it's projected ron desantis will win that republican primary. may declare victory in a speech later this hour. if so we'll dip into that. a very close contest between gwen graham and bernie sanders-backed andrew gillum. with 76% of precincts reporting. it's a virtual tie. we'll definitely keep an eye on that. over on the senate race. rick scott, term limited governor, he has won. zero surprise on that one. that's hot party wanted to face nelson heading into the fall with rick scott leading in the veal clear politics average of polls. that's all florida. but there are two more going to the voters. those other states being oklahoma and arizona. oklahoma they are closed. but arizona, they have until 7:00 p.m. local time to cast their ballots in the senate primaries out there. edward lawrence this washington with more updates. >> oklahoma, we have that primary. the two big ones, florida and arizona. florida sure to be one of the swing states. arizona will have retiring senator jeff flake. this has been a vocal critic of the president's actions. let's

host: let's hear a little bit from andrew gillam now running against ron desantis. [video clip] >> if we are going to make clear to the rest of the world that the dark days we have been under -- thatut of washington the derision and division that is coming out of our white house, that right here in the state of florida we are going to isind this nation of what truly the american way. way.is truly the american start from the bottom, richmond heights, and make your way all the way to the top. [cheers and applause] >> and be in service of all people, have a message of love, community, connection, common sense, decency, of what is right and what is wrong and that message is big enough, wide enough, deep enough to hold all of us. host: in a previous story in the headline that says what we know or don't know about the fbi investigation hanging over andrew gillam at the time. guest: that was one of the concerns going into this. one of the reasons gwen graham may have been perceived as a safer candidate. the investigation into the city of tallahassee has not touched the may

fox news read a statement on air saying they don't condone what their frequent guest, ron desantis, said about urging florida voters not to monkey this up by electing gillum. the desantis campaign is saying that it is absurd. i'm joined by the expert in florida politics, none other than politico's mark kacaputo. he joins donna edwards, michael steele, former rnc chair. welcome all. mr. caputo, wow. man, oh, man, you delivered the final major primary night of the season and florida delivers the big shocker. is it fair to say that both parties picked candidates that the other party says is unelectable? >> yeah, both sides are high fiving and they think the other guy will be easy meat. i suggest that we're really in uncharted territory here. not only did donald trump upend conventional wisdom but florida voters did it again by picking andrew gillum. you have the deepest blue progressive against the reddest trump conservative. forecasting what's going to happen in this race is really difficult. depending on who you talk to, republicans either elated because they think that gillum is just goi

if we talked about this race -- lou: you mean ron desantis? >> i think everybody watches the show knows who i mean. if we would've talked about this years ago would have been when graham, daughter of bob graham. not for this race for two years. these two candidates came from nowhere. and it's going to be a significant opponent of any socialist and it will set the tone. it is not congressional district. this is a big deal. it's going to be watched and will be a tremendous race. lou: it is pretty clear the way at desantis immediately today, the left-wing media, florida, and national organization, democrat attacking ron desantis. i mean going after him viciously. it was an extraordinary response, but basically it's a signal. he's going to run one of the nastiest, toughest campaigns we can imagine. it is scorched earth, straight from the democratic left wing playbook. >> florida has the 10 media state -- not to say you can organize. much today. it is going to be a tv battle par none with $150 million raised in the bottom line is to have every left

ron desantis is extraordinary, he's an extreme talent, and he will make a fantastic governor of floridae's extraordinary in so many different ways. >> outfront now, former ohio state senator nina turner and former senior communications advisor for the trump campaign, jason miller. he was also a consultant on desantis' campaign for the senate in 2016. nina, the desantis campaign is saying it's absurd to believe that him saying monkey this up has anything to do with race. in your view is that credible? >> not at all, jim. of course they are because they have the luxury to do so. i have a message for my white sisters and brothers in america. don't ever use the word "monkey" or "ape" or anything like that. don't even go down that street when it comes to african-americans. there's a painful history in this country of using that stereotype. it is used to dehumanize african-americans and the representative knew exactly what he was doing when he said that. and it wasn't a dog whistle, it was a bullhorn to certain folks in this country who still see and believe that african-americans are less th

mayor gillum is facing congressman ron desantis who is an endorsee of president trump's and was not expected to win the republican nomination until president trump said that he would support desantis in the primary. after that and after president trump held a rally for congressman desantis in pampa it was clear he was going to trounce the other primary runner, adam putnam. >> and as if on cue president trump, who may very well be watching this segment on the florida race sent out this message about the florida race. he says not only did congressman ron desantis easily win the republican primary but his opponent in november is his biggest dream -- a failed socialist mayor named andrew gillum who has allowed crime and many other problem to flourish in his city. this is not what florida wants or needs. i don't believe that andrew gillum is a socialist. i don't have any knowledge of the crime situation in tallahasse but i bet you president trump doesn't, either. the question here, elizabeth, donald trump there florida, how do you think he will be a factor in this election? >> donald trump has re

. >>> and in florida, republican ron desantis accused of racism for calling his african-american opponent articulate and urging florida not to monkey this up. tonight, andrew gillum responds. "the 11th hour" begins now. >>> good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. i'm ali velshi in for brian williams. day 587 of the trump administration brings the sudden news that the west wing attorney who has been the pivotal link to robert mueller during the russia investigation is out. white house counsel don mcgahn will soon be making his exit. axios was first out with a report this morning. that was quickly followed by this tweet from president trump. white house counsel don mcgahn will be leaving his position in the fall shortly after the confirmation, hopefully, of judge brett kavanaugh to the united states supreme court. i have worked with don for a long time and truly appreciate his service. this afternoon trump was asked about the departing white house counsel. >> don mcgahn is a really good guy, been with me for a long time. privately before this he represented

ron desantis has been modeling himself in donald trump's image.k given that, that this is something that's likely to stick from your reporting, and what you have seen out there from voters and what they think of all this? >> look, i don't actually think that ron desantis is going to come out and say, yes, i meant it as a racial dog whistle and i apologize for that. if there were a clarification, it would probably happen on a fox news. he is known for his fox news appearances in the frequency which he does them. his campaign said to me that he didn't mean it as a racial term. the gillum campaign saying they don't buy that. something susan said is what we should be paying attention to. we are 12 hours into the race. yes, republicans and democrats voted already, but moderates are looking at who their candidate could be in the general election. they have a choice to make. i spoke to am some folks here. what they had to say about why they voted for ron desantis and andrew gillum give us a little bit of insight into what the campaign's bases look like.

so, just how closely do the views of donald trump line-up with those of ron desantis? >> ron loves playing with the kids. >> build the wall. >> he reads stories. >> then mr. trump said, you're fired. i love that part. >> he's teaching madison to talk. >> make america great again. >> wow. good morning, it is thursday, august 30th. joe is off. with us we have msnbc contributor mark barnacle former aide to the george w. bush white house elise jordan and msnbc political contributor rick tyler and columnist and associate editor for "washington post" david ignatius and white house correspondent for "news hour" and ceo of axios jim and rogers professor of the presidency at vanderbilt university, john meacham. he is an nbc news and msnbc contributor. we will be joined by eddy cloud, jr. just before we get started and we look forward to having willie back tomorrow. before we get started. check your twitter and just make sure you all haven't been fired because, apparently, that's a thing. you can get fired now on twitter apparently everybody will be the first to know, but you. es

the difference between me and ron desantis when it comes to the fbi. i welcome their investigation to get to the bottom of any corruption that might exist. in his case, he and donald trump have done everything that they could to undermine the fbi. that is, in my opinion, where we draw a strong difference with each other. and, again, i'm happy to talk about what the issues are in this race. i'm not going to be lectured, however, by any of my opponents, certainly not ron desantis and donald trump about the fbi. especially given the way in which we have handled their investigation into any impropriety done by any individual by comparison to how they do. >> shepard: your november opponent ron desantis was on fox news channel this morning and since then there has been a bubbling on the internet. it's trending. at the top of most political web sites, something that he said to our host sandra smith regarding the upcoming election. i want to let our viewers hear what was said. >> so we have got to work hard to make sure that we continue florida going this a go

i tell you what, i know ron desantis. ron desantis is extraordinary. harvard, yale, ran an incredible campaign, really feeds a lot of people that he was not supposed to beat because he came into the race and a lot of people didn't know. he was an extreme talent and he will make a fantastic governor of florida. i think ron is extraordinary in so many different ways. i haven't heard that at all. >> okay. so i just heard a question about -- we had the segment earlier about the republican nominee now in this florida race who won his primary, congressman ron desantis, making this comment about his opponent who would be the -- okay, thank you. just getting news from the control room, who made this comment about monkeying around in reference to the democratic candidate who won the primary, this upset in florida, who is african-american, who would be the first african-american governor in florida on a major party ticket. jeremy diamond is with us. it sounds like the president obviously hasn't heard the comments. he didn't want to say anything and embraced cong

i tell you what, i know ron desantis. ron desantis is extraordinary, harvard, yale, brilliant. ran an incredible campaign. really beat a lot of people he wasn't supposed to beat because he came into the race and a lot of people didn't know him. he's an extreme talent and he will make a fantastic governor of florida. i think ron is extraordinary in so many different ways. i haven't heard that at all, no. >> didn't hear it. whether you believe that or not, that's really not the point. a true leader would condemn any racist comment, any unseemly comment full stop. but this is the man who launched his campaign with an attack on mexicans. >> when mexico sends it people, they're not sending their best. they're bringing drugs. they're bringing crime. they're rapists. >> who responded to deadly white supremacist violence in charlottesville by infamously claiming, his words, very fine people on both sides. >> you also had people that were very fine people, on both sides. you had people in that group -- excuse me. excuse me. i saw the same pictures as you did. >> who has never stopped at

i don't have any issues with what ron desantis said. believe he came out quickly and, tried to clean that up. but he might want to do a little more. he might want to address it directly with the african-american community because, you know the florida african-american community is not just like, let's say chicago. there is a lot of caribbean americans there to tend to be more likely to vote republican than traditional african-american population. he can campus pete for some of these votes. he might want it do more than just say something to clean it up. liz: i hear what you're saying. we know florida has a lot of people who fled failed socialist regimes in venezuela, in cuba, in nicaragua, south america, they will not like what he is touting. they don't want that at all. that is what the playbook we're seeing going forward. get back into new york. another democrat socialist state senate candidate julius salazar, claimed to be an immigrant on tape, saying quote, i emigrated to this country with my family when i was very little. in colomb

so when he goes in and says i like ron desantis, ron jumps 16 points in a week.primary pulling away. now, the test will be this fall transferring into winning the general election seats. i think washington is so anti-trump and the liberal media is so anti-trump they don't understand what's happening out there. one example. sanctuary cities, 84% of the american people believe sanctuary cities increase crime. 84%. now, every democrat in the senate co-sponsored senator feinstein's open border bill. the democrats are talking themselves out on these radical left agendas which in the "washington post" and "new york times" and cbs news all sounds terrific. but i think when you get down to september and october, we'll discover there is a red wave, not a blue wave and that people will repudiate the kind of radical extremism we're seeing emerge in the democratic party. >> sandra: the big question will be where is the mueller investigation at that point and a big test of the robert mueller probe is day two of the trial for paul manafort, the president's former campaign mana

ron desantis and donald trump have undermined the fbi. they've done everything that they could to cut them off at the knees, even going so far as to suggest something nefarious, a deep state even, when undermining the important work of the bureau. that's not how we've approached it in our community. and i would also say that the city of tallahassee is not under fbi investigation. there may be an individual, but certainly the city has been fully cooperative and we're going to continue to be so until we get to the bottom of it. >> i wanted to put that question to you so the voters can hear it. and i'll make you a promise in return. we've reached out to congressman desantis. this race is going to have a lot of attention on it. florida matters in a lot of ways. you are welcome back on this show to discuss what matters to the citizens there. we'll do it more than once. i promise you that. >> i look forward to it. thanks so much, chris. >> mayor andrew gillum, thank you. >>> 2,975 are dead in puerto rico. that's why i brought it up with mayor g

in mid-june polling had putnam beating ron desantis by 15 points, mid-june. june 22nd, the president tweeted an endorsement of desantis. by late july, he was up by 12 points. a 27-point swing. now tonight here, desantis running to replace retiringg republican governor rick scott, who easily beat -- easily won the g.o.p. nomination for a senate seat against incumbent bill nelson, they will set off in november, that is expected to be a tight race. i mentioned andrew gillum on the democratic side. he beat back a challenge from an more moderate candidate. he's the tallahassee mayor. he won after key endorsements from bernie sanders and after an infusion of $650,000 from liberals george soros and tom steyer, who's been pushing for impeachment for a long time. watch that. meanwhile, another important trump factor in arizona tonight, republican senator jeff flake retired because he is at odds with the trump agenda, unlikely that he would get reelected, he acided to retire.e.di meanwhile, another important trump factor in arizona tonight, republican senator jeff flak

he may get the nomination to face ron desantis, this big trump ally, for the governor here in floridaator. so you may have someone more onc the socialist side of facing roc desantis. fictive elements here. >> tucker: ed henry, thank you for that. we will be tracking the results all night. first an update from south africa south africa. according to news reports, the south after government has withdrawn its firm redistribution bill more than a week after we first day of the story. they hated our segmentnt and alo hated president trump's response, he tweeted out our response. they recounted not being criticized particularly from america. but politicians in south africa are still planning to seize land without compensation on racial grounds. in fact it seems to be underway. south african media reportsaf tt one of the first farmers on the list is a man called johann steen camp, he owns a game preserve. now apologists for thew south african government, and there are many in our media, say the port of seizing land is historical injustice. it does not apply, the stein camp didn't steal his l

ron desantis, a key ally of president trump will win this republican nomination and primary battle. that we are not ready to recall, it is still too close to call. we will be back later this all power as more results come in. >> tucker: amazing, decisive. as you see, polls have closed in voting. voters there will decide a series of critically important primary contests and help define the fall midterm elections. we will have more on those races straight ahead. at first a lot going on in washington. ohr played a central role into the 2016 shrimp camping. catherine herridge has been covering the story since the very beginning and she joins us tonight. >> the closed-door deposition lasted seven hours with the consensus among republican lawmakers. the justice department official bruce ohr told the fbi there were issues with the trump dossier and its author produced by christopher steele. but the national security court was kept in the dark at when it a surveillance warrant for trump campaign. that does not line up with other witnesses. former fbi lawyer, that was paid by the dnc and cam

and we need to elect ron desantis as your governor. got to do it. and i'm telling you, i know him well. he's a great, great guy. he'll be an incredible governor. i have no doubt. i don't do these endorsements easily. i don't need to be here, but i happen to love the state. and i don't do them easy. although it seems to have an impact. the other day we endorsed a great gentleman from georgia. he was probably 5 point down. he won the election by 40 points. he got 70% of the vote to 30%. think that. and many others. they are actually starting to give us credit for this. i don't think there has ever been anything like it. that's why i had to be here to formally endorse ron. you have got to get out and vote. thank you mr. desantis. thank you. beautiful family. get your friend. get your colleagues. get your neighbors and get out and vote in november. you have got to do it. remember we are going to win this primary. don't take any chances. and then about give yourself 10, 15 minutes of happiness, then go back to work for november. we have to remember they

setting up a confrontation with the president's hand picked favorite, ron desantis. that is the big story coming out of the tuesday primaries. this says arizonans pay their respect. tells us about the rates, set up to replace retiring g.o.p. senator jeff flake. first up, correspondent phil keating in orlando tonight with now what is being described as a proxy race for 2,020, in 2018. >> good evening, it's been 20 years since a florida democrat won a governor's race. with the swing to the left, they feel this could finally be there year. after last night, the biggest battleground state in the nation now has a proxy donald trump versus bernie sanders showdown for governor this november. >> we have shown the rest of the country that we can be the david in the situation where there is a goliath. >> in a shocking come-from-behind victory, a progressive democrat andrew gillam comes the far outspent tallahassee mayor at tillich needed a big primary field including congresswoman gwen graham, daughter of former governor and senator bob graham who lead in the polls by seven po

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i think nine out of the last ten people he's endorsed, including ron desantis, have won their primarprimaries or certainly mod forward. the primary in florida is not until august. desantis has moved from the back of the pack to first place. we have a governor's race there. lou: just for a second, we should point out, desantis was running behind in that race. >> way behind. lou: until the ft stepped u pred up and said desantis is the man, my full endorsement and the next thing he's got a double digit lead in the race for governor of florida. >> against a formidable establishment candidate who is expected to be the nominee. critical state for us. most important state in the end of the day. and it's a state where we can win a senate race with the governor running against nelson. that's one that we could pick up that we didn't count on early on. and if desantis can hold the governor's race, we're first in line for 2020. lou: governor rick scott has quietly built a lead in the last year and a half and it's impressive, against bill nelson, long-time senator from lorde obviously. desantis building h

one tweet endorsing ron desantis. all of a sudden the numbers flip. a 27 point swing. and desantis tonight wins bigot republican side for governor. rick scott is leaving officer of governor and won the republican primary to face nelson who may be in more trouble than the democrats thought. and in this gubernatorial race, i can't stress what a big upset this is that gillum the mayor of tallahassee would be the first african-american governor if he wins in florida backed by bernie sanders. sanders versus trump in the florida's governor's race. >> sean: ed henry big news. we saw the desantis rise connected to the trump endorsement. rick scott will be a great senator. and bruce ohr testifying on capitol hill behind closed doors today. we will have the latest from washington now. >> the closed door deposition lasted 7 hours. the justice department official bruce ohr told the fbi there were issues with the trump dossier and christopher steele. but the evidence suggests the national security fisa court was kept in the dark granting a surveillance warrant for a trump campaign a

and we need to elect ron desantis as your governor. got to do it. and i'm telling you, i know him well. he's a great, great guy. he'll be an incredible governor. i have no doubt. i don't do these endorsements easily. i don't need to be here, but i happen to love the state. and i don't do them easy. although it seems to have an impact. the other day we endorsed a great gentleman from georgia. he was probably 5 point down. he won the election by 40 points. he got 70% of the vote to 30%. think that. and many others. they are actually starting to give us credit for this. i don't think there has ever been anything like it. that's why i had to be here to formally endorse ron. you have got to get out and vote. thank you mr. desantis. thank you. beautiful family. get your friend. get your colleagues. get your neighbors and get out and vote in november. you have got to do it. remember we are going to win this primary. don't take any chances. and then about give yourself 10, 15 minutes of happiness, then go back to work for november. we have to remember they

then you come to ron desantis who is a trump acolyte. you see something similar in state of georgia where you have a black woman running against brian kemp. another trump true believer. we have racial combustible energy. desantis says not only monkey it up which i think people might hear as a slur, he says articulate and a socialist spokesman. you start to think, i understand he's trying to put down his opponent as every politician everywhere does. in this moment, it comes across as racially charged. >> i get you. obviously, a couple of things bother me. when i heard it it didn't occur to me that way. it doesn't sound to me like a racist thing to say. what struck me, my first reference with it was something i saw on twitter that said that desantis said that florida shouldn't monkey it up by electing a black governor. that wasn't what he said. that was everywhere. there were like 10 references. there's no way that he said that. why would he say that. he didn't sigh that. he's talking about a reference between you don't want to monkey up th

. >> president trump: we need to elect ron desantis as your governor. i know him well. he is a great guy and will be an incredible governor.

desantis' spokesman stephen lawson said -- "ron desantis was obviously talking about florida not making the wrong decision to embrace the socialist policies that andrew gillum espouses. to characterize it as anything else is absurd." andrew gillum later appeared on fox news himself and was asked to respond to desantis saying "monkey this up." he spoke to shepard d smith. >> yeah, that part was not lost on me. it is very clear that mr. desantis is taking a page directly from the campaign manual of donald t trump. but i i think he is anotother tg cocomi too him if you ththink tt in today's day and age florida voteters are going to respspondo that l level of derision and division.. they are sick of it. what we're trying offer in this race -- >> was that racist or a figment of speech? , in the handbdbook of donaldld trump, they noo longero with so calls. they are now using full bullhorns. amy: for more, we are joined two guests who have worked with andrew gillum. in miami phillip agnew, , co-director of dreamam defenders, a community-based movement organization. in 2013,3, gillum was a city

congressman ron desantis cruising the victory over establishment candidate adam putnam in the republican primary yesterday. on the democratic side andrew gillum pulled off an upset over former congresswoman gwen graham. >> my goal as governor is to attract a wider variety of industries with high-paying jobs so people who are born and raised here and go to college can end up staying here and working. they don't have to leave the state. >> i sincerely believe what will deliver us to victory in november is the fact that there are everyday, hard working people in this state who believe -- who believe. >> dana: joining me is chris stirewalt fox news politics editor. the primaries now are behind us. this one in florida setting up a general election especially in the governor's race that could be a sign of things to come for 2020. >> and we should not for new england and delaware, there are still -- new york still have primaries left. but yes, in terms of races that are likely to affect the balance of power in washington we have reached the end of the road. what a road it has been. i think in f

reporter: his big endorsement, senator bernie sanders, a complete 180 from the man who helped propel ron desantis to the republican nomination, the president himself. >> ron loves playing with the kids. >> build the wall. d reporter: whose policies desantis has fully embraced. >> our taxes have been cut and the red tape has been reduced. i'd say that's pretty good work for a year and a half, so let's keep it going. >> reporter: the gloves are already off. president trump called gillum a "failed socialist" on twitter today. republicans plan to use an f.b.i. investigation of tallahassee's municipal government against gillum, llough he's not directly been named a subject. t mocrats will likely use this-- a comment by desantis today, some call racist. >> the last thing we need to do is to monkey this up by trying to embrace a socialist agenda. >> reporter: today, his campaign said it would be "absurd," to characterize those comments as racist. our request to interview desantis was declined. nsllum called those remarks "beneath the intelligence of floridians." john? >> dickerson: manuel bojorquez for

a complete 180 from the man who helped propel ron desantis to the republican nomination, the president himself. >> ron loves playing with the kids. >> build the wall. >> reporter: whose policies desantis has fully embraced. >> our taxes have been cut and the red tape has been reduced. i'd say that's pretty good work for a year and a half. so let's keep it going. >> reporter: the gloves are already off. president trump called gillum a failed socialist on twitter today. republicans plan to use an fbi investigation of tallahassee's mu though he's not directly been named a subject. democrats will likely use this -- a comment by desantis today some call racist. >> the last thing we need to do is to monkey this up by trying to embrace a socialist agenda. >> reporter: today his campaign said it would be "absurd" to characterize those comments as racist. our request to interview desantis was declined. gillum called those remarks beneath the intelligence of floridians. john? >> manuel bojorquez for us. thanks, manuel. >>> at his weekly audience at the vatican pope francis spoke of his recent tr

. >> andrew gillum in florida with ron desantis. he said ron was trying monkey around with the economy in florida? president trump: i didn't hear that. i have been working on the deal with canada so i have not heard it. i tell you what, i know ron desantis. ron desantis is extraordinary -- harvard, yale, brilliant. ran an incredible campaign. really beat a lot of people he wasn't supposed to beat because he came into the race and a lot of people didn't know him. he's an extreme talent and will make a fant stick -- fantastic governor of florida. i think ron is extraordinary. reporter: do you still believe the federal government's response to the hurricane in puerto rico -- president trump: i think we did a fantastic job in puerto rico. we're still helping puerto rico. the governor is an excellent guy and he's very happy with the job we've done. we have put billions and billions of dollars into puerto rico and it was a very tough one. their electric plant was bad before the hurricane. if you look back in the records that plant was dead

i tell you what, i know ron desantis. ron desantis is extraordinary.vard, yale, brilliant, ran an incredible campaign. >> now tocr the fbi that's rebutting the president's unsubstantiated claim that china hacked hillary clinton's private e-mail server. the president made a claim in a tweet posted after midnight on wednesday. he warned the doj and fbi to do something or in his words their credibility will be gone forever. the fbi official tells nbc news they've found no evidence the clinton server was compromised. they pointed to a june report from the inspector general stating the same thing, that there's no evidence that the president repeated from the daily call. >> attorneys for paul manafort are looking to have his next trial moved out of the nation's capitol, n claiming media covere of his prior conviction has compromised the pool of new potential jurors. in court filings yesterday they askedin his trial on charges of money laundering, failing to register as a foreign agent and obstruction of justice be moved from washington, d.c. to roanoke, virg

the guy is running against ron desantis town in florida, he is not far left. >> gregg: i think morgan right, i was struck by the fact that it was a larger republican turnout than democrats, and also, ron desantis really received twice as many votes as gillum data. that tells me something, that donald trump's endorsement really means a lot in a state like florida. and in a state like florida that could be the deciding factor. i would give the thumbs up to desantis in a race there that could otherwise be tight. >> we will keep watching all of this. 70 days until the midterm. >> i wanted to add one quick thing, david pointed this out earlier, in florida, it's a very diverse voting page. >> yes, many democrats living there. we are also awaiting the arrival of senator john mccain's motorcade at the arizona state capitol where his body will lie in state through the night. more details on the emotional ceremony kicking off five days of tributes, i had to. tuned. feel the clarity of non-drowsy claritin and relief from symptoms caused by over 200 allergens. like those from buddy. because stuff

public education system to educate in these off years. >> and mayor gillum will take on congressman ron desantis in november, desantis getting a big boost of president trump's enforcement. joining me, harry, first of all, from your view, could this be the first time that on a stage this big we've seen someone in the mold of donald trump facing off against someone in the mold of bernie sanders? >> will you have this race in florida and just north in georgia you will have something similar with brian kevin going up against stacy abrams. we have a big test in the south. this is what the bernie sander's people said, if you run to the left. if you provide a true contrast with donald trump and have a personal back story. you can beat donald trump. florida and georgia will test that theory. >> he is trying to type cast gillum, describing him as the biggest dream for the desantis campaign he's calling it. he calls him a failed socialist mayor. the last time the democrats won state wide in florida, there was a liberal african-american at the top of the tick by the name of barack obama. is gillum more lik

and end it. >> dana: ron desantis is going to be on hannity tonight.o doubt he will be asked about this and they can say whatever he wants. >> brian: what do you think is the best thing to do? >> dana: i will let him speak for himself at 9:00. i think lisa makes a very good point. i talked to a leading democrat who said gillum, the democratic candidate that beat out the establishment candidate, she said however he might have been sanders' backed but he was also a clinton surrogate. he could have a unifying effect on democrats. it's interesting to watch the rest of the countries democrats catch up to where the new england democrats have been for a while, these types of left-wing progressive type things. i am excited for this florida race, the gubernatorial side. i think this is the future debate we are going to have in this country and whatever happens in 2018 in this good or trail race, it's probably likely what we will see in 2020 between president trump and whoever the democrats put forward. >> juan: the president tweeted today: gillum is a "failed s

a week later, the president sends out a tweet, one tweet, endorsing ron desantis, all, all of a suddenthe numbers completely flip. desantis in mid-july was up by 12 points. a 27. swing, sean. all of a sudden, desantis tonight wins, not just wins, wins big, on the republican side. you mention rick scott, leaving office, easily won the republican primary to face bill nelson, democratic senator. he may be in more trouble, nelson and his battle against governor scott, now running for senate, and in this gubernatorial race, i can't stress what a big upset this is, that andrew gillum, the mayor of tallahassee, would be the first african-american governor if he wins in florida, backed by bernie sanders. his big endorsement. sanders versus trump in the florida governor's race. >> sean: ed henry, big news. we solve the desantis rise and it was connected directly to the trump endorsement and he is well-liked in florida. he'll be a good governor, rick scott will be a great senator. today, disgraced doj official bruce or testifying behind closed doors. fox news correspond catherine herridge's has

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god bless you guys, thank you so much. >> trump tweeted this, such a fantastic win for ron desantis and the people in the great state of florida, ron will be a fantastic governor. on to november. on the democratic side a crowded primary field of fire but in the shocker of the night tallahassee mayor andrew gillam surged from fourth place in the past month while glenn graham constantly led by 7 in the polls but tonight gillam hoping to become the first black governor, a progressive liberal with the endorsement of bernie sanders and once medicare for all unexpectedly beat them all. now to the senate race in florida which without any competition had no drama. november two to republican governor rick scott who is leaving office open 23 term democrat bill nelson. republican -- nelson is very vulnerable and the gop could pick up the seed for the first time since the year 2000 making it difficult this november for democrats to take the senate but the real interesting thing in florida from here to november will be governor's race, desantis versus gillam. a proxy battle between donald trump and

let's watch it. >> everyone knows my husband ron desantis is endorsed by president trump. t he's also an amazing dad. ron loves playing with the kids. he reads stories. >> then mr. trump said, you're fired. i love that part. >> he's teaching madison to talk. >> make america great again. >> people say ron is all trump, but he is so much more. >> big league. so good. >> i just thought you should know. >> i mean, charlie, there is an example of somebody who is sort of out -- trying to out-trump trump, making everyone realize he's all about trump and maybe about something else a very distant second. >> you ought to make it clear that is not a parody. that is actually something he put on the air. he was willing to be a clown himself in that particular way. florida is very, very interesting because it really sets up a preview for 2020 because you have the republicans nominating a completely trumpified candidate and the democrats nominating a bernie sanders-like progressive. it will be an interesting test case. what do you do when basically both of those parties nominate someone w

gillum is set to face ron desantis, who won the republican primary.the race pits two candidates who in many ways mirror their parties' national moods against each other. let's bring in cnn politics, senior writer and analyst, harry, what happened here? >> morning. >> this is extraordinary. >> first off, i got very little sleep, i can tell you that definitely happened. >> you don't need sleep. >> i never need sleep. andrew gillum came on very strong, got the backing of bernie sanders, was able to raise a lot of money. polls indicated he was rising but nothing like this. we all thought gwen graham was going to win, if it wasn't her, probably philip levine. you have a major upset here, you have a progressive candidate who also appealed to the african-american community, who also appealed to young voters, almost a barack obama coalition in some sense. >> ron desantis is running on donald trump. and almost donald trump only. here's an ad that he's run that's gotten a lot of attention, watch. >> everyone knows my husband ron desantis is endorsed by presiden