. >>> tonight republicans will have their own debate at the bang united center on the university of miami campus. all looking to shore up support before the critical florida primary including miami's own marco rubio. michael spears is live at um, the calm before the storm. >> reporter: absolutely. tonight's gop debate at um could be a deciding factor for many south florida voters. you mentioned the florida primary just five days away. a huge win for all the gop candidates. trump heading into tonight's republicanan debate with the sizable lead amongst the remaining candidates. trump saying if iget florida and ohio, it can all but guarantee the nomination. others not letting it stop them. still very busy in florida. the florida primary seen as marco rubio's biggest test. he made some stops around the area, hialeah which he made it clear he'll fight until the end. >> i will be on that ballot on tuesday. i will campaign as long and hard as it takes. we' going to the white house. >> rubio rallying the crowd in hialeah. we heard much of the same from cruz as far as his platform and of obama car

a game at the united center and it was done with the folks from the centennial activities center. it's a way of giving them a chance to play hockey. they look pretty good, mr. o gibson. >> it's great and very similar to like real hockey. dentures were lost, as well. >> oh. >> all right. here's a big bike. isn't the largest bike ever. heaviest and rideable. in fitting with the theme of today, it is green. so this is -- it is 1895 pounds. that's pretty huge. >>> this morning on "world news now," donald trump's warning. why he fears violence at the gop convention. and why he's skipping a debate as hillary clinton's attention takes a new turn. >>> supreme court controversy. the president's nominee for supreme court with a prominent background. why top republicans insist there will be no hearings for this judge. >>> and new this half hour, the footwear invention taking us back to the future. >> the athletic shoe that laces itself is one step closer to the marketplace. you're in for a kick. >>> and later, the first lady's big announcement made at one of the hippest festivals in the coun

center. many of them are looking to draw up support before the big primary next week, march 15. senator ted cruz picked up a surprise endorsement today from cacay fiorina. the former presidential candidate appeared with cruz at a rally in downtown miami. the next big endorsement in the reublican race could come for former presidential candidate jeb bush. ke met today with marco rubio and will meet individually tomorrow with ted cruz and john the former florora governor has yet to endorse anyone since dropping out of the race for the white house last month. >> let me tell you something, i will be on that ballot tuesday. i will campaign as long as it takes. we are going to the white house. >> reporter: now, if florida's marco rubios determined to go down fighting. he held a rally today. [ no audio ] >> marco rubio has his eyes on florida and to que him, he's focused like a laser. seconds after taking the tage at a rally in hialeah, marco rubio squashed rumors about him dropping out of the race.

center. final score, the bulls 108, the rockets 100. for jeff, mark, lisa, our producer tim, our director jimmy moore and or outstanding abc crew, thanks for watching. up next, late local news except the west coast. we thank you for watching espn >>> a police source tells us that the son of the cleveland police chief has had his car stolen and a gun was inside the vehicle. the stolen car is a 2011 silver impala. cleveland police have not cop firmed that the car belongs to chief williams' son. -- confirmed. >>> two cleveland teenages are considered armed and dangerous are on the run tonight. they are wanted in a crime spree targeting case western reserve university students. hello. thank you for joining us. two other armed suspects are say they carjacked a woman. at 6:00 tonight, derek waller was the only reporter to have this surveillance video of that carjacking. what can you tell us? >> reporter: a noticeably heavy police presence here along euclid avenue near case western's campus tonight.

so let's go to the other side candidates who will take part in their own debate at the bang united center at the university of miami campus. all are looking to shore up support before that critical florida primary including miami's own marco rubio. nbc 6 6 reporter michael spears lili at um with more on what to expect out of that. >> reporter: good morning. talk about a busy week for all the candidates. behind us final preparations being made for tonight's 12th gop debate. trump heading in with a sizable lead. we're down to four candidateses for the gop field. big focus on florida. we've been talking about this for weeks ahead of the winner takes allll march 15th primary. trump spoke out this week saying florida and ohio victories would pretty much guarantee the gop nomination. the florida primary seen as rubio's biggest test. he's been quite busy in south in hialeah he squashed rumors about dropping out of the race. in the meantime, ted cruz also making stops including miami-dade college where he got quite the endorsement. we'll also be talking about throughout the morning. as far as ton

united center. you can look up in rafters to see scottie pippen, michael jordan and jerry sloan. it's awesome. back to you. leon: all right. looking forward to it. maureen: cold in chicago. steve: it is. snow for them. nothing like that for us. warm temperatures for the rest of the evening. daytime highs tomorrow. low of 70's. cold front early in the day to cool it d maureen: the "world news tonight" with david muir is coming up next with the news of >>> breaking news tonight. the terror attack s and what u.. authorities have now discovered. they believe they know who that mystery man is. tonight, investigators say two of the suicide bombers, two brothers, had nuclear ambitions. ten hours of their own surveillance, now discovered. what they were recording. and the basketball player from the u.s., the image from the airport sceeen around the world. tonight, our interview right here. the young father talking about his little girls back in michigan. >>> the race for the white house. this donald trump tweet putting an image of ted cruz's wife next to melania trump. late today, ted cr

next week on tuesday they'll be at the bank united center and university of miami campus. >> all right. a look at your weather with meteorologist ryan phillips. >> good morning to you. temperatures on the mild side. we'll stay about 73 to 74. opa-locka at 74. pembroke pines as well, that pesky breeze still with us. southeasterly winds 15 to 20 and a high rip current risk on our beaches. breezy day but brighter, too, 72 on your drive in to work this morning. 80 by the lunch hour, highs this afternoon at 82. 7:27 here's kelly with traffic. >> typical rush hour delays but nothing too serious on the roads. here's a look outside i-95. a busy commute southbound as you're making your way ito downtown miami. the overhead sign shows you at southwest 7 street. to our maps we only have a broken down car in broward county blocks the right lane causing some delays on i-95 southbound and davey boulevard. >> kelly, thank you so mucuc we'll be right back here in 25 minutes with a ather update. have a great morning. >>> 7:30 on a thursday morning, 10th day of march, 2016. four days to go until an epic

. >> big question for united medical center hemorrhaging cash. there seems to be no end of that in sight. i'm sam ford. the story is jonathan: the district only hospital east of the anacostia is having troubles. d.c. bureau chief sam ford reports that the united medical center may cut back on care. sam: 10% is being cut friday or in the future. 112 people in all are handed pink slips. >> we had to reduce the cost by $10 we had to lay people off. sam: he insists it won't affect the nursing care. they have had financial weapons in past to the point that the d.c. government ended up owning the hospital to keep it open. the only hospital east of the anacostia river. >> since i have been coming here, the treatment is well. >> you'resantfied? >> very satisfied. sam: they are eager for a plan to have the california based healthcare partner, a private company take over here but so far no deal. the head of d.c. healthcare finance told the hospital they are losing $1 million a month. they are keeping it afloat. but how long will they continue to do that? s

tonight's debate is hosted by cnn and will be at the bank united center at the university of miami. that event starts at 8:30. andrew ruiz reporting. >>> the highs are in the low to mid-70s. that cakes to us daytime highs cool with the sea breeze kicking in with the hour by hour forecast. 80s beginning at noon continuing through the evening hours. the next several days, you won't need a jacket and the humidity is still in check. we have rain that's going to be on the way. we have the timing, when it arrives, and how much they'll get in the forecast. web site gawker has testimony that continues against hulk hogan's trial. yesterday, that professor called the publishing of hogan's sex video an undue intrusion. hogueth claims he didn't -- hogan claims he didn't know he was being videoed. >>> we're following up on two stories we first brought i as breaking news wednesday morning. first, we learned a man killed by deputies was not holding a real gun. it turns out it is a colt defender air pistol, but deputies thought it was a semi automatic handgun. they told him several times to drop hi

that will take place inside the bank united center. the debate gets under way in just a few hours. south florida now part of a crucial final stretch. >> i will be on that i will campaign as long and as hard as it takes. we are going to the white house. >>reporter: in hialeah senator marco rubio announced optimism about his home state chances before the florida primary determined to clinch the nomination. but the math favors his opponent donald trump still leading in the delegate count despite airing attack ads here in florida and other states. texas senator ted cruz rallied for votes in miami-dade college after winning idaho on super tuesdayoo, and an endorsement from carly fiorora who said if anyone can beat trump, it's cruz. >> i think i think they are going to have to look at the race and assess their prospects. it is a sple question of math. >>reporter: ohio governor john sich hosted a rally in illinois looking to woo moderate voters. >> $51 million worth of horrible lies but that's okay. because they knew they were@ lies. >>reporter: in the meantime candidate trump was in nort

this is the gop debate stage inside the bank united center at the university of miamiful it's set p and readyor tonight's big faceoff. >> it always comes down to florida. >> reporter: for marco rubio, his campaign for president will come down to florida. at a rally wednesday, he acknowledged the importance of winning next week's primary. >> there are people spreading rumors we're going to end our come pain. let me tell you something. ly be on that ballot tuesday. i will campaign as long and hard >> reporter: a poll shows trump with 44 percent, rubio 24, ted cruz with 19 and john kasich at 5 percent. >> god bless miami. >> reporter: ted cruz spending the day before the next debate campaigning in miami. >> both rubio and kasich are going to have to look at the race and assess their prospecec. >> reporter: and some not so subtle messaging from the trumdonald trump trum campaign. fresh off his win, he will keep winning hearts and minds until he reefs the magic number of 1237 delegates. >> i sealrobably getting the delegates. like the fighters you knock them out f. you knock them out, nothin

robin simmons live at um bank united center in coral gables where the g.o.p. debate will be held thursday. robin? >>reporter: it will and tonight you have got a very excited and happy donald trump after sort of a mixed bag on super saturday. he pulled out big wins today. let's listen. attacked me has gone down. okay. i don't want to mention names let's not mention names they are out. they are gone. but you can take a look at virtually every single person we started off with 17. we are down to 4. of the 4 pretty much all gochbility okaypretty much all gochbility okay. pretty much. didn't do so well tonight folksdidn't do so well tonight folks. i'm not going to say anybody didn't do well. they didn't do well. only one person did well tonight donald trump i will tell you. true. >>reporter: from 17 down to 4 and one of those 4 florida senator marco rubio. he is only would be two contest to this popot. all of his better now on florida. candidates of the g.o.p. can now turn their attention where senator rubio has been focusing for a being wife. always comes down to

not any arena but you're playing at the united center. basketball history. you look up and you see bob love, jerry pippen and michael jordan's jersey retired. that's it for sports. i'm robert burton for abc7 news. alison: have a good time. thank you. that is it for "abc7 news at 5:00". abc7 news following two breaking stories right now at 6:00. announcer: from abc7 news this is a breaking news alert. leon: the breaking news is coming in from paris where we have just learned that a terror attack has been thwarted and a man is in custody. scott thuman is working to gather details. scott: we are talking about the information just coming out of the france's interior ministry office. they have arrested a frenchman in a raid in the northwest portion of paris has been identified as someone they say was the workings of a "high-level plot" to attack in france. the bomb squad is on the scene now. they say he was in the advanced stages for an attack in france. he has been arrested. they are looking now into what they don't believe it has a direct connection to the atta

. >> reporter: that makes the university of miami bank united center tough. the campaign is bringing out record numbers of voters in miami-dade county alone, numbers substantially higher than whattlection officials saw in 20 8 and 201 which gop candidate will mast they are ring and comome out on top under the big top and take florida's primary this yeaar. >> marco rubio. he is the senator from florida. this is his state. and i will not be sururprised if he wins this debate. >> i think kasich has a lot of views at are nice to hear at least. >> i am leaning toward trump. >> reporter: so is santiago who met this president obama-lovingmet this president obama-loving, donald trump supporting flag and sign waving presidente trump in the white house. >> he is no politician. he is impressario. >> reporter: other card-carry>> reporter: other card-carrying members prefer a democratic delegation >> the only person i really believe in is smilz. >> we shall see. >> reporter: we shall see indeed. back live across from the university of miami campus. these rubio supporters

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>>> live from the bank united center on the campus of the university of miami, this is the cnn republican presidential debate. for our viewers in the united states and around the world, welcome to miami, florida. i'm jake tapper. in just five days, voters will go to the polls here in this state as well as in ohio, illinois, north carolina and missouri. the race for the republican nomination for president could change dramatically. florida and ohio each have a large number of delegates at stake, and they award all of them to the candidate who wins. they are winner take all states. that's the first time that will happen in this primary season. and this is the last debate before that critical round of voting. we hope tonight the candidates will give the voters specifics on their visions for america. so now, let's welcome the candidates. ohio governor john kasich. [ applause ] senator ted cruz of texas. [ applause ] real estate developer and businessman donald trump. [ applause ] senator marco rubio of florida. [ applause ] ladies and gentlemen, the republican candidates for president of the

>> reporter: chris, an alarming sight here at united medical center on southern avenue. behind us you can see d.c. police down there investigating what was an alarming development about 3:00 this afternoon. we are told a man and a woman drove up to the emergency entrance and requested medical assistance. they had both been shot. we are told that the man is in very, very serious condition, described as grave condition from his injuries, and that the woman's injuries are less serious. now, what we're told is that the shooting did not take place here at the hospital. it took place some distance away from here on 23rd street in southeast d.c. so there are detectives at that location also, but investigators here at great united medical center and they have an entire section of the emergency room entrance cordoned off. scene technicians down here at this time investigating the double shooting of a man and a woman earlier this afternoon. live in southeast, jackie bensen, news4. >>> more now on that head-spinning discovery related to the o.j. simpson case. police say they've rec

. >> reporter: well, we're here at the bank united center where they're putting the last minute touches on the debate stage. take a look at the podiums here. here is how it's going to go. this is where the four candidates will be. kasich will be in the first spot. cruz in the second, followed by trump in the third, rubio at the fourth. our moderator, jake tapper will be sitting there. take a look at what will be the audience later on tonight. again, this is going to be a make or break moment for rubio. debates really can make a difference. a performance of his likes could turn things around. some of the things to look for and not. don't look for rubio to do personal attacks we've seen before in the past against trump. we've seen it in the campaign trail, talking about his hair and hands and face and makeup, things like that. don't look for that tonight. rubio admitting that was probably a mistake. look for rubio and the other candidates to go after trump in terms of trying to narrow him down on specifics of his pistoriu -- policies. rubio's hope is to stop trump on the stage just as kas

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thank you to everyone at the united community center for hosting us here today. and as a special treat, your own milwaukee bucks are in the house. these are some fine young men and i told them that as long as they weren't playing the bulls, i'd root for them. but i want to say how much i appreciate brett for sharing his story. please give him a big round of applause. when i received his letter, it made a powerful impact for me, because it was so honest about the fact that he wasn't a supporter of mine which is okay. i just bought him lunch and i think maybe -- of course i'm term limited so there's not much i can do now to get a vote but we hugged it out. but for him to be able to express not only what he's going through personally but also reflect on what that means for the rest of the country and the rest of wisconsin is extraordinary. we agree, brett and i, that the affordable care act is helping a whole lot of people like him. he is why we fought so hard to fix a broken health care system in the first place. it wasn't about democrats or republicans, it was abo

center, where you're going to be seeing the candidates later tonight at those four podiums. kasich at the first, cruz at the second, trump at the third, followed by rubio at the fourth. what you're seeing happening right now out here is you've got the lighting director, that woman there and set director, that man right over there. putting on some of the final details before tonight gets under way. jake tapper, moderator, sitting at that desk right over there. a little more talk about rubio, and in terms of what we're expecting tonight. again, you heard him saying that he regrets going after trump in terms of those personal attacks, the way we saw before. so i don't think you're going to be seeing that tonight. i think what you're actually going to be seeing these candidates do is really go after trump on the issues. trying to narrow him down on the issues. as you know, he's been trailing in the polls here in his home state of florida. disappointing -- also disappointing in terms of what we saw last night at hialeah, florida, near miami. south florida, a large hispanic commun

. >> for you brain knee aks put next saturday, november 12th house at bank united center. a family friendly event at braint fair. you can make niew nur rons and ay with advice all elusions and compete in brain dpep jep or divment so much more. the brain fair runs from 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. admission is free. if you have an eveve happening in south florida. weed love to hear fruvment send us an e-mail at local 10.comn >> todd: and coast guards many to rescue crews off oregon. a high winds warning in effect at time along the coast and all three men checked out by rescue crews. all expected to be fine. >> neki: and after texas tech beat kansas state yesterday yesterday seniored to drik imojer. got his name,. >> got the opportunity of a lifetime. >> todd: demplet he took the mic down on one knee and poppedthe question to his girlfriend >> un, what is up? will you marry me? >> neki: the special moment fold the raiders win over the kansas state wild cats in which goarnlg scored 13 points. >> todd: coming up in less than ten minute sz this week with george stephanopoulos and h