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And these count clerks, these count supervisors arent giving us the total number of ballots, and thats-- >> i understand and excuse me ignoranc ignorance. if the governor is opposed to the recount, i understand his reasoning and that hes not quite sure everyones playing by the rules here. are you afraid that it makes him look, and makes republicans look like theyre trying to hide votes? >> no, we want every vote counted, but what we dont want are illegal votes being counted that diminish or dilu...

Now, last night, congressman matt gates was here and that enterprise truck pulled up in the dead of night and we dont know what was on that truck. we havent been able to independently verify that but were keeping our eyes on it and in touch with the congressman to see if he can provide us the video which he allegedly shot but we havent confirmed it in the meantime well keep an eye on things neil back to you. neil: thank you very much, by the way florida is not the only state with election issues...

The decisions hes making dont approve of the language. i think some of that is quote, unquote, cultural. >> theres a lot of truth to that. >> and as far as the economy, hes done a lot. to your point there are pretty strong underpinnings, its style and culture. >> the economy ranked number three in importance. >> thats right. >> in part because people take it for granted. when you dont have a job, economy is number one. when you have a job you start thinking about other things. i think that the r...

Counts hes essentially accusing democrats of trying to steal the election there, so right now it is worth noting that his lead is narrowing over senator bill nelson and as i mentioned, right this second we are still under the threshold for a mandatory recount in florida, but look at the governors race. this is not quite so clear. this could be going to an automatic recount, so the ap, as we know, did in fact call the race, for republican desantis, but his lead as well narrowing over the tennesse...

Florida governor and senate candidate rick scott filing lawsuits accusing officials into codemocrat heavy counties trying to what they call "steal the election." attorney for bill nelson, the democrat, has announced a lawsuit looking to extend the vote counting deadline and the outcome of floridas governors race is now also in play. in dispute, an automatic recount appears imminent in that race as well. president trump says law enforcement is now looking into possible election fraud, watch. >> w...

Statewide office agriculture commissioner which is very important in florida, the democrat is ahead. >> bret: we are getting worried that rick scott is going to speak in tallahassee tonight, pushing back on democrats recount efforts and calls. its not really a choice. in florida, its automatic. >> its automatic although i think the person behind could waive the recount, challenge the recount. automatic recount that happens. i think the political story here is interesting which is the results of ...

Thats a courtroom. automatic recount would come -- a runoff would come -- but even then, if he falls below, theres going to be ballots out there, too. the first challenge is knock him below 50%. abrams campaign says thats not right. theres some ballots that havent been counts or absentee ballots they cant track down. thats what they say. in terms of the secretary of state is saying, even though stacey abrams wins big here, the state is saying, were done here. thats a lawyer issue. over here, 83%...

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...

Vote going to republicans. thats one end of policy. then the house side and where the democrats won. its suburban, its educated and young and ethnic. these different groups of parties are clinging and moving away. thats where we are right now. we have an update for you. are you hearing whats going on? >> we are looking at the votes coming in from florida in the senate race. the big question is why evaporate we called it? look at the margin. 50.2% to 49.8%. what im told this could be is recount t...

Tight race is. i know probably people are getting hives at home when i say florida recount. that could be where we are. >> you see the number on the bottom, 99%, over the wall we go. 99% is in and we are looking for one more percent. what do you see with the counties, where that vote could be? >> not are inially what you see, but the fact that there is absentee ballots. 5.6% of the total has shifted. dana hits the key point. why havent we called florida. our decision desk is caution and careful ...