progressive tallahassee mayor andrew gillam is the state's first african-american nominee for governorit sets up a huge ideological clash in november. >>> the attorney general facing renewed pressure from the president. but he has the backing of a man who knows him well, senate majority leader. >>> google is politically biased, rigged, suppressing conservative voices. that's what the president says. what does the search giant have to say about that? good morning and welcome to "early start." i'm laurie jarret in for christine romans. >> good morning, i'm dave briggs. >>> there was an earthquake overnight in l.a., relatively minor compared to what happened on the opposite end of the country. we begin with a historic upset in the florida democratic primary for governor. there's an earthquake for you. cnn projects tallahassee mayor andrew gillum, a progressive candidate backed by bernie sanders, will win the party's nomination. a victory would make him florida's first african-american governor. he was the only nonmillionaire and welcomes the challenge of putting the governor's mansion bac

in tallahassee. what we have here is a person who has come from the grassroots , who has risen, who has stayed in the state, educated in public schools, went to college in to be thend now risen first black nominee for governor in history of florida. so this is a story of many years of hard work. this is not an overnight sensation. this is somebody who has put in the work, who has been there, and has been a model of people for many, many years and will continue to be one as governor. month-longd a occupation of the florida state capitol building. response to the killing of trayvon martin and the whole justification, the standard ground law that george zimmerman used. so response explain your role iw as an elected official. >> we were protesting the acquittal of george zimmerman. the entire country was angry and up in arms and looking at florida for some sort of glimmer of hope. we said at that time, we had occupy the capital for 30 days, many people would not touch us but there were people like charle

the winner ended up being andrew gillam, who is the mayor up tallahassee and ended up with an endorsement from bernie sanders and has embraced a more progressive agenda. that was not the expected result, but he will be facing congressman ron desantis, who was the trump pick and made a bit of a splash in the primary with an ad where he reads the "art of the deal" to his kid and basically made -- host: as far as the results, what was the turnout like and what did that do for both of these men? guest: democrats are enthusiastic about their turnout . what we are seeing is basically what we have seen across the board in primaries so far. democratic enthusiasm seems to be up, but the republican vote is not suppressed either. we also have a closed primary in florida, so it is hard to take too much from those conclusions, but we are definitely seeing democratic enthusiasm, which should help across the board in the house and senate and governor's race in florida. host: let's hear a little bit from andrew gillam now running against ron desantis. [video clip] >> if we are going to make clear to the

and tallahassee mayor andrew gillum came out on top. like i said, but it bears being said twice, he's the first african-american nominee for governor in that state. and he's already taking trump on online. mr. mayor, welcome to "prime time." >> hey. good evening, chris. thank you so much for having me. >> how'd you do it? >> well, i tell you, 18 months of slow and steady, retail politics all over this state. i went to red areas, blue areas, purple areas of this state, introduced myself, and asked the voters of the state of florida for a chance. >> no poll -- >> organized -- >> no poll, mr. mayor, had you above i think like 19% right up until people went in to actually cast their votes. what did they get wrong in the polls? ? wel >> well, that's why i continuously told voters, the only poll that matters is the one on election day. we worked feverishly at the ground level, trying to enlist and engage and organize voters all over the state and it really paid off in a big way last night. >> you are known for speaking truth to power. you too

he's the tallahassee mayor. he won after key endorsements from bernie sanders and after an infusion of $650,000 from liberals george soros and tom steyer, who's been pushing for impeachment for a long time. watch that. meanwhile, another important trump factor in arizona tonight, republican senator jeff flake retired because he is at odds with the trump agenda, unlikely that he would get reelected, he acided to retire.e.di meanwhile, another important trump factor in arizona tonight, republican senator jeff flake retired because he is at odds with the trump agenda, unlikely that he would get reelected, he decided to retire. he endorsed congresswoman martha mcsally.co she said she doesn't want the endorsement.t. she is competing with dr. kelli ward and sherrif arpaio over who is more pro-trump. the winner likely to facepp kyrtsen sinema in a pickup opportunity for democrats. interesting, we have not been able to call this race in arizona just yet. the polls just closed a short time ago, laura, but that race very

andrew gillum in the mayor of tallahassee, the first african-american nominee for governor. this morning he said he is not afraid of his president or his opponent. >> donald trump is scraping from the bottom of the barrel. i think florida and its rich diversity will be looking for a governor who will bring us towing, not divide us, not misogynist. not racists, not big oughbigots. >> you know, florida just keeps on giving. a little bit of drama coming out overnight. but as we're looking at what is shaping up in this gubernatorialer thattorial race, we are also looking at two extremes, larry, where does that leave folks in the middle? >> it leaves them trying to find a candidate, erica. look, florida is the largest, most important swing state by a mile. yes, california is bigger, no, is bicker, but they're one party, essentially. texas is the same way, more or less. this race really matters because both the right and the left have put down markers here. they've said for years, give us our kind of candidates. we'll stir the base. we'll get them out in large numbers in mid-terms

republicans plan to use an fbi investigation of tallahassee's mu though he's not directly been named a subject. democrats will likely use this -- a comment by desantis today some call racist. >> the last thing we need to do is to monkey this up by trying to embrace a socialist agenda. >> reporter: today his campaign said it would be "absurd" to characterize those comments as racist. our request to interview desantis was declined. gillum called those remarks beneath the intelligence of floridians. john? >> manuel bojorquez for us. thanks, manuel. >>> at his weekly audience at the vatican pope francis spoke of his recent trip to ireland and lamented the pain caused by the church's sex abuse scandal. he did not mention allegations by the vatican's former ambassador to the u.s. that francis knew of sex abuse by cardinal theodore mccarrick but did nothing. today the former ambassador, archbishop carlo vigano, said he made the accusation not out of revenge against the pope but out of love for the church. >>> coming up, a battle on the high seas. scallops. >>d later news, a deadly collapse

progressive tallahassee mayor andrew gillum is the state's first african-american nominee for governor, sets up a huge ideological clash in november. >>> the attorney general facing renewed pressure from the president. but he has the backing of a man who knows him well. the senate majority leader. >>> and google is politically biased, rigged, suppressing conservative voices, that's what the president says. what does the search giant have to say? this started with the presidential tweet about 24 hours ago, one we thought we'd laugh off. here we are. a white house investigation. good morning, welcome to "early start." you can't make that stuff up. >> no, seriously. i'm laura jarret. it's 5:00 a.m. in the east. >>> we begin with an historic upset in the florida democratic primary for governor. cnn projects tallahassee mayor andrew gillum, a proceeds griffive backed by bernie sanders, will win the party's nomination. a win in november would make him the state's first african-american chief execut e executive. he was the only nonmillionaire in a field of five candidates and welcomes the cha

he joins me now, tallahassee mayor and democratic candidate for mayor, andrew gillham.'s good to see even opponents in a primary can come together on this issue. let me show you tape of the actual shooting of this young man that we are rallying in clearwater this afternoon about. clearly, as we see the shooting and he goes back in the store, his 5-year-old son, standing there, he shoved him and he starts backing up and the guy comes out and shoots him. he says stands your ground, while he's backing up. the thing that also got to me, mr. mayor, is he died in front of his 5-year-old son standing at his side and two kids under the age of 2 years old, all of whom will be with their mother at the rally this afternoon, in the car watching them, traumatized for life. he went to the morgue and his shooter went home to bed and has not spent one night in jail. >> it doesn't make any sense, reverend. i'm thankful for you joining and leading today's rally in clearwater. i want to say, first, i want to welcome mr. green to my position on stand your ground. since the death of trayvon

atlanta, new orleans, tallahassee to the northeast is the main focus. no flight delays locally for fog or anything. just to the east of new orleans . panama city, tallahassee, and atlanta. if you are from georgia you say that's not really august. that is rain and rain and rain, especially to the northeast. look how cool it is. vargo at 45. there have already been a number of locations in minnesota s this morning. some are within 3 degrees, all the way down to texas. if it is hot somewhere it has to be cool somewhere else. reno just had their hottest july ever. they blew past it as well as reading, i think it was the redding airport. there were many down in southern california. for the bay area it was a nice july with many temperatures in the 70s and 80s very few 90s unless you are well inland. compared to last year when july was blazing hot. 70 reading. 68 red bluff. 69 ukiah. they will still have some warm conditions. not as hot as it was. they will cool off until about sunday and then monday and tuesdaythe higher elevations. t so it is kind of swirlin

he's the mayor of tallahassee. he is an unabashed progressive. the state about guns in a way that no other elected were really doing in that state, even on his party's side. when parkland happened in flori florida, he was there with those kids first, early, and often. and now he is the first african-american to be on the democratic side in a race for governor in that state's history. do we have sound for him, or are we just going to play what we're doing there? all right. so we're going to get better sound of what he's been saying. again, i want to say that because we don't make history in a good way very often. he's the first ever african-american nominee for governor in florida. such a major state, yet he is the first. now, what is he about? repeal of florida's stand your ground law. medicare for all. now, the specifics of how he would pay for it, we don't know yet. a $15 minimum wage. so these are big-ticket items. this is more proof of a division within that party, a kind of a battle of definition. so let's bring in don lemon. this was a big

ask anyone that was hiking the tallahassee trail!aughter ] so now -- [ applause ] now that the president has admitted that he and his son lied repeatedly and that the meeting actually was about colluding with a foreign adversary, trump's lawyers are trying a new argument that even if he did collude, it's not a crime. >> trump wrote on twitter, quote, "collusion is not a crime. but that doesn't matter because there was no collusion except by a crooked hillary and the democrats." >> i've been sitting here looking in the federal code trying to find collusion as a crime. >> it's not. >> collusion is not a crime. >> this was a meeting to get information from the crown prosecutor of russia on hillary clinton's campaign. how would that be legal? >> well the question is how would it be illegal? >> seth: how would it be illegal? i don't know. how about a conspiracy to violate election laws, or conspiracy to defraud the united states? seriously, how is it possible that these are the best lawyers the president of the united states can get? [ la

look at this gigantic wins in tallahassee where he was the mayor. tallahassee, 46%. 51%. those will big undeniably huge wins. same in jacksonville. look at where he lost because that's where he's going to have to do his work. if you take a gander at lafayette county, here. win graham there 50%. he's at 17.5%. if you go to citrus county, down there, once again, 44% for her. phillip lavine 19%. andrew gillum was at third at 17.2%. the simple truth is if democrats don't want this to be a viblg where they said we nominated the first african-american for this, the party has to get over this deep and obvious divide here in their overall results and all the places that did not vote for him and did not vote for him in a big way are going to have to come all the way around, 180 degrees to get behind him to have an actual win in november. >> it's interesting. the win, you're right, now. but as i said, he's got a lot of work ahead of him. what you just said bears that out. i appreciate it. bringing inle mr. van jones joins me by phone. van, i assume you heard tom foreman, you heard

his opponent, tallahassee mayor andrew gillum responding tonight. both candidates having just won primaries last night, and already tonight, the firestorm. and accusations of racism. abc's victor oquendo from florida tonight. >> reporter: just hours after andrew gillum became florida's first ever african-american nominee for governor -- >> we're going to unite this state in ways that are unparalleled in the history of the state of florida. >> reporter: his republican opponent, ron desantis, went on the attack. >> the last thing we need to do is to monkey this up by trying to embrace a socialist agenda with huge tax increases and bankrupting the state. >> reporter: the backlash to those words, "monkey this up," instant. the head of the florida democratic party declaring, "it's disgusting that ron desantis is launching his general election campaign with racist dog whistles." team desantis calling the claims of racism, quote, absurd, but as their statement was read on fox news, the anchor then adding this. >> we do not condone this language. >> reporte

but there was no chance a plea deal in this tallahassee courtroom.al murder case. if convicted, hilton could die by lethal injection. remember, lead prosecutor georgia cap elleman couldn't tell the jury about hilton's conviction in the emerson murder or mention he was the prime suspect in the north carolina double homicide nor tell the jury anything about the slasher in the forest movie "deadly run" that he'd help make. >> ms. dunlap found herself in a situation and ultimately came to an end that is something we only think about in nightmares. she spent two days with mr. hilton before he decided it was time to murder her in cold blood, chop off her head and hands, and dump her body. >> after her opening statement, the state built the brick and masonry are of its story on the time line investigators had so painstakingly assembled. an attorney hiking with her husband in the national forest at leon sinks that saturday morning remembered seeing sheryl. >> i looked at her, and i said, it it's peaceful out here, isn't it? and she looked at me and she nodde

bernie sandered backed tallahassee mayor andrew gillum.teve kornacki is standing by with all the details. he's going to join us in just a few minutes. the upcoming general election will be a big test for donald trump who is reportedly now warning his supporters that there will be violence if his party loses the midterms. we'll have much more on all of that just ahead, but first we have brand new reporting tonight from the "washington post" on the president's latest attempt to get rid of attorney general jeff sessions. you'll remember sessions recused himself from overseeing the russia investigation. the post is reporting that president trump, who levied extraordinary public attacks on attorney general jeff sessions in recent weeks, has privately revived the idea of firing him in conversations with his aides and personal lawyers this month. according to three people familiar with the discussions. at least twice this month, trump vented to white house advisers and his lawyers about the, quote, endless investigation, end quote, of his campaig

the tallahassee liberal mayor beat out more moderate candidates in the democratic primary for governor. andrew gillum made history becoming florida's first african-american major party candidate for governor. we'll speak to the mayor in just a moment. in november he goal up against the candidate president trump has endorsed and did so just moments ago. the congressman ron desantis who easily won the republican primary last night. today he spoke to fox news about his next opponent. >> i think that he had grassroots energy. i think some of the other candidates were overrated. and he was able to capitalize off that. you know, there is a difference between, you know, getting some of the bernie sanders people onto vote for you in a primary and then going to the broader florida electorate and trying to sell that message. >> shepard: here to respond the democratic candidate for governor of florida the tallahassee marianne dre >> maria: tall andrew gillum. >> thank you for having me. >> shepard: you never led in the poll. fourth amongst democrats. last two weeks you surged and when all the vot

democratic gubernatorial candidates, tallahassee mayor, andrew gillam, facing tough questions, so is his opponent, ron desantis. california is heating up by the democratic candidate calls for universal health work for everybody including illegal immigrants. invited him for joining us. he's not here. republican candidate john cox is here. he'll be here alive. an emotional moment as john mccain's body license date in in the arizona capital. we'll hear from a fellow p.o.w. who survived the hanoi hilton along with the arizona senator. hello and welcome to "fox news @ night." i'm shannon bream in washington. president trump calls him a failed socialist mayor. he shocked florida voters by winning the democratic gubernatorial primary, setting up a confrontation with congressman ron desantis by that story has obligations for november and beyond. into 2020. we have team coverage denied. chief national correspondent at header is following the dueling controversies in florida but first we begin with correspondent kristin fisher with water coming a proxy war between the bernie sanders socialist

tallahassee mayor andy gillam shocked the democratic establishment by barely beating former congresswoman gwen graham, daughter of the former governor and senator in the state by riding a surge of liberal support and became the first african american nominee for governor in state history but just because he won the primary, don't expect him to run to the center and the general. >> i'm going to stay true, consistent with my values and offer voters something to go out and vote for and not just against. >> gillam's for abolishing ice, the immigration and customs enforcement agency, he is for universal healthcare, raising the minimum wage and salaries for teachers and plans to pay for i raising the corporate tax rate from 5.5% to 7%. his republican opponent, rhonda santos calls him the most liberal candidate the democratic party has ever nominated in his state. >> i'm trying to make florida even better, he wants to make florida venezuela as we have people in florida who have fled socialist countries like cuba and venezuela. >> reporter: the santos beat adam putnam but don't expect him to move

gigantic wins near tallahassee where he was mayor.ssee itself 46% over here to the right is 51%. those are big, huge wins. same thing in jacksonville. look at where he lost. that is where he will have to do his work. look at this up here. if you take a gander at lafayette county, 50%. he is down here at 17.5%. if you go down here to citrus county, down there once again 44% for her. andrew gillum was in third at 17.2%. the simple truth is if democrats don't want this to be a pyrrhic victory where they say we nominated the first african-american for this the party has got to get over this deep and obvious divide here. all the places that did not vote for him in a big way are going to have to come all the way around, 180 degrees to get behind him if they want to have an actual victory in november instead of this excitement now. >> it is interesting to win now. as i said, he has a lot of work ahead of him. what he just said bears that out. thank you. i appreciate that. >>> i want to bring in mr. van jones joining me by phone. i assume you

investigation of tallahassee's municipal government against gillum, llough he's not directly been named a subject. t mocrats will likely use this-- a comment by desantis today, some call racist. >> the last thing we need to do is to monkey this up by trying to embrace a socialist agenda. >> reporter: today, his campaign said it would be "absurd," to characterize those comments as racist. our request to interview desantis was declined. nsllum called those remarks "beneath the intelligence of floridians." john? >> dickerson: manuel bojorquez for us. enanks, manuel. at his weekly audience at the vatican, pope francis spoke of his recent trip to ireland, and lamented the pain caused by the church's sex abuse scandal. he did not mention allegations by the vatican's former ambassador to the u.s. that francis knew of sex abuse by cardinal theodore mccarrick, but did nothing. today, the former ambassador, archbishop carlo vigano, said he made the accusation not out of revenge against the pope, but out of love for the church. coming up, a battle on the high seas. fishermen out for each others' s

he's the former mayor -- he's the mayor of tallahassee. that's going to set up a battle. jeremy peters, by the way, is with us, jeremy peters of the "new york times." jeremy, one of the things that sort of caught our attention today is this word that donald trump has talked to evangelicals and said if republicans lose the house in november, there will be violence in america. what do we make of this? >> so, ali, this is the way that i think a lot of republicans are trying to frame the midterms, is this fight between trump and an angry, menacing, violent left. and the conflict they're setting up there is that the democrats have been so unhinged by trump's victory that they will stop at nothing to take that victory away from him. the implication there, if not implied, then outright stated in a lot of campaign speeches and ads is that they're going to impeach president trump. so i think this is the kind of turf that very conservative members of congress will want to fight on. i'm not so sure that it works for members in swing districts where you're really going to need to win

and he traffics in the crime-ridden streets of tallahassee. what? has he been tallahassee. in florida, in southern florida, he would see -- >> ouch. ouch. he's too busy vacationing. >> go ahead, ben, close us out. >> when the president talks about crime, let's be clear, it is not just -- this is the part where i say, let's take a bigger look at this. the president attacks a lot of people that are white and also republican. and if you don't believe me, look at the debate we have been having about john mccain. >> yes. >> there are numbers on this. >> this president is an equal opportunity offender against people he disagrees with regardless of their political party, regardless of the race. so i don't think it has anything to do with race. it's a good talking point but not reality. >> all right, we got to go. >> look at the numbers. it's disproportionate. he disproportionately attacks black people. >> we'll leave it. i felt the cokumbaya in the beginning. ben and angela, thank you so much. truly. >>> coming up next, they were political rivals, but that didn't stop the late sen

one thing that could still dogged the gillum campaign is an ongoing investigation into tallahassee hall. to date, gillum has not been implicated and he told fox today he has nothing to worry about. >> bret: arizona will soon have two new senators. we will not know for a few days who will replace the late john mccain but we do know who is running for the vacancy created by the retirement of republican incumbent jeff flake. correspondent peter doocy tells us about that from tempe. >> of the grand canyon states senate g.o.p. winner is carving out clear differences between republicans and the resistance. >> it's a choice between a doer and a talker. between a patriot and a protester. >> congresswoman martha mcsally's victories party started with the moment of silence for the late senator john mccain and quickly turned toward her own expense as a fighter pilot. >> my opponent brags that she owns a hundred pairs of shoes. i on the other hand i'm a hundred can combat missions. >> i have to say the energy and excitement that we have seen this year is unlike anything i've seen in my lifetime. >>

the tallahassee trail-- must be a beautiful place. unfortunately, he didn't go there. >> stephen: you're right, he didn't go there, because the tallahassee trail does not exist. ( laughter ) "ah, the tallahassee trail right through the heart of tallahachia. from the lungs of the great smoker mountains, all the way to the crotch of viagra falls." ( laughter and applause ) ( piano riff ) "so beautiful. so beautiful. a lot of newlyweds go up there. hold hands." trump played all the hits, but he had a major change to his "freebird." >> build that wall! build that wall! build that wall! >> oh, it's happening! it's not "build that wall" anymore. it's "continue building that wall," because we're building it. ( laughter ) >> stephen: that chant doesn't really have the same ring to it. "continue building that wall, because we're building it." "i will chant anything you tell me to! keep it simple!" ( laughter ) all falsetto. everyone in the crowd falsetto. naturally, trump used his rally to focus on the issue everyone's most enraged about: talk

mentioned the tallahassee mayor. winning in south florida, winning in miami-dade, winning in the rural panhandle areas where gwen graham was supposed to be winning. rolling up numbers in jacksonville, hillsborough, tampa, shows strength around the state last night. >> if you looked at the amount of money that green put into that race, spent millions and millions. so many republican, or democratic party insiders, were sure he was going to buy that election. polls looked like he had a good chance and, man. they get to the, get to the voting booth and michael steele, seems like democrats knew exactly what they wanted, and what they didn't want. now, talk about -- talk about how november's going to set up here. like, this is -- this is cliff diving for both democrats and republicans. >> yeah. >> we could have. >> yeah. >> we could have the first two black governors elected in deep south states. douglas wilder won in virginia. >> right. >> but in the deep south, we could either have two progressive black governors in deep

the mayor of tallahassee, leon county in and around tallahassee. look at miami.to be levine county. sorry, that's the statewide. take a look at miami-dade county. gillum winning it out. graham taking a very distant third. he cleaned up there. she got her clock cleaned there. he won in orlando, he won in tampa, he won big in jacksonville, and this was the real surprise. this was supposed to be sort of the heart of gwen graham country, a little more conservative, the panhandle part of the state. gwen graham won a little bit in here. the blue color, the dark blue there, he won some of those counties there, so really different regions of this state he put a very interesting coalition together. i think it's going to be looked at very is closely in the coming days. did he get a lot of young people out, people who weren't necessarily expected to turn out? who will he face in the general election? it is donald trump's candidate, rhonda santos, crushing the former state agriculture commissioner andrew putnam. desantos wins this big. democrats are looking at this race and

the mayor of tallahassee. what happened? a couple things to explain this.ber one, he did well in his base here. but go down to south florida. check this out. we are following this all night. what really powered gillum, broward county. he ran up the score. this is not his home region in the state. and gwen graham did terribly down here. she was supposed to hold her own, do better by her base. instead, gillum just ran up the score here. this is phil levine, the third candidate. this is his home base. winning this outright again. graham finishing very, very distant third. so graham got crushed in south florida here. gillum did very well here. he did very well in orlando. look at this. this is tamp dlaflt he is going to win that over gwen graham. that was not supposed to happen. and then how about this? gwen graham, this is her home base. this is where the district was that she represented. she was supposed to run up the score here. you can see this is gillum's color, this dark blue. you see some of the counties he won outright. others he was competitive in. th

candidate for governor in florida, having just won the primary last night, now facing the mayor of tallahassee, what he said about him today causing backlash. an anchor on fox news saying, we do not condone this language. >>> the deadly heat wave tonight. the train catching fire. an 11-year-old girl dying in a hot car. and tonight, the line of severe storms, three confirmed tornadoes. >>> the officer speaking out tonight, on trial for shooting laquan mcdonald 16 times and killing him. the suspect seen on body cam walking past the officer. tonight, that officer in his own words, saying, i'm not a racist. >>> just in tonight, the player responding, and what we just heard from the u.s. open, after outrage. a female player warned for this moment, changing her shirt around. it was on backwards. while the men sit on the sidelines with their shirts off, no penalty. what's not happened tonight. >>> and made in america is back tonight. and here's the hint. that famous line, bet you can't eat just one. the farmers ready to thank you. >>> good evening. and it's great to have you with us here on a way t.

his city hall under investigation, fbi, corruption, and tallahassee boasting florida's highest crimeate three years running. good going, guys. that is something to run on. but let's look at who his supporters are. of course, many of you will be familiar with george soros, the billionaire who has funded the liberal center for american progress, moveon.org, and his open society foundation, which spreads money all over the place, globally by the way. in the 2016 campaign cycle, "the new york times" magazine reports that soros spent spent $25 million while not lose their campaign of hillary clinton and other leftist candidates' causes. this year, he's already blown $15 million to support democratic candidates and other causes. now gillum knew a good deal when he saw it. so last year, he courted soros' organization and spoke at a number of their gatherings. then when they met at san francisco, soros promised to back his gubernatorial run. he was impressed with gillum. billionaire san francisco financier and philanthropist tom steyer also bankrolled gillum's campaigning and he saw him as b

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as we mentioned earlier, tallahassee mayor andrew gillum won a big upset victory in the gubernatorial. the stakes for progressives couldn't be higher. gillum is their chance to show that a progressive message can win in the swingiest of swing states and he would make history if elected. the mayor joins me now. mayor gillum, welcome to "meet the press daily." >> what's up, chuck. go 'canes, man. >> you're a guy that's been in miami, lived in gainesville and mayor of tallahassee. i assume it better be rattlers first. >> it's always rattlers first, let's be clear about that. >> the way i looked at it, the other green and orange in the state of florida. >> that's exactly right, but we love all our florida schools. >> let me start with the controversy today by your opponent, congressman ron desantis. you heard something and you said it was a page from the donald trump campaign manual. do you want an apology from congressman desantis? do you think you're owed one? >> let me be articulate and clear here, which is we're better than this in florida. i believe the congressman can be better than

he was a popular mayor in tallahassee. you can't underestimate what stand your ground, the role of stand your ground played in the race. talking about mclaughlin getting killed on camera. he was able to coalesce all five candidates to say they'd overturn it. you can't underestimate the puerto rican voters. half of the displaced puerto ricans are now in florida. on primary day, we have a report of how many died in the hurricane, juxtaposed with the president throwing paper towels in puerto rico. i think it played a role, as well. >> now we're in the general. congressman jolly, you know my other role is covering the white house for nbc and msnbc. there is a trump factor at play here. congressman ron desantis is embracing the president big time. today, andrew gillum said, listen, this isn't so much about trump. here's what he said. >> talking about donald trump and reminding folks of how bad he is and how unqualified he is for the job he holds doesn't do anything to ensure that they're able to make end's meet. doesn't do anyt

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i'm from tallahassee, i'm familiar with andrew gillum. he has the ability to give a good campaign speech, he can put together videos to stir up the base. he talks about raising the minimum wage. abolishing ice, expanding medica medicaid. you're going to see a clash of two different policy ideals, and it will be very interesting to see which side prevails. >> sometimes people complain that there is no choice in politics. >> you have a trump backed conservative against someone from the bernie sanders win from the party, and many people argued if only we had someone that drew a true contrast with donald trump, we would have won. now you have the gamble. not just in 2018, but as we go into the 2020 cycle where if you see him emerge victorious, candidates saying hey, we can win in the general election. >> as you watch the results come in, was he drawing more votes from some of the communities that would have needed to turn out in larger numbers to put hillary over the top. >> look, african-americans and young progressives. if gillum can get th

he will face off against the tallahassee mayor andrew gillum. congressman desantis joins us now.halls with you. i endorsed you. in an interview with sandra smith you talked about not monkey this up. i saw your statement afterward and some of the media reaction and your opponents reaction. i wanted to give you a chance to respond. do you think that was something mis-stated or racist? >> it has zero to do with race. it has everything to do with whether we want florida to build off the success or do we want to turn to left wing socialist policies that will devastate our state? i believe people should be judged based on their ability and character regardless of race. because of that i know socialism won't work in florida. it's not good for any race, color or creed. this is not about crase. -- race. i only let gillum try to obscure the debate about whether his tax increases and healthcare plan and his desire to abolish ice if that's acceptable for florida. i don't think it is and i don't care what color you are. >> sean: florida is one of the lowest unemployed states in the country. i

reference tallahassee highest crime rates in the state. taking a page directly from the campaign manual of donald trump. but i think he has got another thing coming to him. if he thinks that in today's day and age florida voters are going to respond to that level of derision and division. >> if elected gillum would be florida's first black governor but this is going to be one of the biggest races to watch in the country, guys, because of that i pointed out. many suggesting this might foreshadow things to come in 2020. brian: talking about policy, it shouldn't even be close. this is a left wing agenda against doing things the way they have been going and for florida, it seems to be going well. >> that's exactly what congressman desantis is saying. it's not time to stop the progress they are making now. he calls this recent flap simply a mistake. but he was talking about the big picture. brian: griff, were you surprised at the follow-up question because we weren't scheduled to have that. >> ainsley: let us know what you think about race and

[applause] he was supposed to be vacationing on the tallahassee trail. i don't know, do they have a tallahassee trail in argentina? no. jim jordan, how great is he. [applause] how great is he clear jim. [applause] [applause] [applause] >> the president is a little taller than me. >> think about this, and 18 months, regulations reduce, taxes lower, the economy growing at a record rate and unemployment and it's lois. were out of the crazy iran deal, the embassy is going to jerusalem, and the hostages have been returned from north korea. that's what's happened under the president's leadership. [applause] what a great defender he has been. that is a tough cookie along with some of his friends. i did not know he was going to be here. i don't want to wrestle him. he is tough. i think he is 128 into one. did you ever wrestle in this room? you would've won. statistically you would've one. anyway, thank you for being here. i did not know you're going to be here. so, a woman, fantastic woman who came to me because i did not have the head of the republican party on

andrew gillum in the mayor of tallahassee, the first african-american nominee for governor.ning he said he is not afraid of his president or his opponent. >> donald trump is scraping from the bottom of the barrel. i think florida and its rich diversity will be looking for a governor who will bring us towing, not divide us, not

floridana histÓrica en la que nada oc por el lado demÓcrata, se alzó con la victoria el alcalde de tallahasseeuna campaÑa de base puerta a puerta. el demÓcrata habÍa apoyado a la ex congresista de corte moderado. >> muchas personas que se sentÍan ignorados, que se sentÍan que el proceso político no les incluye. la campaÑa de andrew conmoviÓ e inspirÓ a estas personas. lourdes: este polÍtico progresista que quiere eliminar a ice y legalizar la mariguana, se convirtiÓ en el primer afroamericano aspirando la gobernaciÓn. algunos creen que el apoyo de bernie sanders fue importante en su victoria. >> pudiera ser un cuchillo de doble filo ena cuando trata de al el segmento mÁs moderado de los votantes de este estado. lourdes: pero lo que mÁs ha dado de hablar hoy son las declaraciones de di santis donde utilizÓ la palabra mono, expresiÓn considerada como algunos como racista, para alertar de que haber salido andrew ser un aria al estado. su campaÑa lo defendiÓ asegurando que el comentario fue sobre las polÍticas socialistas y es absurdo caracterizarlo como cualquier otra cosa. en un estado como la f

andrew gillum, see him right there as the tallahassee mayor, endorsed by bernie sanders, defeated the two more conservative candidates. >>> president trump has reportedly revived the idea of firing jeff sessions. the president's allegedly still furious over his decision to recuse himself from the russia investigation. sources say he discussed the issue with his advisors and lawyers. sessions still has the full backing of the top republican in the senate. >> i have total confidence in the attorney general. i think he ought to stay exactly where he is. >> it's not one thing, it's a series of things. i see a relationship that seems to be deteriorating by the minute. and we need an attorney general that has the confidence of the president. >> that's a big switch for lindsey graham. last year he said there would be holy hell to pay if the president fired sessions. >>> the president supposedly said there will be violence if the gop loses the elections. it was an attempt to scare them into urging their congregations to vote. he says if democrats take control of congress they will overturn ev

tallahassee mayor and bernie sanders back socialist and to kill the state democratic gubernatorial primary, defeating the establishment candidate as they said he will face desantis in the november midterm election. desantis will carry the torch for the trump agenda against the left-wing platform, which includes increasing the corporate tax rate abolishing immigration and customs enforcement and replacing it with the department of justice and he wants medicare for all. joining us tonight, ed rollins, chairman of the great america pac, hall of fame political consultant served as reagan white house political nerve and it's great to see you. what a night it was. the president, his record endorsements come as racially when presidents are supposed to be doing primary endorsements, he has an incredible record. >> he has. the first one in modern times he got into primaries and the party is now his party. he owns this party. he has this agenda and anyone that runs as a republican will run on his agenda. you have the left-wing bernie sanders endorsed candidate is advocating all the things he talked