Trump is still refusing to concede defeat his team is preparing legal challenges to constant battleground states see republicans including former president bush and senator mitt romney are expressing concern i think what has to be careful in the choice of words i think i think would you say that the election was corrupt or stolen or rigged but thats unfortunately rather rhetoric that gets picked up by authoritarians around the world and i think it also discourages confidence that our democratic process here at home and and with the battle going on right now between authoritarianism and freedom why i think i think its very important that we not use language which which can encourage. A course in history which would be very very unfortunate. Turkey has congratulated azerbaijans president who says his forces have seized an important city in the disputed region shows the 2nd biggest city in the goal of karbala where azerbaijan is fighting with armenia celebrations continued into the night
See what might stick its going to start fading i believe quickly because its one thing to have one state thats extremely close and maybe they feel like they can dispute some law around or Something Like that but by ms likely to win most of the remaining states nevada arizona georgia and pennsylvania which point. Joe biden women need pennsylvanias Electoral College votes at some point or in vice versa if you win thats of any would not hear you arizona nevada and so i thought leave the options are just going to fade and fade quickly and they are fairly quickly at this point all right thanks very much appreciate your thoughts of us this from shippensburg. So lets just quickly remind you of where we stand at the moment joe biden is edging closer to that magic number of 270 Electoral College votes that could make and that would make him the next president of the United States now as we were hearing from our guest that hes been overtaking donald trump in 2 key battleground states georgia in
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Well i must admit a surprise mary tonight were seeing all over this nation all cities in all parts of the country indeed across the world an outpouring of joy of her renewed faith in tomorrow bring a better day. And im humbled by the trust and confidence you placed in me. I pledge to be a president who seeks not to divide but unify. Who doesnt see these red states or blue states only shes the United States. Bidens running mate and Vice President elects kamel house is also making history shes the 1st woman and 1st person of color to hold the job. And what a testament it is to joes character that he had the audacity to break one of the most substantial barriers that exists in our country and select a woman as his vice. The. But while i may be the 1st woman in this office i will not be the last in the law there are huge celebrations across maybe your fiftys not to biden was projected as the winner of the president ial election by the American Media large crowds have been gathering outside
But there is still a path to victory for both biden and President Trump as Battle Ground states continue to tally votes. Here is where we stand. Vice President Biden has 253 electoral votes. President trump has 214. 270 is needed to win. Were waiting on alaska, arizona, nevada, pennsylvania, North Carolina and georgia. Voter turnout is expected to be high in this unusual Election Year but how high in comparison to past president ial elections . Abc 7 news Leslie Brinkley looked into that question today in Contra Costa County that could be a micro cost m for the rest of the bay area. Reporter here in the east bay, there was a big push to register new voters. They received more on the roster than four years ago but no so much the sheer number of voters but the percent of those voters who actually vote. This machine takes pictures of signatures on ballots. First step in the process of counselling a vote. There are ballots dropped off at the polls and those that arrived in the mail today.