there's also activity in a -- another florida facility in florida. in indiana, live wabash correctional institution hunger striking. there is the most activity in south carolina. we're broad river, lelee, hununger, kerershaw striking and doing commissary boycotts.. inin north carinina, live a a lt onee facilityy. we have at least one facility. there are also prisoners sufferering in solitary confinement for participating in the strike. you're just a prison is on a hunger strike. in california, we have new. prison. iny are also hunger striking lancaster state prison. in ohio, toledo correctional institution on strike. in texas, at least you facilities. we have to have in solitary confinement. one has not been allowed to take showers. they are hunger striking. jason walker has not been allowed to have paper towels -- 12 paper, towels, or cling close in retaliation to his organizing the strike in texas. nermeen: can you talk about what we know about the levels of ce in prison? is one of the goals to into violence between different prison gangs and ensur

and florida, the economy nationally is doing great. in florida it's doing even better. the economy of florida if it were its own country, gdp just passed a trillion dollars. that means it's wealthier if it were a country than saudi arabia, than switzerland. florida is thriving under the trump growth boom of tax cuts and deregulation. >> are you worried about the puerto rican vote? are you worried about the puerto rican vote and the population that got butchered by not getting the medicaid expansion? >> on the puerto rican issue, first -- look, the death toll there was an absolute tragedy. but i think neither the mayor nor the congressman had anything to do with either the tragedy itself or the response -- >> no, but the congressman is trump's guy and trump said we did great right when he heard that more people than we've seen die from a natural disaster in 100 years died in a place where he thought it was just dozens and he said the death toll was basically dispositive of the level of crisis when he was down there. do you think that hurts desantis? >> but that's the inf

they don't want that in florida. we also have people who flee from left-wing policies in states like new york and connecticut and they don't want that imported into florida. i think we want to keep florida great, we want to keep it going in a good direction to going in the direction of a ocasio-cortez is just untenable and it will not happen in florida. >> laura: congressman, some of your critics will throw out this, they'll say, well, he won on trump's coattails. but you are short on your own policy initiatives on a statewide level. how do you want your critics? >> that's not true at all. we have a solid vision for how to create high-paying jobs in florida. i've been very strong on our environmental problems and solving our water crisis that we have a different part of our state and only one of the few people have stood up against some of of these entrenched interests. laura, you know they were spending millions of dollars to stop me in the race but yet we've been very strong on illegal immigration, saying we need e

, which would bankrupt the state, i'm trying to make florida even better, he wants to make florida venezuela. but he also combines the far left ideology with managerial incompetence. as the mayor of tallahassee, his tenure has been absolutely disastrous. tallahassee is one of, if not the most crime-ridden city in all of florida, year after year, rising crime, he is embroiled in a lot of corruption scandals, this is not -- it's a guy who can't even run the city of tallahassee. there is no way florida voters can entrust him with our entire state. >> laura: now congressman desantis, in your jubilation and your celebration, you may have missed that alexandriaou ocasio-cortez tweeted out congratulations not to you but to your challenger, andrew gillum, saying, "the progressive movement is transforming the country and he proved that again tonight. gillum ran on medicare for all, legalizing marijuana, abolish i.c.e. and more. thank you, florida voters! on to november."gh i would wear that as a badge of honor tonight, congressman. >> we have people in florida who have fled socialist countries like c

that applies to rural florida, suburban florida, urban florida. if your kids are being high stakes tested, if you have to work multiple jobs, your number one concern is going bankrupt over an illness that could impact you any day of the week, you want a governor like me who is going to focus on that. >> all right, major andrew gillum talking straight still to the voters. thank you so much. and the conversation has just started. we invited ron desantos on to talk this morning, but his schedule was little busy. his team said he couldn't make it. we hope to have him on some time soon. >>> president trump is warning of violence if republicans lose the midterm elections. nbc news reviewed the excerpts of the closed meeting with evangelical leaders monday night. the gop loses in november, quote, they will overturn everything that we've done and they'll do it quickly and violently. i'll say that again -- they will do it quickly and they will do it violently. jeremy peters, this sounds an awful lot like what you were writing about a couple of weeks back w

the state of florida. we had an opportunity to expand medicaid for over 700,000 of the most medically needed people in our state. what i said to folks again and all parts of the state that it does not have to be a red or blue or purple issues. the job of the governor is doing the interests of all the people of florida. i am a democratic, most importantly i am a floridian who wants to build a state that has room for everybody. that message is what we talked about throughout the primary. we'll double down on that into the general and for voters who again will find me not a candidate, they can choose and for superficial reasons, god bless them. >> we believe that we can do things in the state and that's what gotten us this far and that's going to make us the next governor of the great state of florida. >> i have to ask, do you think you are riding an anti-trump? >> i didn't talk about trump. we all know he's uniquely unqualified to our country. we talked about everyday issues and confronting people and the tr

, florida. republican voters picked the trump endorsed candidate, ron desantis by a convincing 20-point margin. he ran a campaign with the help of what you might call the fox pac. fox news booked him, we're not sdwro joking here, wait for it, 121 times. you're looking at just a few of those instances. this is after he was a candidate. according to "the washington post" desantis' campaign estimates all those appearances gave them $9.3 million of free florida republican primary air time. the democrat, andrew guillum, pulled off a shocker by toppling gwen graham who had deep political roots in the state. gillum ran on impeaching trump, abolishing i.c.e. and medicare for all. he was backed by tom steyer, bernie sanders, and the right's favorite financial boogieman, george soros. his nomination will be viewed by many as the ultimate test of electability of progressive democrats at a time when they seem wary about the electability of said progressives. as i mentioned, this fight is already off to a na

want to turn back to tessa due value, a florida with the "florida times union," helping us piece together what's happened here. tessa, let me ask about the event itself. we heard about this madden event. i'm going to read a statement from electronic arts, the company that makes these madden video games. they tweeted, we are aware of an incident at a madden competition in jacksonville. we are working with authorities to gather facts at this stage. they're working to gather facts. you and your colleagues are working to gather facts, as well. what do you know about where this took place? >> reporter: still not a lot we know at this time. i can tell you it's at the jacksonville landing, this two-story indoor/outdoor mall, right in the heart of downtown. so where i'm standing i can see jacksonville's iconic blue bridge. the area is just absolutely swarmed with police vehicles right now. more dozens than i can count. there are not a lot of people coming and going at the moment. really just people trying to piece together what's going on. a lot of people just sort of sitting and waiting and seei

all of the things that make florida, florida. for me, it is always been florida first. i would be honored to have your vote. the: taking your calls in last hour of the "washington journal." getting your thoughts on the issues that are important to you heading into the final 10 weeks of campaign 2018. thanks for waiting. caller: hello. host: go ahead and -- anita. caller: the health care issue is at a crisis level in tennessee. company insurance but there is a lot of small, independent businesses here. we've a friend who found out he has cancer, a business owner. what are they going to do? now he has pre-existing conditions, what is he going to do? i think it needs to be addressed. we are the only western world country who has not addressed this issue in a meaningful way. the other part was minimum wage. this area is -- the cost of housing has gone up and doubled in 10 years that i have been here and the wages are so stagnant. somebody people who work 40 hours a week here have to have service industry jobs and they have to get gov

we can talk the rural panhandle of florida or the corridor, the diverse south florida, if you're working to make ends meet. so killing off sea life and impacting our quality of life. so what my candidacy was a foil for all of those issues. we are giving them something to vote for, not just against. >> and they are coming, they are already coming for you based on your message. he says that you, want to abolish i.c.e., you do, correct? >> we want to replace it with the department of justice. he says you want single payer health care system in florida, you want medicare for all, correct? >> i am a champion for treating health care as a right, not a privilege. that's right, and expanding medicaid in florida for 7,000 people that don't have access to health care. right now it is being distributed to other states, but i believe that is not left or right. >> he, you, it is what you campaign on, he is using against you. you're campaigning on wanting to abolish i.c.e., on single payer health care, and he is using those things to say he is saying that and because of that, i'm going to win florida.

also this hour a senator from florida says russia has penetrated the u.s. state's voter registration system head of the midterm elections but state authorities say there's zero evidence to support that claim. and an empty passenger plane crashes in washington state in the u.s. after being stolen by an airline employee who was reportedly suicidal. this is our change our national coming to life from the russian capital welcome to the program. two palestinians have been killed in over two hundred injured in the latest violence at the israeli gaza border the protest erupted after a cease fire deal between hamas militants and israel came into effect on thursday that agreement meant ending all rocket fire on israel in airstrikes on the gaza strip journalist who. was at the latest protest. a little bit meters away from chanting slogans like i was ready. to i was. right and they're letting the roadsides. it's right if i says i didn't do frightening. the scene in protesters. the policy protesters have been burning tires to alert the bridgend of they certainly sniper

a major upset in florida last night. it is now set the stage for a fall race for governor that just might be a preview of the 2020 presidential race. democrats defying the pollsters and picking tallahassee mayor andrew gillum for governor, with far less money than his rivals, he ran hard to the left, for abolishing i.c.e., for legalizing marijuana. he connected with the grassroots energy of a democratic base that has come alive with activism in the trump era and gillum will now face republican congressman ron desantis. he thanked the president profusely. he has forged a bond with the very voters who powered trump in 2016. these are two candidates, gillum and desantis, two nominees who very much reflect the values and passions of their respective parties' bases and that means that this race in florida might offer all of america a preview of 2020, of what happens when these two powerful forces, the trumpian right and the resistance left collide in one of the biggest and most crucial swing states on the map. already today,

we see numbers out of florida that the approval rating with president trump is high the nature of florida is it is a multi--cultural area. >> first of all when we have candidates that speak to the kind of changes that people seek and candidates that really people can relate to, gillum was the only candidate, he went to public schools. he knew what it was like to live paycheck to paycheck. when you combine that with a progressive platform and bold 56ary ideas, people do get inspired. we do expand the electorate. that's the winning strategy. in florida, where races are often one or lost by 1%, 66,000 votes with a state over 1 million people, we need to energize the electorate and make everybody believe they have a vote that counts and give them a candidate they can believe in. that's what we have in mayor gillum. >> you are nodding your head. >> this is the thing, when people believe in a candidate, everybody has to get in line. a lot of prominent democrats didn't give gillum a chance, corey booker didn't campaign for him. people want to put political capital into him. now he's won, he's my

arranca la batalla por florida. el candidato de donald trump enfrenta al demÓcrata, quien aspira a ser el primer gobernador negro del estado. california termina con la figura de la fianza en efectivo. el estado sigue al distrito de columbia eliminar este pago como medio para obtener la libertad provisional. comienza la ediciÓn nocturna. ♪ ♪ ♪ patricia: muy buenas noches y bienvenidos al ediciÓn nocturna. comenzamos con las fuertes crÍticas que ha recibido el ganador de las primarias republicanas para la candidatura a la gobernaciÓn de la florida. el demÓcrata se convirtió en el primer afroamericano en aspirar a la gobernaciÓn de florida. lourdes del rÍo tienes de informe. lourdes: fue una noche floridana histÓrica en crata, s con la victoria el alcalde de tallase, quien prpuerta 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

>> i look forward to campaigning him as governor of florida. i'm running a florida first campaign. i care more about the schools in washington county than what's going on in washington, d.c. >> martha: if that was interesting, remember that? use of the top two republicans facing off. tonight is election eve in florida and they are going to put this contest and we are calling it the single most pertinent government decision in 2018. ron desantis is in the lead about seven points ahead of his opponent, florida agricultural commissioner adam putman, who joins us now. i know there are some polls out there closer than that. it's been a roller coaster. when we did that debate, you are ahead by about 17 points. of course people probably weren't paying attention yet, but this has been a tight one. >> it is tight. florida is a tightly fought state and it will come down to a choice. a choice between the washington way and putting florida first. i believe the grassroots relationships that we have built over the last year and a half will pay off tomorrow. the relationships we built for sending

compare that to a state like florida, our number one state, and florida starting people flood in and it's not just retirees, older americans. it's also younger americans are looking for opportunities. perhaps they're the low skilled worker in upstate new york who can't get a job because of the fact that the minimum wage is so high. or because that tax burden is so stifling because housing costs -- all the upstate is relatively affordable housing because housing stock they had. they are not opportunistic even if you can get a house cheaply it's much harder to get jobs and other economic dynamism that that you have seen in florida. this is a real case in which outcomes are impacted by freedom. people who for lots of different reasons, the weather, family, natural amenities. but on the margins freedom matters and you can see that in states like new york convert a florida look at nevada to to california. california has probably the best weather, great cities, lots of things to do, mountains, beaches, hollywood. and yet 60% of the population -- 6% of the population has flowed up going the

how does that play out in florida of all places? >> i don't know if there is a greater contrast in the nation between candidates. arguably in georgia maybe there is. i think that both sides got the candidate that they wanted the other side to get. we are going to have to wait and see. i think in this trump era you are dealing with a black progressive candidate on the left and a trump supporter on the right. it's not clear in the mid term election with the national environments whether or not the democrat could get the extra point or plus that trump won by in florida. keep this in mind. in florida they have not elected a democratic governor since 1994. that is an uphill battle. keep in mind they really haven't nominated a true progressive on the democratic side since long before 1994. this is a different tact that the florida democratic electorate is taking. they decide to go to the left and african-american candidate. i will say if you get the turnout among fram -- african-americans and progressives in florida. >> you set me up. flo

the state of florida. we had an opportunity to expand medicaid for over 700,000 of the most medically needed people in our state. what i said to folks again and all parts of the state that it does not have to be a red or blue or purple issues. the job of the governor is doing the interests of all the people of florida. i am a democratic, most importantly i am a floridian who wants to build a state that has room for everybody. that message is what we talked about throughout the primary. we'll double down on that into the general and for voters who again will find me not a candidate, they can choose and for superficial reasons, god bless them. >> we police chief thbelieve th things in the state and that's what gotten us this far and that's going to make us the next governor of the great state of florida. >> i have to ask, do you think you are riding an anti-trump? >> i didn't talk about trump. we all know he's uniquely unqualified to our country. we talked about everyday issues and confronting people and the

that dynamic is not florida spec. democrats have a lot of candidates across the country in potentially flippable districts where the democratic candidate comes from a national security background. and that's interesting in terms of strategy and was that a deliberate plan by you know the democratic party. what does that say about national security professionals and their desire to get into politics and the trump -- you can analyze it from a lot of different angles. >> but tonight we have just learned from some interesting reporting by spencer ac-kerman at "the daily beast" that the democratic congressional campaign complete, the committee in the democratic party in charge of electing house candidates have just warned given a warning to all of the democratic party's congressional candidates across the country who have a national security background. people who have security clearances or who have had security clearances in the past because of their past work, the democratic party has now just officially warned all of th

en la florida, nadie tiene la victoria asegurada. eso quiere decir que aquÍ en las urnas, al final del dÍa, cualquier cosa puede suceder. en miami, florida, lourdes del rÍo. ilia: las mujeres continÚan triunfando en las primarias . dos lograron la nominaciÓn de sus respectivos partidos para disputar el escaÑo que deja ileana ros-lehtinen de la florida. hay un notable contraste entre trayectorias y posturas polÍticas. andrea: la contienda por el distrito 27 de florida se convirtiÓ en un duelo femenino entre la periodista republicana marÍa elvira salazar y la ex presidenta de la universidad de miami, la demÓcrata dona shaleila. >> los votantes nos verÁn como individuos,nos juzgarÁn por lo que hemos hecho en la comunidad y lo que haremos en un futuro. andrea: por casi 30 aÑos el puesto estuvo en manos de una conservadora, ileana ros-lehtinen, quiÉn anunciÓ su retiro en mayo pasado. los demÓcratas creen que pueden apoderarse de este escaÑo. >> eso es una falacia, eso de lo inteligente de washington . convencen al pÚblic

but first, correspondent phil keating is live in florida, all eyes on the big florida race important to the balance of power in congress and some other nail-biter down there, good evening, phil. >> good evening. first to the governor's race, and congressman three turmeric, ron desantis, rolling to an easy primary victory over his or her book and opponent, air agriculture commissioner adam p. desantis winning by 20 points. fox news called this race just as soon as the polls closed in the panhandle. desantis took the stage to cheers a short time later. he spent half as much money as his opponent but he had something far more valuable among the republican base, president trump's endorsement. >> i pledge to you as governor i will work my butt off to accomplish great things for the stage. and we'll keep florida great it will make it even greater. god bless you guys. thank you so much! >> trump tweeted this, "such a fantastic win for ron desantis and the people of the great state of florida. ron will be a fantastic governor. onto november." of the democratic side of the governor's race, a

he traveled all over florida. he said jobs, jobs, jobs, that's what got him into the governor's mansion. desantis has the same policies that will continue the economic growth of governor scott. he also wants to help with reducing the taxes in that state. he has the right policies that fit for that state. mayor gillum does not. he does have far left wing policies. >> alice -- >> that are not fit for florida. president trump won florida. he has 50% approval rating. the wind is at desantis' back. if he can put this behind him, he is in a good spot. >> this is what's so interesting. the fact of the matter is desantis is -- he is like a very -- one could argue sometimes he is more trumpier than trump. he is not some mainstream conservative. he believes in conspiracy theories. he is willing to use this dog whistle language to attack his opponent because he cannot talk about the issues. the fact of the matter is, mayor gillum is talking about the issues. that's how he won the democratic novemb nomination. he is talking a

of florida. they organized and appropriated florida goes trump rallies held in nearly 20 cities across the state of florida. made one-on-one contact with local florida activists for inperson on the ground help. they hired somebody to impersonate hillary clinton at a florida rally. for whatever reason, florida was a big target for russia's influence campaign and for whatever reason, they were kind of a soft target. russians were able to find people who they could dupe into participating in their operation. but there's another specific way they went after florida we don't yet understand the consequences of. we don't understand the danger of it but it's now back in the news for right now. the details of it turned up a few weeks ago in the last big indictment from the special counsel's office. that indictment against a bunch of russian military intelligence officers from the gru. in that indict, according to that indictment, the month before the 2016 election, so october 2016, gru officers involved i

members for florida are incomplete for the next hour, polls in the panhandle region of florida, central time of the state, are still open. marquis race replacing the governor and picking their candidate for that race. i'm joined by white house correspondent for pbs news hour and david katnis. david, let me start with you. on arizona, the later poll closing time. obviously the immediate backdrop for that race, as we said, john mccain's passing. and the question there for republicans, it does seem pretty stark on paper. you've got martha mcsally, combat veteran, choice of the party establishment. you have arpaio, pardoned by trump. kelli ward, as antagonistic as anybody, to say the least, toward john mccain. where will the balance of power be there in arizona? >> it's tough. you have a three-way race. if it was yust kelli ward versus martha mcsall lly you would hav that clean pro-trump versus establishment battle but sheriff joe arpaio, who will get double digits in the polls most likely, muddles that. most expect martha mcsally to win and by double digits but we also have to look at how

to discuss the florida election. during the interview he made an inappropriate comment. he has clarified his comments in a statement saying quote, ron desantis was obviously talking about florida, not making the wrong decision to embrace the socialist policies that andrew gillum espouses. to character it as anything else is absurd. florida's economy has been on the move for the last eight years and the last thing we need is a far left democrat trying to stop our success. we do not condone this language and wanted to make our viewers aware that he has since clarified his statement. also mayor gillum will be on with shepherd smith today at 3:00 p.m. >> eric: iran's supreme leader cass casting down on the nuclear deal in the past. we'll talk to congressman francis rooney about the possibility next. in jellyfish. in clinical trials, prevagen has been shown to improve short-term memory. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. mitzi: psoriatic arthritis tries to get in my way? watch me. ( ♪ ) mike: i've tried lots of thi

the senator from florida says russia's penetrated the u.s. states voter registration system ahead of the midterm elections but state authorities say there's zero evidence to support but play. tops the list of countries receiving the most migrants on the mediterranean this year is a new refugee deal comes into effect through space and germany. good morning this is out internationally the weekend with me kev and i we just had nine am in how this saturday morning in moscow first than two palestinians have been killed in over two hundred injured in the latest violence of the israeli gaza border the protests erupted after a cease fire deal between hamas militants and israel came into effect on thursday that agreement ending all rocket fire on israel and the air strikes in the gaza strip. he was at the latest protest. i mean let me just tell you. that i was. and there. was. this. thing. that's just that big bank fire. to play the vision of the israeli snipers and their israeli forces continue to use live ammunition or scores of the kids have been i

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>>> making news in america this morning, fierce backlash from the president's pick for florida governor. >> the last thing we need to do is to monkey this up by trying to embrace a socialist agenda. >> the controversial comment about his opponent that some are calling racist. >>> breaking overnight, a former texas police officer sentenced for murder in the fatal shooting of a teenager. what the jury decided. >>> dental deception. a woman under arrest accused of pulling teeth and performing surgeries without a license. how she was able to practice dentistry for years and the serious health issues at least one patient suffered. >>> plus, the sister showdown, serena williams' big win putting her up against venus and the u.s. open accused of sexism after a female player is penalized for taking her shirt off while male players are frequently bare chested. >>> the shocking cost of day care. how it compares to some family's rent. >>> and timing is everything when it comes to caffeine. how our coffee habit is killing productivity. >>> and we do say good morning, everyone. i'm kendis gibson. >>

the senator from florida says russia has penetrated the u.s. state's voter registration system out of those little elections state authorities though say this is zero evidence to support that claim. that space tops the list of countries receiving the most migrants on the mediterranean this year is a new refugee to come back to spain and germany. by the very good afternoon just one of the afternoon this saturday or moscow one is kevin zero in this is our international broadcasting run the world where we hope you have a good weekend starting with this story then two palestinians have been killed and over two hundred injured in the latest violence in the israeli gaza border the protests erupted after a cease fire deal between hamas militants and israel came into effect on thursday that agreement meant ending all rocket fire on israel and airstrikes on the gaza strip the journalist in could he was at the latest protest over it. i mean let's not get meters away from chanting slogans like i was ready. to i was. right to demand a new political protest

live coverage of a mass treating out of jacksonville florida. i myself neville i'm alongside eric shawn. reportedly the shooting happened moments go during the mat in 19 tournament in the jacksonville sheriff's office is saying that one suspect is dead on scene and they are urging people to stay away from the downtown area. eric: you see in the right of the screen and will play at the exact shooting when the young people are playing that videogame. let's listen for a second. [gun shots] eric: you can see the young people have to be 16 years old to play the video game and they are gamers participating in the madden nfl 19 tournament and the gl hf game are part of chicago's pizzeria. it's a store that is on the jacksonville riverfront which is crowded with tourists and visitors and the like. this tournament is ongoing this afternoon where you get to have prices from $102,000 and get to the finals. shockingly this is been live streamed to a gamers across the country so you probably dealing with young people who are at this game and tragically and s

that's not going to be good for florida. so i'm going to fight for what i believe in because i think i'm the guy that can really lead florida in a good direction. >> the controversy there, of course, is that he said the last thing we need to do is monkey this up. his opposition is an african-american man. the campaign released ron desantis was talking about florida not making the wrong decision to embrace the socialist policies that andrew gillum espouses. to characterize it as anything else is absurd. the last thing we need is a far left democrat trying to stop our success. gillum is the first african-american to be a nominee for governor in florida. >>> all right, 13 years after hurricane katrina, the united states is facing another major challenge. the realities hurricane maria left behind in puerto rico. here's what president trump just said -- listen to what he said when he visited san juan in october. >> if you look at a real catastrophe like katrina and you look at the tremendous hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of

he today told us andrew gillum winning that race in florida and what it means for florida and democrats, broadly, is something he has never seen before. and he never says stuff like that. i know this is one candidate, one campaign, one race. but there is something about that surprise result in that one race last night na has grabbed even the most jaded political observers by their lap els and shaken them up. we will be talking about that, some of the reasons behind what happened there coming up. in addition, that andrew gillum race last night, here's another weird turn also about electoral politics. one of the border trends that is happening in democratic party politics this year for the mid-terms is that there is a whole bunch of people running on the democratic side for congress, who are people that have national security background, people whose background is in law enforcement, intelligence, the diplomatic core, other national security roles, for example, in florida, last night a former u.n. ambassador, won a congressional primary in the district represented by republican ron desant

also in the program a senator in florida uses rush hocking the state's voting system at the midterm elections but the state authorities say there is no evidence to support that claim . just a few moments into a brand new day here in moscow sunday august twelfth you know neal based says r t international our top story turkey is ready to abandon the u.s. dollar and its international trade president to urge a one a defiant speech. his target sent the turkish currency into a tailspin. we are preparing to use our own national currency with our biggest trading partners such as china russia and ukraine if european countries want to get away from the us dollar then we are ready to set up such a system as well. the turkish leader went on to say that his country needs to look for a new friends on alliances he also appealed to citizens to sell their u.s. dollars and buy turkish lira to defend the currency in the wake of trump's punitive trade and measures i have just authorized a doubling of tariffs on steel and on the menu with respect to turkey as the currency the turkish lira slides rapidly downward

a senator from florida says russia has penetrated the u.s. states voter registration system ahead of the midterm election state authorities however say there is zero evidence to support that claim. and. the passenger plane has crashed in washington state in the us after being stolen by an airline employee who was reportedly suicidal. a very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at r t h q in moscow where it's just turn two pm thanks for joining us this hour. two palestinians have been killed in over two hundred injured in the latest violence at the israeli gaza border the protests erupted after a cease fire deal between hamas militants and israel came into effect on thursday that agreement meant ending all rocket fire on israel and airstrikes on the gaza strip local journalist who was at the latest protest for us. a little hundred meters away from chanting slogans against israel. good day was. right and they're letting. the rest of the. israeli forces. to fight. the scene in protesters. the policy protesters have been burning tires

and a senator in florida accuses russia hacking at the state's voting system ahead of the midterm elections but they go forward to say that there's no evidence to support that claim. are broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our team international john thomas really glad to have you with us now turkey is ready to abandon the u.s. dollar and its international trade president everyone gave a defiant speech after donald trump's latest tariffs sent the turkish currency into a tailspin. we are preparing to use our own national currency with our biggest trading partners such as china russia and ukraine if european countries want to get away from the us dollar then we are ready to set up such a system as well. the turkish leader went on to say that his country needs to look for new friends and allies he also appealed to citizens to sell their u.s. dollars and buy turkish lira to defend the currency in the wake of donald trump's punitive trade measures. now i have just authorized the doubling of tariffs on steel and with respect to turkey is their currency the turkish lira sli

>> donald trump has remained pretty popular with the republican base in florida and florida voted for donald trump in 2016. it's important to remember that when we're thinking about the general election race. so i think people who might discount that factor are doing that at their peril. congressman ran desantis shows that often the strength of the president's endorsement he was able to capture a republican primary with more than half of the vote and that's considering that the opponent he was running against was expected to win until president trump tipped his hand in the race. >> elizabeth koh, thanks so much for being with us. appreciate your insight from the ground in florida. >> thank you very much for having me. >>> let's bring in our cnn chief political correspondent dana bash and senior writer and editor hairy anton. let's keep going with florida because we talked to jeff weaver, bernie sanders' adviser. he does think this is a sign, a bellwether, harry, of what is to come in the midterms and beyond in 2020. how remarkable is it, the upset we've seen? >> gillum came from behin

i don't want to raise taxes on every day florida. the corporate tax rate is lower than that of alabama and georgia. we're the third larger state in america. we have cheapened and been a back of the pack state on almost everything that matters. i want people to understand that good corporations, good companies, good businesses, good people don't locate to states where your education system is 40th out of 40th, where your mental health funding is 50th out of 50th. where your environment is being so harmed that you can't even go into the ocean, that you have to be conscious about the air that you breathe or the water you drink. that impacts people's quality of life. if we are serious about creating a state desired by everybody, which i can't imagine why anybody wouldn't want to choose florida, we have to make our state the kind of state deserving. but it requires a governor interested in doing the right things and making the right steps. corporations have to pay their fair too in this state which is why i advocate a corporate tax rate i

, florida, florida, and florida we're going to be talking about a lot because each party base got their candidate and each party base got their candidate in the other party they think they can beat. how about the senate race, though, because the democrats are entertaining hopes -- they may be a little bit outside, but they have some hope of winning back that senate chamber. well, florida has a lot to do with that. what happened tonight, the republican governor of florida, no surprise here, he had token opposition in the republican primary, but rick scott will be the republican nominee officially for the u.s. senate. who will he take on? he will take on bill nelson, the democrat. we can show you the early polling on this race. this one has surprised people in both parties. if you average together the polling out there right now, scott is actually slightly leading bill nelson. a bit of a surprise because florida always competitive. it was a trump state in 2016 but only by a small margin. those democrats in trump states, they seem to be the ones that trump won by 30, 40 points. he is in a

he won florida in 2016 and his approval rating in florida is about where it was in 2016. so if you put these factors together, it looks like a good year for republicans. we heard about a blue wave for democrats, they really had a strong turnout. it is far higher than any midterm they have ever done. however, republicans had that 36% turnout rate. >> your quickly, the cliche in florida, is you have to be able to appeal up north and in the panhandle. this is a different model, is there any reason to think it will work, it will be a first, correct? >> i think the reason to think it might work is that the other models have not worked for democrats in the past five elections, they're trying something new and it will be a fascinating experiment to watch. >> okay, i love reading your stuff, please come back and keep us posted, excite often when it comes to florida, you see it first, thank you. >> let's bring in to talk about all of this, john avlon, and talu. what do you think we're seeing in florida? >> yes, he put it brilliantly. he broke down what we're likely to see in novem

we may, it may be florida actually stays red. it might be the outlier in both the governor's race and the senate race. the andrew gillum factor changes this dramatically. this becomes a hyper-partisan race. donald trump and the liberal democrats. >> let's move out race for another race. you have mcsally fighting off the challenges from the right. trying to win over the voters who were john mccain backers in arizona and donald trump backers, right? going up, of course, against n kiersten cinema. >> they're looking at the result in arizona and breathing a sigh of relief. not only did they think mcsally was the best shot of holding the seat. remember, jeff flake, republican, is retiring. they thought she was the only shot. certainly compared to kelly ward and joe arpaio. you had the hard core trump wing. arpaio split it up. left room for mcsally to win this thing. it is the balancing act of appealing to the middle and trying to get the folks on board for the fall. the bottom line here is, this is one of those states, so many democra

he won in south florida. he won in a lot of the panhandle which was supposed to be guaren graham country. it's 34%. that's a broad coalition within that democratic electorate. >> what does that tell you about the race set up between him and desantis as we go forward? you keep emphasizing the fact that florida is a swing state. and now you have a trump-backed candidate. and i think it's fair to describe, i've interviewed andrew gillum. you can describe him as a progressive. >> absolutely. if you talk to each party and said okay, it's gillum versus desantis, democrats loual you beat desantis. this was the numbers tonight on the republican side. the democratic answer is very easy. their answer to how you beat desantis is trump. he taped himself at the him. he lives and dies by trump. maybe that's too much of a liability for him to overcome in 2018. the republican answer to how they beat gillum, it's we will see because i think gillum will be a lot of people looking into him now for the first time. >> he was not

putnam down there in florida. but will donald trump support help in a general election, in a very purple state, divided state like florida. as you know very well. >> as you guys know i'm a very proud at native floridians, i think we go back five generations or something like that. it's interesting because it's not just about trump and desantis, gillam was backed very heavily by bernie sanders. >> he was but i think that the bernie sanders of weight went a long way. for me i think that's the first trump-bernie match up the fourth 2,020. and what's so fascinating i was about florida is its five states in one. so if you want to test to gauge what will happen in trump versus sanders, get into florida because it's such a diverse population. i'm looking forward to this. one thing that i thought was most interesting, it's all the talk about the blue wave and all that sort of thing. it's fascinating to me in an off election year, while the democrat turnout was strong republicans cast more votes on by a very healthy margin

a senator in florida accuses russia of hacking the state's voting system ahead of the midterm elections but state authorities say that there is no evidence to support that claim. of broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is art international and john thomas certainly glad to have you with us. now turkey is ready to abandon the u.s. dollar and its international trade a president gave a defiant speech after the latest terrorist sent the turkish currency into a tailspin. we are preparing to use our own national currency with our biggest trading partners such as china russia and ukraine if european countries want to get away from the us dollar then we are ready to set up such a system as well. as the turkish leader went on to say that his country needs to look for new friends and allies he also appealed to citizens to sell their u.s. dollars and buy turkish lira to defend the currency in the wake of donald trump's punitive trade measures. i have just authorized a doubling of tariffs on steel and i mean you with respect to turkey is their currency the turkish lira slides ro

compare that to a state like florida, our number one state, and florida is having people flooded in. and it's not just retirees, older americans. it's also younger americans are looking for opportunities. perhaps they're the low skilled worker in upstate new york who can't get a job because of the fact that the minimum wage is so high, or because that tax burden is so stifling because housing costs. upstate, relatively it is affordable housing because housing stock they had. they are not opportunistic even if you can get a house cheaply it's much harder to get jobs and other economic dimon is him that -- economic dimon is him -- dynamism that yassin in -- you see in florida. this is a real case in which outcomes are impacted by freedom. people who for lots of different reasons, the weather, family, natural immunities but on the margins freedom matters and you can see that in states like new york convert a florida look at nevada to produce, 40. california has probably the best weather, great cities, lots of things to do, mountains, beaches, hollywood. and yet 6% of the population has

the primary in florida is not until august. desantis has moved from the back of the pack to first place. we have a governor's race there. lou: just for a second, we should point out, desantis was running behind in that race. >> way behind. lou: until the ft stepped u pred up and said desantis is the man, my full endorsement and the next thing he's got a double digit lead in the race for governor of florida. >> against a formidable establishment candidate who is expected to be the nominee. critical state for us. most important state in the end of the day. and it's a state where we can win a senate race with the governor running against nelson. that's one that we could pick up that we didn't count on early on. and if desantis can hold the governor's race, we're first in line for 2020. lou: governor rick scott has quietly built a lead in the last year and a half and it's impressive, against bill nelson, long-time senator from lorde obviously. desantis building his lead over adam putnam, the preference, if you will, the preferred c

he lives in wisconsin, but he also comes down to florida to fish. -- i know he sen. sullivan: i hope he gets up to alaska to fish. sen. nelson: i know he is going to have a great perspective on this. sen. sullivan: thank you, senator nelson. as you indicated, we do have four outstanding witnesses. i want to thank them all for essentially giving us insight in an oversight hearing that we think is very important. as senator nelson mentioned, very bipartisan. i welcome our witnesses be at first we have mr. don anderson, a senior scientist at woods hole oceanographic institute and and director of the u.s. national office for harmful algal blooms. welcome. next is mr. ivory engstrom, director of special projects and lead engineer at mclane research labs. we also have mr. bryan stubbs, executive director and president of the board at cleveland water alliance. and mr. patrick neu, executive director of the national professional anglers association. each of you will have five minutes to deliver an oral argument or oral statement and a longer written statement may be. include

let's start with florida, the governor's race. a good night for ron desantis it looks like. >> i think the big story ended up being the florida's governor's race and on the democratic side, that is probably where the biggest surprise happened of the night. the front runner was perceived to be lynn graham with support from emily's list, the women's group that helps elect aggressive pro-choice women across federal and state elections. 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