here we made land on a b fx fix, owns a lot swap of valuable historical prairie land in franklin county. the retired lawyer is taking us on a little tour, showing us what mentally speaking is at stake. mount vernon, a solar farm developers, are buying up surrounding land starting here, that's all lease for solver. and it will go for 9 months, including what this fellow has. so he's got a boat, isn't house, and everything, and those people will, they're being paid so much. they'll just if they're letting the solar company moving back in nick's office and joined by david to stay on the president of the franklin county environmental action council, the to spend countless hours every week trying to figure out how to protect texas native prairie land them as land owners and preservation is the most important issue. biggest hurdle space. there's really no regulation, so renewables don't have to fall in advance with p u say we don't have to get environmental impact studies. but there i that i use the word and assault on, on our environment. but i think that what happens in the technology is ad

currently has hurricane watches in effect for the gulf coast from sarasota county all the way up to franklin county in northwestern florida. and this track, if you look at how the models are, there is a general agreement on the track that it is going to take. there is a lot of agreement that it is going to be somewhere between north of tampa and tallahassee. but anything that wobbles with this storm could change that. so pretty much anybody on the west coast of florida, you can see major, major impacts. so please prepare accordingly. we did submit a pre-landfall declaration to the federal government last night and we anticipate that will be approved. i have expanded our state of emergency, the executive order, to include 13 additional counties. so that will be 46 that are under a state of emergency. of course, on the gulf course but also as you look at the track of that storm, you areing to see northern florida, north central florida and northeastern florida counties affected as well. all of those counties are under a state of emergency. our state eoc is operating at a level 124-hour operations, it

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election records in ohio franklin county where you live show that you registered to vote in november2021 not as a republican but as unaffiliated. you did say you voted for the libertarian presidential candidate in '04 and did not vote in the presidential election again until 2020 when you voted for donald trump. why? did you have a lack of interest? >> the truth is for most of my 20s like so many people in there 20s i understand where they are coming from. young people are disaffected from professional politicians. george bush and john kerry did not inspire me. john mccain and barack obama did not inspire me. mitt romney and barack obama did not inspire me. like so many young people i was badly disaffected from professional politicians. i think donald trump was the single greatest president we have had in my lifetime. the single greatest president in the century. when he delivered, i voted for him in 2020. >> why did you not vote for him in 2016? did you not see the potential? >> because i didn't believe it. i was skeptical. i was a jaded person in my 20s. like so many people in ther

there is a hurricane warning for the florida gulf coast from sarasota all the way to franklin county. the 5:00 p.m. advisory includes that if the storm hits at high tide storm surge could reach 8 to 12 feet in some areas, particularly in that big bend region. this is life-threatening storm surge. if you are in coastal low lying areas from tampa up through big bend, you need to be ready to evacuate to an inland area. evacuation orders for 78 of these areas have already been issued. more may be coming throughout the balance of tonight. clearly you have time today and for probably the better part of tomorrow but you are going to start seeing some impact with winds and some nasty weather tuesday night. and, of course, we are expecting a landfall to happen some time on wednesday. now, to make these evacuations easier on families, i'm directing florida department of transportation to waive tolls in citrus, hernando, hills bore row, pasco lake and sumter counties beginning at 4:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. current evacuation orders for coastal and low lying areas have been issued in the frolg c

national hurricane center issued a hurricane warning for the gulf coast from sarasota county through franklin county in the panhandle and storm surge watches are also in effect in those areas. national hurricane center advisory includes if this storm hits at high tide storm surge could reach 8 to 12 feet in some areas. that would be life threatening storm surge. i know all those areas are under evacuation notices in the low lying and coastal areas. you run from the water and you hide from the wind. if you are there in that storm surge you are putting your life in jeopardy when it gets to be that high. so if you're giving those orders please heed those orders. you don't have to leave the state. you don't have to drive hundreds of miles. get to higher ground and safe structure. ride out the storm and go back to your home once the storm passes. there are evacuation orders for coastal low lying areas in 22 different counties along the gulf coast as well as throughout north florida. to make these evacuations easier on families, we have directed f.to wave tolls in several counties and that started at 0:40

hurricane center currently has hurricane watches in effect for the gulf coast from sarasota up to franklin countynorthwestern florida. this track, if you look at how the models are, there's a general agreement on the track that it's going to take, there's a lot of agreement that it's going to be, you know, somewhere between north of tampa and tallahassee, but anything that wobbles with this storm could change that, so pretty much anybody on the west coast of florida, i mean, you can see major, major impacts. so please prepare accordingly. we did submit a prelandfall declaration to the federal government, we anticipate that being approved. i expanded the state of emergency to include 13 additional counties so that will be 46 that are under a state of emergency, of course, on the gulf coast but also as you look at the track of that storm you're going to see northern florida, north central florida, northeastern florida counties affected as well. so all of those counties are under a state of emergency. our state eoc is operating at a level 1, 24-hour operations. this is what we do. now, all counties

>> reporter: franklin county sheriff brian bailey spoke at a press conference about the incident if lated to do everything in my power to keep this department on a correct path moving forward. >> reporter: yesterday he issued an apology and didn't understand the gravity of the crimes until recently. in february, along with the state of the mississippi, were able to secure guilty pleas of all accused. >> not only did they brazenly commit these acts but firing a shot through one of victim's mouths. they left him lying in a pool of blood. ga gathered on the porch of the house to discuss how to cover it up. what indifference. what disregard for life. >> reporter: a life that will never be the same for either of these two men. >> it is hard to stay right here knowing what happened right here. justice is what it boils down to. i'm just like them. whether they're in uniform or not. >> reporter: very tough to listen to. the officers pleading guilty to multiple federal charges including conspiracy against rights and deprivation of rights under the claw of law. and we sat there and talked to the t

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among them, alameda unified, albany unified, franklin mckinley, sonoma county, sonoma valley, and vallejoified. now, this back to school ai tools in learning are becoming more widespread in and out of the classroom. some of them looking to address the learning gap that was amplified during the pandemic. one of those ai tools is from a company called quizlet that introduced a tool back in february that is designed to be a personal tutor using artificial intelligence. this is in collaboration with the company openai that created chatgpt. we spoke to quizlet about the use of ai in classrooms. they polled high school students and teachers about ai for learning, and about 60% of students say they already use it. about half of those students and teachers say this could be a positive contribution to education. now, quizlet also found that over 40% of teachers and students believe ai learning could help fill in the gaps to get back on track, but as with everything, even quizlet says there will be a learning curve. >> ai is a brand new technology, and with anything new there's going to be some com

you keep showing up here, we have two of the three bridges that go to pinellas county are currently closed. howard franklinnd courtney campbell causeway. those will probably be closed until 4:00, 5:00 this afternoon. >> mayor, what about power situations? i mean, you know, do a lot of the folks in the tampa area, bay area have power or have you been seeing a lot of hits on that front? >> no, we're good with power. had several calls with our local power supply tico with their ceo archie collins, and as soon as we have reports of power outage, they have the crews on the ground to take care of those. so we don't have any widespread power outages. we have you know, a one, two, three here and there from downed tree limbs and those types of things. but that is not to say we won't have further outages when that water continues to come into the low lying areas. >> mayor jane castor, i thank you so very much for your time. it is an extremely busy day for you, and i thank you for taking the time to be with us. >> without a doubt. >> i wish i had done this in the beginning -- sorry? >> oh, i said we have a cabin righ

school, a dental school, it abutts right up against downtown, franklin street, so i'm sure that chapel hill police have responded, orange countyheriff's department has responded and probably everybody else in the area in terms of highway patrol, state bureau of investigation. sounds like they have not necessarily -- >> sandra: chris, we have another update three seconds ago, alert carolina emergency, the update is remain sheltered-in-place. ongoing situation. the suspect is at large. continue to check alert carolina for updates. sorry, chris, hold it there for a second. jonathan hunt, our chief correspondent has some new information. >> sandra, we are getting interesting and conflicting reports now out of the campus there, the daily tarheel is the campus newspaper. they reported a few minutes ago that somebody was in police custody, a person that they described as wearing a gray t-shirt and then they said also that that person who had been taken into custody, handcuffs had been removed. so it's obviously a very fluid situation as you and john were correctly pointing out here. police activity still pretty intense, although as j

counties in the a and b zones. all the barrier islands, places that are low lying on the coast, you will be told to evacuate. >> in addition to idalia, rick and franklinld also bring life-threatening conditions to the east coast of the u.s. franklin is kerr gary -- currently a category four storm but is expected to begin by tuesday. on this day, martin luther king delivers his i have a dream speech to thousands of civil rights leaders in washington, the speech continues to resonate across the world. it described a more adjusted -- more equitable america. many credit it with the civil rights law of 1964. president joe biden and vice president kamala harris met with dr. king's family and march organizers on monday. >> our country was founded on many noble principles. including e pluribus unum. to live up to that requires moral clarity on behalf of every american. the vast majority of us have more in common than what separates us. yet there are those who are intentionally trying to divide us as a nation. i believe each of us has a duty to not allow factions to sever unity. >> the original speech brought more than 250,000 people to the capital -- capitol.

county jail. tropical depression harold sweeping through south texas. strong winds, heavy rain and flash flooding causing thousands of outages and franklin sweeping dominicananice dean. >> janice: tropical storm franklin, heavy rainfall where this flash flooding and mud slides imminent. very mountainous terrain. we have to watch franklin because yesterday we're like, it will curve out to sea, now we're going to see it move closer to the east coast. in the weekend, the rest of the day, we have potential for stronger storms and moisture from hillary and harold over the last couple days for the southwest pushing toward northern rockies and the heat alert including milwaukee, temperatures soar close to 97 degrees. brian kilmeade is live, i know you will take extra precaution. no sleeves. >> brian: right, i wear skin tight stuff and just like as rehearsal, you talk milwaukee and toss to milwaukee. i will accept yours to and please cheer up. live look at milwaukee, big first primary debate for the gop. stage says position revealed with vivek ramaswamy and ron desantis in the middle. vivek ramaswamy hitting the gym with his wife, which is very nice for this inten

franklin. and it is one of three major bridges and causeways that connect tampa to pinellas county.nd as you can see it's perilous going the other direction. also, i had asked kevin, the emergency management guy about orlando and disney world. and one of our friends, dr. sent me a note disney world select closures as orlando is in a state of emergency. >> ainsley: i'm sure they are going to get a lot of rain in orlando. they are inland but it's going to be too messy. >> steve: parents live just north of orlando and we were talking to them a little before 6:00 and they said essentially it was only drizzling there. >> ainsley: it's amazing to see how the water is coming up so quickly because the ride side of this interstate as we were say something completely submerged. it wasn't the case just 30 minutes ago. and then when we go to our reporters they are standarding in water and it's inching higher and higher. >> brian: is that a bridge? >> ainsley: causeway. >> steve: that's the howard franklin. >> ainsley: in south carolina governor mcmasters declared a state of emergency. the tropi