aspirations that he might have. the vermont democratic party was supposed to have events with him on friday and saturday. those have been cancelled. they say that they cancelled those events as soon as the news broke, so obviously, very serious allegations against michael avenatti. but we have not heard from him. >> very serious allegations. arrested and as you say, we don't know the identity of the woman involved with this, but obviously, in los angeles tonight. all right. thank you very much, m.j. lee. as we get more, obviously going to update you on that. also tonight, the clock ticking on the florida recount. the legal battles raging at this hour as the republican governor, rick scott, already declares himself the winner, appearing on capitol hill today with the newly elected members to the senate. it was like a formal thing for those who were newly elected. obviously he has not been certified as the winner but he was there. "outfront" now, attorney for the florida democratic party who was also an attorney for al gore