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We are going to let this process play out. >> thats a very important reality check, jessica dean. thank you so much. its a monumental task rekoupding 8.5 million votes. the initial recount triggered by florida law is being done by machine. that could lead to a manual hand count of votes. i want to get more on how this arduous process is playing out. we have cnn analyst mark preston to tell us about that. officials are scrambling to get this done. tell us about whats happening right now and when ...

Suddenly you have to have a winner by 5:00 a.m. wednesday. you know, problems occur and were supposed to let a process play out. what were seeing is principle coming up against the fact in florida and georgia, you do have republicans in charge of a process that they are also deeply invested in the outcome of, in the case of georgia, former secretary of state, overseeing his own election. theres the principle issue. the practical politics, and what youre getting at, in florida at least, the margi...

Theyre listening to the attorneys talk. theyre watching this process play out as well. a lot of them recording it on their phones. so its just fair to say theres so many eyes on this. and so much passion and so many very strong emotions that are being played out right in front of us today. >> still so much at stake. talking about the governors race. talking about the u.s. senate seat. and folks want it to be done properly. so mark, as you look at these images here, todays image of this kind of, ...

Republicans. for men its 50% for republicans. why do females, why are women not coming back to the republican party? >> i think there could be many reasons for that. and thats one of the things we have to identify, not only in this campaign cycle, but moving forward as a party. but one of the things i would -- that i think is that as we so e solve -- saw this process play itself out, outside of the very active on both ends of the spectrum of the political activists, when you look at those people...

Send him to some cocktail parties around the unga, that that might be more helpful to mcconnells effort which is really a dance at this point with those on-the-fence senators? >> theres actually a resignation that the tensions between the white house and the senate gop leaders cant really be solved. theyre just trying to move forward together. ashley had some terrific reporting on this about how the president called senate majority leader mcconnell over the weekend and really railed against the ...

Opportunity to testify in a way that she feels comfortable with. and youre seeing calls from both sides of the aisle for her to have that opportunity and to let that process play itself out. jon: but her side is making certain demands asking that judge kavanaugh tell his story first. then she would follow up. that kind of thing. its not typical that a witness in any venue gets to determine how the order of events going to play out. >> theres nothing typical about this entire thing. i mean it is ...

Having any direct conversations with president trump. >> jeff at the white house, casey hunt at the hishlgs a big thank you to both of you. an msnbc political analyst and washington post columnist joins me as well. jennifer, you have been around that town for a while. youve got a president there at the white house. you got his supreme court pick just a few feet away. he doesnt say hello. he doesnt provide some sort of endorsement, says that he wants to see this process play out here from both si...

More time. a lot of issues wed like to cover. one of those is the presidents tweet this morning about the presidents direction to jeff sessions asking him to end the mueller probe right now. the president said a few weeksing -- or a few months ago hes not going to intervene in the department of justices investigation. was this more of a change in posture? >> its not an order. its the presidents opinion and its ridiculous that all of the corruption and dishonesty thats gone on with the launching ...

>> its not an order. its the presidents opinion. its ridiculous all the corruption and dishonesty thats gone on with the launching of the witch hunt, the president has watched this process play out. he also wants to see it come to an end, as he stated many times. we look forward to that happening. hes fighting back. he stated his opinion clearly. hes certainly expressing the frustration he has with the level of corruption weve seen from people like jim comey, peter strzok. theres a reason the pr...

>> secretary sanders: i am not aware of the president stating his opinion. we have a time for one last question. >> reporter: the presidents opinion of sessions should end the mueller pro but also his opinion that the mueller probe should play itself out >> secretary sanders: the president believes he has watched this process play out. he would like to watch it come to a conclusion, since it has been going on for the better part of a year and a half. the president has an event starting in a coup...