Career. Ms. Mucarselpowell continuing to ignore this disparity has repercussions and many in many aspects of our economy and it leaves over 40 of families that are headed by a latina in poverty. We must find a way to close the wage for the sake of our mothers, our sisters, our doctors and our families. I yield back doctors and our families. I elled our daughters and our families. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlewoman from North Carolina seek recognition . Ms. Foxx i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, mr. Speaker. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized. Ms. Foxx thank you, mr. Speaker. I rise today to recognize scott sewell for his four years of service as president of the winstonsalem police foundation. When he steps down as president in december, mr. Sewell will be able to look back on his term and be extremely proud of the successes he has had. Mr. Sewell has led the foundation in a manner
Check out the temperatures, more than 10 above average in spots. We are at 68 in tampa. 67 in bradenton. 63 degrees, moving up to brooksville. We can thank the southeasterly wind direction for what will be a warm and muggy tuesday afternoon with high temperatures well above average. It will be a little breezy, too. We will eventually turn some of the mugginess into shower chances later in the week more than a half dozen degrees above average. Max defending 8 is quiet. We could have a few more sprinkles with a front coming through thursday. We need rain around here. Knock on wood. I dont know that there is wood here. We will find that. For now lets take a look at the maps. Very quiet. Earlier crash in st. Pete has been cleared. You will see a lot of green 275 looks fantastic. 15 minutes the drive time from the apex in through i4. 75 is clear as well. A crash on 75 northbound past cortez boulevard in hernando county. Fhp is on scene but they say all lanes are clear. Gayle, gene, over to
Leigh. How is it looking. Mild. It doesnt feel like we are closing in on december. Temperatures about 10 degrees above average. Middle to low 60s in a lot of locations. 66 in clearwater and st. Pete and down in bradenton thanks to the southeast wind. It turns more southerly heading into the afternoon hours. It gets muggy this afternoon. We dont have to worry about the sprinkles we saw around later in the week. The forecast High Temperature, 83. Its better than half a dozen degrees above average nor this time of year, a few degrees shy of the record. Max defender 8 is quiet after a few sprinkles yesterday. A cold front on thursday. That will be the best rain chance through the rest of the workweek. We will talk about that coming up. First we check in on the live look at i75 in the new tampa area. Looking fine. We have an accident to tell you about in eastern Hillsborough County. Mulberry area state road 60 at county line road. Florida Highway Patrol is on scene. All lanes are clear. No
Today in polk county a teacher accused of having sex with . Several of her teenage students is back in court. And shes planning to ask the judge. For a lesser sentence. Jennifer fichter was first arrested back in 2014, Florida Aerospace academy in lakeland. . Two more students later came forward. She was sentenced to 22 years in prison. On more than . Thirty charges. Today. Her lawyer is arguing to . Reduce that sentence for several reasons one. They claim the boys were . Willing participants. And two. They claim fichter has Mental Health issues, and she cant get the appropriate . Treatment in prison. Governor scott . Finally goes to washington today. Hes planning to meet with congress to pressure them to pass new zika funding. The governor originally planned to head up there last week. As soon as congress returned from their seven week break. He had to delay that. To deal with hurricane hermine. The governor will be in dc today and tomorrow. Florida is the state most affected by the z
Remains of children buried at the site of the former reform school. The legislation now has to governor rick scotts desk. The World Health Organization says spreading the zika virus through sexual contact is more common than scientists thought. Researchers say theres more evidence of a spike in birth defects from the zika virus. You can catch it for a mosquito bite, the most common. Seaworld says tilikum appears to have a bacteria infection in his lungs. They are trying to keep him comfortable. He is a killer whale. There was a documentary life. Patties owners wont face charges against a dog bite. He bit a puppy training to be a service dog. Isabel mascareas shows why the be more responsible. Tammy kritz is the puppy raiser for the service puppy. We do the obedience classes with him. We do the socialization. Including other dots. One encounter ended with puncture wounds and scratches on obiwans nose. He bit him twice quickly and latched on and kept on for several seconds. That dog was