they're going head to head in the last debate before the florida primary. >> jawan strader begins our live team coverage from miami-dade college's kendall camams. >> reporter: the atmosphere is pretty electric. i spoke to one student who talked about being somewhat undecided, but leaning a little bit towards one candidate. he was talking about why the cost of education is so important. many of the students have pretty much the same thing also. there's a lot of security. security is tight here on miami-dade college kendall campus here. the candidates tonight are likely to debate i iigration and campaign strategy as they try to sway voters in our swing state. for more on that, let's check in with jay gray. he is also on campus with more on that. >> reporter: you're absolutely right. look, this entire area, the coast bracing for what will be a political storm`no doubt. you've got the democrats tonight here. the republicans tomorrow. rallies and stump speeches through next tuesday's primary. the focus of the presidential campaign now shifts to florida with both parties and all six candida

. >> jackie nespral and jawan strader have been following the presidenduring the trip in cuba. >> they join us live from havana with the latest. guys? >> adam and tripa, good evening once again. history was made. >> the good news is, it's not raining. and it's not cold. fifially some good weather for president obama as he departed on this historic trip here in havana, cuba. i've good otto say, eventhough the president has left, the president has made his mark. >> jay gray joins us now with more. >> we were together for the pal visit back then. that was historic in itself. but no pun intended, this is a whole different ball game. it's amazing to get the feel you get op the streets of the we never thought we would see this in our lifetime. and especially a president addressing us on our own national television here. so amazing to see as you've taled about throughout the day. the president has left cuba at this point. departing just a little later than he thought he would, just after 4:00. that's because he got a bit of a surprise at the airport. there w w a lot of talk about cuban presid

for jackie nespral, i'm jawan trade strader. we are live in havana, cuba. >> thank you for your coverage. >> our coverage from cuba will continue the next half hour as well. jawan is going to show us a side of cuba that president obama will likely not see during this visit in our 6:00 newscast. laura rodriguez will have more on raul castro's controversial comments concerning political prisoners following his sit-down today with the president. u can get in depth analysis and tweets in havana cuba on nbc >>> i'm ari odzer live in downtown miami. the allegations are that that county employee raped a young woman as she left the ultra music festival last night at this metromover platform last niht. >>> a family of a teen is asking for your help. the special circumstances surrounding this search still ahead. >>> an apple announcement. we'll show you what's in store for the next generation of iphones and tablets. >>> a cool change here in south florida. some high clouds behind me here on the live shot of the big story of the day and >>>

jackie nespral and jawan strader are in the island nation. >> reporter: we are in havana, thth is our second day here, for the historic presidential visit, the first time in 90 years a sitting american presidentas visited the island. he will be here with his wife, daughters, and mother-in-law. >> reporter: we're starting to see a whole lot, this is my first time visiting the island, and off to my right over here, a beautiful sight and a plate for love birds. >> reporter: it is a place for love birds and also a place for groups to come and hang ou to gi you a little perspective, this is the@ site of the sinking of the main. if you look above jawan's shoulder, you'll see the national hotel. that is iconic, one of the oldest hotels in cuba. >> reporter: getting back to the president's visit, though, jackie, the president is expected to land on the island and hit the ground running. president obama will arrive here first at cuba's national cathedral in old havana, where he'll meet with cardinal ortega, who played a crucial role in normalizing relations between america and cuba. many remem

good evening, i'm jawan strader. >> and i'm jackie nespral. while the information has been limited, w do know one person is under arrest and federal authorities are searching a home in opa-locka. that's where we find laura rodriguez. she joins us live from opa-locka with the latest on the investigation. laura? >> reporter: jackie, jawan, federal agents have been here at the 1200 block of sherar avenue for several hours now. although one of the gold bars was recovered last year, this man is the first to be arrested in connection with this case. the fbi is one step closer to solving a gold heist. officials say 46-year-old alberto perez was arrested this morning for his alleged involvement in the robberyf a tractor-trailer carrying precious metals in north carolina. perez is a good man and a hard working truck driver. >> if all this were true, i couldn't see how he could be living here owning the type of vehicle he owns. >> reporter: occupants of a semi pulled over on i-95 last year. after stopping, two armed men approach approached, announced th

jawan strader nbc 6 news. >>> and one of president obama's biggest critics weieiing in on the trip. marco rubio picking apart the visit which reads in part this is an obama presididntial trip whose ultimate results will be giving away lengt maes and money to an anti-american regime. that actively undermines our national security interests and ts against our values every single day. the senator goes on to criticize every stop the president is schedule to make in cuba. rubio calls the trip, quote, naive anan misguided. just before president obama warning of the risk of the zika rus in that country. the obama administration says the virususasn't been a factor in his travel plans and is not expected to be in the future. the cdc just added cuba to its travel notice for zika. zika is spreadadhrough bites from a specififimosquito and it believed to carry particular risk forrbirth defects. the cdc advises egnant women not to travel to places with zika. jawan and jackie continue their coverage from cuba today beginning at 6:00 p.m. we will be live streaming coverage of thepresident's trip to

for jackie nespral, i'm jawan strader. more on "nightly" with lester hot. >> we say good night and we'll see you tonight at 11:00 on nbc 6. >>> breaking news tonight. history in cuba. the american and cube ne president side by side. an angry raul castro challenged over human rights raising president obama's arm in an awkward embrace. republans as hillary clinton and elizabeth warren go on the attack agast him. >>> airport bust. 60 pounds of cocaine found hidden in carry-ones after a woman ran from screeners. you won't believe who investigators are looking for. >>> hitting back. serena williams leading the charge against a powerful tennis executive who said women players should get on their knees and thank the men. >>> and getting money. even with bad credit or debt piling up, how people are getting the loans they need at rates they can actually afford. "nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" withthester holt reporting tonight from havana. >>> good evening. it has been a day rich in histori

our team headed up by jackie nespral and jawan strader. coverage live from cuba tomorrow >>> daesh is genocidal by self-proclamation and actions in what it says and what it does. it comes after calls from congress to label isis acts under that name. the secretary of state says part of our response must be to destroy isis by force. >>> two days after dropping out of the presidential race, senator marco rubio is back on capitol hill. the former presidential candidate reflected on his failed campaign and says he believes the republican party will be fractured if donald trump wins the nomination. >> i don't believe donald trump will ever be able to do that. that's my opinion. >> rubio ruled out being a vice presidential candidate in the future. life once his senate term ends. >>> a fiery hearing into the led lead-tainted water in flint, michigan. >> this the latest in a series of hearings on the flint water crisis and part of the ongoing effort to find out what went so terribly wrong. >> brian moore has the story. >> reporter: on capitol hil,

good evening, i'm jawan strader. >> and i'm trina robinson in for jackie tonight. dan krauth broke the story earlier this morning. he joins us live from northwest miami-dade with the details on dan? >> reporter: it is pretty horrible, trina. these two guys posed as being good samaritans, posed as being nice guys wanting to help out women and the elderly fix their tires. it turns out the entire@time they were preying on their victims at bank parking lots like this one. detectives say this not so dynamic duo picked the wrong victim at the wrong time. on friday night they watched a bank of america in doral. while she was taking out the cash, take a look. they punctured her tire in hopes of coming to her rescue. we spoke with the woman who did not want her face shown out of fear. >> i know we're living in times where it is kind of despete for money, but you also have family. how uld you like someone to hurt your family in any way? >> reporter what did they didn't know is undercover detectives were in the area and saw it go down and intervened. >> the police officer ask

jawan strader and jackie nespr have been following the president's trip all week long. >> the final day on the island, jawan and jackie? >> reporter: good evening, trina and adam. from havana, cuba, once again, it was a very busy day for president barack obama. >> jawan, another busy day for the president on this last day of this historic trip to cuba. but earlier this morning, all eyey were on their television sets, looking at president obama and what he would say directly and he started by reciteding a poem by jose marte, to cultivate a white rose. it is a message of peace. >> jackie, this is what many people were looking forward to. they were looking forward to hearing what the presidentad to say to the cuban people. it gave many people here on the island hope. many of them were very optimistic. >> havana is only 90 milesrom florida. but to get here, we had to travel a great distance. over barriers of history, and ideology, barriers of pain and separation. >> reporter: the president made a plea to the young people of cuba to make change. >> i have come here to bury the last remnant o

. >> reporter: and i'm jawan strader live at miami-dade college's kendall campus. you're talking about the eighth the security is tight as many get ready for the big deba tonight. we have a team of reporters covering both the democratic debate as ll as senator marco rubio. we begin with steve litz who is live with a preview of tonight's big debate. steve? >> reporter: we are well into this primary process, and as we have been reporting, secretary clinton enjoys a comfortable ad. it is forums like this, jawan, that can move the needle in the direction of one candidate or another. hillary clinton, it appears is well on her way to the nomination when it comes to the delegate count. senator sanders is hoping to turn that tide tonight. miami-dade college's k kdall campus, the setting for the hillary clinton/bernie sanders debate tonight. jennifer carol is already looking toward clinton running in the general election. >> that's why she has to play her cards so well, to not really

. >> i'm jawan strader in for adam tonight. a 6-year-old was cutaught in the crossfire earlier this month and killed by the shooting. >> reporter: these protesters have taken it from the sidetalk to the street because they want to make sure drivers get the message and hear them. it's not exactly the safest working. >> save our kings and eens. >> reporter: shouting for justice, pushing for peace, this group isn't waiting for another tragedy to get their message across that sometng needs to be done to stop the violence. >> our kids c't play outside anymore. every single day a child is dying. something has to give. something has to give. we're outraged now. >> reporter: in the crowd are family members of 6-year-old king carter. the child was shot to death outside of his apartment complex on february 20th as two gunman feuded. the crowd chose to rally on this corner along northwest 62nd street and 24th avenue where they say a man in his 30s was gunned down wednesday afternoon. case. >> i got a call he was on a dirt bike and somebod

. >> that's where we began with nbc 6 anchors jackie spral and jawan strader. >> hello there from a veryet and rainy havana. right behind me is the statue. we're in march 13th park. jawan, it's ironic that it was a beautiful day, sunny and hot here today. and right before air force one landed at jose marti international airport, it started to pour. >> how amazing is that? day three for us in havana, cuba. it's been nothing but beautiful weather. it was very hot earlier today. but now it is a wet one. president's arrival. here is look at air force one as the president entered jose marti international airport at around 4 critical condition 20, tweeting cuba. looking forward to hearing directly from the cuban people. its same airport where raul castro greeted pope francis during his trip last year. eight senators and 31 members of the house are traveling to cuba with the president. most are democrats, but a few republicans, including arizona senator jeff flake and south carolina representative mark sanford are also attending. >> kayque bola. >> the dissident movement has been around since the

. >> if you follow nbc 6 on facebook, you probablbl saw jackie nespral and jawan strader usingnghe facebook live feature talking about the trip to cuba. they have just arrived and look for their first reports coming up tonight from havana at 11:00. >>> south florida feeling a little bit more crowded these days as music lovers from around the electronic music biggest show in the country. >> reporter: and the party is already under way. for locals, that means a lot of traffic and maybe some headaches. but all thosese here in downtown miami right now say the fun is happening. >> and the fun is happening rain or shine. we can see a nice end to our friday. this is outside of our holiday everglades park. i'll have m me on yaur forecast >>> we'll meet one students >>> ultra music festival is officially under officially officially under way. taking selfies after making it inside. >> take a look at this. this is the scene t tre after the gates opened to the thousands of partiers, tens of thousands. this crowd is absolutely immense. you can expect much more of the same through the rest of the weekend

jackie nespral and jawan strader will report from the island nation this friday. you can find out the latest news about cuba and the warming relations at the cuban crossroads section. >>> g god news for some folks' wallets tonight. the federal reserve is keeping short-term interest rates unchanged, citing risk by global economic policy and financial turmoil. in their statement, fed policymakers expressed a slightly more optimistic view of the unemployment rate for the next few years. >>> we have some b baking news right now on i-95 northbound. that's where a car is on fire. this is near oakland park boulevard. >> you can see here it is causing absolute backup on i-95. if you know somebody who is headed in this direction, we urge you to gi them a call. there's a car on fire on i-95 and oakland park boulevard. >>> still ahead on 6, fogle fight? >> what is behind a brawl that broke out behind bars. >>> and under water rising floodwaters continueo threaten louisiana and texas. now they threaten another state. >>>t's been a fixture for more than a decade, but tay demol

. >> i'm jawan strader. sececity is out in full force, police on the streets, closing down many of the roads getting ready for the president's big trip here. >> and we've seen a lot of tourists here in old havana especially. ne thing that struck me yesterday when we arrived was to see a cruz ship docked at the havana harbor. we hadn't en that in previous trips. and carnival corporation is trying to vie and get into havana as well as airlines and other companies. but back to the cruise ne that was here. it's a british cruise line and we wanted to know what are the passengers doing when they get off here in old havana and how are they spending their money? this is what we found out. from walking tours, old cars, buses, and double-decker buses to horse drawn carriages, crudes d even segways. tourists seem to be flocking to cuba. daiquris in the bars to the new restaurants that are starting to open up in havana. business in the tourist areas like old havana is moving. >> translator: my typical clients until rece

. >> and i'm jawan strader. the florida highway patrol releasesethe footage today. they're saying it's a miracle no one was killed here. >> keith jones is joining us live from fhp headquarters wh more. >> reporter: everyone wants to know how the driver kaseem smith is doing. he's doing quite well actually. he's home with his kids. they released the video today that shows what was going on inside the cab at the time of this accident. it shows he was careless. he wasn't payingh attention, but you be the judge. just three seconds from the moment of impact is all it took for a miami garbage truck to turn into trash itself. a look from inside the cab from two cameras becomes very revealing. something else, so he is driving carelessly. he collides twice with the right concrete wall. that's when he overreacts. >> reporter: the driver appears to be watching something to his right outside the window. he hits the inside wall twice and then severely overcorrects, slamming through the guardrail. you see the debris inside and outside the cab. smith was launched outside the truck

jackie nespral and jawan strader begin live coverage from cuba tomorrow at 11:00 p.m. >>> that's not the only party in town. ultra, the music festival set to open doors tomorrow. we'll have a preview next. >>> the weather could be a complication here in south florida. when you can expect the peak rain chances coming up. facelift that's coming to south >>> the brickell area is being flooded with a sea of green. we're taking a live look where thousands are celebrating saint paddy's day by wearing green and listening to good ole irish music. if you're looking for a place to celebrate, make sure you check out the nbc 6 news and weather app. we have a list of all the best saint paddy's day parties and events. >>> we're learn 24 hours from one of south florida's biggest music festivals. theltimatera music festival opens its doors tomorrow. festival and city of miami officials addressed concerns. stephanie bertini live from downtown with a preview for us. >> reporter: well, from your safety to h h to manage large crow, the logistics are all happening right here in downtown miami. preparatio

sanders set to battle it out at miami-dade community college kendall campus tonight and nbc 6's jawan strader will be there. and kicking off our coverage starting on nbc 6 news at 5:00 tonight and follow him on twitter, his handle on twitter, @jawan. >> wannbc 6. >>> the first to bring you details as it broke during the newscast. michael spears working his sources. exclukive video to show us? >> reporter: yeah, we'll show you that video in a second, sheli. this is the intersection east first avenue and not too far from the aaa and this is where the hit and run crash actually happened and luckily the officer is fine and they tell us the driver who took off has s sll not been arrested and two men were detained shortly after the crash and we did learn that both men were released. >> what happened? >> this is exclusive video of two men who police say were detained in connection to a hit and run crash with the miami-dade police officer. minutes before, our cameras were the only rolling as the men were taken from cruisers, uncuffed in miami w`ere they cut a taxi. police say there wasn't enough evid

i'm jawan strader. >> and i'm trina robinson. the girl tells investigators she was walking home when that man grabbed her. pompano beach in the happened. >> reporter: detectives are saying this 13-year-old girl was incrediblbl brave. it was 4:30 in the afternoon on wednesday. she was walking home from pompano beach academy when she saw a man in a car that resembles this sketch. when he got out and grabbed her, walking home from school turned weesday afternoon when broward sheriff's detectives say she was nearly abducted. e man pulled along beside her, got out of the vehicle, grabbed her by the waist, and tried to pull her inside. >> fortunately the girl away. the man then pursued her in his elude him. >> reporter: the girl got away nd told her parents, which is exactly what detectives urge everyone to do. students who use the same path home next to pompano beach high school were stunned to hear the details. >> it's scary the fact that i live in this area. i live actually rightht over there pretty close. it's scary the fact that p

. >> and i'm jawan strader. we're live right now in front of the museum of the revolution in the heart of old havana. this is the historic district. >> the two presidents held talks a short distance from revolution square. raul's brother fidel held many rallies there. a difjerent tone today. it's hard to overstate the historic feelingoday in havana, cuba, as the sitting meets with cuban leader raul castro. president obama started his public schedule with a wreath laying ceremony at the tomb of beloved cuban liberator jose marti. mar marti is known as the apostle of cuban independence when cuba gained independence from spain. while inthere, the media surrounded the commander and chief in a scene rarely seen in modern american politics. then president obama walked a short distance with his diplomatic team to the palace of the revolution where the leaders of cuba and the u.s. shook hands. mr. obama told castro thrgh an interpreter we had a great tour yesterday, referring to his walk through old havana with his fami

. >> jawan strader and jackie nespral have been following the president's historic visit to cuba all week long. they join us live from havana esident's day. jackie and jawan? >> reporter: goo evening from havana. once again, we're in old havana. a beautiful day, albeit windy. what a difference a day makes. yesterday there was media from all over the world here, and today it's pretty much a ghost town. president obama has already departed onto argentina from his historic trip here on the island. it was really a whirlwind trip for him. a lot of important meetings, especially today, directly speaking to the people of cuba and meeting with the dissidents as well. he also made his mark with the cuban people, but also@here in cuba. >> it was all about the president's speech, jackie, to the cuban people. everyone wanted to hear what the president was going to say. when the president spoke, he spoke about embracing change and called for congress to lift the embargo. standing ovation. the presidede said that the blockade hurts the cuban people by cuttin them off from the cconomy growth here. c

our team headed up by anchors jackie nespral and jawan strader, live from cuba, tomorrow night at 11110 p.m. >>> another bright, sunny and warm day today in south florida. big changes for the upcoming weekend, including possible stotoiness. details next. >>> an animal lover is offering a pretty hefty reward to get back his missing cats. how much he willing to pay to get the cats back, coming up. >>> and youay want to think twice about renteding out y yur property on air bnb. one woman found out her home was used an adult filmfest. >>> nothing like grabbing a green beer thes holiday. the music is pumping out there. we heard it. at one of >>> an animal lover is offering an extreme amount of money to get back his lost cats. nbc 6 reporter amanda joins us now, spoke to the feline rescuer in an effort to find his cats that he said were stolen. how much money are we talking about here, amanda? >> reporter: well, keith, we're talking about $20,000. that's how much animal lover steve rosen said he will offer up and pay to anyone who can said went missing and were taken off his property. cat lov

. >> and i'm jawan strader. campaigning for super tuesday now over, top contenders are focusing on florida's primary next week. we have a team of reporters read out across south 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

nbc 6 anchors jackie nespral and jawan strader are on the ground agenda. >> reporter: president obama national cath tropical in old havana where he will meet with cardinal ortega who played pivotal role in restoring communications with cuba. he will get a little r and r with the first family. behind me revolution palace, also known as the presidential palace, many rememberhis as the cuban white house of sorts. president obama will be here meeting with raul castro and then retur later with the first lady for a state dinner. >> d then on tuesday president obama will be here at the national eater for the much people. the cuban government will be listening closely to what the president has to say, but not as closely as the people of cuba who are hoping that the president will address some of their concerns from the first sitting president to visit the island inlmost 90 years. and the president's final stop here athe stadium in havana where the president will take on a game between the tampa bay rays and a cuban national team. are under way as they get ready for the big game. generators. >

jawan strader. >>> you know, this is a historic event, the presidential visit that has not happened by a sitting president in close to 90 years. >> that is very true, jackie, and of course this is an amazing sight if you haveever been here before. and this is m visit here -- first visit here, so much here, a mix of emotion. i have seen you cover it a number of times but to see everything that is going on here we'll get to that in just a moment. >> i was going to say if you told me a year ago at i would travel to cuba three times in less than a year i thought you would have been crazy. >> i am sure many would agree. but here, the first trip for the president to do so in nearly 90 years. and the country is preparing for president obama's arrival on ssnday. he will be joined by the first lady, michelle, sasha, and mrs. robinson. the president has a very busy itinerary, and as you can expect the closer we get to the arrival the more security we'll see around the city. >> and the recent diplomatic ttw between both countries was started back in 2014 but it wili culminate in visit by presiden

nbc 6 anchors jawan strader and jackie nespral have been in havana for the past couple of days and in just a minute we will have a report from them as they cover thepresident's visit to cuba. >>> but first let's get you started with meet jik erika delgado and y/ur first alert forecast. >> it's been an active morning for miami-dade county. broward county dealing with a few showers earlier, that has moved offshore. the showers that were affecting miami-dade relane offshore, we are beginning to see a few over portions of key s cane and south beach as well. i want to take a look so we c see what we're dealing with right now as far as conditions in broward county. a few of the light showers offshore. you could see a light sprile the bulk of the moisture that did move through moving away. the trend will be from west to east, that's where the moisture will continuing develop and move through south florida. if you are i-95 north miami, the miami beach area into key biscayne it has been a soggy start this sunday morning. waking up to temperatures in the mid 70s, 75 miami, 74 fort lauderdale, 7

today nbc 6 anchor jawan strader had a one-on-one with rubio. he joins us live in the studio to tell us what the senator told him about his campaign. >> senator rubio tass a tough challenge ahead. so far he's only won twice in the primaries, in minnesota and he's confident a win in the sunshine state will give him the momentum. i talked to him about reports that his advisers are asking him to drop out before the march 15th primary. here's what he had to say about it. >> they're false, a hundred percent false. on the contrary, given the nature of the front-runner, i have people begging me to do everything possible to stay ii that's reflected in the interest in the campaign. it's actlly an embarrassment for cnn that they ran with that story. .% >> let's talk about what happens if you do not win florida. would you -- you answered this once before, so i have to ask you this once again, would you support whomever the nominee could be is if that nominee happens to be donald trump? >> it's a tough question, what your's asking. in the end, i don't4want