[Kyra Phillips, Cnn Anchor:] And the recount continues. We're going to head back over to West Palm Beach, where Jeff Flock is standing by. You're going to introduce us to somebody, Jeff, correct?
[Jeff Flock, Cnn Correspondent:] Indeed. We had the Bush side on earlier in terms of the attorneys that are here observing this recount. I wanted to bring the Gore team in now. Dennis Newman is the attorney. A good deal of experience with recounts, you were involved in that Delahunt recount, the one in Massachusetts that overturned a senate I'm sorry, a House primary there.
[Dennis Newman, Attorney For Democratic Party:] That's correct.
[Flock:] What are you seeing as we take a look, perhaps, live inside there, kind of a close-up shot at somebody looking at these ballots? This is what they're going through, and they hope to be half done by today. Are you seeing any kind of chaos in there, any kind of problems with this process? What are you seeing from your perspective?
[Newman:] No problems whatsoever, I think that the canvassing board deserves a great deal of credit. Judge Burton and Carol Roberts and Theresa LePore under very difficult circumstances, they're running a very professional and even-handed process.
[Flock:] But the Republicans say in addition to saying that this is not a fair process, also have some concerns that some people have difficulty getting their arms around the notion of just recounting in the Democratic strongholds. Was the vice president serious about saying, Let's do a full, statewide manual recount, even in the Republican areas?
[Newman:] Absolutely, and the Republicans had that option. But they're afraid of recounting these counties and the whole state because they know when a fair and accurate count is obtained here, that they will lose.
[Flock:] On to the next question, and that is what happens out of these recounts. You say you want a fair and accurate count, but obviously it is your hope that this recount will give your man some additional votes. We are being told by the observers and the counters that with about 108 precincts tallied fully, it is Governor Bush who actually has made up a small bit of ground.
[Newman:] Actually...
[Flock:] What's your feeling about that?
[Newman:] That's true in one sense, but however, we feel that the standards that are being applied by the board is not the standard that, as you mentioned, the Delahunt or Johnson standard, and it is the standard in many other states, that the intent of the voter should be given. There's about 300 votes that we have further protested that have dents on the five, the number five chad, which is Vice President Gore, and there's about 100 for the Bush chads. So if those are counted accurately, that would give us another 200 votes.
[Flock:] Would that would require us, as we look back in there, require these people to go through these ballots yet again?
[Newman:] No, not at all. These ballots have been protested by myself and by Mr. Wallace. They've been segregated. It's just that small number, that, as I mentioned, 400 that they would look at again, so that they could look at them again, as Broward county is going to do challenge ballots only.
[Flock:] So you're continuing to protest even what we're seeing here today?
[Newman:] Yes, that's correct. We're protesting a number, and Republicans are also, the number of ballots that we believe that the board has made a wrong call on. We reserve our rights for further review.
[Flock:] More fun to come. Mr. Newman, thanks for the time.
[Newman:] Thank you, Jeff.
[Flock:] I appreciate it. I know you to get back inside, as you've been watching this process all morning. We'll let you go. That is the latest from here in West Palm Beach. As you can see, more fun to come.
[Phillips:] Jeff Flock, thank you.