Im Claire Richard sennett welcome to the show democratic candidate joe biden has won at the u. S. President ial election after sealing victory in the battleground state of pennsylvania of the 99 percent of votes counted in pennsylvania biden has won 49. 7 percent at his up against trump 49. 2 percent now the 20 electoral votes of biden won in this state allowed him to surpass the 270 needed to win the election according to projections by the Associated Press who was also picked up 6 in nevada giving him a total of 290 electoral votes to republican president Donald Trumps 214. Well democratic supporters across the country have been reacting to the news of president elect bidens a success from fill it. Black lives matters plaza in washington to new yorks times square people showed signs of relief and excitement here are some of those reactions now. To me that everything my mother is a disabled woman before security and medicaid and medicare and so you know. How to you can no longer mess
A surprise discovery on the marin county luna was it could be just the tonic fan and mission. We began and pakistan where an explosion has killed at least 8 people that blast happened at a Religious School in the city of push allah more than 100 others were also injured there has been no claim yet of responsibility but the Pakistan Branch of the taliban has issued a statement strongly condemning the attack now u. S. Secretary of state my pump air has pledged u. S. Support for india against threats from china from payer and defense secretary mark kasper are in india right now seeking to boost military cooperation and sponsor a 5 day asia trip aimed at strengthening strategic ties in the face of growing chinese influence in the region. Based on our shared values and common interests we stand shoulder to shoulder in support of a free and open indopacific role particularly in light of increasing aggression and destabilizing activities by china. Correspondent elizabeth promise following thi
Lets get you a live look right now from philadelphia where abc news expects the first drop of the morning there to come any minute now. Between now and 10 00 our time. Joe biden still holds nearly a 29,000 vote lead in pennsylvania. If he holds on, hed be the president elect of the United States. Lets zoom out to show you where the race to 270 currently stands, its been in hold for the past 48 hours, biden still with 253 electoral votes, the president with 214. Both campaigns are taking different approaches to the count. Abc 7 News Reporter matt boone starts us off with why the biden camp is feeling confident. Reporter all eyes were on wilmington, delaware as joe biden took the stage, still confident in his chances. Were going to win this race with a clear majority with the nation behind us. Reporter though he made it clear it was not his call to make. Never forget, the tallies arent numbers. They represent votes and voters. Men and women who exercise their fundamental right to have th
Representative, spoke with a group of volunteers supporting his campaign, and delivered brief remarks. This is 20 minutes. [indiscernible conversations] ill tell you what, man. You guys have done one heck of a job. In addition to that [indiscernible]. [cheer and applause] the number they gave me are almost hard to believe. Sounding. Tell us the numbers. Youve got people knocking on 250,000 doors. So far. Youve gotten more volunteers, more people engaged. It feel out there . Its great. For real. Ill tell you what. Youre doing more of your civic duty. Theres a lot at stake here. She gave me a passport to come into the district. [laughter] i spoke to the congresswoman before i came in. [inaudible] ill tell you what, man. Look, i will say a few things for the press and a little bit. But the fact of the matter is, this president s chief of staff, they have given up. This president and chief of staff, they have given up. All these super spreaders going on. I wish i could shake each one of yo
Welcome, everybody. I think we have some leadership, about the theyll be coming in. Can you see, can you hear me . Is it working . Well, the election is over. Theyre still counting the votes and making legal challenges, and once all the legal challenges are made and the votes are counted, well have that done. Weve still got two outstanding races in georgia to determine the control of the senate and the committee will keep moving forward doing its work. We have next week social media oversight. I cant wait to have the social media ceos come to the committee and explain themselves about their platform, thats the 17th. I think theres a lot of bipartisan support to take a hard look at social media platform. The act is still business pending before the committee and after the hearing well have markup. But today we have mr. Mccabe, the number two at the fbi during the hurricane. I think hes going to appear remotely, so i appreciate him coming. And what ill do is make a brief Opening Statemen