review have the opening statement. rep. murphy: good evening, thank you for being here this evening. i got into public service because i was tired of the name-calling and bickering. one of my greatest achievements was working with republicans and democrats to authorize nearly $2 million of funding for the everglades. i worked across party lines to bring you hundred congress members -- bring 200 congress members to help medicare advantage, and a lower flood insurance rates for floridians and help citrus farmers. this is in stark contrast to my opponent, who does not even show up to work. sen. rubio: is the worst voting record in nearly 50 years, has gone on to endorse donald trump, the man thought by his own account, does not trust with the nuclear codes. that is exactly why florida's 4 major newspapers have endorsed

me, including the miami herald, his hometown paper, because they know i'm going to show up to work each and every day for the people of florida. sen. rubio: thank you for posting this debate. i appreciate the opportunity. is the choice in this election. they are the best when they are about clear choices. it is a choice between someone proud of my six years in the senate, and before that, my nine years in the legislature. i have real concrete achievements i can point you on behalf of the state of florida. essential ever get planning project --the central everglades planning project past because i convinced a key colleague of mine to become a supporter. american foreign aid has leveraged to ensure we are taking on human trafficking because of the act bypassed. slumlords in riviera beach in orlando are under investigation because of the pressure i put on them with senator nelson. during my time in the senate are proven i can get things done and

ask voters to compare that to congressman murphy's record. he cited achievements that are not true. he has been there for four years, and no one has noticed. this is a clear difference. that is the choice between voters. we are too important estate to have a senator but the -- important a stae to have a senator but does not know how to get things done. host: each of your campaigns has been targeted by one primary criticism. i will let you adjust that directly. congressman murphy, you have repeatedly been attacked during this campaign as someone who has resumeed. -- has padded his resume. we know that you never became a licensed cpa in florida and read environmental cleanup business with your father for less than six months. explain why this experience qualifies you for the work in

the u.s. senate. rep. murphy: thanks for this question. i am so grateful for pull it -- for politifact, who has gone through these accusations. the last seven claims thrown out by sen. rubio: and his right-wing friends have been rated as false. i am a cpa, got my license in 2009, one over nine in the house of representatives. adn if elected would be the second cpi to serve. if you look at our fiscal house, we could use a few more cpa. i am proud of what i was able to do to prevent some of the oil potentially coming down her west coast. and i am proud and would be willing to put up my experience in the private sector as a cpa against my opponent, who has been a lobbyist and career politician's entire career. you say we need change in washington. sen. rubio: lockstep with

special interest groups -- senator rubio has been lockstep with special interest groups. when he does show up to work, he has a 98% voting record with the koch brothers, a right-wing special interest groups. i believe we can do more and are proud of my compliments because they have been bipartisan measure. i brought her money to help with research for our citrus farmers, to hope the everglades, work with congress men to all our veterans with the backlog. i will continue reaching across the aisle to solve these problems in the u.s. senate. host: senator rubio? you said in last week's debate that you will serve a full six-year term in the senate, god willing. can you use that qualifier four times in the date. we know that you said prayer convinced you. this senate race is one that you needed to begin even though you originally declared he would not run for president.

willing at -- is god way out should you change your mind for the white house in 2020? sen. rubio: that is something that i always say. i believe that god plans are course. nevada what happens on november 8, the creator of the universe will be sitting on his throne. and everything will be ordered by him. i believe that deeply. i always use that. it is what i truly believe. let me address what cumbersome and murphy said, i think he's living up to his revision as a serial embellisher. when he ran for congress four years ago he told people his experience as a cpa will make him a good congress in. in florida he does not have a license to be a cpa. candidate a -- you cannot be a cpa if you don't have a license

clearing he talked about how he cleans up the oil spill. independent fact checkers showed that he did not have a single contract to do so. why does he make things up? he doesn't have anything real two point to. -- real to point to. he got money for the everglades -- no he didn't. that was money in the army court long time ago and that would have passed whether or without him. he talked about saving medicare advantage. he did not do anything except sign on to a letter. he has no record of achievement. i asked people to compare that to my nine years in tallahassee, including two as speaker. there are sanctions on hezbollah because of a bill that i passed. venezuela has been sentient because of a bill that i just. if yourphy: senator, voted as much as you lied, you might be a decent senator, but you continue to throw out these lies.

they have been debunked by politifact. i am willing to put what have done to your record. we were just asked this question about your comments about not running for office. let's rewind a little bit. you had 10,000 times that you weren't going to run for senate again. and the day before qualifying, you throw your name back in, and it takes you 4 months to admit to the voters you want to stop. it took you for months to do that? all of a sudden the polls are just tied and he will certainly tell you he is going to serve a full term. florida congress is better than that. sen. rubio: the reason why he brings this up about me changing my mind is because it would be easier for him to win if i hadn't changed my mind. that is why i decided to run. we are 10 minutes into the debate, 2 changes to talk about your achievements -- you have been there 4 years and it's like it never happened.

florida could become date of the second largest state, a the state in our country for virtually every major american. -- for every major issue in america. we can't have someone that has never gotten anything done. i encourage people to compare that to my record of getting things done bill after bill. [indiscernible] gentlemen, being the referee is no good. they did not give me a whistle. you mentioned we are 10 minutes in. the next question is social security. senator, he said he would favor increasing the retirement age from city seven to -- 67 to 70 years old. you are telling workers they will have to work an extra five years. sen. rubio: that is not correct. as the law stands, the age is going up incrementally. 45, i ilike me at age would say for me, instead of

retiring at 67, i would retire at 67 and a half. nothing would change for those about to retire. my mom can't go back to work. she relies on social security and medicare. i want that to continue unchanged. i don't want to change anything for people that are on it now or near retirement. but yes for younger workers there will have to be smaller changes or it would exist. these problems are going bankrupt. anyone that tells you he can leave it the way it is is lying to you. the longer we wait to address this, the more likely it is we have to disrupt these programs. i don't want to see that happen. medicare and social security is not critical for floridians, but for my mother and family. i want this program to thrive and be there when i retire and my children retire and for americans on and on. but it won't be if we continue on this course now. oppose socialyou

security benefit cutting. and he will not reduce benefits a stone income. what will you do to protect social security? sen. rubio: there is a stark -- rep. murphy: is a stark contrast giving my opponent and i. these are two of the top achievements in our country's history. all of the money -- my opponent has taken millions of dollars from special interest groups that want to dismantle these programs, which expires why he said social security have "weakened us as a people." you see, senator rubio's to put social security money on wall street. he wants to privatize it and turned medicare into a voucher program. i could not disagree further. i believe we need to strengthen these programs. i introduced a bill called "the save benefits act" that helps seniors with cost-of-living adjustments. we can ensure cap

these programs are not therefore current in years but younger generations as well. about aio: the comment cpa is -- it is nonexistent. what i said is that that is weakening our country. -- debt is weakening our country. social security was designed we had 16 workers for every retiree. soon it will be down to two workers for every retiree. everyone, including a budget cpa should be able to do the math and the tremendous is in trouble if we don't do adjustments to it. i don't want to dismantle social security and medicare. how do you explain that to my mother? i went to preserve it and protected. there will have to be changes for the way it works in my generation and my children's generation. host: a revolt for the congressman.

rep. murphy: it is nice you are talking moderate for the programs. you didn't say it makes us weaker as a people. it is the ryan bill, turning medicare into a voucher program. that is a huge change for these programs. it is not just what you are saying on stage, it's what you've actually done as a senator. that should be scary to our seniors. we can do more to ensure these programs will be there for generations to come. sen. rubio: pedestalssen. rubio: . i don't support -- ithat is false. i have never supported privatizing social security. and i do not support turning medicare into a doctor. i support turning it in into a choice. --into a voucher. claimed to have saved medicare choice from cuts, that is a choice program. you can go from traditional medicare or a private provider. it works well for my mother. i want more people to have that option.

rep. murphy: fact checkers get to this one. host: the question for my colleague in the temple break times. --the tampa bay times. >> let's talk about health care. premiums for many injured under the affordable care act are expected to rise an average of 25% next year. that is awfully steep. you said he would support changes to the law. can you beat some specific-- can you be specific about what needs to be done to reduce premiums? rep. murphy: there is no question the affordable care act was a huge step forward for the country. the question is getting it right across the aisle to make sure we are fixing it. so that we have more coverage for more people that is more affordable. but you have to show up to work and be willing to reach across the aisle. senator rubio has spent the last six years trying to undermine this legislation.

he wants to take us back to the days where you could get chopped from your health insurance plaintiff got sick, where you could be denied coverage if you had a pre-existing condition, where women were being charged more than men because they were women. or seniors being charged more for prescription drugs. that is what he was to take us back to. now he's going to tell us about the risk corridors. that should be renamed the florida premium increase. that is exactly why many health kurds experts have said -- health care experts have said our health insurance rates are going up. i don't know why he brags about this. it has made it more expensive for you all. i believe that we can expand medicaid. that means 9000 people in florida will have access to affordable health care. that our push government is negotiating with pharmaceutical companies. i believe we can do more to grow from the waste, fraud, and abuse. we should be looking at a public

option, especially in rule areas. one of the major premises of the affordable care act is that there was competition. more people fighting to ensure you. you need to that competition. host: let us ask senator rubio. you have repeatedly vowed to reveal obamacare. -- repeal obamacare. today 20 more -- 20 million more americans are insured then when you ran for office the first time. what will you do tomorrow for the people who have health insurance today if you repeal it? sen. rubio: first of all it is not a risk corridor, it is a bailout. let me talk about how everyone understands. one of the ways obama administration cut the big insurance companies to support it is that they put a provision that said, if you guys lose money under obamacare, we are

going to bail you out with taxpayer money. and yes, i am proud that we got rid of that. why should we use taxpayer money to bailout private insurance companies making millions of dollars in profits? why should you be bailing out private insurance companies? i want congressman murphy to answer why that is the right thing for our country. why should we be bailing out private insurance companies? what should we do instead of obamacare. old system didn't work. he did not have an answer on a plan. his plan is, i want to make obamacare even bigger. here is a better approach. if your employer wants to give you money, we will give you health care money, you have to pay taxes on that money. i will get rid of that. when an employer decides to give you money to buy your health care, you can do so tax free. of course they can continue to buy it for you.

that's not available i want a fully refundable tax credit to buy health insurance from any company across state lines. people that find it difficult to afford insurance because they have pre-existing indigents that ultimately made them uninsurable. that is a much better approach than the system we have now when you are forcing people itno obamacare. host: rebuttal? rep. murphy: i am glad you brought up the high risk pools. that plan you just proposed has been tried in 35 states and has failed in all 35 states. it has billions of dollars, makes it more expensive, and adjust people from their plans. that is of course the talking point given to him by the koch brothers. that plan does not work.

they did not know who was going to sign up, how risky they were going to be. because of the legislation, we do have a spike. because of you that floridians are paying more. sen. rubio: congressman murphy should answer the question i asked. why is it right for the american taxpayer to bail out insurance companies? rep. murphy: i'm talking about the people, not the companies. sen. rubio: these companies would participate in obamacare with the promise that if they lost money, the taxpayer would build amount. -- would bail them out. my lonely said that you can't feel the knot with taxpayer money. to tell you the lawlessness of this administration, they are going to the insurance committees and say, don't worry,

just sue us. he will get a default dutchmen against us. -- you will get a default judgment against us. host: we're going to move to the supreme court. we begin with congressman murphy. the next president will send several supreme court nominees to the senate for confirmation. what criteria is important to confirm a nominee from a president of the opposing party? rep. murphy: the constitution is pretty clear on this one. it is the president's r to nominateole a supreme court justice, and it is the senate's job to confirm that individual. i think this is one of the most important jobs of being a u.s. senator. it is critical whoever the choices understands the constitution. they will follow the rule of law. and they will be able to make sure that is played out fairly and equitably for everyone in our country.

this is one of the areas i think is pretty disturbing to a lot of americans. the senate has not acted. the senate has not even had a hearing on merit garland. by all accounts he is as qualified as anybody we have ever had to be in the supreme court. yet there has not been hearing. senator rubio is not even taken the time to meet with merrick garland. i i guess he's too busy running for president, but he did not even ask these simple questions. the american people are so frustrated with congress. they are mad at the house, the senate, republicans and democrats. i don't think they ever expected that the dysfunction in the house whatever bleed over to the supreme court. the supreme court isn't even taking up certain cases because they know it is going to be a tie. that is a complete unnecessary course of action, and all of is of the obstructionist tea party

republicans like senator rubio that care more about their own ambitions than getting things done for the people of florida. sen. rubio: we should understand the role of the supreme court in this country. i don't care the personal views of the justice. let me tell you the proper role of the supreme court is not -- it is not to write lost. that is the job of the legislative branch. the proper role of the supreme court is to take the case and apply the constitution according to its original meaning. what do those words mean to the people who wrote them? if you don't like what the constitutional says, we have an amendment process. that is the way you change the constitution. they are all smart people that went to ivy league schools. but do they understand the

proper role of the court? if the people on that court or not those that understand the proper role, we will lose our own constitution. control of the court is to apply that according to its original meaning. that is the singular criteria i will use in evaluating any nomination for my the president. >> nearly half a million people have died in the war in serious, including -- in syria. many people fleeing their homes opened the door to isis. voted against u.s. airstrikes in syria in 2015. --himmit sen. rubio:.

asked, the president chose not to pursue that route. moderate groups declined in their capabilities, creating the vacuum for isis to emerge. the bottom line is this -- our interest in syria are singular. that is to ensure that it is not a safe haven for radical islamists to take route. it's a president comes forward with a plan that works that could achieve that aim, i would consider it. i believe ground troops would be counterproductive. i think the u.s. should be more

in the furtherance of that plan. the reason why i voted against the president's proposal is because he wasn't promoting that. basically a symbolic strike to send a message, but not backed up by a clear plan. i articulated what we should have been doing instead. his president left a vacuum that is now filled by radical islamists, iran, and vladimir putin. we now have less influence than we did years ago. rep. murphy: things have become more complicated in syria. the people spoke out five years ago that they wanted to have a small voice. assad has done nothing but murder and kill his own people. we have to make it abundantly clear that assad must leave power.

what we're seeing is a more complicated situation develop. as a member of the house intelligence committee, it is critical we unite to ensure this problem doesn't get any worse. vladimir putin is getting more and more involved behind assad, boosting him up. i believe it is our alliances that will help bring assad down. it is these alliances. those alliances that will give , donald trumph and marco rubio wants to tear of those alliances. that will not strengthen those. senator rubio has lost credibility by supporting donald trump in this election. donald trump, we all know, has millions of dollars in financial ties to putin, thinks he is " a strong leader" and wants to tear up the alliances that will help us get rid of assad. it is pretty confusing to me,

especially someone on the house intelligence committee that knows how precarious this situation is. sen. rubio: i disagree with donald trump and have repeated twice he is wrong on these issues. i am not sure which alliance you are talking about. the u.s. is working with kurds, creating incredible strength for our turkish allies. which alliance are you talking about? the syrian kurds, or the one with the turks? the president has put us in a situation because he has no credibility with the turks and the syrian kurds. these are the consequences of a field foreign policy. --failed foreign policy. we have less influence in syria

as the result result of broken foreign policy instituted when secretary clinton was in the senate and state department. rep. murphy: it is important to note how many factions are involved, whether that is the kurds, peshmerga, russia, hezbollah, the moderate rebel forces that we have not tried to our in many ways. i think it's important to talk about them. senator rubio and i know how complicated it is. we both know that donald trump cannot name or identify any of those groups or their involvement, yet you continue to support donald trump, who we have seen 16 u.s. senators not only does about, but on endorse him. how how dangerous he is to our country. you have to be able to stand up to people like donald trump if you care about our national security. sen. rubio: but you criticize someone for knowing no accident the region.

the peshmerga are not in the region. are iraqi. be news not going to zealand in the future. our interest is to ensure there is stability. stability so that there is not a vacuum that can be filled by radical jihadist elements, who use that vacuum to block against our country. -- plot against our country. rep. murphy: the same point, senator rubio continues to support donald trump. it is shameful that he stands there with him when you know that trump does not know any of this. donald trump is something that mosul is a failed plan. we have to continue working with all of the various factions we get along with. , andven't had any action have not had leaders willing to stand up. i will stand up to anybody,

whether they are republican or democrat, to do what i think is best. host: we have other issues i know that you want both want to get to. take a drink of water. we are going to take a quick break and come back. again, we will return in just a moment. ♪ >> now back to decision 2016, the u.s. senate debate live from broward college. bf news anchor todd mcdermott. >> i will ask our audience to retake their steeds. let me check on them. i promise, just 30 minutes left. everybody gets to talk. he will go -- we will go to a question for both candidates. >> as president -- the president for one of the most -- mistreatment by police has led to ms. trucks among blacks and hispanics. that mistrust justified, and

what can you do about it in the senate? sen. rubio: i believe the overwhelming majority of men and women in law enforcement do and extorting a range of for a country. and if there is danger we will call them and they will show up not knowing what is on the other side of the call and we have seen far too many cases of women and men, our police officers who have lost their lives protecting us. it is impossible to ignore that there are many communities in this country, predominantly minority communities who do have a terrible relationship with police department and huge level of mistrust and i talked about this and talk about it for months even during the presidential campaign about people i know personally, one of them is a police officer who had numerous timesr without phonation and he was resentful and did not know how to explain it to his son and he was upset. when you hear the stories you understand that and you can understand while at the same and womening the men

who serve us in uniform. here's the bottom line, with the agree with what i just said, if a significant percentage of the american family feel they are y because oferentl the color of their skin we have a problem and it needs to be addressed. it is important to talk about that there is that such thing as the police department, there are multiple law enforcement agencies in the thousands, some do it on job, for example, the sheriff of deval patrick, the have a great program and a pretty good relationship with their communities. other places need to improve. the one thing i have been in support of -- supportive of is creating grants for smaller law enforcement departments to afford body cameras. i believe that is in the best interest of the officers and the community. christie say you have a criminal justice reform plan if you get elected but what have you done to showse member

floridians in law enforcement and minority committees that you have cared about this issue in the past? the vast majority of sheriffs and law enforcement are dedicated, brave men and women putting their lives in the line for all of us each and we day but there is also no question that there has been a breakdown in trust in so many of our communities. just the past several months in my congressional district, there has been too terrible tragedies. one young man named corey jones, he was my is who was a drummer in his church band every sunday chiefly. he was on his way home and his car broke down and minutes later he was shot and killed by a police officer. demarcusoung man named getting shot up and killed by police officers. i have had a chance to worship and pray and get to know these families and see how not only does this tear apart a community

, it tears apart the family and we have to do more and we must make sure that we are building more trust and i have introduced the trust act that will help build more trust between the police officers and the communities that they are serving. a believe we have to make sure that all of law enforcement has the resources they need for things like body cameras so we know exactly what happened. we are getting more transparency with more technology and we have to make sure that all law enforcement has this but what we cannot do is a presidential candidate like donald trump who racist, bigoted people to run for office and they are espousing this hatred which is the exact album, that is the vision that is ripping apart our communities and we deserve better than that. the answer to every answer is donald trump. i am paraphrasing. asked her vice -- paraphrasing the vice president that someone

else's platform is a noun and a verb and now donald trump. we do have a breakdown at the community level. it is a deep rate down and in many committees the force they put forth does not reflect the community that they are supposed to be protecting. law enforcement entities are realizing that there are deeper issues we have to confront. one of the things i am proudest of is the worker did to bring about children's zones modeled after the harlem children's zone's, and has spread to in jacksonville. it goes into inner cities and delineates a geographic area and says we're going to do everything we can to help people living in this area to overcome the challenges they face. here is what we do know. if a child is born in a broken family and substandard housing -- i did introduce a criminal justice plan and i worked with it with senator cory booker and in developing this plan i can tell you how frustrated senator ocher was with senator rubio for

not setting on his legislation which has overwhelming bipartisan support and there are provisions sense that help with recidivism and ensure that folks who have done enough time to make sure they can get back in a workforce and vote, commonsense things that we can do to make sure everyone has an opportunity but senator rubio did not support the plan. i am in favor of criminal justice reform. i am not in favor of rolling back the reforms that have walked out back -- bad people. do i believe a lot of people are being arrested for crimes that wraps you should be diverting them, absolutely. if you are 18 years old and you are arrested for a minor offense and you cannot afford a private attorney, you are assigned a public defender and that public defender has 400,000 cases they are handling so the convention you to plead guilty and now you

have a record and now you can get into the military, you can find a job, absolutely. for first-time offenders we should be doing more to divert the amount of the system but that is largely at the state level. it is under state laws they are getting prosecuted. i am not going to let a bunch of dangerous people out on the street. talk: let's go to neil brown. christ another big issue that did not get much airtime in your last debate, the economy. florida is doing better than most when it comes to job growth but wages as we know are generally stagnant. a recent study by bloomberg news showed miami and tampa among the 10 worst cities in america when it comes to the income gap between the haves and have-nots. each of you have to get more floridians a pay raise? a critical: that is question and no question that we have made some strides over the past several years. there are far too many people

that are still being left out. as i traveled the state, i hear the same story, evil are telling had a reason 15 years, that their child has $50,000 in student debt and still cannot get a job. or their mom cannot afford their prescription drugs and they tell the economic about recovery but they are not feeling it. far too many people have been left out of this recovery so we've got to do more. i believe that starts off with investing more in education, from pre-k to phd programs and there should not be a difference in the quality of education depend on what neighborhood you are from. we should be investing more in infrastructure. there is $2.5 trillion offshore, why in the world are we bringing that money back and investing it into good middle-class paying jobs? why are we raising the minimum wage? we have to address our tax code as well. we have to address our overly burdensome migratory environment and these are commonsense things that i think we can solve and

help our economy. when senator rubio was asked about one of these ideas, the minimum wage, his quote was that it was a waste of time. there are hundreds of thousands of people living on minimum wage and i believe that we can do more to help them out because anybody that is willing to work a full-time job in this country should not be living in poverty. we know that you think being a senator is a waste of time which is why you miss 41% of your votes, more than anybody else while running for president but the difference is it a paid 100% of your salary when you are missing those votes. those folks on minimum wage, they are not getting paid. you have to show up and roll up your sleeves and be willing to work across the aisle. in. rubio: i find it ironic am being lectured by the plight of the working class by millionaire who inherited his money lecturing the son of working-class immigrants who inherited no money. it is not just the wage gap, it is the cost of living that

continues to rise, it is basic access to the internet. you cannot do homework if you do not have access to the internet. people's phones are catching fire, data plans are out of control. appreciate the indictment of the obama academy. you talk about more jobs being created, they do not a enough especially due to the cost of living. what creates better playing jobs -- better paying jobs? a rapidiving through and dynamic economic transformation. america today is not globally competitive, we have one of the highest's nest tax rates on the planet, we have over $2.8 trillion of american corporate cash parked overseas, $2.8 trillion, larger than the size of the entire russian economy. we have regulations that are out of control making america a more expensive place to do business. we have to become more competitive eye rolling back taxes especially on small business and by rolling back the regulatory burden. we need to begin to diversify

our educational choices. it is not just have to be a four-year degree, we need more vocational training, something i have worked out since my time in the legislature, we need more alternatives to traditional higher education and i have a detailed bipartisan plan that i have worked with with numerous senators that would create options for single mother who has worked for years, for example, as a receptionist that wants to become a paralegal. we need to allow more dual enrollment allowing high schools to use programs to go to a committee college and graduate certified and ready to work as a plumber, electrician, or pipefitter. rep. murphy: elite of the same failed trickle-down economics, more tax breaks for the millionaires and cleaners and the largest corporations. you might have forgot my family story to because we've all got them. my dad never graduated from college. he was a union carpenter and a union labor, work every single day out of the back of his

pickup truck to build a family business, to build the business to provide for his family and the number one thing that he taught me was hard work. showing up to work, something that we all know you forgot you and senator, it is important to note who you are fighting for a now because you are fighting for the millionaires and billionaires and the largest corporations. you are against way -- raising the minimum wage and protecting social security and medicare. -- -- against guests investing more in education. i admire your father story but that is not your father's -- that is not your story. you have not worried a day and a life about where your next check will come through. i do want to increase people's wages by my idea for wage enhancement which is better than minimum wage increase. we have learned a could eliminate between 500 and 600,000 jobs. you make more expensive than machines, they will be replaced

by machines. on -- in less than five years the majority of these fast food restaurants will not have people at that window, it will be a touchscreen. we do want to help workers with the skills they need to find a better paying job for the 21st century. >> thank you, senator. this next question is for both of you. for the first time ever, the u.s. abstained from the u.n. resolution vote against the u.s. embargo on cuba. they hissed -- that is history making. it shows that the world is against us when it comes to the embargo. i will start with you, congressman murphy. he said you would support targeted sanctions against members of the cuban government. you did not say where you stand on the trade embargo. would you vote to lift the embargo on cuba? rep. murphy: we did get a chance to talk about this in our last debate and i will tell you the

same story i told last time. i know this is a very personal situation for many people and i relatives, some are here this evening. i have talked to them at length about this. i understand this is personal but i also believe we have had a policy in place for over 50 years that has not worked. it has only empowered the castro regime. i want to help the cuban people and i do not believe that anybody does democracy like america. what -- let's make sure we are providing more opportunity for those cuban people. would we rather see our own crews ships, royal caribbean and carnival in havana or would we rather see russian spy ships there and we can do more to protect our country and help the cuban people out. i would continue to ensure that we have targeted sanctions against the castro regime and those have terrible human rights violations. we cannot do this overnight but we have to continue down that road to help the cuban people.

sen. rubio: what the president did two weeks removed further sanctions. members of the communist party and the government in cuba are eligible for remittances for the first time in our history. there's a not targeted sanctions, that is a massive opening for nothing in return. what happened at the u.n. today is nothing short of lawlessness. that is the law of the united states and the refusal to enforce that and stand up for that is lawlessness. if you do not like the policy, work to change it, i know that is what they're try to do but i will tell you you can just ignore the law the way this administration habitually does. of cruise ships will bring democracy to cuba? it is not. the government is a dictatorship. we have made over two years of concession after concession. they have not taken a quarter step toward democracy. by the way, on the same day the president announced that we were going to be allowing the false

sale of cigars and rum, you know with the cuban government did, they invited the russians to open a base on the island of cuba for the first time in 30 years. this is not working. is iner -- a better model myanmar or burma. this is in all one-way deal and in cuba today, there are still people living there who still your medicare money. they are fugitives of american justice harbored by the castro government. a cop killer lives there. the cuban government continues to protect her. it is a crazy, broken deal that needs to be revisited because it is rewarding the castro regime and asking nothing in return on human rights and the freedom and dignity of the cuban people. rep. murphy: i do appreciate your efforts on cracking down but this weekend donald trump was on a sunday morning show in when asked about

violating the cuban embargo, he basically admitted that he did it. coreow this is one of your issues and i am not trying to be critical because i do respect your position the person you chose to be our next president has basically admitted he violated the embargo. you continue to stand by his side despite this being one of your core initiatives you care about. what will it take for you to not endorse donald trump, it is anything he will do or say that -- you agree with him. at this moment, moving forward when it comes to cuba, it is important for us to have leverage. the cuban leadership is in their mid-80's. they are not going to be around much longer and our hope is they will be replaced a new

generation of leadership that is open to makes -- making steps forward. there is no precedent in human fullry for tourism or economic engagement as being the sole catalyst for democracy in a country resistant to democracy. the cuban government is not interested in democracy. they are interested in dollars. they want dollars to be able to fund their oppressive regime, they want more money to leave what is in place now permanently and they want us to accept them as a legitimate form of government. why are the cuban people the only people in this hemisphere that cannot vote? next question goes to both of you. first to congressman murphy. last january in a town hall in iowa, you said, we're not going to fix america with senators and congressmen. the fact is it looks like the american people agreed with your statement because this average

of six polls this last summer shows almost nine in 10 americans disapprove of the job that congress is doing. that is representatives and senators. the disapproval is tied to partisan infighting and gridlock and inaction. how and on which issues will you work with the opposing party to effect change come a positive change in america? is a veryy: it gridlock that i think is holding this country back more than anything else. i did the first things when elected to congress was start a freshman bipartisan group called united solutions. they were to bring 40% of the freshman class together to talk about issues we agreed on rather than issues we disagreed on and from that group i have been able to put forth legislation to help get our fiscal house in order. there is a great quote from president truman where he said it is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit. i'm proud of all of my achievements in the congress over the past four years because

they have been bipartisan, there have proven my ability to reach across the island get stand, whether that is working with a conversation in north florida to ensure that veterans are getting the care they need by reducing the backlog or working with congressman posey to pass legislation to help our estuaries that are being devastated by discharges. that was signed by the president. hoping to work across the aisle to bring home billions of dollars for the everglades, helping to pass insurance that will help flood insurance rates for floridians. working with congressman rumi -- rennie to help our citrus farmers that are dealing with greening and i will continue to reach across the aisle and soft problems and that is in stark contrast to senator rubio i already pointed out when he shows up to vote votes 98% of the time with the koch brothers. rightspecial interest wing groups. he is doing the bidding for them. not you all.

daniel ortega has banned me from traveling to that country. i worked across the aisle and we pressured the industry should to theicize them for stealing election. i am barred from traveling to venezuela but i am attacked i their leader. you know why? not once but twice in a bipartisan way, i worked to impose sanctions on maduro and his cronies. hezbollah has criticized my name. i worked in a bipartisan way to impose sanctions on them. is conditionedd on whether or not countries are doing a good enough job of taking on human trafficking. you know why? i was able to work across the aisle and get these results. these are laws in measures that happened because there worked with people across the aisle to get consequential things done. her answers when you get to congress you started a club called united solutions. we need a lot more than that. we need actual results on behalf of the people of our state. look at the record of achievement, he puts -- points

to the money he got in the budget. he did not. he had nothing to do that. he has been in congress for four years and never passed a single law that has been signed by the president with his name on it after four years. i have been in the senate for six and i've passed law after law including working across the aisle signed by a democratic president even though for those six years i was in a senate controlled by harry reid were nothing was happening. as far as dysfunction, absolutely. the best example was this year when we needed sake of funding, i was the first republican to come forward and support the $1.9 billion request. i voted for every sake of funding bill and we got it done. that is what we need in washington. rep. murphy: he just talked about seeker, it took eight months to get a vote on zika. the president came out in february talking about how we needed to do something. i started working on this immediately making sure that we were working with the private

sector and nih to make sure we had the resources to fight it but he had zero influence and getting mitch mcconnell, his leader, to ever bring this up for vote so he has no influence because everyone knows he has one foot out the door. you got to show up to work and get to know your colleagues and i wish you would have come to my bipartisan group because we had numerous leaders to help fight to bring money home for the everglades. the -- for theto two closing statements. otherwise we could go all night with this discussion. the first closing statement goes to congress murphy. rep. murphy: thank you and thanks to the moderators and thank you, senator rubio. as the miami herald said this election is about courage and senator rubio has failed that test read i am proud of all the endorsements i received from our newspapers, i am proud of the support and received from so many of you because florida deserves a senator that is going to show up to work, someone who

will roll up their sleeves and get things done for florida. i have a 97% voting record in congress consistently proving my ability to reach across the allen get things done. think about what is at stake. the supreme court hangs in the balance. the majority in the u.s. senate. there is way too much at stake right now to have this missing center. we have to do more. i am asking for your vote and your support. if elected, i will be the hardest working senator the state has ever had. thank you. for being: thank you here and thank you, congress and murphy. i respect anyone who seeks public office especially in this day and age and i appreciate your candidacy. as i do anyone who steps forward. i think there is a big difference. you talk about courage and politics, there is no courage, people that courage is people who put on a uniform and are willing to die for freedoms and liberties. i am proud of my record and it stands in congress -- in

to congressman murphys. he talked about zika, senator nelson refuted the argument. the u.s. senate passed to go fund ring -- funding and i was instrumental in that. i tell you are this is so important, i know that this is an ugly campaign, not ours but in general. this has been a difficult year especially for young people that are voting for the first time. here's what i want you to know, we are going to be ok. we're the greatest country in the history of mankind and we will go through this election and turn it around and i believe america is great. >> i am so grateful for both of you being here tonight area leaving me 15 seconds to thank you for your service and thank our audience all over florida and across the nation. and the audience here. thank you for being part of democracy. good night.

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-- the policy center at 10 a.m. eastern live on c-span. now debate between connecticut's u.s. senate candidates. richard blumenthal and republican state representative dan carter. wfsb in hartford, connecticut, this is one hour. now, eyewitness news presents the campaign 2016 u.s. senate debate. christ good morning and thanks for joining us on this very special edition of face the state. the united states senate debate featuring richard blumenthal and dan carter. >> thanks for joining us. this debate will be one hour with no commercial interruptions and will be live streaming and on our facebook page. we welcome your comments during today's event. each candidate will have two minutes to answer with one minute rebuttal. >> we have senator richard blumenthal and for the republicans, state

representative dan carter. >> welcome, gentlemen. >> thank you for joining us. one of the responsibilities of the president will be to nominate someone to the supreme court. forither came to to ask suggestions from connecticut, who would you recommend and what about the cases they presided over? he or shees to you would be a good justice and why would your choice be better than your opponents? >> thank you for giving us this opportunity to speak today to the people of connecticut and thanks to everyone from connecticut who is listening. i believe that merrick garland is a supremely well-qualified

candidate for the u.s. but also important, this has to be a decision by the president of the united states as to the best qualified in the country. i can think of a number of candidates and connecticut. the u.s. attorney for connecticut, deirdre daly is one, she has the credentials and background but i believe that the u.s. senate must do its job before the end of this year and ite a hearing, hold a vote, is a constitutional duty of the united states supreme court and the failure of the u.s. supreme court to do its job is due to -- is due directly to the obstructionism of the republican majority. clerk on the united states supreme court and i was a u.s. attorney and have argued cases before the court. i have asked ordinary respect and reverence for the court. we need to fill the vacancy as soon as possible.

4-4 deadlock is damaging for the whole country and that is why i have been leading the fight to appoint and confirm the next justice for the united states spring court. deadlock in fact that branch of government with the kind of gridlock we have seen all too often and all too prevalent in the legislative branch. i believe the supreme court should do its job, hold a hearing, hold a vote, and confirm merrick garland. carter: as we know it has been difficult to get a debate as i think you have provided source here for us to get these questions out in the open. it is something that is pretty important to do. with respect to the supreme court, we get the russian a lot, what kind of justices would you want to put on the court and i would say this.