whatever it takes to get what rick scott wants. mr. sawyer is the resisting local elections official. he happens to be a republican. he told "the miami herald" that it is clear that rick scott is trying to intimidate him. but he said that the attempt is not working. he is not scared. that lone republican supervisor in south florida stands out, not just in florida, but in republican politics at large. i mean, the standard used to be that republicans supported the voting rights act. now texas republicans are openly calling for the repeal of the voting rights act in their state platform. this weekend in the same interview where he offered his theory about rape and pregnancy, congressman todd akin suggested that the states should be allowed to do whatever they want with elections. >> elections have historically always been a state thing. and i didn't realize how important or how good that was until we had that very close race, a second race with george bush, and you had something that goes wrong in florida, and i'm thinking, boy, it sure i

started encouraging the students to chant rick scott's campaign slogan. and the kim jong-rick staged enthusiasm staged with the schoolchildren thing didn't happen until after the scott administration had scoured the area for democrats and dissenters and had them removed from the scene. look at this. at the urging of scott officials, sumter county authorities escorted a group of more than a dozen democrats, mainly retirees who live in the villages, from the event. staffers and republican operatives searched the crowd of about 200 looking for people holding anti-scott signs. they are noted and asked to leave. those with pro-scott signs were allowed to stay. that's the villages. that's why and how republican democrats always do vote opts there. romney has been to the villages twice this campaign season. the villages is where mr. romney became so moved about his own thoughts about how awesome america is that he awkwardly burst into song. >> there's a song that captures that for me. ♪ o beautiful for spacious skies ♪ ♪ for amber waves of grain ♪ for pu

we are expecting an update from florida governor rick scott. and the space agency scrapping the launch of a rocket. it is delayed until next thursday. michigan delegates don't know if they will vote in the gop convention. michigan one of five states penalized for breaking rnc rules by having an early presidential primary. to the guy in charge making all republicans happy he is the mayor of tamp a. mayor, good to have you. and how are things looking in your fine city. >> things are great. we prepared for a year and half to host the republican national convention. isaac who for a record is not a tampian or floridian. we deal with these storms every year and prepare tod deal with this one. >> neil: i know you want attention and focus on your city . it is it republicaning gathering all around you and you are in the belly of their beast. >> i feel great. for me it is an economic development opportunity for my city. our city is proud to host them. im a democrat but i am proud of the city that is hosting the republican national convention. we worked a

we are expecting an update from florida governor rick scott about what it could impact the convention in tamp a. it is isaac. joe has been all over the storm and it could be a monster before you know it. >> the problem we have here, look at cleo in 64 and 1935 hurricane coming in the florida straits at this year, this system is capable of exploding. all of the beams just wrap up. it fought with haiti it sort of danced around haiti and cub a. and the track yesterday was staying over to the north coast of the cuba and it misses cuba it is over the water. it is 12 or 16 hours to get organized as it moves the key. i believe it will go midway between key west and miami. we could have a category two or three storm by tomorrow night it can ramp up quickly. >> category 3? >> that is a storm with 120 miles per hour wins. >> category one. >> 75 or 85. >> 10 miles away from that. i heard most colleagues say it could get no worse than that. you think why it is worse? >> i have seen them intensify and what happen florida straits, you have a natural wave to converge in the hurricane. i am sure they

i think the kinds of laws that florida governor rick scott past and championed has been in the way of democratic participation. >> and what is happening right now in the republican national platform that is being passed here in tampa? >> the voter id language that was already in their platform from 2008, which basically was an endorsement for a strict voter -- photo id law has been expanded this year to include endorsement of proof of citizenship for first-time voters. that means if you happen to be walking down the street and the naacp is having a voter registration drive and you have never voted before, you can go up to their booth and fill out an application. but if you do not have some kind of document that proves you're a citizen of the united states, then guess what? you cannot register to vote. this is a rather draconian measure that has been added. it was ushered in by kansas secretary of state' chris kobach who would make him blackwell look like a murf. he is the author and architect of about some of the only strictest voter id laws in the country, but also the architect of s

right now we're waiting for the beginning of a poefing with florida governor rick scott. he, of course, is in charge of the state's storm preparations. a state of emergency has already w beeneclared here in florida. i'm joined by my colleagues, wolf blitzer, jim acosta. thanks for joining me in the noon hour. woe be to the governor who isn't ready for a national disaster that hits his state. so far as i can tell, he has been out there and out front in talking about it. >> that's right. i mean, if you're the governor of a state had a hurricane is onity way, it's probably a good idea to be at command central rather than at the republican convention. and i don't think it's too surprising that rick scott has done this, and i don't think it's too surprising that convention planners have decided to do this. obviously safety has to come first. >> you still hear in tampa, put he's monitoring what's going on. he's basically canceled his convention-related activities to make sure this state is prepared for what could be a disaster. >> and you know, what we've found -- and here he i

right now we're waiting for the beginning of a poefing with florida governor rick scott. he, of course, is in charge of the state's storm preparations. a state of emergency has already w been declared here in florida. i'm joined by my colleagues, wolf blitzer, jim acosta. thanks for joining me in the noon hour. woe be to the governor who isn't ready for a national disaster that hits his state. so far as i can tell, he has been out there and out front in talking about it. >> that's right. i mean, if you're the governor of a state had a hurricane is onity way, it's probably a good idea to be at command central rather than at the republican convention. and i don't think it's too surprising that rick scott has done this, and i don't think it's too surprising that convention planners have decided to do this. obviously safety has to come first. >> you still hear in tampa, put he's monitoring what's going on. he's basically canceled his convention-related activities to make sure this state is prepared for what could be a disaster. >> and you know, what we've found -- and here he

the florida governor rick scott along with the texas governor rick perry. what are they doing together? >>> america is on the job hunt and it is two of the most business friendly states and they are duking it out for the top spot. earlier texas governor rick perry was asked if he was worried that rick scott may be nipping at his heels. >> i am not worried about it, but it is one of the things i am proud of that the governors have put tax in regulatory and legal policies into place. he is one that put the pressure on. he is over on the western side of new mexico. and so i am surrounded by people who get it about economic development, but it just makes us work that much harder. we passed loser pay this past session of the legislature. we are not just sitting over there with our feet propped up in texas. we are working hard to be more competitive. >> are you -- >> you both don't have an income tax. >> are you worried? how much are you worried? we cut property taxes $2 million. we cut 1700 regulations. are you worried yet? >> i wouldn't say i am worried, but i

we are awaiting a news conference from governor rick scott. he has cancel aid speech he was scheduled to give in prime time tomorrow ands to focus on the storm preparation. he will hold a news conference shortly to tell us more about the preparation for tropical storm isaac. he has declared a state of emergency, which frees up resource, including the national guard. ly is here live. >> the tampa police chief, castor. we have tampa fire ems chief and the commissioner, we have the chief deputy sheriff of hillsborough county and the national guard and the tampa coordinator. so what we have been doing all week is making sure at the state, federal and local level that we gather all the information, so everybody is working with the same information. so we can make the best decisions around the state. we have to make sure that we do this for the state of florida. we want to make sure we are coordinating the state, federal and local resources, that's what the effort -- everybody involved has been doing all week. we have had -- we just finished our 11:

scott turned down that money there were a lot of us out there saying myself included saying that he's doing this because he knows that if he takes this federal money which had already been appropriated and was basically added to him and builds this high speed rail system it's going to put thousands of people to work and not just in tampa and us lower the unemployment rate in the united states improve the economy of the united states and that you know from a partisan republican point of view that may help the president get reelected and therefore he turned down the money to what extent do you think that this stamp of occasion and the high speed rail as the as the perhaps iconic example of that. is just that pure politics things that had been a republican president a republican congress the money would have been taken in a heartbeat the high speed rail would be there and unemployment would be at six percent to what extent is that is that that versus some bizarre theory of governance that we're seeing in a larger scope. i think there's a couple things you could say about that i mean i'm

scott turned down that money there were a lot of us out there saying myself included saying that he's doing this because he knows that if he takes this federal money which had already been appropriated and was basically added to him and builds this high speed rail system it's going to put thousands of people to work and not just in tampa and us lower the unemployment rate in the united states improve the economy of the united states and that you know from a partisan republican point of view that may help the president get reelected and therefore he turned down the money to what extent do you think that this stamp of occasion and the high speed rail as the as the perhaps iconic example of that. is just that pure politics things that had been a republican president a republican congress the money would have been taken in a heartbeat the high speed rail would be there and unemployment is six percent to what extent is that is that that versus some bizarre theory of governance that we're seeing in a larger scope. i think there's a couple things you could say about that i mean i'm not sure

right so here's something that people living in florida should know your governor rick scott the national rifle association and the koch brothers funded american legislative exchange council are all working together to make your streets more dangerous restrict your first amendment rights and waste a ton of your taxpayer money and here's how they're doing it last year governor scott signed into law the firearm owners privacy act which bans doctors from asking their patients about gun ownership that law was written by the n.r.a. and has since been introduced as model legislation by the american legislative exchange council it's also a law that was struck down by a federal judge back in july since it clearly violates the first amendment rights of doctors to provide medical guidance to patients. so now governor scott is using taxpayer dollars to defend this law just like he's using taxpayer dollars to defend laws he signed to force welfare recipients to take drug tests to sell public prisons off the for profit corporations and to restrict voting rights all of which have been struck down in co

right so here's something that people living in florida should know your governor rick scott the national rifle association and the koch brothers funded american legislative exchange council are all working together to make your streets more dangerous restrict your first amendment rights and waste a ton of your taxpayer money and here's how they're doing it last year governor scott signed into law the firearm owners privacy act which bans doctors from asking their patients about gun ownership. that law was written by the n.r.a. and has since been introduced as model legislation by the american legislative exchange council it's also a law that was struck down by a federal judge back in july since it clearly violates the first amendment rights of doctors to provide medical guidance to patients so now governor scott is using taxpayer dollars to defend this law just like he's using taxpayer dollars to defend laws he signed to force welfare recipients to take drug tests to sell public prisons off the for profit corporations and to restrict voting rights all of which have been struck down in co

let's look at rick scott as he's speaking. can we hear him? rick scott in tampa, the governor of florida holing a press conference. lease listen in. >> the panhandle is already saturated so 18 inches of rain is a significant problem. especially in escambia county. the expectation is we'll have tropical storm-force winds for 40 hours in the county. as you know earlier a couple months ago we had a lot of flooding in the pensacola area, so we have that risk again. mayor talked for about tampa, but 2 to 4 inches of rain, tropical storm-force winds, so we still have some issues. but one positive this storm is going faster, so anything that's happening it will happen faster. now, all along the coast of florida we're worried about storm surge, wind, rain, and tornadoes. so everybody needs to continue to be cautious, three days of water, three days of food, a full tank of gas. have your medicine. if you're in the tampa area, if you're on the beach, stay on the beach side. >> chad, he's telling people there what to do. obviously, he has been talking ab

we'll get the latest from rick scott. at the top of the 5:00 eastern hour the director of the hurricane center richard knapp will join us with the latest forecast. they released the latest tracking of isaac. we'll be all over that story. we're also doing a lot of political news, obviously, getting ready for the convention in tampa. i'm heading down there this weekend, don. we'll see what happens as far as bad weather is concerned. let's hope it stays good, the weather, because there's a lot of politics that we're going to be covering as we get ready for the formal nomination, mitt romney/paul ryan to head the republican ticket. >> you're probably already bringing your boots but you better bring your rain jacket. >>> wolf just mentioned tropical storm isaac. you know it's going to head that way possibly. well, it's not the only thing that could make it rain during the republican national convention in tampa. you like that, huh? the city strip clubs are gearing up for an influx of conventioneers and their dollar bills. >> r

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. >> reporter: florida governor rick scott who endorsed romney after rick santorum dropped out. and the headliner, the woman who would be first lady, ann romney. >> i believe he is the only person that can turn around america. so let's let him do that. >> reporter: with the paul ryan vp pick and the todd akin controversy, a lot of the focus on the campaign trail has been about medicare and abortion. republicans are hoping they can reshift the emergency and talk about with they want to talk about, jobs and the economy. >> all right. reporting from washington, d.c. tonight. thanks. >>> coming up all new at 6:00, road closures start this weekend for the grand prix. downtown will be tough to navigate but we'll he is you how to naff date and get out of traffic. >>> caesars has won the bid to build the casino but one other company wants to start the whole process over from scratch. >> coming up on world news, it's been 25 summers since dire tip dancing changed a generation or more. jennifer gray is our person of the week. wççÑçÑ >>> stocks opened lower today but all three major i

rick scott insists they have a backup plan should it make land fall there. but it is too early to tell if this need to use those backup plans: >> anywhere from new orleans to the florida keys you need to be paying close attention to the storm. it is frustrating as a meteorologist because you want to be able to tell people where it is going to hit. but at this point in time we just don't know. 4-5 days out we don't have a good indication. one thing is for sure the storm is trueing to get its act together. you see the deeper reds and purples that is colder cloud pops that indicates a strengthening process but almost looks like it is splitting in two. it is a huge storm. once it moves into the bull of mexico it is going to reach many different areas in terms of flooding and threat for winds. even on the right side of the storm so let's take a look at the latest track. as of saturday moving over southwestern haiti port-au-prince area devastated hundreds a couple years ago. many are still living in tents. that could be defer stating. florida keys area south flori

. >>> gracias por tu informaciÓn y continÚamos con mÁs de isaac rc el gobernador de la florida rick scott no hay ma planes de canso convenciÓn republicana que comenzara en tampa, se esperan 70 mil visitantes, delegados, pe rÍo dirbs y manifestantes. empresas petroleras han evacuado trabajadores del Área del golfo de mÉxico recordamos que jorge ramos y marÍa elena salinas van a estar al frente de nuestra cobertura de destino 2012 desde tampa luego charlotte noticias univisiÓn tendrÁ amplia cobertura. anÁlisis de todo lo ocurrido. y univisiÓn noticias.com presentara actualizaciÓn minuto a minuto de lo que pasa en estas convenciones. invitamos a participar. esto en twitter. y las pÁginas de univisiÓn noticias y univisiÓn news na facebook. el gobernador dice no aciertos beneficios para jÓvenes indocumentados e lety remos cuÁles son. los detalles del operativo que fue abatido osama binn lan que estÁ en medio de una kahn tents controversia. >>> esperamos sus comentarios en facebook y twitter sobre las noticias esta noche con el numÉralo e ediciÓn nocturna, lo tendremos en pant

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[applause] >> in florida, a hurricane warning has been issued and governor rick scott has declared a state of emergency. republican officials have announced they are canceling monday's convention events in tampa. they will resume on tuesday. vacationers are being urged to leave the florida keys after -- as tropical storm isaac and stairway after haiti and cuba. watch gavel-to-gavel coverage of the republican and democratic conventions live on c-span, your front row seat to the conventions. next, neil armstrong testifying before a senate committee on the future of space flight. after that, the weekly addresses by president obama and kentucky senator rand paul. >> what i like to watch on c- span is the live coverage of the debates on the floor. news shows tend to be a lot of talking heads, not what is actually going on in the process, and that is what i like about it. the fact that it is stripped of that later, telling us what is happening on the floor of the house in that moment and giving us that insight into how the process actually works. >> c-span, created by america's cable compa

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>> well, chairman reince priebus and governor rick scott and the romney campaign and everyone's working very closely together to make sure, first of all that, everyone coming is safe and secure and the people of florida, you know, have the resources they need. so that's the focus here. but we are going to have a great convention. we are really looking forward to t. they are trying to fit what they can into the three days, as much as of the monday program. so we will have more details on that later on today. but everyone's really excited about being here and telling the story of how mitt romney and paul ryan are going to turn this country around and turn the economy around. i think you are going to see a very well managed convention, regardless of the circumstances. you know, that's what happens when you are leading. you have to adapt to circumstances. >> fox newschannel is there, obviously and planning to cover every bit of this convention. but the major broadcast network his announced in advance that they weren't going to cover the monday speeches anyway. what's the net effect, by losi

scott, donde romney critico el desempeno economico de la administracion obama. mitt romney, candidato presidencial republicanosenor p propios calculos, usted ha fallado en crear los empleos que los estadounidenses necesitan. la campana de romney si cree que ryan tendra impacto en las encuestas. sharon castillo, portavoz de campana de romney lo que trae paul ryan a la boleta presidencial es mucha experiencia en politica publica, sobre la economia. el presidente, por su parte, hara campana en iowa por 3 dias. presidente obama el gobernador romney y sus aliados en el congreso creen que si eliminamos regulaciones a las corporaciones y le recortamos los impuestos a los mas ricos, terminamos con medicare como esta ahora y lo convertimos en 1 sistema de cupones, de alguna forma esto va a crear empleos y prosperidad para todos. standup: fernando pizarro, washington d.c. la mayoria de los encuestados indicaron no conocer bien a ryan, algo que indudablemente cambiara mientras recorra el pais en campana las proximas semanas. desde washington, fernando pizarro, univision. .

we're expecting to hear from florida's governor, rick scott. he will be holding a briefing. we'll take that live during our program right at the top of the hour to find out how they're preparing there for isaac. also, we'll talk to the fema administrator. he will join us live and as always we'll check in with meteorologist rob marciano that gives us the forecast for isaac. that path looks all morning long of the also this morning the backlash against congressman todd akin continues. going to talk to a woman who has an incredibly personal story that she is now sharing. her that i am is shauna pruitt, and she says she became pregnant after she was raped as a 21-year-old in college. she ended upkeeping the baby. her ordeal doesn't end there. we'll tell you what she has to say right at the top of the hour as we start "starting point" at 7:00. >> see you then. thank you. >> he says he was there when osama bin laden was killed in pakistan. the former navy seal, member of a seal team 6 writing the book about the raid. we'll take you live to the piers morgan and see what they're say

branded this morning, rick scott is declaring a state of emergency ahead of tropical storm is it. if it is expected to reach the florida keys later today. visitors are being urged to leave the area. if a steady stream of cars has been moving in north from the keys. and in news conference this morning he says florida is prepared more than any other state for hurricane activity. >> as you have seafloor, the storm has been moving a little bit less. fifth we are worried about what is going to happen to florida and now other states. if it ends up going @ further west alabama, mississippi or louisiana, florida out would be able to be in trouble. >> in the meantime the republican national convention has been delayed by one day because of isaac. it is the second republican convention in a row to be delayed due to severe weather. the 2008 convention in minnesota was delayed by one day because of the hurricanes. >> a top utility safety official was slimming pg&e for what he has turned a meaningless clutches fallen the deadly center of a pipeline explosion in 2010. in a regulatory filing, he

. >> stephen: florida's governor's rick scott canceled his appearances here, alabama governor robert bentley canceled his appearances here and mississippi governor fill bryant has done the same. >> donald trump got bumped out of the scerksd he was going to speak on monday, now no longer appearing at all. >> stephen: no trump? >> folks, this is the biggest, classiest most dazzling disappointment i ever felt. >> i am like primo diamond encrusted sad, of course there is still going to be plenty of excitement this week because chris christie is giving the keynote, paul ryan will accept the vice presidential nomination and marco rubio will be hispanic. also, also, time permitting, mitt romney. and it is going to be equally thrilling here on the report because while i am not in tampa this week i will host the first ever colbert super pac convention, you know our motto, making a better tomorrow, tomorrow. this is good. this will be a week long celebration of unlimited "money and politics". and we have got delegates here from all of the great states of money, cash, moolah. just getting my ba