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Hurricane force winds. we will have reporters there in a few minutes. >> okay marks one week since the midterm elections. an unprecedented victory in the senate race in arizona, flipping a seat that has been in republican control for more than two decades. she also becomes the first woman to represent arizona in the state. in florida, these are live pictures of the recount still underway in key races. little quieter this morning, but an hour or two ago bustling there. all ahead of thursdays dead...

Democratic seats, 9 republican seats. of those 26 democratic seats, 10 in states donald trump won. five he won in states with double digits. this was a nightmare map for senate democrats. to only go down two at max really preserves their ability in 2020. i know people want to talk about the 2022 senate map. i get that. but my point is they had gone down -- if senate republicans control 28 seats, it becomes a lot harder to claw back to that majority. i think that gets lost because we just look at...

Unsurmountable. bill nelsons own lawyer called smaller leads than this insurmountable. he said people should graciously concede. the question is at 3:00 on thursday when this machine recount is completed and bill nelson is still going to trail by many thousands of votes, will he graciously concede? thats a question we have to ask ourselves. the thing that is also interesting to a lot of people is if you believe the math is what it is, if you are so certain that the outcome will be what it is, wh...

>> because its the law. the law says tit needs to take place. >> i think bill nelson and the democrats are suing to throw out floridas election law because they think they need to get rid of the election laws to defeat president trump in 2020. i think this is all about 2020. >> given your commitment to the math being what it is that you are also being still so political about your arguments here. why not just -- >> im not being political. im being legalistic. the laws should be followed. brenda ...

Campaign manager back then about turning arizona red to purple to blue. and its not just arizona. democrats are also eyeing georgia and texas. you saw the democrats there at the top of the ticket getting very, very close. though, at the moment coming up short. so i do think that you are seeing here the impact of what it means for a republican party to run in these states. >> how will that figure in then for republicans? we know as we look at this, this is great. democrats love hearing this, righ...

Thats how he got two of his wives. >> just out, call for a new election? >> donald trump joined dozens of other world leaders in france to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of world war i. just to be safe, trump brought a note saying he absolutely couldnt fight. >> trump is that guy that invites a friend to brunch that nobody else likes. actually putin showed up to the event late. he was like, forgive me. i was overseeing recount in florida. >> you should know the president is writing...

The past, but this nastiness early on -- im talking of course about florida -- when we look at this, were hearing a lot of the rhetoric. were hearing it on the ground there. and the fact that the judge had to come out and say, everybody on all sides, you need to ramp down the rhetoric. that is something that triggered recount, which isnt until thursday. >> exactly. the rick scott/bill nelson was one of the closely watched senate races, but it wasnt as openly nasty as the mcsally race. all that a...

Should follow elections. >> i do hear what you are saying here, and you do keep on using the word fraud, even though, i just want to state this, the secretary of states office has said clearly they have seen no evidence of it and that judge we have heard from said he has seen no evidence of it yet either. so, brad, let me ask you this because i am an avid watcher of cuomo prime time. you were on last night. chris doesnt throw many softballs. he asked a huge softball where he asked you outright i...

Several times to discuss this issue. its been a fascinating twist was rick scott was one of the very few republican senate candidates that didnt cling on to donald trump. we saw senate candidates latch on to the power of the presidency and trumps popularity to propel them to victory. rick scott didnt do that. but as we have seen this recount become much more contentious, hes become almost trumpian in his rhetoric. >> we will talk to a representative of his campaign in a bit. i want to move on to...

Their argument of the lawsuit is youre not handling them uniformly in different counties. >> he has had 16 -- that was going to always be the case after the judges order and in the statute. he doesnt like the statute that he asks for. >> right. cant argue it both ways. its that youre admitting they dont do it uniformly and well and youre saying, well, this is theask ed for. hes asking for a further modification because its still not done well. >> he waited to see whether his side won or loss bef...