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We the people will not be silenced. Vice president joe bidens camp projecting confidence as President Trumps team is threatening legal challenges. So this race is not over yet. Good evening. Im dan ashley. And im ama daetz. Thank you for joining us. Heres where we stand right now. Vice President Biden has 253 electoral votes. President trump has 214. 270 is the number needed to win. Take a look at how california voted. The states 55 electoral votes went to Vice President joe biden. Quickly after the polls closed at 8 00. All nine bay area counties voted blue. President trump found support in the northernmost counties and in the eastern and central interior. And many groups came out today to secure the vote. A group showed up at facebook headquarters in menlo park about an hour ago demanding that the company prevent the candidates and their surrogates from spreading disinformation. Facebook confirmed it had already applied warning labels to the two of President Trumps posts. And about t
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.
Administration it will be, i guess time will tell. The latest on trumps legal challenges to the election and how the delay in the transition is leaving president elect biden in the dark on critical issues. Deadline approaching. Federal relief set to run out for millions of americans struggling to make ends meet. With covid cases growing as well as lines at food banks lawmakers at an apparent stalemate. Can they resolve their sticking points . And set for launch. Ignition, liftoff. The new liftoff date for a Historic Mission and the final preps under way for nasa and spacex. The two astronauts ready to make history and crew1s nod to a challenging year as they get ready to rocket into space. Hey, good morning, everybody, happy saturday. Were going to start here with the surging coronavirus pandemic. America has just shattered the daily record again with more than 193,000 new cases reported in just 24 hours. Several state and local officials announcing new lockdowns, pauses, freezes and o
And President Trump 48 of the vote with 68 million american vot votes. Now what really counts is electoral counts. 270 magic number at 264. President trump having locked in 214 electoral votes. It is coming down to razor thin margins more than anyone expected if you watch the polls. Liz kreutz has a look at the current state of the race and the discrepancies we saw in polling. Liz . We did. Many of us expected this race to be close but not this close and depending on some results that were expected to get in the next few hours, 12 hours from arizona and nevada. There is a chance biden wins the white house by reaching 270 on the dot. But as we know, its not over until its over and the president is not going to go down without a fight. After a roller coaster 24 hours, the path to 270 are starting to come into clearer picture. Today abc news saying former Vice President joe biden is the apparent winner to win michigan. It a big victory for the biden camp but it not over yet. Were seeing s