. >> i'm robin simmons, "7 news"at 11:00 begins now. >>>reporter: off the top at 11:00, a live look inowntown miami where rain is on tap, but a cooldown is coming. south floridians grabbing umbrellas tonight. >> the question is will the rest of the weekend be a washout. meteorologist brett cameron live in the weather >>>reporter: easy answer, no, rain started to arrive this this evening, we are alady seeing showers on the radar. a february flop with our temperatures. not only are we talking about the cooler air starting to rush in tonight, but an extended period of this cool weather that is foflowing our cold front. here's what we have been watching throughout the evening. waves of rain and quite a bit of it across central and south florida. the bulk of these showers moving off shore in the atlantic. so the restf tonight will involve just a few lingering areas of light rain. when you wake up in the morning, we'll still have lingegeng clouds, too and temperatures in the 50s too and temperaturesn the 50s. the 60s tomorrow afternoon, but i

thank you for watching, i'm robin simmons. >> and i'm jeff lennox. the news continues, next at 11:00, >>. >> the racial for the white house slimming down, former florida governor jeb bush out of the race, suspending his esidential campaign after donald trump wins the south carolina pry pairry. >>> after saving a sibling, one south florida teen is being hailed a hero. hello, good evening, i'm jeff lennox. >> i'm robin simmons, "7 news"at 11:00 begins, right now news"at 11:00 begins, right now. >> a child, suddenly shot,a bullet striking a little boy while he was playing outside. good evening, that 6 -year-old caught in the crossfire. >> and he would not survive his injuries from those bullets. night team's coverage begins with walter morris in northwest miami-dade with more on this child tragedy.

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reporting live in the news desk, robin simmons, seven news night team. >> that does look serious. right back. >> belkys: a baby pen penguin is makiki a splash. >> craig: it will become familiar with the others while his feathers continue to develop, the zoo will be allowing the visitors to submitt names, the winning name will be nounced march the 9th. >> belkys: pikachu. >> craig: no. >> now, seven weather, with chief phil ferro. >> phil: we had a round of rain across south florida, we may see more over night showers as the front moves over the area, 70 degrees right now in miami, and for you in fort lauderdale, 70, and south west, and check out the humidity though, at 81 percent and at key west, a a this hour, 68 degrees, and the humidity for you at 100 percent is just muggy, but, the things will improve once the front moves across the area. here is the storm tracker. we have got t really lucky, this front had a lot of energy with it. and yesterday night it caused one tornado in pensecola and it was looking pretty strong, early this afternoon. as it moved incross south west, flor

live in the satellite center, robin simmons, seven news. night team. >> belkys: our night team coverage continues with danielle knox and she is live in cafe with more on how the cuban community is reacting to all of this news. >> i have to tell you the reaction i got out here at the cafe was a little surprising to be honest with you. and perhaps, the opinions will cha think in the morning light tonight. >> it is about time. we break those laws, and the united states, and open the doors for cuba. i mean 50 years was long enough, it is time for a chge. >> he has the right to go. he is the president of the he wants. but i believe that bei friendly with a dictator ship that vtes the human rights of its citizens, every day, is not what somebody that believing should do. >> do you think that this helps the diplomatic relationship cuba. >> of course. >> to serve thepeople, you know. >> and the businessman interests that will open the business doors. >> so you think this is a good thin in your opinion. >> yes, absolutely. >> we think thatt is so gr

there is a lot going on tonight, and the night tomorrow robin simmons has it all. >> reporter: rarely boring, sanders has it first and hillary clinton is taking her turn now. the republican field meanwhile a bit thinner as everyone prepares for next week's primary. >> what this campaign is about, is not just electing a prident, it is creating a political revolution. whom have not been involved in the political process. stand up and demand a government which represents all of us >> reporter: the two democrats left in the race trying to draw clear distinctions during a town hall on wednesday. bernie sanders preferred two to one over hillary clinton. >> the donald trump campaign ignores adele's request to stop playing her songs at s rallys. this crowd finding a reenergized trump after he blasted ted cruz with this tweet, based on the iowa caucus, a new election should take place or the cruz. results nullified. >> i wake up every day and laugh at the latest thing that donald as tweeted. >> the tweet saying that dr. ben car son was leaving the trail to head home to florida. urging car son

. >> belkys: robin simmons is in the plex with this. >> it has been a nasty several hours, and the winter advisories and tornado watches from the midwest to the eastern sea board, six people killed. wqnds, mother nature, deploying all of the tools in her arsenal, 60 million people affected, it started in the south, tuesday and three dead in louisiana and mississippi and thehe it t, florida's panhandle. >> it hit the homes and there is damage a a 24 plus, apartments and at the apartment complex, but we will see it as we go through it. >> the governmenen rick scott, declared, states of emergency counties, and the view after it hit the area. a funnel cloud spotted in the beach and another one hitting char lot county. >> what the initially valuations show is that was f1 and 98 miles per hour. >> anchor: by wednesday afternoon the same system moved on in atlanta, a tree falling on a house and trapping a man in his bed. >> we were with contact with him the entire time since we have been on the scene and he was happy to be out and his wife was >> in virginia the only thing standing at this laund

live in the satellite center, robin simmons, seven news night team. >> craig: now to the center here, danielle knox i live in little havanna, and gaging that reaction. guys, newsrals fast ande w literally just got out here a little while ago but people were already talking about it, let's's take a listen to what they had to say. >> he has the right to go, he is the president of the united states and he can do whatever he wants. but i believe that being friendly with the dictator ship that violates the human rights of its citizens every day, is not what somebody tt believing freedom, and human rights should do. >> do ul think that this happens the diplomatic relationshihi between the united states and cuba. >> of course, serve the people, and the businessmen is interests are everybody's interest. so that would open the business doors. >> reporter: so you think this is a good thing in your opinn. >> yes, absolutely. >> reporter: so there you have it in just a short period of time we got reactionrom both sides. obviously this is a big deal for both sides. it is a developing story. but we

. >> one victim left with bruises all over his face and another eaks to just one station robin simmons reports. >>reporter: 22-year-old walker's mug shot. police say he took a pipe to the face of this manchester unitedman 81-year-old douglas busch during sunday morning crime spree. his face now covered in bruiuis. two black eye and 18 stitches close ago gash in his forohead. >> suddenly he came totord me and his hand behind his back. didn't know he had anything in his handy struck me over the head. >>reporter: video from the gas station where and his wife had isis is. >> he just yanked me out. investigators say walker's second stop was the shell at 4 41 and north west 19th street. finally the attack came to dramatic end at the swap shop. police say that's walker rushing up to cell phone vendor swinging a samurai sword slashswinging a samurai sword slashing the stunned victim. another vendor managing to grab the suspect and hold him until police arrived. >> wasn't thinking about my life but the next life. >>reporter: alker told police he watched the movie post giingt and wanted to kill

. >> robin simmon live in the plex with the pope's reaction. robbin. >> reporter:r:t was pretty surprising. with one person maybe hoping for scolding instead. the pope's trip was about a moment that happened a few minutes ago. let's take you to video of the blessingnat the u.s. mexico boarder. people from both sides of the boarder fence watching as the pope frai prayed d ishere to remember the lives lost. people crossing mexico into the u.s. hoping for a better life and he has really been focusing on the many migrants trying to make their way to better lives all around theorld and he has been warning against what he difference. >> pope francis enjoyed a well warm welcome to his trip to mexico. a mariachi band and massive crowds turning taught greet him at every stop to the country wiwi the second largest pulation in the world. the pope continuing to dreats drug trafficking, violence and poverty affect sog many mexicans and how that drives money many to the iewvment. hi visit to to the mix cal can city across the rio grand from el pass so texas,

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. >> robin simmons, 7news. >>> a teenaged girl is attacked in a parking lot. this happening in california. police say the victim suffered a number of injuries to her face. no charges have been filed. >>> a close call in texas where a parking garage suddenly you can see it fall down. somehow the worker escaped unharmed. >>> hover board horror for a family in nashville. now they're turning a tragedy into a message. beware of the dangers of hover boards. fire officials say a hover board is to blame for burning down the family's million-dollar home. >> it was a hover board that destroyed our house. >> reporter: something meant to bring joy, now the source of so much sadness. >> every day it's hard. >> reporter: snow covers the charred remains of the nashville home taken by a fire, a fire that almost took two lives. >> i was kicking the doors, and i thought, you know, i'm gonna lose two of my four children today. >> reporter: the nashville fire department says it knows the source this devastation. >> it's called the fit turbo f1 hover board. >> what was intended as

robin simmon. 7 news. >>> >> danielle: and we do have new information this evening on thzee wa ca virus. official say aing a few preant woman in florida are among most infected. craig steveevelop at the news craig. >> craig: danielle, tee have tested positive with with the the virus after traveling out sisi of florida. a and they prompted scott for the centers of disease control to send 250 more zika antibody test kits to the state. test as l l people particularly pregnant woman and new mother to see if they hadthe virus. the virus making a connection to babies imorn borne unusually small heads. a defect that can signal underlining brain damage. of 100 available. out of 32 confirmed cases in florida. only three are still exhibiting symptom which include fever, joint pain, red-eyes and incidentally no vaccine cucuently.a 24 hour hot line to aps questions or concerns about deca. 855-323-7665. if you missed that number we have it on the web site. as ever now we don't know what county those three florida woman are frost. at the news desk. craig stevens. 7 news ooflt. >>> all right. now to t

reporting in north west miami-dade, robin simmons 7 news night team. >>> coming up. phil is back and he's got word of more rain on the way. >>reporter: yes. as a matter of fact here it is sitting across louisiana, sitting across louisiana, mississippi, alabama. a lot of heavy rain there. there's the possibility of some mortar canadian. already at least 18 have struck the area. possible flooding. this is a system that stretchehe all the way into the middle atlantic states and northeast. tail end of that tomorrow and is 74 in miami. wind out of the south east at around 12 miles per hour. meanwhile for new fort lauderdale the relative humidity at 82 percent. 74 more clouds for you and eveve the keys tonight under cloudy skies. 74 degrees. check out the humidity. 91 percent. so here's the stormtracker. plenty of heavy rain. just west of sarasota and tampa. that i i the leading edge of a front that is headed in our ditection. causing a lot of nasty weather tonight across the south east. now this is what our in-house model is showing. if the front does not slow down or spe

. >> belkys: the police have now identified a suspect in this case, the night team robin simmons is live at carroll city, senior high school in miami gardens with this. >> reporter: the miami dade schools police tell us that this susuect is a known gang member with a violent past and they say that he whats seen, running from the scene. >> take a look, miami dade schools police releasing this flier, hoping to track down stanley reagan, a 19-year-old they say has a violent history. he was reportedly seen running ay from the carroll city, high school with a firearm, impact glass, the only thing keeping the bullets from entering the building, the students from the outside, when the bulleted started flying, telling how the staffers got them to safety, about 50 students still there for extracurricular activities. >> the shots and i didn't understand it sounded like the foot stomping. >> and a bunch of kids started running because i heard a shot like bop bop bop and they told us to get inside. >> today was a real, tangible threat against human life. and i am very proud of the fact that our admi

. >> belkys: robin simmons is over at the newsesk to telts what is going on. that is the baed news, northbound, 95 and absolute, parking lot this accident, happpped, at 135th street, and fhp is on the scene, and as you can see, nothing is happening right now. and so, if you had plans to head somewhere north, for 441, and biscayne boulevard are going to be your friends right now, because this accident has all but shut down i95, northbound. again, the florida highway patrol says that no serious injuries but it is a mess out there. reporting live in the news desk, robin simmons,s,even news night >> belkys: a baby pen penguin is making a lash. >> craig: it will become familiar with the others while his feathers continue to develop, the zoo will be allowing the visitors to submit names,s,he winning name will be >> belkys: pikachu. >> craig: no. >> now, seven weather, with chief phil ferro. >> phil: we had a round of rain across south florida, we may see more over night showers a the front moves over the area, 70 degrees right now in miami, and for you in fort laude

reporting in north west miami-dade, robin simmons 7 news night team. >>> coming up. phil is back and he's got word of more rain on the way. >>reporter: yes. sitting across louisiana, sitting across louisiana, mississippi, alabama. a lot of heavy rain there. there's the possibility of some mortar canadian. already at least 18 have struck the area. possible flooding. this is a system that stretches all the way into e middle atlantic states and northeast. complete is 74 in miami. wind out of the south east at around 12 miles per hour. meanwhile for new f ft lauderdale the relative humidity at 82 perce. 74 more clouds for you and even the keys tonight under cloudy skies. 74 degrees. checkut the humidity. 91 percent. so here's the stormtracker. plenty of heavy rain. justest of sarasota and tampa. that is the leading edge of a causing a lot of nasty weather tonight across the south east. now this is what our in-house model is showing. if the front does not slow down or speed up any, if it stays the speed it is moving right now, we may see some showers and thunderstorms at

livep in the satellite cent, robin simmons, seven news. night team. >> belkys: our night team coverage continues with danielle knox and she is live in cafe with more on how the cuban community is reacting to all of this news. >> i have to tell you the reaction i got outere at the cafe was a little surprising to be honest with you. and perhaps, the opinions will cha think in the mning light but here is the reaction i got toninit. we break those laws, and the united states, and open the doors for cuba. i mean 50 years was longg enough, it is time for a change. >> he has the right to go. he is the psiredent of the united states he can doha wtever he wants. but i believe that being friendly with a dictator ship th violates the human rights of its citizens, every day, is not what somebody that believing frfrdom, and human rights, should do. >> do you think that this helps the diplomatic relationship between the united states and cuba. >> of course. to serve the people, you know. >> and the businessman interests are everybody's interests and so

robin simmon continues our team 7 coverage. she is livee in miramar. robbin. >> reporter: and enclod yards not sewn closed any more after the storms moved through tearing down fences all around this area in miramar. and we can take you now live to hollywood where it's even more of a clean up after a woman was actually hospitalized when a tree fell on to her mobile home. >> summer can't believe she she survived being inside this twisted pile of metal and installation. >> i i was very scary with all the windows popping out at me. >> reporter: she and william mang inside their mobile home in hollywood at 58th and arthur when a tree crushed it trapping morning whght wind got dangerous and fast. william got out first literally prying wall part to get summer injured to safety eye tried to to kick the door open but everything was buckled in tight. we were able it to get out of side of the wall. e switch is over here on the left and we were able to pry the wallout a little bit and get to the back screen and take thoar rescue showed up. >> reporter: oscar had h

reporting in north west miami-dade, robin simmons 7 news night team.>>> the. >> now on the surveillance into danger driver plowing right into him. the teen was walk to go catch a bus to school with his brother when hit. driver didn't stay on the scene there and stop to help. liz tells us now the teen is now fighting to survive. >> front emblem from the vevecle left on the scene. >>reporter: traffic homicide detectives have a piece of the car they say ran down the 15-year-old student and never bothered to stop monday morning they also have the car on surveillance video. we frosz it the ment the mercedes hit mercedes. over the scene. >>reporter: valdez a giftedstudent in basketball player at slam charter school in miami% was scrambling across north west 22 avenue at 799 street to catch a county transit bus on the way tochool about 6 monday morning. >> i heardrd that from that from a student o oprevious bus stop that he was hit bay car crossing the street with his brother. water jug and basketball were all scattered around the intersection. >> the girl on the bus said that she saw xavier o

. >> belkys: the police have now identified a suspect in this case, the night team robin simmons is live at carroll city, senior high school in miami >> reporter: the miami dade schools police tell us that this suspect is a known gang member with a violent past and they say that he whats seen, running from the scene. >> take a look, miami dade schools police releasing this flier, hoping to track down stanley reagan, a 19-year-old they say has a violent history. he was reportedly seen running away from the carroll city, high glass, the only thing keeping the bullets from entering the building, the students from the outside, when the bulleted started flying, telling how the staffers got them to safety, about 50 students still there for extracurricular activities. >> the shots and i didn't understand it sounded like the foot stomping. >> and a bunch of ks started running because heard a shot like bop bop bop and they told us to get inside. >> today was a real, tangible threat against human life. and i am very proud of the fact that our administrative team led by principal dunn, and the teac

reporting in north west miami-dade, robin simmons 7 news night team. >>> the. >> now on the surveillance video catching teenager walking into danger driver plowing right into him. the teen was walk to go catch a bu to school with his brother when hit. driver didn't stay on the scene there and stop to help. liz tells us now the teen is now fighting to survive. >> front emblem from the vehicle left on the scene. >>reporter: traffic homicide detectives have a piece of the car they say ran down the 15-year-old student and never bothered to stop mondadamorning surveillance video. we frosz it the moment the mercedes hit him notch doubt it's a mercedeshim notch doubt it's a mercedes. this is paint chip left all@ over the scene. >>reporter: valdez a gifted student in basketball player at slam charter school in miami was scrambling across north west 22 avenue at 79 street to catch a county transit bus on the way to school about 6 monday morning. >> i heard that from that from a student on previous bus stop that he s hit bay car crossing the street with his brother. >>reporter: backpack shoes wate

live in the satellite center, live i ithe satellite center, robin simmons 7 news night team. >>> okay robin. as you know the center of the political universe is new hampshire tonight. all ofhehe candidates these 7 news is partnering with the university of massachusetts now to bring you an exclusive new poll. now it's on to new hampshire where the candidates face high stake. it's a fresh start for second place finishers like donald trump and bernie sanders leading big ahead of the nation first primary. trump talked a lot about voters in new hampshire may give him his first win. he's polling at 38 percent. senator ted cruz comes in second. marco rubio third. governor john kasich and former governor bush trail at 9 percent appease the rest of the republicans are in single digitrepublicans are in single digit. chris chris and the others with two. the rest undecided. wewe can start connecting the dot on our tracking poll and we are already seeg some movement. trump is holding steady but cruise is up two points and rubio has climbed into third place with his two point increase no. charge fo

the night team's robin simmons is live at carroll city, high school in miaia gardens with more chl robin? >> reporter: we w wt to start off telling you no students were injured, no students were but they are desperate for information, only one person injured, tried to run away from that gun fire. impact glass the only thing keeping the bullets from going into the carroll city, senior high school on wednesday, the students were outside, telling how the staffers got them to safety and the school put on lock down, about 50 students there for extxtcurricular activities. >> the shots and i didn't understand it sounded like the ot stomping or echo. >> a bunch of kids started running because i heard a shot, pop pop pop. told to get inside. >> told was a tangie threat against human life. i am proud of the fact that our administrative team led by the principal and the teachers acted professionally and curiously, in first and foremost protecting the kids. >> it happened after dismissal, a pedal, w wn they started shootings. canines and officers from the miami dade schools pole and at least, 8 bull

robin simmons reports. >>reporter: 2 2year-old walker's mug shot. police say he took a pipe to the face of this manchester unitedman 81-year-old douglas busus during sunday morning crime spree. his face now covered in bruises. two black eye and 18 stitches close ago gash in his forehead. >> suddenly he came toward me and his hand behind his back. i didn't t ow he had anything in his handy struck me over the head. >>reportjr: video from the gas station where and his wife had isis is. >> he just yanked me out. >> investigators say walker's second stop was the shell at 4 41 and north west 1919th street. finally the attack came to dramatic end at the swap shop. police say that's walker rushing up t t cell phone vendor swinging a samurai sword slashswinging a samurai sword slashing the stunned victim. another vendor managing to o ab the suspect and hold him until police arrived. >> wasn't thinking about my life but the next life. >>reporter: walker told police he watched the movie post giingt and wanted to kill evil. 22-year-old needs something >> want t

robbin simmons is live at the community center where the debris is also scattered, robin. >> reporter: what a aess there was earlier, danielle. we're at 16,920th and 7th terrace. lots of enclosed yards like this one, but take a look at what's left of this fence. literally justtne panel left after these winds blew through earlier today. and let's take you to video of the entrance of this subdivision, and you can see the sort of course that the winds blew through this morning, here a very out of the ordinary routine this mning. lots of people that we talked to thought the tornado blele through, and there was also a similar situation in hollywood. lots of cleanup going on around all across browardrdounty. the storm really leaving it's mark there as well, trees and many neighborhoods up a lot. one of the trees h hting a boat in front of the home, and hollywood fire and rescue called out to keep watch over one of those downed power lines that we see all over the area as the storms moved through. a car damaged by yet another tree, and we talked to the owner of that carar >> i got a call fro

robbin simmons, 7 news. >> lynn: as robin mentioned, there's a lockdown, especially with the traffic on the streets surrounding the school. >> david: let's go to ralph rayburn high above, and what does it look lik from your vantage point, ralph? >> reporter: well, the buildings on the west west side of miami senior are closed. 183rd street. on the west side all the way to 37th avenue. so about 2 and a half blocks that there's a county unit, not allowing traffic to go eastbound on 183rd street. so that area is closed.d. and the one area that they seem to be focusing on here, where building six is, near where the shot was fired. that's 34th court. that runs north and south. so`if you're in the area and you want to get by 183rd street, go two blocks to the north to 285th, and then on the south side, go to 175th have the to avoid this altogether. skyforce hd, i'm ralph rayburn reporting live. >> lynn: all right now, also he at 4:00, south florida in the middle of a cold snap. >> danielle: that's right, and get ready to feel the coldest night yet. phil ferro is here. >> phil: the cloud co

lynn: and now tohe democratic side of the race, robbin simmons is in miami where hillary clinton will gather there with supporters there tomorrow. robin? >> reporter: it tells you a lot that both of the candidates have been extremely busy all weekend. let's take tout vidio. of course on saturday, it was all about south carolina, the first primary in the south. hillary clinton walking away with that one candidly, winning nearly 75% of the vote and doing african-american vote, a 5-1 ratio over senator bernie sanders. now, he did extremely well with the youth vote, but that was just not enough to propel him over hillary clinton. both candidates trying to tailor their messages, and trying to energize their bases, but at the same@time, hoping they can attract some other people to their side, both with an eye to super tuesday. >> i'm up against a candidate supported by virtually the entire political establishment, a candidate who was considered to be the inevitable nominee of the democratic party. [ booing ] well, in ten months, a few things have changed. [ cheers ] >> if i am so fortunate enough to be the nominee, i will turn my attention