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With their property. you know, willie, we were actually in cedar key late yesterday, we decided to leave there and move up to here since the forecast was tracking this way in terms of landfill. but in cedar key, for example, the mayor there had said that, you know, its a small series of aisles but 700 residents. about 100 had decided to stay behind and ride out the storm as of yesterday afternoon. the hope is that more of them have decided to leave there in cedar key, the concern and weve been s...

Big bend. there is a man who runs a hotel an inn who said ill stay with my inn. its been here for 150, 200 years, we hope for the best for those who decided to stay. gabe, bill karins, our meteorologist is here with a question. >> gabe, just to update you and your crew looking at the radar where youre located in perry, the northern eye wall is ten miles to your south, so this is traveling at 18 miles per hour. you guys have about 15 to 20 minutes until this northern eye and the winds will be abo...

In Perry, which saw some of the worst of Hurricane Idalia as it made landfall, the extent of the damage is still being surveyed.

Thats where governor desantis is. jose, thanks so much. back to you throughout the morning. so, bill, we got some live pictures of perry. you mentioned 127 miles an hour on some of these wind gusts. this does look in terms of a place where a bunch of people live, this does appear to be one of the areas likely to be hit hardest. >> i think the first thing youre noticing watching the coverage compared to other hurricanes weve had in the last decade is that if youre not right in the heart of this...

Down because that northern eye wall is soon approaching our friends in the perry, florida, area. >> this has been downgraded to a category 3 storm but as i said, the threshold is 130 miles an hour. youre at 125. not much solace for anyone. this is still a very dangerous storm. stay with us. want to go to crystal river, florida, where we find jose diaz-balart. crystal river is 80 miles north of tampa. jose, have the conditions changed there since we talked to you last? >> reporter: they havent. t...

Appreciates everybody particularly those who came from out of state to help the people of florida and floridians appreciate it as well. thank you and god bless you. well hear from kevin guthrie. >> thank you, governor. thank you for your leadership. >> john: there is florida governor ron desantis with the latest update on hurricane idalia and preparations being made in advance of its landfall expected sometime in the next 24 to 36 hours up in the big bend section of florida. not a lot of populat...

To work its way to a category 2, over very warm water and it is pretty much heading up to where my hand is right here, almost going to go due northwards from here. and thats the current motion at about 14 miles per hour. this will give us landfall tomorrow morning, roughly around about 8 to 10:00 a.m. or so. now, as far as the hurricane center, here is the 8:00 a.m. position off the coast, 125-mile-per-hour winds. thats a strong major hurricane, bordering almost getting up to category 4. so the ...

They think that will happen with the 5:00 or 8:00 p.m. the landfall looking like 8:00 to 10:00. beaches really stop after you get past pinellas county. cedar key is here. that would be in the worst storm surge area. about 800 people call that home. and thats where we could see the 10 to 15 feet of water. thats when we see the pictures afterwards, the areas going to be devastated. hope not, but with the track, thats what you would expect. inland areas like perry and cross city, valdosta, this is ...

Former chairman of Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki Hemi (James) Brown has died.

And the events of november 1920 were largely forgotten. until now. >> since i have been governor we have added to which type of african american issues -- we have mandatory instruction on the election day riots in 1920. >> the new curriculum in florida schools championed by governor ron desantis mandates that students learn about what happened in ocoee. but only if that instruction includes acts of violence perpetrated against and by african americans. it is an apparent reference to the two wigh...