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Process that's very expensive and historically, unsuccessful. tom foreman joins us with more. tom? >> reporter: anderson, each state has its own rules for recounts, and they contain many, many complicated details. but in general, this is how it works. there are 20 states plus the district of columbia, which call for automatic recounts, if you have a very close vote. for example, in michigan, if it's less than 2,000 votes separating the winner and loser, automatic recount. beyond that, 43 states that would allow the candidates to petition for a recount. there are five states out there that allo...

>> florida had an automatic recount because the laws of the state of florida called for that. and because the election was so close -- and don't forget al gore won the popular vote by half a million, but we won't talk about that because this is about electoral college. because the state of florida said automatic recount, al gore said yes. then there were 36 days in which the country was very patient, but that is very different -- >> what does florida have to do with it? the election was over election night. >> the 50 states did not certify these winners and the election was not over. once the ...

Less than 24 hours after >> all right, so gloria, you refusing to say he would accept hear what he's saying. your reaction. >> well, this is like comparing the results of the presidential election donald trump is doing a an apple to an elephant. they're two completely different things. first of all, al gore did not reversal perhaps trying to undo the damage his debate comments charge the election was rigged incited. many republicans have been before the election. he actually did call bush and outraged over trump's claims of this rigged election. he's been saying there's widespread concede that...

There was one standard for al gore. >> what did al gore say? >> al gore said he would accept the process. a month late he took it all the way to the supreme court. >> he did because the state -- >> no, let him finish. >> no, gloria. he did it because he feels like a privileged insider and his pals felt like privileged insiders. this is permeates the entire system and this is what's wrong. >> that was because florida, because there was such a narrow margin, florida had an automatic recount because the laws of the state of florida called for that. and because the election was so close -- and don...

Talk about it. he's saying this voter fraud happens in other places, like philly, in chicago, and we know that -- from what donald trump has said himself, he thinks that's where black people live. i think that's very dangerous. he's telling these white crowds to go to other polling places to watch over black people. >> states have laws since 2000, and before 2000. states now have laws about automatic recount. if you want to go back to bush v. gore and look what occurred with 537 votes, that took 36 days to resolve. there were demonstrations but it was largely a peaceful transition of power, wh...