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Courts been in session, julia . Reporter so court is just Getting Started behind me, hallie. They had a little bit of a delay this morning but right now were seamana for thes Defense Attorney come up to the front. Hes ready to ask rick gates more questions. On the way into court downey said they were feeling good and confident today that they are doing well in this case, especially because he is now continuing that crossexamination. It was pretty ruthless yesterday. They found gates to be someone who had a secret life. They had him detail this private flat london that he used to have an affair. Talked about stealing hundred of thousands of dollars from paul man for the. They also started asking him about like to the fbi and for some reason gates was a little squirrely on that issue. He wouldnt come out and said he did it even though thats what he pled guilty to just months ....
This is just the first stage. in 2000, we were in a recount situation. we re still just counting the votes. the first step is count the votes. that hasn t been done yet. people need to wait and see what that vote count is going to be. everybody thinks and i agree there s going to be a recount. we re not there until at least tomorrow. yeah. so let s talk about it. remember, we were all paying close attention to broward county and on and on. right? you just heard the conversation about whether it has to be postmarked in florida or received. the rule is it has to be received by a certain time on election day. can the american people have confidence that all of their votes will be counted fairly? it s not your fault if the mail system is late or so on. yeah, i think it s a mistake as a policy matter to require everything to be delivered as opposed to postmarked. but that s the rule in florida. for domestic ballots. it s different, for example, if ....
Senate race, republican rick scott leads incumbent democratic senator bill nelson by just under 15,000 votes. scott s lead is narrowing as more votes are being counted right now. both sides now expecting a recount after the actual counting of votes is completed. joining me now to discuss this, david boies, lead counsel for al gore during the florida recount battle in the 2000 presidential election. oh, my gosh. good to see you, by the way. i m having flashbacks now. good to see you. and i think yeah. the america aged and i m sure you did because you were in the middle of it for 36 days. votes are still being counted right now. there are already lawsuits. it s 2000 all over again. how do you see this playing out? well, remember, as you said, this is just the first stage. in 2000, we were in a recount situation. we re still just counting the votes. the first step is count the votes. that hasn t been done yet. people need to wait and see what that vote count is going to be. ....
Someone who knows the recount situation in florida all too well. former white house press secretary for bush 43, ari fleisher. also with me, former pennsylvania congressman jason altmire. why in the world are we back here? yeah, this gives me the heeb b he vee gee bees. what bothers me about the nation going through this is the entire integrity of our elections after the game is over and one team wins you can t say i ve unilaterally decided we re going to go into extra innings and we re counting the runs differently. that appears to be what s happening in broward county. mike: jason, how trouble is it that some of these ballots, we have no idea where they have been since tuesday there. has been no chain of possession. i know you re a democrat but you re a fair one. you re a good guy. ....
what s embarrassing to democracy is not counting every vote and you, of course, seferring to the president, count every vote. it s so important, again, because the president wants to get as many republicans as possible in the senate, to get those judgeships through,ss potential supreme court nominee as well, and he s got ohio in his back pocket. now with the win from dewine so that sets himself up well for 2020. if it were to happen that ron in this recount were tot ron lose the governorship in florida to andrew gillum that wouldn t put the president in as good a position for 2020 in the state of florida. so that s why the president, even though he s asleep right now, thinking very hard about what s going on in florida, particularly broward county and arizona tonight as well. john, thank you very much. mike: i doubt the president is asleep. be watching for a tweet any moment now. joining me with reaction is someone who knows the recount ....