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charlie crist has voted with joe biden 100% of the time. the fact of the matter is, over the last two years, we have now had record inflation all across this country at 40 year highs. he supports bidens energy policy. which has made gas and utilities more expensive. i would also say, you mentioned people walking to florida, that would not have happened if charlie crist had his way. he wrote me a letter in july of 2020 saying you need to shut down the state of florida, saying you need to force people to shelter in their own homes. that would have destroyed the state of florida. that would've caused our tourism industry to go into the toilet. it would've locked up millions of kids from school. i rejected charlie crist's walked on p or what i kept the state free. when i have the biggest surplus in the history of florida, too far percent unemployment. and we adjusted the biggest tax cut in florida. >> thank you, governor, that is time. >> 30 seconds for about. -- for rebuttal. >> you are the only governor in the history of florida that has ever

the two sparring on a number of topics, we will discuss with charlie crist in our next hour. >>> plusew this morning, adidas officially severing ties with kanye west following a rash ant submit tick comments. >>> a moscow regional court upholding the drug smuggling conviction of american basketball star brittney griner. she was sentenced to nine years behind bars in russia. cnn's kylie atwood is live at the state department for us this morning. kylie, what more are we hearing about what this could mean in terms ofllenges for her with this sentence? >> as you said, the court upheld the verdict, which means that brittney griner has still been found guilty of smuggling drugs into russia. that was largely expected, we didn't think that the verdict was going to be impacted here, but when it comes to her sentence, had err sentence has been slightly reduced it's a nine year sentence originally and what the court determined today was that the time that she has spent in pretrial detention, each day is going to count towards one and a half days of her prison sentence so that essentially reduces

governor desantis and charlie crist.ther or not antioxidant was in it for the long haul. >> question for you, you are running for governor, look into the eyes of the people of the state of florida and say to them if you are reelected you will serve a full four year term as governor. "yes" or "no," "yes" or "no," ron? will you serve a full four year term if you are elected governor of florida. not a tough question. >> we did not agree on the candidates asking other candidates governor. your turn. >> i know charlie crist is interested in talking about 024 and joe biden. the only worn out old donkey i'm looking to put out to pasture is charlie crist. >> there you have it. that may be the sound of the campaign thus far. by the way, this is in to fox news this morning. axios confirming that former president obama will be stumping with current president biden for john fetterman on the fifth of november. that i believe, is an indication of just how much it used to help. guys? >> brian: hey, kevin, isn't he going to be with the

meanwhile charlie crist call -- or ron desantis called charlie crist a chameleon, someone who has flipped been in lockstep with bide on the economy. and charlie crist trying to ged ron desantis to commit to staying in office for four years in he's re-elected and instead of running for president. desantis won't bite. take a look. >> i have a questioner to you. you're running for governor. why don't you look in the eyes of the people of the state of florida and say to them if you're re-elected you will sere a full four year term for governor, yes or no. yes or no, ron? will you serve a full four year term. it is not a tough question. it is a fair question. he won't tell you. >> reporter: so that was the kind of viral moment that charlie crist was looking to create last night to galvanize support for final weeks the race and he's going to need it because you if look at polling, it is limited but most recent poll shows ron desantis up by eight points. that was taken in september. that was even before the hurricane and before desantis unleashed an onslaught of spending in this race. so we don'

last night i don't think charlie crist laid a glove on him.ead and he says he's going to restart those flights by december, sending the migrants to other parts of the country. they also talked about the pandemic. i thought this was interesting. charlie crist is one of the 13 florida democrats that sent a letter to ron desantis in march of 2020 asking them to issue a stay-at-home order for everyone in the state. desantis said the nation report cards that florida is number three in fourth grade reading and number four in fourth grade math, and that wouldn't have happened if we let charlie crist lock our kids out of schools. we did it right in florida. >> brian: guess who else is doing it right? governor ducey saw the huge gaps in the fence that we paid for but they didn't want to build because donald trump wanted to build it, and he said, "i'm not going to wait for the next election. i'm going to get these huge shipping containers and pile them up on each other and they will be able to funnel would-be immigrants or deter would-be immigrants befo

governor desantis, democratic challenger charlie crist pulled no punches last night.y hot. the debate. >> i don't know why you are so compelled to be disen fran iced from the truth as much as you are. maybe you don't want to talk about your record. >> the only worn out old donkey i look to put out to pasture is charlie crist. >> harris: ooh, another tense topic desantis 2024. i don't know, crist kept going back to it over and over and over. is he worried? florida congressman byron donald in "focus" next. he might wave. there he is. for appraisal or termite inspections. no upfront costs at all to get the cash you need. veterans get more at newday. one prilosec otc each morning blocks heartburn all day and all night. prilosec otc reduces excess acid for 24 hours, blocking heartburn before it starts. one pill a day. 24 hours. zero heartburn. i love san francisco, but i'm working overtime to stay here. now is not the time to raise taxes. i'm voting no on propositions m and o, because the cost of everything is going up. san francisco collects more tax revenue than nearly a

caller: with charlie crist, it is up for grabs. charlie crist seems like he can work on both sides of the aisle. he was a republican once, they kicked him out because of whatever he did and now he is a democrat. i think that he could work with both sides, republicans and democrats to have us move forward in florida instead of standing still and calling each other names. host: that was elaine in jacksonville florida. she finishes off01 for republic. (202) 748-8000 for democrats. for independents, (202) 748-8002. the day after russia's big ariel fault on ukraine. president zelenskyy of ukraine addressed leaders from the group of seven nations. it says the russian stripes and retaliations were in an attack on a bridge in occupied premier did not appear to similarly damage their ability to wage war according to analysts. whereas russia deprives ukrainians of light and heat and plunge them into darkness, especially as winter approaches. that is the latest from the new york times. as far as the strikes from yesterday, joe biden making co

charlie crist. >> i look forward to it.>> bill: appreciate you taking a few moments with us today. thank you, sir. >> dana: thank you. kentucky basketball coach sharing a photo of a father and son in the stands to watch a game and then learning that this father rushed out of work as a coal miner to share this moment with his young son. we'll have much more on this heartwarming story next. ♪♪ at newday usa we give veterans the va cash out loan with no upfront costs for an appraisal or termite inspection. no upfront costs at all. let us get your family security of cash in the bank. this is what real food looks like fresh real meat and veggies. the food dogs where built to eat. the farmer's dog is changing the way we feed our pets. visit tryfarmersdog.com to see your dogs personalized meal plan. and i'm going to tell you about exciting medicare advantage plans that can provide broad coverage and still may save you money on monthly premiums and prescription drugs. with original medicare you are covered for hospital stays and do

charlie crist is talking about all of the people who lost their lives in florida.hey were one of the states to take off the restrictions. florida suffers from a number of issues that are unique to florida that charlie crist hammered. he's the governor of the state. he's responsible for the cost of living crisis in florida. governor desantis turned it around. said the biden administration is the reason why the prices are so high. it's happening on the national scene. >> stay with us. we have a lot more to discuss in the political world. i want to get to this. one of the most highly anticipated debates. the senate candidates john fetterman and mehmet oz. it is the first and only debate of the contest. oz is trailing in the polls. had been pushing for more debates. fet fetterman was side lined because of his health, he declined. oz is fighting back. >> people like me want to speak to voters. town halls. i'll continue to do that. john fettfetterman does either those. he won't speak to me. >> he literally doesn't have a plan other than to talk and that's been the hallma

i'm looking to put out the pasture is charlie crist. the heated debate in florida overnight and what a new poll reveals about crucial senate races in wisconsin and pennsylvania ahead of high stakes debate tonight. growing concerns about a so called triple dimmick flu. covid rsv and children would doctors have seen the last two weeks when it comes to the flu and the action president biden is taking today backlash over kanye west's anti semitic statements, the company facing mounting pressure to drop him protecting the planet. or not, the surprising new study on just how little of what we recycle is actually being recycled and what's to blame? and later taylor swift with another midnight surprise. from abc news in new york. this is america this morning. good tuesday morning, everyone. we begin with new details overnight as police investigate a deadly shooting at a high school in st louis. investigators say the teen shooter may have had mental health issues when he broke into the school, reportedly asking students if they were ready to die

charlie crist now running as a democratic candidate wentz on the attack.busy trying to become president to run the state properly. >> i have a question for you. you're running for governor. why don't you look in the eyes of the people of the state and florida and say if you're re-elected you'll serve a full four-year team as governor. yes or no, ron? will you serve a full four year term? >> do we have enough time? >> we did not agree on the questions, governor. it's your turn. >> charlie is interested in talking about 2024 and joe biden. i want to make things very clear. the only worn out old donkey i'm looking to put out to pasture is charlie crist. >> over and over again, crist brought up abortion and even a question about teacher pay. desantis tried to link crist and biden with inflation and failed economic policies. if you look at the last four races for governor in florida, they've all been decided by a razor's edge. desantis won four years ago with less than 1/2 of 1% margin only after a recount. so it's a tough race. many people saying that desantis

the only worn-out old donkey i'm looking to put out to pasture is charlie crist. >> things got heated. let's discuss all of this with cnn political commentator ana navarro and cnn political commentator charlie dent, a former pennsylvania congressman. ana, before this debate last night you said you can't bring yourself to mark a checkbox for either candidate. did anything you saw last night change that? >> first of all, i'm still shlepping my absentee ballot around everywhere i go in hopes that at some point i have an a-ha moment. i just -- i remember too vividly what charlie crist was like as governor. and i am living right now the culture war nightmare that ron desantis has brought on in florida. so it's a very hard choice but it's the choice that floridians have to make. it's one or the other. and i think it's important for people to know that it's okay to vote for the lesser of the two evils, it's okay to cross party lines, it's okay to split your vote. what did i see yesterday? i saw a very heated debate. i thought both of them did well. i actually had forgotten how charlie crist

in florida governor ron desantis debated old man charlie crist. i am so leathering, he tried to pin down ron desantis on his 2024 plans, but the governor punched right back. watch. >> why don't you look in the eyes of people in state of florida, say, if you are re-elected you will serve a full 4 year term as governor, yes or no, ron? you serve full 4 year term? >> we did not agree on candidates asking each other questions, governor your turn. >> inthat charlie is interested in talking about 2024 and joe biden, but i want to make it clear, the only warn out old donkey i'm looking to put out to pastor is charlie crist. kennedy: the crowdite eats it up. so as we get into final stretch of mid terms, do republicans have the wind at their backs. let's meet our party panel. we have washington times opinion editor fox news contributor, the hurt on you it is charlie hurt and a radio host, lushous lesley marshall. and senior editor at reason, robby soave. all right welcome. charlie, let us get into it talk about this florida debate, what did you think of ro

that is a credit to him and a reflection on charlie crist. stuart: what do you make of the debate tonight, fetterman and dr. oz? >> this could be one of the few debates that matters this cycle. fetterman's people are putting expectations on the floor, probably practicing hard for this, preparing for, republicans shouldn't feed into the narrative of low expectations, dr. oz has to be compassionate and patient and press his case, if fetterman looks shaky that could be determinative. stuart: this is exciting, two weeks ago, right in the middle of it, i think you do, come see us again soon. a media watchdog group found google manipulated search engines to hurt republicans ahead of the midterms. lauren: brent bozell's media research center accuse google of manipulating the search engine results in 10 of 12 competitive senate races including the ones we've been talking about to harm republicans so translation the gop campaign websites are populated lower on the page when search results come up. they would be at the bottom, democratic opponents at t

it is a fair question, he won't tell you. >> joining me now is charlie crist, the democratic candidateida. mr. crist, the governor seemed a little confused by that question because i think we all know what he wants to do should he win reelection here. he did not ultimately pledge that he would serve for a four -year term, if i'm not mistaken. >> you are absolutely correct, chris. and you know, the sad part about that, florida deserves better than that. i mean, this is a special state, a great place. and if somebody's got one for governor and their, they gotta be willing to serve the term. if the people are kind enough to elect him. i have elected, if elected, will serve the full for your job. that's why i hope people will vote for our campaign. you know, i think it is important that we have a governor to understand a woman 's right to choose is very important and respects it. desantis just signed a bill that said there will be no right to choose in florida, and not even exceptions for rape or incest. it's unconscionable, chris. >> the bill he signed, which was a bit of an exchange abou

i know charlie crist opposes that, even though the baby is fully formed. >> i don't want to ban abortionnt to make sure we keep a woman's right to choose available to the web of the state of florida. i want to make sure that we don't have a governor in the future who wouldn't even allow exceptions for rape or inscest. we need to secure the border. but it doesn't mean you use florida taxpayers dollars to charter jets, lie to people. >> this is all happening under the bide n administration and the policies that charlie crist supports. we've had millions and millions of people pouring across illegally. >> steve, the morning after the big debate. what are the big takeaways? >> reporter: well, john, this was the first and only debate between these two candidates. charlie crist entered down in the polls and also at a significant crash disadvantage, about $100 million and that's not an exaggeration. so it was really incumbent on him to generate some kind of break-through moment, something that could galvanize democrats and maybe disrupt this race a bit going into the final two weeks. to that ex

out to pasture is charlie crist. you want to talk about standing up for taxpayers, when he was governor, he ran saying he would not believe texas, he became governor and signed off on the largest increase in taxes and

joining me now is florida's democratic candidate for governor charlie crist. you too. >> why do you think ron desantis couldn't answer your question about serving out his full four-year term as governor if he got re-elected. >> because he doesn't want to fill out his full term. he wants to run for president. and we stuck him to it on that. now the people of florida know that and the people of america know that, if they didn't before. but you need to be honest with folks. if you are going to be honest, he should have owned up to it, answered the question and moved on, but he can't do that. he's here and he's asking them for their vote for governor but he won't serve four years if he is re-elected anyway. that makes more of an argument why people should vote for me, somebody that does care for them, wants to serve all four years. whereas ron desantis has no intention of doing so. >> with less than two weeks to go, charlie, what is your closing argument to voters? >> it is pretty clear. make sure if you are a woman and you believe in the right to choose, you need

, ron desantis and his fan -- and charlie crist's fan got his own introduction as well. the guy is not a serious candidate but i don't know how you can be with nanci pelosi 100% of the time like val demings is because pelosi isn't even with pelosi 100% of the time so -- it's a tough thing to do. any way. >> sean: i don't think joe knows today's thursday. ouch, that was mean, right? they're not responsible for what i say. you know, senator, i look at what's happened to the country -- i was and asking the governor about this the last 20 months -- my son is here with me tonight. he's 24 years old. he lives in florida. and i worry about his future. i worry about my daughter's future. she's 21. i worry about everyone in this room, their family, their children and grandchildren's future. i've never seen things get this bad this fast. to me, this is a very -- this is an inflection point for the country. am i overstating it? >> here's what we need to understand. the same party that has it it's -- a democrat party is controlled by two groups, laptop liberals and marxist misfits.

charlie crist will join me in just a moment. but let's begin with what is expected to be the fiery debate tonight in pennsylvania. jessica dean is on the trail in harrisburg. and it is important, this is the only debate for voters between oz and fetterman. what are we expecting them to tackle tonight in addition to the expected fireworks? >> right. well we're going to see the two men meeting for the very first time when they come together, erica. this is inside of a local television news station here. no audience, so just the two of them, and the moderators. and john fetter man will be usig that closed captioning throughout the debate to be able to make sure that he's understanding everything that he's talked about this auditory processing issue that he's had left over from that stroke. and so the oz campaign agreed to allow him to use that closed captioning technology which he took out for a public spin at an event over the weekend. you're seeing him with soamy klobuchar. that is an interesting piece at play. fetterman whose ow

nominee for governor for florida, charlie crist. thank you so much. >> we appreciate you. >> we greatly appreciate you being here. we have some really sad news that's breaking right now. ash carter, wonderful friend of dr. brzezinski, a friend of ours, former secretary of defense, has passed away. major cardiac event last night. and just -- this is -- the harvard kennedy school, staff and fellows announce with deep and profound sorrow that our colleague, teacher ash carter pass aid way yesterday evening after suffering a heart attack. and, mika, again, your dad, your dad had such great respect for him, as did everybody in the foreign policy field. he seemed to be in really good shape. >> he did. >> he was very active. it was wonderful seeing him at the pentagon, talking to him there. he had such a clear ideal of the world, a clear-eyed view of what the united states needed to do to protect our interests at home and abroad. and of course just a very special guy. >> he was a wonderful guy. i'm just thinking of his family right now. >>

so charlie crist needs do something to change the trends and overall dynamic of the race.ecause it seems as though florida for many analysts is further and further away from being that toss-up state. >> that's right. and first of all, we're getting a lot of migration to florida from other states, people fleeing higher taxes, high regulations. and so there is a self selection process going on, a lot of those people tend to be economic conservatives and they are certainly voting that way. and then the other big trend which i know that you've been looking at very closely in this hour and in previous shows is the hispanic vote. and we're seeing that increasingly hispanics are willing to support republicans. and right now, governor desantis actually has a lead in polls with the hispanic community. reminder that he lost the hispanic vote approximately by ten points first time he ran for governor in 2018. so if he can win that community this time, it would be a grass it community this time it would be a drastic change. >> this new polling also reveals 47% of florida hispanic vote

charlie crist is a veteran politician.has been doing this for a very long time. he was extremely well prepared. he brought everything, i made a list of all the things that charlie crist should say. he hit every one of them. i also have to say that i am looking at charlie crist through this 2024 lens. he clearly did not want to answer that question. i have to say that it is going to be interesting how that played out in mar-a-lago. charlie crist, let's be honest about it, he held his own in this debate whether you agree with him or not. in many ways, this was a little bit of a rehearsal for 2024. could he take the heat? could he stand up to a veteran debater? i have to say, nothing to happen this debate tonight is going to change the outcome of this election. but it certainly is going to increase some of the buzz, that is my prediction. >> the thing that is, for a lot of people who don't know florida, the hispanic vote, but we do know vote is very diverse around the country. if you look at mexican americans, they tend to be

and the policies that charlie crist supports. >> it's only when they go to d.c., new york, or, of course, martha's vineyard then all of a sudden they say, you know why? because we have ee leets in this country that want to impose policies on you but they don't want to suffer the same consequences you may have to in your community. >> just a couple of the jabs exchanged last night by the two candidates for governor of florida. we'll have much more from this debate straight ahead. plus, the latest from eastern europe. there are growing fears that putin is planning a new type of attack as a justification for escalating the war in ukraine. and career going live in london. a new presume minister will make history amid economic crisis in the united kingdom. >> good morning. welcome to "way too early" on this tuesday, october 25th. we're two weeks from the mid terms. i'm jonathan lamire. new polling within this final fortnight shows that tight races in several battleground states won by president biden in 2020. in pennsylvania, democrat john fetterman and republican oz are vying to replace reti

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the only worn-out old donkey i'm looking to put out to pasture is charlie crist. >> reporter: andrea, traded between those two candidates. polling here has desantis ahead. many people are looking at this as a potential springboard for him into the coming presidential election in 2024. andrea? >> ali vitali, thank you so much. >>> still to come, another very big hour. the two week sprint to the election, the new poll numbers, biggest issues to watch ahead of tonight's highly anticipated pennsylvania senate debate. that's up next in the second hour of our special edition, our two-hour edition of "andrea mitchell reports." we are live in pittsburgh. stay with us on msnbc. hy we made pet hair and lint guard with three times the pet hair fighting ingredients. just one sheet helps remove pet hair from your clothes! looking good starts in the dryer with bounce pet. ♪ what will you do? ♪ what will you change? ♪ will you make something better? ♪ will you create something entirely new? ♪ our dell technologies advisors provide you with the tools and expertise you need to do incredible things. be

what does charlie crist need to do? >> the skies have opened up on us. you understand how florida weather goes for us out here. in this race, it is really ron desantis's to lose. it shows him consistently ahead. some showing him in double digits. polls can be fickle, especially in florida which starts early in-person voting today. ron desantis able to campaign on the things that he has done. the things he has cut as a leader in florida. versus 2018 when he was running on the trump coattails. that's not to say he is not sticking close to the former president. crime, keeping taxes low, all of these things charlie crist is doing, which is hitting ron desantis on health care, reproductive access, many things we have seen in the national conversation being brought to this smaller microcosm of florida itself. a new poll from telemundo shows 56% of hispanic voters in florida approve of the job that governor ron desantis is doing. they will meet for their only debate here in this contest. it was postponed due to the hurricane. they will go head to head tonight t

so charlie crist is honestly he is grasping at straws here.ers are going to bring in a big wave for governor desantis, really reward him for everything he did to keep the florida economy open and by the way attract so many brand new florida residents that will be first-time voters november 8th, hopefully for governor desantis. david: 300,000 people are moving to florida every year. it has been that way, actually even with his predecessor. it is extraordinary. i don't know if the state can hold many more. ford, there is a sense of desperation among a lot of democrats. i think what led crist to admit with inflation, blame it on ron desantis, even inflation out on the west coast that is extraordinary. there was violence against a canvasser for senator rubio in florida. i hate to suggest this is spreading but it needs, we need to keep a close eye on that stuff. >> david, you're absolutely right. as a floridian i will say this, governor desantis is america's governor. what he showed charlie crist best illustrates the nutshell problem democrats have

talk to charlie crist later today. >> bill: don't is debate night in pennsylvania. fetterman and oz square off for the first and only time. the stakes are high. democrats said to deploy their biggest assets there in the final stretch. you can bet they'll be in the city of philadelphia to run up the vote there. bryan llenas is in harrisburg getting ready for the big one tonight. good morning. >> good morning. tonight's one and only debate between fetterman and oz will last one hour inside a local tv studio in harrisburg and there won't be a live audience. there will be live closed captioning as per fetterman's request as he continues to recover from a stroke that he suffered in may. now, fetterman would only agree to do one debate and his campaign is down playing expectations ahead of tonight's battle writing in a memo to the press and others that dr. oz is likely to win the debate quote. we'll admit this isn't john's format acknowledging oz's decades long experience as a tv host means oz comes into tuesday night with a huge built-in advantage. >> i think the big que

>> reporter: look, charlie crist was down in polls and down in fund-raising by almost $100 million going into last night. he really had nothing to lose, and he was out seeking to create a kind of breakthrough moment that could galvanize democrats, not just in florida but maybe around the kauncountry and to t he might have exceeded. desantis had no major lipups no lines that were surprising. so it was a relatively safe, conventional sort of performance from a front-runner. brianna, desantis has gotten this far by bucking conventional wisdom and charting a different path. so that's perhaps why he looked agents bit out of step last night. >> yep. really interesting to watch it versus to read about it or to listen to it. just sort of a lesson in that. steve, thank you so much. joining us from florida. >> > ri rishi sunak becomes the new prime minister today. what do we expect to hear? >> reporter: yes. less than half an hour now. checking the podium, it isn't out yet. pulled it out, took it away and sunak will be coming back to downing street, he did actually live abong number 10 downing str

i think you'll see charlie crist try to pin governor desantis down on that.tten in florida. this is a state that people kind of move to expecting to find a little piece of their paradise in retirement or to get a new start. and it's gotten really, really pricey here. and he has blamed that on republican leadership for the past 20 years. >> interesting. >> of course that makes it difficult for charlie crist to do because at one point he was part of that republican leadership. he was a republican governor in the state before changing parties. so that's made it a little challenge for him. but, christine, for the other side you have governor desantis. i think you'll see him tonight step on the debate stage for the first time in four years and give voters in florida but also political consultants and maybe future primary voters a chance to see him go head to head with a democrat and build his case for what might be a presidential campaign as soon as 2023. >> all right, steve in florida, thank you so much, steve. >>> the teenager accused of killing four students at

i think charlie crist is going to try to pin him down on that.desantis, he probably could play it safe, but he is trying to build more momentum for a potential presidential campaign, make that case that he can make the jump from florida to this national level, and you know, he is also not one to back down from a fight, and him and charlie crist have not spare today many nice word force each other in this race, so i think you're going to see them mix it up quite a bit. >> how far, what's the spread there, right now? >> charlie crist is down by about 8 points and i think an even more telling number is the number 270,000, that is the number more republicans registered in the state than democrats, and that is a total reversal from when ron desantis was on the ballot four years ago. >> that is huge. steve, thank you so much for that. >>> we have a special treat this morning. the classic almost famous about film maker's "rolling stone" magazine as a teenager, it is now on broadway. and cameron is here joining us live. think abt the best night's sleep y

president biden will be right here in south florida for a rally with charlie crist.ally just his second campaign rally of these midterms. george, it is a sign of how laser focussed democrats are, not only on this gfovernor's race, but what it may mean for the white house in 2024. george? >> no question about it, thanks very much. let's bring in rick klein with his midterm monitor and, rick, momentum clearly going towards republicans right now. >> we've seen a real shift in the last couple of weeks, george. this is the most basic question, do you want a democrat or a republican to control congress? you saw up until a couple of days ago democrats were leading in that but in the last few days republicans have nosed ahead up by half a percentage point. and here's the thing, the way the districts are drawn typically democrats have to outperform republicans by a couple of points to hold on to the house and senate. >> few key races in the senate could go either way. >> yeah, look, a 50/50 senate. any single seat could be the majority maker or breaker. just take pennsylvania

i think charlie crist will try to pin him down on that tonight. how expensive florida has become, home prices, rents, cost of living are up faster in florida than just about anywhere in the country and he has made that a central part of his campaign, i expect that to come up tonight as well. governor desantis has spent a lot of time reminding voters that he was the governor that opened up schools before most states during the pandemic, that he was the governor that didn't require employees to get vaccinated, that he's the governor who didn't require vaccines to open businesses. that's something that he has spent a lot of time reminding voters in the last couple weeks. and then lastly, you know, we were just hit by a massive hurricane in this state and that is still on the minds of a lot of people. i expect a robust discussion about the impact of this storm on the state, about how to harden florida against future storms, maybe even a debate about climate change. those are the kind of topics that we heard from a couple weeks ago during the senate deb

governor ron desantis and his challenger charlie crist meet in a contentious debate. the key takeaways with just 14 days left until the midterm elections. >>> paying tribute. hollywood remembers leslie jordan. how colleagues are honoring his legacy. >>> good morning and good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. we begin with the deadly school shooting in st. louis. the fbi has joined the investigation after a gunman killed a teenage girl and teacher. seven others were wounded. the all-too-familiar site of terrified students running from a school played out again yesterday. the suspected shooter, a former student at the high school, died in an exchange of gunfire with police, but his motive remains unclear. astrid martinez is in new york with the latest on this story. astrid, good morning. >> reporter: anne-marie, the tragedy happened at the central visual and performing arts high school. students say the shooter entered the school with a long gun and opened fire. as the community mourns, there are questions about safety at the school where authorities say seven secur

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meanwhile, charlie crist blasted to santos over his anti-scientific views on gender, climate change, and the covid-19 pandemic. >> ron, i would not pat yourself on your back too much about your response to covid. we lost 82,000 of our fellow floridians. when you look at the thanksgiving table, one of those empty seats is probably one of those people from many families watching tonight. and if we had only had the standard of other states in the united states, 40,000 of those people would still be alive -- enough to fill tropicana stadium int. petersburg. that is tragic. amy: charlie crist served a four-year term as governor of florida beginning in 2007 when he was elected on the republican ticket. he later switched party affiliations to become a democrat. in pennsylvania, democrat john feerman anrepublican mehmet oz are set to meet this evening for their first and only debate. we'll get the latest on the u.s. midterm elections after -- later in the broadcast. the supreme court has put a temporary hold on a judge's order that would require south carolina republican senator lindsey grah

fascinating debate in florida between governor desantis and challenger charlie crist. the democrat said governor desantis is the most antibusiness governor. the audience burst out laughing and they called crist a worn out old donkey and more laughing. he said he's cut prescription drug prices, healthcare premiums and energy bills. that's not too . he hopes to do that in a couple of years. we're all suffering from inflation right now. leagued democrats keep trying to reverse the policies that got us into so much trouble. the reverend al sharpton said we have to talk about crime. we'll cover it all on this tuesday, october 25th, 2022. "varney & co." is about to begin. ♪ ♪ stu: yes, it is tuesday and even on a rainy day, more people back in midtown manhattan that you can see right there. we like to be entertaining, this was entertaining. senator ted cruz joined the view yesterday and it was wild good morning, lauren. not a friendly crowd. lauren: not at all and climate protesters in the audience interrupted a few times. >> inflation has one cause and one cause only. [ cha

this just, in a tense debate between florida governor ron desantis and his democratic opponent charlie crist. governor desantis refused to say he deserve a full second term if reelected. republicans skated around the election when questioned by kristen's national political ambitions. instead, he said i know charlie is interested in talk about 2024 and joe biden. i just want to make things clear, the only worn out all donkey and looking to put out to pasture is charlie crist. this comes after multiple reports -- rising star of the republican party and contender of course for the 2024 presidential race. news continues, cnn tonight with jake tapper starts now, jake? >> i was watching the debate, anderson, some tough words between the two of them after desantis made that reference to the beat up old donkey being put out to pasture. crist said something about how he could take it, but you know, desantis is a bully, and he bullied kids at a press conference, et cetera, et cetera. no love lost between those two. not just for the audience, i think the actually loathe each other. >> also, charlie cri

so is that somebody charlie crist is going to raise? can he sort of you know, push him on any of these issue s? it's not about the election in 15 days. it might be about one slightly farther down the road, wolf. >> good point. michael smerconish, you just heard david report the results of our brand-new cnn poll where voters in key states say the economy is the top issue on their minds. president biden addressed the economy issue today, but our democrats, do you believe, doing enough to reassure voters of their economic concerns? >> no. i don't. i think they're being held accountable rightly or wrongly. you know, it's almost when the stock market rises, whomever is in the white house gets the credit whether they deserve it or not and when it tanks, likewise. the reverse is true. for better or worse, i think there's an accountability for how the economy is going. people's perception is that it's going poorly because of a 40-year high in inflation. i think that's hard for democrats to distinguish themselves or get away from. final thought

florida between the two gubernatorial candidates and ron desantis and his democratic challenger, charlie cristat charlie desantis, even though he got in his insulting comment there at the end, he really did refuse to answer the question as to whether or not he would actually serve as florida governor. serve a full term if he is reelected. he is widely expected to throw his hat in the ring as a presidential candidate. whether or not he is reelected as governor in florida this year. >>> today is the day that early in-person voting starts in florida. also, early voting today starts in texas. and there is something going on with early voting this year. let's look first at georgia. by this point in the last mid-term elections, so 2018 was the last mid-term. the number of people who had voted early in georgia was huge. it was a record beating number in 2018. 434,000 people. that was seen at the time of being unfathombly large for early voting. that was 2018. if you compare that to four years earlier, 2014, the 2018 numbers tripled what they had done in 2014. 430,000 votes by this point in 2018? thre

>> the only worn out old donkey i'm looking to put out to pasture is charlie crist >> two weeks from tonight counting the votes. >>> the school shooter in st. louis came prepared. >> 600 rounds is a lot of ammunition >> what else we've learned about the teenager with an ar-15 and the note he left behind. >> "i've been an isolated loner my entire life." this was the perfect storm for a mass shooting. >>> vanishing bees just got worse by the millions. >> 100-mile-per-hour winds not good on a bee. >> hurricane ian's destruction of the pollinators. >> adidas can't drop me. now what >> now adidas dropped him and the gap pupped all of hiss yeezy gear and now ford can yeah west's stunning self-destruction >>> brittney griner makes her appeal and hears democrats walk back their request for the white house to negotiate with putin >>> don't do it! >> plus, a wellness update on emanuel the emu. >> live from cnbc, the facts, the truth, the news with shepard smith. >> good evening. we're about to witness a pivotal moment in this final stretch before the midterm elections we're just one hour away

first up is florida where ron desantis is set to scare off with charlie crist tonight. we'll have more on that in just a moment. we're also following this unprecedented rise in rsv cases among children and why it is putting pressure on hospitals, some states in crisis mode. we'll take you inside one texas hospital. >>> and happening right now, jury selection is underway here in new york city for the trump organization facing several felony charges. we're going to be live outside of the courthouse with an update on that for you. >>> let's start this hour with reporter dan america. and 15 days until election day. we're seeing some impressive turnout numbers when it comes to early voting in several key states. what are you watch in the next two weeks as we lead up to the official election day. >> yeah. i mean this is a critical week. both because people are already voting as you note, that is why all of the campaigns are interesting tons in get out the vote efforts, going to doors and standing on corners making sure that their voters, voters they think will back them are g

especially charlie crist. he goes into tonight down in the polls and facing a significant fundraising disadvantage and that is going to give him trouble for the final weeks of the campaign because he doesn't have enough money to be up on air as much as ron desantis. so this is going to be really one ever his last chances to talk directly to florida votersvoters and i expect him to talk about abortion tonight. this is an issue front and center in his campaign. in florida, there is now a 15-week abortion ban for most cases. that is a law that governor desantis signed earlier this year and desantis said he would go even further on abortion to protect life. but he hasn't said what that is and i expect charlie crist to really try to pin down desantis on this tonight. also going to expect to hear desantis have to explain more information about these migrant flights that took people from texas to martha's vineyard. he'll want to talk about the pandemic and what he did to reopen florida and these two guys have not sho