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
Greg. Reporter heather, good afternoon. Day four of the tense count, as the nation waits to find out who will win the election. The margens are slim and bottom line is the closer it is, the longer this could take as you said. We know former Vice President joe biden, california senator Kamala Harris give a prime time address exactly what they will say, thats to be determined. And thousands of votes are still being counted as we speak. Lets go straight to the numbers in critical battleground state pennsylvania. 20 Electoral College votes. A state the president flipped in 2016. Bideen took lead the lead and we are i want waiting from counts in Allegheny County biden ahead by 14,000 votes. In georgia it bears repeating a state that has not selected a democrat i go president since 1972 but the margin is thin. There will likely and recount. Official say whats left are provisional ballots. Right now, biden ahead by about 4,000 votes. Lets go to nevadan 6 Electoral College votes. Official also
The n foundation. By judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs. And by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Washington and london. Joe biden has puld ahead in the bone in marquee battleground states, putting him closeusto the white the margins are razor thin but the trend of the ballotou favors the democrat. Mr. Biden has built up a lead of 13,000 votes over donald trump in the crucial state of pennsylvania, a prize that would hand him the white house. The citys mayors says mr. Trump amustit to feet. I think what the president must do is frankly put his big boy pants on, ackwledge the fact that he lost and r. Bidens lead over the president is also increasing in arizona and nevada. A recount has been called in georgia where George Joe Biden has overtaken president trump. Al the fally in georgia at this point has huge implications for the entire country. Im at black lives matter plaza in washington, d. C. Where p
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 pennsylv
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