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THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL
CAMPAIGN IS IN FULL SWING, AND
TONIGHT THE STATE OF FLORIDA IS
AT THE EPICENTER.
THESE ARE LIVE PICTURES AM THE
AMWAY CENTER IN ORLANDO, WHERE
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS SET TO
OFFICIALLY KICK OFF HIS
REELECTION CAMPAIGN.
STARTED THE PRESIDENT AND FIRST
LADY, MELANIA TRUMP ARRIVED ON
BOARD AIR FORCE ONE JUST IN THE
LAST HOUR AND HEADED STRAIGHT
TO A FUNDRAISING EVENT .
IF THE PRESIDENT HOPES TO
WIN REELECTION, FLORIDA'S 29
ELECTORAL VOTES HAD TO BE PART
OF HIS CAMPAIGN'S CALCULATION.
NEW POLLING DATA SHOW THE
SUNSHINE STATE MAY BE SLIPPING
FROM HIS GRIP FOR NOW ANYWAY.
AMONG REGISTERED VOTERS IN
FLORIDA, THE PRESIDENT TRAILED
FORMER VICE PRESIDENT JOHN
BIDEN BY TORN POINTS, AND HE'S
ALSO BEHIND FERDINAND SANDERS
OF VERMONT SENATOR BERNIE
SANDERS.
CBS4 TY RUSSELL IS LIVE IN
ORLANDO AT AMWAY CENTER AHEAD
OF THE PRESIDENT'S AND ALSO,
AND SUPPORTERS BELIEVE THAT THE
ANNOUNCEMENT WILL HELP THE
PRESIDENT'S CHANCES IN 2020.
Reporter: BEEN TALKING TO
SUPPORTERS LAST NIGHT, AND THEY
ARE VERY HOPEFUL THAT THE 29
ELECTORAL VOTES WILL GO TO
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S FAVOR.
NOW IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT, TAKE
A LOOK AT SOME OF THE
SUPPORTERS, YOU CAN SEE THEY
ARE WEARING THEIR MAKE AMERICA
GREAT AGAIN HATS.
MANY HAVE SIGNS, MANY HAVE
AMERICAN FLAGS.
THEY HAVE BEEN HERE MANY SINCE
LAST LATE NIGHT, CAN'T BLOCKS
AWAY FROM AMWAY CENTER, AND
THEY ARE ALL WAITING TO SEE
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
THIS IS MY FIRST ONE.
Reporter: THIS IS YOUR
FIRST, AND HOW ARE YOU FEELING?
I'M SO EXCITED, I CAN'T TELL
YOU!
Reporter: THE EXCITEMENT HAS
BEEN BUILDING FOR HOURS.
A VERY BIG CROWD DOWN IN
FLORIDA, ORLANDO, AND BEFORE
THAT I AM HAVING A MEETING.
Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP
WILL SOON OFFICIALLY KICK OFF
HIS REELECTION CAMPAIGN IN
SWING STATE FLORIDA.
VICE PRESIDENT PENCE LANDED IN
ORLANDO ON PHARAOHS TWO FOR THE
ALLEY AND AMWAY CENTER.
THIS COMES UP THE LATEST FOALS
SHOW JOE BIDEN CLINCHING THE
WHITE HOUSE IN A HEAD-TO-HEAD
MATCHUP WITH THE PRESIDENT.
WE ARE NOT FALLING FOR IT.
WE HAVE A MAC iMAC, KEEP
AMERICA GREAT.
Reporter: BUT HE SAYS HE
PLANS TO TURN FLORIDA AND OTHER
STATES BLUE.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, AND I
BELIEVE WE CAN WIN TEXAS AND
FLORIDA.
Reporter: INSIDE THE AMWAY
CENTER, THAT SEATS 20,000
PEOPLE.
THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF IS
EXPECTED TO TALK ABOUT THE
MEDIA REPORT, IMMIGRATION, AND
HURRICANE DISASTER RELIEF FUNDS
COME IN TWO BLOCKS AWAY
HUNDREDS ARE EXPECTED TO
PROTEST THE PRESIDENT'S VISIT.
OUR COMMUNITIES ARE COMING
TOGETHER TO STAND IN
SOLIDARITY, IN LOVE, AND REALLY
TO ENERGIZE BOTH ORLANDO, THE
STATE OF FLORIDA, AND THE
ENTIRE NATION.
APP EARLY TODAY, FORMER
UNDOCUMENTED TRUMP ORGANIZATION
WORKERS HELD A NEWS PRESS, BUT
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S MOST LOYAL
SUPPORTERS WHO STOOD IN THE
HEAT AND RAIN, THEY ARE HOPING
FLORIDA WILL ONCE AGAIN BE A
RED STATE.
I COULD NOT BE MORE EXCITED,
AND I PRAY TO GOD WE GET HIM
AGAIN IN 2020.
Reporter: IT IS STILL
UNCLEAR IF THEY ARE LETTING
PEOPLE IN.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE IS STILL
SOME EMPTY SEATS RIGHT HERE
INSIDE OF AMWAY.
THIS IS A CENTER THAT CAN SEAT
UP TO ABOUT 20,000 PEOPLE RIGHT
NOW.
I SHOULD ALSO NOTE THAT EARLIER
TODAY, THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN
WHO WAS PULLED ASIDE BY SECRET
SERVICE, AND SECRET SERVICE
TELLING US WHAT THEY APPEAR TO
HAVE WHAT LOOKS LIKE AN AR-15
WITH A TECHNICAL BELT AND
MACHINES.
THEY DON'T ALLOW THE GENTLEMAN
INSIDE, BUT THEY DID SAY HE IS
NOT A THREAT TO THE PRESIDENT
OR TO THIS CROWD. NOW WE DO
HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING THAT THE
PRESIDENT JUST ARRIVED HERE TO
AMWAY CENTER.
WE ARE WAITING FOR HIM TO COME
IN.
HE IS SCHEDULED TO TALK AND
JUST ABOUT AN HOUR FROM NOW,
AND WE WILL HAVE MORE ON WHAT
THE PRESIDENT HAS TO SAY COMING
UP ON CBS4 NEWS TONIGHT AT
11:00.