President trump is closing the gap in arizona, though, with bidens lead dropping to about 38,000 votes. Lets check in with stephanie sierra tracking both campaign. Votes continue to pour in from each of the remaining four Battle Ground states. Joe biden 17 votes from 270. As we heard from the president today, he wont be conceding without a fight. In the home stretch, joe biden leading in the pour Battle Ground states, arizona, nevada, georgia and pennsylvania. A declared win in pennsylvania alone with its 20 electoral votes would put him on a path to the presidency. His supporters anxiously waiting. Democracy is sometimes messy and requires patience, as well. Meanwhile, President Trump is leading in north carolina. Continuing to send false messages on twitter he won the presidency and toting unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud. Democrat officials never believed they could win this election honestly. Thats why they did the mail in ballots where there is tremendous corruption and fraud
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Confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to the u. S. Supreme court. Shes expected to record to work today for her first day as a member of the highest court in the country. Barrett was confirmed last night by the senate in the face of democratic opposition. Barrett was then sworn in at a ceremony at the white house. Nancy chen is in washington. Nancy, her vote was pretty much right along party lines, no surprise there. Reporter thats right. Good morning to you, annemarie. Justice barrett was confirmed last night by a 5248 vote with all democrats and only one republican voting against her. Now today will be her first day of work. Amy Coney Barrett is now a Supreme Court justice. I, Amy Coney Barrett reporter the 48yearold was sworn in last night during a ceremony at the white house. It is the job of a judge to resist her policy preferences. It would be a dereliction of duty for her to give in to them. Reporter barrett is the third associate justice appointed by President Trump. Our country ow
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
Probably are wondering what is the state of the race so far and what are we still waiting to get in . To get more on that we have Anthony Salvanto. Hes our director of election surveys here at cbs news. Runs the Battleground Tracker polls. Hes been following the race all night. Also Major Garrett still in coat and tie. Wondering if you were going to take that off. Salvanto has already gone down to the Shirt Sleeves and the tie is loosened a little. Good evening. Good morning to the two of you. Where are we at this hour . Okay. So tony, let me take you through first the five states that we at this moment consider tossups. And thats wisconsin, michigan, pennsylvania, North Carolina and georgia. All the others projected or in the case of nevada and arizona as of this moment, leading to joe biden. The issue here is that, let me walk you through. In wisconsin, we estimate at least almost 700,000, 672,000 ballots still remaining to be counted. Theyve been cast. Not yet counted. And we can do