Interference, accusing them of knowingly putting out false polls to limit turnout by his supporters. Well, by contrast today, joe biden urged americans to stay calm, assuring them the process is working. Here are the facts cbs news has not projected a winner. By our projections, joe biden leads in the race to 270 electoral votes, 253213. The race has tightened in the hand full of states that could decide who will become the next president of the United States. The margins are now razor thin, and tensions remain high with noisy demonstrations outside buildings where votes are being counted. Adding to the tension, another sobering milestone in the coronavirus pandemic 100,000 new cases were confirmed on wednesday. That is the highest oneday total since the beginning of the pandemic. So theres a lot of news to cover tonight. Weve got our team of correspondents standing by across america to cover it all. Were going to get to the president s comments in just a moment, but first, cbs Major G
Good morning. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Well, we are inching closer to determining the outcome of the president ial election as vote counting continues this morning. And battleground states release new vote tallies. Cbs news projects joe biden has 253 electoral votes, just shy of 17 or rather just 17 shy georgi, President Trump is leading by a few hundred votes. A lot of eyes are on pennsylvania, which holds 20 votes. President trumps lead was 300,000 votes yesterday, but now it is down to roughly 18,000 with 95 of the votes counted. In arizona, bidens lead has shrunk to 47,000 votes, hes also up in nevada by nearly 12,000 votes. And in North Carolina, the president is up by 76,000 votes. Laura podesta is in washington, d. C. What can we expect today . Reporter good morning, annemarie. We can expect tensions to remain high around the country as americans watch this ever changing vote tally. The president has been tweeting overnight, but the majority of his tweets are bei
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Senator whitehouse good morning. I call this committee to order. We have multiple committees on which we serve in the senate and from time to time its important to go check in at another committee to get in the queue properly and so senator grassley will be along. Ill make my ope ill introduce the first three witnesses. Senator grassley will introduce a witness, senator lee wnd then well proceed. We are here today to discuss womens rights, their right to bodilyght to set the course of their own life. And their right to economic freedom. I hear often that the Budget Committee should only be concerned with debt and deficits but any serious conversation about debt and deficits must also analyze threats to Economic Growth and stability. Debt and deficits do not occur in a vacuum. Welcome. E result from the fiscal decisions that we make and from what we do that strengthens or that weakens our economy. Reproductive rights, it turns out, are intrinsically tied to eeconomic opportunity. Repron