you after the margin for democratic incumbent bill nelson and republican governor bill scott with less than 1%. earlier today on capitol hill senator nelson who is trailing by more than 12,000 votes spoke to reporters about the process and was joined by the senate minority leader chuck schumer. he good afternoon. senator schumer and i just had a meeting to discuss the florida recount. we will be making a statement as the legal proceedings are ongoing. this process is about one thing. making sure every ballot is counted and protecting the right of every floridian to participate in our democracy. and that is to have their ballots counted and to count as they intended it sadly it's become clear that my opponent isn't interested in making sure that every vote is counted. instead he's been using his power as governor to try to undermine the voting process. he's thrown around were like voter fraud with no proof. he's tried to get the florida department of law enforcement to intimidate local supervisors of election you. both the florida department of law enforcement, which governor scott over

officers with the san francisco police department also pitched and in chief bill scott spoke with kron4about glide's impact. scott said the work the church does for the community year- round is gratifying. gratifying.round is community year-does for the work the church scott said the glide's impact.kron4 about spoke with chief bill scott pitched and in department also police san francisco officers with the 50 years. those in need for community and the homeless has been serving the organization everyone.cheer to spreading holiday and beyond in glide goes above holiday, and very special holiday, and glide goes above and beyond in spreading holiday cheer to everyone.the organization has been serving the homeless community and those in need for 50 years. officers with the san francisco police department also pitched and in chief bill scott spoke with kron4 about glide's impact. scott said the work the church does for the community year- round is gratifying. (pam) the salvation army in san francisco made sure those less fortunate would enjoy a hot meal as well. (grant) kron 4's sanaz taherni

rick scott and bill nelson, rick scott is 50.2%. and bill nelson, the incumbent, 49. to indianapolis, rick on our democrats line. hi. caller: hello. host: you are on the air. mute your television set and go ahead and comment. caller: the reason i was calling is i used to be a democrat and i recently got into the church pretty good. well, i decided i no longer wanted to be a democrat due to the fact of allowing the pro-choice killing the babies and the gays getting married. i don't mind people being gay. and the fact that the open borders and taking our guns. there is a lot of stuff i don't agree with anymore. i switched to the republican party. i'm happy to say that a republican won in indiana. host: so you are happy that your senator there, the democratic senator, joe donnell lirks losing last night? caller: totally happy with joe donnelly losing. host: rick in indianapolis. cleveland and hear from chris toes. go ahead. caller: hi. am i on? host: yeah. caller: perfect. i'm a democrat. still a high school student. can't vote yet, sadly. i just want to say i'm miffed w

ballot machines show republican bill scott ahead of democrat bill nelson by fewer than3,000 votes. there's been a machine recount already. now officials ordered a man yule recount. the deadline for those results is sunday. >> 4:37 now. still ahead, it's supposed to be for security butne doorbell alarm just caught a good deed in progress. we'll show you the man that one d.c. woman is trying to track down to say thank you. t >> we'recking the roads near your home on this weather alert morning. if you're jt wakingup, be careful out there. it's still icy in some places. f yourl forecast is coming up. yourl forecast is coming up. stay wit hey guys, where are the cookies yourl forecast is coming up. stay wit for the bake sale? bake sale? need to bake in a hurry? use country crock buttery sticks with sunflower oil. there's no softening required, so baking is delicious and easy. ohh! cookies! uh-uh-uh. >>> thi happened at a dunkin donuts in fairfax. the owner told them they needed to buy something to use the wifi. the owner said it's a safety issue and she's had problems with people loiter

are even police chief, bill scott, put on an apron to serve his community. >> there is a lot of people that don't have families and are not able to have the meal that is we get to enjoy and take for granted. we need to step back and think of others. very good day for people to come together. are reverend william, glide's long time pastor, talked about the legacy they built. organizers prepare months in advance. >> thanksgiving is a day of gratitude and we're thankful to be with the people we love. we love everybody and we accept everybody. we're so grateful that we have this support over 50 years. are one large donation rolled in via van. it was stuffed with food, turkeys, pie, milk and more. >> many people have luxuries. this is my passion. this is how i feel. i feel good to help people. >> reporter: as you can see, the thanksgiving feast comes turkey, potatoes, pumpkin pie. they expect to serve many. >> many people in the bay area used the thanksgiving holiday to give back. >> in east oakland it was a combination of motorcycles and hot feels. members road their bikes to east 14th and

bill nelson? -- between rick scott and bill nelson? scott -- guest: rick scott pointed his youer at washington, saying aren't bringing the money home to fix the problems you said you were going to. in turn, will nelson points the finger back at the state and says the governor hasn't been attentive to the environment like you should, because you put some people on water management who are not attentive or particularly in tune with the environmental issues for climate change issues. we are changing to where scientists are weighing in and having a bit more influence. you will find a lot of people saying that the red tide and algae bloom are the responsibility of a single person, but what we've seen is that the red tide, which is dead fish, and the visuals of this issue are compelling. the green slime for the algae bloom at the dead fish on the coast, they've caused typical republican voters to take a second look. it is affecting the economies of the areas. small businesses that rely on tourism, especially at this time of year, to boost the

and volunteers helped with the preparations, and bill scott was there, he was showing off his carving skills, then this was ma man from cop cord who brought turkey, pies and other food worth $4,000 donating it to the thanksgiving. >> this is my passion, many people have luxury, they like to live in luxury, this is how i feel. i feel good to help people. >> more than 5,000 meals were served. the founders of glide church said it's what the church is all about every day, that's why they're grateful for donations and volunteers example of love possible. >>> it is 4:40, president trump and his family enjoyed thanksgiving at go resort in fl the holiday meal included chilled seafood, turkey s surro the couple's 12-year-old son and trump's daughter ivanka and tiffany. >>> and there was a holiday greeting to american troops overseas and he is going to potential staff replacements during the break. >>> chief of staff john kel is among those leaching the administration. and the interviews are expected to take place at mar-a-lago. >>> and president trump did not take the holiday off from twitter.

governor ray rick scott holds a lead over bill nelson. ott not mincing words on fox news sunday as to what he sees happening. >> i want to pick up on that. you are accusing bill nelson of trying to commit said a noncitin should vote. number two, he has gone to trial and said that fraudulent ballots should be counted. >> villas outside the board of elections. at the epicenter of all of this recent count chaos. this will not be over quickly will it. >> in south florida the three most popular counties, here in broward county 800,000 people voted on election day early and by mail. those ballots all now need to be recounted. so two extra tabulation machines are being driven down to tallahassee meanwhile in palm beach county the supervisor there says making the deadline with the recapped could be impossible. >> all 67 florida counties must recount. they are in the process. all of the races where the winner of victory, the margin of victory was less than half a percent. this is a live look inside broward county's vote county center. they have bee

and his own amazing department to talk about health and vibrancy is our fantastic police chief, bill scott. >> thank you, phil. just take a second and take a look behind you. isn't this beautiful? this is really beautiful, and this is -- this is what san francisco is all about, so first, let me begin by saying thank you to the community. at the san francisco community, we are part of a larger community. we know that, and it is our goal to work among the community and with the community to make transformations like this happen. and i want to give thanks to, first of all, our mayor, mayor london breed. with her leadership, her sense of urgency, we have seen just a tremendous amount of work and collaboration in making this happen. phil ginsberg in rec and park. one of the things with the sfpd and the things that we have to do to keep this city safe is work with other community partnering. this has really changed the game at civic center commons, so phil and your team, thank you for that. so if you've walked around the area in the last month or so, you've probably noticed some differences. we

officers with the san francisco police department also pitched and in chief bill scott spoke with kron4 about glide's impact. scott said the work the church does for the community year- round is gratifying. (anchor) taking a live look outside-- overlooking look outside-- taking a live (anchor) gratifying.round is gratifying. (anchor) taking a live look outside-- overlooking downtown san francisco. (anchor) time now to check on our weather... with chief meteorologist lawrence karnow. lawrence karnow: it was mostly dry today but clouds and rain are now moving into the bay area. the winds are also picking up and will be gusty tonight. a wind advisory is posted for much of the north bay as winds could gust as high as 50 mph over the mountains. another storm will bring rain overnight spreading south tonight. rain and wind will be common across the bay area on friday. a few showers could linger into early saturday before becoming partly cloudy. another series of storms is headed our way next week. (grant) when you're cooking your favorite thanksgiving dish or chowing down with your family, it

the same goes for republican governor rick scott and incumbent bill nelson in the senate race. unching a series of lawsuits accusing democrats of trying to steal the election. >> we have specific election laws in the state to prevent fraud. we had to go to court to force the supervisors in two counties to comply with the law. the law is there to prevent fraud. i've asked the florida department of law enforcement to do an investigation to find out what happened here. we know that judges have already said they clearly violated the law. >> sandra: brad todd is a senior advisor to florida governor rick scott, good morning to you. can you just give us an idea of where things stand at this moment? >> right now we're engaging in a machine recount in all 67 counties of florida. two counties have completed it. the legal strategy for governor scott's campaign is simple. we're insisting the florida election law be followed. bill nelson's legal strategy is different. it is to ignore the law in broward and palm beach county and overturn the law statewide. that will tell you who will come out

bill nelson lost to rick scott bill nelson has been in office since the year two thousand and even before that in the house of representatives so the end of a long political career for bill nelson his spokesperson just came out behind is a few moments ago saying that senator nelson will give his speech tomorrow it's very late here it's well past midnight so clearly he didn't want to come out tonight but there was much disappointment in those regards to democratic supporters here under gillum of course was seen as a shining star of the democratic party someone very much molded in the image of bernie sanders of both of these races in very typical florida fashion was so so close and absolutely i mean just relief is now that there won't be any recounts on this particular nights of elections just let's move north to georgia and the because we had this very close race between stacy abrams and ken and neither has been called as the winner but we all saying is where we are expecting kemp to come out and give and take she's three which. yeah i was just looking at the very

rick scott, democratic senator bill nelson continue to battle out in court and elsewhere. phil keating has the latest. hey, phil. >> hi, neil. first defeat for rick scott, whose contest with incumbent democrat bill nelson is currently under recount order by statute. governor scott's motion to staff police officers inside this broward tabulation center to impound counting machines and ballots when not being use side overkill and not what the judge did agree to add three more sheriff deputies inside for security measures. take a look back live inside the tabulation center in broward county, the sorting is continuing. the recounting of the key three races in question still has yet to begin in broward county, that is because there are 3-1/2 million pages of ballots, all recount races are on page one. elections officials are taking it to page one and making a new stack of those and as soon as they get that stack made, perhaps by tonight or first thing in the morning, they will begin tabulating the votes. the two senate candidates in the race continue their verbal barbs. >> one f

the margin between rick scott and bill nelson is tight. 12,500 votes separate the two. that's why there are so many people focused on it. democrats believe they have the chance to flip the race from one hand to another. while there is a lot of focus on the vote counting, there is another battle playing out in the courtroom. lawsuits filed by both sides in the past couple days. including the lawsuit by the league of women voters. it will attempt to compel rick scott to step away from the recount process. recuse himself. scott has been aggressive on that front. he has instructed the attorney general pam bondi to get involved and law enforcement to investigate any potential claims of fraud or criminal activity of which the florida department of law enforcement has not found anything yet. wednesday is the next significant court hearing where democrat bill nelson filing a lawsuit to get clarification of provisional and mail-in ballots. that has the potential to impact 20,000 votes. it is an important court hearing on wednesday. meanwhile, the vote continues as we wait to fig

governor rick scott's lead over senator bill nelson is now town to 15,000 votes. angry over how long it's taking, governor scott filed lawsuits against election officials in broward county and palm beach county. >> we've all seen the incompetence for years. here we go again. i will not sit by while unethical liberals try to steal this election from the great people of florida. every day since the election the left wing have been coming up with more and more ballots out of nowhere. we all know what's going on. every person in florida knows exactly what is happening. their goal is to keep finding more votes till election turns out the way they want. >> there's been no evidence of out right frauds. the president is getting involved. he's called it fraud and there is no evidence of fraud. >> if you look at broward county, they have had a horrible history and if you look at the person, in this case a involved, she's had a horrible history. now they are finding votes out of nowhere. they were involved with the fraud of the fake dossier and i guess i hear they were someho

the police officers association sent a letter to police chief bill scott about their concerns. the union says the police chief recently passed over officers who scored high on promotion exam. the report says the police chief can consider other criteria when deciding who to vote but union members say the process neets more transparency. >>> the independent monitor overseeing reforms in the oakland police department found incidents where officers used force but never reported it as they're required to. court appointed monitor robert war shaw found evidence that officers pointed their guns at suspects or used force but did not report it. the chronicle says he reviewed arrest reports after the police department reported a 75 percent drop in police use of force between 2012 and 2017. he reviewed 38 cases and found six cases of unreported use of force. >>> an oakland police officer reportedly has been fired for violating the department's high speed chase policy according to the san francisco chronicle, an independent monitor included the violation in a report last month. the policy b

the san francisco fire department we're here to say thank you, congratulate you, and i know chief bill scotts happy to have you as members of his police department. i know your roles are somewhat different thanes roles of the san francisco fire department, but if it wasn't for you who was on the scene before we were, that man may not have survived. so thank you very much for stepping up. san francisco fire department is always hiring, in case you want to make a career change, so we really appreciate -- sorry about that, chief scott. you have good instincts. but i -- on behalf of myself and the commission want to present a certificate to you. before that, i'll defer to the commission if you have a few words. >> president cleaveland: did you have any words that you wanted to say, officer? >> thank you very much. >> president cleaveland: all right. let's give them the certificate. >> commissioner hayes-white: so i'll read the certificate from my microphone. they say the same thing. san francisco fire department of meritorious appreciation. thank you very much from all the members of the san fra

determining that republican incumbent bill scott is leading by fewer than they a13,000 vote. i'm melissa francis. joining us on the couch today, former utah governor. sorry. [laughter] jason chaffetz and he's on "outnumbered." you would have been a great governor. all right. let's get to it. florida secretary of state ordering the manual recount due to the race between scott and nelson. the manual recount is not going to be required but all eyes are on the democratic stronghold of broward county. the county missed yesterday's 2:00 p.m. deadline. hmm. now accusing linda of intentionally missing the deadline. here's snipes stating why they were not reported on time. >> when i came out and made a statement, the results were being uploaded as i came out to speak to you. we were told that our completion was 3:02 p.m. and it should have been 3 o'clock on the button. >> things are always interesting in florida. >> no shortage of drama melissa. the hand count separation of 31,000 ballots and they separated them in four bins. the green one, the green one went to the canvassing board u

without further ado, i want to introduce our police chief, bill scott, to talk about the plans for thepolice department during the holiday season. [applause] >> thank you. first of all, i will start with where the mayor left off. shop and dine in the 49. it is christmas on the holiday season. it is my favorite time of year. people get out. it is all about togetherness. it is all about community and we want everyone to be safe in doing so. i have a few simple tips, basic tips but if you listen and pay attention to what i will say, it will keep you safe during the holiday season. first of all, we have these placards. you see these around the city on bus benches and you see them on the back of our munimobile buses park smart. what this means is that for everybody to take a little bit of time to think about your own personal safety. parks marked. do not leave valuables in your car visible for anyone to see and take from you. if you have to leave them in your car, lock them up in your trunk but preferably if you can take them with you, take them with you. one of the things the city has done

the concern is if we get sig -- significant rain we're apt to get significant mudslides. >> bill: rick scottting long time democratic senator bill nelson. it is official. the first time in more than 100 years florida has two republican senators. the election drama is not over yet and we'll explain why. plus this today. >> the biggest flaw from my point of view is that he was chosen for the purpose of interfering with the mueller investigation. he auditioned for the part by going on tv and saying he could hobble the investigation. >> julie: congressman adam schiff going toe-to-toe with the president over acting attorney general amid the russia probe. >> president trump: i think he is very well aware politically and astute, a very smart person. a very respected person. he will do what's right. air frying all in one. with our tendercrisp technology, you can quickly cook food, juicy on the inside and crispy on the outside. go from fresh to deliciously done in half the time. which means it may become the only thing you use in your kitchen. (tapping) for cooking, at least. (upbeat music) the ninja

i'm jon scott in for bill hemmer. authorities warning there could be more grim discoveries to come as they comb through neighborhoods that have been reduced to ash and rubble. the fires displacing tens of thousands of people, many uncertain when or if they will be able to return home. >> considering i'm an old lady, i'm hoping to go back. i had government housing. and i'm hoping that the government replaces so that we can live back up there. it was a beautiful place to live. >> i feel very fortunate to have a van. i look at other people with a car and kids and feel like i'm driving around in a hotel. >> i had one morning where i broke down and cried, yesterday morning. but for the most part i'm keeping a smile on my face. >> sandra: jeff paul as an update from malibu. what's the latest on the fire in northern california? >> sandra, authorities releasing a staggering and sobering number last night. 631. that's the number of unaccounted for people as a result of the camp fire that has burned in northern california. volun

officers with the san francisco police department also pitched and in chief bill scott spoke with kron4 about glide's impact. scott said the work the church does for the community year- round is gratifying.round is community year-does for the work the church scott said the glide's impact.kron4 about glide's impact.scott said the work the church does for the community year-round is gratifying. (grant) (grant) today... kr4's phillipe djegal was with a couple san francisco police officers... who... along with deputies and fire fighters... spent the morning delivering meals to the elderly. (philippe)nats- both officers alan katz and dexter tsang are familiar with the good san francisco police do on holidays.officer alan katz/sfpd- "my father was a police officer out here, uh, my mother worked at dispatch out here." and, both feel honored to be apart of the group of officers delivering thanksgiving meals to seniors who otherwise might go without one.officer dexter tsang/sfpd- "my father was a police officer with this same department for 32 years, and uh, before i g

bill scott was there showing off his skills carving a turkey. and then there was a man from concord, he brought a turkey, milk, pies and other food worth $4,000 and donated to the thanksgiving dinner. >>> this is my passion. many people have luxury, they like to live luxurious, this is how i feel good. i feel good to help people. >> more than 5,000 meals were served, founders of glide said the spirit of thanksgiving is what the church is about all day and all year, that's why they're grateful for donations and volunteers who show love. >> dealing with the physical and mental toll of the worst wildfire in california history can be overwhelming for the survivors of the camp fire, two men took their grieve and channeled it in a creative way to help others. >>> i can still remember the first time that i fell in love with this town. >> these lyrics, raw, emotional and real, inspired by lives lived in paradise. >> after dark -- >> meet these two brothers, they're not country superstars, they're not making millions off their songs. they're paradise nat

and volunteers spent time preparing the meals and bill scott is in the middle showing off his carvingskills and a man showed up with a truck of food worth $4,000 donating it to the thanksgiving dinner. >> this is my passion, many people have luxury, they like to live luxurious, this is how i feel good. i feel good to help people. >> more than 5,000 meals were served. the founders of glide church is the spirit of thanksgiving, this is what the church is all about, every day, all year, they're grateful for donations and volunteers who showed the example of love. >>> and the holiday meal included chilled sead if and lamb and salmon and plenty of dessert. the president was surrounded by the first lady and mr. trump's daughter, ivanka and tiffany and some of the grandchildren. the president delivered holiday greetings to troops overseas, he will review staff replacements during the break, and two are considered among the most vulnerable, including john kelly, the interviews are expected to take place at mar-a- lago. >>> president trump did not take a holiday from twitter, though. he fired

senator bill nelson conceding the race to governor rick scott. his outgoing message for voters, ne next. >>> all right. this developing political story out of florida. democratic senator bill nelson concedes the u.s. senate race to republican governor rick scott. this follows a statewide recount showing scott with a little more than a 10,000-vote lead. nelson says he was proud of his campaign and will always fight for what's right. our ryan nobles is in tallahassee. so ryan, explain what happened. >> reporter: yeah, fredricka, there wasn't really much doubt that rick scott had won this election, as we went through the hand recount. the automatic hand recount went into place on thursday. we could tell from canvassing boards across the state that there were not enough votes to flip the race from rick scott to bill nelson. the question we had today, would bill nelson concede or continue the legal fight in challenging this election? but nelson said in a statement it's time for him to step away, and he conceded the race to rick scott. take a listen. >>

rick scott. bill nelson conceded following a statewide recount. >> the results show scott with the lead of 10,000 votes of 8.2 million votes cast. this ends the nearly two-decade tenure in the senate. marco rubio writes, i knew bill not as a democratic senator, but man of genuine faith, integrity and character. served our country with a character which is rare. i will miss working with him. >> that's a turn after suggesting they were trying to steal that election. interesting turn from rubio. >>> in the house, democrats picking up three more seats ending decades of republican dominance in california. democrats have achieved a takeover the congressional seats in the one-time gop orange county. once call reagan country. the president said that is where good republicans go to die. with the three new house wins, democrats now have a net pick up of 37 seats. three races remain uncalled. >> a remarkable shift. that is a blue, blue district. >>> former new york city mayor michael bloom bettberloomberg, a 202

the report says chief scott can consider other criteria when decide whom to promote. >>> a new bill in legislature aims to ban sale of flavored e-cigarettes. next week, state senator jerry hill says he will introduce the bill when the legislature reconvenes. the goal is to stop the use of e-cigarettes by teenagers. >>> we are learning more about the controversial research that led to the first dna edited babies. the stab ford educated professor behind it recruited seven coupled to take part in the study. each up canle has one specific thing in common. the father is hiv positive and the mother hiv negative. the goal was to make babies who are resist can't to hiv infection. >> this is most importantly for curing diocese through gene editing. it helps patients with rare diseases especially hiv patients. >> we still have alet of work to do to prove and establish that the procedure is actually safe. i would say that no babies should be born at this point in time following the use of this technology. it is simply too early, too premature. >> one set of twin was born to one couple. another en

according to the examiner, the police officers association sent a letter to police chief bill scott about the concerns the union says the chief recently passed over some officers who scored high on promotion exams. the report said the police chief can consider other criteria when deciding who to promote but union members say the process needs to be more transparent. >>> we do not have rain in the bay area right now but we are in between two storms this morning. the second one will come tonight. while we wait for it, many people are cleaning up from the first. heavy rain brought down part of this roof on a building near 26 and peralta and west oakland. the city red-tagged the building. crews are starting repairs and those repairs may take months. >>> chain restrictions are in effect today throughout the sierra and if you plan to drive to lake tahoe, be prepared for dangerous driving conditions and major delays. drivers heading to the slopes yesterday ran into whiteout conditions on some parts of highway 50 and interstate 80. >>> many people are happy for a break in the rain but water offic

according to the examiner, the police officers association sent a letter to chief bill scott to address their concerns the union said the chief recently passed over some officers who scored high on promotional exams. the report said the chief can consider other criteria when deciding who to promote but union members say the process lacks transparency. >>> a new twist to that incredible story that attracted worldwide attention when we come back. and abrupt end to a controversial gene editing program. >>> the bay area is home to some great chefs but a woman in san francisco stands out from the rest next, how she is making history in more ways than one. >>> speaking of san francisco, we are taking a live look at northbound 101 approaching the 80s slid. it does not look too bad. what a big difference a day makes the roads are dry and traffic is light. >>> i'm cooking up a nice friday forecast but saturday we have one more system. i think this one will not be too bad that the corridor behind it -- you will notice that saturday night. >>> marriott says a data breach may have compromised the i

the senate candidates rick scott and bill nelson are filing new lawsuits today. cuse himself from the recount process altogether. the power panel, david, forgive me. i want to get your story because you said you've seen this sort of thing. >> iran a couple of years ago, i ran in an eight-point primary, a really great guy beat me in the primary, let me tell you something. you would think, they had difficulty then come up palm beach county, broward county, 67 counties and the only two that have a continued problem are those two. why? all eyes are watching this, harris. everybody is looking, it's such an important state. >> harris: though two bruising stories were primaries, a republican won and a democrat, you can even say the game is playing is intraparty. >> i think this underscores the case for why we need to modernize our election system. >> harris: why do you have to take off from work -- why can't you have a block between saturday and tuesday and it stops at midnight. i can shop on my phone, let me do some thing on my phone. >> the least modern thing in our co

independents caucusing for the very in challengingk scott bill nelson for his seat. right now, rick scott is leading by not enough. automatic recount has been triggered. you heard from minority leader chuck schumer that 100,000 votes or so have not been counted, so that race is not over. going to arizona where you had two congresswoman challenging each other for that open seat in by jeff flake, martha mcsally with a lead over sinema there. there is also the special election in mississippi. that race is not been called. this is to permanently replace senator thad cochran, who retired last year. incumbent senator cindy hyde-smith was appointed to the seat. she has a narrow lead over espy andmight juske another republican, chris mcdaniel. newport, florida, a democrat, robert, good afternoon to you. caller: hi. i would like to make a comment on the president's performance. my view is he is a despicable person who does damage to the presidency of the united states, believe thele that lies that come out of his mouth, i am sorry, but that is the only way to describe it, ever

republican governor rick scott declared victory over bill nelson. now the margin in the race is tightening by the hour. scott alleging without evidence there could be rampant voter fraud in deep blue broward and palm beach counties. >> we all have seen the incompetence in the voter irregularities in broward. i will not sit idly by while the liberals steal the campaign. >> the committees have filed lawsuits claiming election officials in broward and palm beach counties have not been transparent. bill nelson's campaign says scott's action appears to be politically motivated and born out of desperation. >> and the president tweeting this. law enforcement looking into another big corruption scandal. florida voted for rick scott. maybe. scott's lead has dwindled. >> counties have until noon tomorrow to report unofficial results to the state. right now, scott's lead is down to 15,000 votes or .2%. all of this may have major implications for the balance of power in the senate. >> right now, republicans hold 51 seats. democrats 46. races undecided in florida

republican governor rick scott declared victory over bill nelson. now the margin in the race is tightening by the hour. scott alleging without evidence there could be rampant voter fraud engineered by democrats in deep blue broward and palm beach counties. >> we all have seen the incompetence in the voter irregularities in broward. here we go again. i will not sit idly by while the liberals steal the election from voters. >> the gop committee has filed lawsuits claiming election officials in broward and palm beach counties have not been transparent. bill nelson's campaign says scott's action appears to be politically motivated and born out of desperation. cnn's rosa flores will sort this out at the board of elections. rosa, here we go again. >> reporter: dave, what a mess. democrat bill nelson calling this politically motivated and out of desperation. it would not be florida post-elections if there wasn't more than a lawsuit. we learned from governor rick scott he is calling for an fdle investigation. florida department of law enforcement. that could

we've known since the noon deadline hit that the vote margin between rick scott and bill nelson was noteversing. rick scott was in the lead the whole time. rick scott said he spoke to senator nelson and the senator graciously conceded. now that the campaign is truly behind us, that's where we need the leave it. my focus will not be on looking backwards but doing what i ran on, making washington work. that's been his slogan for the entire senate race. they have been saying they don't know where the votes could have come from. they have been consistently confident they would be the ones that prevail in this race. so much so that rick scott went to washington last week for new member orientation on the hill. bill nelson had an uphill climb for himself. >> down do to 10,000 votes ther. >>> nearly two weeks after the midterms adding to their national sweep of the house. two races were called in democrats favor in orange county. formerly a republican bastion. ronald reagan said it's a place where good republicans go to die. thank you for being with us and congratulations to you. i know you've

and between bill nelson and rick scott, it is going to be finished down to the wire.ll. ron desantis and an dry gillum. gillum has a slight advantage. purple state in the country is florida. jillian: thank you for watching today. we have it all broken down for you tomorrow morning. rob: she is going outside right now for "fox & friends." jillian: i am. bye. rob: we will see you later. ♪ ♪ muc >> it is election day. >> president trump sprinting to the finish line. >> we have to elect every republican. >> if the radical democrats take power, they will take a wrecking ball to our economy and to the future of our country. president trump. is securing our border. lower your taxes. i'm doing this to help somebody that is shaking up washington. [inaudible] >> they are envious. this isn't supposed to happen. donald trump wants

just 12,500 votes separate rick scott and bill nelson. scott's lead in this race has dwindled over the last week, and on thursday at noon, when the machine recount is over, if it's over by then, and if the margin is still this close or closer, there will be a hand recount of all the votes. i spoke with nbc news national political correspondent steve kornacki earlier today. he told me earlier the hand recount is where things may get really interesting. >> in the issue in broward county is you had this extraordinary number of what they call undervotes, votes that were cast -- whoa -- votes that were cast for governor but were not cast for senate. there were about 26,000 ballots that left that senate contest blank. and the question is why in a county that bill nelson is getting 70% of the vote. in the nelson campaign says it's a machine issue. they were feeding them into machines. it was for some reason missing all the sfroerts the senate. well, if there is a manual recount. that will find that and they will find tens of thousands of ballots

incumbent senator bill nelson and rick scott currently separated by less than 1%. now, if the final results have them separated by 0.5% or less, that will trigger an automatic recount. still, that didn't stop scott from celebrating a victory last night. he told the crowd he's not going to d.c. to make friends but to get things done. a statement from nelson is expected later today. >>> out in utah, former presidential candidate mitt romney handily won his bid for senator, promising to work with lawmakers on both sides. >> the victory tonight is more than a victory of a candidate for the united states senate. i believe it's a call for greater dignity and respect. i believe it's an affirmation that regardless of one's gender or ethnicity or sexual orientation or race or place of birth, that we are all equal. >> in new jersey, democrat bob menendez managed to hold on to his seat despite backlash over his federal corruption trial. still up in the air, the race for retiring senator thad cook ran's seat in mississippi. the special election there will go to a runoff after

rick scott was a popular governor. billelson sometimes criticized for being too quiet, i guess, in the senate. what was the final push like from these two gentlemen? >> reporter: that same poll has the exact same differential in the spread. it's actually 50-46, the democrat bill nelson leading rick scott, which is an interesting thick to have them mirror each other. the main thing is the support donald trump has thrown behind rick scott. he has made multiple trips here. at several of these rallies they really take aim at nelson for his attendance, not being able to show up to things. and donald trump saying, look, i've never heard from the guy. rick scott, i hear from all the time. >> katie beck live in orlando this morning. thanks, katy. let's bring in betsy woodruff. what are some of the close races that you're going to be looking at that can be indicative of how the big picture plays out? >> two of the most interesting races are florida and georgia. you saw marco rubio earlier campaigning with republican congressman ron

scott. arthel: all right, john bussey, we appreciate your analysis and helping us cover this story here with senator billelson conceding to senator electric scott there in florida. eric: senator electric scott has issued statement in part, quote, you must do what all americans have done, come together for the good of our state and country, our focus will not be on looking backward but doing exactly what i ran on making washington work and so now the governor of florida heads to washington, d.c. exchanging the state house for the senate as the new senator elect, we will wrap this up with phil keaton, bill nelson mentioned voter suppression, allegations in florida insinuating that he blames what he calls voter suppression for his defeat because it was about 10,000 votes out of 8 million passed, how do you see that shaking out and what do you see nelson's legacy as? >> since thursday actually really since election day 18 days ago the thrust of the legal challenges and democratic senator nelson circled around voter suppression argument suggesting that a lot of the votes weren't counted in a nutshell around t

behind in the senate race by 12,000 votes to republican governor rick scott, incumbent bill nelson release the youtube statement this afternoon. >> scott cannot oversee this process in a fair and impartial way. and thus, he should remove himself from any role in the recount process. >> scott is also ahead in lawsuits filed, 6-2. today, a broward judge denied scott's motion to impound all county machines and ballots when not in use. still, with no evidence of rod, scott remains on on the attack. >> bill nelson is clearly a sore loser. he cannot stand the fact that he has not been elected for the first time in decades, he's just here to steal the election. >> and president trump stealing this. the florida election should be called in favor of rick scott and ron desantis. the number of new balance coming from nowhere and many ballots are missing or forged. statement from the secretary of state reads, our staff has not seen any evidence of criminal activity in broward county at this time. in the recount governor race, ron desantis leads tallahassee mayor andrew gillum by 33,000 votes. normal a