Motion Approved in Broward County to Begin Recount in Florida Races
WHITFIELD: Breaking news in Florida, the counting is over. That means the recounting begins. It is official. The races for Florida governor and the Senate seat are going to a statewide recount. The margin of each race was less than a half a percent, which triggers this machine recount. Now, in the Florida's governor's race, Republican Ron DeSantis is still ahead of Democrat Andrew Gillum by 0.4 percent. The Senate race is even closer. Republican Governor Rick Scott leads incumbent Democrat, Bill Nelson, by just 0.15, that's barely anything, of a percent. Now, President Trump is weighing in on this recount. He is not mincing any words. He just tweeted an unsubstantiated accusation: "Trying to steal two big elections in Florida. We are watching closely," he writes. CNN's Ryan Nobles is in Tallahassee, a town no stranger to any recount. Ryan, when did this ball get started?</s>RYAN NOBLES, CNN CORRESPONDENT: You know, honestly, Ana, it could happen at any minute. The way that recounts work in Florida is they are administered individually by each county. So depending on how the supervisors of elections want to handle their recount, as long as they can get it done by next Thursday, they can start whenever they would like. S there's the possibility that the recount could start in some places as early as today. But we think most of them will start first thing tomorrow morning. We're already starting to hear the candidates react to the news, that the races are so close, that they are going to require a recount. Many harkening back to the dramatic 2000 presidential election where Florida was at the center of all of the attention because of a dramatic recount. We heard a few minutes ago -- I just left a press conference with Andrew Gillum, the mayor of Tallahassee, and also was the Democratic nominee for governor. You will remember, on election night, he actually conceded the race for governor while he's talking a little bit differently about that concession today. Listen to what Gillum had to say.</s>ANDREW GILLUM, (D), FLORIDA GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE: I am replacing my words of concession with an uncompromised and unapologetic call that we count every single vote. We count every vote. And I say this recognizing that my fate in this may or may not change. What I do know is that every single Floridian who took time to go out, to cast their vote, to participate in this process, deserve the comfort that knowing in a Democratic society, and in this process, every vote will be counted.</s>NOBLES: And so you heard Gillum there saying he is replacing his concession, essentially withdrawing it. But he also makes it clear that he doesn't necessarily think that the outcome of this race is going to change. And privately, many of his aides feel the same way. They do believe that that margin of victory is perhaps too much for them to overcome, even in a recount. That's not the same tune they're singing in the Senate race, Ana. The margins are much closer there. That's where Democrats are focused. They do believe that there are enough votes for Bill Nelson to overtake Rick Scott, who is, of course, the current governor. But, Ana, we've got a long way to go before we know how this thing turns out.</s>WHITFIELD: And at last check, at least, the numbers were still over 12,000 difference in terms of how many voters had voted for Scott versus Nelson in that very close Senate race. We know you have been watching every single move and following this for us. Thank you, Ryan Nobles, in Florida. President Trump, meantime, attacks the media, and that, of course, is nothing new, nor are they any less reprehensible. But this week's attacks against three different journalists crossed a line. It became personal and, frankly, insulting. So why does a man who demands respect above all continue to stoop to this level? We will discuss next.