sent their management teams trained for hurricane responses. these states are home to two of the largest puerto rican population. most of all, i want to recognize the selflessness of so many people across puerto rico. the main story that has been reported is the storm. there s another story. what ordinary people did when the storm hit. literally the day after the hurricane, the day after, churches and community organizations opened a network of kitchens across the island to cook hot food. folks delivered food to the elderly that are house bound. they started their generators, share their generators with neighbors who had medicine that needed to be refrigerated. they organized activities for kids to give their exhausted parents a break. they arranged canvass to bring food, water and other supplies
voters and that is heavy on healthcare policy. today, nelson took aim and his challenger rick scott of unevenly distributing aid after natural disasters and he s appealing particularly to the state puerto rican population. you all are here because you know what s at stake. and you know also that our friends, how they ve been treated on the island. our fellow american citizens. they have not been treated like other states were treated in the aftermath of a hurricane. reporter: 4.8 million people have voted early in florida so the campaigns are trying to figure out who is left. that s what governor scott is doing behind those in fort lauderdale. peter doocy, thank you. one of the most competitive of the senate races is in arizona. republican congresswoman martha mcsally takes on kiersten cinema in a battle held for the
we provide you the information so you will dig safely. even the most pro-trump republicans in the state of florida are distancing themselves to the president s astonishing denial in the death of nearly 3,000 americans in puerto rico in an effort not to completely alienate florida s sizable puerto rican population. ron desantis wants to succeed scott as governor, repudiating trump s vile claim that democrats inflated the death toll from puerto rico. scott raised $20 million for trump s presidential campaign and desantis ran a campaign ad featuring his young children building a wall. scott and desantis had political reasons to push back against trump s comments. many republicans are following trump down the rabbit hole.
necessities over the course of a long period of time. and even if they get their basic necessities, think of the u.s. virgin islands. their entire business, over 70% of the business that exists in the virgin islands is tourism. and it s not coming back. people are without jobs indefinitely. so a year from now, what do you think the demographic will look like in orlando? well, i certainly think there will be a significant increase in the puerto rican population here in central florida. but it s been growing rapidly. it was the largest growing sub of our population for the last decade as well. but i think there ll be a significant increase over the next year. all right, mayor. thank you for joining us this morning. orlando mayor buddy dyer. we ve got breaking news. former president george w. bush spoke moments ago about the state of american politics. take a listen. by recognizing one not by the color of their skin but by
states senate with voting rights. they don t have that. they rely on the kindness of united states senators who take an interest in it which is almost random. new york senators historically taken a stronger interest than others but to get the voices heard in washington is not easy. no. it s interesting. where there are concentrations of puerto rican population, in the united states, starting to see local officials like where i live in western massachusetts, puerto rican communities throughout and local initial officials and state officials in massachusetts taking an issue and governor of new york taking an interest and large number of puerto ricans living in new york. it s a hopscotch thing depending on where they are in this country. but in terms of the u.s. federal response to taking care of this problem, we re really far into this for there to be 40% of households with running water and 0% power. that s this response is