in other news a judge yesterday rejected governor rick scott s lawsuit to impound all the voting machines at broward election s office while they are not being used to count ballots but ordered three deputies supplement the officer on duty as the recount gets underway. he asked the lawyers for all the candidates and respective camps to, as you say, tone down the rhetoric. the eyes of the nation are on broward county once again. and we re just beginning to understand the true magnitude of the problem with absentee votes. saturday i was outside the election board in broward county and had voters saying they had received absentee ballot even though they never applied for them. she mailed it in and after election day checked with the election supervisor s website to find out whether or not the vote was tallied. there was no record it had been tallied. today the miami herald that voters in some counties have contacted the paper quote
scott s removal. i is pushing this hard. he should remove himself from any role in the recount process so the people can have the confidence in the integrity of the election. given his efforts to undermine the votes of floridians, this is the only way that we can ensure the people s votes are protected. bill: the governor said the governors aren t even involved in this. he is suggesting senator nelson is misguided in his judgment. this is a p.r. battle. the election is over. this is now for lawyers and fox news and other places where they are going to battle this out for who won the election in the minds of the public. i m not surprised that bill nelson said that. he is trailing behind. i don t think most people think there are enough votes for him to catch up and he is fighting for his life and made a career out of being a public official and would like to keep doing that. bill: do any of you think the races will change at the
appointment. let s see where this goes if anywhere. the president you would agree has the right to appoint an attorney general. and then the process takes whatever form it takes. yes. bill: based on what you know about whitaker why would the president choose him for this job? i think he likes him and holy spirit confidence -has confidence in him. a private citizen. he served ablely in the role under general sessions. so there is no question that the president would like what then private commentator, private citizen whitaker had to say including about the mueller investigation. once you take the oath to become that officer, the attorney general of the united states, the world changes and you now have a new fidelity. you are to set your personal opinions aside for one thing and to listen to law officers. you assess, not blindly follow
charges of failing to meet ballot counts and other things. here is what she had to say. the lawsuits as they are written certainly cast dispersions on my character and i worked here for about 15 years and i have to say this is the first time that this office or i have been under such attack. so if we make mistakes, we own mistakes. yesterday former florida governor jeb bush tweeting, quote, there is no question that broward county supervisors of election snipes failed to follow the law, undermining floridians confidence in our electoral process. she should be removed from her office following the recounts we ve seen. she is just around the corner at the canvassing board table. we ll try to get more. nationally, of course, everyone is seeing nelson and scott hammering away at each other. we expect that to continue.
officer and matt whitaker has not been confirmed by the senate in any position, then anything he does that could be done only by a confirmed attorney general is void. bill: you disagree with that. tell us why. i have the greatest respect for general mukasey, i may be wrong but the way i read the vacancies act, bill and sandra, the statute passed by congress, it does give the president this interim authority to fill a vacancy with someone whom he has confidence. but legitimate questions have been raised. i think it s a lawful appointment. sandra: can you explain why to those who disagree? well, under the vacancies act the president has tremendous leeway in who he sees fit to remember, this is the executive branch. there is only one key officer in the executive branch, the