>> the fact that he did win the popular vote was a keyey political component of his ability to stretch this out to 36 days. >> everybody was hungry, angry, lonely, tired and pissed off.f. everybody wanted to win and go home. go home. >> the preem court's landmark decision in 2000 helped determine the the 43rd president of the united states. hello, i'm bret baier. welcome to fox news reporting, 36 days that decided the presidency. the 2000 campaign between george w. bush and al gore was a tight race. as a result, election night coverage was filled with mistakes and blown projections by all of the television news networks. that let to endless legal battles in the courts of florida and finally the u.s. supreme court. join me as we look back as the suspenseful 36 days as the fight for the white house