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 audience. 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 -- i want you to meet our panelists. this is an engagement editor for florida today. part of the u.s.a. today network and anthony mann. a reporter for florida's sun sentinel. to the rules. they are simple. each candidate has 60 seconds to answer a question. rebuttals and answers to follow-ups are 30 seconds and are at my discretion as debate moderator. both candidates agreed to forgo opening statements because we want as much time as possible to get to those issues. and those possible questions on those issues. based on drawing of numbers, the first question goes t