neshantae davis and her toddler were shot in florida washington. tonight, daron boswell-johnson is charged with murder. he was ruled the father via paternity test last fall. he was ordered to pay $600 per month in child support in december. leon: campaign news and new battlelines being drawn, ted cruz won tuesday's contest in iowa. trump says that cruz stole the caucuses, sending out a releasing that dr. ben carson was quitting and voter should choose him instead. cruz has apologizedhis campaign. trump is asking for a new set of caucuses or for monday night's results to be nullified. also tonight, former pennsylvania senator rick santorum ended his campaign for the white house. tonight he endorsed marco rubio. santorum is the third person to drop out tonight. alison: on the other side, hillary clinton barely edged bernie sanders in the iowa caucuses. now the focus is on new hampshire. both candidates spoke to voters in a town hall on cnn tonight to discuss national security and the economy. the new hampshire primary is tuesday. stay with abc seven

right now that statue represents the state of florida washington, d.c. three recommendations will be made as replacements. the statue has been there since 1922. >>> this may be a first, a van crashed into a plane today. >> yeah. this is different. >> yeah. >> passengers headed to tampa from boston were delayed because of the crash. a worker at logan international airport in boston had gotten out of the service van thinking it was in park but it wasn't. the van started rolling toward the jet blue plane. the worker tried to hop back in but fell and got hurt. >> a big bang and a jolt. the van lifted it up and came back down. >> no one was injured. jet blue quickly put them on a different flight and they were delayed only an hour. >>> today was so nice. >> now it's time to cool things back down. >> that's how it works, huh? >> yeah. we have a cold front coming in. are trudging northward. aka eastbound there. winds out of the west. that warmed us to a fantastic 76 degrees after a low of 40 this morning. and that west breeze keeping us warm along the beaches a

cases have turned up in florida , virginia, washington dc as well as texas and california. >>> a rare and credible view of lightning from space. if you are not watching tv take a look, british astronauts the footage shows a series of lightning bolt striking earth with a view that is truly out of this world. >> beautiful to look at. >>> heat is nothing new for southern california but it is winter, or it was, the region in february. temperatures have topped out at 90 degrees in some areas and that's over 20 degrees higher than where they should be for this time of year. i can go for temperatures in the 90s, instead we will stay in the 40s. i won't do the math on how much warmer that is that our temperatures because i don't want to think of it. 38 at noon, 40 2:00 pm, 41 afternoon high. we'll drop into the mid-30s by 6:00 pm, back to 30. quickly below freezing by 8:00 pm. miles per hour and they haven't strengthen that much yet . they will going into the afternoon. look at this. a live picture right now from sean university, not a cloud in sight. temperatures, 34 to 11, 34 henderson and

florida. the washington nationals held the first full squad workout yesterday. the reigning national league mvp bryce harper under new manager and dusty baker. expectations are high. the first week has been a feeling out process for dusty and the players as they get to know one another. sometimes you still don't know. a lot of times, especially in the first year serve on their big behavior. they made an effort, really made an effort to know. >> it would be a good place to be today. >> it would be. my whole family is in florida right now. >> what are you doing here? >> they're rubbing it in. gee. >> thanks for hanging out with us. >> on wall street, the dow jones climbs. s&p up 22. >> a cup actual adjustment to the school schedule tomorrow and it's unusual in the in fact appomattox is going to shut down because there's not a lot of power in the county and it would be safer. winter thing, opening two hours late because of blowing snow out there. kind of all over the board as to why schools are adjusting schedules tomorrow. i promise you the second half of the week

virus have been link today returning travelers across the country, cases have turned up in florida, virginia, washington dc, texas as well as california. so, pretty scary stuff for sure. >> yeah, still scary for sure. >> if you are inside and tatae a peak outside your window, it is but it is chilly. >> it is but the wacky weather got even crazier along the outer banks. strong winds, water wiped out dunes sending water pouring into the road, near boston. all of this was part of a powerful nor'easter. these are high tide near the lighthouse, shut down part of the main road, from the ferry to the islands. so, certainly some not so pretty news out there toward the outer banks. we all know when they get a dangerous rip current they see that flooding return, especially to the area. so, 42 right now, this is a live picture from the durham international airport. it is rather cloudy as we start off the morning as we head into the afternoon. i am calling partly to mostly cloudy skies, temperatures right now, right around 42- degree, we all know that's colder than where we were yesterday, but get used to it. that'

lawmakers are still discussing who would replace the statue of our confederate leader in florida and washington, dc. a state representative from miami proposed a bill that would remove the statue of edmund kirby smith but it did not recommend a replacement. from florida. others suggest walt disney, or former governor leroy collins >>> the battle over same-sex marriage in florida continues this week. the state senate is expected to discuss the controversial pastor protection act. if passed, pastors would be allowed to refuse performing marriages going against their beliefs. last year the us supreme court ruled same-sex couples have the right to marry. >>> also this week state senators are extracted to vote on a bill that would give terminally ill patient access to medical marijuana. there would be an expansion of a law known as the "right to try act" it allows terminally ill patients to use drugs not approved by the fda. >>> less time at the pump if you stop at a gas station before heading to work this morning, gastric prices are dropping across the country in orlando the price of a gallon of re

jobs for florida. washington paused to reflect on the life and work of supreme court justice antonin scalia. some 3,000 people attended his funeral including vice president biden. ten of the 11 living supreme court justices. among the mourners scalia's wife of 55 years, maureen and their nine children and dozen grandchildren. his son, paul, a catholic priest led the services. justice scalia was 79 years old. until next week for "face the nation," i'm john dickerson. >> here's what's coming up on "retirement talk" with sandy morris. >> today we're going to talk about building your financial house. and building your financial house is very much like building your own house. >> and last week we talked about cost and risk, this week we're going to talk about social security. and this is a totally hot topic right now. and david writes, "i don't understand why the government is forcing me to take money out of my ira when i don't need it." >> david, thank you for your question.

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florida. today he was in washington, d.c. - >> actually, i was on the air -- right, i was actually on the air, and what we reported is that he was going down to florida, and then actually, we followed up with a statement from his campaign saying he was going down to florida because he needed a change of clothes. that might sound ridiculous, but that's what we reported. >> yeah, okay, well, i don't -- a change of clothes, i don't -- well, chris moody had also said r&r, which i took to mean rest and relaxation. we never disputed the cnn reporting -- >> we also reported that he was going to speak at the national prayer breakfast. >> right, and we -- right. so he went to the national prayer breakfast. the whole point is, in the political world, this is playoffs. this is it. nothing else. skipping the playoffs and expecting to go to the super bowl is just -- it doesn't make sense. so that -- so dr. carson made a strategic decision that he wanted to go to florida instead of new hampshire. that tells the people of new hampshire that

this has impacted 17 states including florida and washington dc. the vast majority of zika has spread through a mosquito which is primarily in the southern states. they have not been transmission yet by mosquitoes in the us but the cdc fears it is only a matter of time. >> we do think it is likely that we will have limited local transmission and some of the southern states. in the winter months we have a chance to try to get ahead of this. >> in hard-hit countries like peru, fumigation fumigation efforts are continuing. experts say wearing insect repellent is one way to ward off the cut. >>> china has reported its first case of tran4. they say man who recently traveled to venezuela contracted the virus. the country's family planning commission says they do not expect the virus to spread. >>> in health news a new report hospital. researchers at yale from patient to go to veterans a attack, of fill hostels for heart attack, heart failure, or pneumonia have lower death rates the compared to patients to go to non-va hospitals. the study also study also

republican congressman chris collins of new york saying he wants to shake up the status quo in washington. florida senator marco rubio who came in second place in nevada brushing off donald trump's victory. >> the republican nomination is decided by delegates. we need 1200. we are nowhere near that number. >> reporter: trump has won 81 delegates so far. marco rubio and ted cruz at 17 each. super tuesday is a big, big day. 595 delegates at stake this ted cruz hoping to carry his home state of texas on tuesday after finishing a disappointing third place in nevada. next republican debate is set for tomorrow night in houston. back to you. >> thank you very much. stay with us for continuing coverage of campaign 2016. on air and online at cbsmiami.com. >>> still ahead on cbs 4 news at 6:00, unlikely hero. a chihuahua is being called a lifesaver for what it did when its owner's house caught fire. >>> today marks 20 sinces since the shoot down of the brothers aircraft. memorial was held today for the pilots. >> reporter: i'm jim berry life at the american airlines arena trying to cool off the golden state

florida. >>> in washington today the services will be at the capitol to brief lawmakers on the spreading zika virus threat. the obama administration is asking for $1.8 billion to fight the virus. warning that the risks will only increase as temperatures warm up. for most zika is a mild infection but for pregnant women could lead to a birth defect that causes babies to be born with ab normally small brains. >>> several people quart tynd after the ebola epidemic are suing the connecticut governor and state health officials. the plaintiffs claim they were in prison based on politics, not for legal or scientific reasons. it includes a western african family of six, a current yale. the lawsuit says the plaintiffs had no ebola systems, were illegally quarantined for weeks. the state's governor is the policy is to quarantine >>> the faa says there are more registered drone operators in the united states than registered maunds aircraft. last week it dropped 325 registered drone operators. there are 320 registered airplanes. faa officials launched a drone registration program just before christmas say

at 28 years old, she had degrees from aeronautical university in florida and from george washington university. she was a marine reservist. it's not the first time her family has faced tragedy. there are local reports her father took his own life after returning from military service in iraq. >> if somebody can pull the card down, i know he's got a long gun. we have some people who need assistance over here. things are. the police chief says. the whole incident unfolded before the community. >> it broke my heart. i didn't see his mom come out. i don't know what happened. he ran so fast. i can't imagine how scared he must have been. i just feel wad for him. >> police say they recovered a handgun and rifles from the scene. stay with news 4 and washington.com for continuing coverage. the suspected killer is scheduled to be in court tomorrow morning and we will be there for his appearance. >>> tomorrow will be a rough morning at walt whitman high school. there will be one less face in their high school. their friend, tommy. a principal looking for one of their ohm. tommy was a senior at walt whitm

pete williams, nbc news washington. >>> well, a war of words here in florida as 1 congressman tries to land a senate seat. and news channel 8 caught up with him. >>> congressman alan grayson is firing back at lawmakers. he is accusing them of smearing we caught up with the representative. he was fired up when it came to voter questions of a hedge fund and his money making money off of a company in africa that uses slave labor. >> i wanted to know what you men when you told potential investors that the best time to invest was when there is blood in the streets? >> i would like to know how you plan to be successful candidate with your financial baggage and i'm talking about the cayman island bank accounts and $17 million you lost in a scheme. >> reporter: the congressman, and patrick murphy are running for senate. >> there is a smear complain against me. false witness against me are getting the one-finger salute. >> that is against reed. representative patrick murphy called on grayson to donate money that his family profited off investments from a company in africa that supports slave la

. >>> florida congresswomen washington pushing for legislation to protect customers from hotel bookings games. experts say 15 million hotel reservations were made on ache websites last year. the proposal will force websites not affiliated with hotels to disclose information. customers will know if they are in a legitimate website or a third-party booking site. >>> the man accused of talking and alligator through a window is trying to explain himself. >> i'm sorry for what i did. >> the reason behind what he's >> the old alligator in the dry through trick. >>> what to expect where you live county by county. >>> a mother moved to orlando for a better life for the past few weeks the only home she and her baby have known are shelters, hotels and her chris christie has suspended his race for the gop nomination. not a surprise. it became official more on that coming up on eyewitness news tonight at five . >>> wall street stocks mixed, shares of media companies like disney and time warner dropped. nasdaq up nearly 15 points. s&p 500, less than onepoint drop. >>> a scenario hard to imagine. hom

. >>> it appears florida governor eye on washington, telling news outlets today he has no interest in being a possible pick for vice president. speculation connected the trump running mate. mind just yet. one candidate is picking up and state. representative allen grayson saying today he's throwing his support behind senator bernie sanders. this support can be seen as a win for sanders because grayson is a super delegate, meaning he can vote for sanders at a democratic convention even if he doesn't win the florida primary. you can start making picks right now, early voting underway in hillsborough, polk and desoto counties. more than 2200 votes have been for a list of dates and times, head to our home page. >>> a warning tonight, fish and wildlife officials asking you to leave cell phones in your pockets. you have heard how lights at night can throw off young turtles trying to find the ocean. experts are saying flashes from phone cameras can do the same thing, and can scare adult turtles back in the water before they lay any eggs. >>> new numbers show the 2016 python challenge was a s

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florida. "the washington post" detailing marco rubio's time spent as a representative in the statehouse and how his attendance directly related to that is now in question. julia, i think not such good publicity in terms of marco rubio rubio. >> definitely not. these developments appear to show a pattern the senator has repeated in washington. then state representative marco rubio landed a spot on a coveted 9/91 panel. then he skipped hours of expert testimony, missed more meetings than any colleagues and did not show up for m me than 20 votes. his number of no-shows drew concern fm the speaker of the house who gave him the job. later on in washington, senator rubio has missed more votes there than any of his colleagues. that is certainly something we will be watching to see how the senator responds to that on the campaign trail. ba to you, eric. >> julia, thank you so much. a new bill could have elementary school kids back out on the playground. the bill requires at least 20 minutes of recess a day, and it pass phd the florida house late last night. only two people actually voted against it. th

florida surgeon general was in washington today to talk about the growing crisis. we're going to statements and we will have that for you plus when a vaccine might be available coming up in about 15 minutes. >>> new information from police is telling a bizarre tale about the seminole county mother who is now accused of killing her adult son. >> police it virginia arteaga seemed frail and in handcuffs killed her son monday and left his body in a shower without alerting and why. jeff deal was there today when she faced a judge for the first time. you also learned why she claimed to have wanted to kill her son. >> reporter: it is a sad case based on what we have read in this report. we just got it today. it seems as though she was doing him a favor. she says she was depressed and she says she will like her son was depressed and do something happened to her, she did not alone. gaunt, frail virginia arteaga stood before a judge in the 59-year-old accused of shooting her own son, 29-year- old blake hour to death inside the home in a gated altamonte springs community. >>

rounding out the top five, miami florida, knoxville, orlando, vancouver, washington and i'll throw in number six you know what number six s. cincinnati, ohio. >> okay. >> passion run amok. >> that's right. >> i was born into it. >> all right. >> let's talk a little weather now. everyone will be talking about it this morning. it's definitely wet out there, right, gary. >> icy want to show you there's snow, too, we're going to have a lot of wet roadways no doubt about it and there's going to be snow fwhuvrts places lawsuit the morning hours and even this afternoon as well. and one of the snow bursts is basically stretching out along 270 for parts of central and northern sections of montgomery country there. so that red is in there snow around it and mix around it too and heaviest of the snow. so you know if you're in great falls you're getting snow flying there and darns town across the river in darns town and gaithersburg on the edge of boyd and germantown and clark clarksburg towards de mask us. this is all moving up north into the northeast. pretty slowly. it doesn't matter but it's

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the endorsement is seen as a blow to former florida governor jeb bush. the "washington post" reports his brother george w. bush met with haley monday. and donald trump is leading the polls ahead of saturday's primary. >>> we have more mild temperatures and sunshine. >> and it's not over yet but enjoy it before it changes. here is chief meterologist, eric thomas. >> we hit 58 after yesterday's 59. we are on a roll right now. how long can we keep it going? you will like the answer. let's get you out the door. do you have plans? unsettled weather to the north cloudy skies and the hd towercam queen city looking good and feeling ok. 52 and winds out of the northwest at 6-miles-per-hour. 43 at 9:00 p.m. and 40 through 11:00 p.m. coming up, changes after the weekend. you might not like them part of your first alert forecast. >> thank you. a charlotte man accused of making child pornography facing a federal indictment. a grand jury handed down the indictment. john faust arrested in 2014. he made the videos in mecklenberg county. and in other locations around the state. police s

state lawmakers are now trying to decide who might replace a confederate general from florida at a statute in washington dc. last year a state representative from miami proposed a bill to take down the statue of confederate general edmund kirby smith. there were no recommendations for his replacement. some are suggesting the famous woman from florida like [ indiscernible ] hurston. other are proposing walt disney or former governor leroy >>> experts in your morning there has to be a way. divide by 3.14 something something something... [ beeping, whirring ] great caesar salad! and now the name your price tool to help fit their budget. yeah! people really do save an average of over $500 when they switch. about you inventing it. i invented the story, what really matters? >>> we are less than an hour away from the start of the daytona 500. this is the first time the major race is being held in the newly renovated speedway. it is also the first time the race has been sold out since 2008. joe is live at the daytona international speedway. we might see something we have never seen before today. >> reporter: th

. >> florida lawmakers are pushing for a change in washington. they want u.s. senators and representatives to have term limits. the florida senate passed legislation calling to add term limits to members of congress. right now, members can serve for long as they are elected. 34 states must make a similar call to action before this process can move forward. >> we have the perfect valentine's day story for you. >> i heard this yesterday and it almost made me crime. a 93-year-old world war ii veteran finally reunited with his wartime girlfriend. after dating and losing touch, skype helped bring the 93-year-old norwood thomas and joyce morris back together. they used skype. when their story went viral, hundreds of donations poured in to help the two meet face to face for the first time in 70 years. they met in london before d day, that was the first meeting. he moved to the u.s. and she moved to australia but their >> find somebody who loves you and you love them, it would rather special, wouldn't it? >> morewood and his son will be in australia for two weeks. no wo

lawmakers are also set the vote on placing the statue of confederate leader from florida which now stands in washington dc. last year, state representative from miami proposed a bill that would remove the statue of edmund kirby smith. under the bill, committee would recommend three prominent floridians as potential replacements for smith. the legislature would then pick one. the statue would be placed in the hall.>>> virginia police say three confirmed dead from this -- storms, bringing the death toll to six.>> we have had two in louisiana, one and mississippi, three tornadoes in florida. let me show you the positive side of this storm. we are behind the main thrust of the storms, giving us a pretty nice 77 and daytona. storms are still wreaking havoc to the north. more on that coming up. we're in the 60s behind the front. behind the front in orlando. we're dropping steadily tonight. wind gusts over 47, spruce creek had very gusty winds, not associated with the storms, just a windy day. a lot of energy. that windblown around is just mother nature's pressure difference. that wind energy being released.

washington will host the florida panthers tomorrow at the verizon center.y will be without alex over ove. he decided not to participate in the all-star festivities which means he must sit out tomorrow's game. >> it's a league rule. you know, we can do nothing about it. we said we will do it. we will not play tomorrow's game. >> i get why they put that sanction in there. at the same time, guys are banged up. that is why we support the all-star break. get the time to rest. erin: college hoops and the maryland women are fifth in the a.p. poll. a lot of their success has to do with the head coach. brenda freeze. >> you're wired so the minute the ball goes up with the tip, the minute the ball goes up indiana is uncomfortable. they are not welcome today in our house. any other time you can be friends or do whatever. erin: that was her pre-game speech. i had an awesome opportunity to go behind the scenes to watch coach freeze. she is so inspirational. that was right before the terps beat indiana on saturday. you can see the full version of brenda's speech on wjla.

washington, d.c. down to tampa, florida, today. so there's a large coverage on the east coast.s worse late this south of richmond. that's where we have a moderate risk of severe storms. eastern north carolina and southeasre's the timing on this. at noon, storms are exiting the charlotte area, exiting columbia. they'll probably peak in intensity near raleigh right around 4:00 p.m. andll be looking at the strongest of storms right around 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. that's going to be the danger time when we have the chance of any strong tornadoes. that's your national weather.look at your day ahead. besides the severe weather very strong gusty winds behind our storm system so be prepared for that today as you're driving around. as far as the snow goes with this storm system, look out enough to shovel. when we get back a little later i'll break down the snow forecast for the storm, too. looking at a snow day tomorrow. >> the "s" word once again. all right, bill. >>> erin andrews' $75 millionsuit trial gets under way. some scary moments after a

washington. >>> well, a florida couple finally coming forward with their winning ticket from january's $1.6 billion powerball jackpot. maureen smith and david smith making them about $327 million richer. the couple says they have a few plans for the money but didn't want to share too many details. >> of course we're gonna take care of family and we have a lot to think about. it's very stressful. it's new. and we really don't know. we have to think about it. >> we were on the plane here and couldn't believe it. this is really real. you know, it's just so overwhelming. >> two other winning tickets were sold in tennessee and california. the winner of california still has not publically come forward. >>> eagles of death metal taking the stage in paris three months after the terrorist attacks. the band and audience observe the 89 seconds of silence to remember the 89 victims during the november 13th attacks. islamic extremists opened fire as part of a series of attacks throughout the city back in november. isis claimed responsibility of the attacks that claimed the lives of 130 people. lose his temper d

in washington, george collie, >> 7 florida residents are among the 30 held. >>> clermont police are still searching for the suspect who shot and killed a man in the publix store. they are looking for the car belonging to the victim andrew jones, a white car detectives believe the suspects used that car to get away. >>> we're on top of breaking news for eyewitness news at 6:00. >> this car crashed into a home narrowly missing the family what happened when we questioned the suspect. >> we're still pushing for answers in the deadly shooting at an orlando nightclub. what agents said when we asked if it was tied to drugs. >> the problems with fatigue (donkey sound) (elephant sound) there's a big difference between making noise, (tapping sound) and making sense. (elephant sound) (donkey sound) when it comes to social security, lip service. our next president needs a real plan to keep social security strong. (elephant noise) hey candidates. enough talk. >>> three days after two people were shot and killed inside an orlando nightclub police still aren't saying what caused the chaos. but tonight t

his message remains the same, that he' s got the experience and will reign in washington' s spending like he did in florida. jeb bush: don' t you want veto corleone to go to washington dc to bring budget. adrian: for marco rubio just two points ahead of bush and trying to gain steam. >> i will never get the country against itself. adrian: but telling people to watch out for others who may try to pull a fast one on primary voters and leave the country in the same shape it is now. >> i won' t be a president like the current one that asks one group of americans to be mad at another group so i can win an election. adrian: and in this state the few democrats, who won' t make their decision until next week know the importance of the gop primary and what it means for delegates going forward. >> the presidential primary is really republican as far as influencing the national adrian: that is because tomorrow' s winner automatically gets 29 of the south carolina delegates and will likely get most of the remaining 21 delegates to the convention. there is also a safe bet that if candidates don' t do well here tomorrow

we need veto corleone to go to washington, d.c., to bring budget discipline. in floridad eight balance budgets. when i ended, we had $9 billion in surplus. we need that kind of approach, a balanced budget amendment, and making sure we moved toward a balanced budget in washington, d.c., for our children and grandchildren. i know how to do it. in florida we eliminated lifetime career civil service protection. the great workers that work in government do not need. the ones that need it are the ones that should not be there. florida we reduced the government workforce by 11%, but we led the nation seven out of eight years in job growth, 1.3 million jobs created during my 10. do you not want that for washington, d.c., as well? [applause] in the first place and take that skill is the department of veterans affairs. you have seen the atrocious waiting list of veterans coming home do not get care. last year the department came up with an idea, we will give out bonuses, $142 million of bonuses that went out to reduce the waiting list, which sounded like a worthy objective. vets d

were infected overseas, but now there is concern that those patients could infect florida mosquitoes. 12 states and washington, d.c., all infected overseas except for one sexually transmitted case in dallas. now, all week this week our dr. jon lapook has been covering zika at the place that the outbreak is at its worst, in brazil. jon, you've been working on why florida is taking this action. what have you learned? >> reporter: scott, i think it's an attempt to stay ahead of the problem by lowering the odds local mosquitoes population in florida. so far there's no evidence that those mosquitoes have the zika virus, but here's how it could happen: a person gets infected with zika virus in brazil, comes up to the united states, flies into florida. now, it stays in the bloodstream for a week or maybe longer, so a local mosquito in florida bites that infected person, picks up the virus, turns around and bites an uninfected person. now you have local spread of zika virus, something they definitely don't want. >> pelley: jon, nobody has this than the brazilians. what are they doing there that we might see here late

meanwhile florida's top health official will head to washington tomorrow to let lawmakers know exactly how our state is responding to the we found out yesterday two more cases were confirmed in florida. >>> happening today -- a major development concerning the pentagon possibly closing its detention center in guantanamo bay, cuba. pentagon officials will pitch a controversial plan to congress to close the facility and transfer dangerous detainees from guantanamo bay to a facility in the united states. it calls for up to $475 million in construction costs. count on us to let you know if that plan advances. >>> a sexting epidemic, how school administrators in highlands county are describing what has become an out of control problem at a local middle school there. we're hearing 20 girls at lake placid middle school sent nude pictures and videos to boys there. abc action news unreporter rodney dunigan brings us up to speed. were parents shocked to hear so many kids were involved? >> reporter: they were. and with good reason. this is a pretty serious situation. the local sheriff's office is

in washington, i' m aixa diaz. adrian: florida' s primary is just a few weeks away. florida is a closed primary state meaning that only registered republicans and democrats can vote in the presidential primary election. we have breaking news not far from washington dc. free police officers came under fire during a domestic because, and one of them has since died areas officers went to a walk -- home in prince william county. the suspect shot at them. we are told the suspect is in custody right now and is nbc news, as well as twitter or a tweet from the prince william county police apartment is saying a rookie female officer not even 24 hours on the job is the one who died. back here in central florida investigators are looking into , what sparked a fire in a home, where a man was found dead. and you can see there' s hardly , anything left of the small home on southeast 155th place in marion county. firefighters tell us neighbors called 911 this morning when they saw flames. only one man, who was in his 50' s, was the only one inside the home. he was found dead. inves

washington politicians. lesley? ahead today.. florida senator marco rubio is set to hold a rally ahead of tuesday. it starts tonight at 7:30 at texas station. from there- rubio will take his campaign to elko, reno and minden for events tomorrow. now that florida governor jeb bush has dropped out of the race-- nevada senator dean heller says he's endorsing marco rubio. heller said he's become convinced that rubio can unite conservatives and beat the democrats in the general heller will be joining rubio as he campaigns ahead of tuesday's republican frontrunner donald trump will also be in town ahead of the republican caucus. he will be holding a rally at the south point arena tomorrow night at 7 p-m but not everyone is pleased with his campaign message. military veterans will be out in protest-- flying banners that read - "vets to trump: stop hate speech against muslims." this is video from from friday in south carolina during one of his speeches. those veterans were removed from the rally. some sad news to pass along tonight. state senator debbie smith-- has died... a year after doctors started tre

washington state hates selfies, in florida we cannot stand those food pictures apparently. started in san francisco ahead of super bowl 50. fans and tourists gathering in the super bowl city. >> and there are the commercials, a lot of them have to do with food. >> of course we're getting a sneak peek at a few commercials including one for heinz ketchup that as you can see has really gone to the dogs. i can't live living without you >> it's called "meet the ketchups," 30-second version of the ad will run during the third quarter of the super bowl. >>> coming up, a day care director in florida locked up after police get troubling cell phone video. >>> at 9:30 -- the first contest in the long road to the 2016 election is in the books. a clear winner emerges for the gop but it's a little murky for the democrats. we have the latest from iowa straight ahead. >> two teams slip out of corrections facility in tampa -- teens, unnoticed. the search intensifies. >> brand new technology protecting your child from cyberbullying. what parents can do to make sure kids never receive a negative message

washington -- in florida will now come with demand-based pricing. resorts charge three different prices depending on the time of year. a value one-day pass to disneyland monday through thursday dropped to $95. a regular pass for most weekends and summer weeks, rises to $105. the price goes up to $112 on spring break, most of december and july weekend. disney is abc 11's parent company. joel: thank you for staying up with us. it is 12:25 a.m. it is said right way nice. heather: the leap year is finally here. liz: first day of march is tomorrow. we are very excited about that. it looks at the beginning of march and the end of february going to be a great day. wednesday and friday are going to be active days. i understand that this is thursday and friday but that is because we are after midnight. we have a bit of a mixup. let's get to the satellite and radar. the way it should be. a few clouds back to the west across portions of tennessee and kentucky. not impacting us, but if you take a look at the satellite loop from quite a few hours ago, you can se

washington. >>> reviewed florida students will begin taking the controversial fsa tests with what is being done to keep glitches that happened last year from happening again. a new experience disney will soon offer to star wars fans. >>> severe storms are in the forecast for wednesday. looking at it, (elephant sound) there's a big difference between making noise, (tapping sound) and making sense. (elephant sound) (donkey sound) when it comes to social security, we need more than lip service. our next president needs a real plan to keep social security strong. (elephant noise) hey candidates. enough talk. the uber drivers used in the fatal shooting spree in michigan is set to face a judge today. investigators will not say what set him off but we are hearing from the passengers he picked up between shootings. of the liz -- elizabeth hur has the latest. >> reporter: six people are dead. two others injured, one suspect in custody but so far, no motive. >> shots fired. one suspect now. >> reporter: according to police mayhem started before 6:00 saturday evening and residential complex period woman w

we need a person who says in south florida exactly what they say in washington. not some guy who says one thing here and anoer one in washington. not one guy who goes up there and votes with the suicide caucus and then comes down hee and plays a moderate. a guy that stands up on gun -- on gun control in a sensible fashion. neighborhoods of richmond heights and gould for gun violence. mr. cubello goes to the meetings but votes with the nra in washington. that's why theny endorse him. suddenly he believes in a woman's right to choose. and yet he ved to close down the government to make sure that poor women didn't have a right to choose. that's unacceptable. listen, we'red running because it is glorious to be a south floridian, wonderful to stand up and say i represent south florida and congress and it was the greatest honor of my life and hopefully with a little bit of luck, the people of south florida give me that opportunity again. >> good luck to you, joe. always great to have you. >> great to be here. >> thanks. >>> still to come, our lighter look, breaking dow

washington. >>> some voters in south florida can already cast their balllls. early voting started this morning, goes through march 13th. we caught up with a few of the voters who made their way to the polls today. they are participating in early voting because they don't want to wait in line. it will run until march 13th. >>> toorrow night, three candidates will watch the super tuesday outcome in florida. trump will be in palm beach gardens, hillary clinton will be (music playing) i feel pretty (west side story) not every cake can be handcrafted in store by skikied decorators layered with fresh berries and frosted to perfection like ourublix bakery chantilly cake it'll be remembered for all the right reasons. publix. > nbc 6 cameras in a broward county courtroom this midday where a woman accused of kidnapping a two-month-old, you are looking at her on the right-hand side was standing before a judge officer the first time. that baby snatched from her home late saturday nightt gunpoint. erika glover is near ft. lauderdale with what we know about this case so far

right now...vets say the h-3-n-2 virus is in 28 states....from washington to florida... vets say if your dog stays at home all the time....this shouldn't be a big deal. but if your dog is a social butterfly...then it's time to take action....and get a flu shot. we're trying to prevent against those diseases we see in the social environment dogs in our boarding facilities, daycare facilities, dog parks, places where there's going to be congregations of dogs coming together here are some other ways to protect your pet from catching the dog flu. wash your hands after touching other dogs, so your pets can't catch it. disinfect hard surfaces, because dog flu can survive for up to 48 hours on bowls, counters and change your clothes if you ever have any interaction with dogs who are infected. a rough night for passengers onboard the worlds largest cruise ship mp headed florida. a storm rocked 'anthem of the seas' hours....with 100 mile an hour winds...and 30 foot waves. royal caribbean says despite some damage to public areas and guest rooms ... the ship was safe to continue. n

washington. >>> and florida senator marco rubio held a town hall with voters in rock hill, south carolina. he said as president he would look out for minority communities by advocating for school choice and promoting criminal justice reforms. >> and ohio governor john kasich took his campaign to the rust belt this morning. he spoke to college students in allendale, michigan. kasich finished second in the primary behind donald trump. the fbi's investigating after someone dropped off a rental car with a bomb attached. avis rental car employees and the explosive device while checking in cars at the albuquerque, new mexico, airport. police tell us the car was dropped there and travelers trying to pick up cars were delayed for hours yesterday as the bomb squad disabled that device. no flights were delayed. >> four people are hurt in this fire in brooklyn. flames tore through three buildings before 10:30 last night. the fire department tweeted three hours later that they finally had it under control, and they work to put out the flames and one of the victims is listed in serious condition. >>> i

washington. michelle: florida is finding a hospital that forcibly removed a woman moments before she died. >> get off me. i can' t breathe. michelle: this is -- can -- d ashcam video. barbara dawson was refused -- was pushed out of the hospital. she got her blood clot in her lungs. a florida health care eight c has ordered the hospital to pay a $45,000 fine. take a look at his new video of a chase involving two man wanted in connection with several robberies. deputies say chose nathaniel woods and john powell leading them on a chase february 2. investigators say the two allegedly tackled with a uber driver and robbed him. moments later, deputies say they robbed a taurus. jason: two lapd officers are on the other side of the law overcharges they sexually assaulted multiple women while they were on duty. they say officers assaulted for women in all. the abuse began in december 2008 and lasted for nearly three years. an attorney for one of the victim said she is now living in a state of here. >> it is something that i think she will have to live with the rest of her life. jason: both officers face u

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