Florida and the boat lift of 1980. The first 20 days, discuss how the state of florida handled the arrival of over 30,000 cuban refugees in key west in less than a month. The authors discussed the socalled mary aletos the first wave of over 120,000 cuban immigrants in 1980 and the impact theyd had on the political and social culture in florida. This session from the bob graeme center of Public Service from the university of florida is about an hour. Welcome to the bob graham center. Thanks for being here this evening. Youve got a very Interesting Program for you on mare yall and we have three great fine scholars and speakers here this evening with us. I want to thank our partners for the collaboration with us on this event tonight. Im the director of the bob graham center. And our speakers this evening are kathleen. Their book is entitled florida and the poet lift of 1980. And they will discuss the political, legal, and administrative response to the crisis and recount how local and st
Published November 27, 2019 •
Updated on November 27, 2019 at 6:51 pm
A driver is in custody after a violent road rage wreck that was caught on camera outside Houston Tuesday night. The incident left a motorcyclist injured.
A couple, driving down U.S. 59 near Splendora called police when the driver of a white Chevy Tahoe struck their car. The woman in the car called police and was reporting the license plate and relaying what happened while the man recorded the continued erratic driving.
The driver of the Tahoe could be seen pulling up to the car as the couple reported he was, throwing stuff out the window. While talking to the 911 operator the Tahoe driver appeared to hit the front end of the couple s car.
The US hit the historic and tragic milestone of over 500,000 COVID-19 deaths on Monday
At the White House Joe Biden ordered flags to half staff for five days of mourning and held a candlelit moment of silence, praying for the dead
500 candles were lit on the South Portico of the White House where Biden led a moment s silence with First Lady Jill Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff
He spoke just before it to mourn the lost, and say that the nation must also support those left behind You re going to be okay, he said, speaking directly to those who have lost someone to COVID, referencing his own experience of loss
The US hit the historic and tragic milestone of over 500,000 COVID-19 deaths on Monday
Dr Anthony Fauci warned that Americans could be wearing masks into 2022 despite infections falling 60% in a month
More than 28 million COVID-19 cases have rocked US and the running total of lives lost was is about 498,901
Cases and hospitalizations have been declining for the past five weeks, but Dr Fauci warned the US cannot declare victory because the threat of variants could turn the tide It s nothing like we have ever been through in the last 102 years, since 1918 influenza pandemic, Fauci said
However, Fauci also said the United States will be approaching a degree of normality by the end of the year
Joe Biden will hold a candlelight ceremony Monday at sunset as the United States tops 500,000 deaths from the COVID pandemic. He s ordering flags to half staff for five days.