THIS IS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA IN FOCUS.

COMING UP IS THE END OF ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ ON THE HORIZON AND EXAMINATION OF DISCUSSIONS THAT COULD FORCE THE DETENTION CENTER TO CLOSE AS MILLIONS OF AMERICANS ARE READY TO RETIRE THE NEXT GENERATION IS BEGINNING TO PONDER MORE ABOUT THE FINANCIAL FUTURE.

AND THE UNIQUE EXPRESSION OF AFRICAN HERITAGE.

HOW A SIMPLE FASHION SHOW OFFERS A DEEP APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF INTERNATIONAL CULTURE.

HELLO, I'M JENNIFER CRAWFORD.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

THE END MAY BE IN SIGHT FOR THE IMMIGRATION DETENTION CENTER KNOWN AS ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ.

THE REPORT IN THE NEW YORK TIMES STATED THAT FEDERAL OFFICIALS WE'RE IN EARLY TALKS ABOUT SHUTTING DOWN THE FACILITY IN THE HEART OF THE EVERGLADES SINCE ITS OPENING LAST SUMMER.

THE CENTER HAS DEPORTED OVER 22,000 DETAINEES BUT ACCUSATIONS OF IMPROPER TREATMENT OF MIGRANTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION CONCERNS HAVE LED TO MULTIPLE LAWSUITS DURING A NEWS CONFERENCE IN FORT MYERS, GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS SPOKE ON HOW ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE A PERMANENT SOLUTION TO FLORIDA'S POLICING OF IMMIGRATION.

>> WELL, AS I SAID FROM THE BEGINNING, THIS WAS A TEMPORARY FACILITY.

IT WAS BUILT TO BE TEMPORARY.

IF YOU IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN THERE, YOU'VE SEEN IT'S TEMPORARY.

WE DID NOT WANT TO BUILD A PERMANENT CILLA D AT THAT AIRPORT.

THAT WAS GOING TO BE BROKEN DOWN WHEN THERE WAS NO NO LONGER IN NEED.

WE DID THE FACILITY IN RESPONSE TO DHS BEING DESPERATE FOR BED SPACE BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE TO RELEASE ILLEGAL ALIENS BACK INTO OUR COMMUNITY WHO HAD BEEN APPREHENDED.

AND SO THAT HAS BEEN ABLE TO DRAMATICALLY EXPAND THEIR FOOTPRINT.

>> FOR MORE, WE'RE JOINED BY WGCU REPORTER AND HOST JOHN DAVIS AND JOHN, ON MONDAY, A FEDERAL JUDGE IN FORT MYERS ISSUED A NEW RULING RELATED TO ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ.

WHAT IS THIS ORDER ABOUT?

>> SO THIS WAS A FEDERAL JUDGE BASED OUT OF FORT MYERS.

SHE HAD ISSUED A PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION EARLIER AND THIS WAS RELATING TO CONCERNS ABOUT DETAINEES, ACCESS TO ATTORNEYS.

SO BASICALLY PLAINTIFFS WERE ARGUING THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THEIR 5TH AMENDMENT RIGHTS WERE BEING VIOLATED AND SPECIFICALLY THE ORDER REQUIRED THE STATE TO JUST BASICALLY HAVE MORE PHONES.

SO DETAINEES AND ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ CAN CONTACT THEIR ATTORNEYS.

I THINK THE ORDER ACTUALLY REQUIRED A MINIMUM OF ONE PHONE FOR 25 DETAINEES.

THERE WERE OTHER THINGS LIKE INFORMATION ABOUT DETAINEES.

YOU KNOW, LAWYER ACCESS RIGHTS, BUT IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES SO THAT THE DETAINEES WHO DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH COULD ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR RIGHTS ARE THE STATE HAD ARGUED THAT THEY WANTED THE PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION LIFTED.

THEY SAID THIS WAS TOO BURDENSOME, THAT THIS WAS TOO EXPENSIVE.

BUT JUDGE POLSTER CHAPELLE'S DECISION REALLY SHOULDN'T BE A SURPRISE.

I MEAN, THE STATE WENT TO GREAT EXPENSE TO CREATE THIS FACILITY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE EVERGLADES WHERE THERE'S NO INFRASTRUCTURE.

SO ANYTHING THAT THEY EAT OR DRINK HAS TO BE TRUCKED.

AND IF YOU WILL HAVE TO BE TRUCKED AND THROUGH ITS WAYS HAS TO BE TRUCKED OUT BECAUSE THERE'S NO INFRASTRUCTURE.

I MEAN, THIS COSTS AROUND 1.0, 2 MILLION DOLLARS A DAY TO OPERATE.

SO AND I ARGUE THAT IT'S TOO FINANCIALLY BURDENSOME TO NOT VIOLATE DETAINEES RIGHTS.

SHE JUST DIDN'T BUY THE ARGUMENT.

WELL, AND IT'S CERTAIN THAT THE COST RELATED TO THIS DETENTION FACILITY >> WILL BE AMONG THE COST BEING DISCUSSED AS LAWMAKERS GATHER IN TALLAHASSEE FOR THIS SECOND LEGISLATIVE SESSION THAT HAS BEEN CALLED TO HOPEFULLY GET A BUDGET.

THIS TIME THEY WERE UNABLE TO GET A BUDGET AND AGREE ON ONE MARCH.

WHY WAS THAT?

>> SO BIG PICTURE.

YOU REMEMBER BACK IN MARCH, THE HOUSE AND SENATE WERE ABOUT 1.4 BILLION DOLLARS APART ON THEIR OVERALL BUDGET PROPOSALS.

BUT THEN IN LATE APRIL, LAWMAKERS ANNOUNCED THAT THEY HAD AGREED ON ABOUT 52 BILLION DOLLARS AND GENERAL REVENUE ALLOCATIONS.

THIS IS THE AMOUNT OF MONEY IN GENERAL REVENUE THAT'S GOING TO BE SPENT IN EACH AREA OF THE BUDGET.

SO THEY'RE USING THAT AS A FRAMEWORK GOING INTO THIS SESSION THAT STARTED TODAY NOW, THAT'S A LITTLE THAT'S LIKE 2 BILLION DOLLARS MORE.

THEN THE CURRENT BUDGET.

BUT STATE LAWMAKERS, LEGISLATIVE LEADERS HAVE SAID WHEN YOU FACTOR AND FEDERAL MONEY THAT HASN'T BEEN TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT YET.

ANOTHER STORE SAYS THAT IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE LESS THAN THE CURRENT SPENDING PLANS.

SO I DO PREDICT THAT THE SPENDING PLAN IT'S GOING TO BE SIMILAR TO THE ONE WE HAVE NOW, JUST IN TERMS OF THE ACTUAL AMOUNT OF MONEY.

BUT IT IS NOT GOING TO SEE A LITTLE ABOUT TIGHTENING.

WHAT DO YOU THINK WILL BE THE MAJOR STICKING POINTS AS LAWMAKERS TRY TO TO GET THIS BUDGET FIGURED OUT.

>> IT'S GOING TO BE A NUMBER OF MAJOR STICKING POINTS.

I'LL START HIGHER EDUCATION.

THE BIGGEST THING THERE IS GOVERNOR DESANTIS WANTS TO GIVE THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA, SARASOTA MANATEE CAMPUS TO NEW COLLEGE OF FLORIDA AND SARASOTA AND LOCAL BUSINESS GROUPS IN THAT AREA ARE REALLY UP IN ARMS ABOUT IT.

THEY ACTUALLY HELD A RALLY LAST FRIDAY BECAUSE THEY SAY THAT U.S.

STAFF, THE STUDENTS THAT GRADUATE OUT OF THERE, IT REALLY SORT OF FEEDS THE JOB PIPELINE AND ACCOUNTING AND HEALTH CARE AND REALLY MAJORS THAT.

NEW COLLEGE DOESN'T EVEN OFFER UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES WHEN IT COMES TO K THROUGH 12 EDUCATION.

THE HOUSE AND SENATE BUDGETS DURING THE REGULAR SESSION, WHERE ABOUT 300 MILLION DOLLARS APART ON THAT.

AND THERE WAS EVEN SOME DISAGREEMENT OVER WHETHER TO INCLUDE LIKE THE 4 AND A HALF BILLION IN THE STATE.

THE UNIVERSAL VOUCHER PROGRAM IN THAT MAIN PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING FORMULA.

AND THEN WHEN IT COMES TO STATE EMPLOYEES, THE SENATE WANTED MORE MONEY FOR RAISES FOR STATE WORKERS AND THE HOUSE DID THE HOUSE ALSO WANTED TO ADDRESS THIS 362 MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT OF SHORTFALL IN THE FUND THAT PAYS FOR STATE EMPLOYEES.

HEALTH INSURANCE AND HERE'S THE STICKING POINT.

I THINK THAT RELATES TO ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ.

THERE ARE WIDE GAPS BETWEEN THE HOUSE AND SENATE DURING THE REGULAR SESSION FOR GOVERNOR DESANTIS.

USE OF HIS POWER TO CALL A NUMBER OF ANNOUNCED AN EMERGENCY DECLARATION AND IN JANUARY OF 2023, HE DID.

CREATE AN EMERGENCY DECLARATION ON IMMIGRATION.

AND HE'S JUST BEEN RENEWING THAT EVERY 60 DAYS EVER SENSE.

SO THAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR 3 YEARS NOW.

AND WHEN HE DECLARES SUCH A DECLARATION THAT DOES ENABLE HIM TO ACCESS EMERGENCY FUNDS.

NOW, TYPICALLY YOU WOULD THINK THOSE WOULD BE USED AND DECLARED STATES OF EMERGENCY FOR LIKE SO IT SEEMS HER ACCENT EXACTLY.

HE HAS BEEN ABLE TO USE THIS FOR IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT.

AND SO THERE WAS EVEN SOME TALK DURING THE REGULAR SESSION ABOUT KIND OF RAINING AND THE GOVERNOR'S POWER TO USE THAT FUND REGARDLESS OF WHO THE GOVERNOR IS IN THE FUTURE, THEY'RE JUST SORT OF LOOKING AT SORT OF.

HOW THAT EXECUTIVE POWER IS BEING USED AND SOME WOULD ARGUE HOW IT'S BEING ABUSED.

>> AND THEY HAVE 18 DAYS FOR THIS SPECIAL SESSION.

IT COULD.

AND I THINK ON MAY 29TH, IF THEY DO NOT REACH AN AGREEMENT PRIOR TO THAT, THAT'S THE VIDEO YOU'RE GOING YOU KNOW, I DO.

I THINK IT'S GOING TO TAKE ABOUT THAT TIME.

THEY HAVE AROUND UNTIL FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

>> LAWMAKERS THIS WEEK ARE JUST GOING TO BE MEETING IN COMMITTEES TO SORT OF HAMMER OUT THOSE DIFFERENCES AND FUNDING IN THOSE DIFFERENT AREAS.

I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT LIKE EDUCATION, TRANSPORTATION, AGRICULTURE, THE ENVIRONMENT, ANYTHING THAT ISN'T WORKED OUT BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

THEN, YOU KNOW, THE BUDGET, LEGISLATIVE LEADERS, WE'RE GOING TO WORK TO HAMMER OUT THOSE DIFFERENCES THAT WORKS LARGELY GOING TO BE DONE BEHIND CLOSED DOORS AND THEN THERE'S A REQUIRED.

72 COOLING OFF 72 HOUR.

COOLING OFF PERIOD BEFORE THEY CAN ACTUALLY VOTE ON A BUDGET ONCE THEY HAVE WON.

SO THEY'RE THINKING THAT IT'S LIKELY LAWMAKERS WILL TAKE THE MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY OFF AND THEN COME BACK AND VOTE ON THE BUDGET.

AND AND THEN, OF COURSE, AND EVERYTHING'S DONE.

YOU STILL HAVE THE GOVERNOR'S VETO POWER.

SO THINGS ARE HARDLY A SET IN STONE.

>> THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE IN A VERY, VERY BUSY 18 DAYS.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE A BUSY TIME.

YES, THANK YOU, JOHN, FOR SHARING THIS LATEST UPDATE WITH US.

THANKS >> COMING UP NEXT, MORE MILLENNIALS ARE WORRYING ABOUT THEIR FINANCIAL FUTURES.

BUT AS THEIR PARENTS PREPARE FOR RETIREMENT, THE CONVERSATION REGARDING TRANSITIONAL FINANCES IS A BIG CHALLENGE TO OVERCOME.

AMERICA IS PREPARING FOR A MASSIVE WAVE OF ADULTS NEARING OR ENTERING RETIREMENT DRIVEN BY THE BABY-BOOMER GENERATION.

THIS IS LEADING TO A TRILLION DOLLAR SHIFTS TOWARDS THE NEXT GENERATION.

WITH FAMILIES BEING ENCOURAGED TO MAKE TRANSITIONAL PLANS WHEN IT COMES TO FINANCES.

HOWEVER, IS WGCUS TEDDY BYRNE LEARNED THESE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT MONEY ARE DIFFICULT AND LEAVING SOME GEN XERS AND MILLENNIALS FIGURING OUT THEIR FUTURE ON THEIR OWN.

>> SO TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF PLANNING AHEAD.

I'M JOINED BY JAY JAY PEREZ, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF NATIONWIDE STRATEGIC CUSTOMER SOLUTIONS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO TALK TO US TODAY.

>> YEAH, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

PLEASURE TO BE HERE.

>> SO THEY SHUN RYAN RELEASED A NEW SURVEY THAT SHOWS 47% OF INVESTORS DO NOT DISCUSS FINANCIAL PLANNING WITH THEIR FAMILIES.

NOW, THIS COULD PUT THEIR FISCAL SECURITY AT RISK AT ANY AGE.

SO WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO COMMUNICATE YOUR PLANS AS YOUR SAVINGS BEFORE YOU REACH RETIREMENT?

>> GREAT QUESTION.

REALLY?

MANY REASONS.

SO ONE, WE KNOW THAT AS BABY BOOMERS RETIRE THE CURRENT STATUS OVER 100 TRILLION AND ASSETS ARE GOING TO BE MOVED FROM ONE GENERATION TO ANOTHER OVER THE NEXT 2025 YEARS.

BUT TO ME, THE ASSETS ARE ARE ONE ELEMENT OF IT.

AND THAT'S IMPORTANT.

I MEAN, I THINK IT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT YOU'RE HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS.

AND WITH THAT SAID, PFIZER, THAT KNOWS WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT.

PART OF THIS THAT WE DON'T ALWAYS THINK ABOUT THIS JUST AS IMPORTANT IF NOT MORE IMPORTANT IS, YOU KNOW, HOW ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT AT THE END OF YOUR LIFE?

YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT I WON'T BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF MYSELF AND I WILL NEED PROBABLY MY KIDS ARE OTHERS TO HELP ME I DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT WOULD BE LIKE, I WOULD HOPE THAT THAT'S NOT FOR ANOTHER 50 YEARS.

BUT YOU KNOW, THERE COULD BE A CAR ACCIDENT OR SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS THAT LEAVE THEM UNABLE TO COMMUNICATE.

AND SO HOW AM I TELLING THEM HOW I WOULD LIKE THINGS TO BE AND ALL I WOULD LIKE THINGS TO BE PLANNED FROM A LONG-TERM CARE PERSPECTIVE FROM A FAMILY PLANNING PERSPECTIVE.

AND SO I DEFINITELY THINK THE ASSETS ARE THE GREAT CONDUIT.

YOU KNOW, FROM A WEALTH PERSPECTIVE, THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS TO HANDLE THE TRANSFER.

BUT HOW ARE WE THINKING ABOUT ALL THE PLANNING THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN?

SO ITS INTERESTING THAT NOT ONLY NOT ONLY TO 47% OF FAMILIES NOT HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

AND I WOULD SAY I PROBABLY INCLUDED IN THAT AS WELL.

WE HAVEN'T HAD REALLY GOOD CONVERSATION AROUND IT.

BUT ALMOST A 3RD OF BABY BOOMERS WERE SAYING IT.

THEY DON'T NEED THAT.

THE CONVERSATION.

VERSUS YOU REALLY SEE A DIFFERENCE IN GENERATIONS WHERE YOU CONTRAST THAT THE GENERATION Z AND ONLY 8% ARE SAYING THEY DON'T NEED TO THE CONVERSATION.

AND MANY MORE ARE SAYING, YES, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS.

WE THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT.

60% OF MILLENNIALS ARE SAYING I NEED TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION WITH MY PARENTS AND I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE MY FINANCIAL ADVISER HELP FACILITATE THAT CONVERSATION.

>> AND THEN SO WHEN DEALING WITH THOSE TRADITIONS OF HOW PEOPLE TYPICALLY WOULD HANDLE WITH MONEY, A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, OLDER GENERATIONS WOULD SEE WHEN DISCUSSING FINANCES CAN BE VIEWED AS TABOO.

SO FOR ANYONE THAT IS LOOKING TO BEGIN THIS TYPE OF CONVERSATION, ESPECIALLY WITH THE SENIOR MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILY, YOU HAVE ANY TIPS ABOUT HOW THEY CAN BEGIN THE CONVERSATION ABOUT FINANCIAL PLANNING.

>> YEAH, GREAT QUESTION.

GREAT QUESTION.

THAT'S WHERE I THINK FOR US FINANCIAL ADVISOR CAN BE REALLY HELPFUL.

NOW, HAVING SAID THAT, LIKE YOU STILL NEED THAT, THE TEA, THE CONVERSATION UP WITH THEM.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, MY OWN EXPERIENCE, MY FATHER INTRODUCED ME AS FINANCIAL ADVISOR YEARS BACK.

AND SO MY WIFE AND I USE THE SAME FINANCIAL ADVISER.

WE REALLY HADN'T HAD THIS CONVERSATION.

AND SO AS PART OF IT, RE OUT ON THE RESEARCH THAT WE'VE DONE, YOU KNOW, 3 WEEKS AGO, I SET DOWN MY THAT WE'RE HAVING BREAKFAST.

I SAID, HEY, IT OCCURRED TO ME THAT WE'VE NOT TALKED ABOUT THESE THINGS LIKE I KNOW YOUR FINANCIAL PLAN FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF PERCENTAGES THAT GO TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN THAT ARE GOING TO CHARITY.

THAT'S PROBABLY THE EASIEST PART.

IT'S THE DETAILS THAT WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT.

SO I THINK THE THE FIRST PLACE I WOULD START IS, YOU KNOW, IF THINK ABOUT IT FROM THE CONCEPT THAT IF I EVER NEED HELP, HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW.

HERE'S THE BANK ACCOUNTS ARE THE INSURANCE POLICIES, THE PASSWORDS, THE CODE TO THE SAFE EMERGENCY CONTACTS, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS THAT THAT IT'S HARD FOR ME BECAUSE I WALK AROUND KNOWING THE SAYING MY KIDS HAVE NO IDEA.

MY WIFE, YOU KNOW, SHE KNOWS MOST OF IT, BUT MAKING SURE THAT YOU'RE STARTING THERE AND THEN GETTING INTO THINGS LIKE THE WISHES THEY HAVE.

YOU KNOW, LATER ON IN LIFE, WHAT KIND OF SET UP WOULD YOU LIKE?

HOW LONG YOU WANT TO STAY ALL?

HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT ASSISTED LIVING IN THOSE TYPES OF THINGS?

AND REALLY ALL OF THIS LEADS INTO.

BECAUSE THERE ARE THINGS OUT THERE THAT WILL HELP YOU FROM A LONG-TERM CARE PERSPECTIVE IS YOU'RE ULTIMATELY THINKING ABOUT MOVING INTO A FACILITY LATER IN LIFE, WHICH WOULD YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD PROBABLY MY PLAN AS WELL.

THERE ARE THINGS THAT CAN BE STRUCTURED THROUGHOUT THE FINANCIAL PLANNING CONVERSATION THAT CAN HELP FROM A TAX PERSPECTIVE TO LIGHT A SAFE FOR THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

THE LAST THING ON SAYS THIS ISN'T A ONCE AND DONE SO REALLY MAKING AN ONGOING CONVERSATION.

DOESN'T THAT'S NOT SOMETHING EVERY TIME YOU TALK.

YOU HAVE TO TALK ABOUT.

BUT, YOU KNOW, ONCE A YEAR SAYING HAS ANYTHING CHANGED FROM A FINANCIAL PLANNING PERSPECTIVE?

YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD EXPERIENCES THAT WOULD CHANGE.

I THINK ABOUT END OF LIFE AND THE THINGS YOU WANT TO WANT TO YOU HOW YOU WANT US TO TAKE CARE OF YOU WHEN THAT TIME COMES.

AND IT REALLY IS SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW FOR ME, I THINK IT BE A PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF MY PARENTS.

THEY DID GREAT JOB RAISING TO TAKE CARE OF ME AND ALREADY JOKE WITH MY KIDS SOMEDAY YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THESE ON FINDING THE BEST I CAN WITH YOU RIGHT NOW.

SO THAT YOU PAY BACK LATER ON THE FUTURE.

>> AND THEN IF OLDER INVESTORS DON'T SHARE THEIR WISHES FOR FINANCIAL ACCOUNTS AND ASSETS BEFORE PASSING IT, WHAT OPTIONS DOES THAT LEAVE?

THEN THEIR CHILDREN AND HEIRS IN THE EVENT THAT THEY STILL NEED THESE KIND OF ASSETS?

CAN THEY STILL WORK WITH THE PARENTS?

ORIGINAL FINANCIAL ADVISER, OR IS THIS A DIFFERENT PROCESS THAT THEY WOULD NOW HAVE TO LOOK INTO?

>> YEAH, I THINK THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK WITH THE FINANCIAL ADVISOR.

THINK THAT'S WHERE, YOU KNOW, JUST ANOTHER BENEFIT THAT THEY CAN BE A CONDUIT TO THAT.

I'VE ALSO HAD SITUATIONS WHERE I'VE SEEN THAT THAT.

THE KIDS AFTER THE PARENT HAS PUT A SITUATION WHERE THEY CAN'T COMMUNICATE THEIR NEEDS ANY.

I'VE HAD A REALLY DIFFICULT TIME GETTING ACCESS TO MAKE ACCOUNTS, GETTING ACCESS TO DIFFERENT TYPES OF FINANCIAL SERVICES ACCOUNTS BECAUSE THOSE THING THOSE ARE VERY HIGHLY PROTECTED, RIGHT?

THERE WERE ALWAYS IN THE FINANCIAL SERVICES INDUSTRY PROTECTING AGAINST FRAUD.

AND SO.

HAVING THOSE CONVERSATION BEFORE HAND, A BIG HELP.

THERE ARE TYPICALLY WAYS TO GET THROUGH THAT AFTER THE FACT.

BUT IT COULD TAKE A GREAT DEAL OF TIME.

AND IT'S IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU REALLY WANT YOUR LOVED ONE TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH.

AND REALLY, AGAIN, THEY DID THAT JUST TRYING TO TAKE THE BEST CARE OF YOU.

>> I THINK THIS IS A LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION TO HELP PEOPLE CONTINUE THEIR PLANS FOR THE FUTURE.

SO MISTER PEREZ, THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO TALK TO US TODAY.

YEAH, THANKS FOR HAVING ME ON.

APPRECIATE IT.

>> ALZHEIMER'S, MENOPAUSE AND PREVENTATIVE CARE ARE JUST A FEW OF WOMEN'S MEDICAL CONCERNS.

HOWEVER, A NEW REPORT ON THE STATE OF WOMEN'S HEALTH SHEDS LIGHT ON WHAT WOMEN ACTUALLY KNOW AS WGCUS KATE CRONIN TELLS US SOME OF THE FINDINGS MIGHT COME AS A SURPRISE.

>> A NEW REPORT FROM CLEVELAND CLINIC SHOWS MOST WOMEN DON'T KNOW THEY ARE AT HIGHER RISK FOR DEVELOPING ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE.

AND WHILE THEY'RE TAKING SOME STEPS TO HELP WITH PREVENTION, SUCH AS PLAYING BRAIN GAMES AND MAINTAINING SOCIAL CONNECTIONS, THERE IS MORE THAT THEY COULD DO.

>> SO SOME OF THE STRONGEST SCIENCE OF PREVENTING DEMENTIA COMES FROM A FEW RISK FACTORS THAT CAN BE CONTROLLED.

THESE ARE YOUR CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS.

SO KNOWING YOUR NUMBERS, YOUR CHOLESTEROL, YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE, YOUR BLOOD SUGAR.

BECAUSE WHAT'S GOOD FOR THE HEART IS GOOD FOR THE BRAIN.

>> DR PELL IN THE TOUR SPECIALIZES IN WOMEN'S HEALTH.

SHE SAYS DIET EXERCISE, SLEEP AND YOUR MENTAL HEALTH PLAY A ROLE TO ONE.

THAT MIGHT BE A SURPRISE TO FOLKS IS PREVENTING DEPRESSION BECAUSE DEPRESSION IS VERY CLOSELY TIED.

>> TO DEMENTIA RISK.

THE REPORT SHOWS THAT THERE IS ALSO A GAP IN KNOWLEDGE WITH MENOPAUSE.

MORE THAN 2 IN 5 WOMEN DO NOT KNOW THAT MENOPAUSE CAN AFFECT MULTIPLE BODY SYSTEMS, INCLUDING THE HEART.

>> BRAIN AND BONE HEALTH.

IT'S CHANGING OUR CARDIOVASCULAR RISKS.

ARE CHOLESTEROL IS A CHANGING.

WE HAVE A HARDER TIME METABOLIZING ARE SUGARS.

>> ANOTHER NOTABLE FINDING WAS NEARLY ONE-THIRD OF WOMEN HAVEN'T SEEN THEIR PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER IN THE PAST 2 YEARS BELIEVING THEY ARE HEALTHY IN SIMPLY NOT FEELING THE NEED TO GO.

THIS ACTUALLY PAINS ME TO SEE THE STATISTIC BECAUSE THEY'RE REALLY MISSING AN OPPORTUNITY TO CATCH.

>> DISEASES AND EARLIER SILENT STATE.

>> DR DETOUR SAYS THE REPORT MAKES IT CLEAR MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE TO HELP RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT WOMEN'S HEALTH, ESPECIALLY AS THEY AGE.

I WANT WOMEN IN MIDLIFE AND BEYOND TO REALLY PRIORITIZE THEMSELVES.

HOW >> YOU ASSESS YOUR RISK FACTORS, HOW TRUST THEM.

>> REALLY DETERMINES WHETHER YOU'RE GOING TO TRANSITION IN LATER LIFE INTO IT.

>> STATE OF DISEASE OR STATE OF WELLNESS.

SO REALLY A CRITICAL WINDOW.

>> AND WHILE THE REPORT DOES REVEAL THEIR IS A GAP IN KNOWLEDGE, THOSE SURVEYED SAID THEY WERE MORE LIKELY TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THEIR HEALTH.

ONCE THEY LEARNED ABOUT THE ISSUE FOR WGCU NEWS, I'M KATE CRONIN.

>> HERE'S SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WOMEN AND ALZHEIMER'S FROM THE WGCU NEWSROOM.

A STUDY BY BROWN UNIVERSITY SHOWS THAT WOMEN GENERALLY PERFORM BETTER ON VERBAL MEMORY TEST THROUGHOUT THEIR LIFE, WHICH CAN BE A DISADVANTAGE, THOUGH, FOR DIAGNOSING ALZHEIMER'S.

THAT'S BECAUSE WOMEN SCORE WELL ON STANDARD MEMORY TESTS, EVEN THOUGH THEY MIGHT ALREADY HAVE THE DISEASE WHICH LEADS TO A DELAYED DIAGNOSIS UNTIL THE DISEASE IS MUCH FURTHER ALONG FOR MORE HEALTH NEWS JUST LOG ONTO WCU DOT ORG.

AFTER THE BREAK.

BRIDGING THE CONNECTION BETWEEN CULTURE AND CLOTHING.

HOW A SIMPLE FASHION SHOW ALLOWS PARTICIPANTS TO TAKE A DEEP DIVE INTO AFRICAN HERITAGE.

FINDING CULTURE THROUGH FASHION.

THE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CONGREGATIONAL OF GREATER NAPLES.

THESE PEOPLE THE CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE THE AFRICAN CONTINENT IN ACROSS A FASHION SHOW.

THE EVENT WAS ABOUT MUCH MORE THAN THE CLOTHING WGCUS CULTURE AND CONNECTIONS.

REPORTER ELIZABETH ANDARGE HAS THE STORY.

>> GOT A DAY.

THE MY HOW THE EYE MY NAME IS MARIA OFF.

YOU COULD BE YES, THAT IS MY MIDDLE NAME.

YES, DAN MERRETT, NICE AFRICA.

WHENEVER I ARRIVED AT WORK AND FILL IN AN AFRICAN COUNTRY WAS OFTEN RECENT.

MARNI WELCOME ALL OF THEM MISS OUT RIGHT NOW.

>> FOR 4 DECADES AFTER COLE WAS HER MIDDLE NAME OFFICE CLASSROOM AND SECOND HOME.

22 COUNTRIES FROM SUDAN TO SOUTH AFRICA, DR B HAS A PHD IN SOCIAL SCIENCES AND YEARS OF FIELDWORK ACROSS THE CONTINENT LAST WEEK SHE UNPACKED BOTH FOR NAPLES AUDIENCE.

>> WELL, I CAN TELL US WHERE SOMEONE YOU FROM, WHAT WILL THEY DO WITH THEIR MONEY?

THEY'RE SPENDING OR HOW THEY WISH TO PRESENT HIMSELF.

THE WORLD.

>> SHE DID NOT ARRIVE KNOWING ANY OF THIS.

SHE LEARNED THAT SOMETIMES PAINFULLY.

>> IT'S BEING RESPECTFUL TOWARDS YOU KNOW WHAT THEY CONSIDER.

APPROPRIATE CLOTHING.

THE ONE TIME I WAS SORT OF WEARING NOT THE RADIO SHORT SKIRT, BUT MAYBE BELOW THE KNEE ONTO THE MARKET AND SOME OF THESE CITED TO FOLLOW ME.

AND WITH ME.

ON THE LEG, I SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, I SHOULD NOT HAVE DONE THAT.

>> IN SUDAN, THE LESS THAN ARRIVED FAST, THE SOLUTION SHE FOUND WAS ALREADY INGRAINED IN THE CULTURE AND CLIMATE.

>> FROM THE TIME I STARTED ON ONE END OF THE CLOSE LINE TO THE AND THE OTHER AND THIS CLOSE, WE'RE DRY.

THAT'S HOW HOT IT WAS.

>> THE FASHION SHOW THAT FOLLOWED, WHO'S MORE ARCHIVE THAN RUNWAY JUDY.

THERE NOW IS GOING TO BE JOINING US WEARING LIVE 90 WEDDING DRESS FROM ALGERIA.

>> ISN'T THAT SPENDING?

THE BRIDE ENTERS ADORNED IN THE LAYERS OF MEANING HER DOWN RICH WITH EMBROIDERY PERFORMED WRITTEN GOLDEN SILVER COINS.

IF EACH COIN MARK OF INDEPENDENTS AND WEALTH.

>> DOES SHE KEEP CARRIED HISTORY?

EVEN ACROSS OCEANS.

>> BUT TO SEE EMERGES AS A LIVING LANGUAGE.

>> IT'S MY IT'S DRAWN FROM NATURE AND HISTORY.

>> A FABRIC OF MEMORY AND SHARED IDENTITY.

ITS VOICE GROWS ACROSS TIME AND DISTANCE IN THE 1960'S.

THAT MOVIE ON THE CONTINENT WARNING THE STREETS DURING THE CIVIL RIGHTS AND BLACK POWER MOVEMENTS, THE CIRCLE OF UNITY AND IMMEDIATE RESISTANCE.

AND YET IT SPEAKS WITH MORE THAN ONE VOICE.

>> SHE POINTED TO A MASK FROM LIBERIA UP CLOSE.

IT READS DIFFERENTLY THAN ONE WOULD EXPECT.

>> THE BROAD FOR EDITS FOR INTELLIGENCE.

THAT SMALL MOUTH IS KEEP YOUR MILD SHOCK THE THEM.

YOU ARE.

AND THE HAIR.

>> ALSO SIGNIFIES SOME SOCIAL COOPERATION BECAUSE YOU NEED SOMEONE ELSE TO LIKE JUST.

>> TO HELP YOU WITH YOUR HAIR.

I CAN'T DO IT BY YOURSELF.

AND YOU HAVE TO DO IT FOR OTHERS AS WELL.

SO I GUESS THAT'S WHY I KIND OF LIKE, LIKE THOSE.

>> AFTER 40 YEARS OF ACCEPTING INVITATIONS LAST WEEK, SHE EXTENDED ONE SPACE COULD BE THAT.

I APPRECIATE THEIR FASHION.

AND I LEARNED SOME OF THE THE MEANINGS BEHIND SOME OF THE SALON.

>> WE ARE BY PRESENTING IT TO ME.

THEY'RE READY INVITING ME INTO THEIR CULTURE THING.

WE GIVE THIS TO YOU BECAUSE WE WANT TO DO.

WEAR IT AND TO SHOW OTHERS.

THAT, YOU KNOW, HOW BEAUTIFUL OUR THING SAW HER.

>> AND AS A JOURNEY COMES TO A CLOSE, WE PAUSE NOT ONLY TO ACQUIRE TO IT.

NOW THIS PRESENTATION IS OFFERED WITH DEEP RESPECT AND GRATITUDE HONORING CULTURES HISTORIES AND COMMUNITIES FROM WHICH WE USE PERMITS AND THE SPIRIT OF UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST VALUES.

WE SEE TURNER TO HONOR AND TO ENGAGE WITH CARE AND RESPECT.

MAY THIS BE NOT AN ACTIVE APPROPRIATION, BUT I APPRECIATION ATTRIBUTE TO TRANSITION IDENTITY AND THE VERY HAPPY TO HERITAGE.

>> FOR WGCU NEWS, I'M ELIZABETH ANDARGE >> COMING UP ON OUR NEXT PROGRAM, FLORIDA HAS BANNED MORE BOOKS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS THAN ANY OTHER STATE IN THE COUNTRY.

A SPECIAL PROGRAM NATIONWIDE MAKES BANNED BOOKS AVAILABLE TO FLORIDA.

STUDENTS WHO MEET CERTAIN AGE REQUIREMENTS.

FIND OUT HOW STUDENTS CAN ACCESS THOSE BOOKS BANNED IN THEIR PUBLIC CLASSROOMS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US AND MAKE SURE YOU HEAD TO WGCU DOT ORG.

THAT'S WHERE YOU'LL FIND ALL OF OUR STORIES.

HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU NEXT TIME RIGHT HERE ON SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

IN FOCUS.