Lets get you a live look right now from philadelphia where abc news expects the first drop of the morning there to come any minute now. Between now and 10 00 our time. Joe biden still holds nearly a 29,000 vote lead in pennsylvania. If he holds on, hed be the president elect of the United States. Lets zoom out to show you where the race to 270 currently stands, its been in hold for the past 48 hours, biden still with 253 electoral votes, the president with 214. Both campaigns are taking different approaches to the count. Abc 7 News Reporter matt boone starts us off with why the biden camp is feeling confident. Reporter all eyes were on wilmington, delaware as joe biden took the stage, still confident in his chances. Were going to win this race with a clear majority with the nation behind us. Reporter though he made it clear it was not his call to make. Never forget, the tallies arent numbers. They represent votes and voters. Men and women who exercise their fundamental right to have th
For those not voting this year you can call us at 202 . 488003 we begin with a story from the Associated Press this morning about early voting. A record avalanche of early votes has transformed the 2020 election. You can see pictures of folks voting in durham, North Carolina for the beginning goes like this. More than 22 million americans have already cast ballots in the 2020 election. A record shattering avalanche of early votes. The pandemic has transformed the way the nation votes. 22. 2 million, thats as a friday night, ballots submitted, representing 15 of all votes cast in the 2016 election. Even as eight states are not yet reporting their totals and voters still have more than two weeks to cast ballots. Americans rushed to vote, leading that a record of 150 million votes may be cast and turnout rates could be higher than any president ial election since 1908. The story goes on to say that so far, the turnout has been lopsided with democrats out in 42 republicans by 21 states. Re
In so that we can directly engage with you while were talking to our first person interpreter actor, bill barker, who portrays Thomas Jefferson. We wanted to do something a little bit different this week. Given the National Conversation and given events all around us, we know that 2020 has been a challenging year. Monticello has been closed for months. We reopened this weekend, due to a global pandemic. In recent weeks in the United States, millions of people all over the country are actively fighting for equity against different forms of racial injustice, whether its racially motivated Police Violence or racially motivated monuments and memories. Its a conversation that we must engage in, and working here at monticello, we are a site of memory. Monticello is a plantation where over 400 people were enslaved. Today we decided to have a conversation, we would do something that we havent done and im sure everyone knows this, that when you tune in youre not actually talking to Thomas Jeffe
Announcer from abc news, its this week. Here now, chief anchor george stephanopoulos. Good morning, and welcome to this week. The streets of america have seen protests every night since the killing of george floyd nearly three weeks ago, in cities large and small, from new york to beverly hills, and overnight, a new Police Shooting has drawn outrage in atlanta. I do not believe that this was a justified use of deadly force. The chief of police has resigned. A Police Officer fired. After shooting and killing a black man. Authorities are now reviewing this video of the violent struggle. The shooting sadly not new. Such a Swift Response certainly is. Under pressure society changing fast. The big question, will it last . In new york, in new jersey, Police Chokeholds banned. This is the moment to put forth a real federal reform justice agenda. Louisville, kentucky, passed breonnas law to stop the use of noknock warrants. And those first Police Reforms just one sign of a striking cultural sh
Its only in recent years that a lot of focus on how it rocked her message was, predicting in the early years. I think james found her distant and cold, but as the years went by, she had a tremendous influence on him. James and luke richard spent a lot of time with her family, and that led to the key to success. Mrs. Garfield adored her time at the exhibition and she was interested in the latest sciences and technologies of the day. After james guard feel to death, a lot of prominent citizens raised there into 50 dollars that was turned over to Lucretia Garfield. And todays dollars, that would equate to 8 Million Dollars. Her character was exceedingly strong and she had a rectitude that was in vulnerable. I Lucretia Garfield was born in ohio and 1832. Her life spans antebellum america to the progressive era of the early 20th century. A supporter of womens rights and deeply interested in partisan politics, she and president james our field entered the white house on march 4th, 1881, afte