April 9, 2026 • 8 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:04):
From West Palm Beach to Tallahassee. This is Florida's news
that impacts you on the Bryan mudshew it sure enough
is Brian mud and Joel Malkin with you. Good morning, Hope,
it is for you, and all kinds of doings across
our state and a lot of things that are stelling
being debated across our state in today's Q and A
(00:29):
once again a debate about property taxes and some of
the dividing lines. We have an ongoing debate about the budget,
among other things. But first, this is sensational situation and
really remarkable involving a scuba diver in a boater Venice Beach.
(00:49):
Fox's CJ Pop vote their report.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
Scuba divers Stephanie hold Tye says she was about twenty
three feet underwater searching for shark teeth when my.
Speaker 3 (00:58):
Life slashed before my eyes.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
It was not a close encounter with a shark, but
something almost as harrowing. Houltai says her dive flag, used
to warn boaters when dovers are below the surface, became
entangled with the propeller of a boat and she was
being dragged. Her partner recorded what happened next you got
to watch out. Then they argued who was to blame?
Speaker 4 (01:19):
There was no I'm sorry, there was no Can I
help you?
Speaker 2 (01:23):
Under Florida law, boaters are required to operate at idle
speed within three hundred feet of a dive flag in
open water or within one hundred feet in rivers, inlets
or navigation channels.
Speaker 3 (01:33):
You've got to watch out for us. You have somebody
that's diving, have done everything properly, and you have this hothead.
You've got to look out for us. One of the
things I'll say, because this just kind of struck me
one in sensational and by the way, I would rather
(01:54):
take my chances with face face encounters, which I've had
many over the years with an insert shark of choice here.
Although bulls a lot of sharks, I'm okay being in
the water around bulls unpredictable and make me nervous. I've
had two close calls with them.
Speaker 4 (02:10):
But the.
Speaker 3 (02:13):
But a boater, No sharks ever boaters, because I think
there's more logic that goes on with the sharks than
some of these hotheads. Just can't imagine the mindset of
somebody like that that that then turns around and blames
you they very nearly kill you because they're breaking the law.
And then then that it's a reminder that road rage
(02:34):
extends to the water as well. And one of the
things in particular I mentioned this when you know desant
is going back like in recent years. Yeah, you know
what we need is more boating around the state of Florida.
I go the other way. I think we got way
too many people that don't belong in the water. I
see so much bad boating behavior on the regular as
we happen to be in the water and watch this,
(02:56):
you know frequently, you know the the amount of ear
responsble voting behavior, and law enforcement can only do so much.
It's a massive state Somewhere along the way. You have
to have people that are decent stewards of our environment,
that are reasonable enough in new wake zones, that are
reasonable enough around marine life, that are reasonable enough around
(03:17):
people that are scuba diving. And it's increasingly a challenging
situation because there is not necessarily a lot of people
that they're doing that. Meanwhile, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeyer
announce a new partnership with forensic technology company off Rem,
(03:38):
which uses stead of the art DNA analysis to better
identify suspects in criminal activity. Stay believes the partnership holds
the potential it's solve many of the state's twenty one
thousand unsolved murder cases, many that are decades old. And
I think that's something in particular that a lot of
people might be surprised by that we have twenty one
(03:58):
thousand cold case murders.
Speaker 4 (04:01):
Yeah, that is a pretty big number, and they go
back I believe to sixty five, nineteen sixty five.
Speaker 3 (04:07):
Yeah, I mean, in the evolution of DNA evidence, there's
been so much that has come about. You remember the
show Cold Case Files when it first came out every
twenty years ago, and that was really kind of when
we first saw DNA analysis take that first next big step.
I mean the first thing is you go far enough back.
We didn't even have finger printing technology, right, and so
(04:28):
the first thing that really came about was, Okay, well
now you got finger printing, and then DNA really wasn't
a thing until you started getting into the nineties. And
then what they could do with DNA in the nineties
was not really all that good. And then what the
next real big evolution in technologies in the late late
first decade of the two thousands, and then we took
another big step mid last decade. This is that next
(04:53):
one where with very little DNA, any number of different
things can be found and give you an idea. In
many cases is people will think, oh, you're going to
have DNA that directly ties you to the suspect. Well,
one of the things about DNA is if somebody doesn't
have their information on file, then you're not going to
(05:15):
find them. You could have their blood and you're not
going to be able to identify the person because it
wasn't on file with law enforcement.
Speaker 4 (05:23):
Right.
Speaker 3 (05:24):
What's come about is DNA analysis is so strong that
if let's say, anybody in your family anywhere in the
country has ever been arrested and had their DNA booked,
that is in some government database somewhere. Now we can
(05:44):
utilize the smallest bit of DNA that is derived from
a crime scene to actually trace the family tree back
to the suspect. That's what we're talking about here.
Speaker 4 (05:55):
Yeah, and that's been happening and happened in recently in
local cases too.
Speaker 3 (06:00):
And so now you're talking about a formal partnership and
a task force under that banner. So hopefully that's the
results the AGE thinks it could so. An update from
the Florida State Center President been All Britain on Wednesday
suggests progress being made in the budget standoff with the House,
but that legislators will need to deliberate in person prior
(06:21):
to a special session hammering details out. So first thing
to note, Governor d Santis is called a special session
on April twentieth to consider congressional redistricting, and so that's
going to happen. All Britain's guidance says, hey, we're not
going to get this budget deal done before that happens.
Legislature must approve a budget prior to the start of
(06:43):
this year's fiscal year July. First. One of the things
to note when it comes to redistricting, you increasingly have
a lot of Republicans taking a look at what's going
on with some of the redistrict team efforts across the
country and how there's a voter backlash taking a look
at some of the elections. You know, special elections were
talked about in this state and are nervous to travel
(07:04):
down this path. We'll see what goes on there. Andian
River Sheriff Eric Flowers announced the results of the county's
recent Narconics crackdown, dubbed Operation Spring Cleaning. Nineteen arrests were made,
one suspect in there in pursuit of during what Flowers
said was a historic bust, recovering approximately four hundred and
sixty thousand counterfeit pills and materials capable of producing an
(07:27):
additional six hundred thousand pills TREET value up to five
million dollars. Additionally, large quantities of cocaine, fentanyl, meth, and
ten firearms, seven of which were stolen, were recovered. Rain
throughout the day again today, gusty winds exceeding thirty miles
an hour in many locations. Today's eyes mid to upper seventies,
well blow average again for this date. Rain expected to
(07:50):
continue through Thursday, and gas prices they fell another three
cents per gallon yesterday to four thirteen per gallon on
that stay wide in the Palm Beach's average price today
four to twenty eight Martin four thirteen, four fifteen in
Saint Lucie and four fourteen in Indian River County.
Speaker 4 (08:09):
Today
From West Palm Beach to Tallahassee. This is Florida's news
that impacts you on the Bryan mudshew it sure enough
is Brian mud and Joel Malkin with you. Good morning, Hope,
it is for you, and all kinds of doings across
our state and a lot of things that are stelling
being debated across our state in today's Q and A
(00:29):
once again a debate about property taxes and some of
the dividing lines. We have an ongoing debate about the budget,
among other things. But first, this is sensational situation and
really remarkable involving a scuba diver in a boater Venice Beach.
(00:49):
Fox's CJ Pop vote their report.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
Scuba divers Stephanie hold Tye says she was about twenty
three feet underwater searching for shark teeth when my.
Speaker 3 (00:58):
Life slashed before my eyes.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
It was not a close encounter with a shark, but
something almost as harrowing. Houltai says her dive flag, used
to warn boaters when dovers are below the surface, became
entangled with the propeller of a boat and she was
being dragged. Her partner recorded what happened next you got
to watch out. Then they argued who was to blame?
Speaker 4 (01:19):
There was no I'm sorry, there was no Can I
help you?
Speaker 2 (01:23):
Under Florida law, boaters are required to operate at idle
speed within three hundred feet of a dive flag in
open water or within one hundred feet in rivers, inlets
or navigation channels.
Speaker 3 (01:33):
You've got to watch out for us. You have somebody
that's diving, have done everything properly, and you have this hothead.
You've got to look out for us. One of the
things I'll say, because this just kind of struck me
one in sensational and by the way, I would rather
(01:54):
take my chances with face face encounters, which I've had
many over the years with an insert shark of choice here.
Although bulls a lot of sharks, I'm okay being in
the water around bulls unpredictable and make me nervous. I've
had two close calls with them.
Speaker 4 (02:10):
But the.
Speaker 3 (02:13):
But a boater, No sharks ever boaters, because I think
there's more logic that goes on with the sharks than
some of these hotheads. Just can't imagine the mindset of
somebody like that that that then turns around and blames
you they very nearly kill you because they're breaking the law.
And then then that it's a reminder that road rage
(02:34):
extends to the water as well. And one of the
things in particular I mentioned this when you know desant
is going back like in recent years. Yeah, you know
what we need is more boating around the state of Florida.
I go the other way. I think we got way
too many people that don't belong in the water. I
see so much bad boating behavior on the regular as
we happen to be in the water and watch this,
(02:56):
you know frequently, you know the the amount of ear
responsble voting behavior, and law enforcement can only do so much.
It's a massive state Somewhere along the way. You have
to have people that are decent stewards of our environment,
that are reasonable enough in new wake zones, that are
reasonable enough around marine life, that are reasonable enough around
(03:17):
people that are scuba diving. And it's increasingly a challenging
situation because there is not necessarily a lot of people
that they're doing that. Meanwhile, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeyer
announce a new partnership with forensic technology company off Rem,
(03:38):
which uses stead of the art DNA analysis to better
identify suspects in criminal activity. Stay believes the partnership holds
the potential it's solve many of the state's twenty one
thousand unsolved murder cases, many that are decades old. And
I think that's something in particular that a lot of
people might be surprised by that we have twenty one
(03:58):
thousand cold case murders.
Speaker 4 (04:01):
Yeah, that is a pretty big number, and they go
back I believe to sixty five, nineteen sixty five.
Speaker 3 (04:07):
Yeah, I mean, in the evolution of DNA evidence, there's
been so much that has come about. You remember the
show Cold Case Files when it first came out every
twenty years ago, and that was really kind of when
we first saw DNA analysis take that first next big step.
I mean the first thing is you go far enough back.
We didn't even have finger printing technology, right, and so
(04:28):
the first thing that really came about was, Okay, well
now you got finger printing, and then DNA really wasn't
a thing until you started getting into the nineties. And
then what they could do with DNA in the nineties
was not really all that good. And then what the
next real big evolution in technologies in the late late
first decade of the two thousands, and then we took
another big step mid last decade. This is that next
(04:53):
one where with very little DNA, any number of different
things can be found and give you an idea. In
many cases is people will think, oh, you're going to
have DNA that directly ties you to the suspect. Well,
one of the things about DNA is if somebody doesn't
have their information on file, then you're not going to
(05:15):
find them. You could have their blood and you're not
going to be able to identify the person because it
wasn't on file with law enforcement.
Speaker 4 (05:23):
Right.
Speaker 3 (05:24):
What's come about is DNA analysis is so strong that
if let's say, anybody in your family anywhere in the
country has ever been arrested and had their DNA booked,
that is in some government database somewhere. Now we can
(05:44):
utilize the smallest bit of DNA that is derived from
a crime scene to actually trace the family tree back
to the suspect. That's what we're talking about here.
Speaker 4 (05:55):
Yeah, and that's been happening and happened in recently in
local cases too.
Speaker 3 (06:00):
And so now you're talking about a formal partnership and
a task force under that banner. So hopefully that's the
results the AGE thinks it could so. An update from
the Florida State Center President been All Britain on Wednesday
suggests progress being made in the budget standoff with the House,
but that legislators will need to deliberate in person prior
(06:21):
to a special session hammering details out. So first thing
to note, Governor d Santis is called a special session
on April twentieth to consider congressional redistricting, and so that's
going to happen. All Britain's guidance says, hey, we're not
going to get this budget deal done before that happens.
Legislature must approve a budget prior to the start of
(06:43):
this year's fiscal year July. First. One of the things
to note when it comes to redistricting, you increasingly have
a lot of Republicans taking a look at what's going
on with some of the redistrict team efforts across the
country and how there's a voter backlash taking a look
at some of the elections. You know, special elections were
talked about in this state and are nervous to travel
(07:04):
down this path. We'll see what goes on there. Andian
River Sheriff Eric Flowers announced the results of the county's
recent Narconics crackdown, dubbed Operation Spring Cleaning. Nineteen arrests were made,
one suspect in there in pursuit of during what Flowers
said was a historic bust, recovering approximately four hundred and
sixty thousand counterfeit pills and materials capable of producing an
(07:27):
additional six hundred thousand pills TREET value up to five
million dollars. Additionally, large quantities of cocaine, fentanyl, meth, and
ten firearms, seven of which were stolen, were recovered. Rain
throughout the day again today, gusty winds exceeding thirty miles
an hour in many locations. Today's eyes mid to upper seventies,
well blow average again for this date. Rain expected to
(07:50):
continue through Thursday, and gas prices they fell another three
cents per gallon yesterday to four thirteen per gallon on
that stay wide in the Palm Beach's average price today
four to twenty eight Martin four thirteen, four fifteen in
Saint Lucie and four fourteen in Indian River County.
Speaker 4 (08:09):
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