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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...

Under way? >> reporter: great question, fred. this shouldnt impact the ongoing impact as it currently stands. they are not going to ask for the machines to be impounded until the recount is completed am the scott campaign is arguing there is a small number of ballots that they believe were counted after the deadline. they will set those aside if a judge asks them to. at this point it shouldnt impact the counting of ballots. keep in mind, we are waiting for broward to officially begin counting ag...

Side look like theyre being more in the interest of voters versus the other side being in the interest of voters. a judge is going to have a look at this. the judge is the one that will make the final decision. this is just another page in this new story being written about florida politics. >> all right. and even when these lawsuits filed, the recounting continues. the deadline for that is this thursday, 3:00 p.m. thank you so much, ryan nobles. appreciate it from tallahassee. still ahead, te...

Recounting is happening right now. county election officials have until 3:00 p.m. thursday to get it all done. not only is a large gathering of media watching being but observers for each candidate are being allowed in the election room to watch the counting. lets get to the latest from ryan nobles in tallahassee for us, ryan? >> reporter: by an example, fred, rick scotts campaign said they have 7500 volunteers here as recounting begins. while we wait for the second round of returns come in, we ...

Process will officially begin. >> were live in broward county with how long will can take. tell us what you know. reporter: the history here only goes back 18 years to 2000. all 67 counties in florida during a machine recount for three races, governor, state and agricultural senate. here in broward, as you mentioned, in 45 minutes well calibrate the machine and begin the actual recounting of the votes in those races. well try to get a camera in there and get it to you so you can see the process....

Into the number, rick scott up by 12,000, desantis up by 32,000 votes. small leads but big leads when you think of a recount since we think the first votes have already been counted and theyre recounting again. >> ther theres questions about whats going on in broward county. the election jeup there has a long history of corruption in that county and also as we know this week, news of her mixing good provisional ballots with bad provisional ballots and over the weekend saying shes going to count ...

What they are worried about are the winds kicking back. expecting a return of the wind does the strongest 55 miles per hour to happen later today. the fire right now 10% contained. leland: check in with adam klotz a little bit later for the weather report. jeff pollin the front lines. thanks. >> the battle for florida region on a sour. the broader county board is back in session now. they started recounting votes as part of a statewide effort in three key florida braces. phil keating as they are...

Broward county 800,000 people voted on election day early and by mail. those ballots all now need to be recounted. so two extra tabulation machines are being driven down to tallahassee meanwhile in palm beach county the supervisor there says making the deadline with the recapped could be impossible. >> all 67 florida counties must recount. they are in the process. all of the races where the winner of victory, the margin of victory was less than half a percent. this is a live look inside broward ...

Leland: already come at the recounting is underway in florida with one election official telling reporters to bring their pillows. could be a long couple of days there recovering in florida criminal defense attorney brian silver. ryan terminates to be with you. take a look first at the senate race, which is the closest there appeared a little more than 10,000 votes separating l. nelson and rick sky. make that 12,500. look at the governors race were andrew dillon has taken back his confession to ...

Happening today. how much similarity do you see? >> the difference this time is there is a real process. the law prescribes clearly what happens at this point. remember in 2000, folks are going to court in different counties. recounting in four counties total, this time all 67, theres a clear thing we deal with undervotes and overvotes. the process will be seedious the next few days. a substantial number of ballots expected. 150,000 different with the most votes and least votes recounted. all of...