Numbers from the manual recount that started thursday. It looks as though bill nelson gained about 2,000 votes in the process, but its not nearly enough. It seems pretty sure that rick scott will be the next u. S. Senator from florida. There is still a process in place. The Election Canvassing Committee will meet on tuesday to certify the results. Thats just a formality. It seems pretty clear that scott as won. What we are waiting for is a statement from bill nelson. He is expected to release a video statement in about an hour. 3 00 eastern in which we expect he will concede. We dont know that definitively, but it seems to be the most logical conclusion about the statement that bill nelson will make in the next hour. What we learned today is really not that much of a surprise as we saw this process play out over the past five days. We had people in different spots around florida. It didnt appear that there were enough votes available for nelson to make up that gap that scott had built
drought and reduced rainfall and the dryness that turns vegetation and bushes and houses and trees into literally timber. it s ready to explode. there is an atmospheric element which is part of the natural cycle and then there is an increasing effect of climate change. i have read specifically pure reviewed scientific articles that say the amount of land burnt in california over the last 15 years has doubled because of climate change. did you make that case to president trump? i certainly raised it, but i didn t feel that was where we needed to go. we need the money. i am joined on the phone by cal fire director ken pim lot who was with the president yesterday during the visit. director, give me your point of view. what kind of dialogue did you have with the president