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Where all of this was coming from. how many ballots all these things. we know mysteriously 93,000 new ballots showed up after election day. we know that brenda snipes has said that she took illegal ballots and put them in with legal ballots. she admitted that we know they continue to try to count after the deadline, which was noon on saturday. so, we know all these things. but, in the end, i have 12,600 more votes than bill nelson. i won the election. there is a normal recount. we had a big turn...

Of these problems still? steve: well, in palm beach county the supervisor there says im not going to make the deadline. its because the equipment is too old. so if that is true, cant make thursday at noon. then the number that they already have is what they are going to use. tammy bruce says the recount process is all about winning for the democrats. listen to her sound bite. >> its a reminder to the republicans or at least it should be that the democrats are at war with this process. you know, ...

Key races in florida, georgia, arizona still undecided. welcome to a brand-new hour of "americas newsroom." im sandra smith. >> bill: good morning to you. america loves to vote. >> sandra: here we go. >> bill: im bill hemmer. good monday. hope you had a great weekend. a statewide machine recount is underway in florida. three races hang in the balance including senate and governor amid charges of fraud and a flurry of lawsuits. governor rick scott crying foul. >> i have 12,600 more votes than bil...

>> he should remove himself from any role in the recount process so the people can have the confidence in the integrity of the election. >> reporter: so at the end of the day, its all about the recount which has yet to start. that deadline is thursday. >> dana: thank you. with election recounts under way, what are the political ramifications going forward? >> my guess trump and particularly scott, will try to interfere in that recount. they dont want the votes counted. i have fantastic news for ...

Mar marco rubio is involved. and the president said this today. that large numbers of few ballots showed up out of nowhere and many ballots are missing or forged. an honest vote count is no longer possible. ballots possibly infected. must go with election night. pick this apart for us, ari, explain it. >> well, you laid it out well and our reporting on the ground is not indicating theres any kind of fraud. were seeing the kind of recount process mandated by law. and as you note the authorities h...

Development in this recount process because florida law states that you can only count the ballots that are counted by that deadline. this could be a significant and big blow for democrats. palm beach county is an area where they did very well on election night. thats where many of the votes they were hoping that could potentially flip this race could be held. the fact they may not be able to get all those votes in time for the deadline could be a big blow to their chances in terms of overcoming...

This is one of the countries we are watching most closely. we have a history of having issues with counting. so far while they are busy at work, they are starting the process of counting. the aring on this from broward county accident th county, they have to go through each ballot and separate out the payments that involve only the races being recounted. thats a lot of ballots. it will take them 30 to 35 hours to begin and finish that process. they evaporate evhavent even s recount process. >> r...

Law, then what can help justify any kind of legal disputes here? at the same time, among the legal disputes that are filed from the governor himself. could he stop this recount? two questions there. >> he can stop the recount, although its unfortunate that republicans are trying so hard to discredit it. as you pointed out, this is automatic. there are specific standards created by the florida legislature, republican-controlled legislature. they have standards for doing a manual recount. that see...

A book that youre ready to share with the world? get published now, call for your free publisher kit today! welcome back to "state of the union." im jake tapper. its deja vu all over again in florida. president trump has been working to undermine the recount process, calling attempts to recount a fraud and charges that are not backed up by the republican secretary of state or florida law enforcement. joining me now, colorado senator corey gardner chairman of the national republican senatorial

Overall recount. fred? >> so ryan, is there a reason? in five days, they cannot do the recount, but the numbers that they did tabulate, that took place in less than five days, did it not, after election day on tuesday? >> reporter: right. great question, fred. the answer to that is that the recount process is much different than the original counting process. thats because you need to segregate each one of these races from all of the other races that took place on election night. in this case, t...