crist over the 40% supporting rick scott.c poll taken a few days earlier shows crist running eight points ahead of scott with 46% to scott's 38%. crist sought with a new book called "the party is over: how the extreme right hijacked the gop and he became a democrat." former florida governor and democratic candidate charlie crist joins me now. thank you, charlie. i've always liked you politically. let me talk about this thing right here. first of all, there is an issue that really bothers me. i don't like wars we don't have to eighth fight that we get talked into with bad evidence and i don't like people getting screwed out of voting. somebody called me anti-white the other day for a fight all the time for minorities to vote. >> right. >> i think you can beat somebody in sports, but damn well do it fair. you to have a fair playing field in politics, and everybody should get to vote. why does your ex-party think the way to fight the demographic changes in this country is to screw the minorities? this is something you have seen

at least, it will be the fight between rick scott and charlie crist. crist leads scott in a new poll, 47-40, but some democrats are grumbling a bit that he's running a largely invisible campaign, though if you watch tv, he doesn't seem very invisible. this week, crist is changing all of that, a very aggressive response to republican attacks on his tenure as governor. >> announcer: florida's unemployment tripled second largest jump in america. which governor took florida to the bottom? charlie crist. he didn't stay to fix the mess. tried to go to washington instead. charlie crist, slick politician, lousy governor. >> announcer: rick scott is blaming me for the financial crisis? that's ridiculous. here's the truth. the recession wasn't caused by me or by you. you know who caused it? greedy wall street bankers and corporate takeover artists. in other words, guys like rick scott. >> man, campaign hasn't even started. crist has kicked off a media tour this week, reintroducing himself and promoting a new book, which explains the party switch. in the famous e

can't you just say i am charlie crist.i used to be governor, how about more of that. >> yeah, well, honestly, i wish it were that easy but the man has said he is going to spend $100 million on this campaign. he spent $75 million of his own four years ago. >> stephen: how many-- are you going to spend 75 million of your money this time. >> i don't have that much money. (laughter) so no, no, no. >> stephen: where are you going to get it because it's hard to get that kind of cash. >> if people want to contribute charl c.e.o. crist.com would be a good place to go. (applause) >> stephen: all right. okay. >> we need it. >> stephen: okay. are you afraid of rick scott. >> no sir, i'm not, i'm not. >> stephen: you're not afraid that he will unhinge his jaw and try to swallow you. i mean you're running against a native florida swamp creature. >> he's from texas. he just moved to florida in time to qualify to run. you have to be there seven years before you can run for governor, he got there just in time to be able to run four years

it's that bitter fight between current governor rick scott and the former governor charlie crist whois old job back. men older than 60 are the likeliest of all voters and rick scott is zeroing in on cuts to medicare advantage, the insurer-run managed care program, which has cost the federal government about 14% more per patient than traditional medicare, mostly because it's a massive subsidy to private insurers. >> seniors retire based on the belief they'll have a health care system that will be there. we already know that 300,000 people in our state were told they'll lose their insurance, but now under medicare, we're seeing the rate cuts. the rate cuts are the wrong thing for florida seniors. >> meanwhile, charlie crist is going after governor scott on medicaid. though scott said in 2012 that florida would not expand medicaid, last year, he decided to back the expansion, but he did little to make it happen, so charlie crist charges, and the florida legislature quickly turn down the federal money, leaving almost 1 million floridians route health insurance. >> he said it he was for i

>> i think it's -- there's no way charlie crist will not carry miami-dade.stion of just how ginormous a margin. miami-dade is getting so blue. it was a risky position for charlie to take, especially in miami-dade. >> all right. well, it's going to be interesting to watch. and one wonders if crist wins, if suddenly that is used as an excuse and cover for the white house to end up doing more on that front before the 2016 election. anyway, adam smith, always a pleasure to have you on, especially during florida week. >>> coming up, meet the democrat fighting to keep a south dakota senate seat blue. just as republicans increase their odds of taking over control of the u.s. senate. >>> first, white house soup of the day. el paso chicken and rice. we'll be right back. because you can't beat zero heartburn. woo hoo! [ male announcer ] prilosec otc is the number one doctor recommended frequent heartburn medicine for 8 straight years. one pill each morning. 24 hours. zero heartburn. >>> trivia time. ready for this? you have to go back nearly 140 years to 1875 to find

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joins me with his take on the dysfunction in politics today plus former governor of florida charlie crist on losing faith with the republican party and looking for redemption and running again as a democrat so all next on politicking with larry king. live the politicking with larry king so many people know jerry springer just for his influence and it's really successful to overfill but he's also has a bit of history in politics and he's never been shy about his liberals used thanks to do with history so may suggest that the current condition in congress is similar to your show a dysfunctional family the only good you draw the comparison the only difference between the people in congress and the people on my show is that people in congress have more teeth. than that but other than that i can't tell the difference. you know well i want what's the here's here's what i think is a part of it a structural part of it has nothing to do with the quality of the people but it has more to do with the structure the system we ninety five percent of americans today live in a district which is either ove

charlie crist, great to have you with us.to a steak house in new york the other day at gallagher's. your picture was on the wall and rick scott's wasn't. there you go. >> there you go. >> thanks for joining us. >>> coming up, tennessee senator bob corker drops a bombshell on the volkswagen plant's union vote. he's taking his anti-union obstruction to a new level. iwe don't back down. we only know one direction: up so we're up early. up late. thinking up game-changing ideas, like this: dozens of tax free zones across new york state. move here. expand here. or start a new business here... and pay no taxes for 10 years. with new jobs, new opportunities and a new tax free plan. there's only one way for your business to go. up. find out if your business can qualify at start-upny.com imagine not beinge near this so often., imagine not getting out of bed again and again. and imagine finally taking control of your symptoms with the oxytrol for women patch. now fda approved as otc. it's safe and effective when used as directed. and it

. >> that's bad news for charlie crist.ug legalization on the ballot, is this sort of the way we're going to see this happening that we're going to see states going ahead and voting for this rather than a top down change in policy? >> i think what you see with this issue is american people are way ahead of the politicians on it. 58 percent in favor of full legalization. in florida you have 82% in favor of it. even in states like texas, louisiana, and west virginia, you have a majority of people supporting medical marijuana. politicians are still very tepid in some of their public statements about it, although you have bobby jindal conservative coming out and saying he's okay with it. rick perry just in davos said he wouldn't be opposed to states. it's something people have led and pow tishians are following. >> yet the question of the voter. nationwide, 2008 to 2012. you had a 20% increase in overall turnout but in states thad ha ballot initiatives that had to do with legalized marijuana, washington, you had a 12% increase,

joining me now an old friend the former governor of florida charlie crist a one time republican turned independent turned democrat his new book the party's over how the extreme right hijacked the g.o.p. and i the game a democrat slams the republicans and offers what he calls a hopeful alternative to today's bitter extremes he joins me from orlando that having you with us charlie larry it's great to be with you always a pleasure thank you so much joy get into the book you recently said that you believe the cuban embargo has not worked and that you want it lifted a lot of people are starting to think that way but you once believed it would change your mind time i mean you know over a period of time you know you lead a policy you have an opportunity to work to be productive and if that doesn't happen after a certain period of time i think that logic and common sense tell you that you need to try something else you know larry they say the definition of insanity is continuing to do the same thing and expecting a different result while i think it's time to try something different because the

us thank you larry always a pleasure to be with you hope to see you in florida soon me too charlie crist the book the party's over the stream right hijacked the g.o.p. and i became a democrat thank my guests but they don't forget i want to hear from you join the conversation on my facebook page and share your thoughts on twitter by tweeting me a tease these are using the politicking yesterday that's all for this week's politics. transit. your best way to the heart of moscow. that. had her share their feelings their location soon boys still remember. how to do it well as of the law height tax and said you would stop this storm we might think you know my people will die. there's a saying you know when you're in the arctic you have the entire world at your feet . she looks like a fairly simple shit. and full of people have access to the nuclear icebreakers the real king here is at the polar bear and ice breakers come second not a single complex expedition to the arctic can be conducted with the russian nuclear powered fleet of ice breakers we undertake. operation in. the northern sea with r

us thank you larry always a pleasure to be with you hope to see you in florida soon me too charlie crist the book the party's over how the stream right hijacked the g.o.p. and i became a democrat thank my guests the day don't forget i want to hear from you join the conversation on my facebook page and share your thoughts on twitter by tweeting. using the politicking yesterday that's all for this week's politicking. right here on the islands the location. to the dwellers of the all high tech said. this store. my people. she looks like a. handful of people. the real king here is the polar bear and ice breaker. operation. there is obviously more for the latest because it's pink. women wanted to avoid rate they really needed to buy guns environ how to use them i'm. sure this is the one that i want to go away from once again it's the fear factor women are definitely the target of the gun lobby and you don't kill them when the killing money but if somebody would you would piss with her. i'm noticing more and more if that's really scary marketing tactics which implies that women have some sort

the best hope for governor, to win the governor's race, is a former republican, charlie crist. >> rightight now, polls indicate he might actually win it, but as i said before, the news between early polls and voter performance, two separate things. >> yeah, if not for charlie crist and alex cink, it's sort of -- there was no third person that they were looking to, was there? >> there was no real third big name. some of the bill nelson partisans would love him to run. certainly with the u.s. senate up for grabs the way it,the last thing they'd want him to do is vacate that seat and leave it up to the republican legislature to help decide how that seat gets filled. >> let me ask you a quick presidential question, between jeb bush and marco rubio, where are the big florida money guys? we know that there's a huge number of major national fund-raisers that call florida home. they're very closely tie in both rubio and jeb bush. if you were to take a private poll on the republican side, who would they prefer? >> that's a good -- that's a good question. i didn't pick, because i have a strong su

>> republican turned democrat charlie crist in 2012.he gop, his new book is "the party is over, how the extreme right hijacked the gop." welcome to you, charlie crist. it's never easy to cross the divide between two parties. obviously you gave it a lot of thought. obviously it takes a lot of guts to do it. has the reality been better or worse than you feared or expected? >> it's been much better than i ever imagined it could be. both carol and i have both changed to the democratic party. she did it a year before me. the welcoming we have received from democrats all across florida has been remarkable. and we're very grateful for it. one of the first calls i got as a matter of fact when i switched and became a democrat was from former governor bob graham of florida, wonderful man, just a revered figure in our state, and the notion that he would take the time to get on the phone and call and say welcome to my party meant a great deal to me and meant a great deal to carol. so it's been wonderful, it really has. >> one of the main reasons th

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a marvelous job i congratulate you of trying to change the subject away from the fact that charlie crist was one of the biggest criminals in america and like so many not. only christmas and new memories you don't think you missed you thank you very much ali charlie certainly didn't want to be described in one of them that's going to let. about a twenty jetsons. and still have us dr phil of us doing does not went in and i'm not you absolutely know that i'm new to the filibuster everybody and not in christ don't practice in his administration was going to. issue of money in politics. what are we going to do about this and what would you propose to i'm saying amend the constitution to say sorry the first amendment does not cover money well i think we when you look at some of the things that are happening in the freedoms that suzanne united has allowed to happen if you look at it i see it as we're looking at government versus the people this is no longer sort of a part of government is the will will not necessarily when we just have this entire discussion about corporations controlling gover

but crist isn't alone. a new poll shows the majority of americans support changing u.s.ore directly with cuba. 30% of them strongly support that. just over a third of americans are opposed. but in order for real change to happen, there's a lot of history to overcome. during the first half of the 20th century the u.s. played the role of the helpful neighbor to cuba lending military and economic support. that all changed with the cuban revolution in 1959 when fidel castro and a band of fwgu guegu overthrew the government. >> the people of the united states are very nice. >> things went downhill, though, from there. castro declared cuba to be a communist nation. the u.s. launched the ill-fated bay of pigs invasion and the cuban missile crisis put the world on the brink of war. u. u.s./cuban relations have never recovered. in april 1980 with this country facing a struggling economy, castro eased emigration restrictions and more than 125,000 fled under president carter's open arms policy. but castro seemed to slip other folks in that policy. the u.s. tightened its trade embar

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let's me bring in charlie crist, who is running again for the governor of the state of florida. he's author of the new book "the party is over -- how the extreme right hijacked the gop." appreciate you being on "the ed show." >> thank you. >> we're telling the truth. that is for sure. >> yes, you are, buddy. >> immigration, hot topic in florida. your reaction to the republicans saying they don't trust the president on immigration reform. >> it's pathetic and insulting. i don't understand it, especially from a state like florida. we're a melting pot within the melting pot of america. we're all the sons and daughters of immigrants unless you're a native american. my father's father immigrated from cyprus, a greek island. on my mother's side, i'm a son of the american revolution. her family are irish and swiss. we're all immigrants, and the notion we can't move forward on this issue and have some level of compromise is shocking. it's hard for me to believe. i'm hopeful. i'm hopeful that in the future we can move beyond that. but what we saw out of the house republicans last week, t

why can't you be more like star athlete and class president chris crist h- christie.e's out there banging cheerleaders. wildstein was a conany offing unathletic masturbator who christie decided to create a position for at the port authority because was well suited to the task of reporting to the port authority to the governor's goals since none of those goals involve truthfully finishing last night's social studies homework. >> we're waiting for the evidence. >> there's no smoking gun, no evidence. >> everybody needs to take a breath and let the facts come out. >> it's wait and see. >> we're all in wait and see mode. >> we have to see what the proof is. >> jon: who are you people? [laughter] wait and see. where is your rush to judgment? keep it down. what if nancy grace hears you talking like that? where is the immediate eulogy for the career, the swift assumption in the court of public opinion, you know the news? in the news media if this measured approach thing catches on i'm out a (bleep) [cheers and applause] >> jon: welcome back. my guest tonight is new york city

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children the new president of the central african republic katherine some of them said has made to crist official visit to conga gossip mill the country has played a leading role as media to join the central african republic crisis which has seen widespread violence between muslim and christian communities hands me a million internally displaced people . the you are new cement the new interim president announced her but sufficient for the feature of this troubled african state welcome to your news presence on the pounds that thank you for agreeing to talk to us to come because for one of my serious crises the african continent as seen in recent years. so this question is that the international criminal court has launched an inquiry into war crimes in the central african republic when he be cooperating with the icc inquiry it was off to go to sleep. the pocono the encore but then i come from. i did prosecutors the icc has informed me that this inquiry over and asked for the government's cooperation which we are giving known for doing this this weekend. if you don't come and gone to his ow

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nick crist off "new york times" columnist wrote on twitter last night that he heard from dylan farrow and the outpouring of support has been monumental and i'm grateful. interesting that she is paying attention to all the reaction from this and i'm sure will be today, as well. >> thank you for sharing your perspectives with us and how this is resonating in the media world. be sure to watch "reliable sources" 11:00 a.m. eastern right here on cnn. >>> up next, we're going to go back to new jersey to look ahead to the big game tonight. as everybody gets ready for some football. i asked my husband to pay our bill, and he forgot. you have the it card and it's your first time missing a payment, so there's no late fee. really? yep! so is your husband off the hook? no. he went out for milk last week and came back with a puppy. hold it. hold it. hold it. at discover, we treat you like you'd treat you. get the it card with late payment forgiveness. ♪ they lived. ♪ they lived. ♪ they lived. ♪ (dad) we lived... thanks to our subaru. ♪ (announcer) love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. afghanis

. >> speaking of controversy, the plot thickened for new jersey governor crist kristy, this morning energy state assemblyman appeared on cbs's face the nation. he says the governor may have known what was planned. >> what i said is the governor made a statement about when he knew, and i said i have my doubts about that time line. he could have known at any time, but i have my doubts about what he said. >> now, in an email to supporters just yesterday, he fires back at a former political ally who accused him of lying about his role in the scandal. in that email, he said david wildstein will do and say anything to save daled wildstein. and with the kick off to america's most watch sporting event just hours away, preparations are already underway for next year's super bowl. glendale arizona will be the host of next year's wig event, so arizona governor was in new york on saturday, as she was handed off organizing responsibilities for next year. the super bo uhl is believed to bring big money and business to host cities but as courtney reports it doesn't always go the full nine yards. >> super

baroni was governor crist te's number two appointee at the port authority. he resigned in december as did david wildstein. david wildstein is a person bill baroni brought with him to the port authority and hired him there with mr. christie's position. here's another angle on them in a different concept. bill baroni on the left. very happy. mr. wildstein in the sunglasses and striped tie talking with governor christie. these two men were the first two christie appointees/allies to resign during the course of this scandal. they were number one and number two. the third person to lose his job in this scandal, bill stepien, chris christie's two-time campaign manager, about to become the head of the new jersey republican party and widely expected to be the campaign manager for governor christie if he mounted a bid for president in 2016. bill stepien was the third person to lose his job during this scandal. the following morning after bill stepien lost his job, bridget kelly lost hers. fired by christie a day after the e-mail surfaced, "time for traffic problems i

joins me with his take on the dysfunction in politics today plus former governor of florida charlie crist on losing faith with the republican party and looking for redemption and running again as a democrat saw the next on politicking with larry king. welcome to politicking with larry king so many people know jerry springer just from his infamous and it's. but he's also has a bit of history in politics and he's never been shy about his liberal view.