dan krauth, nbc 6 news. >>> an investigation is und way to find an armed thief. the crime was caught earlier this week at a golden market northwest 5th street and 12th. they need your help finding the man described as a hispanic male no taller than 5'8" and no avier than 200 pounds. anyone with informaon can call crime stoppers. >>> now to an update on a deadly shooting in pompano beach last week. tonight the broward sheriff's office has identified the vicm. deputies found the 37-year-old shot to death inside a home last thursday. the sheriff's office still needs your help. anyone with information call crime stoppers. >>> a big traffic tie-up on the salt saltgrass expressway this afternoon. they want drivers out there to be prepared for major delays in the area. >>> a judge orders a mental evaluation after a south florida teen is arrested again. 19-year-old malachi love robinson walked out of jail today. he is charged with grand theft. the checks wewee stolen during house calls he made to the 86-year-old victim. he gave physical exams and medical adviceceo unsusp

dan krauth joins us live with more on her road to recovery. dan? >> reporter: jackie, this is the moment her family members have being patiently waiting for. jones woke up from a coma at jacksonemorial hospital. she is showing signs of improvement. >> thumbs up. >> thumbs up, come on. >> yea! >> reporter: this is sometng danielle jones' family never thought she'd be able to do again. her mother calls it a miracle. >> i wanted to fall to my knees and thank god because t ts is something that i did not know would happen. >> porter: she's responding to coma for the past three weeks. back on valtine's day, her birthday, jones was viciously attacked in her downtown apartment by a roommate she found on craigslist. she was beaten, choked, and stabbed in the face. byron mitchell is behind bars tonight. >> a a the basics we take for granted she will have to learn again. it is like starting over with a baby but at a faster rate. >> reporter: it's going to be a long recovery. the 23-year-old has to learn how to walk and talk again. her family selng bracelets a

let's get to dan krauth with the very latest. deputies are using an excavator to dig tracks through the ground so they did see crime scene trucks back there to the middle of the field. they collect thth skeletal remains that were just discovered a short time ago. we have confirmed they are human remains and we don't know if they belong to a man or a woman. take a look at chopper 6 from earlier today. a man called 911 about 7:30 after finding these bones in the field and thes are at the end of a dead-end street and we are we of 95 and south of oakland park boulevard. homicide and crimescene detectives are on the scene and they don't know yet if th was a suspicious death or if the person died of natural causes. it is too soon to tell. the man who discovered the bones said there is a backpack and clothing near the remains. >> the skeleton was scattered and the more we looked around the more bones we've seen. >> did theyook like they were >> oh, yes. probably since this place of built. >> reporter: once those skeletal remains are col

dan krauth spoke with the injured performer. he joins us live from delray beach at the school where all this happened. dan? here in delray beach, the performer is from pembroke pines. for the 2,000 people who were packed inside this gymnasium, they thought him catching on fire was part of the act. it wasn't. tonight he is in the hospital, but he is expected to be okay. watch as a school pep rally takes a dangerous turn. the performer acdentally catching himself on fire. we have chosen not to sho you what happens next. his clothes go up in flames@as he rushes off the platform. >> a crazy atmosphere. everyone was screaming, jumping out of their seats, running around. >> reporter: this is performer ricky charles from earlier in his act. a performer with 3535 years of experience based out of pembrokok pines. paramedics rushed him to the hospital with seve burns. i spoke to him on the phone. how are yo doing right now? >> i'm good. i'm good. >> reporter: say he has burns cause of the fire, which also caused the gym floor to go up in f

dan krauth is live in wynnwood with more. dan? >> reporter: jackie, i'm surrounded by signs that say for sale inside his local campaign headquarters here in wynnwood. all the chairs are set up for tonight's volunteers to watch the big screen that will take place about an hour from now. they've been working out of this office forr months to get out the vote in the sunshine state, making phone calls and knocking on doors. sanders is not here tonight, he spent this moing greeting voters in hicago. he's actually heading to phoenix where the arizona primary will take place one week from today. even though sanders is trailing clinton in the polls here, volunteers say they're optimistic and proud of the ground they have covered. >> i don't know if we'll's win or not, but i do know the hard work that all the volunteers did. there were people phone banking for four days, straight eight hours a da\. we made over 1 million calls in florida. so i feel really good. >> reporter: that is a lot of phone calls. this watch party starts at 7:00 toni

. >> dan krauth. we continue to folllling breaking news out of miami beach where you can see a tractor-trailerersmashed into a building there. chopper 6 at abbott and carlyle avenue. been injured. we have just arrived on the ten. we'll update on air and nbc 6 news and weather app as soon as we find out exactly what hahpened. >> we'll check in with joe brennan in a bit. >>> a woman waking up in jail after a major investigation, arrested as part of an ongoing fuel theft investigation. his car had an illegal fuel tank. at the same home they found a fake grow house and credit card opeetion. >> tell us how the weekend looks? >> low 7 7 in miami, 69 ft. lauderdale. very comfortable down into the kendall and homestead area with take a look outside first alert cam. other than a few clouds a ally nice start to our friday morning. rain-free so farr first alert forecast calling for a little more sunshine as the morning goes on. >> let's take a look at the friday roads with joe brennan. >> nice and sunny and smoo

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dan krauth is live with more on carly fiorina's change of heart. >> this is a change of heart, calling him in the only guy who can beat donald trump. she reemergednd threw her support behind cruz. she voted for cruz last tuesday in a virginia primary. she said he would take on the washington establishment and applauded his consistency on the issues. he's always been a, quote, doesn't care whose feathers he ruffles. >> it is time to unite behind the one man who can beat donald trump, who can beat hillary clinton, who can beat the d.c. cartel. it is time to unite behind ted cruz. >> no one individual, no one candidate, can make america great again. the only force strong enough to restore this nation is we,, the people. >> reporter: fiorina and cru share key campaign planks incleding their stance on abortion and abolishment of the irs. >> cruz hopes to pick up nough delegates to deny donald trump a victory at the convention. it takes one 1,237 delegates to win the repububcan nomination for president. >>> news just in tonight that might impact those standings. nbc has confirmed that former

dan krauth is live outside the broward county courthouse with more o this very high-profile trail. dan? >> reporter: it is very high prprfile. the jury is upstairs deliberating as we speak. this was a case more e an a year ago. it caused protests in the community and the officer to be relieved of his duty. it was all captured on cell phone video. it's the push and lter the slap seen around the world in this viral video. it all started when officer victor ramirez woke up a homeless man who had been bench. >> initially, i think my reaction was i assured him i was going to leave. >> reporter: but not before saying he was going to use the bathroom first. the officer kicked the man out of the same bus station two weeks before and claims when he grabbed his arm he broke free. >> he's in the process of a preemptive strike. >> reporter: that's when the push happened. as for the open handedlap a short time later -- >> i wanted him totstop. this is the second time he showed aggression towards me. he tried to turn on me. i had to take action. >> reporter: a police expert showedurors the office

dan krauth will have more on this family's miracle coming up at 6:00. >>> spring break is returning to a very popular part of florida and so are some of the problems that come with thesesestudents. >>> teachers are allowing guns in a middle school classroom and are even letting students handle them. >>> why the government is takingg a very close look at a popular p. >>> bright sunshine in south florida, but also very warm temperatures. then we hit 90 again. aisle i'll have that and the forecast coming up. >>> a piece of florora history crews tear down the >>> students at a college in iowa g an early wake-up call when a fire broke out in their dorm room. firefighters think lightning sparked this morning's fire at laura's college. it's a small liberal arts school. the fire caused most of the dorm's roof to collapse. all 40 students who live there got out safely. >>> the driver in a limo crash that killed four women last july was indicted on charges of negligent homicide. his limo was hit by a truck killing four passssgers. the driver of the truck was arrested for drunk driving and later

. >> dan krauth has been following the story all day longg and he joins us live from thecene with the latest on this investigation. >> reporter: right now a team of spccial agents are still here inside cityall behind me searching the building for evidence. they've been here for more than nine hours now and they're not going anywhere until they get everything they're looking for. dozens of federal agents raided city hall with boxes in hand. >> it's been a long time coming. >> reporter: the fbi search literally dance in the streets, including former commissioner steve barrett. >> we feel we have the most corrupted city in dade county. they do whathey want with the money and they don't want to answer to anybody. >> reporter: the fbi won't say why they're here. only that it's part of a public corruption investigation. officials from the top down including t t city's own mayor under close scrutiny. she left when the feds showed up an no one answered the door at her gated opa-locka home. tonighthe city's second in command did have some strong words. >> if the city is doing something wrong,

dan krauth, nbc 6 news. >> the coverage of the florida prima day is just getting starred. while we won't be interrupting tonight, join us on n ocial media. we'll answer all your qutions in a live facebook chat at 8:00. tonight soal view on 6 features you, the voters. we've been asking you to send us selfies with the hash tag i voted. >>> once the polls close, you can find all of the results live as we get them on the nbc 6 news and weather app. we'll string the victory click the decision 2016 section. >> president obama is weighing in on the current political climate. the preredent said he's deeply disturbed by the vulgar and divisive rhetoric directed at women, and minorities as well as the violence in the 2016 presidential campaign. >> we can condone the race to the bottom or accept it as the way things are, and sink further, or we can roundly reject this kind of behavior whether we see it in the other party, or more importantly when we see it in our own party. >> mr. obama asking everyone to take a step back and restore courtesy, consideration, and perhaps some kindness

live in delray beach tonight, dan krauth. >>> it's a story we first posted app about the murder of a 6-year-old boy that gripped all of south florida. breaking the code of silence. the key that broke this case open helping police catch the gunmen they say is responsible. tonight nbc 6 has learned that a $26,000 payday will be heading toward the person who helped miami-dade police crack this case that shattered hearts all across south florida. willard shepard shows us how it unfolded. he's live from miami with the story you'll see on on 6. willard? >> reporter: well, trina, it was who and what police found here at this apartment building behind me that helped them break this case, really turned it wide open once they got here. how did they end up? police told us t tay they got a phone call and that person who made that call will be getting the $26,000 reward. >> well, i think it shows that the program does work. >> reporter: today at miami-dade times may be changing. nbc 6 exccsively told that a call to the crime stoppers team aboutt what happened to 6-year-old king carter when he was

dan krauth broke the story earlier this morning. he joins us live from northwest miami-dade with the details on dan? >> reporter: it is pretty horrible, trina. these two guys posed as being good samaritans, posed as being nice guys wanting to help out women and the elderly fix their tires. it turns out the entire@time they were preying on their victims at bank parking lots like this one. detectives say this not so dynamic duo picked the wrong victim at the wrong time. on friday night they watched a bank of america in doral. while she was taking out the cash, take a look. they punctured her tire in hopes of coming to her rescue. we spoke with the woman who did not want her face shown out of fear. >> i know we're living in times where it is kind of despete for money, but you also have family. how uld you like someone to hurt your family in any way? >> reporter what did they didn't know is undercover detectives were in the area and saw it go down and intervened. >> the police officer asked me if i knew the people behind me and i said no

i'm dan krauth. >> and i'm sheli muniz. it isfriday, march 4. happy friday. we made it to the end of the week. while we're all in blue, it's you'll see a lot of people in blue. we're certainly not feeling blue today. >> it's for a great cause. a great looking w wkend ahead. erika is in for erik. >> it looks like a decent friday as well. happy friday to you. 70 degrees in ft. lauderdale. waking up to a west/southwest wind which is not only leaving us dry but you can see our live first alert radar looking good. these showers movovg to the east along with the light winds. nothing we need to worry about. that will warm us up. there's a front heading our way. with the moisture in place it could be enough to squeeze out maybe a quick isolated spotty shower later today. things are looking pretty good. temperatures already reaching into the lower 80s come

team coverage continues with nbc 6 reporter dan krauth. >> reporter: there were a lot of boos inside campaign headquarters last night, every time clinton won a state. but there also was a lot of despite las@ night's big loss, they're optimistic abo the future. have a listen to what supporters had to say. >> a lot of delegates out there, 4,000-plus delegates to win. this is just getting started. >> we're going to create an economy that works for all of us, not just the ones -- >> reporter: sanders' campaign office here in wynwood will remain open at least through the end of the momoh. >>> governor john kasich and senator ted cruz having someing to celebrate, kasich winning ohio, slightly setting back donald trump. as r cruz, kasich winning ohio could be the only good news for the texas senator. cruz didn't winnie states, but his uphill climb for delegates would have been even worse if trump won ohio. the next round of states to vote cos on tuesday. and idaho has a democratic -- >> keep it locked here on nbc 6. kasich will be on the "today" show. you can watch his interview after the 6

i'm dan krauth. >> and i'm sheli muniz. on the mall -- carnaval on the mile. am i thinking about opping? we're hoping the weather will be good. > i have my fringers ersfingerscrossed. >> it's never too early to think about shopping. i'm withheli on that one. things looking pretty good. we could see a spotty shower. over the atlantic waters down into miami-dade a really nice start and it's pretty mild. 72 degrees in miami. 69 in ft. lauderdale and in pembroke pines. cocoler further to the south around kendall seeing temperatures around 66 and 67 degrees. it is c cler across the panhandle. the cold front remains to the south of the panhandle. low 60s across central florida.

i'm dan krauth in for eric. >> and i'm sheli muniz. you had to turn yours on extra early. >> 2:00 a.m.? i don't know how you do it. >> we push through. a lot of coffee. meteorologist erika delgado, an early call time. good morning to you. >> hey, sheli, dan, it's called zonbie living. the weekend is finally upon us. it's looking like a pretty nice one at that. are looking good. live first alert radar, quiet conditions over the atlantic waters. we don't have to worry about any morning hours. it is a mild start to our day. still a little on the cooler side, a comfortable start in kendall seeing temperatures around 66 degrees. the only thing is we are dealing adam mentioned it yesterday evening. brightete skies are in store for us at least as the morning goes on. first alert forecastthe next few hours looking good. partly sunny skies. light southwest wind. a look at the roads. >> through broward county we're in good shape. i-95 at griffin road, looking in order to 595, we're not seeing any difficulties through the area at all in either di