[crowd chanting u.s.a.] all right, we got to do a show. all right. we re broadcasting live from beautiful west palm beach in the free state of florida, and in just 12 days, you ll decide the future of our great republic. tonight in just a moment we ll be joined by governor ron desantis, florida s first la lady, casey desantis will be with us. any marco rubio fans in the house? marco rubio will be here. senator rick scott will be here. rick scott fans here? all right. both desantis and rubio are poised for massive election day. governor desantis is up by a whopping 14 points in a university of north florida poll. the same poll shows senator rubio up by seven points over democrat/radical/socialist/lef tist leftist. tonight, momentum is absolutely for the republicans. we start with a lot of good news tonight. it s not unique to florida. new poll by rasmussen out today, yesterday, hershel walker was up by two points. as of today, rasmussen has herschel up by five. in north caro
and they ll have to be rebuilt. unfortunately, there are also homes and businesses that will simply not be able to safely take the power once it s ready. but the 20,000 plus men and women who are already here are staging and getting on the field currently. they will work 24/7 until we get the lights back on. again, as the governor said, not our first rodeo, but every storm is also different and always poses different challenges. but appreciate all the support from the state. governor, thank you. from local law enforcement as well, national guard. this is a team sport and a team effort, and we re going to all work together until we get florida back up on her feet and where we all want her to be. thank you. when fdl and the other companies have crews in, the extent to which that infrastructure has remained is just critical because, you know, it s a lot easier for them to reconnect an existing system than to have to rebuild it. to see that was able to withstand is encouraging.
we have the libertarian candidate dropping out and throwing his support to republican blake masters. to florida where polls show ron desantis leading by double digits. why does charlie crist still think he can win it. he s here too. we are live in georgia, in new hampshire, nevada, so many races, so little time. let s get started. welcome. glad to have you. pennsylvania is the source of all the pressure campaigns going on and the attention worldwide it seems of late. reporter: good morning. for dr. oz, today is about appealing to his party s base, trump voters who have not been enthusiastic about his candidacy. tonight, donald trump will host a rally in an effort to boost dr. oz, he s in a dead heat against lieutenant governor john fetterman. it was trump s endorsement that led to dr. oz winning the republican primary by less than a thousand votes. dr. oz will share stage with trump and republican candidate doug mastriano. according to polls he is seen as too extreme by hal
field currently. they will work 24/7 until we get the lights back on, again as the governor said, not our first rodeo, but every storm is also different, and always poses different challenges. appreciate all the support from the state, governor, thank you, from local law enforcement as well, the national guard, this is a team sport and a team effort and we are going to all work together until we get florida back up on our feet and where we all want to be. thank you. and when fpl and the other companies have crews in, the ex ten to which that infrastructure has remained is critical because it s a lot easier for them to reconnect an existing system than to have to rebuild it. so to see some of that that was able to withstand is encouraging. it s also just a testament. some of these folks put money into the resilience of the infrastructure, and this is like the ultimate test. you have a hurricane that s a massive hurricane coming in at 155 miles an hour, producing this type of
florida as well as tens of thousands of electric crews from all over the country. we do not have a complete picture of fatalities or injuries across florida as of yet. one death has officially been reported so far. we expect to hear more from authorities soon. almost 3 million people are still without power. it weakened to a tropical storm ian but back to a hurricane this afternoon as it heads for south carolina. the mayor of charleston, south carolina, is asking his city to shut down tomorrow. correspondent steve harrigan kicks off our coverage, charlotte county florida with the latest. good evening. good evening, bret. help is pouring into florida from across the country but still in pockets like this one it is largely neighbor helping neighbor. after going across florida s peninsula, hurricane ian north and along it led to coast. the numbers are staggering. more than 2.6 million floridians without electricity. rainfall totals approaching 2 feet in some places. heavy wind