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governor newsom tweeted a screen sought from amazon. hand sanitizer through third party sellers well available over retail price am 24-pack, over $400. on ebay someone a s offering five respirator masks for $91 plus shipping. this mask can be bought online through direct sellers who offer a box of 20 for $30. oh, my gosh. it brings out the good and bad in people. whether it s amazon or ebay, they ve got to bounce those sellers off the site. you can t play. you re not allow dodd this. whac-a-mole. you pop one, boom. that s a good point. i think we all agree. don t price gouge. okay. major league baseball looking out for its players as the outbreak is looking to go.
and critical areas in florida. again, because there are already reported shortages. and dorian hasn t even made landfall. buff again a lot of people here waiting in line, looking for fuel stations that actually have fuel to make sure that they can be prepared for a potential evacuation. and rosa, real quick, have you encountered or heard about any reports of price gouging? reporter: yes. indeed. the attorney general of the state of florida telling cnn just moments ago that they have received at least 1,000 calls of price gouging. most of them for fuel and water. in fact, the owner of this gas station telling us he was one of those individuals who reported a price gouging of water. so we re going to continue monitoring and seeing if those numbers will increase. but according to the attorney general s office, it is against state law to price gouge because
neil: as if preparing for a category four hurricane, as that s what hurricane dorian could be monday, all the gougers that come out of the wood work to sort of stick to it the floridians that are trying to get out and get everything from gas, water and key supplies. not if florida attorney general has anything to do with it. ashley moody joins me now. thanks for being here. thanks for the invitation. neil: so how do you police this thing? seems to always happen. of course. it s a trying time. floridians are nervous, scared. obviously what they re trying to do is protect their property and their family, make sure they have the right supplies. any time there s a tense situation like that, people are ready to take advantage. so we have done everything possible to prepare for this, to make sure we can stop people that are trying to price gouge and take advantage of floridians. neil: so how do you do that? we in florida have a lot of