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It could start in some counties as early as today. most will probably start tomorrow morning. they have until thursday to complete that machine recount. and there is a good chance that the numbers will change some. although we don't expect them to change dramatically. then when we get to that point on thursday, we will take a second look at the number, and if the margins are within a quarter of a percentage point, they will begin then a hand recount of the overvotes and undervotes before they get to that final tally. now, fred, to your other point, about news that we received from the secretar...

That includes text messages showing the chairwoman of arizona's republican party asking an elections official to stop counting and unreturned calls for the trump white house. arizona secretary of state wants to get to the bottom of it, pushing her state's attorney general to open a criminal investigation into possible efforts to influence election officials. secretary of state katie hobbs joins me now. secretary hobbs, i want to start with your push for an investigation. what new information led to your call to investigate? and what could a criminal probe uncover? >> well, it's certainly not s...

Call to investigate? and what could a criminal probe uncover? >> well, it's certainly not surprising that this new evidence came to light, but it was reported in the "arizona republic" that there were text messages and phone calls from president trump and the gop state party chair to the county board of supervisors who were overseeing the election tabulation and certification in maricopa county, making it very clearly -- interfering with those processes. this is criminal conduct in arizona, and absolutely this new evidence warrants further investigation, and that's what we've called for. >> fo...