what about south florida, what about voters in the rest of florida? >> tom: south florida is an interesting case, the housing bust certainly happened here in miami in south florida. but thanks to foreign buyers coming back in, the housing market has stablized faster than in the rest of florida, and prices are actually on the rise again. that has helped bring up the unemployment rate, while still in south florida above the national average, it has been dropping faster than other places in florida. the interstate 4 corridor which runs route through the center of florida through orlando is really key for the election both for turnout of new immigrants for the democrats as well as democrats switching over and voting for the republican ticket for governor romney. >> susan: speaking of immigrants, we've been talking a lot about economic issues, the unemployment rate, housing. how important was immigration for the florida voters? >> extremely important. the only conversation both had on immigration was based here in south florida on spanish tv. you've got a

. >> it was amazing watching the realtime reporting today coming out of south florida and what was going on there. first of all, let me ask you, if i got anything wrong in terms of trying to explain what's going on. and let me ask if you have any updates for us on the current battle over those early voting rules? >> well, you got it absolutely right, rachel. what we've seen here is just an explosion of enthusiasm from florida voters, particularly democrats, all across the state. really having a record early vote. we had on saturday the largest early vote in florida history and it's just been great to see. but what you've also seen is the problems that come with it when you have a republican governor who decided he really just

south florida after asking for help on thursday night, south florida woke up to longer line this is weekend. very early this morning the florida democratic party sued in federal court, asking a judge to do what the governor is refusing to do, mainly to make it possible to vote without enduring a marathon to do so. faced with that lawsuit and with the evident problem of voters not being able to vote a few ft. counties decided maybe they ought to do something on their own. they came up with a make do work around plan. you still could not technically early vote today in most of florida, but around the the city of tampa county, you could pick up an over the counter ab centiballot. fill it in there and hand it in there. you can do it all day in greater tampa. in orange county a judge ordered the day of early voting after a bomb scare kept the polls closed there for several hours. the situation in miami-dade county got really kind of nuts today. at least that's how it seems to me. i was watching reporting from miami-dade all day today. it started to feel like farce. after people were still voting

we vote like a third world country. >> well, welcome to ground zero, which is south florida, homelandck scott. lee expand a bit and tell you that yesterday in broward, dade, and palm beach, folks that got online right before 7:00, those people are following a process by either midnight or 1:00 a.m. this morning, these are people who want their democracy, want the right to vote and are standing in their way. >> why isn't he saying, we're going to exhaust every effort that we can to ensure that there's democracy? i know the answer to that. i want to hear yours. >> it's obvious that democrats do well in early voting, also minorities tend to vote. there were two early sunday vote days and that was cut in half to prevent african-american church gou goers who would march to the polls. it's an amazing coincidence, all of these governors came up with an idea, presumably individually about two years ago and yet it all seemed to come together for them. obviously there's no coincidences in politics as there is none in life. >> i have said all along that i think south florida is the bread basket

also minorities, especially in south florida tend the vote.riginally there twr two early vote days cut in half to repent minority votes. specifically african-american kmurj goers wo would march to the polls. you know, it's interesting ed. it's an amazing coincidence. all the republicans governors came up with the ideas, presumably individually about two years ago. and yet it all seemed to come together for them. obviously tl no coincidences in politics. there are none in life. >> i have said all along that i think south florida is the bread basket of victory for president obama in the state of florida. but as far as the number of people coming out do you see it equals that in 2008? >> well, i think it's running relatively close. i will give you a statistic that is not public in broward county. when you up all the early voting in 2008, by the close of the polls tuesday night, broward county will equal but probably probably surpass 2008 totals for early and absentee voting. in spite of governor rick scott. >> well, excellent point. i also see th

i keep saying the bread basket to victory for president obama is going to be south florida. turnout is to important. but now this spanish language ad that's out, what is this doing to stroke the fears and the emotions of people down in that portion of the state? >> well, it just -- i think mitt romney is finally just getting absolutely desperate. it is him learning a little bit of -- him realizing he cannot win, just like you said, without florida, and this is absolutely desperate at its worse. i can tell you, here in florida this is not going to work. cuban-americans, only the old ones are really, the elderly ones, are the ones that are turning out to vote for him in big numbers. but the younger ones don't really want to hear about what chavez says. we know that whatever comes out of his mouth we don't pay attention to it anyway. and the hispanics that are not of cuban descent certainly don't care about what chavez says and know that president obama can't control that. so we are not turned on by this ad at all. we're actually turned off by this kind of advertising. we want

are you seeing that in south florida? >> in south florida, condos went up 28% from a year ago and we're seeing that in washington, d.c., and the markets are strong and it's another market we're operating in and what we're having difficulty with is las vegas and the major market for the company and las vegas is having a lot of difficulty. >> you're national and international, what's the hottest place right now? >> i think new york, as always, miami, very hot. >> i agree with don. miami is so hot and buildings like the one he built is amazing. >> are these people coming up from south america. >> not chinese yet, from miami, okay? it's still south america all around south america. >>. >> brazil, and europeans and not the chinese yet although that's next from mime. >> choin ease and new york, really in new york. >> heavy. >> four of the five deals i've done in the week are chinese. >> and they're from mainland china? >> yes. >> and they want to come here, what? are these large places? are they going to open businesses here? t

you know, the classic... ground zero for slavery in agriculture is really south florida. but it also happens in california and other places. but there you have work crew after work crew after work crew being pushed around in these old school buses. some of the bosses pay them very poorly and beat them up, but they're not slaves. some of the bosses take total control of their lives, use violence to maintain it, and pay them nothing, and don't let them walk away. >> hinojosa: so how is a good samaritan a good citizen? what are they supposed to do in that sittion i mean, do they go and they say to the employers, "i want to..." i mean, what does one do? >> hinojosa: i mean, the good news is that there's a great organization in south florida. a lot of the people who work in that organization have been in slavery and agriculture, and so they're going out into the fields, infiltrating and saying, "what's it like with you guys?" >> hinojosa: and that's the immokalee workers? >> yeah, the immokalee workers coalition. and they're fantastic. but us, what can we do? we can say to tac

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>> i do, look at, south florida, and history repeats itself, in early 90s went down the tube first in housing, then bounced back with a international market driven bilat inamerica -- latin america, again south florida down tube, and bounces back, a at peak of recession. there are about only 1,000 unsole development unit, and new development project in the miami-deamiami-dade area. neil: let me ask you. it might surprise that you president won't come on fox. why issue there no more guys like you in the administration in is that by design he keeps really smart business guys away and would rather have a bunch of academics? >> i think that president wants best and brightest, he was the sensitive -- he was also the president was sensitive to "wall street journal" and those of us in private sector. neil: woot? wall street? >> we were persevered to have been a part of this recession, i am happy with the limited role i can play. i'm not the kind of person that could work for anyone else other than the people. neil: here is my fear about the obama administration. they don't have your open busi

phil is live in south florida with more. what is the latest?hil: the search officially is continuing for those two workers. 11 of the workers that were taken by helicopter are being treated. several of them for very serious burns. the location of this oil-producing platform is 25 miles east, southeast, of grand isle, louisiana. according to investigators, the cause of the fire appeared to be workers doing maintenance and cutting pipe on the platform. oil was spilled and it sparked the fire. the oil spill in the gulf of mexico is minimal it is believed. >> the platform was confirmed shut before they started work so it was in non-production lot form at the time. phil: a lot differences between this and 2 1/2 years ago, the b.p. deep water horizon, an exploratory oil rig which point was to find oil and seal it and cap the head. this platform was established oil-producing rig but not producing oil at the time. >>trace: thank you, phil, from south florida. more "studio b" after this. 4g lte is the fastest. so, which supeast 4g lte service would yoch

. >> what about the demographics in south florida, annette? this really played big. and i said all along that, in fact, we went down there and covered this, that the bread basket of victory was going to be south florida. that they had to be a huge turnout in the latino and african-american community. and that is exactly what happened. now, the state hasn't been called yet, but how did the demographics play into this election? >> it played a huge role. and as a matter of fact, we, both african-american and hispanics, turned out in huge numbers. as of 1:00 last night, in the morning, or this morning, i should say, we were still voting i mean, people wouldn't give up. they put every obstacle against us. they reduce our voting days from 14 days to 8 days. they put so many constitutional amendments on the ballot that they thought were going to bring out the evangelicals. and guess what. we didn't pass them. so, we stood in line for a long, long time. i was there on those lines. my arms hurt from passing out water to all these people in these lines for hours. some of them,

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is suing to extend early voting hours with people reporting lines of up to seven hours at some south florida early polling stations. cnn has this place covered like no other network. we've got dan lothian in madison, wisconsin. jim acosta is in orlando, florida, martin savidge is in cleveland, ohio. miguel marquez is in las vegas, nevada. ed lavandera is in denver, colorado, for us this morning. john zarrella comes to us live from plantation, florida. we want to begin with complete comprehensive coverage with john berman checking in to see how our correspondents are faring. >> thanks, soledad. the candidates are all over the place today. president obama and mitt romney hold atriallies in seven states today. a final frenetic day of campaigning across the battleground. for the president, he begins in wisconsin, a state that has voted true blue since 1984 but it is almost always close. and with paul ryan a native wisconsin son on the republican ticket, the obama team is taking no chances. they've called in the cavalry to help, including the boss, bruce springsteen to seal the deal. dan lothian

. >>> a candidate in south florida wants owl voting machines and ballots to be impounded.rregularities as the reason behind the request. he is 2400 votes behind his rival. >>> pregnancy tests can detect some types of cancer in men. doctors say the hormone in those cancers produced by cells in a woman during pregnancy. >>> and check out a job fair today in montgomery. 35 companies are taking part in the event. it is open and veterans and spouses the fair is at the war memorial on north gay street today. >>> and imagine going months, year or more, without seeing your family. that's what military families go through daily. the national guard is testing a feed today to the soldiers in afghanistan so they can talk to their loved ones. they are supporting enduring freedom. they are based in edgewood. and a great thing at the bank and then on sunday. ravens are playing. let's go to lynette to find out more. >> we're starting out on a cold note, we'll see lots of sunshine throughout the day. that's going to continue when the temperatures will warm up as well. bundle up and 39. hic

and in florida what you might expect, 60s, 70s. 80s for south florida. nothing out of the ordinary there either. >>> nothing out of the ordinary here. live weather cam. generally clear skies. 46. dew point in the mid 20s. winds light out of the north at 10. pressure rising. 30 .12 inches of mercury. satellite picture radar combined. this is our next noreaster. it's not one yet. but that will happen tuesday night. off the coast tuesday night. off the coast by wednesday. just light rain and showers. a few rumbles of thunder through southern sections of alabama. that will become our northerlyeaster into wednesday. right now clear skies and calm wind ands a pretty dry air mass. look for a cold night. temperatures in the 40s and 30s. 40 in fairfax. 43 in arlington and 43 in college park. freeze warning tonight. bring the plants in tonight. noreaster will develop and wednesday a storm could hit us in the afternoon. tonight, clear and cold, a one or two blanket night. winds out of the northeast at 10. freeze warning in affect for the entire metro area. that wil

this is it, south florida. this is where the rubber meets the road. this is where we win or in an election. we have got to make sure this is no regrets election. none of us want to wake up on one -- on wednesday saying, "should have, would have, could have." we do not want to say, "my gosh, if i had just done a little bit more." there is no way we are going back. we are moving forward, and i am confident that when barack obama comes out here, he will know he will be reelected president of the united states on the shoulders of the florida voters. thank you so much. [cheers and applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the recording artists. [cheers and applause] b >> first of all, i went to say it is an honor and a blessing to be here today. to just be able to represent for you all, on a serious note. i am a first generation cuban american. i know what my family went through to try to be a to appreciate the opportunity that this country gives you. my grandmother was -- my mother came through, and my father brought boats over. and all of that wa

today, governor romney was near orlando, florida, yesterday, president obama was in south florida. are trying to energize their bases and engage the independents here, who are particularly strong in central florida, the democrats say they have the better ground game. the republicans say they have a stronger economic message here in a state hit hard by unemployment and foreclosures. >> mark potter, in florida, and tom costello with us from richmond, virginia, tom, good evening. >> reporter: hi there, brian, this state with the 13 electoral votes used to be republican, but of course went for president obama in 2008 and it is still very much in play here this year. we can also tell you that it was not a coincidence, of course, that governor romney chose norfolk, virginia as place to unveil his vice presidential running mate, paul ryan, both of them were here today. here is the latest, the wall street journal poll for virginia, showing president obama ahead by just a single point, the same margin, rather, in our national poll. obama is counting on a big voter turnout in fairfax, county

phil keating has more from our south florida newsroom. if you don't have a lot of money, you probably don't like it so much. >> no. it really doesn't apply to you. from rich, latin americans, primarily venezuelans, tired of hugo chavez, to chinese wanting their own american dream. this growing popular way to get a u.s. visa is also funneling money, much needed capital into the u.s. economy. here in south florida, most of these eb 5 visas are funding construction and development projects, creating hundreds of u.s. jobs. in return, the rich investors get a permanent green card. and the personal reward of boosting the economy of their new found home. >> i'm part of a larger thing. very good feeling, yes. the social impact and the benefit for the u.s. economy is very good feeling. it's not only the financial profit that can get out of it, being part of something more important. >> as word of this visa program spreads to other nations, interest does as well. here is an educational seminar put on by the miami beach chamber of commerce just frid

>> shepard: phil keating in south florida tonight.ackpot there is still a chance that you can cash in through kindness. ask this woman coming up here in australia. 12.5 bucks richer after helping out a neighbor. she died in 2009. she was 8 a then. when her family checked the will they got a nasty for them surprise. among her last wishes she said i am determined that my relatives, after what they have put me through will not get one cent. turns out the woman's family tried to force her into a nursing home rather than help her around the house. that neighbor helped out with all the shopping and chores. now a just just ruled the will is valid and the nice neighbor gets to keep all of those lottery winnings. one time rival set to break bread at the white house. president obama hosting governor mitt romney a little lunch at 1600 tomorrow and that's just one of the reunions the republic presidential nominee has planned. plus the sitcom star who said you shouldn't be watching his filth of a show now suddenly is saying he is sorry. well, ther

primarily south florida. palm beach, broward and miami dade county. day long as the numbers updated obama's lead only got larger. as of right now romney won 49.22%. compared to obama's 49.92% that puts the president ahead by 58,000 plus votes. in a statement tonight to fox news the republic party of florida wrote we are not conceding, we are waiting for the final results to be announced. the presidential race has already been conceded by the romney campaign but there are other races that matter. we also have to sertd phi the results. so what remains to be done is to oget the final count. also a lot of the blame can go around to all the florida voters who ignored advice, did not read up and do their homework first, so they ended up going through this historically long ballot for the first time in the booth. taking up to an hour to vote while the line outside simply didn't move. shep? >> shepard: phil keating in our florida newsroom tonight. thanks. we got word of another victory for civil rights today. the latest returns show that washington state vote

nascar season finale in south florida, the 2 car was the leader in the race the number 48, johnson, wasnly guy who could catch him. but jj had to pit, the gear was burning, could not fix it. and they hand the championship over. jeff gordon won the race. that was good enough to win the sprint cup title for the first time in his career. johnson was prevented from winning what would have been his 6th title. >> 4th quarter, down by 10. lee, now, give me the screen. they were within 7 points with 6 minutes left. he shot 52%. they made 13 three balls tonight. he had 25. and russell westbrook had 30 to go with 6 assists. this one, for the alley-oop. he had 16. the warriors lose 119 to 109. they drop to 5-5 on the year. game day tonight. what do michael jackson, frank sinatra and steve mcqueen have in common? only one man can tell the story tonight on "game day". >> we can not google that and find the answer? >> we have to tune in. >> you try googling it you will not find it. [ laughter ] >> thank you. >>> all right, a lot of people in the bay area, who have retrofitted their homes against eart

. >>> a thief strikes a nile salon in south florida last weekend, and it's caught on this surveillance tape. but what's making headlines is the brazen -- the age of the brazen bandit. the video shows the suspect could be younger than 10-years-old. he got away with $900 in cash. police have no suspects but are still actively investigating the case. >>> thanksgiving right around the corner. that means the annual thanksgiving day parade, and today macy's began testing some of its new balloons. >>> and a warmup this weekend, but how long will it last? [ boy 1 ] hey! that's the last crescent. oh, did you want it? yea we'll split it. [ female announcer ] made fresh, so light, buttery and flakey. that's half that's not half! guys, i have more! thanks mom [ female announcer ] pillsbury crescents. let the making begin mom, pop it. ♪ two inches apart, becky. two inches. t-minus nine minutes. [ ding ] [ female announcer ] pillsbury cinnamon rolls. let the making begin. ♪ >>> the thanksgiving day parade is less than two weeks away now. macy's spent the day today testing some of its new balloons. g

andrew in 92 hitting south florida. sandy now had 55 billionl plus. we have much more to go. the final total -- sandy could be the most costly. it'll be a top hurricane storm. some of that cost coming here, you haven't seen the -- the word is big time damage there. outstanding state and national parks. the sea shore, delaware, tough times getting through there. the bridge holding up okay but a lot of sand washing over the access roads here in route one and then of course here in garret where even pictures a little tough to come by. the whole state with the impacts from sandy obviously. 47 degrees right now. dew point 38, a quiet chilly kind of day and evening. nice evening to just stay in. 50 -- normal 62, watch -- sandy just shifted the weather pattern. we were talking about this, this nice warmer than average, basically indian summer pattern, that's gone now. sunset 6:05. they are act to be around five once we get to sunday because we will end daylight saving time and roll the clocks back an hour. fall back. wind from the we to ten. here is the set up temperature wise acros

long lines in south florida. long lines in northern virginia today. those are democratic strongholds. and it looks like cuyahoga county in ohio is on track to be where it was in 2008. we have record turout in lucus county, ohio, where there are a lot of auto workers right around toledo. >> suarez: long lines coulou tell a campaign a lot but it could also mean some people give up and go home. what are you hearing futom the field about problems in casting a vote? >> sometimes these things get blown out of proportion. there weren't any big surprises today. there certainly were long lines but we fiewnd our supporters had fun with it. they brought some music. they brought some food. they know if they stay in line the vote will count at the end of the day. we wereth prepared for any p contingencies. any contingencies could continue to happen but o message is ifut the polls have closed and you're in line, wait in line. your vote will count as long as you got there by the time the vote cloads. >> wern connecticut, long island, the five boroughs of new york, t