and cating fire. the students watching it and thouout it was part of the act. and then they quickly realized that this m was in trouble. >> first of all -- [ crying ] its ke being burned alive, and an audience is watching. it happened so fast. >> i was shocked, i wasn't happy, and i was a little confused about who had approved that kind of activity. toe its common sense. you don't bring that kind of activity into a building anywhere, let alone a school in an auditorium, or a media center or gym filled with children. >> danielle: so that was the superintendent of palm beach county schools. hep said that using pyrotechnics

as for mr. charles, he can't wait to get back to performing, believe it or not, but he will be taking that fire stunt o o of his routine. doctors here are concerned for infection and they will be watching him over the next couple of days. reporting live in delray beach, vanessa medina, 7 news. >> lynn: an nfl player r the fight perfect his life in south florida after crashg while riding his motorcycle, outside of jackson memorial hospital in miami where that player is being treated. brian?% >> reporter: more and more of trey walker's family members have been gathering here at rider trauma center all day, surrounding himim in the icu. we spoke with his agent a short time ago, his injuries are serious, and he's not sure what the outcome is b be.

memorial hospital. the raven's quarterback is in serious condition, and the family says that he's non-rereonsive after the motorcycle crash in miami-dade. his agent is devastated. >> he went through a long surgery early this morningng late last night. so it's really a situation where we're all jus kind of waiting to see what happens. >> reporter: the detectives say that walker was on a motorcycle when he collided with an suv. the driver of the suv stayed on scene, and walker was rushed to jackn in critical condition. >> very strict in termels of any type of motorcycle activity. and in terms of the guys being on dirt bikes, being on motorcycles. we really try to keep those guys off of that so these types of situations don't happen. >> reporter: walker was a northwestern high schooler is alum and went on to play for

drafted intnt the nfl. the baltimore ravens head coach released a statement last night, oh, my god, this is devastating news, our prayers a a hopes are with trey and his family tonight. >> thank god he hasn't passed away, and we're definitely hoping for the best. but you know, right now, he's now. >> reporter: s sright n, the police tell me that this traffic homicide investigation is ongoing, and in an interesting mote, they believe that there could be a witness involved, possibly a man who saw what happened. if you know who that person is, make sure that you calall the miami-dade police. live outside of jmh, 7 news. >> danielle: all right, brian, police looking for a shooter who killed someone in south beach.

believe that he's a critical witness to a shooting. gunfire rang out on ocean drive, just south of 10. the spring breakers taking cover, and the bullets struck and killed 20-year-old antoine. if you have any information, call crimestoppers, 305-471-tips. there could be a cash reward. >> lynn: police still on the hunt for a pair of repeat robbers in south florida. the crooks were caught on camera tuesday robbing three 7-elevens in the fort lauderdale area. the man hit the gas station in sunrise, bringing the total robberies to seven in the past month alone. anyone with any i`formation, call crimestoppers in broward. 594-493-tips. also in the news today, big breaking news here. he was the world's most wanted

announcing that the surviving terrorist of the paris attacks a few months ago has been captured and arrested. he has been the center of a manhunt since november, and now we're learning there are more people involved in that deadly attack than originally thought. >> danielle: and a critical clue led the officials right to him. >> lynn: the 20-year-old suspected terrorist, who has been on the run since the paris attacks killed 130 people, has been captured alive in brussels. >> one of them has been hit in the knee, salah abdelslam. >> reporter: they raided a brussels apartment where one of them was killed. in nigeria, they helped to@ organize the paris attacks, and two others escaped. he is suspected to be the driver

suicide belt that was found on the street but never exploded. questioned in the release following the attacks and authorities knew that he was involved. surveillance shows him and another man at a gas station the day after the attacks. but abdelslam has befn in hiding since the raid, though he was not the target. >> write had a lucky break, when they went into this safe house on tuesday after, not expecting it to be a terrorist den, and not expecting it to be salah abdelslam, one of the most wanted men ih the world. >> reporter: 7 news. >> danielle: presidential preps underway in the streetf havana ahead of president obama's historic visit to cuba. streets being paveed and

and headed to the island nation, ahead of his trip. >> reporter: it's an a political trip, but a trip to know what's going on to listen and learn and investigate, and really reach out to the people of cuba to give them hope as much as we can. >> reporter: and with that, he will be the first south florida an leader. mayor levine wanting to get a fithand look at cuba for two reasons. first, t tmeet the people and experience the culture, and then he has business on his mind. miami is known for cuba. >> reporter: before the revolution, cuba was a significant tourist destination, and it's important for me as mayor to go down there and see what we should expect in the future and see what to do to be prepared. >> reporter: the mayor, from the fletcher university of

took his educational program there and bonded with the students and staff right away. they all share hopefor the trip, including peter satisfyo, who sees the glass half full. >> we're interested in international relations, the broader s#ope of what diplomacy looks like in action on thiss island. for the first time in a long time, we see thehe two countries working together for a brighter future. >> reporter: for katherine trujillo, she wants to be the hope for change on the island. >> went to get what the business climate is and how we can serve as a hope for change. >> reporter: others are not taking it for granted. >> it's monumental. and i think that the timing of our trip, which coincides with obama's trip, will be exciting not only for us as a group, but for cuba. >> reporter: they all leave this sunday. the students will leave from boston and meet the mayor in cuba.

on the island but admit that it most likely won't happen. you never know. >> danielle: and we do have extensive coverage of president obama's historic visit to cuba. live in havana with new information on the presintial plans. at 5:30, a cuban spy once living in south florida speaking up about the president's visit, and plus, could cuba be the next vacation hot spot? that's on 7 news at 6:00. >> lynn: still tonight on 7 news, talk about a rude wake-up call. a car allowing into an apartment building and the driver tried to take off from the scene. >> danielle: south florida students loading up on a field trip that they thought would never happen. >> lynn: surveillance cameras seeing someone loading up on

thief. >> danielle: a fright when a plane is struck by lining. passengers talking about the scary moments. >> on the quiet side as clouds move into south florida. big weekend on tap now, as we have ultra music fest underway as of 4:00. looking at warm temperatures

the forecast coming up.

commandments is thou shall not seal, but cameras are rolling on the shoplifting sister. the 78-year-old nun is accused of stealing food and toiletries. >> danielle: customers caught her in the act, and 7's ashley jones has the story. >> reportet: then the lady on the end cap there actually saw her remove them. >> reporter: a manager at a grocery store in philadelphia sees a woman believed to be shoplifting in the store. >> another customer came to me over on aisle five, and said i don't know, but i think a woman is stealing, and she had already left the store by the time i went oat to pursue her. >> reporter: workers were able to get the license plate of the car. that car is owned by the local

and the biggest surprise, the thief is a upn, 78-year-old con seventy. >> i was shocked, i couldn't believe that a nun would acally do something like that. >> reporter: the investigators and the employees believed that store. >> this is where she removes the shopping bags from her purse. >> reporter: they say that penino brought in the store's red grocery bags in her purse to take the stolen items out of the store. >> yes, she had red grocery bags, , is was planned. >> reporter: the video shows her leaving by the front door. when someone triggers the automatic door opener, she makes a run for it, taking $23 of food, shampoo and soap with her. >> humanity has gone to hell. to put it bluntly, it's not good anymore. >> reporter: the convent declined to commeme. but as for penino, she has been

and if she pleads guilty, she will only have to pay a fine. >> lynn: i mean, she's not human. it's not retain to steal. but she's not -- >> danlle: a bum. >> lynn: i don't know, humanity has been gone -- go ahead, danielle, what's going on? >> danielle: this is what is just ahead, they call him a tiny miracle, weighing less than a pound at birth. and he's staying strong in the biggest fight of his life. >> lynn: little guy, also, up in flames and burning fast. rescuingelf dogs inside that

we're coming back. >> lynyn the pinecrest police department getting a new cop on the force. they're currently going 480 hours of training and they have to do this together because they're a team. the three-year-old belgium will spend eight weeks learning to sniff out drugs. >> basically, the training, he knows who i am, when i'm in distress, when you'rage sated and screaming, he's going to know the difference between the handler is in trouble and

>> lynn: okay, maze, you have an important job, and maze should be on the unit by june. >> and good afternoon, everybody. the last friday in winter, spring, starting on the weekend. let's talk about the heat today. the high coming in, miami, 89 , one shy of tying the record of 90, set back in 2023. the current temperatures, across the board in the low to middle 80s. that's the case around south florida. 87 in mikasuki. following the barometric pressure, hazy sunshine with clouds, but we're without rain over the immediate hour, but there's this weekend. the clouds over central to northern florida where there has been rain, and also snow showers

south to kansas, and we have snow shower and winter weather extending over parts of the northeast. the biggest area of rain, causing concerns late this afternoon. with the severe storm and the watchbox upn texas. that's around the low pressure that's going to stay away from us. we're not worried about the low. that continues to scoot off to the north. but however, as we go through the weekend on saturday, clouds still out ofhe south to southwest. and lots of humidity on the warm side of this front. both on saturday and sunday. but sunday is going to be lost likely the warmest day as the showers come in, more frequent along with thunderstorms. we'll have to be on guard for that activity throughout the weekend in this warm and humid air. so the boating forecast, slight risk of rip currents, biscayne bay, no advisories for you in

south for us tononht. here's the check on the temperatures, with mostly cloudy skies, reads on the warm side. upper 60s to lower 70s. 73 in key west tonight, with the breeze, and we head into the start of the weekend, big weekend for events, including ultra fest and the music will involve time to time rain showers and a lot of warm air. the highs generally in the mid 80s. the warm account sticks around in the afternoon, springs arrivess at that point in time, and there could be some rain. a little cooldown going into

7 news back after the break. >> lynn: she has been known to be late perfect her concerts for years, but now madonna's fans are ticked off each more because they're feeling some pain in the wallet. >> danielle: chris van vliet has more in deco dayside. >> reporter: time is money, madonna's late arrival to her concerts has been costing fans a little bit of both. madge has been late as much as three hours, and down under in australia. that costs them some dollars. late trains to take concert goers home, and venues are getting find for staying open

maybe just show up on time, madonna. blake shelton is suing for a magazine that he said lies. they published an article that said he hititock bottom during his marriage to miranda lambert. said that he has a drinking problem. and you can't do that without proper postage. the internet is abuzz because justin bieber posted this picture of him and pharrell. the only thing that he posted with the pictsre is the word, currently, that's it. finding nemo is all about finding navajo. the disney classic has been dubbed into a language to keep the american language alive. the navajo version of finding

colorado and utah. and it's free. tonight on the drive, batman versus superman versus me. back from my interviews in l.a. with penal the caped crusader affleck, and henry the steel cavel, back to o u guys. >> lynn: can't wait, thank you, chris,. >> danielle: that's 7 news first at 4:00, thank you for watching. i'm danielle knox.

ahead . >> lynn: now at 4:30, residents getting a rude awakening in the middle of the night when a car slams into their apartment% building. hello, everyone, the dry

>> danielle: and one man says that he was inks away and he was grazed by the car. elitsa bezios is live about the story. >> reportete danielle, today the guy saying that he feels lucky to be alive. i'm going to step out of the way so you can see the damage left behind. right now, there are three families that can't get back into their units augusts of this crash. he was coming in. >> marvin steeves says that he's lucky to be alive this friday. this woman w speeding down northwest 17th avenue and northwest 1st street just after 3:00 in the morning when she lost control of her car and crashed reliability into this apartment complex. stevens tells 7 news that he was outside smoking a cigarette at the time. >> i just hit it hard. going inside. >> reporter: even though he