on the va story in half an hour. i appreciate you talking about that, katy tur. the rip com circus has come back to california. that s the headline on a battle in california. more than 8 million votes cast across the state to reach thursday s deadline for recount votes. some are meeting the machines 24 hours a day to meet the deadline. ron desantis is leading andrew gillum by .4 of apercent. rick scott beating bill nelson by .2%. out west we re watching wildfires worse than anybody has ever seen. deadly wildfires are incinerating towns with one already wiped off the map. one campfire is burning in
the basketball information. all about basketball on christmas. really? the unofficial start of the nba season. i didn t know that. i think it s the spring. it used to be a doubleheader, then it was a triple header. they had a dozen games today. a battle in california. real physical. of course. the last game of the night the one that starts at 10:30 p.m. eastern. winds up being the best game of the day. two teams that could meet up in the postseason. it will be a great match-up. golden state warriors at home in oakland against the clippers. it got testy in the third quarter, fourth quarter. andrew bogget getting involved with blake griffen. griffen gets tossed from the game. dramon green gets tossed. late in the game, clippers able to get to the basket but not able to get buckets.
opponents. democrats are hitting mcmahon on her time as head of wwe, what the wrestlers did and how women were treated on stage and using old wwe clips on internet ads. a spokesperson says, quote, there is no context in which abusing and degrading women can be considered acceptable. there is no circumstance where marketing this content to kids can be considered anything other than irresponsible. mcmahon s husband, vince, chairman and ceo of wwe, is defending his waive wife, saying some of the stunts on stage were part of the quote, soap opera nature of wrestling and were not done again. he said wwe has toned down the language and sexuality in its shows. kelly? kelly: thanks. jamie: other political news, the stage is set for a battle in california. barbara boxer and carly fiorina will square off in their first debate on september 1.
have their defined benefit pension plans adjusted to market levels. the unions fight that and that s why you have this battle in california where they have a 500 billion-dollar unfunded liability. megyn: when you see that do you blame the unions or the governments? i mean the government could have said, we re not going to agree to these plans, unions, this is too extraordinary for you. i blame collective bargaining in the public sector. it s an inherent conflict of interest. you ve got the unions, the biggest contributors in a number of state and local races contributing to the candidate, the governor or the legislative candidates who are negotiating their pay scale. what kind of deal are they going to cut? megyn: it s a little conflict of interest you could argue. i think so. megyn: they ll have to do something. they are going to have to do something. these states are at the point of no return now. $3 trillion in unfunded liabilities at the state and local level. megyn: you can