at least until tomorrow morning where some of the emergency assessments will begin. last thing i will tell you, bret. i have been involved in a couple of these storms most recently. hurricane you are that when i was in the state legislature. the coordination between fema and the florida department of emergency management has been exemplary to this point. it s really a kudos to governor desantis team, his leadership and also president biden making sure that fema was ready to respond to all of our needs here in florida. bret: yeah, i mean florida has a lot of practice with these storms. this is a really big one. and obviously partisanship goes out the window in times like this. last word, congressman, is there an area that in that where you represent that you think is hardest hit from what have you seen and heard so far? right now, it s really our barrier areas, marco island, city of naples severely hit with flash flooding. fort myers beach has been inundated cape coral being hammer
good evening to you, bret. as this potentially devastating hurricane bears down on the state of florida, president biden is attending a political fundraiser to help elect democratic governors. but, he did reach across the aisle to offer florida s republican governor storm support last night. yesterday, i spoke with governor desantis for some time. president biden put politics aside to let florida s republican governor know washington will be there for his state after hurricane ian. we all need to work together, regardless of party lines. it s my sense that the administration, you know, wants to help. the president urging americans in the storm s path to heed warnings from local officials. also delivering a warning of his own to oil and gas companies. gas companies try to use this storage to raise prices at the pump, i will ask officials to look into whether price gouging is going on. second time this week biden accused oil and gas companies keeping prices at the purpose p
occur he is going to see her family. they are going to honor her. that didn t make a lot of sense. when pressed press secretary karine jean-pierre said her answer would not be changing. when the passed away the president and first lady released a statement saying they were shocked and saddened at the news of her death and ordered flags lowered to half-staff, bret. bret: jackie, quickly the hurricane obviously and recovery effort down in florida are topic of the day. but i watched some of that press briefing in the white house and i have not seen the press corps jump together on a question as much as the one about president biden looking for the now deceased congresswoman in the audience. it just seems like the easier response would have been an an acknowledgment misspoke but that was not the answer we got, bret. bret: jacqui, thank you. let s bring in florida rick scott. senator, thanks for being here. you used to be a governor in florida as well. you know the situation now tha
throwing all of our weight towards the communist chinese. why? complicated history, obviously, tween the two. as a country we have been very clear in our support for taiwan as a democracy. you see both with russia and china. authoritarian regimes attacking. these are certainly conflicts that the united states has a role in. i think in this instance we need to be seeing how we can support taiwan before it is too late. let s talk a little bit about the administration success. they got this bill passed through the senate that they wanted very badly. they took out the president s poll numbers. they have actually been taking up as we reach the first anniversary of the afghanistan withdrawal. your thoughts on what seems to be an administration on a roll
bill. we are live at the white house with the latest on that. lucas. john, president biden tested negative for the coronavirus for a second time ending his isolation. senate democrats sided with american families over special interest voting to lower the cost of prescription drugs, health insurance and every day energy costs and reduce the deficit while making the wealthiest corporations finally pay their fair share. i ran for president promising to make government work for working families again. that is what this bill does. . our bill reduces inflation. lowers costs. creates millions of low-paying jobs. it reduces inflation.