there's also activity in a -- another florida facility in florida. in indiana, live wabash correctional institution hunger striking. there is the most activity in south carolina. we're broad river, lelee, hununger, kerershaw striking and doing commissary boycotts.. inin north carinina, live a a lt onee facilityy. we have at least one facility. there are also prisoners sufferering in solitary confinement for participating in the strike. you're just a prison is on a hunger strike. in california, we have new. prison. iny are also hunger striking lancaster state prison. in ohio, toledo correctional institution on strike. in texas, at least you facilities. we have to have in solitary confinement. one has not been allowed to take showers. they are hunger striking. jason walker has not been allowed to have paper towels -- 12 paper, towels, or cling close in retaliation to his organizing the strike in texas. nermeen: can you talk about what we know about the levels of ce in prison? is one of the goals to into violence between different prison gangs and ensur

, florida. republican voters picked the trump endorsed candidate, ron desantis by a convincing 20-point margin. he ran a campaign with the help of what you might call the fox pac. fox news booked him, we're not sdwro joking here, wait for it, 121 times. you're looking at just a few of those instances. this is after he was a candidate. according to "the washington post" desantis' campaign estimates all those appearances gave them $9.3 million of free florida republican primary air time. the democrat, andrew guillum, pulled off a shocker by toppling gwen graham who had deep political roots in the state. gillum ran on impeaching trump, abolishing i.c.e. and medicare for all. he was backed by tom steyer, bernie sanders, and the right's favorite financial boogieman, george soros. his nomination will be viewed by many as the ultimate test of electability of progressive democrats at a time when they seem wary about the electability of said progressives. as i mentioned, this fight is already off to a na

want to turn back to tessa due value, a florida with the "florida times union," helping us piece together what's happened here. tessa, let me ask about the event itself. we heard about this madden event. i'm going to read a statement from electronic arts, the company that makes these madden video games. they tweeted, we are aware of an incident at a madden competition in jacksonville. we are working with authorities to gather facts at this stage. they're working to gather facts. you and your colleagues are working to gather facts, as well. what do you know about where this took place? >> reporter: still not a lot we know at this time. i can tell you it's at the jacksonville landing, this two-story indoor/outdoor mall, right in the heart of downtown. so where i'm standing i can see jacksonville's iconic blue bridge. the area is just absolutely swarmed with police vehicles right now. more dozens than i can count. there are not a lot of people coming and going at the moment. really just people trying to piece together what's going on. a lot of people just sort of sitting and waiting and seei

a major upset in florida last night. it is now set the stage for a fall race for governor that just might be a preview of the 2020 presidential race. democrats defying the pollsters and picking tallahassee mayor andrew gillum for governor, with far less money than his rivals, he ran hard to the left, for abolishing i.c.e., for legalizing marijuana. he connected with the grassroots energy of a democratic base that has come alive with activism in the trump era and gillum will now face republican congressman ron desantis. he thanked the president profusely. he has forged a bond with the very voters who powered trump in 2016. these are two candidates, gillum and desantis, two nominees who very much reflect the values and passions of their respective parties' bases and that means that this race in florida might offer all of america a preview of 2020, of what happens when these two powerful forces, the trumpian right and the resistance left collide in one of the biggest and most crucial swing states on the map. already today,

the state of florida. we had an opportunity to expand medicaid for over 700,000 of the most medically needed people in our state. what i said to folks again and all parts of the state that it does not have to be a red or blue or purple issues. the job of the governor is doing the interests of all the people of florida. i am a democratic, most importantly i am a floridian who wants to build a state that has room for everybody. that message is what we talked about throughout the primary. we'll double down on that into the general and for voters who again will find me not a candidate, they can choose and for superficial reasons, god bless them. >> we believe that we can do things in the state and that's what gotten us this far and that's going to make us the next governor of the great state of florida. >> i have to ask, do you think you are riding an anti-trump? >> i didn't talk about trump. we all know he's uniquely unqualified to our country. we talked about everyday issues and confronting people and the tr

that applies to rural florida, suburban florida, urban florida. if your kids are being high stakes tested, if you have to work multiple jobs, your number one concern is going bankrupt over an illness that could impact you any day of the week, you want a governor like me who is going to focus on that. >> all right, major andrew gillum talking straight still to the voters. thank you so much. and the conversation has just started. we invited ron desantos on to talk this morning, but his schedule was little busy. his team said he couldn't make it. we hope to have him on some time soon. >>> president trump is warning of violence if republicans lose the midterm elections. nbc news reviewed the excerpts of the closed meeting with evangelical leaders monday night. the gop loses in november, quote, they will overturn everything that we've done and they'll do it quickly and violently. i'll say that again -- they will do it quickly and they will do it violently. jeremy peters, this sounds an awful lot like what you were writing about a couple of weeks back w

members for florida are incomplete for the next hour, polls in the panhandle region of florida, central time of the state, are still open. marquis race replacing the governor and picking their candidate for that race. i'm joined by white house correspondent for pbs news hour and david katnis. david, let me start with you. on arizona, the later poll closing time. obviously the immediate backdrop for that race, as we said, john mccain's passing. and the question there for republicans, it does seem pretty stark on paper. you've got martha mcsally, combat veteran, choice of the party establishment. you have arpaio, pardoned by trump. kelli ward, as antagonistic as anybody, to say the least, toward john mccain. where will the balance of power be there in arizona? >> it's tough. you have a three-way race. if it was yust kelli ward versus martha mcsall lly you would hav that clean pro-trump versus establishment battle but sheriff joe arpaio, who will get double digits in the polls most likely, muddles that. most expect martha mcsally to win and by double digits but we also have to look at how

the senator from florida says russia has penetrated the u.s. state's voter registration system out of those little elections state authorities though say this is zero evidence to support that claim. that space tops the list of countries receiving the most migrants on the mediterranean this year is a new refugee to come back to spain and germany. by the very good afternoon just one of the afternoon this saturday or moscow one is kevin zero in this is our international broadcasting run the world where we hope you have a good weekend starting with this story then two palestinians have been killed and over two hundred injured in the latest violence in the israeli gaza border the protests erupted after a cease fire deal between hamas militants and israel came into effect on thursday that agreement meant ending all rocket fire on israel and airstrikes on the gaza strip the journalist in could he was at the latest protest over it. i mean let's not get meters away from chanting slogans like i was ready. to i was. right to demand a new political protest

>> i look forward to campaigning him as governor of florida. i'm running a florida first campaign. i care more about the schools in washington county than what's going on in washington, d.c. >> martha: if that was interesting, remember that? use of the top two republicans facing off. tonight is election eve in florida and they are going to put this contest and we are calling it the single most pertinent government decision in 2018. ron desantis is in the lead about seven points ahead of his opponent, florida agricultural commissioner adam putman, who joins us now. i know there are some polls out there closer than that. it's been a roller coaster. when we did that debate, you are ahead by about 17 points. of course people probably weren't paying attention yet, but this has been a tight one. >> it is tight. florida is a tightly fought state and it will come down to a choice. a choice between the washington way and putting florida first. i believe the grassroots relationships that we have built over the last year and a half will pay off tomorrow. the relationships we built for sending

he today told us andrew gillum winning that race in florida and what it means for florida and democrats, broadly, is something he has never seen before. and he never says stuff like that. i know this is one candidate, one campaign, one race. but there is something about that surprise result in that one race last night na has grabbed even the most jaded political observers by their lap els and shaken them up. we will be talking about that, some of the reasons behind what happened there coming up. in addition, that andrew gillum race last night, here's another weird turn also about electoral politics. one of the border trends that is happening in democratic party politics this year for the mid-terms is that there is a whole bunch of people running on the democratic side for congress, who are people that have national security background, people whose background is in law enforcement, intelligence, the diplomatic core, other national security roles, for example, in florida, last night a former u.n. ambassador, won a congressional primary in the district represented by republican ron desant

a senator from florida says russia has penetrated the u.s. states voter registration system ahead of the midterm election state authorities however say there is zero evidence to support that claim. and. the passenger plane has crashed in washington state in the us after being stolen by an airline employee who was reportedly suicidal. a very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at r t h q in moscow where it's just turn two pm thanks for joining us this hour. two palestinians have been killed in over two hundred injured in the latest violence at the israeli gaza border the protests erupted after a cease fire deal between hamas militants and israel came into effect on thursday that agreement meant ending all rocket fire on israel and airstrikes on the gaza strip local journalist who was at the latest protest for us. a little hundred meters away from chanting slogans against israel. good day was. right and they're letting. the rest of the. israeli forces. to fight. the scene in protesters. the policy protesters have been burning tires

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we see numbers out of florida that the approval rating with president trump is high the nature of florida is it is a multi--cultural area. >> first of all when we have candidates that speak to the kind of changes that people seek and candidates that really people can relate to, gillum was the only candidate, he went to public schools. he knew what it was like to live paycheck to paycheck. when you combine that with a progressive platform and bold 56ary ideas, people do get inspired. we do expand the electorate. that's the winning strategy. in florida, where races are often one or lost by 1%, 66,000 votes with a state over 1 million people, we need to energize the electorate and make everybody believe they have a vote that counts and give them a candidate they can believe in. that's what we have in mayor gillum. >> you are nodding your head. >> this is the thing, when people believe in a candidate, everybody has to get in line. a lot of prominent democrats didn't give gillum a chance, corey booker didn't campaign for him. people want to put political capital into him. now he's won, he's my

he traveled all over florida. he said jobs, jobs, jobs, that's what got him into the governor's mansion. desantis has the same policies that will continue the economic growth of governor scott. he also wants to help with reducing the taxes in that state. he has the right policies that fit for that state. mayor gillum does not. he does have far left wing policies. >> alice -- >> that are not fit for florida. president trump won florida. he has 50% approval rating. the wind is at desantis' back. if he can put this behind him, he is in a good spot. >> this is what's so interesting. the fact of the matter is desantis is -- he is like a very -- one could argue sometimes he is more trumpier than trump. he is not some mainstream conservative. he believes in conspiracy theories. he is willing to use this dog whistle language to attack his opponent because he cannot talk about the issues. the fact of the matter is, mayor gillum is talking about the issues. that's how he won the democratic novemb nomination. he is talking a

>> donald trump has remained pretty popular with the republican base in florida and florida voted for donald trump in 2016. it's important to remember that when we're thinking about the general election race. so i think people who might discount that factor are doing that at their peril. congressman ran desantis shows that often the strength of the president's endorsement he was able to capture a republican primary with more than half of the vote and that's considering that the opponent he was running against was expected to win until president trump tipped his hand in the race. >> elizabeth koh, thanks so much for being with us. appreciate your insight from the ground in florida. >> thank you very much for having me. >>> let's bring in our cnn chief political correspondent dana bash and senior writer and editor hairy anton. let's keep going with florida because we talked to jeff weaver, bernie sanders' adviser. he does think this is a sign, a bellwether, harry, of what is to come in the midterms and beyond in 2020. how remarkable is it, the upset we've seen? >> gillum came from behin

, florida, florida, and florida we're going to be talking about a lot because each party base got their candidate and each party base got their candidate in the other party they think they can beat. how about the senate race, though, because the democrats are entertaining hopes -- they may be a little bit outside, but they have some hope of winning back that senate chamber. well, florida has a lot to do with that. what happened tonight, the republican governor of florida, no surprise here, he had token opposition in the republican primary, but rick scott will be the republican nominee officially for the u.s. senate. who will he take on? he will take on bill nelson, the democrat. we can show you the early polling on this race. this one has surprised people in both parties. if you average together the polling out there right now, scott is actually slightly leading bill nelson. a bit of a surprise because florida always competitive. it was a trump state in 2016 but only by a small margin. those democrats in trump states, they seem to be the ones that trump won by 30, 40 points. he is in a

that's not going to be good for florida. so i'm going to fight for what i believe in because i think i'm the guy that can really lead florida in a good direction. >> the controversy there, of course, is that he said the last thing we need to do is monkey this up. his opposition is an african-american man. the campaign released ron desantis was talking about florida not making the wrong decision to embrace the socialist policies that andrew gillum espouses. to characterize it as anything else is absurd. the last thing we need is a far left democrat trying to stop our success. gillum is the first african-american to be a nominee for governor in florida. >>> all right, 13 years after hurricane katrina, the united states is facing another major challenge. the realities hurricane maria left behind in puerto rico. here's what president trump just said -- listen to what he said when he visited san juan in october. >> if you look at a real catastrophe like katrina and you look at the tremendous hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of

also this hour a senator from florida says russia has penetrated the u.s. state's voter registration system head of the midterm elections but state authorities say there's zero evidence to support that claim. and an empty passenger plane crashes in washington state in the u.s. after being stolen by an airline employee who was reportedly suicidal. this is our change our national coming to life from the russian capital welcome to the program. two palestinians have been killed in over two hundred injured in the latest violence at the israeli gaza border the protest erupted after a cease fire deal between hamas militants and israel came into effect on thursday that agreement meant ending all rocket fire on israel in airstrikes on the gaza strip journalist who. was at the latest protest. a little bit meters away from chanting slogans like i was ready. to i was. right and they're letting the roadsides. it's right if i says i didn't do frightening. the scene in protesters. the policy protesters have been burning tires to alert the bridgend of they certainly sniper

he won florida in 2016 and his approval rating in florida is about where it was in 2016. so if you put these factors together, it looks like a good year for republicans. we heard about a blue wave for democrats, they really had a strong turnout. it is far higher than any midterm they have ever done. however, republicans had that 36% turnout rate. >> your quickly, the cliche in florida, is you have to be able to appeal up north and in the panhandle. this is a different model, is there any reason to think it will work, it will be a first, correct? >> i think the reason to think it might work is that the other models have not worked for democrats in the past five elections, they're trying something new and it will be a fascinating experiment to watch. >> okay, i love reading your stuff, please come back and keep us posted, excite often when it comes to florida, you see it first, thank you. >> let's bring in to talk about all of this, john avlon, and talu. what do you think we're seeing in florida? >> yes, he put it brilliantly. he broke down what we're likely to see in novem

the primary in florida is not until august. desantis has moved from the back of the pack to first place. we have a governor's race there. lou: just for a second, we should point out, desantis was running behind in that race. >> way behind. lou: until the ft stepped u pred up and said desantis is the man, my full endorsement and the next thing he's got a double digit lead in the race for governor of florida. >> against a formidable establishment candidate who is expected to be the nominee. critical state for us. most important state in the end of the day. and it's a state where we can win a senate race with the governor running against nelson. that's one that we could pick up that we didn't count on early on. and if desantis can hold the governor's race, we're first in line for 2020. lou: governor rick scott has quietly built a lead in the last year and a half and it's impressive, against bill nelson, long-time senator from lorde obviously. desantis building his lead over adam putnam, the preference, if you will, the preferred c

how does that play out in florida of all places? >> i don't know if there is a greater contrast in the nation between candidates. arguably in georgia maybe there is. i think that both sides got the candidate that they wanted the other side to get. we are going to have to wait and see. i think in this trump era you are dealing with a black progressive candidate on the left and a trump supporter on the right. it's not clear in the mid term election with the national environments whether or not the democrat could get the extra point or plus that trump won by in florida. keep this in mind. in florida they have not elected a democratic governor since 1994. that is an uphill battle. keep in mind they really haven't nominated a true progressive on the democratic side since long before 1994. this is a different tact that the florida democratic electorate is taking. they decide to go to the left and african-american candidate. i will say if you get the turnout among fram -- african-americans and progressives in florida. >> you set me up. flo

they organized and promoted florida goes trump rallies held in nearly 20 cities across the state of florida. they made one-on-one contact with local activists. they even hired someone to emperson ate. they were a soft target. russians were able to find people there they could dupe into participating in their operations. but there's another specific way they went after florida that we don't yet understand the consequences of. we don't understand the danger of it but it is back in the news. the details turned up a few days ago in the last big indictment. the indictment against a whole bunch of intelligence officers. from the gru. in that indictment, the month before the 2016 election, gru officers that were involved in the russian attack started checking out the websites of various counties in georgia and iowa and florida. they just started visiting the websites. the indictment says it was part of the gru targeting state and county offices responsible for administering the 2016 elections. but then there is this paragraph in the indictment. by november 2016, but still before the election. the

>>> making news in america this morning, fierce backlash from the president's pick for florida governor. >> the last thing we need to do is to monkey this up by trying to embrace a socialist agenda. >> the controversial comment about his opponent that some are calling racist. >>> breaking overnight, a former texas police officer sentenced for murder in the fatal shooting of a teenager. what the jury decided. >>> dental deception. a woman under arrest accused of pulling teeth and performing surgeries without a license. how she was able to practice dentistry for years and the serious health issues at least one patient suffered. >>> plus, the sister showdown, serena williams' big win putting her up against venus and the u.s. open accused of sexism after a female player is penalized for taking her shirt off while male players are frequently bare chested. >>> the shocking cost of day care. how it compares to some family's rent. >>> and timing is everything when it comes to caffeine. how our coffee habit is killing productivity. >>> and we do say good morning, everyone. i'm kendis gibson. >>

let's start with florida, the governor's race. a good night for ron desantis it looks like. >> i think the big story ended up being the florida's governor's race and on the democratic side, that is probably where the biggest surprise happened of the night. the front runner was perceived to be lynn graham with support from emily's list, the women's group that helps elect aggressive pro-choice women across federal and state elections. the winner ended up being andrew gillam, who is the mayor up tallahassee and ended up with an endorsement from bernie sanders and has embraced a more progressive agenda. that was not the expected result, but he will be facing congressman ron desantis, who was the trump pick and made a bit of a splash in the primary with an ad where he reads the "art of the deal" to his kid and basically made -- host: as far as the results, what was the turnout like and what did that do for both of these men? guest: democrats are enthusiastic about their turnout . what we are seeing is basically what we have seen across

arranca la batalla por florida. el candidato de donald trump enfrenta al demÓcrata, quien aspira a ser el primer gobernador negro del estado. california termina con la figura de la fianza en efectivo. el estado sigue al distrito de columbia eliminar este pago como medio para obtener la libertad provisional. comienza la ediciÓn nocturna. ♪ ♪ ♪ patricia: muy buenas noches y bienvenidos al ediciÓn nocturna. comenzamos con las fuertes crÍticas que ha recibido el ganador de las primarias republicanas para la candidatura a la gobernaciÓn de la florida. el demÓcrata se convirtió en el primer afroamericano en aspirar a la gobernaciÓn de florida. lourdes del rÍo tienes de informe. lourdes: fue una noche floridana histÓrica en crata, s con la victoria el alcalde de tallase, quien prpuerta a puerta. el demÓcrata habÍa apoyado a la ex congresista de corte moderado. >> muchas personas que se sentÍan ignorados, que se sentÍan que el proceso político no les incluye. la campaÑa de andrew conmoviÓ e inspirÓ a

florida will be a barn burner through november. lawyers for president trump's now convicted former campaign chairman are asking a judge to move his second trial out of the nation's capital. this was expected. we kind of got a heads up yesterday that they would try. this they say paul manafort will not be able to get a fair shake because of all of the publicity in washington. manafort's lawyers tried ahead of his -- i should say tried to get ahead of this in virginia. the judge didn't go for it. last week the grand jury found manafort guilty on eight federal counts including bank fraud and tax evasion. the next case focuses on lobbying for pro-russia ukraine positions. manafort pleaded not guilty to all charges in both trials. now will they move this thing? chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge with the news live in washington. what do the tea leaves say? >> shep, according to this 9-page cord filing, manafort's legal team argues under the sixth amendment their client has a right to a speedy and public trial with an im

that dynamic is not florida spec. democrats have a lot of candidates across the country in potentially flippable districts where the democratic candidate comes from a national security background. and that's interesting in terms of strategy and was that a deliberate plan by you know the democratic party. what does that say about national security professionals and their desire to get into politics and the trump -- you can analyze it from a lot of different angles. >> but tonight we have just learned from some interesting reporting by spencer ac-kerman at "the daily beast" that the democratic congressional campaign complete, the committee in the democratic party in charge of electing house candidates have just warned given a warning to all of the democratic party's congressional candidates across the country who have a national security background. people who have security clearances or who have had security clearances in the past because of their past work, the democratic party has now just officially warned all of th

>> florida police say it's a case of stand your ground. the dead man's family outraged. >>> a highway confrontation. a heart stopping crash and the police say this was road rage. >>> and an unforgettable birthday surprise. >> i'm going to be adopted? >> the little girl and her new family bringing so many tears of joy. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. savannah guthrie in for lester tonight. >>> and we begin with that stunner out of a courtroom in new mexico. a judge there today dropping all charges against a group of suspected muslim extremists, men and women accused of starving 11 children on a remote desert compound. one child found dead. and most shocking of all, prosecutors said, those kids were being taught to kill. was this some kind of terrorist training camp? and how did this case collapse? the new developments we just learned tonight from nbc's miguel almaguer heavy. >> reporter: in taos, new mexico, all charges dismissed against the suspects accused of child abuse and alleged terrorism at a secret desert

of florida. they organized and appropriated florida goes trump rallies held in nearly 20 cities across the state of florida. made one-on-one contact with local florida activists for inperson on the ground help. they hired somebody to impersonate hillary clinton at a florida rally. for whatever reason, florida was a big target for russia's influence campaign and for whatever reason, they were kind of a soft target. russians were able to find people who they could dupe into participating in their operation. but there's another specific way they went after florida we don't yet understand the consequences of. we don't understand the danger of it but it's now back in the news for right now. the details of it turned up a few weeks ago in the last big indictment from the special counsel's office. that indictment against a bunch of russian military intelligence officers from the gru. in that indict, according to that indictment, the month before the 2016 election, so october 2016, gru officers involved i

told reporters in his home state of florida that russian hackers have already penetrated some florida voting registration systems. ahead of the 2018 midterm elections. senator nelson said he and his fellow florida senator, marco rubio, had been asked by the top republican and the top democrat on the intelligence committee, senators richard burr and mark warner, they had been asked to alert local officials in florida to this fact. although he said he couldn't elaborate on exactly what the threat was. the response was swift. the department of homeland security said they had seen no new compromise by russian hackers. the florida secretary of state said he too had zero information to support those claims. governor rick scott of florida is running against bill nelson for senate. he quickly came out and suggested that senator nelson was just making stuff up. but the two republicans who nelson claimed also had knowledge of this, senator burr and senator rubio, neither one of them is denying what bill nelson has said. and then, late on friday night, the florida secretary of state suddenly sta

-- local florida officials know. but the local florida officials are asking bill nelson for more information. so it led to a lot of confusion over the last week. i don't think we have many more clear answers of day ten of this controversy, fred. >> did you get a sense whether bill nelson wants, you know, local florida officials to back him up on that claim or if he feels as though -- he's been privy to information and that his word, you know, making these declarative statements is trustworthy enough? >> well, he wants local florida officials to consult with the homeland security department and the fbi, the federal agency, to make sure they're preventing against this interference that he says is already occurring. the problem is that the homeland security department already said they don't believe they've detected the activity that nelson has suggested. now, the fbi also just has not commented or not gone nearly as far as nelson. when i asked him about all this, he said, well, talk to richard burr, the republican chai

we may, it may be florida actually stays red. it might be the outlier in both the governor's race and the senate race. the andrew gillum factor changes this dramatically. this becomes a hyper-partisan race. donald trump and the liberal democrats. >> let's move out race for another race. you have mcsally fighting off the challenges from the right. trying to win over the voters who were john mccain backers in arizona and donald trump backers, right? going up, of course, against n kiersten cinema. >> they're looking at the result in arizona and breathing a sigh of relief. not only did they think mcsally was the best shot of holding the seat. remember, jeff flake, republican, is retiring. they thought she was the only shot. certainly compared to kelly ward and joe arpaio. you had the hard core trump wing. arpaio split it up. left room for mcsally to win this thing. it is the balancing act of appealing to the middle and trying to get the folks on board for the fall. the bottom line here is, this is one of those states, so many democra

adam, you're in florida, let's start with you, on the monkey phrase, how are florida voters reacting to that? >> well, we don't know yet, but it's certainly getting a lot of attention. and i've had several people -- these are not necessarily democrats, liken it to the moment jonlg ageorge allen had. we are talking about a candidate who is a harvard and yale guy, he uses the term "monkey"? that's pretty remarkable. >> vanessa, how did you hear it? >> remarkable is one way to look at it. you know, his campaign said that he didn't intend it to be offensive, but it's surprising they didn't anticipate that it would be seen that way. this country has been engaged in a very serious conversation about racism. and structural inequality. and in the last couple of years, that conversation has intensified because of a lot of the political rhetoric coming from the president, quite frankly. so either they didn't think it would be offensive and one has to wonder why, or they didn't care if it was offensive, and again, one would have to wonder why. but it is surprising it didn't occur to them sooner

stand your ground in florida. authorities say video showing a man chased down and threatened an uber driver and his passenger. a pickup truck cutting him off. the uber driver firing one shot. the sheriff calling it a classic stand your ground case, saying it's a new day in florida and in the united states. here's abc's steve osunsami. >> reporter: the video florida police are sharing tonight is from the dashboard of the uber driver, 38-year-old robert westlake, who's in the middle of a fare, and happens to be a recent police academy graduate, legally carrying a sidearm. for reasons he doesn't understand, the driver of this pickup truck, who's been tailing him, suddenly pulls in front of him. out jumps 34-year-old jason boaek, who had just left this bar in dundee after a fight with his girlfriend. he thinks she's the one getting the ride. but police say she is still at the bar and the young woman in the backseat is a stranger. >> i say something? >> you know i got a pistol? you want me to [ bleep ] shoot you? >> re

and the senator from florida. penetrated the u.s. voter registration system at the midterm elections. to support. around the clock across the world this is your r.t. international from the team and myself you know neal hello and welcome to our top story the turkish president making economic to shift reliance on the u.s. dollar after donald trump imposed punitive trade sending turkey's currency into a tailspin. looking towards countries such as russia and china for currency alternatives. we are preparing to use our own national currency with our biggest trading partners such as china russia ukraine if european countries want to get away from the us dollar then we are ready to set up such a system. when the turkish leader stated it might be time for ankara to start looking for a new friends and allies president carter won appealed to citizens to ditch their u.s. dollars and buy up turkish lira as the currency spiraled in the wake of donald trump declaring he was doubling import tariffs on turkish metal imports i have just authorized a

a senator from florida. penetrated the u.s. state's voter registration system ahead of the midterm elections but state authorities say there is zero evidence to support the claim. live from moscow to the world you're watching r t international my name's unit o'neill hello and welcome to our top story the violence on the israel gaza border seen two palestinians killed and more than two hundred injured the protests erupted in spite of a cease fire deal between hamas militants and israel which came into effect on thursday journalist who was they latest protest. i mean let me just i've chanting slogans like i was ready. to i was doing this and other you write their demands and they're letting the. israeli forces. listen in protesters. the policy protesters have been burning tires to hurt the vision of the israeli snipers that the israeli forces continue to use live ammunition or scores of the kids have been injured at least five are in severe critical condition uploading to what i saw today and according to all of the injuries. i h

in florida, the colusa hatching and the st. lucie, with discharges from lake okeechobee their blue-green algae blooms , have most likely contributed to this red tide event that is going on, that is so talked about. risk, in mywhat is opinion the percentage of the $125 billion that angling and boating contribute to our national economy. in conclusion, i feel like algae blooms are something we need to get together and figure out a solution to. they are not new to our public waters. they have occurred naturally for centuries. but urban sprawl, commercial farming and climate change are causing these outbreaks to be more severe. programs like the great lakes restoration initiative, and those director under the harmful algal bloom research and control act are critical programs that advance the scientific understanding of harmful habs. i applaud the senate for passing s-1057, the harmful algal bloom and hypoxia research and control amendment act of 2017, and i hope that the house will passs-l similar legislation. i have had a passion

democrats look pretty good to pick up florida 27 which is a florida seat held by outgoing , it iscan representative possible that they would only pick up one seat in the state although there are a handful of other races that are potentially gettable for democrats. likelything that seems is that the president would like to go down to florida to campaign. if you are running for one of the congressional seats down there, do you want him coming down or not? >> i think it depends on where he would go. if he would go to one of the big retirement communities, some of the more rural parts of the state, that might be an effective place for the president to go. would benow if he useful in south florida where he seems to be pretty unpopular. if they want the president to come, i don't know how rick scott feels about the question but the location and the media market the choose would be of interest. >> things will heat up after labor day next week. what should we watch out for? the primary season is very close to being done. there are a handful of primaries get to go mostly in new england. in te

on the senator from florida say he's russia has penetrated the u.s. the voter registration system ahead of the midterm elections but state authorities say there is zero evidence to support the claim. i run the clock across the world this is your r t international from the team and myself you know me welcome to the program top story violence on the israeli gaza border how seen two palestinians killed more than two hundred injured the protests erupted in spite of a ceasefire deal between hamas militants and israel which came into effect on thursday journalist who was the latest protest. i mean let me just tell you. gaza. that day was. yesterday. the policy protesters have been burning tires to hurt the bridge and of the israeli snipers that the israeli forces continue to use live ammunition or scores of how the kids have been injured at least five are in severe critical condition uploading to what i saw today and according to all of the injuries. i have to tell you that to you guys that are being thrown today is a new complication on the palestinians pa

and in a place like florida, you know, where you don't have income tax, i mean, people go to florida because they don't want to be taxed. connell: right. so you raise corporate taxes? >> you know, i'm sure that sounds great to him because, obviously, again, he comes from the bernie sanders side of the party. but that's not necessarily reflective of, i think, a general electorate. and i think on democrats and republicans' side what we're seeing is more extreme individuals coming out of primaries. and we -- connell: yeah, no -- >> -- will see what happens this november of whether or not any of the extremes -- connell: that's the point. you go to the flanks on both sides, but, ford, let me make the last point, because that is true of desantis as well because he had a statement made earlier today also on fox news where he's getting a lot of criticism. people have come up and said after watching it, in their view, may have been a racist statement. he warned voters not to, quote, monkey in this up in voting for his opponent who's, obviously, an african-american. his campaign has since come

he told reporters in his home state of florida that russian hackers have already penetrated some florida voting registration systems ahead of the 2018 mid-term elections. he said he and his fellow florida senator marco rubio had been asked by the top republican and the top democrat on the intelligence committee, senators richard burr and mark warner, they had been asked to alert local officials in florida to this fact, although he said he couldn't elaborate any more publicly on what the threat was. the response was swift. the department of homeland security that they had seen no new compromise by russians actors. the florida secretary of state said he too had zero information to support those claims. governor rick scott of florida is running against bill nelson for senate. he came out and suggested that bill nelson was making stuff out. the two republican that's he claimed had knowledge of this, burr and rubio, neither one is denying what bill nelson has. said. and then late started to appear to be taking these allegations a little more seriously. they responded by basically scoffing at

fbi agents undercover in florida's capital. democratic gubernatorial candidates, tallahassee mayor, andrew gillam, facing tough questions, so is his opponent, ron desantis. california is heating up by the democratic candidate calls for universal health work for everybody including illegal immigrants. invited him for joining us. he's not here. republican candidate john cox is here. he'll be here alive. an emotional moment as john mccain's body license date in in the arizona capital. we'll hear from a fellow p.o.w. who survived the hanoi hilton along with the arizona senator. hello and welcome to "fox news @ night." i'm shannon bream in washington. president trump calls him a failed socialist mayor. he shocked florida voters by winning the democratic gubernatorial primary, setting up a confrontation with congressman ron desantis by that story has obligations for november and beyond. into 2020. we have team coverage denied. chief national correspondent at header is following the dueling controversies in florida but first we begin

you live in florida. florida will be hit by a hurricane. how much confidence do you have in this administration for recovery effort in florida? >> well, i can tell you that we were hit by hurricane irma last year. my district, the florida keys, an island chain similar to puerto rico in many ways has suffered a lot of over the last year. thankfully we're recovering. the response from federal government was not perfect, but i can say that most people in our community are grateful for all the federal resources that were immediately available to help in recovery. teen military had an aircraft carrier off our coast making sure that people had all the basic needs immediately after the storm. so we did go through the experience here. it is always difficult when you get hit by a strong storm. those of us who live here know that. we one that. it's part of our lives. every hurricane season as we look at all the different models. could we have done better? always. there are always lessons to be learned after storms. it's also very easy to point the fi

he won in south florida. he won in a lot of the panhandle which was supposed to be guaren graham country. it's 34%. that's a broad coalition within that democratic electorate. >> what does that tell you about the race set up between him and desantis as we go forward? you keep emphasizing the fact that florida is a swing state. and now you have a trump-backed candidate. and i think it's fair to describe, i've interviewed andrew gillum. you can describe him as a progressive. >> absolutely. if you talk to each party and said okay, it's gillum versus desantis, democrats loual you beat desantis. this was the numbers tonight on the republican side. the democratic answer is very easy. their answer to how you beat desantis is trump. he taped himself at the him. he lives and dies by trump. maybe that's too much of a liability for him to overcome in 2018. the republican answer to how they beat gillum, it's we will see because i think gillum will be a lot of people looking into him now for the first time. >> he was not

going up as well a senator from florida says russia's penetrated the u.s. state voter registration system ahead of the midterm elections state authorities though say this serial evidence to support that claim will follow it up and investigate small and spain tops the list of countries receiving the most migrants on the mediterranean this year is a new refugee deal comes into effect between spain and germany. good morning sir but our small technical glitch at the top later when i was about this is out international with me kevin zero eight am saturday morning here in moscow very good if you company let me take you through this half hour news update them starting with this two palestinians have been killed and over two hundred injured in the latest violence at the israeli gaza border the protests erupted after a deal between hamas militants and israel came into effect on thursday that agreement meant ending all rocket fire on israel and airstrikes on the gaza strip journalist was at the latest protest. i mean let's not get meters away from chanting slogans ag

on the senator from florida say russia has penetrated the u.s. state's voter registration system head of the midterm elections but state authorities say there is zero evidence to support the claim. live from our international news center here in moscow is your r.t. international my names you know neal good to have your company our top story the turkish president making economic moves to shift reliance on the u.s. dollar after impose punitive trade tariffs sending turkey's currency into a tailspin. looking towards countries like russia china iran on ukraine for currency alternatives. we are preparing to use our own national currency with our biggest trading partners such as china russia and ukraine if european countries want to get away from the us dollar then we are ready to set up such a system as well. the president heard one appeal to citizens to ditch their u.s. dollars down buy up turkish lira the currency spiraled in the wake of donald trump declaring he was doubling import tariffs on turkish metal imports i have just authorized a doubling