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We will have a live report in minutes for you. lets discuss the election recounts battle. joining us new jeffrey tubin and florida reporter for "politico" mark caputo. were decide whog ting who the governor and senate will be. explain to me whats happening in broward county. whats the issue as you see it? why dont we have results yet? >> its a multifaceted question because broward county is very often a mess when it comes to elections, and this is no exception. the big problem is they seem to ...

Consequences. im joined by my go-to guru for all things florida, mark caputo. and also with me is gene robinson, and also michael stee steele, and mr. caputo, we will start with you. what the heck is going on in broward county and do we know how many ballots total there are in broward county to be counted? >> no, we dont. and in fact like "the miami herald" reporter just tweeted, that i hair, we were told yesterday that all the early in person votes had been tallied and then they found out today...

Investigation by bob mueller. one tool they have -- it is effective. the reason they play it, its effective. this notion when the president says we are being invaded. that actually works. the fear strategy, if you will, it works. i debuted a radio show yesterday here in the state of florida. over the course of two hours, one time the board lit up with callers is when we talked about the caravan issue and when we talked about birthright citizenship. it is at the heart and soul of where republican...

Democratic opponent. republicans polled some of that financial support for bishop. a month ago, the most recent polling out here still put bishop ahead. its going to be a very interesting one to watch on election night in particular because there are a lot of advantages there on paper that slotkin the democrat, bishop seems to be hanging tough even though his party didnt have confidence in him in the home stretch of this campaign. >> steve, i think ill be seeing you next week as we do the final ...

Note that were going to get to that tax cut in the new year. hallie? >> the maybe a bit of an election week i owe you, if you will. safe travels to montana, my frie friend. see you there this weekend. im joined by david jolly, no longer affiliated with the party, by the way, kimberly atkins bureau chief for the boston herald. and here with me in cape coral, mark caputo for politico and politico florida and friend of the show, of course. thank you all for being here on this day. kimber kimberly, ...

When everybody says theres no a state with two nationally collusion. ill do whats necessary. watched midterm elections coming >> what do you make of that? up, including one of the it has so many millions of traps "hardball" ten senate races. in that. campaigning has been temporarily ill do wlahatever my lawyers s put on pause as the state to avoid a subpoena, even to recovers from -- look at the devastation left by hurricane honor subpoena now that i have michael. the "hardball" senate race five...

Of new york, you have michael writer for politico. cohen cooperating on the trump i am going to turn it over to administration and foundation. you. what is the talk from democrats you have his accountant cooperating. and progressives, hopeful the you have the accountant, the strong showing by the lawyer, you need one more person gubernatorial candidate, mayor and you have the perfect set up of tallahassee gillum will drag for a joke. not a good one for donald trump. back nelson to victory. >> my...

That and also then have former president george w. bush coming in to headline two fund-raisers for scott this friday? i mean, its a tight rope, but its a really narrow one to do that. >> it is. but this is florida. and florida has razor-thin election margins. so governor rick scott, for instance, has never achieved 49% or more of the vote in any of the major contested elections hes been in. so hes generally won on really tight margins and balancing on his own tightrope and dealing with whatever ...

Republicans we spoke to, its kind of a keep-away-from-trump strategy. it might be a little bit more hide and seek and perhaps even some, now you see me, now you dont, depends on which one you choose. but in the end, the governor is just keeping enough distance away from the president that hes not attracting too much attention, but hes not giving or presenting so much of a distance between himself and the president that it becomes a problem. >> but, i mean, but mark, this isnt just any old republ...

Florida, its really well run by rick scott. >> donald trump is successful because he works his tail off. >> rick scott is -- has done a fantastic job. fantastic governor. >> donald trump will make america great again. >> well, now governor scott, who is in a too-close-to-call race for senate, barely mentions the president and certainly isnt seen with him much anymore. so what is going on here? "outfront" now, mark caputo, who has covered florida politics for decades. thanks for coming in. >> tha...