THIS IS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA IN FOCUS.

COMING UP, PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP MAKES A LATE PUSH FOR VOTERS DURING A STOP IN FORT MYERS.

>> THERE'S NEVER BEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT DID HAVE A WILL BE ANYTHING LIKE IT IS NEVER BEEN ANYTHING SO CONSEQUENTIAL IS WHAT WE'RE DOING TOGETHER.

>> THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS FROM FGCU AS THE PRESIDENT TAKES CENTER STAGE ON THE CAMPUS FOR A MIDTERM RALLY.

A CONVERSATION WITH ONE OF THE LEADING RESEARCHERS OF PARKINSON'S AND THE POSSIBLE REASONS WHY THERE'S BEEN AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF CASES IN RECENT YEARS WHEN EXUBERANCE OUTWEIGHS EXPERIENCE.

MEET THE TRIO IN THE PROCESS OF BUILDING A BARBERSHOP EMPIRE AND OFFERING MORE THAN JUST A FRESH HAIRCUT.

HELLO, I'M JENNIFER CRAWFORD.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

A LEAK OR ARENA ON THE FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY WAS PACKED WITH AT LEAST 4,500 PEOPLE ATTENDING PRESIDENT TRUMP'S MIDTERM RALLY ON FRIDAY.

WGCUS SAMUEL BRUCKER REPORT.

>> I'M SENDING A BROTHER WITH WGCU NEWS AND WE ARE HERE AT FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY IS A LEGAL ARENA IN LIGHT OF THE TRUMP RALLY HERE IN FORT MYERS.

>> LET'S GO OUT AND DO WHAT WE DO BEST, WHICH IS TO WIN.

WE WIN, WIN, WIN IN NOVEMBER TO WIN.

>> PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP TOOK TO THE STAGE WITH REPUBLICAN GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE BYRON DONALDS FRIDAY SAYING VOTERS NEED DONALDSON OFFICE OVER DAVID JOLLY IN ORDER TO KEEP THE STATE ON WHAT HE CALLS THE RIGHT TRACK >> AS 21 MONTHS I'VE BEEN RUNNING TO BE YOUR NEXT GOVERNOR.

WE HAVE THE ENDORSEMENT OF NOW THE 45TH AND 47TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

DONALD TRUMP.

>> ALSO ON THE STATE WAS ASHLEY MOODY, THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR FLORIDA'S U.S.

SENATE.

SHE SAYS THIS IS NO TIME FOR THE PARTY TO KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON.

>> AND WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS TOGETHER FOR 11 YEARS AND THERE'S NEVER BEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT DID HAVE A WILL BE ANYTHING LIKE IT IS NEVER BEEN ANYTHING SO CONSEQUENTIAL AS WHAT WE'RE DOING TOGETHER.

AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR DOES SPEND MY HONOR TO DO IT WITH YOU.

>> OTHER SPEAKERS INCLUDED ROBERT F KENNEDY, SENATOR RICK SCOTT, DOCTOR MEHMET OZ AND OTHER GOP LEADERS.

THE EVENT FILLED EVERY SEAT WHERE SOME WERE TURNED AWAY FOR WGCU NEWS IN FORT MYERS.

I'M SAMUEL BRUCKER.

>> AROUND THE RALLY WAS HAPPENING INSIDE ALICO ARENA PROTEST TOOK PLACE OUTSIDE WGCUS KATE CRONIN LEARN MORE ABOUT THE ISSUES.

PROTESTERS ARE MOST CONCERNED ABOUT.

>> WE'RE HERE.

FORT MYERS AT ALICO ARENA ON FLORIDA.

GULF COAST UNIVERSITY CAMPUS WHERE TRUMP IS MAKING ONE OF THE 7 STOPS ON HIS 7 DAY 7 CAMPAIGN RALLY AS HE WORKS TO GARNER VOTERS AS THE ELECTION CREEPS CLOSER THE FLORIDA GOP SAYS THOUSANDS OF SUPPORTERS TURNED OUT FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP'S RALLY LINING THE CAMPUS WAITING FOR DOORS TO OPEN AT THE LEGAL ARENA.

BUT NOT EVERYONE ON CAMPUS WAS EXCITED TO SEE PRESIDENT TRUMP VISIT.

STAN, IF YOU SEE STUDENTS WERE THERE TO PROTEST AGAINST DISAPPEARANCE, INCLUDING FTC'S TONIGHT AND VETERAN JOSHUA, A.

>> BECAUSE WHEN I WAS IN THE MILITARY, IT'S VERY JUST DO IT.

EVERY SINGLE PERSON TELLS YOU NO MATTER WHAT, DON'T QUESTION IT WITH THE GOVERNMENT ITSELF.

WE CAN'T PROTESTS IN UNIFORM.

ALL STUFF LIKE THAT.

SO THERE IS A LIKE WELL ENOUGH IN THAT THAT THE ROW ALONG WITH LIKE UPSET STOMACH.

BUT IT'S STILL I KNOW THE POWER THAT I COULD HAVE WOULD BE IN A U.S.

SOLDIER >> WGCU WAS THERE TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED AS RALLY ATTENDEES MADE THEIR WAY TO THE ARENA IT'S NOT JUST STUDENTS DEMONSTRATING LINDA RICHARDSON FROM GORDA SAID SHE CAME OUT TO VOICE HER THOUGHTS >> I'VE GOT A GRANDDAUGHTER.

SHE DOESN'T HAVE THE SAME RIGHTS THAT I SPENT MY YOUNG LIFE FIGHTING FOR AS A WOMAN AND I WON'T STAND FOR.

>> THE LAST TIME TRUMP IS IN FORT MYERS WAS IN 2023 WHEN HE MADE A SPEECH TO THE COASTAL TOWN CENTER.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE AND PROBABLY HEAR THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL IS REALLY HEATING UP HERE.

>> OR WGCU NEWS OF VIDEOGRAPHY BY ANDREA MELENDEZ.

I'M KATE CRONIN.

>> AS EARLY VOTING PROGRESSES IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA, MANY OF THE KEY RACES, INCLUDING FOR FLORIDA'S GOVERNOR, ARE EXPECTED TO COME RIGHT DOWN TO THE WIRE AS CAMPAIGNING RAMPS UP.

HOW DO EFFORTS LIKE A PRESIDENTIAL VISIT HELP SWAY UNDECIDED VOTERS?

JOINING US NOW IS MARK MITCHELL.

HE'S THE HEAD POLLSTER OF THE WEBSITE.

THE HONEST PAUL AND PREVIOUSLY WORKED AS THE HEAD POSTER AND VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS AT RASMUSSEN REPORT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY.

>> REALLY GREAT TO BE HERE.

MY PLEASURE.

>> NOW WE HAVE COME OFF A VISIT FROM PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP TO FORT MYERS, WHICH IS TRADITIONALLY A VERY STRONG GOP AREA.

AND WHEN IT COMES TO POLLING NUMBERS, WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT AS FAR AS WHY THIS VISIT WAS IMPORTANT?

>> TRUMP IS CAMPAIGNING IN THE SOLID RED STATE PORTAL WANT TRUMP PLUS 13 JUST 2 YEARS AGO AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF YOU'RE SUPPORTING REPUBLICANS AND DONALD TRUMP'S PARTY.

HIM ACTUALLY GOING IN SAFE DEMOCRAT PLACES BECAUSE THEY DID SUCH A GREAT TIME GOVERNING FOR THE LAST 2 YEARS THAT THE RIDING A REPUBLICAN WAVE NOW FROM A NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE, THE HOUSE GENERIC POPULAR VOTE, THE GENERIC BALLOT IS LOOKING REALLY BAD FOR REPUBLICANS IN MY POLLING AND ANOTHER VERY GOOD POLLSTERS.

WE HAVE A RANGE OF ABOUT DEMOCRAT PLUS 12 TO DEMOCRAT PLUS 10.

NOW THAT ALMOST MATHEMATICALLY CERTAINLY MEANS THAT DONALD TRUMP IS GOING TO LOSE THE HOUSE, BUT THE INTERESTING THING IS THAT YOU HAVE A GOOD REPUBLICAN SENATE MAP THIS YEAR.

MOST OF THE STATES WERE SAFE.

REPUBLICAN STATES LAST CYCLE.

THE SHIFT TO LEFT PUTS THEM ALL IN A POLLING PERSPECTIVE.

VERY CLOSE.

SO THERE ARE MANY, MANY SENATE STATES THAT ARE ALL A TOSS UP RIGHT NOW.

AND IT REALLY IS A COIN FLIP, DEPENDING ON WHICH WAY THE STATE'S BREAK.

>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT SOUTHWEST FLORIDA IN PARTICULAR, ARE THERE ANY RACES THAT A PRESIDENTIAL VISIT COULD ACTUALLY CHANGE WHEN IT COMES TO VOTER PREFERENCE?

>> AT THIS POINT AND UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES, I REALLY DON'T THINK SO.

NOW THERE ARE PEOPLE LIKE WITHIN, YOU KNOW, TRUMP'S CORE MAGA IDENTIFYING PEOPLE THAT STILL THINK TRUMP IS DOING A GREAT JOB.

WE SEE 80% ROUGHLY TRUMP APPROVAL AMONG REPUBLICANS.

WE SEE ABOUT HALF OF THEM SAY THAT THEY STRONGLY APPROVE OF HIS JOB PERFORMANCE.

BUT THE PROBLEM WITH THE TRUMP MOVEMENT IS IN 2024.

HE ONE WITH ROUGHLY ABOUT 40% OF HIS VOTE.

THERE WAS INDEPENDENTS AND CROSSOVER DEMOCRATS.

AND SO THOSE ARE NECESSARILY THE KIND OF PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO COME OUT TO A TRUMP RALLY.

THESE ARE THE KIND OF PEOPLE WHO ARE VOTING REALLY FROM AN ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE NOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT SORT OF LIKE LOCALIZED RACES, I REALLY DON'T THINK IT MATTERS THAT MUCH.

I THINK CANADA QUALITY MATTERS 100%.

BUT GENERALLY IN THE SOUTHEAST, UNITED STATES IN A PLACE WHERE THERE ARE SAFE REPUBLICAN SEATS.

TRADITIONALLY THE ECONOMIC SITUATION, WHICH IS JUST AS BAD AS IT WAS UNDER BIDEN, ACCORDING TO THE POLLING ON NOT MAKING THE OPINION ASSESSMENT HERE IS THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE ECONOMICALLY DISAFFECTED AND REALLY NO MATTER OF ADS OR RALLIES COMING IN THEIR STATE IS GOING TO GET PEOPLE WHO ARE LOW PROPENSITY VOTERS TO TURN OUT WHEN THEY I MEAN, THEY JUST DON'T SEE A REASON ECONOMICALLY, TOO.

NOW IT COULD AGAIN JUICE TRUMP'S BASE.

BUT TRUMP'S BASE HAS BEEN ALREADY PRETTY RELIABLE.

IT'S THIS NEBULOUS GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO ARE RELATIVELY NEW TO THE REPUBLICAN COALITION, YOUNG VOTERS, HISPANIC VOTERS AND INDEPENDENT VOTERS, MORE BLACK VOTERS THAN REPUBLICANS HAVE SEEN FOR A LONG TIME USER.

THE DEMOGRAPHICS THAT PUT TRUMP OVER THE FINISH LINE IN 2024.

AND THOSE PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO BE SWAYED BY RALEIGH.

>> OVERALL, WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT WHEN IT COMES TO FLORIDA IN GENERAL?

AND HOW ARE THOSE NUMBERS PLAYING OUT AS FAR AS WHAT YOUR TEAM AT THE HONEST POLL IS PUTTING TOGETHER?

>> SO THERE'S INTERESTING THINGS TO WATCH, BUT I WILL SAY THE STATEWIDE LEVEL THERE HAVE NOT BEEN VERY MANY HIGH-QUALITY POLLS DONE IN FLORIDA.

NOW, AGAIN, YOU WOULD EXPECT THAT TO HAPPEN MORE IN BATTLEGROUND SENATE PLACES.

AND THE STATE I THINK IS STILL SAFE.

REPUBLICAN AND YET WE'RE NOT REALLY SEEING THAT FROM THE POLLS.

WE'RE SEEING THAT FROM HIGH-QUALITY EARLY TURNOUT MODELS THAT STILL SAY THAT MOODY IS PROBABLY GOING BY 8.

BYRON DONALDS IS GOING TO WIN BY 6, BUT HIS ELECTION SPECIFICALLY ARE YOU ALREADY HAD SOME PECULIARITIES?

I E HE HAD A TRUMP ENDORSEMENT AND HE WASN'T EVEN ABLE TO GET TO 50% IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY.

SO THERE'S A REAL QUESTION THERE ABOUT WHETHER THERE WILL BE SURPRISES ABOUT HOW PEOPLE BREAK ON ELECTION DAY.

A LOT OF THE VOTE IS STILL OUT IN FLORIDA.

IT'S ONE OF THE LESSER LIKE EARLY VOTING STATES.

AND SO IT COULD GO EITHER WAY.

AND THERE COULD BE SOME BIG SURPRISES AGAIN, I THINK IT'S PRETTY SAFE TO SAY IT'S GOING TO REPUBLICANS AT THIS VENTURE.

BUT ONE OF THE INTERESTING THINGS TO IS THE TURNOUT FOR UNDER 30 VOTERS HAS JUST BEEN ABSOLUTELY LOAN ABYSMAL.

AND WE SAW THESE DYNAMICS PLAY OUT WITHIN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY WHERE JAMES FISHBACK WAS ABLE TO MOTIVATE A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HADN'T TURNED OUT FOR REPUBLICANS TO TURN OUT FOR HIM.

THOSE VOTERS ARE NOT NECESSARILY GOING OVER TO DONALD AS OF YET.

SO INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THIS ALL BREAKS IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE AGAIN, THE POLLING HAS BEEN VERY THIN.

THERE ISN'T A LOT OF IT SHOULD BE SAFE, BUT WE NEVER KNOW.

>> AS FAR AS THESE MIDTERMS GO IN THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTRY, SPECIFICALLY IN FLORIDA, WHAT SHOULD WE BE KEEPING OUR EYES ON?

>> I MEAN, AT THIS POINT, WE'RE JUST GOING TO FIND OUT, FIND OUT IN A WEEK.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE DIDN'T REALLY TALK ABOUT IS JUST HOW SOLID LEAVE.

THE POLLING HAS BEEN STEADY.

AND SO THIS IS A CYCLE WHERE ELON MUSK HAS THROWN MORE MONEY INTO THE LAST 2 YEARS INTO REPUBLICAN POLITICS THAN GEORGE SOROS HAS IN THE LAST DECADE.

THERE ARE SATURATING ADVERTISING MARKET EVERYWHERE.

TRUMP'S DOING A MULTI-STATE BLITZ, A RALLY EVERY DAY AND YET AT THE SAME TIME, IF YOU LOOK JUST NATIONALLY AM AND LOCALLY IN FLORIDA, LIKE NONE OF THESE RACES HAVE REALLY MOVED AT ALL.

AND SO ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT I THINK WHEN PEOPLE LOOK AT THIS ELECTION AND ON PACK IS THAT DONALD TRUMP HAS BEEN LOSING THE PEOPLE THAT ARE NO LONGER SUPPORTING HIM.

NOW VERY STEADILY OVER LAST YEAR AND A HALF.

>> MARK MITCHELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

HAD A POSTER OF THE WEBSITE THE HONEST POLL.

THANKS SO MUCH.

GREAT TO BE HERE.

IF YOU HAVE YET TO CAST YOUR BALLOT, YOU CAN STAY INFORMED WITH EVERY LOCAL RACE, AN ISSUE BY SIMPLY VISITING OUR WEBSITE WGCU DOT ORG.

AND COMING UP, IF YOU PLANNED ON TAKING THE KIDS OR GRANDKIDS OUT INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR TRICK OR HALLOWEEN IS THIS WEEKEND COSTUMES AND CANDY BUCKETS ARE ALL BEING PREPPED FOR SPOOKY FESTIVITIES ALL AROUND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

BUT FOR ANYONE GEARING UP FOR TRICK-OR-TREATING OR PERHAPS A TRUNK OR TREAT, THERE ARE SOME TIPS THAT YOU SHOULD FOLLOW TO ENSURE ANY COSTUME TO FEED.

THE EVENT IS A SAFE ONE.

WGCUS KATE CRONIN HAS MORE.

>> FOR MORE ON STAYING SAFE DURING HALLOWEEN CELEBRATIONS, I'M JOINED BY LISA GREENBERG.

THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER FOR THE CAPE CORAL POLICE DEPARTMENT.

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

LISA, OF COURSE IT'S IMPORTANT.

SO I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE.

I WANT TO START OFF WITH WHAT PEOPLE CAN DO AHEAD OF HALLOWEEN TO ENSURE THAT THEIR HALLOWEEN NIGHT GOES SMOOTHLY.

WHAT ADVICE DO YOU HAVE?

>> WELL, FOR PARENTS WHO ARE PLANNING TO TAKE KIDS TRICK-OR-TREATING.

ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS IS KIND OF PLANNING OUT WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO IN ADVANCE AS FAR AS THE ROUTE YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE KIND OF KNOWING THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WELCOME TRICK OR TREATERS AND ALSO JUST KNOWING KIND OF THE RULES, SO TO SPEAK WHEN IT COMES TO TRICK-OR-TREATING, KNOWING THAT, YOU KNOW, THE HOUSE IS USUALLY DARK.

THE LIGHTS ARE OFF, KIND OF MEANS TYPICALLY THAT THAT PERSON IS NOT EITHER INTERESTED OR ISN'T CALM.

SO AVOIDING THOSE HOUSES GOING TO HOMES WHERE THE LIGHTS ARE ON.

MAYBE THERE'S PEOPLE OUTSIDE DECORATIONS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE ALSO MAKING SURE THAT YOUR KIDS AND YOUR SELVES OR WEARING CLOTHING THAT IS REFLECTIVE CLOTHING THAT CAN BE EASILY SPOTTED, ESPECIALLY AS IT GETS DARKER.

AND THEN WE ALWAYS SAY FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE PLANNING TO OUT HIM PARTY TO MAKE THE PLAN IN ADVANCE TO HAVE A DESIGNATED DRIVER USING UBER.

SOME SORT OF RIDE SHARE SERVICE HAVE AGAIN A DESIGNATED DRIVER, SOMEONE WHO'S ABLE TO DRIVE YOU THAT WAY.

IF YOU DO PLAN TO DRINK AND HAVE A GOOD TIME, YOU HAVE A WAY TO GET HOME SAFELY FROM WHATEVER PARTY OR EVENT YOU'RE GOING TO.

>> HOW THAT PLAYS PERFECTLY INTO MY NEXT QUESTION, WHICH WAS ABOUT FOR PARENTS OF TEENS GROUPIE SENDING THEIR KIDS OUT TO A HALLOWEEN PARTY.

WHAT KIND OF CONVERSATIONS DO YOU THINK PARENTS SHOULD HAVE WITH THEIR KIDS BEFORE THEY SEND THEM OUT INTO THE THINGS?

>> ALWAYS A GOOD TIME TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT PURE PRESSURE.

IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT SOMEONE TRYING TO GET YOU TO DO, WHETHER IT'S TO TRY SOME DRINK OR SOMETHING THAT MAY APPEAR TO BE CANDY.

YOU'RE NOT REALLY SURE.

ALWAYS SAY NO.

IF THAT'S, YOU KNOW, YOU NEVER HAVE TO DO SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO DO.

SO MAKING SURE YOU HAVE A CONVERSATION AHEAD OF TIME ABOUT PURE PRESSURE IS REALLY KEY.

ALSO ABOUT DRINKING AND DRIVING AND MAKING SURE THAT THESE TEENS KNOW OBVIOUSLY ANY PARENT ISN'T EXPECTING TO SEND THEIR TEAM TO A PARTY AND THEM TO DRINK.

BUT THAT'S ALWAYS A POSSIBILITY.

SO MAKING SURE THEY'RE AWARE OF, HEY, I'M NOT GOING TO BE THERE.

I'M NOT GOING TO KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING AT ALL TIMES.

SO IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU PLAN TO DO, JUST PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE NOT GETTING BEHIND THE WHEEL WHILE IMPAIRED OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

SAFETY IS ALWAYS THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.

AND I THINK HAVING THESE CLEAR, HONEST CONVERSATIONS WITH YOUR CHILDREN IS ONE STEP TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE KIDS STAY SAFE.

>> YEAH.

AND THEN LET'S TALK ABOUT DRIVING ON HALLOWEEN NIGHT WHEN WE HAVE LOTS OF FAMILIES OUT AND ABOUT WHAT SHOULD DRIVERS KNOW BEFORE THEY GET BEHIND THE WHEEL ON HALLOWEEN.

>> OF COURSE, BESIDES DRINKING AND DRIVING.

THAT'S OBVIOUSLY A HUGE KNOW AND MAKING SURE THAT YOU HAVE THAT IMPAIRED OR THAT A DESIGNATED DRIVER IN PLACE AND JUST IF YOU'RE PLANNING TO DRIVE AT ALL, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS, KEEPING THE PHONE DOWN IS KEY.

LIKE WE SEE SO MANY PEOPLE ON A DAILY BASIS.

I KNOW IF I'M JUST DRIVING AROUND IN MY CAR, LOOK TO THE PERSON NEXT IN AN L C BUT THEY HAVE A PHONE IN THEIR HAND.

IT'S SO COMMON.

BUT ON A NIGHT WHERE THERE'S CHILDREN RUNNING AROUND, CHILDREN CAN BE UNPREDICTABLE.

THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, CROSS THE STREET WHEN IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THEIR TIME TO CROSS.

SO JUST KEEPING YOUR EYE OUT, MAKING SURE YOU'RE FOCUSED ON THE ROADWAY, YOU'RE NOT GETTING DISTRACTED BY ANYTHING AROUND YOU IS REALLY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY ON HALLOWEEN.

BUT IN GENERAL AND THEN GOING THE SPEED LIMIT.

THERE'S NO NEED TO SPEED THROUGH THESE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE CHILDREN ARE GOING TO BE TRICK-OR-TREATING, WHERE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE OUT AND ABOUT TAKING YOUR TIME.

THERE'S NO RUSH.

AND AGAIN, OBVIOUSLY DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE.

>> ALL RIGHT, LISA GREENBERG, PUBLIC AFFAIRS INFORMATION OFFICER WITH THE CAPE CORAL POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING ME TODAY.

YEAH, OF COURSE.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN.

>> NEARLY 90,000 NEW CASES OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE ARE DIAGNOSED EVERY YEAR IN THE UNITED STATES.

THAT'S ACCORDING TO THE AMERICAN PARKINSON'S DISEASE FOUNDATION AND THE RATE CONTINUES TO CLIMB AS PART OF THIS SPECIAL EXCERPT FROM GULF COAST LIFE WGCUS CARY BARBOR LEARNED MORE ABOUT THE UPTICK IN THE DISEASE FROM ONE OF THE LEADING RESEARCHERS IN PARKINSON'S, DOCTOR RAY DORSEY.

>> FIRST, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WITH PARKINSON'S IS INCREASING DRASTICALLY.

YES.

>> YEAH.

SO IN 2017, WHEN DR JANE PARKINSON DESCRIBED THE CONDITION HE DESCRIBED 6 INDIVIDUAL THAT THE FOLD WALKING THE STREETS WITH A NEW CONDITION, A CONDITION THAT I NOT BEEN DESCRIBED.

MEDICAL LITERATURE 200 YEARS LATER AS ME THAT OVER 6 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE THE DISEASE TODAY, THE NUMBERS NEAR 12 MILLION.

IN SHORT, IT'S ONE OF THE WORLD'S FASTEST GROWING BABY DISEASES.

AND IT'S LARGELY MANMADE.

>> THAT'S REALLY WHAT I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN SHOWING THAT PARKINSON'S IS CAUSED BY ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS.

CAN YOU SAY HOW HOW DID YOU COME UPON THIS THAT THAT FEAR?

I MEAN, IT'S NOT REALLY A THEORY ANYMORE, BUT HOW DID YOU COME UP ON THE UP?

>> YEAH, I WAS CONCERNED IN 2017 ESTIMATE THAT 6 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE TO BE.

AND I WANT TO KNOW HOW TO SEIZE.

GO FROM NOT BEING DESCRIBED IN THE LITERATURE.

I THINK THAT PEOPLE ARE 18, 17.

TO THE WORLD'S FASTEST GROWING BRAIN DISEASE.

AND JUST 200 YEARS.

I WENT TO GOOGLE SCHOLAR, MAKE TYPE IT IN DR.

CAROLINE TANNER'S THE NAME.

LIKE ME.

SHE'S APARTMENT, BUT STILL IT'S BUT SHE DOESN'T HAVE ANY KNOWLEDGE OF IT.

FOR THE LAST 40 YEARS, HE QUIETLY DILIGENTLY TELLING US THAT THE PRINCIPAL CAUSES THAT ARE KEY THINGS ARE IN OUR DNA, NOT YOUR TEENS, BUT OUTSIDE OF US IN OUR ENVIRONMENT.

A GREAT STUDY LED BY THE PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION IN 2024.

SHOW THAT LOOK AT THAT THE GENETIC TESTING ON ABOUT 8,000 INDIVIDUALS WITH DEPARTMENT OF THE U.S.

OF THE 8,000.13% KERRY, THAT'S NOT THE AUTHOR TO HAVE TO RESPECT OR SAID ANOTHER WAY.

87% OF AMERICANS, THE VAST MAJORITY AMERICANS CARRY NO, NO GENETIC CAUSE ARE TO RESPECT WITH HIS KNEE, ADJUSTING THAT OTHER FACTORS, CHEMICALS IN OUR ENVIRONMENT, FOR EXAMPLE, ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RISE.

THIS THE SEATS.

>> OKAY.

SO I DO.

I WANT TO GET INTO THAT IN DETAIL.

BUT CAN USE A LOOK.

WHAT ARE SOME OF THE BIGGEST CULPRITS THAT YOU SEE?

YES, AND THERE.

>> 4 MAJOR ONES.

WHAT ART?

>> CERTAIN PESTICIDES, MANY PESTICIDES ARE DESIGNED TO DAMAGE THE NURSES AND THE INSECTS.

IT'S PERHAPS NOT SURPRISING THAT CHEMICAL, THAT THERE WAS A NURSE ASSISTANT INSECTS MIGHT ALSO ARE THE NEWER SYSTEM OF HUMANS.

THE SECOND OR DRY CLEANING AND EAGER COUPLES.

YOU'RE TRYING FOR A CLEANING OR LAURETTE LEE.

VERY SIMPLE MOLECULES THAT ARE WIDELY USED.

YOU HEARD RIGHT?

THE NEW CLOTHES, INCLUDING CAN SCORE THAT TODAY.

AND 2 DEGREES MEDAL.

THEY ARE ASSISTING WITH APPROXIMATELY 500% INCREASE RISK OF PARKINSON'S AS THE COURT.

THE 2020, 30.

WOW, AIR POLLUTION HAVING METALS ARE 2 OTHER MAJOR U.S.

BACK.

OKAY.

OKAY.

>> IN YOUR BOOK WHICH IS SO HELPFUL ULIS SOMETHING CALLED THE PARKINSON'S.

25, WHICH IS WHAT WHAT IS THE GOAL OF THAT LIST?

ITS ITS PEAK THINGS PEOPLE CAN DO RIGHT OR TO COURT CHANGES.

PEOPLE CAN MAKE.

>> SO THE MOTION WITH NEWS OR BOOK PEOPLE, THE PURPOSE IS 25 ON H 2.37 PEOPLE WHO WANT THE PEOPLE.

IT'S A READER'S DIGEST VERSION OF THE BOOK.

IT GIVES YOU 25 ACTUALLY TO BE TAKING YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE TO REDUCE YOUR RISK OF EVER GETTING THE DISEASE.

WORK.

YOUR MONEY, MILLION AMERICANS WHO AGREE APARTMENT THROUGH THESE 25 ACTIONS YOU CAN TAKE TO POSSIBLY SLOWING THE RATE OF PROGRESSION.

THEY'RE FOCUSED ON FOOD, WATER AND AIR AND THEY BEGIN WITH.

ALL RIGHT.

WE'RE GETTING PRODUCE AND WASHING YOUR FRUITS AND VEGETABLES BECAUSE EVEN WE'RE GETTING PRODUCE GOOD TIME, UNSAFE LEVELS OF PESTICIDES ON THEM.

AND WHEN THE FDA GIVES YOU MEASURES THE RESIDUE OF PESTICIDES.

THAT DOES SO AFTER BULLYING CAPITAL, FOR EXAMPLE, UNDER COLD WATER FOR 15 TO 20 SECONDS.

THAT'S WHAT THE FDA IS DOING.

YOU MIGHT WANT TO FOLLOW THEIR LEAD.

>> THAT'S AND I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.

THAT'S A GREAT TIP.

AND ALSO I I MENTIONED TO YOU BEFORE WE'RE RECORDING THAT THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF GOLF COURSES AROUND WHERE WE LIVE WHAT'S WHAT?

WHAT IS THE CONNECTION WITH GOLF COURSES AND PARKINSON'S >> SO YEAH, 2025 MY COLLEAGUE THAT THE BRIEF PRISON OUT THE AGR FOR.

AND HER COLLEAGUE DR RODOLFO SABIKA IN ROLLA JUST AT THE MAYO CLINIC.

A LOOK AT THE RISK OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE AMONG PEOPLE WHO LIVE.

WE ARE BOTH DOORS IN ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA.

THAT IS SOUTHEAST AND THAT MAKE ALL THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE WITHIN A MILE OF LOCAL FOREST HAD 126% INCREASE RISK OF DEVELOPING PARKINSON'S DISEASE.

YOU MIGHT ASK WITH ALL HAVE TO DO WITH PARKINSON'S DISEASE.

WHAT TURNS OUT THAT GOAL HORSES ARE HUGE CONSUMERS OF PESTICIDES.

RIGHT?

IT WAS SAFE TO USE 47 TIMES AS MUCH AS THE SITE PER ACRE AS STU.

>> COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, THEY SAY THE BEST TIME TO START ANY BUSINESS IS NOW FOR A TRIO IT'S A YOUTH MOVEMENT FOR ONE FORT MYERS BARBERSHOP WITH AN OWNER FRESHLY GRADUATED FROM FGCU AND 2 BARELY OUT OF THEIR 20'S.

THEY'RE NOT LETTING A LACK OF EXPERIENCE, STOP THEM FROM BUILDING A THRIVING BUSINESS.

WGCU CULTURE AND CONNECTIONS.

REPORTER ELIZABETH ANDARGE HAS MORE.

>> CLIPPERS, A POOL TABLE LED LIGHTS, FLAT SCREENS AND ABOVE EVERY A BARBER'S INSTAGRAM HANDLE.

>> YOU KINDA RAN EVERYTHING BY US.

I WOULD SAY MAJORITY OF IT WAS HIM.

WE WOULD DO LIKE LITTLE INPUTS ON LIKE OBVIOUSLY WE KNOW WHICH BARBARA CHAIRS ARE GOING TO BE MOST COMFORTABLE.

WE KNOW CLIENTS FOR FOR WHAT THEY LIKE.

SO WE ALL KIND OF CAME TOGETHER AND THE SITE WILL BE BEST FOR THE SHOP WE WERE GOING FOR LIKE A MODERN MAN CAME BY.

>> THE TULSA FEEDS MANAGER NATALIE GALARZA.

THE OWNER IS 21 YEAR-OLD FGCU STUDENT JOSE CINTRON WHO VOTES THE BARBER SHOP WITH HIS PARENTS.

HIS ONLY EXPERIENCE WITH THE BARBERSHOP WAS SITTING IN THE CHAIR SO HE CAN TO THE FLOOR TO THE 2 BARBERS HE TRUSTED MOST.

THE ONES WHO'VE CUT HIS HAIR SINCE HE WAS A KID.

>> YOU KNOW, CHANGE NEVER COMES EASY.

BUT, YOU KNOW, FOR ME PERSONALLY, ONE GOD CAUSE ME TO SOMETHING I KNOW HE WOULDN'T BRING IT TO ANYTHING THAT HE WOULDN'T TAKE ME ALL THE WAY THERE.

SO IT'S BEEN A REALLY BIG LEAP OF FAITH.

AND I LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF IT.

>> RUNS THROUGH THIS PLACE, LITERALLY THAT SCRIPTURE WRITTEN BY HAND WHILE THE WALLS WENT UP, ANGEL GIOVANNI AND A LOT OF AGENDA IS THE OLDEST MANAGER AT 27 FOR HIM.

THE BLESSING AND CURSE IS THAT ALL THE BARBERS ARE SELF RELIANT.

>> THE MAN DIED EARLY AND WE KNOW LIKE WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF THE PLACE AND SET THE EXAMPLE FOR EVERYBODY ELSE AND DO THE SAME.

EVERYBODY IN HERE IS TECHNICALLY INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS.

SO LIKE WE CAN BE DOING EVERYTHING.

YOU KNOW, IT'S A LITTLE PART FROM EVERYBODY THAT'S GOING TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR ON US AS WELL.

>> THEN THERE'S CINTRON WHO FITS ALL OF THIS AROUND A MORNING WORKOUT, A LANDSCAPING JOB AND MY CLASSES AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT.

HE STARTED THE BUSINESS PROCESS OF VOTING.

THE BARBER SHOP WHEN HE WAS 19 BETWEEN THE PERMITS.

THE PLAZA NOT WANTING TO SALONS AND BUILDING A NEW WILL.

IT TOOK TIME.

>> THE HARDEST PART SAYS ANNA, SOME IN THE WAITING GAME.

WE'VE HAD TO PLAY THE WHOLE VISION STARTED A LITTLE OVER 2 YEARS AGO WHEN THE CITY WAS FIRST PLANTED.

SO HONESTLY, JUST A WAITING GAME.

OTHER THAN THAT, WE WERE ABLE TO TRANSITION AND HAMILTON'S PRETTY SMOOTH.

THE ROUGH.

>> HIS 17 CHAIRS, 10 BARBERS HAVE CHAIRS AT THE MOMENT AND THE LAW.

NO, JENNA STOP IS TURNING THOSE BARBERS INTO A TEAM.

>> AND ALL THE BARBERS IN HERE AND THE, YOU KNOW, GROWING THEIR CLIENTELE OR TIMES IS GROWING AS A PERSON IN GENERAL.

IF I CAN HELP THEM GROW IN THAT ASPECT AND THEN I FELT LIKE THAT AND THEN SOMETHING GOOD.

YOU KNOW.

>> NOW BUSINESS ABOUT I'D SAY IT'S ONLY BROUGHT US CLOSER.

LOOK AT DIFFERENT FEELS LIKE A FAMILY.

NOW WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BRING A HANDFUL OF ART AS WELL.

JOIN THE FAMILY AND EVERYBODY'S BEST FRIENDS FAMILY LIKE WHICH IS ACTUALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO BUILD.

>> IT TOOK 2 YEARS TO GET THE STORES OPEN, KEEPING THEM OPEN WILL BE THE TRUE TEST.

FOR WDC.

YOU NEWS.

I'M ELIZABETH AND RG WITH VIDEOGRAPHER AMANDA WITH MORE.

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

>> MAKE SURE YOU HAD TO WGCU ORG WHERE YOU'LL FIND ALL OF OUR STORIES.

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