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The race is too close to call but President Trump is falsely claiming victory and blasting the election as a fraud and joe biden is currently leading in popular and electoral votes as we await results from pennsylvania and michigan and wisconsins results. President trump wants them to stop counting. The Biden Campaign fired back accusing the president of trying to strip americans of their voice. Abcs faith abubey has the latest. Reporter overnight former Vice President joe biden in wilmington, delaware, energizing a car rally of supporters. We believe were on track to win this election. Reporter biden so far performing as expected as the vote counts roll in across the country. It aint over until every vote is counted. Every ballot is counted. Were feeling good. Were feeling good about where we are. Reporter the former Vice President boosted by wins in Traditional Democratic strongholes and the pacific west coast taking california, oregon and washington and in a surprise outcome, biden now leading in arizona. The state of florida has 29 electoral votes that will go to donald trump. Reporter winning the biggest prize so far taking all of floridas 29 electoral votes and performing well in rural areas but as votes are still being counted, trump in an Early Morning speech falsely claiming he won the race. This is a fraud on the american public. Frankly, we did win this election. Reporter the president also heading to social media and twitter slapping a warning label on his tweet after he wrote in part, we are up big but theyre trying to steal the election. Right now the cliffhanger appears to be in the rust belt states of pennsylvania, michigan and wisconsin, key battlegrounds that could decide it. Wisconsin officials telling abc news they expect statewide results as early as today. With votes cast and nothing else to help the race, thousands of anxious voters gathering in black lives matter plaza as the nation waits for final results in d. C. Democrats were banking on big blue waves there to give them the control of the senate. But those hopes are fading fast this morning. With republicans managing to eke out victories in some hotly contested races. Abcs zohreen shah has more. Reporter this morning, republicans in an all out fight to hold their majority in the senate. We can say now that Mitch Mcconnell in the state of kentucky has been reelected. Reporter minutes after the polls closed in kentucky majority leader Mitch Mcconnell winning reelection for his seventh term. Our nation will need kentucky values and kentucky ideas to defeat this virus and regain our footing. My opponent ran a spirited race. Stood up for her views and won a lot of votes. Reporter democrat amy mcgrath giving mcconnell a challenge challenging fight challenging fundraising records and her Campaign Spending more than 70 million on the race. Although we didnt get the result we wanted, the energy and optimism i saw in every corner of the state gives me so much hope for the future of our great commonwealth. Reporter in South Carolina, republican senator Lindsey Graham holding on to his senate seat, recent polls showing Jaime Harrison in a virtual tie with graham after harrison raised more than 100 million in his campaign. I know senator graham and me have our differences but i hope he will maintain the spirit of cooperation hes known for while we take a step forward. Heres the message i got, people like what im doing and im going to keep doing it. Reporter South Carolina voters overlooking the criticism graham faced during the confirmation of Supreme CourtJustice Amy Coney barrett. Two years ago graham saying republicans would not take up Supreme Court vacancy in an election year. If an opening comes in the last year of President Trumps term and the primary process is started, well wait till the next election and ive got a pretty good chance of being the youre on the record. Yeah, all right. Hold the tape. Reporter in the meantime, the democrats losing a senate seat in alabama after former auburn football coach Tommy Tuberville defeated doug jones. In north carolina, senator thom tillis in a close race overnight against democratic challenger Cal Cunningham who stressed his service in the iraq war and as a u. S. Army reserve officer, but in the final weeks of his campaign, cunningham admitted to sending suggestive Text Messages to a political strategist who was not his wife. The democrats first flip coming in colorado. Republican incumbent cory gardner losing to john hickenlooper, the former colorado governor and 2020 president ial candidate. Clearly people are saying its time to turn the page. Its time for a different approach. Reporter we are also learning incumbent republican senator joni ernst won in iowa. Incumbent steve daines won in montana. In georgia a special Election Senate race will go to a runoff between Kelly Loeffler and warnock. So far mark kelly is winning against martha mcsally. Democrat was need to gain four seats to seize the chamber or three seats if biden wins the white house. Mona, kenneth. Zohreen shah, thank you for that. Election night has stretched into election morning with no decisive winner in this years president ial race. Lets bring in abc news contributors Amanda Renteria and mike muse, surprises for you this morning, amanda . Well, i think we would have liked to see an earlier evening, certainly would like to have some answers now but at the end of the day, the day started off with bidens campaign saying we got to keep the blue wall, keep that in mind as we go throughout the day. I would have liked to see some of the senate races turn, quite a few surprises in terms of trump bringing out new voters to really match what bidens team did in early vote and really the energy we saw out there. A lot of news out there, a lot of data well look through but not where we hoped to be but more to see in the election. Mike, the president ran on a law and order message and seeing tonight he was not only able to so lied phi his base but expand it what does it mean for this country . It means that our country has more healing to do, mona. There is more reconciliation, i believe that people are waking up to it this morning. Some may be shocked and some may be surprised but its time that we deal with the reality of that. For some individuals, them holding the party line and values and principles that are the Republican Party matter more than how a lot of the other 50 of americans feel about race, White Supremacy and law and order and so some may be in shock but at the end of the day it means we have so much more work to do. I dont think we can get comfortable and rest on our laurels. Its going to be a work in progress and lots of conversations will be had today, tomorrow and into the weekend. Mike, to elaborate more on that with the fact that we had so many issues impacting so Many Americans during this crazy year of 2020, the pandemic, coronavirus, impacting communities from coast to coast and we had racial reckonings as you mentioned and a lot thought those issues would really make people enthusiastic and the unpopularity of the president that would really have a big blue wave that would come across this country but thats not exactly what were seeing right now. Its not, kenneth, you asked a question about what surprised you, and for me nothing surprised me actually, i believe that for many we have to realize that there are two different ways theres two different groups of people that see america, some people see america as in trouble with covid19 and our federal response to it but theres another side of america who wanted more federal response. They wanted more aid and assistance, they wanted more of a lockdown, more of a mandate for social distancing and National Mandate for mask wearing but another group of americans who equally want stores to be open and want the restaurants to be open. They want the night life to resume. They want Airline Traffic to continue in the Hotel Industry to boom and a lot feel like their liberties had been shut out and shunned so two different types of votes. One you see the vote of wanting this newness, get control of covid19 and another part you see less regulations but two americas as well. One who are completely bothered, another america who is anxious about their lives mattering. About feeling comfortable walking out in front of their homes, driving while plaque, not being harassed, knowing youll get fair and just treatment when you engage with Police Officers but then have you another group of americans who think that there needs to be more law and order, that there is too much lawlessness and that sometimes justice isnt served enough and so i think you had two different people going to the polls today with that in mind. I think people forgot that i think people thought that there was this hope, right, and thats a good thing, though, kenneth and mona, people still believe in who america is and what we can become as a Perfect Union but in reality i dont know if were there yet, 2016 proved one thing, pandoras box has been open and now there is a normalization of anxiety. There is a normalization of White Supremacy that is being had and there is a normalization of really hostile dynamics between community and police that is becoming normal and we cant let that happen too much. Thats why we have to be honest in these conversations, ignore the polls and start being comfortable in the uncomfortable conversations. You bring up really great points, mike muse, Amanda Renteria, thanks for joining us. How bawl is reacting to the results so far. Stay with us. Go on, humans, put yourselves through all that pain. Waltz around in those foot knives, watch your blue light lanterns, blast those eardrum bangers look at this one hes trying to pick up the mail hah silly. Oh. Silly humans. Who do you think you are . Pain will bring you to your senses. You cannot keep this up pain says you cant. Advil says you can. When panhe doesnt justs mmake a pizza. He uses fresh, clean ingredients to make a masterpiece. Taste our delicious new flatbread pizzas today. Panera. 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And what wall street was looking for tonight was this decisive victory, some sort of closure and many veterans on wall street told me they werent even necessarily dern r concerned with who would be the winner but that there was a decisive victory, but this closure that we clearly are not going to have for an extended period of time now, that is the uncertainty that weighs on the market and have seen it weigh on the market for political reasons, because of the economy and because of the pandemic and without having closure its not just a matter of what may happen, inside america as we wait for these results, but also what happens to businesses. Businesses make plans. They adapt to whomever is in office and make choices about where theyll spend money and what ive been hearing from a number of ceos and founders of Companies IncludingSmall Businesses is that without a sense of who is going to be in that office, they have to delay big decisionmaking and the longer they delay that decisionmaking especially in an economy like this one where unemployment is 7. 9 , 12. 6 million americans are out of work, 22. 7 million americans that are on some form of Unemployment Benefits and almost 8 Million People have slipped into poverty in the last handful of months, these are really significant. That time delay, it becomes a more significant and pressing issue. Not to say that theyre looking for an answer without having something out there, having something to hang their hat on but wall street wants that decisive victory that they know that they can trust. 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Thats when the fights really start is that, you know, getting a recount typically isnt that hard. The question becomes how long does it take, when does it stop, et cetera and that is exactly as you point out what happened in florida. The question there became how much recounting do you do . Because there was an automatic recount in florida back in 2000. But then there became questions about particular votes, undercounting votes, overcounting votes, those became the questions in florida so it almost became like a round two of the recount and i think thats what the risk is here from the legal perspective is you get to that point as well. Terry, i want to bring you in. The clock starts ticking, it is ticking right now, the Electoral College is slated to meet i think on december 14th and that means the states have to be prepared to send their elector, usually called that safe harbor, the week before and could start bumping up against that with legal challenges. Theres been talk since bush versus gore that that structure which was from a 19th century federal law is just too short for the recounting youd have to do in the states that were talking about in a country this size especially if we do several of them but that december 8th date is that safe harbor date. The governors of states have to certify a slate of electors to congress and congress if theyre in by that deadline must accept those electors as legitimate. They might have some wiggle room but basically thats what the law says. The Supreme Court used that date in 2000 to stop the counting of votes in florida. Can you go past that deadline and it Means Congress will decide whether or not the slate of electors you send is good or not. So tick, tick, tick, the clock is ticking. I think as a legal matter, it also becomes important who is ahead at the end of the recount which i think is a very important point to make sheer. You can argue that, you know, well, wait a sec. There may be additional votes to count, et cetera, but from a per spepgs point of view when but to court you dont want to be the one who is fighting to try to catch up. You want to be the one who is starting from the point where youre ahead so you can constantly be fighting against additional recounts and so where we land at the end of whatever the first recount is in terms of the numbers will become very important even if its razor thin close. And it is razor thin close right now, jon karl, i guess thats appropriate to the year 2020. Its unbelievable. Its totally appropriate to the year 2020. Here we are at the end of this Election Night looking at a race that is as close as it can possibly be coming down to possibly recounts in multiple states and in the case of pennsylvania and michigan, we may be several days out from knowing any kind of a decision. Any kind of a result to have a recount from. Thanks to our powerhouse poltiical team. They worked into the wee hours of the morning. 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Democrats would need to gain three seats to win the majority if they lose the presidency. Lets bring in a former Homeland Security adviser to President Trump and abc news contributor tom bossert. Tom, we saw businesses boarding up. People expecting violence in the streets. Unrest after the election. Obviously we still dont know key results in the race as far as who the next president will be but your thoughts . My home state of pennsylvania as predicted seem to be the linchpin so the keystone state, i guess, all eyes are on it. My thoughts are that im really proud of americans for the most part on how we got through yesterday and of my Law Enforcement brethren in the Homeland Security field, we saw some physical skirmish, very unfortunate did you didnt see any shootings. Doesnt seem like anything too far out of hand so at least yesterday and last night we had a pretty smooth experience. But i now see that theres planned protests and any time that happens theyre good but they also provide an opportunity for escalation so hoping to watch for it today and the following week as all these close Election Results come in that we dont have any kind of violence. Tom, overnight the president called the election a fraud. He said that democrats are trying to steal the election. These claims baseless but do you think it will contribute to any violence if we do see violence in the streets . Yeah, you know, thats just the concern. So the president at this point is trying to zero in on his chances of winning and hes viewing himself as a litigant in this and wants to make sure he protests anything he can in order to give himself an advantage. Well, thats an understandable instinct in some ways but in another way its the absolute wrong recipe because it can throw a little bit or a lot of gasoline onto some tense fires, so to speak met toaphorically i states like pennsylvania, philadelphia and in portland in places that might not be elector rally important well see disgruntled protests so i hope he keeps the rhetoric in check and allow the lawyers and Campaign Experts to handle some of that while he gives a message of calm because this is not going to be decided, you know, any time soon. And, tom, i want to ask you since youre coming from a Homeland Security perspective and background when it comes to the concerns leading up to the election and russian interference and outside foreign interference into the election it seems like the systems really held up here . Well, you know, weve got a really dispersed or decentralized system which can make for a nightmare in some instances but it makes for a really resilient system in this instance and so, you know, for a foreign nation to throw us off by actually changing the vote count would have been very difficult, if not obvious, obvious ploy we would have seen and recognized so looks like we got through some of the cyberconcerns here, not because we did nothing, a lot of people working hard behind the scenes from cybercommand through dhs and all the state and local levels, youre right, though, it seems like we had a burst pipe in georgia that caused more problems than internet exploitations so happy to see that. Tom, thank you so much for joining us. The election coming down to the wire. Our nonstop election coverage continues here on abc and this local station all morning long. Stay with us. Continuing coverage