Vote vote vote vote vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . Hearing none, the yeas are 64, the nays are 24. The nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table, and the president will be immediately notified of the senates action. Mr. Thune madam president . The presiding officer the senator from south dakota. Mr. Thune i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to legislative session and be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Thune madam president , i have four requests for committees to meet during todays session of the senate. They have a approval of the majority and minority leaders. The presiding officer duly noted. Mr. Thune madam president , before i begin, i want to acknowledge the tremendous news released yesterday that early
Lets dig in with pennsylvania right now. Joe biden has taken the lead right now. He has about a 6,000vote lead, just under 6,000 votes. Theres still 130,000 ballots that still need to be counted. If youre saying this race is very close, were talking about a 6,000vote lead. Theres 130,000 ballots that can be counted. President trump can catch up, maybe. Heres the problem for President Trump. At least 60 60,000 of those 130,000 ballots that have yet to be counted are coming from philadelphia, the surrounding suburbs up through the Lehigh Valley and joe biden is making eastern pennsylvania even more blue. Tom, let me stop you there. Through the night joe biden has been winning. Hes been winning the deep blue areas by 70, 80 . Yes. Because of the mailin vote, when we look at pennsylvania, look at the ratio right here, this is pretty much the breakdown. 80 are going to joe biden. I want to say 30,000 of that 130,000 still to be counted is coming from pittsburgh, a very deep blue county. Als
Shortly. Increase security in vienna after 4 people were killed in a shooting the government is calling a terrorist attack ugandan politician bobby wine is arrested and then released after being nominated for next years president ial election. And in sports the argentine football legend Diego Maradona has been admitted to hospital although his doctor says its not related to covert 19. Voting is underway across the United States in whats expected to be a record turnout in the elections its already the most controversial and highly anticipated poll in recent years and it comes in the midst of a deadly pandemic which continues to get worse donald trump and joe biden have campaigned for months now its up to the American Public that hasnt stopped the men battling for every. Vote with biden out in pennsylvania and trump expected soon in virginia well lets begin our coverage by speaking to alan fischer in washington d. C. So were getting ever closer to that deadline and the message is still b
Moving on to nevada, very close. The state of alaska has not been called. But we expect that the president , donald trump will win that state. It has not been called because the percentage of reporting is low. ,he state of North Carolina President Donald Trump with a lead there. Take a look at where the popular vote stands right now with votes being counted. President elect joe biden with over 74 million votes, close to 75 million votes and President Donald Trump was close to 71 million votes. We want to get your reaction here this afternoon. Biden and Kamala Harris being declared the winner of this election. The first president for the state of delaware and the first woman Vice President and the first woman of color to serve in the white house. Here are the lines. If you voted for president 2027488921 if you voted for president 7388920. 2 we will get to your calls on a minute. The president and his lawyers are saying theyre going to litigate this. Here is a statement from the presiden
Relationship . Or was it murder . I quickly read the spinning papers for clues. Trump pulls out of the paris accord. Trump threatens tariffs on french wine. Trump says mona lisa is a 4 at best. After analyzing the evidence, i had solved the case. The tree committed suicide. Its the late show with Stephen Colbert. Tonight, older not wiser. Plus, stephen welcomes aubrey plaza and dan abrams. Featuring jon batiste and stay human. And now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, its Stephen Colbert cheers and applause stephen hello stephen please thank you very much. Welcome to the late show. Im your host, Stephen Colbert. First of all, happy i feel the same way happy friday, everybody. And just cheers and applause thats a good feeling. Jon great stephen and just as importantly, happy Donald Trumps birthday. booing yes, happy boooorth day. Today the president is 73 years old. But hes got the body of a much younger man. Who has been fished out of a river. laughter and i