TOP STORIES - Florida secures FEMA reimbursement for state-run detention facilities, including the controversial Alligator Alcatraz. Governor Ron DeSantis signals a property tax reform proposal and hints at a special session. A Royal Caribbean cruise ship returns to Miami after a norovirus outbreak, while Miami-Dade unveils a driverless police car. Plus, activists protest ICE involvement at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, and Floridians weigh in on rising grocery costs.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
I'm now for Today's Top Stories, brought to you by
the Holland Group Retirement and wealth advisors. You work hard
to say for your future, they can help you make
the most of it. Find them online at Askbehollands dot com. Now,
Chris Treikman is out sick. He'll be back on Monday.
So here are me Indiana with today's top stories. And
we begin with the Department of Homeland Security confirming that
(00:24):
the check is not only in the mail, but in
hand from FEMA reimbursement after building the Alligator Alcatraz Immigration
Detention Center. Governor's office confirmed the funds will pay for
construction and management not only of Alligator Alcatraz, but of
Deportation Depot, which is a state run immigration detention center
(00:47):
located in Sanderson that I believe is in Baker County.
DHS estimated earlier this year the total cost for the
remote detention center in the Everglades Alligator Alcatraz would be
four hundred and fifty million for one year.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
So they've got to check in hand.
Speaker 3 (01:03):
Yeah, that was one of the big questions. Who's paying
for this? Is FEMA?
Speaker 1 (01:06):
You know?
Speaker 4 (01:07):
Is the federal government actually going to reimburse the state,
and it looks like it happened. Also, as part of
one of the court cases against Alligator Alcatraz, the handbook
that was given to detainees and employees was released and
it showed that that people at Alligator Alcatraz were given
color coded uniforms and wristbands that segregated them based on
(01:28):
their criminal history and whether or not they were considered
a flight risk. And also breakfast at five point thirty
every morning for detainees and Alligator out.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
A little early for me. Early, Yeah, that's kind of early.
All right, three years. This is one of those stories.
I just hate these animal abuse stories.
Speaker 4 (01:45):
Now, this is just this one really will make your
blood boil because it's a number of levels.
Speaker 3 (01:51):
Yes, like a double whammy of the worst human.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
Yeah, so what is going on?
Speaker 1 (01:56):
Basically, this is out of Saint Petersburg where a three
year old pit is recovering expected to be okay eventually,
but was very seriously injured after a girl's father threw
him off of a second story balcony in Penelas County.
And it happened while the dog was trying to protect
(02:17):
the girl from her father, he was trying to get
her alone in a bedroom. Don't know why, but forty
four year old Nigel Meyers is now facing multiple charges
including aggravated animal cruelty, domestic battery, child abuse, leude, and
lascivious conduct. We have had so many recently of these
(02:37):
just unbelievable, disgusting animal abuse stories. The peacock story which
you heard earlier this week, which I really don't even
want to talk about.
Speaker 2 (02:47):
I can't stand that much.
Speaker 4 (02:48):
That night before, since I was moving over the last week,
I wasn't paying attention to all the news, But I
did happen to come across that story last night and
realize you did it earlier in the week, absolutely disgusting.
And then with this one right here, I mean, I
think we can can you know, figure out what the
dad was attempting to do to his daughter based on
the charges that were filed against him. So not only
is he is he attempting to abuse his daughter and
(03:10):
probably has in the past, but he's also being cruel
to the animal.
Speaker 3 (03:14):
So the worst of the worst.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
The pit bull was named Sparta, and Jump basically jumped
on the girl to try and protect her. Now, anybody
that's ever had a dog knows that dogs can be very,
very protective of the person that they've bonded with, so
obviously he was trying to protect her from being hurt,
and this guy just ended up. He picked him, picked
(03:39):
him up first of all, threw him against the top
the top compartment of a dog cage, and then picked
him up by his two hind legs threw him off
the balcony. But like I said, the good news is
the silver lining here is that eventually the dog is
going to be okay and this guy is going to
go to jail.
Speaker 3 (03:57):
Yeah for a long time hopefully.
Speaker 1 (03:59):
Well here's something but I bet none of us ever
realized before. Groceries are more expensive.
Speaker 3 (04:05):
Oh my gosh.
Speaker 4 (04:06):
Egg prices have gone down quite a bit, though I
will say that I was paying like almost nine dollars
for my eighteen pack of eggs and that price has
gone down.
Speaker 3 (04:14):
But everything else.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
This is a new Harris Axios vibes. Pole found that
forty seven percent of adults said that groceries are harder
to afford now than they were a year ago. Just
over a third thirty four percent say things are about
the same. Nineteen percent said groceries are easier to afford.
Who are those people?
Speaker 4 (04:33):
The people who have gotten big raises or something. I
don't know, because they are definitely not easier to afford, right,
and I can just like there's a few things that
I buy all the time that I've noticed the price
going up over the last couple of years. I drink
kombucha like every day. I'm addicted to it, and it
used to be like two fifty nine for you know,
for one bottle of kombucha, and now it's almost four dollars.
(04:54):
I have to wait for a sale or wait for
them to go on Bogo, but it's almost four dollars
for a small bottle of now.
Speaker 1 (05:00):
Yeah, I'm actually believe it or not, I'm actually trying
to drop a few pounds.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
Okay, you probably have.
Speaker 1 (05:06):
I know you've noticed, but no, I'm actually trying to
drop a few pounds. So, you know, I'm looking for
some different things now at the grocery store and finding that.
Speaker 2 (05:14):
Yikes, that's really costs a lot of money.
Speaker 3 (05:17):
The healthy food it costs more.
Speaker 4 (05:19):
Yeah, you don't more to make a salad than a
bowl of macaroni and cheese, for sure, you know.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
It really does.
Speaker 1 (05:25):
So in any of that, like I said, I just
want to know who the nineteen percent are that I
think groceries are less expensive. Now, with this morning's top
news stories, we check in with Natalie Rodriguez.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
Good morning, Natalie, good morning.
Speaker 5 (05:37):
Well, the governor continues campaigning for property tax cuts. We're
going to put an amendment on that ballot in November
of next year. Speaking at Jacksonville International Airport earlier this week,
he repeated many of his recent talking points.
Speaker 6 (05:51):
And I'm not just doing this to just like, you know,
go around and and crow about property tax. I want
to see something big enacted. That's the whole goal.
Speaker 5 (06:01):
Meanwhile, the Chief Financial Officer, Blazing Gogli, also vowed to
continue hunting for wasteful spending by local governments. He claims
that his audits have found one billion dollars have been
misspent by Broward, Orange, Hillsboro, Jacksonville and Alachua counties combined.
Speaker 1 (06:18):
Yeah, and we were talking about that a little bit
earlier this morning, Natalie, with respect to Hillsborough County and
the county administrator is now well, something we've been waiting for.
Frankly is now pushing back on what Inngolia had to say,
and she was basically saying that a lot of that
money had to do with first responders and public safety.
(06:40):
So I mean she's kind of saying, hey, wait a minute,
we really needed to spend this money.
Speaker 4 (06:46):
So yeah, he's also admitted that some of it is subjective.
What he thinks is waste. You know, other people may
not think is waste, So it's subjective.
Speaker 2 (06:54):
Yeah, that's usually the case. Yeap. What else we got
this morning, Natalie?
Speaker 5 (06:59):
Well, after you are a thorough cleaning of neuro virus,
Royal Caribbeans Serenade of the Seas has set sail once
again on a cruise to Panama from Port Miami.
Speaker 2 (07:10):
I started feeling bad, so then I started throwing up.
Speaker 5 (07:13):
We had nearly one hundred passengers and crew on the
cruise before this one September nineteenth, which departed from San Diego,
and that's where we had this neurovirus outbreak. When I
say cleaning, I mean they started on the bottom and
worked up to the top, and then you would see
them coming back down again. And if you're not familiar
with neuro virus, it is like stomach flew on steroids.
(07:34):
It's there, it really is. It's a highly contagious virus.
It's a combination of viruses that are highly contagious and
it causes severe vomiting, diarrhea, dehydration, body aches, and pains.
Speaker 4 (07:47):
I mean on a ship together with a whole serious.
Speaker 2 (07:52):
And it's disgusting. I mean it's everywhere.
Speaker 5 (07:54):
Basically, you have it in daycare centers, it's in the air,
it's on contact, and it's fecal oral context. So so
we went poopy and didn't wash their hands properly, and
then that's how you get this mess.
Speaker 2 (08:08):
It really is.
Speaker 3 (08:09):
This was one of my worst fears I had.
Speaker 4 (08:11):
I finally did go on a cruise about a year
and a half ago, and I loved it. Ended up
going on another one six months later. But this was
one of my worst fears about going on a cruise
because you always hear these stories about people getting so sick,
and I'm like, that'll happen to me.
Speaker 1 (08:25):
Well, yeah, I mean that's why they shut down the
cruise industry basically, you know, a five years ago when
the COVID nineteen outbreak because of you know, the fear
that everybody on board.
Speaker 4 (08:32):
Would come down with that, you know, I mean, I
would rather have COVID than neurovirus.
Speaker 3 (08:38):
At this point, could.
Speaker 2 (08:39):
Not last stop laughing at this.
Speaker 5 (08:42):
Well, let me tell you there's a dress that I
want to wear, so I don't mind.
Speaker 2 (08:46):
If I catch it this weekend. I'm just saying an
extra five pounds.
Speaker 3 (08:49):
Or ten, right, that's a good way to clean everything out.
Speaker 1 (08:54):
Okay, all right, h Taylor Swift. Yeah, let's talk about
Taylor Swift.
Speaker 2 (08:58):
All right, SeGW She is back.
Speaker 5 (09:01):
The pop Stars twelfth album, The Life of a Showgirl
is out.
Speaker 2 (09:06):
Now.
Speaker 5 (09:06):
Let me tell you the last I would say, the
last ten hours have been crazy. These Swifty fans are
extremely serious about their music and their their fan base,
but they were frustrated. Spotify went down while they were
trying to stream the album right at midnight. So you
can just imagine how many angry Taylor Swift fans there
(09:30):
were across the globe. Now, the official release party of
a Showgirl is going to debut in AMC movie theaters
now through Sunday, and the parties were pretty wild all
across South Florida. We had Le Petite Fete at Gramps
in Wynwood. They hosted last night, this Swift themed dance party.
(09:50):
There were sequins, there were drag queens, lip sync battles,
you name it. They even had a whole bracelet trading
event with cocktails. All of these are paid events. They
had to buy the ticket to get in, arranging anywhere
from like twenty five to fifty bucks.
Speaker 3 (10:05):
Read there's a book of like Fomo on his fail
right now.
Speaker 2 (10:08):
Like one of you know what I'm thinking of.
Speaker 1 (10:10):
Look, I'm going to date myself here, guys, I know that,
but I remember. I'm old enough to remember when A
Hard Day's Night came out with the Beatles, and when
that movie came out, and that was I mean, that
was that was insane. This goes like way way beyond that.
Speaker 2 (10:29):
Well, this is like what what's that called? Let's do
the time work again? I'm drawing a blanket?
Speaker 1 (10:34):
Oh so much? Well that a rocky horror Pictures show.
Speaker 5 (10:40):
There we go go, there you go. It's like a
it's a culp based thing. They had big lines and parties.
When Madonna's Truth Dare came out, it's no different. It's
like every generation has their thing. Now it happens to
be the Taylor Swift parties. There was a karaoke party
at one event at one location in Brickell last night.
(11:02):
The party ended at one o'clock. This morning at Sweet Carolines.
Speaker 2 (11:06):
Yep. And then this is one that I might have
considered staying up for Dana.
Speaker 5 (11:11):
You always said that I'm a hater, but this is
the one that would have gotten me out to listen
to her music. It was at night Owl cookies and
if you're not familiar, these cookies are insane. Yes, there
was twenty five bucks to get in. You got a
swag bag, a Swifty swag bag, you got Swifty cookies,
you got coffee, There were theme drinks and of course
(11:34):
the whole list album listening party that was up there.
Speaker 1 (11:37):
All right, Natalie Rodriguez will be talking to you a
little bit later on this morning.
Speaker 2 (11:40):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (11:41):
Now, with this morning's top news stories, we say good
morning to Natalie Rodriguez.
Speaker 5 (11:45):
Good morning, Natalie, Good morning. Well, FEMA, the Federal Emergency
Management Agency, has awarded the Sunshine State a six hundred
and eight million dollar reimbursement for the construction and the
operation of immigrant attention centers, including Alligator Alcatraz. Now, this reimbursement,
that was confirmed by the Department of Homeland Security, covers
(12:06):
the expenses for that facility and the other one called
Deportation Depot. But the problem is that this money could
be an issue in the pending lawsuits. The use of
federal funds makes Alligator Alcatraz a federal project, which, according
to the environmental groups that are suing, requires a comprehensive
(12:26):
federal environmental review. The governor has maintained all along that
since the center has been a state run facility, that
that environmental impact study was not needed.
Speaker 2 (12:38):
This could spell trouble.
Speaker 4 (12:41):
Okay, Yeah, this was my question that I wondry about that. Yeah,
we talked about all of this and what their defense
was to the law. Soit it's a state facility, but
the federal government's going to pay for it. So we'll
have to see, you know, how all of this plays out.
I mean, he did say all along that the federal
government was going to repay us for it and all
that when there were questions about the cost.
Speaker 2 (13:01):
But I guess the.
Speaker 5 (13:03):
Fine print is if you do that, then automatically you're
actually acknowledging the fact that it's the Feds that are
running it, not the states. Soon we shall see how
they explain this one in court. I can't wait for that.
Speaker 4 (13:14):
Are people still being taken to Alligator Alcatraz? I haven't
really been able to find any information about what's going
on there because last we heard it was that they
were down to only a couple one hundred detainees and
then they got permission I think, to keep it open, right,
But we don't know how many people are there.
Speaker 5 (13:30):
No, we don't know if they're still coming, but we
know that they're still going. The governor has maintained all
along that even with the shutdown, that the deportation flights
were going to continue. So obviously there's people there to go,
but are they coming in.
Speaker 2 (13:41):
We don't know. Good question, good question.
Speaker 5 (13:44):
And another thing that is drawing attention is the FIFA
World Cup. So earlier in the last couple of weeks,
we've heard that there was going to be an ice
presence at the World Cup Games. As you know, there's
going to be seven of those maps that are going
to be played in Miami, obviously a big hub for
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immigrants and the like. Well, protesters took to outside the
FIFA offices in Coral Gables protesting urging protection for those
that are attending next year's World Cup. There hasn't been
confirmation on the federal level about there being an ice
presence at the World Cup. So we do know that
there was a presence during the games that were played
(14:28):
earlier this year at the FIFA Clube World Cup Games,
and those took place here in South Florida. A spokesperson
for the Department of Homeland Security stated that neither ICE
nor Customs and Border Protection conducted any enforcement during those games.
So we see it, we shall see.
Speaker 2 (14:47):
We shall see.
Speaker 1 (14:48):
And we were talking earlier today, I'm sure you've seen
this as well, that ICE has said it will be
at the Super Bowl because of the performance schedule from
Bad mun and one of the reasons that Bad Money
had not been touring in the US was because of
the fear of Ice disrupting the show in some fashion.
(15:11):
And now we're hearing from Homeland Security that yes, they
will be there, and you can't run, you can't hide.
So I'm just, you know, kind of putting two and
two together here, Natalie and thinking to myself that if
they're going to be at the Super Bowl watching Bad Money,
then I would imagine it's very likely that they're going
to have some kind of a presence at the FIFA
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World Cup Games.
Speaker 5 (15:33):
I don't believe that they're going to be at the
Super Bowl watching Bad Bunny. I think they're looking for
the illegal immigrants that.
Speaker 2 (15:40):
All come to be.
Speaker 5 (15:41):
I don't think Bad Bunny's in trouble in anyway, shape
or form.
Speaker 2 (15:45):
You know what I mean. Okay, yeah, yeah, absolutely.
Speaker 5 (15:48):
Well they were, like I said, they were at the
FIFA Clue World Cup, but they didn't enforce anything. I
think they just made a presence and I don't know
that it's the first time that they've done that. But again,
we shall see what come of it if they do
actually enact any arrests or detainments at the upcoming big Games.
Speaker 2 (16:06):
All right, Well, else, you got this morning natally.
Speaker 5 (16:09):
Something pretty cool. It's called PUG. It's short for Police
Unmanned Ground. So I don't know if you've seen or
heard about Uber eats and having these little robots and
unmanned vehicles that are going around delivering food. Well, the
Miami Dade Sheriff's Office has unveiled the first ever self
driving vehicle. The agency is the first in the nation
(16:32):
to put this kind of technology. So this patrol car
basically without a driver, is equipped with a three hundred
and sixty degree camera, it has license plate recognition, and
it even has a deployable drone.
Speaker 1 (16:48):
I'm not sure if I like that very much, and
I will tell you why, because I think if you,
if you talk to police agencies, they like to maintain
uh you know, kind of a bond if you will,
with the community. I want to know the people in
the case want, yeah, exactly, and this takes that away.
Speaker 3 (17:08):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (17:09):
I mean, it's definitely like a Big Brother type of
thing where you've got this car just driving around any
neighborhood with the three sixty camera on checking out what
you're doing.
Speaker 3 (17:17):
Now, I can see where it defeats the purpose.
Speaker 4 (17:20):
Where in and I'll say it, in a high crime
neighborhood where there's a lot of issues going on.
Speaker 3 (17:24):
Maybe police don't want to be.
Speaker 4 (17:26):
In the center of all that, but they send this
driverless car and see what's going on, and then it
gives them a better way to kind of strategize and
see and scope about the neighborhood, see what they need to.
Speaker 1 (17:35):
Okay, I see what you mean, but I'm still going
to say that you need to have a human presence
in the car patrolling. I understand where you're going with that,
but I think this defeats the purpose.
Speaker 5 (17:49):
That's just you know, I think both of you need
to go back to the eighties and nineties and watch
Demolition Man and Total Recall because it already happened.
Speaker 2 (18:00):
I love that movie. I love it. I think we're
a little late to the game.
Speaker 5 (18:04):
Hollywood already came up with these cars, so that's right.
Speaker 1 (18:06):
Yes they did, all right, Natalie, Thank you so much,
Natalie Rodriguez, thank you so much for joining us today
Speaker 2 (18:12):
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I'm now for Today's Top Stories, brought to you by
the Holland Group Retirement and wealth advisors. You work hard
to say for your future, they can help you make
the most of it. Find them online at Askbehollands dot com. Now,
Chris Treikman is out sick. He'll be back on Monday.
So here are me Indiana with today's top stories. And
we begin with the Department of Homeland Security confirming that
(00:24):
the check is not only in the mail, but in
hand from FEMA reimbursement after building the Alligator Alcatraz Immigration
Detention Center. Governor's office confirmed the funds will pay for
construction and management not only of Alligator Alcatraz, but of
Deportation Depot, which is a state run immigration detention center
(00:47):
located in Sanderson that I believe is in Baker County.
DHS estimated earlier this year the total cost for the
remote detention center in the Everglades Alligator Alcatraz would be
four hundred and fifty million for one year.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
So they've got to check in hand.
Speaker 3 (01:03):
Yeah, that was one of the big questions. Who's paying
for this? Is FEMA?
Speaker 1 (01:06):
You know?
Speaker 4 (01:07):
Is the federal government actually going to reimburse the state,
and it looks like it happened. Also, as part of
one of the court cases against Alligator Alcatraz, the handbook
that was given to detainees and employees was released and
it showed that that people at Alligator Alcatraz were given
color coded uniforms and wristbands that segregated them based on
(01:28):
their criminal history and whether or not they were considered
a flight risk. And also breakfast at five point thirty
every morning for detainees and Alligator out.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
A little early for me. Early, Yeah, that's kind of early.
All right, three years. This is one of those stories.
I just hate these animal abuse stories.
Speaker 4 (01:45):
Now, this is just this one really will make your
blood boil because it's a number of levels.
Speaker 3 (01:51):
Yes, like a double whammy of the worst human.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
Yeah, so what is going on?
Speaker 1 (01:56):
Basically, this is out of Saint Petersburg where a three
year old pit is recovering expected to be okay eventually,
but was very seriously injured after a girl's father threw
him off of a second story balcony in Penelas County.
And it happened while the dog was trying to protect
(02:17):
the girl from her father, he was trying to get
her alone in a bedroom. Don't know why, but forty
four year old Nigel Meyers is now facing multiple charges
including aggravated animal cruelty, domestic battery, child abuse, leude, and
lascivious conduct. We have had so many recently of these
(02:37):
just unbelievable, disgusting animal abuse stories. The peacock story which
you heard earlier this week, which I really don't even
want to talk about.
Speaker 2 (02:47):
I can't stand that much.
Speaker 4 (02:48):
That night before, since I was moving over the last week,
I wasn't paying attention to all the news, But I
did happen to come across that story last night and
realize you did it earlier in the week, absolutely disgusting.
And then with this one right here, I mean, I
think we can can you know, figure out what the
dad was attempting to do to his daughter based on
the charges that were filed against him. So not only
is he is he attempting to abuse his daughter and
(03:10):
probably has in the past, but he's also being cruel
to the animal.
Speaker 3 (03:14):
So the worst of the worst.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
The pit bull was named Sparta, and Jump basically jumped
on the girl to try and protect her. Now, anybody
that's ever had a dog knows that dogs can be very,
very protective of the person that they've bonded with, so
obviously he was trying to protect her from being hurt,
and this guy just ended up. He picked him, picked
(03:39):
him up first of all, threw him against the top
the top compartment of a dog cage, and then picked
him up by his two hind legs threw him off
the balcony. But like I said, the good news is
the silver lining here is that eventually the dog is
going to be okay and this guy is going to
go to jail.
Speaker 3 (03:57):
Yeah for a long time hopefully.
Speaker 1 (03:59):
Well here's something but I bet none of us ever
realized before. Groceries are more expensive.
Speaker 3 (04:05):
Oh my gosh.
Speaker 4 (04:06):
Egg prices have gone down quite a bit, though I
will say that I was paying like almost nine dollars
for my eighteen pack of eggs and that price has
gone down.
Speaker 3 (04:14):
But everything else.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
This is a new Harris Axios vibes. Pole found that
forty seven percent of adults said that groceries are harder
to afford now than they were a year ago. Just
over a third thirty four percent say things are about
the same. Nineteen percent said groceries are easier to afford.
Who are those people?
Speaker 4 (04:33):
The people who have gotten big raises or something. I
don't know, because they are definitely not easier to afford, right,
and I can just like there's a few things that
I buy all the time that I've noticed the price
going up over the last couple of years. I drink
kombucha like every day. I'm addicted to it, and it
used to be like two fifty nine for you know,
for one bottle of kombucha, and now it's almost four dollars.
(04:54):
I have to wait for a sale or wait for
them to go on Bogo, but it's almost four dollars
for a small bottle of now.
Speaker 1 (05:00):
Yeah, I'm actually believe it or not, I'm actually trying
to drop a few pounds.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
Okay, you probably have.
Speaker 1 (05:06):
I know you've noticed, but no, I'm actually trying to
drop a few pounds. So, you know, I'm looking for
some different things now at the grocery store and finding that.
Speaker 2 (05:14):
Yikes, that's really costs a lot of money.
Speaker 3 (05:17):
The healthy food it costs more.
Speaker 4 (05:19):
Yeah, you don't more to make a salad than a
bowl of macaroni and cheese, for sure, you know.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
It really does.
Speaker 1 (05:25):
So in any of that, like I said, I just
want to know who the nineteen percent are that I
think groceries are less expensive. Now, with this morning's top
news stories, we check in with Natalie Rodriguez.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
Good morning, Natalie, good morning.
Speaker 5 (05:37):
Well, the governor continues campaigning for property tax cuts. We're
going to put an amendment on that ballot in November
of next year. Speaking at Jacksonville International Airport earlier this week,
he repeated many of his recent talking points.
Speaker 6 (05:51):
And I'm not just doing this to just like, you know,
go around and and crow about property tax. I want
to see something big enacted. That's the whole goal.
Speaker 5 (06:01):
Meanwhile, the Chief Financial Officer, Blazing Gogli, also vowed to
continue hunting for wasteful spending by local governments. He claims
that his audits have found one billion dollars have been
misspent by Broward, Orange, Hillsboro, Jacksonville and Alachua counties combined.
Speaker 1 (06:18):
Yeah, and we were talking about that a little bit
earlier this morning, Natalie, with respect to Hillsborough County and
the county administrator is now well, something we've been waiting for.
Frankly is now pushing back on what Inngolia had to say,
and she was basically saying that a lot of that
money had to do with first responders and public safety.
(06:40):
So I mean she's kind of saying, hey, wait a minute,
we really needed to spend this money.
Speaker 4 (06:46):
So yeah, he's also admitted that some of it is subjective.
What he thinks is waste. You know, other people may
not think is waste, So it's subjective.
Speaker 2 (06:54):
Yeah, that's usually the case. Yeap. What else we got
this morning, Natalie?
Speaker 5 (06:59):
Well, after you are a thorough cleaning of neuro virus,
Royal Caribbeans Serenade of the Seas has set sail once
again on a cruise to Panama from Port Miami.
Speaker 2 (07:10):
I started feeling bad, so then I started throwing up.
Speaker 5 (07:13):
We had nearly one hundred passengers and crew on the
cruise before this one September nineteenth, which departed from San Diego,
and that's where we had this neurovirus outbreak. When I
say cleaning, I mean they started on the bottom and
worked up to the top, and then you would see
them coming back down again. And if you're not familiar
with neuro virus, it is like stomach flew on steroids.
(07:34):
It's there, it really is. It's a highly contagious virus.
It's a combination of viruses that are highly contagious and
it causes severe vomiting, diarrhea, dehydration, body aches, and pains.
Speaker 4 (07:47):
I mean on a ship together with a whole serious.
Speaker 2 (07:52):
And it's disgusting. I mean it's everywhere.
Speaker 5 (07:54):
Basically, you have it in daycare centers, it's in the air,
it's on contact, and it's fecal oral context. So so
we went poopy and didn't wash their hands properly, and
then that's how you get this mess.
Speaker 2 (08:08):
It really is.
Speaker 3 (08:09):
This was one of my worst fears I had.
Speaker 4 (08:11):
I finally did go on a cruise about a year
and a half ago, and I loved it. Ended up
going on another one six months later. But this was
one of my worst fears about going on a cruise
because you always hear these stories about people getting so sick,
and I'm like, that'll happen to me.
Speaker 1 (08:25):
Well, yeah, I mean that's why they shut down the
cruise industry basically, you know, a five years ago when
the COVID nineteen outbreak because of you know, the fear
that everybody on board.
Speaker 4 (08:32):
Would come down with that, you know, I mean, I
would rather have COVID than neurovirus.
Speaker 3 (08:38):
At this point, could.
Speaker 2 (08:39):
Not last stop laughing at this.
Speaker 5 (08:42):
Well, let me tell you there's a dress that I
want to wear, so I don't mind.
Speaker 2 (08:46):
If I catch it this weekend. I'm just saying an
extra five pounds.
Speaker 3 (08:49):
Or ten, right, that's a good way to clean everything out.
Speaker 1 (08:54):
Okay, all right, h Taylor Swift. Yeah, let's talk about
Taylor Swift.
Speaker 2 (08:58):
All right, SeGW She is back.
Speaker 5 (09:01):
The pop Stars twelfth album, The Life of a Showgirl
is out.
Speaker 2 (09:06):
Now.
Speaker 5 (09:06):
Let me tell you the last I would say, the
last ten hours have been crazy. These Swifty fans are
extremely serious about their music and their their fan base,
but they were frustrated. Spotify went down while they were
trying to stream the album right at midnight. So you
can just imagine how many angry Taylor Swift fans there
(09:30):
were across the globe. Now, the official release party of
a Showgirl is going to debut in AMC movie theaters
now through Sunday, and the parties were pretty wild all
across South Florida. We had Le Petite Fete at Gramps
in Wynwood. They hosted last night, this Swift themed dance party.
(09:50):
There were sequins, there were drag queens, lip sync battles,
you name it. They even had a whole bracelet trading
event with cocktails. All of these are paid events. They
had to buy the ticket to get in, arranging anywhere
from like twenty five to fifty bucks.
Speaker 3 (10:05):
Read there's a book of like Fomo on his fail
right now.
Speaker 2 (10:08):
Like one of you know what I'm thinking of.
Speaker 1 (10:10):
Look, I'm going to date myself here, guys, I know that,
but I remember. I'm old enough to remember when A
Hard Day's Night came out with the Beatles, and when
that movie came out, and that was I mean, that
was that was insane. This goes like way way beyond that.
Speaker 2 (10:29):
Well, this is like what what's that called? Let's do
the time work again? I'm drawing a blanket?
Speaker 1 (10:34):
Oh so much? Well that a rocky horror Pictures show.
Speaker 5 (10:40):
There we go go, there you go. It's like a
it's a culp based thing. They had big lines and parties.
When Madonna's Truth Dare came out, it's no different. It's
like every generation has their thing. Now it happens to
be the Taylor Swift parties. There was a karaoke party
at one event at one location in Brickell last night.
(11:02):
The party ended at one o'clock. This morning at Sweet Carolines.
Speaker 2 (11:06):
Yep. And then this is one that I might have
considered staying up for Dana.
Speaker 5 (11:11):
You always said that I'm a hater, but this is
the one that would have gotten me out to listen
to her music. It was at night Owl cookies and
if you're not familiar, these cookies are insane. Yes, there
was twenty five bucks to get in. You got a
swag bag, a Swifty swag bag, you got Swifty cookies,
you got coffee, There were theme drinks and of course
(11:34):
the whole list album listening party that was up there.
Speaker 1 (11:37):
All right, Natalie Rodriguez will be talking to you a
little bit later on this morning.
Speaker 2 (11:40):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (11:41):
Now, with this morning's top news stories, we say good
morning to Natalie Rodriguez.
Speaker 5 (11:45):
Good morning, Natalie, Good morning. Well, FEMA, the Federal Emergency
Management Agency, has awarded the Sunshine State a six hundred
and eight million dollar reimbursement for the construction and the
operation of immigrant attention centers, including Alligator Alcatraz. Now, this reimbursement,
that was confirmed by the Department of Homeland Security, covers
(12:06):
the expenses for that facility and the other one called
Deportation Depot. But the problem is that this money could
be an issue in the pending lawsuits. The use of
federal funds makes Alligator Alcatraz a federal project, which, according
to the environmental groups that are suing, requires a comprehensive
(12:26):
federal environmental review. The governor has maintained all along that
since the center has been a state run facility, that
that environmental impact study was not needed.
Speaker 2 (12:38):
This could spell trouble.
Speaker 4 (12:41):
Okay, Yeah, this was my question that I wondry about that. Yeah,
we talked about all of this and what their defense
was to the law. Soit it's a state facility, but
the federal government's going to pay for it. So we'll
have to see, you know, how all of this plays out.
I mean, he did say all along that the federal
government was going to repay us for it and all
that when there were questions about the cost.
Speaker 2 (13:01):
But I guess the.
Speaker 5 (13:03):
Fine print is if you do that, then automatically you're
actually acknowledging the fact that it's the Feds that are
running it, not the states. Soon we shall see how
they explain this one in court. I can't wait for that.
Speaker 4 (13:14):
Are people still being taken to Alligator Alcatraz? I haven't
really been able to find any information about what's going
on there because last we heard it was that they
were down to only a couple one hundred detainees and
then they got permission I think, to keep it open, right,
But we don't know how many people are there.
Speaker 5 (13:30):
No, we don't know if they're still coming, but we
know that they're still going. The governor has maintained all
along that even with the shutdown, that the deportation flights
were going to continue. So obviously there's people there to go,
but are they coming in.
Speaker 2 (13:41):
We don't know. Good question, good question.
Speaker 5 (13:44):
And another thing that is drawing attention is the FIFA
World Cup. So earlier in the last couple of weeks,
we've heard that there was going to be an ice
presence at the World Cup Games. As you know, there's
going to be seven of those maps that are going
to be played in Miami, obviously a big hub for
(14:04):
immigrants and the like. Well, protesters took to outside the
FIFA offices in Coral Gables protesting urging protection for those
that are attending next year's World Cup. There hasn't been
confirmation on the federal level about there being an ice
presence at the World Cup. So we do know that
there was a presence during the games that were played
(14:28):
earlier this year at the FIFA Clube World Cup Games,
and those took place here in South Florida. A spokesperson
for the Department of Homeland Security stated that neither ICE
nor Customs and Border Protection conducted any enforcement during those games.
So we see it, we shall see.
Speaker 2 (14:47):
We shall see.
Speaker 1 (14:48):
And we were talking earlier today, I'm sure you've seen
this as well, that ICE has said it will be
at the Super Bowl because of the performance schedule from
Bad mun and one of the reasons that Bad Money
had not been touring in the US was because of
the fear of Ice disrupting the show in some fashion.
(15:11):
And now we're hearing from Homeland Security that yes, they
will be there, and you can't run, you can't hide.
So I'm just, you know, kind of putting two and
two together here, Natalie and thinking to myself that if
they're going to be at the Super Bowl watching Bad Money,
then I would imagine it's very likely that they're going
to have some kind of a presence at the FIFA
(15:32):
World Cup Games.
Speaker 5 (15:33):
I don't believe that they're going to be at the
Super Bowl watching Bad Bunny. I think they're looking for
the illegal immigrants that.
Speaker 2 (15:40):
All come to be.
Speaker 5 (15:41):
I don't think Bad Bunny's in trouble in anyway, shape
or form.
Speaker 2 (15:45):
You know what I mean. Okay, yeah, yeah, absolutely.
Speaker 5 (15:48):
Well they were, like I said, they were at the
FIFA Clue World Cup, but they didn't enforce anything. I
think they just made a presence and I don't know
that it's the first time that they've done that. But again,
we shall see what come of it if they do
actually enact any arrests or detainments at the upcoming big Games.
Speaker 2 (16:06):
All right, Well, else, you got this morning natally.
Speaker 5 (16:09):
Something pretty cool. It's called PUG. It's short for Police
Unmanned Ground. So I don't know if you've seen or
heard about Uber eats and having these little robots and
unmanned vehicles that are going around delivering food. Well, the
Miami Dade Sheriff's Office has unveiled the first ever self
driving vehicle. The agency is the first in the nation
(16:32):
to put this kind of technology. So this patrol car
basically without a driver, is equipped with a three hundred
and sixty degree camera, it has license plate recognition, and
it even has a deployable drone.
Speaker 1 (16:48):
I'm not sure if I like that very much, and
I will tell you why, because I think if you,
if you talk to police agencies, they like to maintain
uh you know, kind of a bond if you will,
with the community. I want to know the people in
the case want, yeah, exactly, and this takes that away.
Speaker 3 (17:08):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (17:09):
I mean, it's definitely like a Big Brother type of
thing where you've got this car just driving around any
neighborhood with the three sixty camera on checking out what
you're doing.
Speaker 3 (17:17):
Now, I can see where it defeats the purpose.
Speaker 4 (17:20):
Where in and I'll say it, in a high crime
neighborhood where there's a lot of issues going on.
Speaker 3 (17:24):
Maybe police don't want to be.
Speaker 4 (17:26):
In the center of all that, but they send this
driverless car and see what's going on, and then it
gives them a better way to kind of strategize and
see and scope about the neighborhood, see what they need to.
Speaker 1 (17:35):
Okay, I see what you mean, but I'm still going
to say that you need to have a human presence
in the car patrolling. I understand where you're going with that,
but I think this defeats the purpose.
Speaker 5 (17:49):
That's just you know, I think both of you need
to go back to the eighties and nineties and watch
Demolition Man and Total Recall because it already happened.
Speaker 2 (18:00):
I love that movie. I love it. I think we're
a little late to the game.
Speaker 5 (18:04):
Hollywood already came up with these cars, so that's right.
Speaker 1 (18:06):
Yes they did, all right, Natalie, Thank you so much,
Natalie Rodriguez, thank you so much for joining us today
Speaker 2 (18:12):
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