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Seconds left, theres talk with florida being the fastest growing one, should elon musk move to the sunshine state? >> absolutely. ive asked elon musk to move to florida and miami dade in particular. we have freedom of thought. its a great state. its a great free state of florida and, you know, weve got thousands of people coming down here every single day. why? because its just a great state to live in. >> griff: sunshine and beaches. congressman gimenez thank you for taking time. >> my flesh. >...

With rent in Miami spiking more than 60% above December 2020 rates, renters have no choice but to rely on assistance programs to keep a roof over their heads.

The Miami-Dade Economic Advocacy Trust (MDEAT) recently held “No B.S. It’s Time to Believe in Black People Again,” the third presentation in its “MDEAT Speaks” monthly Black empowerment series. Former

>> throughout our history, america has always been a destination for those feeling persecution and conflict. in 1999, two sisters fled the former yugoslavia. to find safety from conflict and got on a plane to the u.s. with little more than the clothes they were wearing. >> they were headed to the midwest to find their brother in college. on their fight from amsterdam to minnesota, something extraordinary happened. >> dade and vanya were so young, knew little english. they were nervous and scared...

These terrible things happening in ukraine and the threats from china, and they have good right to be concerned. david: the thing thats most bothersome about it, ive got family in the military and you served as well, colonel, the army, the marines, the navy, there were times when there was prejudice, extreme prejudice and segregation. when that ended, it was pretty much of a race-blind organization. all of these military organizations. i know particularly well in the marine corps. and to reintro...

Probably the most dynamic place in the united states and more money moved into miami dade in the past couple years than any place in the history of the country. its long been a democratic stronghold and sudsenly its not a democratic -- suddenly its not a democratic stronghold and seems like a republican place. in 2018, ron desantis lost miami dade by 20 points. last week he won by more than 10 points and marco rubio won by nine points and huge flip. francis suarez is the famous mayor of miami an...

Was even more impressive than advertised. desantis by 20 points, rubio by a massive double digit margin, knocking off val democratings that the democrats pegged as a future star. >> after four years, the people have delivered their verdict -- freedom is here to stay. i believe the survival of the american experiment requires a revival of true american principles. florida has proved that it can be turn. we offer -- we offer a ray of hope that better days still lie ahead. >> laura: so, he won miam...

Was even more impressive than advertised. desantis by 20 points, rubio by a massive double digit margin, knocking off val democratings that the democrats pegged as a future star. >> after four years, the people have delivered their verdict -- freedom is here to stay. i believe the survival of the american experiment requires a revival of true american principles. florida has proved that it can be turn. we offer -- we offer a ray of hope that better days still lie ahead. >> laura: so, he won miam...

Anywhere in the country right now. >> todd: i think you are right, he could be least liable there. deem in florida worry about losing miami dade count. republicans gain ground on congressional ballot, up two points over democrats, thanks to creasing support from women and latino voters. miami-dade is latino county, is that clear indication republicans know their goose is cooked because they are losing the latino vote? >> yeah, if you look at history of miami-dade, republicans havent won in that ...

Culture war context that played very well to the latino electorates down here, not just cuban americans. its venezuelan americans, its nicaraguaen americans, across the board, colombian americans. and the fruition of that is kind of being harvested or the fruits of that are being harvested by desantis. remember, donald trump went from losing miami dade county, the biggest county, most populous county in the state of florida, by 29 percentage points in 2016 to losing it by only 7. and so, if desa...