[ bird caws ] [ progressive rock music plays ] im jamie colby, and today i am off the beaten path i mean way off the path in the swampy lowlands of southCentral Florida. These dense marshes once harbored seminole indians and runaway slaves and, more recently, alligator poachers. Now theyre home to an oldtime florida family and a very strange inheritance. Howdy. Well, hi there. Hi. Im jamie. Nice to meet you. But whats a nice girl like you doing in the middle of nowhere in Central Florida . How do you know im a nice girl . [ laughing ] oh, i shouldnt say that. Im patty register, and my mom, marietta, passed away in 1996. She left me an inheritance with a lot of bite and with a lot of hoops to jump through. Yes, patty inherited alligators from her mother. But if only it were that simple. It rarely is with family businesses, and gatorama, the kind of oldfashioned roadside attraction you mightve run across in florida 50 years ago, is more complicated than most. Patty runs gatorama with her
There was chatter it might have been a shooting. The police emphatically saying that was not the case. But this is an unusual crash. A dry, straight road. Medical emergency . Was it Something Else . We just dont know at this point. We talked to one guy, his motherinlaw saw the car sale by her kitchen win sail by her kitchen window. The kitchen window is where the car. Is it comes frying through the yard. Imagine you were preparing dinner and the car comes flying through the yard and hits a tree. There were reports of other injuries sustained at the accident. We now believe and it is still under investigation that the other injuries reported earlier were as a result of the car accident. Richard this is worth noting the car is an Nissan Altima between 20132016 is the focus of we dont know if it was involved. Anything like that involved in a crash. Its worth noting that in the crashes injuries in those accidents can appear to look like gunshot wounds. Coming up at 5 00, we hear from witne
The pain of losing a loved one is impossible to forget. When one man heard about the murder of a d. C. Yoeg da instructor trish is that mccauley he thought about his own daughter. His daughter charn niece milton was 27 years old when she was killed last year. She was walking home from work when she was struck by a bullet meant for someone else. He believes witnesses are reluctant to come forward because he believes the suspect might quickly be out on the streets quickly. He understands why his loved ones are urging the judge to keep her accused killer Dwayne Johnson locked up. Im not saying we should get rid of the percentees of the justice system, that is why we have judges, but after a judgment has been given the order must be executed. Johnsons next scheduled Court Appearance is january 13th. Today we will learn how the tsa plans to keep you safe staying in town. This morning they will hold a briefing about how many people they expect to fly this new years weekend. They will also di
Like temperatures. Its already chilly, feeling 24 in gaithersburg, 31 in the district and 27 in leesburg. I will be tracking out your morning hour by hour coming up in ten minutes but for now i will send it over to jack taylor wtop. Thank you and frng a. If you are headed out this morning you are in great shape. Off to a decent start beltway inner outer loop in virginia, nothing in your way. Maryland state police heading out of frederick on 15 southbound headed down toward the split at 340 we have a new reported crash sor9 do be caref just in case that is the normal path of travel, you may find something in your way, its about the only thing we have happening so far early in morning so take it easy out there developing right now sanctions against russia are taking effect. This is the action president obama promised in response to allegations that russias government interfered with the november election. The sanctions target Vladimir Putins inner circle, 35 leave the u. S. The state dep
This little device is paired with a pad under the pillow which detects me snoring and moves just enough to stop me without waking me up. Good morning, its thursday, january five, welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. A Record Number of cars were registered in the uk last year but as more of us than ever before splashed out on a brand new vehicle, the industry is warning that this could be the peak of sales. There were nearly 2. 7 million new cars on the roads in 2016. This is largely because the way were buying cars is changing with more affordable Finance Deals on offer. In 2015 nearly three quarters of cars were bought using something called a personal Contract Purchase or pcp. Thats when you pay a deposit, make Monthly Payments for three orfour years, and at the end of that you have a choice to buy the car outright or give the car back to the dealer and upgrade. Manufacturers are also predicting a 5 fall in new car sales this year with the weaker pound pushing up prices. One more detail, th