on the one hand, he says that it is just a south florida votes or whatever. by the way, what he says about contributions, that is not only cuba. any political scientist knows how congress works. you should be concerned about middle east policy. my point is that this is not a cuba specific issue. >> we all know that>>. >> let me go back to what i want to say. >> quickly. >> the cuban policy is not simply the votes or the democracy or the contribution but lies. i do not know if you know what happened but there were fouer young man, one born in new jersey and another in vietnam. cuba destroys those plans in international airspace. one spy had something to do with that. that man was sentenced to two life sentences. and that man who has something to do with the death of americans, was exchanged by the president. and the mother of at least one of those who died told me it was like seeing my son die one more time. how could it be? i guess anybody that wants to kill americans can then get some government to blackmail the president and free them for the murder? i thin

i am jose diaz-balart live this morning from the campus of florida university in south florida, a special edition of "the rundown." in a few hours i will be joined by president obama for a telemundo and msnbc town hall. the president's stance on immigration. republicans who want to stop the president have been withholding homeland security funding. money runs out in less than three day, but there may be maybe, a solution if speaker boehner and house republicans will go along with it. we'll hear from the speaker in about an hour following a closed doctor dosh meeting with his rank and file. up until yesterday, boehner and mcconnell seemed to be united on their strategy, sticking with a house bill that simultaneously funded dhs and rerails the president's action on immigration. tuesday mcconnell said he's put up a clean funding bill and deal with immigration separately. >> my hope is the senate will act, i don't know what the house will do but i do think we have a responsibility to act here. i don't know what's not to like about this. this is a an approach that respects both points of view

it happened in south florida in the late 1940s. >> so when your book, "a world more concrete," what is your goal? what are you trying to explain? >> there are two big pieces to this story. one is to think about creation of a more concrete environment and the way people use this state they use private capital to take an area that's relatively remote, swampy distant and turning to what becomes the capital of the caribbean. miami slithered reputation now took a lot of work in building a negotiating and figuring out how they were going to bring in labor tourists, real estate and create this remarkable new city. the part of a city building that gets overlooked is how violent they process it is and how it privileges the positions in the interests of property owners. a second big piece of the story is to think about property rates and property values has been a core piece of american political culture. when i think about the project and how it developed, the most important take away was to think about jim crow is a series of negotiations between property owners, white and black. the book trie

. >> in your book, "a world more concrete" real estate and the remaking of jim crow south florida" what is your goal? what you try to explain? >> there two big pieces to this story. one is to think about the creation to use the states or private capital to turn it into the capital as baby has a reputation now but it took a lot of work to figure of how they would bring in labor or the to restore the real-estate. syllogist how violent of the processes said? to the positions it interests of property owners. to be a core piece of political culture but the most important take away for me was to think about a series of negotiations between property owners of white a and black. with those biases with the landlords are, and to know the authority it needs with the landscape to determine for the sake of the common good. >> jim crow segregation with a population lens was perceived racial lines. happening piecemeal across the country and to the disenfranchisement between april 8 to 84 those that were disenfranchised down at 1300 but also is carving up the land. to make to the populations don't run

so it is very much about south florida politics. now as far as what the bet is look the bet is you can't micromanage a transition in cuba from coral gable right? or from washington. a change in cuba has to come from within. it has to come from the people. it has to be homegrown democracy. they have to want it and the best way that which can help facilitate that is by opening up the flow of contacts resources, capital, information to the cuban people so that they can be in a better position to make greater demands from that government. so that is the bet of this policy that we're empowering civil society we're empowering all sectors of the cuban people so that they can make they're in a better position they can put food on the table better provide for, you know their basic needs. and it will be in a better position to make greater demands from the government. >> what about the argue mr. calzon says in so doing we're giving too much away to get to that point? >> we're not giving anything away because we're not making any concessions.

it emanated from south florida. >> let's talk about the hip hop movement. it is inherently political. this is a pollitt seized version. >> there's not a peck of a lot of platforms. the funny things you see the nations resolution. the u.s. government comes in funnelling the programs. they are unt mined. frustration. $20 in terms of salary and shortages. you can't tell whether the lyrics were accurate. there was frustration bubbling up. the thinking is the u.s. government kicked themselves in the foot. >> always a pleasure listening to you. >>> i'll talk to the man in charge of anti-castro news broadcasts and find tout what america is getting. tell me what's on your mind: keep it here. >>> america's cold war strategy gald to end the castro -- failed to end the castro regime. president obama is making challenges. part of the this involves u.s. programming on radio marte or tv martes. critics say they outlived their purpose, and then there's the cost. $26 million. explaining why u.s. taxpayers should fund the marte is carlos from the office of broadcasting. it'

it was mostly driven by south florida florida politics.ecent electric, cuba is no longer the third rail of south florida politics as it used to be we saw that in the campaign where president obama won close to 50% of the vote and charlie crist in the governor campaign won almost 50% of the vote 30,000 more than alex sink had previously. we constantly call the castro government liar, crook, can't be trusted -- fine -- whenever they make a full throated demand for lifting of the embargo do we believe it's really what they want. second when the special period of gdp in cuba dropped 35% over the course of four years 35%, they were able to survive that. it is estimated if they lose venezuelan subsidies theyies the gdp drop would drop 30%, and they're trading with the rest of the world. to think this is a time they would bow down to the americans and give in to our demandsknzt>z3.ol$<6+tz if anything, all they have to do is open up their economy even more. why should we be take these steps now. fidel, we know, if he's not dead already he's proba

there's more of where that came from after this. >>> debate over cuban's policy is passionate as in south florida where many cuban exiles live many are not happy. neither is helen, a journalist in miami. the policy could help people like you saw earlier in david ari osto's story, helen wrote an op-ed in the miami florida saying it was an attack on american values. thank you for being here. i understand passions run deep. insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. 11 u.s. administrations over 54 years tried to and failed to bring about democratic reform by isolating cuba. at this point isn't a new approach worthy? >> there's nothing wrong with the new approach as long as the approach is one that makes sense and brings change and compromise for both sides. the united states made enormous changes, but the cuban government has bun nothing. -- has done nothing. when you want to talk about income equality it's a mess. some cubans some leniency by the cuban government are making money. the fact of the matter is if you are a doctor in cuba you make more money being a

miami florida a&m the university of central florida florida atlantic university the university of south florida and florida international university university. let me focus on florida international in miami. f.i.u. leads the florida coastal everglades long-term ecological improve to study the effect of climate change and human activity on freshwater availability in the everglades. f.i.u. hosts the hurricane katrina research center on its campus and recently established the extreme events institute devoted to making communities more resilient to extreme weather. institute director richard olson who was an international expert on disaster response and resiliency has called sea level rise -- quote -- "a slow onset disaster for south florida." four professors of f.i.u.'s school of journalism and mass communication set out an initiative called "eyes on the rise." students in this program have produced documentaries to air about the effect of sea level rise on local communities on real estate prices, and on economic growth in southern florida. and fy u. is a member of the american college and univer

and as far south as florida. they don't have heat here in south florida. we're going to tie records here, 42 in miami and still not feeling that bad for the folks in florida. and i'm sorry to say, neil, i know you want to punish me, but it's going to be snowy and cold across the eastern half of the country for at least the next seven days. >> you know what is wild at disney world it's freezing 32 33 degrees. so all these people who tried to escape the winter and go down there, it's a small world. it's a small freezing world, isn't it? >> mickey is even freezing his tail off. >> wow. amazing. you know what's even more amazing? that you have a coat and scarf in a studio. kind of wild. >> it's for the effect right? >> yeah. it is tv. it is tv. thank you, janice. i think. janice dean. well did any of you see this? niagara falls looking more like the frozen falls. which got us thinking of this. ♪ >> you know you think that looks good? well you're not alone. nearly 50% of americans that would be half of americans, are taking a last-minute vacation is, indeed, in

i would emphasize this is a constructive discussion, this is south florida, this particular issue can passions here. i would just remind everyone, panelists and audience alike that everyone agrees that our aim is to change the status quo in communist cuba. the debate we're having is just over the best way to bring that about as we now near the end of the castro era. i would just remind everyone of the sign i saw across the street on the methodist church as i was coming that." said, let us slander no one. it's there you can check it out. with that, then, i would like to ask our panel, then, to please come up and let me introduce them. in the corner there james cason. he was ambassador in cuba as head of the section in nevada in 2000 to 2005. he was known for widely traveling the island for helping dissidents setting up library. they will bar him from leaving havana. he was a four-career diplomat for the state department as well as an ambassador in countries likeb paraguay and was elected to coral gables in 2011. let's please welcome eric cason. to his left is frank cal zone. he is dire

in south florida, the ocean, always the ocean, the vast churning tropical waters.ne's marker, too. after a violent death, the place where, they prayed, she might finally rest in peace. 3 f2 oraciÓn esta donde final ella " ". >>> right now at 11:00 the heavy rain slams the bay area leaving behind standing water on roads and parking lots. >> what a dangerous commute with the chc out in full force trying to keep the roads clear and the public safe. >> this is just the beginning. i'm jessica aguirre. >> and i'm raj mathai. we have multiple reports of

in south florida, the ocean, always the ocean, the vast churning tropical waters.is lynne's marker, too. after a violent death, the place where, they prayed, she might finally rest in peace. 3 f2 oraciÓn esta donde final ella >>> and we begin with this breaking news. a crash that shut down part of a busy highway tonight. burlington county. this was within the last hour. crews closed both sides of the road. they're working to fix a downed pole. we're told one person was taken to the hospital but it is not clear how seriously they're hurt. count on updated from our nbc 10 mobile a. >> tonight at 11:00 a raging fire flames tear through an auto body shop. >> no people were inside the building but many neighbors were near by. the shop location made these flames particularly dangerous and it helped firefighters get a crucial jump start. >> george spencer is life at the scene, neighbors did not have to rook far for help. >> they did not. the warehouse garage where the fire burned is about half a block behind me where that fire truck still remains and the first neighbor to

in south florida, the ocean, always the ocean, the vast churning tropical waters. lynne's marker, too. after a violent death, the place where, they prayed, she might finally rest in peace. 3 f2 oraciÓn esta donde final ella >>> now at 11:00. prosecutors take position. find out how long the wife of former governor bob mcdonnell could spend behind bars. >>> accused of improorperly touching a young

on the one hand, he says that it is just a south florida votes or whatever. by the way, what he says about contributions, that is not only cuba. any political scientist knows how congress works. you should be concerned about middle east policy. my point is that this is not a cuba specific issue. >> we all know that>>. >> let me go back to what i want to say. >> quickly. >> the cuban policy is not simply the votes or the democracy or the contribution but lies. i do not know if you know what happened but there were fouer young man, one born in new jersey and another in vietnam. cuba destroys those plans in international airspace. one spy had something to do with that. that man was sentenced to two life sentences. and that man who has something to do with the death of americans, was exchanged by the president. and the mother of at least one of those who died told me it was like seeing my son die one more time. how could it be? i guess anybody that wants to kill americans can then get some government to blackmail the president and free them for the murder? i thin

sleep train's presidents' day sale ends sunday. >>> here in south florida, a brewing problem for a powerfulsserman schultz reportedly offered to change her position on medical marijuana if a major florida donor took back criticism of her. in a statement to msnbc this morning, the congresswoman said quote, i would not change my position in exchange for support under any circumstances ever. i stand on principle. i am always proud to stand in front of my constituents and explain when i have a difference of opinion with them. this comes amid increasing buzz about her possible interest in a 2016 senate bid, if marco rubio opts out in favor of a white house run. here with me onset, ed o'keefe, and politico mark caputo. good to see you. you broke the story, how big is it you saw what the congresswoman has to say. >> it is always a big story when someone changes their story. >> give us the rundown of what you wrote. >> according to an e-mail chain we were sent by john morgan's people, his top adviser on the medical marijuana initiative the water man schultz folks said john tone down criticism of de

florida. let's go live on sky 6. south carolina, georgia that whole area in the teens and 20s. a tremendous amount of cold has been poured into the united states from canada. the it's nice and quite in atlantic city, the winds have gone calm and that's allowed for more cooling to takes place. storm tracker 6 live dwowbl -- double scan live. we're 13 in philadelphia. this is the warmest location in the entire area. dewpoint, 1. winds out of the south at 8. minus 4 in atlantic city. that's a new record low. 5 in dover. 3 in allentown, 3 in trenton. the poconos 7 degrees windchill of # minus 10 in allentown. 2 in philadelphia. minus 4 in atlantic city and minus five in dover. the cold air is already there. here comes the moisture approaching from the west. this is a quick-moving area of low pressure that will move up the spine of the appalachian. note the colors, the lighter grays ahead of it. the brighter whites across cincinnati and kentucky. kentucky 25 degrees below zero south of lexington. all of this will charge east. that brighter shade of white that's a thump upper thumpin

. >>> a group calling it south florida sharia fightingsending jihadist fighters to syria and given to 3 to 12 years in prison one of the largest terror trials ever in europe. our correspondent has been telling me about the sentence handed down to the group's leader. >> reporter: the leader of share sharia sharia, this islamist group that wanted to establish sharia law in the country, he has been sentenced to 12 years in prison. he was asked to stand as the verdict was read out. he smiled at one stage looking to his lawyer as the judge was speaking. he has been sentenced. he in court was accused of recruiting and radicalizing seeking out these young men, dozens of them and then sending them to syria, to fight with group s groups so-called islamic state and so on. some are believed to be out there still fighting. some of those who have been on trial in this case some of the defendants have returned from syria. they are returnees and some are still supporters and argued in court he wasn't the reason why they traveled to syria and went there on their own accord. other individuals on trial

i represent south florida southwest florida. and of the 94% of the jewish folks left after the revolution. some of them came to my district, so this is a question i'm sure that's on a lot of their minds of those that remain that are family members. but there's also other religious folks that have been persecuted in cuba. christians. we don't talk a lot about mormons much but there are two mormon branches, i understand, in cuba. and other religious minorities as well. so i'm wondering about the imfactim impact of this deal on tolerance for religion in general, and will missionaries and other folks from different sects be allowed to go now and help their brothers and sisters on the island? >> well, i think it is really important, congressman, the regulations -- i could let my colleagues -- this really expands the ability of religious groups to go because what we've done is make the religious missions part of this the religious opportunities general license. so we're hoping that there are a lot more religious groups that are able t

but there's stale south florida silver lining for everyone. >> i'd rather be here stranded till may, june something like that. that would be fine. >> first at 5:00 it is upon us our first big winter storm of the year. bear do you think. d.c. has just issued a snow emergency that begins at 7:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. so beware where you park your car. happy presidents' day. i'm wendy rieger in beautiful upper norte northwest d.c. >> you're wearing it beautifully, wendy. i'm jim handly working the live december income the newsroom. a lot breaking now. the latest school closures on the bottom of your screen. we have our eyes on the skies for flight delays and cancellations coming in. >> in virginia, the governor has declared a state of emergency. parts of the commonwealth expected to get about eight inches or more of snow overnight. the department of transportation is warning the chemicals on the streets they don't really work that well. beware the roads will be slick. for more about the temperatures and what lies ahead, let's go to doug. >> frigid temperatures across the past few

"a world more concrete" real estate and the remaking of jim crow south florida" john hopkins professor n.d.b. connolly. thank you very much. >> host: daniel webster have a year in the united states today? >> it is difficult to estimate bennett is the range of 250 million gallons. beagle guns. >> host: handguns shotguns or rifles? >>. >> host: how many illegal guns? mcfadyen difficult to determine. anything in the market is difficult to measure. but it gets confusing with legal and illegal. most hour legal reading the possessor is not prohibited the dozen is legal. so mostly we talk about individuals who are prohibited by law to have guns. that is difficult to estimate because we don't have access to measure those individuals. >> host: our most gun crimes committed with register unregistered guns? >> it is surprising that we don't have a registry at the federal level it may not maintain a registry. it is lot. a few states have their own there for handguns only. paul though forebear landor in new york or new jersey. by and large under federal law we do not have a registry. >> host: in th

we're seeing windchill advise advisories from north dakota to south florida if you can imagine, and wee shattering the records tonight and tomorrow morning as well into friday. we rare seeing 14 degrees in nashville and 2 below in nashville as well where a lot of the aerreas will be windy. 14 degrees nashville. 2 below zero. st. louis, zero. chicago, 7 below. that doesn't even factor in the wind. a lot of these areas are going to be very windy. so the potential record lows, lexington, louisville, nashville, detroit, key west, even, breaking a record low of 49 degrees. we could be in the negatives all across lexington, louisville, detroit tomorrow. 13 below zero in lexington. by friday morning, the story doesn't improve. detroit 12 below zero. marquette, 19 below zero. up and down the east coast in the single digits. once again, we could see record lows. key west and even miami with a low of 40 degrees which is very cold for south florida. >> another storm expected this weekend. >> absolutely. another storm on the way. they're just lining up. winter storm watches already in effect from

. >>> and south florida might be home to the miami heat, but they could use a new name tonight as theydling up with whatever jacket they have that are normally collecting dust down there as miami is under a windchill advisory. and temperatures could drop to the upper 20s. but i mean come on. they don't get anything else. >> none. >> the polar vortex in action. >>> all right, they can't all be winners, but the oscar nominees will go home with pretty sweet swag. the big dollar items in their gift bags after the break on wusa9 and your >>> those that don't want an oscar on sunday night takes home a gift package. >> it is the year of the audi car rentals. $20,000 piece of italian-made furniture and the top of the line cosmetics. a bicycle, electronic gadgets, the list goes on and on and on. the tally on all that swag, $160,000. must be nice. >> yeah those that cannot afford it. >> that is the american way. that is al >>> after 12 years, "two and a half men" says good-bye tonight but not without charlie sheen kipicng a fight. >> hear how he is trying to stick it to them now. >> i always wan

even the beach of south florida, miami, temperature feeling like 39 or 38 degrees fahrenheit.alking about three to four degrees celsius even in the south beach area when it comes to windchill. that's the fahrenheit temperature for chicago. five degrees, mountain us 15 sells -- minus 15 celsius. the single cold ever temperature chicago has seen this late into the single since 1963. it will remain cold in every one of the boxes with the red indicate record temperatures in the works on thursday morning. notice st. louis has zero don 14 and portions -- town to 14 and portions of central florida, 40 would be a record temperature. you have to notice what's going on the last weeks. photo from nasa shows new york city. the northeastern u.s. again. look at the snow coverage across the part of the country. clouds well off shore. if you're traveling the roadways with such temperatures, a lot of ice forming. not much in the way of air travel because when you're flying temperatures are typically 30 to 40 below. aircraft not going to be impacted at impacted so far 30 to 40 flights canceled.

position because his fiancee was corrupt, but that is 3000 miles away from washington, so today in south florida, we also find jeb bush canceling a press conference but he did talk to reporters and he told our away from colleague that his wife is his inspiration and she is his soulmate. she helps him keep sane, and during a campaign he can't do anything without her. all beasley someone very important to jeb bush, but many americans have never heard her voice. she did not talk today. let's hurt her -- let us hear her say something she said a little while ago. mrs. bush: [speaking spanish] john: some of the other candidates are a lot more active. here is kelly hall -- kelly paul. kelly paul: real change and taking on the establishment is hard, and that is why so few people in government actually do anything. rand always fights for the principle that he believes in. john: so kelley has a book that is coming out and she is pretty active politically. so which one, based on what you know kelley about, have the potential to either be helpful or harmful to the candidates? mark: i, like most americans do

in addition to teaching at the university of south florida, al-arian was a frequent media commentatord speaker at anti-war rallies. he co-founded the tampa bay coalition for peace and justice and the national coalition to protect political freedom. between 1997 and 2001 he visited the white house four times. he actively campaigned for george w. bush in the 2000 election. but life for sami al-arian changed after the september 11 attacks. >> on september 28, 2001 he was interviewed on fox news by bill bill o'reilly about ramadan shalah, who went on to become the leader of the militant group palestinian islamic jihad. beginning the next day, the university of south florida, where al-arian worked was overwhelmed by hundreds of threatening letters and emails. thirty-six hours after the interview, the university put al-arian on paid leave. in october 2002, i interviewed sami al-arian in new york when he spoke at the not in our name rally in central park. i asked him about his appearance on bill o'reilly. >> the way the interview went, the guy at attack he viciously. many e-mails and trainin

lives in america polling as david indicated among those hard liners that were concentrated in south floridaal erosion of the support for embargo and hard line towards cuba. notwithstanding everything you are saying, the situation is not going to get better for those ex isles that lost property in cuba. what's your prescription for what's going to happen? >> what happened in south africa. when you have only one nation on earth placing sanctions on a rogue regime not much happens but when you have the entire world placing sanctions that's the cure but it's not going to happen. i'm realistic. it's knot going to happen. >> fair enough. what's the prescription that might work for those like you who feel it's not useful for the united states to engage cuba at this level what should we do? >> the u.s. should place some kind of conditions on its negotiations in cuba that will ensure the end of the castro giambiregime and the rebirth of democracy in cuba. that's not going to happen either, not with this administration. what they want is for cuba to be like china or viet that many and that's not goin

simmons a four star recruit from south florida, he picked temple after decommitting from ucla and missed time because of a broken leg but as a junior ran for 200 yards. >> he saw temple and a chance to play at lincoln financial field and get a great education at temple. >> like father and son john daniel runyon signs his letter of intent to play at michigan like his papa did. one of six players at the school to sign today. >> flyers coach craig berube had a simple message for his players today take care of your own business and don't look at the standings. one player taking care of business is steve mason undefeated 5-0 in his last six games, a big reason they won a season high four in a row but there is still work to do. >> we have to get above the .500 level and beyond and start making ground we have done a pretty good job to get back because of the position we were in but we need to get a bunch of game as above it. >> leading up the super bowl, star marshawn lynch he said it over and over i'm not here so i won't be fined. lynch won't be fined by the nfl for his creative way of avoidin

. >>> and ducis rogers has the latest on natale allen's encounter with police in south florida. picking three things is easy. you... pick three. annnnnd... that's pretty much it. so the pennsylvania lottery changed the name of "the daily number" to "pick 3". it's that easy to play. pick 3. easy to play. simple to say. it doesn't get much easier than picking two things. you pick two, and... you're basically done. that's why the pennsylvania lottery created pick 2. just pick two numbers. done. pick 2. easy to play. simple to say. >>> it will be at least thursday until we know if the revel deal is dead. the judge delayed a ruling on whether or not the new jersey casino can terminate the deal to florida developer, glen straub straub says he couldn't pay without knowing if he would knowing if he would be required to honor the leases of former tenants. >>> and former treasurer rob mccord plead guilty today to two counts of extortion. we get the details from vernon odom. >> reporter: rob mccord, pennsylvania's disgraced extreasurer left court today after pleading guilty to extortion to

some of these remodelings, legacy south florida is doing incredible.'re doing per store i have to admit are amazing. can that -- i mean just extraordinary 4 million a unit i don't have anybody doing like that. what is going on at those store sns. >> i think what you have in south florida is the fact that those legacy stores we've been media efficient there the longest. we're serving second generation of customers down there. they know us they know everything about us. they love our food. and what you're seeing in the rest of the markets as these emerging markets, you're seeing us really grow. and the awareness factor of the brand and how to use, all of those things are growing. and i think in evidence of what's going on in central florida and the kind of growth that we're having eversince those restaurants and markets got to media efficient. >> well, tim, what would happen -- i know you've been in the business for years so maybe this is just too bold or way off, but what would happen if you put one right here in the new york region? why haven't you put

so it is very much about south florida politics. now, as far as what the bet is, look, the bet is -- you can't micromanage a transition in cuba from coral gables right? or from washington. a change in cuba has to come from within. it's got to come from the people. it's got to be home grown democracy. they have to want it, and the best way that we can help facilitate that is by opening up the flow of contacts, resources, capital, information to the cuban people so that they can be in a better position to make greater demands from that government. so that's the bed of this policy, that we're empowering civil society we're empowering all sectors of the cuban people so that they can make -- they're in a better position. they can, you know, put food on the table better provide for, you know their basic needs, and we'll be in a better position to make greater demands from that government. >> what about this argument that mr. calzon brings up, that in so doing we are simply giving too much away to get to that? >> we're not giving anything

today in south florida, we also find jeb bush canceling a press conference, but he did talk to reportersnd he told our colleagues that, “my wife is my inspiration and she is my soul mate. she helps me keep sane, and during a campaign i can't do anything without her.” obviously someone very important to jeb bush, but many americans have never heard her voice. she did not talk today. let's hear her say something she said a little while ago. >> columba bush: [speaking spanish] >> as far as we know, she has not done any public events cents jeb bush has considered running for president. mark: some of the other candidates are a lot more active. here is kelley paul. wife of rand paul. >> kelley paul: real change and taking on the establishment is hard, and that is why so few people in government actually do anything. rand always fights for the principles that he believes in. mark: so kelley has a book that is coming out and she is pretty active politically. most of the spouses of the 2016 candidates are like jeb bush's wife, you don't see them. so which one, based on what you know about, have t

they're expecting freezing conditions there into south florida. that's 1,500 miles worth of cold air that's stretching across the eastern portion of the country. across south florida from tampa, to ft. pierce down to miami and ft. myers, all this entire area freeze alerts. there are warnings tonight for freezing temperatures across the area. you can see the temperatures right now, it's 2 in chicago, 25 in boston 24 in atlanta. very cold air. this is the snow pack across the united states. right now 41% of the united states is covered with snow. last month it was 27%. new england, 99.2% is covered with snow right now. >> wow, you know what janice come over here for a second. >> sure. >> come over here. we're doing these weather stories daily and talking about cold in the winter. part of me wants to say it's supposed to be cold in the winter. >> that's true. >> but then we get all of these record-breaking inging temperatures. january this janice janice, is this unusual, the sigh breer yanberian express? you're a professional meteorologist. is this u

there would be the south florida wildlife center.n injured blue haren, had an injury to its wing it wasn't healing. they had to remove a nonessential bone from its wing and that helped the injury heal. once they started seeing scabs develop, they realized that the haren could find weep see the moment it was released into the wild. look at this gorgeous area they brought into the wide open space. >> so gratifying for the people that worked with the bird rehab, give them the surgery and to this moment let them go. >> yeah. also for the heron it can fly and not hit a net every time it tries to get somewhere, you know? >> look out, there's another heron there. there being the national park in south africa. look this heron is skiing! >> oh my gosh. i thought it was the water moving. >> no. figure out what's going on here. first it does look like the water's moving. >> yes. >> it's so awesome. this is like his best friend in my mind. watch the hippo comes up for a little breath of air. >> my gosh i love this! this is so awesome, i can't ha

and they do that with the help of medical students from the university of south florida's moresani schoolmedicine. >> why isn't there more? >> well you know, it's a difficult area of law to practice in. i think the story i just told demonstrates that. and a university really has to show commitment. because it's all pro bono right? it's at no cost to the veterans. so universities have to really feel passionate about this and stetson is one of those universities that does and so is university of south florida. but we encourage all law schools to do it. and this is a great model for them to be able to get involved. because it's good for veterans it's good for the students to learn together, and it helps the v.a. make the right decision the first time. >> yeah. now let me turn to you. al, thanks for your service in vietnam and in the marine corps. >> thank you. >> and now your service as chancellor of the philadelphia bar. you have made, in your leadership role now, you've made helping veteran yours top priority. you know, we have an ethic in the military as you know leave no one behind. is t

. >>> professor john paul at the university of south florida has developed a fish censor to find mislabelled fish. some is labeled as grouper, it's a different type of fish. it's costing the consumers $25 million a year. the professor says inventing the censor is not what we set out to do. >> we developed the technology to defect red tide, if you could do the same thing for grouper, it would not get past the door. >> it can be used to monitor different kinds of seafood. it's not cheap, it's $2,000 and will come out later this year. >>> a plane crash in taiwan. dramatic video that captured the terrifying moments just after takeoff. >>> rules on homosexuality and sex outside marriage, the controversial guidelines for teachers at some bay area catholic schools. >>> good morning we're looking at a commute, traffic is doing well if you're driving north bound on 280 in san jose. >>> temperatures are 40s and 50s, we're waiting for the system to move in. oh, somebody bark at the moon there. we won't be able to see it in the morning, but we can there. nothing can prepare you for having a doctor tell

tropical storm faye is sweeping through south florida.e posted on tv stations up and down the coast. >> faye got nasty kicking up some hefty winds. >> anthony romano is part of a television news crew sent out to cover the story for the local station. >> we had full coverage from key west to ft. lauderdale, and we were pretty much telling the audience and the viewers, you know, how dangerous it is out here on the beach. >> while setting up, romano notices several kite surfers taking advantage of those strong winds. he admits it looks like tremendous fun. >> you know, at the time i was like, man, i would love do that. i would definitely like to try that. >> but romano never imagines that in just seconds, one of those kite surfers is about to become the story of the day. >> we saw him go up about 40 feet, at least, and then slam into the ground. that i'll never forget. i remember just seeing him slam straight into the ground. and then i thought that was the end of it. i thought he was going to land on the sand and that's it, but then it pull

the dangerous windchills felt as far south as florida.me conditions and more snow for new england. >>> stolen dog. the pet sitters van taken at gun point. the police manhunt for two suspects, six missing dogs and a motive. >>> a little later, criminal charges for reena's favorite rapper of all time, vanilla ice. >> ding ding ding ding ding ding. >> the serious accusations for the reality tv star who's been in trouble before. that's in "the skinny" on this thursday, february 19th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> am i making this up, america? there was a vanilla ice dance. i was asking tj he did it back in the day >> he had a patented dance. >> he puts his leg -- >> he jumps over. >> over his leg. that's the big move. >> with the pants. >> did you have those pants? >> i don't think so. >> you were classing up the joint coming to school in a tie. >> you came to high school in a tie? >> there were days. >> oh. >> tie with my vanilla ice pants. it was a great look. >> oh, boy. now might be a good point to get to our

. >>> and in south florida today torrential rain and strong winds interrupted play at the honda classic golf tournament. it also led to flooding in miami with some areas getting as much as six inches of rain. >>> in san diego the second largest drug bust ever at a u.s. border crossing. more than 15 tons of marijuana were seized at a border crossing with mexico. u.s. customs officers made the discovery inspecting a mattress truck. there were a few mattresses as well as 1,300 packages of pot worth $19 million. >>> also in mexico authorities are trumpeting a huge arrest in the drug war. their latest catch, "la tuta" said to be extremely violent. here's nbc's mark potter. >> reporter: following his arrest, the notorious drug kingpin and former schoolteacher known at "la tuta" was paraded past the cameras before being flown to a high security prison. the d.e.a. says the 49-year-old was ahead of the knights tem s of mexico with an iron fist. >> if you took la tuta and put al capone in the same room it wouldn't be a fight. al capone would be out cold. >> reporter: left this house wearing a hat

. >>> temple owls are on a three game winning streak and they make it four for university of south florida for fran dunphy's including. they got 19 from will cummings. he has 1,000 points in his temple career. owls win 61-48. temple will go for five wins saturday afternoon begins memphis tigers on the banks of the mississippi. >>> penn state head football coach james franklin has said he wants to dominate the state when it comes to recruiting. now that the sanctions are over penn state had its full recruiting class since 2011. # one young talented student athletes are heading to state college. one of the new lions is saint joe prep cornerback john reid "eyewitness news" at the prep as reid and five teammates signed commitment letters including john daniel runyan and like dad, he is headed to michigan. he will play at virginia. dylan delewis going to colgate. tom johnson and jake strain will be teammates at princeton. prep won back to back state titles. best of college in college fellows on the field and in the classroom. >>> temple owls got 19 letters of intent including a couple of four s

in south florida alone, in less than a month, three cases caught on camera, including this one. >> whoaslapping a homeless man before arresting him. the man was charged with trespassing. but did the cop go too far? prosecutors will decide. they're now looking at the case and at the video. tom llamas, abc news, new york. >>> a pretty unique bust. chocolate covered marijuana. interesting to you, huh? >> or delicious. >> you're very hungry today. >> 400 pounds of it on display yesterday, street value $50,000. they need to get stuff like this off the streets because it could be seriously harmful in certain situations. >> what if these get in the hands of children? and that could be certainly dangerous. we're certainly worried about that. >> good point. more and more edible forms of marijuana are being seen particularly since states have started legalizing pot. a 42-year-old man arrested in the bust. >>> all right. time for something new here on "world news now." what we're calling the stunning study of the day. are you aware of this? >> yes, very interesting. >> they don't run these things