WEBVTT - Governor Ron DeSantis - October 9th, Hour 1 0:00:01.400 --> 0:00:03.200 All right, thank you Scott Shannon, and thanks to all 0:00:03.200 --> 0:00:05.200 of you for being with us. Right down our toll 0:00:05.240 --> 0:00:08.119 free telephone number, it's eight hundred and ninety four to one, 0:00:08.320 --> 0:00:11.080 Sean if you want to be a part of the program. 0:00:11.160 --> 0:00:14.760 Twenty seven days till Election Day. Early voting now ongoing 0:00:14.800 --> 0:00:18.000 in many states around the country, many commonwealths around the country. 0:00:18.360 --> 0:00:23.239 As a public service, panity dot com your state, your commonwealth, When, 0:00:23.480 --> 0:00:26.560 how to register, when early voting starts, when it stops, 0:00:26.600 --> 0:00:29.320 how to do mail in voting, every question you might 0:00:29.360 --> 0:00:32.440 have as a public service and as a public service. 0:00:32.520 --> 0:00:35.760 The Kamala files her radicalism and her own words, and 0:00:35.800 --> 0:00:39.479 the Walls files his radicalism and his own words that 0:00:39.720 --> 0:00:43.360 I think slowly is beginning to penetrate into the consciousness 0:00:43.880 --> 0:00:47.159 of the American people, going on what nearly eighty days 0:00:47.159 --> 0:00:51.160 since the big switcherou And what did I say when 0:00:51.440 --> 0:00:54.840 it was announced I guess on Monday on this program 0:00:54.880 --> 0:00:58.240 that Kamala was going to be going on this big 0:00:58.320 --> 0:01:01.880 media tour. What did I I said, there's gotta be 0:01:01.960 --> 0:01:04.959 a reason, and we know what the reason is. The 0:01:05.040 --> 0:01:08.280 reason is there, I said, I suspect and we'll find 0:01:08.319 --> 0:01:12.080 out in the days ahead that her polling internally is 0:01:12.120 --> 0:01:16.600 not good. However, if he didn't particularly make the best choices, 0:01:17.200 --> 0:01:20.560 you know, they call me daddy podcast, not exactly a 0:01:20.600 --> 0:01:25.160 podcast known for its hard hitting political analysis. Is it 0:01:25.240 --> 0:01:28.840 going to help people that were already voted? All these 0:01:28.920 --> 0:01:33.959 choices are our venues and or and or hosts that 0:01:34.000 --> 0:01:36.880 are already voting for Kamala Harris and of course that 0:01:37.000 --> 0:01:40.959 hard hitting news show The View Stephen Colbert telling Trump 0:01:40.959 --> 0:01:44.080 to f off last night, and he wonders why you know, 0:01:44.160 --> 0:01:46.000 his show has been cut down to four days a 0:01:46.040 --> 0:01:49.200 week like Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel, and why late night 0:01:49.640 --> 0:01:52.560 hosts are just they're dying on the vine and probably 0:01:52.600 --> 0:01:55.360 won't be around in a few years. And why hosts 0:01:55.360 --> 0:01:58.160 like Greg Gutfeld are doing so well because he's actually funny, 0:01:58.800 --> 0:02:01.880 I mean, something that they have long forgotten about, and 0:02:01.960 --> 0:02:04.840 they've become just you know, the extension of the Democratic 0:02:04.880 --> 0:02:10.520 Party and radical extreme environmentalism and socialism and the whole works, 0:02:10.560 --> 0:02:13.680 open borders, you name it. But I suspected that the 0:02:13.720 --> 0:02:17.760 reason this was all happening is because the polling internally 0:02:17.880 --> 0:02:20.480 is not good. And I have a lot of confirmation 0:02:21.000 --> 0:02:23.680 to back this up today. I mean, you know when 0:02:23.720 --> 0:02:26.240 Kamalos said on the view that she you know, she 0:02:26.280 --> 0:02:30.440 wouldn't do one thing differently than Joe Biden. Well, okay, 0:02:30.680 --> 0:02:33.799 well then that means the open borders, you're you're you're 0:02:33.840 --> 0:02:36.320 still defending it even though you say you're going to 0:02:36.400 --> 0:02:39.160 change it on day one, and day one was January twentieth, 0:02:39.720 --> 0:02:44.000 in twenty twenty one. Inflation you said was transitory, but 0:02:44.480 --> 0:02:46.400 you know, you know we're going I'm gonna deal with 0:02:46.400 --> 0:02:49.880 inflation on day one. Day one was January twentieth, twenty 0:02:49.919 --> 0:02:52.600 twenty one. And if you don't have any differences, and 0:02:52.639 --> 0:02:54.560 you were the last person in the room for the 0:02:55.200 --> 0:03:00.679 Afghanistan debacle, the economic debacle, the open border debacle, and 0:03:01.120 --> 0:03:05.760 every other debacle in between, including Ukraine and and you know, 0:03:05.880 --> 0:03:08.799 war in the Middle East, and a hatred and a 0:03:08.960 --> 0:03:12.600 pandering to the most radical wing in your party and 0:03:12.720 --> 0:03:15.639 not supporting our ally Israel after the worst terror attack 0:03:15.680 --> 0:03:18.320 in their history, the equivalent of forty thousand dead Americans 0:03:18.320 --> 0:03:20.800 in the day. There's no help for you anyway. Mark 0:03:20.919 --> 0:03:25.800 Halprin is now quoted as saying, as a longtime political analyst, 0:03:26.480 --> 0:03:31.600 and he's warning that he's seeing private polling being conducted 0:03:31.639 --> 0:03:35.240 by Democrats. I don't have access to internal democratic polls, 0:03:35.560 --> 0:03:37.960 although I get little winks and nods from people that 0:03:38.040 --> 0:03:41.400 I know and that I trust, sources that give me 0:03:41.480 --> 0:03:45.160 some insight. And that's why I said earlier this week 0:03:45.240 --> 0:03:47.160 when she announced she was going to do some interviews 0:03:47.240 --> 0:03:50.760 after doing no interviews, but they're only friendly interviews, that 0:03:50.840 --> 0:03:53.080 there was a reason for it. And this is what 0:03:53.160 --> 0:03:57.720 Halprin said. He said, our private poll numbers, they're internals 0:03:57.720 --> 0:04:01.920 as we call them, are so bad it's possible she 0:04:02.000 --> 0:04:05.520 can lose all seven swing states. These are his words, 0:04:05.520 --> 0:04:09.480 not mine. And then Halpern warned that robust private polling 0:04:09.600 --> 0:04:14.320 is indicating that Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris is in 0:04:14.400 --> 0:04:18.400 a lot of trouble in an appearance on some show 0:04:18.440 --> 0:04:22.920 called The Morning Meeting, while noting that Democrats are increasingly 0:04:23.120 --> 0:04:25.279 bearish on her candidacy. This is what he said. If 0:04:25.279 --> 0:04:27.600 he goes if you want to go watch MSDNZ prime 0:04:27.720 --> 0:04:30.080 time and hear how great things are going for the 0:04:30.080 --> 0:04:32.600 Harris campaign, you're welcome to do that. But if you 0:04:32.640 --> 0:04:35.360 want to understand what's actually happening, we're here to tell you. 0:04:35.839 --> 0:04:39.919 I just saw new private polling today that's very robust 0:04:39.960 --> 0:04:43.320 private polling, and she's in a lot of trouble. I 0:04:43.360 --> 0:04:44.880 want to stop right here, and I want to give 0:04:44.920 --> 0:04:47.479 an admonition and a warning to anybody that's listening to 0:04:47.520 --> 0:04:51.080 my voice right now or this show. Do not take 0:04:51.160 --> 0:04:55.280 this to the bank. Do not become complacent whether the 0:04:55.400 --> 0:04:58.760 polls are good or whether the polls are bad. Don't 0:04:58.839 --> 0:05:01.839 let it impact but you need to do if you 0:05:01.960 --> 0:05:05.640 want to do everything in your power to prevent the 0:05:05.640 --> 0:05:11.880 most radical, extreme presidential nominee to ever get elected. So 0:05:12.520 --> 0:05:15.080 while you might be happy about the news, it might 0:05:15.480 --> 0:05:18.479 be hopeful news for you, you can't take it to the 0:05:18.520 --> 0:05:21.960 bank because there's only one poll that ultimately matters, and 0:05:22.000 --> 0:05:26.560 you have to assume that you're running behind. It's two 0:05:26.600 --> 0:05:29.120 minutes left in the game. As I always use the 0:05:29.120 --> 0:05:33.400 same analogy, you have the balls on your own twenty 0:05:33.480 --> 0:05:36.120 you have no timeouts. You got to march down the 0:05:36.160 --> 0:05:39.360 field eighty yards. You got to cross the plane and 0:05:39.440 --> 0:05:41.440 kick the extra point if you want to win the game. 0:05:42.080 --> 0:05:43.440 And that's how you have to look at it. You 0:05:43.480 --> 0:05:46.080 have to look at it like your vote will decide 0:05:46.120 --> 0:05:50.040 the election between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. That's how 0:05:50.040 --> 0:05:52.479 you have to look at it anyway. He goes on 0:05:52.600 --> 0:05:56.400 to say, the conversation I'm having with Trump people and 0:05:56.440 --> 0:05:59.680 Democrats with data are extremely bullish on Trump's chances in 0:05:59.720 --> 0:06:02.640 the Lafe forty eight hours. I also said something else 0:06:02.680 --> 0:06:06.320 on Monday. I said, here has been a dramatic shift 0:06:06.440 --> 0:06:13.239 in the betting sites and the polling. Even the Great 0:06:13.240 --> 0:06:17.480 Britain sites which had been heavily, heavily you know, favoring 0:06:17.520 --> 0:06:21.320 Kamala Harris to win the election, They've all changed. Pollymarket 0:06:21.320 --> 0:06:23.359 has given Trump a seven eight point lead in the 0:06:23.440 --> 0:06:27.240 last you know, seventy two hours. And he goes on 0:06:27.279 --> 0:06:31.240 to say that, you know, we we think that all 0:06:31.320 --> 0:06:34.960 seven battleground stage which ones you know, which ones are 0:06:35.000 --> 0:06:37.560 Harris and which one is she in danger of losing? 0:06:38.160 --> 0:06:43.400 He said, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona, North Carolina, and Georgia. 0:06:43.960 --> 0:06:46.039 I'm not saying she's going to lose all six, but 0:06:46.080 --> 0:06:48.839 I'm saying she's in danger. I mean, she could lose 0:06:48.960 --> 0:06:52.040 all seven. But Democrats will tell you they're worried about 0:06:52.080 --> 0:06:55.719 those six. They're less worried about I guess Nevada, which 0:06:55.720 --> 0:06:58.000 I'm not sure why, because the polling there has been very, 0:06:58.120 --> 0:07:01.200 very tight, and like a lot of these states, the 0:07:01.360 --> 0:07:05.440 registration shift from twenty twenty to twenty twenty four towards 0:07:05.440 --> 0:07:09.559 Republicans has been pretty dramatic. There was even a Time 0:07:10.240 --> 0:07:14.880 Time magazine article about that. Now in Newsweek, we have 0:07:15.040 --> 0:07:18.880 Donald Trumps now surged ahead, and this is the popular vote. 0:07:18.960 --> 0:07:21.960 We're not even talking about swing states here. And the 0:07:21.960 --> 0:07:25.800 poll conducted by Active Vote October third through October the eighth, 0:07:25.880 --> 0:07:29.480 gives Trump a fifty point six percent fifty point six 0:07:29.520 --> 0:07:32.880 percent of the vote to Harris's forty nine point four. Now, 0:07:32.920 --> 0:07:36.560 Donald Trump was trailing Harris by five point four points 0:07:37.240 --> 0:07:41.760 forty seven percent for Trump and fifty two percent for 0:07:42.160 --> 0:07:47.480 Harris in a poll conducted between September eleventh and September seventeenth. 0:07:47.880 --> 0:07:50.240 It's the first time Trump has led to national poll 0:07:50.320 --> 0:07:53.440 since September. But there was a national poll yesterday that 0:07:53.480 --> 0:07:56.160 had them tied. That was the Yahoo Pole. And we 0:07:56.200 --> 0:07:58.200 have new polls that have come out today which I 0:07:58.240 --> 0:08:00.520 think are extremely interesting and I'm going to share with 0:08:00.600 --> 0:08:04.840 you here because I think they're very very important and 0:08:04.880 --> 0:08:09.320 there is something worthwhile in terms of going back in 0:08:09.440 --> 0:08:14.280 time and looking at you know, where were we in 0:08:14.360 --> 0:08:18.400 twenty twenty. On this day, October the nine, twenty twenty, 0:08:19.040 --> 0:08:21.680 Joe Biden was up in the Real Clear Politics average 0:08:21.680 --> 0:08:26.000 by nine point seven percentage points. On this day in 0:08:26.040 --> 0:08:29.240 twenty sixteen, Hillary Clinton was up four point six points. 0:08:29.800 --> 0:08:32.280 Right now, Donald Trump is down by only two point 0:08:32.440 --> 0:08:36.480 zero points. So there's a dramatic impact from how things 0:08:36.520 --> 0:08:39.680 were versus how they are now. And if you want 0:08:39.679 --> 0:08:43.240 to just compare and contrast, you know where we are 0:08:43.280 --> 0:08:45.720 in a lot of these races. You know you're beginning 0:08:45.720 --> 0:08:48.800 to see. For example, I can give you Pennsylvania. Back 0:08:48.840 --> 0:08:52.360 in twenty sixteen, on this day, Hillary Clinton was up 0:08:52.440 --> 0:08:55.960 nine point four points. Biden was on this day in 0:08:56.000 --> 0:08:59.800 twenty twenty, was up seven point one in Pennsylvania. On 0:09:00.120 --> 0:09:05.040 this day, Donald Trump is up by zero point two. Now, 0:09:05.080 --> 0:09:07.280 it's not the biggest lead, but compared to where he 0:09:07.440 --> 0:09:11.920 was in sixteen and twenty, I mean is known notoriously 0:09:12.880 --> 0:09:16.240 for under Poli, and that's where we now find ourselves. 0:09:16.760 --> 0:09:20.120 And that story is playing out in pretty much every 0:09:20.160 --> 0:09:23.360 swing state. And you know the fact that you have 0:09:23.400 --> 0:09:26.960 such a dramatic difference from where Biden was in twenty 0:09:27.040 --> 0:09:30.400 twenty and where Clinton was in twenty sixteen, says a 0:09:30.400 --> 0:09:36.200 lot now Vice President Harris's campaign. This was on media eight. 0:09:37.080 --> 0:09:39.240 It took a shot at me. Today I decided to 0:09:39.280 --> 0:09:42.800 respond back on X I'm just tired when people distort things. 0:09:43.120 --> 0:09:46.560 We have told the truth about the worst hurricane response 0:09:46.600 --> 0:09:50.559 in history. We have gotten our information directly from FEMA. 0:09:51.240 --> 0:09:53.520 We have taken the words of a Department of Homeland 0:09:53.559 --> 0:09:57.840 Security secretary of Mayorcus and put it in its full context. 0:09:59.320 --> 0:10:01.480 And now that there's say, oh, we found other monies, 0:10:01.880 --> 0:10:04.120 has nothing to do with the fact that they've been 0:10:04.160 --> 0:10:08.040 missing in action. And but for neighbor helping neighbor and 0:10:08.160 --> 0:10:11.920 charitable organizations like the one we had on yesterday and 0:10:11.960 --> 0:10:16.680 samaritansperse dot org and many many others, these people would 0:10:16.679 --> 0:10:19.160 be dead, out of luck without the mules and the 0:10:19.240 --> 0:10:22.400 horses that have been used to get supplies to people 0:10:23.160 --> 0:10:27.720 on roads that are otherwise not passable anyway. According to 0:10:28.760 --> 0:10:34.000 this article, CNN's Priscilla Alvarez joined Dana Bash and said, 0:10:34.559 --> 0:10:37.680 what's creeping in now is that anxiety. The reason for 0:10:37.720 --> 0:10:41.160 that is because these polls are not moving despite multiple 0:10:41.480 --> 0:10:45.760 battleground blitzes. It goes on to say, despite the opportunity 0:10:45.880 --> 0:10:48.920 she's had across media outlets, there's not a lot of 0:10:49.120 --> 0:10:53.280 movement from voters who are moving more and more, you know, 0:10:53.800 --> 0:10:56.760 towards former President Donald Trump. In fact, at one source 0:10:56.800 --> 0:10:59.800 described it to me this way. People are nervous, they 0:10:59.840 --> 0:11:02.079 know the polls are tight. A lot of us are 0:11:02.080 --> 0:11:05.880 having flashbacks to twenty sixteen and again at this time 0:11:06.200 --> 0:11:09.440 eight years ago, Hillary Clinton actually was up twelve points 0:11:09.559 --> 0:11:13.840 nationally over Donald Trump. It was fifty thirty eight according 0:11:13.840 --> 0:11:17.520 to CNN. I mean, this is a major dramatic shift 0:11:17.640 --> 0:11:23.080 and change in how things are playing out. And you know, 0:11:23.120 --> 0:11:26.480 now we had a poll yesterday that chowse Donald Trump 0:11:27.240 --> 0:11:31.000 is up by two in Pennsylvania. We have Quinnipiac polls. 0:11:31.000 --> 0:11:33.080 If I could just find them, I have so many 0:11:33.120 --> 0:11:35.560 polls here in front of me, it's just driving me crazy. 0:11:35.840 --> 0:11:38.520 All right here it is Quinnipiac came out today and 0:11:38.720 --> 0:11:41.960 in Wisconsin, Donald Trump's up forty nine forty seven today. 0:11:42.559 --> 0:11:46.880 In Michigan, he's up fifty one forty seven. And I 0:11:46.960 --> 0:11:49.440 told you about insider advantage yesterday. We go back to 0:11:49.520 --> 0:11:54.480 yesterday's polling. We have Pennsylvania insider advantage. Trump is up 0:11:54.520 --> 0:11:59.120 in Pennsylvania forty nine, forty seven in Arizona. Fabrizio has 0:11:59.160 --> 0:12:03.960 them up in Arizona fifty forty eight. Then he's up 0:12:03.960 --> 0:12:06.360 in Texas, not a surprise, up by a lot in Florida. 0:12:08.080 --> 0:12:10.360 I do say to my friends in Texas, pay attention 0:12:10.400 --> 0:12:13.480 because they're going after Ted Cruz with a vengeance. And 0:12:13.520 --> 0:12:17.920 now their latest talking point after we're nearly two weeks 0:12:17.960 --> 0:12:23.120 in to the disaster, that has been the horrific response, 0:12:23.360 --> 0:12:27.640 especially in North Carolina, especially in Georgia. Although they finally 0:12:27.640 --> 0:12:29.960 got up to speed on Georgia. But it shouldn't have 0:12:30.000 --> 0:12:33.480 been such a heavy lift for Governor Kemp now Ron 0:12:33.520 --> 0:12:39.160 DeSantis Governor Kemp governor McMaster of South Carolina, not the 0:12:39.200 --> 0:12:43.319 Democratic governor of North Carolina. They didn't stage anything. They 0:12:43.320 --> 0:12:48.360 had pre staged all the utility trucks, food, water supplies, 0:12:48.520 --> 0:12:51.240 medicines that would be necessary, knowing that a Cat three 0:12:51.360 --> 0:12:54.280 four hurricane would be headed up their way. They did 0:12:54.320 --> 0:12:57.960 their job. What did the federal government under Harris and 0:12:58.000 --> 0:13:01.960 Biden do nothing? And then they were missing in action 0:13:02.080 --> 0:13:06.600 for an entire week in North Carolina especially and then 0:13:06.640 --> 0:13:09.760 on Friday, on Thursday or Wednesday or Thursday. Then we 0:13:09.800 --> 0:13:12.560 hear from may Orcus that we're not going to have 0:13:12.640 --> 0:13:14.760 enough hurricane money for the season. And it's been a 0:13:14.840 --> 0:13:17.280 light hurricane season, although you wouldn't know it back to 0:13:17.360 --> 0:13:20.400 back hurricanes in two weeks, but it's been And the 0:13:20.440 --> 0:13:23.520 fact is that's what he said. Those are his words. 0:13:24.040 --> 0:13:27.440 Joe Biden said on Friday that you know, every need 0:13:27.520 --> 0:13:31.960 is being met and everybody, every everybody's getting everything they 0:13:32.000 --> 0:13:35.560 need and everybody's happy. And I know because Sarah Carter 0:13:35.600 --> 0:13:38.080 has been reporting for us on the ground that just 0:13:38.120 --> 0:13:40.920 the opposite is true. And the people in the hardest 0:13:40.920 --> 0:13:44.079 ted areas in North Carolina haven't gotten you know, dog 0:13:44.120 --> 0:13:47.480 Adam shift from the government, and they've been abandoned by 0:13:47.520 --> 0:13:50.920 Harris and Biden. And now if you're dare to criticize them, 0:13:51.160 --> 0:13:54.120 you know, oh, you're not showing empathy. If they had 0:13:54.160 --> 0:13:57.400 empathy instead of her hanging out in Hollywood and him 0:13:57.440 --> 0:14:00.400 sitting his ass on the beach in Delaware, maybe they 0:14:00.400 --> 0:14:04.199 would have, you know, got the relief immediately to North Carolina, 0:14:04.360 --> 0:14:11.200 South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Georgia, and Florida. Now, hopefully they'll 0:14:11.200 --> 0:14:13.360 have a better response this time, but we still need 0:14:13.400 --> 0:14:15.440 help in North Carolina. We still don't know what the 0:14:15.480 --> 0:14:18.040 body count ultimately is going to be. And if it 0:14:18.120 --> 0:14:22.000 wasn't for these relief organizations and people volunteering, god knows 0:14:22.040 --> 0:14:22.840 how bad it would be. 0:14:23.760 --> 0:14:23.960 You know. 0:14:24.040 --> 0:14:27.680 So it all started, you know, the head of FEMA 0:14:28.120 --> 0:14:31.840 under Kamala Harris and Joe Biden was on this week 0:14:31.920 --> 0:14:36.920 with you know, Georgie Stephanopolos, Dean Criswell is her name, 0:14:37.560 --> 0:14:41.680 and she, you know, is addressing the public outcry over 0:14:41.720 --> 0:14:48.680 the horrific, callous, thoughtless, heartless response non response really to 0:14:48.840 --> 0:14:51.720 Hurricane Helene. I mean, by the end of last week 0:14:52.240 --> 0:14:54.600 and it had been a full week since the hurricane hit, 0:14:55.280 --> 0:14:58.400 they had spent a measingly four million dollars. And when 0:14:58.680 --> 0:15:01.640 you know, we sent Sarah Carter to the hardest ted 0:15:01.720 --> 0:15:05.640 areas of North Carolina again and again and again and again, 0:15:06.920 --> 0:15:10.920 and she's interviewing the sheriffs, he's interviewing you know, everybody 0:15:10.960 --> 0:15:13.680 in between, and then not there. And then we read 0:15:13.720 --> 0:15:16.720 FEMA's website and what does it talk about. The first 0:15:16.720 --> 0:15:21.120 three goals are about diversity in equity and inclusion and 0:15:21.160 --> 0:15:24.000 climate change. How about we help everybody in a time 0:15:24.000 --> 0:15:28.160 of need. And what they failed to do is, for example, 0:15:28.360 --> 0:15:31.520 you know, we're waiting for this hurricane to hit again 0:15:31.600 --> 0:15:33.960 in my free state of Florida, which I'm so proud 0:15:33.960 --> 0:15:36.160 to be in and happy to be a part of. 0:15:36.880 --> 0:15:40.840 And Hurricane Milton. And just before Hurricane Helene, we had 0:15:40.840 --> 0:15:43.080 Governor de santason he's going to join us in a second. 0:15:43.600 --> 0:15:46.200 And Governor De Santis told us how he had staged 0:15:46.200 --> 0:15:51.160 what thirty thousand utility trucks, he had eighteen wheelers with food, water, 0:15:51.320 --> 0:15:56.640 medicine supplies, and he was prepared. And Governor kempa Georgia had, 0:15:56.720 --> 0:15:59.760 you know, prepared his state the same way. Governor McMaster 0:16:00.200 --> 0:16:03.160 the same thing, and he prepared his state. Nothing really 0:16:03.240 --> 0:16:05.120 was done in North Carolina, to be honest, but I'll 0:16:05.120 --> 0:16:08.200 put that aside for a moment. But Kamala Harris and 0:16:08.280 --> 0:16:10.560 Joe Biden they knew for days on end it was 0:16:10.600 --> 0:16:13.440 going to be a massive hurricane, just like we know 0:16:13.560 --> 0:16:16.760 Hurricane Milton's going to be a massive hurricane. And they 0:16:16.760 --> 0:16:19.440 didn't do a thing, and then they didn't show up 0:16:19.440 --> 0:16:22.080 for six seven days, and then they said, well, we'll 0:16:22.080 --> 0:16:24.200 give you one time payment of seven hundred and fifty 0:16:24.240 --> 0:16:27.200 dollars and then maybe more down the road. I mean, 0:16:27.440 --> 0:16:31.120 and if it wasn't for relief organizations like samaritansperse dot 0:16:31.240 --> 0:16:36.800 org and Operation Helo dot org, which we had those 0:16:36.840 --> 0:16:40.000 guys on yesterday. They were on the ground saving lives 0:16:40.040 --> 0:16:43.600 and they're doing it on their own and neighbor helping neighbor. Anyway, 0:16:43.640 --> 0:16:46.160 Governor Ron DeSantis is with us, the governor of the 0:16:46.160 --> 0:16:49.720 great State of Florida. Governor Man, I'm sure you haven't 0:16:49.720 --> 0:16:52.280 slept in two weeks. I know, I've talked to you 0:16:52.320 --> 0:16:54.920 at all hours of the day and night myself. I 0:16:55.000 --> 0:16:57.520 just want to help my fellow Floridians here. This looks 0:16:57.560 --> 0:16:59.200 like a really bad hurricane coming in. 0:17:00.120 --> 0:17:01.720 Well, look, this is just what we do. So you know, 0:17:01.760 --> 0:17:04.280 we did the state of Emergency for Heleen more than 0:17:04.320 --> 0:17:07.240 two weeks ago, so we've been on a footing non 0:17:07.359 --> 0:17:09.520 stop with this. And it's not just me, but our 0:17:09.520 --> 0:17:12.320 Division of Emergency Management, a lot of these local communities, 0:17:12.359 --> 0:17:16.440 the first responders down there preparing for Helene, responding and 0:17:16.520 --> 0:17:18.400 then helping people get on their feet. And then as 0:17:18.400 --> 0:17:20.720 soon as that begins, you've got to turn around and 0:17:20.720 --> 0:17:24.520 do it all over again. But the preparations are the same. 0:17:24.600 --> 0:17:28.880 In fact, we now have for this storm fifty thousand 0:17:29.280 --> 0:17:31.679 utility workers that are staged, so this is a record. 0:17:31.720 --> 0:17:34.640 We've never done this many in the history of Florida. 0:17:34.640 --> 0:17:36.760 I was really the first governor that would stage this 0:17:36.840 --> 0:17:40.560 stuff pre storm to be able to have rapid power restoration. 0:17:40.680 --> 0:17:44.000 We also have the largest National Guard footprint that we've 0:17:44.040 --> 0:17:46.639 ever had for immediate response in search and rescue, and 0:17:46.680 --> 0:17:49.480 we've had a lot of other states that have sent 0:17:49.560 --> 0:17:51.600 folks in. You know, I sent people to western North 0:17:51.600 --> 0:17:54.640 Carolina for search and rescue to help bring food, rescue 0:17:54.640 --> 0:17:56.760 people out of the mountains. We've had a lot of 0:17:57.000 --> 0:17:59.400 states that have responded and it helped Florida. So we're 0:17:59.440 --> 0:18:02.199 ready for this. It's a big storm. It's going to 0:18:02.200 --> 0:18:04.000 produce a lot of storm surgeon. It's going to cut 0:18:04.040 --> 0:18:06.720 across the state and exit on the east coast of 0:18:06.760 --> 0:18:09.840 Florida into the Atlantic Ocean, and there's going to be damaged. 0:18:09.880 --> 0:18:12.080 But we're going to do everything we can to get 0:18:12.119 --> 0:18:13.439 the people of Florida through this. 0:18:14.400 --> 0:18:18.280 It's pretty much gonna be a Florida only hurricane. This 0:18:18.440 --> 0:18:21.960 hurricane and it's now last time I checked, it was 0:18:21.960 --> 0:18:24.240 a cat five. I'm not sure if it's going to 0:18:24.320 --> 0:18:26.680 be a Cat five when when it hits, when it 0:18:26.800 --> 0:18:31.240 when landfall happens sometime I guess late in the morning, tonight, 0:18:31.440 --> 0:18:34.639 or whenever it's going to happen. But the problem is, 0:18:34.760 --> 0:18:37.240 even if it weakens a little bit, the storm is 0:18:37.240 --> 0:18:40.760 going to get bigger, is my understanding. And you actually 0:18:40.840 --> 0:18:43.560 said something to me that scared me. You said, this 0:18:43.720 --> 0:18:46.760 is the one that we feared the most. That scared me. 0:18:47.600 --> 0:18:51.120 Well, if you look at the state of Florida, the 0:18:51.280 --> 0:18:53.640 Tampa Bay area, and I grew up in that area 0:18:53.640 --> 0:18:56.560 in Penel's County. That's just the peninsula where you have 0:18:56.640 --> 0:18:59.359 the Gulf of Mexico and Tampa Bay and then Tampa 0:18:59.640 --> 0:19:02.040 you have all the bay right there. So it is 0:19:02.160 --> 0:19:05.400 very low lying and it is really susceptible to storm surge. Now, 0:19:05.880 --> 0:19:09.000 the way the track has developed, it seems like, and 0:19:09.040 --> 0:19:11.400 if this is not set in stone, because these things wobble, 0:19:11.720 --> 0:19:15.160 it seems like the storm is likely to hit closer 0:19:15.200 --> 0:19:19.840 to Sarasota in Venice, which would probably be sixty some 0:19:20.000 --> 0:19:22.880 miles south of the Tampa Bay area. It would then 0:19:22.920 --> 0:19:26.240 cut across the state in the more rural sections of Florida, 0:19:26.880 --> 0:19:29.600 probably about forty to fifty miles south of Interstate four 0:19:29.920 --> 0:19:32.560 and then go out of Florida in the southern Brevard 0:19:32.680 --> 0:19:35.520 County area. Now, look a wobble here or there could 0:19:35.560 --> 0:19:38.600 make a difference. But the way these storms work, if 0:19:38.640 --> 0:19:40.960 you are have the eye of the storm, or you're 0:19:40.960 --> 0:19:43.320 on the strong side, the right side of the storm, 0:19:43.359 --> 0:19:45.720 that kicks up the most surge. If you're on the 0:19:45.760 --> 0:19:47.600 left side of the storm, in this case, it kind 0:19:47.600 --> 0:19:49.040 of be like north of it. Because it's going to 0:19:49.040 --> 0:19:52.800 go get that goes in perpendicular, the winds can actually 0:19:52.880 --> 0:19:55.719 suck water out. So with Tampa Bay, I think it's 0:19:55.760 --> 0:19:58.240 still an open question. Are they going to see major 0:19:58.280 --> 0:19:59.760 surge and they said they could get as much as 0:19:59.760 --> 0:20:02.040 fifth teen with a direct hit, or is it going 0:20:02.119 --> 0:20:04.359 to suck water out of Tampa Bay because they're going 0:20:04.440 --> 0:20:06.199 to be on the weak side potentially. I don't know 0:20:06.240 --> 0:20:08.879 the answer to that. Obviously, we think people should assume 0:20:08.920 --> 0:20:11.720 there's going to be big surge, but that's something that 0:20:11.760 --> 0:20:14.760 we've gained planned for. So our plan that we've implemented 0:20:15.040 --> 0:20:16.840 is something we've been thinking about since the day I 0:20:16.880 --> 0:20:19.760 became governor about what would be challenging things to respond to, 0:20:19.840 --> 0:20:21.680 so this would be one of those. I do think 0:20:21.720 --> 0:20:24.480 it's tracked a little further south than where it was 0:20:25.160 --> 0:20:27.960 twenty four hours ago, But we'll see what happens. 0:20:28.880 --> 0:20:31.639 What parts of the west coast of Florida are we 0:20:31.720 --> 0:20:35.040 talking about? Is it from say Naples and Fort Myers 0:20:35.080 --> 0:20:38.119 and Sarasota up through Tampa And then of course we 0:20:38.200 --> 0:20:40.080 got to worry because it's going to go right across 0:20:40.160 --> 0:20:43.960 the state, and projections I saw it will still be 0:20:44.480 --> 0:20:49.680 hurricane force wins even in Orlando, which is central Florida 0:20:49.920 --> 0:20:53.359 and the I four corridor and those areas heading straight 0:20:53.400 --> 0:20:55.200 across to the east coast of Florida. 0:20:55.640 --> 0:20:57.919 Yeah, I mean, it's basically when it hits the land, 0:20:58.000 --> 0:21:00.880 it's going to go pretty much perpendicular or across the state. 0:21:00.960 --> 0:21:04.119 Maybe a touch northeast, but generally just straight east. So 0:21:04.320 --> 0:21:08.439 if it does end up going Sarasota, Venice, everything south 0:21:08.480 --> 0:21:10.960 of that is going to get serious surge. So you're 0:21:11.000 --> 0:21:15.600 gonna end up with Charlotte County, Fort Myers probably down 0:21:15.600 --> 0:21:18.240 to Naples would also get some surge, and obviously the 0:21:18.320 --> 0:21:20.919 farther farther away you are, the less you'll get. But 0:21:20.960 --> 0:21:24.840 you're definitely looking at in those areas where it makes landfall, 0:21:25.000 --> 0:21:28.600 probably ten fifteen feet potentially, but I think all the 0:21:28.600 --> 0:21:32.040 way down the Naples you'd still see significant surge. What's 0:21:32.080 --> 0:21:34.119 on the north side of the storm, it may not 0:21:34.320 --> 0:21:36.639 be as much depending on how the storm goes in 0:21:36.840 --> 0:21:40.399 if it's sucking water out, but that's not guaranteed. And 0:21:40.440 --> 0:21:43.080 then what'll happen is if it goes across the state 0:21:43.119 --> 0:21:45.840 of Florida. When it's exiting on the east coast, the 0:21:45.960 --> 0:21:48.240 south side, the strong side of the storm will push 0:21:48.280 --> 0:21:51.240 water away from the east coast, but then the north 0:21:51.280 --> 0:21:53.879 side of the storm will actually bring water back in 0:21:53.960 --> 0:21:58.280 and create surge in places like Cape Canaveral, Daytona Beach, 0:21:58.640 --> 0:22:01.119 and probably all the way up to Saint Augustine and 0:22:01.400 --> 0:22:06.160 places like Flagler. So there are evacuations on the east 0:22:06.200 --> 0:22:08.879 coast of Florida right now because you're likely going to 0:22:08.960 --> 0:22:11.440 get some surge on the east coast, not as much 0:22:11.440 --> 0:22:14.200 as you'll get wherever this thing makes landfall, but it's 0:22:14.200 --> 0:22:16.240 still going to be a hurricane when it leaves Florida. 0:22:16.280 --> 0:22:17.960 And then you're right, it's supposed to just go out 0:22:18.000 --> 0:22:22.159 to sea and not affect any other states in the US. 0:22:22.600 --> 0:22:25.480 Yeah, the only state I could see maybe mildly impacted 0:22:25.560 --> 0:22:28.440 would be the southern part of Georgia, and Governor Kemp, 0:22:28.440 --> 0:22:30.840 I know, is prepared for that part of it. I mean, 0:22:30.880 --> 0:22:33.560 I'm not kidding when I say this. I mean you 0:22:33.600 --> 0:22:36.960