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Those are absolutely meaningless.

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Who's looking at the polls? I haven't
read a poll in at least 15 minutes.

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I'm telling you, it's looking good,

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but we've got to keep hammering
at the undecideds.

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Between phone calls I'm praying.

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We need to satellite Lieberman
to Nevada and Arizona.

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We can have it set up by 11:00
if we can talk him into it.

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He's walking in right now. Hold on.

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Fournier is waiting for you on line two.

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Yeah, Fournier, what can I do for you?

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Looks like voter turnout's gonna be
at an all-time low. Any response?

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As I keep saying
and I'll continue to say,

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the foundation of a democracy
is based on its citizens' right to vote.

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A.B.C. on three... winning electoral,
losing popular.

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- Hang on a sec. Yes.
- Hi, Ron. A number of the polls

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show that Gore will lose the popular
vote, but win the electoral college.

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What would the Gore response be
if this occurred?

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The Gore response would be
that Governor Bush

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is gonna have to respect the electoral
process no matter what the outcome.

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Fournier,
the foundation of our democracy

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is based upon
the citizens' right to vote.

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It is our duty as Americans
to fulfill that responsibility.

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- C.N.N. on one... the same.
- Hang on. Yes.

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Looks like you're gonna lose
the popular vote...

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I know the question.
Here's the answer...

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Governor Bush is gonna have
to respect the electoral process

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no matter what the outcome. Fournier...

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"It is our duty as Americans
to fulfill that responsibility

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"because we must never forget
that every vote counts."

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You're the only liaison I know
that actually sounds sincere

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when you spew that shit.

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- Background?
- Yeah, go ahead.

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Are you going to join
the new administration?

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That would depend
on the position he offers,

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but I don't think he's going
to offer me anything.

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He's barely spoken to me
since I got back to campaign.

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- But if he does?
- No comment.

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- Talk to you later.
- Ron Klain's office.

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I have a Lester Hyman on two.

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Hey Lester,
what can I do for you this morning?

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If the 32nd precinct opens
even one minute late, I swear to god,

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I will fly down there with a crowbar
and open the goddamn door myself.

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Whouley?

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Ron, you look like a fuckin' bolshevik.

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I just got off the phone
with Lester Hyman.

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We may have a problem
in Palm Beach County.

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A bunch of older voters think
they accidentally voted

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for Pat Buchanan by mistake...
and not just a few of 'em, a lot.

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- Jeremy... Where is it again?
- Palm Beach.

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Get me what's-her-name,
Theresa Lepore on the phone, please.

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We wouldn't be having this problem
if you were still running this show.

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But since you're not, how about
gettin' me a coffee and fuckin' Danish?

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- But before I do that...
- Yes?

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- Are we going to win this thing?
- No.

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Yes, but it's gonna be a squeaker.

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You always said
it would come down to Florida.

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Yes, I did. Jeremy, Theresa Lepore.

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- It's busy. I'm trying.
- Well, try harder, please.

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- Thanks, man.
- No problem.

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- Hey, Morehouse.
- Hey, Ron.

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What happened to your leg?

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Twisted my knee
getting off air force two.

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Did they upgrade you
or are you still flying in luggage?

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Put some ice on it.

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Hey, Ron.

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Hold on a sec.

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Ron Klain.

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- I'm sorry about this.
- Hey, no worries.

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- Thanks.
- That's good.

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- Complete this part right here.
- Yes, sir.

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I'll get it to the Vice President
right away.

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Good.

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Okay.

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Look, Ron, I don't want to bullshit you,
so let me get right to it.

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Roy Neel is putting out feelers
for the transition team and

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he told me al really wants you on board.

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The Vice President
wants to offer you the lead

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in reviewing candidates
for jobs beneath the cabinet.

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Bill, that's the same job
I had eight years ago.

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I know it's not ideal,

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but Al really wants you to do this.

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And I don't think he's going
to understand why you wouldn't.

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Maybe it has something to do
with the fact

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that he didn't exactly back me when
Coelho pushed me out of the campaign.

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We all know Coelho was a big mistake.
That's why he's gone and you're back.

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Right, working under the people
that used to work for me.

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Everyone appreciates you coming back.

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It's the first thing I did
when I took over this campaign.

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And I did it because I hate
what happened to you. It was bullshit.

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But this is a good opportunity
for you to get back on the inside.

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Tell the Vice President
I have been delighted

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to write press releases for the last
three months and work on rapid response,

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but I will not be able to accept his
eight-year demotion at the current time.

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Ron, would...

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Would you think about it?

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I'll keep you up to date on exit polls.

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The Vice President and his wife
voted this morning

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at Forks River Elementary in Elmwood.

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Chris called earlier.

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He said if Gore wins,
you can have the week off.

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If he loses, he wants you
in the office by noon tomorrow.

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They don't call Warren Christopher
the great negotiator for nothing.

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So I take it you're not gonna be
joining the Gore administration.

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I understand
what you're saying to me,

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but I haven't heard anything about that.

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The Governor promised
to go to California,

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and that's why the Governor
went to California.

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And he always keeps his promises.
Absolutely.

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I'm finally in the Governor's mansion,
and it is pretty imposing.

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Now we're all seated at dinner

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and everybody bows their heads
for prayer.

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And I am sitting there thinking

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"What's a nice jewish boy
from Pennsylvania doing here

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"praying with the Governor of Texas?"

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And the Governor leans over
and he whispers in my ear,

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"It's about time we got
some methodist blood in you."

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And I got relaxed very very quickly.

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It was a lovely lovely moment.

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Are we gonna win, Mr. Ginsberg?

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By tomorrow morning

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the stains of Bill Clinton
will be washed away

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and honor and dignity will finally
be restored to the White House.

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Hey, Ben,
did you hear about Palm Beach County?

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Revote! The ballot is unfair!

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It should be clearer
where you're punching.

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I understand.
I want to talk to somebody.

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Revote!

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Is this what all the fuss is about?

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Judge Burton, I've had three friends
call me in a panic

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because they think they voted
for Pat Buchanan.

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They're very upset.

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Theresa, why did you list the candidates
on both sides of the ballot?

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The font that I had to use

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to get all the candidates
on one side was very small

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and I was worried that the older voters
would have trouble reading them.

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We're going to need a lawyer.

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The presidential race
is crackling like a hickory fire here.

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This promises to be one of the closest
races in American presidential history.

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The big prize, the brass ring
for this evening... The state of Florida

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A big call to make... CNN announces

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that we call Florida
in the Al Gore column.

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Al Gore wins the state of Florida.

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Florida was supposed
to be George W. Bush country.

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And you can bet that Governor Bush
will be madder than a rained-on rooster

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that his brother, the Governor,
wasn't able to carry this state for him.

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Stand by. Stand by.

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What the networks giveth,
the networks taketh away.

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NBC news is now taking

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Florida out of Vice President Gore's
column.

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Waiter, one order of crow, please.

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Call the doctor, call the police,
call a psychic.

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In Florida, it's tightened up.

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All eyes on Florida at this hour.

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- This is the answer Florida.
- What the heck is going on in Florida?

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Whoever wins Florida won this election.

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I apologize.
We're going to make a projection now.

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ABC news is now going to project

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that Florida goes to Mr. Bush

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Bush wins.
Florida goes the presidency is Bush.

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That's it. Sip it, savor it...

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Unless there is a terrible calamity...

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cup it, photostat it,
underline it in red...

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George W. Bush by our projection
is going to be...

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press it in a book,
put it in an album, hang it on a wall...

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- The 43rd president...
- The 43rd president...

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The 43rd President of the United States.

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At 18 minutes past 2:00 eastern time,

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CNN declares that George Walker Bush

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has won Florida's 25 electoral votes

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and this should put him over the top.

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Ladies and gentlemen, listen up!

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Al Gore has just called the Governor

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and conceded!

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You did a great job.

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All of you, great job.

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Area clear.

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Are you okay?

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We've learned that the Vice President
is on his way

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to deliver his concession speech

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at the War Memorial Plaza
here in Nashville.

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Can't say enough about
the race George Bush ran...

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but let no person say

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that Al Gore did not
pour himself into this campaign...

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- Ron Klain.
- It's Fournier.

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I've got no comment at this time, Ron.

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Why did Gore concede?

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Hang on a second.

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Why did Gore concede?
Because we lost the election, Ron.

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Jeremy, get Nick Baldick.

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Hurry up.

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Ron, The Associated Press
has different numbers than the networks.

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What?
The networks have all called it.

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Gore conceded. He's on his way
to the Plaza right now...

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All I'm saying is the oldest
news organization in the country

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has not yet called this election.
We still believe Florida's

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too close to call. I don't understand
what the hell you guys are doing

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- What is it?
- I'll call you back, Ron.

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You have reached Bill Daley.
Please leave a message.

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Damn it.

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- Ron Klain.
- Ron, I think

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the networks have the wrong numbers.
It's gonna sound insane...

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I just got off with Baldick...
A machine in Volusia went crazy.

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Get this... it actually added
3,000 votes to Bush's total

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and subtracted thousands
of votes from Gore. It went backwards.

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Gore's count right now
is negative 16,000 in that county.

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- So what are the real numbers?
- When you recalculate

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the entire state,
we're down by less than 15,000.

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- So it's a machine recount.
- We're still alive.

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Wait, no. Gore conceded to Bush.
He's on his way to the plaza.

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- You're fuckin' kiddin' me
- Didn't you see the news?

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The networks all called it.

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Jesus. Hang on.

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Guys, what's happening?
What's going on?

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Two senior Gore campaign officials

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that the Vice President placed
a phone call to the Texas Governor.

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The Vice President
is now in his motorcade

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due here in Downtown Nashville

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in just a few minutes
to deliver remarks...

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Jesus Christ.

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- Get me Bill Daley.
- No no, I can't get him.

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I've been trying.
I can't reach anybody.

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- What the hell is going on here?
- Wait, Daley...

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You can reach him through
the white house signal office. Try that.

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Yeah.

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No word from the Gore campaign yet.
We've tried king a few phone calls...

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Fuck.

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- Damn it.
- Try Lehane, he might be there already.

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Good idea.
No, he's not in this book.

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The networks got it wrong
twice in the same night?

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- We're going to a machine recount.
- We need to stop him

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before he goes on stage. Whatever
happens, he can't make his speech.

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- Who's gonna grab him?
- Morehouse. We'll intercept at the car.

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Get me David Morehouse.

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We will hear from the Vice President,
we're told, in about 15 minutes.

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- Morehouse here.
- Gore didn't lose.

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You gotta stop him at the car.

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Vice President Al Gore's motorcade
has arrived.

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Mr. Gore will likely make
a very brief statement.

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We want Gore!

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We want Gore!

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No, Mr. Vice President,

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Mr. Vice President.

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Sir, Mr. Vice president.

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Hold on a second. Hold it, pal.

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We know the Vice President is backstage.
We've been trying to reach more

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of his senior aides
to find out reasons for the delay.

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We've been unsuccessful in doing so...

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My people aren't seeing
the same numbers as the networks.

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Neither is Karl.

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We want Gore!

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Mr. Vice President.

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Mr Vice President.

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- Sir, sir. It's urgent.
- What is it, David?

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Daley needs to speak to you.
He just needs five minutes.

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I just spoke to Bush.
He's waiting for me to give this speech.

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- I'm not going to keep him waiting.
- Please, Mr. Vice President,

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there's a problem
with the numbers in Florida.

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The populare that looks like
one of the closest...

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Governor, Al Gore is on the phone.

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Let me make sure I understand.

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You are calling back
to retract your concession?

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Excuse me, but you don't have
to get snippy about it.

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My little brother has assured me
I won the state of Florida.

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Well, your little brother
is not the ultimate authority on this.

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Mr. Vice President,
you do what you have to do.

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Yes!

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The Vice President
has recalled the Governor

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and retracted his concession.

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This thing will be over
in 24, 48 hours tops.

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- Honey...
- Yeah?

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Be careful down there.
They have alligators.

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I'll see you friday.

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Has called Governor Bush
and retracted his concession.

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What are these people yelling?
Let's listen, turn our sound up here.

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Recount!

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"Recount."
They are saying, "Recount."

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Secretary of State
Katherine Harris speaking.

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What the hell is going on, Katherine?
What are the final numbers?

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This is the Secretary of State
Katherine Harris.

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You'll have to call Clay Roberts,
director of...

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Katherine, it's Jeb!
What are the final numbers?

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Who won Florida?

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There she is!

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We'll have a statement later.

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Bush received 2,909,135 votes.

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Gore received 2,907,351 votes.

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- What's the difference, Clay?
- Sorry.

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Bush takes Florida by 1,784 votes.

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Or.03%.

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Any difference of less than.5 of 1%

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triggers a mandatory machine recount.

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Thank you Clay.

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We will now proceed
to a mandatory machine recount.

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All that was needed was 30,000
to trigger an automatic recount.

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We're only behind by 1,784.

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They're going to run every ballot
through the counting machines again.

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The machines are not precise.

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You'll get a slightly different total
every time you run them through.

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It's even possible we might pull ahead
by tomorrow morning.

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But if Bush maintains his lead,

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I'm sure they're gonna want
to move it fast

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00:18:08,426 --> 00:18:10,356
and Katherine Harris
is gonna try to certify

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a Bush victory right at the deadline,
which is in six days.

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00:18:14,008 --> 00:18:16,235
Of course she will,
she's co-chair of his Florida campaign.

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00:18:16,350 --> 00:18:18,511
She would have certified
a month ago if she could have.

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Anybody here ever heard of a "chad"?

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One by one, each of
Florida's 67 counties run their ballots

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through the counting machines
a second time.

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This process is overseen
by a three-person canvassing board

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made up of county and local officials.

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- All final tallies must be submitted...
- Yeah, what is it, Joe?

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00:18:38,213 --> 00:18:40,540
Are you watching? Daley's on Channel 6.

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Mr. Daley, what makes you think
the results of the recount

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will be any different than they are now?

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00:18:47,097 --> 00:18:49,742
Well, at this point
nobody really knows, Matt,

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whether it will be different or not.

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00:18:51,835 --> 00:18:54,941
His daddy stole it for J.F.K.,
and now he's gonna steal it for Gore.

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I've asked Warren Christopher,
the former Secretary of State,

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to come in and oversee
the recount for us...

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00:19:00,238 --> 00:19:01,990
Okay, they got Warren Christopher...

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00:19:02,105 --> 00:19:04,866
Secretary of State Warren Christopher
will lead a Gore legal team...

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00:19:04,981 --> 00:19:06,543
Who were we thinking?

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00:19:08,267 --> 00:19:12,040
It's gonna be a litigation nightmare.
Every lawyer from New York to Havana

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00:19:12,155 --> 00:19:15,342
is gonna be waving their briefcases
up and down on the streets of Florida.

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00:19:15,870 --> 00:19:19,024
I'm tellin' ya,
they're gonna be fallin' out of the sky.

326
00:19:19,140 --> 00:19:21,148
Can you get back to the airport?

327
00:19:21,263 --> 00:19:22,941
I can be there in an hour.

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00:19:26,058 --> 00:19:28,778
Hundreds of voters are lined up
in Palm Beach County today

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00:19:28,893 --> 00:19:32,295
to sign affidavits stating that
they were confused by the ballot.

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00:19:32,410 --> 00:19:35,175
A petition is being circulated
demanding a revote.

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00:19:35,290 --> 00:19:38,827
These voters believed they mistakenly
voted for Pat Buchanan...

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00:19:39,156 --> 00:19:40,381
I want my vote to count.

333
00:19:40,575 --> 00:19:43,296
We're gonna do everything we can
to make sure your votes get counted.

334
00:19:43,323 --> 00:19:44,809
That's why we're here.

335
00:19:45,146 --> 00:19:47,726
I feel like I'm stuck in
"The night of the Living Bubbies."

336
00:19:47,841 --> 00:19:51,096
Just stay calm. And whatever you do,
don't yell "Bingo!"

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00:19:51,388 --> 00:19:52,678
Yeah, I promise.

338
00:19:52,793 --> 00:19:54,647
Hey, Buchanan's on TV.
I'll call you back.

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00:19:54,762 --> 00:19:56,061
I think and believe.

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00:19:56,255 --> 00:19:59,261
And it is my belief that some
of those votes that were cast for me

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00:19:59,688 --> 00:20:02,570
probably were cast for me
mistakenly in the belief

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00:20:02,685 --> 00:20:05,221
that people were casting
their ballots for Al Gore.

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00:20:06,517 --> 00:20:08,966
Glen, new talking point...
Buchanan just went on television.

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00:20:09,082 --> 00:20:12,075
Even he says he thinks people voted for
him thinking they were voting for Gore.

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00:20:12,190 --> 00:20:13,799
Write it up. Get it to me as an email.

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00:20:13,914 --> 00:20:15,755
Reverend Jesse Jackson
led a march of democrats

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00:20:15,935 --> 00:20:18,436
and unhappy voters
through West Palm Beach.

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00:20:19,335 --> 00:20:21,121
At this point we do not know

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00:20:22,241 --> 00:20:23,694
who won the election

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because our votes have not been counted.

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00:20:27,515 --> 00:20:28,515
Right.

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00:20:37,089 --> 00:20:38,165
It's insane.

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00:20:39,819 --> 00:20:43,643
Now all eyes on Florida watching this
recount. A team of as many as 70 people

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00:20:43,758 --> 00:20:46,463
expected in the state
within the next 24 hours,

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00:20:46,578 --> 00:20:48,589
we should note,
many of them raising questions

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00:20:48,704 --> 00:20:51,697
as to whether the Gore campaign
will try to sway...

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00:21:12,440 --> 00:21:15,742
The undervotes and the overvotes
on a precinct level and...

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00:21:18,745 --> 00:21:20,682
Good afternoon, Mr. Secretary.

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00:21:23,643 --> 00:21:25,941
This is everyone...
five lawyers and Joe Allbaugh?

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00:21:27,528 --> 00:21:29,491
Tell Austin I want operatives, P.R.

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00:21:29,606 --> 00:21:32,466
- and volunteers down here immediately.
- Got it.

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00:21:33,062 --> 00:21:35,461
They have Jesse Jackson
down there in Palm Beach

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00:21:35,576 --> 00:21:39,340
holding hands with those old jewish
folks screaming, "Count all the votes!"

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00:21:39,455 --> 00:21:41,180
Who the hell is gonna argue with that?

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00:21:41,933 --> 00:21:45,171
I'm guessing that Mr. Jackson is going
to keep his "hymietown" comments

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00:21:45,286 --> 00:21:47,445
down to a minimum this time around.

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00:21:47,735 --> 00:21:51,523
I want our protestors down there
in Palm Beach, Tallahassee and Miami...

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00:21:51,638 --> 00:21:55,061
Call Roger Stone...
Ft. Lauderdale, Tampa.

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00:21:55,255 --> 00:21:57,180
Karl wants protestors
outside of Gore's home.

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00:21:57,693 --> 00:21:58,693
There you go.

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00:21:59,279 --> 00:22:00,380
Now listen, people,

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00:22:00,575 --> 00:22:03,334
this is a street fight
for the presidency of the United States.

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00:22:03,449 --> 00:22:07,260
I'm told they have a well-oiled
operation just waitin' to clobber us.

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00:22:07,587 --> 00:22:09,940
It ain't gonna get
more political than this.

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00:22:10,135 --> 00:22:12,461
We want to proceed as if this

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00:22:12,655 --> 00:22:14,442
is a proper legal process,

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00:22:15,478 --> 00:22:16,941
not a political street fight.

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00:22:17,134 --> 00:22:19,935
Gore wants to pull Jesse Jackson
out of Florida as quickly as possible.

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00:22:19,972 --> 00:22:21,480
When I spoke to the Vice President

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00:22:21,595 --> 00:22:23,584
he said he wanted to fight this
with every possible...

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00:22:23,699 --> 00:22:25,540
There is concern
that protestors might diminish

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00:22:25,652 --> 00:22:27,133
what should be an orderly process.

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00:22:27,249 --> 00:22:29,941
If a fight broke out and,
let's say, the police overreacted...

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00:22:30,135 --> 00:22:32,057
Even worse, a riot...

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00:22:32,676 --> 00:22:33,994
No one wants that.

386
00:22:34,557 --> 00:22:36,427
Chaos will not help our cause.

387
00:22:37,496 --> 00:22:39,451
Okay, I'll ask Donna
to talk to Jesse Jackson.

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00:22:39,566 --> 00:22:42,221
Our attorneys at Holland & Knight...
I thought we had negotiated their fee.

389
00:22:42,415 --> 00:22:45,060
We had, but they suddenly discovered
a conflict of interest. Mitch?

390
00:22:45,254 --> 00:22:48,060
It's pretty simple. Jeb Bush doles out
a lot of business in this state.

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00:22:48,445 --> 00:22:50,804
His chief counsel has made clear
the consequences

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00:22:50,920 --> 00:22:52,302
of taking us on as a client.

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00:22:52,613 --> 00:22:56,422
So there is not one major law firm
in Florida that will represent Al Gore.

394
00:22:56,747 --> 00:22:58,260
This is already a mess.

395
00:22:58,455 --> 00:23:02,061
Our first step should be exploring
this butterfly ballot situation.

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00:23:02,887 --> 00:23:04,580
The ballot was designed by a democrat

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00:23:04,955 --> 00:23:07,541
and approved by the democrats
in Palm Beach before election day.

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00:23:08,119 --> 00:23:10,050
They don't have a leg to stand on.

399
00:23:10,166 --> 00:23:13,958
I went through a ballot configuration
dispute on the Connie Mack recount...

400
00:23:14,537 --> 00:23:16,020
There are no legal remedies.

401
00:23:16,136 --> 00:23:18,320
The constitution says
presidential elections

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00:23:18,435 --> 00:23:20,896
must be held on a single day
throughout the nation.

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00:23:21,011 --> 00:23:23,893
There isn't a court in the state
that would be crazy enough

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00:23:24,008 --> 00:23:25,540
to grant them a revote.

405
00:23:25,735 --> 00:23:28,941
Looks like Chris won't be able
to negotiate his way out of this one.

406
00:23:29,287 --> 00:23:33,061
I'm sure Jim will want to negotiate
a fair method to settle this affair.

407
00:23:33,889 --> 00:23:35,915
Some Palm Beach groups
have already filed lawsuits.

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00:23:36,030 --> 00:23:38,870
- I think we should join them.
- No, we don't want to go to court.

409
00:23:38,985 --> 00:23:41,998
But if we're pursuing this as a legal
process and not a political fight,

410
00:23:42,113 --> 00:23:44,234
as Chris said,
then we're gonna have to file lawsuits.

411
00:23:44,374 --> 00:23:45,877
Gore doesn't want to send the message

412
00:23:45,955 --> 00:23:48,035
that he's suing to be
President of the United States.

413
00:23:48,135 --> 00:23:49,692
Absolutely no lawsuits.

414
00:23:50,800 --> 00:23:53,741
I want to file a lawsuit in
Federal Court as quickly as possible.

415
00:23:55,853 --> 00:23:57,500
It'd get thrown out immediately.

416
00:23:57,695 --> 00:23:58,695
You bet,

417
00:23:59,342 --> 00:24:01,501
but I want us on track
for the U.S. Supreme Court.

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00:24:01,830 --> 00:24:03,373
I don't think they'd even hear it.

419
00:24:03,488 --> 00:24:05,493
And we'd get crucified by our own people

420
00:24:05,608 --> 00:24:07,660
for pushing a state issue
into Federal Court.

421
00:24:07,998 --> 00:24:09,451
Well, that's right,

422
00:24:10,520 --> 00:24:14,281
but as some of you may know,
I love to cull turkeys in the spring,

423
00:24:15,499 --> 00:24:18,621
as did Lawton Chiles, the former
governor of the great state of Florida,

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00:24:18,815 --> 00:24:21,100
though I contend I was the better shot.

425
00:24:23,895 --> 00:24:26,711
Now there's no love lost
between Chiles and the Bush family

426
00:24:26,826 --> 00:24:29,941
ever since that dirty campaign
he fought against Jebbie in '94,

427
00:24:30,242 --> 00:24:34,075
but I always liked Lawton
and every year before he passed on

428
00:24:34,190 --> 00:24:37,708
we would have ourselves a pleasant time
culling turkeys in the Spring.

429
00:24:38,665 --> 00:24:41,796
- Could I have another soda, please?
- Right away, sir.

430
00:24:42,114 --> 00:24:43,789
Now as two-time governor,

431
00:24:44,677 --> 00:24:48,483
Chiles appointed six of the 7 justices
on the Florida Supreme Court.

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00:24:49,367 --> 00:24:51,241
And I can tell you positively

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00:24:51,586 --> 00:24:54,981
they are the most flaming liberals
in the entire goddamn state.

434
00:24:55,301 --> 00:24:58,417
If we end up in the Florida
Supreme Court, we're dead.

435
00:24:58,532 --> 00:25:00,758
Now the U.S. Supreme Court
may be a long shot,

436
00:25:00,873 --> 00:25:02,100
but Florida is a no shot.

437
00:25:03,032 --> 00:25:06,749
Now we can sit here drinking tea
and discussing the virtues of federalism

438
00:25:06,864 --> 00:25:08,371
or we can start throwing punches.

439
00:25:08,486 --> 00:25:11,188
And yes, we'll take a hit in the op-eds,
but until this is over

440
00:25:11,303 --> 00:25:13,264
I don't want to see
a copy of "The New York Times"

441
00:25:13,340 --> 00:25:14,860
unless it's to wrap garbage.

442
00:25:15,258 --> 00:25:18,219
Johnny Apple says that
we have a week to resolve this

443
00:25:18,335 --> 00:25:21,375
before the American people
will lose their patience.

444
00:25:21,993 --> 00:25:23,615
I think we need to heed his advice.

445
00:25:23,730 --> 00:25:26,020
I think we need
to discuss hand recounts.

446
00:25:26,286 --> 00:25:28,326
If we're trailing at the end
of the machine recount,

447
00:25:28,387 --> 00:25:30,897
we're gonna have to request
a full statewide hand recount.

448
00:25:31,012 --> 00:25:32,887
You guys are dreaming.
It's not gonna happen,

449
00:25:33,002 --> 00:25:34,325
- not in Florida.
- Why not?

450
00:25:34,440 --> 00:25:37,383
'Cause their election laws
are completely ass backwards.

451
00:25:37,498 --> 00:25:39,777
There's no mechanism
to ask for a statewide recount.

452
00:25:39,892 --> 00:25:43,020
You have to go to each individual
county. That's 67 separate hearings.

453
00:25:43,135 --> 00:25:45,117
Jesus, Bill, it's recount theory 101...

454
00:25:45,232 --> 00:25:47,621
If you're behind, you demand recounts,
as many ballots as possible.

455
00:25:47,814 --> 00:25:48,820
Okay, all right,

456
00:25:49,014 --> 00:25:51,825
say by some sort of miracle
we get all the counties to agree.

457
00:25:51,940 --> 00:25:54,104
- How long do you think it will take?
- Two to four weeks.

458
00:25:54,219 --> 00:25:56,140
The certification deadline
is in six days.

459
00:25:56,547 --> 00:25:59,347
Look, if at the end of a machine
recount we're trailing by 4,000 votes,

460
00:25:59,374 --> 00:26:02,318
then we all should pack our bags, but
at the moment we're only down by 1,800.

461
00:26:02,433 --> 00:26:05,341
After winning
the national popular vote by 500,000.

462
00:26:05,535 --> 00:26:08,301
Lawton Chiles doesn't run
this state anymore, Ron.

463
00:26:08,417 --> 00:26:10,891
They control everything.
The Governor's his brother.

464
00:26:11,006 --> 00:26:13,765
Katherine Harris is co-chair of the Bush
Florida campaign, for Christ's sake.

465
00:26:13,880 --> 00:26:16,099
The entire legislature is republican.

466
00:26:16,941 --> 00:26:19,177
What about some partial recounts,
just a couple of counties?

467
00:26:19,292 --> 00:26:21,964
- It is not gonna work.
- Wait a minute. Palm Beach and Volusia

468
00:26:22,079 --> 00:26:24,013
were the main source
of problems on election day.

469
00:26:24,129 --> 00:26:26,489
We'd be justified in asking
for recounts those two counties.

470
00:26:26,655 --> 00:26:29,545
All three member the Palm Beach
canvassing board are democrats.

471
00:26:29,660 --> 00:26:31,380
They'll probably agree
to a hand recount.

472
00:26:31,574 --> 00:26:33,060
We've got to start punching, Chris.

473
00:26:33,421 --> 00:26:36,861
The Bush brothers are not gonna be
so interested in a dignified process.

474
00:26:37,137 --> 00:26:38,467
That may be true,

475
00:26:39,055 --> 00:26:40,730
but the world is watching.

476
00:26:41,814 --> 00:26:44,638
We are theoretically
its last great democracy.

477
00:26:45,539 --> 00:26:49,346
If we cannot resolve this in a way
that is worthy of the office we seek,

478
00:26:49,905 --> 00:26:53,722
what kind of hope do we give other
countries that wish to share our values?

479
00:26:58,411 --> 00:26:59,411
Jesus.

480
00:27:00,754 --> 00:27:02,094
"Last great democracy"?

481
00:27:02,209 --> 00:27:05,137
- Come on, don't start.
- You gotta fuckin' be kiddin' me.

482
00:27:05,252 --> 00:27:08,432
I love Warren Christopher,
but I think the guy's so tight

483
00:27:08,547 --> 00:27:10,706
he probably eats his M&Ms
with a knife and a fork.

484
00:27:10,821 --> 00:27:12,603
Listen, there's a giant scoreboard
out there.

485
00:27:12,718 --> 00:27:14,860
We can't play a gentleman's game
or we're gonna lose.

486
00:27:14,975 --> 00:27:16,761
Whoever has the ball
when the clock runs out

487
00:27:16,876 --> 00:27:19,037
- is gonna be declared the winner.
- Gore also wants to win.

488
00:27:19,152 --> 00:27:21,445
He just doesn't want to set
the constitution on fire to do it.

489
00:27:21,560 --> 00:27:23,741
Right now we're down by less
than 2,000 votes.

490
00:27:23,934 --> 00:27:26,740
Meanwhile, there's 175,000 ballots
out there that the counting machines

491
00:27:27,303 --> 00:27:28,700
have declared non-votes.

492
00:27:29,080 --> 00:27:33,337
- So that's 175,000 uncounted ballots.
- How does a thing like that happen?

493
00:27:33,452 --> 00:27:36,339
Because punch-card ballots are fucked,
okay? They're primitive.

494
00:27:36,615 --> 00:27:37,699
You got cardboard chad

495
00:27:37,855 --> 00:27:40,202
that get punched but don't go
all the way through the holes

496
00:27:40,318 --> 00:27:42,582
- so they're hanging off the ballot.
- Hanging chads?

497
00:27:42,851 --> 00:27:43,541
Chad.

498
00:27:43,754 --> 00:27:44,468
What?

499
00:27:44,583 --> 00:27:45,728
There's no "s."

500
00:27:46,171 --> 00:27:47,941
The plural of chad is chad?

501
00:27:48,937 --> 00:27:50,820
- "The last great democracy".
- Jesus.

502
00:27:51,015 --> 00:27:52,461
So when you take these ballots

503
00:27:52,704 --> 00:27:55,180
and put them through
the tabulating system, what happens is

504
00:27:55,374 --> 00:27:57,496
the hanging chad get pushed back
into the holes.

505
00:27:57,611 --> 00:28:00,328
And the machines read it as if
the holes were never actually punched

506
00:28:00,443 --> 00:28:02,513
so then these are discarded
as "undervotes."

507
00:28:02,628 --> 00:28:04,893
But wait,
sometimes hanging chad don't even hang,

508
00:28:05,008 --> 00:28:06,775
- they're just dimpled.
- Dimpled?

509
00:28:07,552 --> 00:28:11,202
Which means that the voter didn't align
the ballot properly in the machine

510
00:28:11,318 --> 00:28:13,758
or just didn't push hard enough
to get the chad to go through.

511
00:28:13,869 --> 00:28:15,486
How hard is it to punch a paper ballot?

512
00:28:15,601 --> 00:28:17,961
It's pretty goddamn hard
when you're 80-something years old,

513
00:28:18,094 --> 00:28:19,939
you're arthritic and blind
as a fucking bat.

514
00:28:20,054 --> 00:28:22,780
Unfortunately for us, blind fucking bats
tend to vote democratic.

515
00:28:23,556 --> 00:28:24,694
Not to mention the fact

516
00:28:24,858 --> 00:28:27,181
that the votomatics sometimes
don't get cleaned out

517
00:28:27,375 --> 00:28:28,419
for years and years.

518
00:28:28,694 --> 00:28:30,655
So they can get completely jammed up
with chads...

519
00:28:30,815 --> 00:28:32,550
- "Chad."
- And the next...

520
00:28:33,873 --> 00:28:34,873
Sorry.

521
00:28:35,812 --> 00:28:38,929
The next thing you know, it's impossible
for the voter to penetrate it at all.

522
00:28:39,044 --> 00:28:41,820
So you just end up with dimpled chad.

523
00:28:42,014 --> 00:28:44,615
This tends to happen in poorer
neighborhoods where they don't have

524
00:28:44,648 --> 00:28:46,341
up-to-date, brand-new voting equipment.

525
00:28:46,534 --> 00:28:48,787
And I don't have to tell you
who those people,

526
00:28:48,902 --> 00:28:51,057
vote for, okay?
All I'm saying, Ron, is

527
00:28:51,172 --> 00:28:53,967
we have to have actual live human beings
doing this recount.

528
00:28:54,082 --> 00:28:56,427
What about Chris and Daley?
They don't want a hand recount.

529
00:28:56,542 --> 00:28:59,566
You know what? I get it.
I get it, okay? I do.

530
00:28:59,681 --> 00:29:02,362
When this is over, you can go back
to Warren Christopher's law firm.

531
00:29:02,420 --> 00:29:04,100
Listen.
But right now fuck it...

532
00:29:04,451 --> 00:29:06,860
You gotta get these guys to agree
to get a hand recount.

533
00:29:08,482 --> 00:29:11,273
Listen, everybody feels the same way
about what happened to you

534
00:29:11,388 --> 00:29:12,900
with the campaign, okay?

535
00:29:13,094 --> 00:29:15,559
But Gore went with Coelho
because he knew Tony was a fighter.

536
00:29:15,674 --> 00:29:18,044
And Tony proved it
when he pushed you out. All right?

537
00:29:18,159 --> 00:29:21,988
Now it's time to prove to Al Gore who
the real Ron fucking Klain really is.

538
00:29:22,259 --> 00:29:25,079
It's time to show Al Gore
that Ron Klain is a fucking brawler

539
00:29:25,194 --> 00:29:28,983
and that's he not gonna back down
from this particular fucking fight.

540
00:29:31,647 --> 00:29:33,820
Anyone ever tell you
you say "fuck" a lot?

541
00:29:38,374 --> 00:29:41,381
Six counties have been reviewed so far.
The total for Governor Bush...

542
00:29:42,058 --> 00:29:45,619
2,909,153.

543
00:29:45,965 --> 00:29:48,786
That's an increase of 18 votes for him.

544
00:29:48,901 --> 00:29:50,771
Yes,
I'm looking at your final tallies here,

545
00:29:50,886 --> 00:29:53,780
and apparently you did not actually run
the ballots through the machine again.

546
00:29:53,974 --> 00:29:56,944
We have our own standards
for a machine recount here.

547
00:29:57,059 --> 00:29:58,101
That may be,

548
00:29:58,295 --> 00:30:01,820
but you are supposed to put the ballots
through the machine a second time.

549
00:30:02,680 --> 00:30:05,372
Hello, it's Clay Roberts here.
I'm sorry I had to call you back.

550
00:30:05,487 --> 00:30:07,422
Things are very busy,
as you might imagine.

551
00:30:07,537 --> 00:30:08,818
Hi, Mr. Roberts.

552
00:30:08,933 --> 00:30:12,730
Yes, you must put the ballots through
the machine a second time.

553
00:30:13,146 --> 00:30:16,741
Otherwise, you technically
did not conduct a recount.

554
00:30:17,170 --> 00:30:19,020
We rechecked the memory cards,

555
00:30:19,136 --> 00:30:22,061
and as far as I'm concerned,
that's all we're required to do.

556
00:30:22,313 --> 00:30:25,855
I sent out guidelines
for a machine recount procedure

557
00:30:25,971 --> 00:30:27,162
several months ago...

558
00:30:27,277 --> 00:30:30,020
Mr. Roberts, we're just going to
retabulate the memory cards.

559
00:30:30,214 --> 00:30:31,790
Thank you for calling.

560
00:30:34,683 --> 00:30:36,621
The world is watching us, Jim.

561
00:30:37,255 --> 00:30:39,435
This is a tremendous opportunity

562
00:30:39,550 --> 00:30:41,701
to show how a nation of our power

563
00:30:41,894 --> 00:30:44,208
can resolve a conflict as great as this

564
00:30:44,323 --> 00:30:46,407
through diplomacy and compromise.

565
00:30:47,701 --> 00:30:48,771
Compromise?

566
00:30:49,192 --> 00:30:51,341
I thought we were here
to discuss scheduling.

567
00:30:51,968 --> 00:30:53,455
Well, yes,

568
00:30:54,114 --> 00:30:56,020
but it was my feeling that

569
00:30:56,517 --> 00:30:59,420
we should be able to agree on a method
to settle this matter.

570
00:30:59,615 --> 00:31:01,339
There's nothing to settle.

571
00:31:01,805 --> 00:31:04,508
If we're ahead at the completion
of this machine recount

572
00:31:04,854 --> 00:31:07,570
our position is this...
Governor Bush has won the election;

573
00:31:07,685 --> 00:31:09,941
Katherine Harris will certify
the election.

574
00:31:10,134 --> 00:31:12,806
No negotiations, no compromises,
no extensions.

575
00:31:12,921 --> 00:31:14,246
Bush is President.

576
00:31:14,550 --> 00:31:16,381
I go home. End of story.

577
00:31:22,804 --> 00:31:24,887
It's always great to see you, Jim.

578
00:31:26,002 --> 00:31:27,241
And you, Chris.

579
00:31:37,289 --> 00:31:38,289
That's it?

580
00:31:39,332 --> 00:31:40,531
For the present.

581
00:31:44,208 --> 00:31:47,240
- You've got to be kidding.
- What did you think was gonna happen?

582
00:31:47,355 --> 00:31:48,600
A bit of a fight.

583
00:31:49,489 --> 00:31:52,348
It is brass-knuckle time, Chris.
It's time to take off the gloves

584
00:31:52,464 --> 00:31:54,342
and I know Gore feels exactly
the same way.

585
00:31:54,457 --> 00:31:56,809
He says it in every conference call.
He wants to fight.

586
00:31:56,924 --> 00:31:58,660
We may be ill-equipped to fight.

587
00:31:58,814 --> 00:32:00,477
We're working out of a strip mall.

588
00:32:00,592 --> 00:32:02,114
And I'm worried about his future.

589
00:32:02,229 --> 00:32:04,102
He's a young man. He can run again,

590
00:32:04,218 --> 00:32:06,748
but not if he destroys his career
with a prolonged legal battle.

591
00:32:06,864 --> 00:32:10,471
But the fight is here, it's now.

592
00:32:10,680 --> 00:32:11,383
Look,

593
00:32:11,499 --> 00:32:13,341
Berger's moving us into
his law firm tomorrow.

594
00:32:13,456 --> 00:32:15,418
Whouley's setting up a base
in Ft. Lauderdale,

595
00:32:15,533 --> 00:32:17,660
and we've still got five more days
before the 14th.

596
00:32:17,854 --> 00:32:20,280
I agree that there is a battle
to be had,

597
00:32:20,396 --> 00:32:22,692
but we must also remember
there is no shame

598
00:32:22,808 --> 00:32:24,866
in placing country above party.

599
00:32:29,528 --> 00:32:30,528
Chris,

600
00:32:31,773 --> 00:32:33,411
you've been a mentor to me

601
00:32:33,526 --> 00:32:35,675
and I will forever be grateful
to you for that,

602
00:32:35,790 --> 00:32:36,790
But I...

603
00:32:39,300 --> 00:32:40,922
I can't do it like this.

604
00:32:42,343 --> 00:32:44,981
We may well have won this election,
Chris.

605
00:32:45,174 --> 00:32:47,616
And we owe it to this country
to find out the truth.

606
00:32:47,731 --> 00:32:49,055
- Guys.
- What?

607
00:32:49,170 --> 00:32:51,820
The numbers are in on
the machine recount. You gotta see this.

608
00:32:52,014 --> 00:32:54,944
All the counties in Florida have
now finished their initial recount,

609
00:32:55,059 --> 00:32:57,218
and according
to the Associated Press's numbers,

610
00:32:57,333 --> 00:33:00,227
George W. Bush
leads Al Gore in that state

611
00:33:00,342 --> 00:33:02,141
by 327 votes.

612
00:33:02,659 --> 00:33:03,797
Holy shit!

613
00:33:04,764 --> 00:33:06,690
All right, Mr. Klain, all right.

614
00:33:06,805 --> 00:33:08,780
We'll fight to count the two counties.

615
00:33:09,596 --> 00:33:10,740
I want four.

616
00:33:11,060 --> 00:33:12,301
We agreed on two.

617
00:33:12,494 --> 00:33:14,413
I want to add Broward and Miami-Dade.

618
00:33:14,529 --> 00:33:16,249
They're chock-full
of democratic undervotes.

619
00:33:16,362 --> 00:33:19,407
We won't be able to finish before
Miss Harris's certification deadline.

620
00:33:19,522 --> 00:33:21,581
It's physically impossible
for all four counties

621
00:33:21,696 --> 00:33:23,623
to finish a hand recount
in five days.

622
00:33:23,738 --> 00:33:26,339
If we get ahead of Bush,
it will change the entire game.

623
00:33:26,534 --> 00:33:29,899
She'll have to extend the deadline.
But we've got to get ahead first.

624
00:33:30,641 --> 00:33:32,779
We need to start placing
pressure on her.

625
00:33:32,974 --> 00:33:34,740
There's no logical reason for her

626
00:33:34,934 --> 00:33:37,619
not to extend the deadline
until all the votes have been counted.

627
00:33:37,814 --> 00:33:40,459
The democrats in Florida,
with the presidency at stake,

628
00:33:40,895 --> 00:33:43,706
are asking for a so-called hand count

629
00:33:43,821 --> 00:33:45,980
in four democratic counties.

630
00:33:46,296 --> 00:33:49,423
How in the world can
a cheap politician say,

631
00:33:49,538 --> 00:33:51,941
"I know this guy intended to vote
for Gore

632
00:33:52,134 --> 00:33:54,126
"even though he didn't punch
through the ballot"?

633
00:33:54,241 --> 00:33:56,341
But Bob, first of all, this process

634
00:33:56,535 --> 00:33:59,260
is specifically authorized
by Florida election law.

635
00:34:00,114 --> 00:34:02,101
Maybe we should ask for recounts too,

636
00:34:02,524 --> 00:34:05,540
but from Republican-leaning counties
to offset any gains they make.

637
00:34:05,735 --> 00:34:06,735
Hell no.

638
00:34:06,917 --> 00:34:08,576
Why do we need a recount?

639
00:34:08,691 --> 00:34:09,741
We already won.

640
00:34:10,181 --> 00:34:13,741
They gave up all their moral high ground
when they only requested recounts

641
00:34:13,856 --> 00:34:15,740
in the four most liberal counties
in the state.

642
00:34:16,558 --> 00:34:19,057
Al Gore is not interested
in counting all the votes.

643
00:34:19,172 --> 00:34:21,339
He's only interested in counting
Al Gore votes.

644
00:34:21,694 --> 00:34:25,275
Al Gore is not interested
in counting all the votes.

645
00:34:25,854 --> 00:34:28,021
He's only interested in counting
Al Gore votes.

646
00:34:28,378 --> 00:34:30,165
That's why he's cherry-picking votes

647
00:34:30,280 --> 00:34:33,060
from the four most liberal counties
in the state.

648
00:34:33,453 --> 00:34:36,820
Now the votes have been counted
and recounted

649
00:34:37,054 --> 00:34:40,346
and in every case,
George Bush is the winner.

650
00:34:40,969 --> 00:34:42,882
Hand recounts are chaotic.

651
00:34:42,997 --> 00:34:44,292
They're unreliable

652
00:34:44,469 --> 00:34:46,148
and they lead to mischief.

653
00:34:46,321 --> 00:34:48,575
That's why we've moved on to machines.

654
00:34:59,777 --> 00:35:00,867
Katherine?

655
00:35:07,487 --> 00:35:09,447
Katherine, there's a problem.

656
00:35:10,494 --> 00:35:13,469
18 of the 67 counties didn't
actually run their ballots

657
00:35:13,584 --> 00:35:15,192
through the machines again.

658
00:35:15,307 --> 00:35:17,060
They mostly did some sort of

659
00:35:17,254 --> 00:35:19,229
retabulation of the memory cards.

660
00:35:20,029 --> 00:35:23,266
That means that 1.5 million ballots
weren't actually recounted.

661
00:35:23,615 --> 00:35:25,837
I think we need to be very quiet
about this...

662
00:35:25,953 --> 00:35:27,661
Is somebody in my office?

663
00:35:28,569 --> 00:35:29,569
It's Clay.

664
00:35:31,035 --> 00:35:33,619
You never know
where life is going to lead you, Clay.

665
00:35:33,814 --> 00:35:35,830
I was just thinking, 10 years ago

666
00:35:35,945 --> 00:35:38,221
I was teaching the chicken dance
to seniors.

667
00:35:38,496 --> 00:35:40,100
And now I've been thrust

668
00:35:40,294 --> 00:35:43,446
into an electoral tempest
of historical dimensions.

669
00:35:45,250 --> 00:35:47,992
And the eyes of the world
have landed on me.

670
00:35:52,294 --> 00:35:55,101
The law states
that I cannot accept returns

671
00:35:55,335 --> 00:35:59,020
after the certification deadline
unless... This is important...

672
00:35:59,350 --> 00:36:02,580
There is some sort of natural disaster

673
00:36:03,139 --> 00:36:04,780
which prevents counties

674
00:36:05,335 --> 00:36:07,340
from turning in results on time,

675
00:36:07,958 --> 00:36:09,651
such as a hurricane.

676
00:36:09,766 --> 00:36:12,115
Secretary Harris,
Secretary Harris...

677
00:36:14,655 --> 00:36:16,092
My understanding is that the law

678
00:36:16,207 --> 00:36:18,980
gives you the discretion
to accept late returns for any reason,

679
00:36:19,263 --> 00:36:20,653
that it's up to you.

680
00:36:22,195 --> 00:36:24,940
The law says
there has to be a hurricane.

681
00:36:25,899 --> 00:36:28,241
Does her makeup count as a hurricane?

682
00:36:29,424 --> 00:36:31,780
No, thank you for your question.

683
00:36:31,974 --> 00:36:35,141
We've all been a little confused,
glued to our TVs as well

684
00:36:35,334 --> 00:36:38,177
and worried about the results
some people have been giving. Sorry.

685
00:36:39,246 --> 00:36:40,268
But no,

686
00:36:40,383 --> 00:36:43,374
there will be
absolutely no communication

687
00:36:43,489 --> 00:36:45,260
with either campaign.

688
00:36:45,414 --> 00:36:49,220
I've instructed my staff to place
a firewall around my office.

689
00:36:50,691 --> 00:36:52,264
This woman is hopeless.

690
00:36:53,534 --> 00:36:55,301
We're gonna need some help on this.

691
00:36:55,494 --> 00:36:56,494
Vincis

692
00:36:57,329 --> 00:36:58,329
vincit...

693
00:36:59,118 --> 00:37:00,118
Vincimus,

694
00:37:01,030 --> 00:37:02,030
vincitis,

695
00:37:03,093 --> 00:37:04,093
vincunt.

696
00:37:04,874 --> 00:37:05,641
Again.

697
00:37:05,756 --> 00:37:06,756
Vinco,

698
00:37:07,539 --> 00:37:08,539
vincis...

699
00:37:08,698 --> 00:37:11,703
Come on now, you know I don't like calls
when I'm in my class.

700
00:37:11,818 --> 00:37:13,899
I'm just curious, Mac,
are you gonna sit around

701
00:37:14,014 --> 00:37:17,644
and parse latin verbs all day
or are you gonna get into this fight?

702
00:37:17,759 --> 00:37:18,906
Quo me vis?

703
00:37:19,296 --> 00:37:21,225
What the hell does that mean?

704
00:37:21,340 --> 00:37:23,619
It means, "Where do you want me?"

705
00:37:26,822 --> 00:37:28,020
Pink sugar.

706
00:37:31,135 --> 00:37:32,135
Sorry.

707
00:37:37,914 --> 00:37:38,949
Sorry, Mac.

708
00:37:41,297 --> 00:37:44,551
Listen, Katherine,
most people go through their lives

709
00:37:44,866 --> 00:37:46,860
never having a chance
to make a difference.

710
00:37:47,198 --> 00:37:49,021
And those lucky enough
to have that chance

711
00:37:49,136 --> 00:37:52,180
don't recognize it when it comes.
They think it's down the road,

712
00:37:52,374 --> 00:37:55,481
or that it's going to be next year
or the year after that.

713
00:37:55,596 --> 00:37:58,660
But if you're a public official
wanting to make history,

714
00:37:59,000 --> 00:38:01,517
then today is your lucky day, darlin'.

715
00:38:01,633 --> 00:38:04,236
You're about to pick
the leader of the free world.

716
00:38:05,991 --> 00:38:07,350
Don't you worry, Mac.

717
00:38:07,465 --> 00:38:09,581
It's going to take a lot more
than David Letterman

718
00:38:09,696 --> 00:38:11,660
making fun of my hair
and makeup to knock me down.

719
00:38:12,989 --> 00:38:15,902
That is exactly why I backed
your campaign when everyone else

720
00:38:16,017 --> 00:38:19,054
ran over to Mortham...
Because you are a woman of action.

721
00:38:20,323 --> 00:38:22,964
A woman of action, like Queen Esther.

722
00:38:24,234 --> 00:38:25,300
Queen Esther?

723
00:38:25,791 --> 00:38:28,700
I have been reading
my bible quite a bit here lately,

724
00:38:29,549 --> 00:38:30,955
and I have been feeling

725
00:38:31,070 --> 00:38:34,282
this unusually strong kinship
with Queen Esther.

726
00:38:34,975 --> 00:38:36,425
You recall Queen Esther...

727
00:38:37,254 --> 00:38:40,334
She was willing to sacrifice herself

728
00:38:40,449 --> 00:38:42,436
to save the lovely jewish people.

729
00:38:44,695 --> 00:38:46,980
And that's exactly
what I'm doing right now.

730
00:38:52,744 --> 00:38:53,885
And if I perish,

731
00:38:54,488 --> 00:38:55,488
I perish.

732
00:38:58,165 --> 00:39:00,098
You have to stay strong, Katherine.

733
00:39:00,214 --> 00:39:01,771
The world needs to see

734
00:39:01,886 --> 00:39:04,465
that Katherine Harris is in charge.

735
00:39:07,302 --> 00:39:10,919
You need to bring
this election in for a landing.

736
00:39:12,163 --> 00:39:13,163
Yeah.

737
00:39:13,826 --> 00:39:15,300
Bring it in for a landing?

738
00:39:15,494 --> 00:39:18,660
Bring it in for a landing
with George W. Bush in the cockpit.

739
00:39:19,822 --> 00:39:23,515
They're going to ask for extensions,
for negotiations, for recounts.

740
00:39:23,723 --> 00:39:26,020
We don't have
to let that happen, Katherine.

741
00:39:29,361 --> 00:39:30,744
Under the law,

742
00:39:32,513 --> 00:39:34,420
when is a hand recount allowed

743
00:39:36,355 --> 00:39:38,052
and when would it be denied?

744
00:39:40,023 --> 00:39:42,740
It says, "Hand recounts are allowed

745
00:39:42,974 --> 00:39:46,326
"if there is an error in vote tabulation

746
00:39:46,689 --> 00:39:49,037
"which could affect
the outcome of an election."

747
00:39:51,442 --> 00:39:53,150
- It's vague.
- No, it's really vague.

748
00:39:53,265 --> 00:39:56,168
The key then is interpreting what

749
00:39:56,503 --> 00:39:58,821
"error in vote tabulation" means, right?

750
00:39:59,481 --> 00:40:02,955
If there are ballots that the machine
did not count for whatever reason,

751
00:40:03,421 --> 00:40:06,140
then that would be
an "error in vote tabulation".

752
00:40:06,334 --> 00:40:10,069
Just the existence of uncounted ballots
justifies a hand recount, right?

753
00:40:10,413 --> 00:40:12,829
Our position has got
to be that "error in vote tabulation"

754
00:40:12,944 --> 00:40:14,940
means how the systems tabulated them.

755
00:40:15,134 --> 00:40:17,500
So the only way
a hand recount can proceed

756
00:40:17,933 --> 00:40:20,406
is if the hardware
or the software broke down.

757
00:40:20,832 --> 00:40:24,643
If there is no systems error,
then they cannot conduct a hand recount.

758
00:40:26,116 --> 00:40:29,140
Listen, Kerey,
the election statutes are confusing.

759
00:40:29,718 --> 00:40:31,700
We need you to go down
to Palm Beach County

760
00:40:31,990 --> 00:40:33,500
and offer them some guidance.

761
00:40:37,173 --> 00:40:40,180
We have very little authority
over the canvassing boards...

762
00:40:41,070 --> 00:40:43,542
Unless they request an advisory opinion.

763
00:40:45,430 --> 00:40:46,858
Sure thing, Clay.

764
00:40:52,292 --> 00:40:53,434
Live from Palm Beach.

765
00:40:53,549 --> 00:40:55,787
With three days left
till the certification deadline

766
00:40:55,903 --> 00:40:58,984
Palm Beach county
will hand-recount 1% of their votes.

767
00:40:59,229 --> 00:41:01,511
And based on
the results of this 1% recount,

768
00:41:01,763 --> 00:41:04,340
the canvassing board will then decide
if they are to hand-recount

769
00:41:04,494 --> 00:41:07,131
the remaing 99% of their ballots.

770
00:41:08,814 --> 00:41:11,455
- That's exactly the reason...
- Can we please count the votes that

771
00:41:11,558 --> 00:41:13,580
- we have in the boxes?
- Excuse me.

772
00:41:20,336 --> 00:41:21,450
Judge Burton?

773
00:41:22,420 --> 00:41:25,300
- Yes, can I help you?
- Hi, I'm Kerey Carpenter, DOE.

774
00:41:26,157 --> 00:41:27,225
Thank God.

775
00:41:27,765 --> 00:41:30,820
This is a nightmare.
We're under a microscope here.

776
00:41:31,147 --> 00:41:33,340
The laws are vague
and they contradic each other...

777
00:41:33,704 --> 00:41:36,380
- Dimple, no dimples, sunshine standard.
- I know.

778
00:41:36,574 --> 00:41:39,899
The division's position is that
dimpled chads should not be counted.

779
00:41:40,159 --> 00:41:42,441
Ultimately, though,
it's the canvassing board's decision.

780
00:41:43,390 --> 00:41:45,941
You just need to remember
that whatever you decide,

781
00:41:46,057 --> 00:41:48,172
you're going to have
to testify about it someday.

782
00:41:48,612 --> 00:41:52,647
Listen, we can't offer help unsolicited,
and you'll have to resolve

783
00:41:52,762 --> 00:41:55,660
the dimple issue on your own,
but the state can offer clear guidance

784
00:41:55,854 --> 00:41:57,493
on almost everything else.

785
00:41:57,763 --> 00:41:59,471
- Really?
- Yeah.

786
00:41:59,942 --> 00:42:03,005
All you have to do
is ask us for an advisory opinion.

787
00:42:06,496 --> 00:42:09,625
"Dear Judge Burton, this is in response
to your request

788
00:42:09,740 --> 00:42:11,623
for an advisory opinion.

789
00:42:12,318 --> 00:42:14,020
"A 'vote tabulation error'

790
00:42:14,214 --> 00:42:17,300
"is an error in which
the vote tabulation system fails.

791
00:42:17,572 --> 00:42:21,348
"Since no such error has occurred,
county canvassing boards

792
00:42:21,592 --> 00:42:24,691
"are not authorized
to hand-recount their ballots.

793
00:42:25,014 --> 00:42:28,694
"Sincerely yours, L. Clayton Roberts,
Director of elections."

794
00:42:29,294 --> 00:42:31,557
- What are Chris and Daley thinking?
- Daley's gone back to D.C.

795
00:42:31,672 --> 00:42:34,328
We're getting pressure from our people
to concede. He's going to the hill

796
00:42:34,443 --> 00:42:35,940
and shove the democrats back in line.

797
00:42:36,134 --> 00:42:38,997
That's not gonna make any difference
if we don't deal with this AO.

798
00:42:39,113 --> 00:42:42,164
Wait a minute, why don't we get
our own damn advisory opinion?

799
00:42:47,654 --> 00:42:48,741
"Dear Judge Burton,

800
00:42:49,818 --> 00:42:53,637
"since the DOE's advisory opinion
is so clearly at variance

801
00:42:53,862 --> 00:42:57,679
"with the existing Florida law,
I am issuing this advisory opinion..."

802
00:42:58,458 --> 00:42:59,930
The Palm Beach canvassing board

803
00:43:00,046 --> 00:43:02,020
is listening to arguments
from both parties

804
00:43:02,214 --> 00:43:05,595
on how to proceed
with two conflicting advisory opinions.

805
00:43:06,317 --> 00:43:09,220
The ballots punched
for both Gore and Buchanan

806
00:43:09,413 --> 00:43:11,137
counted in the 1% recount

807
00:43:11,617 --> 00:43:14,900
show that the butterfly ballot
cost Al Gore a minimum

808
00:43:15,094 --> 00:43:17,580
of 6,000 votes!

809
00:43:19,756 --> 00:43:22,555
Under these circumstances,
we feel Palm Beach County

810
00:43:22,670 --> 00:43:25,235
must proceed with the hand recount.

811
00:43:28,156 --> 00:43:30,700
I represent the people
of Palm Beach County,

812
00:43:31,069 --> 00:43:34,081
and I believe
that hand-recounting our ballots

813
00:43:34,463 --> 00:43:37,060
is the only way to find out
who won this election.

814
00:43:39,867 --> 00:43:43,157
The Secretary of State has told you
that you cannot hold

815
00:43:43,272 --> 00:43:44,380
a hand recount.

816
00:43:44,641 --> 00:43:48,153
It would be illegal for you
to disobey her advisory opinion.

817
00:43:48,268 --> 00:43:50,339
What happens?
Do we go to jail?

818
00:43:51,252 --> 00:43:53,180
Because I am willing to go to jail.

819
00:43:59,069 --> 00:44:00,980
All right, we'll have a vote.

820
00:44:02,215 --> 00:44:04,227
All those in favor
of suspending the recount

821
00:44:04,342 --> 00:44:06,379
until we have received
further clarification?

822
00:44:08,384 --> 00:44:09,384
Aye.

823
00:44:09,564 --> 00:44:10,564
Aye.

824
00:44:10,840 --> 00:44:13,340
All those opposed
to suspending the recount?

825
00:44:13,831 --> 00:44:14,831
Nay.

826
00:44:15,843 --> 00:44:17,540
All right, the motion carries,
two to one.

827
00:44:18,526 --> 00:44:22,112
The canvassing board has voted
to suspend the recount.

828
00:44:22,227 --> 00:44:24,860
They've gotten an opinion
from the director of elections...

829
00:44:24,975 --> 00:44:28,257
The Secretary of State. Her opinion
is that because there is no error

830
00:44:28,605 --> 00:44:30,467
in vote tabulating system...

831
00:44:30,582 --> 00:44:32,298
There's nothing wrong
with the equipment...

832
00:44:32,414 --> 00:44:34,499
This "tabulation systems"
they've come up with

833
00:44:34,797 --> 00:44:37,036
is complete bullshit, Chris.

834
00:44:37,151 --> 00:44:39,048
It is...
Thank you.

835
00:44:39,999 --> 00:44:43,060
It has never been interpreted this way
in the history of Florida law.

836
00:44:43,254 --> 00:44:44,631
They made it up two days ago.

837
00:44:44,746 --> 00:44:47,833
If we don't take Katherine Harris
to court right now, it's killing us.

838
00:44:47,948 --> 00:44:50,139
We've got to get this count up
and running again.

839
00:44:52,561 --> 00:44:54,544
I'm afraid I have some bad news.

840
00:44:55,837 --> 00:44:58,260
- Chris is going back to L.A.?
- His daughter is sick.

841
00:44:58,494 --> 00:45:00,985
I don't blame him for bailing.
This whole thing is rather hopeless.

842
00:45:01,100 --> 00:45:03,975
And with Daley gone it means there
isn't a senior Gore campaign official

843
00:45:04,090 --> 00:45:06,340
in the entire state
of Florida right now.

844
00:45:06,631 --> 00:45:09,035
Bob Dole beat Bill Clinton in 1996.

845
00:45:09,151 --> 00:45:12,071
- So what do you gonna do?
- Honey, you gotta turn on "SNL."

846
00:45:12,186 --> 00:45:13,186
It's on right now.

847
00:45:13,373 --> 00:45:15,734
Bush took himself out of the Florida
recount process noting,

848
00:45:15,770 --> 00:45:18,885
"Look, I already threw out
19,000 ballots, hassled black voters

849
00:45:19,000 --> 00:45:22,060
"and confused the old jews.
My work here is done."

850
00:45:22,620 --> 00:45:23,676
That's good.

851
00:45:23,889 --> 00:45:26,127
Honey, if you want to leave,
no one would blame you.

852
00:45:26,461 --> 00:45:28,638
No, Monica, I'm not going
anywhere, and you know why?

853
00:45:28,753 --> 00:45:31,738
Because I think Gore won this thing,
and I think he thinks so too.

854
00:45:31,853 --> 00:45:33,581
He's like a changed guy.

855
00:45:33,696 --> 00:45:36,648
He's got this fire in him now,
like before the campaign even started.

856
00:45:36,763 --> 00:45:39,328
He's even started calling me back.

857
00:45:40,452 --> 00:45:42,351
- I'll have to call you back, honey.
- Okay.

858
00:45:42,466 --> 00:45:44,496
What the hell
are you doing in Tallahassee?

859
00:45:44,611 --> 00:45:46,073
Early Hanukkah gift.

860
00:45:49,333 --> 00:45:51,524
- Good morning, team.
- Good morning.

861
00:45:51,639 --> 00:45:53,777
I want to read you
something very interesting

862
00:45:53,892 --> 00:45:57,100
from another state's election code,
courtesy of Mr. Whouley.

863
00:45:57,529 --> 00:46:00,518
"A hand recount shall be conducted
in preference

864
00:46:00,856 --> 00:46:02,052
"to a machine recount."

865
00:46:02,167 --> 00:46:05,900
It also says that dimpled chads
should be included in any hand recount.

866
00:46:06,094 --> 00:46:08,439
That's great, Ron, but we can't use
another state's election code.

867
00:46:08,554 --> 00:46:11,508
I know we can't,
but what if that state is Texas

868
00:46:11,623 --> 00:46:14,318
and it was signed into law
by its current governor,

869
00:46:14,593 --> 00:46:16,404
George W. Bush?

870
00:46:16,694 --> 00:46:20,288
Yes! All right, pass those out.
This is talking point number one.

871
00:46:21,633 --> 00:46:23,982
Point two...
Donna Brazile is down in D.C.

872
00:46:24,097 --> 00:46:26,277
following up on allegations
of black-voter suppression.

873
00:46:26,393 --> 00:46:28,393
Jeremy is gonna hit the streets
on that same issue.

874
00:46:28,533 --> 00:46:29,846
And point three...

875
00:46:29,961 --> 00:46:32,214
As you can see,
we've got some new lawyers in town.

876
00:46:32,329 --> 00:46:34,000
I'd like to introduce
my former colleague

877
00:46:34,115 --> 00:46:35,960
at the Justice Department,
Jeff Robinson.

878
00:46:36,075 --> 00:46:38,358
Thanks, Ron.
It's great to be on the team.

879
00:46:38,474 --> 00:46:41,498
I've started with the difference between
optiscan and punchcard ballots.

880
00:46:42,489 --> 00:46:45,131
The punchcard failure rate
is double that of optiscans.

881
00:46:45,246 --> 00:46:48,259
And of course minority neighborhoods
get stuck with the punchcards.

882
00:46:48,453 --> 00:46:49,647
I am shocked.

883
00:46:50,449 --> 00:46:53,881
And, everyone, this is Mark Herron,
a Florida election law specialist.

884
00:46:53,996 --> 00:46:56,400
He's going to write a memo
detailing exact standards

885
00:46:56,515 --> 00:46:59,218
by which absentee ballots
can be counted. It's my gut feeling

886
00:46:59,333 --> 00:47:01,213
that some of these were sent
after election day.

887
00:47:01,292 --> 00:47:03,293
- And maybe more than just a few.
- I think so too.

888
00:47:03,359 --> 00:47:05,750
And you should also know
that Mark's law firm has fired him

889
00:47:05,865 --> 00:47:08,180
- for coming on board with us.
- On his birthday.

890
00:47:10,144 --> 00:47:11,664
Another piece of decent news...

891
00:47:11,779 --> 00:47:14,102
Volusia County ignored
Katherine Harris's advisory opinion

892
00:47:14,217 --> 00:47:16,179
and they are almost completed
with their recount.

893
00:47:16,373 --> 00:47:18,458
We should pick up about 100 votes there.

894
00:47:18,573 --> 00:47:22,119
The bad news is that Madam Secretary
is insisting on her deadline...

895
00:47:22,234 --> 00:47:24,379
Unless, of course, there is a hurricane.

896
00:47:24,811 --> 00:47:27,220
Which means that it's gonna be
impossible for the counties

897
00:47:27,335 --> 00:47:30,028
to complete their recounts in time.
So our strategy is two fold:

898
00:47:30,143 --> 00:47:33,101
One... we continue to insist
that hand recounts are legal;

899
00:47:33,217 --> 00:47:35,963
And two... we argue that
regardless of any deadline

900
00:47:36,078 --> 00:47:37,900
every votes has a right to be counted.

901
00:47:38,093 --> 00:47:40,090
Where do we argue? On C.N.N.?

902
00:47:40,529 --> 00:47:43,972
Volusia County is going to sue Katherine
Harris to accept their late returns

903
00:47:44,087 --> 00:47:46,300
and we are going to join that lawsuit.

904
00:47:46,858 --> 00:47:48,465
I thought Gore was against lawsuits.

905
00:47:48,580 --> 00:47:50,369
I spoke to the Vice President
and he says

906
00:47:50,484 --> 00:47:52,490
since Bush is dragging our ass
into Federal Court,

907
00:47:52,605 --> 00:47:54,379
we can drag his ass into state court.

908
00:47:54,573 --> 00:47:56,738
And this is Volusia County,
everything about it.

909
00:47:56,853 --> 00:47:59,979
Get busy, boys and girls.
I gotta call The New York Times.

910
00:48:04,925 --> 00:48:05,925
Thank you.

911
00:48:06,581 --> 00:48:10,124
Looks like Christopher just joined
the lawsuit to extend the deadline.

912
00:48:10,239 --> 00:48:12,109
Christopher went back to L.A.

913
00:48:12,579 --> 00:48:14,833
Ron Klain is running Tallahassee now.

914
00:48:14,948 --> 00:48:17,903
- Who's Ron klain?
- Gore's former chief of staff.

915
00:48:18,695 --> 00:48:19,695
Former?

916
00:48:20,984 --> 00:48:23,284
Can someone please explain this to me?

917
00:48:23,907 --> 00:48:25,592
I don't care what Judge Burton says.

918
00:48:25,707 --> 00:48:28,347
If he doesn't count dimpled chads,
we're gonna take him to court...

919
00:48:28,407 --> 00:48:29,739
Baker on line one.

920
00:48:31,279 --> 00:48:32,765
I gotta call you back.

921
00:48:35,595 --> 00:48:37,403
What can I do for you, Mr. Baker?

922
00:48:37,518 --> 00:48:39,019
I'm sorry to bother you, Mr. Klain,

923
00:48:39,134 --> 00:48:42,298
but I was surprised to hear
you joined Volusia County's lawsuit.

924
00:48:42,494 --> 00:48:45,178
Well, I figured that was the easiest way
to get your autograph, sir.

925
00:48:47,270 --> 00:48:50,094
Unfortunately, Mr. Klain,
I shall not be attending the hearing.

926
00:48:50,209 --> 00:48:52,258
That is a shame, sir,
because I was going to put you

927
00:48:52,373 --> 00:48:55,452
right between my Sandy Koufax
and my Spiro Agnew.

928
00:48:56,734 --> 00:48:59,819
I was sad to hear that Secretary Daley
and Secretary Christopher

929
00:49:00,014 --> 00:49:02,557
left Tallahassee.
Will you be leaving too?

930
00:49:02,906 --> 00:49:05,778
No, sir, I'll be here until
the Vice President fires me again.

931
00:49:07,483 --> 00:49:10,578
Then I should tell you you're probably
gonna lose tomorrow.

932
00:49:11,441 --> 00:49:13,898
That's certainly one
of two possibilities.

933
00:49:15,100 --> 00:49:17,178
All right, Mr. Klain.
I just wanted to say hello.

934
00:49:17,973 --> 00:49:19,858
You call back anytime, Mr. Baker.

935
00:49:24,150 --> 00:49:26,539
He's gloating.
He thinks we're gonna lose tomorrow.

936
00:49:27,125 --> 00:49:28,779
I think we're gonna lose tomorrow.

937
00:49:29,528 --> 00:49:31,138
We are gonna lose tomorrow.

938
00:49:31,994 --> 00:49:34,978
All right, so who's the best
appellate lawyer in this country?

939
00:49:37,054 --> 00:49:39,820
And if you're just joing us, to recap
the major news of the day...

940
00:49:39,935 --> 00:49:42,915
A Florida judge, Terry Lewis, coming out
about an hour and a half ago

941
00:49:43,030 --> 00:49:46,479
and through a statement
read by a spokesperson saying that

942
00:49:46,828 --> 00:49:49,979
the State of Florida does not have
to accept those manual hand recounts

943
00:49:50,173 --> 00:49:52,567
currently taking place
in Broward and Palm Beach County

944
00:49:52,682 --> 00:49:56,457
- and in other counties that might be...
- Ron Klain's on the phone for you.

945
00:49:58,135 --> 00:50:00,899
And if she believes it's the best thing
for the State of Florida...

946
00:50:01,014 --> 00:50:03,364
Hi, Ron, to what do I owe this pleasure?

947
00:50:03,479 --> 00:50:06,579
This is not a final setback, but a
big blow for the democrats and Al Gore.

948
00:50:06,773 --> 00:50:07,821
Mr. Boies...

949
00:50:08,293 --> 00:50:10,258
- Yes, ma'am.
- Now that the deadline is here

950
00:50:10,453 --> 00:50:13,778
and the absentee ballots have pushed
Bush's lead to around 900 votes,

951
00:50:14,293 --> 00:50:16,299
is Gore going to change his strategy?

952
00:50:16,414 --> 00:50:19,779
The strategy is the same. Al Gore
is just trying to get votes counted.

953
00:50:19,973 --> 00:50:22,389
The very fact that Katherine Harris
wasn't willing to accept ballots

954
00:50:22,504 --> 00:50:23,859
counted after the deadline,

955
00:50:24,053 --> 00:50:26,739
even though all the absentee ballots
hadn't arrived yet

956
00:50:27,133 --> 00:50:30,042
makes it crystal clear that
she's trying to do everything she can

957
00:50:30,158 --> 00:50:31,820
to stop new votes from being counted.

958
00:50:33,128 --> 00:50:34,554
What do you think?

959
00:50:35,008 --> 00:50:37,528
- He's tough.
- You have to be tougher.

960
00:50:38,006 --> 00:50:39,696
David Boies can destroy a witness

961
00:50:39,811 --> 00:50:42,095
and make you think
he's a great guy while he's doing it.

962
00:50:42,210 --> 00:50:45,428
His 20-hour Bill Gates
deposition is already legendary.

963
00:50:45,693 --> 00:50:47,477
I heard he never uses notes.

964
00:50:47,592 --> 00:50:50,418
He's dyslexic,
so he has to memorize everything.

965
00:50:51,432 --> 00:50:52,838
Let me be clear...

966
00:50:53,054 --> 00:50:56,803
Judge Lewis's decision isn't the
triumphant victory for Katherine Harris

967
00:50:56,919 --> 00:50:58,340
that her people are claiming.

968
00:50:58,534 --> 00:51:01,979
She stated that she can't accept ballots
counted after the deadline

969
00:51:02,213 --> 00:51:03,601
unless there was a hurricane

970
00:51:03,716 --> 00:51:06,051
and Judge Lewis said
that this was incorrect,

971
00:51:06,167 --> 00:51:07,699
that regardless of the weather,

972
00:51:07,893 --> 00:51:10,738
the law clearly states
that she can accept late ballots,

973
00:51:10,973 --> 00:51:12,098
that it's her decision.

974
00:51:12,452 --> 00:51:15,343
And if she wants
to reject legally counted votes,

975
00:51:15,458 --> 00:51:18,018
she has to come up with
an actual reason for doing so.

976
00:51:18,841 --> 00:51:21,636
Shouldn't I just ignore
Judge Lewis and certify tonight?

977
00:51:21,751 --> 00:51:24,635
- No, Katherine.
- This deadline is in a few hours.

978
00:51:24,750 --> 00:51:26,609
Katherine, this is a court order.

979
00:51:26,725 --> 00:51:28,979
- You must obey it.
- He's right, Katherine.

980
00:51:29,173 --> 00:51:32,510
The judge said you have to come up
with a reason to reject late ballots,

981
00:51:32,626 --> 00:51:34,312
so we have to come up with a reason...

982
00:51:34,428 --> 00:51:38,131
You know, something that shows
you didn't just reject them arbitrarily.

983
00:51:38,718 --> 00:51:40,729
Why don't I just ask the counties
to tell me why

984
00:51:40,845 --> 00:51:42,179
I should give them more time?

985
00:51:43,269 --> 00:51:45,139
Shit, Katherine, that's good.

986
00:51:46,390 --> 00:51:47,588
We just ask 'em.

987
00:51:49,010 --> 00:51:50,010
I like it.

988
00:51:50,645 --> 00:51:53,378
In accordance with
Judge Terry Lewis's ruling,

989
00:51:53,999 --> 00:51:55,779
I have sent a letter to the counties

990
00:51:55,973 --> 00:51:59,220
asking them to explain why I should
allow ballots counted

991
00:51:59,413 --> 00:52:02,900
after the deadline
to be included in the final tallies.

992
00:52:03,829 --> 00:52:06,139
The counties must respond in writing

993
00:52:06,373 --> 00:52:08,018
by 2:00 tomorrow.

994
00:52:08,864 --> 00:52:12,019
On the advice of legal counsel,
I won't be answering any questions.

995
00:52:12,813 --> 00:52:15,978
- You need to tell us what's going on.
- We need to know the truth.

996
00:52:23,294 --> 00:52:25,619
Has been made fun of
on "Saturday Night Live,"

997
00:52:25,853 --> 00:52:29,139
a lot of ridicule. Time Magazine
referred to her as Cruella de Vil...

998
00:52:50,653 --> 00:52:52,481
After careful consideration,

999
00:52:52,596 --> 00:52:54,870
I am denying the counties' requests

1000
00:52:54,985 --> 00:52:57,658
to include ballots
counted after the deadline.

1001
00:52:58,282 --> 00:53:01,457
The final tallies will be certified
tomorrow evening.

1002
00:53:02,443 --> 00:53:06,192
On the advice of our legal counsel,
I won't be answering any questions.

1003
00:53:07,251 --> 00:53:09,058
Well, that's not surprising.

1004
00:53:09,668 --> 00:53:12,979
So do we try to get the Florida Supreme
Court to stop her from certifying?

1005
00:53:14,225 --> 00:53:16,479
I don't think they'll grant us a stay.

1006
00:53:18,278 --> 00:53:21,539
The Florida Supreme Court just issued
a stay to stop the certification.

1007
00:53:21,733 --> 00:53:23,460
- Are you kidding me?
- No, I'm not.

1008
00:53:23,575 --> 00:53:25,930
And get this...
Al Gore didn't even ask for one.

1009
00:53:26,045 --> 00:53:28,326
The Florida Supreme just went on
ahead and gave it to him.

1010
00:53:28,372 --> 00:53:31,254
All right, people, listen up.
We got ourselves a fired chief of staff,

1011
00:53:31,369 --> 00:53:34,570
a lawyer who can't read his notes
and seven Florida justices to face,

1012
00:53:34,685 --> 00:53:37,806
who I may have mentioned... I'm not sure
if I did... Are all liberal democrats.

1013
00:53:38,373 --> 00:53:40,080
I think it's time for our supporters

1014
00:53:40,195 --> 00:53:42,462
to exercise
their first amendment rights.

1015
00:53:58,062 --> 00:54:00,592
- If Gore does not receive the ruling...
- Katherine Harris claims that

1016
00:54:00,707 --> 00:54:03,921
ballots counted after the deadline
cannot be included...

1017
00:54:06,663 --> 00:54:09,219
Gore-inch,
make sure you hold that sign up high.

1018
00:54:09,334 --> 00:54:10,075
Exactly.

1019
00:54:10,190 --> 00:54:12,630
Gore-nac, this is your bit.
Hold that up to your head and say,

1020
00:54:12,737 --> 00:54:16,919
- "I call this vote..."
- I call this vote for Gore!

1021
00:54:17,441 --> 00:54:18,849
Gore is a crybaby.

1022
00:54:20,759 --> 00:54:22,135
I want a recount!

1023
00:54:22,644 --> 00:54:25,666
Peter Jennings and Tom Brokaw
have bald spots!

1024
00:54:25,781 --> 00:54:28,138
Peter Jennings and Tom Brokaw
have bald spots!

1025
00:54:44,601 --> 00:54:47,578
The Gore campaign says further
legal actions are still on the table,

1026
00:54:48,228 --> 00:54:49,939
but officials privately concede

1027
00:54:50,093 --> 00:54:52,433
an adverse ruling
from the state supreme court

1028
00:54:52,548 --> 00:54:55,185
would deal a fatal blow
to the Gore campaign.

1029
00:54:55,893 --> 00:54:57,938
At the completion
of the machine recount,

1030
00:54:58,093 --> 00:55:01,306
the difference between
the two candidates was 327 votes.

1031
00:55:01,896 --> 00:55:04,543
Under Florida law, the trailing
candidate in a race this close

1032
00:55:04,658 --> 00:55:08,239
is entitled to request hand recounts
in individual counties.

1033
00:55:09,365 --> 00:55:12,378
If they had completed the recount by
the deadline, there would be no issue.

1034
00:55:12,643 --> 00:55:14,017
Unfortunately, they did not.

1035
00:55:14,132 --> 00:55:16,502
Therefore the recount cannot continue.

1036
00:55:16,852 --> 00:55:18,857
Who knows how many votes
could've been counted

1037
00:55:18,972 --> 00:55:21,019
had Katherine Harris
not mistakenly claimed

1038
00:55:21,134 --> 00:55:23,120
there had to be an error in the system?

1039
00:55:23,235 --> 00:55:25,374
The Secretary of State
was just following the law.

1040
00:55:25,489 --> 00:55:29,241
We implore the court to set
specific counting guidelines.

1041
00:55:29,356 --> 00:55:31,190
Voters are supposed
to follow instructions

1042
00:55:31,734 --> 00:55:33,727
that are inside
each and every voting booth.

1043
00:55:33,842 --> 00:55:35,129
They clearly state

1044
00:55:35,244 --> 00:55:37,469
that the ballot must be punched
through completely.

1045
00:55:37,776 --> 00:55:40,177
Dimpled chads must be included
in this standard

1046
00:55:40,292 --> 00:55:42,887
because they represent a voter's intent.

1047
00:55:43,409 --> 00:55:46,115
These issues of dimples
and chads are exactly why

1048
00:55:46,230 --> 00:55:49,053
we believe hand recounts
are inherently flawed.

1049
00:55:49,168 --> 00:55:52,829
Doesn't the current process in Texas,
signed into law by your client,

1050
00:55:53,365 --> 00:55:56,386
state that hand recounts
are preferred over machines,

1051
00:55:56,540 --> 00:55:58,698
and dimpled chads should be counted?

1052
00:56:03,013 --> 00:56:04,869
I really don't know what Texas law is.

1053
00:56:28,110 --> 00:56:30,395
Good evening.
My name is Craig Waters.

1054
00:56:31,346 --> 00:56:34,130
I'm going to read the ruling
that was issued by this court.

1055
00:56:35,101 --> 00:56:37,850
The Florida Supreme Court,
in its unanimous opinion,

1056
00:56:38,579 --> 00:56:40,854
has reversed the circuit court ruling.

1057
00:56:42,306 --> 00:56:43,306
Ron, Ron, Ron.

1058
00:56:44,051 --> 00:56:45,769
Are you okay? I'm so sorry.

1059
00:56:46,070 --> 00:56:47,598
- No, we won.
- I know, but...

1060
00:56:47,713 --> 00:56:48,766
We won!

1061
00:56:49,907 --> 00:56:51,584
It doesn't matter. We won.

1062
00:56:51,703 --> 00:56:53,168
- It does matter.
- I'm so sorry.

1063
00:56:53,403 --> 00:56:55,368
The counties are to hand-recount
their ballots,

1064
00:56:55,749 --> 00:56:59,262
and to achieve this goal, the final
totals must be accepted by 5:00 p.m.,

1065
00:56:59,377 --> 00:57:00,464
November 26.

1066
00:57:00,868 --> 00:57:04,008
- They have five more days.
- They just gave Gore the steal sign.

1067
00:57:04,351 --> 00:57:07,489
To disenfranchise electors,
as Katherine Harris proposes,

1068
00:57:08,190 --> 00:57:09,452
is unreasonable,

1069
00:57:09,567 --> 00:57:12,541
unnecessary and violates
long-standing law.

1070
00:57:13,500 --> 00:57:15,426
That is a personal attack.

1071
00:57:16,103 --> 00:57:17,397
Is this normal?

1072
00:57:18,881 --> 00:57:19,881
To reiterate,

1073
00:57:19,919 --> 00:57:21,736
there will be two counters
at each table,

1074
00:57:21,851 --> 00:57:24,472
containing one member
of each political party.

1075
00:57:24,587 --> 00:57:27,553
Disputed ballots will be referred
to the canvassing board.

1076
00:57:27,668 --> 00:57:30,190
Now one republican and
one democratic representative

1077
00:57:30,305 --> 00:57:31,719
will be observing the counters

1078
00:57:31,834 --> 00:57:34,463
and will be allowed
to speak to those counters.

1079
00:57:34,578 --> 00:57:36,424
Contested ballots will then be referred

1080
00:57:36,539 --> 00:57:38,566
to the canvassing board
for final review.

1081
00:57:38,866 --> 00:57:41,399
- There's a small victory here.
- What's that?

1082
00:57:41,515 --> 00:57:43,672
They didn't set counting standards.

1083
00:57:43,794 --> 00:57:46,486
- We can still fight dimpled chads.
- Dimpled chads is good,

1084
00:57:46,765 --> 00:57:48,006
but the real question is

1085
00:57:48,306 --> 00:57:51,326
what would happen
if they didn't finish in five days?

1086
00:57:53,102 --> 00:57:56,302
I object to the ballot on the grounds it
is not in the guidelines and criteria...

1087
00:57:56,465 --> 00:57:58,845
That ballot does not conform
to the 1990 standards.

1088
00:57:59,196 --> 00:58:02,985
Bending the ballot can cause chad
to improperly fall from the ballot.

1089
00:58:03,160 --> 00:58:05,012
- Gimme a break.
- You can't be serious!

1090
00:58:05,127 --> 00:58:06,336
Number five, Gore.

1091
00:58:06,451 --> 00:58:08,415
I object to that vote on several counts.

1092
00:58:08,530 --> 00:58:10,336
- Number one, it's not...
- Your honor,

1093
00:58:10,451 --> 00:58:12,965
he is intentionally trying
to slow down the recount.

1094
00:58:13,119 --> 00:58:14,586
Got a five here, definitely a five.

1095
00:58:14,701 --> 00:58:17,525
This ballot does not have
two corners detached.

1096
00:58:17,825 --> 00:58:20,176
- This woman is eating the chads.
- That's ridiculous.

1097
00:58:20,291 --> 00:58:21,949
- I object.
- I object to the ballot.

1098
00:58:22,064 --> 00:58:23,524
- I object.
- I object.

1099
00:58:24,433 --> 00:58:26,200
A dimpled five. No-vote.

1100
00:58:29,358 --> 00:58:31,040
Dimple, number five. No-vote.

1101
00:58:31,155 --> 00:58:33,725
That dimple shows clear intent for Gore.

1102
00:58:34,617 --> 00:58:37,381
Chads don't indent themselves.
Someone was trying to vote

1103
00:58:37,496 --> 00:58:40,530
and Miami-Dade and Broward
are both counting dimpled chads.

1104
00:58:40,645 --> 00:58:43,195
Broward changed their standard
in the middle of the recount.

1105
00:58:43,310 --> 00:58:45,705
It was biased, unethical and unfair.

1106
00:58:45,820 --> 00:58:48,180
Gentlemen, there will be
no more discussion of the standard.

1107
00:58:48,405 --> 00:58:50,927
Palm Beach will not be counting
dimpled chads.

1108
00:58:51,042 --> 00:58:54,362
What the hell is he doing? He's
literally throwing people's votes away.

1109
00:58:54,698 --> 00:58:56,861
Whouley says this will cost us
around 800 votes.

1110
00:58:56,976 --> 00:58:58,956
Look at this idiot.
Wait till you see this.

1111
00:58:59,071 --> 00:59:00,813
The hand-counting of the ballots

1112
00:59:00,928 --> 00:59:04,517
that is ongoing is becoming
completely untrustworthy.

1113
00:59:05,065 --> 00:59:06,962
Ballots have been used as fans.

1114
00:59:07,262 --> 00:59:08,907
Ballots have post-it notes
stuck to them.

1115
00:59:09,022 --> 00:59:10,022
God damn it!

1116
00:59:10,118 --> 00:59:12,722
An elderly counter
dropped 20 to 60 ballots.

1117
00:59:13,021 --> 00:59:15,262
You have a 70-year-old man
at 2:00 a.m. in the morning...

1118
00:59:15,461 --> 00:59:18,092
How can he say it's fraud?
There's television cameras everywhere.

1119
00:59:18,207 --> 00:59:19,804
There's observers from both parties.

1120
00:59:19,919 --> 00:59:21,726
They're working under
a goddamn bell jar.

1121
00:59:21,841 --> 00:59:23,346
Any response to these allegations?

1122
00:59:23,461 --> 00:59:26,474
This characterization of hand recounts
as chaotic and unreliable

1123
00:59:26,589 --> 00:59:28,807
is an attempt to discredit
and delay the process

1124
00:59:28,922 --> 00:59:30,881
so that we'll miss the new deadline.

1125
00:59:31,180 --> 00:59:33,481
They're not counting votes.
They're casting votes.

1126
00:59:33,597 --> 00:59:36,060
They're deciding somebody
based on something

1127
00:59:36,175 --> 00:59:37,481
meant to vote for someone.

1128
00:59:37,903 --> 00:59:40,399
The republicans are the ones
that are creating the chaos,

1129
00:59:40,514 --> 00:59:44,038
and they're doing it to prevent
the votes from being counted.

1130
00:59:44,460 --> 00:59:47,270
The ballots being looked
at here today have been counted.

1131
00:59:47,385 --> 00:59:48,521
They're been recounted.

1132
00:59:48,821 --> 00:59:50,761
And this process
of once again recounting

1133
00:59:51,179 --> 00:59:54,080
is prone to human error.
It's prone to mischief...

1134
00:59:55,362 --> 00:59:57,346
Carol, Carol, you need to see this.

1135
00:59:57,461 --> 01:00:00,632
It's all over the internet.
Should we release a denial?

1136
01:00:01,169 --> 01:00:03,452
I really don't care
if people think I'm a lesbian.

1137
01:00:03,568 --> 01:00:06,080
I just don't want them to think
Suzanne is the best I could do.

1138
01:00:15,135 --> 01:00:16,914
Theresa, are you all right?

1139
01:00:26,548 --> 01:00:29,825
The election supervisor, she's had
police protection for the last few days.

1140
01:00:29,940 --> 01:00:32,078
And Carol Roberts has gotten
nearly 30 death threats.

1141
01:00:32,514 --> 01:00:34,197
Certainly, the issues here...

1142
01:00:34,497 --> 01:00:37,313
- No-vote.
- Fall squarely on these three people.

1143
01:00:37,930 --> 01:00:39,664
- No-vote.
- Objection.

1144
01:00:39,779 --> 01:00:41,265
Of course, of course.

1145
01:00:42,303 --> 01:00:43,303
No-vote.

1146
01:00:44,696 --> 01:00:47,346
Since Broward and Miami-Dade
are counting dimpled chads

1147
01:00:47,461 --> 01:00:48,833
and Palm Beach is not,

1148
01:00:48,948 --> 01:00:51,601
we can claim the recount
violates the equal protection clause

1149
01:00:51,716 --> 01:00:55,408
because all ballots aren't being
evaluated with the same standard.

1150
01:00:55,912 --> 01:00:57,975
Rehnquist and Scalia won't go for it.

1151
01:00:58,090 --> 01:01:00,450
They've rarely ever ruled
for an equal protection violation.

1152
01:01:00,551 --> 01:01:01,852
We'd have to find a victim.

1153
01:01:01,967 --> 01:01:03,778
The law is designed
to prevent minorities

1154
01:01:03,893 --> 01:01:05,759
from having their voting rights
taken away.

1155
01:01:05,874 --> 01:01:08,476
The victims are the people whose votes
were disqualified in one county,

1156
01:01:08,631 --> 01:01:10,996
when the exact same vote
would've been counted in another.

1157
01:01:12,445 --> 01:01:13,716
I kind of like it.

1158
01:01:15,508 --> 01:01:18,716
Maybe Scalia and Thomas
will discover their inner liberal.

1159
01:01:21,837 --> 01:01:23,448
I'm sorry to interrupt,

1160
01:01:23,738 --> 01:01:25,475
but I wasn't sure
if you could smell this.

1161
01:01:25,834 --> 01:01:26,842
What is it?

1162
01:01:26,957 --> 01:01:29,241
The pile of shit
Al Gore just stepped in.

1163
01:01:29,357 --> 01:01:31,635
He's trying to throw out
military ballots.

1164
01:01:31,975 --> 01:01:33,695
It's called the Herron memo.

1165
01:01:33,810 --> 01:01:37,119
My memo does not target military votes,
Senator Lieberman.

1166
01:01:37,404 --> 01:01:40,769
It states the exact standards
that all overseas absentee ballots

1167
01:01:40,884 --> 01:01:42,928
must meet in order to be counted.

1168
01:01:43,043 --> 01:01:45,024
These are ballots without postmarks,

1169
01:01:45,139 --> 01:01:47,122
without witness signatures or dates.

1170
01:01:47,237 --> 01:01:50,475
There's no way to tell
if they were sent after election day.

1171
01:01:50,590 --> 01:01:51,977
Thus they shouldn't be counted.

1172
01:01:52,092 --> 01:01:54,913
I was told that military ballots
without postmarks are common

1173
01:01:55,028 --> 01:01:57,908
because soldiers on tankers
usually can't get postmarks.

1174
01:01:58,023 --> 01:02:00,550
That's correct, sir,
which is why the memo also states

1175
01:02:00,665 --> 01:02:04,804
if a ballot is signed and
dated on or before election day,

1176
01:02:04,919 --> 01:02:07,232
this would count the same as a postmark.

1177
01:02:07,347 --> 01:02:10,068
I'm not pulling this out of thin air,
sir. This is what the law says.

1178
01:02:10,135 --> 01:02:13,137
This is the same issue the republicans
were complaing about last week

1179
01:02:13,252 --> 01:02:16,052
when they were worried
about absentee ballots from Israel.

1180
01:02:16,167 --> 01:02:18,890
They held a press conference,
sir, in which they said

1181
01:02:19,005 --> 01:02:21,558
if absentee ballots
are not properly postmarked

1182
01:02:21,673 --> 01:02:23,734
they should not be counted.
That's their line.

1183
01:02:23,849 --> 01:02:25,872
That's our line.
Nothing should change, sir.

1184
01:02:26,171 --> 01:02:28,808
- All right, I got it.
- Thank you very much.

1185
01:02:31,651 --> 01:02:34,171
So democratic lawyers
should drop any objections

1186
01:02:34,286 --> 01:02:36,672
to overseas ballots
from armed services personnel?

1187
01:02:36,985 --> 01:02:38,881
I think the problem here...

1188
01:02:38,996 --> 01:02:42,060
My own point of view, if I was there,
I would give the benefit of the doubt

1189
01:02:42,175 --> 01:02:44,969
to ballots coming in
from military personnel...

1190
01:02:45,084 --> 01:02:47,125
- God damn it!
- Particularly in light of the letter

1191
01:02:47,223 --> 01:02:49,374
and the kind of statements
we've heard about that.

1192
01:02:49,489 --> 01:02:52,324
- But the problem here is...
- Mark, I'm sorry.

1193
01:02:54,387 --> 01:02:55,907
I apologize. I...

1194
01:02:57,394 --> 01:03:00,456
- apologize to everyone.
- It's not your fault, Mark.

1195
01:03:01,549 --> 01:03:04,230
If they have the capacity, I'd urge them
to go back and take another look.

1196
01:03:04,384 --> 01:03:07,750
- Ron, Daley is on line two.
- Of course he is.

1197
01:03:11,448 --> 01:03:14,262
Gore is going ballistic.
What the hell just happened?

1198
01:03:14,377 --> 01:03:17,453
I think Joe Lieberman just
entered the 2004 primaries.

1199
01:03:18,032 --> 01:03:20,681
The wise Senator Lieberman
says we should take another look

1200
01:03:20,796 --> 01:03:22,674
at these military ballots and

1201
01:03:22,892 --> 01:03:25,149
I see no reason not
to follow his sage advice.

1202
01:03:25,886 --> 01:03:29,207
I want to go back to every
military county in the state to fight

1203
01:03:29,322 --> 01:03:32,117
to get these ballots counted.
I'm talking Escambia,

1204
01:03:32,232 --> 01:03:34,911
Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Pasco.

1205
01:03:35,360 --> 01:03:37,855
They've had what I would call
a break in the ranks, people.

1206
01:03:37,971 --> 01:03:39,948
- Let's get on it.
- Yes, sir.

1207
01:03:40,427 --> 01:03:43,036
Hell's bells, folks,
their own vice presidential candidate

1208
01:03:43,151 --> 01:03:45,468
has stated these ballots
should not be discarded.

1209
01:03:46,722 --> 01:03:48,868
I think that speaks volumes. Don't you?

1210
01:03:49,267 --> 01:03:51,675
But this ballot does not have a postmark

1211
01:03:52,739 --> 01:03:55,595
or a witness signature and no date.

1212
01:03:55,710 --> 01:03:59,506
Therefore it's impossible to prove
that it wasn't sent after election day

1213
01:03:59,621 --> 01:04:01,464
and it shouldn't be counted.

1214
01:04:01,579 --> 01:04:04,584
Your Honor,
if a member of our military gets shot,

1215
01:04:04,699 --> 01:04:06,667
that bullet won't have
a postmark on it either.

1216
01:04:08,837 --> 01:04:09,962
I'll count it.

1217
01:04:22,578 --> 01:04:24,066
Thank you, Joe Lieberman.

1218
01:04:43,806 --> 01:04:46,386
- May I help you?
- Are you Mr. Willie Whiting?

1219
01:04:47,017 --> 01:04:48,026
I'm Pastor Whiting.

1220
01:04:49,064 --> 01:04:50,314
Pastor Whiting.

1221
01:04:52,537 --> 01:04:55,144
My name is Jeremy Bash.
I work for the democratic party.

1222
01:04:55,853 --> 01:04:58,824
I understand you were turned away
from the polls on election day.

1223
01:05:00,529 --> 01:05:01,536
Yeah, I was.

1224
01:05:02,448 --> 01:05:03,945
Do you have a minute to talk?

1225
01:05:10,218 --> 01:05:11,299
What's going on?

1226
01:05:11,414 --> 01:05:14,395
This is the official voter purge list.

1227
01:05:14,883 --> 01:05:15,751
What's that?

1228
01:05:15,866 --> 01:05:19,232
The reason people were turned away
from the polls on election day.

1229
01:05:19,347 --> 01:05:22,351
These people were scrubbed
from the voter rolls

1230
01:05:22,467 --> 01:05:25,062
because they were supposed
to be convicted felons.

1231
01:05:25,542 --> 01:05:27,448
But there are a ton
of people on this list

1232
01:05:27,563 --> 01:05:29,342
that never committed
a crime in their lives.

1233
01:05:30,668 --> 01:05:33,448
- How does a thing like that happen?
- The Secretary of State's office

1234
01:05:33,563 --> 01:05:37,215
paid database technologies $4.3 million

1235
01:05:37,330 --> 01:05:40,812
to compile a list of convicted felons
who according to Florida law

1236
01:05:40,927 --> 01:05:42,526
would not be allowed to vote.

1237
01:05:42,641 --> 01:05:45,543
And then they instructed D.B.T.
to, quote,

1238
01:05:46,498 --> 01:05:49,423
"Capture more names
that possibly aren't matches."

1239
01:05:49,855 --> 01:05:51,782
This is an actual
e-mail from her office.

1240
01:05:52,992 --> 01:05:55,255
So the list is comprised of felons

1241
01:05:55,370 --> 01:05:58,831
and anyone whose name happens
to be similar to a felon.

1242
01:05:59,445 --> 01:06:02,177
I met Willie D. Whiting. He is a pastor,

1243
01:06:02,795 --> 01:06:05,087
but his name is similar
to Willie J. Whiting,

1244
01:06:05,202 --> 01:06:06,621
so he was told he couldn't vote.

1245
01:06:07,919 --> 01:06:11,067
The supervisor in Leon County
went through his purge list

1246
01:06:11,182 --> 01:06:12,488
person by person.

1247
01:06:13,050 --> 01:06:16,587
And of the 697 names
that the state gave him,

1248
01:06:16,892 --> 01:06:19,458
he found
that only 33 were actual felons.

1249
01:06:19,715 --> 01:06:21,221
And the supervisor in Miami-Dade,

1250
01:06:21,336 --> 01:06:24,183
he complained that his list
had clear mismatches, but he was told,

1251
01:06:24,298 --> 01:06:27,745
"Look, even if the names don't match,
go ahead, consider them felons."

1252
01:06:27,860 --> 01:06:28,860
Okay, so?

1253
01:06:29,835 --> 01:06:32,899
How many people were
illegally disqualified from voting?

1254
01:06:34,025 --> 01:06:35,208
20,000 people.

1255
01:06:36,289 --> 01:06:38,579
Almost half of them
were African-American.

1256
01:06:42,258 --> 01:06:43,738
So can we do anything with this?

1257
01:06:45,377 --> 01:06:47,942
You can't get votes back
that were never cast.

1258
01:06:48,057 --> 01:06:50,193
All we can do is turn this
over to the N.A.A.C.P.

1259
01:06:50,308 --> 01:06:52,378
and hope that they can stop it in 2002.

1260
01:07:08,757 --> 01:07:10,309
Remember Elian!

1261
01:07:10,424 --> 01:07:13,895
Cuban-Americans are out in force
today to protest against the recount,

1262
01:07:14,011 --> 01:07:17,778
still enraged by Clinton's decision
to send Elian Gonzales back to Cuba.

1263
01:07:18,076 --> 01:07:20,486
Congressman Sweeney,
why are you here in Miami?

1264
01:07:20,601 --> 01:07:22,228
I'm here because Miami-Dade

1265
01:07:22,343 --> 01:07:25,298
has become ground zero
for producing a manufactured vote.

1266
01:07:30,370 --> 01:07:32,960
Dimpled number six... Gore.

1267
01:07:34,690 --> 01:07:36,056
Dimple six... Gore.

1268
01:07:38,218 --> 01:07:40,081
- Dimple six... Gore.
- I object.

1269
01:07:40,196 --> 01:07:41,015
Duly noted.

1270
01:07:41,170 --> 01:07:44,455
We're the new republican party!
We're not gonna take this anymore!

1271
01:07:45,293 --> 01:07:46,375
Bush won!

1272
01:07:46,971 --> 01:07:48,457
Bush won twice!

1273
01:07:48,764 --> 01:07:50,615
- Bush won twice!
- Everybody needs a t-shirt.

1274
01:07:51,675 --> 01:07:53,297
Let's go, pass them out!

1275
01:07:58,973 --> 01:07:59,671
Hello.

1276
01:07:59,787 --> 01:08:02,746
I just heard from our guys
in the Miami-Dade counting room.

1277
01:08:02,861 --> 01:08:05,920
The board decided to count undervotes
and they've moved to a backroom.

1278
01:08:06,035 --> 01:08:07,777
They're counting in secret.

1279
01:08:07,892 --> 01:08:09,134
Well, shut it down.

1280
01:08:09,512 --> 01:08:10,903
Number six for Gore.

1281
01:08:13,228 --> 01:08:15,211
Dimpled six... that's for Gore.

1282
01:08:19,579 --> 01:08:22,030
We want to have a small protest up
near the canvassing board.

1283
01:08:22,145 --> 01:08:24,265
Nobody wants to get arrested.
Nobody's gonna get hurt.

1284
01:08:24,294 --> 01:08:25,649
We just want to make our point.

1285
01:08:25,764 --> 01:08:28,013
After you've heard enough,
you can tell us to leave.

1286
01:08:28,858 --> 01:08:30,319
What do you think's gonna happen?

1287
01:08:30,435 --> 01:08:32,976
Look at the way we're dressed.

1288
01:08:42,842 --> 01:08:44,046
Sit in here.

1289
01:08:44,273 --> 01:08:45,693
You can't go in. You can't go in.

1290
01:08:45,991 --> 01:08:47,652
Hey, hold on. Stay back.

1291
01:08:50,690 --> 01:08:52,923
Punched number seven... no-vote.

1292
01:08:54,421 --> 01:08:56,851
- Punched number seven hole... no-vote.
- I object.

1293
01:08:56,966 --> 01:08:57,966
It's obvious...

1294
01:08:58,062 --> 01:09:00,251
Number five is for Bush,
number seven is for Gore.

1295
01:09:00,806 --> 01:09:04,328
These voters clearly did not insert
their ballots properly.

1296
01:09:04,443 --> 01:09:05,731
This is preposterous.

1297
01:09:06,268 --> 01:09:08,150
We can't guess who
they intended to vote for

1298
01:09:08,265 --> 01:09:09,751
when they punched a blank hole.

1299
01:09:09,866 --> 01:09:11,980
Let's get a blank ballot
and try to demonstrate this.

1300
01:09:12,095 --> 01:09:13,540
- Go.
- All right.

1301
01:09:13,955 --> 01:09:16,218
Dimpled number four... Bush.

1302
01:09:17,028 --> 01:09:19,090
Could I have everybody's attention?

1303
01:09:19,206 --> 01:09:20,970
There is a full protest out in the lobby

1304
01:09:21,270 --> 01:09:23,948
and I think
it could escalate out of control.

1305
01:09:25,456 --> 01:09:26,490
Let's keep going.

1306
01:09:26,788 --> 01:09:27,815
Let us in!

1307
01:09:34,751 --> 01:09:36,214
Cheaters, cheaters!

1308
01:09:37,634 --> 01:09:40,930
Hi, I'm a lawyer with the recount.
I need a sample ballot, please.

1309
01:09:41,229 --> 01:09:42,229
Thank you.

1310
01:09:44,131 --> 01:09:47,746
- He's got a ballot!
- No no, it's a sample.

1311
01:09:48,519 --> 01:09:49,529
He stole a ballot!

1312
01:09:50,273 --> 01:09:51,095
This guy...

1313
01:09:51,210 --> 01:09:53,768
He voted for Gore. He's a lawyer
for Gore and he's stealing a ballot!

1314
01:09:53,883 --> 01:09:55,616
- Settle down.
- I'm on official business.

1315
01:09:55,731 --> 01:09:57,888
I'm a lawyer with the recount.
Just let me by.

1316
01:09:58,187 --> 01:09:59,969
- Let me by.
- Stop kicking me!

1317
01:10:00,267 --> 01:10:01,657
Stop kicking me!

1318
01:10:01,772 --> 01:10:04,419
- Get away from me!
- Don't let him get away.

1319
01:10:05,556 --> 01:10:06,829
Leave me alone.

1320
01:10:07,267 --> 01:10:08,416
Stop that man!

1321
01:10:12,346 --> 01:10:13,392
Cheaters!

1322
01:10:17,956 --> 01:10:21,123
The Colonel and I
won't let you leave with that ballot.

1323
01:10:21,903 --> 01:10:23,677
Who the fuck is the Colonel?

1324
01:10:26,589 --> 01:10:28,744
He's going back! He has a ballot!

1325
01:10:29,385 --> 01:10:31,123
You're in big trouble, pal, all right?

1326
01:10:31,238 --> 01:10:33,042
Don't put your hands on me.

1327
01:10:33,157 --> 01:10:36,366
I'm gonna defend myself if you put
your hands on me one more time!

1328
01:10:36,665 --> 01:10:39,767
It's against the law.
He shoved and put his hands on me.

1329
01:10:40,899 --> 01:10:42,104
It's voter fraud!

1330
01:10:42,219 --> 01:10:44,286
Arrest him! He stole a ballot!

1331
01:10:44,584 --> 01:10:46,184
No justice! No peace!

1332
01:10:48,379 --> 01:10:49,379
Hold on.

1333
01:10:51,064 --> 01:10:52,114
Let us in!

1334
01:10:56,999 --> 01:10:58,846
We'd better take a break
until this calms down.

1335
01:11:00,607 --> 01:11:02,045
- That's it.
- Voter fraud!

1336
01:11:04,984 --> 01:11:06,416
We take Judge Burton to court,

1337
01:11:06,531 --> 01:11:08,794
we get the ruling we want:
He still won't count dimpled chads.

1338
01:11:08,909 --> 01:11:11,070
- What the hell...?
- Miami-Dade just stopped counting.

1339
01:11:11,097 --> 01:11:12,987
They're about to hold a hearing.

1340
01:11:13,182 --> 01:11:15,244
Miami-Dade? A hearing about what?

1341
01:11:15,998 --> 01:11:17,389
This morning I felt

1342
01:11:17,888 --> 01:11:19,765
we could count the undervotes
in five days,

1343
01:11:20,371 --> 01:11:23,851
but we are in a very different
situation than we were this morning.

1344
01:11:23,966 --> 01:11:26,004
A radically different situation.

1345
01:11:26,485 --> 01:11:28,354
I cannot sit here and tell you

1346
01:11:28,981 --> 01:11:30,724
that if we begin the process

1347
01:11:30,879 --> 01:11:33,326
that we can complete it
by the November 26th deadline.

1348
01:11:33,441 --> 01:11:35,482
What the hell is going on?
Why aren't they counting?

1349
01:11:35,541 --> 01:11:37,884
Therefore I am going
to have to vote to abandon

1350
01:11:38,039 --> 01:11:39,531
the Miami-Dade recount.

1351
01:11:40,544 --> 01:11:41,544
I object!

1352
01:11:42,497 --> 01:11:45,252
This is for the presidency
of the United States!

1353
01:11:45,367 --> 01:11:47,723
We have to at least try
to finish this recount.

1354
01:11:49,129 --> 01:11:52,603
Mr. Young, I would like to tell you
that we could get this done in time,

1355
01:11:52,902 --> 01:11:54,402
but I don't think we can.

1356
01:11:55,402 --> 01:11:58,282
- I'm gonna vote we stop counting.
- Yes, yes!

1357
01:12:00,771 --> 01:12:04,899
- I am also going to vote to stop.
- No, no, no, no. We can do this!

1358
01:12:05,428 --> 01:12:07,321
We can get these votes counted!

1359
01:12:07,621 --> 01:12:09,802
We have to get these votes counted!

1360
01:12:12,283 --> 01:12:15,031
A Gore lawyer Ron Klain said that a mob

1361
01:12:15,398 --> 01:12:18,482
stormed the counting facility
to stop the count.

1362
01:12:19,351 --> 01:12:21,161
That's the myth. Here are the facts.

1363
01:12:21,930 --> 01:12:24,175
The demonstration was noisy

1364
01:12:24,501 --> 01:12:28,168
and peaceful and nothing else.
There were babies in the crowd.

1365
01:12:28,283 --> 01:12:31,284
There were little kids there. There was,
in some ways, a holiday atmosphere.

1366
01:12:32,120 --> 01:12:34,401
A holiday atmosphere?
Yeah, like Bastille Day.

1367
01:12:34,823 --> 01:12:37,798
These kids were congressional aides
flown in on the Enron jet.

1368
01:12:37,913 --> 01:12:39,361
By the Supreme Court.

1369
01:12:39,937 --> 01:12:42,680
Mr. Lakey and others said
that they were not intimidated.

1370
01:12:43,448 --> 01:12:47,237
You know, I think I might owe you
an apology for all this.

1371
01:12:48,194 --> 01:12:49,194
For what?

1372
01:12:49,821 --> 01:12:54,176
Because I'm afraid you might
end up being famous as the lawyer

1373
01:12:54,291 --> 01:12:58,460
- who lost Al Gore the Presidency.
- Monica's worried that if we do lose,

1374
01:12:58,575 --> 01:13:01,399
I'm never gonna get a job again
in law or in politics.

1375
01:13:02,273 --> 01:13:03,273
Me too.

1376
01:13:06,100 --> 01:13:08,799
- You know what's funny about all this?
- Nope.

1377
01:13:10,750 --> 01:13:12,599
I'm not even sure I like Al Gore.

1378
01:13:19,900 --> 01:13:22,118
And it really is time
to tune back the hetoric.

1379
01:13:22,655 --> 01:13:23,655
Thank you.

1380
01:13:23,681 --> 01:13:24,681
Well,

1381
01:13:25,236 --> 01:13:26,236
I say

1382
01:13:26,717 --> 01:13:28,918
whoever stops fighting
first always loses.

1383
01:13:29,217 --> 01:13:30,249
It's absurd.

1384
01:13:30,788 --> 01:13:33,305
It's completely absurd.
I'm in the middle of a recount

1385
01:13:33,420 --> 01:13:35,745
where the votes aren't being recounted
and nobody seems to care.

1386
01:13:35,860 --> 01:13:37,841
Not a single person seems to care.

1387
01:13:38,267 --> 01:13:40,998
You know what I'd like to know?
Who actually won this election?

1388
01:13:41,113 --> 01:13:43,498
Who won this fucking election?
Who won it?

1389
01:13:45,731 --> 01:13:47,232
Ladies and gentlemen,

1390
01:13:47,907 --> 01:13:50,491
unfortunately,
we will not be able to complete

1391
01:13:50,775 --> 01:13:53,720
the Palm Beach County
recount by today's deadline.

1392
01:13:54,452 --> 01:13:55,311
As you know,

1393
01:13:55,426 --> 01:13:59,629
the Florida SC has issued an opinion
giving us until 5:00 pm. tonight,

1394
01:13:59,744 --> 01:14:03,356
assuming that the Secretary of State's
office would be open on a sunday.

1395
01:14:03,958 --> 01:14:05,037
Now if they're not,

1396
01:14:05,152 --> 01:14:07,835
then we would have until 9:00 a.m.
tomorrow morning.

1397
01:14:08,135 --> 01:14:10,789
I have just sent a letter
to the division of elections

1398
01:14:10,904 --> 01:14:13,903
explaining that we are exhausting
ourselves trying to get through this.

1399
01:14:14,017 --> 01:14:17,420
We are requesting an extension
to that 9:00 a.m. deadline.

1400
01:14:17,831 --> 01:14:19,899
As we know, Katherine Harris

1401
01:14:20,360 --> 01:14:23,676
is interested in getting
the most accurate results possible,

1402
01:14:24,299 --> 01:14:25,783
so we see no reason

1403
01:14:26,019 --> 01:14:29,558
why the Secretary of State
should not grant our extension.

1404
01:14:31,432 --> 01:14:32,432
Thank you.

1405
01:14:34,893 --> 01:14:37,354
- I think we should let them have it.
- Are you kidding me?!

1406
01:14:37,911 --> 01:14:40,594
They're almost finished anyway.
Let them get done.

1407
01:14:40,893 --> 01:14:43,633
And then we'll accept any result
by 9:00 a.m. tomorrow morning.

1408
01:14:43,789 --> 01:14:47,634
God damn it, you stupid son of bitch,
we're right on the goal line here.

1409
01:14:48,821 --> 01:14:51,394
We are so close, Katherine.
Shut it down.

1410
01:14:52,518 --> 01:14:53,990
Just shut it down.

1411
01:14:56,659 --> 01:14:58,474
It's only a few more hours.

1412
01:15:03,238 --> 01:15:06,835
The Florida Supreme Court stated
that if we're open on sunday,

1413
01:15:07,138 --> 01:15:08,673
the returns are due at 5:00 p.m.

1414
01:15:09,552 --> 01:15:12,832
It's sunday. We're open.
And it's almost 5:00 p.m.

1415
01:15:15,757 --> 01:15:17,872
I have no choice but to follow the law.

1416
01:15:26,717 --> 01:15:29,911
Of course, it's your call, but I think
you're right on the money here.

1417
01:15:32,570 --> 01:15:33,950
Ladies and gentlemen,

1418
01:15:34,250 --> 01:15:37,431
after counting 460,000 ballots

1419
01:15:37,729 --> 01:15:40,524
with approximately
1,000 ballots left to count,

1420
01:15:40,929 --> 01:15:44,671
the Secretary of State has decided
to shut us down with two hours to go.

1421
01:15:44,969 --> 01:15:48,710
Apparently, that's how she has chosen
to exercise her discretion.

1422
01:15:52,956 --> 01:15:53,956
Quit it.

1423
01:16:37,102 --> 01:16:38,166
Good evening.

1424
01:16:40,867 --> 01:16:45,148
On behalf of the state elections
canvassing commission

1425
01:16:45,963 --> 01:16:48,308
and in accordance
with the laws of the State of Florida,

1426
01:16:49,493 --> 01:16:52,876
I hereby declare Governor George W. Bush

1427
01:16:53,544 --> 01:16:57,599
the winner of Florida's
25 electoral votes

1428
01:16:58,258 --> 01:17:00,792
for the President of the United States.

1429
01:17:01,344 --> 01:17:04,075
I wish to point out
that our american democracy

1430
01:17:04,647 --> 01:17:07,676
has triumphed once again
and this is a victory

1431
01:17:07,792 --> 01:17:12,106
in which we can all take
a great deal of pride and comfort.

1432
01:17:13,889 --> 01:17:17,379
The true winner in the election
is the rule of law.

1433
01:17:18,173 --> 01:17:19,601
- Nice touch.
- Thank you.

1434
01:17:19,716 --> 01:17:20,716
Classy.

1435
01:17:21,022 --> 01:17:22,386
And may God bless America.

1436
01:17:24,983 --> 01:17:28,026
To candy crowley in Austin, Texas
where the Bush people

1437
01:17:28,182 --> 01:17:31,122
have to be watching this very closely
and very happily.

1438
01:17:31,360 --> 01:17:34,372
It may be close,
but the Secretary of State

1439
01:17:34,487 --> 01:17:35,945
has pronounced them the winner

1440
01:17:36,243 --> 01:17:38,705
and they're gonna be
hanging their hat on this.

1441
01:17:45,247 --> 01:17:47,030
She wishes it was over.

1442
01:17:51,009 --> 01:17:53,530
David Boies, the attorney
for the Gore campaign, a few hours ago

1443
01:17:53,635 --> 01:17:56,861
said again they will contest Nassau
and Miami-Dade for certain.

1444
01:17:56,976 --> 01:17:58,698
They're also gonna work on Palm Beach.

1445
01:17:58,813 --> 01:18:03,064
The two briefs for Miami-Dade and Nassau
expected again to be filed possibly

1446
01:18:03,258 --> 01:18:05,423
at 9:00 a. m. local time
here in Tallahassee.

1447
01:18:05,579 --> 01:18:07,224
It may slide to 10:00 a.m...

1448
01:18:09,739 --> 01:18:13,024
We'd like to contest the election
for the Presidency of the United States.

1449
01:18:14,801 --> 01:18:18,067
Please, God, let it be Nikki Clark,
judge Nikki Clark.

1450
01:18:22,155 --> 01:18:26,601
The wheel has given you...
judge Sanders Sauls.

1451
01:18:33,400 --> 01:18:37,174
The Court finds and concludes

1452
01:18:37,481 --> 01:18:39,742
the evidence does not establish

1453
01:18:40,165 --> 01:18:42,818
any illegality, dishonesty,

1454
01:18:43,414 --> 01:18:44,982
improper influence,

1455
01:18:45,281 --> 01:18:48,720
coercion or fraud in the balloting
and counting process.

1456
01:18:49,326 --> 01:18:50,674
Any comment on the verdict?

1457
01:18:50,790 --> 01:18:53,249
They won, we lost.
We're going to appeal.

1458
01:18:54,936 --> 01:18:56,322
Mr. Baker, reaction, please.

1459
01:18:56,437 --> 01:18:58,379
We are grateful that judge Sauls

1460
01:18:58,495 --> 01:19:02,656
has upheld the rule of law
by validating Governor Bush's victory.

1461
01:19:02,771 --> 01:19:05,626
It's time for the Vice President
to do the right thing

1462
01:19:05,741 --> 01:19:07,610
and end our national uncertainty.

1463
01:19:07,725 --> 01:19:10,139
I think the american people
are about ready to move on.

1464
01:19:10,254 --> 01:19:13,452
Perhaps Mr. Gore
might finally be ready too.

1465
01:19:16,552 --> 01:19:20,099
I want to fight this thing as long as
we've even got a glimmer, Ron,

1466
01:19:20,894 --> 01:19:23,220
but the country is already so divided.

1467
01:19:23,518 --> 01:19:25,819
I wonder when ending this
is the right thing to do.

1468
01:19:26,610 --> 01:19:28,558
I believe we end this thing
when all the votes

1469
01:19:28,673 --> 01:19:31,777
have been counted
and we know who really won. Or...

1470
01:19:33,911 --> 01:19:35,630
When you can't win

1471
01:19:36,546 --> 01:19:37,745
even if you won.

1472
01:19:39,930 --> 01:19:42,855
I'm really glad
we're working together again, Ron.

1473
01:19:44,206 --> 01:19:47,053
Me too, Mr. Vice President.
Me too.

1474
01:19:47,398 --> 01:19:49,823
- Good luck in court tomorrow.
- Have a good night, sir.

1475
01:19:49,938 --> 01:19:52,192
- I'll speak to you tomorrow.
- Bye.

1476
01:20:01,677 --> 01:20:04,645
Today's showdown in Florida's
Supreme Court is critical,

1477
01:20:04,760 --> 01:20:06,510
especially for Al Gore.

1478
01:20:06,625 --> 01:20:10,715
While he trails George W. Bush
by 930 votes in Florida's official

1479
01:20:10,830 --> 01:20:13,652
but uncertified vote tally,
today's decision

1480
01:20:13,767 --> 01:20:17,176
may make or break Gore's fight
for the Presidency.

1481
01:20:18,050 --> 01:20:21,336
So someone who
lost by 130,000 votes in Dade County

1482
01:20:21,635 --> 01:20:23,256
would say, "we want a recount,"

1483
01:20:23,592 --> 01:20:26,312
and then we would have to have
the Court recount all those votes too?

1484
01:20:27,027 --> 01:20:30,761
We have pinpointed 215 votes
in Palm Beach,

1485
01:20:31,121 --> 01:20:34,153
168 in Miami-Dade through hand recounts,

1486
01:20:34,268 --> 01:20:36,816
so we know that if you look at ballots,
you can find intent

1487
01:20:36,931 --> 01:20:38,295
where a machine could not.

1488
01:20:45,214 --> 01:20:47,254
Sir, would you like a bulletproof vest?

1489
01:20:49,205 --> 01:20:50,545
No, thank you.

1490
01:21:02,635 --> 01:21:05,174
Good afternoon.
My name is Craig Waters.

1491
01:21:06,691 --> 01:21:09,174
The Florida Supreme Court today
has issued its ruling

1492
01:21:09,473 --> 01:21:12,960
in the case of Albert Gore, Jr.
V. Katherine Harris.

1493
01:21:14,723 --> 01:21:17,493
In the contest brief,
Vice President Gore requested

1494
01:21:17,792 --> 01:21:20,439
that Miami-Dade
complete its aborted recount

1495
01:21:20,790 --> 01:21:23,162
and for Palm Beach
to recount their ballots

1496
01:21:23,369 --> 01:21:25,920
with a standard
that includes dimpled chads.

1497
01:21:26,488 --> 01:21:30,614
He also requested the inclusion
of 168 votes from Miami-Dade,

1498
01:21:31,264 --> 01:21:35,706
215 votes from Palm Beach
and 51 votes from Nassau

1499
01:21:36,311 --> 01:21:38,295
all counted during the protest phase,

1500
01:21:38,410 --> 01:21:40,572
but not included
in the final certification.

1501
01:21:41,159 --> 01:21:42,867
All right, come on, send me home.

1502
01:21:42,982 --> 01:21:44,252
In its four-to-three ruling,

1503
01:21:45,216 --> 01:21:49,034
the Court rejects Gore's request
to recount Palm Beach County.

1504
01:21:50,638 --> 01:21:55,354
The Court also rejects the inclusion
of the 51 votes from Nassau County.

1505
01:21:56,324 --> 01:21:59,909
However, the Court
does order the inclusion

1506
01:22:00,263 --> 01:22:03,246
of the 215 legal votes in Palm Beach...

1507
01:22:03,361 --> 01:22:04,246
What?

1508
01:22:04,361 --> 01:22:06,971
And the 168 legal
votes in Miami-Dade.

1509
01:22:07,657 --> 01:22:10,040
- The Court also orders an immediate
- We're down 154 votes!

1510
01:22:10,155 --> 01:22:14,468
Hand recount of the 9,000
uncounted undervotes

1511
01:22:14,939 --> 01:22:16,613
in Miami-Dade.

1512
01:22:16,728 --> 01:22:17,850
They can't do this.

1513
01:22:18,441 --> 01:22:20,115
In addition, the Court orders

1514
01:22:20,230 --> 01:22:23,450
a hand recount of all
uncounted undervotes

1515
01:22:23,970 --> 01:22:26,291
in the entire State of Florida.

1516
01:22:28,731 --> 01:22:29,731
Fantastic.

1517
01:22:30,811 --> 01:22:32,778
Unbelievable.
Unbelievable.

1518
01:22:35,080 --> 01:22:38,888
The recount is to proceed immediately
and must be completed by December 12th.

1519
01:22:39,358 --> 01:22:41,437
December 12th... three days.
We have three days!

1520
01:22:41,552 --> 01:22:43,229
We can do it.
Three more days.

1521
01:22:43,344 --> 01:22:44,941
They're going to count the whole state.

1522
01:22:45,056 --> 01:22:46,155
Thanks to you.

1523
01:22:46,270 --> 01:22:47,752
Obviously what happens here

1524
01:22:47,867 --> 01:22:49,712
is the V.P
lives to fight another day.

1525
01:22:49,827 --> 01:22:52,030
But he's got several more big fights...

1526
01:22:54,330 --> 01:22:55,330
get me Gore.

1527
01:22:55,627 --> 01:22:57,325
As many as 58 counties are going back

1528
01:22:57,440 --> 01:22:59,555
to the ballot boxes recounting
so-called undervotes

1529
01:22:59,670 --> 01:23:01,288
by order of the state Supreme Court.

1530
01:23:01,792 --> 01:23:03,608
More than 40,000 ballots are in play.

1531
01:23:04,461 --> 01:23:06,731
The Leon County judge charged
with organizing the effort

1532
01:23:06,847 --> 01:23:09,410
has set a target deadline
of 2:00 p.m. eastern, sunday,

1533
01:23:09,525 --> 01:23:11,447
for the recount to be complete.

1534
01:23:11,874 --> 01:23:14,138
The Illinois senate democrat
Dick Durbin,

1535
01:23:14,253 --> 01:23:17,568
reacting to the Florida Supreme
Court's victory for Al Gore, quote...

1536
01:23:17,866 --> 01:23:20,055
"two strikes, two outs
in the bottom of the ninth,

1537
01:23:20,170 --> 01:23:22,706
"and Gore gets a hit" Unquote.

1538
01:23:23,023 --> 01:23:26,811
We know that spokesman Craig Waters
at one point in his statement...

1539
01:23:33,941 --> 01:23:36,270
I want to request an immediate stay

1540
01:23:36,385 --> 01:23:39,166
in the U.S. Supreme Court
to stop the recount.

1541
01:23:41,792 --> 01:23:43,897
We have to prove "irreparable harm".

1542
01:23:44,012 --> 01:23:46,973
On what grounds would the counting
of votes cause irreparable harm to Bush?

1543
01:23:47,225 --> 01:23:49,558
Well, how about the fact
that the Florida supremes

1544
01:23:49,673 --> 01:23:52,445
just gave Al Gore a statewide recount,
and he didn't even ask for one?

1545
01:23:52,930 --> 01:23:55,126
They're not even trying
to appear to be fair.

1546
01:23:55,532 --> 01:23:58,457
That's true,
but it doesn't prove irreparable harm.

1547
01:23:58,628 --> 01:23:59,673
Wait a minute,

1548
01:23:59,788 --> 01:24:01,726
did you look at justice Wells's dissent?

1549
01:24:02,024 --> 01:24:03,777
I have a deep and abiding concern

1550
01:24:03,892 --> 01:24:06,239
that the prolonging
of the judicial process

1551
01:24:06,354 --> 01:24:08,588
propels this state and this country

1552
01:24:08,703 --> 01:24:12,565
into an unprecedented
and unnecessary constitutional crisis.

1553
01:24:24,443 --> 01:24:27,283
If this election is not resolved
by December 12th,

1554
01:24:27,582 --> 01:24:29,771
a very interesting scenario arises.

1555
01:24:31,030 --> 01:24:33,443
According to the electoral
count act of 1887,

1556
01:24:34,301 --> 01:24:36,302
if an election is not resolved
by december 12th,

1557
01:24:36,417 --> 01:24:37,912
then statelegislators can decide

1558
01:24:38,027 --> 01:24:39,922
who to award
their state's electoral votes to.

1559
01:24:40,734 --> 01:24:41,857
Wait a minute,

1560
01:24:42,936 --> 01:24:46,263
the Florida legislature could award
its 25 electoral votes to Bush,

1561
01:24:47,430 --> 01:24:49,886
no matter what the results
of the recount?

1562
01:24:50,001 --> 01:24:52,109
My people have talked
to several constitutional scholars

1563
01:24:52,224 --> 01:24:55,144
and they all agree it would be a legal
interpretation of the constitution.

1564
01:24:55,237 --> 01:24:57,596
We're calling it
the "nuclear bomb" option.

1565
01:25:03,081 --> 01:25:05,488
If this election is not resolved
by the safe-harbor deadline

1566
01:25:05,604 --> 01:25:06,727
of December 12th,

1567
01:25:06,842 --> 01:25:08,696
then it is the legislators'
duty to ensure

1568
01:25:08,811 --> 01:25:11,225
that Florida's 25 electoral votes
are not placed in jeopardy.

1569
01:25:11,340 --> 01:25:12,521
- Mr. Speaker!
- Yes.

1570
01:25:12,779 --> 01:25:15,035
Any validity to allegations
you're coordinating your efforts

1571
01:25:15,150 --> 01:25:16,344
with Bush lawyers?

1572
01:25:16,459 --> 01:25:19,645
I have not had any contact
with any member of the Bush team

1573
01:25:19,760 --> 01:25:21,030
probably since...

1574
01:25:22,210 --> 01:25:23,514
In a good 24 hours.

1575
01:25:24,219 --> 01:25:26,560
I need more phones
and whiteboards, guys.

1576
01:25:27,096 --> 01:25:30,481
Ron, they asked the United States
Supreme Court for a stay.

1577
01:25:31,252 --> 01:25:32,921
I seriously doubt they'll grant it.

1578
01:25:33,220 --> 01:25:35,760
There's no way the counting of votes
can cause irreparable harm.

1579
01:25:36,097 --> 01:25:39,600
Congress resolves presidential disputes,
not the U.S. Supreme Court.

1580
01:25:39,898 --> 01:25:42,009
The protectors of the constitution
know damn well

1581
01:25:42,124 --> 01:25:44,528
to stay the hell away from all of this.

1582
01:25:46,125 --> 01:25:48,879
If the current pace is maintained,
they might be able to finish

1583
01:25:49,384 --> 01:25:51,046
by about 9:00 tonight.

1584
01:25:53,854 --> 01:25:55,460
Escambia County... plus three.

1585
01:25:55,575 --> 01:25:57,317
Michael, Okeechobee...
plus 10.

1586
01:25:57,432 --> 01:25:59,206
Okeechobee... plus 10, guys.

1587
01:26:00,122 --> 01:26:01,448
Madison... plus two.

1588
01:26:01,776 --> 01:26:03,131
You've gotta come down four.

1589
01:26:03,246 --> 01:26:04,563
Madison... plus two.

1590
01:26:04,678 --> 01:26:06,155
- Jeremy
- Yeah.

1591
01:26:06,270 --> 01:26:07,830
Down two more. Down two.

1592
01:26:08,477 --> 01:26:09,668
What are we at?

1593
01:26:11,000 --> 01:26:12,391
Osceola... up three.

1594
01:26:13,629 --> 01:26:15,159
Osceola... up three.

1595
01:26:15,745 --> 01:26:17,519
That's just one.
Just one.

1596
01:26:17,729 --> 01:26:20,277
We picked up three in Suwannee
and three in Desoto.

1597
01:26:20,763 --> 01:26:23,505
We're minus three for Palm, okay?

1598
01:26:23,620 --> 01:26:24,707
Minus three.

1599
01:26:25,023 --> 01:26:26,678
Orange County... plus 18.

1600
01:26:30,230 --> 01:26:32,628
Jan, we got Manatee...
Manatee's down one.

1601
01:26:32,743 --> 01:26:34,038
Down one, Manatee.

1602
01:26:36,056 --> 01:26:37,797
Clay's up two.

1603
01:26:39,741 --> 01:26:41,300
- What's that?
- 98 votes.

1604
01:26:41,415 --> 01:26:43,661
98 votes.
We're down by 98 votes.

1605
01:26:43,776 --> 01:26:46,320
- Wait, how many more counties?
- 51.

1606
01:26:47,230 --> 01:26:49,867
- Madison... plus two.
- Madison... plus two.

1607
01:26:51,438 --> 01:26:52,551
Hey, guys,

1608
01:26:53,777 --> 01:26:55,716
the U.S. Supreme Court
just issued a stay.

1609
01:26:56,273 --> 01:26:59,678
All counting across the state
has to stop immediately.

1610
01:27:00,593 --> 01:27:02,583
- You gotta be kidding.
- On what grounds?

1611
01:27:02,698 --> 01:27:04,499
- How could they have...?
- I don't know.

1612
01:27:04,614 --> 01:27:07,036
I'm getting Boies.
Turn up the T.V. is that on?

1613
01:27:07,151 --> 01:27:10,624
The U.S. SC, one, stays the order
of the Florida state Supreme Court

1614
01:27:10,739 --> 01:27:12,915
which seemed to stop
the recount in its place;

1615
01:27:13,214 --> 01:27:15,596
And secondly,
has agreed to a writ of certiorari,

1616
01:27:15,711 --> 01:27:17,314
will hear the case on monday...

1617
01:27:18,304 --> 01:27:19,428
It's terrific.

1618
01:27:22,573 --> 01:27:24,832
Dissents were over the fact
that they did stop.

1619
01:27:24,947 --> 01:27:27,304
They say "to stop
the counting of legal votes,

1620
01:27:27,419 --> 01:27:30,654
the majority today departs from three
venerable rules of judicial restraint

1621
01:27:30,770 --> 01:27:32,898
that have guided the Court
throughout its history."

1622
01:27:33,013 --> 01:27:34,581
So the dissent is based on the fact

1623
01:27:34,696 --> 01:27:36,393
that they shouldn't have
acted so quickly.

1624
01:27:37,155 --> 01:27:39,313
Guys, just got this from Al Gore.

1625
01:27:39,428 --> 01:27:42,754
He says, quote, "make sure no one
trashes the Supreme Court",

1626
01:27:43,388 --> 01:27:44,388
end quote.

1627
01:27:55,323 --> 01:27:57,585
Preventing the recount
from being completed

1628
01:27:57,700 --> 01:28:02,005
will inevitably cast a cloud
over the legitimacy of the election.

1629
01:28:03,012 --> 01:28:06,200
The Florida Court's ruling
reflects the basic principle

1630
01:28:06,315 --> 01:28:09,108
that every legal vote should be counted.

1631
01:28:10,078 --> 01:28:12,846
The majority has acted unwisely.

1632
01:28:14,508 --> 01:28:18,144
I believe a brief response is necessary
to justice Stevens's dissent.

1633
01:28:19,472 --> 01:28:23,415
The counting of votes that are
of questionable legality does in my view

1634
01:28:23,569 --> 01:28:26,720
threaten irreparable harm
to the petitioner, George W. Bush,

1635
01:28:26,835 --> 01:28:28,226
and to the country,

1636
01:28:28,462 --> 01:28:30,736
by casting a cloud upon what he claims

1637
01:28:30,851 --> 01:28:33,015
to be the legitimacy of his election.

1638
01:28:33,911 --> 01:28:35,675
Mr. Boies, Mr. Boies.

1639
01:28:35,918 --> 01:28:38,759
Since the United States Supreme Court
set the hearing for December 11th,

1640
01:28:38,786 --> 01:28:40,746
won't this prevent you
from completing the recount

1641
01:28:40,830 --> 01:28:42,409
by the December 12th deadline?

1642
01:28:42,524 --> 01:28:44,296
It's the single most disappointing thing

1643
01:28:44,411 --> 01:28:46,167
that the five justices have done.

1644
01:28:46,282 --> 01:28:48,071
To put it simply,
they ran out our clock.

1645
01:28:48,616 --> 01:28:51,649
How counting votes could have
caused irreparable harm to Bush

1646
01:28:51,764 --> 01:28:52,993
is mind-boggling.

1647
01:28:53,108 --> 01:28:54,270
Mr. Boies, Mr. Boies.

1648
01:28:55,151 --> 01:28:56,003
Second row.

1649
01:28:56,118 --> 01:28:57,709
Do you have a strategy for the hearing?

1650
01:28:58,413 --> 01:28:59,718
Yes.
Excuse me.

1651
01:28:59,833 --> 01:29:02,448
Our strategy begins
with one fundamental truth...

1652
01:29:02,983 --> 01:29:06,309
every vote from every citizen
deserves to be counted.

1653
01:29:06,751 --> 01:29:09,749
And we believe that is what will
prevail in the courts. Thank you.

1654
01:29:12,004 --> 01:29:14,062
It is the decisive moment
in this election

1655
01:29:14,177 --> 01:29:17,353
and the crowds who surround
the Supreme Court today know it.

1656
01:29:17,469 --> 01:29:20,897
Demonstrators have been here
on the steps of the SC for hours,

1657
01:29:21,012 --> 01:29:22,748
awaiting the beginning
of today's arguments.

1658
01:29:23,503 --> 01:29:26,706
The justices inside this building
are the ultimate arbiters.

1659
01:29:30,852 --> 01:29:33,430
So Olson's primary argument
is that the Florida Supreme Court

1660
01:29:33,545 --> 01:29:36,220
changed the law
when they extended the deadline.

1661
01:29:36,680 --> 01:29:39,587
Kennedy has never seemed impressed
with the "new law" argument.

1662
01:29:40,473 --> 01:29:42,725
What about the equal
protection argument?

1663
01:29:42,840 --> 01:29:44,581
I don't think Olson
has much faith in it.

1664
01:29:44,696 --> 01:29:47,572
It's buried in
the last five pages of their brief.

1665
01:29:48,869 --> 01:29:50,819
I'm only eating the red ones today.

1666
01:29:58,461 --> 01:30:00,956
I think Kennedy is our only shot.

1667
01:30:08,441 --> 01:30:09,786
This is it, isn't it?

1668
01:30:12,304 --> 01:30:13,866
Yes, Ron, this is it.

1669
01:30:18,164 --> 01:30:21,901
Oyez,
all persons having business

1670
01:30:22,016 --> 01:30:25,258
before the honorable
Supreme Court of the United States

1671
01:30:25,373 --> 01:30:28,290
are admonished to draw near
and give their attention,

1672
01:30:28,528 --> 01:30:30,382
for this Court is now sitting.

1673
01:30:30,497 --> 01:30:33,145
God save the United States
and this honorable Court.

1674
01:30:33,938 --> 01:30:37,344
I understand you think that the system
that's set up now is very unfair,

1675
01:30:37,749 --> 01:30:40,547
because it's different standards
in different places.

1676
01:30:40,662 --> 01:30:43,573
But what in your opinion
would be a fair standard?

1677
01:30:43,890 --> 01:30:45,833
Certainly, at minimum, Justice Breyer,

1678
01:30:45,948 --> 01:30:48,620
a penetration of the ballot card
would be required.

1679
01:30:49,138 --> 01:30:52,391
Well, would the starting point be what
the Secretary of State

1680
01:30:52,506 --> 01:30:55,583
Katherine Harris decided
was the uniform standard?

1681
01:30:56,263 --> 01:30:58,588
I would agree with that,
Justice O'Connor.

1682
01:30:58,703 --> 01:31:02,143
I'd still like to get your view
as to what would be the fair standard.

1683
01:31:04,183 --> 01:31:06,663
A reasonable standard
would have to be, at minimum,

1684
01:31:06,961 --> 01:31:08,943
a penetration of the chad in the ballot,

1685
01:31:09,552 --> 01:31:12,756
because dimples or indentations
are no standard at all.

1686
01:31:13,345 --> 01:31:15,143
I think there is a uniform standard.

1687
01:31:16,031 --> 01:31:18,223
The standard is whether
or not the intent of the voter

1688
01:31:18,745 --> 01:31:20,063
is reflected by the ballot.

1689
01:31:20,719 --> 01:31:21,983
That's very general.

1690
01:31:22,280 --> 01:31:26,261
Even a dog knows the difference between
being stumbled over and being kicked.

1691
01:31:27,244 --> 01:31:31,020
So would you say from the standpoint
of the equal protection clause,

1692
01:31:31,348 --> 01:31:33,200
each county
could give its own interpretation

1693
01:31:33,316 --> 01:31:34,742
as to what "intent" means?

1694
01:31:35,281 --> 01:31:37,090
I think what's bothering justice Kennedy

1695
01:31:37,204 --> 01:31:41,317
is the rule to counting dimpled chads
varies from county to county.

1696
01:31:41,722 --> 01:31:44,741
Broward and Miami-Dade
were counting them, Palm Beach was not.

1697
01:31:45,039 --> 01:31:46,639
What would you tell them to do about it?

1698
01:31:48,622 --> 01:31:50,941
Well, I think
that's a very hard question.

1699
01:31:51,431 --> 01:31:53,340
You'd tell them
to count every vote, Mr. Boies.

1700
01:31:55,551 --> 01:31:58,092
Yes, I would tell them
to count every vote.

1701
01:31:59,123 --> 01:32:01,807
I think I would say,
if you're looking for a standard,

1702
01:32:01,922 --> 01:32:04,383
then the Texas standard,
if you wanted to specify something,

1703
01:32:04,498 --> 01:32:06,163
gives you a pretty good standard.

1704
01:32:06,278 --> 01:32:08,691
It says dimpled chads should be counted.

1705
01:32:08,944 --> 01:32:11,147
Why isn't the standard the one

1706
01:32:11,262 --> 01:32:14,361
that voters are instructed to follow,
for goodness' sake?

1707
01:32:14,676 --> 01:32:17,819
I mean, it couldn't be clearer.
Why don't we go to that standard?

1708
01:32:18,264 --> 01:32:22,074
Well, your honor,
because in Florida law since 1917,

1709
01:32:22,281 --> 01:32:25,811
Darby v. State,
the Florida Supreme Court has held

1710
01:32:25,926 --> 01:32:28,411
that where the intent of the voter
can be discerned,

1711
01:32:28,527 --> 01:32:30,600
even if they don't do what they're told,

1712
01:32:30,715 --> 01:32:32,899
their vote is supposed to be counted.

1713
01:32:33,329 --> 01:32:36,712
For the last 80 years
the Florida Court has always ruled

1714
01:32:37,245 --> 01:32:39,616
that the right to participate
in the democratic process

1715
01:32:39,731 --> 01:32:43,058
is more important than a voter's ability
to follow instructions.

1716
01:32:43,623 --> 01:32:45,583
Mr. Boies, let's assume
that at the end of the day

1717
01:32:45,693 --> 01:32:48,138
counties used different standards
for making their count.

1718
01:32:49,045 --> 01:32:51,113
At that point, in your judgment,

1719
01:32:51,622 --> 01:32:53,720
would it be a violation
of the Constitution to say,

1720
01:32:53,835 --> 01:32:56,320
"I don't care that they used
different standards as long

1721
01:32:56,436 --> 01:32:59,377
as they purported to follow
voter's intent, that's good enough?"

1722
01:33:00,182 --> 01:33:01,444
Can we do that?

1723
01:33:04,345 --> 01:33:07,174
I'll extend your time
by two minutes, Mr. Boies.

1724
01:33:09,029 --> 01:33:11,616
I do not believe that violates
the equal protection clause.

1725
01:33:12,383 --> 01:33:15,376
It is impossible
to have uniform standards

1726
01:33:15,491 --> 01:33:17,205
when different types of voting machines

1727
01:33:17,321 --> 01:33:20,715
and different types of ballots
are used from county to county.

1728
01:33:20,830 --> 01:33:23,660
Hand-counting and recounting of ballots

1729
01:33:23,775 --> 01:33:26,317
under the "intent of the voter"
standard has been the rule,

1730
01:33:26,432 --> 01:33:29,015
not the exception,
in this country for generations...

1731
01:33:29,528 --> 01:33:31,979
indeed, since its founding.

1732
01:33:46,375 --> 01:33:49,256
It is the moment of truth.
The Supreme Court may

1733
01:33:49,371 --> 01:33:52,384
use this moment to determine who is
the next President of The United States.

1734
01:33:52,499 --> 01:33:54,506
There are many ways
this decision could go.

1735
01:33:54,621 --> 01:33:58,653
The two most commonly discussed
are that the Supreme Court could send...

1736
01:33:59,541 --> 01:34:01,887
it could ask Florida
to resume the recount...

1737
01:34:02,002 --> 01:34:04,610
Does anyone want to play cards?

1738
01:34:11,960 --> 01:34:13,936
It's in!
It's in.

1739
01:34:14,051 --> 01:34:15,294
Our long wait is over.

1740
01:34:15,593 --> 01:34:19,846
Greta Van Susteren, another CNN legal
analyst, is on the telephone. Greta.

1741
01:34:19,961 --> 01:34:22,014
Bernie, what it seems
to say at this point is

1742
01:34:22,129 --> 01:34:23,816
that we don't know for sure.

1743
01:34:23,931 --> 01:34:26,951
"The closeness of this election
and the multitude of legal

1744
01:34:27,066 --> 01:34:28,133
"challenges which..."

1745
01:34:28,248 --> 01:34:31,627
- What's that mean?
- Just one moment, Mr. Vice President.

1746
01:34:41,926 --> 01:34:44,047
I'm gonna put you on speakerphone,
Mr. Vice President.

1747
01:34:45,031 --> 01:34:47,702
- Are you still there, sir?
- Yeah, I'm here.

1748
01:34:48,642 --> 01:34:51,278
There are two rulings
in this decision, sir...

1749
01:34:51,393 --> 01:34:52,941
the first is a seven-to-two ruling

1750
01:34:53,056 --> 01:34:55,211
that there is an equal
protection violation;

1751
01:34:55,756 --> 01:34:58,252
And the second ruling is the remedy
to that violation,

1752
01:34:58,367 --> 01:34:59,691
which is five-to-four.

1753
01:35:26,605 --> 01:35:29,242
Yes, I need to speak
to the Governor, please.

1754
01:35:34,149 --> 01:35:38,450
The majority has ruled that since
we missed the December 12th deadline

1755
01:35:38,565 --> 01:35:40,703
set by the Florida Supreme Court...

1756
01:35:44,971 --> 01:35:48,635
then there isn't time to resolve
the equal protection violation

1757
01:35:50,781 --> 01:35:53,192
and therefore the recount must end.

1758
01:35:53,346 --> 01:35:56,751
The S.C shuts down the recount
'causing us to miss the deadline.

1759
01:35:57,052 --> 01:36:00,131
Then they say that we can't start up
again because we missed the deadline?

1760
01:36:00,246 --> 01:36:02,289
That's pretty much it, sir.

1761
01:36:03,025 --> 01:36:06,015
What you got, Jim? Seems like nobody
can make sense of this thing.

1762
01:36:06,130 --> 01:36:08,207
Congratulations, Mr. President-elect.

1763
01:36:13,393 --> 01:36:16,047
- Did you hear that?
- That sounds good.

1764
01:36:18,489 --> 01:36:20,107
Ron, you gotta read this.

1765
01:36:21,826 --> 01:36:22,826
Right there.

1766
01:36:23,025 --> 01:36:24,255
What is it, Ron?

1767
01:36:25,066 --> 01:36:26,426
The Court has ruled

1768
01:36:27,209 --> 01:36:29,675
that this decision is, quote,

1769
01:36:31,204 --> 01:36:32,243
"limited

1770
01:36:33,209 --> 01:36:35,547
"to the present circumstances".

1771
01:36:37,143 --> 01:36:38,239
Unbelievable.

1772
01:36:42,177 --> 01:36:46,877
The Supreme Court has declared
that Bush v. Gore only counts once,

1773
01:36:47,583 --> 01:36:49,093
and then it never counts again.

1774
01:36:49,208 --> 01:36:51,599
Have they ever done that before?

1775
01:36:51,714 --> 01:36:54,720
Never once in the history
of the U.S. Supreme Court.

1776
01:36:55,302 --> 01:36:56,887
What do you think, David?

1777
01:36:57,002 --> 01:36:59,194
I think the ruling
is intellectually dishonest,

1778
01:36:59,309 --> 01:37:02,132
but the point is crystal clear...
the recount is over.

1779
01:37:04,726 --> 01:37:06,604
Mr. Vice President,
our battle is not yet done.

1780
01:37:07,221 --> 01:37:10,024
The majority ruled that there is
an equal protection violation

1781
01:37:10,139 --> 01:37:12,479
because different counties
are counting with different standards.

1782
01:37:12,594 --> 01:37:14,532
So let's petition
the Florida Supreme Court

1783
01:37:14,647 --> 01:37:16,565
and get them to set
exact counting standards.

1784
01:37:16,680 --> 01:37:19,226
Under these circumstances,
they might finally do it.

1785
01:37:19,341 --> 01:37:20,341
David?

1786
01:37:21,482 --> 01:37:23,404
I think Ron's lost his mind,

1787
01:37:24,701 --> 01:37:26,475
but I'll drink the kool-aid.

1788
01:37:27,336 --> 01:37:31,249
The Florida House has already voted
to award the state's electors to Bush.

1789
01:37:31,365 --> 01:37:33,099
Yeah, but then
we just file two lawsuits...

1790
01:37:33,215 --> 01:37:35,415
one to set standards,
the other to halt the legislature.

1791
01:37:35,701 --> 01:37:37,100
We can do this, sir.

1792
01:37:37,215 --> 01:37:39,613
Ron, nobody can fault you
for not trying...

1793
01:37:39,728 --> 01:37:42,380
No, Mr. Vice President.
Please, sir, listen to me.

1794
01:37:46,243 --> 01:37:49,746
You cannot concede.
Not yet, sir.

1795
01:37:54,848 --> 01:37:57,501
I beg of you, sir,
just give me one more shot.

1796
01:38:04,031 --> 01:38:06,922
Klain is gonna petition
the Florida supremes to set standards.

1797
01:38:08,980 --> 01:38:10,903
Sometimes a soldier
just can't stop fighting

1798
01:38:11,018 --> 01:38:13,297
even when he knows the war is done.

1799
01:38:13,663 --> 01:38:17,327
I've run over 25 recounts
and it never ceases to amaze me...

1800
01:38:17,585 --> 01:38:20,641
the extent that democrats will lie,
cheat and steal to win an election.

1801
01:38:21,401 --> 01:38:24,241
I mean, if we hadn't played hardball,
they would've stolen this one too.

1802
01:38:24,459 --> 01:38:26,999
Now, Ben, I was a democrat
till I was 40 years old.

1803
01:38:28,914 --> 01:38:31,555
I have always wondered
why you switched parties.

1804
01:38:35,914 --> 01:38:38,320
My wife passed away... cancer.

1805
01:38:39,592 --> 01:38:40,799
I'm so sorry.

1806
01:38:41,459 --> 01:38:43,235
Thank you.
Yes, she was...

1807
01:38:43,707 --> 01:38:44,760
she was too young.

1808
01:38:45,508 --> 01:38:47,924
A very close friend of mine,
who happened to be a republican,

1809
01:38:48,039 --> 01:38:50,716
was running for senate
and told me to come work on his campaign

1810
01:38:50,832 --> 01:38:53,319
to take my mind off the grief.

1811
01:38:54,789 --> 01:38:57,482
I told him I had never worked
in politics before,

1812
01:38:57,597 --> 01:39:00,770
and I was a democrat to boot,
but he didn't care. He just...

1813
01:39:02,094 --> 01:39:04,718
he just didn't want
to see me sad all the time.

1814
01:39:06,021 --> 01:39:07,553
That's a good friend.

1815
01:39:09,749 --> 01:39:10,749
He sure is.

1816
01:39:42,129 --> 01:39:44,241
The Vice President's on the phone.

1817
01:40:04,142 --> 01:40:06,932
- Good morning, Mr. Vice President.
- Hey, Ron.

1818
01:40:07,292 --> 01:40:08,836
What can I do for you, sir?

1819
01:40:09,372 --> 01:40:12,529
I couldn't sleep last night.
I just couldn't stop thinking,

1820
01:40:13,288 --> 01:40:16,547
but then I remembered
what a wise man once said to me.

1821
01:40:17,637 --> 01:40:20,638
He said that I have to end this war

1822
01:40:21,497 --> 01:40:23,228
when I know I can't win.

1823
01:40:25,715 --> 01:40:26,715
Ron,

1824
01:40:27,721 --> 01:40:28,763
I can't win.

1825
01:40:30,025 --> 01:40:31,489
Even if I win,

1826
01:40:32,254 --> 01:40:33,299
I can't win.

1827
01:40:36,896 --> 01:40:38,368
I'm sorry, sir. I...

1828
01:40:43,579 --> 01:40:44,579
I just...

1829
01:40:47,759 --> 01:40:49,831
I just couldn't get them counted.

1830
01:40:50,750 --> 01:40:53,291
I'll never forget
what you did for me, Ron.

1831
01:40:54,599 --> 01:40:56,520
I will never forget.

1832
01:41:02,387 --> 01:41:04,257
Thank you, Mr. Vice President.

1833
01:41:32,492 --> 01:41:35,004
Ron, we should still file the petitions.

1834
01:41:35,548 --> 01:41:37,030
Let's just see if it works.

1835
01:41:37,664 --> 01:41:39,688
We've come this far, Ron.
We can't quit now.

1836
01:41:39,803 --> 01:41:42,385
Yeah, we can keep
fighting this thing, man.

1837
01:41:49,728 --> 01:41:52,245
I want to tell you all
what an honor it's been to work

1838
01:41:52,361 --> 01:41:56,242
with such a dedicated and focused group
as you have all proved to be.

1839
01:41:56,951 --> 01:41:59,683
I'm enormously grateful
for everything you did.

1840
01:42:04,636 --> 01:42:06,506
But it's time for us to stop.

1841
01:42:15,775 --> 01:42:19,309
People are going to say all kinds
of things about this election...

1842
01:42:19,424 --> 01:42:23,387
That it was down to 154 votes,
that Bush's brother was the Governor,

1843
01:42:23,686 --> 01:42:26,546
that the U.S. Supreme Court
gave it to us,

1844
01:42:27,600 --> 01:42:31,323
but I want you to remember
that we won every single recount.

1845
01:42:31,709 --> 01:42:33,667
Never once did we trail Gore.

1846
01:42:34,525 --> 01:42:36,988
And who knows how many votes we lost

1847
01:42:37,286 --> 01:42:39,217
when the networks
called Florida for Gore

1848
01:42:39,332 --> 01:42:41,548
before all the polls
were closed on election night?

1849
01:42:42,052 --> 01:42:44,675
But more important than all that

1850
01:42:45,956 --> 01:42:48,350
is that the system worked.

1851
01:42:49,597 --> 01:42:51,755
There were no tanks on the streets.

1852
01:42:52,040 --> 01:42:55,310
This peaceful transfer of power

1853
01:42:55,703 --> 01:42:59,232
in the most emotional
and trying of times

1854
01:43:00,389 --> 01:43:04,457
is a testament to the strength
of the Constitution

1855
01:43:05,701 --> 01:43:07,767
and to our faith

1856
01:43:08,933 --> 01:43:10,491
in the rule of law.

1857
01:43:24,165 --> 01:43:26,149
It took a long time getting here...

1858
01:43:31,048 --> 01:43:32,744
but here's to George W. Bush,

1859
01:43:34,103 --> 01:43:36,770
the 43rd President of The United States.

1860
01:43:37,257 --> 01:43:38,947
Hear hear!

1861
01:43:42,802 --> 01:43:44,882
We should have asked
for a statewide from the get-go.

1862
01:43:44,928 --> 01:43:46,799
That was our biggest mistake.

1863
01:43:48,695 --> 01:43:51,627
And Ralph Nader should've
pulled his head out of his ass.

1864
01:43:51,742 --> 01:43:53,686
And Elian Gonzales
should've never left Miami.

1865
01:43:53,801 --> 01:43:55,504
And Gore should've
campaigned with Clinton.

1866
01:43:55,904 --> 01:43:58,038
And Clinton should've got
caught getting a blow job

1867
01:43:58,153 --> 01:44:00,713
from Sharon Stone instead of
Monica Lewinsky 'cause then his approval

1868
01:44:00,828 --> 01:44:02,351
would have shot through the roof.

1869
01:44:02,466 --> 01:44:05,385
And Katherine Harris should've thought
twice about purging 20,000 voters

1870
01:44:05,500 --> 01:44:07,870
from the rolls.
And George Bush, jr.,

1871
01:44:07,985 --> 01:44:10,667
should have never
quit drinking, but he did.

1872
01:44:12,910 --> 01:44:17,088
It is what it is, pal.
Four years from now we'll come back,

1873
01:44:17,203 --> 01:44:19,222
gather our information
and go right back at 'em.

1874
01:44:19,495 --> 01:44:21,496
Even after all the mistakes
and all the corruption,

1875
01:44:21,566 --> 01:44:24,582
we still had about half a day there
when the entire state was counting.

1876
01:44:26,196 --> 01:44:28,073
Do you think
if W. had asked for a recount

1877
01:44:28,188 --> 01:44:30,021
the Supreme Court would have stopped it?

1878
01:44:34,156 --> 01:44:35,259
Good question.

1879
01:44:38,819 --> 01:44:41,461
Would you get this on board?
I'll be right back.

1880
01:44:43,279 --> 01:44:44,420
Mr. Secretary.

1881
01:44:52,712 --> 01:44:54,340
Good to see you, Mr. Klain.

1882
01:44:55,546 --> 01:44:57,447
So did the best man win then?

1883
01:44:57,935 --> 01:44:58,935
You bet.

1884
01:45:00,166 --> 01:45:01,460
Are you sure about that?

1885
01:45:02,532 --> 01:45:04,740
As sure as you are about your man.

1886
01:45:06,907 --> 01:45:10,460
I hope you're right, Mr. Secretary.
I do hope you're right.

1887
01:45:13,929 --> 01:45:15,859
You have a safe trip, Mr. Klain.

1888
01:45:16,334 --> 01:45:17,334
Thank you, sir.

1889
01:45:28,553 --> 01:45:30,952
Good evening, my fellow Americans.

1890
01:45:31,067 --> 01:45:33,161
I appreciate so very much
the opportunity

1891
01:45:33,276 --> 01:45:35,178
to speak with you tonight.

1892
01:45:35,476 --> 01:45:38,538
Tonight I want to thank
all the thousands of volunteers

1893
01:45:39,049 --> 01:45:42,321
and campaign workers
who worked so hard on my behalf.

1894
01:45:45,691 --> 01:45:50,122
Republicans want the best
for our nation, and so do democrats.

1895
01:45:51,075 --> 01:45:55,017
I was not elected to serve one party,
but to serve one nation.

1896
01:45:55,585 --> 01:45:57,038
The President of the United States

1897
01:45:57,154 --> 01:45:59,560
is the President
of every single American

1898
01:45:59,675 --> 01:46:02,137
of every race and every background.

1899
01:46:02,994 --> 01:46:04,416
Whether you voted for me or not,

1900
01:46:05,090 --> 01:46:07,416
I will do my best
to serve your interests

1901
01:46:07,715 --> 01:46:09,496
and I will work to earn your respect.

1902
01:46:10,881 --> 01:46:13,573
Just moments ago,
I spoke with George W. Bush

1903
01:46:13,688 --> 01:46:17,775
and congratulated him on becoming
the 43rd President of the U.S.

1904
01:46:18,781 --> 01:46:22,092
and I promised him
that I wouldn't call him back this time.

1905
01:46:22,704 --> 01:46:26,197
I know that many of my supporters
are disappointed. I am too.

1906
01:46:26,821 --> 01:46:31,028
But our disappointment
must be overcome by our love of country.

1907
01:46:31,651 --> 01:46:35,032
This is America,
and we put country before party.

1908
01:46:35,147 --> 01:46:37,960
We will stand together
behind our new president.

1909
01:46:38,256 --> 01:46:40,771
As for the battle that ends tonight,

1910
01:46:41,127 --> 01:46:44,755
I do believe, as my father once said,
that no matter how hard the loss,

1911
01:46:45,099 --> 01:46:49,271
defeat may serve as well as victory
to shake the soul and let the glory out.

1912
01:46:49,673 --> 01:46:51,771
- Thank you and good night.
- Thank you very much.

1913
01:46:51,886 --> 01:46:53,422
And God bless America.