florida doing the same as they could likely be in the path of this storm. if you look at the this big bend region, the models are probably more in agreement than when we had ian last year. if you are in the path of this storm the, you should expect power outages. reporter: as for residents who immediate to get personal resources together, the timing of florida s second newly-added disaster sales tax preparedness holiday is in time. floridians can buy certain items with no sales tax now going through september 8th. they can buy flashlights, batteries, portable radios, portable generators, house cleaning items and pet evacuation supplies. and so this year we re expecting floridians to have $144 million of tax relief with those two sales tax holidays, and that s compared to only $25 # million that they benefited from last year with that one sales tax holiday. the time for action is now, and if you haven t already, we encourage floridians to develop a plan, to build your disaster
supply kit. reporter: continuing with preparations, we have several locations activated to help residents prepare for flooding in the st. petersburg, tampa area and in costs north and even further inland near orlando. again, anybody in the path of idalia, now is the time to go ahead and buy the items that you re missing for your preparedness kit, maybe a flashlight. but if you re out of that zone, you have more time, you have until september 8th before that opportunity expires. reporting from miami, florida, brandy campbell, back to you, jon. jon: for continuing coverage of the incoming storm, get out your phone camera and and scan the qr code on your screen right now. you can also download it at foxweather.com. the people of jacksonville, florida, coming together tonight holding a vigil right now for the three people kill in yesterday s racially-motivated shooting. police have identified the victims and the shooter, and they say they are still
head to the county jail in fulton county and be arrested. again, we have seen trump enter several courts this year, and courtroom sketches from new york, florida and washington, d.c., but we have never seen him have to enter the jail until now, and what could also set this arrest apart from all of the rest. he could be forced to stand for the mugshot, and the arraignment could be broadcast live. the judge has allowed the cameras in the courtroom through at least september 8th is what we hear. paula reid is standing outside of the jail live in fulton county, and what is the latest happening behind you, and how are they preparing? well, we expect the former president won t be here until later on this evening, but there are definitely security preparations under way, road closures, and folks are confined to certain areas if they want to come here to watch or protest,
including former new york city mayor and his and trump s former attorney, rudy giuliani. for those who have not surrendered, they are left with just over 24 hours. the deadline is noon tomorrow. a federal judge ruled there are no exceptions here despite efforts by mark meadows who filed an emergency order to try to avoid this process, avoid being arrested. and also, cameras will be inside the court through at least september 8th. meaning trump s upcoming arraignment could be broadcast on screens far and wide. there s clearly a lot going on. so let s get to it. kristen holmes is outside trump s golf club in new jersey. what is the deal with the last minute switch with trump s attorney in georgia? reporter: kate we re still getting the details on why this happened, but here s what we know. trump s top attorney was part of the team that negotiated his
a.p. african american studies course teaches. but the law is vague by design. last week, the governor who you ll recall is trump s former white house spokesperson, lied as one does, about the course getting pulled and added this additional lie. we cannot perpetuate a lie to our students and push this propaganda leftist agenda teaching our kids to hate america and hate one another. despite all of that and all those lies, six arkansas schools said they will continue offering a.p. african american studies. so of course, the arkansas department of education is demanding that those schools hand over all course materials so they can make sure the course isn t indoctrinating children. the schools have until september 8th to comply. joining me is chris jones, the 2022 democratic nominee for arkansas governor and author of quantum pearls, finding spiritual wisdom in the mundane moments. an actual scientist who could have been the governor had the people been wiser. always good to talk to yo