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The votes, which was interesting. we haven't seen proof of that. mark preston, thank you so much. the recount clash in florida is topping our look at today's political hot topics. we have david here with the headlines. this is a mess. what is your take on it. >> it's just florida. we should note here, this is the law in florida. this is not some abnormal thing. this is triggered because it is the law in florida that if two candidates are within a half percent of each other, a recount is triggered. if the machine count happens, the race is so close, it may go to the hand recount and they will b...

Sunday afternoon. and some of these counties are saying they can't do that, hugo. >> you're right. 3:00 p.m. for a machine count. if that reduces the margin to less than a quarter percent it is meant to go to a hand count. the suggestion that it's impossible to do this is another way of muddying the waters. it is weird these places which have a history of not getting elections right somehow are incapable of doing what the rest of the country does and the rest of the state does. it will go to a hand count but they are already saying they can't meet the machine count. this is another way of conf...

Florida ordered machines early in anticipation of a recount in order to get it done, we don't understand why broward county continues to be dysfunctional. >> harris: if we don't have an idea of the initial vote count from machines, and that's what we are being told, they want to triangulate the facts to figure out where we are without having to hear from brenda snipes necessarily to see how many original votes there were. if we don't have that number, how do we even know after the deadline if they got it right? >> that's a very good question. at this point there was a universe of votes that we...

Have a clear path to a statewide recount and the machine count will happen and manual recount will almost assuresly happen. >> yes, it can potentially go to the manual. a lot of politicians weighing in including the president who called this a fraud. here is what minority leader chuck schumer had to say today. >> saying it's going too slowly is one thing. saying you have concerns about how legitimate the count is another. no one said there is any fraud here. the paramount issue here, the paramount issue is having every vote counted. even if it takes a little longer. we should not be rushed int...

Within one half of one percent. an incredibly tight race in florida. what does that mean? the machine count recount could begin as soon as this afternoon in some counties. it will be done on a county by county basis. and they need to have it wrapped up by next thursday. they will assess to see if any of these races fall within a quarter of a percent. if that happens, there will be a hand recount of the undervotes and overvotes in each of these races before a winner is ultimately decided. fred, as you already mentioned, this is already playing out in the courts. both sides back and forth filing...