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Chris: lets turn to the recount, the continuing recount in the florida senate race where there are continuing claims of fraud from both sides, take a look. >> he cant stand the fact that hes not going to be elected for the first time in decades and he wont -- hes here to steal the election. >> hes been using his power as governor to try to undermine the voting process. chris: congressman chaffetz, there are growing signs as the votes start to come in from the manual recount that rick scott is go...

Public. this time he said this, quote, the republicans dont win and thats because of potentially illegal votes. when people get in line that have absolutely no right to vote and they go around in circles, sometimes they go to their car, put on a different hat, put on a different shirt, come in and vote again. nobody takes anything. its really a disgrace whats going on. now, mr. trump, its obvious you dont know much about the voting process. let me help you out. here in new york where you and i b...

Here. it was clear on election night who was going to win because the margins were so big, but listen, i think every cycle almost theres education around the voting process for voters. we are seeing that in spades down in florida. >> manual recount, now, lets let them do it. theres question about the under votes and maybe the manual recount will turn up something. >> they should set their alarm clocks. >> yeah. >> or three minutes before. >> do what we do at our house, just lie about the time of...

I mean, people commit fraud on a variety of different things. people lie, cheat and steel every day. if you dont think they do it during an election, youre deluding your several. -- yourself. the question is do we have laws in place and systems in place to limit that. and thats one of the things republicans have been all about, making sure there is integrity in the voting process, and i do agree with you that i dont think it helps anybody, the president or our party or anybody to go out and make...

There have been studies that have examined a billion votes. whats going on here? lets take it to the debateers. jennifer grant home and rick santorum. brother santorum, do you know from whence the president is deriving this wisdom about the people walking in circles with the changed hats and shirts? >> i do not, but that doesnt mean its never happened. im sure it has happened. >> why are you sure it has happened? >> look, the bottom line is people do commit voter fraud. i mean, people commit fra...

Interference campaign and what trump telegraphed in 2016 ahead of that election that i think even they thought that they were going to lose, whats the way to fight it or whats the remedy to that? having been through it before and knowing that its coming doesnt necessarily prepare you to stand up against it when it does happen. >> i think theres three things we need to do, right? the first is weve got to get the partisans out of the vote counting. the outrage in florida is that rick scott is the ...

Situation, brian kemp, the secretary of state, the chief elections officer in the state, declined registrations, purged the rolls. having these partisans involved in this voting process is bad news, theres no question about it. secondly, we have to invest in better investments in the election infrastructure. part of the problem here is it takes a long time because machines are old, particularly in large counties, the count is slow, that adds to this doubt. most of all, rachel, theres a political...

And there should be i.d.s, should be able to go vote, get it done. everybody knows within minutes. should be able to do it. >> the reason some folks have an issue with requiring i.d.s at the polls is because it likens itself to a poll tax. unless youre making the form of i.d. free and easily accessible to get, you are blocking a certain number of people from getting there. there was a time in this country, ive just got to remind people because folks memories are short where people that look like...

We know there will be a tally that is not going to close the gap between those 12,500 votes, bill nelson is going to have a choice to make. he can either go out -- >> sandra: lets hear from bill nelson in this clip here. >> he has been using his power as governor to try to undermine the voting process. he has tried to get the florida department of law enforcement to intimidate local supervisors of election. >> sandra: i want to get your response to that, gail. >> that didnt make any sense. weve ...

Democrat bill nelson. with arizona now in the loss column for the g.o.p., the president has turned his focus to the sunshine state, tweeting, when will bill nelson concede in florida? the characters are running broward and palm beach voting will not be able to find enough votes, too much a spotlight on them now. but nelson is not backing down, and senator chuck schumer is providing backup. >> he has been using his power as governor to try to undermine the voting process. he has tried to get the ...