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Is an automatic, automatic recount. and, so, the other thing that were learning that could impact this is that there are still some votes missing. votes that are missing are overseas military and absentee. those votes could take up to a week. what happens in between? were trying to figure all that out as we go with the secretary of state. but meanwhile, rick scott has announced his victory, saying that he wants to work for every family in florida, and were expecting bill nelson to make some sort...

Been playing to. georgia, even though stacey abrams is saying they are out standing issues, you only know what you show in terms of votes left on the map. i dont know how she gets to 50% and triggers a recount. she said there are absentee and provisional ballots. i dont know if they get to a recount. i am putting it republican right now. new hampshire right now going republican. they are in the lead. what do we see in the picture? 28-22. republican advantage. heart break for democrats in some of...

There may be some actual votes that were cast today that have not yet been counted. >> julie: i did the math, the difference in both would be 115,047, so that that is over e 50,000 -- we would have to wait and see what the absentees. basically i dont think we will be getting the results. >> ed: would not go to an automatic recount at this level unless the gap narrows. richard fowler, youve been emailing, as we listened to stacey abrams, what is your sense from democratic officials, is she pushin...

Threshold needed to avoid a runoff. abrams said thousands of absentee and provisional ballots need to be counted. she was already campaigning for the potential runoff. >> it is my mission to serve you, to serve georgia, to make you proud. and for those who didnt take me the first time, to change your mind ab me and what we can accomplish together. >> reporter: republican brian kemp stopped short of declaring victory overnight but did sound optimistic. take a listen. >> there are votes left to co...

Basically, for democrats to win that. >> essentially have to run up the score in places like tampa, hillsboro county, in places where i am now, leon county, and they have to really max it out in broward. so it is tight. all florida elections are tight. never listen to polls that say anybody is up 2 to 4 in florida. no one is ever up 2 to 4 in florida. its always tight until the very end. you really wont know really until the absentees come in. i think people here are casually optimistic. you alw...

Gets the numbers shes hoping for in this ballot count. and we think that those provisional and provisional ballots -- those absentee and provisional ballots, i should say, theyll start counting them sometime today. stephanie? >> thanks so much. joining me now, i have a fantastic panel this morning. steve israel, outgoing republican from pennsylvania, congressman brian costello, a national political reporter, and charlie sites contributing editor of the weekly standard. and cornell bellcher. de...

I was just told that milwaukee county has reported. wow! look at that. it was a couple thousand votes. milwaukee county put that uncounted absentee, they just reported it out. tony evers, you can see, he expands there. he now leads by 37,000 votes. and i can tell you, there are some outstanding precincts. >> are there enough votes out there for scott walker? >> no. im looking for recount provisions. 1.4% statewide. this is a major development. this was not on anybodys radar. i said that has to b...

Witnessing. >> well, he was very clear saying clearly, this isnt a democratic wave election. >> yep. >> but not knowing whats going the happen in florida, watching it come down to the wire, first of all, are there going to be recounts in florida? is an automatic recount. >> at what threshold? >> at 1%. >> traditional. >> ask the supreme court. there is so much that happens. they count absentees and they count military ballots, and sometimes you go to court to figure out which ballots get count...

>> thats right. the two out there right now, this is a majority black county. stacey abrams doing very well. there are precincts, not many, unlikely even they could bring a statewide total. there are some provisional absentee. even with that, from our decision desk, theyre not projecting it? we have a couple of barn burners out west. lets start in montana. im getting my own update. it has changed since the last time i looked at i. john tester. 3,300 votes behind matt rosendale. the good news for...

Those ballots. they say they have a responsibility to make certain that every single one of them is counted and so they are going to pull this thing out until that happens. the voting may start today, but the counting of the votes will start today but go into next week. monday is a holiday. lets talk to the woodly family. what did you think about what happened last night? >> i think that it was completely inappropriate. i think that the polls should have been open and should have been ready. eve...