Least throughout the Morning Hours. Good ne is were seeing dry conditions across the board. Live first alert radar looking good from ft. Lauderdale down into keys if thats where your weekend is taking you. Firsrsalererforecast, calling for a cool start to the day, you may need a jacket throughout the Morning Hours. We will see a few clouds throughout the late morning ours associated with a cold front thats moving through. Late they are afternoon were expecting temperatures to be closer to average. We will be in the 70s, sharon. Erika, thank you. This morning we continue to follow breaking news out of Little Havana where a teen is in the hospital after a shooting. Near residents say they heaa about eight shots go off. Witnesses say the victim is a 16yearold boy who was shot in the leg. They say he was walking with friends around the area when a man started shooting at them. I really didnt see anything. All i saw was the shots, i heard all the shots on the walls and stuff. Were told the shootetook off in a car. Stay with nbc 6 for the latest updates on this breaking news story. This Morning Police are investigating a deadly crash in North Lauderdale. We brought you this as breaking news last night. Bso said a total of thre cars and four passengers were involved. A final meal child one of the cars was ejected and pronounced dead at the scene. The mother was taken to the hospital with unknown injuries. Police are still investigating is fatal accident. This is still early on in the investigation. At this point our detectives do not believe that alcohol or speed were factors that resuled with this incident. Stay tuned to nbc 6for more updates. A barrage of bullets once again flying in the streets of Miami Gardens, all within close roximity to schools. Three Miami Gardens schools on llkdown yesterday as shots rang and 190th street. This just days after Carol City High School and Frances Tucker elementary were actually struck by bullets. Fortunately no one was hurt. Two teenagers are in custody for wednesdays shooting at carol city high, but police are still tracking down the rest of the shooters. S. Coming up in our next half hour of news, well hear from community of leaders who want this violence to come to an end. Take a look at this brand new video overnight. Pope francis taking the popemobile through the streets of mexico city after arriving in the country late last night. Crowds lined up hours before the pontiffs flight even landed. Poperancis is spending five days in mexico. But it wasn historic meeting yesterday between pope francis and the head of the russian orgt dorks church that was 1,000 years in the making. The two m in cuba and signed a nbc 6s julia bagg has details. Reporter havana witnesses the start of a new era that echoes around the world. It began with an embrace and a ense of relief at long last. We are brothers, pope francis told Russian Orthodox patriarch kirill. The leaders of rival brancheheof christianity put aside their thousandyearoldd differences for three hours at jose marty airport. A spirit of reconciliation and renewal that resonates on the island among locals and foreigners. things will be better than before. I think its great. The more the religions can get along, the better off everybody will be. The pope and the pontiff signed a joint declaration, signaling they are not competitors, instead, they highlighted a shared concern for all christians in places like iraq and syria. Cuban leader rl castro helped helped make the m mting happen, highlighting his country as a they last for decades or senthorrys. It doesnt mean the churches are uniting or backing down from diverging doctrines, but it does mean they can celebrate a new bond. In havana, cuba, julia bagg, nbc 6 news. Recovery crews have found the bodies of two people that crashed in a plane in the gulf of mexico. Authorities say the victim was from texas. The pilot was 67. The faa is investigating what caused the plane to go down. A show of support for a miami gardede police officer. Several of david starlings colleagues in court yesterday as the man accused of trying to take his life pleaded not guilty. David mejia wasnt in the room. His attoey filed the plea on his behalf. Police say he shot starling in the leg for no reason as the cop sat in his patrol car and fired more rounds at other officers as they chased him. Starling still hasnt returned to work, but his friends say hes doing much better. Broward county sheriffs property to victims of burglaries in a show and tete type of display. Jewelry, handguns and other items have been linked to eight separate burglaries in the Broward County area. Deputies have arrested four suspects in connection to some of the crimes. Now they want to reunite the stolen property with its rightful owners. Looking for thing to do later today . We have the answer. Nbc 6 is a proud sponsor of the 53rd annual coves art festival. Reporter paintings, photography, digital art and more. The cove Arts Festival is one of the nations top outdoor fine arts events. Organizers say more than 300 miss prants showcase their art. To meet with vendorsrs sample food and enjoy cove. The area is beautiful. Im from chicago. Hey art is glass jewelry. And a dollar from each is donated to the childrens art foundation. Reporter it also features food and entertainment with bands performing all day long. Ericaka glover, nbc 6 news. From road closures to admission prices to finding out what time your favorite nbc 6 personalities will be out there, check out the nbc 6 news and weather a. M. Quick hint, well be heading out there after the show. 9 08 is the sometime. Still ahead, donald trump comes to the Sunshine State and takes a few shots at his favorite candidates. Im ari odzer at Coral Springs high school. Does this kid have swag . Yeah, ive got swag. Inspirational kid at this school, coming up. Looking like a nice day to have plans. It involves the water. The winds will be gusting later this afternoon out of the northnorthwest. Small crafts should exercise caution. Temperatures in the water will be in the lower 70s. It wont be too warm out there. vo shop all makes, models and colors in your neighborhood. All with worryfree ownership. Head to your neighborhood enterprise car sales and let the people who buy more vehicles than anyone. Shift your thinking about buying your next one. But thats how some president ial candidates seem to be dealing with sociasecurity. Americans work hard, and pay into it. So our next president needs a real plan to keep it strong. elephant noise donkey noise welcome back. The florida primary may be a little more than four weeks away, but that did not stop republican frontrunner donald trump from campaigning in the Sunshine State. Jeb, hes asleep. Seriously. Can you imagine jeb negotiating with china . Can you imagine . Trump took shots at jeb bush, marco rubio and all the president ial candidates before a florida polls show trump 20 points ahead of the nextclosest challenger, ted cruz. Trump and his rival republicans will be in South Carolina tomorrowowor their last debate before that states republican primary on february 20th. They say its not nice to not make good on a promise. Republican president ial candidates donald trump, ted cruz and marco rubio have failed to release their tax returns despite promises to do so. Hillary clinton and jeb bush have already disclosed years worth of their tax returns. Theres no legal requirement to share tax returns with the public, but every Major Party Nominee has done so since 1976. Its not just the republicaning infighting. Two days after their debates in milwaukee, the Democratic Candidates were back on the campaign trail. Yesterday in South Carolina, Hillary Clinton attacked sanders for his criticism of president obama and the Affordable Care act. Sanders voted for the act, but enact universal governmentrun health care for all americans. As the polar vtex moves south, parts of 16 states will see temperatures below zero this weekend. 65 million americans will feel the rath of the polar vortex this weekend. Record low temperatures are possible from minnesota to the mid click. Buffalos forecast for saturday, two degrees, threatening a mark setback in 1899. Boston is looking at 4 below sunday morning, and new york city is bracing for zero, toppling a 100year record. Wow. Now first alert weather with meteorologist Erika Delgado with south floridas most accurate forecast. South florida, good morning to you. Frigid air invading the northeast and the great lakes the midwest already seeing temperatures below zero. Single digits pretty much across the board. All that cold air from canada will continue to push towards the south as the weekend goes on. Even were feeling the chill in the air, at least we were earlier this morning. We were waking up into the 50s. We were in the 40s earlier this morning in the kendall area. Right now 64 there, 66 in miami and 65 degrees in the opalocka and Pembroke Pines area. Lets take a look at what were dealing with as far as the winds are concerned. Calm wind overnight, that together with the clear skies is what cooled us down overnight. Right now were dealing with a north to northwestwinds. Expect it on the breezy side late they are afternoon bind a front that will be affecting us throughout the day today. In the meantime lets take a radar. Dry conditions from Broward County down to miamidade. If youre in the keys watching, good morning to you. If your weekend is taking you to the keys, looking lovely. Sight. Outside our first alert camera outside the westin diplomat in hollywood, beautiful start to the weekend. Light winds from the northwest. Clear skies, temperatures already warming up. Already in the mid 60s. Looking like for our forecast, warming into the 70s, seasonable temperatures is what were expecting. Plenty of sunshine. Although late morning we could see a few clouds out there because of the front that is expected to swing on through. The bigger pictutu, dry, cold front moves through. Even though the cold front is expected to move thrgh today giving us a few clouds, we will be dry. Rainfree all day long. Once the cold front does move through, High Pressure across the nations midsection. Well continue to push further to the south. Thats whats going to drag in the cold air from canada really cooling things down across the eassrn seaboard and the northeast. For us we alsosoill see cooler temperatures for the second half of the weekend. In the meantime, the main thing its not a bad problem to have. Have the sunscreen handy. Marine conditions, sll crafts should exercise caution over the atlantic waters. The good news is rip currents will remain at a low risk all day today. Aking a look at the rest of your weekend, great day to be out at the Coconut Grove art festival. Tomorrow, keep your valentine warm. Temperatures in the mid to low 70s. Finally, the next shot of rain will be tuesday. Apart from that, sharon, things looking good. We should be dry apart from the one day for the next seven days. Not a bad forecast. Erika, thank you. Time right now 9 16. Still ahead whats the formula for greatness . Working hard, overcoming obstacles. Theres a young man in this classroom who has mastered it. Im ari odzer, swag on 6 coming up. Florida cops gogng above and how they helped a man from Central Florida finally reunited with his bestst friend. A heartwarming reunion thanks to local police. Kevin young is a quadriplegic who lives in an assisted living facility withis pooch named poupee. But when young had surgery and a friend was watching the pu he slipped away. Word got to police through facebook. They alerted every City Employee to be on the lookout. An officer then spotted the dog on the street and brought him home. I couldnt be happier, because hes the closest thing to a child that ive got. Young says he wont let the dog out of his sight again. If anything happens, hes thankful to have new friends in law enforcement. Erika, speaking of mans be friend, who do you have over there . In todays pet of the week we furry friend mrs. Pots. Ill call her ms. Pots. Shes a 3monthold terrier. Shes sleeping in my shoulder. Maybehe likes to cuddle. She will grow to probably a mid size at the most. She has the terrier in there. She does president want to show her little face. Shes a cuddle bug, good with other dogs so far. Great with people, as you can see. Shes just been quiet. Very flexible. She is. All about cuddling. If you want that little warm cuddle bug wwh you, she is definitely the pup for you. Its a long weekend, of course, president s weekend. Its also valentines weekend. The perfect valentine right there. If you want that extra love, youll certainly get it. Absolutely. Shes great. Weekend and apart from ms. Pots here. Weve been doing it for 18 years, walk pour the animals at boy front park. Its a onemile stroll around bay front. You can come with a dog, without a dog. You can bring your morning coffee, walk around the whole bayfront and hopefully the weather will hold. Im already working on it. Theres going to be doggy contests, lookalike, kissing contests, an area for the kids. Bounce houses, all this fun stuff. A petting area with the Zoological Association bringing in some pets for the kids. Also for the top fundraisers for this event, the toptop first prize is a flat screen tv, so thats extra motivation. Thats great because you can watch videos of your new furry friend. Like 3,000 people walking. The entire family. The entire family can come out, food, a great morning. Were already working on the weather. Once again, if you would like to adopt a pet, logon to webnbc 6. Com and you can also check out all the other adorable Furry Friends just like ms. Potts here. Sharon, i have a perfect valentine for you. I like plz potts. Love her coat. 9 22. Still ahead, the report cards are out. Not talking about your childs grades, talking about the school district. See where they rank next. Plus, could your pictures an information fall into the wrong hands . Why selling your old smart phone and making a few extra bucks vo with thousands of quality preowned vehicles. And exceptional customer service, head to your neighborhood enterprise car sales and let the people who buy more vehicles than anyone. Welcome back. Imagine this, crushing poverty and having to learn english while suffering from a painful disease. Most kids would use all that as an excuse for failure. A young man at corporal springs high uses his obstacles as motivation, inspiring everyone around him. Hes definitely got swag. As education on 6 reporter ari odzer shows us, hes a student working at greatness. At 64 mervens val strides through Coral Springs high powered by brilliance. I feel like education is everything to me. Reporter driven by the desire to learn. Maybe i can find a cure for cancer. Maybe i can do something in that field that would benefit everybody else. Thats my goal right now. Reporter mervens stands out among his peers for more than just being tall. We gave a presentation and it felt like we were being lectured by a professional. Reporter remember the kid you would go to with help for difficult classes . Mervens is that kid. Any question anybody has in class, they can come to him. It feels really good. 3x squared. Reporter whatever the subject, mervens excels, a 4. 7 gpa, doing it while suffering from kyphosis of the spine. Its caused by a genetic disorder. Extremely painful. You have to deal with that every day . Every single day, especially when i wake up in the morning. It feels like i dont want to go to school, but i have to because i love being here. Reporter mervens has another obstacle setting him apart from classmates, dire poverty. Ive always had to try twice as hard as everybody else in school. I remember every single day i would have to go to the library to get a paper done on time while everybody else had internet at home. Reporter his teachers say hes the ultimate role model. He is special in every single way, from his academics to his personal character. Everything he does, he wants everyone want to be more like him. Im very optimistic now because ive been through so much. Theres no way that im going to just give up now. Reporter no way. Not when college and a phd is in his sights. Sounds really good, dr. Val, who wouldnt want that name . Reporter in Coral Springs, ari odzer, nbc 6 news. 9 26 is the time. Community members speaking up after a third shooting this week near school. Hear the message to the young people theyre trying to protect. Plus a funfilled weekend in south florida. Nbc 6 is a proud response sore the coconutut groves art fest festival festival. The art festival, the bat show. If you want to hit the greens this morning, here is what you can expect, temperaturesin the 60s come late morning. A few clouds out there. Other than that, we will be good morning everyone. Welcome to nbc 6 south florida today. Its saturday, february 13, 2016. Take a look at that beautiful sight. T. I need to get on that boat. We need to get you up to date on the first alert forecast. Erika erika . A Beautiful Day for boating, Beautiful Day to be out and Beautiful Day for the Coconut Groves art festival. 66 degrees right now in miami. Comfortable start to the day. In the 40s and 50s earlier. With all the sunshine, quickly warming up, 64 degrees in the ft. Lauderdale and kendall area. Things looking good as far as the rain is concerned. Live first alert radar, dry conditions across the board all the way down to the keys and over the atlantic wer. Take a look outside the first alert camera over the westin diplomat. Absolutely beautiful. Exactly like we like to see things as we start our weekend. The forecast calling for temperatures in the upper 60s come late morning. A few clouds out there. Things looking pretty nice for us. Erika, thank you. We continue to follow breaki