western civilizations has no inherent value whatsoever? we have teachers who are not able to teach the curriculum that they want because they disagree with ron desantis and his view of the world. that is limiting free speech. they are trying to shield students from the truth about history. we are nothing without our history. which is exactly why conservatives are going after public education in america. to erase, dismantle and rewrite the true account of our past. what happened on this soil, the oppression that was fought and overcome. and what shaped who we are and the very moment we are in. history is vital, as is knowledge. it s why education is so often ground zero in the u.s. culture wars. and why florida governor ron desantis apparent white house ambition strikes at the heart of the american classroom. desantis has staked his political future on a bid to block an advanced placement course in african-american studies, saying it lacks educational value. it s that f
Night. Two hbo shows came out on top and two made emmy history. Much more on last nights winners in just minutes. First a check on todays weather with leigh. Good morning, leigh. Good morning. And it is a steamy start to your monday. If youre just stepping out the door this morning maybe going to walk the dog in odessa its 79 degrees. 76 in sun city center. Widening this out a bit, dade city 76, frostproof 74, north part part 76. This humidity will translate into afternoon storms. This is your typical summer forecast. Slim rain chance at noon, better rain chance during the afternoon and evening going up to a 40 chance. A high of 90. At 5 38 a look at the tropics as well as where that rain can fall. Leslee is going to let you know what is happening right now. Roadway at 75 at Martin Luther king. That has cleared from the roadway. Lets talk about clearwater beach. Memorial causeway at island way an accident wrapping up there. Over here in largo this one should be wrapping up indian rocks
Beams and this is 76 at 71 and that is what youre going to continued with as you make your way in and go slow as well. And we continue to follow a terror investigation into the new york city area and five more explosive devices found and one of them went off overnight. Wow. And Officials Say that two men found a backpack in a gashing an can in new jersey before 9 and saw wires and a pipe inside. The five devices were inside that backpack and at the same time, five people were taken into custody in new york city and abc news reports that investigators are looking into links between that blast and saturdays explosion in seaside park, new jersey and both use ised the same type of cell phones and there is Surveillance Video of a man at 23rd street where a bomb was placed on chelsea and 27th as World Leaders gather for the. N. General assembly in new york and were monitoring the feeds and well bring you new updates. And untiling new developments in the case of a suspected serial killer and
A developing story right now out of tampa. walter a 17month old has been shot and killed. walter it happened at the clipper bay apartments. Thats in the 67 hundred block of south lois avenue, just outside of Macdill Air Force base. wally fox13s Shayla Reaves is live at the apartment complex. Shayla. What have you learned . Thanks, shayla. Thanks, shayla. Thanks, shayla. wally wally thanks, shayla. jen new this morning workers at a Convenience Store in tampa will be cleaningup today. After a car ran right into the building. It happened last night at corner of east sligh avenue and roulette. No one inside the store was hurt, but the driver and a passenger were injured. And taken to the hospital. The store owner was already covering the hole with plywood, by the time our crew got there. No word yet on charges. jen also developing a florida amber alert is in effect this morning. For . Two missing siblings. wally officials in Citrus County say were taken by their mother. Who does . Not have
Brooksville, tampa right now at 81 degrees. I expect the afternoon high to be near the average. Average is 89. Were going to make it up to 90 by the afternoon. Then as far as rain chances they are also quite summer like. Dry through the morning, adding a 40 rain chance later in the afternoon and evening. Coming up at 4 08 im going to track the tropics because we have a few things im keeping an eye on. Leslee has a few things on the roads. We have a little problem on i75 and Martin Luther northbound. This is on state road 54 and u. S. 19, looking good through new port richey. A nice drive coming in and out of pasco county. A good drive from 54 to ehrlich and ehrlich down to 275 looks very good. Lets take a live look mere. Its here. Its the Howard Frankland bridge. Minutes to pass it. Thats a look at weather and traffic. Now back to paul and gayle. Thank you, leslee. New developments on the weekend bombings in new york city and new jersey. Police found a backpack full of what may be pipe