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Your first year in office? well, you live and learn. and we need to say that pet food is going to be tax free in the state of florida. >> so, maria, look, thats the last ditch effort. that is -- [inaudible] the dog and get the vote right there. >> that is a socialist agenda fire for someone. >> i know. >> again, i dont think that things are going to change the trajectory in that specific race, because i dont think that is at the margins that we are talking about where 10,000 votes, 20,000 votes ...

Yes or no, ron? when you serve a full four-year term if you are we elected governor of florida? >> that is a trick question. >> that is a fair question, but he wont tell you. >> we did not agree on the candidates asking each other questions. governor, its your turn. listen, i know that charlie is interested to talk about 2024 in joe biden. but i guess it would make things very, very clear. the only worn out old donkey and looking to put out to pasture is charlie crist. >> that is a fierce line. ...

Year, four years as governor, trying to paint desantis as a bully and a culture warrior who carries more about his political ambitions than running countrys third largest state. as you said, this was kind of the first time weve seen desantis facing tough questions in this kind of setting since he was elected governor, and he was uncomfortable at times. there was gritting of his teeth, and sort of a forced smile. brianna, he also offered a spirited defense of his last four years and the actions h...

Like, one of those war shock tests, right? you talk to desantis campaign, they think he obliterated crist. you talk to the other campaign, they think hell be rated desantis. but it did needed to be one where did change the trajectory for crist, given where he is in the polls, and while i do think, from what i hear and what ive seen, crist did do well, and in the places where i think it really needed to underscore, the extreme nature of desantiss agenda in terms of abortion, in terms of lgbtq, in...

Years that the florida governor s race has been as much of a lead for the republican candidate, or any candidate frankly in this moment in time. and i wonder, given that it seems to be the trajectory that it is, is this an instance he is auditioning for 2024? or is there something to lose right now? >> yes, he is auditioning for 2024. but in a debate, he used to want to make mistakes. if you make a bad mistake, you can stumble. that can hurt you. you dont want to make any big gaffes or errors. h...

And eighth grade reading scores and the worst ever declines in math. mark meredith is on the story in washington it runs deep, mark, good morning. >> good morning. the new report confirms what so many people long suspected. school closures and prolonged remote learning had a swied spread and negative impact on americas kids. the national center compared math and reading scores of 446,000 students in fourth and eighth grade. in terms of math comprehension fourth grade scores dropped five points c...

Lead on average was 8 points, 7 points, republicans are erased nearly all of that at this point. so the trajectory has got to be concerning for democrats and meanwhile in some of the more recent polling, ohio, j.d. vance, wisconsin, ron johnson, he finds himself leading in polls. thats a brand new place for him in his political life. you can add north carolina to the list as well. thats what we have seen over last ten days. republicans have moved into striking distance in a couple of democratic ...

We have been tracking the key senate races and what the polling average looks like. here are the democratic held seats, republicans need a net gain of one. they have to win at least one of these, if they hold all of their own. republicans continue to have a small lead in katherine cortez mastos nevada seat. that would be a pickup for republicans if they were to get it. rafael warnock led by several points a few weeks ago, now on average, one point. we mentioned mark kelly in arizona, he continue...

In the middle of media, right in the middle of business and when you uproot a tree you realize it also has this enormous root system, and it exposes all of these connections between politics, the police, the media and at the center of it is one family, literally issuing orders from one person. that can change the whole orientation and politics and trajectory of a country, and we experienced that through phone hacking. >> but in the end, they make a couple of changes in their corporate structure,...

Voters would be maybe turning against the party and power. we thought that this might be a weird election. now maybe were in a norm aleck shun. >> in some places it is going to be different. it is race by race, but generally speaking, if the elections, many of them were held today, republicans would do very well. there are 16 days left, but certainly the trajectory has returned to a "normal" framework. but because of gerrymandering house races and candidate quality in a bunch of these races, its...