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Tonight, by the "l.a. times," a week after the elections, president trump is bitter and resentful about the results and hes lashing out. looking for someone to blame, hes now destroying americas faith in the election process itself, by undermining the electoral process down in florida. and since this election, hes tweeted ten times that the elections were a fraud and an embarrassment. hes accused democrats of corruption, saying they want to steal the election. and today he demanded that democrat...

Taunting him over the german occupation of france in both world wars, tweeting, how did that work out for france? they were starting to learn german in paris before the u.s. came along. well, thats all horrible nonsense. he also called criticism over that canceled stop infake news, saying the secret service said no when he suggested they drive there. in an opinion piece in "the washington post" on veterans day, ana mill babank the americ heros you think of on veterans day, satirically noting, we...

Lawsuits, advising them to ramp down the rhetoric. you have the president and other republicans accusing without basis florida of election fraud there. lets go to cnn in broward county where one of the biggest battles being fought right now. where do things stand right now with the recount, rosa? >> reporter: jim, here they are still separating ballots as part of the recount process. but we have got a judge scolding both sides and another county now entering the controversy. let me start with th...

Activity. theres the florida department of law enforcement and the secretary of state who is a republican appointed by governor rick scott who have said explicitly they found no evidence of criminal activity. >> this new lawsuit asking governor scott to recuse himself from the recount process, thats one of many lawsuits filed over this. >> yeah. thats right. that lawsuit could be important. it could have implications beyond 2018. right now its the governor who is responsible for the administrati...

Tothd he g today he got a stinging rebuke when the judge said you cant use your state police to seize these voting machines in the middle of the recount process. we have to let this play out. theres a statute that requires it. the efforts by whether its the president or the governor, senator rubio or others to question this really undermine the peoples belief or confidence in our democracy. that has long term damaging implicatio implications. they are doing it because they are worried. hes worri...

Ballots that havent been properly counted that it wont change the outcome given the margin right now. >> thats exactly right. honestly, when you talk to republicans and democrats privately, they are very clear eyed about that prospect. there still needs to be some sort of massive issue with this vote counting process that we have yet to uncover. theres the possibility in a broward county where there was a certain number of under votes and over votes that werent attributed to the senate race. per...

About americas election system. jessica joins us live from florida. the legal battle in florida as were going through these facts is getting uglier and uglier. >> reporter: well, good evening to you, erin. thats exactly right. theres just lawsuit after lawsuit that were seeing here in florida. they continue to come in really by the hour. we have a new lawsuit against rick scott thats demanding him to recuse himself from his participation in this whole recount process. weve got another lawsuit th...

Hes tried to get the florida department of law enforcement to intimidate local supervisors of election. both the florida department of law enforcement, which governor scott oversees, and the government scott appointed florida secretary of state have both said that there is no credible evidence of voter fraud. its become obvious that mr. scott cannot oversee the process in a fair and impartial way, and he should remove himself from the recount process. people must have confidence in the integrity...

Authorized position to be in this role during this recount process. one other point, senator bill nelson has basically been in hiding for the past week. he has not made any public appearances since before the le election. hes not answered a single question from a reporter since this recount began. i was hopeful at this press conference in washington, d.c. that this would be an opportunity to get some answers from him about their legal strategy. is this about 2018, is it about 2020? is it beyond?...

Credentials of our chief white house reporter jim acosta. and parts of california are looking more like a war zone. 44 people have now died in these wildfires and now hurricane force winds are threatening to make it all worse. we will take you live to california. and all eyes are on florida. senator bill nelson about to hold a news conference as he demands his opponent, governor rick scott, recuse himself from this recount process. both men want that senate seat in florida. deadline is this thur...