U. S. President elect joe biden has addressed the nation for the 1st time since claiming victory in tuesdays election biden delivered the speech in his home state of delaware alongside Vice President elect common to horace the running mate submerged victorious soph to taking a clear lead in the swing state of pennsylvania after days of voting. Fireworks light up the docks sky in delaware but will a new dawn soon be upon America Joe Biden has one power promising just that. To a country that has been living through a year of pandemic in unrest the veteran league is promising to bring a new bomb. The bible tells us everything there is a season a time to build a time when to time to sober and a time to hear oh this is the time to heal in america. Alongside biden a woman who says shes determined to heal the countrys rice who divisions Camilla Harris will be the countrys 1st female a minority Vice President she did the key to victory to the Civil Rights Movement and said it will help restore
Outcome of the election now hinges on 4 battleground states where mainly postal votes are being tied to and in other news the u. N. Calls for i mean media deescalation intentions that ethiopias Prime Minister calls in troops into the tikrit region following at an auction on a military base the way. To. So democratic candidate joe biden is now just 6 Electoral College votes away from the u. S. Presidency after flipping michigan and wisconsin which donald trump narrowly won 4 years ago biden now has a total of 264 Electoral College votes ron donald trump has 214 hour remember the magic number to become president is to 70 here in yellow youll see the states still in play nevada in the west and georgia and North Carolina in the south and up here pennsylvania donald trump has launched legal action in several states to stop votes being counted. Lets look at georgia firsts an extremely close race ted Donald Trumps initial lead has been steadily falling most of the remaining votes are from atl
The sessions you want to take a look at whats happening with u. S. Equity futures this morning. Dow futures up 10 points, s p up by three we are still under water for all three major averages even after the gains we saw yesterday the dow down about 3 . The nasdaq is down 5. 6 also bumping up against the end of the quarter. Major averages still in positive territory. Youll see now, it looks like the 10year is sitting at 0. 65 of 1 . Andrew, welcome back thank you, becky House Speaker pelosi said democrats proposed a new 2. 2 trillion relief bill saying it is a compromised measure with in funding for schools and airlines white house chief of staff saying President Trump would be willing to sign a 1. 3 trillion relief package well see, guys where this all heads. Inching along we went from 2. 3 to 2. 2. I dont know where the white house is Vice President mike pence said yesterday americans should expect a rise in covid cases in the days ahead as testing increases in some midwestern states
Joined by Richard Mullaney. We will discuss the florida role as a battleground state this year. Host good morning on this tuesday. We are going to begin with republicans only. How should the Senate Precedent . If you believe they should fill the seat before the election,. Ial in at 202 7488000 if you think they should wait until after the election, 202 7488001 is your number. Are 7488002 if you undecided. At 202 lso text us 7488003. Tomorrow, we will talk to democrats only. Legalould Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell move forward on the vacancy on the Supreme Court after Justice Ginsburgs death this past friday. Here is the majority leader. Hearing there is not sufficient time to examine and confirm the nominee. We can debunk this myth in about 30 seconds. Until novemberys 3 and 104 days until the end of this congress. Stevens was confirmed by the senate in 19 days. Days from start to finish. Oconnor, was day confirmed in 33 days after the nomination. Herself, it was just 42 days.
Breath easy, get outside. Look at this, the streak, 30 days and over. Everybody is green in the north bay, east light on shoer wind, that fog will spread. This is sfo this morning, foggy and a little drizzle. Temperatures pretty mild. 60s around the coast, 70s at the bay. Not as warm as yesterday. Well talk about the possibility of smoke this weekend. More on the streak ending. This is quite a difference from what we saw a week ago. The streak is finally over. Today is not a spare the air day. This is the first time this has happened in 30 days. A lot of people are out just enjoying this after weeks of unhealthy air quality in the region. It is just great being outside. Everybody should take advantage of it while they can. The previous record was just 14 days back in 2018 during the campfire. Well continue to monitor the air quality as the potential for unhealthy air will return this weekend. Showing you our air quality tracker at abc 7 news. Com. At the live desk, President Trump is o