Florida News That Impacts You – April 22nd, 2024

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

Episode Transcript

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Bay State, hard work, Freedom, We've got so much more to do.
Florida is the drying bush. Yeah, Florida News that impacts you,
Ryan out and Jill malkolinn with you. A news school safety database has been
established in a collaboration between the Universityof Florida and Safe School for Alex,

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the nonprofit established by Max Schachter,who lost his son Alex in the attack
of Marchery Stone in Douglas High Schoolin twenty eighteen. The initiative was funded
through a two million dollar federal grantand is now live at Schoolsafety Dashboard dot
org. The database said to bethe most comprehensive school safety resource in the
country. Florida's Department of Agriculture andConsumer Services has discovered over one hundred and

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eighty six thousand marijuana drives products targetingminors being sold across the state, six
hundred and forty four of which containedthhc The products were commonly presented as candy
with packaging. The state issued stopsale orders to all distributors of the products
in West Bombach Saturday's public comment meeting, which was part of the listening tour

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by city officials regarding proposals for thecity's waterfront included a consistent theme from residents.
Continue to hear from many who didnot do not want a marina being
built, and also desire to makethe space more usable for residents and visitors.

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City officials backed off an original proposalto build a marina following public backlash.
Still no indication coming out of Saturdaysmeeting what the city is leaning towards
doing, if anything, really atthis point after all these meetings, cooler
attempts. With the chance of abrief thunderstorm and scattered showers around the day
as a cool front moves into ourarea. High's in the low eighties,

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which is typical for this date,we should have really pleasant weather for the
rest of the week once this coolfront does fully move through. Gas price
is they moved to bill oher throughthe weekend that they are still higher than
a week ago. The average priced wide for regular unlded currently three fifty
six per gallon, and the BaldBeaches average price three seventy seven, Martin
three sixty three, and in IndianRiver County the averages three point fifty nine

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per gallon. All right, somenational headlines, opening statements and former President
Trump's criminal trial schedule to get underwayin New York this morning. A jury
of seven men and five women chosenlast week six alternates in place former president
accused of falsifying business records to coverup payments allegedly made to adult film actress
Stormy Daniels prior to the twenty sixteenelection. Magazine publisher David Pecker said to

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be the first witness. According toThe New York Times, He's expected to
testify about conversations with Trump about theso called hush money payments. Pecker was
the publisher of The National Inquirer.In twenty sixteen, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelenski
thanking the US after the House passeda bill providing additional assistance to Ukraine and
it's ongoing war against Russia and withNBC's Meet the Press, Zelenski said passage

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of the bill sends a powerful signalthat the US will help protect democracy around
the world. The package includes aboutsixty one billion for Ukraine, twenty six
billion for Israel, eight billion forallies in the Indo Pacific, and other
national security measures. It's expected topass the Senate this week. President Biden
is marking the arrival of Passover thatstarts at sundown tonight. Yesterday, Biden

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said in a statement, the holidayreminds us even in the face of persecution,
if we hold on to faith,we shall endure and overcome. He
went on to tie the Jewish holidayto the Israel and Amas war, adding
that we cannot forget what he callsthe horror of Hamasa's despicable atrocities. Michigan
authorities say two children were killed anda dozen others injured when a drunk driver

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crashed into a children's birthday party.Monroe County Sheriff's office says the vehicle drove
into a building in the town ofNewport, south of Detroit yesterday afternoon as
the children's party was underway. Pleasesay, the sixty six year old woman
behind the wheel was intoxicated and isbeing held in the county jail. People,
including six adults who are taken tothe hospital with life threatening injuries.
Please say. The two children whoare killed were an eight year old girl

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and her five year old brother.One crew member's dead and other over a
half dozen others missing. After twoJapanese Navy choppers crashed into the sea off
the southern coast of Japan Saturday night. Japan's Ministry of Defense that it's likely
that the two helicopters collided into eachother during anti submarine training exercises. Supreme

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Court will hear arguments today over whetherhomeless people can be cited for camping on
public property. At the center ofthe case the Oregon city of Grant's Pass,
which has been enforcing ordinances that bancamping in city parks and on public
property. A lower court ruled thatif there are more homeless people than available
shelter beds, the city can't findpeople for camping outside. And Tesla is
dropping prices, the electric vehicle manufacturerfacing declining sales, recently reducing prices of

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the Model X, Model Y,and Model S by two thousand dollars,
and those are your national headlines.Yeah, it's the good heads up too.
In the in most cases been takenup by the Supreme Court. I
recall that we recently enacted homeless policyin the state of Florida that's set to
go into effect later this year thatmay be impacted based upon this ruling and

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how the Supreme Court would come downon it.