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Is two minutes to tell us that story. >> reporter: the people who have until 5:00 today, that was not a deadline that existed at the beginning of the week. that came from a federal judge, hearing from the nelson folks and hearing they should have that extended time line to make the case they are who they say they are, and their ballot should count. they call that process curing or fixing the problem there was between the mismatched signatures. in court, it has only gone downhill for democrats wh...

Muellers questions. the pathway narrowing for the democrats to win recounts in florida. a hand recount is ordered for governor rick scott and democrat bill nelson. republican ron desantis declared victory after a machine recount did not help andrew gillum narrow the gap. that race effectively over which leaves democrats hoping for a miracle in the senate race where governor scott leads by less than 13,000 votes out of 8.2 million cast. >> senator nelson dealt another blow by the court ruling i...

Ballots where too many choices were made, or too few. over or under. the governors race did not get close enough after the machine recount. and therefore, congressman desantis claimed victory. mayor gillum has refused to con side. governor scott has a 12,000 vote lead. that race is headed for a manual recount. man, we had drama today that nobody expected. all of the counties did not meet the deadline that was imposed by law today. including hillsboro county, palm beach and broward county, where ...

Votes through the machine recount. not enough to put it out of hand counting territory. this as a slew of lawsuits are flying back and forth across the sunshine state. lets get to brad todd. senior adviser to the scott campaign. good to have you back on the show. >> good to be back, chris, thanks for having me. >> help me understand the two minute thing. just two minutes, come on. >> we all learn that in law school. count them, no, no, no, we follow the law. you gained 77 vote notice machine rec...

Any races after that within a .25% margin. under votes and over votes. ballots where too many choices were made, or too few. over or under. the governors race did not get close enough after the machine recount. that end today for a further recount. and therefore, congressman desantis claimed victory. mayor gillum has refused to con side. on the senate side. a few dozen more votes for gov snore scott. governor scott. governor scott has a 12,000 vote lead. that race is headed for a manual recount....

Broward county could begin its machine recount on saturday afternoon, as of monday night, they had not even started, their neighbor to the south which had more votes to count was well under way. miami-dade and broward finished fine. broward more than expected it to -- >> brenda snipes was on with us, we had better than expected turnout. >> even better reason to have started on saturday, right? why wait until monday night, then she finished today 15 minutes before the deadline, they come out and ...

Percentage point after the count finished on saturday. that race pretty much stayed as what we expected. the numbers did not change that much at all. so the governors race, that count is over, and we can say that ron desantis will be the next governor of florida. but the senate race, the numbers have not changed that much since the initial count. so if bill nelson has any hope of overcoming rick scott, theyll need a miracle during this hand recount. >> how is it possible that broward county miss...

May be kicked out. we may see action on that soon. >> charging is one thing. extradition is another battle. hadas, thank you. the investigation is weighing on the president heavily this week. he met with his lawyers three times this week to talk about the responses to robert mueller. the trump legal team is wary of muellers questions. rudy giuliani describing some of them as quote possible traps. the pathway is narrowing for the democrats to win recounts in florida. a hand recount is ordered...

E-mails during the 2016 campaign. mueller has been exploring communications with wikileaks and associates of president trump, including roger stone. >> the russia investigation weighing heavily on the president. he met with his lawyers three times this week to talk about the responses to robert mueller. the trump legal team is wary of muellers questions. rudy giuliani describing some of them as quote possible traps. t the pathway is narrowing for the democrats to win recounts in florida. a han...

Hangs in the balance. the numbers have not changed all that much since the initial count. so if bill nelson has any hope of overcoming rick scott, theyll need a miracle during this hand recount. >> how is it possible that broward county missed the deadline by two minutes? >> reporter: its really head scratching. and nobody really has a good explanation for exactly what happened. and i do think for the people of florida, this is pretty disappointing. it wasnt just broward county, it was also palm...