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Attorney General Pam Bondi held a press conference this week about the donation to her campaign from Trump. Bondi maintains she did nothing improper, but did that press conference do enough to quell suspicions about the timing of the donation and the decision by the state attorney’s office not to pursue a case against Trump University?

A look at the money flowing into the campaign to legalize medical marijuana shows Sheldon Adelson has just given the opposition to that campaign a big boost. Is Amendment 2 going the same way it did last time? Or does it have the momentum this time to pass?

Governor Rick Scott just got back from what the Orlando Sentinel dubbed a “Zika Outrage Tour.” Will congress pass a funding bill and give Florida the money it needs to fight Zika?

Democratic state legislature and political analyst Dick Batchelor and Republican analyst and publisher of the Orlando Political Observer Frank Torres join the program.

On today’s show: we’re talking politics and money. Donald Trump’s donation to Pam Bondi, Sheldon Adelson’s cash injection to fight marijuana reform, and the money Rick Scott wants the federal government to send our way to fight Zika. Are you thinking about the money flowing behind the scenes as you get ready to cast your vote this November?

Then, former US Senator Bob Graham headlines a rally to highlight the imperilled environment of the Sunshine State this weekend. Ahead of that rally in Jacksonville, Graham talks about the threats to Florida’s environment, and why he’s not giving up in the fight to protect it.

And, up and coming Orlando hip hop artist Ken Nai joins us in the studio to perform some songs and talk about the sounds and scenes that influence his art- from his Dad’s record collection to the music of the islands.

Would you eat pizza from a vending machine? A Florida based company hopes enough people will say yes, and it’ll see its pizza vending machines spread across the country. 90.7's Talia Blake talks to the owners of the Pizza Touch vending machine. And Orlando Weekly food critic Faiyaz Kara joins us to talk about other high end foods you can get from vending machines around the world, from cupcakes to caviar... and even live crabs.

According to the National Center for Simulation, modeling, simulation, and training industries contribute nearly five billion dollars to Florida and directly employs more than 27,000 Floridians. Waymon Armstrong of Engineering & Computer Simulations and Angela Alban from SIMETRI, Inc. join Intersection to talk about the latest in simulation.

A new fence has gone up around Pulse nightclub. Owner Barbara Poma says it leaves more room for people to come and pay their respects to the victims of the shooting. We hear about the process of saving thousands of hand made memorial items, and a nearby business owner talks about how his business is doing 3 months on.

Drive past the Pulse nightclub now and you’ll see something different.

The chainlink fence that served as a backdrop for people’s handmade memorials is gone, replaced by a smaller fence that allows more room for people to come and pay their respects to the victims of the shooting. We talk to Pulse owner Barbara Poma about the new fence. We’ll also hear about the process of saving those thousands of memorial items, and hear from a business nearby about how they’re doing three months on.

Then- simulation is big business in Central Florida… and the industry covers everything from immersive video games to train soldiers, to hyper realistic mannequins used for medical training. Two local industry leaders join us to talk about the future of simulation.

And the next time you get the late night munchies and go for a pizza… you could be standing in front of a vending machine! Orlando Weekly food critic Faiyaz Kara joins us to talk about the kinds of high end foods available at the push of a button.

The I-4 corridor is shaping up as a crucial part of Florida as the two presidential candidates try to win this swing state in November. Latino voters are an increasingly important part of the electorate in Central Florida and throughout the state.

Joel Hunter is the pastor at Northland, a Church Distributed. Northland is a non-denominational church in Longwood, with some 20,000 members. After the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando in June Hunter took time out to reflect on his beliefs and on how the church treats the LGBT community.

Local singer songwriter Cat Ridgeway has debut album already under her belt. Cat's latest project is an extended EP called Passenger Seat. Cat played a few songs and talked with Intersection about her eclectic music abilities.

The Pulse nightclub shooting forced Pastor Joel Hunter to examine his own heart and do some soul searching about LGBT discrimination.