griff jenkins, thank you.ecount in broward county capturing the national spotlight but election recount monitor richard says the confusion is causing distrust in the election process. >> a national embarrassment in broward county. brenda snipes as supervisor of elections for 15 years now and it is a repetitive problem, one after another, she faced multiple lawsuits over the years, she has illegally destroyed ballots, she has not followed the law and there are so many irregularities in broward county that all confidence is lost as a fair arbiter of election. myself on sunday night, an employee from a rental agency at the airport contacted me to let me know there was a provisional ballot box left in a rental car at the airport which contained unmarked ballots. there are a lot of problems in broward county and no one has any confidence in brenda snipes. >> the elections department says they expect to meet today's recount deadline as we just heard. we will see but possibly not palm beach county. michael avenatti,

ainsley: griff jenkins is live in tijuana, mexico. s a sign on the tent and said looked like it was prohibited spitting. are you seeing a lot of that and coughing and things like that. griff: yeah. good morning. there are signs all over the place say no spitting. rampant coughing and spitting everywhere in this overcrowded situation. the space here in tijuana is for 1,000 people. they have got more than 6,000 crammed in there coughing and spitting everywhere. health officials very concerned. they tell me that more than 60% of the people here are suffering from his pier tore infections and known of known cases of tuberculosis and h.i.v. aids chicken pox, lies is widespread. not the only thing going on. they have been here for a while. when we talked to one of the migrants here michael from honduras. seeking asylum. he believes he is a credible threat from gangs threatening his daughter. he says look, when you look at all of this. first of all, in the first place in the beginning we were lied to by the organizers but now we are reaching

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but, first, griff jenkins is live in lakeland, florida. morning, guys. you know, we are taking talkingt this governor race and senate race. probably the most closely watched in the nation. a little bit of talk about florida football. we will get to that later. i want to start with shirley. i have a loft veterans and guys here. finally shirley come in. you have a rough crowd of guys here. >> i do. but they are all great guys. and they would stand up and protected me with their lives. >> i'm asking folks, you already volt you had. what drove your vote? what mattered most to you. >> i would say the continuing of the tax breaks for the middle class family that trump is continuing to push for congress and the senate to get through to us. and, also, to continue to work with everyone to get us a better health plan to -- for the veterans to have medical, for the retirees to have medical. and also to continue to work on our immigration laws, to help everybody that needs to be helped but also if you're not necessarily in the country legal to help the

griff jenkins joins us in lauder hill florida. y, griff. >> reporter: just when you thought it couldn't get interesting, new allegation of violation. fox news now in receipt of a letter from the secretary of state to three u.s. attorneys of florida. in part it says, quote, supervisors in at least four counties have received altered forms wrongly directing the voter to return by 5 p.m. november 8th well after the date to cure a vote by ballot. the problem is under florida law, a vote by mail ballot is due by monday, november 5th, the day before the election in these four counties we should highlight them. santa rosa, citrus, broward. now, three of the four are heavily red districts. broward is a heavily blue democrat one. it has been interesting whether or not any of the attorneys now want to find out about whether any of their voters may have been affected. but clearly yet more election problems. the election supervisor dr. brenda snipes, we're hoping to speak with her. some materials show brenda snipes was aware of the situation a

griff jenkins in tijuana, good morning. >> reporter: his name is josÉ, 29-year-old honduran travelingth the caravan of 2000 migrants. he was apprehended at the calexico port of entry and he is part of that dangerous ms 13 gang, customs and border protection issuing a statement saying he confirms his story of his involvement in intensity on entering the united states illegally, but not the only risk. these health issues, a spokesman for the health me they treated 2267 migrants so far, 67% have respiratory infections, 3 confirmed cases of tuberculosis, four cases of hiv-aids, 101 cases of lice, four cases of chickenpox and very much concerned about hepatitis because of the unsanitary conditions here. only 35 bathrooms for 6000 migrants in a space intended for 1000. we talked to one of those migrants, marco munoz who feels he was lied to by organizers from the beginning it is worried the group is headed for breaking point. >> they lied to us from the beginning. most of these people are disappointed and getting frustrated. as you can see with every day that passes more and more people are

griff jenkins is live on the ground in tijuana with alarming new details for us this morning. od morning, griff. >> reporter: good morning, heather. just after 1:00 a.m. here in tijuana, let me let you have a look around. we're outside the stadium, the main shelter for the more than 7,000 m77,000 migrants. this is the main field where there are thousands of tents set up, people sleeping now, as you look down this sidewalk, you can see folks sleeping. if you look beyond me, i want to show you the wall, the structure you see across the highway is part of the u.s./mexico border wall. the big news yesterday coming from kirstjen nielsen, the dhs secretary, giving us some numbers. she said there's some 8500 caravan migrants cared migrantsy believe are not eligible for asylum. that's why they say they are coming here and they believe there are as many as 600 with a criminal history in there. another important part of this whole story is what we saw sunday, dhs secretary, officials saying that four agents, at least four agents were injured in all of this. that is why yesterday at a ral

griff jenkins is live in lakeland florida will voters will soon pick their next governor and senator race. good morning. >> hey, good morning, yeah we're at the brunch box in lakeland florida along that i-4 quarter with most number of swing voters are in florida and already a record number of voters more than five million floridians have already voted early. we're going to get pulse of what they think. but these two races just couldn't be closer. first, starting with that govan race, mayor of dallas see andrew gillum first african-american governor of the state on the democratic ticket. was at a rally up in northern part of the state with in stance closing his closing art here's what mayor gillum said. listen. >> fine and straightens soldiers to the task of what it means to build a kind of state where all of fuss are seeing. all of us are heard and all of us are respected so if you believe we dweive that kind of state, i need you to vote. >> but congressman ron desantis gop ticket not wanting to give up. he is trailing just a little bit. but he was talking also yesterday he was in th

lauren: griff jenkins live on the ground in tijuana, mÉxico with the very latest, griff.f: good morning, lauren and cheryl, migrants here 6,000 of them in complex behind me are getting restless and losing patient and government officials is costing upwards $30,000 a day to house my graints and delegate jenaro morena, he blames the organizers for this. >> the leaders that were promising them the great american dream are -- aren't coming through and they are noticing that and know they will be better back home. griff: migrants issuing issuingt of demands, end deportations and speed up asylum process and want the new incoming government to form commission to help them and list of names of those deported publicly and 24-hour ces to lawyers and legally or illegally they are coming either way for work, listen. >> any way is the same because i don't go to the other side to -- to do something bad, i go to work and work is work. here, there, and anywhere. griff: dhs secretary kristin nelson said that's not a valid excuse for asylum. listen. >> 90% of those making asylum claim are

jillian: griff jenkins is live on the ground in he tijuana with alarming new details. rter: good morning. let me show you, we're outside of the sports complex here in tijuana. it's the biggest sort of shelter for the migrants. it's just after 2:00 a.m. here, so many are sleeping. you're just outside the gates here and let me take you this way i and orient you. to minority in the distance you'll see that is part of the u.s./mexico border wall. over here to my left is the stadium where upwards of they tell he me here 7,000 are camped inside there. we can't go in there right now. it was the big news that came from kirstjen nielsen yesterday that said she believes there's roughly 8500 caravan migrants along this border here and also in mexicali and 90% are not eligible for asylum. that's why we understand they are here. the number of 600 with a criminal history is perhaps the most startling. we learned a little bit about sunday's violence along the border here. we learned that at least four border patrol agents were injured in the process and that is why president trump of

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>> harris: all right, griff jenkins, thank you very much., brad todd, senior advisor for governor rick scott. boy, your life has been interesting recently, i would imagine. first question out of the gate, how far along are they and what are you learning from the recount? >> 37 out of 67 counties in florida have completed their machine recount, the margin has changed, 33 net votes. not percent. >> harris: that will be breaking news off the chart. >> 33 votes. bill nelson is on pace to gain maybe 100 votes in this machine recount which will leave him at 12,449 votes short. >> harris: you hear about how this process is but the law said it could be done, should be done. is it worth the process of having voters look at this and doubt the validity of their own vote? >> every vote that was cast legally will be put back through the machine, will be done with that tomorrow 3:00. >> harris: is there anything else coming? >> it will go to a manual recount after that. tomorrow, bill nelson will have a decision to make. he's been in politics since i was

steve: griff jenkins live on the border in tijuana. thanks, griff.ng in the san diego paper this morning there are a number of doctors if tijuana. we have a lot of patients who live in san diego that come down there. because the border was closed on sunday and crackdown, it's hard for them to see their patients. jedediah: it's really crazy if you think about this. what is the solution going to be? what are they actually going to do? trump is saying i will shut down the border it seems like he doesn't have the authority to actually do that he would need congressional authority to do it. what's going to happen here? brian: 98 people involved in sunday's raids were sent out by mexico. they have no shot of asylum. their names have been taken and they have been tossed. if you want to send a message to these migrants and if you want to send a message to mexico sings this is their problem as well as our problem, maybe they will get tougher on their southern border and won't be so permissive sending buss in some cases to expedite their trip up to our border.

ed: griff jenkins sem bedded with the caravan down in mexico. he joining us from tijuana with more from that one-on-one interview. good morning, griff. griff: good morning, guys. the mayor calls a humanitarian crisis. look around. we have been looking around. you see a baby stroller, standing water, soaked, clothes. it's unbelievable as we walk along here. we even found in some of this trash there is medicine, toothbrush. all sorts of important things. but want you to quickly see this shot. that is the actual encampment. costing the mayor $30,000 a day. the mayor says he has run out of funds he can't go beyond this weekend without federal funds. and he says that he blames the organizers for this mess. >> they are really criminals because they are dealing with lives. they are dealing with people. it's a federal crime. if you -- they asked me do you know who they are? no, i don't know. but just look at the films. look at them and you will find who are they? griff: when he says films. part of what is he talking about that situation on sunday when th

steve: griff jenkins is live in washington, d.c. to be called. griff, down in florida, it's very curious because in broward county, according to the papers down there, they are mysteriously finding more votes three days after the vote count was supposed to be done. >> yeah yeah, good morning. steven for turkey, mistletoe and hanging chads down there. lead appears to be narrowing out of 8 million votes scott leads by less than 18,000 votes. and, as bill nelson gears up for a fight, scott is suing the election supervisors in not only broward but also palm beach counties accusing them of rampant fraud and calling on the florida department of law enforcement to investigate. >> we won. i'm going to be the u.s. senator. i'm going to fight this all the way. we're going to do everything we can. we are looking at every legal remedy we can exercise. we're going to fight this and we're going to win. this. >> now, under florida law, any race with a margin of half a percent or less automatically goes to a machine recount. election attorney mike e

thank you, griff jenkins. good reporting there. >> sandra: for more on this let's bring in brandon judd, president of the national border patrol council. thank you for coming on the program this morning. first off we ask you for an update on the situation at the border. what can you tell us this morning. >> i'm grateful for the actions that our agents took, the way that they did it was very professional. the way they handled a very, very tough situation with hundreds of people rushing directly at them throwing projects at them. they finally had to deploy tear gas to disperse the crowd. they did it not just for their safety only but for the safety of the people that were in the crowd that were being pushed to the front and forced doing things they didn't want to do. i commend the agents. i'm an agent myself and put on a uniform but i commend them for doing what they did. they did it very well and professionally. >> sandra: i know you are saying that those agents got control of a very dangerous situation is what

ed: griff jenkins, appreciate the report. were forged something wrong. >> disqualified. ed: but they were mixed in with 205 that they can't tell the difference. there is at least 22 votes that should not be there. that is one small example. ainsley: what separates these individuals is thousands of votes. ed: it may add up. 22 here. 35 there. ainsley: every vote counts. shocking they would put them back in the stack. why are they discovering all the new votes, after the poles closed they have 30 minutes to report all the absentee and ballots. days they reported all these missing. what happened? it continuously happens it seems. >> florida famous for something crazy that happened regarding ballots in 2000. one of the reasons rick scott was trying to see, broward county, tell us how many votes were cast and they would not do that the governor an hour ago, he is looking all the stuff happened so far. he is calling on senator nelson quit now. watch. >> one of the reasons why we filed the lawsuit yesterday to make sure all the ball

ainsley: griff jenkins joins us live from orlando, florida. > good morning, guys. the stakes couldn't be higher. democrats eye the possible narrow path to control of the senate. democrats will need to get a net total of two seats to regain the majority from republicans who have that razor thin 51-49. the race here in florida is certainly one of them. have you five total states now, florida, missouri, nevada, as well as indiana and arizona. i want to start in florida. that is democrat bill nelson, the incumbent is ahead by 1.7% over florida's governor rick scott. a very, very close and one of the most expensive races in the country, from there we go to nevada, senator dean heller, the republican incumbent has a 1.4% lead over democrat challenger jacky rosen. heller is the only republican defending a senate seat where hillary clinton won in 2016. then in missouri, where you are headed, steve, dead even between claire mccaskill and josh hawley. both tied at 43% over to indiana. a toss-up. democrat incumbent joe done whether i a 1.2% narrow lead ov

steve: griff jenkins in broward county.machines over 10 years old. made by a company called sequoia which is out of business. but they decided not to buy the new machines this year, apparently by 2020 they have to have a different kind of machine. they didn't want to waste the 11 million but now here we are. ainsley: can they buy a machine that won't be outdated in two years? steve: the problem they can only recount one race at a time. they're doing ag commissioner, governor, and senate. ainsley: they dot senate first, then work on the other positions. senate is so neck-and-neck. brian: do what i do when there is problem with the machine bang the side. steve: they have a technician banging the side right now. brian: that is his head against the wall. ainsley: brian in the break room with the vending machine, the pretzels get stuck he has to bang it. brian: i'm angry. ainsley: put i.c.e. on -- ice on it. >> that is what his d.j. friend did with the equipment. brian: probably doesn't apply to the story. >> keep up on news, st

griff jenkins we asked limb to go to lake land, florida. sometimes he refuses. we are not interested in talking to griff right now. [laughter] ed: no. steve: you are interesting in coming down to branson, missouri. and by the way before we start to talk to some of the folks here at the farmhouse. they have a big veterans event this weekend in branson. ladies and gentlemen, let's salute the vets. [cheers] steve: we have all sorts of men and women who have represented the country here today. [applause] steve: remember we went live to the college of the ozarks these young people cast their first votes yesterday in the midterms. what was the number one thing you wanted in your candidates' values. >> just looked for unity and how we could unite and move forward together on both sides of the aisle. steve: do you think that unity thing is going to work out? so far not so much? >> i hope. so i feel like the left has really exhibited some poor behavior. i feel like they hate donald trump more than they love america. steve: you could right about the hate part. number one i

griff jenkins with details, good morning, griff.ff: good morning, heather, no sleep for the election officials or lawyers here in broward county, this is the election office headquarters and you see attorneys for the republicans and democrats in here. the board of canvas members is also in session, they have to be here along with court reporters but this is really the most interesting part of it. if you look in here this is the actual recount, if you will, 10 machines in there, two more being brought in. let me quickly tell you about what's happening, what's happening right now separating first before recount begins, they want to find out what number of total votes there are. attorneys tell me it's over 700,000 but part of governor scott's lawsuit is against supervisor here brenda snipes in relevant to that total number of vote counts. yesterday i spoke to lead attorneys for both democrats and republicans about the supervisor here dr. brenda snipes, here is what they had to say. >> brenda snipes might be under person and might have

griff jenkins joins us with the latest on what scott is calling rampant fraud. >> reporter: here we gohe closest watched races in the country headed for recount in the nation's recount capital, florida. in the race for the senate governor rick scott's leaders narrowing. scott leads by less than 18,000 votes or 0.22% as nelson prepares for recount, governor scott is suing the democrat election supervisors in broward and palm beach county accusing them of rampant fraud and calling on the department of law enforcement to investigate. >> we won, i'm going to be the us senator, i will fight this all the way. we will do everything we can looking at every legal remedy we can exercise. we will fight this and when this. >> reporter: under florida law, any race with a margin of half of 1% or less goes to a recount. in the race for governor, a razor thin recount territory, democratic tallahassee mayor andrew gillam who conceded the race on tuesday night is gearing up for a fight according to his lawyer. >> he is just waiting for the system to play itself out. this is part of the electoral process

exclusively learned of serious health risks for some of those migrants could bring into the us, griff jenkinstijuana, mexico with more. >> reporter: his name is josÉ, a 29-year-old honduran man traveling with the migrants in the caravan, he crossed the port of entry where authorities took him into custody and he's is a self admitted member of the ms 13 dangerous gang, customs and border protection saying we confirmed his story of his gang involvement and intent on entering the united states but as you mentioned that is not the only concern. serious health risks are traveling in this caravan. we spoke with the spokesperson for tijuana's health department who gave us these numbers they have treated 2267 migrants, 60% with respiratory infections, 3 confirmed cases of tuberculosis, four cases of hiv-aids, 101 cases of lice, four cases of chickenpox and hepatitis is a real concern because of the unsanitary conditions, 6000 crammed in the space intended for 1000 just behind me. one of those migrants from honduras seeking asylum says he feels he was lied to by the organizers from the beginning and i

a situation like this before, the mayor sitting down for an exclusive interview with fox news, griff jenkins is embedded with the caravan in mexico, following it for us and joins us live with more. >> reporter: he is the man at the center of the storm, the guy that has to bear the brunt of this caravan. let me just show you some images, it has been pouring for 24 hours and you see the trash everywhere, and in the mid-50ss for the last 24 hours, people are sick, not feeling well, and when asked about the impact in town, here's what he had to say. >> never, no migrants trying to cause trouble. they came in violently, not as a good law-abiding citizen. >> reporter: we reported 60% of people here have respiratory infections. there is lice, hiv-aids and tuberculosis, health officials worry it may be worse. when i asked the mayor who is to blame for this, who the hold responsible? he said the organizers and said it strongly. >> they are dealing with lives. do you know who they are? i don't know but look at the illness and you will find who are they. >> reporter: he is alluding to what we saw when

migrants at the nation's border demanding faster asylum proceedings and the end to all deportations, griff jenkins ground in tijuana where officials are pleading for help on a humanitarian crisis. what is the latest? >> reporter: immigrants, 6000 of them are getting restless but so is the government of tijuana. the county official told us about the 5800 that are housed here, 200 more yesterday and he says they don't have the resources and organizers for what he calls something else. >> the leaders that were promising the great american dream coming through, they are noticing that. >> it is costing the tijuana government $30,000 a day to house these migrants in the sports stadium but they issued a list of demands, they want to carry out deportations and speed up the asylum process and want the new government to help them with their plight. they want the names of those reporting already, 100 or more, 24 hour protection, i spoke to one of the migrants named louis and he says he's coming one way or the other. >> anyways the same. if i don't go, to do something bad i go to work. work is work. here, the

team coverage on today's biggest races setting with griff jenkins live in lakeland, florida where allon two races in particular. good morning. exciting day. >> it is. something is definitely going on because 5 million floridians cast their votes with polls opening in a few hours. in lakeland, florida, the most swing votes exist in florida and all eyes on two of the most closely watched races, ron desantis making his final arguments. here's a little bit of what he had to say. >> voters tend to prefer to vote on election day. we have our habitual voters we will mobilize, we will decisively when election day and that will put us in a position to win the race. >> a little bit behind in the polls chasing tallahassee mayor andrew gillam who has taken the state by storm. in tallahassee, turning out for a rally, here is what the mayor said. >> we can't get it unless we are willing to do the work, so we showing up and saying you matter, your life matters, your future matters and if it is true that means you have to vote. is that right? >> of the races, one of the most expensive senate races in

not far from there is griff jenkins. f, who are the people behind you? reporter: people behind me, steve, headed in for the recount. ron desantis he will in all likelihood becoming next governor of florida. he leads andrew gillum in the recount by 33,000 votes. that is margin of 4.1%. gillum will not conceit yet. while our race fallen outside the window for manuel recount, we believe the election results are certified the state of florida must count every legal cast vote. you have to have .25 to get to the hand recount. desantis-gillum won't get. there. on tuesday we expect to the state to certify governor ron desantis. this is the hand recount. they're going through training. it is about to begin. here is how it is set up. 100 tables. six people at tables. two election officials. four are lawyers, representatives of lawyer team. two democrat and two be republican. they count over and undervotes. they marked too much or too little. this is on every table. they're handing it out to all the people. there will be four bins o

jillian: similar story in georgia where gubernatorial match is dead heat and griff jenkins live in orlandog critical races, it's getting interesting, griff. griff griff it is, jillian and rob, good morning, feel like 2016 again and here in florida here if orlando, i4 corridor, most swing votes and candidates will need it. florida governor rick scott is trailing behind incumbent democrat bill nelson by 1.7%, that's 47.8 to 46.1, not the only race close in florida. the race for governor, you've got tallahassee's mayor andrew gillum leading congressman ron desantis by 2 points, the numbers 47.8 to 45.4, both of the races unbelievably some of the most expensive races florida has ever seen but over in georgia, jillian, you mentioned the race for governor definitely getting very tight and very competitive, secretary of state brian kemp holding 2.7% lead over state rep stacy abrams, 45.5, president trump was in georgia yesterday campaigning for brian kemp and talked about significant of this year's election, listen. >> this is one of the most important elections of our lifetime. there is electric

griff jenkins live with what happens next. one thing that is not going to happen, remember coming home apparently. >> reporter: nobody was more stunned than the people in the building behind me. the guy that did the counting saying off camera, i went through hell for nothing. brenda snipes, the election supervisor took responsibility for it. here's what she had to say. >> we were told completion was 302 on the button. i take responsibility for every act in this office, good, bad or indifferent. i hold myself accountable. >> reporter: the numbers in broward were favorable. rick scott's margin increased by 865 votes, time to end, time for nelson to concede. that is not going to happen because we will have that hand recount beginning, six people per table, two from the county, they will be looking at 18 bins of over and under votes. look for a lot of talk about these over a vote, could be 20 or 25,000 or more and that is where they will contest that voter intent was for for their candidate. the resolution in the governor's race,

officials in ford's largest county scrambling to meet thursday's deadline, griff jenkins live at the broward county office of elections. good morning and have they started the recount where you are? >> the answer is no. in palm beach county they have not started their recount, and the other ballots, the process started yesterday after many delays, and discussions over ballot security. they expect sometime this morning at 8:00 or 9:00 to begin the recount, that could take 80 or more hours, they will beat the thursday deadline for a recount. what shocked us yesterday, addressed us in the room and the media and defended errors she made that are in the lawsuit. here is what snipes had to say. >> it cast aspersions on my character, i worked here for two years and this is the first time that it is the test. >> reporter: the shocking tweet from jeb bush, the man who puts lights in office tweeting no question broward county supervisor of elections brenda snipes failed to comply with florida law on multiple counts undermining floridians confidence in our electoral process. supervisor snipes s

jillian: fox news team coverage and we begin with griff jenkins in florida where the sunshine state willck its next governor and senator. >> reporter: good morning. remember what they said in 2016, florida florida florida. buckle up because we are about to get this going. already 5 million floridians have cast their votes in early voting. we have two races among the most closely watched in the nation. tallahassee mayor andrew gillam looking to be the first african-american governor of the state, the northern part of the state at a rally, making an appearance. making closing arguments, here is what he had to say. >> it straightens your shoulders, the task of what it means to build the kind of thing where all of us are seen. all of us are heard. all of us are respected. if you believe we deserve that kind of state i need you to vote. >> reporter: we are in central florida, the most number of swing voters where congressman ron desantis looking to beat mayor gillam. emea case the hispanic vote may help him. here is what he had to say. >> we will definitely do very well in dade county with hi

jillian: that is not the only race hitting a snag, griff jenkins live from washington dc with a contestund the country still yet to be called. >> reporter: here we go again, the recount capital, florida, the race for rick scott's lead over bill nelson narrowing. out of 8 million votes gottlieb by this than 18,000 votes or 0.22% as nelson prepares for potential recount, governor scott is suing the democratic election supervisors in broward and palm beach county accusing them of random fraud and calling the florida department of law enforcement to investigate. >> we won, i am going to be the us senator and fight this all the way. we are going to do everything we can, look at every legal remedy we can exercise, we will fight this and when this. >> reporter: under florida law any race with a margin of half% goes to recount. the race for governor, republican congressman ron desantis leading andrew gillam by 36,000 votes or 0.4%. gillam who conceded the race is also gearing up for a fight according to his lawyer. >> he is just waiting for the system to work itself out. this is part of the ele

griff jenkins at the broward county office of elections where they say they will meet tomorrow's recountine. do you think they will make it? >> reporter: i think they will make it and let me tell you, broward county elections staff is and giving up. they are still at it. let me show you the scene. they counted 199,70015,000 total ballots, separating some mail ins, a little complicated but they believe they will get it done yesterday. the supervisor doctor brenda snipes said as much when she took to the mike's. listen. >> we won't miss the deadline. we won't miss it. all the emphasis, all the focus is on me but i have a great staff that takes on any task and their job is to get it done. regardless whether i'm here or someone else is here there's an excellent foundation to this office. >> reporter: the question about whether she may remain here came from a question i asked about jeb bush telling her to step down. nonetheless questions remain out here and that is why pam bondi went on hannity demanding an investigation by the department of law enforcement. take a listen. >> we are doing an

ainsley: griff jenkins is in broward county, good morning. were able to gets in sleep knowing they didn't have many more votes to count this morning. >> reporter: good morning. look behind me. look at this video. the staffers celebrating because they are almost done. only 80 plus ballots were damaged and had to be duplicated. they are preparing for an anticipated hand recount involving 30,000 over and under votes. in palm beach county they won't make it. the election supervisor was in, quote, prayer mode. lawsuits playing out today whether she might get an extension. no question how that may affect the rest of the entire state. we will find out. more questions remain. problems continue to plague broward county. the election supervisor, yesterday the secretary of state sent a letter to the us attorney's office about affidavits for vote by mail ballots in four counties. they will returned in before the election but could be turned in two days after, causing problems. snipes said she caught them, do not accept those ballots but did not tell the

jillian: griff jenkins on the ground in tijuana where officials are pleading for help forth what theynitarian crisis. >> reporter: $30,000 a day according to officials, 5800 migrants in the sports complex, 200 more came overnight. that is why delegates for this area say it isn't sustainable. listen. >> they were promising them the great american dream, aren't coming through. they are noticing is that, they know they will be better back home. >> reporter: migrants issuing a list of demands, they want to end the deportations, speed up the asylum process, want the new government to form a commission to help their plight, they want the names of those deported released publicly and 24 hours to human rights attorneys. i talked to one of those migrants and here is what he had to say. >> it is the same. because i don't go to the other side to do something bad. i go to work, and work is work. here, there and anywhere. >> secretary kirstjen neilsen says that's not a valid reason for asylum. >> 90% of those making asylum claims are not making a claim that can be honored under the statutory frame

katie: griff jenkins is live in broward county with how long this could take. griff?counties in florida are doing machine recounts at this hour. let me show you this, though, because all eyes are on broward county which has a history of being on these stories on election recounts. that is the lawyers and members of the media trying to get inside there. and we have a camera inside right now we can show you. this is what's happening. the logic and accuracy testing. they're doing testing on these machines that will begin the recount within the hour, and that will lead us to the next day deadline, which is thursday, november 15th, when the second unofficial returns are due. if any of those in the governor, senate, or guttural commissioner are under the .25%, quarter percent hand recount is ordered for the overvote and undervotes. now, you've got a very tice race here, rick scott and bill nelson just under 15,000 votes separate them and then of course in desantis and gillum, that just under 34,000, but all eyes are on the supervisor of elections here, dr. brenda snipes, a

griff jenkins has been speaking to voters in that area down in florida. t to know what the folks think, griff, always. >> yeah, guys. you know, it's ground zero here in the sunshine state. we asked some of the 3,000 plus rally goers last night what exactly is driving your vote. here's what they told us. listen. >> the borders. taxes, i'm afraid if we go back to losing the house, possibly that they might roll back the tax cuts that are already in place. and just the well-being of the country. >> my biggest thing our america first policy that we have started. we are carrying more about the american people than letting other people in. it's very important that we put ourselves first before we put other countries first. we have plenty of people out here that need our own help that we're not giving help. >> building the wall, number one. rebuilding the military. keep it going. put us back where we need to be again. that's two big things for me. griff: talking about the military, one of those who attended the rally last night 10 year navy veteran stopped by to s

rob: overnight election officials overseeing recount in broward county reportedly resign, griff jenkinsh the latest this morning, hey, griff. griff: good morning, rob and jillian, he lost 2,000 ballots, missed deadline by 2 minutes and fail today report election night numbers, brenda snipes has resigned according to newspaper, take effect january 2nd and governor elect ron desantis will have an opportunity to appoint someone new, she was put there in 2003 by then governor jeb bush, reign coming to an end, on the heels of big news, after 18 years in the senate, bill nelson conceding in a video statement after losing by 10,033 votes to rick scott. take a listen. >> i was not victorious in this race but i still wish to strongly reaffirm the cause for which we fought, public office is a public trust. griff: the public trust now going to senator electric scott who pinned an op-ed for foxnews.com now said now the voters of florida have spoken and i'm honored to serve as senator and campaign season behind us it's time for leaders to come together, roll up sleeves and get something done for fam

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. >> actually, griff jenkins with our correspondent down, and he's been with the caravan for a numberf days. he interviewed various members of the caravan and this is what he found out last sunday. >> are you willing to break the law to get back to the united states? >> he said he wants to apply for a pardon for the felony he committed. >> can you ask him happened? >> a third-degree felony. attempt of murder. >> dan, your reaction? >> my reaction is that most of these women, children and families are coming here for asylum and doing at the right way. you have to go to a port of entry, you have to turn yourself in at a port of entry and you have to apply for asylum. if they don't fit asylum, then you have to go back. if they meet the criteria for asylum, they are not breaking the law. >> how do you think women feel about the caravan? >> i don't want them in our country and women don't want them in our country. women want security. >> i saw you nodding your head or shaking her head a minute ago. >> i don't care if nobody is a criminal. have some respect for this country and do with the

we begin with griff jenkins in florida, the most nailbiting outcomes of the entire election.lways in the middle of it. >> last night's national elections were a referendum on donald trump you wouldn't have known it in florida, the two closely watched races in favor of the republicans starting with the race for the senate, rick scott coming from behind to unseat democrat bill nelson in a very, very close race, likely one of the most expensive senate races in history, now senator elect rick scott. >> i'm going to dc to get something done. we can make change. we did it in the last two years in tallahassee and we can do it in dc. god bless our great country. let's get to work. >> reporter: perhaps the most closely watched gubernatorial election congressman ron desantis coming from behind in recent days almost 3 points behind andrew gillam, the mayor of tallahassee trying to become the first african-american governor of the state, the first democrat governor since 1994, run desantis thanking donald trump for the bump. >> i would like to thank our president for standing by me, for

seen a situation like this, the mayor sitting down for an exclusive interview with fox news and griff jenkins is embedded with the caravan in mexico and joined us from tijuana. >> reporter: unbelievable for the last 24 hours, a 6000 migrant encampment is overrun. take a look at these images, it has been in the 50s for 24 hours, they flooded out, look at the trash coming here. we have been looking at what is on the ground, even some pills, they have 60% infections, tuberculosis, hiv-aids and lice infection but they are protected, look at the damage now. the mayor is at the center of it putting the entire bill for all of this, $30,000 a day. he blames the organizers. >> dealing with people, a federal crime. if you ask me do you know who they are? i don't know but look at them and you will find who are they? >> remember what happened sunday? he is talking -- they got over the fence but he says that was a costly day for residents of tijuana. listen. >> people from tijuana cross the border to the united states and the border was closed and we lost 129 million pesos, that is not fair. how do you th

lauren: griff jenkins, later in the show because this is far from over, the panel will take a closer turmoil following the midterm elections. still counting. cheryl: balance of power in washington, well, speaking of that democrats taking control of the house, republicans retain the majority in the senate that was, of course, on tuesday night and wednesday but what do business leaders want from the 1,116th congress come january in let's bring pwc partner mitch roschelle joins right now, good morning. >> good morning, cheryl. cheryl: big report about this, you have found and research on your firm that it's about cybersecurity, this is what business leaders are talking about the most. let's go through most, they they are saying what they want, trade tax, an interesting list, mitch. >> it is, what's really interesting about it is this was done before the outcome but i think business leaders, expected the outcome that we've got and senate staying in republican control and house to democrats, these are the priorities that they think are bipartisan and can be done by 11th congress. cheryl:

rob: griff jenkins in the thick of it in broward county. >> reporter: good morning. see the machines behind me stopped because they are almost done. they have a few more to go. look at the scene from just after midnight. the staff celebrating because they run everywhere except 80 or so damaged ballots that have to be duplicated and approved. we expect that to happen at 7:00 or 8:00 tomorrow and they will complete the recount but it won't get done in palm beach county. the election supervisor saying she is in, quote, prayer mode as she tries to complete the recount in one race, very close race, the senate race between bill nelson and governor rick scott. in broward county coming back for a minute preparing for the hand recount, 30,000 votes have to be hand-counted and they will bring in 6000 people. two representatives in broward county and two republican lawyers. that will be announced later today, governor scott leading bill nelson, 12,000 votes and a lot of lawsuits out here. rob: let's see what happens. a federal judge siding with democrat stacy abrams as hillary

rob: griff jenkins live with two of the biggest nailbiter, florida was the place to be. >> that is right. i short on sleep but no doubt donald trump's two visits in florida was the game changer first with the senate race, one of the costliest in history, governor rick scott coming from behind to defeat democratic incumbent bill nelson. here is governor rick scott, senator elect. >> socialism will not happen in our nation. it is not going to happen under my watch. i didn't go to tallahassee eight years ago to be everybody's friend. i'm not going to dc to win a popularity contest. i'm going to dc to get something done. >> reporter: that socialism a reference to tallahassee mayor andrew gillam who was leading in the polls but congressman ron desantis coming from behind to be the next governor. >> democrats were energized but we knew our voters would be energized and give them a reason to do it, people get to speak, doesn't matter what the pundits say what the media says, they don't of the agenda, the people of the state of florida had an opportunity to set the agenda and responded to our me

griff jenkins reported that some migrants are actually self-supporting as they face diminishing prospects the u.s. legally. he is also uncovering that is both the mainstream media has been telling us, the vast majority in the caravan happened to be men. health officials are telling that one-third of the people traveling in the caravan are being treated for various health issues including lice, skin infections, three confirmed cases of tuberculosis, for cases of chicken pox. by the way, i think we should a humanitarian basis help. let me be clear, i say many times, what many people. they are searching for a better life. storming the border, attacking agents. that is not asylum. when do asylum-seekers act like that? who in tonight and of the migrants will face in in the prosecution despite the president's bow that they will not be tolerated. meanwhile, the threat of more violence as property and the department of justice to send dea agents and u.s. marshals service personnel to southern california. just lesson we learned that it admitted ms-13 gang member was recently arrested at the border

jillian: griff jenkins at the brown county office, have they started the recount where you are?rter: good morning, no they haven't. officials up all night. let me show you the image everyone is watching online and on tv. the election officials in broward county will replace pandas, giraffe end is the most mesmerizing things to see. they are separating page one of the ballot before they begin the official recount and they are under tremendous deadline. brenda snipes is at the center of the firestorm. he defended what were clear mistakes made, here is what she had to say. >> cast aspersions on my character and this was the first time this office or i have been on the subject. if you make mistakes we own mistakes. >> reporter: the shocking tweet from jeb bush, the man who put snipes in office in 2003, no question broward county supervisor of elections brenda snipes failed to comply with florida law on multiple counts undermining floridians confidence in the electoral process. snipes should be removed from office following the recount. the rhetoric in senator nelson and governor sco

jillian: griff jenkins has more on what happens next. >> reporter: we were shocked by what happened.e handed out the pool money for people who played to:45 for the closest time to win to get under the deadline but didn't happen. here is brenda snipes, the election supervisor taking responsibility. >> we were told completion was 3:02 when it should have been 3:00. i have taken responsibility for every act in this office. i hold myself accountable. >> reporter: the new numbers were good for rick scott. communication director tweeting scott's margin increased by 865 votes and went on to say it is time to end this, time for senator nelson to concede but don't hold your breath, that's not going to happen because we are headed for recount. volunteers are lining up behind me. six people at each table, that starts at 7:00 am. the governor's race will come to a end finally. the margin of error between desantis and andrew gillam is 0.41%. the clear resolution will happen on a certification that they come monday. desantis saying those returns were made clear and unambiguous as they were on elec

griff jenkins is live in broward county where hand count of vote has been completed. bill nelson has a serious math problem in broward county. you see volunteers behind me. setting into a second day of recounting. here is the camera. heading inside for the recount. the recount for the senate race is over. ended in almost two hours. very quickly. of the 31,000 over and under votes. meaning they either marked too much or too little. only 447 of them were even considered by the canvassing board. meaning the margin that nelson stood to gain was less than 500 and in a 12,500 margin deficit that is a serious problem for senator nelson in the area of broward county where nelson's attorneys admitted was their last best hope to turn this race around. now, i also should point out the agricultural race here which is only of interest of florida voters is going to happen here in a few hours. we will find out what that is. we may get more on the actual numbers of the nelson/scott race later today. the election supervisor here brenda snipes is of course getting a lot of accusations