michelle obama is telling her book but what bothers me is fact that they can disrespect a sitting president disrespect the oval office it is so disrespectful. they haven t done anything for america. that s why america chose donald trump. you look at president obama running here if we have a biracial president and did nothing for black people when came down to the prison reform. donald j. trump he said bring it to me i ll sign this into law. obama did absolutely nothing for it. that was a great moment let s see if it passes senate. criminal justice reform we ve been talking about it for 20 years might have the gotten done this week. ladies you mentioned down in florida what do you make had of the fact that race it is for governor and the u.s. senate have been so close down there? well first of all, i think this is a mere, they get it ready for 2020 to see how they can change rules change rules in
it is so strange it would happen yesterday griff jen kins live people licking their thumb and going through. right, griff? that s right they re taking care of business inside and take you in there a second but first ainsley you mentioned that race is coming to an end that is ron desantis looking to become next governor over andrew gillum look ats numbers you see by 33,000 votes, that s a margin of .41% above the threshold of a quarter percentage point for a hand recount. but gillum not conceding issuing this statement saying while our race has fallen out by for manual recount we believe before election results are certified state of florida must count every legally cast vote, however, we anticipate at least by tuesday, that desantis will become certified as governor let me take you inside broward county hand recount.
tonight and we re going to close top floor because of overcrowding. because the train didn t wait there. go to marriott. there s my daughter right there. [laughter] she s in there somewhere. anyway hope you enjoyed telecast sit back relax in your nice warm cozy house because we have all of the news. fires in california with the update with voter recount down in florida. ron desantis is next florida governor after andrew gillum pick up one vote in machine recount but the first ever statewide hand recount of over votes and jurpgd votes set for lottery contested senate race are. griff jenkins is live in lotter, hill florida where the recount will begin in less than an hour. tell us why. good morning guys we ve got hundreds of volunteers lining up for the hand recount behind me. but first let s go to the race that s coming to an end and that is the governor s race if you
look at the numbers in yesterday s recount for ron desantis over andrew gillum leading by more than 33,000 votes. that s a margin of .4% well above the thrermd of a quarter percentage point to call for a hand recount but gillum as you mention not conceding putting out this statement quote while our races fallen outside the for manual recount we believe that before election results are certified the state of florida must count every legally cast vote. however, we expect on tuesday it is at the very latest the desantis race will be certified he will become next governor of florida. now as for that hand recount look at this live picture right now. this is the arena where the real are fight will happen had between rick scott in bill nelson. it is the recount tables things set up here 100 tables you re looking at here is how it is going to work. six people per table.
they re taking care of business in washington we re taking care of business from our couch here in midtown manhattan where the snow and rain have stopped momentarily down in in right in front of our building. janice told us it was coming but everyone was stuck in traffic yesterday for a long, long time some four hours earl yir i was talking to one in pennsylvania, eight hours watting in their car weather was terrible here luckily going to florida and that s where we start this hour. this is a fox news largest next governor, after andrew gillum only gained one vote in the recount. but the democrats he s not conceding. the first ever statewide hand recount are now underway in the lottery contested senate race.