robbed the clerk, putting a gun in her face and even pointing a gun at her toddler. listen to what the shaken up mother said awhile ago. >> when i looked and up back, he had a gun in my face, and he toto me to put the baby on the ground and i put him down. and he told me thah if i did anything stupid or did anything that made him uncomfortable, he would shoot the baby. >> for the offenders to actually point weapon at the child to get what they want was absurd. >> reporter: so right now, the miami police are hoping that someone recognizes the suspects. if uds call crimestoppers right away. 305-471-tips. the police telling me anyone who