Lets check in with cnns ryan nobles live for us from tampa. Thats where cnn will be hosting a debate tonight for the governors race. So, ryan, youve been talking to voters, and what are the issues thats on their mind . Reporter yeah, you know, fred, its interesting when you actually get out on the campaign trail and you talk to these voters who are going to be casting ballots in these crucial states like florida, some of the big topics in washington arent always as important as they are when you get to the local level. If you take a look at this poll just commissioned by cnn, you see evidence of that. Take a look at these numbers. 26 of florida voters likely voters in florida say that health care is their number one concern. The economy comes in a close second at 25 . 15 in florida are talking about immigration. Gun policy is at 12 . National security at 8 . But then look at that, the russia probe, which obviously gets a lot of attention, thats way down at the bottom with only 7 of voters saying thats one of their top priorities. And then when you break it down by republicans and democrats, you can actually see the priorities change just a little bit. If you look at the breakdown as it comes to the support for bill nelson, the incumbent senator in the race for senate against rick scott whos the governor who is challenging him, you can see that health care is the number one priority by 81 of nelson voters, but only 14 of scott voters. Now, flip that around, and ask about the economy, 72 of scott voters, the republican, the governor, say the economy is most important. While only 23 of nelson voters say the same and for the immigration breakdown, 35 for nelson voters and 59 for scott voters. So, you know, its interesting when you talk to voters here, fred, each individual person has their own motivations for why they go to the polls, and i think thats why independent voters are going to end up being so important in this race. Theyre not necessarily align e complete l down the spectrum as it comes to where republicans and democrats normally stand on these big issues. Thats why i think this debate tonight with Andrew Gillum and ron desantis is going to be important. Because its going to give them the opportunity to really talk about these issues that are very important to florida voters. Right. Ryan, florida races are always so important particularly in a president ial, you know, race year, but what about for midterms . Reporter yeah, well, theyre extremely important because it gives us a window into what to think about the 2020 election because florida, keep in mind, the fourth biggest state, but it is the biggest state that is a swing state. Meaning it votes both republican and democrat. And when you look at President Trumps numbers, as we lead into this midterm election, theyre actually improving. You know, a poll our poll of polls, cnn taking a look at all the various polls taken over the past month show that President Trumps Approval Rating is 44 . That is positive if youre ron desantis, ran close to President Trumps side. Hes hoping the supporters in florida, remember, President Trump won florida in 2016, will then come out again in support of him in 2018. Enthusiasm is so important in a midterm election, fred, and thats one of the things were going to be looking for tonight in this debate. All right. Ryan nobles, thank you so much. All right. Meantime, President Trump is hoping his Midterm Campaign push will secure republicans the votes they need to hold control of congress. Hes sticking to talking points that work for his base. And driving home a very clear message. The choice could not be more clear. Democrats produce mobs. Republicans produce jobs. This november, when youre voting, vote for the jobs. Not for the mobs. Just do it. The choice for every american could not be more clear. Democrats produce mobs. Republicans produce jobs. Thats become a hashtag. Is cnns White House CorrespondentBoris Sanchez is live for us now at the white house. So, this messaging, is it working . Reporter thats the big question, fred. The president going in a route reminiscent of the 2016 president ial campaign, not just on messaging. Ill get to that in a second. Also with the amount of events on this schedule. Look at this calendar. In the month of october, President Trump is 15 planned campaign rallies. So far. Just next week, hes got four. Hes planning one in texas on monday. Wisconsin and North Carolina later in the week. And just announce the this afternoon, another rally in murphysboro, illinois, on saturday. Again, thats the schedule now. We should expect more before november 6th, but on your point about messaging, much of the rhetoric that the president is using to hype up some of this candidates in the 2016 rather, the 2018 midterms, goes back to 2016. Hes harping on immigration. Notably, yesterday in nevada when he was speaking to supporters at a rally there, he told them that democrats would likely help undocumented immigrants secure welfare. Something that needy american citizens would like to have. The president even told supporters that they should vote not only to save his agenda, but also to save the country. Today, on twitter, hes at it again, attacking democrats on the issue of immigration. He writes, full efforts are being made to stop the onslaught of illegal aliens from crossing our southern border. People have to apply for asylum in mexico first. And if they fail to do that, the u. S. Will turn them away. The courts are asking the u. S. To do things that are not doable. Moments later the very next tweet, the the caravans are a disgrace to the democrat party. Change immigration laws now. The president is very aware of the chances for a blue wave to hit congress in november. Hes trying to urge urgency from his supporters to head to the polls, fred. Boris sanchez. Thank you so much. Immigration and economy big. Lets get perspective with this. Former republican Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina, andre bower, and former dnc Democratic Party chairman a. Scott boldin. Good to see you both. Good afternoon. Good afternoon. So, andre, you first. You know, not necessarily just on immigration, but the president also is tweeting out messages, making promises on messages with the economy. And actually promising that there will be a tax cut plan for the middle class as early as november 1st ahead of election day. And congress isnt even in session at that point. How is he to do that, and why is he making a promise like that . I think hes continued to push for what he thought was important and what he ran on. This is a guy that is a businessman. The economy is at the top of his agenda. Trying to make america again the strongest engine in the world, no matter what facet you talk about. Thats his, you know, being i think thats the legacy of President Trump. The economy, what hes done to make it easier on business. And for people to continue to live the American Dream and thats his best message, by the way, its the best message for the republicans as well. The economy is on fire. Magnificent job, in less than two years and republicans have helped him do that in congress and hopefully hell do all he can in turning out a wave of voters who appreciate him doing what hes doing. Okay. Another message the president is sending out, you know, scott, this whole jobs, not mobs, you know, accusing the democrats of, you know, just simply drowning out messaging. And that, you know, the republicans should be associated with creating jobs. Is that a message, a mantra, you know, that will help get the votes for the gop . Well, it may help get the votes for his 35 core base, but remember, 60 on average of the voters in this country dont agree with donald trump or the gop and the direction that theyre going. And this whole mob issue, hes always been the candidate of divisiveness and fear and he uses immigration as a fear to create fear for his base. But the reality is, voters are energized and theyre angry on the democratic side because of kavanaugh, because of the me too movement, because the immigration issue is a very d deviivisive issue. Democrats simply disagree with that. So, one, i dont think its working. Two, if it were working in a state as important as florida, the numbers would be completely different. What you see happening in florida is is an endemic of what i just said. Independents, voters of color and women who are changing the face of those elections where the democrats are up by one and nine points i think for the governor and another one by five points for nelson. That race may or may not close, but heres the other thing about democratic messaging. Health care is the number one issue. Thats all democrats have been talking about. Theyre not talking about immigration and some of those other issues or at least on the list, its well below health care. Thats why those candidates in florida are way ahead of the gop. And so andre, you know, particularly, to scotts point, women are really galvanized particularly postkavanaugh, the Supreme Court hearings. The president says the issues are kavanaugh, the caravan, law and order, and common sense. Why does he feel like thats going to be the big motivator to get people to the polls . Because hes right. And if you dont believe it, just a few months ago, i heard about this unbelievable blue wave that was on the way here. Its now turning into a blue tidal pool at best. Were talking about just months ago losing the senate. Now were not talking about losing the senate anymore. Were talking about a very tight race in the u. S. House of representatives. All this dreaming that everything was going to change overnight is now not happening and its not happening because donald trump delivered on his promises. The Republican Party does have messaging and they have candidates who stuck to messages. Where the democrats, quite frankly, are splintered. Theres a big part of the party thats going way to the left and making it hard for the moderate democrats like in tennessee to hold on to a race that at one time was close, even with tweets from taylor swift. Its now gone into a doubledigit margin, Marsha Blackburn is probably going to win the seat and seeing more and more of this in the Spring States where the Republican Party is benefiting from this mob mentality and this mentality of trying to not address real issues that affect real people and that is going to hurt democrats in this next election when they should have picked up seats which always happens in the midterm and its not going to happen. Midterms are traditionally a real referendum on the sitting president and this president seems to be embracing that. His Approval Rating is up to 44 . According to this new cnn polling. And the president says, you know, if everything goes well, then credit him. If things dont go well, you know, blame someone else other than him, scott. Well, he certainly had a good week a few weeks ago in regard to the kavanaugh piece. But those numbers go to his base. So theyre not really surprising. The real numbers for him have hovered between 35 and 40 , and andre, im too big of a guy to wade into a small pool of blue wave water. I still believe in the blue wave, quite frankly, because those numbers, while they may tighten up, nobody believes what the president is doing or supports where hes taking the country. And the other thing is this, the reason i believe in the democratic wave is because donald trump is our greatest motivator. Every time he calls a woman horseface, every time he tweets an insult, every time he tells a lie on the twitter account, that is great motivation for not only democratic voters, but independent voters as well. And so were competing in georgia, were winning in florida. We are competing in texas. Were competing in nevada. And that would never be the case in those red states or those leaning red states. And so thats the real proof in the pudding. So andre can say whatever he wants to say, the messaging of this president , he doesnt have one because the only message is 35 and in many of these jurisdictions, thats not enough to win the election. Its enough to control the Republican Party, but the message and those 35 is not enough because its not the core of american values. Or the core of american voters. The democrats are going to have that democratic wave. Lets just wait and see. By the way, one other thing, if i may, i dont think a lot of these races are going to be decided, at least the tight ones on november 6th. It may be a week or two before we find out. I talked to my republican contact and they believe the races are tightening around the country. Okay. Real quick last word, andre. It ts the same people that y its going to be close are the same people who say theyre going to see this wave are the same people who said Hillary Clinton was going to get elected and she didnt. I promise you, its not thats why you just admitted that its going to be very close races in so many places. It wasnt supposed to be. I said in some places. And Hillary Clintons not on the ballot, andre, you know it. All right. Well leave it there. Andre bauer, a. Scott bolden, good to see you, gentle nmeb. Thank withdryou. Watch tonight. Ron desantis and Andrew Gillum square off in a cnn debate tonight 8 00 own on cnn. Still ahead, terrifying moments in South Carolina when a floor collapses right under partygoers sends them plummeting to the basement. Ill talk with someone who was there and says he could feel something was about to happen. Plus, the Saudi Foreign minister speaking out calling the murder of Jamal Khashoggi a, quote, rogue operation and saying the crown prince knew nothing of the plan. Lawmak lawmakers, u. S. Lawmakers, theyre not buying that. Just to be clear, you dont have any doubt that the crown prince is behind this . 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I mean, i did see, like, people because we were held there for a long time, i saw people with, like, holding their arms and, like, i saw people with bloody legs and stuff like that. Reporter Clemson Police say most of the injuries were broken bones and cuts. It could have been a whole lot worse. There could have been entrapm t entrapments. There could have been deaths involved. But any time that youve got people that are trying to have a good time, any time that youve got people that are there trying to enjoy themselves, and then the next thing you know, a floor collapses, you can take it from there. All right. The university did release a statement saying an investigation is still ongoing but they are encouraged by initial reports of no serious injuries. Clemson University President jim clements tweeted the following about the incident, im monitoring the situation and my thought and prayers are with all who were injured. 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The king then directed the Public Prosecutor to launch an investigation, which he did about nine days ago. He discovered that there were discrepancies. We discovered that he was killed in the consulate. We dont know in terms of details how. We dont know where the body is. The Public Prosecutor then put out orders to detain 18 individuals for questioning and possibly facing trial. For the very latest lets go now to ben wedeman in i stan bustanbul. How do turkish officials feel how the saudis are handling it and how the finance minister is now stating it . Reporter well, its important to keep in mind that there are sort of two tracks when it comes to the turkish position. Officially, on the record, the turkish government is agnostic at the moment. On the incident that surround the incidents that surround the death of Jamal Khashoggi. However, we have had a plethora of anonymous sources, anonymous official sources, who are feeding the media a lot of information. Cnn, for instance, on tuesday, this past week, heard from a turkish official, anonymous, saying that he was, indeed, murdered and dismembered inside the consulate behind me. Now, we do expect the turkish president ,er erdogan, on tuesda speaking at a ruling party event. He said hes going to reveal what he said was the naked truth about this incident. Interestingly enough, his speech will be coinciding with the opening of that Investment Conference in saudi arabia. The socalled davos in the desert, which so many participants have, to date, dropped out of. Now, regarding the interview with the Saudi Foreign minister, adel al jubeir, he definitely was at pains to distance Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman from this sordid affair. The crown prince has denied this. The crown prince is not aware of this. Even the Senior Leadership of our Intelligence Service was not aware of this. This was on an operation that was a rogue operation. An operation where individuals ended up exceeding the authorities and responsibilities they had. They made the mistake when they killed Jamal Khashoggi in the consulate and tried to cover up for it. Reporter now, of course, adel al jubei, are there saying the Senior Leadership of the Intelligence Services were unaware but we know the number two in saudi intelligence has been relieved of his duties. Fredricka . All right. Ben wedeman, thank you so much. Meantime, a russian lawmaker warns the u. S. In bringing the world back to the cold war by ending a longstanding nuclear agreement. This comes after President Trump said the u. S. Will terminate the intermediate range Nuclear Forces treaty. Cnns Senior International correspondent Fred Pleitgen is in moscow with reaction to President Trumps decision. Reporter hi there, fredricka. A lot of anger, a lot of frustration, among the russian government here. You have some Russian Politicians who earlier today came out and said this could have catastrophic consequences, not just for the u. S. And russia, but, of course, for the entire world. The kremlin also coming out even on a sunday and saying theyre going to want an explanation from the united states. The u. S. , however, believes that its not in its interests anymore to stay in this agreement. The u. S. Has long been accusing russia of violating the inf treaty by developing and deploying mediumrange nuclearcapelable missiles. President trump says america is axing the agreement. Were the ones who have stayed in the agreement and honored the agreement. Russia has not, unfortunately, honored the agreement. Were going to terminate the agreement. Reporter during his visit to moscow in the coming days, National Security adviser john bolton is expected to formally tell the russians that america is leaving the inf treaty. Inf stands for intermediate Nuclear Forces. The treaty was signed in 1987 between the u. S. And soviet union and ultimately led to almost 2,700 mediumrange Nuclear Missiles being withdrawn. Experts saying by in large, the agreement has worked. Was designed to provide a measure of strategic stability on the continent of europe. By banning missiles of a range between 300 and 3,400 miles. Cruise and ballistic missiles. Meant to take the temperature down and resulted in the druxz of literally thousands of missiles and has been in effect ever since. Reporter russia denies violating the treaty and accuses the u. S. Of reaching it by developing antimissile systems. Vladimir putin recently making what some felt were troubling remarks about possible nuclear warfare. Translator in this situation, we kind of expect that someone will use Nuclear Weapons against us. We do not do anything ourselves. Well, yes, but then the aggressors should still know that vengeance is inevitable. That he will be destroyed. And we are the victims of aggression and as martyrs, we will go to heaven, and they will simply die. Reporter the u. S. Also believes the inf treaty puts it at a disadvantage versus a resurgent china which is not part of the agreement. Another reason the Administration Says to pull out of the deal. Fredricka, things russians have been say throughout the course of the day, one of the things theyre trying to scope out right now is whether or not this is a final decision on the part of the Trump Administration or whether or not there might still be some wiggle room to maybe somehow salvage this agreement, but, you know, on the whole, you can feel how the tensions between the u. S. And russia seem to be heating up even more than they were in the past. Fredric fredricka . Fred pleitgen, thank you so much. All right. Still ahead, Hurricane Michael left much of the Florida Panhandle in ruins when it hit earlier this month. 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Its unclear what impact Hurricane Michael will have, but state officials are relaxing voting rules in counties along the gulf coast where michael killed, Hurricane Michael killed dozens of people and leveled entire neighborhoods. Cnn correspondent rosa flores is in miami for us. So, what effect might this devastation have on the polls and turnout . Reporter well, you know, it is devastating, fred, because some of the polling places were completely wiped out which means that some folks still dont even know where they would cast their ballot. Heres the reality on the ground. Here we are about 11 days since the hurricane hit and some people still dont have power and others dont have cell service. Hurricane michael ravaged through the Florida Panhandle, damaging our destroying homes, roads, public facilities, and leaving tens of thousands of people picking up the pieces. You just take it the way it is, man, were still alive. House dont mean anything. Well build it back or bulldoze it, whatever. Reporter as so many people work to rebuild their homes, there is an added worry. With midterm elections around the corner and some of the polling places in this republican strong hold completely wiped out, many in this state with razor thin election margin still dont know the location of their polling place. At stake here, a tight governors race and a senate match between senator bill nelson and governor rick scott that could help tilt the balance of power in the u. S. Senate. How are you . Is im okay. Reporter as governor, scott actually has the power to help ease the voting process. Something he exercised thursday when he signed an executive order extending and enhancing the voting options for these eight impacted counties. The order allowed among other things additional and alternative voting sites, extensions on early voting and relocation and consolidation of polling places. In some areas, basics like food and water are still being provided by Government Agencies and communications are still down. So people here unable to call local Election Officials are finding information online. In jackson county, for example, the warning is in red bold letters. Your normal polling location will not be open on election day instead, this county and others are creating megacenters or megavoting sites with extended voting hours. In Franklin County where post offices double as supply distribution centers, Election Officials say their mailboxes are full as residents send in their absentee ballots. As the Sunshine State tries to balance Election Integrity and voting opportunity for floridians, on Election Night, florida is expected to be florida as usual. A state with nailbiting races that captures the attention of the rest of the country. Now, the state of florida does have a bit of good news for voters. They say that in those eight impacted counties, there are no reports of damaged Voting Machines or any voting equipment. Fred . And so even with that, do they is there an expectation of what voter turnout might be in those localities . Reporter you know, i talked to one woman, and, again, cell service is very patchy there, but i talked to one woman who was very passionate about voting. She said that she was going to be out to vote even though, fred, she lost everything in that hurricane. Now, one of the other big worries is what about on Election Night . Will we know the results on time . Especially because of all of the mailin ballots. I asked the state about that, and the Florida Department of state said that theyre not expecting any delays because, hear this, six days before the election, theyre going to start processing those ballots and tabulating them. So, fingers crossed, that we will have results on time on Election Night. Okay. We shall see. 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Army Brigadier General jeffry smiley suffereded a gunst wound. Cnn pentagon correspondent ryan brown joins me on the phone with more on this. Ryan, police is pretty significant. Thats right, fredricka. The natoled coalition in afghanistan initially said a u. S. Service member was wounded in this insider attack which also killed several senior afghan officials. Now, this was a very highprofile meeting taking place in kandahar and had actually the commander of all u. S. And nato forces in afghanistan was present at this meeting and the attack took place shortly thereafter. Were now being told that one Service Member who was wounded in the attack was, in fact, Brigadier General jeffrey smiley. A fairly Senior Commander overseeing the Advisory Commission in southern afghanistan. He is still in command, were being told. So he is recovering and is being treated, but definitely a significant Senior Member of the coalition to suffer that wound. And so this is the same incident where general scott miller, the head of the u. S. And nato forces, drew his firearm during an attack . Thats correct. This is the same incident, and, again, it shows how high profile this meeting was. The top leadership from the u. S. Military, from the nato coalition, some of the most senior afghan officials in southern afghanistan were all present at this meeting and this attack came just as it concluded. So a very highprofile meeting and a lot of senior officials present and it became so dangerous that the leader of all u. S. Forces in afghanistan was forced to draw his side arm. All right. Ryan brown, thanks so much. Keep us posted. All right. Now, very separately, now another story that is getting a lot of attention, and it concerns this seasons super bowl. Two alist celebrities saying no to separate roles in the super bowl over the leagues National Anthem policy. Pop star, rihanna, reportedly turned down an offer to perform at this seasons halftime show in support of former nfl player Colin Kaepernick who kneeled during the National Anthem to protest Police Brutality. And now comedian amy schumer is following suit saying she will not do any super bowl ads on instagram. Amy schumer explained, once you witness the truly deep inequality and endless racism people of color face in our country, not to mention the Police Brutality and murders, why not kneel next to your brothers . Otherwise, how are you not complicit . Let me bring in now cnn media critic brian lowery. Brian, good to see you. Your article on cnn. Com your article has the headline for stars, super bowl performances right not be worth the headaches. Is this just the beginning of a lot of nos from celebrities to anything super bowl related . Well, thats certainly possible. Its a relatively odd construct, actually, to have a rock act or a pop act playing in the halftime show with something that was introduced in the 90s. I think when the nfl took this action regarding Colin Kaepernick, they were reacting to some of the very loud criticism they were receiving, including from President Trump on the right, but they werent really thinking through what some of the fallout might be from the left. Now youre seeing some of that. So how influential might this be for the nfl to respond in a different way, to address what now some of these alisters are asking people to be a lot more thoughtful about . Well, i think for starters, this doesnt really affect the nfls bottom line in any significant way. The ratings have been up this year. The games are good. The league is feeling pretty good about itself. Some of the issues like the concussion issue havent been talked about quite as much. I think in the long term, the nfl is extremely image conscious. They use celebrities and these kinds of performances to try to reach out to a broader audience, to try to reach people who might not be the standard nfl fan. So in terms of affecting their bottom line, i dont think its a significant factor. In terms of the nfl wanting to position itself as sort of a league for all people, that may take a bit of a hit. Okay. But if the nfl is really image conscious and want to use celebrities to reach an audience, to grow its audience and you have alist celebrities who then say youre not going to use us, you know, and the power that we have to grow your base, then doesnt that mean the nfl could potentially take a real big hit . I dont think a big hit. Really, the audience for football tends not to be the amy schumer audience in a significant way. The super bowl is the biggest stage in television, in media. The nfl tries to cover all its bases, but it is fundamentally a football game. I think the idea that who performs at halftime will bring some extra people to the table, but in terms of it being a significant hit to the nfl, i dont think so. But it generally is a pretty big deal, who headlines the super bowl halftime show. Is there confirmation . Reportedly it was maroon 5. Is there real confirmation of who has committed to say yes . No, and in the long term, this may be an issue where the nfl has to rethink who performs. They got away with it for years, without there being a rock act in the middle of it. I think adele a few years ago was offered the chance to play and said, you know, this is not about music. So its always been sort of a strange thing to drop a musical performance into the middle of the game. It does give the league Something Else to talk about and Something Else to promote. But the super bowl is about what happens during the game. I think the halftime show is just a garnish to that. Interesting. Okay. Brian lowry, thank you so much. Thank you. 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