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We maybe have an idea, maybe, of who leads the new york city democratic mayoral primary. maybe. the new york city board of elections pushing an updated set of ranked choice voting results after -- publishing, i should say, after retracting numbers posted last night that included about 135,000 erroneous test ballots and no absentee ballots. the updated results show brooklyn borough president eric adams narrowly leading former sanitation commissioner kathryn garcia. but i want you to keep in mind what they have posted tonight online is still unofficial. it says it right there on the website. mor...

Of elections, served on the voter advisory commission in the past and throwing up his hands as we talk about this. really three key points when we talk about this. number one as you were saying to me in the break we want to figure out how this happened including how test files were left in there but you said you're not even convinced that's actually what happened. what do you mean >> there's absolutely no reason to take the board of elections at its word because i question whether they are organized enough to run 135,000 test ballots let alone given the fact they are too incompetent to erase t...

Test ballots in the democratic primary. now, this started when the board of elections released new numbers yesterday suggesting that brooklyn borough president eric adams lead in the primary had narrowed. but the adams' campaign and others questioned those numbers, and the board later had to admit it had mistakenly included those test ballots in the initial count. cnn's senior political analyst john avlon is here to explain this. so you worked with the board of elections. >> when i worked in new york city politics i was on the voter advisory assistance commission which was supposed to help get...

Incompetence. and this is the time to rip it up and restart and have a nonpartisan system put in place. >> but in the meantime, what's going to happen with the mayor's race? >> allegedly we were going to get the revised numbers without the 135,000 test ballots as soon as later today. we will see if they show what yesterday's numbers show. the adams campaign was very much ahead in the first round. everything is questioned now. in addition to 124,000 outstanding absentee ballots. but it looks like eric adams, maya wiley and kathryn garcia, we should know later today how this shakes out. but this...

Fact that based on the 2018 report, we know that the columns of the garage were deteriorating and due to saltwater as well as salt in the air. there were corrosion in the rebar. potentially there was some weak points in the columns as well that together this building after slabs and columns led to collapse. >> prove so, we appreciate your insight on this. it does lend some credence to the suspicion that it all began at the bottom and offer some new insight as to the sequencing. thank you very much. new york city mayor's race just a mess this morning after the election board mistakenly counte...