a storm will be rolling across parts of the south and see heavy rain across the florida panhandle and maybe strong thunderstorms that could become severe then that rainfall will get up into the mid-atlantic and then eventually mixing in with a little bit of snow. slight chance across southeast >>> you got the memo on the brown suit. we have gray skies and clouds right now. the sun is peeking through. later it looks like we have rain sitting on our doorstep that afternoon and into the evening. here at the current temperatures. 69 in tampa. largo and longboat key at 60. we will hit a high of 81. >> okay. yep, no, i got you. i got you. thank you, rob. >> right there. thanks for throwing him under the bus. great to have you back. >>> well, march madness is certainly living up to its name. how are your brackets this morning after two days of major upsets along with this amazing buzzer beater? well, espn host and "gma" contributor tony reali, just one of our favorite human beings here with more. tony, my bracket is toast. i'm sure yours is not. >> what a time to be alive and dancing into th

accumulation across eastern texas and louisiana as we head further east across parts of the florida panhandleof georgia and southern alabama. a wet period is in the forecast. we have a concern of severe weather in texas and also into louisiana and extending across far western parts of the florida panhandle. the concern isn't just for damaging winds, large hail but for isolated tornadoes out here from parts of central texas into portions of louisiana. the big question mark is what is going to happen this weekend. we have a coastal load that will be developi tracking up the coast. we will be looking at the snow accumulating out here. some interior areas. 6 were 12 inches of snow lesser amounts in coastal areas. >> we can get our snow boots out. >> thanks. >> your kids will like it, though. >>> the time is 20 minutes until the top of the hour. breaking her silence. >> you need to get out. >> hey, who wants to help me get this reporter out of here. i need some help over here. >> remember her? she lost her job over this video says she is the real victim. >> oh, really. okay. >> we have a new warni

this state is, we have traveled a thousand kilometers north into a different time zone to the florida panhandleredneck rivera. >> it's solidly republican, part of the bible belt and according to local businessman merrill, unlikely to change any time soon. >> you know, when you look at the panhandle, what you are looking at is a very conservative. we are 10 minutes away from alabama. ga is just to the north of us. but it's a very conservative voter. half of them have military roots, and a very relillingous voter. >> those in pension:a in the panhandle of florida may place greater faith in the republican party. >> it will win one of the most diverse states is never entirely predictable. al jazeera, pensacola florida. >> a south korea ian man billed as one of the world's best players of the ancients board game "go" has won his first victory against a computer program. he is taking part in a 5-match series. the alpha go program has already won claiming three but on sunday, tdenied the machine a i clean sweep winning the fourth match. after blaming himself for the first three losses, lee was elated

slight chance across southeast texas but more across the florida panhandle. morning, everyone. a chilly day across northeast ohio. this type of the year. we'll go with the high of 36. you will notice the northeast breeze, 10 to 15 miles stepping out and about tonight, you need that heavy winter coat. 26 degrees and the power of 5 tracking a little bit of snow for your spring sunday. more weather in about ten minutes. dan, eyes up here. >> no, i got you. i got you. >> right there. >> thanks for throwing him under the bus.adness is certainly living up to its name. how are your brackets this morning after two days of major upsets along with this amazing buzzer beater, well, espn hosttributor tony reali, just one of our favorite human beings here, tony, my bracket is toast. i'm sure yours is not. >> what a time to be alive and the second round, paula. the most upsets through two days ever including one some are and that's not all. >> four chance. it's good. >> reporter: march is officially madness. this 50-foot buzzer beaterowa to the second round over texas. >> it's amazing. north

it's all ahead of this system producing downpours and round of severe last night around the florida panhandle. it does seem like it will be flebt the next -- next 12 hours. by tonight we shoul start to see scattered shower activity. better chance of rain, we bumped up the rain to a 60 percent of seeing times of rain. it won't be a complete wasas out. any time we see shower activity, we will see heavy rain and today marks spring and slowly workts way across the area. we have risk of rip currents in placac bay waters at a light chop with t coastal waters at a light chop. next high tide in dade and broward at 5:11, 7:08 in the lower keys. forecast highs once again on the steamy side and tonight's lows in the 70s with showers. the extended outlook is calling r times of wet weather through the weekend and much drier with temperature readings going down a couple of degrees. we will be right back. >>> years ago, the united states pass dz the americans with disabilities act to in part allow handicap people to access the same p aces that everyone else goes. >> ashley: but is it now being abused by tho

to show you how truly diverse this state is, we've traveled into a different time zone to the florida panhandle, a place the locals refer to as the red nick riviera. >> the signs in pensacola couldn't be more different than miami, solidly republican, part of the bible belt and unlikely to change anytime soon. >> when you look at the panhandle, what you're looking at is a a very conservative, 10 minutes from alabama, georgia's just to the north of us, but it's a very conservative voter, half have military roots and a very religious voter. >> those in pensacola in the panhandle of florida may place greater faith in the republican party. >> who will win one of the u.s.'s most diverse states is never entirely predictable. >>> air crash investigators have called for new global rules to oblige medical professionals to warn authorities if a pilot's mental health is a risk for passengers. the recommend is as are included in a final report into last year's germanwings plane crash in which 150 died. the pilot drove a plane into a mountain. paul brennan has more. >> no one could have survived what happene

a front starting to approach the florida panhandle. this frontal system will stall. never make it to south florida. our temperatures will respond by warminup pretty quickly. today it was near 80. tomorrow will be near 85 degrees. meanwhile some of the high clouds will continue to stream across the area. they don't yields rain. i'm not forecasting rain rest of the workweek. a second front could approach and produce showers. the sun will be filtered by the clouds. 82 on thursday. means or any form on saturday. sunday it clears out and we'll have a high near 80. >>> thank you. our live team coverage of decision 2016 super tuesday in-depth analysis. >> no big surprises. clinton and trump the big winner. now all eyes onon florida. three candidates here in south florida. >> florida, florida, florida. winner takes all march 15th. you have florida and ohio up. i believe that there's a calling right now thatt looks like minnesota has opinion called for senator marco rubio. that's according to the associated press. this is critical he can have one win and we have ted cruz that

light showers in alabama, the florida panhandle. the torrential rains appear to be about over so folks can start cleaning up as they head through the weekend. it has been a disaster with up to 20 inches of rain in some spots. just an isolated shower here. here is the front, bisecting the region. spotty showers, mainly in the morning. the afternoon looks to be dry. back into the 70's sunday. a better chance for showers. some of the moisture from the system in texas that caused the problems in the deep south comes our way. we will not see more than 0.5 inches of rain sunday afternoon. fairly dry day. clouds, limited sun. jump to sunday, the marathon. temperatures mild. nothing more than a spotty shower through midday. afternoon, rain chances of ramping up. a couple of showers. brief heavy rain. very little rainfall in the morning hours. low to mid 70's into the afternoon. rainfall amounts 0.25-0.5 inches. another chance monday afternoon. much of monday, july. 70 53 looks good to head out to the polls tuesday --. not the best weekend b

a storm will be rolling across parts of the sought and see heavy rain across the florida panhandle and maybe strong thunderstorms that could become severe then that rainfall will get up into the mid-atlantic and then eventually mixing in with a little bit of snow. texas but more across >>> much more weather in about ten minutes. dan, eyes up here. >> no, i got you. i got you. >> right there. >> thanks for throwing him under the bus. >> march madness is certainly living up to its name. how are your brackets this morning after two days of major upsets along with this amazing buzzer beater, well, espn host and "gma" contributor tony reali, just one of our favorite human beings here, tony, my bracket is toast. i'm sure yours is not. >> what a time to be alive and dancing into the second round, paula. the most upsets through two days ever including one some are and that's not all. >> four seconds, no chance. it's good. >> reporter: march is officially madness. this 50-foot buzzer beater sending northern iowa to the second round over texas. >> it's amazing. northern iowa wins it at the buzze

light showers in alabama, the florida panhandle. the torrential rains appear to be about over so folks can start cleaning up as they head through the weekend. it has been a disaster with up to 20 inches of rain in some spots. here is the front, bisecting the region. spotty showers, mainly in the morning. the afternoon looks to be dry. back into the 70's sunday. a better chance for showers. some of the moisture from the system in texas that caused the problems in the deep south comes our way. we will not see more than 0.5 inches of rain sunday afternoon. fairly dry day. clouds, limited sun. temperatures above the average of 62. jump to sunday, the marathon. temperatures mild. nothing more than a spotty shower through midday. afternoon, rain chances of ramping up. a couple of showers. brief heavy rain. very little rainfall in the morning hours. rainfall amounts 0.25-0.5 inches. another chance monday afternoon. much of monday, july. 70 53 looks good to head out to the polls tuesday --. not the best weekend but not one of the worst for

but today, 41 degrees in chicago, 65 in houston, some heavy rain across the florida panhandle and some rain moving into northern california, 68 degrees expected at san diego and 65, a nice-looking day in portland, oregon. sgloo good morning south florida. jazz in the gardens this saturday. it would be a bit soggy. a few showers expected this afrnoon. can't rule out a thunderstorm. be prepared for that and drink plenty of water. it'll be brought to you by state farm. speaking of farms and a bad transition, i want to defend dan who is a fervent animal lover. >> that's right, that's right. >> the little joke he made about eaglets, he meant nothing by that. he loves all eaglets. >> i'm sure i'll get some nasty tweets. >> don't you have a minor in zoology? >> i don't but i do have three rescue cats living an the house. >> and he has a child. >> you're really laying it on. >> those cats don't really like the child. let me just be clear. >>> let me tell you what's coming up on the show the young star injured on the set of his new movie. what happened to dylan o'brien and how he is doing this

a storm will be rolling across parts of the south and see heavy rain across the florida panhandle and maybe strong thunderstorms that could become severe then that rainfall will get up into the mid-atlantic and then eventually mixing in with a little bit of snow. slight chance across southeast i'm marina jurica. we will have to dodge showers and thunderstorms as we move into our saturday. highs in the low to mid 80s. tonight it will be scattered as opposed to widespread. sunday is when the actual cold front pushes through. we see a chance for scattered showers and thunderstorms later in the afternoon when it finally kicks through. once it does kick through, it will be ushering in much cooler air behind it >> much more weather in about ten minutes. dan, eyes up here. >> okay. yep, no, i got you. i got you. thank you, rob. >> right there. thanks for throwing him under the bus. great to have you back. >>> well, march madness is certainly living up to its name. how are your brackets this morning after two days of major upsets along with this amazing buzzer beater? well, espn host and "gma

the day, in charleston, south carolina, they extend down to jacksonville and back along the florida panhandle in coming out of the gulf. that moisture does work our way in the carolinas for this weekend but here is the hour-by-hour forecast today, 8:00 a.m., we have partly cloudy skies, temperatures in the mid 50s. 66 degrees for the lunch hour and optimistic, upper 60s and peeks of sunshine late on your friday but the clouds will roll in again tonight, and overnight in saturday morning. so if you have saturday morning plans, it may be some rain showers around 10:00 a.m., as parade starts tomorrow morning. we'll look at that in a few minutes. >>> first alert traffic brought to you by toyota of north charlotte. >> christine: all right, we're continuing to watch all the traffic patterns this morning, on the outer loop of 485 just beyond us74, you may face a slow down there, but for the most part, 485, 77 and 85 looking great this morning. let's look live at i-77 and west boulevard, you can see it, traffic is light, but as soon as the problem arises, we'll tell you first on wbtv because you're n

national guardsmen who died after their black hawk helicopter crash on a training mission near the florida panhandle. the march is expected to end later today. >>now to an update on a story that was breaking last night at 11 o'clock. had to be evacuated after an explosion was reported here at least one manhole cover flew up into the air. >>there was a sense of urgency that came out of nowhere. we were all handling it well but we are very taken aback by it. >>thankfully there were no reports of any injuries. police believe the explosion was caused by an electrical malfunction. >>is currently 5:06 in the morning. presidential hopefuls are once again a couple of hours from another primary. what is up for grabs and what's we have all of that coming up. my office needs new laptops at a great price. well, staples has low prices and a price match guarantee. i took a body language class once and the way you're standing could mean you're hiding something. oh! uh, staples has low prices. okay, now you're shouting... [laughing] we can hear ya! the lowest price. every time. >>> it is time to move on from last w

heavy rain across the florida panhandle and rain in northern california. 68 in san diego and 65 in portlandegon. snows in deny very yesterday. -- in denver yesterday. >> reporter: good morning, everyone, i'm chris sowers with this accuweather update. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, cloudy skies today, rain showers possible during the afternoon, high around 46. rain mixed with wet snow tomorrow, 39. a fervent animal . >> that's right, that's right. >> the little joke he made about eaglets, he meant nothing by that. he loves all eaglets. >> i'm sure i'll get some nasty tweets. >> don't you have a minor in zoology? >> i don't but i do have three rescue cats living an the house. >> and he has a child. >> you're really laying it on. >> those cats don't really like the child. let me just be clear. >>> let me tell you what's coming up on the show the young star injured on the set of his new movie. what happened to dylan o'brien and how he is doing this morning. much more "gma" coming up after this. >> we stick through this. we get out now. we're never having kids. mmm-mmm. breathe. i

. >> reporter: tonight portions of alabama and the florida panhandle are under a tornado watch.erry sanders, nbc news, birmingham. >>> still ahead for us tonight, the beauty queen turned flight attendant who fled after 70 pounds of cocaine were allegedly found in her bags. how her flight from justice came to an end. >>> also the deadliest kind of heart attacks, why they're on the rise for younger people and why it may not be too late to dramatically cut your risk. . >>> we were planning to bring you this next story even before we got word of the sudden death of garry shandling from an apparent heart attack at just 66 years old. there's a new study of doctors from the cleveland clinic that victims of the deadliest form of heart attacks are actually getting younger. the actual age now just 60. nbc's anne thompson explains the alarming trend. >> reporter: every 43 seconds someone in america has a heart attack, increasingly that person is younger. a new study from the cleveland clinic says the average age for the deadliest type of heart attack has dropped from 64 to 60 because alarm

a storm will be rolling across parts of the south and see heavy rain across the florida panhandle and maybe strong thunderstorms that could become severe then that rainfall will get up into the mid-atlantic and then eventually mixing in with a little bit of snow. slight chance across southeast steve: thanks, rob. good morning, everyone. light showers to the west right now. a lot of it is not making it here. the air is dry and it is evaporating. rain later today. 4's northern counties. 50's elsewhere. keep the umbrellas handy today. five county stadium. baseball season is around the corner. 52. breeze at five miles per hour. >> much more weather in about ten minutes. dan, eyes up here. >> okay. yep, no, i got you. i got you. thank you, rob. >> right there. thanks for throwing him under the bus. great to have you back. >>> well, march madness is certainly living up to its name. how are your brackets this morning after two days of major upsets along with this amazing buzzer beater? well, espn host and "gma" contributor tony reali, just one of our favorite human beings here with more. ton

especially, i think parts of southeast texas could see some then it shifts more towards the florida panhandlethis piece of energy is what's going to kind of bring a little bit of of a snow scare to the northeast, so let's go through that. here's the low, and we'll time it out. 8:00 tonight looking for wet snow to develop across d.c. and especially across some of the higher terrain in the appalachians off towards the west and then overnight tonight into -- or overnight sunday into monday morning, we're looking at snows from eastern parts of cape cod, boston i think will be more of a mess there. not going to see a foot plus. that's the good news, it is the first day of spring after all, but 2 to 4 inches across eastern parts of new england. likely less than 2 inches if just some snow flurries maybe on a lucky way here from new york back through baltimore. so not as bad as it could be, but it'll be the first day of spring so certainly significant. paula. >> rob, it's so great to have you back. >>> let's move to something maybe a little less predictable than the weather, politics. next to the red

for the past 10 days, marine riders have marched from the florida panhandle to the headquarters in stone bay. >> along the way, people are telling us how proud of us they are it's not a pat on our own back, to me it makes me smile because it tells me that we are doing right by them and representing them in a positive way. though they are not here we are still representing them in the community. >> this is a picture they posted to the facebook page before noon as they were about to enter stone bay. their final destination. >> next here at 5:00 the push school what staff members think may be hurting the school and how the district is hoping to help. >> temperatures have been struggling today but tonight they really fall off sharply. we could be hitting the freezing have a huge warp up. at the original mattress factory, we simplify the mattress shopping experience. by building mattresses and box springs in our own local factories, the body of an officer killed in line of duty is now home. let's get over to alex giles live in the alert center in the newsroom with more. >> we got this video i

voted against trump >>> we should mention the polls in south florida close at 7 pm but in the florida panhandle, the polls close at 8 pm tonight. it will be a bit later to get those results. but we will have them for you. around self for the thousands have already cast their ballots. >> a record turnout is a possibility for a preference primary. we have crews stand out across the area monitoring situation talking to voters and checking for any problems. >> joan murray is live in the lauderdale. let's begin with gary nelson in coconut grove. >> reporter: let's not put the record in the bank quite yet. the turnout has been steady across miami-dade county it has not been a crush of voters. we're in the evening rush hour now at poll number 583 in 1500 some odd pressure voters and more than 2 to 1 democrats over republicans. it's a trickle of folks coming in during the evening rush hour. that miami-dade election headquarters the lot was full at times but from hialeah to doral to the grove no great rush and rush hour and no snags. >> our polls opened at 7 am with been accepting voters all day and it'

the florida panhandle and the rest of the states voting today will all be closed by 6:00. we should be getting the results very soon. we'll be standing by waiting for them. >> lisa: yes, we will. thank you. based on recent polls, a trump victory appears to be likely in florida where he leads by high double digits. florida, of course, being a winner take all primary for republicans. news 6 erik von ancken is at the donald trump camp in palm beach. >> reporter: the secret service grand ballroom here at mar largo. that's the podium donald trump is going to be standing at come 9:00 tonight. the chairs are going to be filled up with only invited guests. media from all over the world is here to cover this big night, primary night, which donald win. over the next few hours, the chairs will be filled up with invited guests, meaning no protesters expected. at least that's the plan. secret service, though, not taking any chances. that's why they have this place locked down. i'll have another update when i see you again at 7:00 as the seats fill up and people start to fill up the bal

in florida's panhandle. panama city beach is still recovering from last year's spring break. this video of an alleged gang rape of an unconscious woman on a crowded beach. no one stopped it. seven people shot at a house party. more than 1,000 arrests in march alone. the city banned drinking on the beach this year. year old tyler gilmore from indiana after a day of drinking fell to his death from a parking garage. mark frizz, gilmore's high school wrestling coach. >> spring break should be fun. and go and be safe. >> drinking in public is banned in miami beach. police there admit they have so many other issues that ban is widely ignored. and in south beach, this party gets going again, in a few hours. the peak spring break season goes on untilened of the month. the family of tyler gilmore told us they hope his death is a reminder of what else can happen on spring break and huh to prevent it. >> that's the "cbs overnight news" for this wednesday. check back with us later for the morning news and cbs this morning. from the broadcast center here in new york city, i'm demarco >>>

my weather, and then more wet weather eventually on thujsday, starting to nudge in toward the florida panhandle, but for us, warm mainly dry weather, in the car ever cardsds as we round out the week, headed to the beaches the rip current risk, yep, it is still high, 15 and the boats are out, small crafted a visery choppy in the bay, seas running four to six feet, we will start tomorrow morning with a temperature near 70, highs creeping up to about eight degrees near normal for this time of the year lower 80's for highs for the rest of the week, the raiaichance is low, the rain chance gets better by sunday. so if you plant on heading out woe can can have a little rain out there, weave more on that tomorrow morning. >> okay, thank as lot. >> we have breaking news in the race of michigan, the democrat primary, these numbers and you can can see that check mark, is calling bernie sanders the winner of michigan that was the big win tonight, 130 delegates at stakekehere, this race has been neck and neck. >> that is a major upset on the democratic side. no tow the republican side to idaho, those polls

see a good bit of rainfall starting to work in around portions of mississippi, alabama and the florida panhandle. all associated with this front system. and this frontal system will make a bit more progress toward the east come saturday, but it still looks as though we're going to be under the influence of that high pressure offshore, which means manuel dry weather and a southeast breeze. by sunday, though, whatever is left of that system may try to amp up our rain potential but i think the b%st news right now is that this forecast model painting the balance of any rainfall that does get going, more north of us, especially more north of a place like, say, southwest 8th street where calle ocho is going to go down on sunday. so we don't want the rain threat to keep you away. come on out and join us. tomorrow just a 10% chance for a shower, pretty low, right? temperatures rise can into the lower 80s. lower 80s sunday as well with a 50% chance for rainfall. widespread rbinfall into the in the forecast for monday. dry, sunshine, and getting very warm come notion week. spring forward don't forget satu

have got all of this moisture out here from louisiana back to mississippi, alabama, even the florida panhandle, that is your storm system, a lot of moisture associated with it. once it moves in, these rough movements, that is dry air. this will move across central florida, but we just need to get through the moisture. it will not be here tonight. 9:00, 72. 11:00. overnight lows, wow, these are mild. 65 degrees in the villages, 63 ocala. 66 in outdoor a. 65 in kissimmee, 66 davenport. 65 flagler beach, 67 cocoa. if you are going to the central florida fair, it will be nice and comfy, but it will be warm. by 11:00, room temperature. tomorrow we are watching the moisture, and ahead of it, we have the potential for warming temperatures. as the front moves in, we get showers, maybe even a thunderstorm if we get temperatures warm enough. we will fight temperatures at 85 in orlando, 83 the villages, 81 ocala, 82 titusville. here is futurecast. starting off at 6:30, one or two sprinkles to track in the morning. mostly it is cloudy' s at lunchtime, and then showers by 3:00 in the afternoon. which is my

threat around texas and in to oklahoma and louisiana, mississippi, alabama, even portions of the florida panhandle. here we go in to your saturday, the winds out of the south pumping in the moisture leading to instability and spotty storms. passing storms on sunday ahead of a cold front that will arrive on monday and that will usher in some more comfortable, less humid air. for today, 87 degrees, again, we're talking the potential for a few showers today, not a washout by any means, a light chop on the bays and for tonight, lows will fall around 70 degrees with a chance for some scattered showers. but really, you're going to need those umbrellas this weekend he was will see highs in the upper hey, with the equinox, and then sunday, highs in the low to mid 70s with pleasant sunshine through the middle of next week. vanessa's off, a check of your traffic now with danny rivera. >>> thank you, lissette, good morning. miami-dade roadways a little more busy than usual, the dolphin crash, the dolphin exit ramp temporarily shut down from both directions in the, on the palmetto you can see here 122 street,

my weather, and then more wet weaeaer eventually on thursday, starting to nudge in toward the florida panhandle, but for us, warm mainly dry weather, in the car ever cards as we round out the week, headed to the beaches the rip current risk, yep, it is still high, 15 plus miles an hour, give or take and the boats are out, small crafted a visery choppy in the bay, seas ruing four to six feet, we will start tomorrow eight degrees near normal for this time of the year low 80's for highs for the rest of the week, the rain chance is low, e rain chance gets better by sunday. so if you plant on heading o woe can can have a little rain out there, we have more on that omorrow morning. >> okay, thank as lot. >> we have breaking ne in the race of michigan, the democrat primary, these numbers and you can c see that check mark, is calling bernie sanders the winner of michigan that was the big win tonight, 130 delegates at stake there, this race has been neckknd neck. >> that is a major upset on the democratic side. no tow the republican side to idaho, those polls just closed the top of the hour, the precinc

. >> reporter: tonight portions of alabama and the florida panhandle are under a tornado watch. kerry sanders, nbc news, birmingham. >>> the beauty queen turned flight after 70 pounds of cocaine were allegedly found in her bags. how her flight from justice came to an end. >>> the deadliest kind of heart attacks, why they're on the rise for younger people and why it may not be too late to drama for adults with an advanced lung cancer called "squamous non-small cell", previously treated with platinum-based chemotherapy, it's not every day something this big comes along. a chance to live longer with... opdivo, nivolumab. opdivo is the first and only immunotherapy fda approved based on a clinical trial demonstrating longer life... ...for these patients. in fact, opdivo significantly increased the chance of living longer versus chemotherapy. opdivo is different. it works with your immune system. opdivo can cause your immune system to attack normal organs and tissues in your body and affect how they work. this may happen any time during or after treatment has ended, see your doctor ri

threat will be from texas, oklahoma, mississippi, new orleans, and even in to portions of the florida panhandle. for us, [ indiscernible ] storm, it won't be a complete washout but more rain compared to what we see, passing storms on sunday ahead of a cold front on monday. and then behind that front we will be cooler. for today, highs will climb to the upper 80s and we're going to boaters see a light chop on the bays and for tonight, lows will fall to around 70. and we'll see the potential for scattered showers overnight. some spotty storms tomorrow, 86, the start of spring on sunday with the vernal equinox, stormy, comfortable, highs in the mid to upper 70s to next week, a check of your traffic with danny rivera. >>> thank you, lissette, good morning, miami-dade roadways just length buzz -- a little bit busier than typical, southbound 95 just before miami gardens drive block the right lane, south of that at the dolphin, the exit ramp making that connection temporarily shut down in both directions. on the palmetto you can see, not too bad, 122 street, not too bad, heading towards the dolphin li

the heaviest rains into the florida panhandle. they're not nearly as intense. you can see them weakening here. a little good news there. there are still flash flood warnings in areas that had so much heavy rain with the ongoing flooding. a bit of a break right now. there will be more rain over the weekend. but the widespread torrential rains are winding down as we head through the weekend for the folks there. upper 50's low 60's tonight. mostly cloudy skies. a cool front is dropping through but temperatures are still going to be about 20 degrees above average for this time of the year. for overnight lows. heading out tomorrow morning again just a spotty shower. 58 at 7:00 a.m. 62 by 11:00. here is the front. it drops southward. high pressure slides off the coast. there is not much moisture with this front so a few spotty showers in the morning. i think the afternoon is dry. mostly cloudy. cooler. especially the further north you are. then sunday the front goes back to the north as a warm front and some moisture comes our way. a little piece of energy from that

this may be extended into the florida panhandle area. several ways of convection, really, the next couple of days along the stalled front. the last wave saturday is what we've got our eye on for the northeast. mostly rain across the east saturday. watch the freezing line drop down to the coastline. several inches of snow from d.c., the big cities, new york into boston. could see 6 to 12 inches, heavy wet snow, especially inland from i-95. this could be significant for the first day of spring. >> winter is not letting go. rob, thank you. >>> to north korea now, and the battle to win the freedom of a young american college student. the 21-year-old breaking down in tears during court on wednesday. we showed you the pictures then, sentenced to 15 years of hard political poster from the hotel. you can see him in the video right there. abc's chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz tonight with the new effort under way to get him released and returned home. >> reporter: tonight, the u.s. is quietly working to free american student ott

more severe storms possible from florida panhandle up through north carolina and you just heard steve say it. flash flooding, a potential, especially in the area in yellow. >> watching it all. >>> now, to major developments in the race for the white house tonight. amid outrage over what donald trump said about women, abortion and punishment. to washington. today, meeting with leaders of the republican party. afterwards, saying he will be able to unite the party. tonight, trump is taking heat from all sides after what he said, and then, his reversal just hours later. abc's cecilia vega was outside >> reporter: a wave and a thumbs up tonight from donald trump. the gop front-runner on capitol hill paying a visit to the rnc, trying to make nice with the very party leaders he so has publicly battled. >> it was a very good meeting. they're very good people, very -- actually a terrific meeting, i think, and it is really a unity meeting. >> reporter: all smiles today, but the billionaire businessman now at the center of a political firestorm after his comments on abortion. trump saying he wan

it tells you one, south florida more than the panhandle is turning out. o tells you romney voting areas of florida not exactly but more or less are the areas that are voting -- >> it's a pretty high correlation. obviously here you would -- trump would really like to see those numbers brighter. >> higher. >> sorry. it's actually right here. in the sense that this right here is where romney didn't do very well and where trump presumably would do well. and again, here, southern florida a lot of voters. and a lot of early voters. >> the question is how much romneyville looks like rubioville. >> well, that's the big question. the big question really is going to be like this would be an encouraging sign for rubio but on the other hand every election's a little different. >> fascinating. john lapinski, this is our best view yet of what's going to happen tomorrow. thank you, my friend. appreciate it. >> thanks. would be an encouraging sign for rubio, but every election is it a willal different. >> fascinating. this is our best view yet on what will happen tomorrow

in florida's panhandle. panama city beach is still recovering from last year's spring break. this video of an alleged gang rape of an unconscious woman on no one stopped it. seven people shot at a house party. more than 1,000 arrests in march alone. the city banned drinking on the beach this year. but on sunday, police say 20 year old tyler gilmore from indiana after a day of drinking fell to his death from a parking garage. mark frizz, gilmore's high school wrestling coach. >> spring break should be fun. and go and be safe. >> drinking in public is banned in miami beach. police there admit they have so many other issues that ban is widely ignored. and in south beach, this party gets going again, in a few >>> this is the "cbs overnight news." half the states have now voted in primaries and caucuses this year and democratic insider, hillary clinton, and republican outcider donald trump appear to be unstoppable. have a look. clinton beat bernie sanders in and illinois. essentially tide ed in missouri. >> we are moving closer to securing the democratic party % nomination and win

morning, dozens of kids are recovering after a semi truck slammed into a school bus into the florida panhandle sending it into another school bus near tallahassee yesterday morning. more than 60 students were taken to the hospital. some with broken legs and ankles. the truck driver was taken to the hospital, too. >>> we're dealing with hoagie fog, especially across portions of pinellas and not being able to get through the sky wye bridge. that has been -- sky way bridge. that has been closed down. then we have the rains coming in for the weekend. i'll have the forecast coming up. >>> yeah, we've been telling you all morning that the sunshine sky way is closed due to fog. the very top. just too dangerous to drive cross it right now. we'll check on your alternates >>> good morning, everybody. we are starting with breaking news, in case you haven't heard. the sunshine sky way is closed due to fog. take a look. this is what it looks like at the very top. it's dangerous to drive across. this is really an elevation thing. towards the bottom, you can see it is much better. if you are driving around i

you how truly diverse this state is, we've traveled north into a different time zone to the florida panhandle, a place the locals refer to as the red nick riviera. >> the signs in pensacola couldn't be more different than miami, solidly republican, part of the bible belt and according to this local businessman, unlikely to change anytime soon. >> when you look at the panhandle, what you're looking at is a a very conservative, 10 minutes from alabama, georgia's just to the north of us, but it's a very conservative voter, half have military roots and a very religious voter. >> those in pensacola in the panhandle of florida may place greater faith in the republican party. >> who will win one of the u.s.'s most diverse states is never entirely predictable. >> thousands of brazilians are taking part in protests against the president rousseff, calling for her to be impeached. they say she used state banks to plug holes in the state budget. she's been implicate in a massive corruption case involving the state run oil giant. >>> thousands attended rival rallies in the venezuelan capital. anti governm