Beyond the News WFLA Interviews

A man watched the smoke shop robbery that killed his brother on remote surveillance video. He called police but otherwise could only watch helplessly as his brother was on the ground. Gordon Byrd interviews Randy Warren, PIO of the Manatee Sheriff's Office about the search for two suspects and any witnesses.

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Erik Maltais, Marine veteran and one of the volunteer leaders of the new Tampa chapter of Bunker Labs, talks about promoting veterans entrepreneurship in the Tampa Bay area.

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Gordon Byrd speaks with Stephen Rodriguez, CEO of Nathan Benderson Park, about the national and world club crew Dragon Boat championships coming to Sarasota in 2021 and 2022.

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Gordon Byrd interviews analyst Jill Gonzalez of personal finance site Wallethub.com about a study ranking 100 U.S. cities' public transportation systems. Tampa ranked 98th, St. Petersburg 99th, and no Florida community made the top 50.

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Gordon Byrd speaks with Andrew DePietro of GoBankingRates.com about their new report on 50 Housing Markets That Are Turning Ugly... sluggish or dropping prices and rising underwater and foreclosure rates. 15 of them are in Florida.

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Gordon Byrd interviews Gary Coxe, a private pilot who' s collecting supplies in Lakeland to fly to the Bahamas next week, under the sponsorship of the Sandals Foundation, for survivors of Hurricane Dorian

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Gordon Byrd interviews Matthew Marchetti, co-founder of Crowd Source Rescue, a nonprofit behind an app that puts people needing rescue in touch with those who have boats and can rescue them. It got used thousands of times during Hurricane Michael and he says it's also being used during Dorian.

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Gordon Byrd speaks with Tampa's Chris Reynolds, PhD, with the emergency management program at American Military University, about the process of hurricane planning and recovery, as well as scams involving hurricane relief.

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If your boss tells you to work during a hurricane and you refuse, nothing in Florida law will stop you from getting disciplined or fired. Gordon Byrd speaks with David Stefany, partner of the Tampa law firm Allen Norton and Blue.

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Gordon Byrd speaks with Rabih Bechara, MD, FCCP, about the dangers posed by hurricanes to people with chronic lung diseases such as asthma, emphysema, lung cancer and COPD.

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