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
Claimed Election Officials improperly counted absentee ballots. The president s lead is shrinking to about 13,000 votes. There are about 50,000 votes left to be counted not including some ballots with exceptions and military votes that have until tomorrow to be verified. In michigan a judge dismissed President Trumps lawsuit over whether enough gop challengers had access to handling of absentee ballots. Cbs news projects joe biden to win michigan. Other key states like arizona, pennsylvania, North Carolina are still counting votes. Here is where the numbers stand now according to cbs news. Joe biden is 253 and President Trump is at 213 of the 270 electorial votes needed to secure the win. Reporter the Battle Ground states of arizona, nevada, georgia are getting closer to wrapping up vote counts. Anticipation is we will continue throughout the process throughout the day and into the evening if necessary. Reporter the race remains too close to call in the states can joe biden holding a s
Ill be listening with both ears. First, heres todays eye opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. Im not here to declare that weve won, but i am here to report when the count is finished, we believe we will be the winners. Joe biden within striking distance of the presidency. The Trump Campaign gears up for legal challenges. We are going to file suit in pennsylvania. Its a shame that we have to do that. Lawsuit schmasuits. We havent seen evidence theres something wrong. Control of the u. S. Senate still hanging in the balance. Democrats would have to win two of the three remaining tossups to take control. It wont be easy. Violence erupted across portland. The Oregon National guard has been deployed to the city. All that if you need a break from the election, rick is here to make you smile. Never gonna around and desert you and all that matters. Theres one thing we did learn last night is that pollsters dont know [ bleep ]. The polling was even worse than in 2016 . How do the polls just ke