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Blaming the republic controlled legislature for the delay. you see, the g.o.p. created very complicated ballots and rejected appeals to extend the number of early voting days. the florida governor rick scott says he will review his states election process. phil keating is in our south florida newsroom. phil, who is still counting down there? >> shep, as of just a few minutes ago, did i volume county around jacksonville finally finished counting, that leaves broward and palm beach county which ho...

Phil keating said 9:00 a.m.? im going to get up at 5:00 a.m. im going to talk to "fox & friends" for all three hours. am i right? >> you are correct. at this point, until those absentees are filled in and added to the statewide total, where we stand right now is president obama with a seven tenth of a percentage lead over governor romney. long lines plaguing south florida well into the wee hours of this morning. in fact, those lines stretched into the dark. people were taking 45 minutes just to ...

>> good morning. 2012, much closer for president obama in the state of florida than was 2008 when he beat mccain, senator mccain by three percentage points. despite the polling data, suggesting romney would best the president by 1.5 percentage points here in the state, with almost all of the votes counted, president obama appears to be winning in florida, 49.9% to 42.3% right now. 42,000 votes separating the two candidates down in miami-dade. 18,000 absentee ballots yet to be counted. and west o...

Ball ballot. 3% of all absentees could get setaside because the the signatures didnt match t hp) so it could be subject to a challefference between getting 270 and not getting 270. >> one is flori sides? only for the republicans? >> its an absolute must win. theres one path of the p ground for t it calls for him the this toch mate. theres no -- this is 29 electoral up very foragain, florida right now too close to close.close. on"÷ interesting call we do have or projection from this closings was...

And a result iarolina. thats the other thing, i think north carolina will take us a g to be tight. >> thats goodobama. >> thats good news for obama.he chris, the ihave peoplee, you have a could beer there are hundreds ofawthere. were getting all ofence about questions about voter polls. same in pennsy aa bothni out potally difficult knotty about who voted, whose votes are counted, the early absentees >> whats the complication eres no photo voter >> the complication in penn first fo of voter i.d....

Daytona beach. so far more than 4.5 million flo floridians have already voted. the democrats lead in the voting at the polls. the republicans in the absentees but the gap between them is dwarfed by those independents. thats where the focus is. they determine the outcome of an election here. >> thats right, mark potter. mark potter in hillsborough in tampa. now lets turn to the buckeye state, part of the midwestern firewall. both candidates will be in columbus, ohio. kelly odonnell is live for us...

Absentees benefit republicans by 4 points. but this is clearly why the democrats and republicans are fighting so hard on getting the early-voting extensions. >> >> thank you, talk later. >> martha: lets hope that line moves very quickly. we have 48 hours to go. hard it believe, right? we have brand-new poll numbers to show you, just in from the key battleground states. tows new numbers and the last-minute push to reach who is undecided? well be right back with more on americas newsroom on sunday...

>> you cant blame a brother, though. >> he loves his brother. you know, he keeps trying to get him back on the stage, and republicans keep saying no, thanks, we dont need him. its also interesting. i wonder if jeb has seen that memo that came out from republican party operatives about the sort of panic attack theyre having about the state of florida. they are losing the early vote ground game right now. they are actually very worried, particularly looking at places like palm beach, which is a de...

Has no one told jeb bush this thing about his brothers lack of popularity with the american public? >> poor jeb keeps trying. he tried it at the convention too. he just tries to slip george in there every so often. >> you cant blame a brother, though. >> he loves his brother. you know, he keeps trying to get him back on the stage, and republicans keep saying no, thanks, we dont need him. its also interesting. i wonder if jeb has seen that memo that came out from republican party operatives about...

Character, he was able to show he was in touch. and mitt romney was able to stem the early rote bleeding. all we heard is the race is over. vores going to the polls and absentees say i are have to go with the winner. this is it a tennis match we are at deuce and slate of advantage. mitt romney is looking better in florida. and obama campaign publicly they can lose ohio and win. but that is scott walker and ryans wisconsin is not walkers wisconsin. you have been involved in scores and governor,...