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Choose north or south. they kind of liked it. i will say this my wife and son have been out knocking on doors in the snow. i think he is -- let's just put it this way, he is acquiring an appreciation why so many people in the midwest retire to southwest florida. let's put it that way. >> bret: governor, have you traveled to all 99 counties and talked to a lot of folks. it's not just one poll. it's a whole lot of polls show you neck and neck with governor haley and former president trump by more than 40 points in iowa. is your message getting through here? >> gov. desantis: absolutely. first of...

Have been quietly working with the israeli government to get them to reduce the significantly get out of gaza. using all that i can to do that. [applause] >> nothings that changed about our view here that we don't support a cease-fire at this time. and there is no change to that. because we don't believe that that benefits everybody hamas right now. what we do is continue to support humanitarian pauses but not a general cease-fire right now. the president wasn't signaling any change at all. >> bret: well, with that, governor desantis, welcome, we know it took a lot to get here from the storms ...

On a poll. we do it when we know it keeps americans safe and we do it when we know it protects -- it prevents war. i think that desantis is wrong for calling this a territorial dispute. i think trump has copped out because he used to get it right and now he is turning around and getting it wrong wanting to an isolationist. we need to remember that america always needs friends. >> martha: what do you say to that? and do you support the goal of winning in ukraine, pushing russia out of the country and will you go with them that whole distance? >> gov. desantis: well, first, i mean, you know, it'...

Where we are really good. when we have hurricanes in florida and it's tough and sometimes we have really bad ones. a lot of people may lose power on that. we work very hard to get the power back on. when i get the power back on, i need the reliable energy. i have to have that. i have to have the gas. i have to have the oil to be able to do it and do it quickly so we're going to do all of the above. but we are not going to turn this whole nation into california i'm going to reverse biden's imreel on day one. >> bret: let's talk about jobs and the economy overall. pivoting on those two questions...

Because, look at it. trump gets elected, half the country is still going to be divided. and hopefully we don't, you know, they don't go to any extremes. >> bret: you do have a question for the governor? >> i do have one. but i believe ron can unite the country. we got to have somebody that we can all stabbed behind, republican or democrat. >> bret: okay. sir. >> and he's the guy that can do it. >> bret: what's your question? >> well, my question, ron, is. >> gov. desantis: i could package that and run that as an ad in iowa the last few days because i appreciate that. >> yeah. but it took 48 ye...