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Speaker 1: A whole lot of damage. That is how the mayor

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Speaker 1: If there's ever a time for us to come together

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Speaker 5: Yeah, we talked to a bar owner, sent his wife

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Speaker 5: So what do you say to him, governor, and at

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Speaker 2: Really, well, right, I think at this point you got

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Speaker 2: We will hold looters accountable. You're not going to want

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Speaker 5: You've been around this block, You've done this before. You

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Speaker 2: So here's what I'd say. My job is to manage

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Speaker 2: I've got to get the job done, and that's what

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Speaker 2: I'm focused on now. People have asked me about, you know,

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Speaker 2: In Florida, we run the show. FEMA's not running the show.

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Speaker 2: We will utilize them to support some of the things

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Speaker 2: I'm the sheriff that's in charge here and we will

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Speaker 5: And I heard what you said about Vice President Harris

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Speaker 2: You know, Brett? Like I said, my job is to

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Speaker 2: And she thinks it should be about her. If I

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Speaker 2: Now she's out there attacking me because I'm not catering

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Speaker 1: You listen to governor there making it very clear one,

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Speaker 2: Q aircraft operational and hundreds of rescuers engage in over

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Speaker 2: the generator inside your home. It must be outside a

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Speaker 2: modules on Expedium. Priceline will remain available for those who

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Speaker 2: real time hotel availability and lodging resources, making the experience

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Speaker 2: easier for users. If traffic lights are out in your area,

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Speaker 2: please drive with caution and treat each light as you

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Speaker 2: would a four way stop. And also remember if you're

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Speaker 2: going to use a chainsaw, be very careful with that.

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Speaker 2: We have mishaps on that. After every storm, we are

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Speaker 2: extending the Hope, Florida Line for another two weeks at

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Speaker 2: twenty four hours, seven days a week, so if you

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Speaker 2: three Get Hope one eight three three Get Hope. Hope

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Speaker 2: Florida's disasterum Activate Hope is a program designed to help

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Speaker 2: So you can call the hopeline. You can also visit

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Speaker 2: areas very soon and there'll be announcements about that. Florida

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Speaker 2: Commerce and the State Emergency Response Team activated the Business

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Speaker 2: Damage Assessment Survey in response to Hurricane Milton. Business Owners

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Speaker 2: can self report physical and economic damage caused by the storm.

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Speaker 2: dot biz Florida Disaster dot biz. Florida Commerce has also

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Speaker 2: activated the Small Business Emergency Bridge Loan Program. We have

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Speaker 2: interests a loan, very flexible repayment options. You can apply

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Speaker 2: agriculture and aquaculture small businesses, and loans of one hundred

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Speaker 2: and fifty thousand are available for citrus and cattle operations. Again,

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Speaker 1: Let me just say, this is what true leadership sounds like.

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Speaker 1: This is the reason why so many people move to Florida.

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Speaker 1: This is why Governor DeSantis, many people thought he would

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Speaker 1: be a great president. He went up against Trump, wrong

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Speaker 1: Governor DeSantis. He's talking about the loans that people are

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Speaker 1: about the rescue operations that are already underway. He's talking

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Speaker 1: property rights, your rights as a citizen. FEMA is not

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Speaker 1: right now now, you're thankful that he's in charge. You

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Speaker 1: notice that everything that he talked about was about assisting.

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Speaker 1: It was about helping. It wasn't about dictating, it wasn't

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Speaker 1: about being a tyrant. It wasn't about stay out, stay away,

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Speaker 1: don't come back until we tell you can. He's like, no, no,

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Speaker 1: like it's your property. You can get back there. We

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Speaker 1: guys can get back there, Like we're totally okay with that.

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Speaker 1: You guys can come back. We want you, like we

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Speaker 1: the part that I just think is so great, Like

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Speaker 1: who way can look at government. You can look at

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Speaker 1: is like, hey, we are going to advocate for you.

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Speaker 1: There are two different thinkings here. And look at the

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Speaker 1: that people should be excited about. Pray for the people

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Speaker 1: with them. They're going to need our help and hopefully

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