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Hours before President Donald Trump arrived in Tampa, the man he came to campaign for released a new ad showing he’s all in for the President.  Republican Gubernatorial hopeful Ron DeSantis is making sure voters know he’s for Trump and vice versa.

If you didn’t know that Ron DeSantis had been endorsed by Donald Trump, his latest ad shows he’s in with the President one hundred percent.

“He’s also an amazing dad” says wife Casey in the spot. “Ron loves playing with the kids.” DeSantis is then seem helping the child with building blocks saying “Build the  wall.” “He reads stories” says Casey. DeSantis, reading Trump’s book Art of the Deal says “Then Mr. Trump said, You’re Fired. I love that part.”

Political scientist Carol Weissert calls it…

“Very Clever. It’s funny, it’s cute. It’s gonna be tweeted and retweeted and watched a lot more than more substantive ads would be.”

Conventional Wisdom suggests that any candidates that goes as far right as DeSantis did in this spot hurt themselves in tNovember, but this might be the year conventional wisdom is thrown out the window.

“I don’t think he’s worried about the general election at this point” says Weissert.  “I think he’s worried about the primary and it’s going to help him in the Primary, I think.”

Also seen in the spot, DeSantis teaching his child to read by holding up a Trump sign and reading from it. “Make America great again.People Say Ron is all Trump, but he is so much more…to which DeSantis responds: “Big Lead…so good.”

Polling suggests that DeSantis has overcome Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam’s once commanding lead…due almost exclusively to the Presidents endorsement says Democrat Political Consultant Steve Vancore.

“There’s no doubt that the Trump bump is real and DeSantis got a lift from it. Now, with about fifteen to twenty percent undecided, the question will be who’s better for Florida.”

And as one political scientist put it, Democrats who think the President will be DeSantis’s downfall in November might be taking their cues from Hillary Clinton’s playbook.

While Governor Rick Scott was scheduled to appear with the President this afternoon, he has drastically curtailed both his appearances and praise for Donald Trump since the US Senate race began heating up. 

The coalition for Reproductive Rights today delivered fifty-five hundred signatures to the Governors Office. The coalition is calling on the state to enforce requirements in a new law granting funding to at least 105 counseling centers which the coalition is calling fake, because they appear to offer women seeking abortions support. But coalition spokesperson Amy Weintraub says the clinics often mislead women about their services.

“The fake clinics must provide services in a non coercive manner. They must not try to persuade women to do one thing over another. They may not include any religious content in service delivery. They must provide current and accurate information. 

The legislation also says the clinics must provide references for any medical statements, and conduct background screenings on staff and volunteers. The coalition says it wants the Department of Health to conduct frequent surprise visits to the clinics.   

The effort to ban Greyhound racing is getting a shot in the arm, thanks to a one point five million dollar contribution from famed actress Doris Day and her foundation to protect animals. But the amendment must first survive a legal challenge.

Florida TV viewers may soon be seeing a lot more of this “Yes on 13”spot and another one in development. 

“Every three days, a greyhound like this one dies on a race track in Florida” says the announcer.

Yes on 13, the effort to ban dog racing, is getting a one point five million dollar infusion of cash.

“They’re talking like they were very dear friends” said Doris Day in the 1956 a 1956 movie.

It’s coming from movie icon Doris Day’s animal foundation. 

Kate McFall with Yes on 13 calls the cash…“great news. We’re thrilled to have the support of Doris Day.”

Yes on 13 says the Foundation reached out to them. The group is making a one point eight million TV buy this fall.

“Floridians loves dogs and they deserve to be protected. We know once they realize what this is about…a phase out to protect dogs, we fell confident they’ll vote yes on 13” says McFall.

But first, Yes on 13 must survive a legal challenge. 

“The title, end all racing, is false” former Supreme Court Justice Major Harding told a court last Thursday.  Greyhound lawyers are asking the amendment be taken off the ballot.”

Greyhound supporters say Doris Day’s money would be better used saving animals already in a shelter.

Statewide statistics from the University of Flordia show that for every four animals that go into a shelter, fewer then 3 come out. Jack Cory represents the FL Greyhound Association.

“For a million five, we could have taken Flordia to a No Kill state. Saved over a hundred thousand animals a year, over three hundred today and every single day in the shelters throughout the state of Florida” say Cory.

Both sides say polling shows them winning. To pass, the amendment must get 60 percent of the vote. If it does, racing would be phased out in 2020.

The first decision on whether the ballot measure is misleading or not could come this week.

Democratic Gubernatorial hopeful Andrew Gillum today called on the current governor to use is emergency powers to suspend the state’s Stand Your Ground law. The request comes after an emotional weekend in Tampa as it mourned the death of 28 year old Markeis McGlockton. The father of three was shot by a man who was arguing with McGlockton’s wife over a handicapped parking spot. The shooter was not charged.

Gillum says Governor Rick Scott could clarify the law, just as he has done under his emergency powers with beach access.

“I would argue that this case and the involvement of Stand Your Ground and how it is being asserted in the state of Florida is indeed an emergency” says Gillum. “It is particularly an emergency in communities of color.” 

Gillum also sited Governor Charlie Crist’s extension of early voting hours as an example of declaring a state of emergency that is not weather related.