Video. Good morning. Thank you for joining us what promises to be a promising round table discussion. Looking back on the 50th anniversary on the struggle to elect kenneth a. Gibson. Elected in june of 1970, it marked a turning buoyant for the black Freedom Movement that was part of a National Wave of black political organizing that couple nated in the election of black m mayors in cities like cleveland, gary, atlanta, and detroit from 1967 to 1974. The histories feel particularly vital now as blackled struggles against Police Violence and attempted murder of jacob black have sounded the clarity call for black liberation while raising familiar questions about the rules of electoral clicks in black freedom struggles. 50 years ago, gibsons landmark election came on the heels of the 1967 rebellion when the Police Beating of an unarmed black man named john smith marked an uprising. Smiths beating recalled countless Police Killing of black men in the city that had gone unpunished over the y
Black political organizing that culminated in the election of course black mayors like cleveland, atlanta and detroit from 1967 to 1974. They feel particularly vital right now as blackled struggles in the wake of Police Murders of george floyd in minneapolis, Breonna Taylor in louisville, and kenosha have sounded the call for black liberation while raising questions about the role of electoral politics and black freedom struggles. 50 years ago gibsons landmark election came on the heels was 1967 rebellion in newark when the Police Beating of an unarmed black man, john smith, had whit supremacy and its enforcers in blue in the jim crow north. Amid heightened racist renewal projects and educational injustice, it recalled countless Police Killings that had gone unpublished into the years and brought thousands into the streets that july. State police and National Guardsmen were brought into the city to violently suppress the uprising, claiming two dozen lives in the process including ed ed
Welcome still being counted in several states in this president ial election race. It is still very tight democratic nominee, joe biden has 264 electoral votes against president trumps 214 of course grant is keeping county joins us now again from the electoral map whats going new results from pennsylvania and georgia yet pennsylvania. Getting but georgia is the one that is neck and neck right now, donald trump is clinging to a lead and that thats what hes doing this is this not a race that if youre on team, trump, you feel comfortable about right now. 99 of the vote is in and you see trump right now and he now leads by fewer than 2500 votes, youre looking at 2000. 497 votes that trump is on biden by in georgia 16 electoral votes, there if he has georgia tonight. Biden wins provided arizona stays in his column appears pennsylvania though at 5. 15 when we were talking to us. Trump led by 60,000 votes right now in pennsylvania. That lead has been cut to about 44,000 are freezing up a litt
Considerably and here is where things stand right now as we. Bring you out to the big board obviously the magic number 2. 70 and the 2 people that are vying for that office are stuck really to 64 for biden hes obviously much closer to 2. 70 donald trump there at 2. 14 the big states where watching tonight. Our georgia and pennsylvania, both of which see joe biden surging donald trump still has the lead this map from our broadcast partners with the Associated Press has a light red for pennsylvania meeting trump is still leading a light red for georgia meaning trump is still leading however a click on georgia where there is now a razor thin lead for donald trump we zoom in we scroll over and with 16 electoral votes at stake, you can see donald trump here still has the lead. But it is fewer than 2000 votes. And that is with 99 of the vote counted. So still votes out there still looking through all those mail in ballots because of the pandemic so many of them to sort through, but this is a
From the bay areas local news station. Watching kron 4 news. Thank you so much for joining us at 10 oclock everybody grant lodes Vicki Liviakis the president ial race is now down to just 2 key states georgia. And pennsylvania could announce the result any minute now so heres where the electoral votes stand as of this moment anyway out of the 270 needed to when President Trump has 214 joe biden has to 64 now this means that biden needs to win just one more state to get to 2. 70 of pennsylvania turns blue well our country will have a new president elect grant. We want to get right to the map now as we have a few key states that were going to focus in on and then well tell you exactly how things could play out number one georgia because the light red here and the Light Reading pennsylvania, North Carolina, that means President Trump is leading the dark red, dark blue means that our partners here with the Associated Press have called those states for their respective candidates. But the le