In almost 90 years. President obama a ives in havana tomorrow and plans to use an historic speech on cuban tv to highlight greater economic freedoms for cubans. The president is scheduled to meet raul castro, meet with cuban dissidents and attend a baseball game. But president obama isnt the only one going to cuba for the next few days. Many travelers here in south florida also heading to the island nation around the same time as the commander in chief. Most have one thing in common. They say they welcome the changes between the u. S. And cuba and hope president obamas trip will bring more changes and communication between the two nations. And in our next halfhour of news, nbc 6 will bring you more on what people think about the president s historic visit. There are reminders of this first familys visit just about everywhere you look. Vendors areooking to cash in by selling shirts, buttons, and other items with the president s face on them. Showing the president and first ady in humoro
The victim. Its unclear what set Andreas Gutierrez off. He died at the scene after opening fire and then turning the gun on himself. Four other people were inside the home at the time of the incident. They werent hurt. New detatals about a deadly accident near weston this morning. Theeictim is being identified as an 58yearold man from north lauderdale. He veered into the center lane and then overcorrected. Next crashed into a concrete bridge support. This happened on i75 near royal palm boulevard. A south florida child drowns after going into a retention pond to retrieve her sisters backpack cpr was performed. This was late thursday in lantana. Sadly the child was pronounced alexandras sister ran from the scene, but eventually returned home. Nine days after being shot during a traffic stop, a sheriffs deputy in jacksonville has been released from the hospital. The undercover narcotics detective was shot in the head, upper body, and the hand. The detective was apparently dropping his te
Mike jerrick on vacation. Sue serio on vacation as well. It is friday, march 18th, 2016. We made it to the weekend. I would be excited, except for the fact about the snow. Is it spring fit is snowing first day of spring. California will day says it is spring so we will satisfaction it the is. It has happened before and might happen again this weekend. We will talk about a spring snowstorm. Not today, calm for now, that is head line 38 in allentown. Fortyseven in philadelphia temperatures in the mid to low 40s. Little chill, that should be warming up in the 60s this afternoon. Grab that coat, you may not need it later. We will put it at a seven today. The not a bad start or finish but in the middle of the day we could see a few showers and that wind gusting close to 30 miles an hour. Ultimate doppler is clear. Look at future cast ape these streaks of clouds, that wind gust picking up ahead of the colder air coming in. Thirty, 35 miles an hour wind gusts throughout the afternoon, maybe t
Just whenn i thought i was out, i pull you back . Exactly. Whats going on . Heres the deal, were watching this low pressure system kollcoming from the southeast. Severe weather saturday morning there. The afternoon, its raining in washington, d. C. And cold filters in. A rain snow mix will start for washininon, d. C. Saturday evening. Snow showers sununy morning for new york city. We have the american model and the european model. Theyre fairly close early on. As we get to sununy afternoon, sunday morning, you can see they start to diverge a little bibi the european model is clor and the american model is further away. By sunday afternoon, snow from new york city all the way up to maine. Heavy snow will continue into new england. Gusty winds and its going to be cold. Heres what were hooklooking at as far as accumulations. New york city, philadelphia on upnto the northern new of snow. Heaviest snow around eastern massachusetts on up toastern maine. Anywhere from 10 to 12 inches. The ame
Scene minutes after the crash, the twin engine was engulfed in flames. It started to affect firefighter procedures and it was not a very large fire at the time. It was easy to geget under control. When we proceeded with a search for any victims in the surrounding areas. It is confirmed we had two people deceased within the wreckage of the aircraft. Reporter the ntsb confirmed the planane wawas a cessna 340. An aircraft capable of hoholding a pilot and five passengers. It happened shortly after 11 30 at peter o. Knight airport. One of the general aviation airports meaning the pilots dont necessarily communicate with a tower, but they communicate with each other on a common frequency. Aviation airports. We do control the airports but whwhen there is a plane crash, faa investigates. Reporter investigators spent several hours at the scene taking pictures and trying to figure out what caused this aircraft to go down. The ntsb and faa are currently investigating though most of the investigat