Its important to be focused on the Sunshine State doing whats right for our people and make sure that a fighting chance and a fair shot than somebody who will fight for you. Scott this is all talk versus action. Charlie have a job. He didnt want to do the job. He didnt want to call on the companies. Whats interesting is why wouldnt he want first to move the Corporate Office . Why would you want Northrop Grumman to add jobs, average income wanted to thousand dollars. We have to under 61,000 jobs opening in the state, average income in the top 25, 27 an hour. Thats not what charlie wants . Moderator the next question will be to governor crist. Governor crist, we are on a College Campus right now where we have College Student to hear to worry about tuition and debt. It. Use under the online universities to raise tuition 50 a year. Governor scott has prohibited further increases and has pushed state colleges to offer fouryear degrees for 10,000. What these safety kids now burdened with so much College Loan Debt . Crist lets look at all facts, ellicott. What Governor Scott did in addition to what you said, the first year he allow tuition to go up 15 so the premise of the question isnt correct. Number two, i think its important to point out to College Students that if you had the hope of going to college on a Bright Future scholarship, 50,000 of you are not able to do so today because of rick scott. I dont know why they reduced them that much. I only know that those what the facts are and facts are stubborn things. If you want to have the opportunity to go to college and to do so in a way you can afford it, i would seek your vote because i will restore those cuts to Bright Futures scholarships because you need them and you deserve them. Theres a young lady here tonight named marcella. I went to her house in miami just over a week ago and sat down with her and she was upset because she couldnt get a Bright Futures scholarship and she had a 4. 7 grade point average. Thats unbelievable to me that is because of the cuts that rick scott has brought education. [applause] moderator thank you, governor. Governor scott . Scott so charlie is not concerned about the facts. He will say anything but if you want to get the facts go to facts for florida not come. Facts for fordo. Com. You can follow the truth. First off Bright Future to the legislature both under charlie in the race eligible the. But because of charlie 15 plus inflation tuition increases every year when you think you get a free ride to Bright Futures you dont anymore because of charlies increase. Charlie, you think about predicting about a brandnew parent. Im going to save my money, which are much can go to university. Was 102 when charlie started. When he left it was 253. We today have the highest stomach for spending for colleges and University Niche of this day. We stopped charge tuition increase so now 18,000 families this month got back 200 million, 200 million back in their pockets. [applause] moderator governor crist, your rebuttal cut by just. You know, rick talks about having the truth. Thats an interesting thing to assert from a guy who just ran a company who had to pay the largest fine for fraud in in the history of the United States of america. [applause] the truth hurts sometimes. And rick, this is also a fact. You pled the fifth 75 times so you wouldnt have to answer the questions involved in it. [applause] that is not the kind of leadership the florida deserts. Moderator audience, please hold your applause we get as many questions in is possible. The next one to Governor Scott. Governor scott, environmental us arent happy that you cut the budget for Water Management board, eliminated the department that regulated agnew housing departments, and in a record high budget year he gave only 70 million to the public landmine program, florida forever. Aid budget says a lot about a leaders priority. Where does the environment rank in yours . Scott is a weve accomplished so far. When i took office it was a big surprise to me that charlie sat on his hands while we had a decades old logjam over the decades everglades. I went down to the department of justice, epa, corbin just to try to fill the loss of your archive environmental on border i got the bag on board and with a record settlement. I went back to the legislature and they invested 880 million to restore the everglades. Something that charlie didnt lift a finger to do. On top of that we put 100 million to protect our core reads, something charlie didnt and im into. We have record funding forced springs, something charlie wasnt willing to do. What charlie was willing to do on the everglades is go by land that we couldnt use to store the everglades, stop projects that wouldve helped us. On top of that even on florida forever as we turned a budget around we started investing. Want to charlie duke . Spent less money every year. Moderator thank you, thank , Governor Scott. The governor crist. [applause] crist florida is a special place, and you need to somebody who really cares about the state to protect our in farm and the everglades. Margery douglas wrote a book called the river of grass but in the book she put forward at the thought that if you want to protect the everglades you have to buy it. We started doing that during my first term as your governor. We got a lot of it done. We were able to get about 26,000 acres that we can now make pristine and hold and preserve and restore the natural floor of water self. What happened after rick scott got in . What happened is he started the discharges that were coming out of lake okeechobee and polluting the river near fort myers and cape coral as the st. Lucie river on the east coast of florida. When he went to the east coast to look at on the Treasure Coast and what was happening in the Indian River Lagoon he wouldnt even get out of talk to the people. They were so upset to 500 of them showed a. He wouldnt choke to talk to them or answer their questions. Its a pattern. [applause] moderator go to fax for fordo. Com and youll get the truth. Charlie stopped at the state statement to would 70 million of your tax money was spent on reservoir anyone. Charlie stubby. If we finish that river for none of the water wouldve been able would have to be discharged out of lake okeechobee. So if charlie wouldve done the right thing, maybe, sometime trying to restore the everglades but he did nothing on the environment. [applause] moderator florida has refused to accept 51 billion over 10 years to expand medicaid, hospitals want it, doctors want it. A lot of other people are asking for it, some states have found a way to accept it. Florida has not. Governor scott said he was against it and then he was for it but he didnt push for it with legislature. Should we accept that medicaid money and did so under what arrangement . Would we take it or have a unique way of doing it the way some other states have done . Crist this is an important issue. Medicaid expansion means an awful lot to about 1 million of our fellow floridians who are truly not getting the health care they deserve. And more importantly that they need. Theyre not getting it because sadly rick scott will put the figure to get done at i dont know why. What i do know is that they deserved to have those fund. We deserve to the governor who will enact making sure that we get that Medicaid Expansion money. Its money youve already sent to washington and you simply deserve to get back. People are hurting and their something. In addition to the 51 billion it would bring to the state over the next 10 years, some studies indicate would create about 120,000 jobs. Thats the right thing to do. Talk about, you know, all talk and no action. He said he supported it. We dont have it. No action. Moderator Governor Scott . Scott lets go back to the facts here. Charlie was governor. He was sitting in the governors office. It was a legislative session going on. When obamacare past. Did he go to the legislature and say lets pass this because its such a great idea . No. He called a special session that day. Giddy at that point, did he say this is what i want to get medicare, Medicaid Expansion done . No. Obamacare is a bad law. People are losing their doctors, losing the plans. [applause] what i said is, as long as the federal government wants to be 100 , i would not stand in the way but im not willing to do what charlie did and bankrupt our state. Moderator governor crist, rebuttal . Crist welcome hes been governor for years but i think you would understand you dont bankrupt the state to get a balanced the budget. Its in the constitution. We did it every year of my four years as governor. [applause] moderator thank you, Governor Scott. Thank you, governor crist. This concludes the first half of our debate. And remember, our debate is interactive. Our social media panel continues to track your reactions and comments. The candidates will answer your question when we come back after a twominute break. Moderator welcome back to our debate at bailey hall in broward college. Want to ask the audience here at bailey hall to please hold their applause so we get as many questions in is possible. Right now i want to toss it over to my colleague at cbs for, anchor Erica Sergeant was with our social media panel. Thank you. Hundreds of you are interacting with us on facebook and twitter using the hashtag flgovdebate. The three top trending topics our economy and jobs, the cost of Higher Education and the third drinking topic is Climate Change. And its impact on florida. We want to turn back toward social media panel of going to turn over to patricia with the miami herald. What is the question you now have for governor crist . Governor crist, it seems like a lot of viewers want to know how it is you think of how you can solve problems. Both you and Governor Scott. My question is when science is at odds with religion when youre faced with the question where science is not consistent with your faith, how do you deal with that problem . If someone asks you, as the earth 4. 5 billion years old or 6000 years old, what do you say . Crist my religion is very important to me. I have a very deep faith in god, and every morning i read the bible. Its important to keep center, to keep focus on the. So i take it very safely and also tried to utilize science and learn as much as i can. On the issue of Climate Change, its pretty clear to me that man is computing to this problem. We are in south florida tonight and it seems to me that in south florida as well as the rest of the state, we are ground zero for this issue. My opponent doesnt believe in it or says hes not a cyclist or whatever. But i believe its happening. I think we have an obligation to try to stop it. Thats why i held a Climate Change summit in the past and signed executive orders to reduce emissions to address of the year on miami beach tonight and to go, youll find that many days it is actually flooding when its not raining. That tells you all you need to know. We need to address it. [applause] moderator Governor Scott. Scott well, i grew up in a methodist church. My mom made sure i went to church a lot. My mom and my grandmother were devout christians. Jesus christ as my savior at a very young age. I read the bible. I like to listen to sermons, and my faith is very important to me. I know its very important to my family, my wife. Now, when i think about problems i think about solutions. Lets take global warming. What we done since i got elected is focus on the solution to we spent 350 million to deal with sea level rise. We spend 100 million to do with protecting our coral reefs. Weve increased funding by 45 for beach nourishment. On top of all the other things, ma springs, trying to move water south. 880 million into the everglades. But my faith is very important to me. I believe in it but im also going to try to solve any problems i see need to be solved. [applause] moderator governor crist, rebuttal . Crist i dont have a rebuttal to the. We all have the right to feel that we feel about our creator, and i respect that different people may have a different point of view. For me, i happened to be a methodist the babies dont think we agree on tonight, rick. [laughter] but faith is very important. Science is important. My father happens to be a medical doctor, and so is when my three doctors and medical doctor. I think the combination of science is important in the core beliefs of your religion are more significant than anything. Moderator thank you, governor. Rosemary . Governor scott, you say youre against discrimination but the courts of sai have said floridas ban on samesex marriage is unconstitutional because it is discriminatory. Do you think the ban is discriminatory . Scott lets think about where we are. None of us believe in discrimination but i clearly dont believe in any discrimination. In 2008, part of our democratic process, led by charlie, there was a constitutional amendment passed the said marriage would be between a man and a woman. While i believe in traditional marriage, weve got to understand people have different views. Its going to the cour court sy. Minus 10 its going directly to the Supreme Court. Whatever the Supreme Court decides, they will decide what the law in florida is. I will abide by that law. But whats important to me is we need to understand people of different views. We should not feel will because people have different views. We have to remember all this was started with charlie as governor. Governor scott, im not sure i got an answer to the question. Im not sure that an answer to the question but do you believe the ban is discriminatory . Scott i dont believe in discrimination in what looked i can say i dont believe in discrimination. I believe in traditional marriage. The courts are going to side. This is a decision for the course and they will make the decision. Moderator governor crist . Crist i dont believe in discrimination either, and i dont believe in it so much that i believe that gay couples should have the right to marry. [applause] i think the best way to capture this, Rosemary Goudreau to get an answer, its difficult but i think the best way to capture this is to understand that who is it for us to tell other people who to love . And what is it in our right to tell other people who to marry . I think weve come to a place in American Society and certain i think florida is leading the way with the decisions have been made. This is the right thing to do. Scott charlie houston told you his belief today, a charter member of a given entity about this before he said he took his prior positions for political expediency, meaning as a way to win office. We dont actually know what charter believes in this issue because hes taken every side of this issue. [applause] moderator okay, thank you. Our next question is from frank denton. Governor crist, Education Research shows that of all the factors that affect a childs academic success, twothirds of them are outside the school, mostly in the family and in the community. Especially in poor communities, success in school can be undercut by poor parenting or some other part of a unhealthy home life. Should the state have a role in this crucial part of educating our children . And if so what should it be . Crist the state defamation. The state always has. I mean, when i went to high school i played high school football. It was an afterschool program, if you will. We had banned, we have music, art, sports. One of the things that really saddened me when Governor Scott cut Education Funding by 1. 3 billion his first year is that some and our schools had to be shut down. You know, after School Programs across the state had to be mothballed. In my home county of pinellas, ap classes had to grow their classsize by almost 30 . That is not the right thing to do to help a community, go to school or to help a child. So i think we have to do as i said at the outset, reinvest in education because of the dramatic cuts that rick scott has brought about. Those are the facts. They are stubborn things but we need to move forward. Moderator governor crist that is investing in schools. The question was about does the state have a responsibility to family life, teaching people how to be better parents for preparing kids to go to school so they can perform . Crist the best way is to lead by example. Any of us do that in our communities. Whether youre working with the boy scouts are working with whatever your position might be, i think its important that all of us played a role in that, whether its the state or the privatesector. Moderator Governor Scott. Scott first of all i believe in parental rights. I was blessed on imam who is willing to go through a painful divorce while she was pregnant with me because she was married to an abusive man. But i believe that unless we see problems, we need to give parents the opportunity to raise their children that everybody has different goals for their children. They dont have to did soccer what we think, but we had goals for our daughters and our daughters have goals and their husbands have goals for our grandchildren to i think we need to leave as much parenting as we can to parents. And at school our job is to educate them so theyre going to be solid citizens and they can have great careers. But i believe in parental rights. [applause] moderator we will move onto the next question. Governor scott the next question is to you. Watch everything that evolve around the shooting death of Trayvon Martin at the trial of george zim