THEY PREFER DISTANCE-LEARNING.
FOR A FULL LISTING OF HOW THEY
WILL RETURN TO MIAMI-DADE
SCHOOLS WITH THE STAGGERED
REOPENING, YOU CAN GO TO OUR
WEBSITE, CBSMIAMI.COM.
FLORIDIANS HAVE THREE MORE
DAYS TO REGISTER TO VOTE IN THE
NOVEMBER ELECTION.
LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS AND
SUPPORTERS OF THE BIDEN
CAMPAIGN HELD A NEWS CONFERENCE
OUTSIDE THE SUPERVISOR OF
ELECTIONS OFFICE TO ENCOURAGE
RESIDENTS TO EXERCISE THAT
RIGHT BY REQUESTING A VOTE BY
MAIL BALLOT AND SENDING IT IN
EARLY.
RIGHT NOW FLORIDA CONGRESSMAN
TED DEUTCH IS A BITE IN
CAMPAIGN SURROGATE.
HE IS JOINING US TO TALK MORE
ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN.
BUT BEFORE WE DO IT THAT, I
WOULD ASK YOU ABOUT YOUR
THOUGHTS ON THE PRESIDENT BEING
TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND WHAT
IMPACT THIS WILL HAVE ON THE
COUNTRY MOVING FORWARD.
IT'S GOOD TO BE WITH YOU.
WE ARE OBVIOUSLY CONCERNED.
WE HOPED THAT THE PRESIDENT AND
THE FIRST LADY AND EVERY ONE OF
THE WHITE HOUSE WHO HAS BEEN
INFECTED HAS A SWIFT AND FULL
RECOVERY.
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING NOW IS
TO ENSURE FULL TRANSPARENCY SO
THAT WE KNOW THE CONDITION OF
THE PRESIDENT, SO THAT WE KNOW
THAT EVERYTHING IS BEING
CARRIED OUT THE WAY THAT IT
SHOULD AND SO THAT WE ARE
CERTAIN THAT THE COUNTRY IS IN
GOOD HANDS.
THAT IS GOING TO REQUIRE --
CONGRESSMAN, I APOLOGIZE, WE
LOST YOUR AUDIO AT THE END OF
THE.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO REITERATE
YOUR THOUGHTS?
NO, WE ARE HOPING FOR A FULL
RECOVERY, US SPEEDY RECOVERY,
AND IN THE MEANTIME, WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE KNOW EXACTLY
WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THE
PRESIDENT.
FULL TRANSPARENCY IS WHAT THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE NEED.
THE PRESIDENT HAS SAID
REPEATEDLY THAT THE ONLY WAY HE
LOSES IS IF THE ELECTION IS
RIGGED.
AND HE DOES NOT ACCEPT THE
RESULTS, EVEN AFTER COURT
DISPUTES ARE SETTLED.
WHAT CAN YOU DO AS A
CONGRESSMAN TO ENSURE A
PEACEFUL TRANSITION OF POWER?
THE FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANT
THING FOR US TO REALIZE IS THAT
THERE WILL BE A PEACEFUL
TRANSITION OF POWER BECAUSE
THAT IS WHAT HAPPENS IN
DEMOCRACIES.
THAT IS WHAT SETS US APART FROM
COUNTRIES THAT ARE RUN BY
AUTOCRATS, BY COUNTRIES THAT SO
MANY PEOPLE IN SOUTH FLORIDA
HAVE FLED. WE UNDERSTAND HERE
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE LEADER OF
THE COUNTRY REFUSES TO RESPECT
THE WILL OF THE VOTERS AND
COMPARED TO A PEACEFUL
TRANSITION.
THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS I'M
SO CONFIDENT THAT THE PRESIDENT
IS GOING TO CARRY, NOT JUST
WHEN THIS ELECTION BUT WILL
CARRY FLORIDA AS WELL.
WE ARE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT
THE CONSTITUTION IS FOLLOW,
THAT OUR DEMOCRACY IS UPHELD
AND THE PRESIDENT, THOUGH HE
SOUNDS DESPERATE AND WEAK WHEN
HE SAYS THINGS LIKE THAT, THE
PRESIDENT DOESN'T UNDERSTAND
THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO
TOLERATE THAT KIND OF ATTITUDE.
YOU ARE A SURROGATE FOR THE
BIDEN CAMPAIGN, HOW WOULD YOU
LIKE TO SEE VICE PRESIDENT
BIDEN MOVE FORWARD RIGHT NOW
GIVEN THAT WE HAVE PRESIDENT
TRUMP IN THE HOSPITAL, HE IS
GOING TO BE THERE FOR A FEW
DAYS, WE ALREADY HEARD FROM THE
BIDEN CAMPAIGN THAT THEY'RE
GOING TO TAKE DOWN NEGATIVE
ADS, DO YOU THINK THAT IS A
GOOD IDEA, AND HOW SHOULD THE
VICE PRESIDENT PROCEED?
WE KNOW HE IS GOING TO BE AT IN
MIAMI ON MONDAY.
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
PARTS OF VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN'S
CAMPAIGN IS THAT HE HAS SPENT
THIS ENTIRE CAMPAIGN,
THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC,
TALKING ABOUT THE CHALLENGES
THAT WE FACE RESULTING FROM THE
PANDEMIC.
THE STEPS THAT WE NEED TO TAKE
TOGETHER, SO SORRY ABOUT THAT.
GOOD CATCH.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THE STEPS THAT WE NEED TO TAKE
TOGETHER TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE
GOING TO GET THROUGH THIS, THAT
WE ARE GOING TO ADDRESS THE
ECONOMIC CHALLENGES AND THE
HEALTH CHALLENGES AND TO SHOW
WHAT A LEADER DOES DURING A
PANDEMIC.
THE PRESIDENT IS IN THE
HOSPITAL, VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN
HAS AN OBLIGATION TO CONTINUE
TO SPEAK TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
ABOUT ALL OF THE WAYS THAT HE
CAN HELP LEAD US OUT OF THIS
AND BUILD US BACK BETTER THAN
WE WERE BEFORE THIS PANDEMIC.
THERE'S A NEW POLL OUT
SAYING THE PRESIDENT DOES, 39%
TO VOTE FOR HIM, AND CUBAN-
AMERICANS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN
RELIABLE REPUBLICAN VOTERS.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT 59%
SEASON THE PRESIDENT AND WHY
CAN'T JOE BIDEN WIN THEM OVER?
CARLY, I WILL TELL YOU WHAT
I HAVE HEARD A LOT FROM THE
COMMUNITY IN SOUTH FLORIDA.
THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO
HAVE LISTENED TO THE PRESIDENT,
THEY SAW THE DEBATE
PERFORMANCE, THEY SAW HIS
REFUSAL TO CONDEMN WHITE PERSON
SUPREMACIST, THEY SAW HIS
REFUSAL TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT HE
WILL RECOGNIZE A PEACEFUL
TRANSITION OF POWER, AND THEY
KNOW THAT THAT SOUNDS SO MUCH
LIKE WHAT SO MANY OF THEM, WHAT
CAUSED SO MANY OF THEM TO LEAVE
THE COUNTRIES THAT THEY CAME
HERE FROM.
LOOK, THAT KIND OF TALK REALLY
CONCERNS PEOPLE.
WHEN THE PRESIDENT AND HIS
ATTORNEY GENERAL LOOK LIKE THEY
ARE CONSPIRING TO SEIZE AND
HOLD ONTO POWER REGARDLESS OF
WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY, THAT IS
WHAT IS LEADING SO MANY PEOPLE
TO REALIZE THAT THEY HAVE AN
ALTERNATIVE IN JOE BIDEN,
SOMEONE WHO WOULD UNIFY THE
COUNTRY, SOMEONE WHO WOULD
BRING US BACK TOGETHER, AND
SOMEONE MOST IMPORTANTLY WHO
RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF
PRESERVING OUR DEMOCRACY THAT
SETS US APART FROM THE
COUNTRIES, SO MANY COUNTRIES
AROUND THE ROAD WHERE AUTOCRATS
ROLL AND THEY DON'T EXPECT