. >> anchor: within seconds, that car was filled with smoke, and diana diez has more on the rescue. >> reporter: this rescue caught on camera by bern fisher. it shows the california highway patrol officer pulling the boy and the girl and from the car. >> i see flames pieces of car on fire and falling off. >> reporter: the officer was driving on a highway when the smoke substantiated billowing he told the driver to pull over onpull overat the next exit. >> the car was fully engulfed in flames. >> reporter: but it wasn't easy. first, the officer said that the driver's side door was jammed, so the woman had to crawl out the passenger side and they were locked. >> reporter: ilocked. >> i had to get them unbuckled as fast as i could. >> reporter: even the simple act of locking the door makes the difference between life and death. >> it makes your heart race, and you disregard anything that is dangerous, and it's just our job. >> reporter: the two kids were taken to the hospital to be treated f f smoke inhalation. item diana diez, 7 news. >> lynn: coming up tonight, a in idaho. >> . >> anch

diana diez, 7 news. >> lynn: stay with 7 news for the latest on the terror in brussels. we'll have a lot more throughout thisnastic and updates any time as they happen on the website, wsvn.com. >> well, another historic change coming to cuba, i new venture preparing to set sail in havana. >> anchor: carnival cruise line has been improved by the cuban government. >> lynn: and this is the first time in 50 years that a cruise ship will go to cuba. this is a big deal. >> reporter: lynn and jeff, it will be all board for cuba soon enough. for about 2 grand, you can be part of a seven-day trip that hasn't been taken from a cruise ship from america in over 50 years. cue the commercialism. crowds of culture hungry tourists and the cruise ships. so far it's just one ship, operated by a subsidiary of carnival cruise line. but come may 1st, it's officially scheduled to be open for you saw to cuba business. >> carnival has become the first 50 years to be granted approval from cuba to sail from the you saw to cuba. >> reporter: they made the historic announcement on the day that pres

. >> but as diana diez reports, the woman said that she dump even own the property. >> reporter: a 70-year-old woman who wants to remain anonymous, still shaken as she talked about her r-in with the law. >> it's a nightmare. >> reporter: she said that she was kept in jail and taken in the back of a police cruiser for not mowing her lawn, but the >> i was should gangster, or some murderer or whatever. just hauled off in handcuffs. what was i going to do? >> reporter: prichard chief of staff said that the 70-year-old had been accused of not responding to a citation. >> unfortunately, she was on the list of persons to be picked up under warrants by the courts, and we don't have the discretion to ignore the court's orders. >> reporter: that citation was for overgrown grass which the woman said that she no longer owns. and she provided documentation to the city that says it's not hers anymore. and didn't realize that anything was wrong until the police came to her door. >> i had not had the opportunity to take my medicine and had nothing to eat or drink. >> reporter: the woman hopes to res

after five hours, things got backo normal diana diez, 7 news. >> belkeys: that runway looked like i-95. >> lynn: packed. >> danielle: still on the news station, trying to catch a glimpse of a star in south florida when the celebrity makes a really good call. numbered for idol sininrs, kind of like the presidential election. >> belkeys: are you okay? have you been singing too much in the shower perhaps? can someone get the princess someater, please? >> lynn: maybe feeling a lot of other things, maybe theme as well. >> it's horrible to find out someone is pretending to be you. hector found out when he discovered he had bought a nice, expensive car. >> i noticed it was a $54,000 purchase. it was a mercedes-benz. >> hector was the victim of identity theft, but in one way, he was different. he got to watch on surveilnce cameras as he was taken for a ride. on 7 news. only eight singers left to steel the spotlight. and the judges have to talk to the one. talking to the final lifts and the judges about moving forward. >> here they are, your finalists on american idol! >> reporter: on thursday'

incredible, and now, three months later, this little bundle of joy is showing everybody that he has 7's diana diez, has the story. >> reporter: nathan is one small miracle. his parents have watched their son fight for his life after he was born weighing only 14.9 ounces and measuring 10 inches long. >> his first picicre, i have my pinkie next to his hand, and it's bigger than his whole happened is, so it's remarkable. >> reporter: she delivered nanaan after 24 weeks of pregnancy after the doctors informed her that she had a problem, and they made the hard decision of a c-section. >> he's still fighting night this tiny premature baby facing the so many obstacles. and he's strong. >> he's definitely want exception and not the rule when it comes to babies that side when it comes to survival. goals to achieve before he goes home. >> reporter: they spend every minute they can with nathan and this week, he reached the 5-pounddark. >> i enjoy everyram. >> reporter: the changes have been amazing. >> this baby has fat on his cheeks, which is awesome. >> d dimples. >> reporter: and even though his fight is

in the plex, i'm diana diez, 7 news. >> danielle: well, coming up next from the news station, call her a lucky dog. after spending weeks lost at sea, this pup makes her way back home. and it makes foror one emotional reunion. >> lynn: and american idol take the stage for a week of competition, and this time the stars of a hit fox show. >> lynn: a dog with his own story of survival. this german shepherd is b bk home after a month at sea. to the test. >> danielle: likee a castaway. >> there are no words to explain it. >> reporter: one lucky german shepherd lost for weeks after being lost at sea in the pacific ocean in san diego. luna, the 1 and a half-ye-old german shepherd must be some kind of canine survival expert. after days of searching by water and plane, luna was presumed lost at sea and given up for dead weeks ago. but lun app found the energy to keep swimming to san clemente island, an island owned by the u.s. navy. and thenomething miraculous happened. >> we were driving up the road and in the car she jumped. >> reporter: luna w w in the conservationists. >> everye wanted to se

. >> reporter: diana diez, 7 news. >> i'm craig stevens, another two hours of news straight ahead. and next in the big break in the case, super tuesday is history now, and the results have one candidate on the verge of dropping out, according to a report. and a controversial case involving abortion clinics may 7 news continues next at 5:00. >> danielle: that is 7 news at 4:30. thank you so much for watching. i'm danielle knox. >> lynn: i'm lynn martinez. 7 news at 5:00 starts right now. >> now on 7 news. >> belkeys: now from the newsplex, a high price ghost gold heist landing # men in south florida behind bars. of we're live. >> >> belkeys: hello and cel womb come every one. i'm belkeys nerey. >>raig: i'm craig stevens. the news continues now at 5:00. >> this is 7 news at 5:00. >> >> craig: now at 5:00 a multi across state lines. gold bars swiped at gunpoint. and tonight just one station is there as authorities make one arrest. >> hello again everybody. good evening. that man not the only one busted by the feds. >> belkeys: the tractor trailer ambushed on the side of the road in no

diana diez, 7 news. >> danielle: well, ahead from the news station, a florida student nearly losing his fingers at school,nd now a teacher is on administrative leave. the details on what led to it all. >> lynn: and astronaut scott journey. >> phil: all right, so the weekend is here, and what you've seen today, we're going too see for the next couple of days. morning lows, in the upper 60s to low 70s. and highs this afternoon, 82, 85 and fort lauderdale, topping off with 84 . low 80s except for key west. reporting a temperature of 77 . the wind, 9-15 miles per hour. and the pressure is steady. the humidity, 61%. stormtracker is showing that we're mostly dry. now, we've seen some dotted showers moving across the area, and that's what we'llll probably see tomorrow. and then again on sunday. ak front moving across the move away. no changes in the temperatures. but look at all of the cloudiness in yucatan. we're going to get moments of clouds and sunshine over the area. temperatures in the u.s., 30s, 40s and 50s up and down the east coast. l.a., a temperature of 75 . here's the front moving