afraid being a part of the show this season? because the show is very reflective of what the sentiment right now in a lot of these conservative spaces is in america. so we get that question a lot, were you nervous? i was not nervous. i grew up in a small, conservative town in paris, texas. i m not unfamiliar with this kind of rhetoric, with this kind of lack of visibility for the lbgtq plus community. and so it felt like, you know, this is the life that i ve lived before. i m not afraid. i think that we are in a you nike position where we have the opportunity to go out and shed a light. so i wasn t afraid, but i was very grateful that i had my sisters ride alongside me. but this these experiences are not just unique to us. these are experiences that our kids have to go through every day in these conservative spaces. if they re not afraid, we
but biden and pelosi made this point before. that argument can be throwback in the face of this goes up in the supreme court. but to your point, look, we ve fallen out of the habit of paying for things when parties push the priorities. when republicans push through the trump tax cut and cut corporate tax rate from 40% 21%. nobody was worried about how to pay for that. and i do think, you know, offering folks who make under 125,000 a year, who took on these loans, a little bit of relief, $10, 000, 20, 000, you have a pulse grant, that could make a transformative difference in their lives especially as all of a sudden, they re gonna have to paying back those loans starting january the 3rd. let s listen to this word about, this because biden gets accused of a bigger spending all the time. right? on his watch, on president biden s watch, the president has got down one trillion dollars. doesn t that give him some leeway to push this plan? it, does it s a matter of how you want people to
the area and expands. the entire peninsula will experience, not just tropical storm force winds, but millions will be hit, of course, by these hurricane-force winds. the bigger issue, however, really, is going to be the surge. this is the life-threatening surge. it is expected to be the worst-case scenario around tampa bay. tomorrow, it s going to be a completely different story. winds coming in from around the system will push the water out of the bay. it will be interesting to see the pictures. this was all lit up with bright colors, expecting the worst. we could see record low levels in the bay and every inlet and canal. however, to the south, it is worst-case scenario. from port charlotte all the way up the peace river, already in areas of the peace river has seen doubled the average rainfall in the last couple of weeks. they are already at flood stage now. but it extends far to the south. this is going to do some massive damage to this area. now, we ve got dry air though,
of naples. it has dropped in its track once again to the south. so, that means we need to now, kind of, increase the time now for landfall. instead of maybe 4 to 7, this could be early afternoon. and unfortunately, that track, which looked like it could be somewhere between angleton and venice, is now down towards charlotte harbour. terrible news for everyone who lives in the waterway here, all coastal waterways, in let s. that surge is going to be crazy. this area, life-threatening from naples to beyond. tropical storm force winds by 8 am are going to be north of tampa all the way to the east coast. this storm, the acorn that has become the oak tree, the first hurricane to affect mainland u.s.. and now, a major hurricane after landfall in western cuba, power is out in havana. category three, still thinking it could make it, possibly to category 4 status. but the eye is getting larger. and the storm is getting wider. tropical storm force winds here in yellow, and you ve got hurricane-f
life-threatening! needs to be taken seriously! you absolutely need to leave! these especially matters were it back to the area. we have a couple official on television tonight saying they are concerned, they don t believe people are taking them up on their offer of shelter, or the heeding the warnings to evacuate. you are out on the road. what are you seeing? well there definitely was a lot of people on the roads today. and i noticed that people were heading north, to south. on the interstate 75. but then i realized that they were actually cutting east, across the everglades, to evacuate on that part of the peninsula, likely running into active tornado running as well on the i-75. definitely a lot of people out and about, but certainly on the islands, people are boarding up, and beginning to take it seriously. just tonight as we are coming into pine island. we saw a lot of people that were evacuating, the islands out here, and i think the people are really starting to take this ser