can beat desantis this november. >> what do you think of governor desantis. >> him? i definitely support him 100%. >> do you think either of the democratic candidates have a chance against him in the primary? >> i don't think so. i think all the democrats, what they're doing, they make mistak >> look how well the state is doing. even if you're a democrat, independent, republican, doesn't matter. if you're balanced and fair-minded, he's cdoing a grea job. >> the truth is that republicans have been able to overtake democrats in voter registration numbers. last year for the first time in pretty much all of florida's modern history, that is a huge indicator of where voters in florida really are looking to politically at this point. >> reporter: so far desantis has barely hit the campaign trail for his own race. instead -- >> we will fight the woke mind virus wherever it is. >> reporter: endorsing and touring with 30 school board candidates around the state. >> children are being exposed to things that are robbing them of their innocence. >> the indoctrination, the textbo

donald trump ron desantis jockey for position at of potential 2024 showdown. you have the two potential leading candidates both in florida. what are the strengths and weaknesses of both as presidential contenders. guest: you start with the former president, the strength is he has been there, done the job. the party base is still very firmly behind and excited about the former president. he now calls florida home. he used to brag that all roads to the white house lead to florida. it may actually be literally that in 24. in terms of the governor, governor desantis i think has the greatest story going, florida story. a sea of calm and positivity in the -- in covid. he's on his job of managing the state, the recent budget had record amounts for not just education and the environment encoding 500 million dollars for the everglades but also tax relief and $20 billion for the rainy day reserve. his record is really good, but beyond that he is sending a message that the republican base is really liking. a message that shows that the party itself has moved from being a

i think an event with ron desantis and j.d. vance in ohio today asked journalists to give them access to the footage in order to get entry into the event. this just makes that echo chamber even more echoey are, if you. well >> that's the problem is, it's bubble think. a lot of these candidates don't understand who the primary is over. because the crazy stuff, and the aluminum foil hats, and as sam sud are working in the primary, not enough, but a lot to when in many places. but they're getting to a different general election, which is a different ball game. and they took a look at the trump, and they took a look at the crazy, and all of sudden democrats were in trouble aren't. i will put one caveat to this, you look, back you have a lot of -- look back to 1980. if it is a big enough wave of box of hammers can get elected to the u.s. senate. that's still a question. these campaigns can be really wobbly to me. herschel walker in georgia. you know? it's not what you call an ideal campaign. the campy'll staff were passing bottles o

if it's trump versus desantis, i think it is really hard for desantis to be trump, given the amount of support that, you know, trump clearly has amongst the base. the part that i find interesting, kind of dials it back to the current midterms, you know, even in the special elections, even in some of the other ones, how few of these candidates seem to be talking about the issues that actually matter to most voters. they seem to be attacking each other, whether it's on personal style, or ideology, or a cultural issues. you, know if you look at, you know, all the research, the key thing for most american voters, republican, democrat, independent, is issues like inflation. and how few of the candidates out there are talking about that. so it is interesting to me, you know, which of these candidates, whether it's, you know, it's a crist, or a desantis, or whether it's someone else. but finally realizes maybe the way you start winning elections and start putting yourself in a better position, whether it's for the midterms, or for higher ambitions, actually start speaking to the everyday issu

i think an event with ron desantis and j. d. vance in ohio today asked journalists to give them access to the footage in order to get entry into the event. this just makes that echo chamber even more echoey are, if you will. >> that's the problem is, it's bubble think. a lot of these candidates don't understand who the primary is over. because the crazy stuff, and the aluminum foil hats, and as sam sud are working in the primary, not enough, but a lot to when in many places. but they're getting to a different general election, which is a different ball game. and they took a look at the trump, and they took a look at the crazy, and all of sudden democrats who should be in trouble aren't. i will put one caveat to this, you look, back you have a lot of -- look back to 1980. if it is a big enough wave of a box of hammers can get elected to the u.s. senate. that's still a question. these campaigns can be really wobbly to me. herschel walker in georgia. you know? it's not what we call an ideal campaign. the campaign staff were passing

i think an event with ron desantis and j. d. vance in ohio today asked journalists to give them access to the footage in order to get entry into the event. this just makes that echo chamber even more echoey are, if you. well >> that's the problem is, it's bubble think. a lot of these candidates don't understand who the primary is over. because the crazy stuff, and the aluminum foil hats, and as sam sud are working in the primary, not enough, but a lot to when in many places. but they're getting to a different general election, which is a different ball game. and they took a look at the trump, and they took a look at the crazy, and all of sudden democrats were in trouble aren't. i will put one caveat to this, you look, back you have a lot of -- look back to 1980. if it is a big enough wave of box of hammers can get elected to the u.s. senate. that's still a question. these campaigns can be really wobbly to me. herschel walker in georgia. you know? it's not what you call an ideal campaign. the campy'll staff were passing bottles o

desantis was talking about. but on abortion, they have passed anti abortion laws and you said he would not want to prosecute people under the law. put aside the rights on the abortion debate. from a prosecutorial point of view, desantis says you have to enforce the law. what do you say in response to that? is that a legitimate argument he's making? >> that argument is legitimate, but that is not the actual argument that he is making. would he is saying is that by me speaking out on this issue, i'm somehow violated my duty. let's be clear, the governor has not identified any law that have declined to follow. because he can't. as you pointed out, a transgender health care law does not exist and that no abortion law case has come before my desk yet. at 15-week ban in florida has been ruled unconstitutional. this is not about what i have done or my declination to prosecute any case under any law. this is about what i have said because i voiced my opposition to governor desantis. in a way that other people have done

the metric said nicely for desantis. jason is right, whether he can deliver that on a national stage is another question. i would say that what ron desantis has done very successfully is make himself a mirror of where the party is. if the party was the chamber of commerce jeb bush economic policy party, that's who then that's huron desantis would be. but to reflect jason's point he's reflecting the ethos of today's republican party. alicia, it's hard to watch sometimes, and i say that about people i know well. when he watch some of desantis's rallies, the chairs around the culture wars, the attacks on immigrants, the attacks on the lgbtq community, that is political currency that ron desantis is using, but it's a reflection of our culture as well. that is a hard thing to watch, but is what ron desantis is prevailing in the state of florida, and if he's successful actually he'll do it across the country. >> we only have about 30 seconds left but i think it's worth noting that the lieutenant governor in florida is mimickin

his name is ron desantis, the governor of florida. desantis is in his first reelection battle this november, and while he has made a very big impression during his first term running the state, it seems clear that desantis's eye is fixed on the white house in 2024, and his path to get there seems to run right through florida's public school system. since he took office in 2019, he's made it a priority to re-fashion the florida school system according to right wing conservative principles, a culture war over textbooks, lesson plans, book fairs and classroom conversation, you may recall, two signal pieces of legislation in particular, courtesy of desantis. the so-called doses don't say gay bill, which restricts teaching on sex and gender -- higher grades remained tbd, and the so-called stop woke act, which bans the teaching of any lesson especially about race and racism, which makes any student feel discomfort, which could be anything to suggest of systemic racism is real, and then make make students who benefit from it feel guilty. sto

i think ron desantis will heed those words. if he falters in some way, that has a devastating effect on his presidential prospects. but he's out there testing the national waters as well, and now it's going to be his opportunity to prove to the donor class and the grass democrroots that he c execute. >> is florida solidly red? >> look, i think it's moving. i think we have to be careful about making any blanket assumptions in the environment in which we live. but the reality is our partisan divisions are getting deeper, and florida has been, you know, trending in a way that, you know, i see it -- i don't think it's going to become a place where democrats can reliably win anytime in the near future. it doesn't necessarily prevent a surprise here and there. but i think in a strong republican year like this one, with a democratic incumbent in the white house who's got low popularity numbers, it's hard to see it being anything other than that. >> was it gill am who ran against desantis. he came pretty close. >> so much money and att

the metric said nicely for desantis. jason is right, whether he can deliver that on a national stage is another question. i would say that what ron desantis has done very successfully is make himself a mirror of where the party is. if the party was the chamber of commerce jeb bush economic policy party, that's who then that's ron desantis would be. but to reflect jason's point he's reflecting the ethos of today's republican party. alicia, it's hard to watch sometimes, and i say that about people i know well. when you watch some of desantis 's rallies, the chairs around the culture wars, the attacks on immigrants, the attacks on the lgbtq community, that is political currency that ron desantis is using, but it's a reflection of our culture as well. that is a hard thing to watch, but it is what ron desantis is prevailing in the state of florida, and if he's successful actually he'll do it across the country. >> we only have about 30 seconds left but i think it's worth noting that the lieutenant governor in florida is mimic

his name is ron desantis, the governor of florida. desantis is in his first reelection battle this november, and while he has made a very big impression during his first term running the state, it seems clear that desantis's eye is fixed on the white house in 2024, and his path to get there seems to run right through florida's public school system. since he took office in 2019, he's made it a priority to re-fashion the florida school system according to right wing conservative principles, a culture war over textbooks, lesson plans, book fairs and classroom conversation, you may recall, to signal pieces of legislation in particular, courtesy of desantis. the so-called doses don't say gay bill, which restricts teaching on sex and gender -- higher grades remained tbd, and the so-called stop woke act, which bans the teaching of any lesson especially about race and racism, which makes any student feel discomfort, which could be anything to suggest of systemic racism is real, and then make make students who benefit from it feel guilty. stop

where ron desantis may differ, he has more policy detailed mind . he pays attention to the mechanics of governing and implementing policy, where donald trump is much mo of the big picture kind of a show man. we will see if ron destis enters into the presidential race in 2024, whether that type of difference will be able to resonate with republican voters. >> very briefly, if you can, what other votes have we seen over the last couple days that tell us which direction the political wind is blowing in the u.s. >> we had an interesting special congrenal election in new york for a congressional seat that joe biden won in 2020. there is a democrat running against a republican. a lot of people thought the republican would win, but the democrat won. this chose it will be a hard-fought midterm electio -- this shows it will be a hard-fought midterm election in november. >> in ethiopia, fighting has broken out between the army and rebel forces in the country's north, shattering a month long cease-fire. . it is a blow to efforts to end the conflict, which has

. >>> and then we go down to florida, where republican governor ron desantis has soerded some new lessons for the start of school this week. revisionist history and christian nationalism. new yorker writer and dean of the columbia journalism school, jalon cobb will be in the studio to discuss. and president biden canceled student debt for thousands who are ripd off for a for profit college chain promising jobs of the future that never arrived. >>> we start tonight in mounting investigations into the former president of the united states. after last night's election in wyoming, donald trump appears poised to gain some allies in congress. but it comes as trump is quickly losing friends, basically anywhere else. today trump's former vice president mike pence said we consider talking to the january 6th committee. >> if they were to call you to the committee to come and testify, would you be agreeable. >> well, if there was an invitation to participate, i would consider. it any invitation that would be directed to me, i would have to reflect on the unique role that i was serving then as vice p

this is desantis' style. he is a dictator one of the -- dictator wannabe. amy: that hungarian leader that was incited to speak at cpac and did last week. the fact that ron desantis is taking his message, looks like he's beginning a presidential campaign to ohio and other states. >> of course he is. he has been running for president nce the minute he got elected governor most of we have noticed so much of his campaign and it comes from out-of-state. he has been pushing all of the right buttons. teachers are the enemy. doctors are sometimes the enemy. we have got a surgeon general who doesn't think much of any kind of vaccines, apparently, and that is not going to go well. we have all of these people in universities who are leaving or thinking of leaving. my own university lost some very prominent law professors. faculty lever all kinds of reasons, but it may have had something to do with it. the university of florida is losing people. university of florida, unfortunately, kind of the poster child for how frightening desantis candy. their board of trustees --

>>> sfla gflorida governor desantis challenger. can crist derail him in the fall. >>> and two democrats fighting for one house seat in new york. >> welcome on to our viewers, it is wednesday, august 24th, i'm omar jimenez with the one and only christine romans. >> nice to see you this week. early bird gets the worm. crist is now facing the colossal challenge of taking on desantis in the fall. and the florida senate race now has its final match-up. val demings is facing off against marco rubio. a race the gop believe has it can win easily. but also where democrats have been widely outspending republicans and think that they have a chance to flip the state blue. >> also big night in new york, two powerful democrats capping off a highly competitive race. cnn projects jerry nadler will unseat carolyn maloney. redistricts forced them into the same districts with the nastier primary races of the year. and pat ryan beating the republican in a swing district. and so let's bring in cnn political analyst jackie kucinich, washington bureau ch

i call it big desantis energy. right? he's got the same kind of bde that president trump has. >> do not ask your kids -- don't ask your kids. ask your kids about it later. okay. the point is -- what is the point, natasha? >> i wish that stood for big democratic energy. i know what she was referring to. what's interesting about this is that desantis i feel was practicing his talking points for a national stage. he lays out his case methodically like a lawyer, this is what i've done to fight the culture wars, this is why the biden presidency is a failure and the soul of america is at stake. he's planning with kari lake how they're going to work together in terms of policy, immigration policy and protecting the border. so that theme of unite to win, that is the goal. get behind whoever trump is really putting his energy towards and hopefully he can get some benefit from that. but donald trump is still beating desantis by ten points in a poll thanks to the boost from the mar-a-lago raid. quite the task before him. >> look, i

i'm on a different plane. >> republican governor ron desantis firing back. >> governor desantis: this is his fifth decade running for office, a chameleon, typical politician. but people support me because i kept the state open and protected their jobs. internally, chris wanted to lock down pure that's not hate in their hearts. they are just appreciative that they have a governor who is standing up for them. >> in this election, he's the beto o'rourke of florida. this nonsense that charlie chris will win against desantis, to me, is nonsense. did charlie chris just have a "deplorable" moment? >> if he will win with every poll, he has to convince those desantis voters to come to him. like the pirates refusing to win the division. "i refuse to beat teams better than me -- because what's the pirates are not good. >> thank you. [laughter] is a baseball? >> that used to be good. >> and roberto clemente. his approach should be this: "i know that you are voting for ron desantis. i can do the same thing you can do, only x, y, and z." can do the same thing in 2020 -- they didn't vilify donald tr

of course ron desantis did the right thing here. the state attorney should be suspended if he is not willing to do his job by enforcing the law. what makes the story significant in my mind, far too many republicans are too weak or cowardly to take the kind of actions desantis just took. there are many red state governors that basically sit back and do nothing as these liberal george soros funded state attorneys, like you said, pick and choose which laws they want to follow and which ones they don't want to enforce. in fact a couple of days ago, 88 elected prosecutors, mostly attorneys general and district attorneys signed a letter vowing not to enforce anti-abortion laws. many prosecutors come from red states like texas and georgia. so the big question here is, why aren't governors like brian kemp or greg abbott doing the same thing that ron desantis just did? elizabeth: you know the governor also used colorful language. he said quote, we're not going to allow this pathogen nationwide of ignoring the law, get a foothold in the state

that was not politically advantageous for desantis. let's say something developing from this investigation, desantis is on the record defending trump. let's see where that goes. >> before the raid we saw what a poll suggested people like trump, but might be ready for someone else. that might be shifting. >> short-term, i think. >> it is. >> one of the other things that desantis is doing on this is with the election. he says he doesn't believe the election was stolen, fine, but he's campaigning for people who do. on top of that, he's got this election integrity force that arrested 20 people, that is 2-0, 20 in the great state of florida. and some of these people -- i mean, they are felons who were convicted. but they were not aware that they were ineligible to vote. five arrested on friday told the h herald times believed they were able to vote, and they said they would not have voted had their previous convictions made them i ineligible. some people with felony convictions are able to vote, and others are not. it's confusing. it's tryi

this is desantis' style. he is a dictator one of the -- dictator wannabe. amy: that hungarian leader that was incited to speak at cpac and did last week. the fact that ron desantis is taking his message, looks like he's beginning a presidential campaign to ohio and other states. >> of course he is. he has been running for president sie the minute he got elected governor most of we have noticed so much of his campaign and it comes from out-of-state. he has been pushing all of the right buttons. teachers are the enemy. doctors are sometimes the enemy. we have got a surgeon general who doesn't think much of any kind of vaccines, apparently, and that is not going to go well. we have all of these people in universities who are leaving or thinking of leaving. my own university lost some very prominent law professors. faculty lever all kinds of reasons, but it may have had something to do with it. the university of florida is losing people. university of florida, unfortunately, kind of the poster child for how frightening desantis candy. their board of trustees --

, all joking aside, did ron desantis make the right call or should he have confronted them? >> joe: i think he's a trail blazer, no republican should go anywhere near "the view," it is not the show it was even six years ago and not what barbara walters had led for all the years when she launched it 25 years ago. strong opinions is one thing, unhinged, reckless, persona attacks the other. when you're a conservative on the show, and your name is anna, youure not conservative, she voted for joe biden and ron desantis, you can't call yourself conservative. unless being ambushed and debate not based in fact are reality, but based on personal fears, go on the show. if you are sane and sober, stay away from it, there is zero upside except giving them ratings. >> carley: i understand ron desantis is coming from. joe, you are always welcome here, we would never talk ill of you, thank you for joining us. >> joe: carley, you are like my best friend, if we were on an island and there was only one way to get off, after i got off, i would speak warmly of you and say how fond i was of you.

what is desantis up to? >> alicia, if you were to take the handmaid's tale, george orwell's 1984 and a movie scarf lace in a bender, you would come out with desantis's florida. it is the pizarro anti-america, fascist project. it is happening in action. it has been taking place over the last four years, but desantis is now scrambling and doing everything in his power to try to recapture momentum for the 2024 nomination for the republican party, you are just seeing him do whatever he wants. he is doing it with a sense of impunity outside of these court decisions. right now, it is the santas unhinged, and he is doing whatever he wants, despite what the constitution or public opinion polls say or what voters are looking for. >> feel free to disagree with me, but one of the things it seems watching this fall unfold from upstate is that if you look at the policies themselves, they are pretty radical. yet, somehow, he has worked in his messaging to make himself seem mainstream, to make a series of minor decisions i

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that said, desantis is very popular in his home state. and by the way, popular among republicans around the country. is he at all vulnerable in the fall? >> i don't think ron is vulnerable at all. i have been wrong before. i think it would be really hard for crist to beat him, when you get out of the democratic primary, you get into a whole different league in florida, one third democrat, one third republican, one third no political affiliation, but more republican than not. and i think ron resonates with a lot of people. even hispanics have been paying attention to him and he got a pretty high percentage of them. >> now, one part of his strategy, frankly, central to it, is social issues, desantis diving into many of the cultural issues driving the news here from lgbtq rights to covid protocols and reaction to that. the books, to schools. you and i were speaking about how he's been endorsing school board candidates and winning a lot of those races. you could argue this is a very trumpian model here. is that a winning strategy for him in f

governor desantis over chris. desantis is up eight points. he has tremendous a mighty. he has already had a fantastic or test. going into november he's got the wind in his back. and he is going to do extremely well. as opposed to chris, who used to be republican, no democrat. and back and forth. look he's going to face an uphill battle. he's going to have a financial disadvantage. he, right now, by calling desantis names. saying he's a bully and going after him and attacking him personally. as opposed to a contrast on policies that goes to show that he is really struggling hard to find the proper message to go after desantis. who is an extremely popular governor. >> yet desantis is popular, he's a hard right conservative, he does have an abrasive an aggressive side himself. here is mocking progressives on the left. areas. >> we will fight the woke in the businesses. we will fight the woke in government agencies. we will fight the work in our schools. we will never ever surrender to the woke agenda. florida is the state where woke goes to die. but >> i would say chris ca

poll after poll shows desantis beating crist. there are reports about ron desantis 'bill, the word gay doesn't appear in the bill any way, shape or form, the bills you can't teach a child about sexual orientation and gender identity, something i who has children agree with as do many sane and sober parents out there. yet here we are, bill clinton's labor secretary, robert >> carley: it may not be a question of if ron desantis is going to win the governor's race, but by how much, do you think that means he would run for president? >> joe: absolutely, i think he will win by a lot, it is hard to see again with headwinding facing charlie crist, what will he run on? he can't run on vote for me, i support joe biden, inflation, crime, gas prices, the border and that situation with millions coming across, you could go on and on, it is hard to see where charlie crist has a winning message and ron desantis is quite popular in. it is probably a matter of how much he wins by and from there, even if trump does seek the nomination, todd and ca

it was ron desantis. those agencies have access to a database against which they are obligated again by state law to check for felonies convictions. they failed to do so for all 20 of the defendants who were arrested, some by swat teams at 6 am in the morning. now the governor has sent his police to go arrest and prosecute them even though the state of florida greenlight id their registration and then sent them cards saying congratulations, you are now a registered voter and you can participate in florida elections. >> so all 20 people were successfully registered in violation of the duty that was on state election officials appointed by ron desantis to actually check whether or not they were eligible? >> that is exactly. right now desantis's team has tried to shift blame away to county supervisors who run elections on the ground, but those supervisors have attested that this job has never been within their boundaries, and in fact they have been told by state officials including the individual in charge o

the desantis decision to remove you from office. the next legislative session likely won't even be until february or march of next year, 2023. what are your options between now and then? >> well, first of all, this happened so quickly. i, mean i was blindsided by this, too. unarmed deputy came into my office and told me i had to leave. i was not even able to gather my, things or talk to my staff, look at the order that this was based on. just, -- i was worried i was going to put into handcuffs and dragged off office. but let's be clear. we are going to fight back against this illegal order, and fight hard. we will end up launching a thorough defense of our democracy, which eviscerate this and nonsensical and illegal order by the government. >> andrew, quickly, i did want to highlight this. i think it is important for viewers to understand. you've just explained the rapidly escorted out of your office by, was a police officers? you are literally escorted out of your office? >> yes. by sheriff's deputy. >> unbelievable. i want everybo

he will take on income and republican ron desantis in november. crist was elected governor in 2006, when he was a republican he's been serving in the u.s. house since 2017. >> make no mistake about it. this guy wants to be president of the united states of america, and everybody knows it. however, when we defeat him on november 8th, that show is over! >> also in florida, former u.s. president donald trump's new lawsuit, stemming from the fbi's search of mar-a-lago is getting pushed back from the federal judge. >>> the judge said, a friday deadline was set for trumm's lawyers to clarify their request for a special master to review evidence seized by the fbi. it comes, as we are learning about a letter from the national archives to trump's legal team.it confirms more than 700 pages marked classified, and special access were recovered from mar-a-lago by the archives team in january. according to the letter, archives officials shared the documents with the intelligence community back in may. so, an assessment could be done on potential damage over how

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he will take on ron desantis in november. in new york congressman jarred nadler is projected to win the new 12 congressional district. among the candidates he defeated was his fellow incumbent carolyn maloney, we are also following the latest developments in the trump classified documents controversy. we will have more on that ahead. first, the results are still coming in, and our own steve kornacki is back at the big board where he belongs. steve, where do things stand right now? >> we have been focused like a laser beam on the special election and in new york nine district getting the final special election test heading into the midterm election. you can see right now that the democrat pat ryan continues to lead the republican mark molinaro. the margin is about five and a half points here. we have been getting closer, and we still have votes to come. we have been getting closer and closer to all vote soon. this is extremely suspenseful right now because of the dynamic tonight has been ryan jumped out to a big lead because c

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that's what desantis has done. he has taken his eye off the ball of florida and the issues that concern them, the inflation we're suffering from, the economy we're suffering from. middle income floridians are squeezed and crushed and the governor is more focused on the white house. >> let me just jump in. you had painted the picture starting early on in the answer to my question that florida is a swing state but the bottom line is there are more registered republicans than democrats now in florida. i mean, does that concern you? >> well, what concerns me is the fact that there are a lot of registered democrats and a lot of registered independents that outnumber that. let's not forget there are some moderate republicans that still live in florida that i think we have a great chance to get their vote. republican women by and large don't like some white guy in a governor's mansion in tallahassee telling them they don't have a right to choose and make their own decisions about their body, their reproductive rights. tha

we know that this was a calculated risk that ron desantis did. knowing that, the support for donald trump, it's only going to gain favoritism to that base. but unfortunately he's escalating the situation. the irony is just the week before, he removed a duly elected state attorney, in hillsboro county, weaponizing his department, his agency, his overhead, and unfortunately this is something that's very dangerous to our democracy. so the fact of the matter is that ron desantis is a great threat to our state, a grave threat to our nation, because we know that donald trump is the greatest threat to our national security. and the fact that ron desantis is escalating the situation and showing support, we've been very strong in opposition to that. >> all right let me go to this. on friday the house passed the inflation reduction act, a sweeping democratic bill aimed to combat climate change and extend health care coverage which is now ready for biden to sign off with a signature. now analysts have called this bill the most ambitious legislation passed o

, the disaster desantis it's been dark for four years. we deserve better. our people are suffering. the economy is unaffordable. forbes listed us as the most expensive state to live in in the country, more than california, more than new york. that's his leadership. that's what he has done. he is a disaster and we deserve better and we are going to get it in 11 weeks. >> you are talking about the perks of florida. >> sure. >> i covered the white house normally. will we be seeing you in florida? do you want president biden to come and campaign with you? >> absolutely. listen, look what joe biden has done for our -- president biden, forgive, has done for our country. he's been exceptional. look what he has done for the world. what's happening in ukraine, him bringing nato together, new members to nato, finland, sweden, it's remarkable. the eu. i mean, what other president could have done what he has done? he's been phenomenal. gas prices are down. inflation is trending down. democracy is trending up. i'm running against a guy who is against

speak i think if trump decides to run, desantis is young and if we can wait four more years. i don't think it'll be politically smart for him to get into a sparring match with trump. >> kennedy: a lot of republicans prefer ron desantis over donald trump, though. >> carley: but he's also a fighter and has a lot of political grit, so who knows? he may, that he may also be worried about getting into the site with the current leader of the republican party, which is donald trump. one thing about governor desantis is he took so much incoming heat and fire for keeping florida open. specie i should have mentioned i'm a floridian. i forgot to mention. [laughs] >> carley: and you move during the pandemic, didn't you? specie i should've mentioned that! >> carley: they change their guidelines to it florida has been doing for the last few years. i spoke to a business owner recently owns a restaurant in florida and one in minneapolis, and business is down 50% at the minneapolis restaurant, up 30% in florida. when it comes to his current governor's race, we've been talking about it all sho

desantis governed as though he has a mandate. he is a top target for democrats to unseat this november. one voter told nbc news correspondent shaq brewster he supported krist because he's a familiar face. >> i was remembering charlie crist. he was okay. i know him. so i said, you know what, that's where i'm going whagain. >> you went with crist because he was familiar to you. >> yes, right. he did okay when he was governor. and i'm hoping he'll be better now. >> mean while, in the senate race in florida, val demings, the former orlando chief of police who served as house impeachment manager clinched the nomination to run against marco rubio. in maflorida's 11th congression district, far right anti-muslim extremist isli a proud islamophe and handcuffed herself to the doors ofnd twitter's headquarte in new york to protest her account getting banned lost a closer than expected primary against daniel webster. we have a lot to get to tonight. let's get right to it with steve kornacki back at the big board. steve? >> yeah. well, this i

>> you know, desantis is like a mini trump. you know, replaced by trump's rules, which is scary, because i think, he is a lot smarter and more focused than trump. but he doesn't have the trump charisma, that's the one thing he doesn't have. but, yeah, i mean, he has these autocratic kind of rules, and he goes for it. and of course, this is not okay. by the way, the pledge that this guy, with a pretty weak soft, just said we're not gonna prosecute people for their own medical decisions. i mean, it is the kind of things that republicans, the party of small government, used to be the government, used to be the party of small government, would have signed on 20 years ago, for sure. with desantis, the thing, it's always kind of about this gop primary, right? the presidential primary. he has always sort of performing to get the base excited so, for him, this is easy. i just think that it can't be allowed, and that the legislature needs to protect, you know, whatever this sort of mechanism is that this needs to be protected. >> not su

shaq brewster down in florida, this race to unseat governor desantis. it's interesting because if desantis does run for president in 2024, it could feel like a moot issue. can he keep the governor seat while he runs? it's an open question for me. and then what about these two candidates that are vying for the role? how do floridans see them? >> reporter: well, i had conversations with both of the candidates. they acknowledge their main message, their closing message to democratic voters here is centering around ron desantis. they know he's a foremidable opponent, someone who polls above 50% in approval ratings, who have $130 million war chest to take on the winner of tomorrow's primary. so, they know they have a challenge ahead. they believe the path to defeating him is different on both ends. so, you have charlie crist, the former republican governor here in this state. he says that he can pull over independents and moderates because folks here trust him. he came into this race ahead in much of the polling, but things have tightened. he secured a lot o

doing exactly the opposite of what ron desantis did. he removed the state of attorney andrew warren from office two weeks ago. make sure that we are not prosecuting doctors are any women who happen to have an abortion after 15 weeks. to be able to stop any legislation that goes further, which is where rhonda scent is wants to go. he wants to have an all out abortion ban here in the state of florida. second i've been working with attorneys and with additional members on the ground with grassroots organizations, working on a new constitutions amendment because unfortunately the florida supreme court in a chief judge who was appointed by charlie crist when he was republican governor, is going to take away that right to privacy and for women all across the state of florida. making sure we have a new constitutional amendment, going on the 2024 ballot and of course you cut off the head of the snake the snake eyes. when you get rid of ron desantis, you have an opportunity to get back into legislature show imperil evidence and data of what has

more from steve. >> reporter: governor desantis is hitting the campaign trail for his first extended push to help republican candidates outside the state of florida this election cycle ahead of the midterms. turning point america, a conservative organization, announced that desantis will headline four events later this month in ohio, pennsylvania, new mexico and arizona where republican candidates for senate and governor are embroiled in hotly contested races ahead of the 2022 midterms. this is really one of the first times we've seen desantis outside of the state of florida to help his party in these elections. he has not done any previous events for gubernatorial candidates even right across the border in georgia where governor kemp is in a tight contest for re-election. but as he considering whether or not to run for president in 2024, desantis is now signaling that he is interested in helping his party get some important election wins ahead of the 2022 midterms. he has not so far engaged in the kind of proxy war that we're seeing between former president donald trump and former v

there is the race to try to replace florida governor ron desantis, nbc news projects charlie crist has b in florida agriculture -- nikki fried for our democratically for governor. the two candidates have been blasting each other over their respective ties to republicans and parties -- chris -- of former republican -- and then a democrat in 2012, criticize nikki fried -- and working with congress when matt gaetz. and then there's also the democratic congress race in florida -- [inaudible] and then the race to fill -- maxwell craft has prevailed over a crowded -- to win the democratic primary. at age 25, he'll be the youngest member of congress should he -- in november. he'll also be the first member of generation z to enter congress. and then of course, there is -- earlier this, year a court battle over redistricting essentially sent new york's congressional map into state appear chaos. now, in new york's 12 congressional district -- jerry madeleine has been forced to enter a primary against -- carolyn maloney. two sitting chairs of two very important committees forced to face off again

maybe, adam, you can speak to the broader education under desantis -- the desantis administration. guest: i appreciate the question. the governor budgeted over $800 million in teacher pay, which has been a big issue in florida for years. it is the biggest increase in a long time, if not a stark increase. the idea of what teachers teach, the only -- the bottom line to the issue that has been widely discussed in teacher legislation is a more central question. the question is should parents have any input into the curriculum in schools? and i think the answer, resoundingly, not just in florida but in many other places is yes. but that is not a big brother attitude. it is not we are going to come in and tell teachers how to teach. that was never the intention of response to the speech -- piece of legislation. i think teacher are as important in this country as first responders. i believe they do an incredible service to this country in teaching our young. the more tools -- teaching our young for the future. the more tools we can give them, the better. >> next up is michael in boston, o

governor desantis, first among them. what do you think about that? what do you want people to know as they, consider him as a potential presidential candidate? >> i think it to look at will as up into the state of florida. so many laws have been passed by the government that have been held to be unconstitutional, from the anti protests bill passed to voter restrictions, amendment for issues, challenges to congressional -- turnout will as happened with redistricting. the governor likes to make a big splash, go talk about it, and not care what happens. the most worrisome thing is that he is ignoring what matters most to floridians. our economy, our health care, our education, our criminal justice, our environment, things that voters actually care about. instead, he's putting on this big political circus for whatever's aspirations are. >> it strikes me that this story is in some ways a microcosm at the moment that we find ourselves in, and i wonder, when you zoom out, this is not just about you, it is not just about hillsborough county, it is not about

look at tough guy ron desantis with all the cops find him. he's gonna hunt down those felons that voted and throw them in jail for five years. desantis pointed at least 20 people were convicted of murder or felonies -- crimes that were excluded from amendment for, to be clear. but you can pretty easily imagine it might not be clear who's eligible to have the rights restored after the republican governor the state created this convoluted and callous process totally against the will of voters. of course, when he's doing here is making an example of these 20 citizens, and it is meant, obviously, to dissuade other former fans even if they think they are eligible for voting. because if they get it wrong, ron desantis wants them to know they'll be prosecuted. joining me now is desmond mead. he's the president of florida rights restoration coalition. he had his right to vote restored -- after he voted to pass an amendment. it's great to see, doesn't. is your interpretation of this amendment from on dissent is the same as mine? do you see this as an

desantis has a massive war chest. in addition to that, florida has become a state that's not been particularly friendly for democrats. they struggled in the last cycle in south florida, which was an area that they could lean on and expect big margins of victory in the state. they'll have to turn that around to win and beat desantis. they're the clear underdogs there. also val demings, yes, she's raised a ton more money than marco rubio. democrats have been successful at raiding money online, she's still the underdog heading into there. if democrats pull off victories there, they're almost certainly in the majority in the senate and that could be a big problem for ron desantis. >> one major thing that looms large for val demings is she's a former law enforcement officer. it's this issue of crime. she could get hit on both sides of this. she knows it. >> she certainly knows it. she has tried to strike this balance of leaning into the fact that she has experience that a number of, you know, other candidates don't necessa