roofs were ripped off homes, and manuel bojorquez is there. >> holy sugar beans. >> reporter: cell phoneeo captured the late-afternoon tornado as it ripped through seminole, florida. at least three tornadoes touched down in the tampa area. this one crossed the street in spring hill. the line of heavy rain and wind uprooted trees, knocked down power lines, and caused major damage to several homes and businesses. >> this storm really hit us pretty quick. >> reporter: seminole fire chief william morelli: >> there are no injuries. everyone's safe. we have cleared all the buildings that have damage. >> reporter: for several hours, at least five counties were under a tornado warning. after the storm, road crews started clearing streets blocked by fallen trees. some neighbors were shocked by the damage. >> my wife called and she said, "come home now. tornado." that's all she said. >> reporter: chuck dimarco says he was at the supermarket during the storm. he received a panicked call from his wife. >> i was praying that i would find... my house. so, we were spared. >> reporter: and you can see e

manuel bojorquez is in palm beach county. >> reporter: the back and forth over florida's election recount continues to heat up. now so are some of the ballot counting machines. in palm beach county, the 24/7 work load overheated the decades old machines forcing them to start the recount of 179,000 ballots. meanwhile the lawsuits are flying. there's been nearly a dozen so far, and today the incumbent democrat, senator bill nelson, sued over votes rejected for mismatched signatures. the sitting senator was back on capitol hill today. the republican rick scott was also there, continuing to act like the winner. attending orientation for newly elected members. with so much at stake, republicans are alleging voter fraud and democrats are crying voter suppression. all of it a reminder of the messy 2000 presidential recount. broward and palm beach counties are two of the most populated and lean heavily democratic. and with the state politically evenly split, razor thin vote margins are amplified. republican michael barnett says it shouldn't be this hard. >> there is not a problem with the law. th

here's manuel bojorquez. >> reporter: the race to recount is under way. here in heavily democratic broward county, workers have been sorting more than 700,000 ballots all day. ana carbonell is also closely watchino traditionally blue county, palm beach. >> we're concerned about the shenanigans that have taken place in these two supervisors of elections. >> reporter: the democrats, udg bill nelson have called for scott, the current governor, to recuse himself. here at the broward county supervisor of elections there attorneys and observers from both sides and the media. but the focus is on the ballots on the other side of this glass. both the governors and senate races are close. a machine recount is mandatory in races that are less than 0.5% apart and must be complete by 3:00 p.m. thursday. if the race then within a 0.25%, a hand recount would need to be done by november 18th. that conjures up memories of the 2000 presidential election that george w. bush eventually won by 537 votes. accusations of fraud and vote suppression have been flying back and fort

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manuel bojorquez is in palm beach county. >> follow the law! follow the law!the back-and-forth loer florida's election recount continues to heat up. now, so are some of the ballot- counting machines. in palm beach county, the 24/7 e rkload overheated the decades- old machines, forcing workers here to restart the recount ofar and today, the incumbent democrat, senator bill nelson, sued over votes rejected for mismatched signatures. the sitting senator was back on capitol hill today. >> back a little bit, please. >> reporter: republican rick scott was also there, continuing to act like the winner, attending orientation for newly elected members. with so much at stake, republicans are alleging voter fraud, and democrats are crying voter suppression. all of it, a reminder of the r ssy 2000 presidential recount. broward and palm beach counties eae two of the most populated, and lean heavily democratic. and with the state politically evenly split, razor-thin vote s rgins are amplified. republican michael barnett says it shouldn't be this hard. >> there's not a probl

but things are not going smoothly. epre's manuel bojorquez. >> reporter: the race to recount is under here in heavily democratic broward county, workers have been sortin ana carbonell, with the campaign h republican rick scott, is also closely watching another traditionally blue county, palm beach. >> we're concerned, in terms of the shenanigans that have taken place in these two supervisors of elections. >> reporter: the democrats, hacluding incumbent bill nelson, have called for scott, the current governor, to recuse himself. here with the broward county tipervisor of elections, there are attorneys and observers from obth sides-- and the media. but the focus is on the ballots, th the other side of this glass. both the senators and senate both the senators and governor races are close. a machine recount is mandatory in races that are less than half tepercent apart, and must be complete by 3:00 p.m. thursday. if the races then end up within a quarter of 1%, a hand recount ba questionable ballots would need to be done by november 18. >> count every vote! >> reporter: that conjures up m

here's manuel bojorquez. >> reporter: another sanctuary pierced by gunfire, when a man stormed into a tallahassee florida yoga studio friday night killing two women. 21-year-old maura binkley was a florida state university student. 61-year-old nancy van vessem was a professor at the school's college of medicine. police say 40-year-old scott paul beierle shot six people and pistol-whipped another man in the attack at hot yoga tallahassee. the army veteran died after he turned the gun on himself. >> several people inside fought back, and tried to not only save themselves but other people. >> the gentleman who came in apparently tried to fight off the attacker. and he had quite a few wounds on his face. >> reporter: beierle was known to tallahassee police. in 2016, after he allegedly slapped and grabbed a woman at a pool, he was charged with battery. two years earlier, he was charged with trespassing at florida state university. in 2012, another battery charge for grabbing a woman in a campus dining hall. >> i see dreadlocks as the black man's mullet. the pants below the butt. you realiz

with the views, and the backstory, here's manuel bojorquez. >> three, two, one... >> reporter: as chris gurksy, on the left, was about to take off, it became painfully clear his pilot had not attached gurksy's harness to the glider. >> right after my feet left the ground, it was just like, is this how this is supposed to be? something is not right here. we have a big problem here. >> reporter: he could barely hang on, clinging for life 4,000 feet in the air for more than two minutes. >> at one point, i looked down, and i saw the scenery down there. there was all the treetops changing colors, and those little farmhouses. and i actually thought to myself, "that is beautiful. i'm going to fall to my death there." i probably had five seconds left in me, because my hand was starting to slip off that bar. >> reporter: the incident happened last month. it was supposed to be an adventure trip to switzerland with his wife, who took off before him, who was unaware of what was happening. >> i didn't really dwell on it. you know, i thought at one time, but then i just thought that i'm just going to

ewth the views, and the backstory, here's manuel bojorquez. >> three, two, one...porter: as chris gurksy, on the left, was about to take off, b became painfully clear his pilot had not attached gurksy's harness to the glider. >> right after my feet left the ground, it was just like, is this how this is supposed to be? something is not right here. we have a big problem here. >> reporter: he could barely hng on, clinging for life 4,000 feet in the air for more than two minutes. >> at one point, i looked down, and i saw the scenery down there. ohere was all the treetops changing colors, and those little farmhouses. and i actually thought to myself, "that is beautiful. i'm going to fall to my death there." i probably had five seconds left in me, because my hand was starting to slip off that bar. >> reporter: the incident happened last month. it was supposed to be an adventure trip to switzerland imth his wife, who took off before him, who was unaware of g.at was happening. >> i didn't really dwell on it. you know, i thought at one time, but then i just thought that i'm

manuel bojorquez has that story. >> reporter: we are next to a glider here at wallaby ranch to show you the harness, ca rabin er or the strap. chris gursky was wearing a harness during his flight in switzerland last month, but the pilot forgot the all important step of clipping it onto the glider itself. >> 3, 2, 1, go. run, run, run, run. >> reporter: chris gursky had never been hang gliding before, but that didn't keep him from quickly realizing this ride could easily be his last. >> i was trying to figure out wat was going on. and then shortly after that it was, oh, we've got a problem here. >> reporter: a big problem. >> reporter: gursky's pilot failed to strap him in leaving the auto parts manager from florida leaving him to glide as they sailed above the landscape for 2 minutes 14 seconds. >> i saw the scenery, the tree tops changing colors and farm houses. i thought to myself, that is beautiful. i'm going to fall to my death here. >> reporter: you thought that was it. >> oh, yeah. >> reporter: the pilot tried to land seconds after take off, but struggled to get the glider down. i

here's manuel bojorquez. >> reporter: another sanctuary pierced by gunfire, when a man stormed into a tallahassee florida yoga studio friday night killing two women. 21-year-old maura binkley was a florida state university student. 61-year-old nancy van vessem was a professor at the school's college of medicine. police say 40-year-old scott paul beierle shot six people and pistol-whipped another man in the attack at hot yoga tallahassee. the army veteran died after he turned the gun on himself. >> several people inside fought back, and tried to not only save themselves but other people. >> the gentleman who came in apparently tried to fight off the attacker. and he had quite a few wounds on his face. >> reporter: beierle was known to tallahassee police. in 2016, after he allegedly slapped and grabbed a woman at a pool, he was charged with battery. two years earlier, he was charged with trespassing at florida state university. in 2012, another battery charge for grabbing a woman in a campus dining hall. >> i see dreadlocks as the black man's mullet. the pants below the butt. you realiz

manuel bojorquez is in florida. >> reporter: that hand recount process is just getting under way in broward. you can see the long line of observers waiting to get in. that recount of questionable ballots have to be complete by sunday. broward county was not the only florida county where the recount process was fraught with issues. >> i've always held myself accountable. >> reporter: operator error caused them to miss the deadline for recount results. >> the results were in progress when i came out and made a statement. >> reporter: when they were finally uploaded, they were two minutes late. the board rejected the new total. >> i have taken responsible for every act in this office. >> reporter: there were also issues in neighboring palm beach county. >> given probably three or four more hours, we might have made the time. >> reporter: officials missed the deadline. >> our machines failed because we were using them 24/7. >> reporter: the vote total for senator nelson and governor scott remained less than a quarter of a percent different. by law, this triggered a hand recount. only the votes

manuel bojorquez spoke with him about his dramatic adventure at a hang gliding flight park in florida reporter: good morning, we are next a glider here at wallaby ranch to show you the important parts. you have to harness, the carabiner or clip and the hang strap. chris gersky was wearing a harness but the pilot forgot the all-important step of clipping it on to the glider itself. >> three, two, one, run, run, run. >> reporter: chris gersky had never been hang gliding but that didn't keep him from realizing this ride could be his last. >> i was trying to figure out what was going on and shortly after that it was we got a problem here. >> reporter: big problem. >> yeah. >> reporter: gersky's pilot failed to strap him in leaving him clinging to the glider and pilot as they staled hundreds of feet above the scenic swiss landscape for two minutes and 14 seconds. >> i looked down and saw the scenery, it was all the tree tops changing colors and the little farmhouses and i thought to myself, that is beautiful, i'm going to fall to my death there. >> you thought that was it? >> oh, yeah. >>

manuel bojorquez is at gillum headquarters in tallahassee. >> another florida photo finish here but not that the democrats were hoping for. the mayor of tallahassee, andrew gillum, just conceded to the republican ron desantis. he said simply we did not win it tuned and encouraged everyone to keep fighting for a seat at the table a. going back to how this race played out, you have to keep in mind that the president was very much top of mind for voters here, that h he won this state by 2016 in 2016 by just about 1%, and that seems to be the margin of victory for the republican in the governor's race. so those trump supporters, the trump voters seem to be lock step from 2016 to 2018. the president hammered gillum hard on some of his proposals. for example, raising the corporate tax rate to pay for healthcare. he even went as far as to say gillum would have created a socialist state similar to venezuela here in florida. we were at the last rally that the president had in pensacola and, at the end of the day, at i e end of the night, i should say here, that panhandle which is reliably red, t