matt finn is live there in phoenix.h chief white house correspondent john roberts on the north lawn. happy monday

matt finn is live there in phoenix. begin with chief white house correspondent john roberts on the north lawn. happy monday to you, john. >> john: dana, happy monday to you and happy groundhog day to you as well. we keep reliving the same day over and over again. incremental movements in various directions. the president on twitter again yesterday again reiterating that there is no way that he could have lost the election. also raising the question as to how republicans did so well on down ballot races yet the president lost apparently to joe biden when it came to the race at the top of the ticket. the president saying he is not doing this for him. is he doing it for the people who voted for him tweeting, this morning quote i'm not fighting for me i'm fighting for the 74 million people not including the many trump ballots toss you had a record for a sitting president who voted for me. president trump continuing his locally action to challenge the vote count in several states. his best chance for any remedy may rest with

based upon actual evidence of any electricaelection fraud and is n conspiracy theories. >> tucker: matt finnive for us tonight, thank you. one of the wisest people we ever speak to. at the hoover institute in joins us tonight, thank you so much for coming on. what he think is happening? the first tuesday in november into an abstraction, it's a contrast. even the word absentee ballot doesn't mean anything and what did they replace it with? this new concept of early voting and mail in balloting. we never heard those words before and what they mean is 30 or 45 days before the election, you can keep voting casually come and go in and vote, maybe not any day, ballots can come in after the polls if they are too oppressive, you can sue and overturn the constitutional ends at the voting law. that's when they showed the metal of the candidates and what does it matter if donald trump had a really good second debate. what does it matter if we heard about hunter biden when millions of people had already voted and what did they vote on, would be the perception. they were massaged by polls. their knowledg

lawsuit is requesting evidence to be preserved and for detroit to stop certifying throat. >> tucker: matt finnive for us tonight, thank you. victor davis hanson is one of the wisest people we ever speak to. at the hoover institute in joins us tonight, thank you so much for coming on. what do you think is happening? >> a convergence of big data, big tech, big poster, big-money, administrative state. they rendered the most hallowed day in american tradition, the first tuesday in november into an abstraction.ra even the word absentee ballot doesn't mean anything if it ceases to exist. what do they place it trickle replace it with? early voting in mailin and balloting. we've never heard those words before. you go in casually you vote. ballots can come in one, two, three, four days after the pol polls. you can seward overturn the constitutionalst right. he used to be the last two or three weeks with a heated time of the campaign. what does it matter if donald trump had a really good second debate. what did it matter if we heard about hunter biden when people had already voted. what did they vote on

matt finn reporting.ell, the trump campaign today filing for a partial recount in another battleground state the, michigan. the recount will be conducted in two main counties. here to explain all of this is fox news correspondent mike mike tobin. mike. >> reporter: and talking about wisconsin, the two counties where the recount will take place are both dense with population, both democratic strongholds. kane county is home to -- dane county, milwaukee county. now, the trump campaign is accusing these clerks there, claiming that absentee ballots in those counties were illegally altered when poll workers filled in missing information themselves. the campaign also claims that ballots were issued without voters requesting an application which they claim is a violation of voting safeguards, and the campaign claims that clerks advised voters to say they were indefinitely con fined to their homes due to coronavirus, and that got them around voter id requirements. the milwaukee county clerk responded accusing the

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. >> shannon: correspondent matt finn reporting live from atlanta. >> is part of the ongoing audit or recount here in the state of georgia, it was discovered that about 2500 ballots in floyd county have not been tallied. 643 votes for the president and 865 for joe biden. that was a gain of 778 votes for the president and the county he already won. george's voting system manager calls it an amazing blunder saying it was human error, not software. floyd county election officials did not upload the votes from a memory card. georgia's secretary of state has asked the election structure to step down. >> there's no good expedition as to why you wouldn't upload those numbers. other than just gross incompetence. >> georgia secretary of state has the uncounted ballots are the most significant issue discovered so far in georgia's recount. today the states voting system manager says most counties have seen near zero deviation from their original numbers. the recount here in georgia was ordered because the presidential election is so tight. joe biden ahead by about 15,000 votes. all counties must

matt finn is in a place getting a lot of attention here in the last few minutes. an has been called. matt joins us from a vote-counting facility from detroit. what is the latest in there? reporter: connell, the president's campaign says it has or will file a lawsuit here in the state of michigan arguing that it was not givenning meaningful access to numerous counting locations to observe the ballot counting. that is what is still happening here inside of this massive convention center in downtown detroit. here in this absentee ballot counting center we heard allegations from some of the voting challengers, they feel there was not a fair number of republicans or democrats in this room the entire time. i brought the allegations to the secretary of state's office and secretary of state's office is starting to welcome some of those challenges. >> we fully expect that, that there will be a number about people watching the process or perhaps even, as we already heard, putting out allegations about the process or anything in between. the bottom line for us is that we're f

matt finn is in michigan where republicans think they may have a chance to pick up a senate seat. meredith first. martha: in raleigh, north carolina, where democrats feel the same way about the contest there. hello to you, mark. >> reporter: good evening, guys. a lot of people very eager to see what the results are now that a early voting in north carolina has wrapped up. it's very important for this senate race here in the state where the incumbent republican has been trailing in the polls, but those margins have been shrinking. senator thom tillis hopes last minute appearances with president trump and vice president pence will be enough to secure him a second term in the senate. >> the president's focusing on north carolina the same way i am and the battleground astronauts. we're see -- states. >> reporter: but multiple polls sew till plus trailing his opponent, cal cunningham. >> north carolina doesn't do landslide elections. we do narrow squeakers. every vote can be the difference. >> reporter: cunningham has maintained a lead for weeks, even after he admitted to having an ina

matt finn now on the ground in atlanta. hi, matt. >> reporter: leland, georgia has become the center of the political world, and it's going to be a jam-packed saturday. taking a look at the two runoff senate races here that are going to control the balance of power in the united states senate, georgia's two republican senators are now urging that they have become the final line of defense for republicans to stop democrats from completely controlling washington. democrat candidate jon ossoff a short while ago participated in a comfort and care harvest distribution here in atlanta, and yesterday vice president pence was here to campaign with republican senator david perdue. pence urged georgia voters that their two republican senators must hold the line to defend the republican majority in the senate. pence also campaigned with republican senator kelly loeffler. her opponent, reverend rafael war knock, is hosting a series of meet and greets today beginning in montezuma. and there are several competing protests here in georgia

. >> shannon: our own matt finn reported on some of the papering up of windows so people couldn't see what was going on. andy, people across the political spectrum want to have confidence that when they cast their vote it counts. republican, democrat, independent, green party, whatever it is. my question is why, however this individual is, be specifically telling republican poll watchers that they had to get out, why the boarding up of windows. people want to have confidence. if there is a good explanation, i would love to hear it. >> you and me both. my friend, former republican congressman, was involved in the process. he indicated that from his perspective it went much better than some of the reporting is indicated. obviously he's only got his own eye view so we have to see how the evidence shakes out. the fundamental problem here is there is a real divide of bout what a legitimate vote is in this election because the overlay of the coronavirus pandemic kind of made courts think that they had license to rewrite legislative provisions that are supposed to cover the conditions under

thank you very much for that, matt finn following all of that.s you know, has been very critical of the entire process and said it was suspect right from the beginning. here's the president commenting on just that. >> it's massively powerful, it's massively corrupt. the media and big tech. section 230 should be taken out. that's the protection that was given artificially to them. but it's a massive form of corruption and silence and suppression. neil: all right. it would have to be very very massive and it would have to be very very significant to have changed the results or potentially to reverse the results from the election. right now, kellyjane torrance, "new york post" editorial board member with us. they haven't provided any evidence to that. i understand where the president is coming from to say that he can't believe these results and that he got, you know, 74 million votes, only guy who got more was the guy who beat him but the guy didn't beat him. where is all of this going? >> it's a great question, neil. yeah, i can understand the pres

shannon: matt finn thank you.rizona alleging poll workers in maricopa county incorrectly instructed in person voters using machines there possibly negating some votes for tonight the vote counting continues. alicia acuna is live. >> hi sharon and before were discussed this new lawsuit i want to show you something because the mood here is change. the message is not that i'm going to push off. these are trump supporter to have been here for the past four nights and with you every night. we have seen it run the gambit. shouting very angrily at the media. they are frustrated with the results of come out of this election. earlier today we saw them praying and they were singing. now we have dancing in a few moments ago we did see there were some biden supporters who showed up as a competing force and play but the maricopa sheriff's department separated everybody had biden supporters and these folks here. let's get to the lawsuit filed earlier today by the trump campaign. what they are alleging is on election day there w

matt finn on the ground in madison for us. matt, thank you. trace? is democratic delaware senator chris coons. senator, always good to see you, sir. i'd like your thoughts in the fact that we could be in the midst of a weeks-long robust legal battle being waged by the trump campaign. >> well, frays, frankly, i think this is -- trace, frankly, i think this is a day to celebrate the fact that the commitment to having every vote counted and to only moving forward when the election's been called has led to this moment where joe biden and kamala harris have been declared the president-elect and the vice president-elect. here on the riverfront in wilmington in just a few hours, we will hear from biden, and i expect if him a message of unity and trying to come together after this challenging and divisive campaign. joe biden is someone who has been committed to waiting patiently until the outcome is called, and it's not candidates who get to call this. but i think we now have an opportunity to turn the corner and to move forward with the transition to a new

let's go to matt finn, who is the latest to sort of park in georgia. matt? neil, there are some big republican names including arkansas senator tom cotton and vice president mike pence who are coming to the state. there is millions of dollars pouring into georgia over the two critical senate races. happening right now, at any moment we could receive a report from georgia's secretary of state's office detailing the findings of its audit here. joe biden is expected to come out on top. the check with the secretary of state's office shows biden is ahead by 12,781 votes. going into the george gas hand recount, biden led 14,000 votes. the audit revealed multiple ballots were not tallied. they said it was human error. they called for the resignation of one county's election director. the president insists that georgia's voting process is weak, pointing towards signature verification but georgia's republican secretary of office said the audit helped the president's numbers. >> they have the right to look out for 73 million americans who supported donald trump. i und

matt finn here to spell out the battle for the 16 electoral votes there. is it looking there, matt? >> neil, like you said, very tight. according to the fox news tally on the foxnews.com website, here in michigan with 96% of the reporting in, joe biden is ahead by just about 30,000 votes statewide. in 2016 the president won this state of michigan, he flipped red with just about 10,000 votes. now a short while ago michigan secretary of state said right now there are about 100,000 absentee ballots statewide have not been counted. they are potentially expected to help joe biden. some will definitely come from here, detroit, a democratic strong hold. some absentee ballots might come from western side of the state, grand rapids. the area president won in 2016. the absentee ballot count something still going on inside of this massive convention center in downtown deep voight. the state of michigan had record three million plus absentee ballots cast, all-time high. state law prohibited the ballots being counted any earlier than election day. the right now the rema

the state just a few weeks ago before we find out which party will actually contrl the senate so matt finnas the latest live in atlanta. lots of activity down there. >> a lot of high-profile names descending upon the state and hundreds of millions of dollars being spent as democrats and republicans are trying to convince them to return to the polls in a matter of weeks. joni ernst is in griffin georgia campaigning with the republican senator david perdue earlier today, produce opponent slammed perdue because he has not agreed to anymore debate in in the senate runoff race. >> i don't even see trump defending him. he refuses to debate and as i've said repeatedly, he doesn't want to debate and answer questions, that's fine. he just shouldn't be running for reelection in the u.s. senate. >> vice president pence was here campaigning on friday for kelly leffler and david perdue and pitching to voters that the two republican senators must hold the line to maintain the majority in the senate and on saturday, held a series of meeting grades here in georgia where he told voters it is time for the p

we begin with matt finn in grand rapids, the final stop for the president tonight. hey. >> hi, shannon buried it right now the vice president is warming up this crowd for the president. we are in grand rapids. this is the same place that president trump held his final rally before election day in 2016. now fast forward four years and this is the same place the president will be holding his final rally before election day. this is kent county on the western side of the state. historically a republican guarantee, but the president wanted this county by just a small margin in 2016 so he is back here to re-energize and reconnect with these voters that he's going to be relying on tomorrow. tonight the trump campaign tells fox news that the president needs a margin of 350,000 in votes cast on election day here in michigan tomorrow. it projects a margin of 400,000 in michigan tomorrow. the president warned michigan in 2016 -- won by just 10,000 votes. that was his smallest margin of victory in any state in 2016. the state of michigan historically elects democratic presiden

let's go to michigan where matt finn is in detroit. >> president trump's campaign has filed a lawsuit arguing it has not given access to numerous locations. here in detroit we have had a several voting challengers tell us here in the michigan secretary of state is starting to respond to those allegations. >> we have started to understand the heightened stakes that are state is under, we fully expect there will be a number of people watching the process, or perhaps even as we've already heard putting out out allegations about the process or anything in between. the bottom line for us is that we are focused on getting this right and we are focused on getting this right in a way that can withstand any court challenges. >> about 100,000 remaining absentee ballots in the state of michigan. some of these are being counted right here in detroit and there are some ballots coming from the west side of the state in grand rapids as well. those absentee ballots may help the president but overall the remaining absentee ballots here in detroit are expected to help joe biden. the state of michigan h

steve harrigan reports in florida but first matt finn live in macomb county michigan where it's alwayseople are voting with paper ballots and a pen and thousands of people have voted in person so far at this location. their ballots are being counted electronically. organizers say they expected the dinner time hour to pick back up. this is to precincts and one neck in macomb county, the county that the president one in 2016 just outside of the democrat stronghold of detroit. the president had one of his final rallies here on sunday and he will be relying on this conservative leaning county in michigan. we have not seen any problems at this location so far about michigan's attorney general tweeted this morning "getting reports of multiple robocalls that are going to flinch at residence. obviously this is false and an effort to suppress the vote. no longer lies, don't believe the lies. please have your voice heard. the michigan attorney general says voting is smooth sailing here in michigan in the state of michigan says more than 3 million early votes were cast which is an all-time record

let's get a preview of coming attractions in georgia, what we can expect to hear from matt finn joining us in atlanta. >> any announcement, georgia secretary of state said the election process here is considered a gold standard nationwide. for days now, georgia secretary of state has been defending the election process here against all types of allegations online coming from the president. one of the big topics is signatures beauty georgia secretary of state says as a multistep process to verify someone's signature before they vote here in this state. also over days now, georgia secretary of state has been emphasizing that the elections are safe and secure. he said that's part of the ongoing audit here. all of the election machines were checked in this state. no fraud was found. in floyd county georgia, there were about 2500 ballots that were not initially tally it appeared that president gained about 800 votes from that new tally reducing joe biden statewide lead from the initial count of about 15,000 votes. those 2500 uncounted ballots where an amazing blunder. though floyd county ele

you had in michigan where our reporters were reporting, matt finn was posting video of this, asking questions does this happen, papering over windows in michigan when they were asking for access to watch the counting. so again, president trump might lose this thing. the campaign says he is still in pennsylvania, he can still win arizona. the fact is the numbers are tough for both candidates. they both have to make up a gap in both places. the fact is that just because the end result might be a win or loss for the president doesn't question questions about the process because especially pennsylvania will determine the future of the presidency for the rest of the country and the rest of the country has serious questions about the process and they deserve answers about a lack of transparency, why the lawsuits are happening what is the outcome and why local officials apparently aren't enforcing a judge's order as of earlier today. >> dana: in less than -- in about hour an 13 minutes, the trump campaign will be back in court if philly seeking an answer. greg, in georgia, it's .2% between the two c

matt finn is live in atlanta.in georgia any time soon for those two democratic candidates? >> good morning. one of the candidates running for senate here in georgia democrat john ossoff was asked directly when president-elect joe biden might travel here to georgia. he said he hasn't heard of any definitive plans. >> i think that georgia fam leels across the political spectrum are rooting for our incoming president-elect for his success, would welcome his visit and to hear his plans in the first 100 days. tackle to virus and get our economy moving again. >> right now in georgia democrats and republicans are trying to convince voters, some likely fatigued to the return to the polls for the two runoff senate races that determine balance of power in the united states senate. warnock hosted a series of meet and greets this weekend. vice president pence campaigned with perdue and loeffler on friday. loeffler is quarantining now. she had conflicting coronavirus tests beginning on friday. and switching to georgia's presid

matt finn live in atlanta. tary of state's office is expected to release its report detailing the findings of its audit here. joe biden is expected to come out on top heading into georgia's hand count here, joe biden was ahead by 14,000 votes. but georgia's audit revealed that thousands of ballots were not tallied in multiple counties. the secretary of state's office says the ballots were human error, calling for one county election director to resign. the president and his team have insisted the georgia's signature verification process is too weak but georgia's republican secretary of state's office insists the republicans entered into an agreement in georgia that strengthened voting signature verifications and the state's audit helped the president's numbers. >> the main thing is we're going to continue to follow the law and processes. and the irony of the fraudulent votes have been found he gained in the finding of those votes. so the system is working the way it's intended. >> georgia is set to verify its vo

matt finn following this live for us in atlanta. up a major victory in the presidential election in georgia. trying to keep that momentum going. georgia's two republican senators are insisting they have now become the last line of defense from democrats controlling washington there are high profile names on both sides and major cash pouring into the state right now. vice president mike pence is scheduled to travel to two campaign events here in georgia today for republican senators kelly loeffler and david are perdue fighting to keep their jobs in the runoff races that determine the balance of power in the u.s. senate. pence is scheduled to go to georgia where he will be in rallies in two cities today. in georgia's presidential election right now georgia secretary of state is preparing to certify georgia's vote with president-elect joe biden as the winner. president trump's campaign will then have two business days to request a recount. georgia's republican secretary of state says he is a conservative trump supporter who is disappoi

matt finn is in atlanta with the latest. s were required to submit their newly recounted numbers by 11:59 last night. the georgia's secretary of state says it's now on track to certify the statewide vote by tomorrow. and then the president's campaign can request a recount if it wants. over the past couple of days here in georgia. the audit revealed thousands of ballots were not counted in multiple counties. the secretary of state's office says the ballots were human error, even calling for one county's elections director to resign. joe biden wants lead in georgia shrank from 15,000 to 13,000 votes. not enough to reverse the outcome. the uncounted ballots fueled allegations of misconduct including those coming from the president's team. >> as president trump has noted and is he absolutely right about this, if you are not verifying signatures. if you are following the rules of stacey abrams who refused to concede, who still thinks she is the governor of georgia, how good, in fact, is your recount. >> georgia secretary of state'

shannon: matt finn thank you.mp campaign filing suit in arizona alleging poll workers in maricopa county incorrectly instructed in person voters using machines there possibly negating some votes for tonight the vote counting continues. alicia acuna is live. >> hi sharon and before were discussed this new lawsuit i want to show you something because the mood here is change. the message is not that i'm going to push off. these are trump supporter to have been here for the past four nights and with you every night. we have seen it run the gambit. shouting very angrily at the media. they are frustrated with the results of come out of this election. earlier today we saw them praying and they were singing. now we have dancing in a few moments ago we did see there were some biden supporters who showed up as a competing force and play but the maricopa sheriff's department separated everybody had biden supporters and these folks here. let's get to the lawsuit filed earlier today by the trump campaign. what they are allegin

matt finn is live in madison for us with more. arris, the trump campaign insists that the it submit that form aal request for a recount here, but it has to wait until all 72 counties in this state certify their own voting numbers and then submit them to the state, and that could take until november 17th. now, here in the democratic stronghold of madison, wisconsin, yesterday it was a day of celebrating. there was a parade of cars and also a masked gathering at the base of the capitol. people shoulder to shoulder, dancing, screaming and shouting and also chants and signs against the president, some cursing the president. also a dueling to-trump rally on the op -- pro-trump rally on the opposite side of the capitol. the campaign is filing lawsuits based on what they believe is merit seeking all legitimate votes to be counted. here in wisconsin there were allegations of misconduct, notably in milwaukee. here's the administerrer of the wisconsin elections commission responding to those complaints and also a trump campaign attorney. >>

. >> jon: matt finn is live in stone crest, georgia. another election recount scheduled for the state? >> jon, the first recount was a part of georgia's state audit. this second recount is now at the request of president trump's campaign. this is one of the ballot recounting centers in decal be county. inside prep work going on for the second recount. machines being examined. ballots coming in. it will be busy tomorrow as the second recount begins tomorrow morning. must be completed by december 2 at midnight. throughout the morning our crew has seen police escorted delivery bans dropping off boxes some marked dominion voting and ballots being delivered as well. 5 million ballots were just recounted by hand in georgia as part of the state audit. president elect biden declared the winner by 12,000 votes. this time around the recount will be by machine. it will be uploading the results of the recount as the counties come in. georgia's first audit did discover thousands of ballots that were not tallied but georgia's secretary of state's off