Good afternoon i kristi right now at noon republican president ial candidate donald trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton remaining on top afterer another big primary night. Trump one contests in michigan, mississippi and hawaii. Hillary clinton won the mississippi primary but her rival, Bernie Sanders, won michigans primary. Ted cruz carried the idaho g. O. P. Primary as well. Right now ted cruz is campaigning h re in south florida and he just received a major endorsement. The democrats will go headtohead tonight at Miamidade College followed by the republicans. They will be debating tomorrow at the university of miami. Constance a new poll shows donald trump is leading florida ahead of the primary despite it being the home state of senator marco rubio. The new p pl showed trump with a 40 lead there, rubio at 24 , ted cruz at 19 , john kasich is at 5 . We have Team Coverage this noon. Local 10 News Reporter ben kennedy is at the ted cruz rally reporter erica raco is at themiami College Ahead of the democratic debatat lets start with them. Ben kennedy good afternoon. That rally drew hundreds of supporters for ted cruz. Former president ial candidate Carly Fiorina endorsed him today up on that stage right here behind me. You can see things have died down a lot. In fact, it just wrapped up here at Miamidade College at wilson campus. Ted cruz is fresh off a win in idaho but fell short to trump in mississippi, michigan and hawaii. This is before next tuesday along where with ohio where the vote is crucial for republicans. It will be a winner take all for the first time in the race. The texas senator has put up the toughest fight against donald trump painting himself as the best person to beat trump for the g. O. P. Nomination. Its easy to talk about making America Great again. He can even print that on the but the real question is do you understand the principles and values that made America Great in the first place . At this point our campaign has beaten donald trump not once, not twice, not three times but eight separate times. When the establishment says ted cruz is too conservative, he is too much of a fighter,e wont get along, i say you go, ted. Reporter and florida senator marco rubio says hehe is confident he will have home state advantage despite trailin in the polls. The Republican Debate will take place tomorrow night at the university of miami. Reporting live in miami, ben kennedy, local 10 news. Kristi thank you. Hillary clinton is leading in florida just ahead of the primary. The cnn orc poll out today showing g r with 61 of the vote compared to Bernie Sanders at 34 . And clinton and sders will they will be right here in south florida. Constance we pick up Team Coverage on vote 2016 at Miamidade College in southwest miamidade. Reporter constance and kristi, it will be a oneonone gym tonight. The remaining Democratic Candidates have their eyes set on florida. Away. The stage is set, security in place at Miamidade Colleges kendall campus. Everything has been monitored really like even the parking situation has been a little crazy. Reporter it is here tonight former secretary state Hillary Clinton and Vermont CenterBernie Sanders will go headtohead. This campaign is about is thinking outside of the box, quo. Reporter sanders is coming off a big rally at the james l. Knight center last night. His first time campaigning in crowd. His plan to make public colleges and universities t ttion free, audience tonight want to hear more about. I would also like for him to clarify his position how he is going to raise the money for free college, free health care. Taxation people leave the corporations. Reporter Hillary Clinton comes to the Sunshine State with 29 more delegeges picked up from her win in mississippi. I want to be the presidede not for those who are already successful. They dont need me. I want too be the president for the struggling an a a the striving. Reporter her focus yesterday on voters in ohio another state that will vote with florida on tuesday and in florida the pol showing she is ahead, especially with democratic women. I think the democratic debates help. Since it is two candidates you can hear both of them clearly. It is like a civil debate. Reporter and theyre meeting here tonight, the second the focus this time on economic 8 30 p. M. Kristi thank you. We have complete coverage of the democratic debate for you atMiamidade College. Local 10 senior political reporter Michael Putney will be there along with local 10 News Reporter glenna milberg. You can also get the very analysis online. St go over to local10. Com and click on the vote 2016 section. Dont forget the florida primary only six days away. Your vote does count on march 15. Early voting is underway right now in miamidade, broward and monroe counties. Constance breaking news in west miamidade where at least one person has been hurt in a crash. You see sky 10 above the scene on palmetto expressway northbound just before state ride 836 thats the dolin expressway. We know that exit ramp for the don shula is also closed down in that area. Please stay uptodate online and also at local10. Com. To the latest on historic the uned states and cuba. Cuban government unleashing a war of words ahead of president obamas visit. Jeff weinsier is in the newsroom with this one. Reporter according to reuters the cubub government came out firing in an editorial posted in the governmentrun newspaper. In the editorial cuba demanded washiniton stop meddling in its affair of the editorial says cuba will welco president barack obama to havana later this month but cuba does not intend to change its policies in exchange for normal relations with the United States. President obama, of course, set to visit havana on marchch 20. The editorial posted this morning made it clear that cuba has a long list of grievances with the United States starting with the longstanding trade embargo. Cuba also objected to american disaccidents staying United States should exclude fab rating those paid for u. S. X pairs. There will be a team of reporters for the visit l l by anchor calvin hughes. Look nor Team Coverage later this month. Live in the newsroom jeff weinsier, local 10 news. Constance thank you. A distraction for drivers this morning after several miniature horses made a run for it near the turnpike. They were seen roaming near the highway this morning near red road. Kristi todd tongen is live in miramar to let us know how they got everything under control. You are a guy who likes to horse around. Reporter yeah, buddy. We rounded them up, kristi. We are directly adjacent t the turnpike right now, and these horses when they escaped actually really slowed down the morning commute for a lot of folks. They are back in their corral beyond that stand of trees. We have seen them come out a few tuckered out. The brazen breakout happened along the turnpike extension just west of red road in miramar commute. Had about fiving donkeys on the highway. Reporter actually, it was five miniature horses. They say daylight and made a run for i but the florida Highway Patrol was quickly on their tails and the hunt for the gang of five was on. How did they get out . There was a hole in the fence of the property and ended up on the highway. Repepter it wasnt easy to corral them. Thank good for the officers. Reporter the owner and neighbors tried to round up the running rascals but they we a slippery bunch hoofing it out another hole in the fence. As you can see on the farm the ners appear to be quite fond of horse power in small packages. At one point one of the little guys takes a moment to celebrate his freedom by playing in a pile of leaves. Nobody hurt . Nobody is hurt. Good. Reporter in the end the cinco el chapos were fine. Everybody is home on safe. No accidents on the highway. Did they try to make a run for it . I belieie so. They were looking for freedom. Reporter well, they had a fleeting taste of freedom. They are back now grazing on grass beyond that stand of trees behind me. We tried to talk to the owner about this. He really did not want to go on camera and speak. Frankly, i think he was embarrassed that his five mimiature horses got out to begin with. Todd tongen, local 10 news. Kristi thank you. An abe parent hazmat situation in hialeah to tel you about. Sky 10 over this scene off of east oak hoe bee road. Five people were detained and we will bring you more information when we get it in the newsroom. Sky 10 was above the scene of a cruiser crash along northeast 12th street and first avenue. The officer wasnt hurt but the other driver did take off. Police later located that vehicle. It was a mercedes c300 abandoned near the i95 entrance ramp. They questioned two men standing xt to the car but both reportedly denied any involvement. At this point no arrests have been made. Sky 10 above the scene of another accident in miami affectct traffic on i95 southbound where two cars and a motorcyc collided near the airport expressway exit. The crash senthe motorcyclist flying in the air. He was taken to the hospital in critical condition. Several lanes were blocked o o while crews worked to clear the scene. Kristi now on to a developing story. A building explosion injuring nine firefighters in washington state. Firefighters were sent to the building on the report of a natural gas leak and just moments later while investigating inside that buildingngt exploded. The blast sent debris scattered all across the neighborhood and buildings nearby to shatter. Officials say the firefighters were treated for some finor injuries. Luckily no one else was hurt. Today marks nine years since the disappearance of agent robert levinson. Levinson went missing on a cia ago. A Family Member received an email with photos of levinson posing in that orange jump suit and Holding Signs protesting the detention of war on terror suspects at guantanamo bay. U. S. Cfficials believe the iranian government was behind his disappearance all along. The press secretary released a statement a short time ago saying, quote, finding mr. Levinson remains a top priority for the United States and we continue to spare no effort to bring him home. Senator bill nelson tweeting out today marks nine years since bob levinson went misng in iran. It is time for iran to finally fulfill its promoses to help us bring bob home. Stock market right now. Dow jonesp 62 points to 17,026. 4,667. S p 500 up about 11 points. Kristi lets talk sports. Dolphins proposed trade with the eagles is now a done deal. The dolphins will g corner back Byron Maxwell and alonso. The deal was in jeopardy a aer reports maxwell did not pass hisphysical because of a shoulderr injury but he is good to go and the deal. The dolphins will trade down several spots in the first round of the upcoming nfl draft. The dolphins also removed transition tag that i from vernon this morning. That means the pass rusher will be a free agent. Vernon played at the university of miami is expected to get a huge payday once the free agency starts. Good for him. Mario williams has reach add twoyear contract with the fins. He is set to make about a mere 8 million a year. Good for him, too. The dolphins announced williams signing last night and welcomed him to miami on twitter. The defensive lineman was released by the billsls just last week. Lots of football news. Running back lamar miller may be on the w texas. They are reportedly making a big push to sign miller. The Dallas Cowboys have expressed some there. The 24yearold played at Miami Killian high school and the u as well. Lots of football. Constance a lot of football news news. Items stolen from a church after thieves broke in and the charges two officers are facing after this video went viral of one of them slapping and kicking a teen at a school. Julie south florida we are seeing temperatures in the upper 70s continuing to warm up breeze direction. Wind speeds between 16 and 23 Miles Per Hour, wind gusts even stronger. When will we see a change in this forecast . Details coming up. Youre watching local 10 open the door the door was open and saw the windows broke in the bedroom and this one right here in the back. And so we find out the guy come in and rob everything from us. Constance a West Park Church is left cleaning up the mess today after a suspected breakin. A viewer actually called us at local 10 saying that she arrived at a church last night, her church, and found musical equipment had been stolen. It happened at the iglasius moore efay near pembrook road. A guitar, keyboard and mixer are missing. Two 15yearold boys were robbed at gunpoint and Police Believe three other teens were behind it all. The robbery happened at northwest 21st avenue and west flagler street. Police say three suspects approached the teens and threatened them with a gun. One of the suspects, 18yearold others believed to be behind the crime are 16 and 18 and on the run. Kristi Severe Weather turned deadly in oklahoma and texas where two people drowned. The powerful storm was caught on camera across dallas. Cell phone video showing heavy rains pounding the gas station as the winds made off with the canopy right there. Check out this severe flooding. This is dallas in the fort worth area. A s. U. V. Got stuck in high water, lots of mud. Rescue crews had to help that driver get out of the vehicle. Louisiana hit by the very same storm system. The storm dumping up to m foot of rain in some ports there. Rising waters forced a number of School Closures in shreveport and 30 homes were evacuated. A Flash Flood Watch has been issued in the area for tomorrow. Constance my sister lives in dallas and had to deal with that. Kristi nothing like that here. More sunshine in the Sunshine State. Julie we are living up to our name. We still have some cloud cover be precipitation. The storm system is an aggressive system continuing to bring Severe Weather threat to parts of texas, louisiana, mississippi this afternoon. I will show it to you in a second. Lets take a look at what it looks like as you walk out the door in miami. Not bad. We do have clouds around but some sunshine peeking through. 79 degrees is your temperature with a relative humidity of 48 that east, southeast breeze makes it feel like 80 degrees though. You notice over the next few days including this afternoon that our humidity levels are going to start to rise. Currently 79 in ft. Lauderdale, relative humidity 45 , look at that breeze moving the camera around. Wind speeds 23 to 25 Miles Per Hour with wind gusts in the 30s. It feels like 80 degrees once you walk out the door. Where we are seeing lots of sunshine you can see from the camera. 77 right now. Beautiful, bright blue skies in key west and breezy as well and winds out of the east at 20 Miles Per Hour. Here is what it looks like over hollywood beach. To the beach but i would like to remind you we have high risk of rip currents for beach goers. Please stay out of the water dont make our lifeguards have to worry about you. These are dangerous conditions to be on the waters doing boating. If you are going to the beach stay on land. Enjoy the east, southeast breeze. It feels comfortable especially along the coastline. Down right windy as wind gusts are reported in the 20s and 30s this afternoon. No surprise. We have a tight Pressure Gradient occurring because of an area of High Pressure located overover the western atlantic. The satellite radar composite is showing clouds moveing from the east southeast pushing on shore but no precipitation is falling over south florida. Thats because clouds are not producing precipitation thanks to High Pressure tha is drying out the mid to upper levels of the atmosphere as well as the surface. Eventually this high will continue to aigrate toward the east and this high is feeding into the nasty storm system we just heard kristi and constance talking about bringininthe possibility of Severe Weather look at the moisture fuelingn from the gulf of mexico all the way to chicago and great lak. The reason being we have clash of two air masses. Ahead of the system warm and recordbreaking heat. The big Severe Weather teat will be severe thunderstorms embedded in those thunderstorms uld be tornadoes and damaging winds. So the jet stream has retrereated to the north over the nations midsection up toward the midatlantic and the northeast. Not only are the south states dealing with the possibility of record heat but stretches as far north at ohio to washington, d. C. Up and down the east coast. It is feeling more like spring or they would call sumummer where us in south florida we are taking temperatures because it is comfortable and hpy that High Pressure is providing for a strong breeze. We will contie to stay breezy as this high feeds in that storm system tt stays to the northwest. Thursday. Then we notice our rain chances start to creep back into the forecast as our winds start to subside by the end of the week. Our temperatures will warm up as well. We have to spring forward. For us morning people we lose