Fighting to be the next president of the United States. News4 midday starts right now. It doesnt matter if you go with your significant other, your family from out of town or all by yourself. We all love the Cherry Blossoms and now we know the best time to get to the title basin this year. Were live at the museum where they just made the announcement. Megan . Reporter well, barbara, everybody wants to know, when will the Cherry Blossoms hit their peak . Thats the big question year after year, and we now have the answer just a little while ago. Just minutes ago, the experts announced what they believe will be the peak period, and those days are march 31st through april 2nd. That falls well within the Cherry Blossom festival, so thats always good news here. I got to tell you, having been down to the title basin this morning, im pretty surprised by the dates. Take a look at this video we shot here just aew there is not much progress down there, not at this point. And its pretty cold. It w
They re santa rosa, lee, miamidade, hillsborough, broward, and st. John s counties. Governor rick scott has already declared Health Emergencies in certain areas, which makes state money and resources more readily available to fight the spread. Jim confirmation of zika virus cases in florida prompted local counties to start taking action to prevent the spread. This work was going on, even before the news broke that a case had been diagnosed in Osceola County. Wesh 2 S Dave Mcdaniel joins us live from Seminole County. Dave, you looked into some of the preventative measures being taken. Dave that is right. Mosquito control agencies are doing extra this time of year to make sure the mosquito population is controlled and zika is just part of it. Part of this is el nio, warmer weather. It has been cooler today, but wetter and warmer weather creates more areas for mosquitoes to breed. Osceola county where this was announced, they told me they are trapping more, monitoring the populations of m
Go to jail in florida for the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, but he may not be done in the courtrooms just yet. Now the Justice Department is looking into civil rights charges. Delia goncalves has the story. Good morning mike, jessica. The verdict sparking people protests around the country right here at home. As soon as that news broke saturday night, crowds of people took to u street marching and chanting. Sunday at malcolm x Meridian Hill park we took some timeout to talk to parents and how they explain it to their children, especially africanamerican sons. It kind of left a bitter taste in everyones mouth. Someone was left dead and no one is held accountable. Trayvon martin had a right to stand his ground, too. Unfortunately, he is the one that ended up dead, he didnt have a gun. It is hard to know what to tell your kids. Always talked to him about how to deal with police, if you are stopped, yes, sir, no, sir. This doesnt fall in any of those categories. That, of course was Pri
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