Christmas with fears that travelers will deepen the crisis. Plus, reaction t a Supreme Court decision involving how many can worship together. To the rescue, the militarys new mission stepping up to help hospitals out of rooms and resources in the heartland. The effort to feed families this thanksgiving long lines across the country and a shocking new report, 1 in 6 without enough to eat. Black fridays best deals and a shopping season like no other, the one simple thing you can do to get the best buys online. And thanking health care heroes, the outpouring of love and kindness bringing smiles this holiday. This is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt. Good evening and happy thanksgiving im kate snow in for lester tonight and we begin with late breaking news, President Trump continuing to insist he won the election taking questions for the First Time Since the election and saying hes not ready to concede but the president also pledging to leave the white house if as expected the Electoral
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
Fallout from Election Night in america creates division we hear from new yorkers as claims of fraud hang over the u. S. Democratic system. Because ole miss go noise you know. You go to bed to put it to the people you trust is a direct threat to i looked up my to see trump hes frightened he needs to find out what hes fighting for because to be some kind of fronts in this country. Youre watching our International Special election coverage my name is donald quarter and ill be joining you for the program joe bidens address the American People after being declared the winner of the 2020 president ial election major Media Outlets are projecting that the former Vice President has been elected the 46th president of the United States having secured 290. Electoral votes just a reminder 270 are needed for victory and bidens projected win in pennsylvania pushed him across that threshold president meanwhile stands at 214 and now with more of the latest details here is r t americas ben swan. Joe bid
Rejection of the results his supporters take to the streets demanding a recount. After a long way to america seems to have finally chosen then next leader i dont biden is on course to become the 46. 00 president of the United States off the media projection shows that hes a secured 290 Electoral College votes well above the magic 217 votes needed. Its been a slow week of counting since tuesdays election day with the decisive votes coming down to 100 full of states ultimately it was bidens home state of pennsylvania at the time that the former Vice President the keys to the white house giving him the much needed votes to put him above the threshold of 270. 00 it could also be a historic win for Connelly Horace he would be the 1st black woman and Asian American Vice President and his 1st speech since he appeared to have secured victory a biden called on america to hail divisions i will govern as an american president. All workers hard for those who didnt vote for me as those who did. Not
Bridge toll plaza. It is. Metering lights are on and we are starting to see a back up. You see traffic stacking up a bit as you work out of the east bay into the city via bay bridge. Once you pass this, it looks better across upper deck into San Francisco. A couple hot spots to look for, if you are taking bart, we are dealing with bart delays on the richmond lines. This is due to an equipment problem on the tracks. Do plan ahead if you are taking bart. South 880 is pretty busy. We are seeing brake lights away from 92. There is a crash not far from the connector and theyre just clearing it out of lanes. Reporter we are getting new information in now on this Apartment Fire in San Francisco. This is video from the citizen app from earlier this morning. You see the flames shooting out of the window. Thats on the 11th floor of this high rise on davis court. A total of 22 apartments were significantly damaged by this fire and five people were injured, escaping the building. When firefighters