Florida News That Impacts You – November 12th, 2024

Your daily recap of the biggest news from around the state that impacts you in South Florida.  

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
There are two sides to stories, had one side to facts.

Speaker 2 (00:04):
How do you like the fact this is the Brian
mud Show Florida News that impacts you. Brian mun and
Joel Malkin with you. So yes, Lordians are boys to
hold key roles the upcoming Trump administration. On Monday, President
Elect Trump tapped Florida Congressman and former Green Beret Mike
Walt to be the next National Security Advisor. Florida Senior

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Senator Marc Rubio is also poised to become Secretary of
State in the incoming Trump administration. The presidential appointments pending
Senate confirmation or recess appointment. Republicans will hold control of
the Senate. In January, the Martin County Commission will vote
on a revised plan to bring a Brightline station to
the county today. Following Stuart's decision to back out of

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an already agree to bond plan to bring the station
to the city, Brightline engage county officials with a new plan.
Under the revised plan, Brightline would agree to a forty
year lease for a station near the Martin County Courthouse
at five one hundred southeast Flyglaer Avenue, provided that the
county would pay up to fifteen million dollars towards the
construction of the station. Harley Cootty Skies. A warm highs

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in the mid eighties today, about six degrees warmer than
usual for this date. That is not likely to be
the case tomorrow. A coldfront is going to be making
its way too our area throughout the day, and the
National Hurricane Center tracking one system that's a disturbance in
the Southwest Caribbean Sea now has a seventy percent chance
of developing over the next seven days. Just too early

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to know what's going to happen beyond it likely becoming
a depression at some point here in the coming days.
Gas price has dropped a couple since per gallon yesterday.
The average price four regular on leaded in the state
three toh eight per gallon. The average price to the
Bomb Beaches three twenty four, Martin three oh seven, and
then Indian River County three eight per gallon.

Speaker 1 (01:51):
All right, let's get a look at national headlines. President
elect Trump reportedly expected to name Florida Senator Marco Rubio
as Secretary of State. North Florida Congressman in Green Beret
Michael Walls also being tapped as National Security Advisor. At
the same time, Trump has already tabbed former Acting ICE
Director Tom Holman to serve as a so called borders
are former Congressman from New York Lee Zelden to lead

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the Environmental Protection Agency and New York Representative Elie Stephonic
to serve as US Ambassador to the United Nations. Democrat
Ruben Gego is projected as the winner of the Senate
race in Arizona that was the last one Gayego held
off Republican Kerry Lake. He'll replace Independent Senator Kirsten Cinema,
who retired after one term. Republicans now hold fifty three

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seats in the Senate. President Biden is welcoming Israeli President
Isaac Herzog to the White House today. The two leaders
expected to discuss the ongoing conflicts in Gaza and Lebanon.
Their meeting comes as Israel face as a US imposed
deadline this week to improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza
or risk restrictions on further security assistance. The Kremlin is

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denying the President elect Trump and Russian President Putin's on
the phone after last week's presidential election. Here this comes
after multiple news reports emerged about a purported phone call
on which Trump recommended Putin not escalate the war in
Ukraine and the machinist strike is over. At Boeing, now
employees are bracing for layoffs. Boeing plans to cut ten
percent of its workforce, which would be around seventeen thousand workers.

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Layoff notices could go out this week. Boeing CEO says
the company has lost twenty five billion dollars in twenty
nineteen following whistleblower report's safety issues and congressional hearings. Those
are your headlines.