governor rick scott? we have been told that governor scott will not be participating in this debate. let me explain what this is all about. asked to have has a small fan placed underneath his podium. the rules of the debate i was shown by the scott campaign say there should be no fan. somehow there is a fan there. and for that reason, ladies and gentlemen, i am told governor scott will not join us for this debate. ladies and gentlemen, this is a debate. rosemary, what can we say? >> [inaudible] [applause] i am sad the people of florida -- >> we are not asking you a .uestion, governor crist i'm asking rosemary about the situation we find ourselves in. >> do the rules of the debate say that there should be no fan? >> not that i am aware of. scott rules that the campaign that showed us that says no electronics can be used -- >> are we going to talk about a fan, or the environment, education, and the future of our state. there are serious issues facing our state. detecting our environment, making sure we have

rick scott has denied.t of all he denied 75 times his company committed fraud and now he's denying he said he would grow the economy by 700,000 jobs on top of the normal groaninnor normal growth. he did say that. he is down by a million jobs, really if you tally out the number, and frankly he's taking credit for what the economy did all on its own and blaming charlie for the global melt down as well. >> jeb bush released a short commercial touting the governor's results and he doesn't get very specific on all this. what do you make on all this. he put his foot in the lake but didn't jump in. >> the interesting thing, you know, when jeb bush rises to the rescue it generally means someone else is in trouble and rick scott really is. jeb bush is trying to shore up republicans. it's not going to bring him any democrats and frankly not really independents any more based on his activities last number of years. i think it is dangerous with less than a month left. this is going to be a very close race. as charlie s

and. >>> rick scott against it, and it is unfortunate. but we can fix it. >>> governor scott. >>> so, charlie is a lot of talk, but, not a lot of action. he the opportunity, he voted against minimum wage, when he was in the senate. he didn't think it was the right thing to do. >>> here's the problem, i want jobs. he lost 832,000 jobs, and he wants to lose more. >>> 500,000 jobs would be lost. i don't want any of them to lose a job. i had parents who didn't have a job, and watch their home and, car being taken. he doesn't worry about those people. >>> 839,000 people went from wages to, zero weanls. >>> there you go again, trying to blame the global economic meltdown on me. it is unbelievable, that he would continue to say that. >>> he also says, that he created all these new jobs. you just can't trust rick and it is sad. >>> you know, he has spent so much money on television advertise men, the media have said, they're the most negative ads and, most dishonest. >>> we want to hear from the voters, and this is connected. and let's find out wh

which is also unfair to rick scott.laughter) but the fan wasn't rick scott's only objection last night. he had an even better reason for not taking the stage. >> governor scott, why the delay in coming out over a fan? >> i waited to be -- until we figured out if he was gonna show up. he said he wasn't going to come to the -- uh -- he was -- he said he wasn't gonna come to the debate. so why come out until he's ready? >> stephen: right, he was just waiting in the wings for seven minutes to figure out whether the guy on stage was gonna come to the debate. (laughter) bottom line, as much as i wish it wasn't true, last night in miami, rick scott was... blown away. (laughter) (cheers and applause) >> stephen: whoo! we'll be right back. vo: no one ever claims to be ordinary. everyone wants to be the best. but what does that really mean? to us, it means giving you a wide selection of products, both online and in-store. expert advice. our geek squad agents to get you up and running. and thanks to our price match guarantee, you'

. >> rick scott is perfect! . he has ideas that don't break the budget. >> they are imitating the popular tlc show "say yes to the dress" to appeal to the female voters in the 15eu78 way you would appeal to veterans with cupcake wars. in this ad, each candidate is metaphorically represented by a different wedding dress and the bride looks radiant in the rick scott but mom has other ideas. >> i like the charlie crist. it's expensive and a little outdated, but i know best. >> don't forget, the charlie crist comes with additional cost. there's over $2 billion in taxes. >> mom, this is my decision. i see a better future with rick scott. >> sometimes it's hard to let go of old style but it all works out in the end because she said yes to rick scott! (cheering) >> stephen: this ad is touching, isn't it? awww! passed with with all kind of classic conservative marriage. traditional marriage, fiscal conservatism and hating mom. i look forward to the next g.o.p. ad selling baseball and apple pie to go (bleep) themselves. th

rick scott won't stand with florida workers. rick scott won't stand up for florida's environment.n't know anything about it. and scott is on record to support voter suppression. all rick scott wants to do is show charlie crist dancing with the president of the united states and that's supposed to put him over the top because the president has negative poll ratings right now. joining me tonight, former florida state representative mike papitonio. great to have both of you with us tonight. anna, is this going to work? after four years of being the governor, the best thing they can come up with down the stretch is to connect charlie crist at the hip with the president and demonize president obama? will it work in florida? >> i think they're forgetting that president obama carried florida twice in a row. that might not hurt charlie crist. that may help charlie crist, and it might upset those who supported obama and get them out to vote in droves like they got out to vote for president obama in 2012. this actually may backfire. i want to talk about the optimist poll. even this poll tha

rick scott. the sunshine state. >> in the past he has trade to sell himself as a medicare and medicaid defender. >> i work every day to make sure that our citizens can get health care, they see their program raided by the administration. the administration is not thinking about the families in florida. they're not thinking about our citizens that pay into medicare when they raid medicare to pay for obamacare. >> florida voters are being bombard by ads from both candidates. the races among the most expensive races in the entire country this year. more than $31 million has been spent mostly by outside groups, and 64,000 television ads have played. the race is still extremely close. a new survey. the usa poll has charlie crist with 44%, rick scott at 42%. libertarian candidate adrian wily at 6%. they will face off in the first of three televised debates on 48. it should be heated. ahead of. debate rick scott is getting some high profile gop help on the campaign trail. today new jersey governor chris

which is also unfair to rick scott.but the fan wasn't rick scott's only objection last night. he had an even better reason for not taking the stage. >> governor scott, why the delay in coming out over a fan? >> i waited to be -- until we figured out if he was gonna show up. he said he wasn't going to come to the -- uh -- he was -- he said he wasn't gonna come to the debate. so why come out until he's ready? >> stephen: right, he was just waiting in the wings for seven minutes to figure out whether the guy on stage was gonna come to the debate. (laughter) bottom line, as much as i wish it wasn't true, last night in miami, rick scott was... blown away. (laughter) (cheers and applause) >> stephen: whoo! we'll be right back. on my journey across america, i've learned that when you ask someone in texas if they want "big" savings on car insurance, it's a bit like asking if they want a big hat... ...'scuse me... ...or a big steak... ...or big hair... i think we have our answer. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen per

what happened after rick scott got in? he started the discharges that were coming out of the river, near fort meyers, and income, when he went to the east coast to look at it, and what was happening, he wouldn't get out and talk to the people. they were so upset. 500 showed up. and he would not answer their questions. >>> the facts for florida and, you'll get the truth. so charlie stopped, after the state had spent 272 million, of your tax money was spent, and he stopped it. if we finished that none of the water would have had to have been discharged. so, if charlie would have done the right thing, he did nothing, on the environment. >>> governor crist, florida has refused to accept, 51 billion to expand medicaid, and hospitals want it, and a lot of other people are asking for it. >>> florida has not. governor scott said he was against it and for it, and should we accept the medicaid money? >>> this is such an important issue, medicaid expansion, means an awful lot to a million of our people, who are not getting the health

visit ncicap.org] >> coming up on c-span, more coverage.014 in florida, republican governor rick scott debated former governor charlie crist on wednesday. that debate was delayed because of a dispute between the candidates. that's next, then in minnesota's 8th congress that district, congressman rick nolan faces two challengers. james comby will talk about technology, privacy and law enforcement, he's also expected to discuss how on encrypted devices designed to increase security enforcementome law investigations. director comby will be at the brookings institution this 10:30 eastern.t and later, the head of the c. d. c., and dr. anthony fauci testify about the government's response to the virus. live at noon eastern on c-span. a florida governors debate between incumbent republican governor rick scott and former crist, whoarlie while in office served as a republican but is now running as a democrat. is the second debate between these two candidates. courtesy of wfor miami. >> we are prepared to have the two major party candidates for square off forr the next hour. good evening, everyo

it is rick scott brand. far as, i would take it as far as saying it is his poker game tell. his gambler's tell. and charlie knew that. when scott's cornered, he does something, when he does something ridiculously wrong, and he caught on it, here's what happens. he stares off into the distance. he stutters and stamers and blinks his eiffel any time he's caught in a gotcha moment. it is the equivalent of richard nixon. we knew when he was lying, heo sweat profusely, he would blink rapidly. >> so if rick scott is on the witness stand, is he lying? >> i have to tell you something. every lawyer with a year of experience would know when he is lying. >> he should have asked for a fan. he needed a fan. he should have gotten a fan! >> let's talk about minimum wage quickly. when rick scott was asked what minimum wage should be, his answer was, how would i know? the private sector decides wages. joy, reaction to that. >> this is a governor who has emphasized deep tax cuts for corporations. his strategy to bring jobs, 7

governor rick scott, we have been told that governor scott will not be participating in this debate.n't not participate. a debate must have at least two parties to be considered a debate otherwise it's a master-bait, it's just one. perhaps governor scott is late. maybe he's late. perhaps the hairless incumbent got sidetracked looking for a snack. look there. but it was the reason for governor scott's absence that reminded me why life is so beautiful. >> governor crist has asked to have a fan, a small fan placed underneath his podium. the rules of the debate that i was shown by the scott campaign say that there should be no fan. somehow there is a fan there and for that reason, ladies and gentlemen, i am being told that governor scott will not join us for this debate. >> jon: governor rick scott of florida refused to debate former governor of florida crist because former governor crist has a fan that appears to be providing a small amount of respite for his presumably sweaty balls. thank you, jesus! look, we all know what's happening here. it's florida. there's a humid environment in

you've seen the differences between rick scott and myself. i care about education. state and i love florida. i want to make sure that the middle class has opportunity to do better than you're doing under governor scott. i want to make sure we invest in florida businesses first. that they have a chance to employ more people instead of bringing big corporations from outside of our state. i wan to make sure we protect our beautiful environment. i love the water and i love being out on the water in tampa bay and my home. i want to make sure for future generations they have the opportunity to enjoy the future of this great state. i'm asking for your vote. i would appreciate it. whether you vote by mail, you vote early or vote on november 4th. god bless you, and god bless florida. [applause] >> moderator: governor scott. scott: i want to thank, again thank my wife for standing by me through thick and thin. my mom is watching from heaven. i'm want to thank her willing to divorce a abusive husband. i want to thank my daughters for, you know, for being such great members of o

rick scott. so, obviously, put my cards on the table. obviously my politics are different than rick scott's. i think, you know -- i have a lot of problems with rick scott substantively. but putting that aside, i can recognize political talent when i see it. chris christie, enormously gifted politician. i think that's true of rand paul, ted cruz and a bunch of other people. every time i see rick scott, i cannot believe this man has been elected just in the basic kind of interpersonal attributes he has. the way he reads is so strange and different than any politician i've ever seen who has managed to ascend to the level that he has. >> well, you know, and i think there are politicians like this in both parties. you end up looking at and saying they are perfect symbols of the year in which they were elected. >> right. >> and that is the story with rick scott. in the story of 2010, the story of the rise of the tea party, rick scott was running against a very establishment republican, bill mccull lom in the primary, in 2010, and in any other

sadly under rick scott it's gone and has been gone for five years. you can even apply. t: here's charlie's plan. commit a heinous plan and as soon as you get out of jail you get to vote. as soon as you walk out. you have intentional permanent disfigurement of a child, you walk out of jail and immediately get to vote. crist: you are lying again. scott: you can look up exactly what you did and i completely disagree with that. crist: it's very unfair. i recommend he go to fair shot florida.com and able find out the truth. >> moderator: governor crist you support lifting the embargo against cuba and you say you like to travel after the election. governor scott calls the castro brother terrorists. would you be willing to meet with raul castro when you are in cuba? scott: i would not. let's talk about the embargo and a broader sense. the embargo has been in place for over 50 years and it has not worked. the intent of the embargo was to get rid of the castro brothers. they are still there so that is a flawed program that has worked and people on the island are still suffering.

what happened after rick scott. a dental? he stopped the discharge is coming out of lake okeechobee and promoting the colusa hachette river. he wouldn't show up to talk to them or answer their questions. he would not get out and talk to the people. .00 of them showed up he would not answer their questions. it is a pattern. [applause] >> go to factsforflorida.com and you will get the truth. $270 million of your tax money spent. charlie stopped it. if we had finished that reservoir, none of that water would have had to be discharged out of lake okeechobee. he was some time trying to restore the everglades but did nothing on the environment. [applause] >> florida has refused to accept $51 billion over 10 years to expand medicaid. hospitals want it, doctors want it, a lot of other people are asking for it since states found a way to accept it. florida had not. he did not push for it with the legislature. should we accept that medicaid money? do away with what some of the states have done. >> medicaid expansion means an awful lot

governor rick scott? we have been told that governor scott will not be participating in this debate. now, let me explain what this is all about. governor crist has asked to have a fan, a small fan placed underneath his podium. the rules of the debate that i was shown by the scott campaign say that there should be no fan. somehow there is a fan there, and for that reason, ladies and gentlemen, i am being told that governor scott will not join us for this debate. ladies and gentlemen -- ladies and gentlemen, this is a debate. rosemary goudreau, what can we say? >> this is a debate. so former governor charlie crist wants to have a fan under his podium for the debate. current governor rick scott says that's not in the rules and he will not come out and debate as long as the other guy has a fan. rick scott would not take the stage. the rules said no fan, he said. no rick scott even though charlie crist said that's not against the rules. after about two minutes of this and the moderators having no idea what to d

i don't think that is fair for governor scott to try to impose my wife -- she's not running for anything. this is an election between you and me, rick. >> let's move on to an issue that is foremost among the minds of florida voters and that is jobs and the economy. governor crist, as you know, and governor scott reminds us quite often, more than 800,000 jobs were lost while you were governor. when that is raised, you say you were not responsible for the global economic meltdown that occurred during your term but florida did have the second highest job loss in the nation. are you saying you are not to blame for any of the jobs lost while you were governor? >> no, i don't think i was. and i'll tell you why. when i came into office, we were starting to experience a real estate meltdown in particular. we're in florida. we depend on real estate an awful lot in our state and i know the viewers watching tonight get that. and what rick scott doesn't get is the fact even though he talks about creating more than 600,000 jobs, i was not responsible for the global economic meltdown any more than rick was responsible for the national economic re

nd a lot of it is because it's rick scott. -- they hate rick scott and they want to win. so kind of one of the amazing stories of this year is that who was able to coast to the democratic nomination. he had a primary opponent but not a credible one and has the support and backing of everyone here. but what is interesting and is becoming an issue is that unlike other democrats in marginal states where the president's approval rating has taken a hit, those governors have tried to distance themselves from obama. on the health care law, on a lot of the unpopular stuff. charlie has actually gotten closer to obama. he's someone who want obama to campaign with him eevep though it probably wouldn't be that helpful for him politically but that's their mentality. and because he is trying to shore up the democratic base for voters like the caller he has kind of praised obamacare repeatedly said it's great and that helped him shore up the democratic base but now that might make the difference with the independent call we are heard from earlier. which is do you want an obama democrat

governor rick scott is really what you see on camera. is not a great public speaker and doesn't pretend to be. he say hey irk want to be about results. charlie crist is somebody who comes off every time you meet somebody, hey, great to meet you, you should leave feeling warm and fuzzy, does that come across tonight? tonight is a little bit different there's no studio audience, just those two candidates and hopefully comes through the cameras, that they can just say, here agencies actually what my points are, not how to get performance. >> a guy who maybe isn't interested enough in pleasing people, a guy too interested in pleasing people. i look forward to working with you. thank you, kept justice. >>> world news three teenage girls headed to syria, allegedly to fight for terrorist, what happened and how are these groups appealing to young american teens? that's coming you. >>> and two weeks before election day president obama is nowhere near democrats' top choi choice. why hasn't he gotten an invitation to go on the road, coming up next.

in 2012, can we remember florida had the worst voter lines thanks to rick scott. remember, according to the guy across the street here in new jersey, you have to have these guys in charge to have a goode election. however, this year, scott is in trouble. it explains why rick scott is starting to say stuff like this. >> we are going to win. if you have an absent ballot or know anybody that does, get them to vote today. go to early voting today. get everyone to vote. >> if you have a bat lot vote. >> today, what we are doing is getting the vote out. we are going to make sure if you have an absent ballot to vote. you can vote next door. go out and vote today. >> that is just a classic soundbyte there. did you see rick scott standing there saying go out to vote early. early voting is what it's about. christie is next to him about to throw up. wait, that's not really the plan. we don't want them to do that. settle down. i'm down here stumping for you. this is about power. this is about control of the legislative body. this is about the republicans, in a timely fashion o

rick scott has low approval ratings in florida, and john kasich was a hugely unpopular governor, and scott walker in wisconsin, a closely divided state. but the guy or gal in some cases isn't running away with it either. >> yeah, florida is always the anomaly because charlie crist is on the ballot there. so it's an anomaly as well. but when you look at them trying to go against john case kasich, he has come to the center. and the obamacare and the affordable care act is here to say. so it's hardtop find candidates to run against him. the democrats are shaking their heads in michigan against rick snyder, and similarly in nevada, brian sandoval who came? in 2010, they might have had a shot there. but sometimes that's what happens. you don't get the candidate you want. so you have to bring the other one toward you. and betty talked about as she said, hasn't pulled above 38%. mike misho, somebody who is known to people in maine. and saying, we're not going to do this anymore. and even though the numbers don't work out for us, we can come up with a candidate. >> laura washington, has the p

rick scott is fighting for the big utility companies in the private insurance companies. look at our is, charlie grew up with money. he never has had to in his entire ney life. charlie never had parents food orried about putting on the table or paying for health care. what i think about i ran for is that governor because i want the place where the every family, whatever the can live r zip code, the dream. your children should be able to get a good educations they can live the dream. if that is so, why does he not fight for the middle class consumers i meet with every pay higher utility bills and higher insurance and s. they go up higher higher every time i talk to them. i wanted to get property taxes reduced, and got it done. he is of the big companies. utility rates l, charlie and went down when i was governor. these things are simply not true. charlie, the only thing that you were home prices. you put the state at significant risk. >> thank you governor. >> we have not had a hurricane for eight years and your property insurance rates have roof. why is the that? rick sco

and that is the story with rick scott.the story of 2010, the story of the rise of the tea party, rick scott was running against a very establishment republican, in the primary, in 2010, and any other year, he would've lost that primary, but in the tea party uprising, wins it. >> and spent a ton of his own money which did not hurt. >> and ain any other year with his background, as it was, he nearly lost, but because the tide was so strong for the republicans in 2010, he wins by a fraction of a point in florida. and the question then becomes, okay, sometimes politicians will luck into victories because they're in the right place at the right time. is he going to take advantage of having the office, incumbency, the platform? the thing about rick scott, the momentum to this race to the extent there is any seems to be with charlie crist right now. this is closer. >> oh, absolutely. rick scott looked like tom corbett to me a year and a half ago. i thought, oh, this is corbett, the other sort of class 2010 person who got elected

snyder and rick scott in florida.l street journal editorial page writer aleash sh finley joins us with more. let's start with michigan, with snyder has passed right to work legislation and presided over a big jobs boom. >> that's right and done business tax reform, one of his first actions as governor with stream lined business tax code and eliminating most loopholes and tax codes and simplifying the code and broaden the base which he's being attacked for now. >> with so many growth particularly rebound compared to his predecessor, why is it a close race? >> partly because it is -- more democratic state. and also because he's being hammered for loving a tax on pension. basically equalizing the pensions and regular income. >> that was part of the tax reform and he's getting -- he's getting bashed by democrats because he didn't cut taxes enough? >> this is ironic. for increasing revenues. >> he still has a slight lead. >> definitely. >> let's move to wisconsin, where scott walker was ground zero for a huge fight over un

unfortunately, rick scott is not. i first off, charlie, you -- don't know my natural father and i lived in public housing. we struggled for money. i know what it is like to watch -- i watched my parents struggle. harlie, i didn't grope like you did. you grew up with plenty of money. you lost more jobs in any state but one. we had the second-highest increase in unemployment in the country. one million homes were float -- were foreclosed on. >> governor scott, four years ago, gubernatorial debates, you promised you would create 700,000 new jobs "on top of what's normal growth would be." economists expected that to be one million jobs. about 626,000 new jobs have been created, well short of your mark. the question is why aren't you meeting your own benchmark? ranran on a campaign -- i on a campaign. have 261,000 job openings right now. let's look at what normal growth was when i took office. double.rowth would be 11.1%.growth was 3.5% to no more growth under charlie. if you go back and look at what normal growth was, it

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i don't think it is fair for governor scott to try to impose my wife -- she is not running for anything. this is an election between you and me, rick. >> let's go to an issue that is foremost among mines -- jobs in the economy. governor chris, as you know, and governor scott reminds us quite often more than 800,000 jobs , were lost while you were governor. when that is raised you always , say that you are not responsible for the global economic meltdown that occurred during your term. but florida did have the second highest job loss in the nation. are you saying you are not to blame for any of the jobs lost? >> no, i don't think i was and i will tell you why. when i came into office we were starting to experience a real estate meltdown. we are in florida. we depend on real estate and awful lot. what rick scott doesn't get is the fact that even though he talks about creating more than 600,000 jobs, i was not responsible for the global economic meltdown anymore than rick was responsible for the national economic recovery. if you are somebody who flies around in a private jet and you live on a mansion, it is hard to understand what pe

, rick scott in florida.he wall street journal" editorial writer alicia findlay joins us with more. alicia, let's start with michigan where snyder has passed right to work legislation, presided over a big jobs boom. >> that's right. he's also done business tax reform which was one of his first actions as governor, streamline their business tax road, eliminating most loopholes in tax code, simplifying the code, broadening the base, which he is being attacked for. >> the rebound compared to his predecessor, jennifer granholm, why is it a close race? >> partly because it is a more democratic state, also because he's being hammered for loving attacks on pension. equalizing the tax stream and pension of regular income. >> that was part of the tax reform, and he is getting bashed by democrats because he didn't cut taxes enough? >> ironic. definitely getting bashed for increasing revenues. >> he still has a slight lead. >> definitely. >> let's move to wisconsin where scott walker, of course, was ground zero for the