>> merissa: thanks. coming up trump's plan to wall over border with mexico keeps getting scaled back. >> craig: we're going to show you what republicans in congress honey nut cheerios get their delicious taste from honest ingredients. like real delicious honey, ok that's still honey. ahhh, there we go. were back to honey again. who's directing this? that guy, figures. >>>we will along the southern border: [cheering] >> craig: that was promise that launched donald trump mexico would pay for a beautiful wall. he would deport people living here illegally and use the money to wall off the border. >> merissa: republican leaders in congress say the wall could be scaled back to a fence in place ors invisible fence to use drones to patrol the bored. >> craig: republicans say we should think to hav wall as a could be dialled back in places to a fence. >> are you really going to build a wall? >> yes. >> they are talking about a fence in the republican congress. would you accept a fence? >> for certain areas i woul

merissa there you have it. i can't believe we made it to a hundred. white? >> because it's being no central jibbing again. it's our 100th anniversary spshl. >> this is not the 100th episode. >> what do we do? you're taking it back to color. wait a minute. go with me on this. >> this is not even the 100th episode. it's the .99th. >> we had the pilot. turn it back. look. just a moment. we have add -- you have the pilot -- you have the pilot and add that to the 99 episodes that woun one hundred. >> but this is still the 99th episode. not the 100th. >> wait a minute. what are the rules on this let's bring in charley lee. >> does the pilot count? >> if you count ep sod ebbing shows for television no. the first regular episode is episode one. and so on. why do we have the color hooked up to a clapper? >> or a snapper. >> that's right. but wait a minute. okay. we can still have fun with all this, right? >> no way. going back to black and white doesn't make sense. >> it makes some sense because it's an -- charley does it make sense? >> no. like most things on this s

merissa, we've had a wild week. a lot of breaking news that's shaking up the race as with speak. >> certainly so. the polls show it will be tight and may hang on florida once again. >> florida. well, and tight. i'm having flash backs to this guy from a few years ago. let take a look. are we going to see this? tell me we're not going to see this. >> we better not see that guy. we do not want a recount like back in 2000. out, craig. >> it was a mess. we don't have the hanging chat. we don't have to worry about that. but you can't rule out the possibility of a recount because the polls in the early voting returns are just that close. >> that's right. some five million people voted before the weekend even started. that means more than half the vote is probably already in and the returns are split between a near equal number of republicans and democrats. >> there's two ways to look at this. go bk president obama wins florida four years ago by the skin of his teeth. and heading into this weekend, democrats did no the turn

[cheering] [singing] >> merissa, i didn't see that one coming. let's see a show of hands. who thinks that was a weird that's what i thought. especial laf somebody hacked his twitter page and posted this unflattering picture. it looks as if he was smoking something. we had jeb bush on our show a couple of times. >> remember when you tried his hand at stand up comedy! it's cooler to do it diagonally rather than straight up. and it's better to do it higher than lower because you look skinnier. crowd. >> remember when you read the fake story to all those kids. >> we do that every week. >> mr. ted said to the world. >> what did he sna >> the whole world son fire. >> the world is on fire? >> yes. your world son fire. >> he said the world is a beautiful place and he loves kids very much. >> do kids love him? >> >> yeah. >> well, if we're going through the old stuff what about the civil war series? >> we had a seven part. what would happen if ken burns made a documentary on 2016. >> regrouped to the stronghold of wisconsin and blasted the trumps as they crossed the border. >> esta

char le merissa, merissa slps charley. >>>nice to meet you. michigan has not gone republican since 1988. what changed in michigan? >> it may be it's the economy stupid. there's no work. no matter what experts want to say, no matter what think tanks want to say. no matter what some statistics out of the federal government are. it's not going well hear. people are broke. they are upset. nobody is listening to them. the republican party got blown up. the democrats decided they were going to be a machine and lock it down and paid the price. it's the economy stupid. moments. remember when you asked the republican party boss in cleveland do describe donald trump in one word. >> one word... trump? >> how did the party bosses who could not describe then respond to him now? >> i went back for the republican national convention and revisited robert frost. that's his name. i said it again, trump? he says, next united states. guess what? if you win, he looks better doesn't he. how do they deal with it? kiss his rear end. that's what they're going to do. t

merissa, what is coming up? >> a messy transition for president elect. >> a closer look at the mrars in washington, prodecember or thes in the street and what invite who you want, not who you must. serve a turkey, don't serve a turkey. bring classic flaky crescent rolls, or not so classic pizza sticks. and don't forget something sweet, and golden brown fresh from the oven. set the table, set the coffee table, set no table at all. the only rule to follow on friendsgiving... is make it your own. elect donald trump took to twitter >>>president elect trump took to twitters to set the record straight as he sees it about his administration! the only position filled are chief of staff and chief koun sichlt last night he tweeted very organized process taking place. i am the only one who knows who the finalists are. maybe the president elect will >> he used finalist. in his interview with 60 minutes, donald trump looked at the camera and said to protestors he wants them to stop it. >> but eight dafs he won the white hous

merissa, where do we senator >> two weeks since the election to the day. donald trump to shut down his twitter account. >> i think that the whole social media world would come to a halt if donald trump stopped tweeting. he probably has 25% of twitter stock now because he is redefining how people communicate in politics. which is refreshingly spontaneous. there are times he probably, even himself, thinking maybe i should have held back a few minutes buch are communicating. a new way politics is moving. >> yesterday he delivers a message on youtube to american people. that's not something we've seen before in presidents. >> you're going to see a lot of firsts. a lot of things are going to feel unfamiliar to a lot of people. we entered into a new era in politics. it's an area of direct democracy where people feel more engaged and can communicate that engagement on a second by i means less is filtered to them. more is presented to them. they being the american public and they can move and make more intelligent decisions from there. >> this is the part we shack

>> merissa. >> merissa, you ready? >> i was born ready! which u.s. presidents were cheerfleersd college? >> well, craig, that's e sichlt it was teddy roosevelt. i'm tell you why. he once wore this revealing one piece that others started calling a teddy. >> i know they didn't get the teddy that way. that's old w. bush. i will disagree. >> disagree and you get it right. >> i was bluffing. the real answer is reagan, eisenhower, fdr and george w. bush. four of them. >> you're going to are to go, i believe, upper left. >> i'll go with john. >> john wilson. are you ready? >> i think so. let's go. >> which nfl champion was is this >> that would be my favorite team. my favorite team. the one that has trouble winning games. the tampa bay buccaneers. >> if you miss this one, oh, man. >> hold the phone. did the world champion bucks get snubbed and will he miss a big question about his own team? we have surprises lined up in just before the break >>>all right. just before the break john wilson said the superbowl champion buccaneers got snubbed by the white house

>> merissa i don't know either. i've told you i'm not comfortable with the polling this year including our own and i think we're the best. i think what we are seeing. taking out of the fact it's within the margin of error. i think we are seeing the number of tv ads. massive tv ads against donald trump. he really hasn't been answering them ad for ad. then coming in such as the president and vice president. the trump surrogates haven't been appearing. it's donald trump doing it all by himself. make that why we're seeing it not as strong in florida as we thought. i still think that trump will have a very close race on even leaning toward the idea he could win florida. this poll doesn't suggest it at this moment. >> it's unusual to me and this poll is southwest florida. which was rick scott country. not doing as well as one might think, is he? >> well, either one of two things happened. either this poll is way off or we have the never trump and the libertarian streak that runs heavy through that area. that's probably th

>> i believe in justice, merissa. the state senate and we passed that and the 85% law that criminals would have to serve at least 85% of their sentence instead of the only 20% they were serving at the time. florida then was number one in violent crime in america. >> what if the primary shot back up to the 90s levels. would you consider chain gangs in any form? >> i don't think it would be necessary. i don't. i think you have to have laws on the books that exhibited in a clear convincing way there are consequences to your actions when you violate the when you kill one of our senior citizens or break into their home. these aren't funny things. this is not a laughing matter. my opponents using it in a rational context. he couldn't be more wrong. it's a safety issue. >> social security not financially stable what would you change about that? >> it's fairly financially stable. it can be more so. what i talked about during the campaign. one of the first bills i'd like to introduce if i have the more than $118,000 a year, wh

but five years ago-- president obama >>>merissa, we did not know this at the time. but five years ago president obama may have launched the trump >> trump does not like to be embarrassed and president obama humiliated him on national tv. >> he was promoting the birther moouchl and obama was mythed by that. >> the president got pay back at the correspondence dinner roasting trump like don rick ls. >> those who know trump say they may have inspired him to get his revenge by running obama out of the white house. course of history. >> there's a vicious rumor floating around that i think could really hurt mitt romney. i heard he passed universal healthcare when he was governor of massachusetts. [clapping] >> someone should get to the bottom of that. i know just the guy to do it, donald trump. he's here tonight. [cheering] some flak lately but no one is happier. no one is prouder to put this birth certificate matter to rest than the donald. and that's because he can finally get back to focusing on the issues that matter. like did we fake the moon landing. [clapping] say w

merissa is winning. this is your show. >> all right. let's talk tax hikes. i say it is only reasonable to shift the burden to those most who said that? >> that's got to be a bernie sanders. or hillary clinton. >> trump. [clapping] >> it's called for tax cut but in his book, he proposed a 14.25% surtax on the wealthy. and so goes our first edition of was that trump? >> was that trump? >> that was trump. >> we'll be right back. [clapping] >>>there you go. coming up we're going to shift gears to wasted money and failures in govrt. we're going to investigate a fortune in contracts that burned for all you friendsgiving hosts, invite who you want, not who you must. serve a turkey, don't serve a turkey. bring classic flaky crescent rolls, or not so classic pizza sticks. and don't forget something sweet, and golden brown fresh from the oven. table, set no table at all. the only rule to follow on friendsgiving... is make it your own. for months >>>for months we attract a hundred million federal tax dollars to a mess in detroit. our money is paying demolition crew acr

. >> merissa for the win. >> merissa lynn are you ready? >> i'm ready for it. >> who said republicans underunderstand the importance of bondage between a mother and child? >> that would have to be dan potato quail. >> that sounds too >> it could be him or george w. bush. there's a lot of candidates for that one. i'm going to agree. >> agree. well the actual answer it was dan quail. and with this look at this. that means it evens up. we have worked to a draw. tampa and st. petersburg two games each. congratulations to both. >> good game mr. mayor. >> good game and fitting. we'll bring you back for serious issues throughout the year. thank for your time. we'll be right back. >>>please check out our youtube channel for rounds of political squares. search for craig patrick money, power & politics and click subscribe at the top of the page. you'll find all of our humor and satire segments including trail tales and mockumentaries. >> we'll take you back to the defining >>>president trump within a the race to the white house on november 8th. but t

. >> okay merissa. we've got a lot of ground to cover starting with the roads of cuba. >> we traveled to havana and the trump administration may change more. >> before we work through next steps we want to put this in context and explain why the politicians disagree on how to proceed. to know where we're going we have to know where we've been. see the remnants of the iron fist of spain. the spanish conquerers built to protect what they seized. the military governor sailed to tampa bay landing at what we call desoto national park. spain eventually let go of florida it beared down on cuba until the independence movement took off from tampa. gorillas rose up against conners and when the u.s. worship maybe be american journal is blamed it on spain. the u.s. declared war. cuba slipped from the grip of spain to the grip of the united states. it became a u.s. protector rat and we took over guantanamo bay. havana became a playground for tourists. while the people suffered. so castro came along and led a rebelli

>>>okay, merissa. change is coming. you could blink. >> in march we brought you money money from cuba. >> we spent a week there. we spent a week on the streets of havana and covered the president's visit with how our relationship with cuba could affect us. >> donald trump and mike pence said they would undo the president's efforts in cuba. trump said, we will cancel obama's one sided cuban if we do not get the deal we want and the deal people living in cuba and here deserve. including protected, religious and political freedom. >> president obama acted without authority from congress to thaw relations with cuba. so the president elect trump can act with or without congress to seal things back up. if you listen to federal transportation officials they tell us it's soo early to say. to allow commercial flights between nations. back in september, we learned we don't yet have air marshalls on flights even though the administration said we did. that drove this push from republicans in congress to hit the brakes led by senato

merissa, we've had a wild week. a lot of breaking news that's shaking up the race as with speak. >> certainly so.

. >> demers merissa century city policy was never adopted here. devyn cooperates with the feds invisibly the city will lose funds. >>> over the course of two years, this man is accused of spending $1 million that was not his to spend. he's a developer and denver accused of scamming people and banks out of money. court documents say he used to cash to shop and extensive stores, pay for life insurance and pay veterinary bills. >>> helps you to solve a disturbing crime. man is set on fire county. this is blurry but that is the suspect. it happened earlier this month and 58th avenue. the victim is still in the hospital in critical condition. >>> >> there waiting for another tow truck to get this diesel truck out of the creek in britain. this is near riverdale high with seven. sandbags in the water to try to make sure that fuel doesn't data did not have been on rtd bus in aurora. >> 63-year-old man died and nobody noticed. chief investigative reporter with your tech. your investigation is asking rtd tough questions? >> we are asking the questions becau

. >> thank you merissa and thank you senator rubio for joining us i. want to ask if you see any possibility that voting machines may have been hacked and results switched in michigan and wisconsin or pennsylvania? >> no. i wasn't involved in the elections in those states. has anyone pointed to evidence of that. minus the existence of evidence >> what do you make of president elect trump's claim that millions of people voted illegally. do you see any evidence there? >> no. image there are individuals across the country that perhaps are ineligible to vote. but i don't think it's widespread from anything i've seen and i don't think it impacted the outcome of the election. i can only speak with authority about florida. in florida i believe the elections were conducted in a way that was fair and straightfo legit massachusetts i've heard no complaints from anybody about the way the elections were conducted in florida. >> what about the big debate today over the american flag? should people be jailed for burning the flag? >> i would love to keep people from b

fox 13's merissa lynn will bring us the highlights from last night's game coming up in this morning's sports. >>> and a quiet start to the day. we are seeing some scattered clouds overhead and very mild temperatures running in the 60s in most areas. we will still have some of that humidity around. crept in over the past couple working its way down the state and will bring slightly cooler temperatures and hope to get rid of more of this humidity as we go through the rest of the weekend. your view at usf marine science showing scattered clouds. sun breaking through there. complete forecast coming up complete forecast coming up after the break i never shop without a list. and at publix what's on the list also happens to be what's on sale. stuff you actually want... on sale! ething? that's how i save at publix. how 'bout you? when we shop it is kinda like a competition. it is exactly like a competition. whoever finds the most bogo's wins! which is usually me. we save a lot at publix. how 'bout you? >>> now your sky tower radar forecast with fox 13 meteorologist jim weber. >> jim: well, we

fox 13's merissa lynn will bring us the highlights from last night's games coming up in we are seeing a lot of cloud cover passing over the state, in all advance of a cold front which will be working its way down the state as we go throughout afternoon. the cold front is really not bringing much cooler air. it will tend to drop that humidity as we head toward our sunday. as you look along bayshore boulevard, you see some of these clouds overhead and mild, apparently sitting at 68 degrees. at least 9 people >>> welcome back, the time right now 6:13. at least ine people are dead otto moves across the nation. hundreds of others were hurt and widespread damage from torrential rains and powerful winds. otto hit at a category 2 hurricane before losing strength. >>> heavy rains and swollen rivers in northern italy. days of torrential rain have battered northwest italy having several rivers burst their banks and several areas to be on a flood alert. >>> in israel minister says tourism is the result of forest fires. has left hundreds of homes destroyed and 70,000 people have been forced to eva