Florida. Congress has not passed a bill. In fact, they are on vacation. President obama ordered millions to develop a vaccine. Should congress get back to work . Florida lawmakers are sounding off. Reporter where are the members of congress . Summer vacation. As a result, no zika funding package has been passed. The inaction leaving political finger pointing and driving the Obama Administration to shift money from other programs to this should not be a political issue. This should be an issue we are largely united in. Reporter few doubt the urgency beyond party lines but Health Officials are reporting 400 travel related and 25 locally transmitted cases of zika in florida. Congress needs to return immediately to pass an emergency funding bill to help all of our scientists, help our local communities fight the david jali agrees but insists money is flowing for now. We are not worse out of today because of the current inaction in congress, but we will be soon. We need them back to work. R
Last 12 hours. About 4 00 yesterday afternoon, we were just starting to see the first few storms in eastern polk and highlands county. Clear skies for most of us, and then from 4 00 to 9 00, the storms pushed towards i75 and got stronger, and it took it almost until midnight for the storms to push off the coast, and i think toast is going to be very similar. Notice no rain chances in the morning. Very slim rain chances through 3 00 p. M. , and once you 4 00, 5 00, 6 00, 8 00, 9 00 tonight, the storms will be headed to the coast and getting stronger, just like yesterday. Otherwise, today, a high of 91. Above the average of 90. Another 5 08, an hourbyhour look at friday, but first you have to get to work and school this morning. Its actually a good thing to leave early, i think because you dont have much traffic to contend with as you will see here. This is a look near the approach to the Sunshine Skyway accident free this morning, and sarasota county, accident free, but you have constru
Whether it be underpasses, buildings or local parks, graffiti has become the unfortunate norm for many St. Joseph areas, and city officials are struggling to curb the problem.