arrived earlier this week. we talked to the recipient tonight talked to the recipient tonight. i'm going to use these. i'm going to use these and if he likes a little coffee -- -- >> a new penpal and she is hopeing to get him to stop by for coffee. she knows he is busy. after writing 5 letters to president obama as a candidate, after he won, after he was reelected. and after offering to make coffee for him, he responded i hope this note serves as a reminder of the relationship between the 2 natns this letter arriving thursday. >> i opened the door and they gave me the photo copy of my

the photo copy of obama signing my letter. >>reporter: so the letter arrived. >> after people showed up. when the letter arrived. i had been interviewed by 5 channel. >> she's thrilled the president took the time to respond. >> president obama sent me a letter. >> she stayed in cuba after fighting for the cuban revolution and said critics on both sides are considering the most important issup. >> i'm not talking about the people in miami, i'm talking about the embar go and the cuban people. the embar g >> so, if the president and first lady don't have the time to stop fofo coffee in havana, she said she will bee 75 on her next birthday. she will wait if she has to. reporter: they have a pretty tight schedule. >> yes, i know, but believe me,

>> now, she does have family in the states, specifically in miami. they don't necessarily share her views, but on visits to the states, she is able to mail the letters to the president. that, of course is all going to change. for the embar go, of course, only ngress has the authority to lift it and there doesn't sm to be any appetite there for that to happen. reporting livep in havana cuba, robin simmons, "7 news"night team. >> the phaeufr/ of coral gables reacting to president obama's historic visit to cuba. he served under brush and he said there are multiple issues president obama needs to address. >> he needs to be able to speak to the cuban people, calling qor free ehrebgs, a more liberal steufpl/ -- -- commune liberal steufpl/ -- -- communism has never done

needs to challenge the regime. if you want to move forward with us during this, you have to do this. >> the president of the united states is not a big enough headliner, cuba setting the stage foror a huge rock concert coming up soon. rolling stoeupbs performing in cuba. their free concert delayed 5 days because of the president's trip. a big week ahead. 140 stones employees and nearly 80 cubans setting up to accommodate hundreds of thousands of spectators for the concert >>. >> downtown miami getting ultra loud, people dancing the night away at one of the world's billingest pears. >> got us dancing, too.

>> walter morris reports on the ultra music festival downtown miami. ultra taking over bay tpropbtd/ park for the second day in a row. the only thing louder than the music, the outfits. >> i wantedd something really colorful. something really fun colorful. something really fun. i always wear kiten animals. > fans entering festival gates representing nearly 90 different country different countries. >> montreal, >> honduras, mexico. >> the excitement contagious. just one station talked to superstar music producer laid back luke before he hit the stage. >> when you control a crowdwd like that, you feel like a super hero. >> the festival bringing super

large crowds flock to the triple a arena to watch the heat take on the cav's. more than 70000 people coming to sun life stadium for jazz in the gardens as legendary acts grace the stage. >> it's hrd to explain, have you tcome here to experience it for yourself. it's truly an event not to be missed. >> if ultra madnessss is not your thing, you want to stay away from south beach. meanwhile, miami fire and rescue and poli on the scene at ultra while they encourage everyone to have fun safely. >> have a great time. govern yourlf, watch what you are you doing. are your ultra set to close own at mid-tphaoeug/. miami heat family festival

more delays. >>. >> now on the night team, cameras rolling as a water spout is spotted off fort lauderdale beach. part of the area under a severe weather watch earlier in the day. what can we expect for the future. >> brent cameron is in the weather center. what can we expect? >> breakdown what you can expected next couple of days. first change is one of seasons, within the next couple of hours as we get into the spring season sunday, rainshowers will be possible, then, you can set aside your umbmbllas, you- will have to take out your jackets. we will say good-bye to the warm air and humidity as we find a cool down by monday. here's what is coming down on the radar, showers mostly over the open waters, also

florida bay. a narrow line that will continue to creep up in southern miami-dade county into southern miami-dade county. the majority of this activity will stay off shore and move towards the bahamasas. there you see another batch of rain in the distant gulf. as winds turn, southwesterly tomorrow, ushering back the chance of rain, 30 th-rs/ chance in the morning, double that to 60% in the afternoon as temperatures get well into the 80s and kal/ back by rain later on in the day, forecast in a few minutes. a touching tribute in on nor of a young plalar that was killed while rideing a dirt bike u. they are praying for who!woe made them the proudest. >> our son wasas a very good son. he went to school, graduated and tried to make his life

>> miami native tre walker did just that a baltimore ravens quarterback and before that, texas southern, you can you see his clear love for life and keeping it light but family members who said,"good-bye"saturday said he was fiercely loyal and dedicate was fiercely loyal and dedicateed to football and athletics in general. they remembered a 23 -year-old who was killed after riding his dirt bike into a car. he wore no helmet and at jackson memorial trauma center, docts could not save him. he died friday. >> we went through a lot, god has got us. reporter: yvonne walker said the first thing his son did with his nfl money is put her a better place. >> he bought awe place to live? >> i put me in a duplex. reporter: he and the rest of

family has a message -- -- >> please wear a helmet. >> if my brother would have had on a helmet, my brother would still be with us today. put a pel/ met on. >> miami-dade copsed is said they were still investigate they were still investigating the crash. they said the woman that was on the scene hit by the dirt bike was cooperating lly. sheldon tporbgs/ fully. sheldon fox, "7 news"night team. police investigating after car goes on a deadly cllision course in miami. miami police responding to the crash near northwest 1st street crash near northwest 1st street. the driver of the car lost control,lammed through a bus bench and ended up on the sidewalk. there was none waiting for the bus at the time. the driver died on the scene. police searching for a missing florida woman gone without a trace. she suffersrs from dementia and disappeared

wearing a pink flowered night gown and flip-flops. if you have seen her, you -- -- please call the number on your screen. coming up -- -- a barn fire nearly killed all of these race horses. a south florida community still on the edge after a tripip shooting. south florida home wrecked

>>. >> survive >> surviving a a devastating b bn fire. other race horses would not survive. >> now, days after the fire, the horses are on the mend in a new home here in south florida. reporter: among the 11 surviving race horses, 4 of the healthiest have returned to the south florida trotting sb/ t-r/ where they will receive around the clock care down, the horses were on fire. > trainer lopez said he did

photo of the fire taken at the scene. firefighters saylames were shooting 30 feet in the air. >> they have one, 2, 3, 4, 56 different drugs. >> the wounds are what they have. they are not going to get any worst. what is inside is what we are worried about. >> a trainer provided some of those photos, some of the horses tragically killed here. >> i want people to pray. >> bringing orchids to the now burned-out barn. 12 for each life lost. >> so muc loss and still more lives can be taken. the more

fighting to survive at a facility off site ! >>. >> a barrage of bullets in hraud/ hrauder hills. police respondedd to a shooting at northwest 3 32nd and west broward ulevard. investigators say 5 vehicles were shot at, leaving 3 people injured. the victims were taken to the hospital an are expected to recover. officers recovered 4 guns and arrested 4 people. home wrecker in a south florida neighborhood. a car slammed into a house in hialeah gardens. 127th street. no one was inside at the time. the driver was injured, but should be okay. the accident is under investigation. dozen says of people gathering for aoastal clean up in south florida. commissioner michael greeko hosting a so/ block clean up on miami beach. volunteers clean miami beach. v/lunteers cleaning up debris, from crowds cleaning up debris, from crowds. elementary and high

during their spring break. the city launches the first anti-litter campaign, fine fines for litter violations up to $ hundred. still ahead, florida students tkpwed/ students geting a waoeultd/ life lesson thehey would not forget. hurricanes basketball season looking to get back to the sweet 16 for the third time in history. you hear about march madness in sports. this is is what i call march madness in weather here in south florida. temperatures could tumble. sunday, 87, but monday, we may not get out of the 60s for high not get out of the 60s for highs, of the forecast is comingp.

. >>. >> an alligator getting too close for comfort at a school campus. >> it is believed the gator was heading toward the nearby lake but apparently took a detour we largely avoided the showers and thunderstorms. the re problem, this afternoon in spots. this was the theme late in the day. stillllome clouds, but also a warm and humid day. we have beetalking about water spout, pretty significant video off lauderdale beach.

some area waters. rotation marks showing up. along with lighning indicators. the same thing in the eastern gulf of mexico. these showers and a few isolated storms will ba around, kind of wandering the area, especially off shore for tonight and this is how thy are moving. this activity from south to north and then out of the gulf of mexixo, moving to the north and northeast. that will be the trend overnight as things could get aittle logy and as we get a little sunshine breaking out ding the day tomorrow. that's when once again some storms could get stirred up. to the north, we find 60 degree weather. by the way, up front is near the panhandle. we are on the warm side of it. 76 in lauderdale. 79 and steam 76 in lauderdale. 79 and steamy around miami with this moisture in place. there is the moisture train and it is going to be focused on much of

we'll get in on the back of it, notice significantly drier air, working behind the wind switch and the front. one more rainy, unsettled weather day and thing also change. the cold d ont crosses tomorrow evening and the wind speeds, out of a very chilly direction. out of the north, that will be coming our way. temperatures, steady, low to mid-70s for your day, tomorrow, well into the 80s. that includes everybody and thin we'll find temperatures really tumble really tumbling as we get into monday and tuesday with strong and gusty winds and maybe the jackets out. that's your 7 on

>>. >> always interesting when miami heat welcome back their old friend hre/ tkpwropb/ james and the cleveland cavaliers. ! lebron has 26. josh richardson. 19 off the bench. miami up 21 at the break. dwayne wade tpw/ his 20000

high of 24, heat up 28. heat win 122-101. first place florida panthers won 4 of their last 5, hosting detroit. kevin spacey fired up the crowd. cats lead, 2-one. shooting from behind the goal. the puck bounces off jimmy howard. panthers up 3-one, but the cav's blow it. tied at 3. louie drops it. red red wings, to unanswered goals. they go on to win this one, panthers lose 5-3.

second half, wichita state coming back. rodriguez, half court, alley-oop. miami leads. had 1 1 ro/ reasonable doubt had 18. ro/ rodriguez career hire 28 points. canes win and advance to the sweet 16 for the first time in 3 years. >> 5 seed miami upset losingo dakota. that's sports, back to you you, jeff and -- -- >> that's it for us.

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