desantis. rep. desantis: let me say hello to my wife casey who is here. we have two kids under two and when you are on the campaign trail, it is very difficult. she manages to hold it together. i'm ron desantis and i am a reteran, forme prosecutor and i am on a mission to protect the economic momentum. you cannot do that if you do what and your wants to do, raise taxes to stop our economy and cost jobs. i think we need to protect our environment, restore the everglades. i have been endorsed by everglades trust and i'm the guide i can get that done. i also want to protect our community. that means fighting center where he cities, not allowing the opioid peddlers to get their way. andrew is a failed mayor and provided -- presided over a d city. i have stood for taxpayers as governor, i sent for you and i will protect the future. mayor gillum: in addition to being the mayor of florida's capital city, i'm the proud husband to my wife rj. she is here this evening. dad to my three children. sun to my

desantis. tonight pipe bombs were sent to barack obama, bill and hillary linton, john brennan , congressional representative maxine waters. and debbie wasserman schultz here in florida. i know what wasserman schultz is ere tonight. mr. desantis, just yesterday, your campaign issued a statement condemning another racist robocall targeting your pponent. have we reached a point where divisive political rhetoric have crossed the line to push some people over the edge? mr. desantis: it is great to be here. i'm ron desantis. i'm on a mission to protect florida's future. i was at the congressional these ballgame when my teammate was shot, steve scalise. i condemn that. i condemn what happened today. obviously we need to get to facts before we jump to conclusions. i think it is important when we try to unify, my agenda has been something that a majority of floridians can get behind. i don't want to raise taxes like andrew wants to do. i also want to protect the environment floridians enjoy. we want to

desantis. tonight pipe bombs were sent to the homes of barack and michelle obama bill and hillary clinton, cia director john brennan, cnn congressional , representative maxine waters. and the offices of congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz here in florida. i know that congresswoman wasserman schultz is here tonight. mr. desantis, just yesterday, your campaign issued a statement condemning another racist robocall targeting your opponent. have we reached a point where divisive political rhetoric have crossed the line to push some people over the edge? mr. desantis: it is great to be here. i'm ron desantis. i am an iraq veteran, former prosecutor, and i'm on a mission to protect florida's future. i was at the congressional baseball practice when a gunman tried, shot my teammate steve scalise. because he didn't like republicans. so i know firsthand, when we go down that road it can be very deadly. so i condemn that. i condemn what happened today. obviously we need to get to facts before we jump t

we will start with congressman desantis. desantis: fun night.ook, i'm prepared as an iraq veteran somebody's work with law enforcement is as a prostitutet some new super taxpayers his whole life. i'm the guy who can be stored and protect our future. we've got to give our economy going. people getting opportunities. we can't district with stiff tax increases that will cost jobs and prevent more business from coming to her state. we had to stand with the men and women in law enforcement. you've got got to the back. you can't say cut the budget. they are the heart of justice. we can have open borders. i will make sure we're not trying to abolish ice and doing things all make our community is less safe. all the problem of our toxic algae, of our dirty water and will restore the everglades and clean this up once and for other of asking for your vote. i will work hard, put your interest above mine. i will not use my office defended my and it would be an honor to have your vote. [applause] gillum: because my mother and father would have to get up early

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desantis has dealt with the fbi. he's gone out of his way before he quit his job in congress to protect donald trump, to curb the inquiry by mr. mueller. he has gone even so far as to suggest that some deep state is at work to undermine the presidency. i mean, he's a conspiracy theorist, if you will, so if you take the way that we've dealt with their investigation as opposed to how mr. desantis has dealt with it, i'll take our example every single day of the week. >> the difference between and drew and me when i dealt with the fbi as a prosecutor i was working hand in hand with them to deal with justice. when andrew deals with them he's dealing with an undercover agent posing as a contractor who he was on a junket with in new york. you went to a broadway show with an undercover fbi agent. you went to costa rica with these same lobbyists, and guess what happened. the lobbyists that wined and dined andrew, they got a $2 million grant from the city government, so to me corruption is when you're in a position of power, y

what message detour due expect from desantis? >> gillum is a failed mayor overseeing a crowd-ridden city and probably under fbi investigation. so i think the people of florida -- >> although he says the fbi investigation of the city has nothing to do with him, but please continue. >> unfortunately he's had some text messages, e-mails, trips to new york, trips to costa rica. we'll be learning more about that in the coming days. the people of florida want to know they have someone to respond in the time of need, whether it's rising crime rates or dealing with jobs and hurricanes and all the dynamic things we have in florida. ron desantis has been a combat veteran, a prosecutor, conservative who served in congress and i think he's going to the a great job tonight. >> you mentioned some of the other factors that may come into play, including hurricane michael. how are your constituents doing, and are you concerned voters there may have obstacles in their way to try to cast their votes. >> yeah, i am concerned. we've still got a lot o

desantis warned not to monkey this up. he strongly denied that comment was about race. >> you look at my record whether it is in the military and we're down range in iraq, it did not matter your race. we all wore the same uniform. we all have the american flag patch on our arm. >> the latest cnn poll has gillum ahead of desantis by 12 points. >>> trump administration considering its most drastic move yet to roll back protections for transgender people. the department of health and human services pushing an effort to define gender as a biological condition at birth. it would define transgender out of existence. >> hhs wants a uniform definition under title ix. the definition is quote grounded in science. this angered conservatives prompting fights over bathrooms and dorms. the human rights proposal calling it a destructive precedent. >>> the american general who oversees the nato mission in southern afghanistan wounded in the thursday attack in kandahar province. a nato spokesperson says brigadier general is still in charge

governor's rce, gillum, desantis?, a conservative and a republican, so i vote my values. my number one value is pro-life, so i vote fro pro-life viewpoint always. so, obviously, i'm going to go for desantis. i also voted for president trump. >> woodruff: jake, as involvedhe withoung republicans, you are supporting republicans. why ron desantis in this governor's race? >> because the alternative isve scary to me as far as an economic climate goes. hiring taxes all around worries me. >> woouff: i want to turn to president trump. how much does whatheays, what he's done, how much is that a factor in your -- the people you plan to vote for? >> what we're seeing and hemarig from is just not the typical role model i would want for my kids to look at. so, when he comes down toe support thndidates and have these rallies, it just stays negative. p desantis was asked about whether or not tr a role model. the answer is no. that's not something we shouldsi te to say. again, as a republican, i take a hingsf flack for certain that i

he became too trumpy. >> here's one of desantis' ads. >> everyone knows my husband ron desantis is endorsed trump. but he's also an amazing dad. ron loves playing with the kids. >> build the wall. >> he reads stories. >> then mr. trump said, you're fired. i love that part. >> he's teaching madison to talk. >> make america great again. >> people say ron's all trump, but he is so much more. >> big league. so good. >> i just thought you should know. >> ron desantsis for governor. >> this ad is both the best and worst ad of the cycle. probably gave him the nomination. but now it looks silly. >> it really does. >> probably will cost him the general. >> looks like a parody. >> she says you know that donald trump has endorsed my husband. but he's a good father. in other words it's saying, he's demonized by donald trump but he has some saving graces. he's actually nice to his children. that's kind of amazing that's the ad. >> and that's where we are. karine jean-pierre is a senior adviser to moveon.org. you've been on the ground around the country. this race seems like one that is -- i don't want t

desantis has tied himself to trump.ook. >> ron loves playing with the kids. >> build wall. >> he reads stories. >> then mr. trump said you're fired. i love that part. >> he's teaching madison to talk. >> make america great again. >> with us now someone who knows florida and its voters well. charlie crist. he's also the form erp governerf florida. an officer he held as a republican. thank you for being with us. >> great to be with you. sg you' >> you're a democrat now. you were once the republican governor of florida. what do you think of desantis strategy? >> i think it's unfortunate. i think unfortunately he's tended to go low rather negative, not projecting a positive future for florida and an grew gillum has been very positive. trying to tell people what his vision is. what he would like to do if elected in 16 days from today and it's been very compelling. i had the opportunity to spend the morning with him here at several churches and it was an uplifting message about getting health care to people. establishing a mi

certainly ron desantis, nobody remembers tv ads. everybody remembers that ad, teaching your daughter how to build a wall, et cetera. >> right. >> he but for a tweet from donald trump, he probably would not be the nominee and poised to be the next governor because he's very little known. i will say health care overwhelmingly that's the issue people talk about the most, along with in our area of particularly red algae, red tide. >> i want to get into the red tide, red algae. let me take it national a little bit. fred stevens, i want to read you something from "the post" about the president's strategy and i'm curious of your reaction to it. this is the white house political director -- he said voter satisfaction is the enemy of voter turnout. what's changed is why voters are still happy with the direction the president is leading the country, they're angry the way democrats treat justice kavanaugh, they're scared after they hear democrat after democrat talk about socialized medicine for all and voters are plugged in as the president sp

desantis wants to focus people on the color of my skin.color the people of this state care for is the blue-green algae flowing out of the east and west side of the state due to the environmental degradation due to his party. he doesn't want to talk than which is why he distracts with these kind of antics. we'll retire him on november 6. i'm looking forward to doing that and getting about the business of my state. >> andrew gillum, democratic candidate for governor in the state. thank you for talking to us tonight. >> thank you, i know it's going to be a heck of an eight days ahead. thank you. >> thank you. >> i should tell you we have invited congressman desantis to be on the show as well. i very much look forward to the chance to having him here if he decides to be here. i would love to host him. much more ahead tonight. stay with us. come on, guys! jump in! the water's fine! tom pritchard. how we doin'? hi, there. tom pritchard. can we get a round of jalapeño poppers for me and the boys, please? i've been saving a lot of money with progr

governor's racie,llum, desantis?in, ans vative and a republican, so i vote my values. my number one value is pro-life, so i vote from a pro-life viewpoint always. so, obviously, i'm going to go for desantis. i also voted fr president trump. >> woodruff: jake, as involved with the young repub, you are supporting republicans. why ron desantis in this governor's race? t because the alternative is very sca me as far as an economic climate goes. hiring taxes all around worries me. >> woodruff: i want to turn to president trump. how much does what he says, what he's done, how much is that a factor in-- youhe people you plan to vote for? >> what we're seeing and hearing ical him is just not the typ role model i would want for my kids to look at. h so, wh comes down to support these candidates and have these rallies, it jus stays negative. >> desantis was asked about whether orot trump is arole model. the answer is no. .hat's not something we should hesitate to say again, as a republican, i take a lot of flack for certain th

>> yes. >> rick desantis? why do i say rick? ron desantis. >> yes, ma'am. >> why? personally i'm a veteran student and he is a firm supporter of the veteran community in the tampa bay area. he served in the navy himself. a big supporter with that aspect. >> republican down the line, are you a rick scott supporter as well? >> yes, ma'am. >> what about bill nelson? >> yes. >> i will say i asked about bill nelson and you said who. >> i didn't hear you. >> i think it's exciting that you are going to go vote. you're registered and those coveted young voters that everyone is looking for. let's go to latasha brown. she's the co-founder of black voters matter. latasha, you are doing a lot of outreach for african-american voters. talk to me about who african-american voters are excited for and what sort of hurdles they might be finding in being able to get out and vote. >> i'm sitting here listening to the young people vote and when you asked them if they were voting there was this energy, yeah, we're voting and we haven't seen that and the last couple years even in 2016 el

gillum: ron desantis once to correct his record now but for six using congress he voted over a dozen times to repeal the aca. he voted to allow insurance companies to disseminate against people based on preexisting conditions of those folks at home, if you're sitting on the couch with one other person, between the two of you, one of you have a preexisting condition and this congressman would have allowed for insurance companies to discriminate against you based on a preexisting condition which he told cancer patient who wanted to know without insurance coverage how to get access to healthcare he said you could always go to the emergency room. we disagree on a lot but on that day was alone -- desantis: when you talk about this coverage, what does that coverage get you? with medicaid expansion people didn't have access to doctors. most physicians do not accept new medicaid patientss. the reality is you have people with that card but they are going to the hospital for primary care. that is the reality. gillum: healthcare is the issue on floridians minds.

desantis a racist.the racists believe he is a racist. >> the democratic nominee for florida governor mincing zero words when it comes to his political opponent. ron desantis, who is losing, has attended conferences attended by the far right. >> he made appearances at four of the freedom center events. again, four separate times, four speeches. quoting here. this country's only serious race war is against whites. >> he had not even made those statements then. >> yes, he had, sir. >> how the hell am i supposed to know every single statement somebody makes. here's the deal. >> mark, how is he supposed to know? how is he supposed to know who david horowitz is just because he went to his conference? he's an anti-immigrant, anti-muslim. how is ron desantis supposed to know that? >> well, that's a good question. desantis not only at the debate didn't want to answer the question, but about a month and a half ago i asked him the same thing and he finished his press conference and scurries into a car with aids. t

some of the more recent, recent polls show desantis closing the gap a little bit.nt to look at a bunch of different polls before coming to a projection. >> one thing gillum is talking about is desantis and his connection to donald trump. he is one of trump's top defenders in congress. look no further than of course some of the ads he's cut. watch this. >> everyone knows my husband ron desantis is endorsed by president trump. he's also an amazing dad. ron loves playing with the kids. >> build a wall. >> he reads stories. >> then mr. trump said, you're fired. i love that part. >> he's teaching madison to talk. >> make america great again. >> there's some reporting -- i know, the ad is amazing -- some reporting from politico that trump is, i don't know, turned on desantis somewhat, viewing him as disloyal for disagreeing with him on trump's take on the death toll with hurricane maria in puerto rico. does trump -- long way of saying, does trump help or hurt desantis do you think in this race? >> if desantis doesn't have trump on his side, it's big trouble insofar as th

desantis is his acolyte. he is trying out to be the trump apprentice. at every turn he's fwetweeting , he's talking to him, he's showing up, he's complimenting him. >> cnn's ryan nobles has this look at what voters are saying. >> reporter: aaron runs a barbecue food truck in one of the most important states on the midterm map. and he thinks floridians are sick and tired of both republicans and democrats. >> i think people are pretty much hammered with politics. >> reporter: political fatigue could be a big problem especially for the two candidates for governor who won their primaries by appealing to the bases of their respective parties. >> i believe we're going to win this not by capitulating on what we believe. >> reporter: on the left is andrew gillum, the mayor of tallahassee. he won his primary with the support of bernie sanders, calling for abolishing i.c.e. in its current form and plugging for a multi state medicare plan for all. he believes the portfolio will attract voters of all stripes. >> i actually think we talked about the issues through t

i'd say that's pretty good work for a year and a half. >> desantis has been hammering gillum over annvestigation into possible corruption. >> i'm the only candidate running who can credibly say he's not under investigation for corruption by the fbi. >> gillum denies he's a target of that investigation. the fbi has not commented. gillum who would be the first black governor of florida has sparred with his opponent over race, especially after this controversy comment. >> the last thing we need to do is to monkey this up by trying to embrace a socialist agenda. >> a spokesman for desantis has said he was only asking voters not to make the wrong decision in november. >> my opponent spends a lot of time talking about and helping remind people of my race, and i spend a lot of time trying to focus people on what it is i'm trying to talk about. >> the candidates in florida and nationwide trying to get their message out to a divided nation. >> we should note that we did reach out to the desantis team for an interview, but the candidate was not available. let's bring in dan meduri host of news

those words are not used to describe the republican nominee, ron desantis. there are a lot of republicans who know him from congress, from the florida delegation who don't really like him. so he's not kind of a warm and fluffy guy. >> and in the governor's race, if it plays out where gillum does win, i think democrats are going to have an argument nationally to make for progressive candidates. because that has always been the test case for him. democrats here have usually put up a very centrist candidate for governor. last time it was a former republican. and here they're going all the way in on the progressive message. and if the progressive message bests the trump acolyte message that's going to be able to hold him parallel to 2020, to well, how do you run against trump. this is one way to do it. >>> fascinating insight from our colleagues in florida there. let's face it, politicians will never be as popular as hollywood stars. cue stage right. two-time oscar winner michael caine is my final guest tonight. his wide range has seen him shape-shift into a pla

especially for the republican, ron desantis. >> then mr. trump said, you're fired. i love that part. >> desantis ran arm in arm, opposing tax increases and supporting a wall along the border with mexico and voting to appeal the affordable care act in the house. >> we're need a governor to advance priorities. >> they believe desandis can attract voters by being himself. >> people need to listen and follow him for that. he was the best for the people. he was the best for florida. >> at a time of fierce polarization, florida politics may be up for grabs. for those who talk to voters every day, the candidate who is able to attract the middle might be the winner on election day. >> how do you merge them together to come out to what is it this one state wants? >> right. >> that's tough. you are going to get a ton of backgrounds trying to merge into one. >> sometimes they vote republican and sometimes they vote democrat. it's shifting. >> absolutely. >> obviously the one thing that really threw this entire race upside down was hurricane michael and it forced andrew gillum

. >> andrew gillum is only slightly ahead of ron desantis.e race for florida senate. incumbent bill nelson is two points ahead of republican governor rick scott. joining me to make sense of this is university of south florida and one of the leading experts susan mcmanis. gillum and the desantis race, you wrote an article about how ugly it's gotten. why so ugly? >> reporter: well, we haven't seen a race injected into a florida race for senate or governor or for president ever. you ask anyone in modern times they haven't since this level of racial rhetoric, racial motivations that underpin the partisan support for the candidates in their time. >> how is it being used here and how are both candidates navigating that? >> reporter: the race began on august 29th when desantis used the phrase monkey this up. a number of democrats and even some republicans criticized him for using a racial dog bhwhistl. there were a series of racial controversials that nagged at desantis and clouded over the race. you had these robocalls from a white supremist group

congressman ron desantis is here next on his strategy to catch up. the polls are very tight now in florida and his reaction to the latest controversy surrounding andrewla gillam and that hamiltn performance. stay is there. clear immigration and border control has an important job to do and we ought to empower them which is why we propose moving the agency inside the department of justice which already oversees four agencies. >> laura: congressman desantis is looking for more moments like this as he looks to make up what is now a 6 point deficit. versus his opponent tallahassee mayor and uber liberal gillum. congressman. thank you for being here. we invited mayor gillam on the programcy but he politely declined. so how do you close the gap in these polls at this point. >> i'm not worried about polls. i'm worried about votes. we are turning out the voters that we need to and we'll continue to do it. my primary average when i won the primary was 15 points off. so i definitely do not go by media polls. i go by our polling and targeting and everything is

to president trump and desantis painting gillum as bad for the economy and soft on criminals.eat with early voting set to begin today, so in an attempt to sway voters president trump weighing in tweeting ron desantis had a great debate victory tonight, meaning last night against andrew gillum a mayor who presides over one to have worst-run and most corrupt cities in florida. ron will build on the great job done by rick scott, gillum will make florida the next venezuela. the president's comments coming on the heels of a new nbc wall street journal poll just released showing gop closing the gap on which party the nation wants control in congress, down to 7% advantage for the dems, the same poll showing president trump's approval ratings at their highest yet, 47%, two weeks to go, guys. jillian: all right, todd, thank you. diners coming to mitch mcconnell defense after he's heckled at in restaurant in kentucky after eating dinner with his wife. the video obtained by tmz showed man screaming at the senator. [shouting] [inaudible conversations] jillian: never ending, democratic rob

ron desantis repurposing some of his campaign events.event scheduled for veterans has become a relief drive, collecting goods for victims of the storm. and here people filling sandbags. some decked out in andrew gillum for governor shirts. they are still thinking about politics. jake? >> four weeks until election day. ryan nobles, thank you so much. >>> tune into cnn this month for special events leading up to the midterm elections. next tuesday we host a debate between governor rick scott and bill nelson. thursday, we host a town hall in texas with congressman beto o'rourke. and sunday, october 21st, i host the florida governor's debate between mayor andrew gillum and congressman ron desantis. >>> the surprising start to justice kavanaugh's tenure at the supreme court after one of the most contentious confirmation battles in history. stay with us. that kinda put us in a hole. go someplace exotic? yeah, bermuda. a hospital in bermuda. a hospital in bermuda. what? what happened? i got a little over-confident on a moped. even with insuranc

desantis a racist.mply saying the racists believe he's a racist. >> continue. >> the republican party has been using these dog whistles to inspire these people to come out and vote for their candidates since at least 1968. and the only thing that is different in the trump era is that he swallowed the dog whistle. he turned the dog whistle into a megaphone and all of his republican friends are following along. but the tactic here is to scare up whites, usually southern, usually male people, scare them with racial politics and use that to motivate and to go support republican policies that they can't actually point to on a map. most of these people don't -- most of these people want pre-existing conditions covered, right? but they're going to vote against that because of the racism. the racism in the republican party is a feature, not a bug. and they are the primary beneficiaries of our strife. >> about this growing quilt of racism in this election, you look up to georgia, you're seeing robo calls, simila

how does she counter trump's support of desantis?r effect on being able to kind of assuage the democratic establishment. andrew gillum is this democrat individual, person who has a lot of views that people look at and say that's not moderate democrats. so he is needing to kind of cater to the establishment, old regime and old base. i think that's where hillary clinton comes into play where she can calm the fears and kind of put them into a position where gillum does, in fact, seem more mainstream. >> before i let you go, let's talk about gun control. the congressman was asked why he would have vetoed the gun legislation in the wake of what happened in parkland. >> i think the blanket restriction on age is going to get struck down by the courts. i'm a big supporter of the school security. >> the congressman was against the piece of legislation because his wholly owned by the nra. he's not going to stand up to the national rifle association. that's why they're running all these ads against me. >> how much do you see the issue of gun co

a 26-point advantage over desantis. when you look at men, desantis only has a seven-point advantage among men over gillum. that overwhelming support from women has an impact and look at the governor's race broken down by party. gillum has consolidated every democrat in the state and that is mostly the case for desantis. gillum wins by nine points among likely voters and that is likely driving him over the top in a big way. >> encouraging numbers for gillum, but what about the florida senate race? >> we are seeing that democratic enthusiasm that plays out here as well. we show among likely voters, a race within the margin of error, but has nelson on top to governor rick scott's 45% among likely voters. you should also take a look at the gender gap here. you see that nelson is winning women by about 16 points while scott is winning men by about half as much. he is winning men by eight points. a big female-powered moment in the electorate in florida. if you look at the race by the issues, i find this fascinating. among tho

there he mentioned them at the very beginning, rick scott, and ron desantis. he spent a lot of time talking about the birthright citizenship saying he does have the right through executive order in order to change that. he pointed out president obama used an executive order on daca. he also, and they said of course congress should act. so, you know, many would say he is sort of taunting, trolling, slash, daring congress to get involved he will do it if they don't. that is one argument. and he also talked about the caravan coming to the border. biggest news the idea he is saying there will be 15,000 troops. other people in border patrol, part of that could go to other spots in the border. as the caravan go to one spot, drug cartels go to different spots, all the focus and cameras will be where it is. we don't know 15,000 meeting that caravan. connell: the other number announced, already talked by the pentagon is 5200. that is -- melissa: big jump up. connell: i say throw out there, because that is what has been happening all week from this president on this top

desantis warned in a fox news interview not to monkey this up. he strongly denied that comment was about race. >> you look at my record whether it is in the military and we're down range in iraq, it did not matter your race. we all wore the same uniform. we all have the american flag patch on our arm. that was end of story. >> the latest cnn poll has gillum ahead of desantis by 12 points among likely voters. >>> trump administration considering its most drastic move yet to roll back protections for transgender people. "the new york times" reporting that the department of health and human services pushing an effort to define gender as a biological condition at birth. it would define transgender out of existence. under federal law. >> hhs wants a uniform definition under title ix. the civil rights law banning gender discrimination. the definition is quote grounded in science. the obama administration angered conservatives by widening the definition in federal programs prompting fights over bathrooms and dorms and human rights campaigns slamming the

joining me now with how he might do that is ron desantis.ed mayor gillam on but he politely declined. how do pose a gap in these polls at this point? >> i'm not worried about polls, i'm worried about boats. we will continue to do it, and my primary average when i won the primary was 15 points off for gillam. i definitely do not go by media polls, i go by our polling, are targeting and everything going in our direction. the reason is, you have a candidate like andrew who is running on abolishing ice. he said last debate he would not cooperate with ice at all. so you know, if you have someone who is criminally illegal, we want to get them out. he's also embroiled in this ethics scandal because he lied about it on sunday night. he said he pays for everything, he's never gotten anything for free. then documents come out two days later showing he got $8,000 to get to hamilton, display, from an undercover fbi agent posing as a contractor with business before the city. he got a thousand dollars stay at a villa who was trying to get a contract with

rick scott is not running as much of a trumpy platform as ron desantis.oring the platform. he's a liability in the swing districts. it seems like he got that message. as far as the schedule goes, if you are the president's adviser and the republicans in the house and senate deciding where he should go. >> you mentioned florida. let's drill down on florida. look at what the president said last night about the governor's race and the democratic candidate there. >> here's a guy that in my opinion is a stone cold thief and his city, tallahassee, is known as the most corrupt in florida and one of the most corrupt in the nation. he's a disaster. how he is even close to being tied is hard to believe. florida can't have -- if florida has a governor like that, and i know florida better than i know practically anywhere, florida will be venezuela. it will be a disaster. >> he never explained what he meant about saying that andrew gillum is a stone cold thief. there were accusations on line and elsewhere, but as he usually is, he is very quick to respond to the presi

my husband, ron desantis, is endorsed by president trump. he's also an amazing dad.ing madison to talk. make america great again. but one of the greatest differences andrew gillum tried to emphasize last night was his support for gun control, after the shooting in parkland, florida earlier this year which claimed 17 lives. he waged this attack on his republican opponent. he's wholly owned by the nra. he's not going to stand up to the national rifle association. that's why they are running all these ads against me, because they want the man that they bought. in my case, we are prepared to stand up to the nra. and joining me now is the mayor of miami—dade county, carlos gimenez. i nearly got it right! thank you for joining us. that debate last night made it pretty clear that ron desantis made it pretty clear that ron desa ntis and andrew made it pretty clear that ron desantis and andrew gillum are different people. to what extent do you think they represent the different wings of politics in america today? i think they represent them pretty well, in terms of right and

the president fired out said desantis made a great victory. weak people bully and lie and intimidate. our country deserves better. >> viva the vote in las vegas. sin city had a record turn out for the mid-terms. according to the clark county reg star, 30,000 people beat the previous record by more than 10,000. part could be the presidential star power. mr. trump stopped in nevada on saturday and former president obama is set to speak later today. >> now to the game that keeps on giving and growing. not giving in yet. no lucky winners for the power ball and mega millions. the money is climbing and odds are diminishing as well. the numbers were 15, 23, 53, 65, 70, and the megaball is 7. that was nearly $1 billion. saturday's was $470 million. the jackpots have reached a record breaking $1.6 billion. mega million is $620 million. >> $2 billion? wow. are we that luck we the forec t forecast? >> we are watching the huge hurricane that rapidly intensified over the weekend. almost a category five. unfortunately for our friends north of puerta vallart

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that has not happened at any desantis event. this is the tool of the left.t some forum and some other person happens to speak there who said some offensive thing at some time. look, let's debate the issues. let's talk about the fact that florida is doing well. the fact that tax cuts are working for the american people. >> thanks all for being here. this week the public got a peek at a painting in the west wing. what else would really tie the room together. that's the state of the cartoon-on. >> i move paintings around the white house. i just thought it would be great. >> the center piece? a new painting with a flattering image of trump taking his place in history mingling with members of the republican club. >> i have never heard or seen such outrageous, vicious reporting in 27 years of politic life. >> what else might president trump commission? perhaps a variation on michelangelo's david. >> maybe some day they'll name it after trump. but i'd rather have a statue in washington, d.c. >> clearly the first lady could be the inspiration far modern day mona lis

desantis is a classic example of what happens when a candidate melts down.hink he thought this race was going to be easier. he didn't show poise or control. they kept lobbing softballs. he made it easy for gillum to meme him. >> i think it's dramatic for an african-american to be governor. that hasn't happened much. doug wilder down here in a three-way race he managed to win, but this is just a hell of a race. >> it looks like it's going to be -- it's a very tight race. it's a very close race. just been ugly throughout. it's just ever since gillum won the primary, it's been ugly. >> let's hope there's no tom bradley effect. tom bradley was a great mayor, great police chief in l.a. and he lost to his guy that he only lost to because of racial reasons. that's the only reason i could think of. your thoughts. >> you can't say republicans won't be helped by two things. one, we always do better when the turnout is low, and this turnout will be a lot higher than it was in 2014. it will be about 7.5 million people voting, which is like 2.5 million people more. >> wh

representative ron desantis. they had a debate last night and one of the big topics was the support desantis has gotten from white nationalists. >> you've made appearances at four of david horowitz's freedom center events-- again four separate times-- four speeches. among some of mr. horowitz's statements, quoting here, "this country's only serious race war is against whites." >> stephen: that's shocking. desantis openly embraces white nationalists and he's not in trump's cabinet? how did he slip through the crackers? ( laughter ) ( applause ) i think that's what it's called. but what really got everybody talking was gillum's response. >> my grandmother used to say a hit dog will holler. (cheers) and it hollered through this room. >> stephen: "woo! yeah, baby! i don't know what that metaphor means, but it doesn't sound good." ( laughter ) big fans of hitting dogs in that room. then gillum went in for the "killum." >> mr. desantis has spoken--first of all he's got neo-nazis helping him out in this state, he has sp

paul: adam putnam running in florida, member of congress and he lost to the current -- to desantis andhink putnam right now would be running away with this race. >> yeah, i'm not sure. as you say it's a black and white divide. i think it's also a harboring for 2020 that if democrats can win on this progressive agenda, it'll give them more confidence that they can take those things nationally against donald trump in 2020, it hasn't really happened yet but it's also clearly where the party is, right, where the democratic. paul: where the energy. >> both african american candidates in the two states that you mentioned, so it's a real test. paul: to what are the republicans running on? they've had -- the republican governors now, what are they saying we will do in the next four years? >> well, i think they are trying to moderate a little bit. you see in florida, desantis is talking about cutting taxes, cutting corporate rates partly to draw contract to gillum who wants to raise taxes which whics not play well and in georgia the kemp focusing on sanctuary cities, religious freedom law, to t

ron desantis, pam bondi and i, we disagree with offshore drilling.ause ron has a great close relationship with the president we were able to work and get florida off the table. progress and cooperation coming as a result. >> congressman deutsch, i know you support gillum for governor. do you think desantis' decision to tie himself more closely, at least in ads, with president trump, might play a factor? might play a role in whether or not he wins? >> sure, absolutely i do, jake i appreciate the panel you brought together today. i have immense respect for my colleague, matt gates and general bondi. on behalf of rick scott, rather than defending the people of florida went to court to sue to take away right force people with pre-existing health condition. >> you're talking about obamacare. >> right and gates, who brings a holocaust denying to the state of the union, that's the trump brand in florida. and while i respect the service they provide, people understand it. they want someone who is actually going to stand up for them, for the people and not fo

ron desantis and andrew gillum, desantis is at 43.2 percent right now, gil lum at 49 percent.of florida, where also you have, obviously, the governors race, rick scott rick scott -- know this is the governors race, sorry. we have things going in and out here. talk to me a little bit about the governors race. >> florida is always close, and in this one, desantis has trailed insistently throughout. i know they are having a debate right now because my inbox is full of spam from the campaigns, i tell you i will never repeat i will delete all of it. they are having the final debate tonight, and this is desantis' last chance to put in the kill shot, he has to get to gillam, because gillam has mostly skated above the fray, and desantis has struggled to contact. he has problem with "hamilton" tickets that he took, part of an fbi investigation, he has to find some way to dig in here and close that gap. >> martha: that will be interesting to watch. talk to me about them. >> dear republicans, there is a way that in the deep blue state, no place more democratic than marilyn. well, rhode i

ron desantis congressman, strong supporter of yours. over the weekend you referenced andrew gillum being a thief, what did you mean by that? >> president trump: he took them. he took a trip with the same fbi agent i guess he was posing as a developer or something. the man stone cold took the stuff. i don't even think he should be allowed to continue on. >> laura: he responded by saying your week. >> president trump: i haven't heard that one lately. here's a guide that in my opinion is a stone cold and his city, tallahassee, is known as the most corrupt in florida and one of the most corrupt in the nation. he's a disaster and how he's even close to being tied is hard to believe. but florida can't have -- if florida has a governor like that, and i know florida better than i know practically anywher anywhere. florida will become venezuela. it will be a disaster and you have ron desantis, who was a harvard yale guy. he's a very good person. he's going to be a very good to a great governor. this other guy is a stone cold, in my opinion, he's