the florida league of mayors. the trusted voice of our community. aarp florida. the pepper foundation. the bob gramm center for public policy -- training the next generation of leaders for florida, the united states, and the world. and nova southeastern univ ersity. we present the democratic candidates for the u.s. senate in florida. jeff greene and kendrick meek. and now, your moderator. >> good evening. i am an anger here -- anchor and moderator for the debate. this is the only statewide debate. it will be seen in every major market in florida. we have with us tonight the two front runners for the democratic nomination for the u.s. senate -- kendrick meek and jeff greene. here are our panelists. michael put ney. marianne whitley. darryl owens. thank you all for joining us. let's get right to it. you both answer this first question. you will be times. you have equal time. because of the coin toss, under -- i understand that mr. meek won. we have heard a lot of angry words and seen a lot of finger- pointing. the voters have not heard many details yet. if you were

i grew up here in florida. my mother was born in florida and my children were born here in florida. grew up in the public-school system. i was diagnosed with dyslexia in the third grade. i kept piling on. that is where i come from. i attended florida university. i became a state trooper. i changed car tires in this state. i did the things i had to do to understand the needs of people i served as a skycap and at the airport. i was a service worker in this state but i went on to serve this state in the state legislature and congress. some call it career politician, i call a public service. i think it means something. [applause] fla., florida, as we march on, as we continue to knock on doors, as we continue to listen, as we continue to count all 57 counties, we will win in november, and when you leave here tonight, i want to know that hope marches on, believe it is not just a slogan and the dream and doors. thank you so very much, florida. god bless you. i love you. i look forward to being in your next united states senator. god bless america. [applause] >> we now go to the grand canyo

i love florida. i want to continue to serve the people in the united states senate to make sure that they have an honest broker there, somebody who thinks about them first, doesn't think about political parties and political bosses drying a line in the sand and if you cross it, you're almost a traitor. i've got to do what's best for the people. >> larry: one other thing, governor. i guess you never had this. how do you run against two people? how do you strategize meek and rubio, who couldn't be further apart? >> well, i don't run against them. i run for the people of florida. and i put forward a positive message about what i think is the right thing to do to rein in spending, to reduce our taxes, exactly like we've done here in florida, to make sure we're innovative about trying to produce a better economy, a clean economy that produces green jobs, work with democrats for that, work with republicans to reduce taxes. you know, just the kinds of things that are common sense. that's the thing that's re

what happened here in florida and this senate race -- florida is a microcosm of the country. if i have the opportunity to win this seat, i think that sends a message to america about the frustration people in a state like mine where the fourth largest state in the country. we have 20 million people. where the most perverse fate in the country. if this happens here -- the most diverse state in the country. there is only one way to find out. it'll be interesting to follow. it is kind of you to take the time to share it. tavis: finally, can you give me a sense of where you go from here to election day? wear your campaign is concerned? whites were card. continue -- where your campaign is concerned? >> just work hard. we will be concerned about what is right for the people and try to do what is right for them each and every one. we will make florida a live andr public safety, keep taxes low. respect of this. simply try to do what is right every single day. tavis: charlie crist, formerly a republican, now running as an independent for the senate seat in florida, the most closely wa

florida, south florida, a southwest florida, southeast florida but we root -- -- will be representedhe most southernmost point in key west florida. i am prepared to work for every vote in the state of florida, be it republican, democrat of, or in the senate, because i know what it means to punch in and punch out every day. i think anything -- if we learned anything in this campaign, the people of the state had the opportunity to see them moodiness of politics. but let me tell you something, ladies and gentleman. when you're dealing with the of light, you can count on me. i will not leave you behind and i will not start changing on you when you need me. and because the people of the state of florida stood with me, ladies and gentlemen, for $26 million, we made history. the state of florida was not for sale, will not be for sale, and we will stand up and continue to deliver. now let's talk about the business. >> kindred -- kendrick meek. >> thank you, thank you. endrickrick meek, kin meek! >> i wanted to leave here and know what we stand for. -- i want you to leave. now what we stand f

we're going to start in search side, florida -- surfside, florida. caller: i wanted to get my opinion on the campaign between meat and the non-politician but a high bank row. i thought it was important to go with meeks with the experience, because i do not feel that if you go with the millionaire or the billionaire, that they had touched with the average middle- income person. host: so you voted today? caller: yes, sir and i voted for kendrick me. host: what about the gubernatorial primary? alex sink? caller: yes, sir. host: what was it about kendrick me that drew you to him? >-- kendrick meet that treaty to him? caller: it was important to have someone to identify with that populism, the economy being so difficult in florida and people losing their homes and their jobs, i felt like they had a better grasp on that situation. host: what was the turn out like? had you heard anything about turnout? caller: surfside is a small community and netbook light pole loyal voters, it looked like a medium turnout. host: thank you for calling in today. philadelphi

i love florida. i want to continue to serve the people in the united states senate to make sure that they have an honest broker there, somebody that thinks about them first, doesn't think about the party closes, drawing the line in the sand. i've got to do what's right for the people first. i think it's refreshing and i know it's what they want. >> larry: i guess you never had this, but how do you run against two people? how do you strategize the other two who couldn't be further apart? >> i don't run against them, i run for the people of florida. and i put forward a positive message about what i think is the right thing to do to reign in spending, reduce our taxes like we've done here in florida, to make sure we're innovative about producing a better, clean economy, you know, just the kinds of things that are common sense. that's the thing that's missing in washington today. where's the common sense? >> larry: will there be a three-way debate? >> i'm sure there will be, probably sponsored by you. >>

yes i was an employee of the department of transportation florida department the florida department of transportation department entered into a contract with yang i believe in january of ninety nine i had. approximately ninety four ninety five did she ever tell you how she came to hire tom feeney. it to me that now that he was in politics that they had hired mr feeney as search on all counts does that strike you as odd that a company doing business with the state would hire the incoming speaker of the house it struck me as odd that an end of a tool like this in addition to being general counsel for a vendor when also be the registered paid lobbyist for a vendor and mr feeney was both for yang enterprises that have a nasa contract and this is a secure contrary could talk. sort of top secret clearance to have those whom they must have some clearance goes in and do. help them. don't know but he has connections to nasa his wife works there something was slowly going wrong the envoy says from yang began to escalate every time i would reject an invoice and say no this is not what we agreed t

lucie county here in florida, where g.e. is seriously considering relocating their solar initiative here in florida that will create blue- collar jobs and white-collar jobs. i'm very, very excited about where i am and where the other two candidates are because it's a clear choice. i have a forward lean towards growing florida's economy. >> schieffer: congressman, we're going to have to stop it there. just because of time. thank you for being with us. hopefully, we can check in with you down the trail. we'll be back in one minute with haley barbour and debbie wasserman shultz. [ male announcer ] this is rachel, a busy mom. she starts at dawn and so does her back pain. that's two pills for a four hour drive. the drive is done. so it's a day of games and two more pills. the games are over, her pain is back, that's two more pills. and when she's finally home, but hang on, just two aleve can keep back pain away all day with fewer pills than tylenol. this is rachel, who chose aleve and two pills for a day free of pain. ♪ and get t

el proyecto de ley cuenta con varios legisladores de la florida republicanos en apoyo.as empresas de la florida asegurarse que los empleados estÉn autorizados a trabajar en estados unidos. tomar en cuenta el hecho de que una persona estÁ ilegalmente en el paÍs a la hora de decidir si le da o no la fianza. >> Ésto puede terminar en las cortes. Ésto es anticonstitucional y para mÍ solamente una estrategia polÍtica para buscar apoyo de los grupos ultraconservadoras del centro de florida. >> se criticÓ la propuesta y dijo que sÓlo se demuestra que no se puede confiar en el procurador porque primero dijo que no apoyaban la ley y ahora propone una ley mÁs estricta. sin embargo la ley no estÁ motivada por la polÍtica sino porque es necesaria. >> Ésta legislaciÓn es mucho mejor que la legislaciÓn en arizona. >> aunque sus oponentes aseguran que opondrÍa al perfil racial a la hora de incrementarse la medida generÓ temor en inmigrantes. hernÁn se hizo ciudadano hace meses. >> realmente mal porque pienso que por mis rasgos fÍsicos de latino, voy a tener mi pasaporte en todo moment

in florida, we're going to court. it is a state's right issue to get out of thought -- and of following federal law on health care. my question to both of you, stackhouse -- mr. meek first. how can you remain honest in this mess of arguments? where do we go from here in health care? >> right now we're in a situation where politics has trumped public policy and i think it's important that we get back to public policy. i know when i become i united states senator i will be able to pull together democrats and republicans on issues that will save money and have a good outcome measures. the goal is better health care, saving money, and $1.20 trillion will be saved over the next 10 years in this welfare bill. hopefully that will bring democrats and republicans together, and those that live in states that have big problems like florida. 4500 floridians lose their health care every week. we must stop that. we must make sure we have prevented care and deliver health care to those who are most of the honorable. repeat greene, i

la propuesta para establecer una ley mÁs estricta que arizona y florida.zona. la vencedora dijo que los asuntos de migraciÓn debe ser resulto por el gobierno federal y no por los estados. >> ahora vamos a arizona donde la ley sb1070, uno de los temas que marcaron las elecciones primarias. allÍ estÁn en pro candidaturas a la gobernaciÓn, al senado y a otros puestos estatales. el veterano senador mcain ha enfrentado el mayor reto de su carrera en la primeria republicana. buenas noches luis, adelante. >> buenas noches. aquÍ esta noche no hubo grandes sorpresas. podemos decir que el senador mc cain ha ganado la primaria republicana para el senado durante semanas las encuestas estuvieron dando una holgada ventaja. las encuestas esta noche probaron tener razÓn a pesar de esa ventaja y a pesar de la victoria esta ha sido la elecciÓn mÁs difÍcil para mc cain. tuvo que invertir unos $ 20 millones de su propio dinero para poder enfrentar esta contienda, ir achicando un poco la ventaja que en algÚn momento. para hacerlo en su campaÑa se alineÓ con la borda -gobernado

listen to the subtle message. >> miami on florida's atlantic coast. it's different here. >> reporter: so the oil blowout might be halted. noaa officials and those in charge say no oil is likely in south florida ever, but the public relations battle is just warming up. >> they will know this is different. there was never a drop of oil that reached these beaches. >> reporter: tourism industries will be hitting up bp for more cash to fund their campaign to protect the winter tourism season. hank tester, nbc miami beach. >>> there's a new painless solution to a problem that plagues 31 million americans. scott budman shows us a new procedure to fix sinus pain without the sting. >> reporter: as catcher for his youth baseball league, 12-year-old nathan maji takes a lot of hits. it's not just the glove, pads and mask protecting the young athlete, it's also this -- a little balloon that helps nathan breathe. >> they call me darth vader, because i'm like -- they always thought i had something wrong with me. >> reporter: nathan suffered from sinusitis, and block

people died in florida it's an automatic autopsy i mean if you're if a suicide occurred in florida it would be an automatic autopsy. in georgia not mandatory not mandatory right it had to have occurred had he been killed in not been killed my speculation is he offended somebody and he. usually got killed. because the hotel he was at is this real secluded you know tree lines on both sides it's a little shabby twenty three dollar a night hotel you know if you wanted to kill yourself. why not stop somewhere in florida he was we're going to tallahassee florida we're going to tallahassee so here we're in tel and then there's valdosta which is just hour and a half away hour and a half way it's sort of a border town in georgia and it's up a ways there are a lot of hotels are going to stop at georgia prior to getting the valdosta it's a whole thing just wrong there's a report that he called into d.o.t. at six forty five in the morning and yet they have him killing himself thirty eight minutes later even though it's another hour to get to valdosta supposedly he's in the motel room one night bu

why not stop somewhere in florida he was we're going to tallahassee florida we're going to tallahassee so here we're intel and then there's valdosta which is just hour and a half away our half way is sort of a border town in georgia and it's up a ways there are a lot of hotels we could stop at georgia prior to getting to valdosta it's a whole thing just wrong there's a report that he called into d.o.t. at six forty five in the morning and yet they have him killing himself thirty eight minutes later even though it's another hour to get the valdosta supposedly he's in the motel room one night but there's two receipts. in the police report it says one is a check and receipt the other is the check out receipt he killed himself he didn't check out well have you not checked in a motel room where they charge you up front in other words they check you in and takes you out at the same time on different days. only they do it yeah there's another problem with that the first received is dated june twenty ninth two thousand and three he was in tallahassee time to those three he didn't use as well g

. >>> llegÓ a la florida la ola anti inmigrante. fiscal general ilegal dor estatales presentan una ley en la florida incluso mÁs fuerte para los indocumentados que en arizona. >>> hay cerca de 5 millones de niÑos en los estados unidos que nacieron de padres indocumentados. >>> el crecimiento de los casos de acoso escolar y bowling. hay una reuniÓn entre expertos. y en el estadio azteca en el Último momento, el campeÓn del mundo espaÑa, empata con mÉxico. >>> este es su noticiero Único visir univisiÓn con jorge ramos y marÍa elena salinas. >>> muy buenas noches, justo cuando polÍticos republicanos tratan de reformar la constituciÓn para quitarle la ciudadanÍa norteamÉrica se dan a conocer cifras de este tipo de niÑos nacidos en estados unidos. y esta es la noticia. actualmente hay aquÍ en estados unidos 5 millones de niÑos, hijos de indocumentados, estoy de acuerdo con el centro hispano. lourdes tiene mÁs datos en washington. >>> por lo menos 4 millones de niÑos menores de 18 aÑos que nacieron en este paÍs. y son ciudadanos tienen un

arizona and florida politics. the miners trapped in chile and post katrina new orleans in photographs. but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan in our newsroom. >> sreenivasan: roadside bombs killed five nato soldiers in afghanistan today, including two americans. the attacks were in the north, south, and east of the war-torn country. that followed three separate attacks yesterday that killed four u.s. soldiers. meanwhile, efforts to improve the security situation continue with the training of afghan security forces. the u.s. army general who heads the nato training program said today the process is moving forward, but slowly. >> if somebody says when will the security force have to leave in a particular area, we will not have finished building the entire army until october of next year. it doesn't mean in small, isolated pockets that they can't have the lead with coalition enablers supporting them. but to say that they'll be able to do much more before october next year would be stretching it

. ♪ >> bienvenidos y gracias por su sintonÍa, promoviendo el turismo del golfo desde la florida hastay su familia, la visita sucederÁ horas despuÉs del anuncio de la compaÑÍa bo -bp de que podrÍa interrumpirse la construcciÓn del conducto anexo que se hace para tapar el malogrado pozo. >> la empresa bp dijo que completÓ una probable presione que cientÍficos de estados unidos el de la compaÑÍa estÁn revisando los resultados. luego enviarÁ una recomendaciÓn a washington sobre cÓmo deberÁ proceder. >> las playas de panamÁ city son destino para el presidente obmaa y su familia. la visita tiene como propÓsito atraer turismo, luego de las pÉrdidas econÓmicas por el derrame de petrÓleo en el golfo. desde hace tres meses, existe preocupaciÓn por los daÑos que pudiera causar el derrame de petrÓleo en las playas de la regiÓn a largo plazo. >> todavÍa tenemos que limpiar petrÓleo y todavÍa tenemos que monitorear y evaluar los daÑos dijo el vocero de la casa blanca. a cientos 16 dÍas de comenzar del derrame, la compaÑÍa bp podrÍa no requerir la excavaciÓn de un pozo aledaÑo. se espera una prueba

congressional veterans turn back outsider challenges in arizona and florida's primaries. >>> the blame game. republicans and democrats point fingers as the economy shows new signs of trouble. >>> a feline furor. a british woman gets death threats after she was caught dumping a cat in a trash can. >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for wednesday, august 25, 2010. >>> good morning, everybody. thanks for joining us this morning. we've got a lot to tell you about. first up, will this be the political year for the outsider? maybe not if you look at the results from tuesday's primary battles in arizona, florida and alaska where most of the voters are choosing insiders over outsiders. randall pinkston has more on that. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. an exciting evening it was for political junkies. the voters have spoken in several hard-fought primaries where money, the tea party and dissatisfaction with incumbents were key factors. arizona republicans are sticking with a familiar face this november. >> this was a tough, hard-fought primary. >> reporter: senator john mccain won his

your weather headlines -- hot weather continues in los angeles and still unsettled in florida. your regional forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." in sports, baseball's marquee game last night was a matchup of american league division leaders, the twins versus the rangers. here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> good morning. it was a matchup between first-place teams, but it wasn't the play on the field that got most of the attention. members of the u.s. army golden knights parachuted into the rangers ballpark in arlington. everybody landed safely except for that guy, who was just a bit outside. got his chute caught on a flag pole. he was all right, just a little embarrassed. as for the game, michael young broke the 3-3 tie with an rbi single in the seventh. rangers beat the twins, 4-3. >>> commissioner bud selig was honored with a statue at miller park. you may remember, it was selig who brought baseball back to milwaukee in 1970. the dodgers' rob barajas c

@@ >josé: como aplican a >>> como aplica programas migratorio, en la florida, proponen ley anti indocumentadosaún más severas que la sb 1070. en méxico, el matrimonio entre parejas homosexuales, va más allá de lal capital mexicana. y una prueba, nueva da esperanzas para detectar el autismo autismo. >>> noticiero telemundo, con josé díaz azballard. . >>> buenas tardes, el f fiscal general de la florida, lanzó una propuesta migratorio que exijo ría a la policía del estado, revisar el estatus migratorio en todas las redadas y todos los arrestos, se trata de una ley mucho más estricta que la sb 1070 de arizona, y como reporta anggie ssandoval, estas propuestas se han más populares, entre quienes quieren gobernar nuestros estados. contra indocumentado en estados unidoses. el procurador general de la florida, candidato en la reñida contienda por la gobierna tur de del estado, viene hoy a la carga por una propuesta, que está más fuerte, más difícil de rebuscar criminales, y más justa. la propuesta, si va, analiza inmigrante que no lleve sin os migración, permite imponer sentencia más largas y dar afi

florida as you said in the introduction is always an interest stake. a couple of things that i think were fun about florida, one, it showed the difference, kind of ongoing difference in general what's happening with democrats and republicans. the democrats continue to be a somewhat more stable, you might say sleepy party. so you don't see the big surprises there. this isn't necessarily good for them. they may not have the energy in november. but for example in the senate race there, they had a very wealthy self-funder who a lot of people thought might be kendrick meek. the congressman who wants the senate nomination -- >> jeff green is a wealthy self-funder. >> and that didn't happen. you might say the traditional insider candidate won. the exact opposite happened in the governor's race in the republican party, where you did have rick scott, the wealthy outsider beat the insider. so we see that going on. the other real interesting thing, maybe one of the best races to watch this year is the senate race in florida, which is now set and it's going to be

gray in the panhandle, florida. caller: n/a occurred in her -- in a hurricane, how is this going to affect the land? host: if you could talk about the general impact on the well- off the remains of a gold and the situation there. guest: the major -- if you could talk about the general impact of the gulf andl and yoin the situation there. guest: it could bring the make oil from below the surface of to the surface. baker also suspended the world that is blanketing the bottom -- it could also suspend the oil that is blanketing the bottom. hurricanes can have a major impact in redistributing the oil that is one or 2 meters from the surface. if anything, to mix it up and promote service weathering, if you can bring it up to the sunlight to might will degrade and whether much more rapidly. host: thank you so much for your time this morning, sir. coming up next, we will turn our attention to the pentagon and first up in this summer series is going to be the f-35. secretary of defense robert gates says he wants to cut $100

la tengo se concentra, en la florida, y arizona, el temo migratorio, podría a afectar los resultado.riela, dice que la querían envenenar, su asistente, argentina está retenida en méxico. los 33 trabajadores atrapados en una mina de chile hace 18 días, tienen que esperar más tiempo por su rescate, la buena noticia de ayer que los mineros habían sobrevivido a un drrem drrum bese encontraba en un refugio se transformo nuevamente en incertidumbre, pasemos con javier bustos que nos habla del doble esfuerzo para mantenerle con vida y para perforar un documento que ayude a sacarlo a la superficie. atlantla adelante. >>> la esperanza vuelve al alma de los 33 mineros hallados con vida. deben esperar un par de meses para ser rescatados para volver abrazar sus familias y que todo un países pueda celebrar >>> este domingo, fue un día al descubrí. más para los familiares del mineros. luego que una sonda logró dar con el refugio que se encontraba. han pasado 17 días, desde que la mina colapsó. los mismos que han debido soportar sin alimentos. el presidente de chile, dio las buenas noticias cuando