rick scott was in a battle with bill nelson, very popular senator.he day before the election outside the margin of error, the polling showed that bill nelson was going to win. rick scott won by 10,000 votes and it went to a mandatory recount. it's hard to come up with a bright line because it's a big state and it tends to be so close. >> on election night, will we know who won the state of florida? >> i think so, by the way, i think this is really important. there's a lot of discussion in the country going on right now about will we know who the president is going to be on election night. part of that conversation, of course, is because of mail-in ballots, a large number due to covid-19, because of a lot of absentees, a lot of mail-in ballots coming in. and because of that counting, there's concern that we won't know on election night and it could go on for a long, long time. in florida i believe you will know the results by midnight. there's a well developed system here, in part as the result of what happened in 2000 and you can begin counting the b

rick scott was in a battle with bill nelson, a popular democratic senator. the day before the election bill win.n was going to instead, rick scott one by 10,000 votes over 8 million cast that went to a mandatory manual recount. in florida it is hard to come up with one litmus test, because it is such a big state, is so diverse, and tends to be so close. host: on election night will we know who won the state of florida? guest: i think so. there is a lot of discussion in the country about, will we know who the president is going to be on election night? part of that conversation is because of mail in ballots. a lot of absentee and mail-in ballots in the state of florida, too. i will talk about why it is different in florida. because of that counting, there is concern we won't know on election night and it could go on for a long time. in florida, i believe you will know the results by midnight. there is a well-developed system here as part of the result of happened in 2000 and reforms that took place. in florida, you can begin processing and counting the votes

want to bring in florida republican senator, rick scott. senator scott, thanks for taking the time.h mitt romney on board, it is less of a drama about whether or not the process can go on. now everyone is focused on who the potential pick may be. you have someone you're leaning towards yourself? >> imputing toe sigh who president trump -- i'm excited to see who president trump's pick is. i talked to him on monday. brought up a judge from 11th circuit on florida, judge lagoa. she would be the first female cuban-american on the supreme court, first floridian on the supreme court. she has a long track record. there are a lot of good picks. amy barrett is a good choice. whoever he picks, let's go through the judiciary process, let's do the vote. i want to do before the election day, if there is any issues coming up before the election i would like to have nine justices on the supreme court. we'll do it in a responsible manner. hopefully we'll get a confirmation done by election day. charles: over the past weekend there was a lot of sabre-rattling, some really ugly threats made by your c

florida senators marco rubio and rick scott have worked so hard, as well as south carolina senator lindsey graham, ken -- tim scott, lindsay liked the idea from the beginning. it took you about two seconds to say you liked it. governor of south carolina, a great man, henry mcmaster. thank thet to governor of georgia, brian kemp, doing a fantastic job. from day one who has been with me, senator david perdue, georgia. and congressman doug collins and south carolina state representative nancy may, i want to thank you all. incredible. administration's pro-american energy policies, we and the next step step remaining the number one producer of oil and natural gas in the world, we are the largest producer in the world by far, and we are energy independent, which is nice. shaleracking, the revolution, and the tremendous surge in american energy production, we are showing we can create jobs, safeguard the environment, and keep energy prices low for america and for our citizens. you see that. you also see when you pump the and payingur car sometimes a lot less than two dollars. right? we are doing

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good time to bring in senator rick scott.a big difference in the swing state of florida? >> well, first off, every vote's important in florida. i mean, i've had three statewide elections, and they're very close. so you have to work very hard to get all the votes. the problem that bloomberg has is that money's not going to buy this election. if money bought elections, then michael bloomberg would be the democrat nominee. so if you look at floridians do not want joe biden, so bloomberg's trying to sell a bad candidate. think of how many people have come to florida because they're sick and tired of taxes in other states, so joe biden's big tax increase is not going to go over well. he apiewzs communist -- appeases communist dictators. we want to hold, we want to do hold xi, hold the castro regime and maduro accountable. on top of that, the democrat party has become the anti-police party, and in florida we're at a 49-year low in our crime rate, and we love our police, our sheriffs and police departments. the denial contract ares

she was appointed by governor rick scott in 2013 and was reelected without opposition in 2014. during her time as a circuit court judge, secretary lee provided -- senator leah presided in the appellate division. she also worked in private practice and as a federal judicial law clerk. secretary lee received her bachelor's degree and her juris doctor degree from the university of florida. she was inducted into the university of florida hall of fame in 1999. i am privileged to introduce secretary lee today because she served as a judge on the bench where i sit and she was my suite mate for two years. i knew when she got appointed to be secretary of state that it was going to be a great loss to our bench in hillsboro county. i also knew it was for the greater good because it was going to be such a huge benefit to all the citizens of the state of florida. it is my great privilege to welcome secretary of state laurel lee. sec. lee: thank you for the kind introduction. i also want to thank elliott and morgan for inviting me to be here today. as judge gabbard mentioned, this is not onl

rick scott joining me on swing state voting. all remembering september 11th, i will be speaking with major giuliani and in the 8:00 a.m. hour former new york stock exchange ceo dick grasso will join me as we look back as the country changed forever. you're watching mornings with maria live on fox business. ♪ ♪ maria: welcome back, the battle for michigan is on. president trump making campaign stop in battleground state last night touting his record on job creation. he took a jab at his democratic rival joe biden as well. watch. >> joe biden devoted his career to offshoring michigan's jobs but we've changed it around. we have a very much different party than 4 years ago. we are the party of the workers. we will grow american jobs and wages. we will rapidly return to full employment soaring incomes and record prosperity. maria: meanwhile biden unveiled made in america plan in michigan earlier in the week. joining me right now trump presidential campaign rip kill -- principal communication director, erin. do you think the president

rick scott was in a battle with bill nelson, a popular democratic senator.he day before the election bill win.n was going to instead, rick scott one by 10,000 votes over 8 million cast that went to a mandatory manual recount. in florida it is hard to come up with one litmus test, because it is such a big state, is so diverse, and tends to be so close. host: on election night will we know who won the state of florida? guest: i think so. there is a lot of discussion in the country about, will we know who the president is going to be on election night? part of that conversation is because of mail in ballots. a lot of absentee and mail-in ballots in the state of florida, too. i will talk about why it is different in florida. because of that counting, there is concern we won't know on election night and it could go on for a long time. in florida, i believe you will know the results by midnight. there is a well-developed system here as part of the result of happened in 2000 and reforms that took place. in florida, you can begin processing and counting the votes as

senator rick scott, florida republican joins us now. do you believe that tie?ld on, senator. a lot of republicans come on the show say, come on, the polls don't really show the full true picture. what say you? >> my experience, my three elections and trump's election in 2016 the polls generally say republicans are going to lose, we keep winning in florida. here is why trump is going to win florida. first off, think how many people moving to florida because of taxes. joe biden is proposing the biggest tax increase in the history of the country at the worst time. that is going to go well. think about the hispanic vote. joe biden appeased with obama the castro regime. that will not go over well. we all care about jobs. joe biden clearly not known for creating jobs. trump will have a big win. he is doing really well. there is a lot of energy in florida. if you go around florida, there are trump signs everywhere. there are no biden signs anywhere. stuart: what would you say if the democrats force a reversal of the salt deduction so that people could get a full deduc

pandemic the motion is not agreed to failed to advance in the senate florida republican senator rick scott says he isn't giving up hope going to keep working scott says he supported the targeted package that addressed unemployment insurance small business loans and education funding scott admits the gop bill doesn't address every idea. >>but it helps those in immediate need this bill better than what we started and didn't foresee the democrats don't care republicans are blaming democrats for holding up the relief but democrats say there isn't enough in the gop relief bill to begin with. let's not have the skinny we have a massive problem house speaker democrat nancy pelosi hit senate republicans for not taking up the 3 trillion dollar heroes act that passed the house for months ago. republicans have said it was too costly we need every penny. an order to stop this among the things left out of the gop bill money for state and local governments and the second round of stimulus checks. they're not in this package, but i support a $1200 the stimulus check south carolina republican senator lind

> feshls were directed to stop using the term climate change in official communications between rick scott2019. scott now a united states senator said he is not convinced climate change caused by human activity. >> mr. trump right through the ranks. >> while the oyster crop was -- >> climate change, i don't think -- i think it's oil field. >> a lot of people have said to me that one of the reasons that the bay has become nonproductive is because of the bp oil spill. >> if you look at the maps of that oil spill and the distribution of where they think it might have develop, it didn't reach apalachicola bay. >> atlanta has been sucking up a lot of the water and they don't release the water they used to. >> because they're utilizing all that water upstream we're not getting as much water anymore. >> we did studies on the amount of water that was coming out from georgia. it was nothing compared to the stopping of the rain. >> right. >> scientists have done the work on climate change and there's absolutely no doubt it's happening. it's so weird that people will fall for the lies that are taking

in 2018 and the senatorial vote, rick scott edged out mel nelson by a percentage point. the governor's race in 2018 as well area tight. ron desantis twinning. and your own race was a 50/50 split practically between you and matt caldwell. what are democrats doing differently on the ground in florida. guest: all elections in the state of florida are very narrow margin. have done this year differently. we are more organized. we understand it has to be not only getting out the votes protecting the votes. we spent a lot of time the last year and a half. and getting a message to not just democrats but independence and modern republicans. we took our shot last time with trump. we made a mistake. he was not ready to be president. he has not stood up and became a leader during covid. we have a message about a plan for the future of our country to make sure that we are not just focusing on the top 1% or's. in ourreally investing small businesses, cities and communities. the joehe message of biden kamala harris ticket. we are taking the message to not just democrats but independenc

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when you go to broward county like i did in 018 for the -- 2018 in the recount for rick scott and youor put in 2,000 unvalid ballots. once they go in, they're like a needle in a haystack, you can't find them. democrats are creating opportunity after opportunity for fraud, and it is very, very hard to catch with this mass influx of mail-in ballots. lou: republicans are in court all over the country trying to stop this obvious effort to rig an election and create as many ballots and votes as they possibly can. this is outrageous. give us a sense of how well you're doing legally to stop this, how well you're doing in terms of organization to try to at least mute the impact of what is an obvious effort to distort the outcome of the election. >> so there's two efforts, one we're in lawsuits all across the country, lou, over 40. but what we are seeing with democrats is dark money pays a law firm to go in and file a suit like in nevada, and then the democrat legislature and the governor say, oh, you know what? you don't even have to sue us, we'll just change the law. that's what they did in

> reporter: what they're specifically talking about is senate bill 386 being blocked by senator rick scottrgus there should be more scrutiny before they get, what they call a major overhall. >> a violent attack. tonight we'll show you what our cameras happen to catch during our investigation into bart. all this week we're sharing clips from our new season of derailed that examines how bart is coping with covid. a covid crisis and a racial reckoning. they have a preview of chapter four of "derailed." >> it's about 5:00 in the morning and we're going to head back on bart. is already lining up here at the embarcadero station in san francisco. there are about 20 bart police officers and inspectors for this one station and this morning they're getting on every train to check which riders have paid and those that haven't. those without a ticket are told to leave. this is known as broken windows policing. the idea is if you impose minor offenses, the police presence will help prevent more serious crime. they've been doing this for about a year now. we watched officers check for tick tsz all morni

martha mexicali from arizona said go ahead and fill the seat, rick scott from florida said not have a vacancy going on for a prolonged period of time and lisa murkowski from alaska, swing vote in the senate indicated they should wait until after the election. the most important statement came from mitch mcconnell who says they should go ahead and fill the seat that is in opposition to what happens when and tone and scalia died in 2016 when merrick garland was nominated by president obama and they held on, never got hearing in the senate. >> if you are asking me a hypothetical, a member of the supreme court, vacancy that created this year. we would fill it. >> contrast that to what mitch mcconnell said four years ago. listen. >> the next justice could alter the direction of the supreme court and have a profound impact on our country so of course the american people should have a say in the court's direction. >> a couple of hours after antonin scalia died in 2016 mitch mcconnell made the decision not to entertain any nominee barack obama put forth in this is why diane feinstein on the j

marco rubio and rick scott are proposing a bill to postpone it to november of 2021.now what? i like this idea. i'm going to say i like it even more than they do, greg. i think -- look, stick with stay light savings time, stick with standard time. stop the back and forth. one of the reasons they offer it, at the time of the coronavirus, just creating more stress for us all. it does that even in good times. >> greg: dana, what do you think? >> dana: well, as somebody that loves to go to bed very early, i always look forward to falling back because then you can go to bed at 9:00 and it feels like 10:00. nobody can blame you. only lasts a week though. i don't think they should do it for 2021. let's just do >> greg: yeah. >> dana: forever. >> greg: i think we should move -- emily, we should move the time up by 12 hours, so add midnight, it would be as bright as lunch time and we're working, done by 6:00 a.m., can means we can all go home for breakfast. >> emily: that's like alaska. daylight all the time. i just have to say, this legislation reappears twice a year. i don't

. >> but under crist's successor, republican governor rick scott, that flood became a trickle. >> numbere. >> a parade of returning citizens would travel to the state capital to petition for the return of their voting rights. >> i commend you for what you've done to turn your life around, but at this point i'm going to deny your restoration of civil rite rights. >> according to analysis conducted by the "palm beach post," governor scott restored voting rights to three times as many white men than african-american men. >> can i ask you a question? >> yes, sir. >> how long is that? >> i'm not sure. you know, it -- i think every case is different. >> in this case leon gillis iii, a community leader who founded a halfway house for other returning citizens, never did have his voting rights restored before he died just a few years ago. >> in eight total years i believe less than 5,000 people were able to have their rights restored. >> roughly 40 times the number of floridians saw their voting rights restored during governor charlie crist's four years in office. >> there is no way that politici

usaa lou: breaking news now, senator rick scott blocking senator mike lee's effort to increase the numbersas and workers coming boo this country -- into this country. china joe biden's running mate, kamala harris -- one of the original cosponsors of mike lee's bill and several rino cosponsors as well including, if you'd like to i write these names down, susan collins, rob portman, james lankford, mitt romney, john cornyn, joni earnest and lisa murkowski. you might say some of the usual suspects. joining us tonight, dr. michael pistol burr arely, director of the center for chinese strategy a at the hudson institute. mike, talking with the secretary of state earlier, he is obviously very concerned about the threat in the south china sea and the threat in this country whether it be the theft of intellectual property, the continued espionage of university students in our colleges and universities. first, your reaction to now the news that china has the biggest navy in the world, and last year in the same report it was just the biggest navy in the asia-pacific region? >> lou, i think what we'r

abc 7 news reporter rick scott is in washington with the very latest on the campaign trail. >> reporter: overnight president trump packing in events on the campaign trail in virginia. >> now they're talking about tens of millions of these fake ballots going all over the place. who's sending them, who'd sending them back? >> reporter: and georgia once again pushing back baseless claims that mail-in voting leads to widespread fraud. >> we may end up in a dispute for a long time because that's the way they want it, but we're going to end up winning for sure. >> reporter: but a day earlier his hand picked director said there's no evidence to support that claim. >> we've not seen historically any kind of coordinated national voter fraud in an election whether by mail or otherwise. >> reporter: and in a rare move the white house chief of staff fired back. >> well, with all due respect to director wray he has a hard time finding e-mails in his own fbi let alone figuring whether there's any kind of voter fraud. perhaps he needs to get involved on the ground and he would change his testimony on

>if you're not a spent the right way you should they will keep these dollars republican senator rick scott says there is pending legislation to give more money to auditors to ensure ppp loans are spent legally democrat senator mark warner says he supports that idea but says it has to be done right i also have some of the as well for the idea that if we put in. >>the restrictions it might have taken months to get this money out frankly indictments that we saw today are likely only the tip of the iceberg jim stratton of the project on government oversight, a watchdog group says he fears this may be just a fraction of the fraud is only a few months if we've seen 50 i cases. >>likely there are much more to be uncovered. >>those joker here reporting for us tonight and we have seen devastating wildfires this year and fire season. it's not even close to being over some lawmakers say climate change is to blame what solutions house speaker nancy pelosi has on the climate crisis that's next. >>the 3 major wildfires burning in the bay area causing plenty of damage loves a lot of folks without a home

rick scott, marco rubio, they work so hard, as well as lindsey graham and tim scott. thank you. he liked the idea right from the beginning. i said, what do you think? it took you two seconds to say, i like it. the governor of south carolina, henry mcmaster. i also want to thank the governor of georgia, brian is doing a fantastic job. and a southerner from day one, from day one he's been with me. senator kelly loeffler and congressman doug collins and south carolina state representative nancy mace, i want to thank you all. incredible. thanks to my administration pro-american energy policies, we can take this step and the next step while remaining the number one producer of oil and natural gas anywhere in the world. we are the largest producer and the world, by far, were number one and were energy independent which is nice. with fracking, the shale revolution and to the tremendous surge in american energy production, we are showing we can create jobs, safeguard the environment and keep energy prices low for america and low for our citizens. you also see when you pump the gas into

look back at rick scott's gubernatorial and senatorial runs, a historic amount of money scott was spending and now it's historical bloomberg is spending. the question whaush, what will message be? biden camp with bloomberg supports will not play the game on donald trump's field. not going to be about law and order and immigration and other issues trump wants to talk about. it's going to be personal. for the hispanic community, about access to affordable health care and for the entire state about donald trump's handling of the pandemic. your question with joel was right on. donald trump knew. he said to woodward he knew early that this was an airborne, an airborne virus. well, andrea, the entire state of florida and the country was running to buy hand sanitizers the first few months. we weren't told is was airborne and should wearing a masks until late spring. donald trump's inability to handle a crisis and that's the message you'll see bloomberg's money support in the state of florida. >> leave it there. david, victoria can and joel, thank you so much. >>> and breaking news now. tropical s

roger wicker of mississippi, josh hawley, rick scott, marco rubio, all of them have written letters to the president saying reject it. charlie: i know. just remember, those are folks that are at least, you know, have been consistent. what's odd about navarro in dodging this now is that, you know, this is his wheelhouse, right? this is an 80 mile an hour fastball down the middle of the plate that peter navarro should be going, you know, crazy and knocking it out of the park saying this is horrible, and the fact that he's not -- liz: he may be, charlie. he may be behind closed doors saying are you kidding me? this is a forced joint venture. charlie: i bet -- lisa: . liz: he said he had a meeting. charlie: let me make this point and you can cut me off. i bet he didn't want to answer your question about this. liz: i don't know. i think he wanted to answer it. i just think he's really in a bad position. maybe the president is going to back away from the red line on tiktok that he himself put together with these executive orders. charlie: liz, like i said, if a girl scout cookie had one ingr

>>and you know be you know be in worse for 4 decades, florida republican senator rick scott also supports drawdown and hopes more troops can return home from the middle east in the future >>in other countries will figure out how do i defend their democracy is on their own despite the support one national security expert here in washington says the drawdown comes with drawbacks any concerns that he's just doing this to sort of a campaign pledge bryant. a tool is with the center for american progress says removing forces can leave space for terrorist groups to move in the threat of isis and age. >>has actually researched a bit and in some withdraw actually continues this process of opening the door to iran khatallah says peace talks like what secretary of state mike pompeo is having with taliban leaders and afghan officials. >>is a better move in the long run pompeo is hopeful all troops can return from afghanistan. >>by spring 20 21 reporting in washington, i'm kelly meyer. >>overall california seeing a downward trend in the number of patients who are in the hospital right now with coronav

that is something that rick scott, the former governor of florida and now the senator from florida, ones been urging the white house to do. that is going to help. i agree, tom, that was the big story of the day. that poll which shows trump up in florida and arizona. the polls recently especially in arizona have not been good for the president. is that a shift in the race in that state and possibly in florida? possibly. but certainly as you mentioned it is a good sign for the trump campaign, that poll and in those two states. connell: right. they know they need it. you look at demographics, you mentioned or alluded to i think latino voters in florida which we can talk about a little bit. another kind of internal we pulled out in the poll which we thought was interesting, the president when you look at the white vote always does well with white voters who do not have college degree. when they break it down with white voters with college degree sometimes he doesn't, he didn't in arizona, florida he did, 54-44. that is a strong number. wonder what is resonating there. stronger than what sho

person in classroom instruction we all want to make sure that parents have a choice florida senator rick scott says every student should have the option of in person learning this fall, the main thing is that everything had to be done in a safe manner other lawmakers i talked to say many schools have already returned in person learning safely positive cases. >>0, 8, >>percent georgia congressman rick allen says the schools in his district should be an example to the rest of the nation of the right way to do back to school. >>the students are so happy to be back in school but fuller wants teachers families and students to stay vigilant this virus is still with us. >>and i don't think we can behave like it's not reporting in washington, i'm kelly meyer. happening today all children in oakland will be allowed to pick up meals from the oakland unified school district even if they do not go to school there 22 sites across the district will be open from 08:00am to 01:00pm. >>children up to 18 years-old can get 3 meals for each weekday and 2 mills for each you can find a full list of locations on our

>>you know be you know be in worse for 4 decades, florida republican senator rick scott also supportshe drawdown and hopes more troops can return home from the middle east in the future >>in other countries will figure out how do i defend their democracy is on their own despite the support one national security expert here in washington says the drawdown comes with drawbacks any concerns that he's just doing this to sort of a campaign pledge bryant. a tool is with the center for american progress says removing forces can leave space for terrorist groups to move in the threat of isis and age. >>has actually researched a bit and in some withdraw actually continues this process of opening the door to iran catalyst says peace talks like what secretary of state mike pompeo is having with taliban leaders and afghan officials. >>is a better move in the long run pompeo is hopeful all troops can return from afghanistan. >>by spring 20 21 reporting in washington, i'm kelly meyer. >>well at 8.41 we continue to monitor the bad air quality across the bay area, here's a live look at conditions as y

in one poll less than ten days from the election we also saw bill nelson ahead in polling over rick scott in 2016 also, hillary clinton was ahead in several polls in those final two weeks. we still got 49 days to go so there's still a lot of campaigning to go in florida, but no question, it is the battleground state prize and you're going to see both sides go for it aggressively >> and just to show the history here, the two democrats who actually won florida, the two times democrats won florida were barack obama and joe biden as his veep it was 51 to 48 and 48 to 49 hillary didn't she was at 48, trump was at 49 so the 50 feels somehow important but who knows. but let's talk about the hispanic vote specifically you do have a difference between what you found when you were polling in miami-dade, which is the key county for hispanic voters, just to be clear and this poll, this tiny monmouth poll that only had a hundred people in it what do you think is happening among particularly cuban american voters versus puerto rican american voters. >> joy, it's very simple donald trump is overperformi

pandemic the motion is not agreed to failed to advance in the senate florida republican senator rick scotthe isn't giving up hope to keep working scott says he supported the targeted package that addressed unemployment insurance small business loans and education funding scott admits the gop bill doesn't address every idea, but it helps those in immediate need this bill better than what we started. >>and veteran for she the democrats don't care republicans are blaming democrats for holding up the relief but democrats say there isn't enough in the gop relief bill to begin with. let's not have the skinny bill we have a massive problem house speaker democrat nancy pelosi hit senate republicans for not taking up the 3 trillion dollar heroes act. >>that passed the house for months ago. republicans have said it was too costly we need every penny. an order to stop this among the things left out of the gop bill money for state and local governments and the second round of stimulus checks. they're not in this package, but i support a $1200 the stimulus check south carolina republican senator lindse

won the 2018 governor's race by and 32,000 is also more than three times the margin that elected rick scotte senate that year. president trump beat hillary clinton by nearly 113,000 votes in 2016 in florida. stephanie ruhle has stuck around to talk about this development. tell us what you're hearing from mike bloomberg and his team this morning. >> this could be a game changer. in 2018, republicans and democrats in the state of florida voted to amend their constitutions. so former felons, unless convicted of murder or a felony sexual offense, would have their voting rights restored. the gop of that state later sabotaged the effort and they changed the rules adding another amendment that said if you haven't paid fines, fees or other restitution tied to your sentence, you couldn't vote. well, mike bloomberg's team have gotten together and said, hold on a second, you have 32,000 people in the state, black or brown, already registered to vote, we pay off those fines, they can vote. and what is bigger than that, 370,000 people who are eligible but not yet registered. you got to register in the s

florida senator rick scott joining me now.te, like orlando, dominated by puerto ricans. new e comment? >> sure. first off, i think it's too late for biden. trump's going to win florida, and here's the reason whew: hispanics want jobs. their just like -- they're just like our families, they want jobs and they want to be safe. joe biden's been around for a lock time. what's he ever done? the democratic party is a socialist party. hispanics are anti-socialism, and joe biden was part of the obama appeasement of castro and maduro, you know, did nothing to hold dictators accountable. that resonates with all the hispanics, and so it's too late. i don't care how much michael bloomberg tries to sell, it's a bad ad. what's he going to -- all he can do is lie about joe biden because he's soft on crime, doesn't care about jobs, soft on dictators. it count work in florida. stuart: we just reported that yesterday, monday, there were 1,736 new cases of the virus in florida, and that that's the lowest since june. i would have thought that mor

>> but has rick scott reached out to you?s? have they reached out to you, been respectful to you, tried to work with you? >> in the thankful for his leadership. he was an example in that moment of how even as a republican, you can do something about gun violence. we passed gun safety measures in florida three weeks later. sadly, he has moved on from that moment. sadly, he did not really talk about that moment in his history anymore, and everything he's done since then has led me to believe, and any other time he would never do it again. then there's rubio. listen, he's been useless on this issue, let's face it. >> yeah, let me ask you finally about jamie. when i talked to joe biden during the campaign, at a low point of the campaign, i think it was, when he wasn't doing well, i asked him why he ran, asked him about bo, whether he thought about bo when he was going out campaigning, and joe biden said that everything he did, he did because of bo's memory, that bo pushed him forward and what he said, as he started to tear up was

bush an idea, where rick scott really helped the president get it four years ago, so there is this bigys and the white house and that you're not helping the president enough in florida. how would you characterize it? >> typical false nonsense. i think that's being generated by people probably don't have my best interest at heart. i've raised the president more money by like 10 than any governor in the country. we've done a bunch of stuff in florida. i think he's had problems with the campaign some of the folks in florida but that obviously are things that i'm not included on. brian: well what's the problem? what is the problem that you saw that you weren't included in? >> well, you know, i would say we have an opportunity to really improve the performance in miami-dade county. the president's record has been strong down there. that was not a good county in 2016 at all. it was really a historic blowout he was still able to win, even with all of that, so we're able to go and close that gap there and then with all of the strength throughout the rest of the state i don't see how biden is a

i remember when rick scott was governor of florida and he was bragging about 300,000 new residents everyr. this translates, 1000 a day to a little more than that. why the pickup? why do you think it is picking up right now? >> well a couple of reasons for that. one is this coronavirus shutdown gave people a taste of life outside of the cities. people left the cities. they went elsewhere. obviously some went down to florida and elsewhere. they found places they wanted to live. that is one of the reasons, the other one is, when it comes to taxes it is all about what you get. are you getting what you're paying for? david: right. >> so many high-taxed places the answer increasingly is no. look at new york city, for example. people looking around, more trash on the street, more crime aviolence, more mayhem, why am i paying sky-high prices for this? the prices i'm paying i should get a safe experience and cleanliness i'm not getting that. places especially not northeast, people are getting out. the question for the residents of florida, do they want them there? what does it mean that many peop

repeat this, and i will do so after i yield my time now and get it back to my colleague, senator rick scott, from florida. the presiding officer: the senator from florida. mr. scott: first i want to thank my colleague, my friend from indiana, for his absolute commitment to try to make a positive impact on what's going on in washington. we both came up here at the same time, and i have enjoyed every day working with him. madam president, i had the opportunity to pursue the american dream. i got involved in politics because i saw that dream slipping away for far too many. every, every american should have their shot to live their version of the american dream. for me, i grew up poor. i never met my by logical father. my adoptive father was a bus driver with only a sixth grade education. we did all jumps with the 82nd airborne in world war ii. we lived in public housing. even though my mom had no money, she was optimistic and hopeful. she told us we were breasted because good and our founders created the greatest country everywhere anything was possible. unfortunately, the left has worked hard

of words between new york governor andrew cuomo and a former florida governor, florida senator rick scott three million more people than new york and yet new york governor andrew cuomo's budget is nearly double florida. >> what happened is i watched my budget and he didn't. so now we have around 23 million people in florida. his budget was less than 20 million people, is almost double florida's. so he can't live within his means. reporter: -- an election is 50 days away and it feels like both parties are in their respective corners. you may see the house try to pass some smaller items to give democrats something they can use back home when campaigning. david? david: that was an interesting conference. i saw art laffer and steve moore there. they were getting supply siders into the conversation. mike, great to see you. thank you very much. >>> well, as the u.s. job market tries to recover with at least 20 million initial jobless claims since the shutdowns began, indeed is launching a virtual hiring tour across the country which is free for job seekers and participating employers. indeed's

lost bloomberg is dumping a ton of money in the end of a statewide race in florida and that is rick scottessman. it works, but it takes a lot of money. there's a lot of media markets and you have to target a lot of voters in florida. it will be tough no matter what. maybe it is a $100 million expenditure from bloomberg that putting biden over the path. >> in florida we should say a must win for donald trump. joe biden is looking at the polls, and nbc's own map has paths. every week felt like 17 days long if that where do you think this stands at right now >> it is like a grind. maybe the pandemic happening simultaneously you know it is remarkable there is so much drama we have talked about it. and yet the race is so stable. it is like we move maybe one or two mer sen damage points here or there and then it comes back to this place where we are it is going to tighten at presidential races do towards the end. the question is will it tighten to a place where biden can win the popular vote and lose the electoral. it could go in the other direction. in the last three elections they all had hug

ted cruz, rick scott and one senator who doesn't plan to meet with judge barrett.ck schumer. >> because i believe first that the whole process has been illegitimate and second, she has already stated that she is for overturning the aca. i will not meet with her. >> the chairman of the senate judiciary committee says he expects the committee hearing beginning october 12 and a few days of questioning. democrats appear eager to question her on her views on healthcare, abortion and gay rights. judiciary committee vote will come a week later and the full senate voting near the end of october. two gop senators said they won't vote for any nominee before the election. the white house is convinced it can get this done. a very tight timetable to have this happen before the election. the white house also expecting to play a heavy hand in all of this and it gets started today here on capitol hill. >> bill: we'll wait for her arrival. nice to see you mark meredith on the hill. back to you shortly. >> sandra: mail-in voting extension in pennsylvania facing a new challenge. top

rick scott one senator by winning his race by less than a quarter point. not be surprised to see a close result like that here. if one candidate wins by more than two, i will be very surprised. host: they showed the number of republicans and registered democrats, but then there is this section called no party affiliation. are independents. they are new folks, sometimes people from other countries, they are not accustomed to our political system or they are people who show about the drivers license office and don't register for a party. it is a mix and mumble and a jumble of the voters. it makes and gate -- gauging how an election will go based on voter registration tricky. same thing with ballot returns. track and real-time absentee ballots and early voting as it occurs the month before election day, but there is always that large npa vote. host: what is the infrastructure like to handle mail-in ballots and what is the confidence of the elected parties in the state in that process? guest: two potentially loaded questions. this being florida, we have had th

senator rick scott, cory gardner, senator thune, and senator crapo will all be having ago chance to petet with her. but they know her pretty much. steve: they were talking at the white house about having a particular person be a sherpa. did i hear the name. but ultimately they decided they would go with pat cipollone who helped the president defend himself during the senate trial. meanwhile, so the republicans are for the most part rating for her with open armies. democrats, given the strong arm. richard blumenthal of connecticut, hirono of hawaii, schumer, hurricaney merkley, se, senator jill grand. probably meet with her. then have you got to wonder whether or not the questioning by kamala harris would be super aggressive or super passive. people look at that to figure out where they are going. ted cruz knows exactly where this is going. he says it's going to circus town. watch. >> i fully expect the confirmation hearing to be a political circus. i expect the democratic base demands that they do everything they can. i think we will see a cory booker spartacus moment. and we're already

rick scott one senator by winning his race by less than a quarter point. not be surprised to see a close result like that here. if one candidate wins by more than two, i will be very surprised. host: they showed the number of republicans and registered democrats, but then there is this section called no party affiliation. are independents. they are new folks, sometimes people from other countries, they are not accustomed to our political system or they are people who show about the drivers license office and don't register for a party. it is a mix and mumble and a jumble of the voters. it makes and gate -- gauging how an election will go based on voter registration tricky. same thing with ballot returns. track and real-time absentee ballots and early voting as it occurs the month before election day, but there is always that large npa vote. host: what is the infrastructure like to handle mail-in ballots and what is the confidence of the elected parties in the state in that process? guest: two potentially loaded questions. this being florida, we have had th

in 2018 and the senatorial vote, rick scott edged out mel nelson by a percentage point. governor's race in 2018 as well area tight. ron desantis twinning. and your own race was a 50/50 split practically between you and matt caldwell. what are democrats doing differently on the ground in florida. guest: all elections in the state of florida are very narrow margin. have done this year differently. we are more organized. we understand it has to be not only getting out the votes protecting the votes. we spent a lot of time the last year and a half. and getting a message to not just democrats but independence and modern republicans. we took our shot last time with trump. we made a mistake. he was not ready to be president. he has not stood up and became a leader during covid. we have a message about a plan for the future of our country to make sure that we are not just focusing on the top 1% or's. in ourreally investing small businesses, cities and communities. the joehe message of biden kamala harris ticket. we are taking the message to not just democrats but independence an

i mean, obviously we had complaints when rick scott was governor of extraordinarily long lines, especiallys and hispanic neighborhoods. there were the complaints that he and other florida republican governors specifically made it much harder to vote by having fewer voting places in florida neighborhoods. have you found that to be the case? and is 2020 continuing that trend or is it possibly even worse? >> i -- personally i'm really worried. i think the count so far -- the forecast is there will be 4 million ballots -- 4 million mail-in ballots. those will be coming in and people will be trying to count those. in florida, this is like most states, your ballot to be counted has to arrive by election day. even if it was postmarked two weeks before. if it comes in after election day, then it doesn't get counted. i mean, think about that. if you look at recent elections in florida, 2018, you had thousands of pal lots coming in after election day. thousands perform something like 15,000. you had 170,000 come in on election day or the day before. basically, it's like an ocean of mail-in ballots a

you look at what happened in 2018, one of the reasons why desantis won and one of the reasons why rick scottstates senate was because cuban-americans stayed with the republican party. we'll see what happens in 2020. big news out of michigan, john heileman, going to be surprising for a lot of people. but former republican governor rick snyder had an op-ed in the "detroit free press" that he is going to be voting for joe biden. i am a republican who is going to be voting for joe biden. >> yes, joe, i think a lot of people will be surprised to hear that. although i think that you and i and others who have followed the career of the guy who fashioned himself one tough nerd when he was the governor of michigan won't be totally shocked. rick snyder, obviously democratic partisans in michigan found a lot to dislike about governor snyder but he was -- he's kind of a kasich republican, a great similarity between the two governors. obviously kasich has been more openly negative about president trump, but the two of them culturally on a lot of issues, in terms of how they position themselves and their