The day today and then theyll be off everybodys radar right now president trouble with about a 100000. 00 vote lead in the state of georgia also North Carolina so this whole section the southeastern section of the country very important to the Trump Campaign right now troubling to around 80000 votes in North Carolina the North Carolina state board of Elections Official explain this afternoon that they stopped counting last night because there were no more ballots to count that were thats what were told and that they are now counting absentee ballots ok up in michigan as we mentioned right now the drum campaign has asked to stop the counting there thats because joe biden leads 49 percent to trumps 48 percent but its less than one percent a 30000. 00 vote difference pennsylvania also where that lawsuit has been filed to try to halt the counting only 64 percent of the vote has been counted right now trump has a 500000 vote lead but many of the votes still to be counted are mail in ballots
Welcome to Washington Post live, are program at 1 00 p. M. Eastern everyday. Today, we will hear from two leaders on the frontlines lines of the campaigns. We will hear from senator todd , ofg later in the program indiana, running all the Senate Campaigns for the republicans as they hold onto their majority. And we will hear from a representative from Washington State, the cochair of the progressive caucus in the house. One of those leaders in washington who, regardless of who wins, will be a voice in the Democratic Party in the years to come. She is already campaigning across the country. And i will have two of my colleagues, who i have been waiting to hear from for a long emily, who will be with us later in the program. Lets go to the headlines. It is the day before election day and voters get to decide. Not anyone else, it is you who gets to decide. Here is what im hearing. Campaign, the trump republicans are concerned about my home area. The philadelphia suburbs. And have seen eros
Debate for the state. The u. S. Senate candidate. Here are your moderators. Lori townsend and mike ross. Mike good evening. Im mike ross with skis news source. Im lori townsend. Republican senator dan sullivan nd democratic nominee, independent dr. Al gross who is here in the studio and senator sullivan is joining us remotely from washington, d. C. Welcome to both of you. Mike you might have noticed were having some technical complications with this setup. If you hear a little screech every once in a while, dr. Gross is wearing an earpiece so he can hear what the senator is saying. Taylor perez will be getting questions from our viewers on social media. Were distanced here because of the pandemic. We are taking precautions. Well feature video questions from rural alaska and young alaska here in anchorage. Be sure to tune into Facebook Live immediately after this program for some debate analysis. Lori all questions and answers will be timed. A single bell will signal 10 seconds left and
Years since 1793. Paul joining the panel this week, wall street journal columnist, dan heniger, kim kim strassel and jason riley. Dan, lets give context of where we are now in the election fight. As i look at it, donald trump to win would have to turn results in some combination of georgia, arizona, pennsylvania or wisconsin. How likely is that . I dont think its very likely that its going to change very much. Its good that georgias going to do this manual recount so we can have a clear idea of how one of these elections turned out with a legitimate recount. But you know, theres a couple things to keep in mind here. Joe bidens lead in most of these states is tens of thousands of votes. The other most famous recount in american president ial history was florida in 2000, al gore and george w bush. Between them, there were less than 600 votes. Out of millions cast. So as a statistical proposition, paul, its pretty unlikely you can turn around that many votes. Having said that, the percent
Steve scalise, nancy nancy maces Jeff Van Drew and louisiana senator, john kennedy. Futures starting on a mixed note. The dow industrials are down 120 points, the s p is also weaker by 3 and a quarter but the nasdaq is up a little bit of a rotation going on this morning, back into technology. The nasdaq up 50 o 50 points. This follows a mixed performance yesterday, investors rotating into the tech sector. Were standing by for key speeches from Federal Reserve officials later today. Well take a look at market moving words on rates and the economy. Pfizer and biontech 90 effectiveness report helping drive markets. What challenges do we expect before its rolled out of. Ill speak with the companys founder and ceo of biontech later this hour. Then, cruising into the future, one state is anticipating a future filled with flying cars and its making a buzz this morning. Mornings with maria is live right now. I just cant get you out of my head. Boy, your loving is all i think about. I just cant