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Broward county recount subject of the process continues around-the-clock. today, finished recounting all three and a thousand early votes and broward says it's now ahead of schedule. no problem with the deadline. one of the recount races in palm beaches and state house race there appeared republican mike caruso leads democrat jim bonfiglio by 37 votes. the leon county judge, democrat, ruled for jim bonfiglio, giving palm beach county an extra five days to complete their recount races, decision guaranteed to be appealed by republicans. democratic senator bill nelson also filed a new federal law...

>> the machines overheated. they didn't properly reconcile the ballot count. and so, we had to pull the early voting ballot count out and recount them. >> this blows my mind. amid all of this, rick scott, he's actually in d.c. right now, forging ahead, where he attended an orientation on capitol hill this morning for freshman senators, even though he has not been declared the winner of his race against democrat, bill nelson. nbc's ali vitali joins me now in tallahassee. okay, before i get to what's going on in federal court, how does rick scott get to go to washington -- yes, anybody can get o...

Sorry for what your family has been through. please send your regards to your father this morning. >> thank you. i will do that. >> for ways you can help those affected by the california wildfires go to cnn.com/impact. we will continue to keep a focus on those developments in california. we do also want to bring you up to date on politics this morning. arizona with a new senator elect, kyrsten sinema defeating martha mcsally. mcsally conceded monday. meantime, in florida no concessions there, john. >> no it is still very much going on. a raise for this thursday deadline for the recounts in t...

Afternoon. as the machines churn, the politicians are playing a public relations game. attempting to convince their supporters they will be victorious. >> what bill nelson needs to do now is what he would be asking me to do if i had lost the election, is say, look, you know, the election happened. let's go forward. but he's not. >> reporter: governor rick scott, who is leading by just about 12,000 votes, believes he has won. a senior campaign official says he will travel to washington this week and play the role of senator-elect, attending a photo op on capitol hill and participating in leader...

Election, is say, look, the election happened. let's go forward. but he's not. >> reporter: governor rick scott, who's leading by just about 12,000 votes, believes he has won. a senior campaign official says he will travel to washington this week and play the role of senator-elect by attending a photo op on capitol hill and participating in leadership elections. he's filed several lawsuits and as governor he's called on law enforcement and attorney general pam bondi to keep watch on the recount. bondi, the state's top law enforcement officer and a republican, sending a letter to the florida de...