the 29 in florida is a big prize. florida is a purple state. it can go either way. twice it voted for barack obama, twice george bush, bill clinton, and last time by a narrow margin, donald trump. the history of florida is one that is close, hard to predict, consequential. thedonald trump it is in must win category. if he wants to be president he must win florida. for joe biden there are other possibilities. joe biden would love to win florida. if you does he is most likely the next president. host: why does president trump have to win florida, and where does he have to win florida? guest: it is the electoral map, really. in part because of the big states. california going to joe biden. if we look at the battleground states, it is mathematically possible for president trump to but hehe loses florida, has to sweep pennsylvania, wisconsin, michigan, and pick up new hampshire or another state along the way. it would be challenging for him to do that. if you look at the real clear politics averages, one .7% favoring joe biden, it is a dead heat in florida. it will come

we have a lot of florida voters lined up. starting with jesse in shalimar, florida. go ahead. caller: i want you to know that i'm a republican and i intend to vote for donald trump for president. but i wholeheartedly agree with this lady when it comes to the wearing a mask. i believe that we have enough circumstantial evidence that stop orring masks helps at least hinder the spread of the virus, and i'm not happy alsoour leaders are not trying to encourage us to wear masks. i think masks should be mandated. that's all i have to say. host: nikki fried? guest: i agree. i called and governor desantis to issue a statewide mast mandate. do so evensed to until today and a lot of his supporters are actually challenging in the court system the local mandates. they have lost every single one of those cases. and this is something so simple. when we are in a car we have to put on a seatbelt. we have to put our kids in car seats. this is just fundamental of what we have to do to protect ourselves. if you're not going to do it for yourself, do it for your family members. this is something

he will lose florida, and if you loses florida, he loses the election. host: mr. lopez, we want to get your thoughts on latino voters in sorta being independent. -- in florida being independent. guest: this is one of the states that gives us a look into the registration of voters by race and ethnicity. the single largest group as your caller just mentioned are called no party affiliation, neither identified with democrats or republicans. that is the largest group among hispanic voters in florida, and the fastest growing group as well. in some polling that has come out in recent weeks, it is clear the hispanic vote is split between biden and trump, although again these polls are relatively small sample sizes and have large margins of error. past, florida hispanic voters have tended to support republicans and democrats just about equal shares with obama winning the hispanic vote in 2012 and 2008. host: mark hugo lopez in our last hour of the washington journal, kicking off our battleground say a reason -- battleground series in wisconsin. talk about the latino vote

florida is very diverse. you do have a lot of seniors coming to florida because of the weather and it is a very appealing state. 42020, 42 days from now -- for 2020, i think you're going to see what we have described. i am not sure what the future holds because there are shifting demographics in the country and shifting demographics in florida. host: we will go to greg in florida. how do you pronounce your city? lochaway.e local say foreignere -- tell a lochawa. it is an indian term for a base which is a sinkhole famous in this area. host: how are you going to vote? kind of funny. the older you get, the more you successfule more you you become because your children grow up. you tend to become more conservative. i grew up as a liberal hippie, gung-ho for the peanut man in 1976. i was in a ceremony in 1956 when 'i likely was in an ike' tour. family.republican in my they were pretty democratic except for eisenhower. the localding newspaper. it is a college newspaper outside of gainesville. because of the lean in

he hasn't been here to florida in just about a year. he's coming here to central florida, as you said, and he will be marking hispanic heritage month, part of his effort to try to bring in some of the hispanic voters to the biden tent. joe biden launching a new spanish language tv ad in florida called they say a lot, all part of an effort to woo hispanic voters. the ad claims to dispel the untruths that the campaign says donald trump is spreading about biden. trump, meanwhile, has his own ads. team trump seems to want to convince hispanic voters that biden would turn the united states into a socialist country. >> trump has tried to tie joe biden to socialism, really instilling fear in some voters. does that seem to be working? >> trump has done a really good job of just kind of hammering home this idea of socialism being a big boogieman and something to be afraid of. >> reporter: thomas santiago lives in miami, puerto rican and a newly registered democrat who is supporting biden. he says the more trump talks about socialism. >> that rea

florida is a very diverse state. we have some local elections offices with large, robust staff, and internalized staff equipped to manage some of these challenges themselves and other counties are not in the same situation. they may have a small staff, the matured resources. . we have worked very hard to be sure we are utilizing our resources. those are people with expertise and our dollars to allocate to this project and focusing on the areas that need that support the most. developmentificant in florida elections during governor desantis' adminis tration has been our membership in the electronic information center. also known as eric. eric allows us to crosscheck voter registration data with that of other states. this will help us identify duplicate registrations and voters who have moved or passed away and will lead to cleaner, more accurate up-to-date voter rolls. another very important piece -- i am very excited about eric's -- is that we will be reaching out just after labor day weekend to every single potentia

so the 29 electoral votes in florida is a big prize. second, florida is a purple state. it can go either way. twice it voted in favor of barack obama. twice george bush. it elected bill clinton and last time by a narrow margin, donald trump. the history of florida is one in which it's close, it's hard to predict, it's very consequential and for donald trump in particular, it's in the must-win category. if he wants to be president, he really does have to win florida. for joe biden, there are other possibilities. joe biden would love to win florida. if we does, most likely, he's the next president of the united states. >> why does president trump have to win florida and where -- and where does he have to win in florida? >> it's the electoral map, really. in part i just mentioned it because of the big states. california going for joe biden, texas, illinois, new jersey. a lot of the big states. when you look at the battleground states, it's mathematically possible for president trump to win if he loses florida, but he would have to sweep, pennsylvania, wisconsin, michigan an

also, we are talking about florida because joe biden used his first 2020 visit to florida to address the military community and sure up support amongst latino voters. first he stopped in tampa, where he spoke about the need to support service members and the v.a. and biden blasted his president for his widely reported marks disparaging those who serve this country. >> quite frankly, i won't say -- quite frankly makes me very upset the way he gets in front of a camera and crows about how much he has done for veterans around turns around and insults our service members and fallen heroes when the camera is off, calls them suckers and losers. they didn't come home losers they came home heroes. and i think it's an absolute disgrace donald trump has no idea about the ideas that animate women and men who sign up to serve duty, honor, country, donald trump doesn't seem to be able to conceive the idea of selfless service or being part of a cause that's bigger than yourself. >> biden then attended an event for hispanic heritage nont kissimmee, florida, outside of orlando there. he released his

level in florida. everybody's kind of dug in from where they were from 2016, because inside these numbers for both trump and for biden, some significant changes from 2016, let me show you what i mean. senior citizens, florida, voters 65 and older, a vital ingredient for donald trump to carry florida in 2016. he won florida by 17 points in 2016. now our brand-new poll, a very different result, there's joe biden leading among seniors by a point, that's an 18-point swing, no democrat in 20 years at the presidential level has carried the senior vote in florida, there's biden leading by one. that for democrats is the big change in their direction, but it's matched by a change in the republican's direction, let me show you that, this is 2016, white voters, black voters, latino voters, this is how they went on election day. you can probably see it when i show you, here's the big change, from blue to red. latino voters. hillary clinton won them by 27 in florida. donald trump in our new poll leads in florida am

joe biden in florida yet again. for biden, first trip as the democratic nominee in a state where the polls are close. but that's the case in a lot of those battleground states, isn't it? steve harrigan joins us from tampa. hey, steve. >> neil, you're right. former vice president joe biden's first trip to florida. he touched down in tampa a few hours ago. he's trying to shore up hispanic voters and military veterans. here's the former vice president. >> quite frankly, i won't say -- quite frankly makes me very upset the way he gets in front of a camera and crows about how much he's done for veterans and insults our service members and fallen heros when the camera is off. calls them suckers and losers. >> president trump has had surprising support among hispanic voters here in floor. even with biden in some recent polls among the voters. the republican strategy has been pretty direct and blunt to target biden as a socialist in a state where many people have fled socialist dictators. here's president trump. >> we don't

it could be hard for him to win florida. i think that's part of the reason he's going down to the state tomorrow. and i think you can expect to see a lot of joe biden, a lot of kamala harris and a lot of biden campaign staffers and surrogates in florida speaking to those florida voters trying to get them to turn out at high numbers. >> i've seen that movie before. lara, your publication "politico" reported today that disinformation campaigns and conspiracy theories about joe biden and the democrats are flooding florida latino communities. tell us about that. >> yeah. so, it appears that a lot of this disinformation as well as qanon conspiracy theories, those are conspiracy theories that have been promoted by the president himself. he's promoted qanon supporters or followers. but it's really prevalent on what's app, which is a tech messaging app which is heavily used among the latino community. if it infects spanish language radio, then that could have an impact on latino voters. again, the vast majority of the latinos that i

florida has helped as much as anyone and may be more. upadministration has cleaned 61 pollution site that were all over our country, far more than obama and biden, no matter how far you go back, more than any administration. we have recovered more risk -- more endangered species than any other administration has accomplished in their first term. we are joining the one trillion trees initiative. one million trees pledged to be planted and it is moving rapidly. we've expanded access to over formally and acres of public and lands for hunting and fishing and 200,000 -- 200,000 acres in florida. the last administration was everywhere but here in our country. they were taking care of other land. entries you have never heard of they were taking care of. and they did not do a good job. they neglected the fundamentals of public health care in the united states and in our home. my administration is focused on ensuring clean air and water. under my administration we have seen a significant drop in air since 2016. we are strengthening standards to p

florida, florida, florida. >>> plus, the u.s. passes another grim milestone in its fight against covid. 190,000 deaths. as the race for a vaccine looms over the race for the presidency. >>> and evacuations, helicopters rescues and what officials are calling an unmitigated disaster. california battles one of its worst wildfire seasons ever. we say this every year and yet it's happening again. worst season ever. millions of acres scorched. ♪ >>> welcome to tuesday. it is "meet the press daily" post-labor day sprint. i'm chuck todd. 56 days until the election. we've got new poll numbers hot off the presses here from our nbc/marist poll of battleground florida where president trump will be speaking in the next few hours. and it is a dead heat. not virtually. it is a dead heat. 48/48 among likely voters in the state. florida is often seen as the political microcosm for america and for good reason. the overall political headwinds continue to favor the biden campaign. it's still tied in america's most battleground state. the president

florida felons. you see, since 2018, felons inof florida who have served their time can vote so long as they have paid off any outstandings fines, fees, or restitution. so bloomberg is trying to game the system. florida congressman matt gaetz announced on twitter that he's calling on the state's ag to launch an investigation into bloomberg for "potentially engaging in bribery.""ta in north carolina, election officials are giving residents up to nine days after election day to count their absentee ballots so long as they are postmarked on election day, november 3rd. here with reaction, also a brand-new book out called "firebrand: dispatches from the front lines of the maga revolution." congressman matt gaetz. and member of trump's legal team and also executive director along with his dad of the aclj, jordan sekulow. matt, we will start with you. i read your tweet. okay, you want the investigation. i would agree. >> in the moments before the show i spoke to floridaou attorney general ashley moody and s

he'll lose florida. and if he loses florida he loses the election. >> all right. mr. lopez, i want your thoughts on latino voters in florida being independent. >> so you take a look at voter registrations in florida and this is one of the states that gives us a look into the registration of voters by race ethnicity. the single largest group as your caller just mentioned are people who have what are called no party affiliation. neither identified with the democrats or the republicans. now, that is a single largest group among registered hispanic voters in the state of florida and it is the fastest growing group as well. but in the election and in some polling that has come out of florida in recent weeks, it's clear that the hispanic vote is somewhat split between biden and trump although again these polls are relatively small sample sizes so they have large margins of error and it is hard to tell where we are but even so in the past florida, hispanic voters have tended to support republicans and democrats just about equal shares with obama winning the hispanic vote in

a lot of what we are seeing on college campuses, places like university of florida, florida state, those are things to be cognizant of, but that is not likely to drive significant hospital uses. it is long -- >> bill: do you anticipate -- >> i think right now the total number of covid patients in florida hospitals represent about 4% of all of our licensed beds. from the beginning we have focused on making sure we are protecting the vulnerable, the elderly. we have to do that in this storm, as well. they are impacted by that. to make sure we have this hospital resource. we have always had it. the medication, the ppe, everything. through july, the surge, we are in a much better spot now. i think -- i think we have shown we are going to be able to handle what comes down the pike. we are hoping we don't see another summer surge. hopefully we won't, but we are prepared. >> bill: just focusing on the math, we know how close it was in 2016. the president beat hillary clinton. can you give our viewers a sense about absentee ballots that have come in for respective parties to date in florida? do

there is a big difference between cuban voters in south florida and puerto rican voters in central florida. >> trace: you make a good point about the difference in voters and latino voters there. political professor at florida international university who specializes in cuban politics said, quote being here. given the margins that hillary clinton won dade county by and given how close florida is, the democrats have to put real resources in the hispanic community and stop offending cuban voters. is that an indication to you, mo, this push by the trump campaign to label joe biden as a socialist, show pictures of him next to fidel castro and next to maduro, is that having an effect in south florida? >> we won't know for some time how effective it is. it is clearly where they're going. and we all know that the cuban vote has skewed right of center in south florida for a very, very long time. but on the flip side of that, the orlando media market is oftentimes decided by the strength of the puerto rican community. a community still very, very raw because -- by the president's response to hurric

that triggers florida law. under florida law you can't give anything of value to persuade or entice a vote. >> she is suggesting that bloomberg's people are violating state campaign laws. a bloomberg spokesman said this political ploy is just an example of... allowing florida's felons to vote was battled out in the court for the entire past two years. ever since this was passed by florida voters. while the felons won most of the lower court rulings, the florida republican governor ron desantis appealed it to the 11th circuit court of appeals and won. that court said state law was okay. >> bill: thanks. we will follow it from here. president trump saying moments ago he is close to a final choice on his supreme court nominee. then will the gloves come on off on the hill. senator josh hawley is live after this. who is usaa made for? it's made for him a veteran who honorably served and it's made for her she's serving now we also made usaa for military spouses and their kids become a member. get an insurance quote t

bringing florida state bang. and right now, if i were recruiting for florida state, i'd be looking for guys in that state that love football. and their not afraid of a challenge. and not just looking for guys that run fast in the 40 and they go to, you know, the elite 11 and all the different all-star camps. i'm looking for guys that want to play ball and want to work. >> chris: if they have talent, it's also good, right? >> kirk: of course. >> chris: perry flips it wide over the middle. live f and miami touchdown. has to feel good for perry, too. >> kirk: perry will be in a battle next year with van dyke to see who will become the quarterback to replace king, but nice to see the freshman, redding, get a touchdown. and once again, no matter where they are on the field, they're going to try to get those linebackers and safeties with their eyes in the backfield and make them pay for it. that's what they did there. >> chris: well, they have camden pri price, borregales backup with a chance to get on the score sheet

it's a great state, the state of florida. sit down, everybody. sunshine state is truly one of the most beautiful places on earth. i love it and we will together preserve its breathtaking natural splendor for generations to come. we are here today to celebrate our incredible record of natural comps -- conservation. i have been working with your governors. your current governors fantastic and we've been working very hard. we've been working hard to make sure everything is perfect. andrew wheeler, thank you. and governor ron desantis who ran a great campaign, he's a great governor. what a great job he did. we will let you know on november 3 if he did a great job. i want to introduce lieutenant governor jeanette nunez who is such a fantastic friend and supporter, thank you very much. one of the great attorney general's anywhere in the country, ashley moody, thank you very much. cfo, jimmy, thank you. man who everybody loves, he's highly respected in washington and a great senator, lindsey graham, south carolina, great job. , where is goss? how are yo

that triggers florida law. under florida law, you can't directly or indirectly give anything of value to persuade or entice a vote. >> i guess it's a felony. he is paying people to vote. he is saying here is money, you vote for only democrats, right? or vote against trump. what mike did a total criminal act. >> there is a lot of nuance here and florida voters voted felons who served their time to be able to vote. the state legislator said not until they pay the fines and a lot of them don't have the money. michael bloomberg comes in. kennedy one thing from bloomberg's team, they are saying this is an obvious political ploy by republicans to keep florida voters disenfranchised. they were caught flat-footed on the pr-war. >> i think they should have owned this. this would have been a good time for republicans in this administration to say we have been good on criminal justice reform. the democrats made this worse. if you have a new crop of people that are going to vote, at least try -- it's always a good idea, no

>> well, willie, florida, florida, florida. that was coined by nbc news years ago, and it could come down to this state. and what we see is the trump campaign knowing they're behind, trying to scare voters to the polls, trying to scare people away from the biden/harris ticket. two big weapons of choice. one is law and order. trying to tie joe biden and kamala harris to the protesting, to the looting that we've seen in some american cities. and then in other parts of the country, it's this message of socialism, trying to scare voters by saying that the biden/harris ticket are going to take this country toward a radical extreme. the vice president campaign has an offensive strategy. we've seen the messages on covid. they also need a defensive strategy. they need to reassure some of the voters, white suburban voters, hispanic voters here in south florida, that they are going to try to bring the country together, that they are going to try to heal some of the wounds that have been opened in this country in recent years. i think whe

al cardenas, florida, florida, florida. that's where i'll focuses right now. michael bloomberg, the big headline is this morning out of "the washington post," michael bloomberg is pledging $100 million just to democratic pacs and campaigns that are assisting joe biden there. we had the numbers from our poll that showed donald trump performing very well with hispanics and biden only holding his own because he's overperforming in the north and with white voters. al, what is the south florida latino problem for joe biden and can it be fixed? >> they have the danger of committing political malpractice in florida, if you listen to peter strzok, dan coates and others and retired military leaders. to say that democrats are suspicious and soft on socialism compared to donald trump's outright relationships with putin, north korea, et cetera. i mean the cuban-american community should be on fire with respect to donald trump's record with communist leaders, but none of that is being played out as it should. you know, the woodward book, that's going to resonate big in our

because of the electoral college math, florida is the big hammer because if joe biden can win florida, he only needs one other state in kind of the current map. you know, he doesn't have to sweep the entire great lakes region. so it's a huge opportunity for biden, and the polling has showed a biden lead almost nonstop. there have been two months where trump's ahead in the average since, you know, last october. so it's definitely a competitive state. but the republicans will say they've won the last six governor races down there. they have trifecta control, all three elected branches since 2011. it's my old political stomping ground, and i think when you look at florida, what people forget, as big as it is, the last two presidential races there, even though there are almost 14 million registered voters in florida, the last two have been decided by less than 115,000 votes. so florida is always kind of on the -- on the precipice there, excuse me, and, so, you know, that why republican voters against trump, we've launched a big campaign we call "orange crush there, because we believe thos

you mentioned the déjà vu and the trepidational that wface when it comes to florida, florida, florida. most polls show the state in a statistical dead heat between the president and joe biden. what is your best guess, what is your prediction, for which way florida will go? >> for 20 years in the presidential race, florida has always been within a percentage foit, regardless of which way it goes. and so we have learned, sometimes painfully, to not take anything for granted in our state. and i do believe that joe biden and kamala harris are not taking anything for granted. you're going after every vote any voter, for granted,on, regardless of what the polls -- and, of course, the polls are a snapshot in time, and they help to govern, you know, how you -- the changes you might make, in terms of strategy. but whether we are tied up or down, we're going to continue to work hard up to and including on election day. >> representative val demings, thank you for your time. thank you for joining me " ring line." >> thank you so much. you take care. >> "firing line with margaret hoover" is madel

and resettled in florida. mario rosa relocated, and will soon vote in his first presidential election. >> what did you make of president trump's response to the hurricane hitting puerto rico? >> well, not sufficient, putting it lightly. inadequate. >> reporter: perhaps, attitudes like that inspired the trump administration to, suddenly, announce $13 billion in aid to help rebuild puerto rico, three years after the storm. for his part, biden is, also, promising to rebuild the island's infrastructure. he recently visited florida as well to mark hispanic heritage month. >> it's great to be back in florida. >> reporter: the campaigns are also flooding the air waves, committed to spending upwards of $70 million, each, in tv ads. with outside groups like super pacs throwing another $50 million or so into the mix, according to data from media. the lincoln project released this ad against trump about the coronavirus pandemic. >> more than 175,000 americans have died from a deadly virus donald trump ignored. >> reporte

joe biden campaign looks at florida and access we would lo to have florida if we need it. i don't think we need it. i think the trump administration needs to get to 270. why you have seen president trump sthax like mail in florida. were able to do it pretty key state to their victory. >> bret: we should point out that joe biden is down in florida right now waiting on an event. we could look at that live and i think you will probably see it next hour when it happens. we thought we would be able to dip in at some point. chuck, these biden events look a lot different than trump events. the president was on with "fox & friends" today here is what he said about joe biden. >> i look at biden is he reading notes and reading teleprompters all the time and he doesn't read them well. we can't have a man who is shot. do you know who is not shot, putin, president xi, kim jong jun they are not shot they are world class chess players. >> bret: own debated moderated by our own chris wallace september 29th. it seems the president continues to lower the bar doesn't he for joe biden? >> yea

florida starts to send out absentee ballots on september 24th, all registered florida voters can vote by mail and early voting in person starts in some florida counties on october 19th. steve shale was the florida state director for barak obama's 2008 campaign and the florida senior advisor to barak obama's 2012 re-election campaign. good to see you. who you do you assess this? i do not know enough to be able to make sense of florida polls. what do they tell you right now? >> i think in florida it will be close. here is a crazy stat. take all of the people that voted for president in florida since 1992 it is like 51 million ballots and if you add it up it is like 20,000 votes separating the two parties. seven elections in the last ten years inside of a point state wide. i think joe biden is in better shape today than we were in 08 or 12. that right there is a good example that you can't count on anything. the mccain vote thought they had florida too. >> how do you compare demographic and political advantage versus where some people are going to vote in person and some by mail. florida

florida, florida, florida. for one thing, no republican has won the white house without florida since calvin coolidge in 1924. models suggest if biden takes florida, his odds of winning the electoral college are 95% but it could be a nail-biter. the latest quinnipiac poll shows a tight race with biden up by just three points right now, 59 days out from the election. joining us now is mark caputo, senior political reporter for politico in florida, and mark, be our eyes on the ground there in florida. what are you seeing? what are you hearing from voters about this race and who might have the momentum at this point? >> oh, really depends on who you talk to. we're really a polarized state. in fact, 2000 was a good intro to this because it was at that point that we really saw how equally divided this state has been, and like the past, what, four, five, top of the ticket races have been decided by about a point orless. in 2018, two or actually three of the races were decided by less than half a point so it just give

patricia: el sur de la florida se uniÓ a la fase nÚmero 2 de reapertura. eso permite que funcionen los gimnasios, las tiendas, los salones de belleza y los restaurantes. sin embargo, determinados establecimientos lo abrirÁn en probar, ni en miami-dade. repotera: comenzÓ la segunda fase de la reapertura comercial en el sur de la florida. el gobernador ron de santi dijo que desde este lunes, los negocios de miami-dade y broward podrÍan unirse al resto del estado. los residentes de esos condados no esperaron al fin de semana y acudieron a sus restaurantes favoritos. >> ya podemos salir. la ciudad ha permitido que podamos abrir esta parte, asÍ podemos comer. >> disfrutar el clima un poco, no podemos estar encerrados tampoco. disfrutar poquito es lindo, pero siempre con mucho cuidado. reportera: en esta segunda fase de la reapertura econÓmica, restaurantes como este tiene permitido operar al 75% de su capacidad. de igual forma, sitios como tiendas, salones de belleza y gimnasios. algo que muchos estaban esperando. >> quiero ver si estaba con ciertos gimnas

guys, when has florida ever been about good ideas? this is the state that legally defined tank tops as black tie. good ideas is not their thing. i will say even for florida, i'm surprised they think a pandemic is time to fight for college kids' right to do a keg stand. if there was ever a college game that seemed like it was invented by coronavirus, it would be keg stand. crazy idea, but what if we took turns on putting our mouths on the same tap over and over again, fun, right? moving on, there are just 36 days until the election which means liberals have 35 days to learn how to use a gun, you bitch asses! your npr subscriptions won't help you when there's a civil war! checking on the race in another edition of votegasm 2020. throughout this race, both candidates have been picking up key endorsements. gobbled has gotten endorsements from bernie sanders, cindy mccain and crest white strips, while president trump has been endorsed by police unions, franklin graham and covid 19. if i'm honest, i don't know how much endorsements sway pot

he recently visited florida, as well to mark hispanic heritage month. >> it's great to be back in florida. >> reporter: the campaigns are also flooding the air waves committed to spending upwards of $70 million each in tv ads without side groups like super pacs throwing another $0 mill 5n or so in the mix. the lincoln project released this ad about the coronavirus pandemic. >> more than 175,000 americans have died from a deadly virus donald trump ignored. >> reporter: america first policies of protrump group is airing this one warning voters that biden wants to raise taxes. >> joe biden will raise taxes. >> it is the most challenging state to figure out how to win all states by far. >> reporter: in response to michael bloomberg looking to help pay the fines and fees for tens of thousands of former felons in the state of florida, the attorney general asked the fbi and florida department of law enforcement to investigate that siting possible violations of election law. >> thanks very much. joining us is senior political reporter nia mallika henderson and jeffrey toobin. jeff, the president

going up in the program florida's attorney general wants a program to believe democrat mark bloomberg for paying off the fines of state funds so they can live with any more off the break. there's a culture war consumes american politics during this election cycle the economy remains in a precarious state millions of people live on the margins the only constant for them is insecurity economists debate conventional recovery they speak of the you and you know. is the reality. that it. seems wrong. to seep out the attic. and indeed. the trail. when some find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. welcome back the 2 police officers have been shot on an island hospital in louisville kentucky amid unrest in the city protesters are angry after only one of 3 officers was charged in the fatal shooting of an african-american briana taylor in march. i a grand jury returned an indictment only brought accusing him of one in danger months just as though what the officers charged with murder police have been deployed in the area. brianna taylor a 26 year old black woman was fata

the cuban vote looms very large in florida south florida. miami-dade in particular so it's different than what we see in other states. in most states we see significant slippage of trump's white support. in florida, our polling is suggesting he has found a way to offset that with significant gains among latino voters, primarily, not exclusively cuban american voters. and it makes florida 48-48 in our poll >> cuban, el salvador, puerto rican. i want to bring in carlos carbello what does joe biden need to do to combat the message that he does not align with socialist principles it's got to be more than put out an ad with someone with a a cuban accent >> steph, that's exactly right here in south florida there are a lot of victims of the socialist revolutions. and the vice president has been associated with these governments unfairly by the trump campaign, yet he hasn't defended himself from those attacks. joe biden needs to come down here to south florida, and introduce himself to a lot of these hispanic voters. joe biden has been in politics f

but let me come back to florida. we learned today that michael bloomberg is planning to spend $100 million to support biden. how would you spend that money in florida? >> i would put an ad on the air of fidel -- of donald trump hugging putin and he donald trump with kim jung-un and donald trump with erdogan and does people here in miami who do you think likes dictator, who do you think has been running niwi with a gra if not putin. and people need to understand that when we're talking about the latino polls in florida, it is largely being driven by the cub cuban, nicaragua miles per hour vote. >> but if biden didn't get those votes, can't he win florida? >> if he loses those votes, he has to get the votes from somewhere else. and he is doing well in areas like college educated whites. the problem is, that it is not just biden, it will have a cost down balt llot for democrats wh usually miami dade county is a very strong area for them. >> thank you so much, you know that state and you obviously have expertise when it

now to florida. the president is about to announce a ban on oil development weird that's an extension and the gulf of mexico and there could be more after that. let's go to the east coast of florida. >> president trump: what do you think? i do want to preface that because the fake news is back there. when i say the cleanest air we've ever had come is that okay? a couple of hundred years ago i would imagine it was pretty go good. to safeguard our stunning coasts, i signed legislation authorizing $100 million to fight the red tide and toxic algae. and to preserve the everglades and defend florida from catastrophic flooding. you know about the flooding. we spent a lot of money on flooding, hurricanes. when your governors came to me and they said, can we have this, can we have that? we have to help the panhandle. i said, without question. without any weight, let's go. that's what we said. you've never had it so easy in your life. he would walk into my office and say, how much is it going to cost? how abo

the president is narrowing the gap substantially in florida and neck-and-neck in florida. a lot can change between now and november. >> julie: thank you so much. trace. >> trace: let's bring in fox news political editor chris style walt. great to see you. i want to start where john roberts left off. the polls are tightening. you have now trump 46 to -- july you have 42 to 48, down by six points. now 46-47. very close. now to north carolina and you have now very close 47.2 to 47.8. in july a three-point lead for joe biden. it has to be encouraging for the trump administration. >> yeah, certainly in florida. one word of caution. these state averages, there is not enough good polling down there to get -- to be talking about points of points of points. a lot of those averages will end up more gristle than meat. but florida we have a quinnipiac poll in florida trump closing nine points coming up substantially. so what we've seen across the country and we would expect to see in florida is that the base is coming home for donald trump. here i don't mean his traditional base, whit

the question in florida is, "are you a felon?" and if you are a felon, "have you completed all terms of your sentence?" part of that sentence included fines, fees and restitution. all we've said is, "they must complete all terms of their sentence," which is exactly what the voters voted for in the state of florida. >> stahl: i think a lot of 'em didn't quite understand this part about paying off-- >> brandes: well, then the question is, was the constitutional amendment ambiguous? possibly. >> stahl: early on, advocates of the amendment also said that financial obligations are part of the sentence, because florida lets felons pay their debts long after their probation and parole are over. but the new law says so long as that debt is still owed, felons can't vote. how much does the average ex felon owe in terms of money? >> meade: from what we're seeing, the majority of folks, anywhere in the neighborhood of around $1,500. >> stahl: and can most of these ex-felons afford that? >> meade: no, i would say that they couldn't. >> stahl:

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florida felons. you see, since 2018, felons in florida who have served their time can vote so long as they have paid off any outstanding fines, fees, or restitution. so bloomberg is trying to game the system. florida congressman matt gaetz announced on twitter that he's calling on the states ag to launch an investigation into bloomberg for quote potentially engaging in bribery." in north carolina, election officials are giving residents up to nine days after election day to count their absentee ballots so long as they are postmarked on election day, november 3rd. here with reaction, also a brand-new book out called "firebrand: dispatches from the front lines of the maga revolution." congressman matt gaetz and member of trump's teams and also executive director along with his dad of the acl jade, jordan secular. matt, we will start with you. i read your tweet. okay, you want the investigation. i would agree. >> in the moments before the show i spoke to florida attorney general ashley moody and she say

hello, florida. today kicks off the first day of hispanic heritage month, which is a way to celebrate latino culture and to recognize our heritage that no matter where you come from, our culture and heritage is engraved in america, yet our community is reminded that we are different, whether it is the accent on our last ,ame or the accent in our voice whether it is the color of our skin -- there are many who believe we don't belong, and as ricky said, the president's on latino dignity started on day one. when he called us drug dealers and rapists. he has spent the last four years doubling down on demonizing latinos. at the border, he has ripped kids from the arms of their parents and has locked them in cages. i want mothers everywhere to hear that. imagine your child being separated from you and being put in a cage three feet away from you where you cannot hold or console him. dreamers,ed to deport even the ones who served in uniform to protect the united states of america. our soldiers are being dep

say this pretty much amounts to bribery i will be calling on the florida attorney general to launch an investigation into mike bloomberg for potentially an gaging in bribery in vote buying in the state of florida bloomberg does not care for donald trump he has laid out cash in florida to maneuver against him before bloomberg recently spent $100000000.00 in the hopes of beating trump when it came to early voting in florida trump shot back at him with his usual style. i thought minimize it was through the democrat politics of desponding almost $2000000000.00 and then giving the worst to move in the debate performance in the history of presidential politics no republican has taken the white house without florida since 1924 it's the biggest swing state in the electoral college margins there can be razor thin think about bush v gore back in 2000 in the 2000 election it came down to just a few 100 votes between the 2 candidates so giving the vote to 32000 convicted felons that could make all the difference it amounts to bribery i mean basically bribing people to vote in a certain way and

say this pretty much amounts to bribery i will be calling on the florida attorney general to launch an investigation into mike bloomberg for potentially an gaging in bribery in vote buying in the state of florida bloomberg does not care for donald trump he has laid out cash in florida to maneuver against him before bloomberg recently spent $100000000.00 in the hopes of beating trump when it came to early. voting in florida trump shot back at him with his usual style i thought mini might was through with democrat politics after spending and bone $2000000000.00 and then given the worst and most in that debate performance in the history of presidential politics pocahontas and of his political career on 1st question over save new york city instead no republican has taken the white house without florida since 1924 it's the biggest swing state in the electoral college margins there can be razor thin think about bush v gore back in 2000 in the 2000 election it came down to just a few 100 votes between the 2 candidates so giving the vote to 32000 convicted felons that could make all the dif

is florida going to do what florida always does, meaning is it going to decide who the president is? >> well, the last republican to go to the white house without florida is calvin coolidge, so i feel pretty good if we get to a win. i think the good news about florida, we're going to know by 8:00, 8:30 where this thing is headed. i do believe in joe biden wins florida and we know at a relatively early hour, folks can go to bed knowing who the next president is going to be, and it's not going to be donald trump. >> i'm making sure we just recorded what you just said, and one way or the other that's going to come back to you. good to see you. steve schale joining us tonight. that's tonight's last word. iej going to see you tomorrow morning at 8:00 a.m. eastern. we'll be coming to you live from battleground minnesota this sunday. you don't want to miss that. "the 11th hour" with brian williams begins right now. >>> well, good evening once again. live pictures tonight of the tribute in lights that puts a lump in the throat of every new yorker every year on this day. the two blue beams in

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let's begin in florida. where they're in deadlocked. "new york times" also writes, no president has entered labor day weekend, the traditional kickoff in the fall campaign as such a clear underdog since george bush in 1992. despite that, the president sha shrugged off any idea that the campaign might be in trouble. >> we're doing very well. >>> joining me now from jupiter, florida, where the president has a golf course, nbc news national political reporter josh letterman. also in new york, steve kornacki. so, josh, the president may be shrugging off all this up reporting about problems, but what is the state of the race for the campaign right now? >> reporter: as this new poll shows, katy, this is a neck-and-neck race for trump and biden in florida, with trump really needing to make up some ground with older voters while former vice president joe biden needs to brophy hess number with hispanics in florida. we spoke earl we are with trump campaign officials, where they do -- but now, katy, they are also walking us through multiple scenar

still to come in the program florida's attorney general wants a probe into billionaire democrat mike bloomberg paying off the fines of state felons so they can vote more off the break. it's going to be hard to reclaim freedom and we're going to have to work at it but as people recognize from examples like. what repression digital systems need to. i hope people will start fighting. saying we won't tolerate systems in our streets in our homes that can't possibly track what we're doing. as a culture war consumes american politics during this election cycle the economy in a big. margins the only constant for them. insecurity economists debate individual recovery do you know. is the reality the change. permanent. and with election day growing ever closer in the united states the rise of votes is in full swing now billionaire michael bloomberg is being accused of influencing the outcome in florida a key state in the race for the white house and his actions have even drawn the attention of the state attorneys the state's attorney general. has the details. elections in the united states are