White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki: Department of Education is looking at a range of options to help protect teachers and students in Florida.
Adds: Florida has not distributed any of the money set aside for them in the American Rescue Plan to help schools reopen safely.
"These vacines are saving lives"
In his most direct effort to encourage people to get vaccinated, Governor Ron DeSantis said 95% of the new COVID cases are those who are not vaccinated.
NEW: George Zimmerman, the man acquitted of killing then 17 year old Trayvon Martin, is now suing Democratic presidential candidates
@EWarren
and
@PeteButtigieg
for $265 million.
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@BN9
Here the full speaker’s list for the virtual Democratic National Convention.
It will take place over four nights from August 17-20, 2020. Convention programming will air from 9:00-11:00 PM Eastern.
President Donald Trump calls for marrying background checks and immigration reform after mass shootings in Texas and Ohio.
NOTE: none of the major mass shootings in this country have been carried out by immigrants. The gunmen are all American white guys.
NOTE: The President is expected to make public remarks about the mass shootings in Texas and Ohio at 10AM.
His previously planned trip Tuesday to The Villages in Central Florida to talk health care is still a go.
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@BN9
BREAKING:
@CurtisNews13
confirms FBI arrested Seminole County firefighter for taking part in insurrection at U.S. Capitol.
FBI says firefighter Andy Williams is in federal court right now in Orlando. Will be charged out of D.C.
Back Story:
Rarely are there coincidences in politics.
April 9:
@GovRonDeSantis
signs EO deeming
@WWE
"essential" and allowing operations.
Same day Linda McMahon announced pro-Trump SuperPAC would spend $18.5M in Florida.
L. McMahon is former SBA Administrator and wife of WWE Chair.
Note: This is
@GovRonDeSantis
' April 9 Executive Order that reclassified
@WWE
as an 'essential business' (along with others), allowing WWE to broadcast LIVE from
@WWEPC
in Orlando.
Note: WWE owners, Vince and Linda McMahon, have close ties to Trump administration.
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a... yes. A few planes over CPAC.
This one banner reads “Welcome Insurrectionists”. It’s flying on behalf of
@DWUhlfelderLaw
’s
@RemoveRon
campaign. (1/2)
WATCH: White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki: Dept of Education is looking at a range of options to help protect teachers and students in Florida.
Adds: Florida has not distributed any of the money set aside for them in the American Rescue Plan to help schools reopen safely.
ALERT: (Because I know you need some
#TigerKing
news right now) 🐅
Oklahoma judge evicts Joe Exotic’s former Wynnewood Zoo; gives land to Carole Baskin.
Story:
If you're wondering why
#LindseyGrahamHasCovid
is trending, it's because the South Carolina Senate Debate was just canceled after Senator Lindsey Graham reportedly refused to take a COVID test.
Story:
Since State of Florida is not publicly publishing daily COVID data, Florida Hospital Association is.
Record 11K+ COVID hospitalizations statewide. ICU capacity at 86.5%.
95%+ hospitalizations are those unvaccinated.
Val Demings and Susan Rice are both NOT listed as speakers. Both are likely VP picks, as is Warren and Harris who ARE listed. Speaking sep nights. There is a reserved spot for "VP Nominee" on Wednesday.
The speculation is going to run wild.
For far too many Floridians, the skyrocketing rate of property insurance is just too much.
This homeowner fears losing everything as their insurance renewal is now $17,000.
$17K now, from $4K only 2 years ago.
She and her veteran husband have major decisions ahead of them.
2/ COVID19 cases spiking in Florida, Gov. DeSantis said he's frustrated with local efforts to push mask mandates.
Says it sends the wrong message about vaccines. Adds those hesitant to get vaxxed - won't - -if they're heckled.
A few thousand women are lining up ahead of Vice President Kamala Harris’ keynote in Orlando this afternoon, appearing at the African Methodist Episcopal Women’s Missionary Society convention.
NEW: Vice President Kamala Harris returns to Florida for 2nd trip in recent weeks.
She's speaking in Orlando Tuesday at the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) 20th Women's Missionary Society Quadrennial Convention.
So much uncertainty covering 2020 race for President, except for one thing.
Just putting
@AndrewYang
in a tweet equals auto likes and retweets. Even if I tweet my beef at
@Wendys
, the Yang Gang still gonna turn out. That’s fresh.
Just asked
@GovRonDeSantis
his next step after giving him 5,000 names of people who say they’re still waiting for benefits.
He said it’s my job to verify these people are eligible.
Isn’t that
@FLDEO
’s job, I responded.
@MyNews13
@bn9
Thank you.
Our hearts are heavy. We lost an incredible young journalist and human. Too young.
Our hearts are heavy for their family. And our colleague's family still fighting. For the loss of a 9 year old girl and her mom and their family.
Our hearts go out to the family of the journalist killed today and the crew member injured in Orange County, Florida, as well as the whole Spectrum News team.
Earlier this week, Orange County Mayor Jerry Deming said the county 517 new cases in a single day; nearly 700 new cases in days over the weekend.
The critical point: the majority of new cases are those who are UNvaccinated.
BREAKING:
@WaltDisneyWorld
says it will start furloughing cast members (employees) starting April 19.
This is because of extended park and resort closures forces by
#COVID19
.
@MyNews13
@BN9
Update: While we are mourning the loss of one member of our Spectrum News 13 family, we can share an update about a second colleague injured in the shooting.
They have been able to speak with investigators and colleagues. Great sign. But lots of procedures and healing to come.
As President Biden moves to reverse course on much of what President Trump did - there’s a chance Biden could also nix Trump’s new Air Force One color scheme change, opting to keep the Kennedy inspired blue / silver.
CNBC: Florida is among America’s 10 worst states to live and work in for 2023.
All 10 states are led by GOP governors, as they focus more on social wars than healthcare and crime.
Rankings:
Whoa! Talk about pushing tin...
Looks like one plane landing as another is barely taking off from the same runway at Miami International Airport.
You see this
@BrianEntin
?
NEW: President
@realDonaldTrump
rescinds Obama era "Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing" provision.
2015 Rule required cities that receive federal funding to audit complexes for patterns of racial bias in housing.
IN THE DARK: A reporter pressed Gov. DeSantis why FL DOH is locking Orange County out of a state database for providing public information to reporters.
The Governor said...
“Change is Coming” *honk honk honk*
Dem VP Nominee Kamala Harris holding a car rally with 100+ supporters in Orlando (her first Central FL trip) as Trump supporters near by honk, hoot, and holler too.
U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy told me while overall COVID cases are down and vaccinations are UP -- the trend is turning in Florida.
There are bipartisan efforts to increase vaccinations, but Dr. Murthy says "misinformation" remains a tough fight.
Consider this:
President Trump to play golf with Tiger Woods. This is President’s 76th game of golf, and 101st day at a Trump property. On Campaign, he said he’d never vacation and never golf.
JUST IN: Florida
@GovRonDeSantis
declares Public Health Emergency after TWO people tested presumptively positive for COVID-19 coronavirus in Manatee County and Hillsborough County.
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@bn9
The toughest six hours on air.
Still processing everything.
We have heavy hearts for the loss of my Spectrum News 13 colleague; another seriously injured.
A 9 yo girl killed. Her mom seriously injured.
All victims of random gun violence.
Surreal.
Orlando Congressional hopeful Maxwell Frost was among a small group that interrupted Governor Ron DeSantis' event in Orlando Thursday night.
Pressed on gun violence, Governor is seen on video saying "Nobody wants to hear from you"
I just asked
@GovRonDeSantis
to take action on gun violence so we can save lives. That we lose 100 people a day.
His response? “Nobody wants to hear from you!” We are dying and our Governor is too busy helping
@RubinReport
make money.
Fried calls out Governor DeSantis over 20 arrests for election fraud.
The Villages was trending on Twitter as many say the Gov ignored arrests of Republican voters in The Villages for voter fraud months ago:
NOW: FL Gov Rick Scott announces lawsuit against Broward and Palm Beach Supervisors of Elections; warms they may be behind “rampant fraud”
@mynews13
@bn9
No Andrew Gillum is not running for President. As Politico reports, he’s expected to announce a voter focused imitative to help Dems win Florida in 2020.
Dems challenge is not just signing up voters — but actually getting them to ya know - vote.
Advent Health in Central Florida said there is a sharp increase in hospitalization, although "...we still have fewer COVID patients compared to the peak of about 900 in January. As of today there are about 700 COVID patients" at Advent clinics across Central Florida.
UPDATE: Department of Justice just released the full indictment filed against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who British authorities arrested this morning at the Ecuadorian Embassy on behalf of a U.S. extradition request.
STORY: (1/3)
Now at
@BetoORourke
town hall with North Miami teachers. Candidate talking about education challenges and emphasizing his stance to not accept any PAC money.
@MyNews13
@BN9
VP Harris to Gov. DeSantis letter: “I’m here in Florida and I’m here to tell you no roundtable, no lecture, no invitation we’ll accept to debate an undeniable fact: There were no redeeming qualities of slavery.”
VP Harris opens, speaking about faith and parallel founding principles of AME church and U.S.
Talks about attacks on freedoms across US, including abortion bans, limiting voting access, and refusal to pass gun laws
Dane Eagle is now Executive Director of Florida Department of Economic Opportunity and will soon oversee the troubled unemployment system.
A month before his appointment...
The American taxpayer should not have their dollars used to pay people more to stay home.
Let me say that again.
The American taxpayer should not have their dollars used to pay people more to stay home.
Democrats, do you understand?
Thousands of people are already lined up in Orlando, some two days before tomorrow nights big Rally. Large Screens and food trucks will be there for those that can’t get into the 25,000 capacity arena. It will be a very exciting evening! Make America Great Again!
NOW: Vice President Mike Pence is in Orlando talking at a “Latinos for Trump” event.
This is Pence’s second campaign trip to Central Florida since January - his fourth total trip. 2 campaign 2 official
Watch Live on
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WWE’s
#BoneyardMatch
is by far the BEST storytelling and production they’ve had in a decade.
If you’re going to be forced to produce something, PRODUCE it and they did, and giving fans what they wanted.
(Though a freaky Paul Bearer voice wild have been cool ⚱️)
A federal judge in West Palm Beach sentenced college student Mark Lindblom to one year probation for sneaking into Mar-a-Lago during the 2018 Thanksgiving holiday while the President and First Family were there.
He was caught only after first passing Secret Service
SNEAKING INTO MAR-A-LAGO: For the second time in months, headlines focus on people illegally getting into President Donald Trump's Palm Beach estate Mar-a-Lago.
Here's more from Palm Beach Post:
Orlando area State Representative announced a lawsuit against Governor Ron DeSantis.
A member of the Legislature is SUING the state because the state won't release PUBLIC RECORDS.
FWIW: As a reporter, I've NEVER waited so long and had to fight so much for public records.
I just filed a lawsuit against the DeSantis administration for refusing to lawfully comply with my public records request for critical COVID-related public health data. Floridians deserve transparency and accountability and I’m not taking NO for an answer.
My full statement👇🏼
UPDATE: Orange County Sheriff’s Office arrested 3 people related to a fight during National Socialist Movement’s anti-Semitic demonstration.
•Joshua Terrell, Battery w/ hate crime enhancement
•Burt Colucci, Battery w/ hate crime enhancement
•Jason Brown, Grand Theft
Trump-backed former Auburn football coach Tommy Tuberville beats Jeff Sessions in Alabama’s GOP runoff for Senate.
Sessions was Trump’s former AG (after serving as AL’s Senator).
Tuberville now faces Democrat Doug Jones for the seat Sessions once held.
As Biden and FBI face criticism over search of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago, and Governor DeSantis denouncing said search, there are reminders of Gov’s words when he pushed back on criticism of the FDLE’s search of former DOH Data Scientist Rebekah Jones.
JUST IN: Florida
@SenRickScott
picks
@AndrewPollackFL
as State of the Union guest. Pollack's daughter was among the 17 killed nearly one year ago in the Stoneman Douglas school attack. Pollack has since become a force for school safety improvements
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@BN9
@NewsGuyGreg
Have you heard of any others not receiving the $600/week from the CARES act? Me and my brother are both on reemployment and have not received it for last week or this week when we had been receiving it previously
U.S. Prosecutors to charge WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange with Computer Hacking Conspiracy. An indictment links the charges to the publication of classified information obtained from Chelsea Manning, former intelligence analyst.
STORY: (2/3)
🪑 Life Update
Orlando has *always* felt like home. Now, it’ll be home for a bit longer.
In my 14+ year professional career in television news, I’ve sat in a lot of different seats.
As of today, I’ll sit in a new seat: Evening Co-Anchor at
@MyNews13
w/
@tammiefields
On the eve of the second anniversary of the shooting at Stoneman Douglas, we are always reminded about how Parkland parents like
@fred_guttenberg
are turning their pain into action and advocacy.
"What about victims of gun violence like my daughter?" Those 9 words got Parkland father
@fred_guttenberg
kicked out of
#SOTU
, detained last week.
He says emotions ran high but is grateful for the thousands who stepped up to have a conversation about gun violence.
@CBS12
I do want to say thank you to those media colleagues who reportedly saw what happened and immediately jumped in to help. Provided critical help that may have saved at least one life.
Attorney
@DWUhlfelderLaw
(former candidate for FL Attorney General) posted he witnessed the charter plane land at the Crestview airport where it remained for only 10 minutes before taking off:
1/2
We had a tip we vetted on good authority that DeSantis was landing a flight with more individuals he kidnapped. The flight landed exactly when we expected it to. After landing it stayed on the runway for 10 minutes and then took off again.
Eye on 2022: Beyond the politics of the bill, Disney’s silence then post-vote “disappointment” not only ticked off both sides, it gave Gov DeSantis a golden campaign opportunity.
While Disney gives generously to Rs and Ds - Gov’s new slogan will be he can’t be bought. FL 1st.
In a video exclusively obtained by
@FoxNews
Digital.
@GovRonDeSantis
slams
#Disney
saying “In Florida, our policies got to be based on the best interest of Florida citizens, not on the musing of woke corporations.”
Anna Eskamani -V- Ron DeSantis
for Florida Governor 2022?
Democrats will likely have a long lineup of those wanting to oust DeSantis.
Lawton Chiles (‘91-‘98) was last Democrat elected FL Governor - 29 years ago.
I am considering it. Right now focused on my district & getting Floridians through
#COVID19
but my god -- do we need new leadership in Florida and ASAP.
We all watch the press conferences.
Reporters ask questions.
The actions and responses speak for themselves.
It’s not a failure of media nor journalists.
Orlando Congresswoman Val Demings (D) to cosponsor second impeachment of President Trump.
Demings was among House Managers who prosecuted the president in his first impeachment trial where he was acquitted by the Senate.
Per my statement last night:
I will be a cosponsor of the articles of impeachment being introduced in the House.
I am also supporting
@RepCori
's legislation for the House Committee on Ethics to investigate Members of Congress who helped incite Wednesday’s attack.
If there is anything Florida’s First Family has proven, it is they are fighters.
Sending best wishes for good health to the First Family, and First Lady Casey DeSantis specifically, who has been diagnosed with breast cancer, per the Governor’s office.
Flight records show the planes made a brief stop in the Florida Panhandle en route from Texas to Massachusetts.
Related: (Miami Herald): Before DeSantis could say he kicked migrants out of Florida, he had to pay to fly them in
Read more at:
NOW:
@GovRonDeSantis
shutting down bars, nightclubs for 30 days in Florida.
Says younger folks not taking
#COVID19
warnings seriously.
Governor says 4 University of Florida students have tested positive.
@MyNews13
@bn9
#N13COVID19
NEW: U.S. Supreme Court voted 6-3 to NOT take up a case against Florida Governor Ron DeSantis regarding 2018’s Amendment Four.
The case aimed to overturn state law requiring court fines be paid before convicted felons could legally vote.
Dissent:
Wow, Vice President Mike Pence’s trip to the annual GOP gathering on Mackinac Island, Michigan is historic for two reasons. Understandable, but using vehicles on Mack Island is sure to catch some flack.
If you're wondering why "Betty White" is trending.
Sadly, it's being widely reported the beloved American icon died this morning at the age of 99, just weeks before her 100th birthday.
Friday,
@GovRonDeSantis
told reporters to prove that thousands of Floridians are still waiting for benefits.
Simply forwarding emails is quite burdensome, so
@DavidJonesTV
,
@HLeighWFTS
, and I created this:
4,500 names so far...
For two months, thousands have reached out to reporters and lawmakers about still waiting for
@FLDEO
benefits.
@GovRonDeSantis
said Friday: prove it.
We’ll do that: Nearly 3K names as of 10A Saturday. Created this 3P Fri:
@DavidJonesTV
@HLeighWFTS
A rousing speech for VP Harris, about 20 minutes in length talking about civil rights and on going fight on issues such as abortion rights, voting, education, etc.
VP Harris: “As I said last week, we will not stop calling out and fighting back against extremist so called leaders who try to prevent our children from learning our true and full history.”
It’s a full house as
@GoBrightline
readies to reveal their new Orlando station.
We’ll know soon when the near high speed rail service between Orlando and South Florida will officially open - and at what price.
Central Florida Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost living the same rent realities as so many in Central Florida (and beyond).
So many landlords want 1st, Last, Security deposit just to move in.
Renters have to pay $thousands$ just to get in.
Related:
I’m moving in Orlando and have to fill out an application to live in the new complex. I open it up and get a lovely surprise! A junk fee of $150!
One of the many reasons I introduced my End Junk Fees for Renters Act!
Anti-Desantis PAC Remove Ron is out with a new ad.
The group - led by Panhandle attorney/Grim Reaper Daniel Uhlfelder takes a bloody approach to record COVID cases, hospitalizations, and deaths.
WALKING AWAY: Twice I asked the Governor:
•Will you extend unemployment waivers?
•Speak to those on 4 months now not getting unemployment benefits.
He refused to answer during the presser and the second time he kept walking.
BACK TO MIAMI: Looks like American Airlines Flight 38 is heading back to Miami International.
A source tells me a passenger on the London Heathrow-bound flight is refusing to wear a face covering. Pilot turned back 2 hours over the Atlantic.
Awaiting further details from AA.