now she's outside for the firir time. she's starting to walk. >> >> reporter: her mom amy says her recovery say miracle. in february danielle found a roommate on craig's list. byron mitchell. miami police say mitchell mutilated, stabbed. day. >> reporr: and there are are a lot of people out here watching channel 7 prainding for iewvment looks like it's been heheing. can you tell me about that? what do you think? >> a lot of people have been watching. >> reporter: and we continue to see the slow process of her recould of viemplet the mother took this joyed i iide the hot. danielle take her first steps. >> take some steps. >> >> reporter: every day of improve member. every small step something to hold on to.

finally responded to commands and a few days later she started talking and she has full sentences and she's starting physical therapy. now she's ban bn transferred to rehabilitation flat fla rehabilitation. every one says it's a miracle. >> reporter: danielle's mother is welll wear that this is a long road. a long road to recovery zvll of many challenges. but right now she is focusing on one thing and that is progress. >> we're live tonight outside the ryder trauma center. rosh lowe. 7 news. >> >> belkeys: also in the news now a south florida teach cieferredz a drink endisplay at an elementary school. >> not the first time this theemps been in trouble. >> craig: and now the school district has taken action a.ed and yes ta live for us in oakland park. jess ta ca.

even sober enough to dry. accused of coming to school to take care of claim of kwr50e6r olds. that's what school officials say happened here in december. today that teacher without a job. >> first grade teacher 45-year-old lynn s sgleton fired by broward county schools after an lig day in december at loi december states elementary in oakland park. according complaint g ggs her, that morning around 9:30, anher teacher observed her stub belling escorting her children to the classroom when the principal gotot involved from the complained she noticed alcohol odor. and they say sithton w w ir rit able and unable to respond to questions. that morning a breathalyzer test confirmed she was highly intoxicated. making matters worse, one of the students was injured. according to complaint singleton allowed the entire first grade class to go to the port able

and a student injured his whand it was caught in the door upon returning to the classroom. and according to this report, this is not the first alcohol related problem this teacher has had. the report states she was convicted of dui in 1988 and 2003. she is required by the school district to report tush a conviction and according to report, she did not. reporting live in oakland park. jessica holly. 7 news. >> >> craig: this just in,he president is set to travel to cuba early next week and a preliminary itinerary has been set out bit white house. >> belkeys: lynn that's eye continue air rivment can i get a clue of what they've been doing. lynn. >> lynn: and we do have a clue now. we thought the president would rief on monday but now we're getting information that he is landing in cuba on sunday and we have a good look at his itinerary. take a look for your see. president and first dadely arrives on sunday avenue and

and then he goes to meet cardinal or teg gavment he is significant because during the negotiations to resniew diplomatic relations between the s. and cuba. he was the one that went to the white house and hand delivered a letter from the pope to pope francisco urge peace 22 counties. and on monday the president will attend a wreath laying ceremony at jose marty ma more yol and then meets with castro on monday. theaf meedz meets with cuban entra paw niers and iewvment officials. monday night a state dinner at the palace with raul castro as well. tuesday, the las day in cuba, president obama gives an address to the cuban peevment and then meets with activist and case dents later in date anan to wrang wrap things up on tuesday le atnd major league baseball game 20 raise and cuban national peem team. and rest, 7 news will be live in

event. look for live reports from havana beginning friday morning today in florida. and wit way, the first lady is going long wher mother and the obama daughters. mrs. obama will meet with students cliewlgd some who have visited the u.s. she will do that on monday. eep we'll keep you postete >> in the plex lynn martinez. 7 news. >> craig: also in the news now at 5:00, a mother fearing the worse while work at a south florida grocery story. couple of armed crooks threatened to shoot her baby boy. and brian has the story live at the scene in miami. brian. >> reporter: craig, what police say makes this robbery so absurd is that the bad guys threatened a 9-month-old infant coming into this grocery store, walklkg right over the to counter, point age gun sthat little boy's head and even saying they were going kill him. look closely at the surveillance

and you see the gun. >> when i looked down and looked back up, he a gun in my face ie. >> r rorter: but for this store clerk and mother it got much worse. nine mother still so terrified she isn't shoarg face. >> and he told me if i do anything stew pid or anything that madad him uncomfortable. he would shoot the baby. miami police say these guide not only made the threat but even forced the mother to put her 9-month-old son in a chair. then pointed the gun at the little infant right inside the grocery store on northwest second avenue i was just scared. ways thinking the worse. ways thinking worts would happen and a was just really praying for it to be over with. >> for the offenders to point a weapon at the child to get what they want was absurd.d. >> reporter: the people who work on n- this store are on edge. they put up fliers so customers can be on the lookout. >> any one that is willing to point a gun at a little baby

themselves. >> reporter: now this mom is holding her 9-month-old a little tighter. he is too young to remember what happened but she will never forget. >> how could you do that for a couple doll ars. a child's life not even worth t. and a truly hope gets caught. >> >> reporte the workers here say this is the first time this frost ri store has ever been robbed. if you recognize these men, police need your help right now. call crime stop pempletz the number is 305-471-tips. live in into a mile. brian anton. 7 news. >> now at 6:00, a barn enghustled flames. animals with no way out. >> the roof started to come down and the coue hors where's just on fire. and they were rescued on to the rainbow. horror turning to heartbreak. >> 7's brandon ber live on the scene in lake worth with this

>> well, belkeys, 12 horses were killed in this huge barn fire awngd see behind m so hot, some of the ambers are still smoking almost 24 hours later. using a bowl dozier crews tworkd remove the bodies of 12 dead horses wednesday afternoon in lake worth. a raging fire late tuesday night killing them in their barn and injuring 11 more. they said the worse things su can witness say horse dying and i never seen a horse die like this. >> >> reporter: someone snapped this fo top of the fire burning out of control. firefighters say flames were shooting 30 feet in the air eye tried to to opt gates and let them out but it was just too hot. the roof started to come down and the horses werejust on fire the owner of the barn in disbelief. he is seen here in a photo with one of the surviving horse ooze i want to absorb as much of the

i want to be as strong but my heart is broken. i'm doing everything i can to hold myself together. >> a trainer provided these photos to 7 news. some of the horses killed seen here learning to trot justt days before the fire. now the hope is the 11 surviving being treated in losm a what chee making a full recovery and return to the track. >> back out here live in lake worth. you canee that barn, just a total loss and for some noaks folks who make their living out here with these race horses,s, that means they have lost everything. they set up a go fund me account if you want to help out and help those folks rebuild. some of them did not have insurance. we linked that go fund me to our web site a a wsvn.com. for now we're live in lake worth. brandon beyer. 7 news. >> >> while it is not god's plan that i be president in 2016 or

campaign is suspended, the fact that i've even come thisar is evidence of how special america truly is. >> belkeys: a south florida senator's presidential dreams dashed after a disappointing showing in his home state. he a met med yo ik rise through ththstate and then national politics. >> craig: tonight world is talkinabout the fall of marco rubio's run. >> sheldon in the mix with more, sheldon. >> reporter: and a aleast for 2016 riewn roo rubio's race is finished. it ended tuesday night to the far from where it began. from the iconic fleeom tower in april of 20 15, the fresh faced cuban america native miami and u.s. senator became a presidential candidate. here in america, my father@ became a bartender, my mother a cash cashier, a made. and my

dream. paint painted as a polished cross over conservative who to coco appeal to the young. the 44-year-old would have to fism mix it up with the o political big boys and lir on h h held his own. what is it like a french workweek? you get three days to show up. uj campaign or just resign and let someone else con take the job. >> someone convinced you that attack me is going to help iewvment and it will not be about attacking any one else on the stiefnlgt his rise is largely on his capacity to debate incredibly well. but it was during a debate in new hampshire where the skilled speak junior senator would get ripped for being too robotic. marco, the thing is, this when you're president of the united states, when your the could of nofort iewssments the memorized 30 speech where you talk about how great america is at the end of it doesn't solve one problem for one person. >> i think what it did was so

young abd inexperienced 308 tition. >> but if new jersey govenor chris christie land the first big sh to rubio's campaign. >> so i'm looking at little marco and i thought something is happen og to him and he is melt. the celebrity billionaire began the punches until rubio started the punches as. we and you know what they say about men with small hands.. he referred to my hands, if they are smawciaion something else might be smart. i guarantee you there is no problem. it truly disappointed a lot of support that rubio had. criticize frtd beginning for his change stance on immigration and for not being around in smaller towns on the campaign trail. ockout to rubio came when he was back in miami-dade county where it all began. and while today my campaign is

>> reportete losing his home state would mean it was time to end his presidential run. and then there were those who blamed the florida law on perception that he took his home state for dwrantd and didn't pay attention to it until it was too late and they think he still haze promising career head. sheldon fox. 7 news. >> belkeys: thanks sheldon. >> craig: coming frupt newsplex. the president niensz heist pick for the court in the land. now a supreme showdown could be in the works. >> belkeys: an in drierd break nooght home ave south florida officer. one of them opening fire. >> craig: a tornado hits the heartland and that was not the only one. >> belkeys: and a llercoaster known for sending riders up going down for good.

drop for a rerl coaster from years ir and it's the final day. >> craig: and nicole linsalata shows us the hurricane won't roll over quickly. >> reporter: a final ride on the rollercoaster. the hurricane stopped running in 2011 but still served it's purpose. >> 270,000 drivers use it every day as a landmark saying hop honey i'm almost home i can see the rollercoaster. >> reporter: and on wednesday a new landmark the demo lifghts hurricane to make room forney project, a new place to shop and eat and entertain. the new place a 200-acre mixed use development that will include 1 million square feast retail restaurants and hotels. it will not only bring 20,000 jobs. mayor marco sal vino says it's a game changer for the town of

>> dawn yeah beach is no longer a work aring town. twas the mayor who got it kick it off on wednesday. >> i thought it was excxcing but there's always an emotional thought when you break this up. >> >> reporter: and owe investigatatn shalz say the demolition could take one to two penlgtz it is excepted to completed in 2050. lorena estrada. 7 news. >> belkeys: weird to drive down and not see that. >> craig: yeah after all that time.

>> now 7 weather with chief meteorologist phil ferro. >> phil: and good afternoon every one. we had fog this morning and then plenty of sunshine. morning lows up to the low 70s high of 82n key west. 87 in miami and 81 in fort lauderdale. by the way, tomorrow miami could be very close to tying a record. we're forecasting 88 this. that is the record setback in 2014. right now every one in the upper 70s to the low 80s a.80 i i miami. 83 in pembroke pines. the wind out of southeast at nine to ten. the humidity at 62%. here's the storm tracker. pretty quiet across broward, miami-dade and the keys. it should remain that way night and during the day tomorrow. now, here's the big view. big winter storm impact the upper midwest. that will continue to head towards the east. you can tell the flow of the wind here coming out of the tropics.

during the day tomorrow. again, we're expecting highs in the upper 308's and then towards the end. week, the hot air still sticking around and then we take a look at this front right here. see some of that moisture. that some of that could be moving in here saturday and sunday and then hopefully by the start of next week, temperatures will come back down to near normal values. here's the marine forecast for tonight. no advisories, seas of one to 2 feet. biscayne bay smooth. for you throughout florida keys, the wind out of east five to ten. seas beyond the reef two to 3 feet. you're next high tide will be at 3:48 in miami. fort lauderdale 3:43. key largo the next high tide 4:11 and 6:09 in key west. so for tonight, any clouds out there will continue to move out. mild breeze. over night lows inhe low 70s. what's average is about 65. what's average for a high tomorrow between 78nd 80.

that and then here's your extended out look. a few showers saturday and sunday. and then cooler weather at least back down to normal for the start of next week. that's your 7 on 7. 7 sports is next.

time now for 7 sports with steve shapiro. >> you're first place miami heat

the hornets a half game behind the heat in the division. after beating denver monday the heat are tide with boston for the third seated in the conference. celtics owned the time breaker. time. season when every one is taking a peek. >> everybody looks at the standings. that's fine. have no problem with that. i want our guys wear of it but we're not going to obsess about too. you know, as much as we want to look at the third place, we have o mike sure we're playing good basketball and win the games we're supposed to. heat forward chris bosh had twin baby boys last night. bosh tweeted out the picture and he wrote, i'm proud to niewnts arrival of my new baby boavmentz lenox noel and phoenix ar rivment will bosh family. and bosh has five now. we all talked to him and let us know that every step of the way he the were headed to the hospital andis other two

chris now has his own team at home. >> social media. the canes start the aa tournament tomorrow night. 650 tip against luf buf low in prop prof defnlts that's in rhode island nerey. >> last one run for the canes niors. and canes are favored by 14 tomorrow night. they a a ranked 10th in the country. the seeps yours we have a special relace ship with the seniors and a know it's being built over the time and over the strulings and the success that we've had as a class. being with these guys, we being a senior and enjoying this moment a together is a blessing to use after losing out on running back cj anderson yesterday, the dolphins brought in another cj today. as free agent chris johnson. nfl football player steven moore is and marcus van dyke and joel rodriguez returned to theel many

spartans in the nfl day. on behalf of the nfl they presented the schl principal with the gold football. the march loons lans lose and wade chin givesp four runs marlins five and eight on the spring. this ways woan h ad play that turned out all right. mariners and angels flies to left. anaheim daniel na va makes the catch and passed the ball. he was on base. warded third but he never tagged up at fimplets the angels appeal andromer o is out at first. that's a double play. 51-year-old marlins batting coach barry bonds beat the rest of the team nay home run derby contest and that included gian carlos stanton. i'm steve. back to craig and belkeys. >> belkeys: thahas shep. >> craig: that's 7 news at 6:00, thanks for tuning in i'm craig stevens. >> belkeys: i'm belkeys nerey.

>> thi is 7 news at 6:30. >> lynn: off the top here at 6:30, a would be burglar break nooght wrong south florida he. an off duty police officer turning the tables on him. >> good evening every one. police say he came face to face with the off dutyfficer and his gun. >> danielle: and that is when shots were fired. 7's ann keil in davie with more on the deadly decision. >> we were woke in up by all the liessments full of cops and yellow tape. >> reporter: davie police say inside this home an off duty miramar police detective who has been with the department since january of 2005 opened fires kill mange they say broke in. >> you never know where and when. >> sky force hd over head giving a clearer picture of what neighbors with experienced up close on gawt let hall laifnlt

shots eye wokep and it was real loud. >> a shooting the broward p pice benevolent association president has been keeping a close eye on. he spoke with us by phone saying the detective was woken up bit sound of broken glass. >> they confronted the individual. the individual apparently came at the home owner who was a pd member and he felt threatened d he was within five feast him and he shot him. >> reporter: the pba president says the officer was shaken up. his siblings were home as well as his niece ooze and now they are trying to figure out if that burglar fired tried breaking into another home a f blocks way minutes before he was shot and killed. >> we received approximately 16 minutes before that call, a calf an attempted burglary a few blocks south. >> this could happen anywhere and this guy picked the wrong house and fowrn tiew netly le