down tuesday afternoon. from denver he retired in florida near tampa and friday was with the sheriff in those same waters where his plane went down doing a charity fishing tournament. he was one in a million. it is a true loss for us. i have no doubt he is looking down with god up in heaven because his heart was a heart of gold. he was an unbelievable human being. the sheriff clearly impacted by the loss of roy halladay yesterday. he even mentioned how halladay personally paid for the agency to get a new canine police dog. sandra: the reaction in the sports world has been devastating. what have we seen so far? tremendous sadness all around. everyone basically describing him as number one. the professional, great teammate and extremely humble. you would never guess on the street this guy was a
of tennessee as well. right now, we re waiting for the start for a white house briefing that will begin in washington. for that, we will hand over to sandra smith, who will have continuing coverage for america s choice of news and information on cable. sandra: fox news alert, we are waiting for two very important briefings for any moment, the white house press briefing is expected to begin were waiting for an update from florida governor, scott rick. hello everyone, i am sandra smith. we have coverages afternoon. near tampa, chief meteorologist is here tracking that. we begin with peter doocy on the record-setting floods in jacksonville, florida. peter, what are you seen? sandra, we are seeing the water 30 minutes after the high tide on the st. johns river and downtown jacksonville begin to recede. it was much deeper about an hour ago, hour and a half ago.