the brookings institution hosted this 90 minute forum. good morning, everyone, and welcome to brookings. thank you for making some time for discussions on africa issues. coming to brookings and coming to brookings on this day right smack in the middle when many people are at the beach. we would like to welcome you. by ae joined as well professor at st. lawrence university, the university of which we frequently work together on africa issues, which also runs an excellent program and nairobi that just celebrated its 45th anniversary. matt was there doing research and bringing some alumni along on a trip. finally, joining the panel is john from freedom house. africas with their program and previously worked in the obama administration s policy planning staff. i would like to thank john for an article he co-authored in the current issue of foreign affairs on some of the promising democratic movement in africa. we added kenya and tanzania to the list, along with south africa
you can see the damage to the cruiser s rear bumper in the picture. the deputy will be okay. the condition of the other person involved is not known at this time. later today, tampa city council will get an update on the bike ticketing controversy with the police department. this is in the wake of an investigation that found 79% of the agency s bike tickets are given to african-americans. tampa police will present a report on out reach programs to enforce bike laws. it is 4:31. we should expect a wet one today. if you have to do anything outside, i would say the earlier the better. you see this rain system is pushing south. at this point we re all dry but we re seeing clouds north of i-4 ant rain is just to the north up in cedar key. now let s move to a forecast mode going into the future and notice right at 7, 8:00, we might get light rain along the more and more of the heavier downpours start pushing south. at 10:30. citrus, hernando and pasco countys the we ll see ra
recovering after a crash sheriff s cruiser. the cruiser s bumper. the deputy will be okay. the condition of the other person is not known at this time. later today, tampa city council will get an update on the bike ticketing controversy with the police department. this is in the wake of the investigation that found 79% of the agency s bike tickets are given to african-americans. tampa police will present a report on out reach programs to enforce bike laws. it is 5:31 and the rain is moving in. it certainly is. not far now and it spreads all the way up from the gulf of mexico into the carolinas. we ll give you a closureser look. we have clouds we ll give you a closer look. we have clouds in hernando. you can watch where you are and see when the rain gets to you. what i believe will happen is after that, a few light showers in the northern areas close to where the rain is now. it won t really be until midday when places like hillsborough and polk county start to see the
weeks are picking up stolen items at the sheriff s office. electronics, julie and so much more was recovered. what they found and the happy reunion for some residents out there. ryan. reporter: yes, some very happy and relieved victims. many of them left the sheriff s office just a few moments ago with watches, expensive jewelry, stuff they never thought they would see again. all of this came from at least 30 home burglaries in the area. take a look at some of this stuff. one of the guys we met today had 50 watches and thousands of dollars in his wife s jewelry stole especially. early last month he returned home to find his window busted out and his home ransacked. he got the call this morning and rushed down to carefully go through all of the items laid out on the table, looking for all of the watches he has collected over the years. it s a fraction of the more i figured i never would see them again. obviously if you look at the locations they hit, they were selecting
worry about the blood-sucking bugs spreading viruses. if you went back there and spent the night, you wouldn t enjoy it. reporter: he typically says mosquitoes that transmit other diseases. that is the same mosquito that spreads the zika virus. we know there are nine cases in florida, two in hillsborough county. reporter: while no one has gotten the virus from a mosquito in the u.s., it could still happen. 12 states are reporting people who caught it while traveling. just recently, the cdc confirming text tech could have the first case in texas could have the first case of the zika being transmitted sexually. it is not transmitted through saliva. the biggest threat is to only one in five people infected will show symptoms that are mild, like fever, rash and joint pain. but with no vaccine or medicine to treat zika, the key is prevention. you need long sleeved shirts on. reporter: also drain and cover any standing water. this is an example of stagnant water.