people in florida. wisconsin used to be very democratic as far as madison and milwaukee, but now it is sprinting to kenosha, racine, green day. different areas. host: and what is that? caller: people are turning to the democrats and supporting biden more than they would donald trump. we see a lot of problems with donald trump. host: did these people vote in 2016? caller: yes they did. host: who did they vote for? it, thethe thing about climate was for hillary clinton. hillary screwed up wisconsin. and tooksed wisconsin it for granted. that foster the vote. host: thoughts? guest: i think with the caller was talking about exists in florida too. i think sometimes people get really concerned about bellwether counties, or areas that might flip. where is the county to watch come over the city to watch good florida is not about margins. -- florida is about margins. the trick is not that biden is going to win counties like sumter, it is can biden trim away the lead trump had there in 2016? not is he going to wi

it went on in court for quite a while over florida, florida, florida as tim russert had kind of told us it might. >> tell me about which part of your back was the worst. >> okay. here is the amazing thing. here is the amazing thing. it was less physical stress in the chair than one hour in this chair is going to be now. there was something about it. it was so exciting and strange and disorienting that none of us had any sense of any kind of physical discomfort in the entire process. it was astonishing. we were all kind of amazed by that. >> wow. >> it wasn't difficult to do and i know that is maybe the strangest thing i've ever told you. >> i'm literally thinking about bringing gymnastic rings into the studio or something or a little rack i can put myself on to crank it and stretch my back out. >> you're not going to need them. if you're in that chair it's going to be so exciting that you're not going to need it. you're going to be running on a different kind of fuel. >> i'm going to hold you to it, lawrence, because once my back starts making me do this on tv, i'm going to call you.

people in florida. it is one of the top issues that voters indicate is important to them. in the midst of this pandemic, there are so many people who are consequencesalth of getting covid or knowing someone in their family who has. health insurance remains a top priority. reviewer's question i don't really know what joe biden's health insurance situation is. he's probably got a good medicare plan. i can't give you an answer on that. host: that's all right. to jean-pierre and washington, d.c., supporting joe biden. was trying to, i organize my thoughts about why i support biden and not trump, and it has been a -- of trying to figure this stuff out. i am going to keep it simple. first, my values. i have been taught to be polite in public. when doing my business. i have been taught to follow the law. i've been taught that there are certain ways that our government works. these entire four years have run counter to that. at every single point. to supreme court nominations to health care, just doing things t

first up today is florida. mary ellen klas is the tallahassee bureau chief for the miami herald, joining us now to talk about what is always a battleground state. why is that? is a microcosm of the nation. as florida goes, the nation goes. trump one ago, donald florida by barely 113,000 votes in a state of more than 10 million voters. he carried that narrow victory onto the white house. state. is a very divided we've got diversity. in ethnic ways, but economically as well as demographically. older voters, younger voters, people who are divided by both democratic and republican. as florida goes, the nation will go. we have seen voting problems -- host: we have seen voting problems in florida. is the state ready? guest: i think it is. of -- 20ad this legacy years ago, recounts. florida has so re-crafted and updating its voting system that the state is prepared for what we are seeing as a record surge in early voting turnout. it has been going smoothly. host: what changes were made? have made ite, we a statewide s

if you see that joe biden is winning in florida, or has won florida by the end of that night, people who are biden supporters will breathe easier. so he would like that head start. >> jessica hit upon this, why broward county is so important, but how crucial is brow county to a potential biden success? >> first of all, lots of senior citizens. biden is about up seven points with senior citizens. a lot of those senior citizens are transplants from the northeast, who decided to move to florida for the better weather. i think one thing that kind of makes the democrats a bit nervous about florida is that they were ahead, i believe, by nine points in the early voting. now that gap has been narrowed to about four points ahead of republicans in the early voting. what he's trying to do is get these supporters out there to the polls. you know, he understands that that's not going as well as he would like, so he's trying to push that number, as is trump in tampa. >> gloria, wonderful to see you. i know i will be seeing a whole lot of you in the coming days. >> thanks, bri. >>> the economy reco

up the strength with others in southern florida. what do you think will happen? >> yeah, if you look at the polling average among hispanic voters and you compare to four years ago, biden is still up with them but his lead is only 12 points versus hillary clinton the final pre-election polls then was 21 points. and it is that cuban vote in the southeast part of the state that donald trump is doing significantly better in than he was four years ago. will it ultimately be enough for trump? i'm not quite sure. one other little nugget there is of course among senior citizens, you are seeing biden coming better than hillary clinton did. so perhaps that could help compensate with his performance with hispanics. >> florida has already start the counting their early and absentee votes. are we likely to know who won florida on election night? >> yeah, much better chance than say the midwest because they are already starting to process those ballots. and unlike those midwestern battleground states, what you will see in the state of florida is

florida goes bush. the presidency is bush. that's it. >> the home state of governor jeb bush is going to be a much happier thanksgiving for the bush family. >> abc news is going to project that florida goes to mr. bush. just stop and absorb that for a second. >> we've got the tv on. all of a sudden, which ever network we were watching, you know, i think it was cnn and it was bern add shard shaw broke i said -- >> george bush will become the 43rd of the united states. >> i get a chill when i say it right now. i said i've got to go see al. >> what lieberman didn't know was that gore had already decided to concede. he placed the call. >> he just said, governor, put up a fight or whatever he said, conceded, a very short call. i think governor bush just thanked him. there was no love loss between either one of these guys. they didn't like each other, period. it was probably a ten-second call at most. and that was it. >> at the time he conceded, jeb bush was still over there on his computer and he was like i don't know what they're

telling florida voters if biden wins florida, the night is over. and tonight the latest numbers, where this race stands in that all important state. jon karl is live. >>> that alarming new number tonight, more than 85,000 new cases and tonight johns hopkins now reporting that another american tests positive for covid every 1.2 seconds in this country. another death every 107 seconds. tonight, images coming in from the midwest to the south and in wisconsin, a warning that there could soon be a shortage of beds in the icu. europe got hit with it before the u.s. and now their second wave and its deadly grip. tonight lockdowns now in france and germany and our foreign correspondent in belgium where icu numbers have now tripled in just three weeks. the deadly hurricane slamming into the u.s. the trees coming down killing several people. its path through atlanta, the power outages and early voting affected by this. snow and rain in the northeast and rob marciano timing it out tonight. >>> the deadly terror attack at a church in france. three people kille

we expect him to repeat that message in florida and tout the gdp numbers but hallie, florida, florida, florida, we talk about it all the time, today it's tampa, tampa, tampa. this is a critical county. he needs to turn out voters aenif he wants to hold onto this state with right now it seems a razor thin margin in the margin of error >> as question see the line of people getting ready to head in behind you there. steve, you heard from mike, the top line numbers, biden leading trump by about four points, within the margin of error. break down for us what group are fuelling that lead? >> take a look here, the overall number there, 51-47 biden over trump. why is biden ahead? the big answer in florida, senior citizens, voters 65-plus in 2016 in florida, trump won the senior vote by 17 points, big reason trump was able to carry the state in 2016. in our new nbc marist poll, look at that reversal from trump by double digits to biden by seven among seniors, a huge group in florida, when you have that kind of swing. that's going to move the polls. you might look at that and say well, wait a m

joe bide listen n will be speak florida. we'll go to that, and in the meantime we have the next best thing. we have mike memoli covering it for us. you can see from the way that joe biden is campaigning. >> absolutely, katy. i'm hearing the cheering and you're pointing out a lot of folks not wearing masks at the trump rally. here it is a drive in rally for biden. you have been to a lot of campaign events, i have been to my fair share as well. i heard an announcement at this one which is please remain in your vehicles. if you can't touch your car you're too far from it. welcome to campaigning during a global pandemic. this is what the biden campaign is encouraging here. if even there is no mask mandate, even if they have not followed other blue states, the biden campaign is doing everything they can do be safe and have their supporters and the local community be safe. as far as the message we're seeing for joe biden as he makes his fourth trip to florida since the democratic convention, the second most of california, you come

both president trump and former president barack obama, is in florida right now, we also know that florida is an incredibly important state for this election. and right now the polls in florida are incredibly close. 1% differentiation in some of the polls that we've been looking at. talk us through what you're hearing from the biden camp right now in florida, and specifically what they expect to get from former president barack obama. >> yeah, i mean as you said, the polls, they are very close, but i talked to officials with the biden campaign, they will tell you they are confident, they think that they can win this state, but the polls are the polls, and when you talk to people in florida, you get a sense that the polls feel at least in miami-dade county, they feel right. there are, it's not hard to walk down the street and find someone who supports biden and find someone else down the street who is leaning toward or voting for president trump. and both campaigns really want to and need to win. this is the largest swing state. it is a very big swing state. it's, you know, thousands of vot

so he absolutely needs florida. biden would like to win florida, but if he loses florida, there are many roads to take him to 270. there's another reason it's so important this time. and it's about the timing of florida. as you guys were talking before, they know how to count votes in florida. they've started counting votes in florida. so we might actually get the results in florida on election night and, for example, if biden were to win that, then his people would breathe a huge sigh of relief and they would say, okay, we really can see the way. and if trump were to win, his folks would say, all right, there's -- there's a way for us, and what does this mean in -- in other states like north carolina, for example? so it is important, but, of course, i was there in the year 2000 when florida was really important. and it was -- it was just over 500 votes that made the difference. >> yeah. david, i mean, former president obama won florida twice. trump won in 2016. both presidents had small margins. do you want to see

the president needs to win to florida in florida. the path to 270 pretty much doesn't exist without the state. >> fears of a second wave may be on the table. 18 states are reporting 25% increase in new daily coronavirus cases. we'll tell you where later this hour. plus much more from florida, connell. connell: yeah. we'll have the tourism industry covered. of course it has been left realing from the pandemic especially here in central florida where we are. next up the orange county mayor, jerry demings joins you on the billion dollar hit to the local economy. the advice he has for joe biden if the former vice president hopes to win in this state. demings is a big democrat in this area. we're live from orlando. ♪ look, this isn't my first rodeo and let me tell you something, i wouldn't be here if i thought reverse mortgages took advantage of any american senior, or worse, that it was some way to take your home. it's just a loan designed for older homeowners, and, it's helped over a million americans. a reverse mortgage loan isn't so

four years ago trump won seniors in florida by 17 points. one out of every five votes cast in florida is from a senior citizen. trump won seniors big in 2016. now he's running from behind that's why the polls show him slightly behind biden overall in florida. >> you hear biden say we win florida, we win it all it sounds like election talk but there's history there that says he's pretty close. >> there are paths for joe biden if he doesn't win florida. there are paths to an electoral college majority for donald trump, if he doesn't get florida, it is very hard to construct a path to 270 for him. joe biden if he puts a win on the board in florida, he could put trump away with that >> steve kornacki on the numbers. thank you, sir >> covid watch and an example of how quickly the virus can spread two super spreaders on long island, same day one wedding on long island, 91 attended, 30 tested positive a birthday party, 50 people there, it half tested positive all tolled about 300 had to quarantine after these two events it's why this thanksgiving c

john mccain lost florida, mitt romney lost florida, the establishment didn't do so well. they lost to obama. president trump one florida against hillary clinton. how does it look in florida right now. >> it's interesting. when he beat hillary clinton there were more registered democra democrats now it's less than a hundred and 80000 differential and we think it may be closer to 150,000. whatever it is in that range, it will be the closest republicans have ever been to democrats in florida in the history of the state. that's a testament to folks looking to florida as a place to find greener pastures. we see people fed up with high taxes in illinois or the northeast and they come down. i do think many are registering as republican because i think they understand we've had a laboratory of democracy in this country with the state doing different approaches and florida has been more successful. i think the president is facing an electric more inclined to vote for him in 2020 than the one that he successfully convinced to vote for him in 2016. mark: it looks like he has signifi

so as florida goes, the nation will go. host: we have seen voting problems in the state of florida. is the stage ready? guest: i think it is ready. it is remarkable, because we have this legacy of, you know, 20 years ago with, um, recounts. so re-crafted and updating its voting system, that the state is very prepared for what we are seeing as kind of a record surge in early voting turnout. it has been going pretty smoothly. host: what changes were made? guest: for one thing, we have made it a statewide standard for, what is the standard for recount, so age county does not independently decide when the recount or how to do the recount, so those are uniform across the state. we have also moved, like many other states in the nation, to emphasize early voting and make it much more accessible. and vote by mail in florida is something that the republicans have been pushing for the last two decades. and, as a result, we now have a vote by mail system that many people are comfortable with. and because of that, we have seen just record numbers of vote by mail ballots cast already, over 5.7 m

florida, florida, florida. it's still very true tonight. >> it is. because it's such a big prize. 29 electoral votes. again, let me show you why donald trump needs florida in his corner so badly on this map to 270. the yellow states are the toss-up states. let's give donald trump all of them. let's give him florida and georgia, north carolina, ohio, iowa, and this congressional district up here in maine, okay. and what you see is he is still short. so he needs to try to keep arizona back in his camp. and then he would need one of these states in the midwest, let's say pennsylvania, and that would do it. but wolf, what if joe biden won flarks okay? let me show you, the poll of polls in florida right now, an average shows 46%. it is a toss-up state. there is no doubt about it. if biden wins florida, trump goes back down to 250. then where he does go? he actually at this point would need both michigan and wisconsin to get him over the top. and right now he is behind in all three of those state, wolf. >> at least according to the polls he is behind big-t

first is florida. about what istalk always a bet about estates in a presidential election, why is that? >> thank you. florida really is a microcosm of the nation. as florida goes, the nation goes. four years ago, donald trump one foot up by 113,000 votes in a state of more than 10 million voters. he carried that narrow victory to the white house across the nation. statea is a divided politically. we have diversity, diverse ethnic -- diverse in ethnic ways, economically as well as demographically. voters,ters, younger byple who are divided democratic and republican. as florida goes, the nation will go. >> we have seen voting problems in the states. is the state ready? >> i think the state is ready. it is remarkable because we have ago withcy of 20 years recounts and florida has we crafted and updated its voting systems that the state is very prepared for what we are seeing is kind of a record surge in early voting turnout and that is bit -- it has been going smoothly. what changes were made? guest: for

if florida goes blue, it's over. >> in five days from now, we're going to win florida. we are going to win four more years in the white house. >> biden and trump crossing paths in tampa today as biden goes beyond his campaign steps more careful messaging than up and say it. joe biden thinks if democrats carry florida, he'll have the electoral votes for an early election night victory. that may be true. the candidates are statistically died in this nbc florida poll. biden is within the margin of error as he's back in the polls this week in the margin of error and democrats are doing better in the early vote around the country, look at florida where republicans pulled within 50,000 votes of democrats. pretty good for the republicans and a time of how tight it is. the headlines are not helping trump there. you can see here how florida papers are tracking a punishing covid outbreak and the death toll may be under counted. in several states, the trump needs are seeing these covid spikes including wisconsin and georgia. today the united states is surpassing 9. biden's strateg

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>> florida matters, byron. i want to say the advantage right now for florida is us. there's 43% increase in women of color voters this cycle over 2016, 330,000 more women of color voters voting this election, voting early. and those are democratic-leaning voters. we actually think florida is in play. >> one silver lining for president trump is republicans significantly outregister democrats in this -- this year, so they've added over 100,000 more voters to the rolls. which typically is indicative of a better ground game. >> trump has been making lots of campaign stops in battleground states, biden as well. we're six days out. what can both men do at this point to get out the vote, get out their base, and more? >> right or wrong, one of the decisions the trump campaign made in the early days of the covid pandemic is they weren't shutting down their campaign. they've been out doing events, they've had a ground game. the biden campaign has only recently started putting people on the ground in these states. and i think in a close election that can have an impact. and tru

yep, florida. where joe biden held a socially-distanced event today, where the president held a potentially superspreader event. and cases topping 4,000 today. as we said, we will be talking to an infectious disease specialist. phil mattingly. so, phil, where do things stand in florida as the path to 270 for the president? >> yeah, look, i'm not going to be breaking any news, anderson, when i say it's going to be close. i think everybody agrees on that, in both parties. and everybody also agrees the state of florida, this is the map back in 2016, president trump winning by about 100,000 votes. here's where things stand, at this moment. the poll of polls show joe biden with about a three-point lead. that's a little sizeable but it gives democrats some hope. the reality, anderson, when you look at this map, it's not going to be much different in terms of colors, tuesday night. democratic strongholds will remain. same with republicans up top. the question is who can run up votes where they need it, an

were to lose florida -- he carried florida four years ago. if he were to care florida it would, in fact, be over for him. >> that's why they believe it's so critical. first of all, it's a pot of gold. 29 electoral votes. secondly, the thing to remember is that florida is counting ballots and florida may have a result on tuesday night. and if that result is that joe biden wins florida, then the road to 270 for donald trump becomes almost impossible. and so the biden people will breathe a lot easier. if they should lose florida that night, they have a lot of other roads, but they're going to be a little bit more nervous and the trump people will be really happy. it is a swing state. obama won it twice. obama won it twice. trump won it once. nobody can predict how it's going to go. i was talking to a vote counter for democrats there yesterday, and he said to me, look, after what happened in 2016, i have pts. i can't even think about it. >> one thing also about florida, they count ballots relatively quickly. >> yes. they're counting now. >> the e

and it's also, as you mentioned, florida, florida, florida. the president seems to be focused on dismissing covid, covid, covid. he continues to repeat that at almost every rally he's been to this week. and it's quite on display here today with thousands gathered. i've been to so many of these rallies now in the era of the pandemic, and i've never been to one with so few people wearing masks. you had volunteers trying to encourage people to wear face coverings and people were shouting back at them, i don't feel i need to. i'm outdoors. i don't want to. you look at this crowd and governor ron desantis, a republican, close ally of the president, speaking about that. they are also trying to dismiss the health crisis as we see numbers rising in hospitalizations here in florida. but beyond the coronavirus, which the president continues to make false claims about, it's simply going away, we know that's not the case, today he's expected to really focus on the economy. he's going to be talking about those gdp numbers. no surprise there, but he's also

that is not normal behavior, florida. florida men wouldn't even do this stuff. with joe and kamala at the help, you wouldn't have to think about them every single day. there might be a whole day where they might not be on tv. there might be a whole tv where they don't tweet some craziness. >> you know, the former first lady michelle obama says when they go low, we go high. did the former president -- he was very, very decisive in condemning the former president of the united states. >> he is talking about a current president who is suggesting he should be arrested and indicted along with joe biden, and his family. you know, i not that one clip, former president own really got two of the central vulnerabilities that trump faced, one that predates the coronavirus. a sense among many voters that he has not conducted himself as they expect a president to do so. and when former president obama says you my not have to think about joe biden for a day, that is a pretty relaxing prospect for americans who are exhausted. and the new development this year -- it is worth no

trump is in florida has been in florida he's putting a lot of emphasis on that state he seems to feel he needs to win it how important is florida in this election i think anyone who follows presidential elections knows that florida is an important state an interesting state always causing some trouble for campaigns we know the infamous case in 2000 where really came down to a few 100 votes in florida it's a very important state 29 electoral votes often razor thin margins regardless of who wins and that's because florida is a very diverse state you have a large jewish population of large l g b t 2 populations you have very rural conservative voters you have cuban vote a large cuban community and they tend to be the most conservative of latino voting groups so it's a very interesting diverse mix of people and that's what causes these razor thin margins but it should be noted that biden in a composite of polling is up 4 to 5 points in florida so regardless of the pictures that we saw there in the rally that might not be what many floridians are thinking so biden is looking pretty good an

this beautiful evening in florida. oh do i like florida. we went to florida last? wasn't that beautiful? [cheering] you know everything i hear, we are winning by a lot. turn on the fake news and they say the polls are tied in florida prayed i don't get it. we had the same thing last year. it happened four years ago we have the same thing. we are going to lose florida they said four years ago by five points. they called that thing so early in the evening and we won by a lot. and we are winning by a lot more now than we were four years ago. [cheering] twenty-two days from now, we are going to win this state. we are going to win four more years of the white house. we are going to make our country greater than it has ever been before. [cheering] usa. usa. usa. usa. >> thank you. this is the most important election history of our country. i said that in 2016 in i thought at the time i'm sorry. i thought it was. we have to win these people are crazy. biden has made a corrupt bargain exchange for his party's nomination. he has handed control to the socialists, the left wi

florida, florida, florida. >> yeah, and inside of florida, florida, florida, counties like pasco county to see if donald trump holds his margins. dave wasserman obsessed with sumpter county wants to know does donald trump hold the overwhelming 39% margin, or is he five, six, seven, eight points below that? that can tell a lot. you can tell a lot from these quick snapshots. we want everybody to stay with us, but i want to bring in now a guest, mika. who's up for re-election. >> yeah, because from florida, florida, florida, to new york, new york, new york, democratic congressman max rose of new york. he's in a tough race for re-election in staten island, which he flipped blue in 2016, even while donald trump had won it handily. max, great to have you back on the show. >> max, what are the issues -- >> thanks for having me -- >> what are the issues that your constituents are talking to you about or yelling at you about? >> yeah, they really seem to yell at you a lot, max. >> we're just having fun. look, on a very fun level, what my campaign is about, and i think what elections are about ac

i will leave no doubt in florida. it is much better with things opening up much more than other places. and i said, every economic statistic, every data point, and every dow point will count the day of the election and a better stock market does not hurt the incumbent. i always go back to obama mccain where mccain came out of the convention actually ahead and even though i think obama would still lead, the economy cracked, market cracked, that went to the election. if nothing bad happens if the economy and marks do better as we move forward. connell: that is good month. last three months before the election if the market is up, the incumbent almost always wins. if not the opposite happens. we're having fun in your state. you guys will decide the election as you always do. gary kaltbaum. >>> huge year for sports by the way here in the tampa area where we are generally speaking. if you think about it. the rays, right? two wins away would be their second ever world series. the lightning in hockey won their second stanley

both candidates are in florida tonight. the state where coronavirus cases are surging, hospitalizations are on the rise. and not a single voter in florida or anywhere can be confused as to the two world views they are choosing between. trump's massive rally on the left, very few masks, no social distancing. even those behind him who at some rallies are told by the campaign to wear masks for the kamras, mostly shunning them. and then on the other side, biden's gathering, let's call it that, socially distanced, drive-in rally on the right. trump and biden, only 250 miles apart and the two images you see on your screen in florida. but when it comes to their messages, they are a universe apart. >> we locked down, we understood the disease and now we're open for business. >> we're expected to lose another 200,000 people between now and the end of this year if we do nothing. this is not a political statement, it's a patriotic s iy for god's sake. but president trump refuses to listen to the science. >> here are the facts tonight.

then the president is in florida. why florida? hasn't he seen the polls? this is a window into the dynamic of desperation on one side and the desperateness of opportunity to be had on the other. there is math to the apparent madness. the wufizard of odds, harry ent, says the answer is within reach, as in reach states. wiz, thank you very much. compliment my writing later. what is a reach state, and what are we seeing? >> first off, i don't even know what tiktok is. but, look, here's what a reach state is. a reach state is essentially the states outside of the main six that each side hopes to bring into their column if there's a blowout. so on the democratic side, the reaches are essentially those states that trump won by four or more in 2016. while trump is hoping to win those states that clinton won by three points or less in 2016. but take a look at these polls on your screen right now. the polling average in these states. in the biden reaches, he is up even if by a small margin in georgia, iowa, ohio. texas, very, very close. while in the trump reaches,

while the campaigns focus on florida, florida, florida, it is hard to ignore, as president trump puts it, covid, covid, covid. the reality, our country reported more than 80,000 new cases wednesday alone. that is, once again, a new record. let's dive right into the focus on florida today. monica alba is in tampa ahead of president trump's rally. mike memoli in coke cut creek in all-important broward county. mike following the biden campaign's swing-through state. steve kornacki standing by at his trusty big board. before we check in and get the latest on the campaigns in the ground, let's get a lay of the land. walk us through this new nbc news poll of all-important florida. >> craig, obviously the headline here, biden 51, trump 47 in florida. obviously the margin of error here is four, so it remains a very tight race in florida. of course, you already knew that. every four years it's a very tight race in florida. every four years it seems it comes down to just a few votes. we certainly seem on track for something like that in florida. obviously this is a pivotal state, particularly w

she still lost florida. as seung min notes, he's doing better with tseniors. >> privately been addressing these concerns, saying was the outreach a little too late? there's a telemundo poll that shows yes, trump is behind the polls of hispanic voters when it comes to biden, but biden is underperforming when it comes to hillary clinton. that is a huge problem for him. trump is trying to eat into these margins, not necessarily trying to win the hispanic vote in florida but trying to take those vote as way from biden. he can juice out turnout, hunt for the vote and every vote he can. hispanic voters make up 20% of the electorate in florida. >> they're all over the map in terms of their ideology, in terms of the american voters in the south, venezuela-american voters and the puerto rican voters in the center of the state. seung min, he promises to sign an executive order to form a task force focused on reuniting 500 migrant children separated from their families and have not been united with them. this seems to

trump. >> florida, i feel it always comes back to florida. when this polling station opened this morning it was pouring with rain and a howling wind, and people were still queuing up to vote. because they know how tied this -- tight the state can be. weather report to republicans or democrats this morning the also the same thing -- florida is on the knife's edge. and anyone who lives in this ate who is old enough remembers this. in 2000, it was just 537 votes in the whole state of florida that separated al gore and george bush. one became president, the other didn't. > most of th -- i afternoon with a trump caravan. and the enthusiasm is just as high. so, which way is it going to go? joining me now is david smiley, a political reporter for the miami herald. i've spoken to diehard democrats and diehard republicans, it does look once again it's too close to call in florida. >> anybody who tells you they ow who is going to win florida is just making it up. nobody knows. it will almost certainly be incredibly close. donald trump won this state ab

in florida. here are the facts. leave the map up. it's the third day in a row of more than 4,000 new cases and again, this state does not have a great track record of telling the truth about its numbers. look at the cdc report about the deaths and the thousands of lives that may have been lost and not recorded. they are going dangerously ba backwards a month after reopening because they did it in rushed fashion. they are not rounding corner. period. do you see white or yellow on the map except borders? the president's crowds are in full get sick mode. they are mainly maskless. they are jammed in together as this president tells them what biden, no doctor, no scientist worth their salt nor any of the maybe millions of us still struggling with long haul symptoms and hundreds of thousands of you who have lost loved ones, what none of you would ever tell them. >> it's rounding the turn. it's rounding the turn. hey, excuse me, i'm sure you didn't hear, nobody heard this. i had it. did you know that? y

is in florida. yeah, he is in florida. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: covid cases are surging across the us with record hospitalisations in a dozen states. we'll check in with former white house physican drjennifer penya. a steward who worked at the manchester arena on the night of the bombing has apologised to the mother of one of the victims after posting an offensive message on facebook. kyle saw the bomber but fairto facebook. kyle saw the bomber but fair to raise the alarm. judith morris reports. attacking the new idea named after merchant had to died at manchester arena, aimed at the mother, the author said he had enough of listening to a woman who clearly still has no idea of what actually happened, and is obviously still blaming others. today, she sat at the back of the courtroom as the man responsible for the abuse said sorry to her. ididn't ididn‘t mean i didn't mean to cause any upsetin upset in that post, been dealing with a difficult period, and for that i'd like to apologise. like to apologise to

everybody in south florida. he made a surprise campaign stop , he gave a rally friday and made a surprise campaign stop in broward -- i am sorry, miami springs saturday. unionpped at a teachers campaign headquarters. he was really trying to reach all of those groups within the democratic party. host: new jersey joe, supporting the president. caller: i just want to talk about the virus, they blame it on trump all of the time. he shut down the country. that, common sense will tell you. common sense will tell you you wear a ok? and then he was going to talk about, trying to tell the states especially in and new york, cuomo saying you ain't going to tell me what to do. they keep putting the blame on trump because of this virus. nobody knew really what's what with it. even the scientists to neva no. they are blaming him for this, ok? host: we go to bree in wilson, north carolina. you doing? are good morning. i was calling because i was about voternd out fraud. trump told his voters to get mail-in ballots and also go

if florida goes blue. it's over. it's over. >> reporter: on friday, we'll see biden going to more states as we have seen him travel in recent memory. we'll be hitting iowa, wisconsin, and minnesota, all on friday as the election grows closer. back to you. >> jessica day, whoever wins florida gets 29 of those precious electoral votes. only california and texas have more than florida. phil mattingly explains why winning florida is so important for mr. trump's reelection bid. >> for president trump, there's no question about it, he can win without florida but it would be extremely, extremely difficult. let's just look at this map as it stands right now. the gold states are toss ups. as it stands, joe biden is already above 270 electoral votes in the current race ratings. say you gave joe biden the state of florida, that puts him at 219. he could win georgia, north carolina, he could win ohio, he could win iowa, he could win the second district in maine up here, for that one electoral vote and start digging into democrat

he's still a registered florida voter. because of florida laws, we're not able to get a shot of him physically voting. the streets are lined with a lot of his supporters. a lot of people are here, not all of them wearing masks, but many of them gathered here to see him early vote. this is a busy day for him. he's continuing a blitz through battleground states. after this, he's heading to ohio and wisconsin. he is trailing in the polls to joe biden, so he does need to shore up support there. the early voting is as much a symbolic gesture as anything else. as you know, president trump has been encouraging his supporters not to vote by mail necessarily. he's been undermining confidence in the voting system and really encouraging people to vote in person. this is a high-profile way for him to demonstrate he believes it's safe. that's what he's been trying to convince people to do and he is casting his vote presumably for himself. >> certainly, presumably. sarah, we know that he spoke yesterday at campaign rallies in the villag

florida has ten media markets. along the i-4 corridor are two media markets and they're the two largest media markets in florida from a registered voter per suspective. 45%, almost half of all florida's current registered voters, watch television or could watch television in those two media markets. >> in 2016, there was upwards of $100 million spent on ad campaigns in those media markets. what does that say about the efforts by the candidates to win these voters? >> they'll go to any cost but it also says that television, particularly local television, is the way that you can reach the broadest swath of voters quickly. >> the radical left wing mob's agenda? take over the cities. defund the police. >> fires are burning and we have a president who flames the fans. he knts stop the violence because for years he's fomented it. >> generational divides are the deepest we have ever seen in florida's politics. >> good girl. >> 30% of millennials and gen-zers are registered. >> do you find people are afraid to say whether

in florida, you know that right now, people are hurting. people are suffering. floridians is themselves as being hungry. we are in the midst of a hunger crisis. in florida right now, one in five floridians is describing themselves as being unable to pay their rent in september. yet, donald trump would like you to believe that everything is ok. his measure of the success of the economy is based on the stock market. howmeasure is based on working people are doing. how you doing? we got a lot of work to do. we got a lot of work to do when we think about the fact that we are all wearing masks. the reason i'm not wearing one at the moment is because i am this far away from her body. why are we wearing masks? we are in the midst of a pandemic. , we know bob woodward that president trump was informed on january 28 that it was lethal and killed five times as many people as the flu. he was informed it could hurt children. he was informed that it was contagious and air bound. he stood at rallies, stood before the american people, and he did not tell you what he knew. imag

thank you very much, doctor, i appreciate it. >>> so, florida, florida, florida. the state the president won by just 1.2%, the last time around. the state where joe biden now has a razor-thin lead. but is it -- is it what it seems? cnn's dana bash and "politico's" mark caputo break it all down and they're next. is not the same. it's our sharpest ever, and while some other companies would charge more for something new, we don't. because why be like everyone else? harry's. not the same. ♪ and a yoga mat, to stay zen ♪ ♪ now, i'm gonna just buy a bike for him ♪ ♪ rakuten! cash ♪ back on the stuff all in my home. ♪ ♪ i shop on rakuten. ♪ rakuten! and look, it feels like i'm just wasting time. that's why td ameritrade designed a first-of-its-kind, personalized education center. oh. their award-winning content is tailored to fit your investing goals and interests. and it learns with you, so as you become smarter, so do its recommendations. so it's like my streaming service. well except now you're binge learning. see how you can become a smarter investo

now, florida is a major swing state for a lot of reasons. one is its large, complex, and growing latino population. nearly 2.5 million latinos are registered to vote in florida this election cycle. that's 17% of the state's total voters. joining us now is cristobal alex, a senior adviser for the biden campaign. he's also the former president of the latino victory project. cristobal, good evening. >> great to be with you. thanks for having me. >> we understand that the biden campaign is doing some microtargeting to latino voters. how does that work? who are you targeting? and what makes the approach for one group different from another? >> so we made a decision long ago early on in this campaign to make sure that leaders within the diverse latino community were the ones reaching out to our voters. so that means we launched a prom called todos con biden. it means venezuelanos, those from venezuela and of venezuelan descent. cubanos. puerto ricans. in orlando talking to their voters. it also means when it comes to the historic investments we're

florida, this is serious. and joe and kamala will protect your health care, they'll expand medicare, they'll make insurance affordable for everybody. because joe knows that a president's first job is to keep us safe from all threats, foreign, domestic, and microscopic. when the daily intelligence briefings flash warning lights about a virus, the president can't ignore it, can't be too lazy to read the briefing. when russia puts bounties on the heads of our soldiers in afghanistan, the commander in chief can't be mia, missing in action. joe biden would never call the men and women of our military suckers or losers because they're willing to sacrifice their lives on behalf of the american people. joe biden understands those troops are somebody's kids, somebody's dad, somebody's mom, somebody's husband, somebody's wife, somebody's father or mother. and joe biden understands that there is glory and goodness in being willing to sacrifice on behalf of others, something that apparently this administration just doesn'

florida, this is serious. joe and kamala will protect your healthcare, expand medicare, they will make insurance more affordable for everybody. because joe knows that a president's first job is to keep us safe from all threats, foreign, domestic and microscopic. when the daily intelligence briefing flashed warning lights about a virus the president can't ignore it, can't be too lazy to read the briefing. when florida puts bounties on the head of our soldiers in afghanistan the commander-in-chief can't be mia, missing in action, joe biden would never call the men and women of our military suckers or losers, because they are willing to sacrifice their lives on behalf of the american people. joe biden understands those troops are somebody's kids, somebody's mom, somebody's husband, somebody's wife. joe biden understands that there is glory and goodness in being willing to sacrifice on behalf of others, something that apparently this administration just doesn't comprehend. our current president wind that 60 minute