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Are democratic counties, right? >> yep. steve: yes. ainsley: he is saying they are not happy with the votes and so they want to find new votes. brian: look, for example, the headline in the "new york times." almost like they are cheerleading for whatever candidate wants the recount. for example, heres -- it it does say news analysis maggie abraham and peters have this story. g.o.p. fears over senate drive push to discredit recount. so you cant actually want a justification with scott with a 14,0...

>> to fire right back. >> very consistent for bill nelson. he is always confused. the governors not responsible for recounts. my goal is we follow the law. snipes mixed illegal ballots with legal ballots. we cannot let party officials in. the courts have said follow the law. >> reporter: weeks that the recount to begin at 9:00 am. we will find out more soon but they have to process 700,000 ballots to meet the thursday deadline. lawyers believe that margin of error will be under the quarter% poin...

>> reporter: governor scott, traveling to washington this week, firing back on martha last night. >> bill nelson is always confused. the governor does not is not responsible for recounts. my goal is the we follow the law. snipes mixed illegal ballots with legal ballots. they have not let party officials in. the courts have said follow the law. >> reporter: finally we asked snipes if she was concerned she would not meet thursdays deadline, she had no concerns. democratic and republican in the roo...

Written certainly cast aspersions on my character. i have worked here for about 15 years and i have to say this is the first time that this office or i have been under such attack. so, if we make mistakes, we own mistakes. >> surprising tweet from former governor jeb bush yesterday saying for him there was no question that snipes failed to comply with the law on multiple accounts and called for her to be removed after the recounts. meanwhile on the national level, candidate senator nelson and go...

Dr. brenda snipes came out, addressed us in the room here with the media about accusations of failing to comply with florida law on multiple counts. here is what she had to say. >> >> lawsuits as they are written certainly cast cast aspersions on my character. i have worked here about 15 years. i have to say this is the first time that this office or i have been under such attack. if we make mistakes, we own mistakes. >> meanwhile, the candidate, senator nelson and governor scott just going afte...

That it is the test. >> reporter: the shocking tweet from jeb bush, the man who puts lights in office tweeting no question broward county supervisor of elections brenda snipes failed to comply with florida law on multiple counts undermining floridians confidence in our electoral process. supervisor snipes should be removed from her office following the recounts. meanwhile the rhetoric and jabs between senator nelson and governor rick scott continue, senator nelson taking to youtube to say this. ...

Unconstitutional in florida as well. ainsley: i think part of the fun of voting and having your voice heard is finding out on election night. we all stay up really late to see what these votes, when they come in and when these races are called, if you arent -- or you are still counting votes after 10 days, i understanding if its super close you have to do that and it is down there. if you are still counting votes and they change it for going forward, we are still counting ballots 10 days after, ...

This is senator nelson, take a look. >> mr. scott cannot oversee the process in a fair and impartial way, and he should remove himself from the recount process. >> congressman, where do you see this going, given your experience in this state? >> its always fun to watch recounts. leave to it florida to have these problems. to the senators point, its the fox watching the hen house. same situation in georgia recently. if the roles were reversed and it was a democrat in the same situation, i think w...

Tree. as someone whos been a part of driving turnout for your party, a democrat in florida, thats got to be heartening. what do you think is the reason it was so high? >> i think part of it was mayor gillum. he was a candidate that not just ran a traditional political campaign but he inspired a movement, inspired millions to get engaged. i think that was a big part of it. one thing to point out is that the state department of elections had election observers in the broward county supervisors ele...

Should they be ordered, which is likely in two of these statewide races, hes sued to try and delay that deadline so that they have more time to finish them. >> how, in your reporting, do you think florida, from the grassroots level of citizens, up to officials, how does florida feel about being back in the middle of one of these? its literally a triple recount. >> i think everybodys feeling particularly tense. i doubt people are feeling more tense than governor scott and senator bill nelson, jud...