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up next florida congressman allen west. race is heated >>> the rice on to get power restored across the northeast as temperatures dip near freezing. nearly two million homes don't interest electricity. forecasters predicting a nor'easter will slam the region on wednesday. the new jersey governor saying significant progress mass been made toward getting power back on in his state. the feds are looking for apartments and hotels ferriheme who have no place to live. fuel shortages still a problem. gas rationing in new jersey. new york's mayor saying the problems are getting better. he is louisiana advising those riding buses and subways to expect a crowded monday morning commute. i'm marianne rafferty. back to "on the record." for the latest headlines, log on to fox news .com. . >> oo the fight for florida it is a flood fest. tampa bay times bay news 9 leaves president obama 51 percent to 25 percent in florida. the college poll president obama is leading governor romney 49 percent to 47 percent. 8 point difference between the t

two weeks after the election, florida congressman allen west finally conceded today to his democratic opponent patrick murphy. after a recount effort put him further behind and not closer. also from florida, news that a surprising number of voters in that state in this year's election got forced into a voting in an iffy way. a number of voters were forced to use a provisional ballot. ballots that sometimes don't get counted at all. if they do, it's at the very end after everything else is done. in one county, they had 20 times as many people as normal forced to use that kind of sketchy ballot. the reason so many floridians were forced into voting with a ballot that might not count is because florida republicans changed the rules for this election in a way that meant more people would be forced to vote that way. florida republicans essentially broke their state's own election system on purpose. the nonpartisan league saying, it was like putting gum in the engine of the voting process. you know, elections in florida had been getting better. the state had expanded some early voting and u

florida congressman allen west, he's raised $17 million compared to the $3.5 million of his democratic opponent patrick murphy. but polls show murphy leading west 48% to 47%. and, of course, we just cannot forget illinois congressman joe walsh -- perhaps the craziest of them all. he's answering a question about women's reproductive rights. take a listen. >> if a woman's life is at issue, would you say she was allowed to have a abortion? >> let me say there's no sun exception. with modern technology and science, you can't find one instance. this is an issue that opponents of life throw out there to make us look unreasonable. >> jennifer: actually, congressman, i think you're doing a pretty good job of looking unreasonable on your own. fortunately, voters in walsh's district agree because the latest polls have him trailing his democratic opponent tammy duckworth 40% to 54% for her! and tonight i'm pleased to be joined by iraq war vet joe walsh opponent and congressional candidate, tammy duckworth coming to us from chicago. tammy, welcome back inside "the war room." >> thank you for havin

. ♪ >> greta: florida congressman, allen west, eight days after the election has not concedessed, herdless of the outcome, the voters have the right to know the process was fair and the results accurately reflect their will. they request is set for friday. the war on women, the political weapon in the campaign. but now, will democrats confront the real war on women isn't one going on right now in the middle-east? republican congressional candidate, the first female fighter pilot to fly in combat, served in the middle-east. she is here. >> good it see you, your race is not yet called either. you are in the middle of a count? >> still counting. >> greta: what's the separation? >> less than a thousand. it's up and down. >> greta: let's go to the so-called war on women. first of all, let's admit the men in the united states are not perfect. but you have traveled the world. there is a story about a syrian woman, holding on to her passport, showing her unrailed and the picture is posted on a web site and there is the picture on the web site. and it was taken down by facebook and taken by f

florida congressman allen west is not gifg up the fight. that gave his democratic opponent patrick murphy a 2,000-vote lead, west is calling the recount process -- wait for it -- a sham, and he's vows to pursue any legal means at his disposal. karl rove is hearing from bart simpson after his refusal to concede ohio to president obama on election night. on the popular show last night, bart is seen writing i will not concede the election until karl rove giving me permission. you see it at the bottom. those are the things we want you to know and seechlt . [ male announcer ] when it comes to the financial obstacles military families face, we understand. at usaa, we know military life is different. we've been there. that's why every bit of financial advice we offer is geared specifically to current and former military members and their families. [ laughs ] dad! dad! [ applause ] ♪ [ male announcer ] life brings obstacles. usaa brings advice. call or visit us online. we're ready to help. >>> welcome back. a major crisis for one of the world's most

. >>> florida congressman allen west has conceded to patrick murray after two weeks of partial recounts accusations that the vote count was unfair. west released a statement saying that though there are inaccuracies in the results his legal team does not believe there are enough votes to change the outcome of the election. allen outspent murphy four to one in the most expensive congressional races in american history. >>> up next, more on the breaking news out of the middle east and a cease-fire may be near. i'll talk with an israeli ambassador. plus, a house explosion that killed two people earlier this week is now being investigated as a homicide. ouncer ] it's that time of year. time for campbell's green bean casserole. you'll find the recipe at campbellskitchen.com. ♪ campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. humans -- even when we cross our t's and dot our i's, we still run into problems. namely, other humans. which is why, at liberty mutual insurance, auto policies come with new car replacement and accident forgiveness if you qualify. see what else comes standard at libertymutual

florida congressman allen west and patrick murphy has declared victory twice, and already attended theation meetings on capitol hill. nevertheless, two weeks after the election, former congressman allen west still refuses to concede after pinning his hopes to st. lucie county. now governor rick scott is taking heat for what democrats are calling improper interference in west's attempt to overturn the election results. florida secretary of state ken denster, a scott appointee ordered a team of auditors from the state's election commission to oversee this county and the canvassers. it's a move that had florida's top democrats sounding the alarm. dnc chairman debbie wasserman schultz tweeted out today and put out a statement saying this, "after disfranchising florida voters by cutting down early voting days and creating extraordinary long lines at polls, governor scott is trying to overturn an election result he disagreed with. governor scott needs to remove himself from the process immediately." it was announced sunday after getting the state to recount the votes in problematic st. lucie

there is no word tonight from the campaign of florida republican congressman allen west. it has contest of the election. the numbers came in, though they didn't count the winner was still the democrat patrick murphy. one of big take-away from november 6 is the republican party weakness with hispanics. we report on the effort to do that. >> some conservatives are proposing adopting the texas solution, which would set up a 21st century tetch rare worker program. that way border enforcement could focus on the drug car tell and criminals. >> we need a demand based guest worker program that allows companies who cannot find american workers to bring the foreign workers that they need. >> some conservatives suggest giving everyone high-tech identification card to avoid fraud and holding businesses accountable. >> you hire someone who doesn't have the identity card or the new social security card, and you are going to go to jail for six montlorida senao says the u.s. must determine how many immigrants are required to meet the economic needs. >> the system needs to be modernized a

the latest recount in florida shows congressman allen west trailing his democratic challenger patrick murphy by nearly 2,000 votes. west, a tea party favorite, is trying to keep this seat representing florida's 18th congressional district. unofficial numbers posted on sunday evening on the florida secretary of state's website give murphy an edge, 166,257 to 164,353 for west. >>> all right. 2016 is a long way away, but florida senator marco rubio sure looked like a presidential candidate during a visit to iowa. rubio appeared saturday night at a big fund-raiser for iowa governor terry branstad. in his speech, rubio discussed the future of the republican party and issued a host -- and addressed a host of issues including tax reform, the national debt, energy and immigration policy. >> christine, you were in iowa giving a speech, as well, weren't you? did you run into each other? >> no, but they were all buzzing about how he was going to be there and democrats are saying look, here we go again. republicans are saying marco rubio. already in iowa they were talking about the precursor to 2

martha: serious accusations out there of voting irregularities in a case that could coast florida congressman allen westeat. less than 1% separates had i am from his democratic challenger patrick murphy. he spokes exclusive which eric sean who joins us live from the newsroom. what did you have to say about this. >> reporter: his campaign is blunt. there seems to be willful attempt to steal the election. they cite voting irregularities that seem to be ignored. west a tea party favorite. they tell us fox news there could be voter fraud in the race and calling for a recount. the st. lucie board of elections would do just that with the early votes this weekend but then changed their mind and counted less than half. west also wants the board to open the poll books completely to make sure, he told us for example, that votes were not counted twice. right now he trails murphy by a irha. look at this. 1907 votes, or by .58% of the total. that is barely above the number of .5% that would trigger an automatic recount. >> i don't want to see america become no different from zimbabwe or any other third world country

florida republican congressman allen west concedeed his re-election.here are inaccuracies in the results but it's clear the democrat murphy won. it lead to court appearances and two partial recount. he lost by about 2,000 votes. senator rugman has died and best known for the role in the ground-breaking budget balancing legislation in 1980s, the graham-rudman-holings law. passed away before midnight in washington hospital. cited complication from lymphoma. he was 82. >>> a billion dollar effort to make driving arp washington, d.c. better gets off to a muchy start. a 60-year holiday tradition in california loses out in court. grapevine is next. >> announcer: 'tis the season of more-- more shopping, more dining out... and along with it, more identity theft. by the time this holiday season is over, an estimated 1.2 million identities may be stolen. every time you pull out your wallet, shop online or hit the road, you give thieves a chance to ruin your holiday. by the time you're done watching this, as many as 40 more identities may be stolen. you can't be

. >>> things are not looking so good for florida congressman allen west, tea party favorite.him trailing patrick murphy by 2,000 votes. that's in florida's 18th congressional district. >>> louisiana's republican governor bobby jindal slams his own party and some of its candidates. jindal's been critical of mitt romney and the republicans since they lost the election. he says the way to start winning majorities is by not insulting the voter. >> i think we can be respectful of those that disagree with us. we don't need to demonize those that disagree with us. we need to respect the fact that others have come to different conclusions based o on their own sincerely held beliefs. we don't need so say stupid things. we had candidates in indiana and missouri that said stupid things that not only hurt themselves but hurt the republican party across the board. >> since bobby jindal brought it up, let's talk about that with our panel here. >> let's go there. >> as the ranking member on the table here, representative diane heyworth, what do you make of what bobby jindal said there? >> i

lucie county, florida, incumbent republican congressman allen west is crying foul over a limited recount of early voting that shrank the total numbers for west and his victorious democratic channeler murphy. murphy remained ahead by .57% enough to escape automatic recount of the all votes cast in three county that the district encompasses. >> i have seen there are some errors made there. at least there is reason to believe there might have been. this is a democratic county in a republican part of florida. >> weekend recount action in florida did reverse results of a mayoral race in fort pierce with a new verdict so close it triggered another recount. sunshine state automatic one. >> bret: thank you. authorities in indianapolis still don't know what caused an enormous blast that killed two people and danieled 80 homes -- damaged 80 homes. the coroner's office have not identified the bodies from saturday's explosion, rather. owner of the house at the center of the house say think think it was a faulty furnace. that may be to blame. the post election honeymoon ends quickly for president oba

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. >> congressman allen west of florida is admitting the song is over. the tea party republican conceded to his democratic challenge er patrick murphy aft two weeks of recounts and accusation saying the vote was unfair. west released a statement he believes there are inaccuracies in the results but his legal team doesn't believe there are enough votes to change the outcome it was the most expensive congressional race in history. no word yet on whether allen west believes his opponent will join the fabled communist caucus. >> that's a good question. in business news, markets look to rebound after stocks finished relatively flat yesterday following a new warning from the central bank about the fiscal cliff. speaking to the economic club of new york, bed bernanke urged lawmakers to reach a deal to avoid the automatic spending cuts and tax increases. bernanke said going over the cliff would pose a substantial threat to the economy. >>> hewlett-packard stunned the markets after alleging an accounting scandal at its british software unit would cost the company

and there's still no winner in florida's 18th district between congressman allen west and democratice opponent patrick murphy. at latest count the lead is by 500 votes. there was a partial recount in st. lucie county that makes the west folks think there should be evidence of a full recount. democrat ami bera leads lungren. scott peters leads brian bilbray by about 1,300 votes. congressman mike mcintyre leads opponent david rouzer. we'll see if more votes trickle in. fiscal cliff remains in focus. business leaders are urging them to work together for a deal. becky, do we assume that the market is going to be reacting to fiscal cliff negotiations between now and the end of the year? >> well, it's probably mostly going to be fiscal cliff. it could be the rise of europe every once in a while. if you looked back at last week, the dow and the s&p had their worst performance for the week than they have since the week of july 4th of the dow is now down for three weeks in a row and it's the first time that's happened since the dping of may. so the market is sitting up and paying attention an

get the best of the rest of the news down in florida his eighteenth congressional district tea party congressman allen west finally conceded his house raised to democrat patrick murphy further improving the democrats' performance on election day over the weekend in california two republican congressman finally conceded their close races to democrats as well also democrats kept get a different seat in arizona and held on elsewhere around the country to pick up a handful of more seats in the house of representatives all together democrats picked up eight seats to narrow the republican majority heading into negotiations to resolve the so-called fiscal cliff so how do we the people keep pressure on newly empowered democrats in congress to you know act like democrats and protect the interests of working americans with this so-called fiscal cliff looming let's ask him governor is the national director of p.t. a progressive democrats of america tim welcome context great to have you with us first of all let me. just. let's lay out progressive democrats of america p.d. america dot org inside outside game playing be

joining me to weigh in is florida congressman colonel allen west. wishes go out to all of the victims of hurricane sandy up there. >> gretchen: thank you so much. let's talk a little about what's going on in sunny florida. as of the last few days, these lawsuits being filed. evidently a lot of people standing in line and then some being cut off initially. what do you make of the whole situation? >> well, i voted during early voting, as well as my wife and oldest daughter. took us about an hour and a half, two hours last week. so i think that you have the options of absentee ballots, early voting and also going out on election day. i think you're starting to see some she unanimous begans taking place down here, we had the supervisor elections all of a sudden get lawyered up about last thursday or friday, refusing to talk to the republican county chairman and also any candidates. yesterday we had the palm beach county supervisor of elections susan booker, make the decision on her own that she was going to somewhat extend early voting by allowing peopl

. >>> two weeks after florida officially voted him out of office, congressman allen west finally gotemo. this morning he conceded to his democratic challenger patrick murphy. as i like to say, if you do unpopular things, you become unpopular. he maybe called west but he was always far right. >> they want to force you into mass transit, they want to force you into bike paths, they want to force you into walking. that's not the american spirit. i've been on the battlefield, my friend. don't try to blow sunshine up my butt. >> these planned parenthood all these women who have been neutering american men and bringing us to the point of this incredible weakness to let them know we won't have our men become subservient. one thing a warrior loves is the smell of fear and desperation in his adversary. >> they even have a tanning tax. you want to talk about something racist, come on. come o black people. >> i believe there's about 78 to 81 members of the democratic party that are members of the communist party. i want to close by saying this -- i'm the liberal's worst nightmare. >> the libera

. >>> republican congressman allen west has conceded defeat to democratic challenger patrick murphy. that's in the race for florida's 18th congressional district. west who is a tea party favorite released a statement this morning saying quote, while any questions remain unanswered today i am announcing that i will take no further action to contest the outcome of this election. final results of a recount sunday put murphy ahead of west by over 1900 votes. >>> the latest now in the petraeus sex scandal. we'll be hearing from tampa socialite jill kelley's twin sister natalie today. she'll be joined by attorney gloria allred. meant to clear up possible misconceptions and explain her relationship with petraeus and his wife, his wife holly. former cia director david petraeus and general john allen each wrote glowing letters to help her during child custody hearings. jill kelley's e-mails exposed petraeus' affair with his biographer paula broadwell. complicated web we weave. >> we're on the verge of jumping the shark on this. >> gloria allred is in town. >> can't wait for that press conference certainly. business, christin

. >>> up next, the man on the verge of knocking out the tea party, congressman allen west, down in floridapatrick murphy is coming to "hardball" when we come back. this is "hardball," the place for politics. >>> i want to bring to your attention tonight one of the local new york groups that's doing great work helping with relief efforts in the wake of tropical storm sandy. i'd like you to get your pens out, by the way, and write this information down for yourself. it's on staten island called the dr. theodore atlas foundation run by a good man, teddy atlas, whose father had treated the people of staten island for over half a century and was very much beloved. his group helps families year-round deal with real needs they can't afford. with so many families facing tragic need, teddy atlas is out there raising money to help them. here is how you can help this good man do good work. the website is dratlasfoundation.com. the address is dr. theodore atlas foundation, 543 cary avenue, staten island, new york, 10310. dr. theodore atlas foundation, 543 cary avenue, staten island new york, 10310. if

florida disappointing news. republican congressman allen west with democrat patrick murphy currently leading in the district 18 house a judge issued a defeat for congressman west friday turning down his request to impound ballots and voting machines. >>> in arizona the former aid to gabby giffords who won a special election seat earlier this year has pulled slightly ahead of his republican opponent. democrat incumbent ron barber says he believes he has the votes to win with absentee and provisional ballots still uncounted. >>> and in california long time republican congressman mary bono mack just conceded late last night losing her seat to her democratic challenger. >>> in his first post election weekly address, president obama emphasized his plan to extend middle class tax cuts and reduce the deficit. his measured tone today different from an emotional moment that came on the heels of an exhaustive campaign. here's the president thanking his campaign workers. >> because of you guys [ inaudible ] that what i'm doing is important. i'm really proud of that. i'm really proud of you. and what you just did -- [ cheers an

and in florida they are missing a deadline to report the results of a recount. the challenge mounted by up can congressman allen wests democratic challenger will be certified as the winner unless an emergency exemption is granted by the state. and california's supreme court refusing to hear nicollet sheridan's claim. she said she was fired after she accused the show's creator of hitting on her. the show's attorney said her contract simply was not renewed. >>> right now are going to take you to some live amazing pictures. live pictures as three astronauts head home. their capsule is undock from the international space station and soon they will be landing back on earth. there they are right there. yes, dominique has details from los angeles for us. this is actually taped footage. so dominique, give us the details of what is going on and when they are going to arrive home. >> the 33rd expedition of the international space station is over. the commander and her russian and japanese colleagues you saw in the video are moments away from landing. we are wait to go hear from nato as the pod breaks away and makes its way ba

in florida's 18th district, 100% of the vote is in. republican congressman allen west is trailing. seems a little bit too much to overcome. 2,500 votes. he's demanding a recount. you do wonder what happens if the florida presidential has to go in that direction. i'll explain that in a few minutes. north carolina, district 7, 100% in. the democrat incumbent there is in the lead but it is only 500 votes. there will be a runoff in louisiana's third dwikt between two republicans. >>> two races still too close to call at this hour, in washington state, the governor's race is still undecided. we've been down the road here before with washington state. haven't we? the mail-in ballots. talk to us next week. we might have a winner there. then there's florida. we still haven't called in the presidential race, because of the law that requires an automatic recount if the margin is less than .5%. right now with some of those absentee ballots counted, it is just above the less than .5%. if it gets to that, here's what i can tell you. republicans in the state would like it waived but mitt romney's

checking our top stories now, allen west, the florida republican congressman running for re-election ed to challenger patrick murphy two weeks after the election. on his facebook page west wrote i will not ask my generous supporters to help fund a a drawn out, expensive legal effort with little chance of success. >>> a former trader who lost ubs more than $2 billion has been found guilty. he was convicted on two counts of fraud. >>> and it could be a choppy day for stocks. investors are watching the middle east conflict and europe's debt problem. stocks are down about 50 points right now. people really love snapshot from progressive, but don't just listen to me. listen to these happy progressive customers. i plugged in snapshot, and 30 days later, i was saving big on car insurance. with snapshot, i knew what i could save before i switched to progressive. the better i drive, the more i save. i wish our company had something this cool. you're not filming this, are you? aw! camera shy. snapshot from progressive. test-drive snapshot before you switch. visit progressive.com today. [ male a

allen west race. a noop deadline has passed in florida, to report new returns in the race between democrat patrick murphy and republican congressman west. you will remember that allen west has been fighting for a recount after whath his campaign claims are discrepancies in the vote, early votes and the count. sources are telling fox news that the st. lucie county canvassing board that agreed to the partial recount, missed the deadline to count nearly 37,000 early votes. under state law, unless they received an emergency exemption from the state, the unofficial results filed last week, which show patrick murphy winning the race will be certified. the results showed murphy winning with 1900 votes. so the canvassing board, had it gone through the recount, they missed the deadline for noon, now saying, okay, we are done. there won't be any more recounts. the race is left where it was, absent intervention by the state. we'll continue to follow the story. we want to hear more from the allen west campaign. we understand they are going to pursue other legal options. but for now, absent an intervention tlooks like the race will go to murph

in florida's 18th congressional district, palm beach county, republican congressman allen west tryingagainst democratic challenger patrick murphy. the race is so heated west has taken florida democrats to task for questioning and filing suit over early voting there. former presidential candidate michele bachmann is fighting for her political life today. the minnesota congresswoman is in a tight race with jim graves. in their final debate, she defended her claims that muslim brotherhood operatives have infiltrated the federal government. and we caught former arizona congresswoman gabby giffords arriving to cast her ballot in downtown tucson yesterday. take a look. she was joined by her successor, democratic congressman ron barber. he was shot twice alongside giffords that killed six in 2011. he's locked in a tight race. >>> stay with us. this special edition of "early start" continues right now, live from washington, d.c. >>> good morning. welcome, everybody, i'm soledad o'brien and you're watching a special election day edition of "early start." it is here, the battle for every last v