This program is 27 minutes long
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Ruling by a Florida circuit judge on requiring a hand count of presidential ballots in 67 Florida counties reported.
(Tallahassee: Erin Hayes) The reaction to the judicial decision on the Florida vote recount examined. [Florida secretary of state legal counsel Donna BLANTON - cites the deadline and discretion.] [Gore campaign advisor Warren CHRISTOPHER, Palm Beach County election official Carol ROBERTS, Gore campaign legal counsel David BOIES - comment on returns options.] [Florida State University constitutional law professor Steven GEY - says the situation is murkier.] [Bush campaign adviser James BAKER - calls for dropping the lawsuits.] [CHRISTOPHER - responds.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) The completion of the hand recount in Volusia County, Florida, noted.
(West Palm Beach: Jackie Judd) The legal uncertainty in three counties still counting ballots by hand examined; details given of what is happening in Palm Beach and Broward counties. [ROBERTS - comments on results and resuming manual counts.] [Broward County Judge John MILLER, Gore campaign legal counsel Kendall COFFEY - comment on the recount.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings, George Stephanopoulos) The three legal battles over the Florida vote discussed.
(Studio: Peter Jennings; Washington: Cokie Roberts) The reaction in Congress to the chaos over the divided and polarized electorate discussed.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Tallahassee: Linda Douglass) The role of Florida secretary of state Katherine Harris in the recount of presidential ballots examined; details given of her Republican ties and Democratic criticism of them. [Gore campaign advisor Warren CHRISTOPHER - criticizes the secretary of state as a co-chair for Governor George W. Bush.] [Florida Governor Jeb BUSH - defends Harris.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Five Florida judges noted recusing themselves from hearing lawsuits about the vote.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Statement from Governor George W. Bush's campaign adviser James Baker about the impact of the uncertainty over the election's outcome on the rest of the world noted.
(New York: Betsy Stark) The impact of the uncertainty about the presidential election on trading on the stock market examined. [Gore campaign chairman William DALEY - downplays the stock market response.] [BAKER - talks about uncertainty.] "Stock Market Report".
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Vice President Al Gore's regaining of the lead in New Mexico due to the misreading of a number reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Brooklyn, New York: Deborah Amos) The impact of the close presidential race on teaching in the classroom examined; scenes shown from classrooms in Florida, Denver and Brooklyn, NYC. [Packer Collegiate Institution history teacher Jennifer HUTCHINSON - calls this a teachable moment.] [Several STUDENTS - offer views on the election.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) How electors for the Electoral College are paid noted. Resolution introduced by Representative David Price calling for Congress to start studying the possibility it may select the president noted.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Death of broadcasting pioneer Robert Trout featured; film, photos and television clips from his career shown.
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