scott leads bill nelson by just 0..14%. that means the race will almost certainly be headed to our hand recount which will be due to be done by sunday. shannon: the fun never ends. phil keating, live in florida, thank you very much. the spring and two people very fully before the election battles, former director of the obama campaign in florida and 4 republican national committee lawyer during the 2000 for a recount, alex vogel, welcome to you both. i want to start with something from terry rizzo, chairwoman of the florida democratic party, she says palm beach county is doubtful they will make the 3:00 pm deadline, they have machine malfunction and other problems. this was rizzo today. the deadline is arbitrary, extended tour, that all voting.
reporter: terry rizzo the chairwoman of the florida democratic party tweeted it s disgusting that ron desantis is launching his general election campaign with racist, dog whistle. within a short time, desantis spokesman put out a statement rejecting any allegations that the language mr. desantis wasn t racist. saying, ron desantis was talking about florida, not making the wrong decision to embrace a socialist policy that andrew gillum espousing. this afternoon, shepard smith interviewed mr. gillum and asked him for his response to his republican opponent. that part wasn t lost on me. it s very clear that mr. desantis is taking page from the campaign manual of donald trump. he s got another thing coming to