Being closely watched as the clock ticks down on the ballot count clicks up before we go any further lets go to come out has the latest on the numbers come up thank you adrian yes so 300 hours g. M. T. It is now which means 10 pm on the u. S. East coast and these are the polls that are closing at this hour 4 of them for you montana nevada utah and iowa im not going to go through any projections just now because we dont have any at the moment too early to call in all 4 of those states the one swing state will be keeping an eye on is iowa in the midwest so with that in mind its a good chance just to step back and have a look at some of our swing states as well so lets start in ohio with nearly 60 percent of precincts reporting donald trump is edging further and further away from joe biden his latest 130000 out of 4. 4 almost 4400000 votes counted so its close but the gap widening for donald trump in ohio lets move on to michigan one of the important ones that donald trump picked up. 4 ye
You through so lets get into it louisiana 8 Electoral College votes to dont drop again a lot of these are going to be fairly predictable ones ones like north dakota which is going to go the way of donald trump only a small state there with 3 Electoral College votes we look at nebraska next to rick. It is nebraska now just going to polls on this for a 2nd 3 Electoral College votes for donald trump there are 5 on offer in nebraska i think you may remember early i mention that nebraska and maine split their Electoral College votes so if this point we can say there are 3 for donald trump he is the projected winner in those 3 districts 2 other ones which could be picked up by have a candidate. Lets move on again in vienna or wyoming no its wyoming 1st of all with its 3 Electoral College votes in indiana as well excuse me indiana is the next one with 11 Electoral College votes and the state of nevada as well now this is when we start looking at some blue states the state of too early to coal
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On thed g ground, examine whats changed since 2016, or Public Policy issues are motivating voters this year and take a look at recent Political Trends that could give us clues on how state might m vote in just a few days. We put the starlet on the Buckeye State of ohio. Staff registering as a lead political reporter for cleveland. Com and joins us now for that conversation. What is the lay of the land, the status applet in the state of ohio today with just six days to go . Guest its fasting here because if you look at the 2016 election, donaldf trump one ste by eight percentageig points, about 450,000 votes and all of the public polling and ten on the grand stuff that you see really does point to this being a close race. I dont know its necessarily tilting one way or another but maybe a slightot tilt towards trump right now but it really is a massive shift in panoply of the land even from a year ago. From what we were expecting. Using both candidates really investing kind of as of late
Amy coney barrett. I hope your employer will take care of your health care needs. We should provide Financial Assistance to those who have lost their job. Early voting at a record high, but its not without problems. We wind if getting ballots that didnt belong to us. Tonight the ballot mixups happening in spots around the country. Announcer live from cnbc Global Headquarters, the facts, the truth, the news with Shepard Smith. Good evening one week ago President Trump was in the hospital infected with covid19 tonight, hes holding a Campaign Rally in florida these are live pictures. Late today the white house doctor said hes tested covid negative two days in a row the president speaking in sanford, near orlando, florida, in front of a crowd packed with supporters dr. Anthony fauci is live with uls and will join us for an interview and ill ask him about that as the president speaks Coronavirus Infections are rising to levels we havent seen in nearly two months covid cases climbing in more