
Southwest Florida In Focus | Episode 326| July 14th, 2026
7/14/2026 | 25m 35sVideo has Closed Captions
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Southwest Florida In Focus | Episode 326| July 14th, 2026
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FLORIDA IN FOCUS IS COMING UP AFTER A PAIR OF DEADLY SHOOTINGS INVOLVING ICE AGENTS.
AND THE NEW ANNOUNCEMENT ON TRAFFIC STOPS BY IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS.
PEOPLE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA ARE HITTING THE STREETS PROTESTING WHAT THEY CLAIM IS RACIAL PROFILING.
PUSHING BACK ON MASSIVE DATA CENTERS.
SARASOTA COMMISSIONERS MAKE THEIR FEELINGS KNOWN REGARDING THE INSTALLATION OF COMPUTER DATA PROCESSING FACILITIES IN THEIR BACKYARD.
AND CELEBRATIONS WERE HELD IN FORT MYERS WITH THE FIRST BISHOP ORDINATION IN DECADES, RECOGNIZING THE APPOINTMENT OF THE NEW LEADER OF THE DIOCESE OF VENICE.
HELLO, I'M JENNIFER CRAWFORD.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
A NUMBER OF MEDIA OUTLETS ARE REPORTING HUGH S IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT AGENTS ARE BACKING OFF MOST TRAFFIC STOPS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THE DAILY WIRE REPORTED THAT'S 3 HOMELAND SECURITY SOURCES SAID THEY WERE TOLD THERE WOULD BE NO MORE VEHICLE STOPS FOR THE TIME BEING SIMILAR REPORTS CAME IN FROM FOX NEWS AND CBS, THE DAILY WIRE REPORTS THAT THE LATEST CHANGE PROVIDES LIMITED EXCEPTIONS WHEN OFFICERS HAVE A CRIMINAL WARRANT WITH THE AGENCY SAYING THAT THEY MUST WORK WITH OUTSIDE AGENCIES TO PULL OVER THE TARGET.
YOU CAN STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS BY VISITING WT C U DOT ORG.
2 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SHOT AND KILLED BY FEDERAL IMMIGRATION AGENTS IN THE PAST WEEK IN MAINE ON MONDAY, THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY SAID AND I SAW OFFICERS SHOT A MAN AND THAT THE AGENT FEARED FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE PROTESTED ON TUESDAY OVER THE DEATH OF THE MAN WHO WAS FROM COLOMBIA.
WE'RE ALSO LEARNING MORE ABOUT A MAN THAT WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY A FEDERAL IMMIGRATION OFFICER IN HOUSTON.
HERE'S MARISA DO HANEY FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
>> LORENZO SALGADO ARAPAHOE A 52 YEAR-OLD HOME BUILDER WHO WAS FATALLY SHOT BY AN IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT AGENT IN HOUSTON WAS NOT THE INTENDED TARGET OF THE FEDERAL OPERATION.
THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY WHICH OVERSEES ICE SAID FEDERAL AGENTS WERE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE ELSE WHEN THEY ATTEMPTED TO STOP.
SO GOT A RAW WHOSE VEHICLE DEMOCRATIC U.S.
REPRESENTATIVE SYLVIA GARCIA SAYS THAT THE ACTING ICE DIRECTOR CONFIRMED TO HER THAT SO GOT A RAW WAS NOT TARGET.
I'M HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT FACTS ARE NOT BURIED.
>> THE ORANGES FAMILY DESERVES ANSWERS IN MY CONSTITUENTS DESERVE ANSWERS.
WE ALL AMERICANS DESERVE ANSWERS.
ACCORDING TO HIS FAMILY SALGADO AROUND HAD LIVED IN THE U.S.
FOR MORE THAN 35 YEARS, HAD NO CRIMINAL RECORD AND WAS CLOSE TO FINISHING THE LONG PROCESS OF OBTAINING LEGAL STATUS WHEN HE WAS KILLED TUESDAY.
>> HE DID NOT DESERVE TO DIE.
HE DID NOT DESERVE TO BE REDUCED TO A HEADLINE OF MEXICAN MAN SHOT AND KILLED.
>> BY ICE, DHS PREVIOUSLY SAID THAT FEDERAL OFFICERS WERE CONDUCTING A TARGETED OPERATION TO ARREST A PERSON IN THE COUNTRY WITHOUT LEGAL STATUS WHEN THEY ATTEMPTED TO STOP A VEHICLE BEING DRIVEN BY SALGADO RAW HOLE.
THE AGENCY SAID THAT SALGADO ROCCO RAMMED AN ICE VEHICLE AND THAT A FEDERAL OFFICER FIRED A WEAPON IN SELF-DEFENSE.
DHS CLAIMS THAT NONE OF THE ICE AGENTS INVOLVED IN THE SHOOTING WERE WEARING BODY WORN CAMERAS.
FEDERAL OFFICIALS HAVE NOT RELEASED VIDEO OR IMAGES OF THE SHOOTING OR OF THE VEHICLES.
ACCORDING TO THE LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS, 3 MEN, INCLUDING SALGADO AROUND WHOSE BROTHER WERE DETAINED BY ICE DURING THE FATAL TRAFFIC STOP.
THE ORGANIZATION HAS YET TO OBTAIN VIDEO FOOTAGE THAT CLEARLY SHOWS WHAT HAPPENS IS OFFERING A REWARD OF $5,000 FOR INFORMATION FROM WITNESSES.
>> IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA LEGAL OBSERVERS HAVE BEEN TRACKING ICE OPERATIONS ON FRIDAY.
ACTIVISTS SAY A MAN WAS DETAINED BY AGENTS LEADING TO A SWIFT COMMUNITY OUTCRY AND RESPONSE WGC XIAN TO PARK REPORTS.
>> CONCERNED COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE PROTESTING ICE ACTIVITIES ACROSS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.
WITNESSES REPORT DAILY SIGHTINGS, ICE AGENTS AND SEE THAT AGENTS ARE DETAINING CERTAIN MEN.
MANY PEOPLE WE TALKED TO SAY THEY SEE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENTS STOPPING PEDESTRIANS, BICYCLISTS AND DRIVERS.
THEY SAY THE NEXT THING THEY KNOW A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY IS TAKEN AWAY IN A VAN.
>> IT'S NOT TAKING PEOPLE OFF THE STREET.
>> ACTIVIST GROUPS SAY THEY ARE SEEING THIS ACTIVITY IN NEIGHBORHOODS OF FORT MYERS AND BONITA SPRINGS VOLUNTEERS SAY THEY ARE IN THE STING HAS LEGAL OBSERVERS TO TRACK ICE ACTIVITIES BECAUSE THEY SAY THE PAYMENTS ARE HAPPENING SO FREQUENTLY ON FRIDAY MORNING.
WE NEED TO SEE IMMOKALEE POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT ONE LEGAL OBSERVER WAS SURROUNDED BY 5 ICE FIELD GOALS AND THEN DETAINED WITHIN HOURS.
A POP-UP PROTEST WAS HELD AT THE FACILITY IN SAO ROSE LANE IN FORT MYERS.
YEAH.
PEOPLE MET ONE ANOTHER FOR THE FIRST TIME AND SHARED STORIES OF HOW ICE RATES ARE AFFECTING FAMILIES.
>> THERE ARE TIMES STORMS ABOUT HOW GREAT THEY WERE.
WHAT I SAW MEN WITH GUNS AT THEIR APARTMENTS WHILE THE REAL QUICK HOW THEY >> WARREN'S THEIR MOTHERS TO GO INSIDE THE NUMBERS.
A LITTLE LITTLE KIDS.
IT'S IT'S SOMETHING MANY WITH GOD, HIS FATHER IN A MULTIPLAYER BECAUSE THE PROBLEM AND THEN IT JUST MAKES ME GO IN THIS COUNTY BILL.
>> THEY DID AFTER PROTESTING IN THE FLORIDA HEAT FOR SEVERAL HOURS, EVERYONE DISBANDED AND PLANNED.
A RALLY LATER THE SAME DAY IN BONITA SPRINGS.
BY EVENING.
WORD HAD GOTTEN OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA ABOUT ANOTHER POP-UP RALLY AND THIS TIME AROUND 100 PEOPLE SHOWED UP TO PROTEST ICE ACTIVITIES IN DOWNTOWN BONITA SPRINGS.
SILENCE IS CONSENT.
>> SO IT'S JUST ABOUT SAYING SOMETHING DOING SOMETHING, GETTING OUT THERE AND SPENDING MONEY.
IF IF THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED TO GO TO SUPPORT THE CAUSE WHILE CAR HORNS BLARED AND SOLIDARITY, THE CROWDS CHANTED.
>> HEALTH SIGNS AND WAVED FLAGS OF DIFFERENT COUNTRIES.
ONE PROTESTER SAYS HE SHOWED UP FOR HIS GRANDCHILDREN, SOME OF WHOM ARE LATINO.
HE SAYS SELECT IMMIGRANTS ARE BEING TARGETED AND PERSECUTED, ALTHOUGH THEY ARE LAW ABIDING AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE NATION'S ECONOMY.
THERE'S JUST ONE THE OTHER DAY THEY GOT THE WRONG PERSON.
THEY SAY CUT.
>> THE LAST ONE IS SAID THAT THEY'RE SAYING THEY GOT THE WRONG GUY.
YOU KNOW, IN A LIVING.
SO IT'S LIKE.
>> WHATS ME HAUSER JUST IN THAT WE SHOULD BE NO GUN INVOLVED HERE FOR A MISDEMEANOR.
AND IF YOU DO INCARCERATE SOMEBODY AT LEAST GET THEM THE OPPORTUNITY FOR HIM ON HERE SO THAT THEY CAN GET THEMSELVES OUT RIGHT AWAY.
>> ONE WOMAN SAYS SHE IS PARTICIPATING TO ALERT THE PUBLIC THAT ICE DETAINMENT ARE HAPPENING IN PLAIN SIGHT.
>> THEY ARE KEEPING THE SPIRIT WHO SEVERS.
YOU KNOW THE LIKE PEOPLE GET TAKEN AWAY BECAUSE THE POWERS THAT BE WANT TO MAKE IT SEEM LIKE IT'S A BIG SECRET AND IT DOESN'T HAPPEN HERE.
>> BUT IT'S HAPPENING MORE AND MORE.
SHE SAYS THAT.
>> BY DOCUMENTING HARASSMENTS AND DETAIN MEN'S LEGAL OBSERVERS ARE TRYING TO MAKE THE POLICE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS.
ONE MOTHER IN ATTENDANCE WORE A SHIRT THAT RED LAND OF THE FREE BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE.
SHE EXPRESSED CONFUSION OVER WHY SO MANY IMMIGRANTS.
SHE KNOWS ARE BEING PERSECUTED >> I DON'T SEE WHY WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS SITUATION AND NO ONE IS DOING ANYTHING WRONG WITH ANY OF THE PEOPLE BEING TAKEN AWAY OR JUST PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO WORK IN NOT ANYONE COMMITTING A CRIME OR DOING ANYTHING BAD AND THE AT LEAST THAT'S HOW IT HAS PLAYED OUT IN MY COMMUNITY.
>> IN COLLABORATION WITH DALLAS, SUNCOAST SEARCHLIGHT AND MICHAEL BARFIELD OF THE FLORIDA TRIED IT.
I'M JAN TO PARK FOR WGC USE.
>> HERE'S SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE BEING DETAINED ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
ACCORDING TO TRACK REPORTS, ICE DETENTION POPULATION REACHED AN ALL-TIME HIGH OF 70,766 PEOPLE ON JANUARY 24TH EARLIER THIS YEAR.
THIS SUMMER, THE AVERAGE IN CUSTODY POPULATION IS ABOUT 63,000 DETAINEES.
YOU CAN FIND MORE STORIES ON IMMIGRATION AND POLITICS BY VISITING OUR WEBSITE AT WGC.
YOU DOT ORG.
ON JULY.
FIRST, A NEW FLORIDA LAW WENT INTO EFFECT THAT ALLOWS CITIES AND COUNTIES TO BAN OR BLOCK APPLICATIONS FOR DATA CENTERS.
JUST LAST WEEK, SARASOTA COUNTY COMMISSIONERS VOTED TO HALT THE ACCEPTANCE REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF ANY MAJOR DATA CENTERS UNTIL AT LEAST 2027 ACCORDING TO SUNCOAST SEARCHLIGHT COMMISSIONERS CITED CONCERNS OVER, QUOTE, UTILITY RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION DATA CENTERS STORE AND PROCESS.
MASSIVE VOLUMES OF DIGITAL INFORMATION.
THIS CREATES SEVERAL SERIOUS CONCERNS INCLUDING THE USE OF ELECTRICITY AS WELL AS WATER CONSUMPTION TO COOL THE COMPUTER SERVERS.
SARASOTA JOINED OTHER COUNTIES, INCLUDING DESOTO CITRUS LAKE CLAY AND HERNANDO, WHO HAVE ENACTED MORATORIUMS OR OUTRIGHT BANS TO BLOCK THE DATA CENTERS.
>> FOR MORE ON SARASOTA COUNTY'S BAN ON HYPERSCALE DATACENTERS.
>> I'M JOINED BY CHRISTIAN ASSAIL.
HE'S A REPORTER WITH SUNCOAST SEARCHLIGHT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY.
CHRISTIAN.
>> YEAH, THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
>> CAN YOU FIRST EXPLAIN WHAT THE BACKGROUND IS OF THIS ISSUE PERTAINING TO THE FACT THAT IT CAME BEFORE THE BOARD.
YET THERE IS NO OFFICIAL PROPOSAL, CORRECT?
>> YEAH.
THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY APPLICATION FOR A LARGE-SCALE DATA CENTER IN SARASOTA COUNTY WITH THE STATE DEFINES AS LARGE-SCALE ARE HYPER SCALERS 50 MEGAWATTS OR MORE.
NO, 50 TO 50 WITH A MEGAWATT DATA CENTER USES AS MUCH POWER AS 15,000 TO 30,000 HOMES.
YOU ONE GIGAWATTS CENTER, WHICH IS AS LARGE AS THE SUN CAN GET ONE USE THE POWER OF A, YOU KNOW, LARGE CITY.
AND SO NONE OF THOSE HAVE BEEN TO KNOW THIS HAS TO DEVELOP AS IT APPROACHED THE COUNTY ABOUT IT.
I DENNIS AREAS HAVE BECOME A HUGE ISSUE.
THE STATE OF FLORIDA, ESPECIALLY IN A MIDTERM YEAR.
SO STAFF AT PEAR PACKET, GIVING THE SARASOTA COUNTY COMMISSION OPTIONS ON HOW THEY COULD APPROACH DATA CENTER APPLICATIONS.
THERE'S A LOT OF OPTIONS THAT THEY COULD A LOOK AT, BUT THEY IMMEDIATELY JUST OPTED FOR A 12 MONTH BAN OR FREEZE AS WHAT THEY'RE CALLING IT AND THEY DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANY APPLICATIONS FOR ANY HYPE OR SCALE DATA CENTERS.
AND THEY DIRECTED THEIR STAFF TO COME BACK WHEN THEIR BREAK IS OVER IN AUGUST AND GIVE THEM KIND OF A FORMAL PROPOSAL TO TAKE SOME MORE NEXT STEPS ON THAT IMPLEMENTATION.
>> AND ONCE THE 12 MONTH PERIOD EXPIRES, WHAT'S THE PLAN THEN?
IS THERE A PLAN?
>> YEAH, THIS WAS KIND OF THE FIRST STEP AND HOW SARASOTA COUNTY SETTING ITS DATA CENTER POLICY.
YOU KNOW, THE COMMISSIONERS WERE PRETTY ADAMANT.
THEY DON'T WANT THIS ANYWHERE NEAR THE COUNTY UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.
SO I WOULD EXPECT, YOU KNOW, IN AUGUST, THEY'RE GOOD.
THEY TRY TO WRITE SOMETHING INTO THEIR CODE AND JUST INTO THEIR A DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT THEY'RE 9 ANALYSTS AND APPLICATIONS.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS A MIDTERM YEAR.
YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONERS ARE TRYING TO KIND OF SHOW UP THERE, ANTI DEVELOPMENT, BONA FIDES.
THAT'S WHAT THESE ELECTION IN FLORIDA IS GOING TO BE ABOUT.
SO BE INTERESTING TO SEE AFTER THE PRIMARIES AFTER NOVEMBER.
IF THEY KIND OF KEEP THAT MOMENTUM UP.
BUT WHAT I SAW LAST WEEK, THEY'RE KIND OF FULL STEAM AHEAD ON GETTING THIS TO BE A PERMANENT MORATORIUM.
>> AND A LOT OF PEOPLE MAY NOT QUITE UNDERSTAND THE SCOPE OF ONE OF THESE HYPERSCALE CENTERS.
I UNDERSTAND THAT SOMEONE FROM THE COUNTY MADE A PRESENTATION HOW BIG THEY ARE AND WHAT COMPONENTS THERE ARE.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT?
WHAT DOES A HYPER SCALE CENTER IN TALE?
>> SURE.
SO I THINK A GOOD EXAMPLE IS ONE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD IN DESOTO COUNTY OUTSIDE OF ARCADIA.
MY COLLEAGUE ALEX HERMAN HAS REPORTED ON, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A RIGHT NOW.
34 ACRE PROPERTY THEY'D LIKE TO TURN TO A DATA CENTER THAT COULD GET AS BIG AS 1300 ACRES.
AND THEY'RE MARKETING IT AS OR TO INVESTORS AND VENDORS THAT IT COULD BE ONE LARGE DATA CENTERS IN THE PLANET.
YOU KNOW, THOSE DATA CENTERS THAT ARE AS BIG AS THEY CAN GET USE HUGE AMOUNTS OF ENERGY, HUGE AMOUNTS OF WATER.
IT CAN BE STRAINS ON THE ELECTRICAL GRID.
THEY CAUSE A LOT OF ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION.
THE WASTEWATER, THEN IT CAN GO INTO THE LOCAL WATER SUPPLY.
THERE'S A LOT OF NOISE, POLLUTION AND A LOT OF RURAL RESIDENTS REALLY, REALLY HAVE VOICED DISPLEASURE NOT JUST IN FLORIDA, BUT AROUND THE COUNTRY AT THE DATA CENTERS BEING BUILT.
I THINK THERE'S A FEELING THAT, YOU KNOW, OUT OF STATE PEOPLE ARE COMING IN AND BUILDING WHAT THEY NEED FOR THEIR OWN BUSINESSES.
BUT THAT A LOT OF BENEFIT FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS.
>> AND TO BE CLEAR AT THIS POINT, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THERE IS NOT ONE HYPERSCALE OR MASSIVE DATA CENTER IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND SARASOTA IS LIKE MANY OTHER COMMUNITIES IN FLORIDA THAT HAVE REALLY SHOWN UP AND BEEN OPPOSED IN PUBLIC MEETING MEETINGS US AS WELL AS LEADERS.
HOW IMPORTANT IS IT FOR CITIZENS AND LEADERS TO SPEAK UP ON THIS AND ATTEND THESE MEETINGS WHERE THERE ARE COMPANIES THAT ARE EXPRESSING INTEREST IN PUTTING A LARGE SCALE DATA CENTER IN THEIR AREA.
>> I THINK IT'S HUGELY IMPORTANT.
AND I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE HOW ACCESSIBLE THEIR LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS TO THEM.
THEY CAN SHOW UP TO MEETINGS.
THEY CAN GO TO PLAYING BOARD MEETINGS.
COUNTY COMMISSION MEETINGS, NEIGHBORHOOD WORKSHOPS THEY CAN GET IN CONTACT.
THEIR COMMISSIONERS.
THEY HAVE A LOT MORE AUTONOMY OVER THEIR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND THEY DO SAY THEIR STATE OR ESPECIALLY THEIR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
AND, YOU KNOW, PLACES WHERE CITIZENS GO TO MEETINGS AND SPENT HOURS OF PUBLIC COMMENT AND MAKE THEIR VOICE HEARD.
I'VE SEEN RESULTS FROM THAT AND THAT SCENE COMMISSIONERS AND STAFF TO REALLY REACT TO IT.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST MY OWN EXPERIENCE IN SARASOTA COUNTY.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW OF IS I DIDN'T SENSE THAT HE'S COMING AMID A REAL ANTI DEVELOPMENT BACKLASH, ESPECIALLY IN SARASOTA COUNTY AND AS A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT FEEL VERY EXISTENTIAL ABOUT DEVELOPMENT KIND OF MOWING OVER GREEN SPACE.
YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SEE AS WILDLIFE HABITAT AND JUST MORE AND MORE BUILDINGS AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSES AND THESE DATA CENTERS ARE JUST ANOTHER BIG, YOU KNOW, SAYING THAT IT ALREADY ORGANIZED A GROUP PEOPLE FIGHTING AGAINST.
>> AND WHAT DID YOU LEARN ABOUT WHY THIS ISSUE IS RESONATING SO DEEPLY AMONG RESIDENTS AND LEADERS?
>> WELL, I THINK IT'S A IT'S A LITTLE PREVENT.
IT'S A BIT OF A PERFECT STORM.
YOU KNOW, LIKE I MENTIONED, THERE'S A LOT OF WORRY IN FLORIDA, A BIPARTISAN WORRY ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION AT LOTS OF GREEN SPACE AND AND IT IS AND HAS JUST THESE BIG BLOCKS THAT GO UP IN RURAL LAND.
YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE'S A LOT I WORRY ABOUT PEOPLE COMING FROM CALIFORNIA AND JUST KIND OF PUTTING THESE BIG WHAT PEOPLE SEE AS MONSTROSITIES IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND THEN HE'S LEAVING AND NOT LEAVING A LOT OF JOBS TO SPEAK FOR BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY.
YOU KNOW, I THINK AGAIN, IT'S JUST A AND I THINK IT'S DEFINITELY A THING THAT.
SOME POLITICIANS HAVE TRIED TO USE.
AND ALRIGHT, PITCHING OUT, REACTING TO KNOW BYRON DONALDS AS RAIN FOR GOVERNOR.
HE'S THE FRONTRUNNER FOR THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION.
HE'S PREVIOUSLY SAID THAT HE WAS PROBABLY I GUESS THERE'S IN FLORIDA AND YOU'VE SEEN IN HIS ADS, HE SAID, DO A HARD TURN AND SAY, WELL, I SUPPORT THEM AS LONG AS THEY PAY FOR THEIR AND UTILITIES.
YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S PRETTY CLEAR THAT THERE'S NOT REALLY ANY RANK AND FILE RESIDENTS OR CITIZENS THAT ARE REALLY IN FAVOR OF THESE THINGS.
>> WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING MORE ON THIS STORY TODAY.
CHRISTIAN, THANK YOU.
YEAH, SURE THAT YOU HAVE ANY.
>> FOR MORE STORIES ON THE DISCUSSION SURROUNDING DATA CENTERS.
>> YOU CAN VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WGC YOU DOT ORG AS AN OUTBREAK OF CYCLO SPORIASIS SPREADS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
OUR STATE IS SEEING A RISE IN CASES INCLUDING RIGHT HERE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.
ACCORDING TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH OVER 60 CASES STEMMING FROM THE PARASITE HAVE BEEN RECORDED.
THAT INCLUDES LEE COUNTY, WHICH LEADS THE STATE WITH 11 CONFIRMED CASES SO FAR THIS YEAR, AT LEAST 2 CASES HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTED IN COLLIER COUNTY, ACCORDING TO THE CDC.
THAT NUMBER IS EXPECTED TO RISE IS THERE IS USUALLY A 6 WEEK GAP BETWEEN WHEN THE ILLNESS BEGINS AND WHEN THEY ARE OFFICIALLY REPORTED TO FEDERAL HEALTH AUTHORITIES, A DIRECT CAUSE OF THE OUTBREAK IS NOT KNOWN YET, BUT THE GASTRO INTESTINAL INFECTION CAN BE CONTRACTED.
BUT EATING FOOD OR DRINKING WATER CONTAMINATED WITH THE PARASITE.
WITH MORE ON CYCLISTS PRICES.
I AM JOINED BY GASTROENTEROLOGISTS DOCTOR, ANIL SHARMA.
HE'S AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE.
IN GAINESVILLE, DR.
SHARMA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY.
CAN YOU HELP US UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT THIS PARASITE AND HOW THE INFECTION IS ACTUALLY SPREAD?
>> SO THIS PAST THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR THAT KID.
AND THE FRESHLY MEMBER THEY OUTBREAK WAS IN 1996.
WAS A MAJOR OUTBREAK.
NATIONAL.
A BIT MORE THAN 2000 CASES.
AND THAT WAS A CASE BACK TO.
THAT'S BASED ON GORE.
KAMALA.
SINCE THAT TIME, WE HAVE SEASONAL OUTBREAKS.
IN THE MONTH OF MAY THROUGH AUGUST EVERY YEAR.
BUT IN AS LOT NUMBER SAYS, THIS THEN WE HAVE THE KEYS.
I THINK THAT COMPOSE IN CASES IN THE U.S.
>> WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS THAT PEOPLE SHOULD WATCH FOR?
AND CAN YOU ALSO TALK ABOUT WHEN SOMEONE SHOULD SEEK HELP?
>> YOU HAVE THE SYMPTOMS ARE ACTUALLY NOT VERY.
DIFFERENT FROM OTHER.
AND THAT IS IN THIS IS LIKE MY LITTLE LESS ARE BACK TO LOUIS.
BECAUSE YOU CAN HAVE BLOOD IN THE STOOL ARE NOT A GOOD THIS TUNE WHICH IS VERY DIFFICULT TO DISTINGUISH WHAT YOU KNOW, THE CAUSE OF THE ILLNESS WAS.
AND THE TEST IS VERY SIMPLE.
HAS GONE UP.
THE GBI PATHOGENS TO TEST.
AND THIS TO TEST AND THEY COME IN THE KHON OFF THE IDEA IN BLOWERS.
SO THE PREVIOUS BEST USE OF IT TODAY IS TO GET TO KNOW DESERTED.
BUT SINCE THIS IS NOT NEW.
MY THANKS.
AND STU.
AND THAT'S AGAIN.
A CAST AND THE DUP THAT CAN GO TO VISIT IN 2 DAYS AND YOU CAN GET STATEMENT WITH ANTIBIOTIC CALLED BACK DOUBLE STRAND FOR 7 TO 10 DAYS.
AND THE FEEL MUCH BETTER.
THE THE SYMPTOMS CAN BE NAUSEA.
ONE MEETING, BLOATING, AND VARIOUS IN A PUSH TO HAVE.
HAVE TOLD THAT THEY HAVE EXPLOSIVE DIARRHEA, LIKE IN COMES OFF LIKE GAS AND BLOATING.
AND THE DIE AND THAT CAN SOMETIMES LAST FALL DAYS AND WEEKS.
SOME PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN 4 MONTHS AFTER THE INFECTION HAS IT IS ODD.
MOST ACTIVE ON SOMETHING CALLED PORT INFECTIOUS.
IT EVOLVED SYNDROME.
AS I MENTIONED, THE SYMPTOMS AND BE CONFUSED WITH VIOLENT BACK TO THE LESS SOCIAL, MANY IMPORTANT EVENTS TO TEST.
>> AND AGAIN, TO CLARIFY, IT IS NOT CONTAGIOUS.
SPREAD FROM HUMAN TO HUMAN.
BUT WHAT CAN WE DO TO KEEP OURSELVES FROM GETTING SICK?
>> SO IT DOES NOT SPEND HUMAN TO HUMAN, BUT THE STANDARD PRECAUTION SHOULD ALWAYS BE TAKEN LIKE IF YOU LED TO THE BATHROOM, YOU SHOULD WASH YOUR HANDS.
AND WASH YOUR HANDS BEFORE.
BUT YOU ANY PARTIES.
AND ALSO IF YOU HAD.
IF YOU BOUGHT BY A HEAD OF LETTUCE AND REMOVE THE OUTER LAYERS AND WATCH, YOU KNOW, YES, BEFORE YOU STAY KNOCKS IT, EATING IN A WIDE, YOU KNOW, LIKE A MIX, SENATE KICKS ARE BAD.
7 GAMES.
AND THE WATCH.
THE CILANTRO AND BUSINESS OF ANY BELL AND EVEN THE.
THE FULL TITLE OF THAT SKIN LIKE MELONS AND HAD IT.
HE SHOULD SCRAP DEAD.
THE OUTER SURFACE BEFORE HE CONSUMED.
THE CAUTIONS OF ART AND ALSO IT DOESN'T SPREAD OF HUMAN TO HUMAN PERSON PERSON.
BUT AGAIN, STAND UP FOR CAUTION.
SHOULD BE TAKEN.
>> DR SHARMA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY.
FOR MORE ON THE HEALTH STORIES THAT MATTER TO YOU.
PLEASE CHECK OUT OUR WEB SITE BY VISITING WGC.
YOU DOT ORG.
COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, IT'S A NEW ERA FOR CATHOLICS IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FOR THE FIRS THE CATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA SAYS THE DIOCESE OF VENICE SERVES 10 COUNTIES AND ABOUT 260,000 PEOPLE.
AND NOW THEY HAVE A NEW BISHOP IN THE LEO BHIOS.
KAWHI CUERO BECOMES THE 3RD BISHOP OF VENICE AFTER HIS APPOINTMENT BY POPE LEO, THE 14TH, THE SHIP WAS BORN IN COLORADO AND ALSO SPENT TIME IN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, AFTER COLLEGE AND TAKING HIS VOWS.
HE SERVED A MISSION IN PAPA NEW GUINEA AND IN CUBA FOR MORE THAN A DECADE.
WGC IS CULTURE AND CONNECTIONS.
REPORTER ELIZABETH AND ARCHIE TAKES US TO THE CEREMONY OF HIS ORDINATION.
>> I MEAN, WE'LL BE ALL SKAGWAY DO.
HAVING BEEN PROMOTED TO THE SEA OF VENICE IN FLORIDA.
WITH FROM FAITH.
WE PROFESS EACH AND EVERY THING THAT IS CONTAINED IN THE SYMBOL OF FAME.
>> IT'S INCREDIBLY POWERFUL AND MOVING WHEN YOU CAN FEEL THEIR GREAT FAITH AND THAT IS CONTAGIOUS.
SO TO BE ABLE TO BE PRESENT AT THIS MOMENT.
IT STRENGTHENS MY FAITH.
AND I THINK EVERYONE HERE WILL FEEL THAT TODAY.
>> WELL, KAREN BARRIE SHORTS, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS FOR THE DIOCESE OF VENICE IS DESCRIBING IS IN THE PAST COUPLE ORDINATION, RIGHT?
THAT ELEVATES A PRIEST TO BISHOP.
IT DOESN'T HAPPEN OFTEN.
AND FOR THE DIOCESE OF VENICE, IT HADN'T HAPPENED IN ALMOST 20 YEARS.
THE RITUAL BEGINS WITH SOLEMN VESPERS.
AN EVENING PRAYER SERVICE.
FUTURE INQUIRES FROM THE DIOCESE HAITIAN HISPANIC AND VIETNAMESE COMMUNITIES.
>> IN THEN COMES THE MAIN EVENT, THE ORDINATION AND INSTALLATION OF BISHOP EMILIO BILL SCOTT.
A LITTLE.
>> WHO WILL NOW LEAD AN ESTIMATED 260,000 CATHOLICS ACROSS 10 COUNTIES AND WILL SUCCEED.
BISHOP, FRANKLY, WHO IS RETIRING AT 75 AS REQUIRED BY CANNON LAW.
>> IT WAS TIME.
I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A STRONG BELIEVER IN US AND THAT YOU CAN ONLY CONTRIBUTE SO MUCH AND THEN IT'S TIME TO MOVE ON.
20 YEARS.
THAT'S A LONG RUN.
TIME FOR CHANGE.
>> FROM A GUY OF THEM COMMON BILL SCOTT, A MOTHER OF THE NEW BISHOP.
IT WAS AN EMOTIONAL CHANGE.
I COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.
IT WAS VERY TOUCHING.
WHEN WE WIN AND BLESS HIM.
WHEN HE ASKED ME, ARE YOU GOING TO BLESS ME?
THAT'S REALLY BECAUSE I NEVER SAW IT.
I MEAN, I'M NOT USED TO BEST USE IT RECEIVE.
HE'S RECEIVE.
>> HIS YOUNGER SISTER, ELAINE, NOT SCOTT DOYLE SAYS THE MOMENT WAS A MERE AS MUCH AS A MILESTONE.
>> IT MAKES YOU LOOK AT YOUR OWN LIFE AND HE SETS UP ARE REALLY HIGH.
AND SO IT'S A WAY OF LOOKING LIKE HE'S GIVING THESE THINGS UP AND HE'S GIVING UP HIS PHYSICAL THINGS AND HE'S GIVING UP HIS LIFE TO THE LORD.
HOW MY LIVING MY LIFE.
WHAT AM I GOING TO DO FOR THE LORD BISHOPVILLE SCOTT NOW LEADS 61 PARISHES.
>> 10 MISSIONS AND 15 SCHOOLS ACROSS THE DIOCESE OF VENICE.
FOR WGC.
YOU NEWS.
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