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residence and even the governor has stepped in to demand answers but unfortunately for florida governor rick scott the story is now developing is one that shows he and his administration had completely ignored the calls for help coming from residents at that nursing home. elaine. for more on this story let's go to dan sol away dan tell us what what we know so far about these nursing home deaths following hurricane arma how did these people die. well mike the people died because they essentially cooked to death the transformer was knocked out from the hurricane so there was no power power in the air conditioning and because there was no generator excessive heat excessive temperatures subjected the residents of the nursing home to outrageous conditions they started dying and because no calls were made no nine one one calls were made essentially they were found dead in their beds by the time an accounting was made eight people were dead within the first day of the power being knocked out so because they didn't have generators to generate the substitute power the extreme temperatures couldn't be abate

basically ignored an emergency situation making non-emergent calls it best you know florida governor rick scott said recently i think is quote sums to the fact that more we learn about this the more concerning the tragedy is he's pretty on spot on this analysis but i think what's so interesting about this is we've learned that his office actually deleted voice mails from the victims that could have shed some light on what failed in this response tell us about what you know there. well what i know is that the governor and nationally said nobody called nobody made any calls whatsoever to the helpline and then the nursing home was able to prove through documentation that they had made phone calls to both the state helpline and the governor's cell phone well then the governor came back and admitted ok they made phone calls but these weren't the type of calls that you would expect like an emergency was going on there were serious medical needs to be attended to and the hospital in responding said that is not true they were exactly emergency calls not just from us but from people associated with us a

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como el huracÁn ricardo. >> el discurso que darÁ richard spencer en un evento de riesgo y por eso rick scottuardia nacional aunque no estarÁ en el campus estara lista en caso de intervenir, pero cientos de uniformados locales y otros estados sÍ vigilan de cerca el evento, algunos estudiantes hispanos aseguran que no se acercaran en donde hablarÁ spencer. >> estamos asustados nosotros no nos vamos a quedar adentro. >> mientras llamaron a ignorar el evento para no darle mÁs prioridad. >> yo pienso que estÁn exagerando no es algo muy grande en mÍ opiniÓn. >> ¿pero estÁs de acuerdo que venga alguien como Él? >>> no, por supuesto que no. >> si fuera por mÍ no estuviera aquÍ. >> las autoridades escolares piden a los estudiantes que sobre todo no respondan a los mensajes de odio, discriminaciÓn o racismo de los supremacista. >> negaron inicialmente el permiso a spencer pero tuvo que acceder cuando amenazÓ con demandar. 4 >>> los organizadores de la presentaciÓn de richard spencer estÁn complicando porque decidieron que entregarÁn los boletos una hora y media antes y solamente entregar a las persona

florida'sgovernor rick scott declared that state of emergency in august. -- rather declared the state of emergency in august spencer participated in a rally in virginia that led to deadly violence. . >> we're hoping this is going to be a non-event but prepared to respond. >> reporter: more than 500 law enforcement officers have been called in from across the state. >> haul our people, hail our victory. >> reporter: a show of force feuerstein this afternoon's event head lined by a white nationalist leader. >> what are you most worried about? >> public sa you've got the recipe for a lot to go wrong. . >> reporter: the public safety worry follows this deadly violence in charlottesville back in august. >> they threatened to sue and then the university's answer was yes. >> yes, why the change? >> we did know at that point we weren't going to permanently ban him. so if we could find a timean place where we could assure security we knew we would allow him at that point. >> the attorney representing spencer. >> hate speech is nonetheless protected by the constitution as long as it's the realm

earlier this week, governor rick scott issued a state of emergency for that county. that allows the immediate mobilization of law enforcement resources. more than 500 law men are expected to be on the campus tomorrow. the school will spend $600,000 on spencer. a figure the president calls unfair, but they felt compelled to opportunity to speak due to first amendment concerns. >>> it's 2017, so should all students be taught cursive in school? >>> an nfl player donates his entire salary to a worthy cause, and are clothes the solution for one of the world's worst littering problem? >>> well, they're smart, i'll tell you that. here's a look at the low temps tonight. a big rain and upper 30s -- 51 downtown. 42 in gaithersburg and 44 in bowie. no frost. we'll come back and talk about the weekend. we have our eyes on a >>> why don't we pick up our pencils and pens -- it was a topic of conversation in our editorial meeting -- she tried to practice her curser. >> i was trying to teach you how to make a [indiscernible] because some people have forgotten because they don't do i

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earlier rick scott issued -- 500 officers are expected to be on the campus.pend about 6 $600,000 on the event. theschool president says that unfair but felt compelled -- >>> today former president barack obama will try to get -- he's scheduled to campaign with the lieutenant governor tonight in richmond. last weekend hewas joined by former vice president joe biden. . >>> some famous people do use body doubles but the first lady is not one of them. >> however, when the rumor got started on social media on wednesday it took off. cnnvideo of president trump talking about iran last friday. thepost reads this is not the first lady. it led to theorys. people joining in defending the first lady and people making fun of the idea this was brought up. >> the bar is really low. >> that's a quick look at what's going on. . >>> an officer is lucky she wasn't killed and her colleagues are hunting for the hit and run driver who struck her. >> good morning. >> we're really ready for the weekend and thursday is getting us closer to that. we have alook at the forecast this mor

we asked governor rick scott about the allegations. >> no abuse is acceptable and so, you know, the goals to constantly hold people accountable. >> reporter: meanwhile kids like andrew are left to pick up the pieces. >> kind of traumatized me a little. i sure wish i never had to go through this. >> reporter: tammy leitner, nbc news, miami. >> we'll take a break here. >>> when we come back. how would you feel about delivery people being inside your home when you're not there? we'll tell you about amazon's next big idea to stop package thieves. >>> also thinking about visiting one of america's majestic national parks? why it could cost you a lot more. >>> we're back now with what could be the future of home deliveries. amazon says it's rolling out a new service in which drivers, with your permission and approval, virtually unlock your home leaving your packages inside when you're not there. the question is are you okay with that? let's find out more. nbc's miguel almaguer explains how it works. >> did you know now we deliver here? >> reporter: amazon calls this the future of home delivery.

administration's part has been pos tivment he had a good work ing relationship with the governors, rick scott and greg abbott, this again still seemed like it was not handled as well as the previous two. i think that's a fair comment and i think president trump is definitely feeling that as well one of the interesting things is that he kept emphasizing a in a positive t way. do you think the president, i don't know, maybe he doesn't get it because he also said, you know, they're not doing enough to help themselves or implied. they are the united states. the same as, you know, texas or bl florida. do you think there's a disquek or disconnect. the idea that people in puerto rico are american citizens that it is seen as removed and less politically vital. it looks like the mayor of san juan without out a tweet, not necessarily backtracked, but said she's happy, it seems the officials of administrations have an idea of what the obstacles have been. that's important for theoverall effort it seemed like bash after bash. there's lives at scaik here. th yourselves. you don't want a repeat of hurrican

. >>> florida governor rick scott has declared a state of emergency ahead of appearance by richard spencerncer is scheduled to speak at the university of florida on thursday. he was part of a deadly white supremacist rally in charlottesville in august. it allows local law enforcement and state agencies to provide extra security. >>> fortune magazine says several online retailers have stopped selling a anne frank costume. it featured a beret and satchel. they pulled the costume yesterday. it comes months after am son stopped selling the costume. >>> and china's first space lab will soon come crashing back to earth and nobody knows where it will hit. china says it's lost control of the 8-ton lab which was launched six years ago. most of it is expected to burn up during reentry in the next few months by scientists say some pieces weighing more than 200 pounds could crash into the surface. >>> still to come, cosmic firewor fireworks. astronomers detect a massive collision between two neutron stars. trust #1 doctor recommended dulcolax. use dulcolax tablets for gentle dependable relief. supposi

. >> florida governor rick scott is issuing state of emergency ahead after speaking engagement by a white nationalist at the university of florida. >> richard spencer's speech isn't until thursday, but protest haves already started there. dozens demonstrated yesterday to denounce the decision allowing spencer to speak. some plan to protest during the engagement, but not all. >> obligation to be here, because if not, who will stand up for my children and their children? >> i would not be anywhere near campus on thursday, i don't feel safe being here, so i'll lean on my other friends who will be there, but it is definitely your choice, but i definitely will be inside my house. >> only straight ers also want university of officials to allow them carry items like back packs, water bottles outside the speaking engagement those items are now on list of items banned during the demonstration. >> out west, good news in california. fire fight remembers finally making progress as they continue to battle those relentless wild fires, we've been telling but since last week. officials lifted some evacua

governor rick scott has declared a state of emergency for the county so that law enforcement gets theources that they need. spencer participated in that white nationalist rally in charlottesville, virginia which turned violent and where a counterprotester was killed in august. >> senators from both parties have agreed on a short term plan to stabilize health insurance markets. republican la march march -- lamar a center and patty murray worked out the. in a nod to republicans the deal would give states limited new flexibility to offer cheaper less generous health plans. the president seemed to endorse the plan and calling it a temporary fix. >> it's 5:47 and people in new york city thought they'd seen everything and then a bull went on the run through the streets of new york city. >> and also a college professor is still teaching students from his hospital bed despite a serious illness. >> ♪ >> a bull that ran loose in brooklyn is now being cared for at an animal sanctuary in north jersey. crews cornered the animal in a soccer field yesterday. it is unclear where the bull came from, w

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residents and even the governor has stepped in to demand answers but unfortunately for florida governor rick scott the story is now developing is one that shows he and his administration had completely ignored the calls for help coming from residents at that nursing home.

. >> florida governor rick scott has issued a state of emergency ahead of a scheduled speaking eventuniversity of florida. white nationalist richard spencer is that scheduled to speak at the university tomorrow. his previous speeches on college campuses has sparked protests including abburn and university of texas. >> new this morning, a professor at texas a & m university is quite the inspiration. he's still teaching despite being confined for treatment for leukemia. professor vaughn bryant has spent 30 days in isolation while undergoing treatment which includes daily blood transfusions. a microscope was the first thing he asked for when doctors told him about the isolation. >> they said no one had ever asked for a microscope before. they had to think about it for awhile. they thought it might contaminate my germ-free environment. >> bryant is not openly teaching -- only teaching 400 students he's continuing his research of 50 years analyzing honey from all over the world. bryant hopes to be back in the classroom by next week. >> very inspirational that man. 4:46. a bucks county pri

stuart: florida's governor with, rick scott, he's declared a state of emergency, i just think in oneof a speech by white nationalist richard spencer. he's scheduled to speak at the university of florida -- i think it is on thursday of this week. judge napolitano discussing that state of emergency to insure free speech in just a moment. >>> but first, we'll be joined by the former mayor of shiloh, israel, david rubin, on the president's decertification of the iran nuclear deal. should we be celebrating? >>> "forbes" out with its annual rich list are. four of the top five are techies. take a why would guess as to who they are. everybody knows -- >> yeah, yeah. stuart: we all know this. they're all americans, by the way. and we will be back. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> i'm nicole petallides with your fox business brief. well, amazon continues to expand its footprint in seat and across our nation -- in seattle and around our nation. the epicenter of retail there in seattle for 88 years, this historic structure, 300 pine street. it was the home to macy's. macy's out, amazon in. this is a very big deal. ob

we asked governor rick scott about the allegations. >> no abuse is accept and, and so, you know, thel is to hold people accountable. >> reporter: moan while, kids like andrew are left to pick up the pieces. >> kind of traumatized me a little. i wish i never had to go through that. >> reporter: tammy leitner, nbc news, miami. >> all right. we'll take a break here. when we come back, how would you feel about delivery people being inside your home when you're not there? we'll tell you about amazon's next big idea to stop package thieves. >>> also thinking about visiting one of america's majestic about visiting one of america's majestic national p when this bell rings... about visiting one of america's majestic national p ...it starts a chain reaction... ...that's heard throughout the connected business world. at&t network security helps protect business, from the largest financial markets to the smallest transactions, by sensing cyber-attacks in near real time and automatically deploying countermeasures. keeping the world of business connected and protected. that's the power of and. adv

speaking on campus more than five hundred police officers patrolled campus as florida's governor rick scott declared a state of emergency in preparation for the event or. as the story tonight a reported six hundred thousand dollars was reportedly spent to provide extra security and logistics for richard spencer his visit officials say it was the largest police presence the university of florida in gainesville has ever experienced outside the speech of the new law enforcement sectioned off one area for supporters and other and another area for anti spencer protesters that extensive list of items including torture is masks weapons and athletico quitman were banned from campus spencer is the president of the national policy institute and all right white supremacist movement that advocates for a white state his organization paid ten thousand dollars to rent out a private auditoriums at the university of florida for his speech now during a q. and a session with the media spencer ranted about peaceful ethnic cleansing and white nationalism before justify his divisive and offensive language as a n

speaking on campus more than five hundred police officers patrolled campus as florida's governor rick scott declared a state of emergency in preparation for the event or. has the story tonight a reported six hundred thousand dollars was reportedly spent to provide extra security and logistics for richard spencer his visit officials say it was the largest police presence the university of florida in gainesville has ever experienced outside the speech venue law enforcement sectioned off one area for supporters and other and another area for anti spencer protesters that extensive list of items including torches masks weapons and athletic acquit meant were banned from campus spencer is the president of the national policy institute and all right white supremacy movement that advocates for a white state his organization paid ten thousand dollars to rent out a private order torrie him at the university of florida for his speech now during a q. and a session with the media spencer ranted about peaceful ethnic cleansing and white nationalism before justify his divisive and offensive language as a n

rick scott has artie declared a state of emergency. here, howardw university students say the school didn't alert them quickly enough about an active shooter scare on campus. turns out reports of a threat were unfounded but they said they didn't get an alert until more than 30 minutes after police responded. >> it could have been done sooner. just a warning. i feel like safety is important. >> they probably sent out five messages to the campus and they were doing the best they could with the limited information they had. larry: classes were canceled with homecoming festivities remit -- resumed last night. two confederate monuments hit by vandals this morning. the word racist w davis statue in richmond. monday, another confederate memorial was painted with the words better luck never. considerations to remove the monuments are ongoing. larry: crowds gathered in kentucky to watch two confederate statues come down. put into private storage prefer they will eventually end up in the lexington cemetery. autria: metro says that they are prepa

the university of florida saying he was shocked and surprised by what freedom of speech entails, rick scottho felt emboldened to come out and protest for not having classes thursday. quite honestly i think we are all adults and we can decide what is and is not hate speech for ourselves. rob: richard spencer is an extreme example but even conservative speakers, and attempt to silence them on campus. that gets really hairy because i can understand not wanting to hear somebody speak about white supremacy, that makes sense to me even though i believe in the right to free speech but to silence a conservative speaker what do you say to people who want to do that? >> it reminds me, i brought ben schapiro to campus in spring and many of the same people calling for richard spencer were calling for ben schapiro to not speak on campus. they couldn't be polar opposites but sometimes doing the right thing isn't the easiest thing and it is easy to say he has terrible views doesn't have the same rights as us but at what point do we draw the line in the sand where the administration can't decide who can or

money spent on extra security, protests already taking place the events prompting florida governor rick scottclare a state of emergency. that means the florida national guard is on standby, spencer called scott's move overkill. mandalay bay security guard jesus campus finally breaking his silence but we still have no answers on the confusing timeline in the las vegas massacre. ellen degenerate hosting campus on her show but only asking about what happens, not when. >> as i was walking down i heard rapidfire. i went to lift might a leg up and saw the blood, that is when i called it in on the radio that shots had been fired. >> mike stein sounding off calling the whole thing absurd. >> by intention or design, nothing is proceeding normally in this case. she manages to say you are a true hero because by getting shot in the leg you saved so many lives. that is not what happened. that was the old narrative. >> her interview with the only one he plans to do. speaking of a lot of questions remaining we are learning how hard the obama administration tried to cover up a bribery scheme with russia. the

governor rick scott making the call in alachua county prepping for the speech set for thursday.cer took part in the charlottesville virginia rally which ended do with the death of a young woman. jillian: bowe bergdahl admitting he is a deserter, pleading guilty to walking off his base before being captured by the taliban and. what punishment could he face for his crime? rob: former navy jagr officer, thanks for coming on this morning. we will jump right in here. he could potentially see life in prison. do you think he gets that? he spent 5 years in captivity already. >> he did and i don't think he gets anything close to that though it is legally possible. jillian: people are having a hard time, someone who for years has been saying this isn't true, i haven't done this, not quoting here but now he is pleading guilty. how is he going to handle this in court? >> yesterday he had his plea. in the military system you have to personally convinced the military judge that you are in fact guilty of what you are pleading to. if in fact he had his pleas to desertion accepted by the judge,

university of florida in gainsville he is clear in his sustain to other races they should be subject rick scott has declared a state of emergency ahead of event. >>> a colorado boy's questions about gun control got him kicked out of the cub scouts. lauri mayfield captured the discussion between the state senator vicky maribel and her son. she said she did help her son craft the questions, she asked the senator about controversial remarks regarding african-americans and fried chicken and poverty. >> she decide she ever made the comments. mayfield said her son was later kicked out of the den a few days after the meeting. but she said other dens have extended invitations for him to become part of their group. >> the fitness tip is next. shoshanna has the secret to firm up under arm flab. >> reporter: we have clouds showing up, it won't hang around long. sun will come up and evaporate most of it. looks like another sunny afternoon ahead. i'll have the 1 hour forecast coming up. >> reporter: in tech bytes retime tracking of yourself. you can share your location with friends and family in real time.

governor rick scott making the call in alachua county prepping for the speech which is set for thursdayspencer took part in the charlottesville virginia rally which ended in the death of a young woman. former quarterback colin kaepernick files a grievance accusing nfl owners of collusion and claims donald trump is the reason he doesn't have a job. >> it is very disrespectful when they take a knee during the national anthem. the people of our country are very angry at the nfl, look at their ratings, you will see empty seats where you never saw before. heather: does call in her neck -- doesn't consult one have a case? what do you think? does he have a case for collusion, colin kaepernick? >> absolutely not. in the grievance they cite no specific evidence, that they have it at all. it cites directives from the owners that they agreed not to hire him. and then he says it is statistically impossible for him not to have a job which i find ridiculous as an attorney, that is the platform they are standing on. humans are hiring humans and if he's considered liability to the team no one would hir

why governor rick scott thinks the national guard may be necessary to keep the peace. >> it generates this feeling of uneasiness. it could get dangerous. i'll stay in my room. classes are canceled. i'll stay, be safe. >> sandra: the university of florida calling in county, state and federal officers ahead of a speech today by white nationalist leader richard spencer. the event prompting florida governor rick scott to declare a state of emergency. >> i believe in the first amendment rights that people have. i do expect people to be safe. >> sandra: let's bring in a reporter for fox news, headlines 24/7. good to see you. what a story. originally the university said you aren't welcome here. they had to change their mind and now they're bracing for his arrival and the speech itself. >> with a state of emergency which is unprecedented. it sounds dramatic but the governor enacted that to allow a swifter flow of deployment of officers from other towns. also to put the state in control of policing. now the reason this is all happening is directly related to charlottesville. that changed the g

. >> governor rick scott declared a state of emergency following request from the local law enforcement. the university also ramped up security spending estimated $600,000 on the safety precautions. >> we are taking the tuition and investing it in security because of this. >> all move to hope to avoid the deadly event unfolding in charlottesville in august. >> a woman was killed a a dozen injured when a car plowed through group of counter protesters demonstrating against the white national lists rallies. some refused to host spencer out of security concerns. in august, the university of florida declined spencer's request to speak to the threat of violence but allowed today's event stressing the school's commitment to free speech. >> i think in reality, his words have no value. this is prompting a great discussion around race and religion and the value of the diversity of that on the university campus. alison: well, new at 5:00, today, taliban killed at least 58 afghan security forces in a wave of attacks overnight. one assault involving suicide car bombs nearly wiped out an it set off h

being spent on extra security where protests are already taking place, prompting florida governor rick scottare a state of emergency, the florida national guard is on standby for this. spencer calls scott's move overkill. a live report from the university of florida later in this hour. >> he has been out of office 10 months but barack obama is about to return to the campaign trail in newark, new jersey to stump for democrat gubernatorial candidate murphy. the former president will head to a rally in richmond, virginia for democratic candidate for governor. rob: switching to football. we talk a lot about football lately and it is halfway through the season. jillian: but nothing to do with what is being done on the field. yesterday meetings continued in new york, annual meetings and players were involved. interesting because a lot of people were hoping to hear something change, something good from these meetings but that is not the case. listen to what roger goodell had to say. everyone should stand for the and some but they are focusing their attention elsewhere. >> everyone should stand for

. >> sean: rick scott. >> president trump: has done a great job.hose are the people that frankly -- the people that had the intelligence to elect them should really benefit. that's what we are doing. we are creating an incentive. the tax cut is massive. we are bringing it down to 20%. 12%. for individuals. we are bringing it down to zero in some cases. anything below $24,000, it's zero. as i just said, it is the biggest tax cut in the history of our country. it's going to spur growth and keep our companies here. our companies are leaving because the taxes is so high. >> sean: a big part of it you've already done. if you've ended a lot of the obama era regulations. especially in energy and coal. you have a very strong commitment, you recently went forward with and more. you put in opportunities for fracking, the coal mining industry. we have an opportunity to be energy independent. there seems to be millions of high paying career jobs if that decision is made. how big a part of that goes with economic recovery? >> president trump: scott pruitt, the

florida governor rick scott hosted a press conference to call for visitors to return. tourism was shut down after hurricane irma slammed the area september ten. record-setting day across the board on wall street. dow rose 20. s&p 500 and nasdaq were both up up 3. after months of investigating, senate intelligence leaders say there is still no clear evidence of collusion between the trump campaign and russia. but they say there is little doubt russia tried to meddle with our election. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge has been watching. joins us with an update. >> after nine months, and more than 100 witness interviews, the senate intelligence committee leadership offered no evidence of coordination between the trump campaign and russia, telling reporters there's more work ahead. >> the issue of collusion is still open. we continue to investigate both intelligence and witnesses and we are not in a position where we will come to any type of temporary finding on that until we have completed the process. >> the next phase will include public hearings. inv

florida governor rick scott declares a state of emergency in advance of thursday speech by white nationalist richard spencer at the university of florida. governor scott warning in an executive order monday that a threat of potential emergencies in it. the order allows local law enforcement authorities to partner with state and other agencies to provide security. live look at new york from our affiliate fox 5 looking at times square. talks between the nfl owners and players association over player protests. the league has been criticized over allowing players to kneel during the national anthem to bring attention to what they consider racial injustice. a player's union spokesman called today's session productive. that's tonight's live look outside the beltway from "special report" ." we'll be right back to the white house. ♪ video-game dance music [burke] abstract accident. seen it. covered it. we know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two. ♪ we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪ >> bret: welcome back to the white house. fbi releasing documents confirming that then fbi dir

florida governor rick scott declared a state of emergency earlier this week in advance of spencer's speech. >>> the relief commissioner says players should stand when the national anthem is played before games and also responded with questions about why the nfl declined to change policy to require that they do so. nbc has more. >> we believe the players should stand for the national anthem. >> nfl commissioner roger goodell explained why the lead is encouraging, but not demanding the players stand for the national anthem. >> what we try to do is deal with the underlying and shall try to understand what they're protesting and address that matter. he has not talked about the efforts to bring attention to issues with president trump who has kept the controversy in the spotlight with tweets and comments. the president tweeted again, too much talk, not enough action. stand for the national anthem. >> we're not looking to get into politics. what we're looking to do is continue to give people focus on football. >> the league's goal is to give the number of players protesting to zero. beyond conti

governor rick scott telling me, his office that 60,000 people from port rico have come to the sunshine state just in the last two weeks. they've set up two welcome centers here. you can see behind me there at least six to seven families seeking help here. every single area you can imagine. this center hasn't even opened. it opened at 10:00 in the morning. that just expresses the need that the orlando area is going to start to feel now. i'm here, let me just find a county commissioner. can you tell us the impact that this influx, this wave of evacuees, is having on the community here? >> well, first of all, this is our response to the impact, that we knew we were going to receive. because we have a population already that is heavily hispanic. a lot of puerto ricans. we're expecting impacts especially on our housing system. so right now a lot of the people arriving, if you speak to some of the people, are staying with family members. i have a lot of families that are doubled and tripled up. if they choose to stay here in osceloa county as their home, they're going to want a house or home

security ramping up as governor rick scott declaring a state of emergency for the event.ble for organizing alt-right rally in charlottesville. from gainesville, fox news's phil keating. i heard half a million dollars for all of this? reporter: half a million dollars. 500,000 plus. the reason the university has to swallow that, not the national policy institute and white national it richard spencer who is one that wanted to give a speech here today, the previously ruled that, obviously, when they see live tv camera. you can not burden a speech with financial costs. otherwise, would end up being censorship because people couldn't afford to get the message out there. so right now the speech is ended. richard spencer tweeted out, he has in fact left the campus. he is out of here. but these are hundreds and hundreds of people here, who are counterdemonstrators, counterdemonstrators. counterdemonstrators here and in fact they far outnumbered the alt-right, white national it supporters that came out here to watch the speech and take part in q&a. leave me alone, man. leave me alo

florida governor rick scott has declared a state of emergency, allowing law enforcement to partner with other agencies. phil keating is reporting live from gainesville, florida. phil? >> reporter: harris, the crowds have shown up here. about 500 people here. university of president ken fox wants his campus to be a bastian for the open market place of ideas. that is certainly abundant today. tickets holders for this vent, 2:30 to 4:30 event are starting to pile into the center behind me. outside, these are the hundreds of counter demonstrator, people who are demanding the university not even allow him to speak. university first denied spencer the opportunity to speak on campus. that was right after charlottesville. that's when spencer and his national policy institute threatened a first amendment free speech lawsuit. since this is a state funded institution, the university quickly realized it would lose that case in court. so here we are today. the speech just moments from starting here. the crowd outside has been peaceful. the signs are abundant. basically are the anti-nazi, an fascist

in florida, governor rick scott has declared a state of emergency in alachua county ahead of today's scheduled speech by white supremacist richard spencer at the university of florida in gainesville. thousands of people are expected to attend protests aimed at preventing spencer from speaking this afternoon. richard spencer was one of the headline speakers during the white supremacist rally in charlottesville, virginia, in august where the white nationalists and neo-nazis killed one anti-racist protester and injured dozens more. in b britain, government figures show hatate crimes have surged o record-high levels over the last year, with more than 80,000 hate crimes reported between march 2016 and march 2017. the researchers said the increase in hate c crimes was fueled b by the brexit v vote to leleave the european union, as well as the terrorist attacks in london and manchester. ababout 80% of the a attacks wee racially motivated. in the west african nation of togo, soldiers shot dead at least four protesters wednesdady during the latest round of mass protests demandiding an end to

tropics are heating up again new we are keeping an eye on tropical storm nate, florida governor rick scott says his state will be ready if nate head their way. >> as we find out where this storm is going, then i'll work with the white house to make sure that fema provides everything that they can provide. >> nate is causing flash flood and mud slide in honduras today and it is expect to gain strength. meteorologist kate bilo is tracking nate as well. so where does it look like storm is heading next. >> it will head through central america and up toward yucatan peninsula right around cancun passing right over the tip of the yucatan peninsula and heading in the gulf of mexico. any areas along the gulf will to have watch progression of nate. here's where storm is right now, right over honduras, eastern central america. there is an area have on disturbed weather over south florida and down toward cuba lifting to the north and we will eventually get in on this tropical moisture, thinks all, pushing northward, lets look at stats from nate. it is currently a tropical storm, winds sustained at 40

florida governor rick scott has declared a state of emergency on monday morning the threat of potentialnent. you may recall violent clashes broke out during a white nationalist rally and start charlottesville, virginia, back in august. one person, one woman, died. we are are keeping updates on . fox news alert now, republicans taking a key step today to get tax reform done. they are voting on the budget. aiming for final passage by tomorrow. the g.o.p. has to get it done to

. >> even in florida, he started talking about rick scott's senate race.fortable in these moments. >> a lot of journalists have said for years, they couldn't wait until they had an unscripted president. so you guys should be thrilled. >> we like unscripted. we don't like his staff that gets up in front of him. >> another issue -- >> do you see it as a missed opportunity some. >> well, i think, of course i think it is a missed opportunity. i think he's given high marks for how he handled florida and texas and high marks on the virgin islands. hurricane recovery doesn't happen in two days or two weeks. >> here's the problem for me with puerto rico and how it is a missed opportunity. when you talk to puerto ricans and people of latino descent, the way the people talked about puerto rico as if they were not citizens, it is an othering. it is a continuation of the othering narrative. we can debate that. but we certainly understand that there's a narrative about this president about, division and othering and this doubled down and reinforced the othering debate.