let's go craig stevens in the satellite center with more. craig. >> craig: lynn and danielle. this family in northern california lost more than just their home from a fire sparked by a hoverboard. >> dave wonders what is left of his san jose home. i was born and raised in this house. the tbront gted. brought carpenter's daughter joy at christmas caught fire. >> it's like selling kids bovmentz you never know when they will go off. the home damage estimated at a quarter million dollars. the family took something the family can't replace. the family's two dogs. we lost our dogs. my best friend. the fire department pinpointed the cause and deemed it an accident. >> at that area was a book sheft shelf and hoverboard and the hoverboard. the hoverboard is that a class action suit waiting to happen or what. >> it seems like a simple chide east toy that can burn the house wn. the toy was purchased from san amazon for $300. and they fold the guidelines and yet, this is what happened. it's not worth the fun. my daughter had a great time but not any more. it's unplug them. well, amazon is

. >> ashley: so for the first time in a long-time, their numbers craig stevens reports. >> reporter: charismatic, recognized by the boaters, they fill the waters of south florida. now they will receive a new classification. they want to rename from endangered to threatened. >> this action today what we're announcing is really in our view demonstrate the successes of how the endangered species can and does wk and making water way safer and cleaner in florida. >> endangered species is one currently endangered of extinction while the threatened specie is like like to be endangered. it has been thriving as a result of federal regulations and impliations to it. the manatee's numbers are conditions in their habitat are improving and threats are being reducedful >> this is one step in a very long journey an took an enormous amount of effort to get to where we are today. >> over the last 25 year there is's been huge increase up to more than 1200 in 1991 to more 4% than 6,000 now. >> i'm craig stevens, 7 news. >> ashley: and that is good news. they will publish beginning a 90 day period in wh

craig stevens in the plex with that store rism craig. danielle, it's an incredible scene and the man who snaptd photo is telling the story behind it. >> an incredible act of courage by a growch strangers. >> we're trying to help this driver. desil fuel everywhere. the truck is smoke. it a dangerous scene. >> craig: a snow storm was gets strong whert driver lost control of his big rig. the teeter turning off the turnpike. and many put their lives at risk eye can't hear any one come up with a plan. i just saw it happen. >> what happened next nearly brought ar lynn san tan nick to tears. >> and to me it was like a spontaneous in stink tiff thing where every one started@hook their arming to. the truck ser hurt but expected to be can. and after being nafort human chain he he stepped back and had to get a piencht i knew i had to get a picture. i wanted to remember thvment this is amazing. pennsylvania for two days down the road traffic came toy a hault when d dvers were stranded for 30 hours. nor father his mind was on getting home in one pees

craig stevens live in the satellite center with the story. craig. >> craig: really is something else here deanl.danielle. he is surviving and the him actually helped keep him alive. >> frozen nearly snoild a snow bank in pennsylvania is where justin's fathe found him in the car in the park eye found him and i thought oh my god. he was blue. his face. he was lifeless. i checked for a pulse and heart beat and there was nothing eye tried to to walk home with the orm and next thing i know he ir woke up with 30 days later with my family around me. >> and the doctor was on the scene when he was found. the doctor said he didn't want to give up a would not pronounce him dead. >> initially they were questioning me, like are you kidding me a? when with you you have row temperature, it can preserve the brain and other function ooze. nurses and staff did cpr on him for two hours and the doctor got the approval to warm up his blood using an ek no machine. >> he hel my hand that day and said i'm going to use everything sink at your son. >> we knew we needed

things quickly got dangerous let's go to craig stevens mt. plex to show us what happened. craig sphroo. >> craig: something went wrong. and he says he and his friends ve done this sort of on line thing before. this time they tried to something different and it left him paying t price. >> a 14-year-old boy with a lot of time to thihi as the nurse removes 48 staples from his head. though skyler fish is in pairntion he is not complain oog i'm tulgly lucky to be alive. >> craig: the teen oar seriously injured doing what is known as the duct tape dhal eefnlgt you tube video shows the goal of break free. >> when i think about it 23 felt lieks i was hit by a car. >> he doesn't remember much. >> saturday he and hiswo biewd dez went to cool where they caipped his legged. they decided to tape him while he was standing. moments later while trying to break free. he hit the ground. >> when he fell, he hit the corner of the window frame and when his eye socket was crushed. it pinch oftd nerves in highs eye. once hitting the concrete he had a brain an you are rimple and now he didn't know

i'm craig stevens. 7 news. love. it got to love love. love is grand even in the snow. much more ahead nigig from the news station. a group of kids learning to shoot hoops with a proafter a neighbor tries to ruin their fun. plus, new year, new bed room. quick tips to stern your sleeping place into something fresh in tonights room for improve meant. and we're following breaking story. video we got into the 7 news plex of the escapee who broke ieftop car. he has been cawvment you see here. he has been cuffed and now going back to jail. more on the story coming up. >> >> craig: i'm craig stevens. hello again. coming up at 6:00. an officer is lucky to be alive after being ambushed in his cruiser to. night his story of survival. you'll hear it on just one station. also firsting on 78, as a leg drug lords mansion being demolished and something in the rubble shows it's head. and belkeys took the d off. lynn and i will be here. hope you will too at 6:00. >> >>> >> >> danielle: a group of florida kids getting the ul ca met shaq surprises. the ultimate nba cham and reserved polic

i'm craig stevens. new here at 6:00, a south florida teenager shaken up after he was ambush add and robbed in broad day light. the moments caught on came cape pe. we have the story and a woman finds herself in hot water thing. at she was doing with an miss hib bitted from going toy save jail. with we'll have more on these stories and more. hope you join belkeys and me. pgh the news continues at 6:00. >>> >>> bike >> danielle: we have another news alert for you here at 5:46. you're looking at it there. a car on fire in doral. >> lynn: this is on the the problem. let's go to ralph rayburn do >> and i vehicle headed northbound at 826 herer at 58th street pulled off to the side of the road and caught fire. metro dade police officer here is block that one lane of traffic. we'll bring you back out here. you can see people are slow, slowing down to take a look at. it we have a road rananr over here and good samaritans up here who haveire extinguishers but have not been lewd to go over there and get on the road

. >> belkys: that is a wrap for us first at ten, chow chow i'm belkys nerey >> craig: i'm craig stevens stay continues. >> this is seven news at eleven. >> craig: well we are going to begin with a night team news alert. the power ball numbers are about to be revealed. talking about $1.5 billion dollars, maybe a little more by now. the highest jack pot in history and it is up for grabs and you are going to city that drawing right here on seven news at eleven, it is just moments away. >> belkys: sure is, the count down is on, a lot of people out there holding on to their tickets so see if they are the >> the record jack pot, and it is coming to you right now, get ready, this is power ball. good evening, america i'm sam, and tonight's jack pot is approaching $1.6 billion. that is billion with a b, i hope that you have your tickets good luck, let's play the power ball, 8, right after that, america, we have 27, here is peter, from massachusetts, peter won, $is million by watching all five white ball numbers, the next number is 34, and after that we have the number 4 and then we are going to

. >> i'm craig stevens. >>> all the heavyain from today is long gone. moving in through cuba and the from a straits. what can we expect for the weekend? >> scare in the air. flight attendant injured in a rocky ride to miami. the story first on 7. >>> twin boys wandering away from school with no one noticing. tonight their furious mom talking to just one station. >>> nfl star shot in the head. tonight he's sharing his story of survival with just one station t.the. >>> developing tonight robber tries to rip off deerfield

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i'm craig stevens. 7 news. >> will all. >> danielle: all right craig. thank you. now at 5:30 police need your help catching a c she enshus croofnlgt caught on camera steel stealing theough from cesars pizza. >> and he say he used the word please and sorry andpologized saying he was doing it for his kids. >> lynn: brandon beyer live in deerfield beach. brandon snie. >> reporter: lynn, m may have been a po light and all poll guides but the sheriff's office says make no mistake. armed rob vir a serious crime. >> reporter: the surveillance video makes it clear, the crook waiseses no time committing this crime in deerfield beach at little scree sar's. he rounds the core fler and demanded the employee opens the safe. when she shows him it empty, he quickly moved on to the registers. one by one she empties each like that, he is out the door. ploy eeftz little caesar's say despite pulling the gun, this robber was surprisingly polite even apologetic saying he need td money to buy christmas gift for his kids. johnny lewis in the back. >> it was lp like he didn't want to rob

i'm craig stevens. 7 news. >> lynn: taking you cross country tonight. a sinkhole swallowing a parked car near kansas city. a water main break flooding the area causing the ground it to cave n. crews using a crane to lift the vehicle back on to the street. >> danielle: fire and ice in na brass catch the a building covered in icicles in omaha shortly ter being engoal nfd flame. firefighters worked in below freezing temperature which caused their water to freeze to extinguish that blaze. >> lynn: a puppy flapped a pipe in illinois. a rescue team was trying to saft stray animal when he tried too hide and de but he couldn't get out. >> he would fall into the pipe and couldn't get out of the pipe which made it it a bit easier to rescue him. >> lynn: look, he he is so precious and lucky. >> danielle: uh-huh. >> lynn: puppy that has been named chilly is up for adoption. >> those are his siblings and saved o too and a happy ending >> danielle: quick adoptions i'm sure. >> lynn: probably. >> danielle: and out of hollywood we're talking about a scare in a middle s

craig stevens is up next for 7 news at 6:00. see nay few minutes. >>> now on 7 news. we continue to follow a developing story. a wild and wreckless ride on the streets of south florida. bikers putting themselves a drivers in danger. >> 7 news with live team coverage. >> coat, jackets and sweaters becoming a familiar site a s cross the area. and you won't want to put them way just yet. >>> flames, tearing through a home. some four legged friends, part of a fire escape. south florida, reck the dream. the inspried by air civil rites hero. >> this is 7 news at 6:00. >>> >>> >>> >> >> craig: now at 6:00, live pictures of this developing story. scores of bikers changed to the streets across the area. many driving wrecklessly cause daing imer rows situation o there. >> belkeys: one such example. lots popping wheellies and spding noo and right into broward. hello every one of this ride take place for the second year narrow. >> craig: participant say among other things their mission is to honor martin ruther king your or but clearly it is dangerous. let's get live to rap ralph

>>sabrina: steven king actually said that when we were speaking as well. now this palin endorsement this week. >>craig: mmhmm. >>sabrina: it was quite an interesting speech. it was all veve animated. how signinicant, though, do you think it was, do you think it was a cruz snub? what do you think about how much she can affect trump's campaign? >>craig: yeah. i think this s a, if you really pull, pull back and look at this i think it was significant because it changed the topic of the week where we were talking about new york to bring sarah palin out and we're not talking about that anymore. and then also this is someone who has really kinda fits the mold of ted cruz, soo the fact that shwent with trump over him, i think, does matter. i don't know how significant it is in the long run for people because donald trump has a brand that's, that's as big or bigger than sarah palin's so >>amanda: although standing next to her he actually looked very subdued i thought. (chuckling) >>amanda: do you think that >>craig: that's easy to do. >>amanda: yeah. do, do you think that with how big of a show she t on and b

steven hammond turned themselves in to authorities monday. the father and son were convicted of arson in the case that has fueled this and other protests. missing country singer craig strickland has been found dead. the 29-year old and a friend disappeared while duck hunting at an oklahoma storm. strickland's friend.. chase morland, was found dead last monday at the lake. strickland was the lead singer in a country rock band called..."backroad anthem." police said nothing about what caused morland's death. they added that there were "no personal flotation devices in use." devastating flooding is beginning to recede in parts of the midwest.. people there are now starting to clean-up as the full scope of damage comes to light matt finn is in missouri with more. branch says: "..i just, i want my neighborhood to get back the way it was, and not all this ruckus." a rough start to twenty-sixteen for folks in arnold, missouri. about a hundred homes here affected or destroyed by the flooding residents' belongings... pictures, heirlooms, and furniture... piled up in garbage heaps. branch says: "..everything i own was down in that basement. it's just gone. my kids' stuff is

dwight and steven hammond say they don't support the militia's methods and will report to prison peacefully today. >>> a tragic end to the search for a missing country rock star, craig strickland's body was found today. he had disappeared more than a week ago on a duck hunt in oklahoma. severe storms over the weekend got in the way strickland was found near the oklahoma and member of back road anthem was just 29 years old. how he died is still under investigation. >>> vote 2016 republican presidential candidate donald trump may be getting a whole lot of airtime but he's launching his first ad campaign. >> the politicians can pretend it's something else. but donald trump calls it radical islamic terrorism. >> the spot clarifies his position about banning muslims from entering the u.s. it also addresses isis and illegal immigration. the ad will make its debut in the early primary states of iowa and new hampshire. and in new hampshire, democratic candidate hillary clinton is unleashing her not so secret weapon. her husband, bill clinton. today his first solo appearance on her behalf. >> i do not believe in my lifetime anybody has run for this job who was better qualifi