First lets get a check of the weather. Its looking like a great day today. Warmer temperatures today in the upper 70s for highs. Pleasant sunshine at 1015. The winds coming down. Seas up a little bit with the northerly component. A moderate chop. Tonight, no t a bad night, cooler inland lows in the 60s. Looking through the sunday forecast coming up. In campaign 2016, today is the day for voters to head to the polls for the South Carolina primary, caucus in nevada and no two have more at steak than marco rubio and jeb bush. Reporter as jeb bush and state, it was hard not to notice they stay sound similar. Its hard to see it now, but im telling you that the 21st century is made for us. If you believe that were on the verge of the greatest time to be alive but we need someone with a servants heart, i ask for you vote. The fact that they are both delivering the same message underscores the problem for each, they are vying for the same type of voter. Im torn between jeb and marco. Reporter he wonders why jeb hasnt made more of an impression. Who will win florida . Thats a big question. Police officer, talks about bush fatigue jeb would probably do a good job, but i dont think the country is ready for another bush. Thats whats hurting him. Melanie says shes voting for bush because of his experience. I know that jeb has been tried in areas and proven true. Marco rubio, i dont know if hes been tested as much. Reporter this contest is critical for both. Rubio has picked up the endorsement of rick scott hes expected to do well. If he falls short, hes going to have trouble making an argument as to why he can go the distance. Jeb bush needs to finish at case. Well be here when the results come in later tonight. Expected to be a tight race. It will be the first to appeal to nevada voters. Theyre 25 latino and its a major concern in the state it begins at 11 00 a. M. The democrats will turn their attention to South Carolina which holds its primary next saturday. Jim will remain in South Carolina for todays primary. Look for reports today on cbs 4 news. In miami, a mother charged with child negligent is expected in court today. Shes accuse offend leaving his daughter in a burning apartment. He didnt try to save the fiveyearold. I could tell she was unconscious. Time to lose as the people told them they heard a little girl crying inside an apartment. They smashed a window. She was close enough i could see her with my helmet light. In the heat of the moment, the task at hand was to grab her and take her out of the dangerous environment, which i did. The little girl was all alone in the condo thursday night as firefighters treated her for smoke inhalation, helping her to come to, the mother took off the Condo Association president says she was outside smoking a cigarette when the fire started which they believe was in the kitchen. Im grateful the situation was such we were able to get her had he taken another three or four minutes, the outcome could have been difficult. Its unclear why this mother took off. Shes here awaiting bond this morning. Also this morning, a hearing from dcf to figure out where to put this little girl firefighters rescued several puppies in miami. Chopper 4 flew over the scene in miami. Miami fire rescue sent us these photos of paramedics giving oxygen to the pups no one was hurt. A fort lard Police Officer charged for sending racially charged messages insists hes not a racist. Investigators say wells messages with other officers they claim he used messages and referred to a specific type of criminal. The worst of the criminals, not a specific race, not a specific gender. It may have been another ripoff had it not involved the sons of a high diplomat. The youngest will not be going to prison. Reporter 15yearold friday dodging what could have been a live sentence for a ripoff that turned fatal. Also in court, his mother, in march, mark and his older looking to rip off a drug dealer for five grand worth of pot. In a shootout, he wounded the drug dealer. The little brother reached a deal that will have him do up to 18 monthses and 8 years probation. His mother is grateful. The mother is the happiest in the world, because i get to have my son back. She will never get her older son back shot dead in the botched ripoff. This is a young man that does have significant redeeming qualities. Unfortunately made a horrible decision to hang out with his older brother who was up to no good. Gives him a chance to straighten out his life. Reporter a Second Chance for this boy who entangled himself with drugs and murder, a Second Chance, providing he stays straight. The judge warned the youngest son, if he fouls up in boot camp, violates house arrest and probation, its off to prison for 60 years. A funeral mass scheduled today for Justice Antonin Scalia will be held at the Largest Church in our nations capitol. Yesterday, president obama and first lady were at the Supreme Court building to pay the respect to the conservative. Antonin scalia died on saturday. President reagan nominated him president obama plans to replace him soon. The world is remembering harper lee this morning best known as the author to kill a mocking bird. It was a classic read by millions. We have more on her life. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view. The alabama lawyer in the 1962 film to kill a mocking bird. The movie addressed racism, lee was a Law School Graduate who moved to new york to become a lawyer. Youre the only one i know george w. Bush presented her with a medal of freedom. But most of her life was spent out of the spotlight. The public was stunned to discover a previous book she wrote. Lit up the small town where she grew up and lived in her Twilight Years many fans were disappointed because of the character being racist. She will forever inspire people through her written words. Family members requested a private funeral. A safety alert, the hover board manufacturers and retailers what its telling them after the break. The battle heating up and donald trump is getting involvedded in the issue. The largest fundra the government can soon put the breaks on a hover board they issued a letter to manufacturers about the selfbalancing boards which were a huge hit this season they will recall if they fail to the gadgets have been prone to defects including catching fire. Many of the incidents would not have happened if they met existing standards. The Justice Department firing a new shot at apple claiming that apples refusing to help in the unlocking of the shooters phone apple standing by their decision. Meanwhile Donald Trump Endorsed an apple boycott. I like the idea, boycott apple until such time they give that information. I think thats a great idea. They have asked a judge to force apple to unlock that phone. The big event in the fight against cancer is about to get the cancer challenge, thousands will take part in one of our own. Joining us now live from sun life stadium with more. Are they getting ready . Reporter i am getting ready. I dont take off until about noon today im only doing the 13mile ride. Last year i did 30miles its insane. But this is a great event. 6th year of the dolphins challenge. Some of the cyclists are gearing up towards the start line and getting ready for the hundredmile ride. Speaking of the hundredmile ride, i have the ceo here. Michael, getting ready to do the hundred mile yourself, how are you feeling this morning . I felt more confident in years past. I know ill have the strength get through 100miles. Im excited the weather couldnt be nicer. Reporter whats cool about this event, seems to get bigger every year. What is going on with the event . We have a concert. Well have six cycling routes they all finish here at sun life stadium. People can still register for it this morning starting here at sun life and there after, well have a concert at 2 00 p. M. And 3 00 p. M. With cheryl you and Melissa Ethridge. Everyone has the single goal in mind which is raising money for Cancer Research reporter its 100 going to Cancer Research. Miami dolphins has raised 11 1 2 Million Dollars to fund Cancer Research projects here at home. Its very special to a lot of people like myself and thousands of others that will participate this weekend. Were blessed to be here cancer obviously affects many of us tell us about the story and how cancer affected your family. Cancer did call on our door at the end of 2009, my dad, who community, faced bile duct cancer. Its a family effort. Care think gratitude and respect. The doctors are the best and the fact that we can invest, we dont know when it will call when it does, you want to know and rely upon someone like that. Enjoy the ride. Ill see you at the finish line. As long as someone participates, it doesnt matter. Im going to get ready and toss it back to you guys. Good luck thank you hopefully todays weather will cooperate for the cancer challenge. Heres craig. Reporter temperatures mild, coming out of the 60s, headed to the mid to upper 7 0s today. Breeze falling off a little bit through the day. Still breezy this morning. Pleasant sunshine, a gentle breeze, highs in the 7 0s today. Tomorrow, looking great. High pressure settling into the area. Nice of sun nice and warm. Next week, not a lot of changes High PressureStill Holding on. In the low 80s. This next front comes at us in two parts the first approaches and doesnt come through. The next one comes through on thursday. Tuesday and wednesday are looking like were going to see some stormy periods possible about any time. The best bet from this line of storms is going to be wednesday night ahead of the front that comes through on thursday across the country, pretty warm. Temperatures in the 60s and 70s and tomorrow, more of the same much of the nation enjoying a warmup. Heres our forecast for today. Looking nice out there. Pleasant sun, a gentle breeze for boaters, no problems on the waters the seas up a little bit. Seas northeast and a moderate chop on the bays lows in the 60s tonight. Taking us through the weekend, after todays 77, 79 on sunday. 81 for your monday. And now, cbs 4 sports. A surprise win for the miami heat as canes returned. How about the miami heat . Without their top three scorers, only 9 players and they still get a road win. The heat managed to get it done without two. Josh mcroberts, a big ored. Right behind him 17 points and he had 10 dimes of his own. The man, stepping up in a major way, wide open here. The heat win 115111. We believe in ourselves and in each guy from top to bottom on the roster. Good for other guys to get an opportunity to step up and get a one tomorrow night. The baseball canes off to a chilly start. They host rutgerss. The pitching has to hold up. Latebreaking ball to get out of a jam in the fifth inning and that ends it. The canes slam the door. Im jim berry. Still ahead, a south florida survivor you will meet a young woman taking part in the cancer challenge. How her fight turned into a mission to save others. Plus beyonce boycott. A mammogram saved her life and now shes on a mission to make sure that those tests Important Information for women. A major shift in screening for best canner. The American Cancer Society advised its guidelines in scanning for cancer. Women around the country took note. As long as you have breasts, you should be checking, doing selfchecks because you never know. It could happen. She was surprised to hear that women of average risk were told to wait to 45. At first, they kind of like brushed it off like youre young, you should have nothing to worry about. I asked for a script for a mammogram. Theyre like you too young you shouldnt get one until youre 40. Reporter the test confirmed cancer. She had a double mastectomy. Everything changed about me on chemo. I didnt want to eat. Those changes coupled with treatment helped to save her life. Today, a little over a year after being diagnosed, tiffany is cancer free and ready to ride she will join thousands of cyclists for the cancer challenge, a bike ride designed to raise awareness and money for the cancer center. Tiffany says shes riding for her grandmother who battled Breast Cancer for 13 years and another young woman who was diagnosed since being diagnosed, i have turned it into something positive i started to speak out more. I actually met more young women affected by the disease. Her experience prompted her friends to ask for mammograms, many were denied because of she hopes they never wind up on a similar path. Im not going to say getting through chemo or getting through the mastectomy, i just being a survivor is standing and fighting for your life. She says positivity was great medicine for her. The American Cancer Society guidelines encourage women to if donkey sound elephant sound theres a big difference between making noise, tapping sound and making sense. elephant sound Social Security, we need more than lip service. Our next president needs a real plan to keep Social Security strong. elephant noise hey candidates. Enough talk. Broward and the keys. This is south florida cbs 4 news this morning. Good saturday morning, south florida. Thank you for joining us. It is 6 30. Heres what were working on now. Campaign 2016, a big day for candidates on both sides. A primary in South Carolina and a Democratic Caucus in nevada. Teacher in trouble. Locked up for what police say he did with a student inside classroom. An interview with kate hudson. She sits down to talk about her new book she looks fabulous. Lets get our first check of the saturday morning weather. Were hoping far beautiful day. Reporter good morning. Its looking like a great day today. Temperatures in the upper 70s for highs. A gentle breeze at 1015 over the land. The winds coming down. Seas up a little bit with the northerly component. A moderate chop on the bay. Not a bad night, a nice night, cooler inland. Lows in the 60s. Looking through the sunday forecast coming up. In campaign 20, today is the day for voters to make their choice. Republicans head to the polls for the primary and democrats will caucus in nevada. Cbs 4 is in columbia South Carolina with more. Reporter as jeb bush and Marco Rubio Criss CrossSouth Carolina on the final day of campaigning, it was hard not to notice how both men sound similar. Now, but im telling you that the 21st century is made for us. If you believe that were on the verge of the greatest time to be alive but we need someone in washington who has a servants heart and making sure that people can rise up, i ask for you vote on saturday. Reporter despite each trying to undercut the other, the fact theyre delivering the same message, theyre vying for the same type of voter. Im torn between jeb and marco. Reporter Bobby Williams is owner of the restaurant chain in columbia and wonders why jeb hasnt made more of an impression. Who will win florida . Will it be marco or jeb . Thats the question. Reporter a retired Police Officer talks about bush fatigue. Jeb would probably do a good country is ready for another bush. Thats whats hurting him. Reporter up the road in greenville, melanie says shes voting for bush because of his experience i know that jeb has been tried and proven true. Marco rubio, i dont know if hes been tested as much. Reporter its critical for both men. For marco rubio, hes picked up the endorsement of tim scott those were big for him hes expected to do well if he falls short, hes going to have trouble making an argument as to why he can be the candidate to go the distance. For jeb bush, theres a lot of stories that his campaign is slowly running out of money he needs to finish at least tied with rubio to make a strong case as to why he should go on in this case. Moment and well bring it to you tonight. In nevada, its expected to be a tight race between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders it will be the first appeal to voters. Immigration reform is a major concern in the state. It begins at 11 00 a. M. The democrats will turn their attention to South Carolina which holds his primary next saturday. Jim will remain in South Carolina for the primary. Look for live reports today. Now a former High School Teacher arrested and accused of having sex with an underage student. They say the encounter happened in the classroom. He is married with children and this gentleman is a 15year schoolteacher he has three minor children at home, his wife is pregnant. Reporter jason myiers, a blank stare as his life tumbles down around him the Language Arts teacher accused of having sexual relations twice in the classroom at the end of last year. Jason myers will wear an ankle bracelet and then this, the alleged actions are unacceptable. Its disgusting. You have our kids, theyre in school, you expect them to be safe and you have these teacher predators there. Two similar cases in the last 20 years, neither resulted in con conviction. Children, its disappointing he did this. Reporter we reached out to his attorney for a comment. We went to his home, no luck there. Its crazy how it was a student and hes a teacher theres no boundaries he doesnt respect a minor. In jail overnight waiting to be fitted with the ankle bracelet and then hell go home. Caught on camera, car burglar stealing a car and a phone. It happened around northeast 7th avenue. A man going through the car, unaware, the dash cam was recording his every move started from a knocked over candle for a memorial for jones an officer in clothes shot him after a confrontation. Jones had a gun but never fired. A baseball player facing smuggling charges mariners outfielder the Attorneys Office is trying to recover a Million Dollars from hernandez and his Sports Management company. Still ahead, beyonce boycott. Commutety leaders firing back after the head of the department calling for a boycott of her concert. Good morning. Welcome back new details on a story making National Headlines the call of the police union to boycott beyonces concert. Now other departments are firing back. So tonights top story, the were not going to show up and sign up to work for a whom is giving a message of antipolice. A growing war of words as the Police Union Says its voted to boycott superstar beyonces concert. The super bowl appearance and new formation sends an antipolice message. Obviously, the officers have every right to decide if they want to participate as off downtown officers at any event. And beyonce has the same way to express herself. Calling them out, imploring the city to do whatever is antics saying he can no longer be allowed license to destroy the reputation of one of the finest Law Enforcement agencies in the nation. Underscoring the title, in order to dispel any rumors, the Miamidade Police department is not involved in any boycott. You say everybody has a right to express themselves absolutely. The president of the miami union says theyre heeding the call for a boycott. Cbs 4 news today, a big day, thousands of cyclists hit the road for the cancer challenge and hopefully the weather will cooperate. Heres craig sensor. Tempts are pleasant, were coming out of the 60s and headed to the 70s. Breeze falling off a little bit as we go through the day. Pleasant sunshine and the true that big event just got underway, the cancer challenge, thousands cyclists, taking part in today, and joining us live from sun life stadium with more, mike, are you getting ready . I think im ready. I just saw a couple hundred riders take off and im intimidated if you look over my shoulder, you see the clear lane. We had a bunch of riders take its for a good cause raising money for Cancer Research. That number continues to rise at the nfls largest fundraiser and here to help kick it off is mark richt. Welcome back. Im here in shorts in february, pretty good. Not right now, maybe inside, but really excited to be a part of the community and embrace everything and the relationship between the dolphins, its phenomenal and for such a great cause, fighting cancer, its wonderful. You just sent out the riders on the 100mile ride. Starting the charity work, how cool is this event . I was amazed at how massive it is. You can see what is going to happen when the 5 or 6 races finish here we talk about cancer and how it effects many people, most people anyone who has a friend, family or coworker, this is a big deal for you. Can you talk about that . My wife katherine had cancer in 2006, by the grace of god, shes doing great. Thats what this is about. Raising money for research for the people who are smart enough to figure it out to give them the resources they need. Its going to be a lot of fun and raising money for an awesome cause. You have a big recruiting day. It is february, an ex year, can we expect to see here, maybe 100mile . I dont think so. I might be here when they cross the finish line. Thank you. Enjoy the rest of your day. Its a great event. If you havent signed up for you can do the concert with Melissa Ethridge and cheryl crow. Kate hudson empowering women when it comes to what they think about their bodies the interview after the break. Kate hudson, i was honored to moderate the event. How much did not love goldie . She was grounded growing up with kurt russell. We had a fun childhood. We had very present parents they were really present. To grow and grow and thats our motto, family first. Kate who is a golden globe winner who appeared in many movies, just loves everything about the process of movie making. I love making movies, the thing is, theres the finished product but really, for me, making movies is about the experience and part of what is so great about it is meeting amazing people and it doesnt every experience has been pretty great. Shes a businesswoman. The 36yearold charmed the crowd and yours truly leaving all of us feeling like we just made a new friend. Youre super cool Everyone Wants to have a cocktail or a beer with you. I like having cocktails im all for it. She costars with jennifer aniston. A its to benefit the boys and girls clubs the roller coaster visible from will make its final plunge. The 100foottall coaster will be disassembled march 16th to make one for a one million foot shopping center. It was known as the tallest look at this, finally this morning, looking at one of the new additions to zoo miami. How beautiful is that. Born, they made their debut together for the public to see, he was born on november 14th. He was a little nervous to step out on the to the exhibit yesterday but came out to the store with her cub so everyone could see them. They did go outside but never too far from the watchful eye of his mother. These are gorgeous pictures an amazing job as always capturing these precious moments from zoo miami for all of us to see. That does it for us this saturday morning. Thank you for joining us. We of course will be back in another 25 minutes with a live news update. A gorgeous day, go out there and enjoy your family, everybody. Iii. Captioning funded by cbs good morning. Its february 20th, 2016. Welcome to cbs this morning saturday. A primary push and the countdown to caucus. With two contests to be decided today, the candidates try to make their cases to undecided voters. And borrowing the keys to crack the code. The Justice Department offers a compromise to apple over a gunmans cell phone. A single book, she changed american literature. A look being backat the legacy of harper lee. And saving the planet by drinking beer