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NBC news is now taking

Florida out of Vice President Gore's

column.

Waiter, one order of crow, please.

Call the doctor, call the police,

call a psychic.

In Florida, it's tightened up.

All eyes on Florida at this hour.

- This is the answer Florida.

- What the heck is going on in Florida?

Whoever wins Florida won this election.

I apologize.

We're going to make a projection now.

ABC news is now going to project

that Florida goes to Mr. Bush

Bush wins.

Florida goes the presidency is Bush.

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

Unless there is a terrible calamity...

...cup it, photostat it,

underline it in red...

...George W. Bush by our projection

is going to be...

...press it in a book,

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

- The 43rd president...

- The 43rd president...

The 43rd President of the United States.

At 18 minutes past 2:00 eastern time,

CNN declares that George Walker Bush

has won Florida's 25 electoral votes

and this should put him over the top.

Ladies and gentlemen, listen up!

Al Gore has just called the Governor

and conceded!

You did a great job.

All of you, great job.

Area clear.

Are you okay?

We've learned that the Vice President

is on his way

to deliver his concession speech

at the War Memorial Plaza

here in Nashville.

Can't say enough about

the race George Bush ran...

...but let no person say

that Al Gore did not

pour himself into this campaign...

- Ron Klain.

- It's Fournier.

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

Why did Gore concede?

Hang on a second.

Why did Gore concede?

Because we lost the election, Ron.

Jeremy, get Nick Baldick.

Hurry up.

Ron, The Associated Press

has different numbers than the networks.

What?

The networks have all called it.

Gore conceded. He's on his way

to the Plaza right now...

All I'm saying is the oldest

news organization in the country

has not yet called this election.

We still believe Florida's

too close to call. I don't understand

what the hell you guys are doing

- What is it?

- I'll call you back, Ron.

You have reached Bill Daley.

Please leave a message.

Damn it.

- Ron Klain.

- Ron, I think

the networks have the wrong numbers.

It's gonna sound insane...

I just got off with Baldick...

A machine in Volusia went crazy.

Get this... it actually added

and subtracted thousands

of votes from Gore. It went backwards.

Gore's count right now

is negative 16,000 in that county.

- So what are the real numbers?

- When you recalculate

the entire state,

we're down by less than 15,000.

- So it's a machine recount.

- We're still alive.

Wait, no. Gore conceded to Bush.

He's on his way to the plaza.

- You're f***in' kiddin' me

- Didn't you see the news?

The networks all called it.

Jesus. Hang on.

Guys, what's happening?

What's going on?

...two senior Gore campaign officials

that the Vice President placed

a phone call to the Texas Governor.

The Vice President

is now in his motorcade

due here in Downtown Nashville

in just a few minutes

to deliver remarks...

Jesus Christ.

- Get me Bill Daley.

- No no, I can't get him.

I've been trying.

I can't reach anybody.

- What the hell is going on here?

- Wait, Daley...

You can reach him through

the white house signal office. Try that.

Yeah.

No word from the Gore campaign yet.

We've tried king a few phone calls...

F***.

- Damn it.

- Try Lehane, he might be there already.

Good idea.

No, he's not in this book.

The networks got it wrong

twice in the same night?

- We're going to a machine recount.

- We need to stop him

before he goes on stage. Whatever

happens, he can't make his speech.

- Who's gonna grab him?

- Morehouse. We'll intercept at the car.

Get me David Morehouse.

We will hear from the Vice President,

we're told, in about 15 minutes.

- Morehouse here.

- Gore didn't lose.

You gotta stop him at the car.

Vice President Al Gore's motorcade

has arrived.

Mr. Gore will likely make

a very brief statement.

We want Gore!

We want Gore!

No, Mr. Vice President,

Mr. Vice President.

Sir, Mr. Vice president.

Hold on a second. Hold it, pal.

We know the Vice President is backstage.

We've been trying to reach more

of his senior aides

to find out reasons for the delay.

We've been unsuccessful in doing so...

My people aren't seeing

the same numbers as the networks.

Neither is Karl.

We want Gore!

Mr. Vice President.

Mr Vice President.

- Sir, sir. It's urgent.

- What is it, David?

Daley needs to speak to you.

He just needs five minutes.

I just spoke to Bush.

He's waiting for me to give this speech.

- I'm not going to keep him waiting.

- Please, Mr. Vice President,

there's a problem

with the numbers in Florida.

...the populare that looks like

one of the closest...

Governor, Al Gore is on the phone.

Let me make sure I understand.

You are calling back

to retract your concession?

Excuse me, but you don't have

to get snippy about it.

My little brother has assured me

I won the state of Florida.

Well, your little brother

is not the ultimate authority on this.

Mr. Vice President,

you do what you have to do.

Yes!

The Vice President

has recalled the Governor

and retracted his concession.

This thing will be over

in 24, 48 hours tops.

- Honey...

- Yeah?

Be careful down there.

They have alligators.

I'll see you friday.

...has called Governor Bush

and retracted his concession.

What are these people yelling?

Let's listen, turn our sound up here.

Recount!

"Recount."

They are saying, "Recount."

Secretary of State

Katherine Harris speaking.

What the hell is going on, Katherine?

What are the final numbers?

This is the Secretary of State

Katherine Harris.

You'll have to call Clay Roberts,

director of...

Katherine, it's Jeb!

What are the final numbers?

Who won Florida?

There she is!

We'll have a statement later.

Bush received 2,909,135 votes.

Gore received 2,907,351 votes.

- What's the difference, Clay?

- Sorry.

Bush takes Florida by 1,784 votes.

Or .03%.

Any difference of less than .5 of 1%

triggers a mandatory machine recount.

Thank you Clay.

We will now proceed

to a mandatory machine recount.

All that was needed was 30,000

to trigger an automatic recount.

We're only behind by 1,784.

They're going to run every ballot

through the counting machines again.

The machines are not precise.

You'll get a slightly different total

every time you run them through.

It's even possible we might pull ahead

by tomorrow morning.

But if Bush maintains his lead,

I'm sure they're gonna want

to move it fast

and Katherine Harris

is gonna try to certify

a Bush victory right at the deadline,

which is in six days.

Of course she will,

she's co-chair of his Florida campaign.

She would have certified

a month ago if she could have.

Anybody here ever heard of a "chad"?

One by one, each of

Florida's 67 counties run their ballots

through the counting machines

a second time.

This process is overseen

by a three-person canvassing board

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