MIKELL NORMAN IS CHARGED WITH
FIRST-DEGREE MURDER AND ONE
COUNT OF ATTEMPTED FIRST-DEGREE
MURDER.
HE WAS DENIED BOND, AND WILL
REMAIN BEHIND BARS.
úCAMPAIGN 2020, WE ARE
HIGHLIGHTING A KEY RACE IN
SOUTH FLORIDA.
THE 26th CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
SEAT HELD BY A DEMOCRAT.
THEM MIAMI MAYOR IS CHALLENGING
FOR A CHANCE IN CONGRESS.
WE SPOKE WITH THE CANDIDATES TO
SEE THEIR STANCE ON JUST A FEW
OF THE HOT BUTTON ISSUES.
DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENT IS RUNNING
AGAINST THE MIAMI DADE MAYOR
CARLOS GIMENEZ FOR CONGRESS.
THIS IS HIS FIRST TIME RUNNING
FOR CONGRESS AND POWELL SECOND.
ONE OF THE MOST PREVALENT
PROBLEMS WE ARE FACING, IS THE
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.
SUBSEQUENT ECONOMIC
CONSEQUENCES AS WELL.
WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF THINGS
RIGHT IN A METHODICAL WAY.
BEING VERY CONSERVATIVE.
WE CLOSE DOWN THINGS WE HAD TO
CLOSE.
WE OPEN WHEN WE THOUGHT IT WAS
SAFE TO DO SO.
IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, COVID
HAS LEFT MORE THAN 3000 PEOPLE
WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES
BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.
WE HAD BECOME A HOTSPOT, NOT
JUST IN THE UNITED STATES, BUT
IN THE WORLD AT ONE POINT
DURING THE SUMMER.
BECAUSE OF HIS FAILURE TO
REALLY FOLLOW THE SCIENCE, AND
THE DATA, TO MAKE SURE WE HAD
ENOUGH TESTING SITES IN PLACE.
TO INSTITUTE CONTACT TRACING
PROGRAMS.
IN CONGRESS I WOULD LOOK FOR
A STIMULUS PACKAGE THAT
STIMULATES GROWTH.
THAT INCENTIVIZES BUSINESSES,
NOT THIS INCENTIVIZES.
I WOULD NOT BE IN FAVOR OF
RAISING THE TAX ON CORPORATIONS.
THAT WILL JUST A DISINCENTIVE
I'VE BUSINESSES FROM HIRING
AMERICANS.
THAT'S WHAT WE NEED IN ORDER TO
GET OUR ECONOMY ROLLING AGAIN.
WE NEED ECONOMIC RELIEF TO
SMALL BUSINESSES THAT LOST
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS DURING THE
PANDEMIC.
TO SO MANY OF THEM THAT HAVE
NOT BEEN ABLE TO REOPEN, WE
NEED UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS.
I'VE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR
EXTENDING $600 THROUGH JANUARY
2021.
WE NEED TO SEND ANOTHER ROUND
OF STIMULUS CHECKS.
THE HEALTH CRISIS BRINGS UP
HEALTHCARE AND COSTS.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE
PROTECT THE AFFORDABLE CARE
ACT.
RIGHT NOW THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION AND THE
REPUBLICANS IN WASHINGTON,
D.C., ARE TRYING TO ABOLISH THE
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.
IN THIS DISTRICT, WE HAVE
300,000 PEOPLE LIVING WITH THE
PRE-EXISTING CONDITION THAT
COULD LOSE COVERAGE.
IT'S BECAUSE OF THE LAWSUIT
DURING THE PANDEMIC TRUMP'S
INTENT IN FOLLOWING THROUGH.
ONE THING I WILL ALWAYS BE
SUPPORTING, IS FOR PRE-EXISTING
CONDITIONS.
PEOPLE WITH PRE-EXISTING
CONDITIONS.
TRY TO HELP AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE
THOSE THAT NEED YOU KNOW, GOOD
QUALITY HEALTHCARE.
BUT I WILL NOT DO, I WILL NOT
THROW OUT 200 MILLION PEOPLE'S
PLANS WHICH ARE PRIVATE HEALTH
PLANS THAT ENSURE MOST
AMERICANS.
TO HAVE A GOVERNMENT RUN HEALTH
SYSTEM.
THE DEMAND FOR RACIAL
JUSTICE HAS BEEN FRONT AND
CENTER.
HIGHLIGHTING CONCERNS WITH
POLICE BRUTALITY.
SOME MARCHES FOR CHANGE TURNED
VIOLENT.
EYE INSTITUTE OF POLICY OF
BODY WORN CAMERAS.
A LOT OF THE PROBLEMS HAPPENED
WHEN IT'S A HE SAID, SHE SAID
THING.
I THINK THE POLICE DID THIS.
HAVE A BODY WORN CAMERA, YOU
KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED.
IT ALSO DRIVES BETTER BEHAVIOR
ONLY FOR THE PERSON YOU ARE
INTERACTING WITH, BUT ALSO FROM
THE POLICE THEMSELVES.
WHEN THERE IS VIOLENCE IN
THE STREETS, THOSE PEOPLE
CAUSING VIOLENCE HAVE TO BE
HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
I THINK WE ALL AGREE WITH THAT.
THEY HAVE FORGOTTEN, MEANWHILE,
WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF PEACEFUL
PROTESTERS DEMANDING JUSTICE.
THE REPUBLICANS ARE TURNING
THEIR BACK ON THAT.
Reporter: THIS IS AN
IMPORTANT RACE BECAUSE IT HAS
THE POTENTIAL TO AFFECT WHICH
PARTY HAS CONTROL OF THE HOUSE.
RIGHT NOW THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
IS THE MAJORITY, BUT ALL SEATS
ARE UP FOR REELECTION.
IF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY GAINS