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Elected officials from toying with and mocking with elections that they're on the line for. rick scott shouldn't be threatening to send in cops. >> speaking of which, even before the election last weekend, we're into this weekend, last weekend brian kemp, the secretary of state of georgia who wants the other job of being the candidate for governor was claiming fraud there. he was saying there was hacking into the system by the democrats, and now we have the governor of florida, also the candidate for the united states senate in florida claiming voter fraud down there because the democrats want...

If they move to a hand count in florida, they have to be separate counts for governor and then a separate count for senate. so at least two hand counts may be in play, which is just also mind boggling. i think what we see here is something that happens when elections are close, republicans call for a recount, democrats call for a recount. we know it can come down to a couple hundred votes. as a country we should be supporting everyone who voted, people took the time, the energy, we had a lot of new voters out there, and we have systems that are changing as well. states are adapting to new rule...

Is pretty quick. one is a hand count of the ballots. the other one is a scan. it's a very close race, they want to be very thorough. what we're told is there are 40 precincts that are left in washington county for them to do the scan. that the hand counts are completed. that they're now doing the scan, the ballot scan in those 40 remaining precincts. when that is done, if this holds, we will then know who won those 1,200 votes, 1195 to be exact, in washington county. those absent tee votes. remember, it needs to be -- saccone needs a big number, he's trying to cut into a 579-vote lead for cono...

Washington county for them to do the scan. that the hand counts are completed. that they're now doing the scan, the ballot scan in those 40 remaining precincts, when that is done, if this holds we will then know who won those 1200 votes, 1195 to be exact, in washington county, those absentee votes. and remember, it needs to be, saccone needs a big number here. he's trying to cut into a 579-vote lead for conor lamb. that's where they stood. we got that update in the last two minutes. any update i get i am going to share with you. i promise you, whatever happens to our programming tonight, i am ...

I'm jimmy, this is my definition of fresh since 1983. ♪ all right. the waiting continues. i have an update for you, though. we are waiting for those ballots, those absentee ballots to be counted in washington county. remember 579 votes is the lead for the democrat conor lamb right now. there are basically 1200 absentee ballots in washington county. they're doing two things. one takes a while, one is metpry quick. one is a hand count. the other is a scan. what we're being told is that there are 40 precincts left in washington county for them to do the scan. that the hand counts are