2020 is now the best year woohooo this is a cbs news special the election of joe biden, reporting tonight from cbs news election headquarters in times square. Norah odonnell. Odonnell good evening. And you are looking live at celebrations in new york city tonight after a week of waiting and wondering and ballot counting, america has decided. Joe biden has been elected next president of the United States. Incredible crowds across america, from here, in times square, to the streets outside of the white house, voters are cheering. At the Biden Campaign headquarters in wilmington, delaware, supporters of the president elect and his running mate, Kamala Harris are also partying. The new president elect and Vice President elect will be speaking there shortly, giving the acceptance speeches theyve waited their whole lives to give. S,d there will be fireworks, were told. Reporter fireworks and more than just rhetorical ones. The real ones. Welcome once again to our cbs news election headquarte
With hit or miss showers. Mike, how is it looking now getting out the door for work . Very different than ten minutes ago. The camera shows you all lanes now backing up toward the toll plaza itself. We have the backup that just formed again as folks flooded in towards that area. We also have slowing for highway 4 through concord which has been there early morning. I thought it would clear as the construction cleared but that is cleared from the roadway. Back to you. Thanks so much, mike. There are razor thin margins in several battleground states as the final outcome of the election still unknown this morning. Just confirmed within the last few minutes joe biden ahead by a very slight margin in pennsylvania. Hes ahead by just more than 5,000 votes. Battleground states are still to close to call. Today in the bays tracie potts is live for us in wilmington with reaction from both campaigns. Tracie . Reporter theres a lot of anxiety building, a lot of excitement building, particularly on
Biden if he picks up, nevada. Its over affective lee provided all the states that the 8 associate press is called already hold as is the other states its getting really interesting is down here in georgia now while nevada is going to release a voting numbers tomorrow morning, georgia says theyll be doing so tonight, they say theyre going to work as long and as hard as it takes they brought in fresh bodies this evening and there are 16 electoral votes at stake. In georgia. And you see right now. This lead that donald trump has is shrinking hes below 50 of the vote for the first time. And heres the real key. 40,000 votes at the top of the 5 oclock hour. Trumps lead was 65,000. It is down to 40,098 of the vote has been counted can donald trump hold on. In georgia that is what this has come to. Pam and ken as we make our way through the certainly georgia and nevada are 2 states that are going to be at the top of everyones mind to the bottom line is joe biden needs one of those 4 states and
Than 100 Million People cast their ballots early, which means incould see the is turnout the print see the biggest turnout in president ial election. But we are seeing attempts to undermine it. Tols and texts attempting discourage and intimidate voters today. How keytalk about social platforms like facebook, twitter, and youtube are looking andrevent disinformation postelection civil unrest. First, a check on the markets, where u. S. Stocks rallied for a second day. Investors have been incredibly anxious leading up to this moment. Just how anxious were they today . Abigail not so anxious today. At one point, the s p 500 index up 1. 2 . Thehe close, up about 1. 8 , best day in about a month. Around anxiousness, the vix below 35. Some are saying that it suggests that it means that there will not be decision soon, that that is no longer the case. That the volatility investors are telling us that we are more likely to know who will be the next president sooner rather than later. We had bon
Joe biden says hes feeling good. Higher. Looks to be texas, florida, and arizona are among the states reporting big numbers with no signs of disturbances so far. And the other major story today, groups in hong kong and shanghai demanding capital control, throwing jack mas empire into turmoil. But, of course, there is one story it is the u. S. Election. Election day coming to a close in the u. S. Some of the polls closing and the key battleground states and over the next hour or so and starting to see whether the ballot shows a shift to what the markets have really been pricing in, which is that strong blue wave. Take a look how we are setting up after the u. S. Had the biggest twoday rally and since september led by financials and bank shares, treasury yields. On anticipating that as soon as the election is Done Congress will deliver a spending bill. Shery, a lot of the action going to be in currencies. Shery definitely chinese yunaa, one to watch. We are watching the Immediate Reactio