>> GOOD MORNING, GLAD YOU COULD JOIN US, I’M MICHAEL PUTNEY. >> I’M GLENNA MILBERG, THERE IS
ALWAYS A SOUTH FLORIDA ANGLE AND
THAT IS WHERE WE BEGIN THIS
WEEK.
THE WORLD WATCHES, TRANSFIXED,
HORRIFIED AND IN REALTIME
RUSSIA’S INVASION OF UKRAINE.
NEIGHBORHOODS DESTROYED.
AS A REMARKABLE RESISTANCE
MOUNTS.
>> IN SOUTH FLORIDA THE
UKRAINIAN AND RUSSIAN
COMMUNITIES WITH DIRECT TIES TO
THIS CATASTROPHE HAVE BEEN
JOINED BY OTHERS IN A CALL FOR
PEACE, SOLIDARITY AND AN END TO
THE BLOOD SHED.
>> PARKER BRANTON IS AT I A YOU
KRAIJIAN CATHOLIC CHURCH IN
NORTHWEST MIAMI DADE WHERE
ANOTHER PROTEST IS SET TO BEGIN.
>> AND PARKER, THIS IS ONE WE
KNOW OF SEVERAL RALLIES.
WE HAVE SEEN IN JUST THE PAST
FEW DAYS.
TELL US ABOUT THAT ONE.
WHAT HAPPENED THERE.
>> MICHAEL, PARISHNERS ARE
WRAPPING UP A SERVICE HERE AT
THE THE UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC
CHURCH, THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND
WE HAVE SEEN BY THE HUNDREDSES
SOUTH FLORIDIANS COMING OUT TO
SUPPORT THOSE PEOPLE IN UKRAINE.
>> THIS MORNING PARISHNERS
PRAYING AFTER A DIFFICULT WEEK
FOR THEIR FAMILY AND FRIENDS IN
UKRAINE.
>> WE NEED TO BE TOGETHER.
SO THAT OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS
IN UKRAINE FEEL OUR SUPPORT AND
FEEL OUR SPIRIT.
>> ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA
UKRAINIAN AMERICANS UNITE.
>> AT YOUNG CIRCLE PART IN
HOLLYWOOD SATURDAY HUNDREDSES
RALLYING.
>> MY FRIENDS SLEEP IN THE
SUBWAY, IN THE MORNING THEY
ACTUALLY GO.
>> THEY WE ARE SIMPLY DEFENDING
OURSELVE.
>> HOLDING SIGNS READING SAVER
UKRAINE, STOP PUTIN AND U.S.A.
LET’S HELP UKRAINE SAVE THE
WORLD.
>> WHEN I ASK MY FATHER TO COME
HERE A WEEK AGO HE SAID NO.
WE WILL TAKE THE GUNS AND GO AND
FIGHT BECAUSE THIS IS OUR LAND.
>> MANY OF THEIR LOVED ONES ARE
LIVING THIS FEAR, CONCERNED
ABOUT A FULL SCALE MILITARY
TAKEOVER.
>> THEY WANT TO SEE TOUGHER
SANCTIONS FROM THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION BUT MAINLY THEY
ARE HOPING FOR A PEACEFUL
RESOLUTION.
>> THE BLOOD SHED STOP SPILLING.
>> WE WILL NEVER GIVE UP AND WE
WILL NEVER LET THE RUSSIAN
REGIME TO TAKE OVER THE COUNTRY.
>> ONCE PARISHNERS FINISH THEIR
SERVICE THIS MORNING THEY ARE
EXPECTED TO GATHER IN FRONT OF
THE UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
AND PRAY FOR THE COUNTRY OF
UKRAINE, GLENNA?
>> PARKER, WE THANK YOU.
AND KEEP ON THAT GREAT STORY.
>> SENATOR RICK SCOTT WAS IN
SOUTH FLORIDA THIS WEEK.
HE DENOUNCED THE RUSSIAN
INVASION BUT HIS MAJOR FOCUS WAS
ON PROMOTING WHAT HE CALLS HIS
11 POINT PLAN TO RESCUE AMERICA.
>> THAT IS A VERY CONSERVATIVE
STATEMENT OF PRINCIPALS AND KIND
OF A BLUE PRINT FOR REPUBLICAN
CAN THE DAS TO WIN ELECTIONS
NEXT FALL AND THE WHITE HOUSE IN
TO THIS.
I ASKED HIM ABOUT SOME OF THE
MORE
TROARVETIONATE-- CONTROVERSIAL
POINTS IN THIS PLAN BUT WE BEGIN
OUR CONVERSATION ABOUT UKRAINE.
>> SENATOR SCOTT, GREAT TO SEE
YOU.
THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.
THE BIG STORY FACING THE UNITED
STATES AND THE WORLD WHICH IS
THE RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE.
THE DAY THAT IN FACT RUSSIA
INVADED, YOU ISSUED A STATEMENT
SAYING, FAULTING THE PRESIDENT
SAYING THINGS QUOTE, THINGS WILL
ONLY GET WORSE NOW THAT BIDEN
HAS FAILED TO PREVENT THIS
RUSSIAN AGGRESSION.
HOW DID WILL PRESIDENT FAIL.
>> I THINK YOU CAN’T BE
IN-- FIRST IF YOU LOOK AT
BIDEN’S BACK GROUND HE IS ALWAYS
A PEACE DICTATOR, NEVER REALLY
STOOD UP TO DICTATORS ON TOP OF
THAT IF YOU LOOK AT THE AV TBAN
STAND WITHDRAWAL IT WAS A
DEBACLE, COMPLETE HE CAN BACK EL
SO YOU HAVE GUYS LIKE PUTIN OR
LIKE XI OR AYATOLLAH IN IRAN AND
SAY LOOK, IS AMERICA REALLY AS
STRONG AS IT USED TO BE.
ARE THEY REALLY WILLING TO STAND
UP FOR WHAT THEY BELIEVE IN.
THEN BIDEN SHUT DOWN THE
KEYSTONE PIPELINE AND GIVES
PUTIN THE THE NORD STREAM 2,
THAT DOESN’T MAKE SUS, MADE US
MORE ENERGY DEPENDENT AND THEN
MAKE-- MORE DEPENDENT ON RUSSIA.
IT DOESN’T MAKE SENSE, WHY
DOESN’T HE DO MORE OF THE
SANCTIONS EARLIER.
>> ALL RIGHT, WELL, WHETHER YOU
AND YOU CLEARLY DO NOT ADMIRE
HIS FOREIGN POLICY, ALTHOUGH
THAT WAS PART OF WHY HE WAS
ELECTED, WAS HE SAID I AM
EXPERIENCED, I KNOW HOW TO RUN
FOREIGN POLICY.
BUT YOU KNOW, HE AND HIS
ADMINISTRATION TRIED FOR MONTHS,
YOU KNOW, TO WARN THE ALLIES TO
WARN THE WORLD THAT PUTIN WAS
GOING TO INVADE.
NOW WHAT MORE COULD HE HAVE
DONE.
BECAUSE PUTIN CLEARLY MADE UP
HIS MIND, WAS NOT GOING TO BE
DETERRED.
>> I THINK STEP ONE IS HE SHOULD
NEVER HAVE BEEN AN APPEASER.
IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT BIDEN HAS
ALWAYS DONE, HE HAS ALWAYS
APPEASED DICTATOR, NEVER STOOD
UP TO THEM, NUMBER ONE, NUMBER
TWO IS THE WAY THAT HE LET THE
AFGHANISTAN-- LEFT AFGHANISTAN
MADE AMERICA LOOK VERY WEAK.
THINK ABOUT WHAT WOIDEN DID HE
SAYS WE’RE NOT GOING TO LEAVE
AMERICAN CITIZENS BEHIND.
HE DID.
THERE ARE STILL AMERICAN
CITIZENS BEHIND.
HE BROUGHT OUT THE MILITARY AND
THEN WATCH WHAT HAPPENED AT
KABUL AIRPORT.
YOU KNOW.
>> AV IMAN STAND WAS A
HUMILIATION, I THINK MOST PEOPLE
WOULD AGREE THE WAY WE LEFT WAS,
YOU KNOW, AN ABJECT FAILURE.
BUT HAVING SAID THAT, WHAT
SHOULD WE DO NOW, WHAT SHOULD
THE PRESIDENT DO NOW, WHAT WOULD
YOU DO NOW, YOU KNOW, IN
UKRAINE?
>> WELL, FIRST OFF, YOUR HEART
GOES OUT TO THE UKRAINIAN
CITIZENS.
WE’RE ALREADY SEEING A LOT OF
DEATHS, A LOT OF PEOPLE INJURED.
SO YOUR HEART GOES OUT TO THEM.
PUTIN IS CLEARLY A THUG.
HE NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
SO I’M GLAD THAT GERMANY AND THE
PRESIDENT HAS DECIDED THAT IN
ORDER STREAM IT-- NORD STREAM IT
WILL NOT GO FORWARD, HE SHOULD
ANNOUNCE IT WILL NEVER GO
FORWARD, I’M GLAD THE PRESIDENT
HAS PUT SANCTIONS ON.
BUT HE NEEDS TO SANCTION PUTIN
NOW.
HE NEEDS TO GO AFTER.
>> HE TO DECLARE HIM A WAR
CRIMINAL.
>> IS HE CLEARLY A WAR CRIMINAL.
HE SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT WE DO
EVERYTHING WE CAN TO IMPACT
PUTIN’S ASSETS.
PUTIN’S WORTH BILLIONS AND
BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS.
WE SHOULD BE DOING EVERYTHING WE
CAN DO GO AFTER PUTIN AND
EVERYBODY AROUND HIM AS THEY
HAVE TAKEN ALL THIS MONEY AWAY,
OUT OF THE RUSSIAN ECONOMY.
SO WE GOT TO BE VERY AGGRESSIVE.
AND BY THE WAY, YOU ARE RIGHT,
BIDEN SAID OH, HE WAS THIS GREAT
WORLD LEADERK HE KNEW HOW TO DO
FOREIGN POLICY.
WHY COULDN’T HE GET GERMANY TO
MAKE IT EASIER TO GET EQUIPMENT
OVER INTO UKRAINE.
WHY COULDN’T HE GET THE ENTIRE
WORLD COMMUNITY TO BE MORE
ACTIVE.
HE DIDN’T.
>> SENATOR, THIS WEEK YOU
RELEASED THIS AND HERE IS A COPY
OF YOUR AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN, IT
IS 1 IS POINT PLAN WHICH YOU
ISSUED.
WHY DOES AMERICA NEED TO BE
RESCUED?
>> I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT
HOW-- TELL YOU HOW IT IMPACTS
THE FAMILY RIGHT NOW.
SO WE HAVE UNBELIEVABLE
INFLATION.
WE HAVE PO TRILLION DOLLARS
WORTH OF DEBT.
WE ARE NOT GENERATING MANY
JOBSES.
YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE NOT GETTING
BACK IT TO WORK.
WE HAVE A GOVERNMENT THAT IS
PAYING PEOPLE NOT TO WORK.
WE HAVE THE WORLD CONTROLS THE
CULTURE, THE ECONOMY, OUR
GOVERNMENT, THE, LOOK AT OUR
KIDS ARE BEING TAUGHT THAT IF
YOU ARE-- IF YOU ARE PART OF
THIS GROUP, YOU ARE AN
OPPRESSOR, IF YOU ARE THIS GROUP
YOU ARE OPPRESSED.
>> YOU MEAN SCHOOL CURRICULUM.
>> YEAH.
>> TRT IS NOT TAUGHT IN FLORIDA.
>> IT IS TAUGHT AROUND THE
COUNTRY.
I WAS ON CNN BACK IN DECEMBER,
THEY SAID IT IS NOT BEING TAUGHT
IN VIRGINIA, ABSOLUTELY T IS ON
THE WEBSITE.
SO I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT
PARENTS HAVE THE CHOICE.
PARENTS MAKE THE BEST CHOICES
WITH WHERE KIDS SHOULD GO TO.
LET’S FOCUS ON DUAL, WHAT
HAPPENED TO ME, TEACH ME ABOUT
OUR COUNTRY, THAT OUR COUNTRY IS
THE GREATEST COUNTRY EVER, ARE
THERE THINGS WE HAVE TO APPROVE,
YEAH.
AND SUPPORT THE POLICE.
IF YOU GO THROUGH THE.
>> WHO DOESN’T SUPPORT THE
POLICE.
I MEAN CLEARLY THE BLACK LIVES
MATTER MOVEMENT OF LAST SUMMER
AND OF THE GEORGE FLOYD
INCIDENT, PEOPLE WERE CRITICAL
OF THE POLICE.
>> NO, THEY PANT WANTED TO
DEFUND T MICHAEL.
>> SOME DID.
>> LOOK AT THE KRAIM RATE AT INN
THIS COUNTRY, LOOK AT THE MURDER
RATE.
>> THAT IMPACTS EVERYBODY.
AND THIS INFLATION, THIS
RIDICULOUS INFLATION THAT WE’RE
DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW, IT’S ALL
CAUSED DI DEMOCRAT SPENDING AND
YOU CAN’T GET A PERMIT, I MEAN
IT’S RIDICULOUS.
>> A LOT OF THE INFLATION, I’M
NOT AN ECONOMIST, WAS CAUSED BY
PUMPING A COUPLE OF TRILLION
DOLLARS INTO THE ECONOMY WHEN
THE PANDEMIC CAUSED THE ECONOMY
TO BASICALLY SHUT DOWN, PEOPLE
LOST THEIR JOBS.
I MEAN THERE HAD TO BE A RESCUE
PLAN.
AND THAT WAS AT LEAST A MAJOR
FACTOR FOR INFLATION, WASN’T IT.
>> MICHAEL, BUT THEY KEPT DOING
IT.
LAST YEAR THE DEMOCRATS BY
THEMSELVES PASSED 1.THE TRILLION
DOLLARS, OKAY.
AND 10 PERCENT OF IT HAD NOTHING
TO DO WITH COVID.
THEY KEPT PAYING PEOPLE NOT TO
WORK.
THAT IS NOT HOW YOU BUILD A
ECONOMY, YOU DON’T TELL YOUR
KIDS THAT, YOU DON’T TELL YOUR
KIDS, HERE, STAY HOME, DON’T
WORK.
ALL RIGHT.
AND THEN, AND THEN THEY ARE SO
INCONSISTENT WITH THE
INFORMATION THEY GAVE US ON
COVID WHICH HURT OUR BUSINESSES.
>> THE SITUATION CERTAINLY
EVOLVED.
SENATOR, YOU KNOW, THE REASON
WHY SOME REPUBLICANS ARE
CRITICAL OF YOUR PLAN EVEN
THOUGH THEY ARE NOT COMING OUT
PUBLICLY VERY MUCH AND SAYING
IT, IS THAT IT CALLS FOR A TAX
INCREASE FOR PEOPLE WHO DON’T
PAY INCOME TAXES, YOU KNOW, TO
HAVE AS YOU PUT IT, SKIN IN THE
GAME.
BUT YOU KNOW, THESE ARE PEOPLE
WHO HAVE GONE THROUGH THE WORST
PANDEMIC IN A CENTURY.
THEY LOST JOBS, THEY STRUGGLE TO
PAY THEIR RENT, TO BUY
GROCERIES.
ARE YOU ASKING THEM TO PAY
HIGHER TAXES.
>> OF COURSE NOT.
MICHAEL, THINK ABOUT IT.
I CUT TAXES AND FEES A HUNDRED
TIMES AS GOVERNOR.
I DON’T SUPPORT RAISING TAXES
BUT HERE IS WHAT I WANT TO MAKE
SURE OF.
I MEAN WE’VE GOT-- WE HAVE
HARDWORKING AMERICANS, THEY ARE
PIING INCOME TAX AND PROPERTY
TAX AND SALES TAX.
WE HAVE RETIREEES THAT PAID ALL
THIS IN AND WE HAVE OTHER
PEOPLE, BILLIONAIRES NOT PAYING
INCOME TAXES.
WE GOT TO HAVE A SYSTEM THAT IS
FAIR.
WE CAN’T HAVE THIS GROUP SAYING
YOU GUYS GO KEEP PAYING TAXES,
BUT US, WE WANT TO TAKE ALL THIS
MONEY FROM THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT, YOU KNOW, THIS AGE
NOT PAY ANY TAX, THAT’S NOT
FEAR.
>> SENATOR, HERE YOU ARE TALKING
ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE BELOW THE
POVERTY LINE OR LOWER.
>> ABSOLUTELY KNOT NOT,
ABSOLUTELY NOT.
I NEVER SAID THAT.
BY THE WAY, THINK ABOUT IT T I
CUT TAXES.
I HAVE CUT TAXES AND FEES A
HUNDRED TIMES.
WHAT I AM SAYING IS WE’RE GOING
IT TO HAVE A SYSTEM WHERE WE
DON’T EXPECT JUST ONE GROUP, THE
HARDWORKING AMERICANS PAY ALL
THE INCOME TAXES.
YOU ARE A BILLIONAIRE, YOU
SHOULD PAY YOUR FAIR SHARE, ARE
YOU SOMEBODY THAT WANTS TO BE
DEPENDENT ON GOVERNMENT AND TAKE
ALL THESE PROGRAMS AND NOT PAY
ANYTHING, THAT’S NOT FAIR.
>> ON IMMIGRATION IN YOUR 11
POINT PLAN YOU SAY WE SHOULD
COMPLETE THE WALL AND NAME IT
AFTER AN HONOR IN DONALD TRUMP.
WHAT SENSE DOES THAT MAKE.
A LOT OF EXPERTS SAY DO WHAT THE
ISRAELIS DO OR OTHERS, USE
HIGH-TECH KIND OF ELECTRONICS
INSTEAD OF BUILDING A WALL AND
THEN PRESIDENT TRUMP OF COURSE
SAID MEXICO WAS GOING TO PAY FOR
THE WALL, MEXICO NEVER PAID
ANYTHING.
>> FIRST OFF YOU SHOULD DO ALL
OF THE ABOVE.
YOU SHOULD HAVE ELECTRICITY.
YOU SHOULD HAVE LIGHTS SO PEOPLE
WITH SEE THINGS, YOU SHOULD HAVE
CAMERASES AND THERE ARE PLACES
WHERE YOU DO NEED A WALL.
THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS DECIDED
THEY DON’T WANT ANY OF THAT.
I HAVE GONE TO THE BORDER A
PUNCH OF TIME, THE WALL IS UP
RIGHT HERE, WHERE THEY HAVE THE
DECISION NOT TO PUT IT UP.
ANOTHER PART THEY HAD THE
CAMERAS AND LIGHTS, THEY DECIDED
NO THE TO ELECTRIFY IT THAT’S
CRAZY.
WHAT WE’VE GOT TO DO IS WE-- I
LIKE IMMIGRATION.
I LIVE IN AN IMMIGRATION STATE,
I LIKE LIVING HERE.
BUT WE WANT LEGAL IMMIGRATION.
WE DON’T WANT AN OPEN BORDER
WHERE 100,000 PEOPLE DIE OF DRUG
OVERDOSES BECAUSE THE DRUGS CAN
JUST FLOW ACROSS THE BORDER.
MICHAEL, 100,000 PEOPLE IN ONE
YEAR DIED OF DRUG OVEROWES
O-- OVERDESES, A LOT FENTANYL
COMING FROM CHINA THROUGH THE
CAR TEL T IS WRONG.
>> IT IS TAJIK,-- TRAGIC THERE
IS NO QUESTION.
I HAVE TO SAY, THIS IS THE KIND
OF A PLAN THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE
GOING TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT
ISSUE.
ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT RUNNING
FOR PRESIDENT?
>> NO, NO, WHAT I’M TRYING TO DO
IS RESCUE THE COUNTRY, WE’VE GOT
TO CHANGE-- LOOK, HI A PLAN HOW
I WANTED TO CHANGE THE STATE OF
FLORIDA, OKAY.
AND I WORK THAT PLAN EVERY DAY,
I BELIEVE WE HAVE TO HAVE A
PLAN.
>> LET’S GET TO WORK AND PEOPLE,
PEOPLE GOT JOBS AND WENT TO
WORK.
>> RIGHT.
AND THEN WITH THIS, I BELIEVE WE
HAVE TO RESCUE THIS COUNTRY.
I THINK OUR COUNTRY IS IN
TROUBLE.
IT’S NOT THE COUNTRY I GREW UP
IN.
WHEN YOU WATCH TELEVISION IT IS
NOT THE COUNTRY YOU GREW UP IN.
WE’RE WORRIED ABOUT OUR
FAMILIES, OUR FREEDOM.
WE HAVE GOT TO START STANDING UP
FOR THE THINGS WE WITH BELIEVE
IN.
WE ARE A SUPPORTER FLAG, WE KNOW
THIS IS THE GREATEST COUNTRY
EVER, THERE HAS BEEN MORE
OPPORTUNITY CREATED IN AMERICA
THAN ANY PLACE IN THE WORLD.
THE LEFT WANTS TO KILL ALL THAT.
>> I WANT TO ASK YOU, YOU ARE
THE CHAIR OF THE SENATE
REPUBLICAN RE-ELECTION
COMMITTEE, I MIGHT NOT HAVE THAT
EXACTLY RIGHT.
AND YOU TRAVELED AROUND THE
COUNTRY AND YOU ARE TRYING TO
GET REPUBLICANS ELECTED OR
RE-ELECTED TO THE SENATE.
YOU RECENTLY WENT TO MAR A LAGO
MET WITH FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP.
WHAT WAS THAT, WAS THAT SORT OF
A BOW IN HIS DIRECTION?
IS HE THE DEFACTO LEADER NOW OF
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
>> THE LEADER OF THE PARTY IS
THE VOTER, AS WE ALL KNOW.
I MEAN IF YOU DON’T GET THE
VOTES, THAT IS WHO WINS.
I REMEMBER BACK IN TO 10 WHEN I
RAN, I WAS NOT THE ESTABLISHMENT
CANDIDATE.
AND THE VOTERS MADE A DECISION
WHO RAN THE PARTY.
WHAT I AM TRYING TO DO IS GET
ALL REPUBLICANS TO WORK TOGETHER
TO GET THE SPHAT BACK.
WE NEED EVERYBODY TO WORK
TOGETHER.
WE’VE GOT, SO I’M TRYING TO WORK
WITH ALL REPUBLICANS ALL ACROSS
THE COUNTRY.
>> AND PRESIDENT TRUMP IS HE THE
LEADER OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY?
>> THE VOTERS ARE.
>> SENATOR GREAT SPEAKING WITH
YOU.
I HOPE TO DO IT AGAIN SOON.