Because it was his metaphor about the puzzle. Once you get into those metaphors you can break a wrist trying to keep them going. If you are just waking up, significant developments. Overnight joe biden taking the lead in georgia in part with some of the votes coming in from john lewis district. An historical significance. Something poetic about that. And then, of course, in pennsylvania, joe biden taking the lead. At cbs news, we are not projecting the race at this point, nor are we projecting any of the battleground states still outstanding because there are still votes out there to be counted. These are narrow leads. In pennsylvania, its about 5,000. And as we noted in pennsylvania, its 100,000 there are paths for both candidates but the path for President Trump is narrowing, as we say. The lead in georgia is translieutenatran transluce translucent, its so thin but in pennsylvania for the last day and a half, whats going to happen around philadelphia and pittsburgh . Traditionally in
Lets give each other a chance and lower the temperature. I like the tone hes setting john, already. Reporter and just adding, see each other again, listen to each other again. So thats thats the, you know, its not just words but actually putting them into action. The speech really ranged. You had Langston Hughes reference in there, on eagles wings, he quoted theodore parker. It was, again, this is what speech making sound like, and President Trump hasnt spoken like this, hasnt chosen to, and this was a speech that seeks to use the words in the moment to bring the nation together and move it along. Words cant do everything in a presidency, but they can do a lot. Reporter and to say he wants to root out systemic racism. Do you know how long people have been waiting for someone in that position to say that, to acknowledge, a, that it exists, and then to acknowledge we want to do something about it. Thats very powerful. Odonnell that it will be a priority. Reporter exactly, exactly, norah,
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Could challenge results. Plus, well talk to voters about their hopes for the next four years. First, heres todays eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. I dont care how hard donald trump tries. Theres nothing nothing thats going to stop the people of this nation from voting. Polls officially open election day 2020 is finally upon us. Look at this guy. You cant even see the end of it. This is not the crowd of a second place finisher. You agree with that . The power is in your hands, pennsylvania. Both campaigns agree for legal reasons, pennsylvanias vote is going to take awhile to be tabulated. Lets take 6,000 of these. Well but them over here. Lets take 6,000 of these. Its going to be cheating. Top experts tell the Trump Administration that the country is entering the most concerning and most deadly phase of the pandemic. A vote for biden is a vote for lockdowns. Theres a manhunt for several suspects involved in a terror attack in vienna, austria. They opened fire on six places in t
I love you. And thank you. From cbs election headquarters in times square, this is a cbs news election update. 2020 america decides. Reporting tonight, norah odonnell. Odonnell and good evening, and welcome once again to our special coverage. It is hard to believe it is already friday night, and still the country continues to wait and wonder who will be the next president . With each hour, more ballots are counted, and tonight the path to the presidency is becoming clearer. Tonight, joe biden, the former Vice President , is now leading in four states, though still not decisively enough for cbs news to project a winner. Were standing by to hear from mr. Biden tonight in this hour. He is expected to speak to the nation from wilmington, delaware. So we will bring that to you live. And like most of you, we have spent the day mesmerized by the democracy. We want to show you the live pictures of volunteers carefully opening and counting mailin ballots in maricopa county, arizona. And weve se