Come in. Georgia, however, they do think is going to be a nailbiter that could potentially be in recount territory, when all is said and done. Shannon, what state do you think the Trump Campaign thinks they have the strongest case here well, i mean, as far as total votes go, i think they still have the strongest chance in arizona. I have seen a lot of people tweeting, overnight, trump allies liking where those numbers are going. Seeing them cutting into the margins there. Legally, though, pennsylvania, they have been going after really hard. They want to be able to stop ballots from being counted that came in after 8 00 p. M. , on election day its something they were fighting, before the election, though, to no success. And its unclear if theyre going to have any better chance now, at getting those those those sort of latecomingin absentee ballots getting those thrown out of the tabulations. Shannon, thank you so much for joining us this morning. Clearly, still a ways to go in pennsylvania. Just heard its a state the president is counting on to put him over the top especially, with those legal battles. And its not a surprise its taking this long nbcs Stephanie Gosk is there with details reporter in pennsylvania, they keep counting and counting. Hundreds of thousands of mailin ballots. I know its tough for people to wait, and people are frustrated by the wait but that is currently the situation we are in. I would ask that people be patient. Reporter the largest number of untallied votes remains piled up in and around the states biggest cities, pittsburgh and philadelphia an unprecedented number. And by law, the counting could not begin until election day. Counting votes, cast by mail, if you are going to do it right and youre going to do it accurately because theres no other choice, takes a little bit of time. Pennsylvania governor, tom walz. Counting a tremendous number of ballots will take more time than we are used to. We may not know the results today. He looked to reassure. I will do everything in my power to ensure the results are fair and that every vote is counted. Reporter president trumps numbers were strong on tuesday, especially in Rural Counties the mailin vote has, so far, favored joe biden. But there is a lot of ground for him to make up mailin votes are still coming in they will be accepted until friday at 5 00 p. M. , as long as they were mailed on or before election day. Stephanie, thank you. Shifting, now, from the polls to the pandemic. For the first time, ever, u. S. Coronavirus infections have reached a record, 100,000 new cases in one day and we are now inching our way to the nine and a half million mark this, as hospitalizations surge across the midwest and the southwest. Our Miguel Almaguer has more reporter in battleground states, like arizona, wisconsin, and texas, covid was top of mind for Many Americans this election but, its front and center, every day, for doctors like jason mitchell. This is the highest volumes that weve seen throughout this pandemic reporter as many focus on election results, First Responders are still struggling to save lives, with covid cases climbing in 43 states. We cannot afford to lose any more lives reporter colorado is now accepting patients from outside its borders. But, like other regions, they, too, were facing a 100 spike in new cases. Though, the mortality rate has improved, the volume in cases is accounting for an increase in deaths in 32 states. And now, according to the American Academy of pediatrics, childcovid cases hit their highest oneweek mark since the start of the pandemic. Though, fatalities are rare. But the virus is still devastating. Jennifer lost her parents in april. Married nearly 50 years, they died within days of one another. It is a pain that i cant even begin to describe because there are a lot of days that it doesnt seem real. Reporter for so Many Americans, well after the election ends, the toll of the virus will still be felt Miguel Almaguer, nbc news. Nice, little, short break from our coverage on the election to see how our thursdays shaping up, weather wise here is janessa webb hi, janessa, good morning. Hi, good morning. Good morning, everyone this is your moment of peace we have a very quiet weather pattern, across the lower 48 watching the northwest with a few showers. But first, lets talk about the northeast. You are waking up to temperatures theyre in the upper 40s to lower 50s. And that warm air. Its going to continue to shift into the midwest and northeast by later on today. Look at the 70s. It continues to be a takeover today for denver, nearly 15 degrees above average. And even for chicago, lower 70s. 73 for little rock even boston, today, in the upper 60s. This warm air. Its great news. Its going to stay in place for your weekend and you can expect a lot of sunshine, even for washington, d. C. Saturday afternoon, were in the lower 70s. This is kind of where were seeing a pattern of risk of some fire danger across the mountainous areas of the for richmond a ton of is sunshine and this is recordbreaking heat we continue to see for the plains minneapolis, today, upper 60s. Well talk about that rainfall for the northwest, coming up. All right, janessa. Thank you. There is a new 007 on the Silver Screen and she is making history. Lashana lynch confirmed her character in no time to die will be the first black, female double o seven in the franchises history. And she is reminding herself that she is part of something that will be very, very revolutionary. Shell kick some butt, too, doing it still ahead. 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And the nasdaq added 430 right now, dow futures are up over 250 points as investor optimism extended into afte afterhours trading. We are still awaiting vote results from a handful of battleground states, at this hour lets bring in ali velshi who is at the big board for us this morning. Good morning, phillip good morning, frances. Lets look at this we need 270 electoral votes. Right now, joe biden has 253 right now, donald trump has 214. And these gray places on the map are the ones we do not have complete results for so lets just go through them very quickly alaska has mostly mailin ballots. But the expectation is it will likely go republican right now, joe biden is leading in arizona i will say, as reports are coming in, his lead is shrinking. But for the moment, thats were going to put that in joe bidens column nevada, also, leaning democratic you can see get joe biden to 270 but lets take them out of the mix while they are undecided we have got georgia were still waiting for votes for. Both, democrats and republicans are hopeful about it in joe bidens column, it gets him in 269 so he needs to win Something Else we have not goall the votes counted in north carolina, yet they tell us we wont get them till november 12th or something. And, of course, the big one is pennsylvania in fact, let me just take you in there for a second to show you what it looks like pennsylvania, right now, 89 of the vote is in but were still expecting more than 800,000 votes, right now. Donald trump is leading, marginally 164,000 votes. They theyve claimed victory in pennsylvania the issue is that there are outstanding votes in Allegheny County which is pittsburgh and philadelph Philadelphia County and the surrounding counties, which is philadelphia there are three ways that donald trump can win and thats what were waiting for. Thank you for the breakdown, especially, at this hour to clear our minds and get a better understanding of it ali. Thank you, ali. Appreciate it. It looks like, i mean, if if joe biden can get nevada and arizona, Everything Else seems to be moot. And you got, also, the trump team counting on that pennsylvania but that margin, that gap between them, shrinking. Razor thin. Even more and more. They are changing at this hour so stay tuned. Thanks for waking up with us im phillip mena. And im frances rivera. Your news continues right here on nbc stay right here for results. Come to me run to me do and be done with me cold cold cold dont i exist for you dont i still live for you cold cold cold everything i possess given with tenderness wrapped in a ribbon of glass time it may take us but god only knows how ive paid for those things in the past dying is easy its living that scares me to death i could be so content hearing the sound of your breath oh yeah cold is the color of crystal the snowlight that falls from the heavenly skies catch me and let me dive under for i want to swim in the pools of your eyes dont you know its cold cold cold cold cold cold [cheers and applause] kelly all right, all right, all right welcome to the Kelly Clarkson show, everybody. Give it up for my band yall yes that upright bass, kyle. So lets talk to the person who requested cold, vicki from fresno, california. So why do you love this song so much . Oh, my god, kelly, you did a great job, first and foremost. I love this song because back in 2015 i got a random email inviting me to a super special Cocktail Party to go see a annie lennox special and cold was her encore song just her and the piano, and it was magic i love the song. Kelly i have seen and heard her do this live. It is this song and why. She is so amazing. I can imagine her doing that on piano. Youre so lucky. For throw and i cried. Be one thank you so much, vickie. I love annie lennox and that song. This is one hour you will be glad you are here for. We have tony, emmywinning actress Kristin Chenoweth in the house i love her. Bennett is another outstanding singer and actress joining us on the socially distant couches. Im talking about ledisi ive shared the stage with her and it was incredible plus we will meet a woman in chicago who is changing the lives of underserved girls and helping them grow into being proper and successful ladies. She is 1 rad human. Thats what we are celebrating with her. But first i have to share something i am obsessed with. Thats the ultimate sign of the times. One grandma here in california is making quarantined barbie dolls. Why not . Here is the quarantine starter pack complete with junk food and the obligatory stretch pants, which sure i own about a dozen. Then there is the home salon barbie. Her roots are showing, she has hairy legs. And a lot of us can relate to that. Not me, mine are so right now. [laughter] im going to bed alone, i dont care. Lets get the creator on the line. Whats up, tonya, how are you doing . I am doing great, hi, kelly. Kelly i love the dolls behind you. How did you come up with this . I started a Barbie Instagram three years ago with my granddaughters as a fun project. There is a Huge Community on instagram called dollstagram and they take the barbies and create a miniature world for them and post on instagram. So i started doing it for my granddaughters and posting the photos on our instagram that took off and became very popular. This year my cell phone attracted me and started sending me barbie dolls for my instagram. Kelly you made a can, right . I did. I created zoom can be because i was watching all of these people do zoom. And i learned how to do zoom. And then some people on zoom forgot that they were on zoom and were using the bathroom. Kelly l, my gosh, one lady in the business meeting. She muted it. So i wanted to include all of that in the zoom and we were all learning about it during quarantine. Kelly you should do like skipper, like little ones having to do online schooling, and just put barbie in the background losing her mind. I love it. I think it is very creative and funny. Thank you so much, tonya, for sharing. [cheers and applause] all right, yall, my next guest is an emmy and tony winning actress, you know her from wicked on broadway and many films and tv shows paired her new movie is called holidate, you can watch it on netflix. Say hello to Kristin Chenoweth [cheers and applause]