me is after 15 years i served >> my thanks to donna and honorably, respectively, and have served my community without charlie sykes. that did is it for our hour. so much as a stain on my record i'm nicolle wallace. or on my name until i decided to "mpt daily" starts now. hi, chuck. run for governor. but that's okay. we're going to push through it >> hi, nicolle. and we're going to win this a lot of people love you out race. >> how would you have handled here in tampa! >> i love tampa! i'm jealous. this differently in hindsight? >> she's an old floridian. you know, she's an old >> well, that's a good question. i think in hindsight, obviously, floridian, right, by transplant. >> that's right. you would be much more >> anyway, florida says hi, nicolle. >> have a good show. circumspect about anybody who >> you got it, thank you. >> well, if it's tuesday -- comes around you. i never frankly feared for florida, florida, florida. people coming into my space because i never assume people to have negative or ill intentions toward me. that never had been the case really up to this point. if i had to do it again, i would have been a lot more circumspect about the people who are allowed well, good tuesday. to be around me and come into my i'm chuck todd. space. but you know what, you live and you learn and you move on. welcome to "mpt daily," and the i have had the opportunity to third stop in our immediate the midterms road trip. grow from it, learn from it and move on. we're coming to you live from barefoot beach at whiskey joe's. >> and is there any other --

in a nearly humidity-free tampa, because i'll tell you, we actually -- we canvassed the crowd. they came up with a bunch of florida. thank you. great questions but one of them i miss the humidity there's so was this issue, there's concern little of it here today. from your supporters out here but, of course, it's a state that once all, just control the that this fbi investigation could become a problem at the perception of everything. polls. can you assure them there's there's washington that can nothing else out there? decide control off, perception >> yeah, i mean, there's of politics the next decade. you name it, all of it can be absolutely nothing out there that would in any way suggest decided here in florida. that i have done anything florida has been the swingiest of swing states in recent illegal or untoward. elections but new polling out this week suggests it could be my opponent will continue to spread, you know, lies, quite swinging in the democrats' direction. we'll have much more -- frankly. every one of its ads as it relates to me have all been i think there's more of a 50/50 considered and called false. crowd back there than you think yet he continues to air them. but who knows? in my opinion, the one test you we will see. much more on those numbers in just a minute. have to pass with florida voters but we begin with president trump's final push two weeks is you've got to be able to tell before election day. the truth. and in my case, that's what i >> a globalist is a person that try to do at every step of the way. in desantis' case he's spread wants the globe to do well, lie after lie after lie, and in frankly, not caring about our my opinion, that disqualifies country so much. him from the office. and you know what? my grandmother always used to we can't have that. say, if you tell the truth, you they have a word, it sort of don't have to worry about

became old-fashioned, it's covering up for lies. i have told the truth called a nationalist. consistently. today's text messages and other i say really, we're not supposed to use that word. you know what i am? releases by mr. corey only i'm a nationalist. substantiate exactly what i have i'm a nationalist. said up to this point. >> so that was a surprising i stand by it and i will continue to stand by the truth admission there by the so long as i'm breathing. president, campaigning alongside >> let's move on to some other ted cruz last night in houston, texas, making his closing questions, some other parts of the campaign. argument an argument not always you ended up, you and governor rooted in truth but rooted in a scott, he's running in another lot of promises. race, but you and him ended up talking almost every day, i take >> this is for middle income it, during the aftermath of people, all middle income people, a big tax cut. hurricane michael. how would you assess the state's response? what have you taken away from 10%, we will be putting it in next week. it? if you're elected governor, are >> and rooted in fear. there some things you would do similarly? are there some things you would >> what's happening right now as do differently? >> yeah, you know, one of the i a large group of people, they think hallmark traditions of call it a caravan -- people here in florida, certainly people who run for elected office statewide, is that when a storm approaches and when a storm comes and when our [ booing ] i think the democrats had something to do with it and now people are in any danger, we they're saying, i think we made a big mistake because people are suspend with negative attacks seeing how bad it is, how and, quite frankly, try to work more closely together.

pathetic it is. and in that caravan you have in this case that's what some very bad people. governor scott and i attempted to do. you have some very bad people. we did talk on a daily basis in >> bad people. >> there's a lot to unpack in the lead up and through and the that. aftermath of the storm. keep in mind there's no evidence of any criminals in the central i appreciated his willingness american caravan, no evidence to, i think, subside with that somehow democrats are politics as i did. i took my ads off the air, even funding the caravan. we even heard this bizarre though they were positive ads in that part of the state. george soros rumor out there. he took his ads off the air. and it's hard to pass any tax senator nelson took his ads off cut without congress in session until november 13th, after the the air. my opponent doubled down with his ads. election. but, hey, those are facts. negative ads, as people were don't let that get in the way of a good midterm strategy trying to flee a fleer category apparently. a strategy according to "the 5 hurricane, he kept his washington post" the president's advisers and political officers negative ads up that were untrue. quite frankly, i thought he had say is to paint a political a moment to show leadership and quite frankly a little bit of bipartisan that in times of operative of a chaotic world trouble and in times of national with trump as the panacea. disaster, we come together. a number of us chose to do that, we will find out in the trez senator nelson, governor scott, myself. my opponent chose the exact opposite course. president's tragedies resonates >> i want to ask you, speaking with voters. i will tell you, a lot of of some nastiness out there, and longtime voters don't know what we're not going to play some of to make of these polls but a lot these but there's pretty nasty appears it isn't, things are

robo radio ads, phone calls that moving to the left here in florida. the governor will join me later are out, very, very racist in this hour, leads ron desantis by its intention, some gross six points in a new quinnipiac poll. stereotypes. that's the same spread in the look, race is popping up in this senate race here with incumbent campaign. the first time you and i talked on air on the day you were the bill nelson. they have bill nelson leading nominee, the issue of race rick scott by six points. popped up with a phrase that your opponent had used. keep in mind that the last major what would you like to see, the races in florida that were close were both decided by less than republican party has distanced itself from this. one percentage points. in fact they all denounced this take those five points with a ad. is there more you think the big grain of salt. republican party can do to help here with me is amy holyfield, eradicate this style of politicking? >> well, i have to tell you, deputy executor of "the times" leadership starts at the top. and an execute editor of plitia when mr. desantis became his party's nominee, he went on fox news and told people not to monkey up the state by electing me, a phrase that's not commonly used so as far as i know. fact. a very busy organization. so far amongst the circles that i'm in. quite frankly, i think people up in new york fred stevens, op-ed columnist for "the new have taken their q cues there. york times" and msnbc contributor and jason johnson, what i think they ought to do politics editor for the quite frankly is stop the dog

root.com, msnbc contributor as whistles, stop the bull horns. well. all right. the attacks on me running are i got my florida panel. i got my d.c. panel. all intended quite frankly to no offense, guys, i'm going to further a stereotype about start with my floridians. plaque men, illegal, unethical, adam, you watched this a long time. take things for free, monkey it is florida making this sharp of a left turn as these polls in up, jungle animals. those kinds of things. the last week indicate? it's not hard to understand why >> i'm a little skeptical. i think florida, you just assume neo-nazis would take an extension of that and take it to it will be a margin of error race, 1% or 2%, and that's what the next level of extremity. most of these polls show. but what i think they're doing the trend certainly does show is grossly underestimating the good news for bill wilson and people of this state. the people of florida are going to dismiss, they're going to in fact reject that brand of andrew gillum and certainly divisive, destructive rhetoric. there's more excitement than i we're one of the most richly have ever seen for a democratic diverse states in all of nominee for governor. america. we're going to show them on >> it feels as if we talk about november 6th that they have these races we talk about andrew played their hand the wrong way. i getleman and rick scott. voters will want to hear what by the way, two are not running we're going to do. >> do you think that's why we against each other. had two polls in a row that have we don't talk about their two opponents as much. it seems like both bill wilson shown you up substantially, and ron desantis have a bit -- frankly, a lead that i don't believe. is it just an attention issue, a it's a surprising lead.

do you think you're that far charisma issue? what would you draw it up to? ahead? >> listen, you don't want to ask >> i say neither one is running me about polls. a terrific campaign. there wasn't a single poll bill nelson waited to spend his showing me winning the money until september. democratic nomination at all. he's been under full-throttle even the day before the attack from rick scott going election, i think the poll had back to early, early. and ron desantis, he's been one me seven points behind my closest opponent. note in terms of the campaign as i told a lot of supporters, he's run, which is tv, tv, tv. forget the polls. the only poll that matters is election day november 6th. >> the nationalization of these early voting already started in florida races, adam, it's this state and i'm encouraging everybody to get out there and bizarre to me that the vote. governor's race has become more when we vote, we win. when our voters organize and get nationalized than the senate out there and vote, we win. race. the senate feels like it's being and so forget the polls. argued by the local issues and i don't care about them. yet the governor's race is about i want people to get out there national issues. and let their voices be heard at >> i think that's the trump the ballot box. effect. certainly ron desantis, nobody that's how we're going to win this race. >> andrew gillum, mayor of remembers tv ads. everybody remembers that ad, teaching your daughter how to build a wall, et cetera. tallahassee, thank you for coming on and sharing your >> right. >> he but for a tweet from views. they're even saying bring it home. donald trump, he probably would your message has gotten through not be the nominee and poised to to this crowd. >> bring it home. be the next governor because he's very little known. >> thank you for coming on. i will say health care i much appreciate it. i would like to note, we have overwhelmingly that's the issue people talk about the most, reached out to the republican

along with in our area of gubernatorial nominee, ron desantis, invited him on the particularly red algae, red tide. >> i want to get into the red show, many times. so far his campaign has not yet tide, red algae. let me take it national a little responded. up ahead, when what it seems bit. fred stevens, i want to read you like everyone in florida is something from "the post" about obsessing about, including me. the president's strategy and i'm curious of your reaction to it. coming to you live from whiskey joe's in beautiful tampa. this is the white house vere psoriasis or psoriatic arthritis, political director -- he said voter satisfaction is the enemy little things can be a big deal. of voter turnout. what's changed is why voters are still happy with the direction that's why there's otezla. the president is leading the country, they're angry the way otezla is not an injection or a cream. it's a pill that treats differently. democrats treat justice kavanaugh, they're scared after for psoriasis, 75% clearer skin is achievable, they hear democrat after democrat talk about socialized medicine for all and voters are with reduced redness, thickness, plugged in as the president spends more and more time on the and scaliness of plaques. for psoriatic arthritis, campaign trail. the implication, brett, is if otezla is proven to reduce joint swelling, their voters are happy, it's a tenderness, and pain. problem and they have got to and the otezla prescribing information has make their voters unhappy. no requirement for routine lab monitoring. is that the message? >> well, donald trump has from don't use if you're allergic to otezla. the very beginning of his time on the national stage it may cause severe diarrhea, nausea, or vomiting. politically speaking been the otezla is associated with an increased risk of depression. candidate of fear. that was his strategy from the tell your doctor if you have a history of depression moment that he descended the or suicidal thoughts, or if these feelings develop. guilded staircase at trump tower

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>> chuck, that's the best part of midterm elections, right? you can always put your finger to the wind and say, look, are people caring about the crazy thing the president said loral lakes, local rivers or school systems? i think there's always been a disconnect, especially during midterms tween state-wide candidates and what national democrats are talking about. if you look statewide, these governor candidates and congressional candidates are talking about health care, they're talking about education, they're talking about reining in this president. it's the national democrats, the ones who are safe who are the ones chasing around like a dog chasing a car every insane thing the president says. but the other is this, and i think it's important, americans don't like what they're hearing. part of the reason the democrats are successful and enthusiastic is because americans want a president who will do his job, make them feel safe and do good things. the problem is the president doesn't make people feel safe right now with the way he speaks and that's playing into the democrats' hands. >> welcome back. >> okay, but bret stevens, jeff since we're here in florida, and

flake noted he answered why. since i'm from florida, it should be no surprise i'm obsessed with something that has why does the president say all to do with florida. of these things that are untrue no, it's not the quarterback if he knows it, and he said, situation down in coral gable. people move here for a lot of well, because it works. reasons, for the retirement, for there's a part of this that the beaches, no atlantic tax, works. >> that's absolutely true and it works in two senses. for the water, for the warmth, it works in the sense there's whatever. florida may be the one state in always going to be -- mean, the the country where climate change isn't a polarizing issue. everybody here knows it's one super abundant resource in happening. everybody can tell you what a beach looked like before, what the united states is credulity an island looked like before here, et cetera. here you can see it in the and there's a sector that will rising temperatures. believe in that caravan of awfully warm ocean in october, for instance. central -- desperate central here you can see it in the rising water levels. americans looking for better and here you can see it in the life there's isis hiding rising red tide, on the gulf somewhere in there. side, we've had the algae blooms but it also works in the sense, pop on both the atlantic sides you know, what trump's -- if and fear it's coming on this trump had a strategy, i'm not side. concerned where all of these areas saltwater meets fresh quite sure how aware of it he water into killing fields for is, his strategy would simply be fish. to goad the democrats by simply i spoke with boat charterers in the tampa here working 10 to 12 inundating them to lies in which hours a day picking up dead they have to react one way or fish. she had one message for the next the other.

i'm simply saying you have to be governor -- >> get to work right away on strategic about what you react to and how you react. lake okeechobee. >> amy, i introduced you and get to work right away, start reminded people you're the putting regulations back on our deputy edit offer politifact. water. we have got to have rules to one of the criticisms of us in protect these waters, because the press is that on one hand we they are literally being don't correct some of this enough. on the other hand, we spend too destroyed. and without our waters, what do much time correcting it and almost are too focused on it to we have? every day we're shaking our the point where we lost the heads, we don't care about the larger point. politics anymore. it gets to the whole seriously we don't care if we're democrat. we don't care if we're literally issue with this president, how do we cover him seriously without correcting him republican. we are one that says it's time to put our politics aside, step literally? >> that's a great question. it's something we struggle with up to the plate, pull up your every day, because you can't -- pants and let's get to work and number one, there's too much to get this solved. do, right? you can't do everything. >> all right. she's a fish boat captain and but, frankly, it's pretty easy you may think she's got a when you get to some of the business reason to care so much about this. things we were just talking but this cuts across party about with the caravan, right? lines. in fact, this issue is so potent just blatant misleading that when i went to a gun shop today to talk about guns, guess statements that he's making about that that are changing the what the first person that i narrative people are taking away talked to wanted to talk about? from it. we take it very seriously, our >> clean up the environment, role in calling him out, calling

take care of this red tide. anyone else out on the misstatements they're making. >> have you changed the way you the fishermen destroyed my hobby have done some fact checks and my lifelong pursuit. because you find people receive them better one way than another >> that's the point here, this since you have gone about this? because this has been the is to the state of florida what trickiest environment we have had yet with facts. the flint water crisis was to the state of michigan. >> definitely, we've been at this for 11 years and 15,000 we will be right back with more fact checks so we definitely of the meet the midterms road learned a lot of lessons along trip. the way. this president, this candidate, i was just finishing a ride. he's completely unique and i felt this awful pain in my chest. different in every way, politically and factually. i had a pe blood clot in my lung. so definitely, but it's more i was scared. i had a dvt blood clot. about just a judgment call. having one really puts you in danger of having another. the judgment that we made in how much we've been doing and not my doctor and i chose xarelto®. doing. >> adam, let's bring it back to practicalities. xarelto®. to help keep me protected. is what the president's doing xarelto® is a latest-generation blood thinner that's... the best way to get the republican vote out here in proven to treat and reduce the risk of dvt florida? >> i'm thinking about what bret or pe blood clots from happening again. stephens was saying. you think about hillary clinton. in clinical studies, almost 98% of patients on you think about in florida the xarelto® did not experience another dvt or pe. last two people that ran for governor, the last two xarelto® works differently. warfarin interferes with at least 6 of your body's democrats, charlie crist and the natural blood-clotting factors. last thing they did is attack xarelto® is selective, targeting just one critical factor.

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with the 200th anniversary of carl marx's birth, socialism is when the old hospital closed people in the community lived making a comeback in american political discourse. detailed policy proposals from with untreated health problems for years. self-declared socialists are gaining support in congress and so, with the county's help among much of the electorate. we built a new hospital from the ground up and having citi as an early investor again, this is official. how would you assess the worked as a signal to others to invest. accuracy of that statement, jason? >> it's not accurate at all. with citi's help we built a wonderful maternity ward but here's the thing, there's a difference between motivating and we were able to purchase an mri machine. your base by saying, oh, my gosh, congress is going to be we've made it possible for the people who live here overtaken by democratic socialists. it's going to be nothing but a to lead healthier lives and that's invaluable. bunch of bernie-kratz and offering a decent policy ♪ proposal. i think when trump hits the ground, he's fantastic. he galvanizes people in a way a lot of people on the ground will say we've never seen people this excited. but his white house is terrible at messaging, they really are. even when he's lying on a regular basis, even when he's monitor their blood glucose every day. talking about socialism, that's not trickling down. which means they have to stop. sheri brown doesn't have to answer to socialism. and stick their fingers. andrew gillum doesn't have to repeatedly.

answer to socialism, stacey today, life-changing technology from abbott abrams in georgia doesn't have to worry about that. makes it possible to track glucose levels. so these kind of high-minded without drawing a drop of blood, again and again. messages, terrible caravans and socialism invading, that sounds great for the political pundit the most personal technology, class but on the ground that's is technology with the power to change your life. not something people are really concerned about and that's not helping republicans who need to be pushing a message about a life. to the fullest. great economy and keeping this country safe as opposed to the no nonsense trump is spouding. >> jason, amy, and quickly adam, does the socialism work with >> welcome back. we are live in tampa, florida. some south american voters? >> yeah, i think he's talking but you can take the boy out of about venezuela. i used to think that was just a miami, but you can't take miami out of the boy. play for south florida, but then so i'm joined now by another trump starts saying it. so it's a little wider than politician who's coming to me south florida. from miami. it's florida republican >> it does anyway. congressman carlos, running in you guys are stuck with me for the hour as this crowd is also one of the most competitive stuck with me for the hour. races, coming from key west. we will talk about the democrats, who's running for probably the coolest part of his district. governor, and who may many other i'm sure he's not complaining today. congressman, thank you for democrats help will pull them coming out. >> chuck, welcome to your home

over the finish line, including state of florida and greetings bill nelson. from the southern most andrew gillum joins me next. congressional district in the continental 48. we're just getting started on >> very good. let me ask you this, the our road trip. it's tampa today. managing my type 2 diabetes wasn't my top priority. president, the leader of the republican party said this the other day, that his closing until i held her. message for republicans is i found my tresiba® reason. kavanaugh, the caravan, law and order, and common sense. now i'm doing more to lower my a1c. is that your closing message? once daily tresiba® controls blood sugar for 24 hours >> well, south florida is a for powerful a1c reduction. tresiba® is a long-acting insulin unique place, and you were just used to control high blood sugar in adults with diabetes. actually talking about an issue that is critical down here and don't use tresiba® to treat diabetic ketoacidosis, that's the environment. it brings together republicans during episodes of low blood sugar, and democrats in that state, or if you are allergic to any of its ingredients. everglades restoration is one of the greatest restoration don't share needles or insulin pens. projects, i think the big of the don't reuse needles. the most common side effect is low blood sugar, restoration project in the which may cause dizziness, sweating, history of the world. republicans and democrats have put that together. confusion, and headache. we're trying to solve the water check your blood sugar. problems here. low blood sugar can be serious and may be life-threatening. i would say this year's election injection site reactions may occur. tell your prescriber about all medicines you take is a lot more localized in and all your medical conditions. taking tzds with insulins like tresiba® states like florida and in districts like mine. may cause serious side effects like heart failure. so here we want to fix the your insulin dose shouldn't be changed environment. we're happy that the economy is without asking your prescriber. growing. a lot of people who had been get medical help right away if you have trouble breathing, excluded from the economic fast heartbeat, extreme drowsiness, recovery are now experiencing it for the first time.

swelling of your face, tongue or throat, that's good. dizziness or confusion. but we also have big challenges i found my tresiba® reason. like immigration and others that need to get solved. find yours. ask your health care provider about tresiba®. >> let me ask you on this issue with red tide and the algae bloom, which not everybody thinks they're totally unrelated. i had the boat captain i talked to wished that it would be declared a disaster area officially, that maybe that would provide more immediate resources now. is that something that governor scott should be asking the feds right now in his current job? >> it should be something that is seriously considered, todd. my family and i, we have been vacationing in sarasota during the summer since i was a baby. and i was out there this year and it was really sad. if you go out there, it does look like a disaster. now things have gotten a little better so i don't want to discourage anyone planning a trip to the state of florida but certainly it was a very difficult situation. the blue-green algae is no

question a result of discharges from lake okeechobee, ever grades restoration is the answer to that. we are working on it. we just got the water resources action signed into law. >> sugar development -- >> that includes -- >> sugar industry pay for this? should they be the ones playing for this? >> "mpt daily" is on the road i can tell you what they say. and i'm not coming home, not >> i think everyone -- >> i can tell you what they say. with this weather here. i'm coming to you live from >> look, chuck, chuck, a lot of people have been farming around tampa. no humidity, a little overcast, lake okeechobee for many exactly the way you want it on the beach. decades. and i think all of us have a but we have one more stop on our role in fixing this. meet the midterms road trip. and certainly we need to get everything is bigger in texas they say. everglades restoration done. our stop in dallas will be big as i was telling you, water too. we're broadcasting live from the resources development act was katy trail ice house tomorrow at just signed into law, brand-new 5:00 p.m. eastern, 4:00 p.m. local. reservoir is going to be built so if you're in the dallas area for more water storage. or, frankly, if you're these people, get on the road now, go that's going to help alleviate down i-10. i will see you there. some of the discharges into the ocean and for us in the florida come on by. first 50 people in the door get keys will help us get the fresh the special "meet the press" water we need to keep florida gift that people are buzzing bay healthy. about over here. back in 60 seconds. what we're doing in the people are saying. everglades is re-create god's work. [man 2] proof of less joint pain... human beings over the course of

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immigration. these are all issues that if we're going to solve them, we need both parties to work >> welcome back. together. every day we find fewer people we got ourselves quite a crowd want to do that. here in tampa. in this election you have a lot of people calling for a blue a big enough crowd, candidates wave. you have the president calling will wish they weren't doing for a red wave. interviews with me remotely, i think what we need is a wave they will wish they're out here of decent, honest people that campaigning. but we wouldn't be doing a meet will go to d.c. and solve these the midterm voters tour of swing problems and we need some states without visiting structural changes, chuck, because i think most voters do america's eternal swing state. it's florida. want this. the problem is our primary it will be on our tombstone. system. but as we told you earlier, the problem is the incentives that many in the media create polls in the sunshine state have taken on a blue tint in recent for candidates to say cad ral days. joining me now from miami is the things, to do radical things because usually that's the best way to get on tv. tallahassee mayor and the nominee for democratic party for and as long as that's the case, governor of florida, got a lot it's going to be difficult to build from the middle out. of fans out here, andrew gillum. >> hey, everybody. >> carlos kurbelo, republican >> i was just going to say, i congressman from south florida. i think representing part of don't think they're here to see my -- old part of where i grew me. i think they're hoping to get -- up. congressman, thank you for coming on and sharing your getting to see you. views. much appreciated, sir. but let me -- i'm going to start >> good to see you. off with -- >> i wish i was there. i go caine. i'm oddly enough down here in i hope we get that quarterback

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time now for "the lid." amy and adam are back here with me in tampa, whiskey joe's. we're basically nerve minutes from finally being able to drink. you know. all right, adam, you guys broke the story here of the day in the governor's race. what'd you make of andrew gillum's response? >> i think he's going to be talking about this a lot the next couple of weeks. some of his responses don't seem to jive with what we've seen in the records released. this is a guy nobody expected to win the nomination, so he was not facing a lot of scrutiny on this either from the press or his many primary opponents. >> how are you going to fact check this, amy, what he said, what would fit? where do you think this is going to end up falling on the truth scale? >> it's too soon to tell. it's a complicated process to that. but i think -- i don't know if he's totally true there. i mean, i don't think it jives

with the things we've reported before, the things we new before. the idea that this is not a surprise, that this just -- this matches everything he's been telling us, that definitely doesn't match up. >> what -- does this have resonance? i ask because, you know, look. i've had republicans quietly whisper to me, this didn't hurt rick scott. you know, referring to all of the attacks on him and his business background. what happened to him. is there a sense that either floridians have a high tolerance? or -- >> we have a high tolerance for the sleaze factor. but, you know. these races are 1% races. and so at some point in the very end you're going to have some tiny sliver that's just making up their mind, and i'm guessing the next couple of weeks we're going to be hearing a lot about fbi investigation of gillum, and that could matter. >> if you were to pick out what are the three or four issues, has this been an issue hive driven race at all anywhere, on either side? >> trump. >> is it?

is it just that simple? is there stuff underneath? >> there's definitely stuff underneath. >> is the red tide resonating a little bit? >> a pac today said it was too hard, they tried to raise $10 million, they could only raise $250,000, they're pulling out. i don't think that's been as resonant an issue. i think the economy, i'm shocked that's not a bigger issue, even for rick scott. he should be running away with it, as good as the economy is. >> that's because it's murky. the economy, the numbers look good but people haven't seen their incomes -- there's some statistic, 44% of all floridians are struggling to make ends meet and pay their bills by the end of the month. the numbers might look good, but a lot of people aren't feeling it haven't felt the good economy. what do you make of the red tide? is the going to be a voting issue on election day? if it is, is this something rick scott's got to worry about? it's absolutely on people's minds. i haven't seen polling. i'm not sure where people have decided to put the blame.

rick scott is the most likely candidate to take some of that blame. we've seen in the primary he had a token opponent, some of those counties like martin county that are republican strongholds, he did really badly. so there is some backlash. >> it is interesting to me to watch the run thing that it seems both desantis and gillum agree on he hate sugar. maybe to say it's motivation and something to do with adam put numb and the amount of money sugar spent to defeat desantis. that has to at least -- is that possibly neutralizing? they're both on the same save who they're pointing the finger at? >> it's definitely not what they're fighting about. red tide, health care, health care, we know that's front of mind. that was -- that's a key dividing point between these gubernatorial candidates in terms of how they want to address that issue. but i still think trump is the overwhelming thing. either you're happy with the job trump is doing as president and you see desantis as the person

who can, as he said in the debate, the person who's friends with him, is going to be able to make things happen, don't you want a guy who can get him on the phone? or, i don't like the way the country's going, i'm not happy with it, i want something different. >> does gillum have coat tails? >> i think he's a big gift to bill nelson who's a boring, milquetoast -- a lot of democrats ademocra democrats -- >> he wouldn't like the laughter. >> most people would say, nice guy, been there forever, gillum is going to get people that wouldn't normally vote to turn out in big numbers. >> we came to this area in particular because if there is a college-educated white vote in florida, it's basically south of tampa down to naples. wouldn't you say? what do you -- give me one area to watch for specifically that will tell you whether that's real, this cross-over, whether weak republicans have become democratic voters? >> i haven't found them. one area would be just the north

part of tampa bay, pascoe county, western pascoe county. these are a lot of people that voted for obama and voted for trump. the ones i talk to still like trump. >> very interesting. this feels like more of a turnout race than it as back and forth. >> absolutely. >> amy and adam, good to see you. love the "tampa bay times." you're one of the great local papers. keep it up. we need more healthy local papers in this country. we'll be back with more live from tampa.

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well, in case you missed it, i've had a blast hanging out back here in my home state. second-best place to be in florida after miami is tampa. big thanks to whiskey joe's, our live audience lively, thank you, guys. right here in tampa. the "mead the mid terms" road trip not over yet. the next and last stop, beautiful dallas, texas, home of that hotly contested senate race. today's people love beto. we're broadcasting live from the katy trail ice house tomorrow. in dallas, come join us live at 5:00 p.m. get official "meet the press" swag. that's all i have. "the beat with ari melber"

starts right now. good evening, ari! they love you, here, buddy. >> good evening, chuck. we'll be watching, as they say in texas, don't mess with "meet the press." the trump administration announcing a new planned meeting between donald trump and vladimir putin, foreign policy news they chose to make two weeks out from election day. later advertising guru donny deutsch joins me to talk about the midterm ad wars. and jared kushner talking about his hopes for a breakthrough. i'll be joined with black thought from the roots about the work he's