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On the latest episode of the This Week in South Florida podcast, host Glenna Milberg welcomes Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, State Sen. Shevrin Jones, State Rep. Vicki Lopez and Miami Beach mayoral candidates Michael Gonora and Steven Meiner.

On the latest episode of the This Week in South Florida podcast, host Glenna Milberg welcomes Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, Florida State Sen. Alexis Calatayud, Florida State Rep. Michael Gottlieb, Florida International University students Carlton Gillespie and Tania Jimenez, and University of Miami students Melanie Lowe and Regina Potenza.

On the latest episode of This Week in South Florida, host Glenna Milberg welcomes Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, Florida State Sen. Alexis Calatayud, Florida State Rep. Michael Gottlieb, Florida International University students Carlton Gillespie and Tania Jimenez, and University of Miami students Melanie Lowe and Regina Potenza.

More than $14 billion U.S. dollars in emergency funding is to back Israel’s war on terrorists and to rescue hostages, including Americans.

On the latest episode of the This Week in South Florida podcast, host Glenna Milberg welcomes Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, Broward County Commissioner Michael Udine, White House Jewish Community Liaison Shelley Greenspan, Board Chair of the American Friends of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem Bishop Gregory Rickel, and Broward County Circuit Court Judge Robert Lee.

On the latest episode of This Week in South Florida, host Glenna Milberg welcomes Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, Broward County Commissioner Michael Udine, White House Jewish Community Liaison Shelley Greenspan, Board Chair of the American Friends of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem Bishop Gregory Rickel, and Broward County Circuit Court Judge Robert Lee.

As the conflict in Israel continues, there are many in South Florida who have been involved in getting aid to Israel that are ramping up the operation to root out terrorists.

Florida Democratic Rep. Jared Moskowitz, who organized the congressional tour of the Parkland school shooting site with Republican Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, led a roundtable discussion after the tour with the families of those killed in the shooting.

Gunfire again erupted at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School as part of a reenactment of the 2018 massacre that left 14 students and three staff members dead.

Amid Republican gains in the U.S. House races in Florida, Democrat Maxwell Alejandro Frost has become the first member of Generation Z to win a seat in Congress.

On the latest episode of This Week in South Florida, hosts Glenna Milberg and Michael Putney are joined by attorney and legal analyst Gail Levine, Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, congressional candidate Joe Budd, congressional candidate Robert Asencio and Miami-Dade Schools Superintendent Jose Dotres.

There is less than a month before Election Day but voting is underway for those who have their vote by mail ballot in hand.

On the latest episode of the This Week in South Florida podcast, hosts Michael Putney and Glenna Milberg welcome Broward School Board members Laurie Rich Levinson and Debra Hixon, Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart and state congressional candidate Ashley Gantt.

On the latest episode of This Week in South Florida, hosts Michael Putney and Glenna Milberg welcome Broward School Board members Laurie Rich Levinson and Debra Hixon, Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart and state congressional candidate Ashley Gnatt.

South Florida Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart is not so worried about intra-party competition in the upcoming primary election.

Tracks used by the nation’s deadliest railroad will see added fencing to keep pedestrians away and safety improvements at crossings under a $25 million federal grant.

The South Florida congressional delegation does not agree on many issues, but they all voted for the Respect the Marriage act in the House on Tuesday night.

Among the opponents of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade was a group of teenage girls in Weston who were raising funds to support Planned Parenthood.

South Florida lawmakers listen to Ukraine's president make an impassioned speech via Zoom.

Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick has become the newest member of the House.

Members of South Florida's congressional delegation react to President Biden's trillion dollar "Build Back Better" plan.

Members of congress from South Florida showed their support for the Cuban people in Washington, as many activists took to the streets on the island nation Monday.

On the latest episode of This Week in South Florida, hosts Michael Putney and Glenna Milberg are joined by Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, former Miami Police Chief Jorge Colina and attorney Cassandra Suprin.

House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy and fellow GOP politicians are accusing President Joe Biden of not doing more to help establish internet access for Cubans on the island.

A group of conservative activists organized a demonstration to be held on Tuesday afternoon in front of the U.S. Capitol to ask President Joe Biden to take further action against communism in Cuba.

Representatives María Elvira Salazar and Mario Diaz-Balart met on Monday morning to talk to reporters at the Miami International Airport about a bill proposal to help reunite Cuban families.

PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. – On the latest episode of This Week in South Florida, hosts Michael Putney and Glenna Milberg are joined by South Florida Congressmen Ted Deutch and Mario Diaz-Balart, and Venezuelan Ambassador to the United States Carlos Vecchio. The full episode can be viewed at the top of this page.

PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. – The American Rescue Plan was supposed to be a bipartisan solution to the many problems caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Every Republican in Congress voted against it, though. That includes Miami-Dade Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart. He joined This Week in South Florida hosts Glenna Milberg and Michael Putney to discuss. Their conversation can be seen at the top of this page.

PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. – On the latest episode of This Week in South Florida, guests included Florida Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nunez, South Florida Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart and attorneys Stephen Johnson and Ed Pozzuoli. They joined TWISF hosts Glenna Milberg and Michael Putney, and the full show can be seen at the top of this page.

PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. – On Monday the House of Representatives is scheduled to deliver to the Senate the Article of Impeachment charging now-former President Donald Trump with inciting an insurrection. Congress faces that upcoming trial as it works with a new president, new goals and a new plan to overcome the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic. One of the former president’s staunchest supporters in South Florida is Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart, a Republican representing southern Miami-Dade County and the Southwest Florida coast. He joined This Week in South Florida hosts Glenna Milberg and Michael Putney, and their discussion can be seen at the top of this page.

He was convicted in April 2017 on 67 counts, including health care fraud, submitting false claims and falsifying patient records. A White House statement credited Menendez with supporting clemency for Melgen, who was a donor to Democratic politicians and a longtime friend of the Cuban-American New Jersey senator. In a statement of his own, Menendez said he did very little on Melgen’s behalf and did not expect the clemency decision from Trump. “I don’t pretend to know what motivates President Trump to act, but I am pretty sure it’s not me,” Menendez said. A federal jury in New Jersey failed to reach a verdict on charges that Melgen used his relationship to bribe Menendez.

“Mob violence goes against everything I believe in and everything our movement stands for. No true supporter of mine could ever endorse political violence,” Trump said. When it comes to South Florida’s Congressional delegation and the historical second impeachment of Trump, they voted along party lines – every Democrat from South Florida voting to impeach Trump, Republicans voting nay. 232 Democrats voting in the impeachment article, “Incitement of Insurrection,” and just 10 Republicans voting along with them. Officers were left screaming for help and one officer was killed after Trump sent a riotous mob straight to the Capitol.

PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. – This week’s chaos at The Capitol is under layers of investigation. 147 members of Congress, all Republicans, voted to reject electors in Arizona and Pennsylvania, which would effectively have disenfranchised millions of voters. Among those voting to decertify were Florida Senator Rick Scott and Miami Congressmen Mario Diaz-Balart and Carlos Gimenez. Only Gimenez accepted Local 10′s invitation to join This Week in South Florida, but he cancelled the morning of the show citing a medical emergency. Rep. Ted Deutch, a Democrat from Boca Raton who represents Florida’s 22nd Congressional District, did join TWISF to discuss the week’s events, and their conversation can be seen at the top of this page.

PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. – New members of Congress Carlos Gimenez and Maria Elvira Salazar were both endorsed by President Donald Trump, and they’re not about to cut him loose. And, in fact, the Trump campaign Friday dropped its legal challenge to the vote results in Arizona, which President-elect Joe Biden won. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 13, 2020Miami Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart, a Republican re-elected without opposition, is totally behind the president. “We should let the legal and vote counting process continue, let the states certify their results,” he said. Gimenez says Biden should get the daily intelligence briefings, but that Trump doesn’t need to concede until all the votes are counted.

Co-hosts Glenna Milberg and Michael Putney sit down with Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart for an in-depth discussion. On the roundtable, Glenna and Michael are joined by attorney Burnadette Norris-Weeks,...

Co-hosts Glenna Milberg and Michael Putney sit down with Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart for an in-depth discussion. On the roundtable, Glenna and Michael are joined by attorney Burnadette Norris-Weeks,... Copyright 2019 by WPLG Local10.com - All rights reserved.

Co-hosts Glenna Milberg and Michael Putney sit down with Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart for an in-depth discussion. On the roundtable, Glenna and Michael are joined by attorney Burnadette Norris-Weeks,... Copyright 2019 by WPLG Local10.com - All rights reserved.

MIAMI – The death of Fidel Castro was cause for celebration for citizens of South Florida, including community, county and city leaders who shared their thoughts on the passing of the former Cuban dictator. In a joint media conference Saturday Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Rep. Carlos Curbelo, Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart and former Congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart, spoke about Castro, who died at 90, and political prisoners on the communist Caribbean island nation. "The only thing that Fidel Castro has been successful at is staying power, period," she said. Mario Diaz-Balart spoke about the families that were displaced and people who were hurt under the Castro government. He said nature "took care" of Castro and will soon "take care" of his 85-year-old brother Raul Castro, who took over as Cuba's leader a decade ago.