[applause] >> live from tampa, florida, the florida governors debate. we are here for a race that reveals how divided the nation's and the candidate will debate for the first time. a few minutes ago they met for the first time. both candidates came from behind to win upset victories in their respective primaries and each is presenting a starkly different vision for florida's future. welcome former us congressman ron desantis and mayor andrew gillum of tallahassee. [applause] before we start, a reminder of the rules to which you both agreed. you will have 70 seconds to answer and 30 seconds for responses and rebuttal. the timing light positions around the studio will hopefully guide you and make it not necessary for me to stop you from talking. let's begin with opening statements. each of you has one minute. we start with congressman ron desantis. desantis: let me say hello to my wife, casey. we have two kids under 2. when you're on the campaign trail it is difficult and she manages to hold it all together. i love you and thank you. i am ron desantis. i'

> live from tampa, florida, this is the florida governor's debate. good evening, i'm jake tapper. we're here for a race that reveals just how divided the nation is right now, and tonight the candidates will debate for the first time. in fact, just a few minutes ago they met for the first time. both candidates came from behind to win upset victories in their respective primaries, and now each is presenting a starkly different vision for florida's future. please welcome former u.s. congressman ron desantis and mayor andruw gillum of tallahassee. [ applause ] gentlemen, before we start, a reminder of the rules to which you both agreed. you will have 70 seconds to answer my questions and 30 seconds for responses and rebuttals. the timing lights positioned around the studio will hopefully guide you and make it not necessary for me to stop you from talking. let's begin with opening statements. each of you has one minute. we're going to start with congressman desanties. >> well, thanks, jake. let me say hello to my wife casey who is here. you know, we have

[applause] >> live from tampa florida, this is the florida governor's debate. we are here for a race that reveals how divided the nation is right now. tonight, the candidates debate for the first time. a few minutes ago, they met for the first time. both candidates came from behind to win upset victories in the primaries. each is presenting a startling different vision for florida's future. please welcome ron desantis and mayor andrew gillum of tallahassee. [applause] gentlemen, before we start, a reminder of the rules to which you both agreed. you will have 70 seconds to answer my questions and 30 seconds for rebuttals. the timing lights will hopefully guide you and make it not necessary for me to stop you from talking. let's begin with opening statements. each has one minute. let's begin with congressman desantis. rep. desantis: let me say hello to my wife casey who is here. we have two kids under two and when you are on the campaign trail, it is very difficult. she manages to hold it together. i'm ron desantis and i am a reteran, forme prosecutor and i am on

the florida gubernatorial debate. made possible. leadership florida, florida press association. the florida city. aarp, the center and foundation, decision 2018 before you vote. the flooring gubernatorial debate. now here is your moderator. wpb if 25 news anchor, todd. >> good evening. thank you for turning us. i want to welcome our audience on television and public radio and our audience here. tonight we are going to seek answers to the issues that matter most to you. i also want to give a heartfelt thanks to rhonda and andrew. thank you both so much for being here. also with me, i want you to meet our panelists. for florida today, part of the usa today network and anthony man, put a cold reporter for south florida's son sentinel. now to the rules for tonight's debate. they are simple. each candidate has 60 seconds to answer a question. rebuttals and answers to follow questions or 30 seconds. they are at my discretion as debate moderator. both candidates before the opening statements, we want to allow for as much time as possible to get to those issues. based on drying of numbe

hello florida. we love you, florida. [cheers and applause] >> i'm thrilled to be back in this great state, the great state of florida, with thousands of hard-working american patriots. [cheers] >> an important time in our country. in just six days, the people of florida are going to send rick scott to the united states senate. [cheers] >> and ron desantis will be your next governor. rick and ron. before going any further, i want to take a moment to address the horrific shooting at the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh. it was terrible. 11 americans were brutally murdered in an evil anti-semitic attack. yesterday i traveled to pittsburgh to meet with the families and first responders, and i especially want to thank rabbi jeffrey meyers. he was terrific. he was terrific. fine man. we grieve for the families of the fallen and we send our eternal gratitude to the law enforcement officers who sustained severe injuries taking down the gunman. they were incredible. [cheers] >> as bad as it was, and it was bad, it could have

think tim russert and florida, florida, florida. we'll speak with a couple of republican students about politics on campus and what is motivating the young people around here to get out and vote. so let's get right into the headlines. we're going to begin with the president who is headed to cincinnati, ohio, to kick off another campaign rally this is the third of four rallies scheduled for donald trump this week and these political stops come as two major headlines are playing out. the southeast tips to continues recover from hurricane michael. 13 people are now confirmed dead, and that number could go up as emergency workers search the rubble. farther away from home turkey has agreed to saudi arabia's request to form a joint committee to look into the disappearance of "washington post" columnist jamal khashoggi. he vanished after entering the saudi consulate to obtain documents needed for his marriage to a turkish citizen. speculation of khashoggi's fate is intensifying. last night "the washington post" reported turkish officials t

the florida gubernatorial debate. made possible by the support of leadership florida, the florida press association, broward college, the florida league of cities aarp, the claude pepper , center and foundation. this is decision 2018 before you vote. the florida gubernatorial debate. pbf here is your moderator, w 25 news anchor todd mcdermott. todd: good evening and thank you for joining us for this all important final debate in the race for florida governor. i want to welcome our statewide audience on television and on florida public radio and our audience here in bailey hall in broward college. tonight we are going to seek answers to the issues that matter to you. i want to give a heartfelt thanks to our candidates for governor, ron desantis and andrew gillum. thank you both so much for being here and joining us for this debate. i want you to meet our panelists. an engagement editor for florida today. part of the u.s.a. today network . and anthony mann. a reporter for florida's sun sentinel. the rules for tonight ar

what is happening in florida right now shows that. amy: just to show the significance, b back to 2016. trump won florida, beat hillary clinton by almost 113,000 votes. votes. millionlking about 1.4 voters now -- more voters being eligible to vote. >> the number of people disenfnfranchised in floririda s far lalarge and then m margin or victoryry. winning at a time that 1.4 million people could not vote in the state. you go back to the 2000 election in florida, thousands of voters were wrongly labeled as ex-felon s and purged from the rolls, which likely cost al gored the election. this law has swung elections, disenfranchise millions of peopople. a thick a lot of people realize it is a relic of jim crow in time we end this and move on and give people second chances. juan: desmond meade, when was the last time -- you are an excel and who has not been able to vote. it was the last time you voted? >> i think it was during the time of moses. no, actually, the last time i voted was when i was serving in the military, and that is been quite

she joins us now viakype from tallahassee, florida. devika, you've been out there to the completely destroyed areas, at least the footage that we see. how confident are first responders that they've actually made it to all o those places to see if there are more victims or if tve cleared all the rubble? >> it's still early in the process of recovery. we're not 100% sureth rescuers and searchers have been dele to make it to the damaged anroyed areas. there's a lot of rubble. some of the roads are still n completely accessible. there's a lot of national forest, state parks surrounding these areas. so in many of these places, access and making sure you reach the people who may be trapped is ite a challenge. >> sreenivasan: all right, that's the kind of immediat cost, is the human lives. as you mentioned, the roads to get there, aotf these places are destroyed. so what does the infrastructure look like for some of these towns where entire blocks have been scoured off the land completely? >> yes, yesterday i was in alligator point, which is

hurricane michael cannot beat florida. visit floridadisaster.org for information following the storm. you can visit fl511.com for current road conditions. >> all right. you have been listening to florida governor rick scott briefing people on hurricane michael. hurricane michael, he notes, the most powerful storm to hit the florida in a century. no category four storm in history has ever made land fall here. the governor reiterating that the time to evacuate if you are along the florida coast here in the gulf has come and gone. the time to take refuge is now. he did say if you are inland, listen to your local officials. there may be a brief window for you to find a safer place, but be very, very careful. a dire warning indeed. >> absolutely. it is impossible to imagine a state being better prepared as the governor laid out. but there is so much that's unknown. they just don't know what it will be like for florida when 145 miles an hour winds and a storm surge of 9 to 13 feet hit the coast. john, please stay safe. we know y

was florida early on? >> based on information i was able to obtain along with our producer, we were told that florida -- it was described to us as a region of interest. that, in some ways, on its face, it is pretty self-explanatory when you look at the big picture, here. a number of the devices -- i don't want to say originated, but i'm going to say at that point will be new is that they were coming to addresses in florida and, of course, the return address was this a misspelling of debbie wasserman schultz. a member, the device sent to former attorney general eric holder field to be delivered because the address was not correct or it just wasn't the right address for him. so we went back to congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz's office, and that's when it was -- we thought we had to packages, but in fact, there was one. on this point, of florida, we talked a bit about forensic profiling based on the evidence and individual. there is also some may call geographic profiling. i was talking about last hour.

from florida when you're in ohio. so i think the fbi started and atf and others started to front load the investigation in florida anyway. they were moving men, women resources down there. and as these other -- this other information developed. but this was coming from different directions. it came forensically from fingerprints, dna. i was involved in identifying the unabomber. ted kaczynski's brother, david, had asked me to look at letters he'd written, compare them to manifestoes. we realized this same thing had been done. we're looking for phraseology, for spelling. a lot of different components, men and women moving in this. but this was a very wide net thrown all over the united states, and within two or three days it was tightened to this one city in florida, this one van, this one individual. i think it's a tremendous credit to law enforcement, to the american public that backed them to bring this case so quickly. realize the unabomber took 17 years. the austin, texas, bomber earlier this year took three weeks

, florida? >> well, number one is it's not over yet. in fact, in the last hour and a half, we've probably received higher sustained winds than we did prior to the storm making landfall. so i've encouraged everybody to stay home, stay inside, don't go out sight-seeing. we just lost power at my house about 5 minutes ago. so there's still a risk of falling trees and do you wawned lines. so tomorrow morning the tropical force winds and gale force winds will be diminished, and we can do our damage assessment at that time. and hopefully for us, we were very blessed to miss this storm. hopefully we can get power going and get ready for our community for the tourists that have booked their vacations for next week. so the whole month is not lost. so we're trying to be thoughtful, prayerful about our friends to the east. but at the same time, tomorrow morning i think everybody is going to be ready to roll up their sleeves and get our town back opened up for business. >> all right. we're going to be thinki

put florida in context. why does this state matter so mucht >> it does r so much because it's not just about 2018, it's also about 2020, and there are -- there is this very competitive goveor's race that matters a lot to president trump because who the governor of florida is in 2020ill matter for that election. of course, there's this very competive senate racand a number of competitive house races as well because florida is this battleground. >> woodrf: it's a battleground, susan macmanus, and as you know fr watching elections here, it's a state where elections are close. tell us about that. >> the last four big elections, two governor's races and two presidential, the margin of victory is 1%. o er state is that competitive. >> woodruff: you were telling me this morning the canging demographics, the makeup of the voting electorate here is what's making the oucome here uncertain. >> definitely. so many people still think of florida as a retiree only state, but the real news iss the riof the younger electorat

churning toward the florida coast. the category 4 hurricane is expected to hit in just a matter of hours. >>> welcome back. we are on storm watch this morning. hurricane michael is children toward the florida coast. it will hit in hours. taking another look at this category 4 hurricane of the powerful winds whipping palm trees in this live picture in panama city, florida. if michael stays at a category 4 when it makes e strongest hurricane to hit the florida panhandle in recorded history. >>> sheriff's deputies in stanislaus county are looking for a man who allegedly uses his young daughter to help him shoplift. investigators say the man you see here has gotten away with it possibly dozens of times using his daughter to steal about $1,000 worth of items from dollar general stores in the past few months, things like household goods and food. >> grabbing items and placing them in her hands and going towards the back of the store putting her down and getting the items and concealing them on his body and then walking out.

this florida's governor's race, this crucial florida's governor's race kind of feels it is a little bit about president trump. you saw that argument there from that rally today with andrew gillum who we're going to speak to in just a few minutes. at ron desantis' rallies, when he talks about andrew gillum, his crowd yells "lock him up, lock him up." ron desantis is the one who ran "build the wall" and teaches trump catch words. mr. trump said you're fired. i love that part. and he teaches his kids to say "make america great again." the morning after the primary election in which ron desantis learned that he would be the nominee and he would be running against and grew gillum, ron desantis went on the fox knenes and said about and grew gillum, "the last thing we need to do is monkey this up." that and some other things about ron desantis led gillum to enter the most memorable debate line from any candidate running in either party for office this year. >> my grandmother used to say a hit dog will holler, and it hollered through this room. mr. desantis has spoken. first of all, he's got ne

this is "the daily show," coming to you from miami, florida! ( cheers and applause ) oh, this is amazing! take a seat, everybody! take a seat! take a seat! you guys are amazing. our guest tonight, baseball legend and co-owner of the miami marlins, derek jeter is here, everybody! ( cheers and applause ) we'll be chatting to him later on. first, can i just say i'm loving everything about this city in it is my first time here spending time, and i'm loving everything about it. like, every day is a party in miami. every day! it doesn't matter where you go. i went to a church service the other day and they didn't have a choir, they had a deejay. it was the dopest thing! it was like do...unto...others...do...unto.. .others... jesus died for your sins -- ( rapping ) we were praying till 6:00 in the morning! ( cheers and applause ) i'm glad we prayed. i don't know if it's just me, but i feel like everybody here is excited about the midterms. you guys excited? ( cheers and applause ) yeah? you can feel that energy! you know who else is really excited? do

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it's been pummelling through florida, the florida panhandle. it is now moving into georgia. millions of people are in its path. cnn's john brennan is in panama city beach for us in florida. john, tell our viewers what you are seeing. the destruction certainly looks awful. >> reporter: yeah, we just had a chance to get out of where we tried to ride out the storm, wolf, and we didn't have to get very far. not a half mile or so from our hotel and we came upon this gas station which has a few shops here, and you can see this awning, the metal just torn off and now twisted debris simply everywhere. it is really a mess that is going to take some time to clean up, and it goes back some way and this was not the only place we saw. i can look across the street there and see shingles blown off the building across the street, and we look down this avenue here to the side here, and we'll point the camera down that way. you can see all kinds of trees down as well, trees down, power lines down. the updated power numbers here, nearly 400,000 customers in the panhandle and beyond have lost p

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people like to call florida sunshine state because it is so florida sunshine state because it is so funny to the second amendment. and the —— friendly to the second amendment. there has certainly been a move to be more liberal on gun laws here but it is a very divisive issue still in the state of florida. the big question is will young people come out in larger numbers with the youth led movement from parkland and that might sway where the margins remain very close historically? david, thank you very much. that issue of the youth vote is so interesting because youth voters, young voters in america are sometimes described as the bride that keeps you waiting at the altar, they never show up. every election cycle there is a lot of interest in whether young voters will turn up. because of parkland, all the rallies organised by parkland students on theissue organised by parkland students on the issue of gun control. they all talked about that time about how important these elections were. it will be interesting in this state and nationally to see whether young people do show up in the midâ

. >> florida man for governor. florida puts up with a lot of time. florida rewards uz with impossible electoral outcomes time after time after time. this will affect the discussion in florida because it's going to get even more coverage, just as the hurricane will. florida does what florida wants to do. >> dana: chris stirewalt, thank you. >> you bet. >> dana: we are awaiting the news conference. in the mean time r let's bring in andy mccarthy. andy, as these law enforcement officers and people at the justice department come together for this press conference, what are you looking for as a former prosecut prosecutor? >> i guess what i'm most interested in, dana, and i think a guest you had on who was a justice department lawyer pretty much said the same thing. you want to see what the complaint says. i'm particularly interested to see whether this suspect made any statements to the police or not. that will usually -- usually with the fbi agents that will be laid out in the complaint if it happens. one of the things i think is important to note is tha

i'll see you tonight on nightly news from fort myers, florida, and on the road tomorrow from florida and friday from west virginia later on in the week. craig, wish you were coming with me, road show, tag team it huntington. >> safe travels my friend. >> thank you. >> happy halloween as well. >>> good morning, craig melvin here, msnbc headquarters in new york city. the great race, president trump's campaign blitz throwing out almost any idea in the final days before the midterms. can he rally voters without wreaking havoc for republican kand day-to-d candidates who have to answer for his rhetoric. >> one on one as the president heads to battleground florida, i sit down with the man who could become the first african-american governor of florida, andrew gillum. >>> and voice of the people, our road warriors criss-crossing the country following every pivotal race that will determine control of congress. we'll get to that in just a moment. >>> we start this halloween with a trick or treat from president trump himself. he heads to florida in just a few hours as hallie mentioned there. th

retained michael is looking towards florida. or as. retained michael is looking towards florida. oras. sustained winds retained michael is looking towards florida. or as. sustained winds of up florida. or as. sustained winds of up to 145 miles an hour. in parts of the state, has already been severe flooding. a warning of a possible for metres storm surge. businesses have been battening down the hatches. evacuation orders have been issued more than 300,000 people. and it has been a case of pack up and get out. you will make it there is just the adults would have rooted out, long traffic jams just the adults would have rooted out, long trafficjams formed, fuel is running low and supermarket shelves are emptying. the last thing we re shelves are emptying. the last thing were picking up with extra water. busy holiday resorts were deserted and authorities are warning if you have not left coastal areas, it is too late. if you're in a coastal area, do not leave your house. the time to evacuate coastal areas as commandant. some they'll have already decided to stay put. immediate has thin

think tim russert and florida, florida, florida. we'll speak with a couple of republican students about politics on campus and what is motivating the young people around here to get out and vote. so let's get right into the headlines. we're going to begin with the president who is headed to cincinnati, ohio, to kick off another campaign rally this is th

do yourself a favor, look on a map of florida. check out how it forms of shape of a "c," almost like a catcher's mitt. all the water being pushed up by major hurricane michael will be forming as water rushes in from the gulf of mexico. the vegetation, trees, palms, we have lots of coniferous trees, pine trees. those will fall over. that means navigating here after the storm will be almost impossible. not to mention the electricity outages that we're expecting across the area. the mayor setting an example. him and his family have left this particular location to get to safety. he is hoping that everybody learns by his example and have heeded the warnings and left. >> all right. derek van dam live in apalachicola. thank you, stir. check back the next hour for "new day." >>> and we have dana gallagher live in panama city beach, the western end of the panhandle. what's the scene there? >> reporter: this is probably the best it's going to be all day. light wind, no rain. we're in low tide now. i'm going to step out of the way because i

this is a live look from water sound, florida. we're going to check in with a man who coordinated the military relief efforts for hurricane katri katrina. we'll talk to him about how you prepare for a storm that really did gain strength so quickly. also turning energy into votes, does the democratic party have the leadership right now that it needs to capitalize on the momentum in its base? i feel happiest when i'm out enjoying my favorite things, like spending time in my garden. that's why i need a humana medicare advantage plan. many humana medicare advantage plans cover everything - from emergency care and hospitals stays, to doctor office visits, and prescription drug coverage. in fact, last year, humana medicare advantage prescription drug plan members saved an estimated $6900 on average on their prescription costs. humana has a large network of doctors and hospitals. plans that include vision and dental coverage. and most plans include silver sneakers fitness and a rewards program. all for a zero dollar monthly plan premium

panama city, florida. you can see on the right side of your screen, some palm trees swaying back and forth because of the winds. rain and wind is picking up there. the national hurricane center says the storm is packing winds and nearly 150 miles per hour. nikole killion has the latest from panama city. >> reporter: giant waves are thrashing florida's panama city beach, asl tas aim panhandle. the storm strengthened overnight. >> unfortunately hurricane michael is a hurricane of the worst kind. losses of life. >> reporter: forecasters are most worried about a probable 13-foot storm surge. >> without storm surge comes and you have no control of it. there is so much pressure and it pushes everything in and then it sucks everything out. >> reporter: michael is also expected to dump more than a foot of rain and lash the area with 145-mile per hour sustained winds. given the strength of the storm, nearly 400,000 people were urged to evacuate along the gulf coast. officials warn time has now run out. >> you have

he was florida. nearly 200,000 customers are without power in florida and another 30,000 are in the dark in georgia. >> authorities say a lot of people did not follow the orders to evacuate. in fact, some business owners stayed put saying their customers are depending on them to provide last-minute supplies. that includes a grocery store owner apalachicola. >> our customers depends on us and if you can't be there when someone needs you, what good are you? >> the warnings from governor rick scott were dire. he told people if they were in the middle of the storm surge, they would not survive. joining us now with more on hurricane michael is a former senior official with fema. mark, what is fema doing now and how is all this being handled? >> reporter: the president has three national teams and he has one of the teams in the emergency operations they have rescue teams, a disaster medical assistance team. they have shelters opened up. so there's a lot of preparation that's stayed in place. they have abou

florida appears to be no exception. the "miami herald" reporting that florida is on pace to set a new record for turnout in that state in a nonpresidential election year. joining us now for the interview is tallahassee mayor democratic candidate for governor andrew gillum. thank you for joining us. i know this is an incredibly busy time. >> indeed. thank you so much for having me here with you this evening. >> so mr. mayor, you are here at an exciting time electorally speaking. i'm sure you're not going to sleep much in the next eight days. >> not at all. >> this is also a very difficult time for the country. and you are in a contest to become the leader and the head of the state government in one of the most populous states in the country. i just want to ask you as you weigh the prospect of sending to that office, this massacre in pittsburgh this weekend was the worst attack ever on the jewish american community. the bombing campaign targeting prominent democrats only seems to have ended last week with the arrest of a

s south-uthwest to lorida florida, maximu moving north at 13 miles per hour. likely making landfall as a category 4 storm at 10 a.m. our time there. making landfall as a category 4 storm for the florida panhandle and that's never happened since recordkeeping began back in 1851. so an unprecedented storm and then moving as a category 1 storm up through georgia and the carolinas. we are watching the wind speeds looking at 31-mile-per- hour wind gusts in panama city and we'll watch the winds increase as the storm gets closer. rainfall amounts heavy rain anywhere from 8 to 12 inches of rain for the florida panhandle up through georgia by so update what to expect in terms of impact with michael, of course a direct landfall as a major hurricane. storm surge 12 feet. hurricane-force winds flooding rain from the florida panhandle up north into the carolinas. so watching this very closely. we'll talk about our weather here at home coming up. >>> here in the bay area, there are a few clouds hanging around. but no rain to mess up the commute. this is a live look at the r

he lived in the hollywood, florida, area. aventura, florida is about a half hour or so from here. i'm sure you can see all these media gathered around me. what's going on is in this car is a group of fbi agents who have been inside the auto zone over here for about the last hour, going through the files and taking pictures. this is where the arrest was made of the suspect, where he was taken into custody and the vehicle as well. the media followed the fbi agents outside. they were inside taking pictures of the auto zone and going through the files in the computer. clearly if this man was a customer here, they might have been looking for what he purchased here and maybe some of that could be connected to the pipe bombs sent around the country. we were here earlier when the vehicle was taken away and the blue tarp was covered over it. it had pictures of donald trump on it and mike pence on it. it had the word cnn min on it as well. it was taken to a facility where it will be looked at for possible traces of evidence and envelopes and purchases here at the auto zone. it has been a ve

tuesday -- florida, florida, florida. well, good tuesday. i'm chuck todd. welcome to "mpt daily," and the third stop in our immediate the midterms road trip. we're coming to you live from barefoot beach at whiskey joe's. in a nearly humidity-free tampa, florida. thank you. i miss the humidity there's so little of it here today. but, of course, it's a state that once all, just control the perception of everything. there's washington that can decide control off, perception of politics the next decade. you name it, all of it can be decided here in florida. florida has been the swingiest of swing states in recent elections but new polling out this week suggests it could be swinging in the democrats' direction. we'll have much more -- i think there's more of a 50/50 crowd back there than you think but who knows? we will see. much more on those numbers in just a minute. but we begin with president trump's final push two weeks before election day. >> a globalist is a person that wants the globe to do well, frankly, not caring ab

you're looking at the daytona beach, florida, on the other side but this storm has cut power in florida, destroyed buildings with some huge storm surges in the panhandle. let's go to ken graham, director of the national hurricane center in miami for an update. do you have an assessment yet, a credible assessment of the damage so far where the i came across? >> you have a situation where you have 155-mile-per-hour winds anywhere along that area will have incredible damage and we are still not done yet. can you believe we still have an air hurricane entering georgia? just got that value income at 115 miles per hour so still hurricane up the current time. >> and for georgia, that's probably not used to dealing with this kind of thing, potentially they have some long hours ahead. >> they really do and it's very concerning because it's still hurricane and you've had a lot of rain which saturates the soil. when you add those wins on top of it, you get trees coming down and power outages as well, in the nighttime hours coming. we are urging residents anywhere in this area from the southwest ge

brian is in panama city beach, florida, for us as well. brian, you have seen some tremendous destruction where you are. describe what you're seeing. >> reporter: right, don. this is surf drive, one of the hardest hit neighborhoods of panama city beach. this house here was the subject of some video earlier today, some very dramatic and horrible video where you saw the roof being torn off this house. the side of it being torn off. this is the aftermath. we talked to the son-in-law of the owner of the house. he came here with his wife, whose mother owns this house, and they said the family was completely devastated. luckily, don, no one was here at the time that that occurred, but the family is just heartbroken over what happened here. i can tell you here in the aftermath some of the information we learned about the house from that family who owns it. this part up here that got completely blown away, the roof got sheared off. by the way, that roof, a hunk of twisted metal, was tossed about 75 yards down the road here and still kind of embedde

but florida is of interest for lots of reasons. they know now that some of these packages were sent from florida, some if not all. some of the packages were canceled. and i'm told from our social media people that we're getting lots of questions about why is the post office delivering some of these packages when you can tell from looking at the envelopes that they weren't canceled, that they weren't postmarked. and the answer to that is, what we're told by authorities, that odd shaped packages like these don't go through any kind of sorting machine. and in some cases they would be canceled or stamped with a postmark, hand-stamped, but in some cases they don't bother, they just push them through. so that is why you don't see cancellations or postmarked on all of these packages. but in any event, because of the postmarks and other reasons, they have been able to trace these packages to florida. and they are doing interviews with people in florida now, not just postal workers, but other people that they believe may have important nfor

florida state is out of time-outs. and miami can take a >> brock: that is pretty heads up play from the guy the coach calls machine. instead of getting in the end zone, i'm going to stay in bounds. i'm not going to attempt to get in that end zone and instead, one of the greatest formation in all of football for an offensive guy that is the victory formation. >> bob: what a comeback this is fmp t for the canes. >> brock: only a four-hour affair in college football, to this point in the season, it felt like this. these guys on both sides laid everything on the line. that is what i love so much about this rivalry. when i does a kid and young kids watch this game all over the country and they are like, man, these guys play so hard. it matters so much to them and they care about it so emphatically. >> bob: did miami take a delay of game penalty? i think they did. >> brock: they just want to extend the game. >> bob: you now vyou just have o take two more knees and the clock stops. so it just adds to a little bit of the end o

destin, florida. you know, as we see the storm pass, the conditions were unfolding, you have been there all day. tell us what you are seeing first of all right now. >> reporter: yeah, you know, i've been here all day and i will say, wolf, i'm surprised the wind is still pretty strong where we are. we walked for you all the way to the edge of this dock. i'm, you know, in front of this massive structure to hopefully keep us safer as it is still quite windy out here. you can see earlier it had really kicked up quite a bit. you still can see the white caps. and if i just get down a little bit below this dock, the water is lipping up to the dock's edge. so it is still coming through. the good news though here in destin, i mean look at this beautiful sky. the sun is trying to peek through. i'm sure it will be a gorgeous sunset tonight for people here who are thankful that it could have been so much worse. you know, before that storm actually took that right-hand turn, a lot of people here in destin who deci

take a look at these numbers. 26% of florida voters likely voters in florida say that health care is their number one concern. the economy comes in a close second at 25%. 15% in florida are talking about immigration. gun policy is at 12%. national security at 8%. but then look at that, the russia probe, which obviously gets a lot of attention, that's way down at the bottom with only 7% of voters saying that's one of their top priorities. and then when you break it down by republicans and democrats, you can actually see the priorities change just a little bit. if you look at the breakdown as it comes to the support for bill nelson, the incumbent senator in the race for senate against rick scott who's the governor who is challenging him, you can see that health care is the number one priority by 81% of nelson voters, but only 14% of scott voters. now, flip that around, and ask about the economy, 72% of scott voters, the republican, the governor, say the economy is most important. while only 23% of nelson voters say the same and for the immigration breakdown, 35% for nelson voters and 5

the florida gubernatorial debate. florida ible by the press association, broward college, aarp, the claude pepper center and foundation. this is decision 2018 before you vote. the florida gubernatorial debate. now here is your moderator, news anchor todd mcdermott. todd: good evening and thank you for joining us for this all important final debate in the race for florida governor. i want to welcome our udience. here in bailey hall in broward college. we are going to seek answers to the issues that matter to you. i also want to thank our candidates for governor, ron desantis and andrew gillum. thank you both so much for being here for joining us for this debate. i went you to meet our panelists. an engagement editor for florida today. part of the u.s.a. today network and anthony mann. a reporter for florida's sun sentinel. each candidate has 60 seconds to answer a question. rebuttals and answers to ollow-ups are 30 seconds and are at my discretion as debate moderator. both candidates agreed to forgo opening statements

we are in the big bend of florida. if you look at the topography, just the lay-out of florida, and the panhandle region, it's almost in the shape of a c. you can think of it as a catcher's mitt, anyone who plays cricket, perhaps or anybody who plays baseball, knowing that when you catch a ball with a glove, it's going to form the shape of a c, to get the best, the best angle, that's what the geography of florida's panhandle looks like. when the water is rushing in, it's caught in the big bend location of florida. that's why it's so susceptible to storm surge. there's a highway 98 that runs along the coast. as we were trying to find a safer live shot location, george, we could see waves coming and crashing next to the interstates or the highway. i should say. and we also came across a high water mark from hurricane dennis back in 2005,which is one of the benchmark storms that came through here, but that was over a generation ago. so, you have to remember that, a lot of people here may have forgot enwhat it's like to rid

florida. how big. people say it is the worst they have ever seen? florida. how big. people say it is the worst they have ever seemm will certainly go down in history as one of our fourth strongest hurricane is to ever make landfall here in the united states. it was category 4 and winds were 155 mile an hour. 157 mph is what you need for category five. we have had only three other category five storm is make landfall. five the labour day storm in 1935. another hurricane in 1969, hurricane andrew which it florida in 1992. otherwise, this is numberfour in florida in 1992. otherwise, this is number four in terms of the strongest storms ever make landfall here in the us did it everything i am hearing from the people down there is just total devastation. is this unusual? it certainly is unusualfor this unusual? it certainly is unusual for october. this is this unusual? it certainly is unusualfor october. this is also the strongest storms ever make la ndfall the strongest storms ever make landfall in october.

all areas you probably never heard of in the big bend of florida, they call it the armpit of florida because that's what it looks like. it's not heavily populated, it is a wonderful rural community sort of place. folks live simple and in many cases they live off the water. what happens in apalachicola bay is the sea is the driving economy for the whole region. how the oyster beds will survive this day remains to be seen, they could be shut down for years to come. we can only hope at this point but the eye of the storm is now completely overland. i should say it's over east bay, which is an enormous body of water now filled with brackish water to the east and south of panama city. the hurricane itself, the wall, the eye wall of florida is crossing over highway 2. a small town of about 2,000 getting hit pretty badly right now. the front end of the storm headed directly for youngstown and eventually shipley and marianna, larger towns off of interstate 10. this storm is going to cross over interstate 10. from the looks of things on the map, then it will hit georgia, mariana, shipley. tha

florida's is not one state. it's ten states, in order to campaign here, you don't go to diners, you advertise on television. that costs money. so that's a big part of the equation. we also have a lot of white retirees who tend not only to move to florida and want to vote. but they vote republican and they vote republican often. >> with the influx the puerto ricans that have come into the state following hurricane maria, are they poised to make a difference in this election? >> i am skeptical. not because puerto ricans don't want to be a political force. but because the ones who have arrived since maria in many cases are still trying to settle in. and have bigger priorities than voting. and they come from an island where there are no mid-term elections, they don't have the culture of voting every two years, they vote every four years. >> but they have a heavy culture of voting during election years. >> we do, but trump is not on the ballot. we talked about candidates who are trump-ian. but it's not the same. they

caused as well as here in georgia talking about florida. this is the worst hurricane to ever hit florida's panhandle the people there have enough time to prepare for. yes they had enough time forty eight hours is normally for us floridians enough time to prepare for a storm and many many people took advantage of the warning which came fairly early forty eight hours before the storm hits that this will be a monstrous storm and as you said the strongest hitting the panhandle in about eighty years in the second strongest after andrew from ninety ninety two and maybe some remember this was a horrible storm too so yes many many people floridians went to shelters or made it to relatives or friends. away from the coast and up north georgia the carolinas but there's always some people who decided to hunker down and to ride the storm out and we'll see probably as soon as they light breaks here how well those people really did. are people getting the support they need what are you hearing about that briefly. all right no rescuers going out knowledge

areas of georgia, northwest florida, even northeast florida, can expect copious amounts of rain in the hours ahead. coverage continues now on fox news. >> it's 2 p.m. on the east coast, 11:00 a.m. on the west coast and 1 p.m. where hurricane michael has just struck along the florida panhandle. i'm shepard smith in new york on fox television stations across the nation and on the fox news channel on satellite and cable. 155 mile an hour maximum sustained winds make this the strongest storm ever to hit the panhandle. let's go to the national hurricane center for a live update. >> welcome back to the national hurricane center. on the official clock here at the hurricane center, 2 p.m. eastern, that means 1 p.m. central. let's look at the latest information on michael. made landfall. winds 155 miles an hour. really pretty strong system continuing. lot of damaging winds associated. you can see that eye mall making landfall, issued by our weather forecast off tallahassee. just incredibly dangerous situation associated with the winds right around that eye. we got a look at different areas as w

kerry sanders is in south florida. what are you learning? >> reporter: for the last two months, the suspect worked as a deejay at a strip club here in south florida. those who knew him well tell nbc news, above all else, he was obsessed with president trump. the portrait emerging of 56-year-old cesar sayoc jr. revealing a man obsessed with support for president trump. his tweeter feed showing him driving to trump rallies and posting crowd chants attacking cnn and cheering the president a the president spoke.go after many of the democrats who received devices saying of george soros, you will vanish, and attackingcongressw wasserman schultz. rochelle richi says he took it further contacting her on twitter. >> i received a tweet from this guy who was saying things such as, you know, make sure you hug your loved ones before you leave your home. >> reporter: sayoc has a history of arrests including making a bomb threat to florida power and light company in 2002 saying it would be worse than september 11th. ron lowie was sayoc's attorney then and

team florida. but with that, a former congressman or president of the united states, this is what we are going to do. we are going to create an economy where people can work one job instead of multiple jobs. we have to make that -- we it's kind of a top shelf thing that i know we can do. and >> bret: thanks to mayor mayor gillam for the time. rick scott joins us from port saint joe. governor, thanks for being here. first i want to get an update from you on hurricane recovery and what you are doing down there. >> i'm down here at the base camp for the florida fish and wild commission. there are officers here that save people's lives. the night of the storm which is almost two weeks ago now, in the middle of a downed tree lines, downed power lines, they came out and started saving people's lives. they did rescues all night long and they saved a lot of people's lives. i'm having dinner with them just thanking them for what they have done. i have 4,000 members of the national guard that i've called up,