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Than a percentage point and that means a mandatory recount. >> its in the automatic recount threshold under half a percent. >> we want every counted. we didnt go across the street talking to folks in blue counties an red counties and purple counties for them not have their say. >> in georgia you need an outright majority or theres a run-off. >> theres enough votes to possibly force a run-off. >> were looking at the polarizing climate. it was a tough election but weve won and now we have to move ...

>> neil: 16 what? >> 16 ballots that we counted from overseas military. >> neil: is it fair to say theres potentially more than that that have not been tabulated? >> i can tell you, this was a real point of contention. i worked in the elections office in 2000. we had almost 200 military ballots that were being counted on that tenth day after the election in 2000. we had lawyers from all over the place, we had lawsuits about it. because we had 200 ballots nearly in a race that was divided by 525 ...

Floridas democratic stronghold. he is accusing them of rampant fraud and incompetence. democratic senator bill nelson has provisional and mail-in ballots added to the total towels on wednesday and thursda thursday. his lead from thursday night had shrunk to 15,000 votes. that is .18 of 1%. >> they found 78,000 78,002 voe election day, two days ago. in broward county. 15,000 more votes in palm beach. we dont know how many more votes they are going to come up with, but it sure appears theyre going...

Kemp is insisting he is the states next governor. she is not backing down. >> we have been covering this very closely. just tell us. we have been focusing on florida. this is a different situation in atlanta. there are still about 21,000 -- i dont know what you want to call them, tell me what the situation is as you know it. >> yeah. the question here is not whether he will retain the lead because he is about 65,000 votes ahead of that. the question is whether or not she can net about 65,000 vot...

Tweet out saying i am one of those mail-in ballots. i was under the impression my vote was always counted. yesterday a judge rules that the county should continue contacting voters and set another hearing for this afternoon. the race for floridas governor is still raging on. democrat stacey abrams has no plans of conceding just yet. shes hopeful that the remaining provisional ballots and other votes not yet recorded could push the race into a runoff. abrams campaign would need an additional 25...

Experience two mass shootings in the span of a year? >> exactly, and law enforcement or military where youre under fire because its your job. its insanity, it really is. >> josh campbell, to you. it really struck me, i think both of us, when we heard the sheriff say this man was evaluated. his mental health, a veteran, posally suffering from ptsd. mental health experts went to his home and cleared him. so whats the threshold then? >> so what we just heard here from the sheriff just outside where...

Is and then how those votes break, you dont know if indeed he does have the right threshold. it looks like this would be an uphill climb for the abrams campaign to get kemp that low in the vote total, but its just not a known factor right now. >> what about florida? what are the margins there? >> this is astonishing. you have the governors race there, with the latest vote total, the difference you say is .5%, its actually .47. we round up there to .5. thats within the target zone to trigger an a...

Had made contact with law enforcement. here in california, theres a 5150 law where if theres someone who is facing some kind of psychiatric issue, some kind of distress, authorities can actually commit that person to up to 72 hours for evaluation and longer, but it looks like it didnt meet the threshold here in this case. but thats going to be the subject of this review we know involving authorities here to look back and also with the department of defense, understanding that this person was in ...

Been incredibly important. here in california we have the 5150 law. if authorities believe someone is experiencing mental health issues that make that person a danger to the public, they can confine them up to 72 years and longer if need be to protect themselves and others. it doesnt appear that the contact they had with this person met that threshold where although he was described as being irate, they didnt decide at that point that he warranted confinement. a lot of potential missed signals. ...

Announced brian kemp would be stepping down as secretary of state effective today at 11:59 a.m. in light of that unexpected announcement, the plaintiffs in the case said their issue was resolved and a federal judge will move to entirely dismiss this case by tomorrow. meanwhile, brian kemp continues to march forward as the acting governor elect, announcing his victory last night. we should say he mentioned this in a press conference earlier with the current governor, saying on tuesday, we earned ...