ted scouten is live. >> reporter: one flightenned little girl. it -- one rightened little girl. the step father ran in for a moment. this man gets out of his car to ruin to the convenient store at the sonoco gas station. a man strolls up to the car, walks to the back of it and squats down. making his way to the driver's side door. right behind him , the man that owns the car runs after him. the crook did not realize a 6- year-old girl was in the backseat. >> she just said, car was running fast until he looked at her and said get out. she didn't know what was going on. nobody drives that fast with her. >> reporter: the child's grandmother doesn't want to show her face. she tells us that little girl was terrified when the car pulled out and she realized her step father was not behind the wheel. the child was order #-d out -- ordered out of the car. when the crook sped off, the little girl ran across the street. fortunately, there was a jogger that helped her. >> she saw her crossing street and asked her where is your parent. she told her they stole her dad's car. arrived she would

ted scouten cbs 4 news tonight. >>> campaign 25th -- 2016 marco rubio was once arrested. according to the washington rubio was 18. the investigation right -- uncovered that rubio and friends were stopped by police at the park. for drinking under age. the post says no charges were ever filed in the whole thing was dropped a couple months later. we've reached out to the rubio campaign for comment and have not yet heard back. >>> and new poll shows bernie sanders is taking a commanding lead in the early state of iowa. he has opened up an eight point lead over hillary clinton according to a new cnn poll. he tops clinton among likely democratic primary voters. caucus got -- goers and i 51% to 43%. >>> we told you about the recent rise in have reported accidents and tonight we are hearing from a man who suffered a devastating brain injury from his fall. he underwent surgery and is facing months of recovery. at 40 mike keller is learning to walk again with the help of a cane as his brain slowly recovers. >> they had to cut a hole in my head. prospect park had a blood clot in his

ted scouten cbs 4 news tonight. >>> campaign 25th -- 2016 tonight. according to the washington post it happened in miami when rubio was 18. the investigation right -- uncovered that rubio and friends were stopped by police at the park. they were there after hours and for drinking under age. the post says no charges were ever filed in the whole thing later. campaign for comment and have not yet heard back. >>> and new poll shows bernie sanders is taking a commanding lead in the early state of iowa. he has opened up an eight point lead over hillary clinton according to a new cnn poll. he tops clinton among likely democratic primary voters. caucus got -- goers and i 51% to 43%. >>> we told you about the recent rise in have reported accidents and tonight we are hearing from a man who suffered a devastating brain injury from his fall. he underwent surgery and is facing months of recovery. at 40 mike keller is learning to walk again with the help of a cane as his brain slowly recovers. >> they had to cut a hole in my head. >> reporter: mike, who lives in p

ted scouten, cbs4 news. >>> we move now to tallahassee. david bank no is inside the building where the numbers will be drawn. explain it to us. >> reporter: this is the florida lottery headquarters. you see the four machines? only two of them will be used tonight. the lottery balls that will be used are in there, we are told they have nevebeen touched by if the barcode does not match the code that the auditor has, someone has breached security. only three people are allowed inside. at 9 pm eastern, the machines will be rolled out of the room and into the drawing room. it is a green screen, just like a weatherman has. the talent will stand in the middle. at 10:59, the drawing begins. there are nine cameras in this room and the people watching those cameras are in iowa. they are in headquarters monitoring everything that the auditors and staff are doing. 13 students -- people randomly from anywhere in america can calm, it's first-come, first- served. >> interesting. we know there's a lot of dysfunction in tallahassee. how long have been -- t

ted scouten, cbs4 the morning. >> when they name you duchess they're going to treat you really well. >> she runs the neighborhood. >>> all right a dramatic rescue at the zoo. when a worker falls into an animal's enclosure. >> caught on camera. then we have this, a toddler running in the middle of the busy highway. how the child ended up there all alone. >> and do you have little ones ad home? check your -- at home? check your car seat, tens of thousands of infant car seats are being recalled. what you need to know. >> plus a big announcement by facebook that could make watching football games even better. >> all right as we take a look at the forecast models, we are going to see the potential for widespread precipitation today south florida. storms likely even into 10:00 a.m. around lunchtime. it is looking wet be messy into the evening commute even. we could have some heavy downpours and damaging gusty of severe weather. but then big changes for the weekend. get ready for a dip in degrees >>> good friday morning south florida. and get ready for a soggy start to the weekend. already

ted scouten a cbs4 news. >>> the new frost museum is under construction but is out of money. it turns out the museum has not raised as much private money as it thought it was going to. it has spent $160 million in taxpayer money for miami-dade county. now while the museum tries to figure out a solution. carlos jimenez says he will help with a new plan saying the museum, cannot be allowed to fail. it is supposed to open by the end of the year.>>> a traffic alert to tell you about for drivers near for lauderdale. all westbound lanes of sunrise boulevard will be closed tonight from bayview to federal highway. the closure starts at 9:00 and last all night long. crews need to replace the water main that broke christmas day, creating a flood and sinkhole. when the repairs finish, people in the area will have to boil water until tests confirm it is safeo drink. >>> tonight, fort lauderdale has its first t lmart inside city limits. mayor jack siler cut the ribbon this morning. it is on broward boulevard this morning. it is on broward blvd., west of i-95. the new store will be open 24

ted scouten cbs4 news. >>> affluenza team is back in the us. video of ethan couch leaving mexico city airport this morning. couch and his mother tonya were detained in mexico last month after they fled while he was on probation for killing 4 people during a drunk driving accident 3 years ago. his defense claimed he was so rich he didn't know the difference between right and wrong. tonya couch was sent back to caught. >>> a special graduation this morning almost 100 miami-dade across the stage. cbs4 lauren pastrana was there, made. surprise, it was exciting for the people here were able to witness it. one has been the acting director the miami-dade police department for quite some time, after jd paterson announced his retirement in today the mayor of miami-dade county made the job assignment official. these 95 men and women are the newest officers who have sworn to serve and protect miami-dade county. and this is their new boss. as this graduating class begins a new journey sodas juan perez who was officially announces the new director of the po

cbs4's ted scouten is there with more on the croc who was apparently just looking for a warm place to hang out. >> reporter: what a greating for this couple who just moved the pennsylvania. an eight foot crocodile floating around in the pool at >> the crocodile was just -- basically chilling. >> reporter: wildlife officials morning. then figured the crock just like everyone else was looking for a warm place to hang out. about 80 degrees. so i'm sure it was a lot warmer than the ocean that the crocodile was swimming in. you know especially with the cool weather we've had here all week. >> reporter: it's knotted to see them here. >> -- not odd to see them here. >> well they're it's part of the whole -- just part of the whole wildlife picture. every your now. >> eatons live a few door down and have crocodiles that have been here for years and initially people wanted rid of not anymore. >> everybody that's been here a while protects duchess. they're very defensive of her. they don't want her or her offspring. we have three of them now on the property. interfered with. keep their eyes open