. >> reporter: his wife millenia told anderson cooper she disagreed with her husband when he used an inappropriate word at a rally in new hampshire >> he goes with the flow. he goes with the people. there having fun and everyone was cheering. and he said it and the next day -- he repeated the word >> reporter: many of rubio supporters cast early voting ballots monday hoping he can defy polls that show him trailing trump in his home state 20 points. is wise beyond his years. it's simply must win. marco cannot continue his campaign without guaranteeing and winning his own state. which now looks to be in jeopardy. >> reporter: marco rubio kicks off a rally here in his home state in tropical park tonight at 8 pm. donald trump will be at his mar- a-lago mansion in palm beach. polls show trump leading in six super tuesday states. >>> an average of the most recent polls taken in florida you can see donald trump is ahead for the republicans. >>> we continue our live team coverage with gaby fleischman who is with the ice palace film studio in miami where hillary clinton will be tonight. >> re

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. >> the sleep system that has evolved over this millenia is very complicated. need to step back and make sure sleep is a big part of our help. >> when we sound like we're speaking a foreign language up here sometimes, let this be an excuse. off an hour earlier, experts say this should be a wake-up call for a lot of people in the united states to make sleep a priority. most sleep expxpts recommend adults get seven to nine hours of good quality sleep every night. >> raise your hand if you're getting seven to nine hours. no one is raising their hand. >> it's a block party like no other. we're talking about calle ochoa. the i can want nas club says it's about supporting the growing hispanic community in the united states. nbc 6 andelemundo will be ttre. you'll find all the street closures on our nbc 6 news and weather app. >> the two tam really not to come together, a south florida community celebrating in the middle of the street while the fbi is raiding their ci hall. coming up, details on a major happened yesterday in opa-locka. any we'v you're on hold, your bus

between an ongoing lack of sleep and increased risk >> the sleep system that has evolved over these millenia is very complicated we need to appreciate it. step ba a little bit and make sure sleep is a big part of our health. >> even though the alarm will go off an hour earlier, experts san jose this should be a wake-up call for americans to make sleep a bigger priority. erika edwards, nbc news. >> erika, you're preaching to the choir. >>>>yes, you are. everybody up right now at 5:00 is like, hallelujah. >> nbc 6 news at 5:00 starts right now. >> right now nbc 6 is everywhere. >> gop showdown at the university of miami as the republican candidatesattling it out. this one takes a decidedly mi turn ahead of florida's primary. >> a south florida woman gets dve home and take matters into her ow hands. >>> fbi agents raided city hall in opa-locka in a massive alleged corruption investigation. >> live. "nbc 6 today" starts now. >> time is 5:00. i'm eric harryman. >> i'm sheli muniz. we have all made it. the weekend is officially here. >> it is friday and it looks like, erika delgado, we are in for

the first happened on mercy drive, the second near the mall at millenia, 20 minutes or so away. wesh 2' s dave mcdaniel looks at why detectives believe the crimes are connected. dave: the security camera shows the man with the gun, demanding cash at the mercy market around noon the owner grabs her own monday. smith and wesson 38, telling him, i have a gun, get out of here. then police say she "fired a single shot at the suspect. the shot missed, but it made him take off, jumping into a blue minivan heading south." more than three hours later, at boulevard, a guy in a green shirt is the first in the door, a very similar looking guy to the suspect in the mercy market robbery is there as well. a worker says they "pulled a gun on him and ordered him to open the cash register, eventually grabbing the drawer and pulling out all the bills." brian ferarra: that second gentlemen from the subway who see come in and he' s wearing all black with a black hat, he appears to be the same gentlemen from the mercy mart. dave: and in both robberies, the getaway car was a blue minivan. brian ferrar

the luncheon and shoe auction, benefiting bit easter seals florida, took over the mall at millenia this afternoon. brett and jason were among a handful of helpers showing off some amazing heels being sold for charity. the money raised supports easter seals camp challenge in sorrento and the daybreak adult day center in winter park. and it was a sell out, raising $200,000 for the programs which serve adults and children with disabilities. good work. we just got our hands on the 911 call made after a group of suspected thieves try to a rob two women at gunpoint. >> they hit my girlfriend in the face. there was a good a baby -- they meredith: we are talking with the women who decided to fight back. >> when i pressed him i grab the gun from his hand. i managed to turn it on him. jim: here what else they have to say and what we know now about the suspects. meredith: the latest at 10:00 p.m. on cw18 and on wesh 2 news at >>> tonight, trump's about face. he reverses what he said just last night in that raucous debate about torture, and it's hardly his first change-up. what does trump really be

more than three hours later, at this subway on millenia boulevard, a guy in a green shirt is the first in the door. a very similar looking guy to the suspect in the mercy market robbery is there as well. a worker there says they "pulled a gun on him and ordered him to open the cash register, eventually grabbing the drawer and pulling out all the bills." brian ferarra: that second gentleman on the subway you see come in wearing all black and with the black hat he appears to , be the same gentlemen from the mercy mart. dave: and in both robberies, the getaway car was a blue minivan. brian ferrara: the chances of having two armed robberies to commercial establishments in descriptions, to us it just tells us that there pretty much going to be linked. dave: they want everybody to look carefully at both videos, the facial features, the way the men walk and carry themselves. police say video security can play such an important role. in solving cases like this. it is important that anyone that has a system to make sure it works and know how to use it. and police suggest you need to be a good w

. >> the sleep system has evolved over these millenia. it's very complicated. we had need to appreciate it, step back a little bit and pay attention to our bodies and make sure sleep is a big part of our health. >> even though the alarm will go off an hour earlier this week exerts say this should be a wakeup call for americans to make sleep a bigger priority. >> most sleep experts recommend adults get 7 to 9 hours of good quality sleep each night. >> who has that kind of time? something i don't do. >> things are clearing up after a crash on i-4 this morning. ted: we are down to one lane closed on i-4 eastbound. we'll tell you exactly what's happening with that crash. amy: we've got clouds rolling into central florida and that means we're not going to have full sunshine today. we'll have a little more cloud cover headed into the mid 8 80's. we'll talk more about the weekend and when we'll see hour. >> we're live on the scene with breaking news in there was a motorcycle crash with a car. the latest on the scene if you're doing everything right while our people wo

more than three hours later, at this subway on millenia boulevard, a guy in a green shirt is the aggressor, with a very similar-looking guy right there too. they pulled a gun on him and ordered him to open the cash register eventually grabbing the , drawer and helping themselves. gentlemen from the subway who use the comment, he' s wearing black and all-black with a black cat. he appears to be the same gentlemen from the mercy mart. dave: and the blue minivan is such a distinctive getaway car, the detectives tying both cases together. brian ferrara: the chances of having two armed robberies to commercial establishments in that time frame with those descriptions, that pretty much tells us they' re going to be linked. dave: they want one and all to look carefully at both videos, the facial features, the way the men walk and carry themselves. they suggest that any and all victims make sure their video systems work as well as these did. take a good look at faces getaway cars, which way the suspects took off. been hurt. brian ferarra: as violent as it lives. we hope it doesn' t come to that. da

came to new mexico in the 160's' and to indian pueblos and tribes that lived in this region for a millenia. but tragically rio uriba has been home to the highest rates of heroin addiction and overdose deaths in the nation. in fact, between 2010 and 2014, the county's overdose death rate was more than five times the national average. this is not only tranlic, it's simply unacceptable. just last month, i convened a round table discussion in the area with u.s. department of health and human services region 6 director marjorie petty and a number of local stakeholders including the rio uriba community health council. we gathered at the delancy street foundation to discuss ongoing efforts and ways to better address the heroin and prescription drug crisis in my state. what i heard loud and clear from public health officials, from law enforcement, first responders, and probably most importantly from people who have coped directly with this addiction is that this crisis is hitting entire communities and hitting them hard. everyone knows a family who has a child suffering to addiction or is in recov