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

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that's what crist is.sat sacrificial lamb to get slaughtered along the way he wants to see if he can blood upgovernor desantis and so far he hasn't gotten close. very interesting that governor desantis will start again the migrant flights. i'm not sure where they will land. maybe back to martha's vineyard but he is going to start exporting illegal immigrants again. >> steve: yeah. they say it could be some time later this year. not necessarily in the two weeks in the run up to the midterms. regarding the migrant flights the telemundo survey of hispanic voters found that hispanic voters backed governor desantis sending the migrants to martha's vineyard. >> 50% approving. 43% of the latinos disprove. >> brian: right. good news he does it and finds out what the approval rating is. he doesn't do things for the approval rating. that also separate him. >> ainsley: talked about abortion. he said he was proud of the 15 week ban down in florida and wants to protect life at all costs. >> steve: given all the damage

crist it's dana.a very popular figure in the republican party and has been traveling a little bit and helping but all governors do that. i'm sure you did that for your fellow members of the party as well when you were governor. i did want to ask you something, over the last 34 years, you've run in 16 elections. you have put yourself out there. if you were to win this race and become governor of florida, would you rule out running for president or accepting a vice presidential nomination if you were to win this race? >> of course i will serve a four-year term. that's why i'm running for governor. he is running for governor as a stepping stone to run for president. he couldn't answer the question, dana, last night. i just did. it is not that hard to do. >> dana: but do you blame somebody for not ruling out things? for example, you've decided to run for many races, maybe he will in the future or not but very popular in florida. call for number two. latinos support desantis 51 to 44%. what happened since

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

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'

we'll break down fiery debate between desantis and crist. never mind what americans are feeling and emptying wallets. the white house is painting this picture for you. >> you think about what congressional democrats and this president have done. lower costs, making an economy that doesn't leave anybody behind. what congressional republicans want to do is take that all away. >> harris: an economy that doesn't leave anybody behind. with a straight face she said that. economic claims by the president getting even more pushback. david asman from fox business is here with his wallet in "focus." ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> we the democrats are the ones fiscally responsible. let's get that straight now, okay? we're investing in all of america, reducing everyday costs while also lowering the deficit. republicans will crash the economy. they're doubling down on their mega maga trickle down economics that benefits the very wealthy, failed the country before and will fail it again if they would. >> harris: those comments are not going over well. some of the critics

it's kind of hard to pin down any crist political beliefs. at one time or another, he's held all of them. currently the main pillar of his campaign is climate change and crist is now a card-carrying member of the climate alarmest cult so, of course, he's in favor of limiting oil and gas production, the lifeblood of the world's economy and driving up the price at the pump hurting everyone here in this room tonight and everyone watching on tv. he's vowed to veto any limits on abortion including up to the moment of birth! and now -- [crowd booing] -- pretty twisted. now as one of joe biden's biggest fan boys, charlie is excited to be a rubber stamp for all things joe biden in the senate. in the house, he voted with joe biden 100% of the time. can you believe that? 100%. he's like a perfect biden robot. recently, he praised biden for his exceptional and phenomenal leadership, thanked him for his work on inflation and gas prices. [laughter] and needless to say, the crist campaign has been a disaster. recently, his campaign manager was arrested for

it's kind of hard to pin downown any crist political beliefs because he has ay crist t one tr another, he's held all of them. now, currently the main pillar of his campaign is climate change. and chris is now a cardmber o carryingf member of the climate alarmists cult. pr, of course, he is in favor of limiting oil and gasth production, the lifeblood of the world's economy.onomy andrie pump hurting everyone here in he's driving up the price at the pump that is hurting everyone here in this room. newatchingtonight and everyone g on tv. he has vowed to veto any limits on abortion, including up to the moment of birth and now pretty, pretty twisted. and now, as one of joe biden's biggest fan boys, charlie is excited to be a rubber stampl for all things joe biden inotedw the senate. in the house, he voted forith 10e biden 100% of the time. can you believe that 100%t bi is like a perfect biden robot. now, recently, he praised biden for his exceptional and phenomenal leadershiadershi pricked him for his work on inflation and gas prices.een and needless to say, the crist campaign has been a di

, crist brought up abortion and even a question about teacher pay.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 has grown tremendously both in national stature and his war chest. most people see him leading at this point. back to you. >> martha: very interesting. and charlie crist used to be the republican governor of florida now running as a democrat. it's a battle ground state that we watch closely. it does get very tight. a lot of people from the northeast that move to florida now. it's a shifting electorate and one that the candidates have to keep moving to keep up with there in a lot of ways. steve, thanks very much. great to have you with us, steve. thanks for being here today, everybody. that is "the story" on this tuesday. hope you join us tomorrow. because we are looking forward to getting out on

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

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

you talk to desantis campaign, they think he obliterated crist. you talk to the other campaign, they think he'll be rated desantis. but it did needed to be one where did change the trajectory for crist, given where he is in the polls, and while i do think, from what i hear and what i've seen, crist did do well, and in the places where i think it really needed to underscore, the extreme nature of desantis's agenda in terms of abortion, in terms of lgbtq, in terms of denying history for the african american community, all of those things for things that crist did a really good job of underscoring. and maybe it doesn't matter in the margins i don't think the margins are gonna be big enough for it to change. >> i'm gonna take a step back. if we are out of florida for a moment, i know there's a lot of focus on select races. but more broadly, are we really saying that we are, as an electorate, we are so entrenched, and our heels are dug in, that we, essentially, think of these races and the debates that are supposed to give opportunity to figure out, wh

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

john crist is on our "news duel." don't move. >> the nascar tracks all they have is men's and women's restrooms. kyle busch is so likeable. brian: it's time for the "news duel," the hottest stories everybody is talking about, but not on television. the attempts to look good on online. john crist. welcome back. >> no one is talking about this show. there is a heated race. i'm trying to win the hoa president. we are neck-and-neck. let's begin, cue the music. meghan markle has a podcast. but the problem is she says a lot of things that can't be factually accurate. it's gotten so bad that they have a fact checker on her own podcast. isn't that embarrassing? >> who is listening to the meghan markle podcast. where did you get that information? >> she talks about fires that didn't happen and she says somebody in the royal family is racist. >> it seems that if two women are sitting down to talk as friends, they are going to exaggerate the story. brian: let's go to chicago. >> mayor lori lightfoot sings karaoke amid a 37% incr

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and so, if people want to help us, they ought to go to charlie crist.t rid of this guy, and have some more decency in state government, a florida, which i think is really what floridians want and deserve. >> what you want to be governor again? >> because i love florida. it's a great state, chris. and i'm sure you are aware. and we deserve better. watching this governor tear florida apart, he is a divider, not a uniter. it breaks my heart. and i know that my fellow floridians deserve better as the governor. >> you know, your tenure as governor and relationship to the republican party are now looking back as kind of those points that in retrospect, looks quite seismic. in terms of where the republican party ended up going, and where the state of florida ended up going, what do you say to those who look at florida, they look at florida elections, they look at returns, and say, look, this is not a competitive state for democrats right now. it has trended towards republicans, and that is just kind of the way it is. >> well, you gotta remember, this guy, desa

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 was as a debater. and he was better than i expected. as far as that question of whether ron desantis is going to run in 2024, i don't know that that changes anything. i think it's kind of baked in the cake in florida. basically, if you live in florida and are an elected official and drink the water you think you can be president. jeb bush, rick scott, marco rubio, donald trump, ron desantis. so i don't think it's something that sways -- that influences the way people vote. >> i was thinking about this.

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crist has an uphill bliem clime to close the gap. what is his strategy?'s very clear that charlie needs one of those breakthrough moments or two if he wants to build any momentum for his campaign going into the final weeks of this race. and that's not just because he's down in the polls or because governor desantis is more popular than maybe people expected at this time. but he also has a significant fundraising disadvantage and democrats have just so far have half a million dollars saved in air time for these final weeks in the race. you know, these campaigns reserve their air time sometimes weeks in advance. in florida democrats are basically coming off the air waves or don't have much planned to spend in the final week. so this will be one of his last opportunities to speak directly to voters in many parts of the state. so what is that going to look like tonight? well, he made it very clear he wants to make this issue about -- this race about one issue, abortion. there has been so much focus from his campaign on abortion access in the state going forwa

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

and last night desantis and crist going toe-to-toe on abortion. and theian going poulter wars and may have his eye on the white house refusing to commit all four years if he wins the election. >>> according to a top official, an incredibly heightened threat environment ahead of the midterms. fib meeting with sheriffs from america's largest counties last week to discuss the possibility of violence at polling stations fueled by misinformation. >>> cnn's jessica dean joins us from harrisburg in pennsylvania. the site, or the state which will host this big debate tonight between john fetterman and mehmet oz. the only one we'll see. what do we expect? >> reporter: well, john and brianna, this is certainly a very, very important race in the context of things. it's likely the winner of this senate race will determine who controls the u.s. senate. there is quite a lot running on this and a lot of attention being played to this race. you mentioned tonight we are going to see these two men come together in public for the first and only debate of this campai

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

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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

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

from the debate, and then we will show you the action-packed debate between ron desantis and charlie cristand then king charles telling the new prime minister, sunak, to start forming his government. good day, everybody. i am andrea mitchell live in pittsburgh, pennsylvania. tonight democrat, john fetterman, and republican, mehmet oz, facing off in their only debate for control of a seat in the senate. and fetterman's memo says the tv studio is oz's comfort zone. this guy is a media savvy performer that literally built his career and fortune by playing to the cameras as a daytime tv host. john is going to win this race even if he doesn't win the debate. joining me now is julia tau russo, a former pennsylvania governor and dnc chair, and former democratic congresswoman, donna edwards of maryland. so you have written this for today about the fetterman campaign, and in the story, let me read in part from the story that the memo is reading as "the enquirer"'s top politico reporters wrote today. even before his stroke fedderman was not great at debates, and we will admit it's not john's format,

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

but i heard the crickets after that question from charlie crist.mocratic candidate for governor charlie crist. charlie, so good to see you. >> 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.

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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. >>

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

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

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

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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 de

it was crist's job to change that dynamic, very hard to do. he did with that inquiry create yi a viral moment. what was interesting is desantis as a perspective presidential candidate. he didn't look comfortable under attack and i sat there thinking boy, if charlie crist is giving him a hard time, how will he like debating donald trump and others running for president? what i left that debate thinking yeah, it probably didn't change this governor's race but raises questions about a presidential race. >> i know you have reporting how trump is actually celebrating plans for a potentially another presidential campaign. tell us what you're learning. >> wolf, as we talk about the midterms, it's important to note donald trump has one foot in the midterms in the 2022 cycle and 2024. stories are told to my colleague kristen holmes and i he's accelerated his planning for a 2024 presidential campaign and what that looks like is he's going to talk about how is the leadership and launch his next president and at what exactly what it will look like. bare b

. >> we know these are the effects of the crist policies and worst inflation and crist votes 1 100% of the time and he says biden is the best president. yamiche: an economics' reporter and i want to think what you think about economists about where we are headed and how that squares what the political messaging we are hearing. >> the g.o.p. shows growth and welcomed news and didn't have contraction. but as you mentioned, consumer spending and economists because consumer spending is a key driver for the economy and there are other signs and residential investment was down very sharply as well and that is reflective of what the federal reserve is doing and that has had an impact. mortgage rates are spiking and slowdown in home sales and home prices are coming down and the question is that slowdown going to spread to other tr parts. higher unemployment and many economists do expect that what the fed is doing will cause a recession in the first half of 2023. yamiche: the reporting that you have done about black voters are key swinses for -- swinsy for -- convinces. and what are you learnin

crist is trying to engineer a comeback in this race. how vital is tonight's debate for him? >> reporter: this very well may be his very last chance to derail what has been a ron desantis train that has been picking up momentum in the wake of that terribly tragic hurricane that hit florida two weeks ago. this debate was postponed because of hurricane ian. crist had been arguing that ron desantis only wants to run for president in 2024 and that really bottom line, those are the stakes for ron desantis here. you'll remember he won his last race for governor just barely over the democrat. this is still a swing state despite the fact it's become really a stomping ground for conservatives in the post trump era. but there are a lot of questions here about whether crist is going to be able to do anything along those lines. so far, his cash disadvantage so enormous it's just going to be very hard to catch up. >> how has desantis be handling that criticism that he only has eyes for 2024? >> reporter: he claims he is focused solely on the governor's race here in florida, but everything

former republican governor charlie crist is making his third bid to lead this state.ed from 2007-2011, then switched parties in 2012. as a democrat, he lost the 214 governors race by 1.2 current senator rick scott. two years later he was elected to congress, and resigned earlier this year to focus on his gubernatorial run. you have never won statewide office as a democrat. what makes you think this time is different? >> because this is the charm. i feel it, i really do. amna: he says this race is about human decency. >> i wear this wristband every day. it talks about the golden rule. it's what america deserves. we need a governor that cares about people, doesn't beat up on lgbtq and african-americans and the right to vote. the choice issue has never been on the ballot in the last years. amna: florida passed a 15 week abortion ban earlier this year with medical exceptions, but no exception for rape or incest. >> what a hypocrite. amna: crist is helping the issue drives women and younger voters his way, but he faces some stiff headwinds. polls have consistently shown de