WITH NO INSURANCE. Reporter:
CBS 4 NEWS.
YOUR HEART GOES OUT TO SO
MANY PEOPLE.
NOW TO THE -- THE PRESIDENT
WAS IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA
TOURING THE KEYS AREA.
THE PRESIDENTIAL VISIT LIKE
THIS REQUIRES A LOT OF
ATTENTION, IT DRAWS A LOT OF
MANPOWER AND RESOURCES TO
HANDLE IT.
LET'S FACE IT, THE FLORIDA KEYS
RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE DECIMATED.
THEY ARE TRYING TO PEOPLE GET
-- TO GET PEOPLE WATER AND
FOOD, CELL PHONE SERVICE.
IT WOULD'VE BEEN A HUGE
DISTRACTION.
IT'S A GOOD THING, NOT A SIGN
OF DISRESPECT BY THE PRESIDENT
THAT HE DID NOT GO TO THE KEYS.
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE TROUBLE
IF HE HAD TAKEN THOSE RESOURCES.
I DO THINK IT WENT IN FORT
MYERS AND NAPLES?
I THINK IT'S GOOD.
IT'S THE FIRST TIME THAT HE'S
HAD TO DO THESE KINDS OF VISITS.
HE'S GETTING IT.
IS MORE COMFORTABLE AND
UNDERSTANDS THE ROLE THAT THIS
IS.
A LOT OF PEOPLE YOU KNOW FROM
AFAR MAY THINK THESE TYPES OF
VISITS DON'T MATTER.
THEY ARE PHOTO OPS OR PUBLICITY
STUNTS.
I WILL BE HONEST WITH YOU, I
THINK THAT THEY ARE IMPORTANT.
THEY SHOW WHETHER IT WAS
PREVIOUS PRESIDENTS OR CURRENT
PRESIDENTS WHEN THEY GOING TO
THESE AREAS, THEY SHOW THE
NATION IS WITH THEM.
IT'S IMPORTANT.
WE HEARD FROM THE RESIDENCE.
THEY WERE HAPPY THAT HE CARED
AND CAME OUT. THE PRESIDENT
AND FEMA HAVE GOTTEN HIGH
MARKS.
ALSO GOVERNOR RICK SCOTT.
HE HAS DONE WELL AS WELL.
A STORM LIKE THIS IS NOT JUST
ABOUT THE WAY THE STORM
ATTACKED ITSELF BUT AT THE
AFTERMATH.
HERE WE ARE FIVE DAYS OUT, AND
RECOVERY.
I THINK THAT'S TO BE EXPECTED.
YOU HEARD THOUGH, THE PRIMARY
FOCUS OF GOVERNOR RICK SCOTT IS
TO MAKE THINGS BETTER FOR THE
RESIDENTS HERE.
AND TO DO HIS JOB AS THE
GOVERNOR.
AT THE SAME TIME THERE IS A
LITTLE VOICE IN THE BACK OF HIS
HEAD THAT SAYS, IF I MESS THIS
UP, I CAN'T RUN FORTS -- FOR
SENATE IN 2018.
OR THE REVERSE, IF I DO WELL
THIS WILL HELP ME IN 2018.
IF YOU DIDN'T THINK POLITICS
WAS INVOLVED IN THESE SETS OF
VISITS, YOU SAW THE PRESIDENT
INJECT POLITICS BY SAYING THAT
HE HOPES RICK SCOTT RUNS FOR
SENATE IN 2018, TRUST ME, HE IS
RUNNING FOR IT.[ LAUGHTER ]
DO YOU THINK THE ENDORSEMENT
IS A GOOD THING?
I THINK, RICK SCOTT AND
DONALD TRUMP ARE TIED AT THE
HIT.
HE WAS AN EARLY SUPPORTER OF
THE PRESIDENT SO THERE IS NO
DISTANCING THEMSELVES.
LET'S BE FAIR ON BOTH SIDES,
WHO IS THE LIKELY CHALLENGER IN
2018?
A BILL NELSON.
HE HAS HAD A HARD TIME TRYING
TO FIND A WAY INTO THIS STORY.
IT'S REALLY, HURRICANES ARE
ABOUT GOVERNORS.
YOU SAW AGAIN, BILL LARSON --
BILL NELSON KILLED -- BILL
NELSON CARES.
THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR HIM
TO PRESENT HIMSELF AND SHOW
THAT THIS IS WHAT HE CAN DO AS
A SENATOR HE CAN STEP UP AND
MAKE SURE THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE
HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
YOU ARE SAYING TO POLITICIANS
DOING THEIR JOB BUT ALSO BEING
AWARE OF THE POLITICS THAT WILL
PLAY OUT.
TALKING ABOUT THAT, THE
PRESIDENT WHILE HE WAS HERE HE
PRAISED FPM DELL -- FPL.
THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE
WITHOUT POWER.
THEY DON'T THINK THE HIGHLY OF
FPL.
THERE IS A WIDE POLITICAL MOVE
ON THE PART OF THE PRESIDENT.
I ADMIT.
I CRINGED WHEN I HEARD THE
PRESIDENT REACH OUT TO SHAKE
THE CEO OF FPL'S HAND.
AND PRAISE WHAT A GREAT JOB HE
DID.
I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, I WONDER
WHAT PEOPLE WITHOUT POWER WOULD
SAY.
I REALIZED THE PEOPLE WITHOUT
POWER OR NOT WATCHING THIS ON
TV RIGHT NOW.
[ LAUGHTER ] NEVERTHELESS, I
STILL THINK REGARDLESS, FPL IS
GOING TO HAVE SOME ANSWERS AND
MORE IMPORTANTLY, I'M GOING TO
SEE WHAT FPL'S RESPONSE IS IN
SIX MONTHS.
WHAT KIND OF RATE HIKES THEY