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charlie crist. eporter: while both candidates are out shaking hands at local restaurants and forums. the big-money campaign is being waged on television. the election is expected to be one of the most expensive and nastiest races in the country. already more than $40 million has been spent by the candidates and outside interest groups and that number is expected to climb to $150 million. so far, the scott side is outspending crist three-to-one. even though polls show a tight race, scott has seen his numbers improve since he began the ad campaign. the pro-scott ads beat up on crist for plunging the state into an economic crisis during his tenure as governor. >> the numbers tell the story. florida's unemployment rate tripled. 800,000 jobs gone. property values down. which governor took florida to the bottom? charlie crist. what's worse, he didn't stay to fix the mess, he ran away. >> reporter: for his part, crist tries to remind voters of the scandal that surrounded scott's tenure as head of the hospit

bill clinton saying charlie crist didn't lead the republican party, the republican party left him. what do you think of that? this is the same bill clinton who charlie crist said should resign after the monica lewinski affair for the dignity of the office. >> well, the republican party didn't leave crist. he left when the polls showed he would lose. he was a republican until late april. at least a republican in name. as of late april 2010. the only reason he shifted parties is because he couldn't win a primary. in fact, on a debate with chris wallace on this very network he flat out said he dwont that and two weeks later he did. that's why he left. he is a political opportunist of the first degree. >> he is polling well. >> i think rick scott, are consistent with him showing in the opening lead and even democrats in florida are a business disgusted with charlie crist and what he represents or doesn't represent. i don't think they believe his conversion or lack thereof, is a legitimate one. and they think it is all about positioning himself to win an office. that's all he ever wante

we know what's in it for charlie crist. what's in it for bill clinton?ou read bill clinton going into a race like this as part of 2016 vat gee, basically contributing chips that his wife can call in? >> i think it is useful. he's campaigned in arkansas, he's campaigning in maine, campaigned in kentucky. i think he definitely wants to show that bill clinton and team clinton are team players. they're invested in the democratic party to help build the party as other ways as well. i asked crist about the comments of '98. he's a man who changes political views anyway and he rave and raves and raves about whou great of a president bill clinton was which is so striking from 1998. >> must have been the first six years that were so great. the last two years he didn't want him in office anymore. >> mark, in terms of the effect of bill clinton's visit, you talked about the voters that charlie crist needs to mobilize, i noi know that was a big point of emphasis in the speech that bill clinton gave. do you think it has that effect? >> i think it does to a degree. one

charlie crist is getting help in his campaign for governor.y clinton will join him for a very special dinner reception. but it could be a little awkward. back in '98 at the height of the monica lewinsky scandal, he said bill clinton should resign from office. >>> congress will be off from campaign i campaigning. they have worked a full week less than 14% of the time. >>> the kissing congressman is running for reelection. vance mcalister was caught on camera kissing a woman that was not his wife. now his wife is trying to help him get reelected in a new campaign ad. >> life is filled with ups and downs. >> but a man's character is based on how many times he gets back up and stands again. >> i'm lucky to be blessed with a family and wonderful christian wife. >> i'm blessed to have a husband who ens up to his mistakes. >> a twitter oops for donald trump. his account tweeted why would the people of kentucky want a rookie senator. they have senator mitch mcconnell who may be next speaker and bring dollars to kentucky. keyword there is speaker. mcco

that said, rick scott, the opponent calls charlie crist the slick politician and that's to suggest thats not someone that you can trust. even though he's running a campaign right now so democrats like him, he's for minimum wage and for obama. he would like to have president obama campaign for him in florida. not a lot saying that. >> he certainly had president clinton with him. talk about the mood at that rally. what was it like? >> people have liked bill clinton a lot more than when he was president. crist is famous for, he hugged president obama in 2009 during the stimulus and that made a lot of republicans really angry at him. but a lot of african-american voters like crist because he was pro-obama. that's a big factor here, can he get the black turnout he needs to win and i thought from being down there, he may be able to do that. >> sounds like he might have the reaction that chris christie had during the wake of hurricane sandy. let's talk about mitch mcconnell's leading alison grimes, 47 to 39%. what do you think is driving that mcconnell lead? it was closer a few days ago? >> al

president bill clinton will be in the sunshine state stomping with democratic nominee for governor charlie cristhocker he's helping fellow democrats. in 1988 when krist was running for u.s. senate, had shattered the confidence and trust of americans and should resign from office. and that is your morning dish of "scrambled politics." >>> it is friday. joined by kevin cerilli from the hill. >> good morning. happy friday. thank you for having he. >> absolutely. former virginia governor bob mcdonnell and his wife convicted. seen sobbing in the courtroom. is this case a warning to politics politicians across the country? >> fascinating case, serving as a warning for politicians all over the country. governor mcdonnell and his wife maureen will face their sentencing on january 9th. they could face many, many years behind bars, but their attorneys yesterday after the trial saying that they will be appealing this. so i think this will play out for many months to come, and the former governor of virginia, as we all know, once considered to be a contender for president at one point saying that he is putt

i actually think he is tiny bit ahead of charlie crist, former republican governor for race. florida is a competitive state and you can expect that to be close on election night. >> some of the states that you are considering competitive and florida and colorado. they are big states and bringing a lot of votes. how does this translate in changes for the 2016 election? >> i tell you one important change. every time you have a new governor elected, the presidential candidates will make a bee- line for the new governors and they are critical to the nominating process. they can help to produce adeleigate majority for a presidential candidate and useful in the fall election in providing an organizational superstructure for the presidential nominee. >> larry, thank you for joining us and fun to look outside of the beltway for a change. thanks. >> absolutely. thank you. >> now a fox news business alert. the market is reacting to the president's speech to the united nations about dismantling isis. nicole is with fox business network and live with us from the floor of the new york sto

governor rick scott going against charlie crist. now he is a democrat and was independent and used to be republican. the races in the top of the tickets could impact house races as well as the senate races. that will be a develop am to watch. >> why is that? one doesn't think statewide governor's race will have an affect on national races for the house and the september. >> illinois is a key example. there are competitive house races and certainly if you are from the blue state and you are a republican, you have a target on your back. and because governor quinstruggled in the ratings, that helps the republican party. conversely in like states like kansas that could affect the september races. >> there is no doubt about it. there is a difference between the governors and house. and if a governor is struggling they are their own candidate and a lot of red state democrats are not appearing with president obama, these candidates are not showing up with their governor if he is unpopular. >> i was astounded in colorado, showed the governo

charlie crist who was a republican, an independent, now a democrat. rather flawed candidates, spending big money, both with national designs. fascinate being to watch. you've got other races other than the gubernatorial level. two democratic pickups on the gubernatorial race. >> scott walker has his sights set on the presidential race. >> that's a key race because he's been in the cycle for a couple of elections now. this is a proxy for his presidential hopes and there's proxies in other states too. texas would be a perfect example, greg abbott, going against wendy davis a popular democrat. if she does well, better than expected then that could be something that really heartens a lot of blue people in a very red state which is exactly what democrats are trying to do down there. >> i want to ask you, i want to play one of the ads, there have been so many ads intensely already. after labor day they are only going to debt worse. there have been creative ads, people firing guns, negative ads. i'll get your take on this watch. >> no one should be fighting

but the victim's family showed up en mass, and it was charlie crist who was governor at the time, andstantly denied clemency. by now, kris is 70 years old. he is in bad health, his poor wife, marita, stuck by him. i've been representing kris now for 18 years and i have failed to get him justice. the most culpable character in kris' scenario is the justice system because they're just not interested in justice. as we develop more and more evidence to prove that he's innocent and he didn't have a fair trial, no one wants to listen. >> he was a hero on the track. she was a beautiful model. they had it all. until valentine's day, 2013. oscar pistorius shot and killed his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp. lawyers argued whether it was a mistake. >> is the state saying in a dramatized state of mind he worked out this grand scheme. doesn't make sense. >> or murder. >> deceitful witness . >> now the world finally has a verdict. >> there is a reasonable doubt, concerning the accused's guilt. >> from love to loss. a saga that unfolded for years. now the story of oscar pistorius, the t,

hillary clinton will be raising money in florida for charlie crist, the republican turned independent turned democrat who's running for governor in florida. >> the stakes are high. control of the senate and the governors mansions across the country. >> we'll be having an early verdict in just more than a month on those races and see everyone n. >>> take a look. these are the new signs you'll see the next time you take your kids to the park in fairfax county. several more tobacco-free play zone signs should go up in the coming weeks. the signs don't ban smoking but ask that you don't light up around the children. the fairfax county school system is expected to approve similar signs for its playgrounds and athletic f >>> today montgomery county is doing its part to combat bullying? your child's school. parents, students and educators are invited to today's town hall meeting. it begins at 2:00 p.m. at the silver springs civic building on 1 veterans place in silver spring. share your thoughts on prevention and intervention strategies to keep bullying out of school. >>> move over ice bucke

scott is in a tight contest with former governor charlie crist. >>> in iowa, the state's annual steak. hillary and bill clinton attending retiring senator tom harkin's yearly get-together. it will be the first time hillary clinton has been back since she lost the iowa caucus during her '08 presidential bid. there's been some broad speculation about mrs. clinton's ambitions for 2016 but she's not expected to make any announcements any time soon, at least not this weekend. >>> coming up, nearly 40 years ago, a dramatic moment in saigon, as the city burned and american heroes making a desperate choice to evacuate their vietnamese counterparts. coming up, why the rescue began without permission from washington. >> i thought it was a lot easier to beg forgiveness than to get permission. so the decision was made and they all went with us. so ally bank really has no hidden fees on savings accounts? that's right. it's just that i'm worried about you know "hidden things..." ok, why's that? no hidden fees, from the bank where no branches equals great rates. while a body in motion tends to stay

when they ask themselves that question, they will consistently say charlie crist and rick scott has given us the fact -- >> they're making a rirchs to the republican governor of florida who is running for re-election, but that back of the hand comment he is giving women the back of his hand, something she got in trouble for a few weeks ago saying about republican governor up in wisconsin. oh, wait. we have that too. hold on. >> scott walker has given women the back of his hand, and there is no -- i know that is stark. i know that is direct, but that is reality. what republican tea party extremists like scott walker are doing is they're grabbing us by the hair and pulling us back, and it's unacceptable, and it's not going to happen on our watch. >> all right. as somebody who has witnessed domestic violence firsthand, it is devastating, horrifying, frightening. to hear that language used about anyone, a republican or democrat, i can't believe that either one of you guys is going to say that's okay? >> it's a metaphor. >> a vivid, violent one when we're talking about women. >> people are hav

democrat charlie crist attended this one today in florida where he's running for governor. >> i'd appreciatevote. >> and take a look at those photos from new hampshire's senate contenders jeanne shaheen and challenger scott brown who tweeted momentum is picking up. and these politicians are really only getting started for a sprint towards election day. all told candidates in house and senate races have already spent more than half a billion dollars on their campaigns. that's a billion with a "b," an additional billion and a half is expected before the final ballots are cast. there are just 63 days till it the midterm election but 799 days till election day 2016, the race for the white house. >> 29 months left of president barack obama. >> but that hasn't stopped many probable gop presidential hopefuls from kicking off the holiday weekend, politicking at the americans for prosperity event in dallas. >> just over 1500 hours we're going to retake the united states senate. we're going to retire harry reid. >> from ted cruz to rand paul. >> if the president has no strategy, maybe it's time for a

fund-raiser at noon for vulnerable governor dna malloy and gubernatorial nominee mike michaud and charlie crist friday in florida. mark murray is here with this morning's first read. we got that information from our own chuck todd, the president expected to be on the trail this mid term season but presumably in wisconsin, michigan, florida, illinois, perhaps a little bit of new york. these are states that have large urban centers that have a large african-american population where the president is still very popular and can help with turnout. bill clinton, on the other hand, we know, will be going to places like arkansas, georgia, north carolina, to go more after the white working class voters and joe biden will go where he can help out with labor. two, three-pronged approach by democrats in trying to turn out these parts of their base. >> luke, no surprise that bill clinton is the biggest mid term asset for democrats this fall. last time our own nbc poll went into arkansas, bill clinton had a 68% favorable rating. that's his native state. on this battleground when the races, senate races are b

in florida, rick scott leads democratic challenger charlie crist by five points according to a new bay poll. it's scott 41, crist 36. 41 not enough. the liberal is grabbing six points. bill clinton is there to help crist make up ground. we'll be right back. and that takes a lot of energy. we use natural gas throughout the airport - for heating the entire terminal, generating electricity on-site, and fueling hundreds of vehicles. we're very focused on reducing our environmental impact. and natural gas is a big part of that commitment. who would have thought masterthree cheese lasagna would go with chocolate cake and ceviche? the same guy who thought that small caps and bond funds would go with a merging markets. it's a masterpiece. thanks. clearly you are type e. you made it phil. welcome home. now what's our strategy with the fondue? diversifying your portfolio? e*trade gives you the tools and resources to get it right. are you type e*? smoking with chantix. for 33 years i chose to keep smoking... ...because it was easier to smoke than it was to quit. along with support, chantix (varen

scott has spent a lot of money criticizing charlie crist and has gotten some benefit to that. >> outspenttelevision. that's a big change. one thing in all of these polls are showing the republicans leading. electerally much less black and much less hispanic than in a presidential year. that's exactly in florida where the polls assume that the race, they'll go back to a nonobama eelectorate. crist is very focused on turning out the minority communities. so, the polling in all these races, particularly in florida, could be off if somehow the democrats can change this electora electorate that has more minorities and more young people in it. >> we'll just quickly efinish up the list here. the last two states in vulnerable territory. you go to maine and lepage who has put his foot in his mouth more than once. running slightly behind the democrat, the wildcard there, though, this independent who ran four years ago and running, again, presumably siphoning the vote and that complicates a little bit and you get to the most danger republican on the map there in a blue state. that's tom corbett in p

>> charlie crist. >> that's correct. 100-point question here.ed by an nfl team -- robert if. >> michael sam. >> incorrect, i'll finish the question, was released by the team that drafted him, the st. louis rams. leaving -- >> dallas cowboys. >> correct. stop the clock. not only do you get 100 points for correctly answering the question. but that is the video bonus trigger question. because -- >> whoa. >> now you have a chance to add an extra 100 points to your score. we've asked a celebrity to read a famous political quote. correctly identify who said the quote, you'll get your 100 extra points, no penalty for guessing wrong. so let's take a look at the monitor for this week's video bonus question. >> hi, i'm kaly graham, miss teen usa i have this week's "up against the clock" quote of note. this president once famously said, there is nothing wrong with america that cannot be cured by what is right with america. good luck. >> karen buzzed in. who is it? >> bill clinton? >> it is bill clinton. 100 extra points for karen finney. she takes the earl

to discuss that we have governor gilmore, and also charlie kirk. >> crist. >> kirk. >> okay i'd like perfect opening and i just completely fudged it. there you go. in order to discuss these issues i have these two fine gentlemen. i will have them each give a 10-minute openers then a series of questions, they'll have two minutes to answer those questions and a one-minute rebuttal. and then we'll have the chance for you to give questions to them and then we'll have a chance to close. with that i welcome governor james gilmore. >> thank you. thank you very much. i've seen a lot of you already. [applause] >> thank you. charlie and i did something like this at cpac, the conservative political action conference, several months ago, and it was so flamboyant. they decided to invite us back. we'll see if we can't not disappoint. i don't know what biography was given because i was sequestered at the back. i might as well be a congressman, i guess. so i'm not sure what that is.afl but you probably know i was elected prosecutor the commonwealth's attorney in my local county. west germany in the