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 going in a good direction. you have i a candidate like andw who's running on abolishing ice. he would not cooperate with ice at all. so if you have someone who is a criminal illegal and you want them out you have to be able to do this. he also is 'em bride in this ethic's scandal documents come out showing he got $1,000 tickets to hamilton this play from an undercover fbi agent posing as a contractor with business before the city and also showed that he got $1,000 stay at a villa in costa rica with these lobbyist who were trying to get a contract. they helped arrange the hamilton and costa rica and then gillam gives them a $2 million contract to

. >> gillam brings something. >> some of these candidates, like beto and gillam, you get the star power. >> laura: in these final weeks of campaigning we are learning more about all three candidates that should give all the voters in their respective states reason to question the nonstop height. let's start with andrew gillum. text messages reveal that the tallahassee mayor excepted a hotel room, tours and tickets to the broadway show hamilton for real estate developers. without ever disclosing the gifts. only those developers were undercover fbi agents and the developers had been in touch with me or gillam about a real estate project in tallahassee. his opponent ron desantis republican, confronted him with all this at their debate on sunday. >> the question is, did you pay for the hamilton ticket or did the undercover fbi agent pay? >> i'm a hardworking person, and i know that may not fit your description of what people like me do but i work hard for everything i've gotten in my life and i don't need anyone handing anything to me for free. >> laura: it gillam got a different answer wit

[cheers and applause] andrew gillam wants to abolish ice and have open borders.oing] he would allow sanctuary cities to turn florida into a sanctuary state. i can tell you this. as governor am i will never allow florida to be a sanctuary state. [cheers and applause] we will protect your health care he's been hanging out with bernie sanders. they call it health care for all but read the fine print every senior loses medicare or medicare advantage they all go to a single-payer system if you get insurance from your business that is taken away from you by the core and you are thrown onto a single-payer plan. government has no right to take away the health care benefits you are earning. you deserve to keep it. [cheers and applause] as governor i will work with the president and the trump administration to make sure that we get the resources we need to clean our water and rivers here in the state of florida. [cheers and applause] andrew gillam can't he is running on impeaching the president. for what? [booing] i don't know what he's thinking about this is a guy took mo

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and i ask this of a mayor gillam.t's her closing argument in the last two weeks here even if you are dealing with this hurricane. >> well i'm going to do my job. this is the difference between bill nelson and me. i got elected to do my job, your focus on somebody that wants to get something done. if you want somebody that will be a career politician, never done anything on the environmen environment, raise your taxes, and i think that will be a clear choice and that's why we'll have a big member on november 6th. he should be down here also, helping to get the money to fix tyndall. make sure you coordinate activities, but no, he's campaigning instead of being down here helping citizens in the state. >> governor scott, we appreciate you taking the time to follow up here today. >> bret: it when we come back, we will talk to florida voters to find out what issues really matter most. special report, live from tampa, continuing in a moment. ♪ miralax works with the water in your body, unblocking your system naturally. miral

republican ron desantis and democrat andrew gillam face-off with a new cloud over gillam's campaign, corruption probe into the city he leads as mayor and the tickets to a hit broadway show. >> in the state of florida we have a lot of issues, 99 issues in hamilton. >> reporter: governor rick scott in a campaign ways in the next. >> shannon: brand-new revelations about an fbi agent and the democratic candidate for florida governor figuring prominently into my spinal debate between democrat andrew gillum and republican ron desantis. leland vittert's separates fact leland that it separates fact and fiction. >> i don't know how much stuff, listen to the republican in the florida governors debate and his opponent is corrupt. no, says the opponent, the republican hangs out with racists. it made you long for a simpler time, the founding of our country where political debate focused on high-minded ideals, policy, substantive debate like in the hit musical hamilton. fitting that a ticket to hamilton, a play about the first secretary of the treasury would place center stage in a corruption scan

april go ahead. >> in one tweet specifically called andrew gillam the democratic nominee for governor of florida the fifa. what is the definition of that statement? also want to ask about issue of voter suppression. the speeders individuals under fbi investigation i would refer you to that. under going to get into specifics on that matter because it involves two candidates running for office and i'm not going to impact that. i'll leave that to the president to make those types of statements. your second question. >> president talks about voter fraud at the time when there are allegations proof of voter suppression going, taken place in georgia where stacy abrams is ahead of the republican contender and also is in north dakota where native americans don't have a street address but have a p.o. box 50 of them on reservations. they are not able to vote. what's going on without? >> we don't support any type of voter suppression. what we do support is voter integrity. again i'm not going to wait into specifics that if impact on this election is a few days away. i'll leave that for the presi

brett kavanaugh is part of it but another factor is gillam's administration as mayor is under federalnvestigation. in another story, he himself was one of the subject of the investigation. shannon: he is saying i am happy to cooperate but it is not be directly, sounds like it is. >> florida everything is wide open. politico was able to establish he was the subject of the investigation and that will complicate things dramatically and make ron desantis fall in love with the fbi. everything old is new again. heather: i love that florida and west virginia are in the middle of this. almost out of time but manchin is very measured. the fbi finds nothing more than what we know. >> if the fbi comes back with a clean bill of health, as we talked about many times before brett cavanagh will be withdrawn or going to pass with 55 votes. i don't think this is going to be a 50 plus pence situation. heather: rachel mitchell, the prosecutor that senate judiciary republicans brought interface christine blasey-ford is facing backlash about her findings in ford's testimony. a formal mitchell collie says

republican ron desantis demanding andrew gillam cut ties with an anti-police group.ates i won't in the race for florida governor and desantis focusing on links to the dream defenders and a pledge not to accept donations from the nra and private prisons. the state group works to shift resources away from prisons and police. desantis told breitbart news, quote, he will not disavow them because this is who he is. when he says he's part of the movement they are not lying. the republican also criticized gillam's support for the group in a debate last week. boston red sox fans are in for a treat this how to wean. the world series winners holding a championship parade in beantown today, kicking off at 11 am eastern. hundreds of thousands expected to line the streets. no definitive word whether the team will visit the white house but there's word they will. the time is 9 minutes after the top of the hour and a shocking threat. a new threat from isis. the new plot targeting pope francis. >> what trump said that he would do for the american people turned out to be a live. >> t

rob: despite gillam's called to abolish ice, he is leading run desantis by four points.e accused of buying radioactive material to kill somebody. the fbi says jeremy ryan tried to bite only substance is online, he could serve life in prison. ryan once challenged house speaker paul ryan for his congressional seat. he was dubbed segue jeremy after protesting in the state capital in 2011 while riding around on a segway. jillian: 25 after the hour is thousands of migrants march toward the border, one is doing something about it to honor his murdered son. first order of business confronting the caravan. rob: flipping the script in california, meet the republican candidate who wants to be the first muslim gop congressman and he's facing an uphill battle. he joins us live coming up next. ♪ west virginia ♪ take me home ♪ country roads we distribute environmentally-friendly packaging for restaurants. and we've grown substantially. so i switched to the spark cash card from capital one. i earn unlimited 2% cash back on everything i buy. and last year, i earned $36,000 in cash back.

running against andrew gillam, andrew gillam has been able to use the message that, you know, this is a common issue that we are all, that we should all agree on. the issue of american values, the issues of community. the issue of family. the issue of strength and a common purpose. he has been able to paint as a mini trump. that has worked in his campaign. i think democratic candidates are looking at this again. they are using it as an issue. something they see their constituent really care about because of the focus, the broad focus of what the messages have become in this election in terms of america's image and in terms of american values. >> okay. this is just a perfect example of what it is, as were talking about earlier, a broad degree at the humana level between republicans and democrats. you can see that all the time your you can see it in the polling. it does not break through into what it is that is actually happening. we are in paralysis. you have done a lot of work on this issue of disconnect. you know, across the board. we would like to tap into that now. would changing t

voters to support republican ron desantis who is in a tight race for governor with democrat andrew gillam university of florida today and former president barack obama will rally for gillam friday. democrat and former vice president joe biden on the campaign trail stumping in wisconsin last night and criticizing donald trump. >> i am sick and tired of this administration. sick and tired of being sick and tired, hope you are too. >> reporter: in wisconsin donald trump's son eric campaigning, and a very familiar face walking door-to-door, former presidential nominee mitt romney running for senate and exercised his main priorities to peter doocy. >> my first responsibility is people who voted for me in utah. that is job one but the concerns of the people here, people across the country. jillian: 6 days ago. donald trump will make 10 more campaign stops through sunday and by that time he will have hosted 63 rallies in 23 states and all early voter turnout is surging in several key states, positive sign that more americans may cast their ballot in the midterms. jillian: one of the democrats th

he is a disaster and how he is even close to being tied is hard to believe. >> gillam claims it is aup controversy. he is locked in a tight race with republican and former congressman ron desantis. lawyers for a man convicted of own anti-muslim murder plot blaming donald trump arguing 2016 was lit, the court cannot ignore the circumstances one of the most rhetorically mold breaking violent awful hateful and contentious presidential elections in modern history. driven in large member by the rhetorical china shop boole who is now our president. patrick stein and two others sentenced this week for planning to kill muslim refugees living in kansas. the midterm elections just one week away. one of the most highly contested races is ohio governor and obama administration official against the state's attorney general. fox news correspondent peter doocy has details on the neck in neck competition. >> thank you to ohio. >> estate that went for trump, ready to elect a former obama official and governor. >> time for action. >> the consumer protection bureau, and ohio democratic candidate for go

republican ron desantis currently up against andrew gillam, the democrat, and that race, desantis is right now for the open seat. >> in florida's governor's race, desantis arena primary ad using building blocks to side with president trump's call for a border wall. >> i think florida can be a leader in that as we have been, and also some of the issues he was seen nationally are perennial in florida. illegal immigration. as governor, i will push for things like e-verify. so we have a legal workforce and you deter illegal immigration. >> desantis hits his democratic opponent for saying i.c.e. should be abolished, something president trump hits while campaigning as well. >> this is a strawman argument meant to keep to his base. he turns the work of this agency into deportation and family separation for us and i simply believe it's un-american. it also makes all of us less safe. policies of this administration have been wholly misguided. >> if democrats are going to spend the bulk of their time and energy and money talking about health care, republicans are going to spend the bulk of the

gillam is a radical leftist. you look at georgia.e got stacey abrams, a radical leftist. >> right. mark: this robert francis o'rourke who likes to be called beto, he's a radical. they've nominated almost across the board for the statewide offices. >> one of my favorite lines was ted cruz referring to comrade beto. [ laughter ] >> has the -- the party has so -- and people don't notice this, has soment inally transformed as an institution. >> yes, two things, a lot of the current hard left was outlined in a terrific small book called the argument by the "new york times" reporter. he wrote it back in 2006, 2007 and it really, in retrospect, i read it at time and indicated hillary was going to have a hard time, and obama has a small role in the book. you don't see obama emerging but you clearly see half the party opposed hillary because they thought her husband sold out. and clinton had interestingly exactly the same experience as his counterpart in great britain, in that they both tried to bring their party to the middle. they were both

, because gillam has mostly skated above the fray, and desantis has struggled to contact.e 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 island, but it is so small. larry hogan has been remarkably successful in maryland, but he hasn't been a democrat. he hasn't been a republican in name only. in fact, he has advanced sums conservative stuff in maryland, very successful, and hugely popular pit he will win in a walk, he has crushing it there, enormously popular. again, he didn't have to do it as some sort of swishy republican, he just had to do it as a guy who would listen to the other side and be an effective leader. it can be done. >> martha: yeah, and sometimes people like to split their state government bear the like have a couple of senators who are in one party, a the other party in the governors house. really quickly, wisconsin, governor

so gillam would become a huge democratic superstar if he wins. close associates and no one has been charged but it certainly an ethical cloud that he is running under santos and president trump are trying to market. you will be hearing more this week. he has already called gillam a thief. >> he said it is his opinion that andrew gillum is a thief. he's not been charged with as a thief. >> no, but he has certainly called him corrupt and will be talking to him. they should cross the nation, so many democratic women of all stripes, some moderates and some far left, women. >> the republican women are voting for democrats this fall and that something that democrats are counting on. they don't really turnout a midterm as you know, president obama realized this in 2012 and 2014. but as coalition of young, and those midterm elections where he and his party got shellacked. democrats will be waiting for those young voters to turn out. >> shepard: we will know in a week. some breaking news and alive look, air force one has arrived in pittsburgh where the pr

certainly a lot of people i talked to thought gillam walked away with it.ssion by a lot of the political writers there. >> in terms of generating viral content in terms of dominating the news cycle after it there's no question that gillam emerged from the debate with more than desantis had. the consensus of the polling out there already said gillam seemed to have a little bit of an edge in this race. i think also it's the kind of debate where you go a little bit outside florida and look at the national democratic party that is looking for leaders to go forward nationally, beto o'rourke got a lot of attention in texas. gillam starting to match that from what hoe's doing in florida. >>> coming up on "morning joe," few issues have defined the trump presidency more than the crisis on the border and the separation of children from their families. that slow motion disaster is back in the spotlight amid the mass migration of central american asylum seekers. we'll get the latest on that next on "morning joe." man: are unpredictable crohn's symptoms following you ev

people who said andrew gillam couldn't win.no one was going to pick a black man to win even the primary. >> yes. >> let alone he is ahead in the polls in the general election. people thought that stacey abrams was not. she was not the party's primary choice for that race. >> she was not. >> and look how well she is doing in the face of massive voter suppression i might add. >> yes. >> so i think the democrats need to stop saying -- telling voters who they won't vote for. >> howard dean, a really wise man once said back in 2004 i am coming to represent the democratic wing of the democratic party. his name was howard dean. and you at that time were trying to tell democrats stop pretending to be faux republicans. >> right. >> tara just laid it out. the people that the party wanted to win these primaries didn't. they didn't think any of these three had a chance. all of them have a great chance of winning. should democrats take that same attitude into 2020? >> absolutely, yes. i think it's too early to say we should have all women o

gillam, i'll give you a chance to respond. >> my grandmother used to say a hit dog will holler.aying the racists believe he's a racist. >> if you're not following the florida governor's race you should be. that was one of the more heated exchanges from the final debate for florida governor between former republican congressman ron desantis and tallahassee's democratic mayor andrew gillam where the issue of race was a big part of last night's meet up. the miami herrals described it as a bare knuckle brawl and writes cool was lost. the moderator was not spared any venom. in between daggers and accusations when policy was actually discussed, two candidates on the opposite ends of the spectrum left little in the middle for voters to chew on. polls still show gillum with a lead over his opponent. he's 4.5 points ahead of desantis. joyce, steve and the table are here. what do you make of this race? >> this has been a republican state at that level for so long. >> i worked for a past republican governor. and it's become very red in presidential. >> you know what, i think that ron desan

. >> why did the president in his tweet call andrew gillam a thief?efore you walked out there was a report that said should the meeting between president trump and president xi of china not go well in terms of easing the trade war, the trade tension, that the u.s. would go forward with the $257 billion in tariffs. is that the timetable the administration is working with here? >> i'm not going to get ahead of the president's meeting. april, go ahead. sorry, go ahead. >> how important is that meeting? two weeks ago there was talk that maybe there might not be a lot of details that come from it in terms of trade. >> as the president likes to say, we'll see what happens. you have two of the most powerful leaders in the world. that's consequential no matter how you look at it. we'll see what happens. april, go ahead. >> in one tweet president called andrew gillam a thief. what is his definition of that statement? also want to ask you about issue of voter suppression. president talked about voter fraud. >> let me answer your question. persons under federal

the gillam family are heeding the warnings, taking no chances, and ending their beach vacation in panamathe adults, we would have rode it out. we need to be said because they are with us. the roads are crowded with people fleeing the vulnerable coastline. already gas is in short supply. the authorities warned that as well as dangerous winds and up to 12 inches of rain, hurricane michael could bring record storm surge. 8—12 feet feet storm surge is deadly. i cannot tell you how deadly this will be. we have seen tsunamis were it has just been three feet, and deadly. 8—12 feet is absolutely deadly. there are states of emergency in alabama and parts of georgia and florida as the region prepares for hurricane michael. heavy rain is forecast for the carolinas as the storm crawls up the east coast, possibly drenching areas still recovering from hurricane florence. the president says his administration is at the ready. we are very well prepared. fema is ready. we're all ready. hopefully we'll get lucky, but maybe that won't happen. but we are prepared. despite warnings, not everybody is leading

injured gillam holds a slim lead over one of president trump's most loyal supporters joining us for more race. we should say that it is been criticized for running ahead of the hurricane, watch. >> praying with the kids, build a wall. should he have suspended that type a political ad as a hurricane approach to approached the state at the time. when they are approaching the state of florida it's a tough time to be talking about politics. and now the debate was just canceled it for for the first debate. so it's a very delicate time. voters deserve to know the issues. and they deserve to hear from the candidates. it's the biggest governors race in the entire country. because of the implications for 2020. we need to deal with the hurricane. but they need information in order to make an informed decision. they are being criticized for being portrayed as a socialist. and pushing this idea of medicare medicare for all. it could cost $33 trillion. is that the kind of message that is going to resonate in florida. with the record on healthcare. they almost take up white people's right and that is

in florida we have andrew gillam who stood by bernie saying he wanted to start a revolution in floridaizona david garcia doesn't just want to abolish ice but open borders. it is very concerning because medicare for all, taking away from seniors open borders and abolishing ice. heather: no one seems able to answer who pays for all of it. >> no one can answer that, not even alexandria at the 15. >> 19 minutes after the top of the hour and imagine this. a meeting with donald trump and colin kaepernick all organized by kanye west. >> i have been calling him this morning, so i can bring them to the white house. heather: i have been saying i think this should happen. revealing his master plan, could it happen? social media having a field day at the thought of it and carly shimkus is here, let us know what you think of it. >> you are watching "fox and friends first". wishing death on the right. a liberal georgetown professor says white gop senators deserve to die over the handling of brett kavanaugh's latest hearing. carly shimkus with serious xm 115 here with the outrage online. >> doctor ca

gillam is a strong candidate. primary because he is a strong candidate.is running a strong general election campaign as well. the president of the united states is focused on senate seats. listen to part of what he had to say. be an election of -- thegh, the care of on caravan, law and order, and common sense. it will be an election of those things. kavanaugh,er, remember, common sense. remember, it will be in a direction -- an election of the caravan. you know what that means. david: you know what that means. will that really win out in the end in the state of florida? >> midterms are all about turnout. republicans had been running on tax cuts. that simply wasn't motivating voters the way we expected and hoped they would. voters are appreciative of the economy. that's why the poll numbers are very strong. but it wasn't until the kavanaugh hearings where we really saw republican engagement begin to take off. the president's message plays very well in a place like montana or texas. it will play less well in florida simply because there is not as many repub

immigration sparking a heated exchange between rhonda santos and andrew gillam. >> he will support censoriousis, he said he will not cooperate with donald trump's ice. he hates trump so much. why would you allow your dislike for the president to knowingly put communities at risk? you will be deported from the united states, you will actually cooperate for many federal reserve comes down. >> despite also abolish ice, real clear politics has him leading desantis by four points. the former opponent of paul ryan could -- allegedly trying to kill someone with radioactive material. fbi says jeremy ryan didn't know his intended target. ryan, called segue jeremy, ran against the house speaker and 2012, known for writing a segue around the wisconsin capital, police brutality. so let's get back to our top story. the manhunt for the person responsible for setting off a series of bomb scares with devices addressed to high profile democrats and officers of cnn. social media reaction. and here with the comments from both sides of the aisle. >> the situation sparking a major call for peace and stability for

gillam criticized the move. >> we can't recall a time where candidates from statewide office have not pulled down negative ads during a hurricane. you've got people fleeing for their lives. i again would encourage my opponent to just subside the motorcyc politics. >> meanwhile bill nelson and rick scott ran negative ads during the hurricane. nelson's campaign said that no one should be posting negative ads in counties affected by the hurricanes. >>> just 26 days until the election and it is time for a look at the latest polls. the "new york times" poll shows republican dean heller with a slight edge over jacky rosen. this is the second consecutive poll heller is leading in after trailing most of the summer. martha mcsally leads kyrsten sinema. the nbc poll. tina smith has a 16-point lead. amy klobuchar is leading her republican opponent by 30 points. democratic senator tammy baldwin is holding strong, up by ten points. republican governor scott walker has the barest of leads as he seeks a third term, leading democrat tony evers. that's a tight race. >>> we'll have much more on the des

race for the senate and two colorful candidates running for governor in rick to santos and andrew gillamquared off last night. >> he wants you to believe he is not under investigation. why what an undercover fbi and that -- agent posing as a contractor give him $1000 ticket to hamilton? governor, i will represent everyone but i will not bow down to the altar of political correctness. i will not let the media smear me. >> a hit dog will holler. it hollered to this room. hehas spoken, first of all has neo-nazis helping them out in this state. he has spoken at races conferences and accepted a contribution and would not return it from someone who referred to the former president of united states as a muslim. david: welcome now someone who knows the ins and outs of 40 politics, al cardenas. he has served under president reagan and george h.w. bush as well as chairman of the florida republican party. thank you very much for joining us. al: my pleasure. david: let's start with the governor's race. you heard these candidates really going at each other. the polls seem to indicate that has an adva

heather: share of the cross florida demanding democrat candidate for governor andrew gillam withdrawis support from dream defenders. the activist group criticizes police and prisons, the sheriff's letter says after learning of this organization's disturbing anti-law enforcement position we believe any candidate wishing to lead our state should in no way be aligned with this radical group. the sheriff's a florida's next governor needs to support the men and women in blue. a letter is one way to get attention. this is another. the new jersey gop tweet messaging the city of people ripping out signs writing, quote, this is what a desperate bob menon does campaign does before the debate. >> i don't listen. heather: those people throwing signed into traffic. we reached out to bob menon does's campaign for comment and waiting to hear back. menon does is leading hugin by eight points. donald trump taking aim at soaring drug prices announcing sweeping changes to medicare costs. >> for decades other countries every the system so american patients are charged much more, taking aim at the global

it's unclear with bill clinton will be there with andrew gillam. >> welcoming hillary clinton to florida is not a good move. john keeps saying hillary is not on the ballot. guess who is. heidi heitkamp is who just outed the names of sexual assault accusers. one just found out her story and name was leaked to the press. liz: john? >> what we are seeing in florida shows the amount of trouble republicans are having. we are seeing great turnout with republicans in the west, the south the african-american community and where republicans should be doing well, they are struggling in states like florida and virginia. so things have become a lot more competitive for them than they anticipated. both sides will be energized, and this will be a hugely popular election. liz: cbs leslie stahl has been criticized for say the obama administration did not separate families and children at the bored. that's not true. in 2015 more than 20,000 children were separated at the border. but the media is not reporting those numbers. >> actually, proactively using images from obama detention facilities and putting

that in the dow jones race where they took the race over-the-top for doug jones and in florida where gillamg because african american voters took him over the edge of the primary they will take more in the general election. shannon: how will the gop do that? >> the gop definitely needs help. no question. wait a second. we got to be honest with the democratic party has done. what you said was completely false. when we talk about diversity and inclusion in the democratic party but capitol hill, their senior staffers. it doesn't really exist. shannon: we will come back to you. >> disrespect in the democratic party for african-americans, you know the candidates we have seen locally. in illinois, a candidate running for governor in illinois who was democratic staff that are african-american are suing them for racial discrimination. this is happening across the board. i thought we would have a bipartisan conversation. democrats are not doing enough. on the other end republicans are not doing enough either but looks different, look at the 2016 race, african americans and hispanics running for pres

gillam is leading republican ron desantis and the florida governor's race, and bernie sanders remainspied piper, pushing for single-payer health care and the president tying that to the midterms and the leftward lien of the democratic party. >> >> president trump: but if nancy pelosi and the democrats take over congress, they will try to raise your taxes, we load them tremendously, impose socialism which is where they are coming from. >> so what is socialism and is it researching? >> socialism comes in two flavors. one flavor is when all the means of production are owned by the government and run by the government and in the second flavor they might be owned by private individuals but they are heavily regulated and essentially managed by the government. >> critics of obamacare call it socialized medicine. it was a time when families lost jobs, homes, savings and student loan debt ballooned. many blamed capitalism. at >> we have to make single-payer health care have been in this country. we have to make tuition free public colleges and trade schools have been in this country. >> even f

shannon: reports that gubernatorial nominee and tallahassee mayor andrew gillam accepted tickets to abroadway show from an undercover fbi agent who was leading a tallahassee corruption investigation. he has not been accused of wrongdoing, this is turned over two weeks before election day. a judge ruled a lawyer for stormy daniels must pay $5 million to an attorney who worked in his former law firm, holding michael avenatti liable over backpay, he contends the lawyer owes him and the firm $12 million. a separate ruling came down evicting avenatti's turn from from its office space after four months of unpaid rent. whether it is the president's near nightly rallies or fallout from the brett kavanaugh hearings something firing up the gop base in early voting states, mike emanuel dives into the numbers tonight. >> reporter: 7 million people have already voted in the 2018 general election according to the latest numbers collected by the united states elections project and election days two weeks out. >> early voting is underway so get out and vote. it is underway as we speak. if you would l

. >> a reaction to andrew gillam's comments that black politicians are treated to a different standard was raised in jim crow south and he taught me never to make excuses and do everything i could to excel. that is why i'm 82 w. point, deployed in operation iraqi freedom and arrange a qualified apache pilot and i believe in a red white and blue message, not a white or black message and that is why my message is resonating because we are all americans and need to push past politics and bring people together. >> michigan voters are watching tonight. really appreciate your joining us and thank you for your service to this great nation and coming up next the great shannon bream and the fox news at night team, another phenomenal show and i can't get home to watch the whole thing. >> check a lottery ticket, those numbers coming up. >> if you don't shop tomorrow we will know what happens. >> we begin with a fox news alert, dhs confirming some of donald trump's claims about the migrant caravan heading for the southern borde c

i'm shocked that a guy like gillam, who wants to raise business taxes 40% is under corruption investigations, has said awful things about law enforcement, wants to impeach the president, medicare for all. i don't know who's going to pay for it. how was this even a close race in the same with bill nelson. is there any one thing anyone could say nelson has done in the century he's been there? >> i can. he's only passed 1% of the bills in the 45 years that he's been in political life. it's unreal. the man has basically done nothing. he's voted for higher taxes 300 times versus rick scott, a businessman, a career businessman who has turned our state around. we are in the black. he has created millions of jobs. he has lower taxes. our state is in the best state it's been in because of rick scott. he's a businessman and he wants to serve in the senate. then you take that down to the governor's race with gillum, like you said. this guy signed the pledge. people go online and look at that pledge. anti-gun, anti-anti-law enforcement. anti-jail, antipolice. versus ron desantis, who has dedicated his l

the mayor of tallahassee, a city also impacted by this storm, andrew gillam.ering on first responders. floridians are watching. the country is watching at how this recovery is being handled. now what kind of impact that will have on the ballot box on november 6th remains to be seen. but my takeaway is what one mexico beach resident told me. jet cox, 15 years he'd been living there. lost his home and he said my message to politicians is don't forget us. this recovery will be long. and they do not want another hurricane maria-type situation on the ground here on the panhandle. kasie? >> mariana atencio. our thoughts are with all the people affected by this terrible storm. >>> when we come back, a fight over access to the ballot in georgia. >>> as the midterm elections rapidly approach, there's been a w customers to care for lives to get home to they use stamps.com print discounted postage for any letter any package any time right from your computer all the amazing services of the post office only cheaper get our special tv offer a 4-week trial plus postage and a

about the response of -- well, you have the mayor of tallahassee who is running for governor, andrew gillam. you have the governor rick scott who is running for senate against bill nelson, the sitting said under -- senator. can you talk about their political stances on the issue of climate change? how you think that verizon hurricane michael and how they're dealing with this storm? >> that is a great question. county, we are one of the most polluted counties in the state between cole and paper illicitnregulated runoff. just to include, we have 11 landfills in one community and none of them are line. all of that landfiel -- landfill juice is going into r drinking water. m is all about, change. he does not believe it is a hoax. he is working very hard with groups like i am working with, the flood forum, which help people harmed by climate change and environmental abuse. gillum, i could not be happier. when i taught at floda a&m, taught him. that tells you how old i am. but one thing he says especially, if we can reduce the rates of heart disease, asthma, respiratory, and even cancer, especial

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ed: he was referring to andrew gillam, the mayor of tallahassee.the republican primary where his support was pivotal to get you where you are today. how important is it in the general election, sir? >> well, i think it's very important. i mean, you know, the president is able to really mobilize a core group of voters in florida. the elections are always competitive, so we need to make sure we're turning out all these voters. and i think the thing is, you know, things are are going well in florida so voters need to understand that florida's trajectory is at risk. i want to protect our economic momentum, build off of it. my to opponent's running on record high tax increases. he actually is proposing so much spending that a recent nonpartisan study analyzed it and said the only way you could do it was to either have a 38% statewide sales tax or impose a state income tax. emily: congressman, your opponent, he is mayor right now of one of the largest cities in florida the that has one of highest crime rates. how important is it for you and your messagin

so you have claire mccaskill invoki reagan but gillam feelin much more a purple state going hard repubsue of race head on.ev >> you would have heard barack go back that way. >> no. it's very interesting and differ tactic. i think it's reflective of this mome right now. i've been on the campaign trail thisweek, chuck. i can te youhat people are fired up. and the president is going back to what he sees as the basics. what he talking about to fire up his voters? he's talking about the caravan. he's stoking fears over immigr again.ec we ehim to give a speak someti this week in which he's going to announce a crackdown on those migrants who are heading toward the u.s. he sees that as a way to get out the base. anger, fear. erick, is closing immigr w presid should close? >> i thinkfoa large segment of the republicans, yes. a large problem is the suburbs. people get upset when i tell them the house is going for the gop. the problem for the gop is the voters are not ting for them. allof the battleground -- you >> think so. republ women are moving away from t they m vote democrat but they won't

gillam, during a 2016 trip to new york with longtime ally and lobbyist, he got tickets to the hit broadwaylay "hamilton" that came from an undercover fbi agent. posing as a businessman looking to develop property in tallahassee. where i come from in long island, that is called a bribe. this raises even more questions about gillum's judgment and past behavior. of course, innocent until proven guilty, but i would like answers. even more concerning, what we uncovered about as far left plan for florida. 40% corporate tax increase, abolish i.c.e., universal health care, also has ties to far left radical groups, including radical antipolice groups, calling for the abolishment of prison. ron desantis, former navy jag officer, congressmen, freedom caucus member, pro-growth, low tax republican. gillum, radical socialist. the choice is clear, florida, gillum will ruin your state. your safety, your security, your economy, are on the line in 14 days, to go weeks from, you decide maxine waters, adam schiff, and all chair committees, if you want those people holding the trump agenda hostage, vote for a

. >>> you called andrew gillam and referenced him a thief. >> are the fbi offered him tickets and hem. he took a trip with the same fbi agent and posing as a developer or something, and the man stone-cold took this stuff. i don't even think that he should be allowed to continue on with the race. this is a guy that in my opinion is a stone cold thief. >> and president trump attacking andrew gillum for governor in florida, and he responded to the president last night on rachel maddow. >> he performed as he has by bullying people, and you are talking about the most powerful position in the free world, and the president of the united states takes time to badger me, and bully me on twitter. it does not make any sense. the president needs to grow up. >> and now, joining me is former virginia governor the terry mcauliff, the former chairman of the national democratic committee, and this day started with gillum winning the primary, and ron desantis' opponent was accused of a a racial slur and then it has gone downhill since, and the white house press secretary said that the fbi is investigat

the campaign, you said andrew gillam, the last thing we need to do is to monkey this up by embracinge socialist agenda. they do not condone the language. if you call some of this response absurd, you made appearances at the freedom center events, four separate times, for speeches, this country is only serious race for his against whites. i'll ask the question. like for the question. he also said, if blacks are oppressed in america, why isn't there a black exodus? in 2015, your speech before the freedom center, you said david had done such great work, i've been a big admirer of an organization that shoots straight, help the american people the truth for standing up for the right thing. those are his words. >> he didn't even make the statements. >> yes he has. >> how my supposed to know every statement somebody makes? the meter say this, i've lived my life whether it's athletics, military, serving as a prosecutor, when i was down in iraq, we worked together as a tight team. regard this race. we had the american flag on our arm. we fought for the country. when i was a prosecutor, i stoo

republican ron desantis and democrat andrew gillum aesop in a debate with a new cloud hanging over gillam'smpaign. the corruption probe and free tickets to a hit broadway show. >> in a state of florida with got a lot of issues. we've got 99 issues in hamilton ain't one of them. >> shannon: the current governor republican rick scott in a tough campaign of his own ways in next. ♪ dr me feel. it was like that feeling when you're mowing the lawn on a sunny day... ...and without even trying, you end up with one last strip that's exactly the width of your mower. when you're done, it looks so good you post a picture on social media. and it gets 127 likes. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. fifteen minutes could save you cohigher!ad! higher! parents aren't perfect, but then they make us kraft mac & cheese and everything's good again. you don't always use your smartphone for directions... are we there yet? hey guys, up there. ...or to laugh out loud. ♪ but when it matters most, you count on tracfone to keep you connected for less. ♪ our smartphone plan gi