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6th? they're going to be fully focused on rebuilding their life and trying to put it back together again, ask they're going to be totally disenfranchised with politics altogether because desantis and gillum, they have polarized this and politicized this to a way that is really disgusting to a lot of voters. >> i want to talk about that in second. governor rick scott, he was criticized by some for running this ad ahead of hurricane michael's landfall. here's the ad. >> florida governor rick scott warned about the significant storm surge. >> at my direction, all tolls have been waived across flo...
Anticipating hurricane winds here shortly. we're already over 55 miles an hour. but the wind is bad. it's going to be a catastrophic wind at 145 miles an hour, but the surge is worse. >> your district covers the panhandle where michael is expected to be making landfall. i want to ask you about something while i have you. hurricane michael getting ready to barrel down on the panhandle there in florida. governor rick scott was running a campaign ad touting his response to the storms. here's part of that ad. >> florida governor rick scott warned about the significant storm surge. >> and my direct...
Said this can't happen again. have we done the right thing when it comes to positioning gas around florida. >> it's better than it was three, four days ago. that's when people were running out of gas on the roads and the stations were empty. but fema, we jumped on it with fema and they started getting gas in. there are with sporadic outages, like you said, people went one way, they turned around and came another way. there's bound to be shortages. it was averted two days ago. >> you spoke with the transportation secretary, i understand you asked her to help with lifting tolls on florida roadwa...
Event that hurricane irma forces a closure of any roads in the aftermath of the storm. at my direction, all tolls have been waived across florida roadways. this should help families evacuate quickly and centers have transferred to emergency centers to help evacuees with the most up to date information. visit florida's welcome center staff are all red cross certified and ready to assist at shelters and other areas as needed. all our borders at the state. if you are concerned that you don't have a way to evacuate due to traffic, please call the florida emergency information line 1-800-342-3557. ...