SO WE ARE KNOWING THEY ARE
HERE.
THEY ARE HAVING A POLICY
DISCUSSION.
WE ARE HOPING TO GET AN UPDATE
ON WHAT IS THE LATEST THAT
HAPPENED OVERNIGHT, AND WHAT
THEY PLAN TO DO FOR TODAY
COMING UP IN JUST A LITTLE BIT,
AND WE WILL HOPEFULLY HEAR THAT
FOR YOU LIVE.
MICHAEL, REPORTING LIVE
THERE FOR US IN OSCEOLA COUNTY.
WE WANT TO CHECK IN NOW.
U.S. SENATOR RICK SCOTT IS
JOINING US ON THE PHONE.
SENATOR SCOTT, TELL US A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT SPECIFICALLY WHAT THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS DOING TO
HELP US IN CASE WE NEEDED HERE.
I TALKED WITH THE PRESIDENT
LAST WEEK.
OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES, I
TALKED TO PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE
OF THEM.
THEY ARE READY, THEY ARE
PROVIDING SERVICES HERE.
THERE ARE SOUTHEAST DIRECTORS
IN TALLAHASSEE, AND THEY HAVE
BEEN IN TALLAHASSEE SINCE THE
WEEKEND.
AND THAT HURRICANE SERVICE, I
JUST SPOKE WITH THEM.
THEY ARE WORKING HARD SO
EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY IS SHOWING
UP, TRYING TO BE HELPFUL.
I KNOW THE AND WILL LOCALS ARE
DOING THE SAME THING.
I HEARD ABOUT THE PEOPLE IN THE
BAHAMAS, AND YOU ENTER LICENSE
IT TAKES ABOUT YOUR FAMILY.
YOU WOULD NOT WANT TO LOSE
ANYBODY, SO I HOPE THAT
EVERYBODY IS LISTENING TO
EVACUATION ORDERS ALONG THE
COAST, AND UNDERSTANDS THAT
ALMOST FOR SURE WE ARE GOING TO
GET A LOT OF STORMS
DEADLY IN A LOT OF RAIN, SO
HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY IS CAREFUL,
AND HOPEFULLY THIS THING WILL
GO NORTH AND NORTHEAST.
SENATOR SCOTT, JORGE ESTEVEZ
HERE WITH CHANNEL 9. WE ARE
SEEING VIDEO OF BAHAMAS IN ONE
BOX AND A PICTURE OF YOU AND
THE OTHER WITH THAT NAVY HAD
ON.
WE'VE SEEN YOU WITH THE NAVY
HAD ON AS YOU ARE GOVERNOR.
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE AS FAR
AS WHAT YOU CAN DO IN THE
CAPACITY OF YOUR OFFICE NOW
THAT YOU ARE A U.S. SENATOR
FROM FLORIDA AS YOU DEAL WITH
THIS POTENTIAL NATURAL DISASTER
THAT WE HAD OFF OUR COAST?
JORGE, THE THING IS TO MAKE
SURE EVERYBODY CHOSE UP AND
DOES THEIR JOB.
THAT'S PROBABLY THE BIGGEST
THING, BUT ON TOP OF THAT WITH
EVERYBODY, SO IF SOMEBODY KNOWS
OF A PROBLEM, CALL ME AND I
WILL SEE IF I CAN BE HELPFUL.
I'VE REACHED OUT AND TALKED TO
NATIONAL PERSONNEL, SHERIFF'S IN
ALL THE IMPACTED AREAS, AND YOU
KNOW, I'M CONTINUING TO TALK TO
PEOPLE AND TRY TO CONNECT
PEOPLE IF THEY THINK SOMETHING
IS NOT BEING RESOLVED.
BUT THEN ON TOP OF THAT, I'VE
SPENT A LOT OF TIME NOW WITH
THE FEDERAL AGENCY, BOTH AS
GOVERNOR, NOW AS YOU SENATOR.
I WAS WITH THE PRESIDENT ON
SUNDAY WHEN WE DID A BRIEFING
OVER AT FEMA, AND THEY ARE
READY.
THEY ARE PROVIDING SERVICES
WHETHER IT IS FEMA, DEFENSE,
HHS, , ALL THESE NATIONAL
GUARD, COAST GUARD.
THEY ARE ALREADY.
ARMY CORPS,
YOU ONE QUICK QUESTION.
I KNOW IT IS STILL EARLY AT
THIS POINT, BUT WE ARE GETTING
A LOT OF CALLS AND TEXTS FROM
PEOPLE ASKING ABOUT HOW WE WILL
BE ABLE TO HELP THE BAHAMAS.
WHAT CAN YOU TELL PEOPLE SO
FAR?
WE TALKED ABOUT THAT SUNDAY
WITH THE PRESIDENT.
WE'VE GOT TO FIND OUT WHAT
THEIR NEEDS ARE.
I UNDERSTAND THE COAST GUARD
HAS ALREADY GONE IN.
AS SOON AS THE COAST GUARD GOES
IN AND SAVES PEOPLE'S LIVES.
THEY DID HERE WITH IRMA, THEY
DID A LOT EVEN MORE WITH HARVEY
IN HOUSTON, HOUSTON AREA.
I KNOW THEY'VE ALREADY DONE
SOMETHING OVER IN
AND AS THEY -- AS WE GET
REQUESTS FROM THEM, I KNOW OUR
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ALWAYS AND
AS WE ALWAYS DO THE RIGHT THING
AND HELP PEOPLE.
SENATOR RICK
FLORIDA.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING
IN, AND AGAIN HAVING HIM BE OUR
GOVERNOR FOR EIGHT YEARS AND GO
THROUGH STORMS LIKE THIS, HE
KNOWS WHAT WE NEED HERE IN
FLORIDA IN THE EVENT THIS WILL
TURN COME IN THE EVENT IT
WOULD'VE BEEN WORSE THAN IT
ACTUALLY IS GOING TO BE.
IT IS NICE TO KNOW THAT SOMEONE
CAN KIND OF KNOW WHAT WE'RE
NEEDING IN THOSE MOMENTS.
AND TALKING ABOUT BAHAMAS
AGAIN, SO MANY PEOPLE WANTING
TO HELP IT STILL EARLY,
BEGINNING IN THERE IS GOING TO
BE DIFFICULT.
SOME REPORTS ARE SAYING IT MAY
TAKE MORE THAN A WEEK OR MAYBE
UP TO TWO WEEKS JUST FOR PEOPLE
TO BE ABLE TO GET IN THERE TO
ASSESS WHAT WE CAN DO, AND WHAT
THEY NEED.
AND HOPEFULLY THE U.S.
GOVERNMENT LEARNED THEIR
LESSONS FROM MARIA IN PUERTO