. >> tell me about what it is you think is going to happen in flori florida? ho do you think is going to win florida in the republicans? >> well, it's a pretty wide race right now. you have great candidates, and the words of reince priebus, any republican candidate's better than hillary clinton. >> alex, what do you think? >> both democratic candidates can beat any republican candidate on any single one, especially trump and all of the above. >> alexis, do you think at the end of the day, you're going to see a lot more kids registering to vote in the time that we have left before the november elections? >> i know at fiu, we'll be pushing hard for registration. >> i have done it a lot. >> you have seen that? >> we had bipartisan movements on campus to register. >> thank you for being with me this morning. such a pleasure to be here. are we running out of time? is that it? are we out of time? that wraps up this hour of msnbc live. thank you for the privilege of your time. i'll see you tomorrow on nbc nightly news saturday. take care. the microsoft cloud allows us

charged withh battery for grabbing a reporter as she pursued trump at aru a campaign event in florida. floriast night donald trump who had earlier suggested that ther reporter made upsu her claim backed lou want do you ski. s >> by the way she was grabbingab me.. am i supposed to pres charges c against her? my arm is killings me. it's never been the same. >> the trump camp issued ad statement saying he's innocents of this charge and will enter al plea of not guilty and looksks forward to his day in court >>> joining me live with more oe this latest drama from the trump campaign is john want swanant national political reporter with the hill.the hil we say latest drama because bec there's one every day it seems e like. >> this is not a huge charge.e a i mean in terms of criminalnal ranking here.g >> it's not a felony charge.harg it's a misdemeanor charge. c simple battery charge if youe if look at the police report.epr though it still says trump'smp campaign says it's not anot an arrest. ar it is an arrest and he still hal to go to court.. so, you know, it's serious serio enough he has to turn

much.arretk >>> donald trump does or didldrp have the most expensive piece of real estate in florida. flori that right. >> private house.>> p >> his home. >> all right. at one point at least it was.nt >> coming up on fox5's newsews morning, a d.c. firefighterht hospitalized after his heroic hh efforts to save a woman from aoo burning apartment. >> all right. let's head back outside onac this thursday morning. beautiful look at the tidal thet basin out there.ban ou a few clouds but should be a bus beautiful day today.od it's already 58 degrees. back after this with the forecast. >> ♪ is that coffee? yea, it's nespresso. i want in. ♪ you're ready. ♪ get ready to experience a cup above. is that coffee? nespresso. what else? >> ♪ >> all right. welcome back. nice and mild overnight. overnight lows in the upperth up 50's, low 60's here in the city.. and we're setting the stagetage for another gorgeous day. at least temperature-wise. we have some clouds out there. it will be more cloudinessloudin than yesterday but it should be a pleasant afternoon. afterno what are the record highs

father saving hissavi his eight-year-old son from a flying bat during a spring trainingra game in florida. flori was playing on celllayn phone when the bat game flyingay into the stands.he sta the father reach out his arm tom stop it from hitting him in then face. face that dad says he didn't even die think about it.thin of course it was just hist h natural reaction. >> this thing was like flying.. it went crossing like that. i think when it was doing thatna my dad blocked it like that but then it flipped around and hit me right here. >> i saw it heading towards himn didn't really have time toha think. th i just kind of through my arm out there. the >> the family says they weres tr celebrating their son's birthd birthday. >> if you've ever been tove baseball game you've seen a batt slip out of player's hands thost things whip around so fast and t they're heavy.they'rheavy. it's a couple pounds coming atia you.yo so --- >> that's -->> that's -- >> instinct i know but alsot great move by dad toi put uput there and, you know, take the te hit himself to save his son.is >>> they can do lot of damage

florida, covering all of the candidates in town. >> we begin with steve litz, live from tropical park where marco rio plans on holding a rally tonight. >> reporter: south flori@da once again at the center of presidential politics with three of the biggest names either florida, and jackie, it is a clear indication ho important the sunshine state is in the eyes of the candidates. snore rubio is pretty important in the eyes of all of the people who are going to vote for him. they're already lining up to get aa glimpse. it's super tuesday. flora's not voting, but you couldn't tell that based on where three of the leading contenders for the white house will be speaking tonight. southth florida is clearly in the spotlight starting now. with hillary clinton, donald trump, and hometown hopeful marco rubio. trump expected to pick up a majority of delegates on the republican side, hillary clinton on the democratic side. a political professor on why they're here. >> the campaigning is already done with the states that are running tonight, and florida is so important bececse it has a ton of delegates to give out. and it's winner take all. so the stakes are incredibly hi

. >> we're going to win florida and the thing about flori is all 99 delegates will be awarded to winner and no one else will get anything. >> trump refuses to denounce the >> michael: rubio's political action committee is spending big money on ads leuning this one airing on tv stations across florida. but polls show trump ahead in the state by double digits, even though he has changed positions on several key issues. >> you change your tune on so many things, and that has some people saying what is his core? >> megyn, if a very strong core. >> michael: the nasty tone of the debate and mitt romney scathing criticism earlier of trtrp show a party in disarray. >> i havener seen anything ike what's gone on on the republican side in any presidential election. they are in utter and total chaos. >> michael: that may be overstating it a bit but there's certainly a fierce fightht going on now within the republican party. the establishment doesn't want donald trump as the party's nominee. but a lot of voters sure do. local10 news. >> laurie: now to historic change in u.s. and cuba legislation aft

flori . >>> new developments for a family, what they're expected to do after learning a loved one's body went missing. floridablicans heats up, but one isn't running for president. how mitt romney is riling things up. >>> good morning. let's get a check of the weather with chuck bell. chuck, it's winter again. >> it sure is. good morning to both of you and comeback around here. current temperatures are well down in to the 20s in most of the suburbs, 31 downtown and southern maryland. but 21 chilly agredegrees in culpeper. a winter weather advisory has been issued. snow likely to start early this evening, accumulating slushy wet snow mid right to sunrise and i do think some amount of school cl delays, potential cancellations may be an issue for friday. not today. this morning nice and cold. clouds increasing this afternoon. >>> southbound bw parkway at 175, we do have you staying left to get by a crash there. this is involving a tractor trailer and we are a bit red in that area. sounds like you cannot get on to 175 right now. so we'll get more information on tht beltway, overall looking okay, but of course top

florida, but i gess we wouldn't have that. >> imagin there is an alligator 10 feet, roaming around. wouldn't you be terrified? >> we are in flori. i guess you get useed to that. >> that is "7 news". >>> i'm robin simmons in havana cuba where the first direct mail flight from the u.s. landed this week. you won't believe who sent one of the first letters. that story, coming up. festival in downtown miami has people pumped. we'll take you there. >>> a storm with wind and rain, could there be more on >>> hello, good evening, i'm jeff lennox. >> and i'm robin simmons, live from havava cuba. "7 news"at 11:00 starts now >>> it all started with an announcement apbtd/ now, we are just hours before president obama makes his first visit to cuba and the first visit by a sitting u.s. president in 88 years to the island. he arrives here tomorrow, but 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 lette

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