Our live coverage continues on america this morning. Good friday morning, everyone. At this hour former Vice President joe biden is making gains in two crucial states. Heres where we stand right now. Biden is still at 253 electoral votes. President trump at 214. They need 270. In pennsylvania President Trumps lead has been shrinking. It was fewer than 20,000 votes overnight, and its not just mailin votes from philadelphia where biden has been making huge gains. Last night erie county in the northwest corner of the state turned blue. President trump needs pennsylvania to win the white house. A major update. Biden has taken the lead in the state of georgia where he had been trailing since election day as the vote count has been coming in overnight. And were expecting more votes today from the atlanta suburbs and from savannah. Both are blue areas. Looking at arizona, a bright spot for the president. Bidens lead is shrinking to about 47,000 votes overnight. All eyes there on Maricopa Coun
Here to guide you through it all. Our live coverage continues on america this morning. Good friday morning, everyone. At this hour, former Vice President joe biden is making gains in two crucial state. Heres where we stand right now. Biden is still at 253 votes and trump at 214. They need 270. President trumps lead had been shrinking. Its not just mailin votes from philadelphia where biden has been making huge gains. Last night erie county in the northwest corner of the state turned blue. President trump needs pennsylvania to win the white house. And a major update, biden has taken the lead in the state of georgia where he had been trailing since election day as the vote count has been coming in overnight. And were expecting more votes today from the atlanta suburbs and from savannah. Both are blue areas. Looking at arizona, a bright spot for the president. Bidens lead is shrinking to about 47,000 votes overnight. All eyes there on Maricopa County. More votes are being released today.
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Knowing some very well, like my own motherinlaw, or one that i admired very much, is that we benefit, our country benefits by whatever our first ladys interests are. She is the wife of one president and daughterinlaw of another. Laura welch bush became first lady after a controversial election brought her husband, george w. Bush, to the white house. Less than nine months later came the 9 11 attacks while she helped comfort the nation with education, literacy and womens health. Welcome to cspans series, first ladies. Tonight, well tell you the story of the wife of our 43rd president. Here to do that are two people who know her well. Ann is a laura bush biographer. Her 2000 book the tells the story of her as she covered her since 2001. Welcome. Mark is a president ial historian, the author of several books about the presidency and is working on one about the relationship between president s bush 41 and 43. In your biography, you refer to the role of a job of first lady as, this is a quot