President Trump returns to DC after speaking in Georgia

This is WDBO. Orlando's news, weather, and traffic starts right now with the three big things you need to know. Powered by Mark Spain Real Estate. More controversies surrounding Central Florida Congressman Cory Mills. He says on X that this appears to be a desperate lie from my political opponents. Mills now reportedly under investigation from the Department of Justice. Tropical storm bertha making landfall yesterday afternoon. In St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, the storm now headed... toward Texas. It is our top story. The president back in D.C. after a visit to Georgia for a campaign-style speech with the midterms fast approaching. The president spoke on Wednesday at Wheeler High School in Marietta just outside of Atlanta. I've been fighting for the people of Georgia like no president has ever fought before and you're doing well until we're going to keep it that way. Before attending the rally, though, President Trump attending the dignified transfer ceremony for four U.S. soldiers killed over the weekend. The president calling the ceremony one of the toughest things that he has to do. I attended the dignified transfer ceremony for four great U.S. service members killed in the conflict with Iran. As they return to American soil at Dover. The White House saying that the president would focus on the Trump investment accounts for American-born children, but he also touched on immigration, Iran, crime, and men playing in women's sports. President Trump won the battleground state of Georgia in the 2024 election. Meanwhile, the U.S. military's Central Command saying that it is now carried out a 12th consecutive night of strikes on Iran in a post-Centcom saying that the strikes are intended to further degrade Iranian military capabilities. used to attack commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. Coming up, Senator Rick Scott thinks that Olive Garden could teach us something about election security. We'll have that story for you and more coming up next. Here on Orlando's morning news. I'm General 9 Meteorologist Cassandra Creamy tracking another dry day when those afternoon rain and storms will return to the forecast coming up. NC and delays on I-4 westbound from 46-8 after Lake Mary Boulevard from the WDBO Traffic Center. I'm Ed Torrance. It's 802 now. WDBO 107.3 FM at AM 580. Good morning. I'm Greg Rhodes. Says Tesla is now expanding its driverless robo taxi service here in Florida, adding Orlando and Tampa to a program that already includes Miami. The company says rides are currently limited to specific zones in each city with Tampa service covering parts of downtown and surrounding neighborhoods. Riders in Orlando. can call for service in the central and southern parts of the city, founded by State Road 417 and State Road 528. The expansion comes as Tesla and other companies race to grow autonomous transportation services across Florida and the rest of the country. Laurel Lee WDBO News. The WDBO Business Update is brought to you by the Good Feet Store. Google's parent company, Alphabet and Tesla, both reported earnings on Wednesday, showing some of the effects of the race to spend on artificial intelligence. Both companies reported negative free cash flow as they burned through money on AI. They also both told investors to prepare for higher capital spending. Tesla shares dropped 4% in the aftermarket trading while Alphabet was down some 3%.

Senator Rick Scott thinks that Olive Garden could teach us something about election security. Senator Scott called on lawmakers yesterday to pass the Save America Act. He says the act would make our elections more secure, perhaps by taking a page out of Olive Garden's never-ending pasta pass program. Scott said on the Senate floor that Olive Garden requires customers to show a photo ID to get a never-ending pasta pass. But Democrats, says Scott, don't want to require people to show a photo ID to vote. He writes on... it's only because, quote, swamp Democrats need fraud to win. Hayden Wiggs, WDBO News. And the Department of Justice now taking steps to ensure that South Carolina voters from overseas will count in the August special primary. The agreement between the DOJ and the state through its election commission is to ensure soldiers and their families in South Carolina voters living overseas can cast a ballot. The August 11th special primary and perhaps a runoff August 25th will decide a Republican nominee that will replace the late Senator Lindsey Graham who died July 11th and faced Democrat Annie Andrews in November. South Carolina will send ballots to all eligible state voters overseas by August 1st. The ballot must be completed and returned by the time polls closed on primary day to be counted. Gernal Scott, Fox News. 8.05, now WDBO 107.3 FM at AM 580, Orlando's News and Talk. Why is Iran now avoiding attacking Israel? We're going to take it live to Jerusalem coming up next. Traffic is a mess this afternoon because of a crash I4 eastbound before. Stuck on the highway and wishing you could have avoided the headache. You can use Palm Parkway or a Popka Vineland Road to get past this and save yourself some time. Or maybe you are wondering when things will clear up. And as I'm looking at the cameras, the road ranger, well, he is finishing picking up the last cones there. We now have all lanes back open. Live traffic updates on WDBO. WDBO, Orlando's news and talk. This is the 8 a.m. expanded news feed. 15 minutes of in-depth coverage breaking down the headlines that matter to you. The exclusive five-day forecast and Orlando's most frequent traffic. Orlando's only commercial-free news feed starts now. More U.S. strikes in Iran last night. We'll take you to Jerusalem and Jordana Miller coming up in a minute, 8-07 now. WDBO. What do you say we get that extended forecast for you? It is brought to you by Metlock Lifetime Roofing. Channel line, eyewitness news, Chief Meteorologist, Tom Terry. Hey there, Scott. As Bertha continues to move closer to the coast of Texas, as it weekends later today, we are looking at another mostly dry afternoon. We had a couple late downpours last night, but I think our rain chance is still only about... 15 to 20% today at most. Temperatures topping out in the mid-90s, 96 for Orlando today. Tonight, back into the mid-70s, we'll be in the mid-70s again Friday. A little bit better chance for a scattered downpour mainly from about Kissimmee South. And then for the weekend, moisture continues to roll back in. We'll be watching a front moving by in North Florida and a rain chance back to more of a seasonal pattern. From Channel 9, eyewitness news, I'm certified chief meteorologist, Tom Tier. And currently I am looking at Kissimmee.

it's 81. I've got 80 degrees and sunshine and no rain on that WDBO interactive weather radar. Ed Torrance is in that WDBO Traffic Center. He's watching your eye for traffic cameras on this Thursday morning. What's going on over there, Ed? Scott, we got a crash on 436 at Cedar Bay Point to watch out for. And then you're also got delays on I4 westbound for 46A to just after Lake Mary Boulevard, then slow with the tap of the brakes at Ivano, eastbound delays, 429 to World Drive, Osceola Parkway to 535, and then from Orange Blossom Trail to... Amelia. Also want to watch out for a crash on the 408 eastbound at Orange Blossom Trail. You've got delays that begin approaching John Young Parkway, westbound slow in spots from Conway Road to I4. From the WDBO Traffic Center, I'm Ed Torrance. Good Thursday morning. It is 809 now. I'm Scott Inez, Orlando's morning news here on WDBO, 107.3 FM and AM 580. Well, the U.S. military conducting a 12th straight night of strikes against Iran. And it looks like both sides now increasingly targeting civilian infrastructure here. Let's go in depth now, live to Jerusalem. And ABC News correspondent Jordana Miller. And Jordana Sentcom once again said the strikes were designed to further degrade Iran's ability to threaten civilian mariners and commercial vessels transiting regional waters, i.e. the strait of Hormuz. So what is the latest? What is the latest from the Middle East this morning, Jordana? Well, we did see the U.S. carry out strikes again for a 12th consecutive night. But on the ground, what we're piecing together this morning from local and Iranian sources and regional sources is that the U.S. once again has expanded its spank of targets. And they're hitting not just in and around the Strait of Hormuz, but in southern Iran. And for the first time along the Iraqi... Iranian border hitting what looked like a communication tower there, according to local reports. And then other strikes in cities south, in southern Iran, south of Tehran, cities like Shiraz, Avaz, and then the other quote-unquote usual suspects, right, in and around Bandarbas. and some of the islands there, Bouchard, which is a city that is home to Iran's nuclear, civilian nuclear plant. There were strikes again overnight after what has been, again, the United States has hit Bouchard several, several times. Yeah, the president's saying about Iran, they're not ready to make a deal because every time they make a deal, they want to change it and everything. They're not ready. They'll be ready soon, he said. I think it's interesting, Jordana, where you are there in Jerusalem and Israel. It's interesting that Iran has avoided striking out at Israel over the last few weeks since hostilities broke out again. Why is that, Jordana? Why are they avoiding Israel, at least for now?

Well, I think the Iranians know that if they strike Israel, then we could go back to an absolute full force war across all of Iran, the capital nuclear sites. And right now, even though to those who don't follow them in the least, it feels like there's a big war going on, relative to what we saw during Operation Epic Fury. This is kind of low-level fighting between the sides, and the strikes have been quite specific. If Iran decided to strike Israel, then Israel would go after... you know, nuclear sites, military sites, and likely those targeted assassinations would resume. And that would put in jeopardy the Iranian officials who survived the war and who have become the lead negotiators, right? The Israelis could target someone like Abbas Araghchi, the foreign minister, or Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the Speaker of the House, right of the parliament in Iran, or the president. or the supreme leader, Mostobah, who's been out of public's view ever since he was severely injured. So I think the Iranians know that hitting Israel would really take the war to another level, and they just haven't done it yet. The question is, if President Trump decides he's going to escalate, then the Iranians may think they have nothing to lose. and they will strike Israel, right? So there is a creeping sense here in Jerusalem that we're getting closer and closer to an entry point into this war, one way or the other. Yeah, yeah. So what is next? It would appear that these U.S. strikes will continue on Iran. And what about the strikes by Iran on these Gulf neighbors here, Jordana? From what you know, are these strikes doing much damage in those nations? So we have to assume that the strikes, for example, on Jim Jordan, have been unfortunately somewhat effective because we had three U.S. servicemen killed in Iranian strikes. on those bases in Jim Jordan. Now, the Iranians are continuing to hit Jim Jordan and U.S. assets, including in the Port of Akaba, which is the southern port, and it sits right across from Israel, city of Eilat, residents there have hurt explosions. There were, you know, again overnight, and into today there were attacks on Jim Jordan as well. And the Jordanians said they fended off and shot down missiles, ballistic missiles, and drones. We heard the same thing from Kuwait and Bahrain, and it looks like the Iranians have already targeted civilian infrastructure, specifically in Kuwait, at least three times over the last short period, over this last cycle of violence, right, these 12 days, the renewal of fighting. We've seen power stations and desalinization plans hit.

by the Iranians hitting Kuwait, right? And now there were reports just now of strikes by the Kuwait Iraqi border, which could be another Iranian strike on Kuwait. So things, you know, these strikes have been... While not fully effective, they are, you know, they are causing damage in the region, in the Gulf. And there's no doubt about that. I think the biggest development today is the Houthis, the Iranian-backed Shia, you know, a rebel group out of Yemen. The Houthis fired on a Saudi vessel in the Babarmandals, the Babamandab Strait. That's the street in the Red Sea. And that, you know, that forced several Saudi cargo vessels to turn around and one that was hit. And that's going to further. That's why we've seen oil prices jump up now close to $100 because it looks like the Houthis are closing the second straight. All right. Well, thank you for the update, as always, and breaking it all down for us there in the Middle East. That is ABC News correspondent, Jordana Miller, live from Jerusalem for us. It is 816 now at WDBO. Good morning. I'm Greg Roos. As a death investigation is now underway in Kissimmee, after a body was discovered behind a shopping plaza, the Kissimmee police responding to a call around 1040 night on Wednesday. 1049, rather, on Wednesday evening after the individual was located behind the Plaza del Sol Mall. This is an ongoing investigation, the apartment not releasing any details on the identity or circumstances surrounding the death at this time. Alcohol could be to blame with what led a St. John's County man to threaten a family in Volusia County. New Smyrna Beach police arrested Kevin Moss on Monday night. It was after he allegedly tried to break into a home on Ocean Avenue and threatened to kill Judy Lewis and her son. Lewis says she doesn't know Moss and she thinks he may have been drunk. Moss is charged with attempted burglary of an occupied dwelling. Lewis says she plans to buy a gun because she doesn't want to ever be that scared again. Moss was taken to the hospital before being booked into the Volusia County Jail. He made Bond on Tuesday afternoon. Isaac Abdell Messiah, WDBO News. Now the WDBO Sports Update. And Lake Mary Little League softball heading back to Greenville, North Carolina after their win on Wednesday in the Southeast Regional Championship. Florida! is a back-to-back Southeast Region champion, and they are returning to the Little League softball world series. Lake Mary defeating the team from North Carolina for the championship three to one. They'll now head to Greenville, North Carolina for the Little League softball world series. That begins on August 2nd. Seems to be a right of summer for the girls and the boys in Lake Mary. Thank you very much. Greg, 818 now. WDBO. Let's go ahead and get that extended forecast.

for you. It is brought to you by Metlock Lifetime Roofing. Good morning, Scott, a steamy Thursday morning. We are roughly about three months away, Garrettake, from the usual end of the wet season. That's when the cold front season gets started, and we start cooling things down just a little bit, but that's still a waste off. 96 for high today. We'll keep our rain chance at only about 10 to 20 percent, not a whole lot today. Tomorrow, a little bit better chance for a scattered shower, mainly south of Orlando. Then for the weekend, Saturday, Sunday. a higher rain chances return. We'll keep an eye on the remnants of Bertha moving toward Texas by tomorrow. But for us, the tropics should remain quiet through the end of July. From Channel 9, eyewitness news, I'm certified chief meteorologist, Tom Terry. 81 and sunny at Orlando's severe weather station. And we've got our first red alert of this Thursday morning 408 eastbound at OBT is the area of concern right now. Ed Torrance, what's going on down there? Scott, the crash there has got a right lane blocked on, the 408 eastbound. Those delays go all the way back to the Pine Hills Toll Plaza. You can go ahead and take Colonial Drive as an alternate westbound traffic, slowing in spots, approaching Crystal Lake Drive to I4. From the WDBO Traffic Center, I'm Ed Torrance. Those were the best days of my life. Park Howard this morning says, okay, go ahead and secure your phone with unique passwords, and don't forget about the biometrics. Our consumer warrior coming up.