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
Lessons and look ahead to 2020. It big question, should democrats zig left or zag towards the center to beat donald trump . Well have a debate. Finally, well put the art into Artificial Intelligence. Can you pick out which of these paintings was painted by a robot . Stay tuned to find out. But first, heres my take. Its easy to get distracted by the circus of the trump presidency. We all do, but what is its larger affect . For an answer take a look at three gatherings this week on the other side of the planet attended by all the major, theyre particularly important because countries in the region are trying to navigate the seismic power shift taking place there, the rise of china. For this it is crucial they understand the role of the worlds current super power, the United States. But the president of the United States is mia. Donald trump chose to skip the summits and send Vice President mike pence in his place, yet chinas president xi jengpening, Russias Vladimir Putin and india nan d