commission who is here today can answer any technical questions, worked closely with general manager carl kelly. and the advisory committee to develop these changes. and, so, we hope that you will endorse them and again, veronica is here to answer any additional questions you might have. >> i would like some public comment. lisa [speaker not understood]. >> i'm glad you guys can see me. good morning, commissioners. my name is lisa [speaker not understood]. i am the chair for the sfpuc small permit advisory committee. and i'd like to thank you today for this opportunity to be able to speak to you. anyways, we are in favor of endorsing these changes and we hope that you would also see fit to do the same thing. you guys have done a great job in creating opportunities for contractors out there, the larger and the smaller contractors. myself, i'm going to kind of wear two hats here. i'm also a field representative with the carpenters union, carpenters local 152 in manteca in which i cover seven counties. and through this we've had opportunities for our members to work on that project and the several

commission who is here today can answer any technical questions, worked closely with general manager carl kelly. and the advisory committee to develop these changes. and, so, we hope that you will endorse them and again, veronica is here to answer any additional questions you might have. >> i would like some public comment. lisa [speaker not understood]. >> i'm glad you guys can see me. good morning, commissioners. my name is lisa [speaker not understood]. i am the chair for the sfpuc small permit advisory committee. and i'd like to thank you today for this opportunity to be able to speak to you. anyways, we are in favor of endorsing these changes and we hope that you would also see fit to do the same thing.

good morning, kelly. >> carl, good morning. if anything, the party here is just getting going. embassy in london. mind me one of the many rooms 12 to 1300 guests are expected in and out. they have tons of screens to watch the results come in and there are sponsors galore, mcdonald's, starbucks, jack daniels, goodman sacks. we are in the heart of mayfair a heavily financial as well as political crowd and the ambassador louis susman, while an obama employee, a pretty bipartisan group here as well. republicans and democrats abroad have their booths set up, handing out little favors and they're taking pictures with their mitt romney and barack obama cutouts. it's also not just americans, though, as i -- as the ambassador mentioned when i spoke with him a few moments ago, it's also pretty international crowd. >> i've seen people from russia, from israel, all over. this is, if i may say, so the hottest ticket in town. this party is going to continue until 4:00 in the morning and i hope the votes are in earlier than that so i can get to bed. >> i hope so too, guys. he also reiterated

participate and today they get to do that. >> all right. >> nbc's kelly o'donnell live in columbus, ohio, thank you very much. >> all right. >> carlnk you, carl. >> in back after the election and talk about solutions. >> that's what we have to do. >> it is time to talk solutions just like you said. we have to break the fever of gridlock in washington. >> otherwise, we're in terrible trouble. one way or the other. >> by the way, can i just say you look very, very fashionable walking in. i'm a kaleidoscope. >> reservoir dogs, man. >> i'm a kaleidoscope. >> wow! >> okay. everyone's a little punchy. coming up, no matter which candidate wins tonight, perhaps the biggest issue waiting in the white house is we'll be dealing with the country's looming fiscal cliff. we'll discuss that with dave walker at the msnbc experience. yes, he does. >> voting is under way, meanwhile across the country and we'll stop receiving some results at 8:00 when the polls close in 16 states including florida, pennsylvania and new hampshire. we'll be right back with a special extended edition of "morning joe" live from democracy plaza. humans -- even when we cr

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kelly. >> megyn: just made it. it's it a long way down to the decision desk. >> bret: you did very well. joining us with his retort carlt's just a question which is we have 4.5 million votes in, roughly. and we have a difference of 991 votes between the two candidates, according to the secretary of state's web site. there were 5.7 million votes cast last time around. if we had just simply the same number of people to cast votes, that would be about 1.2 million people out. if you look at cuyahoga county, 414,000 votes have already been cast. last time around 668,000 were cast. so somewhere around 260,000 votes would still come out of cuyahoga county. out of hamilton county, which is cincinnati at the other end of the state, 206,000 votes have been cast. 425,000 were cast last time around. about 220 yet to be cast in that county, and then there are a bunch of cats and dogs elsewhere which add up to another 720,000 votes. now, it may be that barack obama wins the state, but it seems to me that, you know, you have got a lot of votes yet to cast. and while you do have a chunk out in cuyahoga county, you got a chunk out in h