And the people that support us, which is a lot of people, most people, many people, those people know when a story is true and when a story is false. If the media would write correctly and write accurately and write fairly, youd have a lot less violence in the country. [question inaudible] were going to were doing very well. Were doing very well in the senate, which is obviously very important. And i think were going to do also well in the house. Well see. I can only say this the house is a lot of stuff. [question inaudible] what is your next question . How many questions you have . No more. [question inaudible] were doing a perfect executive order and the border is closed to these people. Theyre not coming in. They will go through the system and then theyll be shipped back depending on what happens with asylum. [question inaudible] so you understand, honduras, el salvador, all of these countries are getting millions and millions of dollars, doing nothing for us. Theyre doing nothing. They let their people come up and form their caravans in the country. Theyre doing nothing. Were paying them hundreds of millions of dollars. Guess what . That money will stop soon. Thank you very much. [question inaudibl [question inaudible] shepard well, the White House Pool warned us theres a glitch in this tape, this is a playback from a few minutes ago and said it will come back in just a moment and the answer will answer questions for two or three more minutes. Well go back to that when that feed cleans up. Of course, what was happening here, the president was had left the white house, going on marine one to joint base andrews to going to a rally in missouri. Along the line as he often does, he stopped and took questions. You may remember the camera shut down and its still shut down but were told from the white house there will be more in a minute. In the meantime, the president talking about his changed his tune on military instructions. They have their own rules but the president shade should people from the caravan, if they throw at any members of the military, that in fact he would tell the military to something about shoot. Anyway he says that no, theyll be arrested and theyll be dealt with under the law and i think he said they will be held and arrested and put away for a long time. Of course, its important the context is important in all news matters that this caravan is nowhere near the United States. Its well more than a month away. Close to two months away by our reporting. Every indication is that the numbers are dwindling. Its very hot in mexico. A lot of people have dropped off. Many have been offered asylum in mexico. At any rate, the caravan of people is no threat of any kind and certainly not a threat today. This is election this is all about the election, which is coming up tuesday. And the president said from the very beginning as we wait for this tape to roll, he said i think two weeks ago, he said republicans will run on kavanaugh and caravans, painting this group of people headed as some sort of threat to america which the military suggested theyre not. Were waiting for the White House Pool to play this out. Former president obama is speaking at a rally for the candidates for governor in the state of florida. Listen here. You cant discriminate based on preexisting conditions and [protesters chanting]. Okay. And by the way, on that vote, not a single republican joining. Not one. Zero. Nada. Zilch. None. Goose egg. None. None of them supported us. Now suddenly its election season and what happens . You have republicans saying oh, well, we will protect preexisting conditions. Trust them. Lets look at the rest of them. Andrews opponent. Was in congress and voted to sabotage or repeal the aca and protection for people with preexisting conditions every chance he got. Bills opponent, rick scott bills opponent is literally suing the government to overturn preexisting protections as we speak. When i was president , republicans voted more than a dozen times to get rid of protections for people with preexisting conditions. Last year they fell one vote short one vote. If they win this tuesday, they will finally succeed. If they keep control of congress, theyre coming after your healthcare. Florida, we cant let rick scott become the dividing vote. And in all of his time in office, rick scott could have expended medicaid and covered 800,000 more floridians with healthcare. 800,000. Those are families. Rick desantis wouldnt even try. So if you want change, Andrew Gillem will expand medicaid coverage. Your vote could give 800,000 floridians just like that the security of healthcare coverage. Democrats arent going to let republicans get your preexisting conditions protections. Democrats arent going to let republicans gut your medicare to pay for their tax cuts. Theyre going to protect your care, period. But heres the main point i want to make, florida. If republicans thought their tax cuts for billionaires was popular, they would be campaigning on it, right . If you dont hear a peep out of them. This was their main legislative accomplishment in congress. They have not mentioned it in a single ad. If republicans thought their endless votes would take away your healthcare was popular, thats what they would be campaigning on. You dont hear a peep from them about that. In fact, right at election time, suddenly republicans are saying theyre going to protect your preexisting conditions when they literally been doing the opposite. Thats some kind of gal. Some kind of chutzpah. Lets call it what it is. Its a lie. Theyre lying to you. A former republican congressman, david jolly, just cast his vote. He voted for Andrew Gillem. He said the reason simple, its because i served with ron desantis. That should tell you, somebody that served with me in my party voted for the other guy, id feel bad. I dont imagine congressman and gillum agree on a lot but maybe theyre like all of us, agree theres some things bigger than politics. Thats on the ballot right now. What kind of politics do we want . Do we want a politics where people are yelling at each other and making lewd gestures in front of the children . Cant do that. In front of momma . Throughout human history, politicians have made promises that turned out to be harder than they expected. So they pump up the good things that they did, down played the stuff that didnt work out. They tried to put a positive they tried were okay. They try to put a positive spin on things. Its not just politicians, by the way that do that. Yall do that, too. Andrew, this doesnt happen with you and your wife but im at home, doing the dishes. Hey, honey, look, i did the dishes. She said, thats the first time in a month youve done this. Dont brag about it. Im putting a positive spin on things. Then she asked me, what did you do wrong . Otherwise you wouldnt be doing the dishes. We all try to put a positive spin on things. What we have not seen the way were seeing right now is politicians just blatantly repeatedly, baldly, shamelessly lying. Just making stuff up. Thats what theyre doing right now all the time. And by the way, its not the first time. They do this every election cycle. Try to terrify folks and then the election comes and problems suddenly magically vanishing. You never hear about it again. In 2010, they said that bill and i, we were setting up death panels to kill your grandma. Remember that . In 2014, they said, obama is going to kill all of us. Shut the borders. In 2016, it was hillarys email. They were wound up about that. This is terrible, a breach of security. They dont care about that. If they did, they would be worried about the current president talking on his cell phone while the chinese are listening in. They dont care about it. They said it to get folks angry. Now in 2018, theyre telling you the threat to america is a bunch of poor refugees a thousand miles away. Theyre even taking our brave troops away from their families for a political stunt at the border. The men and women of our military deserve better than that. So theyre just constant fear mongering to distract. Now the Administration Says were doubling down on or outdated cuba policies. Which all that does is hurt families that are trying to open up the cuban economy. We need to get back to politics and support the cuban people. Make their lives better. Thats change. Thats what bill believes in. Thats what andrew believes in. The point is, florida, they make stuff up. But heres the problem to often we fall for it. Too often we fall for the distraction. You know, yall remember peanuts, right . Maybe some of you are too young. Charlie brown and lucy with the football. She says go ahead, im holding it. You can kick it. Charlie brown says okay. And then she pulls the ball away. He would fall on his back. But he kept on doing it every time. Dont be charlie brown. Dont fall for the okeydoke. Dont be bamboozled. Dont be hoodwinked. Because when you get distracted, while youre distracted with all of this stuff theyre making up, theyre also robbing you blind. It will be like look, look, over there. Theyre giving tax cuts to billionaires. Look, over there. Theyre letting polluters pay son your air and water. They will absolutely take healthcare away from millions the first chance they get while youre distracted with stuff that is not true. Its like the con where a doortodoor salesman says you need a Security System while his body sneaks in the back and steals his stuff. Its not just a practical effect in terms of policy. When words stop meaning anything, when truth doesnt matter, when people can just lie with abandon, democracy cant work. In our own lives, in our marriages, in our families, if the people were dealing with cant believe what we say, if our children see that it doesnt matter that you actually accomplish things, all you do is make stuff up whenever expedient, society doesnt work. Democracy does not work. Thats what is happening. At the highest levels and the only check on that behavior is you. The only check on that behavior is you and your vote. And on tuesday, you can vote for a politics that is decent and honest and lawful and glad to do right by people. If youre a democrat, you better be voting for Andrew Gillem and bill nelson. If youre not a democrat, you should still be voting for them. Because it shouldnt be democratic or republican. We dont just lie. It shouldnt be democratic or republican to say we dont just punish our political opponents trying to use a Justice System, that we dont threaten the freedom of the press because they Say Something we dont like. It shouldnt be democratic or republican to say were not going to the target certain groups based on what they look at or how they pray. It shouldnt be democrat or republican to know that Climate Change is real and threatens our future and our kids futures and florida will see some of the worst effects of Climate Change unless we change course right now. I know republicans may think that government should only perform a few functions, but one of those functions should be taking care of folks after a hurricane in puerto rico. I know theres conservatives that think we should be fiscally prudent but theres nothing fiscally responsible about trillion dollar deficits. Theres fear, conservatives who are compassionate must think theres nothing compassionate about ripping innocent change from the arms of mothers. Im assuming that they recognize that a president doesnt get to decide who is an american citizen and who is not. Thats not how the constitution of the United States works. Thats not how the bill of rights works. Thats not how our democracy works. People that think it takes its wrong to spent eight years trying to take away peoples healthcare and sent the final days pretending youre mother theresa. Florence nightingale. People that im assuming people must get upset when they see folks that spend all of their time vilifying others, questioning their patriotism, calling them enemies of the people. And then suddenly pretending theyre concerned about civility. And we dont need more elected officials who say oh, well, im very concerned. Or im terribly vexed by this bad behavior. We need leaders that stand up for whats right regardless of people, leaders that represent the best of the american prosperity like Andrew Gillem and bill nelson. People that will stand up for anyone, whose fundamental rights of the state, our neighbors, somebody elses kids getting bullied;. Who will stand up if they see their gay friend getting arrested. Will stand up for the godgiven freedom to worship without fear. Thats what all of us need to stand up for. With clarity, patriotism and purpose. The values that bind us to our fellow citizens no matter who we are, no matter what we look like. Thats what americans do. Thats what america is. Thats what Andrew Gillem believe and bill nelson believes and what you believe. A better vision of america. Thats where im hopeful, florida, im hopeful that well cut through the light, block out the noise and remember who we are and who we are called to be. Im hopeful that out of this political darkness i see a great a wakening of citizenship across the country. I cant tell you how encourageds seen to see so many people getting involved for the first time, for the first time in a very long time. Marching and organizing, registering people to vote. These incredible inspiring parkland student, i dont usually wear bracelets [applause] i saw some of the families back stage trying to transform unspeakable grief into a better world. Young veterans of iraq and afghanistan. Record numbers of women who are running for office. You know we need more women. Its a movement of citizens that never had much interest in politics but they said this time its different. This time its too important to sit out. Lacing up the marching shoes. Theyre grabbing a clipboard because they believe an america that is better, that is kinder, that looks out for one another. The antidote to government by the powerful people is government by the energized many. The antidote to a politics based on division is a politics based on a sense that were in this together. Thats what this moment is about. And i have to tell you, florida, one election wont fix everything. You know, sometimes i hear people saying i dont know, all politicians are the same. Theres one election that will not eliminate poverty in this country. One election wont eliminate racist or sexist or homophobia. One election will not suddenly give everybody healthcare all over. Or ensure that every child in florida gets the kind of education they deserve. Its not going to happen in one election. It will be a start. It will be a start. It will make things better. And when you start down that path of making things better, momentum starts to build. Then it gets even better and even better. So dont just sit back. If you dont like whats going on right now, dont just complain. Dont get anxious and freaked out. Dont throw up your hands in despair. Dont move. Dont hashtag. Vote when you vote for an attorney general and state rep, they will have the power to protect our voting rights. Make sure that our criminal Justice System treats everybody fairly. When you vote, you have the power to make sure we strengthen laws to protect women in the workplace from harassment. And discrimination. Make sure theyre paid the same as men for doing the same job. When you vote, you have the power to make it easier for a College Student to afford college. And harder for a disturbed person to shoot up places where our kids learn and where our seniors gather to worship. When you vote, you have the power to make sure families keep their health insurance, you can save somebodys life. That power rests in your hands. If you get involved, if you knock on some doors, if you talk with some of your friends, you get some souls to the polls. If you turn out tuesday to vote for this whole incredible florida ticket, i promise you something powerful happens. Change starts to happen. Hope starts to happen. And with each new step we take in the direction of fairness and justice, equality and opportunity that hope spreads. It starts rippling. It enters to each of us. We get a sense of what is possible. We remind ourselves of those better angels of our nation. Lets make history. Lets go vote. Got bless you, miami, florida, god bless the United States of america. Shepard theres the story of florida. Shepard smith reporting. Thats former obama with Andrew Gillem and bill nelson, longtime democratic senator from florida who has had some troubles in the polls. At one point floridians thought he wouldnt have a chance. Locals in florida thought that Andrew Gillems early success was dragging up, helping out, lifting up nelson. So the truth is everything in florida is basically a dead heat. The governors race is a dead heat, the senates race is a dead heat. You bring in the big hitter, president obama, in there, former president obama, to see if he can rally the troops in south florida. Chris wallace, host of Fox News Sunday, he was never successful at rallying the base. President obama there to see if he can energize. Can i say apart from what this is going to mean for the midterms, political speech is a great thing to watch. Im sure theres voters there, viewers that are watching that dont particularly like barack obama, but just as a performance to watch him, i think as a sports fan, you know, could mohammed ali have beaten joe lewis . You know, you think barack obama have beaten donald trump or would have trump beaten obama or clinton . Thats a master. Regardless of whether you think of what he was saying, hes is his ability to rouse a crowd and keep a speech going shepard but can he get them out tuesday. I dont know. A good point. Shepard its a turnout. Were down to turnout now. Midterm elections, notorious turnout, one of the lowest ever in 2014. 35, 36 president ial election, 60 . So its about getting more of your supporters to come out for you than your opponent gets of their supporters to come out for them. You make a very good point historically. That barack obama when hes on the ballot hes unbeatable. When hes giving speeches, doesnt always work. Shepard no, doesnt always work. Thats florida. We need to talk about georgia, which is close and other big races like texas and chris has two races that he told our producers that he will be watching tuesday night. Two particular races, both in one state. Chris will get into that after this. A migraine hope to be there. For the good. And not so good. For the mundane. The aweinspiring. The heart racing. The heart breaking. Thats what life is all about. Showing up. Unless migraine st