Congressman ron desantis and mayor Andruw Gillum of tallahassee. [ applause ] gentlemen, before we start, a reminder of the rules to which you both agreed. You will have 70 seconds to answer my questions and 30 seconds for responses and rebuttals. The timing lights positioned around the studio will hopefully guide you and make it not necessary for me to stop you from talking. Lets begin with opening statements. Each of you has one minute. Were going to start with congressman desanties. Well, thanks, jake. Let me say hello to my wife casey who is here. You know, we have two kids under 2 and when youre out on the campaign trail, its very difficult, and she manages to hold it all together so i love you and thank you. I am ron desantis. Im an iraq veteran. Im a former prosecutor, and im on a mission to protect floridas future for a generation. We need to protect the economic momentum that weve enjoyed, but you cant do that if you do what andrew wants to do which is to raise taxes 40 and in
Making its way towards mexico. The battle rages on in washington, d. C. And democrats reveal the top pick for who they want to see take on trump in 2020. Also new york giant fans are suing for the right to curse out players. Yeah, you heard that right. But first, a desperate manhunt is under way. A California Police officer killed during a routine traffic stop gunned down in cold blood by a suspect who police say is in the United States illegally. The suspect is in our country illegally. He doesnt belong here. Hes a criminal. We will find him. We will arrest him. And we will bring him to justice. Lisa that sheriff will join me in a moment but first, Jonathan Hunt is live in our west coast newsroom with the latebreaking details. Jonathan . Good evening, lisa. 33yearold singh was gunned down at 1 00 a. M. On wednesday in the small town of newnan in northern california. His 5monthold, hell never hear talk. Hell never see his son walk. He doesnt get to hold that little boy, hug his wife, s
To central america. Another 4. 8 billion to foreign aid, specifically for southern mexico. Why cant President Trump get the money for the border wall . Is the administration failing and preserving president ial promises, or a republican lawmakers backing down from a fight . Senator John Barrasso joined us alive in minutes, but here is a Trace Gallagher digging into where things stand at this hour on the border wall funding battle. Good evening. Good evening. President trump has made no bones about wanting 5 billion to build a wall on the u. S. Mexico border. He even wanted democratic leaders, saying he was proud to shut down the government for the money. But saying five billy dollars would never make it through congress, the president appeared more flexible, with the white house saying it would accept less money, at least for now. Watch. We are looking at every avenue available to us possible. The president has asked everyone of his cabinet secretaries to look for every bit of funding
Have. , i i can do it if i want. So you dont need congressional approval . No. We can call a National Emergency because of the security of our country. Absolutely. No, we can do it. I havent done it. I may do it. I may do it but we can call a National Emergency and build it very quickly. Tucker democrats call that extremism. But who are the extremists here . The one who refuse to defend their country. The speaker of the house said they h will never allocate a single tax dollar to build a border wall. Not because its tooey expensive, these are the democrats. But a wall would violate a previously unknown and never explained moral code. Watch. The fact is a wall is an immorality. Its not who we are as a nation. Its an old way of thinking. Tucker its tempting to assume that the speaker must have misspoken there. But its hardly the first time she said it. Immoral. Immorality. She used the words repeatedly. Pelosi is the highest ranking democrat in the United States. The leader of her party.
Will find a solution and avert a christmastime Government Shutdown but what has come off of the negotiating table . At this moment it looks like 5 billion the president wants to fund the border wall. The us is putting 5. 8 billion in aid to Central America, another 4. 8 billion in Development Aid for southern mexico so why cant donald trump get the money for the border wall . The administration failing president president ial promises or are republican lawmakers backing down from a fight . Senator John Barrasso joins us live. Trace gallagher digging into where things stand on the border wall funding battle. Good evening. Donald trump made no bones about wanting 5 billion to build a wall on the us border with mexico until Democratic Leaders he would be proud to shut down the government to get his wall money but when lawmakers from both parties argue is 5 billion would never make it through congress the president appeared more flexible with the white house saying it would accept less mon