the per view of the 9th circuit court of appeals. they would ask for some sort of emergency injunction to try to stop the president from even declaring the state of emergency. the president does have broad powers to declare states of emergency. we re not sure exactly where he s going with this tomorrow night, but certainly he will be making this argument from the stand.of national security, which really could trigger a lot of that executive power that he has. dana: john roberts, thank you. the house and senate are not in session today, but lawmakers on both sides are weighing in on the shutdown standoff. mike emanuel is live on capitol hill with more. mike? reporter: dana, good afternoon. there are no signs today that the senate democratic leader is willing to budge. so this idea that they need $5 billion, $5.7 billion which they haven t even sent us a plan for until yesterday, we re looking at it now, is unrealistic. we want the symbol of america to
what s been happening in florida and where do we stand today, monday afternoon? reporter: two things to mention aside from that emergency injunction that you mentioned in broward county which was denied. rick scott is saying he s still going to washington for new member orientation. that s notable even though he s not the senator-elect. now, the legal thing that i want to draw your attention to is the new suit filed here in northern district federal court here in tallahassee. that s by vote vets and democratic organizations which focus on early mail ballots. the piece here that is interesting is you want to look at, what they are arguing is votes should be considered based on the day they were postmarked, not by the day they were received. several counties we have spoken
for some of emergency injunction to extend the time. major development here as this recount is just under way here in florida. palm beach under fire. also broward county is part of this new round of lawsuits filed by rick scott. reporter: the big lawsuit that s important is that rick scott s campaign is accusing brenda snipes, the supervisosor are counting ballots on saturday. the other two lawsuits are about impounding and taking care of the ballots by the sheriff s department when they are not counting. they are asking for the sheriff s department to do that. we ll have to see a judge rules in both cases. thank you. joining us now the chairman of the democratic national
emergency injunction, a request to stop the process, longer past the noon deadline. the judge saying he doesn t see the emergency in that instead saying if he believes the votes should be cured and counted, provisional ballots, make the order later when they go to court and have that hearing. that legal fight basically saying we re operating on a noon deadline. as some lawyers here with experience in florida recounts have cautioned us, this timeline is good until a legal battle basically makes it not good. david? ah. we bring in ally. your reaction where we are? looking back to 2000 as well. absolutely deja vu and ally did a masterful job laying out the legal consequences. keep two dates in mind. november 20 and november 30. november 20 is the day that these election results are supposed to be certified by a three-member panel that includes the governor of florida. so here we are in america.
out of the city and they are not cut off when the flood waters rise toward the end of this week. the city of threatening to have an emergency injunction to have the sand bagging stopped because they believe it will stop the flood water from flowing through where it s supposed to and cause additional flooding to homes that might not have had it oids. they a otherwise. they are trying to protect access to myrtle beach. they are asking the county to provide proof it s not going to cause flooding before they drop their threat of injunction. the county is saying there s nothing to see here. we still know this storm is not done. we know the clean up and recovery can take weeks, months,