THIS IS SOUTH WEST, FLORIDA IN FOCUS.

COMING UP, ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ NOT ONLY REMAINS OPEN IT NOW FACES ANOTHER LAWSUIT.

WE'RE FINDING OUT WHY THIS LATEST CALL TO THE COURT IS OVER AIR POLLUTION.

WE'RE ALSO TAKING YOU TO THE FORT MYERS FRENCH FESTIVAL, AN UP CLOSE LOOK AT HOW A HIGH SCHOOL DIRECTOR REIMAGINED THE CLASSIC ON STAGE PERFORMANCE.

AND IT TURNED INTO A PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER.

1000 VOICES, 50 STATES AND WHAT THE AMERICAN DREAM MEANS TODAY AFTER TALKING TO THE DIRECTOR OF THE NEW DOCUMENTARY, AMERICA GO.

WE'RE GIVING YOU A LOOK AT WHAT'S TO COME.

HELLO, I'M JENNIFER CRAWFORD.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

A NEW LAWSUIT INVOLVING ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ ACCUSES THE STATE OF FLORIDA OF BREAKING THE FEDERAL CLEAN AIR ACT.

THE CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, AN LEDGES AIR POLLUTION FROM THE MASSIVE IMMIGRANT DETENTION FACILITY BUILT LAST SUMMER IN THE EVERGLADES IS HURTING PEOPLE ENDANGERED SPECIES.

AND THE ECOSYSTEM.

THE COMPLAINT STATES THAT DANGEROUS AIR POLLUTANTS ARE RELEASED BY A FLEET OF INDUSTRIAL SIZED DIESEL GENERATORS USED TO POWER THE FACILITY WHICH IS SURROUNDED BY BIG CYPRESS, NATIONAL PRESERVE DESPITE THE IMPENDING REPORTED CLOSURE OF ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ, ENVIRONMENTALIST FILED A NEW LAWSUIT THIS TIME SPECIFICALLY AGAINST KEVIN GUTHRIE AND HIS OFFICIAL ROLE AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE FLORIDA DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ATTORNEY FOR THE CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY.

RYAN MAHAR JOINS US NOW TO TALK ABOUT THE LATEST LEGAL CHALLENGE.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

YOU SPECIALIZE IN VIOLATIONS OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT, WHICH IS A FEDERAL THAT HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR DECADES NOW.

THIS 40 PAGE COMPLAINT THAT WAS RECENTLY FILED IN THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA IN MIAMI.

WHAT ARE THE KEY POINTS OF YOUR ALLEGATIONS THAT SPECIFICALLY TARGET MISTER KEVIN GUTHRIE?

>> IT'S A STRAIGHTFORWARD LAWSUIT OVER A FAILURE TO GET AN AIR POLLUTION PERMIT.

SO THE REQUIREMENTS THAT APPLY ARE CLEAR WHEN A SOURCE OF AIR POLLUTION OF THIS MAGNITUDE STARTS CONSTRUCTING OPERATING.

THEY NEED AN AIR POLLUTION PERMIT THAT KEEPS THEIR OPERATIONS AND CHECK-IN PROTECTS THE ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC HEALTH TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE.

>> CAN YOU TOUCH ON THE MAIN CONCERNS?

I KNOW YOU HAD MENTIONED AIR POLLUTION AND IT IMPACTING SOIL AND WATER DOWN THE ROAD.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

THERE ARE A VARIETY OF PATHWAYS WHEREBY THIS AIR POLLUTION DOES HARM TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT.

SO DIRECTLY THROUGH INHALING THIS POLLUTION, PEOPLE WHO ARE AT THE FACILITY OR AROUND IT ARE HARMED AND THEN AIR POLLUTION ALSO SETTLES ON SOILS PLANT SURFACES AND WATERWAYS AND CAUSES PROBLEMS VIA THAT MECHANISM AS WELL.

IT'S A PROCESS CALLED DEPOSITION AND YOU CAN HAVE ACIDIFICATION OF WATER BODIES THAT WERE YOU TO HAITIAN WHEREBY YOU GET BLUE-GREEN ALGAL BLOOMS, FOR EXAMPLE.

SO THERE ARE A VARIETY OF MECHANISMS OF HARM IN PLAY HERE.

>> NOW I SAW THAT THERE ARE UPWARDS OF 200 GENERATORS THAT YOU BELIEVE ARE THERE AT THE SITE AND THAT SORT OF THE THE IMPETUS FOR THIS AIR POLLUTION.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

THEY'VE BUILT A POWER PLANT THAT RUNS ON DIESEL FUEL AND THEY'RE RUNNING GENERATORS TO PRODUCE ELECTRICITY AS WELL AS TO POWER THE LIGHTING TOWERS ESSENTIALLY.

24 7 THAT MEANS A LOT OF THE DANGEROUS CHEMICALS ARE EXITING AND BEING EMITTED BY THIS FACILITY.

>> WHY IS THIS AREA IN THE EVERGLADES SO IMPORTANT TO PROTECT?

>> WE'LL WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ONE OF AMERICA'S FIRST NATIONAL PRESERVES HERE.

IT'S ALREADY A FRAGILE ECOSYSTEM, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO WATER QUALITY.

AND IT'S CHRISTINE.

I MEAN, IT'S BEAUTIFUL DOWN THERE.

THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE.

ARE DEVOTED TO THE THEIR SURROUNDINGS AND THE BEAUTY OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE SPECIES WHO LIVE THERE.

SO IT'S A REALLY SPECIAL PLACE IN THIS COUNTRY.

AND IT'S DISMAL.

WHAT'S HAPPENING?

>> AND THEN WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP WITH THIS LEGAL CHALLENGE?

AS FAR AS THE JUDICIAL PROCESS IS CONCERNED?

>> WE HAVE SOME INITIATING MATTERS TO ATTEND TO AGAIN, THERE IS A TREMENDOUS AROUND AMOUNT OF UNCERTAINTY AROUND WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN IN THE COMING WEEKS.

SO THAT WILL CERTAINLY INFORM STRATEGY.

BUT WE'RE JUST GOING TO USE EVERY LEGAL TOOL AT OUR DISPOSAL TO KEEP THE PRESSURE ON AND AND ENCOURAGE THIS FACILITY TO CLOSE.

>> HAVE YOU HAD ANY CONCERNS ABOUT SPECIFIC PEOPLE BEING IMPACTED BY THE POLLUTION?

>> CERTAINLY THE PEOPLE WHO ARE DETAINED AT THIS FACILITY AS WELL AS THE PEOPLE WHO WORK THERE ARE ESSENTIALLY LIVING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RACETRACK WHERE SEMI TRUCKS ARE DRIVING CONTINUOUSLY.

THAT'S THE EMISSIONS EQUIVALENT HERE.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT POLLUTION THAT HUNDREDS OF SEMI TRUCKS DRIVING ON HIGHWAYS FOR A YEAR WOULD PUT OUT NOT TO MENTION THE NOISE ASSOCIATED THAT WITH THAT THE OLDER PEOPLE CAN TASTE THIS POLLUTION ON THEIR TONGUE AND IT'S A DISASTER SITUATION.

>> WOULD YOU HOPE THAT PART OF THE RESOLUTION IS FOR THEM TO REMEDIATE AND RESTORE WHAT HAS BEEN LOST?

>> CERTAINLY THERE ARE ONGOING HARMS HERE.

SO WE ARE USING ALL LEGAL TOOLS TO ENSURE NOT JUST THAT THE FACILITY SHUTS DOWN, BUT THAT HARMS ARE TO US.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY.

AND WE WILL CERTAINLY KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THIS LAWSUIT.

>> WGCU REACHED OUT TO MISTER GUTHRIE AT THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR COMMENT ON THE LAWSUIT.

BUT WE HAVE YET TO HEAR BACK AFTER CALLING A SPECIAL SESSION TO AGREE ON A STATE BUDGET.

FLORIDA LAWMAKERS VOTED ON FRIDAY TO SEND THE BUDGET TO GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS.

STATE LAW MANDATES THAT AFTER LAWMAKERS AGREE ON THE BUDGET, THERE'S A 72 HOUR COOLING OFF PERIOD BEFORE THE VOTE CAN TAKE PLACE.

THIS YEAR'S BUDGET COMES IN AT ALMOST 115 BILLION DOLLARS.

GOVERNOR DESANTIS HAS VETO POWER AND SAID EARLIER THIS WEEK THAT HE'S LEANING TOWARD TRENDING.

THAT NUMBER DOWN BEFORE SIGNING IT INTO LAW.

LAWMAKERS ARE ALSO GOING TO BE IN TALLAHASSEE ON MONDAY FOR ANOTHER SPECIAL SESSION.

THIS ONE EXPECTED TO LAST FOR 3 DAYS.

THIS ONE TARGETS THE HOMESTEAD PROPERTY TAXES IN THE STATE.

THE GOVERNOR SAYS HE WANTS TO DO AWAY WITH HOMESTEAD PROPERTY TAXES AND HAS PUSHED FOR FACING THOSE TAXES OUT OVER A PERIOD OF TIME.

OPPONENTS, HOWEVER, ARGUE THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS RELY ON THAT INCOME FOR QUITE A NUMBER OF SERVICES, AN IMPORTANT INFRASTRUCTURE.

COMING UP, RAINY SEASON HAS FINALLY ARRIVED AND A CHANCE FOR SOME MUCH NEEDED RAIN.

WE ARE HEARING FROM A FIREFIGHTER AND LOOKING BACK AT THE WILDFIRE SEASON.

WE HAVE HAD.

THE MOST RECENT PARA WILDFIRES TO BURN IN THE WESTERN EVERGLADES ARE NOW OUT WGCU SENIOR ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTER TOM BAYLISS JOINS US NOW AFTER TALKING WITH THE WILD LAND FIREFIGHTER WHO HAS VIRTUALLY BEEN ON THE SCENE OF EVERY SIGNIFICANT BLAZE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

>> THAT'S THE THAT'S RIGHT.

AND INTERESTING ENOUGH IS NO WILDLAND.

FIREFIGHTERS WERE HURT, NO LIVES WERE SERIOUSLY DISRUPTED AND NO HOMES WERE LOST.

IT HAS RAINED HARD IN SPOTS THROUGHOUT SOUTHWEST FLORIDA THIS WEEK AND IN EACH YEAR, 1.5 INCHES THERE.

A GUY WHO OWNS A FANCY CALIBRATED RAIN GAUGE AT A HOUSE ALONG THE PEACE RIVER RECORDED 18 INCHES OF RAIN SO FAR THIS YEAR.

BUT THE BURSA MARINE HAVE BEEN SPOTTY AND DELUGE IS DON'T QUENCH A DROUGHT AND SEVERE AS THE ONE STILL GRIPPING SOUTH FLORIDA.

THAT TAKES LIGHT SHOWERS ON A REGULAR BASIS FOR WEEKS.

JESSE LAVENDER OF THE FLORIDA FOREST SERVICE HAS BEEN ALL OVER THE EVERGLADES THIS YEAR WORKING WILDFIRES THAT ARE COMING IN TWOS.

THE RIVER OF GRASS HAS BEEN ON FIRE SOMEWHERE SINCE FEBRUARY.

THE FIRST BREAK CAME JUST DAYS AGO WHEN THE RIFLE RANGE ROAD AND AS FIRES WERE PUT OUT.

>> SO THIS IS MORE OF A LOW.

WE'VE HAD SOME RAINS.

WE'RE FINALLY GETTING SOME INCHES OF RAIN.

HOWEVER, THAT'S NOT WIDESPREAD.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE ARE STILL FAR BEHIND IN THE AMOUNT OF RAIN THAT WE SHOULD BE SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED BY NOW.

SO JUST PLEASE REPORT ANYTHING YOU SEE.

WE ARE, YOU KNOW, STILL ON HIGH ALERT.

THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT FLORIDA IS NOW IN THE RAINY SEASON.

>> SOME MODELS ARE SHOWING THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BRING TYPICAL RAIN SHOWERS.

WELL, OTHER MODELS CHANCE SEVERAL MONTHS AWAY.

BUT THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT WHATEVER RAINS COME THAT THEY WILL CLINCH THE DROUGHT.

IT'S BEEN OVER SOUTHWEST FLORIDA SINCE THE BEGINNING OF LAST YEAR.

>> TOM TILLIS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE UPDATE.

>> THANK YOU, JENNIFER.

>> MAKE SURE YOU ARE KEEPING UP WITH ALL OF TOM BAYLISS IS ENVIRONMENTAL STORIES BY LOGGING ONTO OUR WEBSITE AT WGCU DOT ORG.

THE WARM SUMMER MONTHS ARE TYPICALLY FULL OF FUN IN THE SUN, ESPECIALLY FOR CHILDREN ENJOYING THEIR SUMMER BREAK.

BUT AS WGCUS KATE CRONIN REPORTS THE RISKS OF LEAD POISONING.

ALSO RISE WITH THE TEMPERATURE AND KIDS ARE ESPECIALLY >> EXPOSURE IS A COMMON CONCERN YEAR ROUND, BUT EXPERTS SAY RISK INCREASED DURING THE WARMER MONTHS FOR KIDS.

WE CAN SEE MORE HOMES BEING REMODELED AND THAT CAN LEAD TO MORE DEATHS.

GENERATION IN THE HOMES.

>> AND SO THE THE DUST THAT'S IN THE HOUSE IS JUST TENDS TO CONTAIN MORE LEAD PARTICLES.

>> THE OTHER PIECE THAT WE HAD IS PEOPLE ARE GOING IN AND OUT OF THEIR HOMES, MORE THEIR OPENING AND SHUTTING THEIR WINDOWS.

MORT.

AND SO THAT ANY PAINT THAT IS ON THOSE WINDOW SILLS OR DOOR FRAMES AND IT EXPERIENCE IS REPEATED, FRICTION WILL START TO DETERIORATE AND CREATE MORE ABOUT LEAD DUST AS WELL.

>> WHILE THERE'S NO SAFE LEVEL OF LEAD EXPOSURE FOR ANYONE.

CLEVELAND CLINIC, PEDIATRICIAN ROUTE.

BUT TO COURSE AS CHILDREN UNDER AGE 6 ARE AT THE GREATEST RISK.

THAT'S BECAUSE THEIR BRAINS ARE STILL DEVELOPING.

LEAD POISONING CAN CAUSE IRREVERSIBLE DAMAGE IN THIS AGE GROUP LEADING TO ISSUES LIKE DEVELOPMENTAL DELAYS AND BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS.

>> DR CARR SAYS EXPOSURE MAINLY COMES FROM INGESTING OR INHALING DUST FROM DETERIORATING LEAD BASED PAINT FROM OLDER HOMES, ESPECIALLY THOSE BUILT BEFORE 1978, IF YOU NOTICE LEAD PAINT, THAT'S CHIPPING CLEAN THE AREA WITH A DAMP CLOTH UP THEN SAFELY COVER OR REPAINTED TO PREVENT FURTHER EXPOSURE, DR.

TO COURSE, AS THE RISK EXTENDS OUTSIDE AS WELL WHEN LEAD PAINT DETERIORATES IN FLAKES OFF THE EXTERIOR OF THE HOME.

>> WHAT WE FIND IS THAT WHEN KIDS ARE PLAYING OUTDOORS, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE PLANE ON THEIR SOIL, WHERE, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A GRASS THAT'S KIND OF COVERING THE SOIL AND KEEPING IT DOWN OR MULCH THEY ARE AT RISK FOR BEING EXPOSED TO LEAD.

THAT'S IN THE SOIL AROUND HOMES.

>> DR TO CORPS AT THE CHILDREN WITH LEAD POISONING OFTEN HAVE NO SYMPTOMS.

THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO CHECK WITH YOUR PEDIATRICIAN TO SEE IF YOUR CHILD SHOULD BE TESTED FOR WGCU NEWS.

I'M KATE CRONIN.

>> COMING UP, A PAIR OF PLACE TAKE CENTER STAGE WITH ONE CHARACTER IN COMMON.

WE'LL TAKE YOU TO AN UPCOMING PERFORMANCE AT THE FRINGE FESTIVAL.

YOUTH PORTION OF THE FORT MYERS FRENCH FESTIVAL.

WGCU ARTS REPORTER TOM HALL HAS DETAILS.

>> FOR THE 3RD CONSECUTIVE YEAR, CYPRESS LAKE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WILL TAKE PART IN THE FORT MYERS FRINGE FESTIVAL PROGRAM.

DIRECTOR CARMEN RICHARD SAYS THERE'S MORE THAN MERE TRADITION INVOLVED BECAUSE I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO GET.

>> TO GET OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY TO GET EXPOSURE IN THE COMMUNITY AND TO, YOU KNOW, JUST TO KIND OF A WELCOME A NEW AUDIENCE IS AND ALSO JUST GET MORE PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE.

>> THE FIRST OF THEIR 2 FRIENDS PRODUCTIONS IS WHY WE'LL SEE QUACK CHILDREN SHOW BY LOCAL PLAYWRIGHT MAIN KILLER ABOUT A NON-VERBAL DOCK.

>> THIS IS A SHOW ABOUT A FAMILY OF DOCKS AND THERE'S ONE DUCK MEMES E WHO IS NONVERBAL?

>> Z SIBLINGS DON'T UNDERSTAND HIS INABILITY TO ARTICULATE HIS THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS OR EVEN ANSWER SIMPLE.

STRAIGHT FORWARD QUESTIONS.

>> SHE HAS A POINT.

>> WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW.

>> WHY WON'T SEE WHY?

>> Z IS THE ROCK OF THE FAMILY >> AND HUGH JACKSON AND WE CAN'T PAY BE A RECORD.

>> MAYBE YOU SHOULD SEE A DOCTOR.

WE'RE GOING TO SEE.

>> HAPPENED TO BE CARRYING THAT AROUND WITH YOU.

BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE.

>> THE STORY WAS INSPIRED BY THE PLAYWRIGHT SON ZANDER, WHO'S ON THE SPECTRUM.

THE DUCKS ARE A METAPHOR FOR THE WAY PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND THEIR PARENTS.

WE'RE OFTEN OSTRACIZED WHEN THEY VENTURE OUT INTO THE WORLD.

WELL, KELLY NOTES THAT SOCIETY IS MAKING PROGRESS.

MANY STILL VIRTUALLY EXCLUDED FROM SOCIAL GROUPS AND GATHERINGS.

>> ANYTHING JUST ON THE EVE OF LAST YEAR, 10 HOMERS.

IT.

>> SO I WAS SAYING WHAT EVERYONE WAS THINKING OUT LOUD.

>> WE STILL DOING THIS SERIOUSLY.

>> YOU CAN DO IT.

SEE WHAT HOMES.

>> KELLER DELIVERS THIS MESSAGE WITH HUMOR AND THE DOCTOR SEUSS INSPIRED RHYME ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE SHOULD AND SHOULD NOT FEED TO DUCKS IN THE WILD.

>> EVEN A SMALL FISH.

I LIKE HEAT LOOK TO FOR HAMBURGER CHANCE TO BEAT.

BUT DON'T GIVE ME BRETT FOR >> THAT'S TRUE.

DON'T GET THIS CAR OR CRACKERS.

IT'S UNDER GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF ALL WATER ROSE AND HE'S YEAH.

STILL HAVE SOME PRETTY PLEASE.

YOU CAN BE DIFFERENT.

BUT LISTEN, HERE'S THE SCOOP.

>> ALI SUMMER, I WANT TO KNOW WHEN IT'LL TASTE LIKE HEAVEN.

>> SOME RAKING IN A SUM, VARIOUS EVEN PAGES BY ESTUARIES.

I DON'T EAT A FULL BOWL OF BREAKS.

BUT PHOEBE CITRUS IS A BIG MISTAKE.

>> CYPRESS LAKE WILL ALSO PERFORM A MODERN RETELLING OF ELECTRIC.

ONCE UPON A TIME THE COMMANDER SAID 1000 SHIP TO SAIL ACROSS THE ROCKY C.

>> AND FOR STUDENT AFFAIRS MEETING YOU COULD EVER IMAGINE.

THOUGH, THE VAST OCEAN TO TURN BACK IN, THOUGH HE WAS JUST FINE AS MEN.

THE PERSON OF THE YEAR BEFORE ENOUGH OF YOUR STORIES.

ELECT TRUMP.

MEANWHILE, A YOUNG GIRL WAITS AT HOME FOR HER FATHER TO RETURN HOME FROM WORK.

HE FINALLY RETURNS.

SHE WATCHES HER MOTHER MURDER FOR FATHER IN MARRIED.

HIS COUSIN.

IT WAS JUST A SPECK TOLD.

SHE IS FORCED TO LIVE UNDER THE BRIDGE FOR YEARS.

NOTHING MORE THAN A SERVANT.

A LOT TO STILL DRUNK AND YOU THINK, YEAH, THIS IS WHAT WAS BEST FOR ME.

YOU ARE DELUSIONAL >> THIS PERSON CALLS INTO QUESTION WHETHER THE EVENT ACTUALLY HAPPENED WERE INSTEAD THE HALLUCINATION AND THE MENTALLY ILL YOUNG WOMAN.

FIRST TIME STUDENT DIRECTOR KATIE COOK EXPLAINS HER VISION FOR THE PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER.

>> MY VISION WITH ELECTRO WAS BELIEVED TO HAVE THE THOUGHTS OF ELECTRIC FOR MY CLOSING IN ON HER THROUGHOUT IT.

SO A LOT OF POINTS AND SHOW WE HAVE THE CHORUS CLOSING IN ON ELECTRA AND REALLY LIKE BEING PART OF HER MIND AND HER FAULTS AND REALLY CONTROLLING HER THROUGHOUT THE SHOW.

>> CYPRESS LAKE IS ONE OF THE TOP HIGH SCHOOL THEATER PROGRAMS IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

ITS PRODUCTION OF NATASHA PIERRE AND THE GREAT COMET OF 18, 12 WAS RECENTLY NAMED BEST MUSICAL AT THE 2026 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL THEATRE AWARDS.

THE STUDENT'S TALENT AND TRAINING ARE ON FULL DISPLAY IN ELECTRA TOYED WITH THE WORK.

WE'VE GOT YOUR FROM THE U.S.

>> WE'LL SEE BENEFITS.

WE MUST ACT ON ITS OWN.

>> ALL.

I WANTED TO BE FREE.

>> YOU CAN BET WITH STATE PRISON LIKE YEAH, YEAH.

>> Y Z WON'T.

CRACK IS SATURDAY AT 10 11:30AM, ELECTRA A MODERN RETELLING.

IS THAT ONE AND 02:30PM.

BOTH ARE IN THE OFF BROADWAY THEATER AT BROADWAY, PALM.

FOR WDSU NEWS ON TOM HALL.

>> THIS LOOKS LIKE THE REALLY INTENSE SHOW.

WHAT MORE CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT IT?

>> WELL, THIS SHOW IS GOING TO KEEP AUDIENCES ON THE EDGE OF THEIR SEATS FROM BEGINNING TO END.

UNLIKE THE GREEK TRAGEDY, THIS ELECTORATE IS INCARCERATED IN A MENTAL HOSPITAL AND IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO DISTINGUISH FACT FROM HALLUCINATION.

NOW, I CAN'T KEEP ENOUGH PRAISE ON RAKING STRAY CAT WHO PLAYS ELECTRA?

HERS IS A TOUR DE FORCE PERFORMANCE IN WHICH EATER VERSUS THE EMOTIONS OF GRIEF.

THE TRIAL OUTRAGE AND HATRED.

ANYONE WHO'S SEEN TIME TOW PURRS BURPING COURTROOM DRAMA, NUTS.

IT'S GOING TO LOVE.

LOVE.

LOVE RAY CAN STRIKE IN AN ELECTRIC.

BY THE WAY, I MISS TRADE CAN ALSO PLAY SHINY.

DOT NY, ONE Z QUACK.

AND EARLIER THIS MONTH SHE WAS ALSO RUNNER-UP FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A FEMALE IDENTIFYING ROLE AT THE TWENTY-TWENTY 6 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL THEATRE AWARDS AT THE BARBARA B MANN PERFORMING ARTS HALL.

>> NOW, SPEAKING OF WHY WANT TO SEE QUAKA?

WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU LIKE US TO KNOW ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR SHOW?

>> JUST THAT IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY DIFFICULT TO GET TICKETS.

AND THAT'S BECAUSE THE CHALLENGER BASEBALL LEAGUE HAS PURCHASED THE ENTIRE 11, 30 SHOT.

THE CHALLENGER DIVISION OF LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL WAS FOUNDED IN 1989 AND HIS LITTLE LEAGUE TO DEATH WITH BASEBALL PROGRAM FOR SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN, AGES 4 THROUGH ADULT.

EACH YEAR ABOUT 150 KIDS FROM LEE COLLIER AND HENDRY COUNTIES.

GET TO PLAY BASEBALL ON SATURDAY.

MORNINGS FROM JANUARY THROUGH APRIL.

THERE ARE NO, NO STRIKES.

EACH VETERAN REMAINS AT HOME-PLATE UNTIL THEY HIT THE BALL.

EVERYONE RUNS THE BASES.

THERE ARE NO OUT AND EVERY GAME ENDS IN A TIE WITH THE PLAYERS LINING UP TO HIGH-FIVE THE OPPOSING TEAM.

THE TRIAL COUNTY CHALLENGER, BASEBALL PLAYERS.

THEY GET TO DO SOMETHING NON DISABLED KIDS TAKE FOR GRANTED.

THAT'S BEING PART OF AN OF THAT.

AND THAT SOCIALLY ACCEPTING PLACE.

NOW, WHEN KELLER SONS, ANDERS PART OF THE LEAGUE.

AND THAT'S WHY THEY'RE COMING IN FORCE TO SEE WHY WON'T SEE QUACK.

IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT TIME.

>> IT SOUNDS LIKE IT AND I LOVE YOUR SHIRT, TOO.

THAT'S ADORABLE.

IT REALLY IS.

YES.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE.

IT'S MY PLEASURE.

THANKS, TOM.

>> MAKE SURE YOU ARE KEEPING UP WITH ALL OF TOM HALLS, ARTS STORIES.

>> BY HEADING TO OUR WEB SITE.

WGC,U DOT ORG.

THERE IS AN UPCOMING DOCUMENTARY YOU CAN WATCH FIRST ON WGCU DOT ORG AND THEN WATCH IT RIGHT HERE ON YOUR SCREEN.

ON JUNE 14TH, ON WTC TV, IT'S CALLED A MARIGOLD AND IT EXPLORES WHAT PEOPLE HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THE AMERICAN DREAM IN 2026.

AS PART OF OUR CONTINUING COVERAGE OF AMERICA.

2.50, AS WE COUNT DOWN TO THE 4TH OF JULY, I SAT DOWN WITH THE DIRECTOR OF AMERICA GO ADAM MASON FOR AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW AS HE WALKED US THROUGH HIS TRAVELS AND TOLD US WHEN HE DISCOVERED ALONG THE WAY.

AND NOW WITH THE OPENING OF THE DOCUMENTARY JUST DAYS AWAY, WE'RE BRINGING YOU A SPECIAL PREVIEW OF WHAT'S IN STORE.

>> WELL, IT IS THE AMERICAN AND STILL TRYING TO FIGURE THAT ONE OUT WHEN WE THINK THE AMERICAN DREAM, YOU WANT TO RUN 6 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.

THE BEASTIE BOYS FOUGHT FOR YOUR RIGHT TO DO THAT.

>> THE WHITE PICKET FENCE STEAKHOUSE, I THINK A SENSE THE WHITE PICKET FENCE, WHITE PICKET FENCE, WHITE PICKET FENCE LIKE THE DEFENSE IS A WHITE PICKET FENCE.

YOU KNOW, HUSBAND, WIFE, 2 KIDS AND DOG.

>> IF YOU'RE GROWING INTO BEING A TITAN OF INDUSTRY AND MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING, NOT.

>> GROWING YOUR PARTY, I THINK OWNING A HOME THESE DAYS FEELS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE.

I DON'T THINK THAT I'LL BE ABLE TO AFFORD A HOUSE.

A ONE ON MY SOMETHING FOR A VOTE.

>> IF I MEAN I CAN DO THAT BATEMAN FOR THE HOUSE BECAUSE SHE SAID TOO MUCH MONEY.

>> IT'S JUST GOING TO DIE AS RICH GOT RICHER AND THE MIDDLE CLASSES EVAPORATED IT DIFFICULT THE MOMENT.

INSTEAD, THEY LOCKED THE FRONT STRAIGHT IN THE EYE WILL BE DECIMATED COMMUNITIES.

THIS TROOPER OF MARGINAL.

>> OKAY.

HAPPEN.

SOMEWHERE.

THERE'S A PRETTY BAD.

>> WE CREATED GREAT VENTURE.

WE CREATE A HOME PAGE AND WHAT WE ARE PROMISED IS NOT HERE ANYMORE.

IT'S GETTING HARDER FOR OUR COMMUNITIES TO TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER AND THIS COUNTRY.

>> AGAIN, THERE ARE JUST SO MANY AMAZING PEOPLE WHO WE HAVE THE RIGHT COMPASS.

THEIR NORTH STARS STILL.

>> STORIES ARE SINGULAR, BUT OUR DESTINY IS SHARED.

>> READ.

WE LACK OF A BETTER WORD.

IT'S GOOD.

>> WORK OR STAY OUT OF JAIL.

>> THIS IS THE AMERICAN DREAM.

>> BECAUSE IF YOU EVER NEEDED THAT AND FOR THE IT'S NOW >> ONCE AGAIN, HERE ARE DETAILS ON HOW TO CHECK OUT ADAM MASON'S LATEST WORK.

AMERICA GO.

IT BEGINS STREAMING ON W G C DOT ORG ON JUNE FIRST AND THEN AIRS ON WJCT TV ON SUNDAY, JUNE 14TH AT 05:00PM.

THEN THE DOCUMENTARY WILL BE AIRED NATIONWIDE ON PBS STATIONS ON THE 4TH OF JULY.

YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THOSE AIR TIMES AND MORE ABOUT MY EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH DIRECTOR ADAM MASON AT WGCU DOT ORG.

AND ALSO YOU CAN HAVE AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AND FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE FILM.

CHECK OUT AD TO 50 DOT COM.

OUR CONTINUING LOOK INTO FLORIDA TO 50 IS SPONSORED IN PART BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA THROUGH THE DIVISION OF ARTS AND CULTURE.

ON THE NEXT SOUTHWEST, FLORIDA IN FOCUS JUNE 1ST AND THE START OF THE ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON WGCU BRINGS YOU A SPECIAL EDITION TO MAKE SURE YOUR PREPARED FOR WHAT MOTHER NATURE HAS IN STORE AS WE GO IN-DEPTH WITH THE STORM SEASON OFFICIALLY HERE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TO MAKE SURE YOU HAD A WGCU DOT ORG, WHERE YOU'LL FIND ALL OF OUR STORIES.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AGAIN RIGHT HERE ON SOUTHWEST FLORIDA IN FOCUS