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Origin. With the great majority of them being puerto rican. So we are a working class. Community and have so many people relocate from puerto rico after Hurricane Maria looking for opportunity. Unfortunately right now, we are stuck with an inadequate and inept response to both Hurricane Maria anna covid19 pandemic. So i dont know about you, but i am so looking not only has a plan for Puerto Ricans, for hispanics, but also bring that level of respect and care into the white house that we need. [speaking spanish] [speaking spanish] biden [speaking spanish] [speaking spanish]. [speaking spanish]. [speaking spanish]. [speaking spanish]. [speaking spanish]. [speaking spanish]. So with that said it gives a great pleasure as the first hispanic woman to serve on the osceola board of commissioners and the only puerto rican woman to serve there in the history of osceola county, to introduce to you the first member of congress from the state of florida, the honorable congressman de soto. Grassy u
Hurricanes are nothing new for destin, max who is originally from texas. Already stopped up so much for the pandemic. And because of the pandemic family should also have enough medical essential is to last for 14 days were already stocked up on sanitizers. We have a lot of that some people feel the Global Pandemic has prepared them for Hurricane Season as theyve had to stock up on food water and toiletries but now theyre going out to buy bungee cord sandbags and even boards to protect their an arm or keep up was in place and then die. What happens in pain for the covid on then just the windows were we just got some by the things out by a way to tie down with the storm ahead in covid19 cases rising people remain optimistic. We care for each other. We help each other. Much anything with the pandemic. That was joe on the martinez reporting for us tonight now lets turn things over to meteorologist Mabrisa Rodriguez has been tracking the hurricane for us and has the very latest recent yeah,
Recorded this event in november of 2017. We are fortunate to have an old friend with us, richard schroeder, a former officer with the cia clandestine service. He began his career under the cia in 1972. After two years in the army as an Intelligence Officer for the army stuff in washington, the u. S. Military command in vietnam. He consults on National Security and teaches that georgetown. He is a founding Advisory Board member here at the International Spy museum. He is the author of a new book, the foundation of the cia, harry truman, the missouri gang, and the origins of the cold war. You are not here to listen to me talk. Rick, come on up. [applause] thank you for coming out when you could be over at the Christmas Market across the street. As vince said, i have been a cia officer for running on to 50 years now. For the last 20 years, i have taught intelligence courses at Georgetown School of foreign service. In teaching at georgetown, i have discovered, as well as from participating