Independently called. With the last battleground ballots being counted and the electoral map coming into focus, joe biden pulled ahead of President Trump early today in pennsylvania as the mailin ballots democrats preferred in this pandemic tilted heavily toward biden. It was the same story overnight in georgia, where biden edged past the president with a razorthin lead. With a margin that small, there will be a recount in georgia. Reporter biden had a second potential path to victory leading through nevada and arizona, where the margins were also tight. In flagged tweets and unfounded comments from the white house, President Trump claimed fraud without offering any evidence and vowed to continue his fight in the courts. We were winning in all the key locations by a lot actually, and then our numbers started miraculously getting whittled away. Reporter while some allies still stand by the president , others including pennsylvanias republican senator pushing back. The president s allega
For his democratic challenger. The bal count continues for a fourth night in a row, so when will we actually have an answer . Also tonight you see it there. Tensions high in the midst of this high stakes election. Protesters clashing with police in contra costa county. And just in another case of covid at the white house. Theres a lot happening as we head into the weekend. Thanks for joining us. Tonight still no winner, still too close to call but joe biden saying he and Kamala Harris are already getting to work. At this hour there are five states up for grabs arizona, nevada, georgia, pennsylvania and north carolina. Joe biden leads in four of those. President trump is ahead in north carolina. Both candidates still have a path to victory. President trump needs to win at least four of the five outstanding states. Biden needs to only win pennsylvania or any combination of the other two states. Now 270 is the magic number to win. Those numbers have not changed since election night. Joe b
The president s Team Planning legal challenges, all of this as the president s chief of staff tests positive for coronavirus and the u. S. Is hit with the most cases ever. Who will be the next president to handle the pandemic . And will today be the day a president ial winner is declared . America is watching and waiting, today, saturday, november 7th, 2020. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today with peter alexander, kristen welker, and dylan dreyer. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today and thank you so much for joining us on this saturday morning. Peter and i are so happy to be joining you from new york. Typically of course we would be in d. C. , but here we are in our election headquarters as we watch and wait for results today. Thats right. We had election day that turned into election week. We welcome you to election weekend. You were in wilmington, i was at the white house. Were in new york for as long as it takes to get you results. It
Other who are watching for governor newsome. Today as we move to 12 30 because of the governors meeting with the president. There are now more than 27,000 cases here in california with 890 deaths. The bay area reported the most deaths in a single day yesterday. There are now more than 5600 cases and more than 170 deaths. We are going to bring this News Conference to you live once it gets underway. And the Labor Department announced new unemployment numbers. Were talking about 5. 2 million more americans applying for Unemployment Benefits just last who knows where that button is . T ent. Week. Everyone does right up here. And that means 22 million it happens to all of us. We buy a new home, and we turn into our parents. Americans have filed unemployment claims in the past month. What i do is help new homeowners overcome this. Making this the worst stretch what is that, an adjustable spanner . Of u. S. Job losses on record. Good choice, steve. Okay, dont forget youre not assisting him. I
That. Continues to spread worldwide as president just moments ago the cleric a National Emergency for the United States to unleash the full power of the federal government for today i am officially declaring a National Emergency. 2 very big words. The action i am take in will open up access to up to 50000000000. 00 of. Very importantly for important a large amount of money for states and localities in our shared fight against this disease in furtherance of the order emerging every state to set up Emergency Operation centers effective immediately. A National Emergency 2 words indeed now meanwhile the World Health Organization thank all Health Workers around the world and announced europe is now at the epicenter of the coven 1000 pandemic. More than 132000 cases of corbett 19 have no been reported to deadly youre from 123 countries and territories 5000 people have lost their lives a tragic milestone europe has now become the epicenter of the pundit make wheeze more reported cases and is