>> THIS IS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA IN FOCUS.

COMING UP, ANIMAL CRUELTY CASES ARE RISING THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.

WE'LL LOOK AT THE IMPACT THE ABUSE HAS ON OTHER FACTORS.

AND THE EFFORTS BEING MADE TO HELP CHILDREN WERE WITNESSES TO ABUSE EFFECTS.

TAKING A DEEP DIVE INTO AMERICA'S NATIONAL PARKS.

WHY THESE PICTURES FROM ACCLAIMED PHOTOGRAPHER ANSEL ADAMS, MASH HIDDEN SECRET ABOUT THE FORMATION OF THESE PROTECTIVE LOUNGE.

NEARLY ONE MONTH AWAY FROM THE WORLD CUP COMING TO SOUTH FLORIDA.

BUT THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT ONE OF THE STATE'S STAND ON IMMIGRATION.

WHAT IMPACT FAMS AT THE GAMES?

HELLO, EVERYONE.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I'M LIKE WALTER ANIMAL CRUELTY APPEARS TO BE ON THE RISE IN THE UNITED STATES.

IT'S ESTIMATED THAT APPROXIMATELY 10 MILLION ANIMALS DIE FROM ABUSE OR CRUELTY EVERY YEAR.

THAT'S ACCORDING TO A REPORT FROM THE SPCA.

BUT THERE'S ANOTHER VICTIM IN THESE CASES, CHILDREN WHO WITNESSED THE ABUSE.

A STUDY CONDUCTED BY THE FBI FOUND THAT CHILDREN AND THE PRESENCE OF ANIMAL ABUSE SUFFER SIGNIFICANT TRAUMA BECOME DESENSITIZED TO VIOLENCE AND HAVE A HIGHER LIKELIHOOD OF DISPLAYING VIOLENCE THEMSELVES.

WGCUS CULTURE AND CONNECTIONS.

REPORTER ELIZABETH ANDARGE SAT DOWN WITH THE FLORID GULF COAST UNIVERSITY ASSISTANT PROFESSOR.

SHE HAS BROUGHT HER CONCERNS ABOUT THIS ISSUE ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE UNITED NATIONS.

>> I'M JOINED BY DOCTOR RUSHMIE LIGHTNING, CRIMINOLOGIST, AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF CRIMINAL FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

THANK YOU, ELIZABETH.

IT'S A REAL PLEASURE TO BE HERE.

MOST PEOPLE HERE, ANIMAL CRUELTY AND THINK OF A NEGLECTED DOG OR A VIRAL VIDEO.

BUT YOU'RE CONNECTING IT TO SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DARKER.

YEAH.

WHAT ARE WE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT WHEN CHILDREN ARE IN THE PICTURE?

>> SO I THINK BEFORE I CAN ANSWER THAT DIRECTLY, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT ANIMAL CRUELTY IN AND OF ITSELF IS AN ABSOLUTE AWFUL PHENOMENA.

WHEN IT COMES TO HOW ANIMAL CRUELTY IMPACTS CHILDREN IN THE WORLD AROUND THEM.

THE LANE IS WHAT WE CALL THIS LINK AND THERE ARE 3 BIG DYNAMICS, TOO, THAT THE FIRST ONE IS PEOPLE WHO COMMIT ANIMAL CRUELTY, ESPECIALLY AS CHILDREN, PROACTIVE ANIMAL CRUELTY ARE MORE LIKELY TO COMMIT VIOLENCE AS THEY GET OLDER.

AND WHILE THEIR CHILD.

AND I THINK THIS IS WELL-KNOWN TO PEOPLE EVEN WHO DON'T STUDY THIS.

THE OTHER LINK IS CHILDREN WHO ARE EXPOSED TO ANIMAL CRUELTY, ESPECIALLY SOCIETAL ANIMAL CRUELTY THAT'S CONDONED OR ANIMAL CRUELTY IN THE HOME.

WHEN IT'S CHRONIC, THEY'RE ALSO MORE LIKELY TO ENGAGE IN VIOLENT BEHAVIOR AND SOME OF THEM ARE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE WHAT WE CALL INTERNALIZING SYMPTOM ALGAE.

THAT'S A SHORT WAY OR A FANCY WAY OF SAYING THEY'RE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUES.

SELF-HARM SUICIDALITY, NIGHTMARE, SLEEP PROBLEMS AND IT'S NOT NECESSARY THAT ONE CHILD, THE CHILDREN ARE GOING TO GO DOWN 2 DIFFERENT PATHS.

THOSE PASS UNDER LINK.

NOT ALL KIDS WHO ARE EXPOSED ARE GOING TO HAVE THIS KIND OF PROBLEMS.

SOME KIDS WHO EXPERIENCE THAT ARE ACTUALLY YOU'LL SEE THEM IN FIELDS LIKE I AM OR OFFICERS, PEOPLE WHO ARE AND HELPING FEELS LIKE A VICTIM SERVICES.

SO THEY MAY HAVE HIGHER EMPATHY AND THEY TAKE WHAT THEY'VE EXPERIENCED AND THEY MOVE THAT FORWARD.

BUT FOR MANY KIDS, THAT'S NOT SITUATION.

>> IT'S THEIR RESEARCH SUGGESTING KIDS EXPOSED TO ANIMAL CRUELTY ARE MORE LIKELY TO COMMIT VIOLENT CRIMES.

100%.

IN FACT, ME AND MY COLLEAGUES, ONE OF THE STUDIES THAT WE DID >> WAS A SCOPING A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND THE BEST STUDIES WE COULD FIND THERE WAS 17 OF THEM 16 OUT OF 17 FOUND THAT CHILDREN WOULD HAVE SOME TYPE OF NEGATIVE EXPERIENCE DURING CHILDHOOD AND ADULTHOOD AND MORE THAN HALF OF THEM FOUND THAT THOSE KIDS WERE MORE LIKELY TO ENGAGE IN VIOLENCE AGAINST OTHER PEOPLE, INCLUDING FAMILY MEMBERS.

THE OTHER STUDIES FOUND THAT THEY WERE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE INTERNALIZING SYMPTOMS AND HAVE PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH ISSUES AND THAT WAS THE RESEARCH THAT WE PRESENTED TO THE UNITED NATIONS COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD, WHICH FINALLY INFORMED GENERAL COMMENT.

26 PARAGRAPH 23, WHICH SAYS THAT CHILDREN HAVE A RIGHT TO BE PROTECTED FROM ALL FORMS OF VIOLENCE.

AND THAT INCLUDES DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND ANIMAL CRUELTY.

SO FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY, PROTECTING CHILDREN FROM EXPERIENCE SEEING BE EXPOSED TO VIOLENCE AGAINST ANIMALS IS IN A INTERNATIONAL TREATY.

ONE THAT HAS BEEN MODIFIED BY 196 COUNTRIES SAYS REALLY PROUD TO BE A PART OF THAT.

AND THEN IT'S STILL A LONG BATTLE AHEAD.

BUT IT'S A BIG FIRST STEP.

>> AND WAS THE UNITED STATES ONE OF THOSE COUNTRIES.

SO THE THE UNITED STATES IS HAS NOT ACTUALLY RATIFIED.

>> THE UN CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD.

HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE INDIVIDUAL STATE LAWS REGARDING ANIMAL CRUELTY.

AS MANY PEOPLE MAY THE ER WHERE DEXTER IS LAW WAS RECENTLY PASSED.

AND AS A FOLLOW-UP TO THAT, THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE RECENTLY UNANIMOUSLY.

PAST HB 559.

THAT PARTICULAR BELVER WAITING ON THE GOVERNOR TO SIGN IT.

AND THAT PARTICULAR BILL.

SAYS THAT IF A PERSON, IF ADULT COMMITS ANIMAL CRUELTY IN FRONT OF THE CHILD, THAT IS AN AUTOMATIC FELONY.

IF THEY AND THAT THE CHILD CAN COME IN AND THE CRUELTY THAT IS ALSO A FELONY.

AND THIS SHOWS YOU THAT WE ARE NOW TAKING ANIMAL CRUELTY MORE SERIOUSLY.

HISTORICALLY, THE ANIMAL CRUELTY LINK HAS ALWAYS BEEN CONNECTED TO SERIAL MURDERS.

RIGHT?

PEOPLE WHO ARE SERIAL KILLERS, THEY'RE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE A CULT AS A CHILD.

BUT IT'S A BIG, BIG, COMPLEX PROCESS, RIGHT?

THERE'S NO ONE SINGLE CAUSE OF CRIME.

SO THIS LEADS US TO DO THIS TYPE OF RESEARCH WHERE WE CAN UNDERSTAND HIM.

WHAT KIDS ARE GREATER AT THE GREATEST RISK RIGHT?

WHAT TYPES OF PREVENTION MECHANISMS CAN WE COME IN TO TO HELP THE KIDS WHO HAVE ALREADY BEEN EXPOSED, ESPECIALLY IN THE HOME THROUGHOUT THEIR LIFE, AS IS THE CASE.

AND SOME OF MY CLINICAL WORK THAT I'VE SEEN.

>> FOR THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING, WHO MAY BE TAKING CARE OF CHILDREN, EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT THEIR OWN.

WHAT ARE SOME SIGNS THAT A CHILD MAY HAVE WITNESSED SOMETHING LIKE THIS?

>> SO ONE OF THE OVERT SIGNS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE ACT.

>> HAS ACTUALLY TRAUMATIZED CHILD.

>> IS THEY WILL GO IN.

THEY WILL COMMIT ANIMAL CRUELTY.

>> AND AND YOU WILL SEE IT.

YOU WILL SEE IT A LOT OF TIMES.

IT WILL BE WHAT WE CALL PROACTIVE AGGRESSION.

SO PROACTIVE AGGRESSION IS BASICALLY WHERE THERE IS AN INTENT TO HARM.

IT'S NOT SIMPLY BECAUSE A CHILD LOST CONTROL, FOR EXAMPLE, A CHILD COMES HOME.

THEY'VE HAD A REALLY, REALLY LONG DAY.

A DOG RUNS UP TO THEM, JUMPS ON THEM AND THEY JUST HARSHLY PUSH THE DOG AWAY.

A SHOT.

THE DOG THAT'S REACTIVE.

YOU'LL START TO SEE MORE PRO ACT OF AGGRESSION ACTING OUT FOR SOME KIDS, ESPECIALLY IN GIRLS.

WE TEND TO SEE IS THERE'S MORE.

I'M LIKE I SAID, INTERNALIZING SOME TAMALA G. SO THE THEY'LL BE HAVE MORE EMOTIONAL DYSREGULATION SELF-HARM BEHAVIOR AND PLEASE KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT OVER PAT PAT COLLEGE.

I SING LIKE, LIKE WE'RE NOT SEEING ALL THESE KIDS ARE GOING TO HAVE A LOGICAL SYMPTOMS.

BUT YOU WILL SEE SOME OF THESE PROBLEMS IF THE CRUELTY THAT EXPERIENCED A SEVERE AND THEY CAN'T THEY CAN'T COME UP WITH A. FRAMEWORK TO UNDERSTAND WHY IT HAPPENED.

AND SO I WANT TO MAKE THIS CLEAR.

AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN I TALK ABOUT THIS RESEARCH, EVERYBODY CAN GET ON BOARD BECAUSE THIS IS NOT ATTACKING, FOR EXAMPLE, HUNTERS.

IT'S NOT ATTACKING PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT VEGAN.

IT'S IT'S DOING NOTHING OF THE SORT.

WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS THAT WHEN ANIMAL SUFFER, CHILDREN SUFFER AND SOCIETY SUFFERS, THERE'S A FINANCIAL TOLL IN COUNTRIES WHERE ANIMAL CRUELTY IT'S MORE COMMON IN SOCIALIZED.

>> IS THERE ANY HOPE THAT AFTER SOME COUNSELING AFTER SOME THERAPY THAT THIS BEHAVIOR CAN CHANGE IN THE TRIAL?

YES, THERE IS NO REHABILITATION IS A REALLY, REALLY COMPLEX PROCESS.

THERE'S A LOT OF INDIVIDUAL.

>> ACTORS THAT THAT INTERACT TO PREDICT WHETHER A CHILD CAN CAN BE REHABILITATED FROM THAT.

SO WE DO KNOW THAT CHILDREN WHO EXPERIENCE THAT EXTERNALIZING PATHWAY WHERE THEY HAVE THOSE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, SYMPTOMS OF TRAUMA, SYMPTOMS OF POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS, THAT TYPE OF THERAPY CAN BE A BIT MORE EFFECTIVE.

AND THAT'S ALSO BECAUSE THOSE KIDS TEND TO HAVE ON AVERAGE HIGHER LEVELS OF EMPATHY TO BEGIN WITH.

FOR KIDS WHO ARE ENGAGING IN THAT PROACTIVE VIOLENCE.

IT'S REALLY HARD TO SAY ONE WAY OR ANOTHER IF WE CAN REALLY REHABILITATE THEM.

AND WE GO IN HOPING WE CAN.

AND I'VE SEEN MANY CASES WHERE THAT DOES HAPPEN, BUT IT TAKES A LOT OF INTERVENTION.

A LOT OF COUNSELING, A LOT OF A COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATION BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SCHOOL OFFICIALS.

PARENTS AND I SAY PARENTS AND SOMETIMES THAT CAN BE VERY, VERY HARD BECAUSE OFTEN IT'S HAPPENING IN THE HOME BY A TRUSTED ADULT.

WELL, WE'LL KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THAT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY.

THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU.

>> AS WCPO CONTINUES, OUR LOOK INTO MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH.

YOU CAN KEEP TRACK OF ALL OUR STORIES BY HEADING TO OUR WEB SITE.

WGCU DOT ORG.

COMING UP, HE CAPTURE THE PRISTINE BEAUTY OF AMERICAN LANDSCAPES.

WHAT A NEW EXHIBIT HONORING ANSEL ADAMS ALSO SHARE THE DARK STORIES ABOUT THE FORMATION OF SOME NATIONAL PARK.

OVER THE COURSE OF HIS CAREER PHOTOGRAPHER ANSEL ADAMS BECAME A VIRTUAL SO CAMERA MAN, GREAT DARK ROOM TECHNICIAN EXPERT MOUNTAIN AIR, ENTERPRISING VISUAL ARTIST AND COMMITTED CONSERVATION ACTIVIST.

A NEW EXHIBITION AT THE BAKER MUSEUM DETAILS HIS RISE FROM TEENAGE SNAP SHOOTER.

THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM RECIPIENT WGCU ARTS REPORTER TOM HALL HAS DETAILS.

>> PHOTOGRAPHER ANSEL ADAMS IS REMEMBERED FOR PANORAMIC BLACK AND WHITE IMAGES THAT PROMOTED THE ENJOYMENT AND CONSERVATION OF OUR NATIONAL PARKS.

A NEW EXHIBITION AT NAPLES, BIGGER MUSEUM OF ART CELEBRATES THAT CONNECTION AS WE APPROACH THE 200 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.

HERE'S CURATOR OF MODERN ART.

DIANE BRACE FOR LOUISIANA.

>> IT'S WHY ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THE ORGANIZATION CHOSE TO INCLUDE THIS EXHIBITION IN THIS AND THE CSIS PROGRAM THINKING ABOUT AND THE FOUNDATION OF THE COUNTRY AND ALSO OF OUR CONTINUED INTEREST IN CONSERVATION AND THE UNITED STATES DISCOVERY ANSEL ADAMS TRACKS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PHOTOGRAPHER'S UNIQUE STYLE AND INFLUENCE FROM HIS FIRST VISIT TO YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK IN 1916.

>> WHEN HE WAS 14 YEARS OLD, HE BACKED HIS FAMILY TO TAKE HIM TO YOSEMITE.

>> AND HIS FATHER BROUGHT HIM A CALL TO BROWNIE CAMERA.

>> SO HE STARTED THERE AND TOOK HIS FIRST PHOTOGRAPHS AND THEN HE TAUGHT HIMSELF HOW TO DEVELOP AND PRINT THOSE PHOTOGRAPHS.

>> HE RETURNED TO MONEY EVERY YEAR AFTER THAT.

BUT HIS CONNECTION TO THE SIERRA CLUB WAS A TURNING POINT.

HIS TRAJECTORY AS AN ADVOCATE FOR NATIONAL PARKS AND THEIR CONSERVATION.

>> BEFORE BEING THAT, THE CONSERVATION GROUP THAT WE NOW WAS IT LIKE A MOUNTAINEERING HIKING CLUB WHO ARE PEOPLE 2 WEEKS TO STAY IN NATURE SPACES IN WASN'T IT ALSO WASN'T A SMALL GROUP, APPARENTLY ABOUT 200 INDIVIDUALS, ONE TO LINK HAMED.

AND HOW WILL THIS EXPERIENCE IS THAT CLEARLY YOU FLYNN'S TO ADAMS LOVE FOR NATURE AND HIS INTEREST AND CREATING ALL THIS TALK ABOUT CONSERVATION PHOTOGRAPHY.

>> THERE'S GROWING REPUTATION AS A PHOTOGRAPHER AND A MARKETER CAUGHT THE EYE OF SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, HAROLD BAUCUS, WHO TASK ADAMS IN 1941.

WITH PRODUCING PHOTOGRAPHIC MURALS OF NATIONAL PARKS AND OTHER NOTABLE AMERICAN LANDSCAPES.

>> HE CONVINCED THEM THAT HE HAD TO BETTER IT HAVE A TRIP THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM, INCLUDING THE AND THUS THE RESERVATIONS, EVERYTHING THAT THE DEAL I MANAGED AND HE SUCCESSFULLY HIA CHIEF BAD IN TOOK A LOT OF GREAT PHOTOS THAT YOU SEE HERE.

BUT WORLD WAR 2 STARTED.

SO HE NEVER WAS ABLE TO MAKE THE PHOTOGRAPH AT THE PHOTOGRAPHIC NEAR OPHIR DIDIO.

I.

>> THROUGH THESE EXPERIENCES, ADAMS FORGE A VISUAL LANGUAGE THAT DEFINED HIS CAREER AND CEMENTED HIS ROLE AS AN ADVOCATE FOR LANDSCAPES IN THE UNITED STATES.

BUT HIS IMAGES HAVE THE CONSEQUENCE OF REINFORCING THE MYTH, THE PRISTINE WILDERNESS POPULARIZED BY ADAMS IDLE.

JOHN, YOU ARE THAT LED TO THE EXPULSION OF NATIVE AMERICANS FROM AMERICA'S NATIONAL PARK LAND.

>> SOMETHING THAT I BROUGHT TO THIS EXHIBITION IS THAT I INCLUDED A FEW TAX PANELS.

ONE OF THEM IS RELATED TO THIS POINT OF THE NATIONAL PARKS THAT EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE VERY IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF CONSERVATION FOR DIFFERENT SPECIES.

I THINK I MIGHT BE WORSE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT IT TOOK TO CREATE THE NATIONAL PARKS AND THE OLD THE FOREST AND SOMETIMES VIOLENT DISPLACEMENT OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE WHO ALREADY LIVE AND TAKE CARE OF THOSE PLANS.

>> TO BE CLEAR.

>> THE PROCESS OF REMOVING INDIGENOUS PEOPLE FROM NATIONAL PARKS HAVE BEGUN YEARS BEFORE ADAMS WAS EVEN BORN.

>> AND WHILE ADAMS DID NOT SHY AWAY FROM CONTROVERSY, HE DIDN'T OPPOSE THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICES POLICIES REGARDING THE REMOVAL OF NATIVE AMERICANS FROM YOSEMITE OR ANY OTHER NATIONAL PARK.

>> I'M A HISTORIAN SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I ONE TO 2 HIGHLIGHT WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THIS, THIS BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPES THAT THEY WERE NOT ON INHABIT.

IT.

THEY WERE NOT THEY WERE THEY HAD BEEN TAKING CARE OF FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS BEFORE.

>> IT'S AN ASPECT OF ANSEL ADAMS STORY YOU'LL ONLY HEAR AT THE BAKER MUSEUM.

WHILE THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE USED TO HAVE SIGNAGE ACKNOWLEDGING THE PRESENCE AND ULTIMATE REMOVAL OF INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS FROM OUR NATIONAL PARKS.

THAT VERBIAGE HAS NOW BEEN REMOVED PURSUANT TO AN EXECUTIVE ORDER SIGNED BY PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IN MARCH OF LAST YEAR.

DIRECTING THE PARK SERVICE TO REMOVE PUBLIC CONTENT THAT INAPPROPRIATELY DISPARAGES AMERICANS PAST AND PRESENT.

>> AND WE'RE JOINED NOW BY WGCU ART REPORTER TOM HALL.

THANK YOU, TOM.

AND SUCH A FASCINATING STORY.

WONDERED CONGRESS SET UP THE FIRST NATIONAL PARK.

>> IT WAS MARCH FIRST 18 72.

>> THAT'S THE DATE.

THE PRESIDENT ULYSSES S GRANT SIGNED THE YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK PROTECTION ACT INTO LAW.

YELLOWSTONE WAS AHEAD OF ITS TIME.

IT TOOK ALMOST 20 YEARS FOR CONGRESS TO ESTABLISH SEQUOIA AND YOSEMITE AND GENERAL GRANT NATIONAL PARKS IN CALIFORNIA.

SINCE THEN, HOWEVER, THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE IS SET ASIDE 420 SITES AROUND THE UNITED STATES AS NATIONALLY SIGNIFICANT FOR THEIR NATURAL AND CULTURAL QUALITIES.

>> AND TOM, WHY DID THE GOVERNMENT FEELS THAT IT HAD TO REMOVE NATIVE AMERICANS FROM THESE PIECES OF LAND.

YOU KNOW, MIKE, ORIGINALLY.

>> CONSERVATION IS LIKE JOHN JAMES, AUDUBON HENRY DAVID THOREAU AND WESTERN ARTIST GEORGE CATLIN ACTUALLY WANTED THE NATIONAL PARKS TO PROTECT NOT ONLY THE LANDSCAPE AND THE ANIMALS, BUT ALL OF THE INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS THAT HAD LIVED THERE FOR CENTURIES.

BUT BY 18, 72 THAT THINKING HAS CHANGED IN WRITERS LIKE JOHN, YOU ARE CONVINCED THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE THAT WHAT PEOPLE REALLY WANTED WERE PRISTINE, VISTAS, DEVOID OF HUMANS, ESPECIALLY INDIGENOUS PEOPLE.

SADLY, THERE WAS A RACIAL ASPECT TO MUELLER'S ADVOCATES SAY.

THAT SAID IT'S IMPORTANT TO BEAR IN MIND THAT ANSEL ADAMS IS ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT FIGURES IN NATURE, CONSERVANCY AND LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY.

THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER.

HE USES PHOTOGRAPHY AS A TOOL TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE BEAUTY AND FRAGILITY OF THE NATURAL WORLD IN AN EFFORT TO PROTECT WILD SPACES FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.

SO THAT'S THE TAKEAWAY THAT PEOPLE SHOULD WALK OUT OF THAT BAKER MUSEUM EXHIBITION WITH.

>> AND TOM MASTER OF COSTUME CHANGE AS ALWAYS.

WHAT ELSE IS ON YOUR ACTIVE RADAR FROM 8?

>> WELL, THIS MONTH THERE ARE 38 EXHIBITIONS AT SOUTHWEST FLORIDA MUSEUMS.

NUMBER.

31 SHOWS AT OUR AREA ARTS CENTERS AND MORE THAN 20 SHOWS AT LOWER LOCAL THEATERS.

BUT WHAT I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO MIKE IS THE FORT MYERS FRINGE FESTIVAL THAT TAKES PLACE AT THE END OF THE MONTH.

NOW, SINCE ITS ORIGINS IN 1947.

IN EDINBURGH, FRINGE FESTIVALS HAVE BECOME A PROMINENT SHOWCASE FOR DIVERSE AND INNOVATIVE PERFORMANCES REFLECTING A SPIRIT OF ARTISTIC REBELLION AND INCLUSIVITY.

THEY'RE ALSO INCUBATORS FOR GROUNDBREAKING FEAR, FOR EXAMPLE, 6 THE MUSICAL, THE DROWSY CHAPERONE AND 5 LESBIANS AIDING A QUICHE ALL GOT THEIR START IN FRIEND AS DID EMMA THOMPSON, THE ONLY PERSON TO EVER WIN AN OSCAR FOR BOTH WRITING AND ACTING.

HUGH LAURIE, ROBIN WILLIAMS, MIKE MYERS.

RACHEL WEISS AND TREVOR NOAH ALL GOT THEIR STARTS INFRINGE NOW FEAR CONSPIRACY, FOUNDER AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR BILL TAYLOR HAS PUT TOGETHER ANOTHER GREAT LINEUP OF WACKY ARE EVER IN SHOWS.

KERRY IS TO TELL US ABOUT THEM.

>> I'M BILL TAILED WITH THIER CONSPIRACY.

HERE TO TELL YOU ABOUT FRINGE FORT MYERS COMING UP, MAY 28TH FOR MAY 31ST AT THE OFF BROADWAY PALM THEATER.

WE'VE GOT SOME INCREDIBLE SHOWS COMING TO FORT MYERS, A WIDE VARIETY OF MUSICAL BEERS ABOUT SONGS.

A STORYTELLING SHOW FIRE IN THE METH LAB AND JOSEPHINE A DREAM CABARET ABOUT JOSEPHINE BAKER.

>> TICKETS FOR THE SHOWS RANGE FROM 20 TO $10.

>> THEIR INTERNATIONAL TOURING SHOWS OF THE PLAYED AT THE EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL.

THE ADELAIDE FRINGE FESTIVAL.

AND THEY'RE HERE IN FORT MYERS FOR $20 OR $10.

IF YOU BUY MULTI-PACK NEXT.

WE ALSO HAVE A KIDS FRENCH THAT FEATURES.

WHY WON'T ZEKE WHACK AN AMAZING KID SHOW WRITTEN BY LOCAL PLAYWRIGHT WHEN KELLER ALSO A MODERATE REESE.

TORY TELLING OF ELECTRA ALL OF THOSE ARE SHOWS HER BEING PERFORMED BY CYPRUS LAKE CENTER FOR THE ARTS TICKETS FOR THOSE ARE $5.

FROM FORT MYERS COMING UP.

MAY 28 THROUGH MAY.

31.

>> ALL RIGHT, TOM, LET'S SEE THE ENTIRE THERE YOU GO.

THE ENTIRE OUTFIT.

>> YOU CAN HAVE ONE OF THESE.

ALSO WHEN YOU GO TO FRENCH FORT MYERS.

ALL RIGHT.

VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING ALL THESE STORIES COMING UP.

>> IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE.

AND COMING OFF TIMES REPORTING ON NATIONAL PARKS.

HERE'S SOME MORE FROM THE WGCU NEWS FROM THE YOU KNOW, THE MOST VISITED NATIONAL PARK.

WELL, IT IS GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS LOCATED IN TENNESSEE IN NORTH CAROLINA.

IT AVERAGES MORE THAN 11 MILLION VISITORS EVERY YEAR.

MAKE SURE YOU'RE STAYING UP TO DATE WITH ALL OF TO MALLS.

GREAT REPORTING ON THE ARTS HAPPENING IN OUR AREA BY CHECKING OUT OUR WEBSITE WGCU DOT ORG.

WELL, IT'S A HISTORIC MILESTONE FOR THE U.S.

SUPREME COURT JUSTICE CLARENCE THOMAS HAS JUST BECOME THE SECOND LONGEST SERVING JUSTICE FOLLOWING MORE THAN 30 YEARS ON THE HIGH COURT IS NOW ONLY 2 YEARS BEHIND THE RECORD OVER WILLIAM DOUGLAS IN HIS MORE THAN 3 DECADES OF THE ASSOCIATE JUSTICE HAS BECOME KNOWN FOR SEVERAL LANDMARK CASES, INCLUDING THE OVERTURNING OF ROE VERSUS WADE, ENDING AFFIRMATIVE ACTION FOR COLLEGE ADMISSIONS AND NARROWING THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT.

HE'S LIVE ON THE BENCH.

ALSO HAS INCLUDED SOME CONTROVERSIES, ACCUSATIONS OF HARASSMENT, ETHICAL CONCERNS OVER HIS ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS AND PREPS.

AND HE DENIES ALL THE ALLEGATIONS AND ALL CLAIMS AGAINST HIM.

THOMAS IS STILL ON TRACK TO BECOMING THE LONGEST-SERVING JUSTICE AND HE IS INDICATING NO, HE WOULD LIKE TO SERVE AT LEAST 43 YEARS.

AND THAT WOULD MEAN HE'S AIMING AT RETIREMENT AND 20 34.

AFTER THE BREAK.

THE WORLD GAME IS COMING TO SOUTH FLORIDA, BUT WORRIES ABOUT ABOUT THE POTENTIAL PRESENCE OF ICE AGENTS AT THE GAMES WAS SO MANY INTERNATIONAL FANS.

BEFORE JUNE BRINGS THE FIRST FIFA WORLD CUP GAMES TO MIAMI, A DIVERSE NETWORK OF LOCAL AND NATIONAL LABOR AND HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS HAVE JOINED TO FORM THE DIGNITY 2026 COALITION REPRESENTATIVES FROM THAT GROUP HOPES TO RAISE AWARENESS OF WHAT THEY CALL THE THREAT, ICE AND OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS COULD POSE THE FLORIDA COMMUNITIES DURING THE GAMES WGCUS KATE CRONIN REPORTS.

>> DARIO GOMEZ IS THE FLORIDA STATE ORGANIZER FOR THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION.

HE SAYS THAT ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COALITION FEAR PEOPLE IN HOST CITIES WILL BE IMPACTED BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S IMMIGRATION POLICIES.

>> WE ARE URGING FIFA AND THE HOST COMMITTEE TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY PLAN TO SAFEGUARD THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND WELL-BEING.

BOTH VISITING TOURISTS AND STAFF.

WE ARE ASKING FOR A MORATORIUM ON DEPORTATIONS DURING THE GAMES AND TO ABIDE BY LABOR STANDARDS.

>> GOMEZ ADDS THAT FLORIDA'S IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT POLICIES OR THREAT TO INNOCENT PEOPLE.

>> ONE OF THE CLEAREST WAYS THAT HARM IS SHOWING UP RIGHT NOW IS TO FLORIDA'S EXTREME EXPANSION OF THE 2, 8, 7 G AGREEMENT.

A DEAL THAT TURNS LOCAL POLICE IN 2 IMMIGRATION AGENTS WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN LOCAL POLICE ARE PULLED INTO IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT.

IT LEADS TO DISCRIMINATION.

IT LEADS TO RACIAL PROFILING.

IT LEADS TO OFFICERS MAKING DECISIONS BASED ON HOW SOMEONE LOOKS HOW THEY SPEAK OR WHETHER THEY HAVE AN ACCIDENT, THEY SHOULD ALARM EVERY ONE OF US.

>> GOMEZ SAYS THE ADVISORY IS NOT INTENDED TO SPREAD FEAR OR PANIC.

>> WE ARE HERE TO OFFER A SOBERING REALITY CHECK.

WE ARE HERE TO WARN ANYONE CONSIDERING TRAVEL TO FLORIDA.

OF THE VERY REAL RISKS OF RACIAL PROFILING DISCRIMINATION AND ATTENTION THAT YOU MAY FACE AT THE HANDS OF ICE TO CBP AND EVEN OUR STATE AND LOCAL POLICE HERE IN MIAMI.

>> GOMEZ ALSO WARNS ABOUT THE POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES OF BEING ARRESTED.

>> WE ALSO WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN IF YOU ARE DETAINED.

THE LACK OF OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN OUR DETENTION CENTERS MAY MEAN THAT YOU ARE STUCK IN AN INDEFINITE LEGAL LIMBO.

WE HAVE DOCUMENTED PEOPLE BEING DISCOURAGED DELAYED AND OUTRIGHT BLOCKED FOR A MEETING WITH THEIR IMMIGRATION ATTORNEYS LAST SUMMER OVER 80 HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS SENT A LETTER TO FIFA.

>> URGING THEM TO CREATE PLACE.

OUR PROTECT OUR FAMILIES.

AND SO FAR NOTHING HAS REALLY MATERIALIZED.

YES, THERE IS BLAME ON FIFA, BUT THERE'S ALSO BELIEVE ON THE MIAMI HOST COMMITTEE, LOCAL INTERESTS ARE INCOMPLETE WITHOUT PROTECTING IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY.

>> GOMEZ SAYS THIS ADVISORY DOES NOT STOP JUST AT UNDOCUMENTED PEOPLE.

HE CITES LAWSUITS FILED ON BEHALF OF U.S.

CITIZENS.

FOR WGCU NEWS.

I'M KATE CRONIN.

>> WELL, FOR THE PAST 54 YEARS, DISNEY WORLD HAS BECOME A RITE OF PASSAGE FOR MANY FLORIDIANS.

THE PARK THROUGH MUCH OF ITS EARLY INSPIRATION FROM ITS SISTER THEME PARK ON THE OTHER END OF THE COUNTRY.

BUT DISNEY FANS OF THE NOSTALGIA, KARA, ARE ABOUT TO SEE A BIG CHANGE FOR THE ATTRACTION AT THE CALIFORNIA LOCATED DISNEYLAND.

ONE OF ITS OLDEST, ROG IS GETTING A MODERN DAY UPDATE.

TOKYO FIRST OPENED IN 1955.

IT SITS AS THE LAST A REGIONAL ATTRACTION STILL OPERATING AT THE TOMORROW LAND PARK.

BUT JUST BECAUSE YOU JUST DON'T NEED TO WORRY, THE RIDE IS NOT GOING AWAY.

IT'S GOT TO GET UP FOR IT.

ELECTRIC VEHICLE ADVOCATES PUSH FOR DISNEY.

THEY GET RID OF GASOLINE, POWERED MOTORS AND SWITCH TO ELECTRIC.

AND SO AT THIS WITH A NEW ENGINE UPGRADE.

DISNEY SAYS THE RIDE WILL BE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY WHILE KEEPING THE CLASSIC AESTHETIC FOR ITS VISITORS.

THANKS FOR JOINING US AND MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE WGCU DOT ORG, WHERE YOU'LL FIND ALL OF OUR STORIES.

HAVE A GREAT EVENING AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU NEXT TIME.

IRAN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA IN FOCUS.