Tag: Florida

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President Trump is heading to Florida just days before the Alabama Senate election and through the airwaves, he'll be campaigning for Roy Moore. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc About: MSNBC is the premier destination for in-depth analysis of daily headlines,…

Gov. Rick Scott (R) has declared a state of emergency in a Florida county ahead of a planned speech by white nationalist leader Richard Spencer. Spencer is scheduled to speak at the University of Florida campus in Gainesville on Thursday. “I find that the threat of a potential emergency is imminent,” Scott said in a seven-page executive order. But, he said, "we have zero tolerance for violence and public safety is always our number one priority." "I have been in constant contact with Sheriff [Sadie] Darnell who has requested this Executive Order to ensure that county and local law enforcement have every needed resource," Scott said in the statement. In August, the University of Florida rejected a request to rent space made by a group helmed by Spencer, citing safety concerns. Earlier this month, Spencer led a group of about 30 white nationalists in Charlottesville. He announced the return — which came less than two months after violence erupted in the town between "Unite the Right" protesters and counter-protesters — on a live stream on Twitter. "The left wing establishment is built around anti-white policies," Spencer told the group.

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In my estimation, a perfect time to stress that Rush Limbaugh was well within his rights to question the motivations of some in the media and the various weather services with regard to Irma and Hurricane "forecasts," and Hurricane "hype." A number of years ago, I sat down with the general manager of a major television news station. He emphasized that it was all done for reasons of competition and ratings and that with a "seven-day" forecast, the station and the networks were playing viewers for "fools," because they normally "couldn't even get the forecast for tomorrow correct." Beyond that fact is the reality that the "forecasters" with their "European" and "American" models — as well as every other spaghetti noodle model they could slap on the screen — have been decidedly inaccurate when it came to Irma and Florida. First, they had it going to the east coast of Florida. Then directly over the west coast of Florida. After all of that, the southeast coast of Florida was no longer even in the projected cone of Irma as it had been moved to the west coast of the state. Ironically — and quite dangerously — many of the people in and around Miami fled to Naples, Fla., or other cities on the west coast because the weather "experts," "projections," "cones," and "spaghetti models" told them that side of the state would be much safer. Irma did put millions of people at risk on both coasts and should have been taken very seriously. Ultimately, the real lessons with Irma are that weather forecasting is far from an exact science and should never be exploited for political reasons or monetary gain.

Rubio warns evacuees not to return to South Florida. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio (R) in an interview broadcast Sunday urged evacuees not to return to South Florida, warning Hurricane Irma will impact the entire state. “And we have a lot of people for example that left South Florida, that drove to Orlando, or Tampa who are now figuring out maybe I need to go back to Miami or something or Ft. Lauderdale or Palm Beach. This is no time to be on the road,” Rubio told CBS’s “Face the Nation. “This is a very unique storm because of its size and scope," he continued. "You usually are able to say that there's some safe place in the state that you can go to. In this particular case, virtually the entire state is being impacted by the storm.” Rubio’s comments come as Irma, a Category 4 hurricane, is making its way up the west coast of Florida. Millions of Floridians have been told to evacuate as the state braces for the storm.

Trump retweets Irma updates as monster storm approaches Florida. President Trump early Sunday retweeted several updates on Hurricane Irma as the monster storm approached Florida. Trump retweeted a post from aide Dan Scavino Jr. that included a Fox News report that hurricane-force winds had hit the Florida Keys. He retweeted another post from Scavino that included a CBS News interview on Saturday morning with Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R), who urged residents to heed evacuation orders. Trump also highlighted tweets from his sons. “Please stay safe #Florida! You are in our thoughts and we are praying for you!” Eric Trump tweeted, while Donald Trump Jr. shared a photo of Customs and Border Protection agents who have been helping with Hurricane Harvey relief efforts. “The U.S. Coast Guard, FEMA and all Federal and State brave people are ready. Here comes Irma.

Two GOP lawmakers say they didn't mean to be on brief against gerrymandering. Some 7-Eleven locations in Florida are offering free cases of bottled water after Florida's Attorney General office reported thousands of calls about price-gouging at stores across the state. HuffPost reports that 7-Eleven's corporate office has authorized 1,600 cases of bottled water to be sent to three Florida stores to be distributed for free after Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi told CNBC her office was receiving 100 calls per hour about price-gouging at 7-Eleven locations as well as other stores in the state. "It's been unbelievable. We are out in the field all over this state so people can have the fuel that they need, essential commodities such as water, etc." "Franchisees are independent contractors and as such price the product in their stores independently. We are disappointed that the small minority of franchisees have chosen to do this and will harshly deal with any offenders," the statement adds. Best Buy was forced to apologize after reports surfaced on social media about price-gouging for cases of water in one Texas location. “Not as an excuse but as an explanation, we don’t typically sell cases of water. The mistake was made when employees priced a case of water using the single-bottle price for each bottle in the case.”

Some 7-Eleven locations in Florida are offering free cases of bottled water after Florida's Attorney General office reported thousands of calls about price-gouging at stores across the state. HuffPost reports that 7-Eleven's corporate office has authorized 1,600 cases of bottled water to be sent to three Florida stores to be distributed for free after Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi told CNBC her office was receiving 100 calls per hour about price-gouging at 7-Eleven locations as well as other stores in the state. "It's been unbelievable. We are out in the field all over this state so people can have the fuel that they need, essential commodities such as water, etc." We are disappointed that the small minority of franchisees have chosen to do this and will harshly deal with any offenders," the statement adds. Best Buy was forced to apologize after reports surfaced on social media about price-gouging for cases of water in one Texas location. As a company we are focused on helping, not hurting affected people. We’re sorry and it won’t happen again,” a spokesman said in an email. “Not as an excuse but as an explanation, we don’t typically sell cases of water. The mistake was made when employees priced a case of water using the single-bottle price for each bottle in the case.”