GENE RANDALL, CNN ANCHOR: We've learned that President Clinton today had something to say about the ongoing election and the battle over Florida. Our White House correspondent Kelly Wallace has that story for us -- Kelly.</s>KELLY WALLACE, CNN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: Well, Gene, we have the first comments from President Clinton following the Florida Supreme Court decision. The president, talking to reporters following the unveiling of architectural plans for his presidential library which will be built in Little Rock, Arkansas. The president saying he believes the court's decision, in his words, is a positive development. He said the court basically looking to have the most accurate count possible. The president saying he believes that would benefit either Al Gore or George W. Bush no matter which man it to win. Here's what the president said just a short time ago.</s>WILLIAM J. CLINTON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: We ought to get an accurate count and we have to have a good one. And I think that's what all of the American people want and I think that the more people feel there was an accurate count the more legitimacy will be conferred on whoever the eventual winner is. So I think this is a positive development.</s>WALLACE: As you can see, there's a little background noise there. The president talking to reporters while some of his donors and people who have contributed to library were milling around there in the Roosevelt Room. Now, Gene, as you know, the president has tried not to say too much publicly about this ongoing legal wrangling, but of course we do know that he did have one preference, the man he thought -- he wished would win on Election Day, that would be Al Gore. But certainly the president publicly trying maintain what one senior official calls professional objectivity. The message from the White House, there's plenty of time to resolve and there is no crisis while the work is being done. Gene, back to you.</s>RANDALL: Kelly Wallace at the White House. Thanks, Kelly.
President Clinton Calls Florida Decision a 'Positive Development'