time that he can make that claim. and here in florida, there are close to half a million homes that are in some stage of foreclosure. as far as the winters are concerned, there is a judge that will take their case and their initial hearing, that s scheduled for sometime early next month and at that point, that judge could decide if the winters get to stay in their home. gretchen? all right. very important story, orly salinas, thank you very much from florida. let s check out what brian is doing. remember, you don t need another dog. others might. exactly. i have a bernese mountain dog that s bigger than me. paws for cause, you can give the gift of a pet rescue for christmas. beth stern is the best spokesperson ever in the history of animals from the north shore animal league in america over in port washington and brought with us some special friends including well, let s start with the dog you brought. beth, great to see you. great to see you. happy holidays, everyone. what a
should come up with a fannie pack for guys and call that the whi wine cellar. what do you think about that thing? e-mail us right now at foxnews.com. it is day 87, believe it or not of the gulf crisis and that busted well undergoing a critical test right now as we re speaking to see if the leaking oil can be stopped and how many fishermen and charter boat captains are using their own fishing boats to scoop up the oil. orly salinas is in destin, florida to see how these guys are trying to make a living. this is called the vessel of opportunity program. it s a concept that was created by the coast guard. it s being paid for right now by b.p. and this program allows thousands of folks here in florida s panhandle, folks who make their full-time living on the water but who can t do that right now. it allows them to keep working.
are driving up the cost of roses and add in the bad economy. martha: let me get my violin gregg: orly salinas knows. orly, tell us where the flowers come from. look, most of these flowers come from latin america, specifically columbia and ecuador, stacks of these coming in have been coming in for about 45 days is what i m told. we are now inside the sunburst farms, this is their location here in miami, florida. we have been here just for about 45 minutes or so. joining us right now, this is gino valdez, the president of sunburst farms. gino, if you could, you were telling me ear, this is sort of like your super bowl. absolutely, this is the super bowl for us, it s a time when everything we ve worked for as far as the company, as a group, is right here, and ultimately,