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Hard working community advocate and black elected officials who are plugged in to the community and trying to the hardest. houston air urban league which i personally have worked with and i can tell you they are. and i know they are involved in the social justice movementes and they are in the ground and trenches. >> tucker: i am sure they are. yeah, next time we have, i am going to ask him that question. and i wonder if there is a answer. charles, thank you. >> i appreciate it. >> tucker: both ...

On racial justice and reconciliation." up next, fight or talk. president trump consult with world leaders about north korea while his national security team briefs congress. heres what some of our fox affiliates are covering. fox 10 in phoenix. an iraqi student pilot dies when his fighter jet crashed into the arizona desert. the u.s. trains those pilots at the request of the iraqi government. fox 5 in atlanta. police say a tiger that was running loose on a georgia highway was shot and killed. dr...

Mission and "a barrier to work on racial justice and reconciliation." up next, fight or talk. president trump consult with world leaders about north korea while his national security team briefs congress. heres what some of our fox affiliates are covering. fox 10 in phoenix. an iraqi student pilot dies when his fighter jet crashed into the arizona desert. the u.s. trains those pilots at the request of the iraqi government. fox 5 in atlanta. police say a tiger that was running loose on a georgia ...

Preakness stakes in two weeks in baltimore? im coy wire for cnn in louisville, kentucky. >> coy wire talking about a mudder like no udder. >> and also -- >> got to give that to him. >> and sporting the bow tie. >> coy wire there. >> he can do it. switching gears, the u.s. state of california has had the distinction of having the worst drought in the u.s., but now that goes to florida. derek van dam is here. >> george, they are breathing a sigh of relief in california because the drought is ove...

U.s. now that designation goes to florida. meteorologist derek van dam is here to tell us more. >> theyre breathe a sigh of relief on the west coast in california. >> for sure. >> now when we focus on florida, they have a similar problem, although its not been as long of a drought, but youve got to see what this has ultimately turned into. there are several dozen fires that are active across the state right now, about 29 of which are actually 100 acres or more. and whats interesting to note is t...

This under control. youll see just now with the fwra graphics behind me that it is not yet contained completely. about 60% containment. by the way, theres a major, major highway that runs across this particular county, interstate 75. ever driven on it? ever heard of it? lots of traffic there. and guess what, its being impacted by these fires. a lot of the smoke drifting across the roadways. over 100 acres currently burning across central and southern florida. heres the reason why. the national d...

Doing a very, very good job. unfortunately, we dont have 100% containment on some of the larg larger fires. natalie asked what makes up these wildfires. we have three major ingredients that make a wildfire spread. may sound obvious, but you have to think about it. the fuel for the fire is needed, the dry grasslands. some of the marshy areas maybe not getting enough rainfall. they can dry out easily. you need the heat for an ignition source. weve had temperatures soaring in the 80s lately. then o...

Forced the closure of a portion of interstate 75 known as alligator alley. the highway has now been reopened this morning, but thick smoke may force officials to shut it down again if necessary. no injuries were reported so fa far. and electronic retailer radioshack has filed for bankruptcy for the second time in just over two years. they are closing another 200 stores in evaluating what to do with the remaining 1300. im jackie ibanez, now back to "red eye." for all of your headlines, log onto f...

Welcome back. we have some more late breaking news on the storm. it was about an hour ago that president obama signed the emergency declaration for the state of georgia where thousands of evacuees from florida and south carolina are now seeking shelter at this hour. we go to interstate 75 south, heading in the opposite direction south towards florida. what are you seeing, jacob? >> right now, ari, we are not seeing the weather that we obviously know that president obama is anticipating with this...

Pretty empty road going south for obvious reason. >> does that feel about right to you or it feels emptier than usual? >> frankly, i couldnt tell you. i have not taken this route at this time ever before, but it does feel from talking to folks at the airport, knowing what were going towards in jacksonville that people have taken this very seriously. weve seen rest stops in the middle of the night that are absolutely jam packed. you cant imagine on a regular weekday evening like this on interstat...