>> I WILL BE PRESIDENT FOR ALL
AMERICANS AND THIS IS SO
IMPORTANT TO ME.
>> THE OFFICIAL ELECTION DAY
HAPPENS TOMORROW WITH
UNPRECEDENTED SCRUTINY.
ONE OF FLORIDA ELECTORS ON THE
WAY TO VOTE IS HERE WITH US
TODAY.
>> WE'RE FIVE YEARS IN AND
THERE'S NO LIGHT AT THE END OF
THE TUNNEL.
>> HEART BREAK AND HORROR IN
SYRIA HITS HOME IN SOUTH
FLORIDA.
WHAT ROLE DOES THE U.S. PLAY
HERE?
THE MILLION DOLLAR MARKETING
OF THE 305.
PIT BULL AND THE PITFALLS OF
GOVERNMENT SHADED FROM THE
SUNSHINE.
GOOD MORNING, SO MUCH TO TALK
ABOUT THIS MORNING AND AN
ALL-STAR ROUND TABLE AHEAD,
MICHAEL IS ON THE ROAD TO
RECOVERY FROM KNEE SURGERY.
WE MISS HIM.
WANT HIM BACK SOON.
WE BEGIN WITH ELECTING THE NEXT
PRESIDENT BECAUSE OFFICIALLY IT
HASN'T HAPPENED YET BUT IT WILL
TOMORROW.
THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE WILL MEET
TOMORROW TO OFFICIALLY ELECT
DONALD TRUMP AS PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES.
IT STARTS AS A CONSTITUTIONAL
PROCESS INVOLVING 38 PEOPLE YOU
PROBABLY DON'T KNOW HARDLY GET A
SECOND THOUGHT UNTIL THIS YEAR,
WHEN WE LEARN TO EXPECT THE
UNEXPECTED IN PRESIDENTIAL
POLITICS.
>>> ROBERT BERNSTEIN IS ONE OF
THE ELECTORS HEADING TO
TALLAHASEE FOR THE VOTE.
SHE JOINS US TODAY.
THANK YOU FOR STOPPING BY.
>> MY PLEASURE.
>> RUMOR HAS IT YOU WERE WITH
DONALD TRUMP?
>> I WAS.
I STOPPED BY THE GOLF COURSE TO
--
>> TRUMP INTERNATIONAL GOLF
COURSE THIS MORNING.
TRUMP INTERNATIONAL IN WEST
PALM.
WHERE I LIVE, WEST PALM.
STOPPED BY AND TO SAY, WHAT AN
HONOR AND PRIVILEGES TO CAST MY
ELECTORAL VOTE FOR HIM TOMORROW.
>> I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR.
YOU HAVE BEEN A TRUMP SUPPORTER
FROM THE BEGINNING.
AS OF ONE OF 29 ELECTORS IN THE
STATE, THERE HAS BEEN A PUSH ON
TO FLIP 3 ELECTORS, WHICH WOULD
GIVE THE ELECTORALWIN, NOT TO
DONALD TRUMP.
AND I WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU YOUR
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE IN THE
PROCESS.
HAVE YOU BEEN CONTACTED?
>> OH, MY GOODNESS --
>> THAT MEANS YES.
>> YES
IT'S BEYOND BELIEF.
I NEVER EXPECTED TO HAVE SO MUCH
MAIL, MY PERSONAL E-MAILS COMES
FROM PEOPLE I DON'T KNOW, NEVER
HEARD OF.
AND MAIL IS BEYOND BELIEF.
>> LIKE WHAT?
WHAT ARE THEY?
>> I DON'T OPEN IT BECAUSE
UNFORTUNATELY THERE MAY BE, BAD
SUBSTANCES IN SOME OF THE
LETTERS SO WE HAVE BEEN WARNED
NOT TO OPEN IT.
I SPOKE TO THE SHERIFF AND, YOU
KNOW, THEY TOLD ME NOT TO OPEN
ANYTHING.
>> BACKTRACK FOR ME A SECOND.
YOU GONE TO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT
ABOUT THE CONTACTS?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> THIS IS FRIGHTENING.
NOT JUST A CAMPAIGN WITH A
POLITICAL BEND.
>> IT'S NOT FRIGHTENING BUT YOU
WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE
PREPARED AND WHEN I DID GET A
CALL, A WOMAN THREATENING TO
PUBLISH MY PERSONAL INFORMATION,
MY HOME ADDRESS, MY OFFICE
ADDRESS, YOU KNOW MY CELL PHONE
ON-LINE.
AT THAT POINT, I DID TALK TO THE
STATE ATTORNEY, WHO HAPPENS TO
BE A DEMOCRAT.
AND ALSO OUR SHERIFF WHO IS A
DEMOCRAT AND GOOD FRIEND.
>> HAVE YOU SEEN MESSAGES YOU
HAVE OPEN?
WHAT IS THE REQUEST AND WHAT IS
THE SORT OF ARGUMENT ABOUT WHAT
THE FLIPPERS ARE LOOKING FOR?
>> CORRECT.
LIKE MOST OF THE MESSAGES SEEM
TO BE COMING FROM THE SAME
SOURCE.
THEY ARE PRETTY MUCH THE SAME.
THEY ARE STANDARD.
A LOT OF THE LETTERS, YOU KNOW,
THE SAME ADDRESS, EXACTLY THE
SAME.
IT'S PRINTED THE SAME.
OBVIOUSLY, A LOT OF THIS IS
COMING FROM THE SAME SOURCE.
THE MESSAGE THEY CITE ALEXANDER
HAMILTON.
THEY CITE THINGS LIKE DONALD IS
A MESSAGENIST, RACIST.
IT OBVIOUSLY COULDN'T BE FURTHER
FROM THE TRUTH.
>> I THINK HOW THIS CAME INTO
SORT OF THE PUBLIC VENUE IS AN
ABIT IN THE NEW YORK TIMES BY A
TEXAS ELECTOR, WHOSE NAME IS
CHRISTOPHER SUPPER.
I MENTIONED YOU HAVEN'T READ IT.
I WILL TELL YOU IN THE COURSE OF
THE HIS OP-ED, HE LAYS HIS
ARGUMENT WHY HE WON'T BE VOTING
FOR HIS PARTY'S CANDIDATE.
HE SAID, MR. TRUMP LACKS FOREIGN
POLITICS EXPERIENCE AND HE CALLS
MR. TRUMP ALMOST A DEMOGOG.
THE PRESIDENT-ELECT, DOESN'T
UNDERSTAND, CONSTITUTION FORBIDS
PAYMENTS FROM FOREIGN
GOVERNMENTS, ELUDING TO HIS
CONNECTION AROUND THE WORLD, AND
VLADIMIR PUTIN.
I WANT TO GET YOUR REACTION FROM
A REPUBLICA ELECTOR?
>> I HAVE A PLEASURE OF KNOWING
DONALD AS A FRIEND.
AND I COULD TELL YOU, FOR OVER
TWO DECADES, HE'S SURROUNDED
HIMSELF WITH THE BEST AND
BRIGHTEST PEOPLE.
WHAT HE LACKS IN FOREIGN
POLITICS, HE WILL SURROUND
HIMSELF WITH THE BRIGHTEST
PEOPLE, U.S. SENATORS, GENERALS.
I KNOW WHAT DRIVES HIM.
AND HE REALLY, FROM THE BOTTOM
OF HIS HEART, HE WANTS TO SEE
THIS COUNTRY BE GREAT AGAIN.
>> DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THERE
ARE PEOPLE WHO LIKENESS, OR
SUPER HAVE THIS CONCERN ABOUT
HIM?
>> SURE.
YES
AND I HAVE -- I DO NOT SHARE
THAT CONCERN.
I KNOW HIM.
I KNOW WHAT MOTIVATES HIM AND HE
REALLY, FROM THE BOTTOM OF HIS
HEART, HE WANTS TO SEE THIS
COUNTRY BE GREAT AGAIN.
HE WILL ABSOLUTELY KEEP US SAFE
AGAIN.
I'M A MOM.
I'M A GRAND MOM.
>> THAT SEGMENT DOESN'T TURN
INTO A POLITICAL MESSAGE.
THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M HOPING FOR
TODAY.
WHAT I WANT TO GET FROM YOU,
YOUR PERSPECTIVE ON THIS
FLIPPING OF THE THE ELECTORAL
COLLEGE, HAS NOT HAPPENED IN
HISTORY.
>> CORRECT.
>> ANY CONCERNS THAT THIS EFFORT
WOULD BE SUCCESSFUL.
>> I DO NOT BELIEVE.
>> AND LET ME ASK YOU THIS.
IN FLORIDA AS IN MANY STATES,
ACTUALLY NOT VOTING AS AN
ELECTOR FOR THE PERSON, FOR WHOM
THIS STATE HAS ELECTED
ELECTORALLY IS A CRIME.
SO IN YOUR OPINION, DO THESE
PEOPLE -- ARE THEY COMMITTING A
CRIME BY AIDING AND ABETTING
THIS SUGGESTION THAT SOMEONE
BREAK THE LAW?
>> WELL, I WOULD ASSUME YES
BECAUSE IF SOMEONE IS TRYING TO
GET YOU TO COMMIT A CRIME,
THAT'S ALMOST -- IT'S AWFUL.
IT'S AN AWFUL THING.
I WILL HONOR AND I THINK THE
FLORIDA 29 WILL HONOR OUR
OBLIGATION TO SUPPORT MR. TRUMP
AND UPHOLD OUR OBLIGATIONS.
>> HAVE YOU SPOKEN TO YOUR STATE
ATTORNEY ABOUT THAT KIND OF
PRESSING OF CHARGES?
>> NO.
I'M TRYING TO KEEP MYSELF AND MY
FAMILY SAFE AND MAKE SURE I GET
TO TALLAHASEE TOMORROW TO CAST
MY VOTE.
>> YOU'RE LEAVING TOMORROW FOR
TALLAHASSEE?
>> YES.
>> WHAT ARE YOU EXPECTING
TOMORROW?
ARE YOU AMAZED THERE'S SO MUCH
ATTENTION TO WHAT YOU'RE DOING?
>> I'M SHOCKED.
WHEN I AGREED TO BE AN ELECTOR,
I PRETTY MUCH THOUGHT IT WAS
PROCEDURAL.
I'M ASTONISHED BY THE VOL OF
MAIL AND CALLS.
IT'S OKAY.
WE'RE PREPARED AND --
>> AND WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF
SCRUTINY.
WE'LL BE WATCHING VERY CAREFULLY
AND WISH YOU LUCK AND SAFE
TRAVELS.
>> AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS.
>> THANK YOU.
YOU GOT THE RED MEMO?
>> I DID.
>> AND COMING BACK THROUGH A
LOCAL LENS.
THE CRISIS UNFOLDING IN LEPPO
RIGHT NOW AS WE SPEAK.
STAY TUNED.
>> AT THE UNITED NATIONS, A
SECURITY COUNCIL VOTE IN AN
INVOLVEMENT IN A LEPPO, COMES AS
A CIVILIAN EVACUATIONS ARE
INTERRUPTED.
THE BUSES ARE READY TO TAKE
EVACUEES TO SAFETY ARE BURNING.
THE AP IS REPORTING MILITANTS
HAVE SET FIRE TO A NUMBER OF
BUSES ASSIGNED TO EVACUATE
WOUNDED AND SICK PEOPLE TO TWO
VILLAGES IN NORTHERN SYRIA.
A MASS EVACUATION IS UNDER WAY
OF CITIZENS AND REBEL FIGHTERS
TRAPPED IN CONSTANT FIGHTING
WITH SYRIAN AND GOVERNMENT
TROOPS IF EAST AL LEPPO.
AND IT RAISES QUESTIONS OF U.S.
ACTION AND INACTION.
EARLIER THIS WEEK, WE ASKED
COUNCIL, ON THE HOUSE FOREIGN
AFFAIRS COMMITTEE.
>> PRESIDENT OBAMA HAD AN
OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE
IN SYRIA WHEN HE CAME TO
CONGRESS, IF SYRIA USES GAS,
THAT'S A RED LINE WE WILL NOT
PUT UP.
IF THEY CROSS THE RED LINE, WE
WILL TAKE ACTION.
MANY OF US IN CONGRESS, YES,
PRESIDENT OBAMA, WE'RE WITH YOU.
LET'S TAKE ACTION IN SYRIA.
WE DIDN'T TAKE ACTION.
ASSAD HAS USED CHEMICAL GAS TIME
AND TIME AGAIN.
WE GAVE THE GREEN LIGHT TO
RUSSIA, TO BE THE PEACEKEEPER
AND WE'VE SEEN RUSSIA HAS BEEN
PART AND PARCEL OF THE PROBLEM.
MASSACRING INNOCENT CIVILIANS
ALONG WITH THE ASSAD'S REGIME.
>> THE INTERNATIONAL POLITICS OF
SYRIA SETS UP OUR LOCAL
CONVERSATION ABOUT THE PEOPLE
AND SOUTH FLORIDA'S ROLE.
>>> DURAGOG ASTANNY IS A
PEDIATRICIAN IN SESSION.
HIS ROLE.
AND SHE HAS REPORTED ON THE
MIDDLE EASTERN COMMUNITY FOR THE
MIAMI HERALD A HOLDS A MASTE
S
TER
IN MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES.
THANK YOU DOCTOR FOR BEING WITH
US.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO START, I KNOW
I SPEAK TO SO MANY WATCHING THIS
HORRIFIC HUMANITARIAN CRISIS
UNFOLD, VIA SATELLITE IN OUR
HOMES.
AND I WANT TO GET A SENSE FROM
YOU, WHAT IS HAPPENING THERE AND
WHY ISN'T THE WORLD APPARENTL
RESPONDING TO WHAT WE SEE?
>> SURE.
WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE SIMPLY IS
GENOCIDE.
AND WHY THE WORLD IS NOT
RESPONDING, BECAUSE SIMPLY,
THERE IS NO LEADERSHIP.
AND I MEAN BY THAT, OUR
ADMINISTRATION, WILL DECIDE IT
AS, YOU KNOW, NOT TO GET
INVOLVED.
>> WE SAW, AS YOU HEARD, THE
CONGRESSWOMAN TALK ABOUT THERE'S
A THREAT OF INVOLVEMENT, A LINE
IN THE SAND THAT WAS CROSSED AND
NO CONSEQUENCE
>> YES.
>> AND I'M GUESSING THAT YOU'RE
TAKE, THAT WAS PART OF THE
PROBLEM?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
WHAT HAS TAKEN FOR OUR
PRESIDENT, JUST TO DELIVER, A
ATTACK THE REGIME AT THAT TIME,
AND THEN WE WILL NOT HAVE ENDED
WITH THE GENOCIDE, THAT I THINK
THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING.
BECAUSE WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT
NOW, EVERYBODY IS TALKING ABOUT
THE LEPPER AND MILLION PEOPLE.
ROBERT HORD, SAID, WHAT'S NEXT
IS EMINENT, 1 1/2 MILLION PEOPLE
WHO WILL GET GENOCIDE IN THE
NEXT 12 MONTHS.
>> THE HEAD OF AL ASHEM TODAY,
WHICH IS THE OFFICIAL HOLOCAU
MEMORIAL.
HE TALKED ABOUT HOW THIS GLOBAL
MONSTROSITY, TO REMEMBER HUMAN
MONSTROSITY IN A GRAND SCALE.
FINDS HIMSELF SPEAKING FOR
SOMETHING DECADES LATER.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WATCHING ARE
NOT CLEAR.
THERE'S NO WHITE KNIGHT AND
BLACK KNIGHT HERE.
IT'S SO CONFUSING.
THE SIDES AND WHOM IS FIGHTING
WHOM.
GIVE US A PREMER ON WHAT WE
SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE CONTRACT?
>> THIS IS THE ARAB SPRINGS WHEN
IT STARTED.
WHEN THE ARAB SPRINGS STARTED,
REMEMBER IN EGYPT, TENNISIA.
PEOPLE UPRISING.
THIS IS THE AS A RESULT OF THE
UPRISING.
THE POINT IS TO GET RID OF
PRESIDENT ASSAD.
THE OTHER SIDE, WHEN YOU'RE A
DICTATOR YOUR MAIN GOAL IS TO
REMAIN IN POWER.
AS LONG AS HE REMAINS IN THE
SEAT, HE HAS FUNDING COMING FROM
IRAN, RUSSIA.
IT'S HELPING HIM.
>> AND SO FROM AN AMERICAN
PRISON LOOKING AT RUSSIA'S
INFLUENCE THERE, RUSSIA IS THE
ENEMY OF OUR ENEMY.
AND SO OUR FRIEND IN THE CASE.
AND HOW DOES THAT EVEN PLAY OUT?
>> WITH RUSSIA?
HONESTLY, I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER
TO THAT AND I WISH I DID.
AND YOU HAVE A COUNTRY THAT'S
KIND OF LIKE YOU SAID, AN ENEMY
AND FRIEND AT THE SAME TIME.
YOU HAVE A COUNTRY THAT'S
SUPPORTING THE BOMBINGS, AND
SUPPORTING WHAT YOU CALL
GENOCIDE OVER THERE.
HOW DO YOU COMBAT THAT?
>> LET ME BRING IT TO YOU.
THERE'S AN INTERVIEW, PARADISE,
YOU DID THIS WEEK, WITH A YOUNG
WOMAN NAMED DEMA.
SHE'S NOT A REFUGEE.
SHE'S NOT AMONG THE REFUGEE, BUT
PART OF SYRIAN FAMILY WHO IS
HERE BECAUSE OF THE WAR.
>> ONE OF THE GUYS FROM THE
ARMY, OPENED THE DOOR AND PUT A
GUN TO MY SISTER'S HEAD.
AFTER THAT HAPPENED, WE HAD TO
LEAV
SOME BUILDINGS HAVE FALLEN DUE
TO BOMBS AND THERE'S PEOPLE IN
THERE ALIVE.
AND NOBODY COULD GO IN THERE TO
SA THEM.
SO THIS IS JUST BECOME THEIR
GRAVE.
WE'RE FIVE YEARS IN AND THERE'S
NO LIGHT AT THE END OF TH
TUNNEL.
>> SO DOCTOR, HERE'S THE STORY,
THE HEARTACHE AND LOSS OCCURRING
RIGHT NOW.
FLORIDA IS ONE OF THE STATES
ACCEPTING SYRIAN REFUGEES.
PROBABLY ONE OF FIVE STATES THAT
HAS THE MOST RELATIVELY
SPEAKING.
WHAT ARE THEY GOING THROUGH HER
HERE?
>> THEY ESCAPE FROM HELL ON
EARTH AND ARE GOING ANOTHER
DIFFERENT TYPE OF HELL ON EARTH.
WE HAVE OVER 50 FAMILIES WE'VE
RECEIVED.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT INITIALLY
SAID THEY WANT TO SUPPORT THEM
FOR SIX MONTHS AND NOW THEY CUT
IT TO THREE MONTHS.
THEY COME WITH A WIFE AND FOUR
OR FIVE CHILDREN.
CULTURAL SHOCK AND NO SUPPORT,
THE COMMUNITY TRYING TO JUST
GATHER AND SUPPORT THEM.
BUT WITHOUT THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT REALLY STANDING
BEHIND THEM, IT'S JUST ANOTHER
TYPE OF HELL ON EARTH.
>> AND OF COURSE.
>> AND ONE OF THE BIG PROBLEMS
WE'RE HAVING, FUNDING IS CUT
AFTER CERTAIN POINT.
SOME OF THEM AFTER THREE MONTHS,
THEY ARE FACING EVICKTION.
THESE PEOPLE HAVE HAVING A HARD
TIME FINDING JOBS, EVEN.
THEY ARE GOING BACK TO BRINK OF
HOMELESSNESS, AFTER COMING BACK
TO BECOMING A REFUGEE IN THE
COUNTRY.
THERE'S A CRISIS AMONG THE 50
FAMILIES, DAILY, WE DON'T KNOW
HOW WE'RE GOING TO EAT.
THESE ARE NOT SINGLE PEOPLE.
THESE ARE PEOPLE COMING WITH
THREE OR FIVE CHILDREN.
>> THE UNITED STATES IS NOT THE
ONLY COUNTRY ACCEPTING SYRIAN
REFUGEES.
WHAT'S THE GLOBELE RULE HERE?
>> THE MAIN COUNTRIES TAKING
THRUST OF THIS IS THE
NEIGHBORING COUNTRY.
TURKEY, LEBANON AND JORDAN.
THEY ARE GETTING A LOT OF
FINANCIAL SUPPORT, NOT ENOUGH,
OF COURSE, FROM THE UNITED
NATIONS.
AND OTHER NGO'S BASICALLY.
>> IN MY CONVERSATION WITH THE
CONGRESSWOMAN EARLIER THIS WEEK,
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT REFUGEES.
SHE BROUGHT UP THAT ISIS HAD
THREATENED TO INFILTRATE REFUGEE
POPULATION WITH TERRORISTS IN
THE UNITED STATES.
IS THAT FAIR?
IS THAT SOMETHING YOU'RE
CONCERNED WITH?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I THINK WHAT OUR PRESIDENT-ELECT
SAID, I SUPPORT.
HE SAID, I WILL DO EVERYTHING TO
KEEP THESE PEOPLE THERE, BECAUSE
I SEE THEY ARE SUFFERING HERE.
IF WE CREATE A SAFE ZONE, AS OUR
PRESIDENT-ELECT AND KEEP THEM
THERE, IT'S BETTER FOR THEM.
AND IT'S BETTER FOR US.
>> I THINK HE CALLED IT EXTREME
VETTING.
>> AND RIGHT.
THAT'S FOR THE REFUGEE.
HE SAID I WANT TO KEEP THEM
THERE WITH SAFE ZONE.
AND IF HE KEEPS THEM THERE,
THERE'S NO NEED TO BRING THEM.
>> AND WHAT'S A SAFE ZONE?
YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING
IN AND ANYONE COULD BE A
TERRORISTS.
YOU HAVE TWO YEARS WORT A
VETTING PROCESS ALREADY THAT'S
IN PLACE TO GET THESE PEOPLE
CLEAR TO COME IN.
THESE ARE PEOPLE WHOSE CHILDREN
ARE GOING TO SCHOOL IN TWO
YEARS.
FAMILIES ARE BASICALLY LIVING IN
THE CAMPS.
JORDAN, I THINK THEY MAY HAVE
LIFTED RECENTLY.
FOR THE LONGEST TIMES, PEOPLE
ARE NOT WORKING.
THES ARE TWO YEARS OF THEIR
LIVES THAT ARE ON PAUSE.
IT SOUNDS GREAT, WHAT DOES MORE
VETTING MEAN?
WHAT DOES VETTING MEAN IN A SAFE
ZONE.
>> WHAT WOULD BE A SAFE ZONE BE?
>> A SAFE ZONE, AN AREA WHERE
THE BOMBS DOESN'T THREAT THE
CIVILIAN.
THE RUSSIAN AIRPLANE DOESN'T
THREATEN AND THERE'S NO BOMBING
MUCH IT'S A SAFE AREA SO THEY
CAN LIVE IN THE AREA UNTIL THEY
FIND THE RESOLUTION.
THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
THEY DON'T WANT TO COME HERE IF
THEY HAVE A SAFE ZONE.
WHY ARE THEY HERE?
THEY ARE AFRAID TO GET KILLED.
WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT OUR
ENEMY, OUR FRIEND, SO MAYBE
TRUMP, LET'S CUT WHAT'S
HAPPENING AND HELP THE CIVILIAN.
AND DON'T BOMBARDING.
>> THEY HAVE BEEN BOMBARDING
HOSPITALS.
>> THE EVACUATION PROCESS AND
CEASE-FIRE FOR THAT HAS BEEN
BROKEN AT THE END OF LAST WEEK,
TOO
>> THANK YOU FOR COMING IN THIS
MORNING.
THIS IS THE UNITED NATIONS
SECURITY COUNCIL IS VOTING RIGHT
NOW.
HAVE WE HEARD WHAT THE VOTE WAS?
>> I'VE BEEN REFRESHING MY GRADE
FOR NOTHING.
>> AND I APPRECIATE YOUR INSIGHT
AND WE'LL BE IN TOUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
>>> NEXT UP, WE TAKE IT ALL TO
THIS WEEK'S ROUND TABLE.
STAY WITH US.
>> IT IS TIME FOR THE FINAL
ROUND TABLE OF THE YEAR.
WE'RE GOING OUT BIG.
PATRICIA IS THE LEAD REPORTER.
BILLY, HIS COMPANY, BEST KNOWN
AS COCAINE COWBOYS AND THE U.
HT SMITH IS AN ATTORNEY AND UBER
LAW PROFESSOR.
AND JUSTICES TIN CHAFEE IS AN
ATTORNEY, AND DAILY ROUND-UP OF
POLITICAL NEWS AND OPINION FOR
AROUND THE STATE.
YOU JOIN MORE THAN THAT.
WELCOME.
WE HAVE A VACATION COMING UP
>> HAVEN'T SEEN YOU SINCE THE
THE HOLIDAY.
UP UNTIL YESTERDAY, WE WERE
WAITING OUTSIDE VERSI.
>> AS THEY SAY IN SATURDAY NIGHT
LIVE.
>> AND WE WANT TO START WITH THE
ELECTORAL COLLEGE.
AND PATTY, POLITICAL REPORTER,
YOU LISTENED TO ROBERT BERNSTEIN
ABOUT THE EFFORT TO FLIP THE
VOTE.
WHAT'S GOING ON THERE?
>> THE FIRST PERSON TO MENTION
THAT TO ME, THE ELECTION RESULTS
COMING IN.
YOU HAVE TO ASK THE ELECTORS.
>> AND I UNDERSTAND, THAT MAYBE
ORIGINALLY, BACK WHEN THE
COUNTRY WAS FOUNDED, MEDICALLY,
SOMETHING HAS HAPPENED.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THE WAY
THINGS EVOLVED.
LAST WEEK, I'VE BEEN FASCINATED
TO SEE THE PHOTOS POSTED ON
TWITTER AND FACEBOOK ON THE
LIKES, WHO RAN DONALD TRUMP'S
CAMPAIGN.
INUNDATED LIKE HER MAILBOX
STUFFED WITH ENVELOPES.
AND, YOU KNOW, BOBBY WAS SAYING,
SHE DIDN'T READ THEM.
I IMAGINE THAT'S THE CASE FOR A
THE LO OF ELECTORS.
AND THE PERSON WHO RAN THE
WINNING CAMPAIGN TO CHANGE HER
MIND.
HAVING SAID THAT, I THINK THE
QUESTION WOULD BE LIKE, COMES UP
EVERY FOUR YEARS AND GOES AWAY,
BECAUSE WHOEVER THE WINNER IS
NEVER GOING TO BE INTERESTED IN
CHANGING THAT.
>> WHO IS THE WINNER, THOUGH?
DOESN'T THAT QUESTION VAGUE.
>> TELLS YOU WHO --
>> AND TO BORROW DONALD TRUMP'S
TWITTER-TYPE, A LOT OF PEOPLE
WHO WANT TO SEE H U
UNPRESIDENTED.
>> IT'S HISTORIC TO THINK, MANY
PEOPLE WHO WANT TO CHANGE
SOMETHING.
>> ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE A
PRESIDENT WHO LOST THAN MORE
VOTE THAN ANY PRESIDENT IN THE
HISTORY.
WHEN YOU HAVE THE LOSER IN THE
ELECTION WHO WON MORE VOTES THAN
ANY PRESIDENT IN HISTORY OTHER
THAN BARACK OBAMA IN 2008.
I AGREE T HAMILTON ELECTION,
IS MORE LIKELY, BUT IT'S NOT
UNDER THE REL M OF ABILITY.
>> FIRST OF ALL, THE FOUNDERS,
REALLY DID A WONDERFUL IDEA WITH
THE REGARD OF ELECTORAL COLLEGE,
NUMBER ONE.
NUMBER TWO, IT SHOULD B
UTILIZED ONLY WHEN SOMETHING
SUBSTANTIAL HAPPENS WITH THE
TIME OF THE VOTE AND TIME OF
COLLEGE.
FOR EXAMPLE, YOU COULD HAV A
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE WHO GETS
INDICTED.
AND COULD FIND, THEY WERE
CONSPIREING WITH RUSSIANS TO
MANIPULATE THE ELECTIONS.
THE PRESIDENT-ELECT WILL BE CO
CONFIRME
CONFIRMED
>> AND I THINK IT'S
UNPRECEDENTED AND WORRISOME FOR
THE PRESIDENTIAL OF OUR
DEMOCRACY.
THERE'S A GROUP FROM THE LEFT
WHO IS TRYING TO OVERTURN THE
RESULTS OF THE ELECTION.
>> IT HAPPENED IN 2000, RIGHT?
>> IT HAPPENED IN 2000.
THEY TRIED TO GET A LITTLE TO
CHANGE.
>> YES.
>> AMID SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT THEY
DID.
>> THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME SENSE
OF COMING TOGETHER.
THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME SENSE OF
WINNING THE ELECTION AND
ACCEPTANCE.
HEAL THE WOUNDS.
WE CAN'T HAVE A CONSTANT
CAMPAIGN.
AMERICA NEEDS TIME FOR EVERYONE
TO COME TOGETHER.
LIKE BARACK OBAMA, LIKE HILLARY
CLINTON SAID AFTER THE ELECTION,
LET'S GIVE THE PRESIDENT-ELECT A
CHANCE TO RUN THE COUNTRY AND TO
DO GOOD FOR OUR COUNTRY.
AND LET'S ACCEPT IT.
>> WAS A THANK YOU TOUR, A
HEALING TOUR.
>> HIS THANK YOU TOUR WAS
SHOWING THANKS TO THE PEOPLE WHO
ELECTED HIM TO BE PRESIDENT.
>> I THINK THAT IT WAS
ABSOLUTELY APPROPRIATE FOR THE
PRESIDENT-ELECT TO GO TO THE
STATES, THAT THE PEOPLE IN THE
LEFT, ARE THE ONES -- I TEACH MY
CHILDREN, WHEN YOU LOSE A BALL
GAME, WHEN YOU LOSE AN LaCROSSE
GAME, A BASKETBALL GAME, YOU
CONGRATULATE THE WINNER.
I TEACH THEM, TO BE A GOOD
SPORT, THERE'S GOOD SPORTS
>> I'M SORRY THE PEOPLE ON THE
RIGHT ARE ONLY GIVING THIS
LATITUDE TO TRUMP.
THEY GAVE NO SUCH LATITUDE FOR
EIGHT YEARS FOR BARACK OBAMA.
THEY CALLED HIM A MUSLIM AND
KENYAN.
>> THE RIGHT NEVER TRIES TO
OVERTURN.
>> AND IF YOU WERE CONCERNED
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,
YOU WOULD SAY, I WON THE
ELECTION, BUT LET'S INVESTIGATE.
LET'S HAVE A BIPARTISAN
ELECTION, TO UNDERSTAND, THE
FASCIST REGIME IN RUSSIA MAY
HAVE IMPACTED THE RESULTS OF THE
ELECTION.
AND THE PRESIDENT, UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA TO SUPPORT VLADIMIR
PUTIN.
WHAT KIND OF COMING TOGETHER,
AMERICA JOINING HANDS ACROSS THE
ISLES IS THAT?
>> NOT ONLY THAT, THE
DIVISIVENESS.
>> SCREEN.
>> AND THE DIVISIVENESS WAS
INSTIG GATED BY DONALD TRUMP.
HE'S THE ONE THAT SAYS, THE
ELECTION IS RIGGED.
NOW THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH
THE ELECTION BECAUSE I WON.
YOU CAN'T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS.
>> I DON'T DISAGREE THE ELECTION
WAS RIGGED.
SINCE WHEN HAS THE ELECTIONS
BEEN RIGGED BY THE WHITE GUY
>> THE HEADLINES THIS WEEK WERE
ABOUT THE INTELLIGENCE
COMMUNITY.
I THINK ON THE SAME PAGE THAT
RUSSIA AND PROBABLY RUNNED BY
VLADIMIR PUTIN D HAVE SOME
ACTIVITY IN TRYING TO SWAY THE
ELECTION.
THE WHY AND THE AGENDA IS NOT
CLEAR.
IS THAT A CONCERN?
>> I THINK IT ABSOLUTELY IS A
CONCERN.
IT'S VERY MUCH OF A CONCERN BUT
I DON'T THINK IT'S A REASON FOR
PEOPLE TO CHANGE ELECTORS, TO
CHANGE THEIR ELECTORAL COLLEGE
VOTE.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S A
LEGITIMATE VOTE. HOWEVER, I
WOULD SAY IN LAST YEAR SEPTEMBER
2016, THE WASHINGTON POST
REPORTED THERE WAS HACKING INTO
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S OFFICE
OF PERSONAL MANAGEMENT, 22
MILLION RECORDS OF PEOPLE WHO
HAD SECURITY CLEARANCES WERE
HACKED INTO AND WERE RELEASED
TO.
THEY SUSPECT THERE WAS CHINESE
HACKERS.
I KNOW FRIENDS OF MINE WHO WORK
FOR PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH.
THERE WERE FRIENDS, THERE'S
INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR FRIENDS
AND FAMILY.
TO ME, THAT'S MUCH MORE
EGREGIOUS CYBERATTACK ON THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 22
MILLION AMERICANS, WHO WORK FOR
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, LOTS OF
SENSITIVE DATA AND WE'RE NOT
LOOKING INTO THE SENATE TO LOOK
INTO THAT.
THAT'S MORE OF A THREAT OF
NATIONAL SECURITY.
>> WITH A PIVOT LIKE THAT, YOU
COULD HAVE GOTTEN YOUR 10
THOUSAND STEPS IN.
I DON'T DISAGREE.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
I THINK BECAUSE WE DID NOTHING
ABOUT IT, IT IS ALLOWED, THE
DOOR OPEN.
AMERICA'S DEMOCRACY.
>> YAHOO! HAS A HUGE BREACH OF
E-MAIL.
>> SET UP E-MAIL ACCOUNTS.
PEOPLE GO ABOUT.
THEY DON'T SEE, HACKING, IT'S
NOT A CONCRETE ICY TO SEE.
THIS IS WHAT WAS STOLEN.
>> AND NEW YORK TIMES DID AN
EFFECTIVE STORY.
>> AND THAT STORY, EVERYBODY
SHOULD BE, SHOCKING.
HOW TINY, LITTLE HUMAN ERROR
AFTER ANOTHER LEADS TO A
HUMONGOUS PROBLEM.
I'M NOT SURE IF THE GENERAL
PUBLIC WORRIES ABOUT HACKING.
>> JUSTIN IS CORRECT.
AND THIS IS, WHAT HE'S TALKING
ABOUT IS A MUCH BIGGER ACT.
BUT NOT MORE CONSEQUENCIAL.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT UNDERMINING
DEMOCRACY.
OUR ELECTION OF THE PEOPLE, THE
PEOPLE THAT READS US, IS THE
FOUNDATION OF OUR NATION.
WE DEFINITELY NEED A SELECT
COMMITTEE TO LOOK INTO THAT.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
WE SHOULD HAVE A SELECT
COMMITTEE.
>> THE RESPONSIBILITY LIES WITH
BARACK OBAMA.
THE FACT THAT VLADIMIR PUTIN
THOUGHT HE COULD COME IN AND
ATTACK -- OBAMA CAMPAIGNED WITH
HILLARY CLINTON THE WAY HE
NEVER.
VLADIMIR PUTIN HAD NO FEAR
WHATSOEVER, HE COULD COME IN AND
INTERFERE TRY TO TAKE DOWN
HILLARY CLINTON.
THE REASON FOR THAT, HE DIDN'T
FEAR BARACK OBAMA THIS.
I HATE TO SEE BARACK OBAMA LEAVE
OFFICE, IF IT'S TRUE HE DID
THIS, MANY IN THE INTELLIGENCE
PEOPLE THINK IT WAS, IT'S
HURTFU TO THE UNITED STATES.
IT SENDS A MESSAG IF THEY CAN
DO THAT IN THE UNITED STATES,
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT GERMANS,
IT'S POSSIBLE IN SWEDDEN, IF
THEY CAN DO IT IN THE UNITED
STATES, IT IS A PROBLEM.
>> AND PUTIN IS GOING TO FEAR
TRUMP.
>> I WANT TO SAY, HOL
.
>> WE ARE BACK WITH A REALLY
ROCKING ROUND TABLE.
I WANT TO HAVE A REPORT, THAT
FLORIDA HAS BEEN FUNDING
MEDICAID FOR DEAD
MOST OF THE 20 MILLION NOW
RETURNED.
THIS HAS TO BE A GUT KICK TO THE
STATE?
>> $26 MILLION PAID OUT TO
MEDICAID IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
OBAMA CARE DOES REQUIRE COVERAGE
EVEN IF YOU HAVE A PREEXISTING
CONDITION.
AND WHICH IS RARE.
THEY'VE SEEN TO HAVE CRAWLED
BACK.
WITH MEDICARE AND MEDICAID, WHAT
HAPPENS, THEY AUTOMATICALLY PAY
OUT.
LATER, IF SOME ISSUE IS RAISED,
COULD THEY GET IT BACK.
MEANWHILE, THOSE WHO ARE LIVING,
TRYING TO GET THE BENEFITS.
YET THE DEAD PEOPLE GET IT.
THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH CUBA.
IN A LOT OF CASES, YOU HAVE IN
SOUTH FLORIDA, HUNDREDS AND
MILLIONS OF MEDICARE FRAUD, WHO
HAVE GONE TO THE ISLAND WITH
THEIR ILL-GOTTEN GAINS FROM THE
FEDERAL TAX MONEY.
IN SOME CASES, THEY BECOME A
GOVERNOR OF FLORIDA.
>> TWO DIFFERENT APPLES AND
ORANGES.
>> AND LIKE A VERBAL MEDICAID
BASKET.
>> HE HAS HIS 10 THOUSAND.
>> CATCH UP.
>> THESE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS
THAT UNDERMINE THE GOVERNMENT.
CONFIRM TO THE PEOPLE THAT YOU
ARE PAYING ARE ALIVE.
THAT JUST SHOWS A TOTAL
INCOMPETENCE.
>> THE BIGGEST QUESTION, DOES
THIS PUT A DENT IN THE PRIVATE
MODEL THAT THE GOVERNOR WANTS
THE STATE TO HAVE?
>> I WOULD SAY, YOU CAN'T BEAT
SOMETHING WITH NOTHING.
THE PRIVATE MODEL, I DON'T THINK
HAS ITS FLAWS.
I DON'T THINK IT'S ANY BETTER
THAN THE PUBLIC MODEL.
CERTAINLY THE PUBLIC MODEL, WAS
NOT AN ERROR-FREE, FRAUD-FREE
MODEL EITHER.
WE SPEND A LOT OF MONEY IN THE
STATE, IN THE COUNTRY ON
MEDICAID AND HEALTH CARE AND
MEDICARE.
WE KNOW SOUTH FLORIDA HAPPENS TO
BE A PLACE WHERE THERE'S A LOT
OF HEALTH CARE FRAUD THAT GOES
ON IN THE MEDICAID OR MEDICAL
PROGRAM.
OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS A HORRIFIC
EXAMPLE OF FRAUD.
IT IS GOOD NEWS, THEY HAD
RECOVERED A LOT AND MOST OF THE
MONEY.
YOU CAN'T INDICT THE PRIVATE
SYSTEM BECAUSE THE PUBLIC SYSTEM
WAS NOT BETTER.
>> AND THE REASON THEY PAY OUT
WAS BECAUSE THEY WANT THERE TO
BE A CONTINUITY OF CARE FOR
PEOPLE WHO ARE ALIVE, THE
MAJORITY OF PEOPLE THEY HELP.
TRYING TO FIND A WAY AROUND
THAT, WE ARE NOT GOING TO PAY
UNTIL THEY VERIFY IF YOU ARE
ALIVE.
IF YOU ARE AND YOU ARE SICK,
THAT WILL DELAY YOUR
MEDICATIONS, YOU HAVE TO WONDER
IF THAT FIX WILL BE WORST THAN
THEM TRYIN TO CLAW MONEY BACK.
>> THIS IS SORT OF LIKE, IS
THERE ANY POSITIVE NEWS HERE
WHATSOEVER?
>> AT LEAST WE'RE NOT TALKI
ABOUT DEAD VOTERS.
>> THIS MORNING, THERE'S SOME
NEWS.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE DEATH OF
FADEL.
RIGHT NOW WE KNOW THERE'S
ARRESTS OF SOME DISSIDENTS OF
GOVERNMENT OPPONENT, AL SEXO,
MALDONADO'S ATTORNEY, WAS
DETAINED.
AMERICAN HUMAN RIGHTS ATTORNEY
WAS DETAINED.
AT LEAST WE LEARNED 16 HOURS
AGO.
WHAT DOES THAT SAY IN THE SECOND
ANNIVERSARY OF THE OPENING OF
CUBAN-U.S. RELATIONS, THAT ARE
IN JEOPARDY WITH THE
PRESIDENT-ELECT, NO DOUBT.
WHAT DOES THIS DO TO THE WHOLE
PROCESS?
>> IT'S THE QUESTION, WHAT DID
YOU EXPECT?
IT WASN'T GOING TO CHANGE
OVERNIGHT.
IT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE IN TWO
YEARS.
WE HAVE 60 YEARS OF FAILED
POLICY WITH THE EMBARGO WITH NO
ALTERNATIVE SUGGESTED BY ANYONE
ELSE.
WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO INFECT
WAIT CHANGE 90 MILES AWAY FROM
AMERICA.
AND WHERE WE CERTAINLY SHOULD
BE.
AND I THINK IT WILL BE A
SLOW-GOING PROCESS.
I HOPE WE SEE THE NEW
ADMINISTRATION EMBRACE AND
SUPPORT IT.
>> AS THE GREAT ELLMANIAN ONCE
SAID, YOU CAN'T CREATE SOMETHING
WITH NOTHING.
SOMETHING WE HAVE SEEN FOR HALF
A CENTURY, WHAT WE WERE DOING
DID NOT WORK.
AND SOME WERE SAY, THE PERSON
WAS RELEASED SO QUICKLY ONLY
BECAUSE OF THE OPENING WE HAVE.
>> WE HAVE A STORY IN THE FRONT
PAPER, THE POLICY AND THE WHITE
HOUSE HAD A MUTED SET OF
MEETINGS WITH THEIR SUPPORTERS
TO BASICALLY RALLY, STAY IN
THIS.
THE SEAT WILL BE GONE.
AND ONE OF THE INTERESTING THING
IN REPORTING THAT, THERE'S A
REAL DISAGREEMENT AMONG WHAT TO
DO WITH THE DISSIDENTS BETWEEN,
AMONG THE TWO CAMPS.
THE ANTI-EMBARGO FOLKS AND
PRO-EMBARGO FOLKS.
THE PRO-EMBARGO SAY, THOSE ARE
THE PEOPLE WE SHOULD SUPPORT.
CUBA, WE SHOULD FUND THEM AND
NOTHING ELSE.
THE ANTI-EMBARGO FOLKS SAY, THAT
HASN'T WORKED.
WHAT THE NEED TO DO IT FUND THE
MIDDLE CLASS, BUSINESS CLASS,
AND NOT ALL THE DISSIDENTS AGREE
WITH EITHER OF THE POSITIONSES.
THERE'S A SPLIT AMONG THE
DISSIDENT COMMUNITY.
WHO GETS THE POWER OF THE UNITED
STATES POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT
BEHIND THEM?
IT'S ONE OF THE QUESTIONS UNDER
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION?
>> I THINK THIS ARRESTING AN
AMERICAN CITIZEN IN CUBA, W
WENT DOWN THERE TO DEFEND AND
ARTIST, WHO WAS JAILED AFTER
CASTRO'S DEATH, TELLS YOU, AT
LEAST FOR ME, ALL I NEED TO
KNOW.
THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA'S OPENING
IS BEING DISRESPECTE TO THE
CUBAN GOVERNMENT.
THEY WOULD ARREST AN AMERICAN
LAWYER DOWN THERE, ESPECIALLY
RIGHT NOW.
FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I THINK
DONALD TRUMP HAS LAID THE CASE
FOR CHANGING THE POLICY UNLESS
THERE'S A PEACE TO MIND, AND
THAT UNLESS WE GET A BETTER DEAL
FOR THE CUBAN PEOPLE, THAT HE'S
GOING TO UNDO WHAT PRESIDENT
OBAMAS DID.
I THINK THAT'S THE RIGHT
STRATEGY.
HOPEFULLY THERE CONDE --
HOPEFULLY, DEMOCRATIC REFORM.
>>ND A THIS IS THE SAME DONALD
TRUMP, WHO WAS THERE IN
VIOLATION OF THE EMBARGO, TRYING
TO MAKE MONEY.
HIS HYPOCRISY.
WE DON'T WANT TO HEAR WHAT HE
HAS TO SAY.
ONE THING, WE CAN AGREE, IF
THERE IS CHANGE, IT HAS TO BE
FROM CUBA.
NOT 90 MILES AWAY.
>> I WILL MAKE AN EXECUTIVE
DECISION.
WE WILL BE COMING BACK FOR ONE
MORE ROUND TABLE.
STAY TUNED
.
>> HERE'S A ROUND TABLE BONUS,
AND FOR 2017.
AND THIS WEEK IN SOUTH FLORIDA.
>> AND EVERYBODY IS ABOUT AN
ACRONYM.
HG SMITH, YOUR PREDICTIONS FOR
2017 AS YOU SIT.
>> ERIC SCHNEIDERMAN, THE PERSON
WHO HANDLED THE SETTLEMENT, $25
MILLION SETTLEMENT INVOLVING
TRUMP'S UNIVERSITY, HE'S
INVESTIGATING ISSUES INVOLVING
THE TRUMP FOUNDATION AND ILLEGAL
ACTIVITY.
I PREDICT HE WILL CALL FOR
DONALD TRUMP AND THE FOUNDATION
TO BE INDICTED.
>> THAT'S ON TAPE AND DULY
RECORDED AND WE'LL CHECK BACK.
>> SINCE WE'VE BEEN TALKING
ABOUT PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP, I
THINK PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP WILL
EXCEED EVERYBODY'S EXPECTATIONS.
I JUST READ SOMETHING OVER THE
WEEKEND, HIS FOREIGN POLICY TEAM
IS GOING TO FAIL.
I THINK THE EXPECTATIONS FOR A
LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE MAINSTREAM
NEWS MEDIA HAS BEEN SET VERY
LOW.
I THINK THEY WILL SEE THE
ECONOMY DO VERY WELL.
I THINK YOU WILL SEE A POSITIVE
AGENDA PASS THROUGH CONGRESS.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, KEEP
EXPECTATIONS LOW AND HIGH
PERFORMANCE HIGH.
>> IT'S EVERY POLITICIAN'S
DREAM.
>> BILLY, WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> 2016 HAS BEEN A GREAT YEAR,
IF YOU HATE FREEDOM AND GOOD
MUSIC.
BUT COME ON.
I'M HERE FOR COMIC RELIEF.
I'M ONE OF THE GUESTS.
I'M THE COURT GESTURE ON THE
CLOWN.
AND FOR 2017, I THINK THE RICH
WILL GET RICHER.
POORER WILL GET POORER AND THE
MIAMI DOLPHINS WILL WIN THE
SUPER BOWL.
>> BRING ME BACK FOR THAT ONE.
>> WE WILL NEED TO HAVE THAT
CONVERSATION.
>> WHO NEVER THOUGHT BEGINNING
OF THE YEAR, THE HIGHLIGHTS OF
THE 2016, WOULD BE THE MIAMI
DOLPHINS.
>> WHAT CAN WE DO WITH THE
CANES?
>> BE PATIENT.
>> PATTY, UNDERSTANDING THAT
YOU'RE A POLITICAL REPORTER WITH
NO BIAS AND NO TAKE
>> ANY PREDICTIONS ABOUT 2016.
I PREDICT I WILL NEVER TURN MY
TWITTE ALERTS OFF, TWITT THAT
YOU'RE FOLLOWING.
I THINK DONALD TRUMP HAS SAVED
TWITTER.
NOW HIS ALERTS WILL BE BAKED ON
MY PHONE.
>> DO YOU KNOW, COULD WE TAKE
THAT FOR A MOMENT.
TWITTER, AS A REPORTING TOOL HAS
NEVER BEEN BETTER.
>> UH-HUH.
>> OR WORST.
>> I AGREE.
I'M ALWAYS SHOCKED AND I
SHOULDN'T BE BY CONFIRMATIO
BIAS OF PEOPLE WHO IS BELIEVING
WHAT IS TO BE REPORTED.
I THINK MEDI LITERACY AND
TRYING TO PLAY OUR ROAM, THAT WE
ARE SUPPOSED TO PLAY IN A
DEMOCRACY.
>> I'M PROUD TO STILL BE
TWITTERLESS.
>> PARDON ME, I DON'T TALK TO
EGGS.
WOULD HE UPLOAD AN AVAT TAR.
>> HE'LL BE BACK WITH 2017, WITH
TWIZS.
I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR
BEING WITH US.
YOU'RE GREAT.
WE LOVED HAVING YOU ALL YEAR AND
NEXT YEAR.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS.
>> HAPPY HOLIDAYS.
>> AND MERRY CHRISTMAS.
WE'RE SAYING MERRY CHRISTMAS,
AGAIN, FOLKS.
>> HAPPY KWANZAA FOR THOSE WHO
DON'T BELIEVE IN ANYTHING.
>> AND WE'RE NOT DONE YET.
GOVERNMENT IN THE SUNSHINE
PERSONALLY BROUGHT TO YOU THIS
WEEK BY MR. 305 AND HIS SEX
.
>> IT IS SO WARM OUT THERE.
WINDS OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST.
HERE'S A BEAUTIFUL VIEW AT THE
HOLIDAY BEACH CAM.
IT TURNED OUT TO BE A BEAUTIFUL
BEACH DAY AFTER STARTING WITH
LOTS OF CLOUDS AND SHOWERS.
THE SHOWERS HAVE DISSIPATED AND
TEMPERATURES GOING UP IN THE LOW
TO MID-80S EVENTUALLY.
WE WILL GET TO THE RECORD HIGH
OF 87 FOR MIAMI AND FORT
LAUDERDALE, WHICH WAS LAST
REACHED IN 1989.
IT FEELS LIKE OUT THERE.
IT FEELS CLOSE TO THE 90 DEGREE
MARK FOR A LOT OF PARTS OF SOUTH
FLORIDA.
HOMESTEAD ALREADY FEELING LIKE
THAT AND ABOVE THAT IN THE
MIDDLE KEY.
WE'LL CONTINUE WITH THE WARM
WEATHER PATTERN.
SO FAR WE'RE NICE AND QUIET OUT
THERE, WITH A COUPLE OF CLOUDS
BUILDING INLAND.
BY TOMORROW, STILL REACHING THE
MID-80S.
AND WE'RE SEEING ABOVE AVERAGE,
EVEN AS WE START OFF THE WINTER
SEASON BY WEDNESDAY.
BY FRIDAY, THAT'S WHERE THE NEXT
COLD FRONT WILL ARRIVE,
MODERATING THE COLD TEMPERATURES
IN THE 70s.
>> JENNIFER, THANK YOU.
>>> FULL DISCLOSURE.
I'M A BIG FAN OF MUSIC, PIT BULL
AND HIS MUSIC.
FOR HIS PURPOSES, WILL GET THE
SUNSHINE AND AWARD FOR THE
BUCKING DEMOCRATS AND HIS
LAWYERS, STATE TOURS AND
MARKETERS WOULD NOT.
THIS WEEK, HE WOULD REVEAL,
VISIT FLORIDA, STATE TOURISTS
AND MARKETERS PAID HIM MILLION
TAX DOLLARS TO PROMOTE FLORIDA,
WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT HE'S
ALREADY DOING AT NO COST.
IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT PIT
BULL BRAND BESIDES HIS CLOGGING
LINE AND VODKA, HE HAS SPENT HIS
WHOLE CAREER, PROMOTING THE 305.
HE'S KIND OF LIKE JACKIE GLEESON
AND MORE CHARMING, WITH A LATINO
BACK BEAT.
HIS FANS AROUND THE WORLD, THEY
GET THAT.
WHY WOULDN'T THE PEOPLE THAT RUN
VISIT FLORIDA?
RIGHT NOW THE CEO IS TAKING HEAT
FOR KEEPING PIT BULL'S CONTRACT
TERMS AS A TRADE SECRET.
HE SHOULD BE TAKING HEAT FOR NOT
KNOWING FREE PR, WHEN HE SEES
IT.
AND IN THIS CASE, HEAR IT.
FLORIDA LAWMAKERS ARE NOW
SCRUTINIZING, VISIT FLORIDA'S 79
MILLION DOLLAR ANNUAL BUDGET.
OF THAT, IT HAS SPENT THIS TIME,
COLLECTIVE 4 MILLION, IN THINGS
LIKES AUTO RACING, CALL THOSE
MOVES SMART MOVES TO TARGET HIGH
END, FOREIGN TRAVELERS.
AND FRIDAY, THE GOVERNOR
REQUESTED THE CEO OF -- DESIGN.
IT'S TOUGH TO TELL, H TOOK
ISSUE ON HOW THE MONEY WAS SPENT
OR HOW TO TAKE THE SPOTLIGHT ON
HIS TRADE SECRETS ON GOVERNMENT
SPENDING.
USING CELEBRITIES AS BRAND
AMBASSADOR, AND PROBABLY PRETTY
EFFECTIVE.
GOOD FOR PIT BULL, MAKING AS
MUCH MONEY AS THEY CAN.
THIS TIME TAXPAYERS ARE FITTING
THE MILLION DOLLAR BILL FOR
SOMETHING THEY'VE BEEN GETTING
ALL ALONG FOR FREE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
WE INVITE YOU TO WEIGH IN ON ANY
TOPIC YOU WANT, FACEBOOK,
TWITTER, ANY OF THE ADDRESSES.
AND WE ARE OFF UNTIL THE NEW
YEAR.
