Idalia Nears Gulf Coast, Proud Boys Leader to be Sentenced, Sexism in Spanish Soccer
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Hurricane delia is forecasts to make landfall in for the big bend region today.

Officials are warning of sustained winds well over a hundred miles per hour and a potentially catastrophic storm surge.

Imt, that's the show, Martin, and this is up first from N. P. R. news. Senior leaders of the proud boys face sentencing today in rict. Ario and his little tenant, eth ordee, were a convicted for crime for related to their efforts to black sort of the election. Federal prosecutors want them sense to prison for decades .

to we get IT and are recording over sexism in spanish sports. Has an unwanted kiss started a larger movement? Stay with us or give you the news you need to start your day.

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Florida s gulf coast is bracing for a major hurray e .

idoya is the hurricanes name and is set to make landfall today in the states big band area. It's now a category four storm with one hundred and thirty mile per hour winds. Lord has governor on descente sts. And many other officials are urging residents to evacuate .

coastal areas. Storm surge could reach ten to fifteen feet in some areas of the big bend. That is life threatening storm surge at a storm surge that if you're there, while that hits, it's going to be very difficult to survive. This hurricane ala.

Is coming to sure in one of ford, at least developed areas, but it's expected to have a big impact on communities all along the gulf coast as well in georgia .

and Caroline and great with us now from think Petersburg to tell us more good morning. Good morning, macho, to tell us the latest on the storm.

well, italy has grown dramatically over the last several hours. It's undergone what metrology st call a rapid intensification. We've been seen that a lot from hurricanes in recent years.

It's on track now to come assure a bit north of seeder key that's in the big bend area where florida gulf coast meets the pan handle. It's relatives undeveloped there with mostly small towns at the same time. It's an area that's especially accept able to storm surge and many, many the homes are older and not really built to withstand hurry anes. So with one hundred and thirty miles for our winds and a storm surge as highs, teen feet di is going to do a lot of damage.

Nearly thirty counties in fraud a have issued either a voluntary or Mandatory of actuation orders. Do we have a sense of whether people in vulnerable areas did get out?

Well, that's always a major question in storms like this one god satis says he believes people have evacuated from the most vulnerable areas. He says that includes seeder key. And island is expected to be completely indicated by the storm surge.

I think on seeder key, the vast majority have done IT, I don't think is one hundred percent, but I think IT was a lot and probably a bigger percentage in some of the was really sensitive areas. Then happened in hurray, ian.

in hurricane an last year. Many people stay behind and dozens of those who did drown in the storm surge. Italy is coming to show in a much less populated area, and there's hope that we won't see a repeat of those numbers.

What about in the temple bay area where you are now?

Well, there are evacuation orders for coastal zones here. This area is expecting a four to six foot storm search. Already seeing water in the streets.

Many people have left. What is a bar on the water was open yesterday. Owner roxy roles says they planned to be open today despite a Mandatory evacuation order.

A lot of the locals aren't leaving. We closed last year and got a lot of complaints, which was surprising. But this year, I, you know, we're staying in and we built the wall.

We have board new foundations. We've got new, new patios. We're ready to go. Everything's going to secured were ready.

Ryals recently built a new five foot flood wall and made other improvements that he thinks will help her business to .

withstand the storm surge. I hope so. What are our officials plans to respond to the storm after IT makes landfall?

Well, a florida emergences management director is warning that search and rescue crews will not be able to respond to calls for help until after the storm passes. They say they may begin rescues this evening, if necessary. In terms of the impacts are likely to be widespread power outragious from down trees and lines, tens of thousands of line, and are preposition and ready to go in at to restore power.

But that can take time, especially we see major damage. Italy is a fast moving storm and expected to still be a hurricane when he gets into georgia by this afternoon. Officials are warning about the possibility of flooding and tornado s as IT moves through georgia into the CarOlinas.

That is, and pears, greg island and Peters or greg, thank you.

You are.

A former leader of the far right extremist group, the proud boys will appear for sentencing in court later this morning.

and regatta o was convicted for sadness. Ous conspiracy in other crimes in may is all related to the january six attack on the U. S. capital. One of his lu tens eth ordee will also be sense today.

anything? Jack and deas will be in the court room later this morning, and she's here.

What is now a good morning.

Good morning. So could you just first walk us through what's going to happen in court today?

Yeah, so the sentencing hearing for a reti o will start today at ten am eastern time toros, the former national chairman of the proud boys. And he's looking at a possible thirty three year prison sentence either. Norine, a fellow member of the pride boys, is also going to be sentences this afternoon.

He's looking at around twenty seven years if the federal judge goes along with the prosecutions recommendations. And this is all for their role in a conspiracy y to stop the certification of the twenty twenty election result in congress and to keep down a trump in the White house. If tario and nordine gets sentence to more than two decades in prison, it'll mark the most severe punishment given to any generic writer. Others, ebers founder Stewart roads, was convicted of cigous ous conspiracy in a separate case back in may, and he received the longest sentence so far of eighteen years.

And all this follows a months swang trial earlier this year. Would you now walk us through how we got to this day?

That's right. It's been a long road. The events that LED to tario and ordinance conviction for citified conspiracy y goes back to generate six thousand and twenty one.

Prosecutors say that the two men, along with other members of the proud boys, conspired to block the certification of the twenty and twenty election results. What's interesting is that tario wasn't even at the capital on generate six. He was arrested in washington, D.

C. Days earlier for burning a local churches black lives matter banner. His attorneys have tried to argue for a lighter sentence because of that, but prosecutors say he's still directed by boys to take over the capital bedding.

Nordine was actually there that day and was involved in fights with police who are trying to protect the building. Prosecutors say tario margin and others consider themselves foot soldiers of the right. And I understand .

that there was a hearing yesterday where some of the people, police officers who were attacked by the proud boy spoke. Can you just tell us a bit more about what happened there?

Yeah, we heard from three police officers yesterday. Two of them were in the courtroom to address the court. They wear U.

S. Capital police officer share cooey and U. S. Capital police inspector Thomas boyd, both officers got emotional during their fairly brief statement to the court.

They talked about how they honestly didn't think they would make IT through generate six, twenty twenty one alive. According to court documents, Kenny had actually come face to face with nor danger in the riot, SHE said. SHE in her other officers were beaten by riders, many who claim to support law enforcement. And hearing those voices really helped emphasize the pain and fear that officers felt that day. And they're still dealing .

with once tario an ordinary sentence today, what can we expect next?

So there are three other defendants who were tried alongside tario in nori, who also await sentencing this week. They are facing between twenty to thirty years each other than that. We still have many other january six rioters who are awaiting their sentence in their own cases.

That's M P. S. Jacklin jack. Thank you so much.

Thank you.

And now to spain, where there is a recording over sexism and women's sports.

prosecutors there are investigating the head of spain soccer federation after he forcibly kissed one of the country's top women .

soccer players. The warm sy has been found, the story, and he is with us now. Good morning.

Good morning. OK. So for people who didn't catch this, this started just after spain he made history. And when its first ever women's world cup take IT from there, what happen next? Well.

during the medal ceremony, spends football federation chief Louis robie is was congratulate late a player, Jenny, her mother. He put her into this tight hug and then grabs her head with his hands and kisses her on the mouth. All of this was broadcast live around the world.

Video also showed him making a crush grabble gesture after spain one as he stood in the dignitaries box just a few feet away from the queen of spain. The criticism was immediate, and russia has claimed the kiss was mutual, but he asked her most so for a little kiss, and he said yes. But hermosa says that conversation never happened. SHE never consented, and he did not like IT. SHE said a statement that he was vulnerable and the victim of a sexist act.

I have to seen, I saw this myself when I was watching the end of the mechanism. I just had a hard time believing when I was seeing, right? So what has been the fall out?

Well, ruby, Alice still has a job, but IT is extremely tenuous. Many thought he would resign last week at an emergency meeting of spain socket federation, but he refused to. Um the entire spanish team that just won the world cup, plus another fifty players put out a statement saying they will not play for spain until ruby ellis is out.

Fea, meanwhile, has suspended him pending an investigation. And then the government of spain is working on multiple fronts. In this case, there is a sports court that could declare riba is unfit to hold office, and there is also a separate investigation by federal prosecutors into whether riba is has committed a crime of sexual aggression.

Does ruby, I have us have any support in all this?

Not much. Certainly the most vocal of his supporters has been his mother, who announced that he has gone on hunger strike to do what he called the inhumane hounding of her son, and initially had seen that ruby, alas, had a lot of support of the federation. When he gave that speech last week, refusing to resign, he was applauded by many in the federation, including the coaches of spain, women s and women's national teams.

But as the backlash has grown, those coaches eventually released statements condemning him. And now spain federation itself is calling for him to step down. They're citing unacceptable behaviors that have seriously damaged the image of spanish football, and they're promising structural reforms. And for the federation, IT is crucial to get this issue sorted. The country is bidding to go host the twenty thirty world cup, and their reputation has certainly been turned shed in all of this.

But have to say that this feels bigger than soccer. Now IT seems like this is touched a nerve in spain. Why is that?

absolutely. Gender issues and women's rights have been a big topic in spain in recent years. They sort of had their own me too movement there.

And it's culminated in new laws protecting the right to abortion and women's equality in the workplace. It's also important to know that there was already turmoil in this team. Even before the world cup last year, fifteen of spain top players said they would refuse to play for the women's coach or hata.

And the players are now saying, see, this is what we are talking about. And IT seems many people in spin or sing. Ww, this is bad.

This has got to change. Over the last week, hundreds of protesters have gathered in the streets of madrid, their weighing red cards and calling for rubia to resign. And there's a couple of hash tags that have attached themselves to this movement, too. When is contiguous, Jenny? Where with you, Jenny, and say, a is over.

That is empires. Laural warmly Laural.

Thank you. come.

And that's a first for wednesday, August thirty I mission .

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