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Democrats must pick up 17 republican seats right now in order to get the magic number, not lose any of their own. 17 is the magic number for the democrats right now. lets go over to john. its gone down from 19 to 17. the democrats are smiling right now as the number continues to decline. >> they are smiling especially because you just called that race in colorado. that was a target of opportunity, a key pickup for the democrats to prove their point, again, in the denver suburbs, that they could ...

Yes. more than 450,000 votes. the republican almost 300,000. there are votes to be had. theyre doing math and look agent the voter list. up to 70% in broward county. last time you were here. this was at 51. more votes coming. in the democrat is holding his lead. with 30% left, again, thats 2 00,000 plus votes with 70% in. is there in that 30% left enough. do the quick math, possible. it is possible. you start looking at the math. 100% for palm beach county. that came in earlier. i want to double...

Florida right now, the math is looking bleak even though thats not in the state of florida, thats not a giant number. thats the senate race. the governors race, desantis has a somewhat bigger lead. the question is are there enough votes out there to come back? mark me down as a little skeptical. are there enough votes to get into recount territory? well watch those as they play out. a fascinating campaign in the state of florida. then you come over. you see no pickup opportunities here because w...

You see here 224 votes. weve got a ways to go out there in pennsylvania. if you look at the map and you pull it back out, democrats need seven. theyre leading in 19. polls are still open out here. more opportunities in california. a couple more out in washington state and the like. the democrats have it well within their reach. the question is closing the deal. lets just look at these seats. be fair to the republicans, republicans trying to do some pickup to make the democratic math harder. lets...

Race. russia became a big issue over the course of the last several years. 70% reporting. razor thin margin. 820 votes ahead for harley rouda. there were a lot of pickup opportunities. there were four clear pickup opportunities in a part of the state that used to be the bastion of republican politics. mitt romney cleaned up in orange county. these republican incumbent, dana rohrabacher, three decades in the house, there is a reason they always win here. this visit fits the math of districts that...

Imagine that she will not be the speaker of the house assuming democrats do win control. but the question is just how tenuous will her control be? how tenuous will any democrats control be if it is a 15-seat margin? >> lets go over to john king because theres an interesting development unfolding as we speak in texas. update our viewers on whats going on there. >> lets look at this texas senate race. ted cruz is ahead by 142,000, almost 143,000 votes. the question is if youre watching this race, ...

Democrats with their fate on the line and republicans only with eight. so the odds were against us. we held our own in many places. >> lets be frank. this was at the higher end of what democrats and some republicans thought would be the final math here. i want to quote a tweet from amanda carpcarpenter. it gets at an important point here. serious lesson for dems. republicans are not going to vote against their own interests because president trump says bad things. dems have to offer republicans ...

Points. patrick morrisey has been hitting for support of hillary clinton even after years ago, she said her policies could put a lot of cool households out of work. we will keep tracking all of the new data as it comes in. bret and martha, back to you. >> bret: we make the decisions based on a combination of what we see with voter analysis, plus the raw vote total. >> martha: there is so much to crunch because a lot of data, we got over the last few days as it was coming in, a lot of that paired...

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...

>> sandra: weve been reporting this morning that florida senator elect governor rick scott still hadnt gotten a phone call from senator bill nelson. bill nelson has issued a brief statement this morning saying we are proceeding to a recount in the florida senate race. he had not publicly addressed the results of this race up until this moment. thats what weve heard from him. scott has now responded to that statement calling for a recount saying this race is over. its a sad way for bill nelson to...