The South Florida Roundup

We examine Republican Miami Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar’s new video telling Trump he’s “gone too far” in his anti-immigration crusade. Is a Latino voter backlash building here? (01:03) As we, so far, experience a hurricane-free season, we’ll also mark today’s centennial of the Great Miami Hurricane of 1926 and how it modernized storm preparation. (19:03). And we’ll discuss an important and promising new Alzheimer’s medication trial at Broward Health. (34:35).

We mark the 25th anniversary of 9/11. Not just the terrorist attacks that changed America forever, but the lives of the terrorists here in South Florida – and the Islamophobia that follows their atrocities even today (1:03). We’ll also discuss the Jewish High Holy Days that start this evening in the shadow of rising antisemitism (19:03). And we’ll talk with Miami Herald reporter Jay Weaver, who’s retiring after decades following South Florida’s often bizarre crime and crime fighters (34:35).

On this episode of The South Florida Roundup, we speak with filmmaker Xander Robin about his new documentary The Python Hunt. The film examines the rise of Burmese pythons as “exotic pets” that often end up in the Everglades, and the state sponsored 10-day competition to hunt and remove them (0:13). Alex Harris, lead climate change reporter for the Miami Herald, also joins to talk about the impact of climate change in South Florida (20:28), featured in the film Facing the Future: South Florida vs. Climate Change. In an interview with Marshall L. Davis, Sr. and documentary director Brian Bayer (An Instrumental Start: A Model for the Nation), we learn about the development of Marshall L. Davis, Sr. African Heritage Cultural Arts Center., which provides access to educational and artistic resources for kids in Liberty City (33:56).

In this week's South Florida Roundup we discussed the disturbing allegations of child sexual abuse against the now suspended Palm Beach County Clerk of Court and Comptroller Mike Caruso, how warning signs get missed – and how victims’ privacy gets violated (01:03). We also looked at the controversial boom in so-called “Animal House” Airbnb rental properties – and that Brickell condo complex where the party just won’t stop (19:03). And we’ll examine how the TPS crisis has created a home healthcare crisis (34:35).

This hour we were joined by Florida International University politics expert Dario Moreno to unpack this week’s primary elections and what they portend for the November midterms. Has the left energized – or compromised – the Democrats? (01:03). We also asked what can be done to raise primary turnout here – especially in Broward County (19:03). And we looked at the record volume of smelly brown seaweed known as sargassum invading our beaches. What’s causing it? (34:35).