Recount Page #4

- 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.

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