>> James: GOVERNOR, WELCOME BACK TO THE SHOW.
>> SOUNDS LIKE THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF DRINKING OUT THERE, A LOT
OF ENERGY.
>> James: I TELL YOU, THERE WAS, A LOT.
IT WAS GOOD.
>> HOW ARE YOU FEELING?
>> James: I'M FEELING.
>> ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?
>> James: I'M A BIT BROKEN AT THE MOMENT.
YOU REALLY WANT TO GET INTO IT.
>> IT'S BEEN A HARD YEAR.
>> James: FORE GET THE BOOK, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE
BOOK.
NOW LISTEN, I AM SO GLAD YOU ARE HERE, LAST TIME YOU WERE ON THE
SHOW WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, WE WERE.
>> 25 FEET AWAY.
>> James: A LONG WAY AWAY, YOU WERE ABOUT TO COME UP IN WHAT I
ALWAYS CONSIDERED TO BE THAT RIDICULOUS RECALL ELECTION, HOW
IS LIFE SINCE THAT RECALL, HOW IS IT GOING.
>> A HELL OF A LOT BETTER.
BY THE WAY, IS THIS THE THIRD GOVERNOR, I MEAN IT IS A LITTLE
HUMILIATING, A LITTLE HUMBLING, JUST THE THIRD GOVERNOR IN
AMERICAN HISTORY TO ACTUALLY FACE A RECALL.
300 MILLION DOLLARS WAS SPENT ON THAT RECALL.
AND IT WAS REJECTED OVERWHELMINGLY.
SO I FEEL A HELL OF A LOT BETTER THAN I DID BEFORE.
>> James: I MEAN WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT COVID THEN.
AS EVERYBODY'S CONVERSATION IS ABOUT COVID, YOU KNOW, BACK THEN
WE THOUGHT WE WERE THROUGH THE WORST OF IT, PEOPLE GETTING
VACCINATED.
AND THEN SUDDENLY THE OMICRON COME AS LONG.
SENDS PEOPLE INTO A PANIC.
I FEEL LIKE NEWS, THE MEDIA HAS SUCH A RESPONSIBILITY ON THE WAY
THEY DO THINGS AND REPORTING THINGS.
I MEERCH YOU HAVE LEAD SOME OF THE COUNTRY'S TRICTEST MANDATES
HERE IN CALIFORNIA.
HW PREPARED ARE WE FOR A DANGEROUS VARIANT.
>> WE ARE AS PREPARED AS ANY STATE IN THE COUNTRY, I REALLY
MEAN THAT 93 PERCENT OF CALIFORNIA 18 AND ABOVE RECEIVED
AT LEAST ONE DOSE OF THE VACCINE.
nd SO WE ARE LEADING IN THAT RESPECT, FOURTH LOWEST
POSITIVITY RATE IN THE COUNTRY.
AND WE ARE PREPARING FOR A WINTER SURGE.
THERE IS AN ANNUAL WINTER SURGE LAST YEAR, WE STARTED TO SEE
THOSE NUMBERS GO BACK UPK PRIMARILY DRIVEN BY DELTA.
AS WE SIT HERE TODAY, JUST 13 OM CN-- OMICRON VARIANTS HAVE BEEN
IDENTIFIED.
BUT WE KNOW IT IS MUCH MORE.
THE QUESTION IS HOW CONTAGIOUS IS IT AND HOW DANGEROUS, WHAT WE
ARE FEELING, WHAT WE UNDERSTAND TO BE AND WHAT YOU ARE HEARING
AROUND THE REST OF THE WORLD APPEARS TO BE MORE CONTAGIOUS
BUT LESS DANGEROUS.
THAT SAID, IT IS A VARIANT ON TOP OF VARIANT, AND THAT MEANS
THAT WE'VE GOT-- CAN'T RUNT 90 YARD DASH, WE HAVE TO ACCELERATE
OUR BOOSTER EFFORTS, OUR VACCINATION EFFORTS, THAT IS THE
PATH OUT OF THIS PANDEMIC ONCE AND FOR ALL.
>> James: I WANT TO TALK ABOUT INTERESTING STATUS.
SO I THINK WHEN WE THINK ABOUT COVID IN AMERICA AND SERB STATES
WE TALK ABOUT LIKE CALIFORNIA'S RESPONSE, NEW YORK'S RESPONSE.
AND THEN COMPARED TO SAY FLORIDA'S RESPONSE.
WALK ME THROUGH A COMPARISON OF CALIFORNIA VERSUS SOMEWHERE LIKE
FLORIDA.
HOW DID WE DO?
CUZ THERE IS A LOT OF DIFFERENT STORIES AND RUMORS OUT THERE PER
CAPITA.
GIVE US THE FACT.
>> WE HAVE MEDIA CELEBRATING FLORIDA, I REALLY APPRECIATE
THIS QUESTION, FOR A MOMENT PAUSE AND REFLECT WHAT THEY ARE
CELEBRATING.
SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC, FLORIDA COMPARED TO
CALIFORNIA, HAS HAD A 53 PERCENT HIGHER DEATH RATE THAN THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA.
33 PERCENT HIGHER CASE RATE THAN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
AND THEIR ECONOMY HAS DONE WORSE THAN THE ECONOMY IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA.
THE WHOLE NOTION THAT SHOW WE HAVE TO DISABUSE OURSELVES THAT
THIS IS A REAL HEALTH ISSUE AND WE CAN OPEN EVERYTHING UP, DON'T
WORRY ABOUT SCIENCE, DON'T WORRIES ABOUT MASK WEARING,
SOCIAL DISTANCING, FREEDOM, FREEDOM, FREEDOM AND SHOW THAT
IS THE TICKET TO ECONOMIC GROWTH, TURNS OUT THAT IS NOT
THE CASE, CALIFORNIA IS PROOF OF THAT.
WE CONTRACTED IN MORE MODEST WAYS THAN FLORIDA THAN THE
PEOPLE IN THE PANDEMIC AND THE TEN FOLD AMERICAN JOB RECOVERY
AS WE MAINTAIN THE LOWEST POSITIVITY RATESES IN AMERICA.
THE PATHWAY OUT OF THIS IS NOT ONLY A VACCINE BUT THE PATHWAY
BACK TO ECONOMIC PROSPERITY AND KEEPING OUR KIDS SAFELY BACK IN
PERSON IN SCHOOL IS TO GET THE PANDEMIC BEHIND US AND
CALIFORNIA, I'M NOT SAYING WE ARE PERFECT, WE ARE NOT.
BUT CALIFORNIA EXAMPLE VERSUS FLORIDA IS NOT EVEN CLOSE IN
TERMS OF THE OUTCOME THAT YOU CARE ABOUT, IF YOU CARE ABOUT
LIFE, AND CARE ABOUT THE ECONOMY.
YZ IT IS SO GREAT TO HEAR THAT BECAUSE I DO FEEL LIKE THAT
MESSAGE HASN'T REALLY EVER-- HASN'T BEEN BROADCAST IN
THE MANNER THAT YOU JUST.
>> WE DON'T HAVE SURROUND SOUND NETWORK.
THE OTHER SIDE IS 24/7.
THEY ACT LIKE THE MAINSTREAM NEWS, IS A PROM NERCHLT NEWS
SOURCE, IT IS SURROUND SOUND, EVERYBODY SON MESSAGE AND
TALKING POINTS AND THE REST IS IN MANY DIFFERENT AREAS, THAT IS
THE CHAL ECK WE HAVE COMMUNICATING.
HAVE I BEEN SAYING THIS NONSTOP BUT THIS IS THE CHALLENGE IS
GETTING THAT MESSAGE OUT.
AND WHAT THEY ARE PROMOTING IS DANGEROUS FROM MY HUMBLE
PERSPECTIVE.
I'M NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT WHAT THE GOVERNOR OF FLORIDA MIGHT BE
PROMOTING OR GOVERNOR OF TEXAS BUT THE MOTION THAT THIS IS
DONE, THAT IT IS BEHIND US, THAT WE-- THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO
WORRY ABOUT IT ANY MORE BECAUSE WE ARE JUST TIRED.
I GET IT.
WE ARE ALL TIRED.
NO ONE WANTS TO MARY HEE TALK ABOUT THIS, YOU CAME HERE TO
RELAX.
AND NOW YOU ARE HAVE THE GOVERNOR, YOU HOPING TOM CRUISE,
HE SHOWED UP LAST NIGHT.
BUT YOU CAN'T RUN THE 90 YARD DASH, THAT IS JUST MY MESSAGE,
74,000 HUMAN BEINGS ARE DEAD, THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE AROUND
JUST IN OUR STATE, THIS IS REAL ANDS IT'S SERIOUS.
AND I HAVE FOUR KIDS.
I WANT TO KEEP THEM IN SCHOOL.
I DON'T WANT SCHOOLS TO KEEP SHUTTING DOWN.
BY THE WAY, THOSE SAME STATES THAT ARE PREPARING FREEDOM,
THEIR SCHOOLS ARE SHUTTING DOWN AT MUCH HIGHER RATES THAN STATES
LIKE CALIFORNIA.
>> James: WHAT DO YOU THINK OF GOVERNOR DESANTIS, HAVE YOU MET
HIM, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF HIS PERFORMANCE, HAVE YOU MET HIM.
>> YEAH, ALL THE GOVERNORS ARE ALL ON CALLS ALL THE TIME.
>> James: HOW WOULD YOU SAY.
>> I DON'T WANT TO-- NOW WE WILL CRATE SOME REAL NEWS.
NO NEWS TONIGHT.
TALK ABOUT THE BOOK.
>> James: NO, BECAUSE WHEN YOU THINK, LOTS OF PEOPLE ARE SAYING
THEY THINK HE WILL PROBABLY RUN FOR PRESIDENT.
>> CLEARLY.
>> James: DO YOU THINK WILL RUN FOR PRESIDENT.
>> OF COURSE HE IS, HE IS RUNNING FR KRERKS PACER, OF
COURSE, THESE GUYS ARE OUT-- EACH OTHER ON EVERY ISSUE
ON CHOICE AND REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS IT IT IS SLIEK A LITUS
TEST TO GET THROUGH ONE AMERICAN NEWS, NEWS MAX AND THIS THING
CALLED FOX.
THEY CAN'T GET THROUGH THE PRIMARY LET ALONE GET THROUGH
TRUMP'S TWITTER-- I MEAN IT IS REALLY BALD.