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I take the pulse of people as one of the reasons i made it successfully to the primary. when one of the polls showed anything with us prevailing, we knew something was happening at that level. >> the florida specifics here, like algae blooms, we talked about that in that debate. >> it is a big deal. frankly we are seeing it in even more areas of our state. i went down there thinking we might have 200 votes at a rally, but with 1500 people in the hot and blazing sun, they came up to me and said t...

>> it is the most severe and by far the longest running red tide weve seen in recent years. >> john scott is the vice chair of a local sierra club chapter. hes concerned about whats happening on the coast and in the rivers. >> blue-green algae is a big concern, incredibly toxic, on par with poison dart venom or other types of convenient um, like cobra venom. >> ill protect our clean air and water, not corporate polluters. >> dealing with the algae blooms and the red tide weve seen, this is going...

Waters into this. >> it is the most severe and by far the longest running red tide weve seen in recent years. >> john scott is concerned about whats happening on the coast and in the canals and rivers. >> blue-green algae is a big concern, incredibly toxic, on par with poison dart venom or cobra venom. >> ill protect our clean air and water, not corporate polluters. >> dealing with the algae blooms and the red tide weve seen, this is going to be a priority. >> the issue is front and center in ra...

Waters into this. >> it is the most severe and by far the longest running red tide weve seen in recent years. >> john scott is concerned about whats happening on the coast and in the canals and rivers. >> blue-green algae is a big concern, incredibly toxic, on par with poison dart venom or cobra venom. >> ill protect our clean air and water, not corporate polluters. >> dealing with the algae blooms and the red tide weve seen, this is going to be a priority. >> the issue is front and center in ra...

No annual fee on any card. only from discover. ♪ the kind of music that makes you want to dance. hurricane michael isnt the only environmental issue that florida is deal with right now. the state is also battling a toxic algae bloom called red tide. its a yearly algae bloom that feeds on a variety of pollutants and this years is the most powerful ever. back with me, steve, national political correspondent for the tampa bay times.

Election. you have two candidates here who seem to be running to the extreme parts of their base on both sides. make the pitch for your candidate, mayor gillum, to independent voters. who does he have that would affect those voters that are in the center of the political spectrum? >> he is what they have been waiting for. andrew gillum can talk to the political base, he can talk to the social base, he can talk to the economic base, he can talk to the religious base. he gives them s them a better...

Theory that bill nelson financially really needed gwen graham at the top of the ticket. but theres also a theory that andrew gillum could really get the base out, whether he can win or not. so is bill nelson a happier man today or not? >> i would think bill nelson has a skip in his step not just because andrew gillum is out there and he has shown he can juice the black vote, he gets high margins and a high turnout but so does shawn shaw. the first florida democratic official who is running as th...

Plan. so they slammed what they called, quote, the transparency and credibility of the puerto rican government. now theyre saying they should now make a plan that would affect not only puerto rico but other parts of the united states, especially continuous parts of the united states that could be affected. >> and the accountability for the lack of preparation, what happened there. thank you. im sure youll stay on top of the story for us. appreciate. floridians go to the polls to vote in a clos...

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Basis. a five-day battle broke out between afghan security forces and militants near kabul earlier this month, killing at least 100 afghan troops and 35 civilians. the longest red tide algae bloom in a decade taking a terrible toll on floridas marine life, tourism, and economy. the states governor declaring an emergency because of it. jonathan serrie reports now from florida. >> as red tide continues to choke the southwest florida coast, dead fish are piling up on white sand beaches. >> since ...