As many of you know, there are some cruise ships that people in southernng, florida. I obviously am not in control with the port, that is run by in this case broward county. I know they are in consultation with the cruise ships. Be willing tol accept any floridians who are on board. My understanding is that most of the passion ors are foreign nationals. I think theyre working on ways to deal with that. Of course my concern is simply tot we have worked so hard make sure we have avid hospital space in the event of a covid19 search that we wouldnt want those valuable beds to be taken because of the cruise ship. But i think they are working to a solution on that. I did speak with the president this morning about it. I think he would like to see a solution, and i think the administration has seen a lot of the cruise ships take up a lot of resources. We just want to get to appoint where the resources can be used for the folks here, particularly southernrn for florida where we have most of th
Say that certainty is needed by states to repair the nations infrastructure. We want to return to you turn to all of you and say what are your infrastructure needs. If you live in the Eastern Central part of the country dial in 202 7488000. Mountain specific dial 202 7488001. If you want to join the conversation on twitter or go to facebook. Com. You can also send an email. The phone lines are open and we will begin with the Washington Times. The highway funding bill stuck in limbo as the august recess quickly approaches. Kevin mccarthy shut the bill to a sixmonth bill. Saying even if the other changer gets it done chamber gets it done this week it would be impossible for history is to study a thousand page deal before the house leaves thursday night. The majority leader announced that his side are a past a fivemonth road bill and last night they introduced a threemonth extension. Senate negotiators barreled forward anyway saying that congresss reliance on shortterm patches has passed
No closed captioning is a 71year old man accused of hitting and killing a woman in lake wales, before taking off is expected to make his first appearance in court this morning. Polk county sheriff grady judd. Says Charlie Lewis confessed to being the driver. . After his arrest thursday. Lewis told deputies he had been drinking at a party before saturday mornings crash. The accident killed 33year old jessica enchan tegeeotero. And severely jessica had flagged down the deputy after crashing her car on state road 60, thats when Officials Say lewis drove his truck into them. And kept going. The sierra club is joining forces with a polk county lawmaker. In an effort to tighten regulations on the phosphate mining industry. And expand testing of Drinking Water in mulberry. This is in response to the massive sinkhole that opened at mosaics mulberry fertilizer plant in august. That opening. Dumped aquifer. Mosaic continues to say that water has not spread beyond the plant. Neighbors however say
The woods. My shoulder is broke. Reporter she was a teenager who looked badly abused. He told his mom to call 911. Her feet are messed up. She has no shoes on. Does she need ems . She is really dirty. Reporter deputies got there and rushed her to the hospital. The guy said she was dying on the way to the hospital. I couldnt imagine what she was going through. Reporter according to investigators the teenager cold them husband and wife Chris Melissa peters beat her and wouldnt let her eat or use the bathroom. She said they treated their dog better man me. Reporter hickens thinks this could have ended worse. He couldnt explain why these two people would treat a childlike that. Its senseless. I hope they are in jail for a while i. And that is where they will stay unless they make bond. Doctors are caring for that teenager. There is more to this. Sheriff judd says she has a brother. They do not think he was good care because they are now getting the help that they have needed so long. A sea
This mild tuesday morning. Good morning, i january. Ian. Hard to believe we are at the end of november. 68 in tampa. 67 bradenton thanks to the southeasterly wind direction, 5 to 10 Miles Per Hour. Thats what will make things muggy as we head into this afternoon. Warm, too. Forecast High Temperature 83 degrees. Better than half a dozen degrees above average for this max defender 8 had a few sprinkles on it yesterday afternoon. We are tracking much needed shower chances that arrive later in the week. First traffic on the 8s. Its quiet. A great time to get out the door if you can. Taking a look at the veterans, no delays from the van dyke road area all the way in to the Tampa International airport area. Widening out the picture, 275 in through downtown. Still quiet out to west shore and looking good if you are out the door in polk county, i4 is accident and delay free. Breaking news in tampa. Investigators are on the scene of an apparent smashandgrab burglary at a gun store. It happened