3,295,304 over President Trump with 3,289,717. This is the first time in a while joe biden goes into the lead many its votes out of philadelphia. We are getting reports from philadelphia right now, a heavily democratic area. Theyve taken a while to count their votes but theyre doing it. As that comes in, that propels biden to the lead. It is still not projected but right now the trend lines definitely favoring joe biden. Still a lot of votes to come. Where are they coming from . What is the expectation . There are more from philadelphia and more from pittsburgh which is also heavily democratic county and a few more here and there throughout the state. Thats the bulk, the democratic places. What are you making for before you make call into the apparent winner category . This is still very close. Like i said, trend lines have been headed towards joe biden. This is still close with just a few thousand votes. We are going to look for more votes, see what we get, and as always start looking
Streaming on cbsn bay area, we are looking live from our Treasure Island camera, looking at the city of San Francisco on this thursday morning. Good morning. It is november 5. I am michelle griego. I am len kiese. All eyes on nevada, arizona, georgia as ballot counting continues. The race for the white house is too close to call but with updated results from battleground states we are closer to a winner. Joe biden would need to win any two of the remaining states to reach 270 electorial votes. Georgia announced the new numbers. President trumps lead narrowed. Joe biden has an 80,000 lead in arizona but there is a delay in new numbers. Here is the reason why. Let us in . In maricopa county, arizona, protests outside a reporters office shut down ballot county. About 200 protesters waved trump flags as they chant let us in outside the office. They claim battles are not being counted properly but officials insist that is not true. Protesters were met by sheriffs deputies intactcal gear and
Building. Maricopa county still has 275,000 ballots that need to be counted. President trump is hoping to stop the vote count but only in some states. Anne makovec joins us now from the live news desk with the very latest. Reporter the vote counting is on as we speak. It looks like we can likely have an answer as to who could be the next president of the United States by the end of the day. The demonstrations you talked about from yesterday continuing this morning including outside the office where theyre counting now in philadelphia, pennsylvania. Lets go inside that room right now where they still have about 1 million votes left to count. Pennsylvania is of course among the handful of Battle Ground states you mentioned still in play this morning. So far the mail in ballots theyre counting have skewed heavily in joe bidens favor but President Trump still has the lead. This was the state where in 2016 he won pennsylvania by less than one percentage point. We have an eye on the counting
Let us in. Around 275,000 ballots remain. Protesters claim ballots are not being counted prisonly but officials insist that is not true. One point, protesters tried to make their way in. The Arizona Attorney general is investigating after he got hundreds of complaints over weather sharpie pens caused ballots to be canceled. I filled out the front side with the sharpie and when i turned it over it bled through so badly that i was a little bit concerned. Election Officials Say as long as it was filled correctly your vote should be counted. The vote count resuming in georgia. Anne makovec is joining us from the live news desk. This is as President Trump is mounting legal action against the peach state and others. Reporter yes, he is definitely holding onto that hope that he had when he was ahead significantly in the polls yesterday. He still is but that lead is shrinking. Lets go live to georgia where the count has resumed. At this point there are fewer than 25,000 left to be counted in g
We may be opponents but we are not enemies. We are americans. The message from joe biden this morning as he gets closer to winning the president ial race. A close aide of the president tested positive for the coronavirus. Chief of staff mark meadows is the latest to become infected after a string of outbreaks at the white house. A high case of covid19 cases three days running and a surge showing no sign of slowing down. Good morning. I am emily turner. Spare the air alert to. Joe biden is on the brink of winning the presidency. There are several key battleground states and bidens leading in pennsylvania with nearly 29,000 vote margin. In georgia separated by thousands of votes for the two candidates. In georgia had by 30,000 votes in a nevada a 22,000 vote advantage. If joe biden wins pennsylvania or any two of the other remaining states, he would surpass 270 electoral votes, the number needed to weigh the presidency. Lets get the latest from cbs Laura Podesta oh from washington. We wi