rick scott defeated charlie crist about 60,000, 65,000 votes. the democrats have been second-guessing themselves ever since election night. rick scott had a lot more money, a lot more resources in his campaign. republicans do a better job of getting their base vote out in an off year election in florida. the democrats do. i think the answer to your question is any variable like this could have effected the outcome. >> appreciate your time. thanks so much. >>> coming up, republicans play a dangerous game. the politics of a possible shutdown. will the house respond to what the senate just did earlier today? >>> plus we'll talk to the man who forced rahm emanuel into a runoff in chicago. in new york state, we're reinventing how we do business so businesses can reinvent the world. from pharmaceuticals to 3d prototyping, biotech to clean energy. whether your business is moving, expanding or just getting started... only new york offers you zero taxes for 10 years with startup ny business incubators that partner companies with universities, and venture

one close to 50% -- where charlie crist won close to 50% of the cuban-american vote. what i want to go back to his a couple of the other points that have been mentioned. i will cry to be very brief. t --r try to be very brief. we call the castro government lawyers and crooks but why when they make a full throated demand for the lifting of the embargo do we think that is what they want? think about that for a second. second cuban gdp dropped 35% and they survived that. if they lose venezuelan subsidies, the gdp drop would be about 10%. but it gives to 20% the where near 35% -- let's say it gets 20%, nowhere near 35%. if they were going to bow down that is not based on reality. would they would have to do is open up the economy more. -- what they would have to do is to open up the economy more. if it was not dead already, he will pass away soon. after 10 years of retirement, this is how effective it has been. his brother is stepping down and has instituted term limits, we will see if they honor that. they are at the twilight of this era. we know there is a transition in

and charlie crist was the governor at the time and he instantly denied clemency.ow, 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 produce more and more evidence that a, he had an unfair trial, and b, no one will unfair trial, and b, no one will listen. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> a vocal critic of russian president vladimir putin is gunned down a stone's throw from the kremlin. >> without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid. the table. >> u.s. lawmakers fumble their way to an agreement to keep the department of homeland security fund for at least another week. >>> and the world says good-bye to spock. >>> welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, i'm natalie allen. this is "cnn newsroom."

congressmen and congressman charlie crist. now back with our round table. i want to start with jonathan this time. do you think it is smart to go with the retreads? >> it depends on how the retreads lost. these are people who didn't lose because they're constituents hated them, or because they were terrible at their jobs. they lost because the democratic coalition didn't come out to vote. and by tradition nay don't in off year elections. you talk about the republican wave that came through in the midterm election. so if beigch and hagan are on the ballot in an election year where there is a lot of excitement for hillary clinton, they could get back into office. >> isn't this recycling? you put them in, they face a six year situation six years from now when they're back with the wrong electorate and it is the same thing again. so it is like baseball players. you have to be able to take in kind of pitching. >> i think that could be true, i think that what the democrats are calculating are two things. folks that are tried and tested. they don't want to repeat

one close to 50% -- where charlie crist won close to 50% of the cuban-american vote. what i want to go back to his a couple of the other points that have been mentioned. i will cry to be very brief. t --r try to be very brief. we call the castro government lawyers and crooks but why when they make a full throated demand for the lifting of the embargo do we think that is what they want? think about that for a second. second cuban gdp dropped 35% and they survived that. if they lose venezuelan subsidies, the gdp drop would be about 10%. but it gives to 20% the where near 35% -- let's say it gets 20%, nowhere near 35%. if they were going to bow down that is not based on reality. would they would have to do is open up the economy more. -- what they would have to do is to open up the economy more. if it was not dead already, he will pass away soon. after 10 years of retirement, this is how effective it has been. his brother is stepping down and has instituted term limits, we will see if they honor that. they are at the twilight of this era. we know there is a transition in

and charlie crist was the governor at the time and he instantly denied clemency. old. he's 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, a, he's innocent, b, he had an unfair trial, no one wants to listen. >>> on this episode of "death row stories," a terrifying crime. >> the victim was so innocent. >> a condemned man fights for his life. >> no matter how much i begged, no one listens to a convicted murderer. >> until a passionate priest helps dig for the truth. >> my heart just dropped into the pit of my stomach, and i'm thinking, what else is here? >> it's the biggest smoke-screen i've ever seen in my life. >> there's a body in the water.

we saw this in the most recent campaign where charlie crist even though he lost also won close to 50% of the cuban-american vote. i think about 30,000 more votes alex sink had in 2010 in miami-dade. what i want to go back to, cuba couple other points we mentioned. >> very briefly. >> i will try to be very brief. constantly call castro government liars crooks can't be trusted. >> they are. >> fine. but then when ever they make a full-throated demand for lifts embargo do we believe that is what they really want? think about that for a second. second during the special period gdp in cuba dropped 35% over course of four years. 35%. they were able to survive that it is estimated that if they lose venezuelan subsidies the gdp drop would be about 10%. let's say if it gets 20%. still nowhere 35%. this is at a time where they're trading with the rest of the world. so to think this is time when they were just going to sort of bow down to the americans and give in to our demands is not really based on reality. if anything all they would have to do is open up their economy even more. why should w

used to be we saw that in the campaign where president obama won close to 50% of the vote and charlie cristaign won almost 50% of the vote 30,000 more than alex sink had previously. we constantly call the castro government liar, crook, can't be trusted -- fine -- whenever they make a full throated demand for lifting of the embargo do we believe it's really what they want. second when the special period of gdp in cuba dropped 35% over the course of four years 35%, they were able to survive that. it is estimated if they lose venezuelan subsidies theyies the gdp drop would drop 30%, and they're trading with the rest of the world. to think this is a time they would bow down to the americans and give in to our demandsknzt>z3.ol$<6+tz if anything, all they have to do is open up their economy even more. why should we be take these steps now. fidel, we know, if he's not dead already he's probably goi>#: to pass away soon after 10 years of retirement, this is how effective our policy has been. his brother has announced he is stepping down in 2018 and instituted term limits. we'll see if they honor t

we see this in the most recent campaign where charlie crist, each though he lost, also won close to 51% of the cuban vote and about 30,000 more votes than alex sink had in 2010 in miami-dade. what i want to go back to is a couple of the other points that have been mentioned -- >> just briefly please. >> i'll try to be very brief. we constantly call the castro government liars crooks that can't be trusted yet -- >> they are. >> fine. [laughter] whenever they make a full-throated demand for lifting of the embargo do we believe it's what they really want? let's think about that for a second. second during the special period gdp in cuba dropped 35% over the course of four years. 35%. and they were able to survive that. it is estimated that if they lose vens wail wan subsidies the gdp drop would be 10%. let's say it gets to 20%. still nowhere near 5%. and this is -- 35%. so to think this is a time when they were going to just sort of bow down to the americans and give in to our demands is not really based on reality. if anything, all they would have to do is just open up their economy each m