AND PRESIDENT TRUMP’S SUPPORTERS ARE NOW INSIDE. THANKS FOR JOINING US.
I’M LISA BELL.
>> Julie: I’M JULIE BROUGHTON.
>> Ginger: I’M GINGER GADSDEN.
OUR TEAM IS SPREAD ACROSS
CENTRAL FLORIDA TODAY.
WE ARE WAITING FOR THE ARRIVAL
OF PRESIDENT TRUMP AT ORLANDO
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
RIGHT NOW, AIR FORCE ONE IS AT
JOINT BASE ANDREWS IN MARYLAND.
ONCE PRESIDENT TRUMP LANDS THERE
IN MARINE ONE, HE’LL BOARD AIR
FORCE ONE AND HEAD TO ORLANDO.
AIR FORCE ONE IS SCHEDULED TO
TAKE OFF ABOUT 4:10 OR SO.
WE BEGIN OUR COVERAGE WITH NEWS
6 ANCHOR MATT AUSTIN WHO JOINS
US LIVE INSIDE THE AMWAY.
WE UNDERSTAND THEY STARTED
LETTING FOLKS COME IN EARLIER
THAN 4:00.
>> Matt: THE PLACE IS ALREADY
NOT QUITE FILLED UP, BUT IT’S
FILLING UP.
YOU COULD CERTAINLY SAY THAT.
IF THERE WAS EVER A QUESTION OF
HOW IMPORTANT THE I-4 CORRIDOR
IS TO WINNING THE PRESIDENCY OF
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
THIS ANSWERS IT.
WE KNOW HOW VITAL IT IS.
PRESIDENT TRUMP CHOSE THIS
LOCATION.
YOU CAN BASICALLY BE ON TOP OF
THE AMWAY CENTER, WHICH I’M
STANDING IN, AND YOU COULD THROW
A ROCK TO I-4.
THAT’S HOW VITAL THIS IS.
20,000 PEOPLE WILL PACK THIS
ARENA, NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
THERE ARE LINES OUTSIDE OF
PEOPLE WAITING IN THE RAIN AND
THE HEAT, JUST TO GET IN HERE.
JUST THE PRESS CORPS IS CRAZY.
I’VE COVERED A LOT OF EVENTS.
BUT TAKE A LOOK HERE.
WE’VE GOT PEOPLE HERE FROM
AUSTRALIA, ALL OVER THE POND.
THERE’S BARELY ROOM TO STAND.
MORE THAN 500 MEMBERS OF THE
MEDIA WILL BE PACKING THIS
PLACE.
AS WE LOOK OVER THERE, YOU CAN
SEE THE V.I.P.s, MOST OF THESE
FOLKS CAME ON BUSES.
THEY LEFT EARLY IN THE MORNING.
I TALKED TO SOME FROM MIAMI.
THEY’VE COME FROM ALL OVER
FLORIDA AND OTHER PLACES, JUST
TO GET A GLIMPSE OF THE
PRESIDENT ANNOUNCING HIS
RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN AND I’VE
EVEN SEEN SOME PEOPLE -- I SAW A
MOM AND HER SON WALKING RIGHT
DOWN THIS CORRIDOR HERE.PSHE LOO
AMERICAN FLAG AND YOU COULD SEE
TEARS IN HER EYES.
VERY SPECIAL FOR THESE PEOPLE
WHO ARE HERE.
THE PRESIDENT IS NOT TAKING THE
STAGE FOR FOUR MORE HOURS.
YOU CAN BET THIS PLACE WILL BE
PACKED FULL OF PEOPLE.
IF YOU’RE HEADING ANYWHERE NEAR
DOWNTOWN ORLANDO TODAY, YOU’LL
WANT TO TAKE THE LONG WAY
AROUND.
NOT ONLY ARE ROADS SHUT DOWN TO
CARS, BUT THEY’RE SHUT DOWN TO
WALKING.
I WANT TO SEND IT OUTSIDE TO
NEWS 6’S VANESSA ARAIZA WITH
MORE ON WHAT’S GOING ON OUT
THERE.
>> Reporter: WELL, MATT, LUCKILY
THE RAIN HAS HELD OFF EARLIER IN
AFTERNOON.
WE HAD A NICE THUNDERSTORM COME
THROUGH THIS AREA.
WHEN IT DID, THIS ENTIRE AREA
WAS FILLED WITH TRUMP
SUPPORTERS.
IT HAS CALMED DOWN CONSIDERABLY
WITHIN THE PAST FEW HOURS.
WE STILL HAVE THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE MAKING THEIR WAY IN.
THIS IS THE BEST 45 AREA WHERE
TRUMP SUPPORTERS WERE WAITING TO
GET INTO THE AMWAY CENTER.
LIKE I SAID EARLIER, IT WAS
FILLED TO THE MAX HERE.
FOR A SECOND, ACTUALLY, THEY HAD
TO CLOSE THE GATE OFF FOR PEOPLE
TO GET IN, ONE, BECAUSE OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS AND, SECONDLY,
BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE
COMING INTO THIS AREA.
DESPITE THE NASTY WEATHER THAT
MOTHER NATURE BROUGHT US FOR A
QUICK MOMENT, PEOPLE ARE HAPPY,
THEY’RE IN GOOD SPIRITS.
THEY’RE ENJOYING THEIR TIME
HERE.
WHILE THEY’RE WAITING TO GET
INSIDE THE AMWAY CENTER, THERE’S
A VERY LARGE STAGE OUT HERE.
YOU HAVE TRUMP’S FAMILY MEMBERS
WHO ARE UP THERE RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW SPEAKING ERIC TRUMP
AND HIS WIFE AND JUST MAYBE
ABOUT 10 MINUTES PRIOR TO THAT,
THERE WAS DONALD TRUMP, JR. AND
KIMBERLY
KIMBERLY GUILFOYLE WHO WERE
SPEAKING.
THE LINE IS GOING OUT TO THE
ROAD.
WE’LL HEAR FROM TRUMP SUPPORTERS
COMING UP IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
>> Ginger: VANESSA ARAIZA
REPORTING LIVE OUTSIDE THE AMWAY
CENTER.
THANK YOU, VANESSA.
VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE IS NOW
AT THE AMWAY CENTER.
>> Julie: HE LANDED AT THE
ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
ABOUT AN HOUR AGO.
LET’S GO OUT TO NEWS 6’S NADEEN
YANES WHO SAW HIS MOTORCADE PULL
UP AT THE AMWAY CENTER.
>> Reporter: WELL, WE ARE NOT
WHERE VANESSA IS WHERE ALL THE
CROWDS ARE.
WE’RE IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF
THE AMWAY ARENA.
NOT A LOT OF FOLKS HERE.
BUT I GOT TO TELL YOU, EVEN THE
HANDFUL OF TRUMP SUPPORTERS THAT
WERE HERE SEEING VICE PRESIDENT
MIKE PENCE’S MOTORCADE COMING
THROUGH THE DOCK, HE CAME IN 15
MINUTES AGO AT 3:50, LANDING AT
ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
AROUND 3:20.
IT TOOK HIM ABOUT 30 MINUTES TO
COME IN HIS MOTORCADE.
WE SAW SEVERAL SUVs, ABOUT 15 OF
THEM, OF COURSE, BEING LED BY
MOTORCYCLES.
YOU CAN HEAR THOSE HANDFUL OF
TRUMP SUPPORTERS OUT ON THIS
SIDE, WHICH IS EVEN MORE
QUIETER, CHEERING FOR VICE
PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE.
WE KNOW THAT SECOND LADY KAREN
PENCE IS HERE, TOO.
A LOT OF SUPPORTERS I’VE SPOKEN
TO SAY THEY’RE HAPPY THE VICE
PRESIDENT IS HERE.
THE FACT IT’S A FAMILY AFFAIR IS
IMPORTANT.
ORANGE COUNTY REPUBLICAN LEADERS
SAY IT’S NOT A COINCIDENCE THAT
PRESIDENT TRUMP CHOSE ORLANDO
FOR HIS KICK-OFF ELECTION.
>> ORLANDO, FLORIDA IS THE
EPICENTER OF THE I-4 CORRIDOR.
WE’RE THE BELT BUCKLE OF THE I-4
CORRIDOR.
WE HAVE THE MOST VOTES.
WE CAN SHIFT THE ELECTION THE
MOST.
DONALD TRUMP IN 2016
UNDERPERFORMED FROM WHAT HE DID
IN 2016.
IF HE COULD DO BETTER HERE, THIS
COUNTY AND THIS COUNTRY IS GOING
TO GO SOLID RED.
DONALD TRUMP IS GOING TO BE
RE-ELECTED PRESIDENT.
>> Reporter: AND SO WHAT WE KNOW
IS THAT SINCE 1992, A PRESIDENT
HAS NOT GOTTEN TO THE WHITE
HOUSE WITHOUT GETTING A MAJORITY
OF THE SEVEN COUNTIES ALONG THE
ALL-IMPORTANT I-4 CORRIDOR.
BEFORE I TOSS IT BACK TO YOU
GUYS, I DON’T KNOW IF WE CAN
SHOW I-4 RIGHT THERE OVER THE
AMWAY ARENA, WHICH IS WHY
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS HERE TODAY.
WE’LL BE HERE FOR HIS ARRIVAL
COMING UP SOON IN THE NEXT
COUPLE OF HOURS.
BACK TO YOU GUYS.
>> Lisa: NADEEN YANES REPORTING
LIVE FOR US.
THANK YOU.
WHILE SUPPORTERS FILE INTO THE
AMWAY CENTER, WE’RE AWAITING THE
ARRIVAL OF PRESIDENT TRUMP AT
ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
>> Ginger: AS WE SAID, THE VICE
PRESIDENT IS ALREADY HERE.
>> Julie: LET’S GET OUT TO JERRY
ASKIN WHO IS AT ORLANDO
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AWAITING
THE PRESIDENT’S ARRIVAL.
>> Reporter: YES.
WE’RE TOLD AT 6:10 P.M. IS WHEN
PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL ACTUALLY BE
HERE IN THIS TARMAC AREA.
THE MEDIA WAS ASKED TO LEAVE THE
PRIVATE TARMAC AREA WHERE AIR
FORCE TWO ARRIVED IN THE PAST 30
MINUTES FOR AIR FORCE TWO,
CARRYING VICE PRESIDENT MIKE
PENCE AND HIS WIFE.
WE HAVE VIDEO TO SHOW YOU.
THIS ALL HAPPENING AROUND 3:12
P.M. AND AIR FORCE TWO, THE VICE
PRESIDENT AND HIS WIFE, KAREN,
WALKING DOWN THE STEPS THERE.
THAT’S A MODIFIED 757.
THAT’S A COMMON AIRCRAFT FOR THE
VICE PRESIDENT ONLY.
HE ARRIVED HERE AT THE SAME TIME
THE PRESIDENT ACTUALLY LEFT D.C.
BOUND FOR ORLANDO.
AGAIN, THE PRESIDENT AND FIRST
LADY SHOULD ARRIVE HERE AT
ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT
6:10.
WE’LL BE BACK OTTERN THE RISERS
ABOUT 5:30 OR SO.
HE’LL BE GREETED BY GOVERNOR RON
DeSANTIS AND FIRST LADY HERE AND
THE WEATHER, THOUGH, MAY PLAY A
FACTOR.
SO, OF COURSE, WE’LL KEEP YOU
ALL POSTED.
THE ROADS WILL ALSO BE AFFECTED
DURING HIS MOTORCADE AND NEAR
THE AIRPORT DOWNTOWN.
WE’LL KEEP YOU POSTED BUT AGAIN,
AIR FORCE ONE SHOULD ARRIVE AT
ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
AROUND 6:10.
WE’LL LET YOU KNOW HOW IT ALL
WORKS OUT.
>> Julie: THANK YOU, JERRY.
NOT EVERYONE IS HAPPY ABOUT THE
PRESIDENT’S VISIT TODAY.
ORANGE COUNTY USUALLY VOTES BLUE
AND WENT FOR HILLARY CLINTON
UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP DURING THE
2016 ELECTION.
>> Ginger: SO WE SENT NEWS 6’S
MIKE DeFOREST TO DOWNTOWN
ORLANDO TO SPEAK TO PEOPLE ABOUT
THEIR THOUGHTS ON TODAY’S EVENT.
>> Lisa: HE JOINS US LIVE NOW.
MIKE, YOU FOUND MOSTLY
SUPPORTERS THERE.
>> Reporter: WE DIDN’T KNOW WHAT
TO EXPECT.
WE THOUGHT WE WOULD FIND GROUPS
OF DEMONSTRATORS OR OPPONENTS
AND THAT’S NOT THE CASE.
NORMALLY YOU’LL SEE EVERYBODY IN
BLUE MAGIC JERSEYS AND SHIRTS
WALKING DOWN THIS WAY HERE.
IT’S GOT A SIMILAR VIBE BUT IT’S
ALL TRUMP SUPPORTERS AND TRUMP
SHIRTS.
IF YOU DIDN’T COME WITH A TRUMP
SHIRT, THERE ARE PLENTY OF
PEOPLE HERE WILLING TO SELL YOU
ONE.
VENDORS LIKE THIS ARE ALL OVER
DOWNTOWN ORLANDO.
SPEAKING TO FOLKS OUT HERE, IT’S
COOL FOR THESE FOLKS THAT THE
PRESIDENT IS KICKING OFF HIS
RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN IN ORLANDO
TO THE SUPPORTERS.
THEY SEE THE IMPORTANCE.
HERE’S WHAT THEY WERE TELLING
ABOUT IT.
>> THIS IS IT.
HE’S GOING TO WIN THE I-4
CORRIDOR.
DONALD TRUMP’S WINNING THE I-4
CORRIDOR.
ALL THE WAY TODAY.
ALL THE WAY.
>> ALL THE WAY!
>> DONALD TRUMP IN 2020!
>> I WENT TO FOUR OTHER TRUMP
RALLIES BUT THIS IS THE FIRST
TIME WHEN HE’S IN OFFICE.
>> Reporter: WHAT DOES IT SAY
ABOUT HIM COMING TO CENTRAL
FLORIDA?
>> FLORIDA IS A SWING STATE.
>> Reporter: THAT GUY RIGHT
THERE, HE’S A FORMER
FIREFIGHTER.
HE WAS MEETING A GROUP OF
FIREFIGHTERS AND TRUMP
SUPPORTERS DOWN HERE FOR THIS
EVENT.
WE’RE STANDING BY AT CHURCH
STREET.
EACH TIME A SUNRAIL TRAIN SHOWS
UP, MORE FOLKS HEAD THIS WAY
OVER TO AMWAY CENTER.
REPORTING LIVE FROM AMWAY
CENTER, CHURCH STREET, BACK TO
YOU.
>> Lisa: MIKE DeFOREST, THANK
YOU.
>> Ginger: IT’S A BIG DEAL
WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY.
SO MUCH SO PEOPLE STARTED
SHOWING UP VERY EARLY.
LET’S TAKE A LIVE LOOK OVER THE
AMWAY CENTER
>> RAIN DID NOT STOP SUPPORTERS.
IT’S PUSHED THROUGH DOWNTOWN
ALREADY TODAY AND RIGHT NOW YOU