Right 6 00, a. M. On the east coast. A live look at clearwater, florida on the West Coast of florida as Hurricane Helene barrels through the gulf of mexico, gaining more and more strength through the day today. Good morning, everyone. Im kasie hunt. Its wonderful to have you with us. The latest update from the national hurricane center, just a short time ago shows helene is getting stronger now with 90 mile an hour winds the storm though, expected to get much stronger than that. Helene is forecast to arrive as a major hurricane along floridas Big Bend later this evening, bringing lifethreatening Storm Surge and catastrophic winds widespread Power Outages are also expected. Recovery teams already mobilizing across the state to get the lights back on once the storm passes many people will lose power depending on where you are in the state. So just prepare, be prepared for that understand that Thats Something that could happen and have a plan in place. So youre able to whether that alrigh
Judges will have to rule. Each ballot must be counted, and thats what were going to see going through now, and thats how it should be. From cbs news election headquarters in times square, this is a cbs news election update, 2020 america decides. Reporting tonight, Norah Odonnell. Odonnell youre looking live at times square in new york as the counting continues across the country. Good evening, im Norah Odonnell. Here at what has become our home away from home this week. And tonight, the race for the white house is down to the wire, and who will become the next dresident could soon be decided by thousands of votes. As we come on the air tonight, only 1900 votes now separate President Trump and former Vice President joe biden in the state of georgia. In four other states, votes are still being counted, too. In fact, we want to show you live pictures of poll workers in tallying ballots right now. Joe bidens lead in that state has shrunk to 46,000 votes. Also, pennsylvanias vote count is c
Expanding his narrow lead over donald trump. But georgia one of the states still too close to call is set for a recount and legal battles and. Ultram continues to make baseless allegations of widespread fraud in states like pennsylvania which officials flatly reject. What the president needs to do is frankly put his big boy pants on he needs to acknowledge the fact that he lost and he needs to congratulate the winner. And all resolved election and a nation on edge 3 days off to one of americas most divisive a knife edge president ial votes it appears that the democratic challenger joe biden is moving further ahead of President Donald Trump in the battleground states which will decide that final outcome is now. It in pennsylvania nevada and in georgia so far hes projected to have 1264 Electoral College votes trump has 214 of course the magic number required is 270 biden needs only to win one of those undecided states to get over the finishing line. Lets start with pennsylvania where bid
Has vowed to keep up his legal challenges though saying that he will never give up fighting for the nation. Act as his supporters continue that protest outside Voting Centers elsewhere vote very different scene celebrations are broken out in anticipation of a final result. Well joe biden is edging closer to that crucial number 270 Electoral College votes needed to make him the next president of the United States 3 days after americans voted the democratic candidate has overtaken donald trump in 2 key battleground states pennsylvania and georgia so where do we stand right now there are just a handful of states that are still being counted and biden is leading in most of them based on projections from the Associated Press he has secured 264 Electoral College votes so far donald trump has 214 and needs both children pennsylvania to reach 270 but it is extremely close in georgia right now most of the remaining votes are from atlanta and its suburbs which tends to lean to the democrats and
States like pennsylvania which officials flatly reject. What the president needs to do is frankly put his big boy pants on the show acknowledge the fact that he lost and he needs to congratulate the winner. And unresolved election and a nation on edge 3 days after one of americas most divisive and knife edge president ial votes it appears that the democratic challenger joe biden is moving ahead of President Donald Trump in battleground states which will decide the final outcome biden is projected to have won 264 Electoral College votes trump passed 214 the number of course required is 270 bought a nice to win in only one of those undecided states to get over the finishing line. Lets start with pencil very near where biden is ahead trump by just over 16800 votes the remaining but mail in ballots are mostly from democratic leaning cities of philadelphia and pittsburgh biden is also leading in georgia by just over 4000. 00 votes in an unusually tight race but Officials Say they expect a r