The mayor called on President Trump to acknowledge the fact that he lost. Good afternoon, everyone. This week, the eyes of the nation and the world were here in philadelphia, and i am proud to say that philadelphia showed up. Our residents turned out in large numbers, they mailin ballots amid unprecedented conditions, a global pandemic. They stood in line with neighbors to cast their vote in person and have exhibited tremendous patience as they continue to wait for our election staff to count every single vote. I want to thank city commissioners lisa deeley, al sabir,t, and omar who continue to lead this impressive operation. I think the hardworking staff and hope they can get some rest soon. I also want to thank the employees of many city departments which helped stand up and staff this operation. The office of innovation and technology, the managing directors office, the finance department, police department, chief Administrative Office and others have helped support city commissione
Cracks they have they have exhibited patients as they wait for our alexion staff to count every single vote. I want to thank those who oversaw tuesdays election and continue to lead this impressive operation. I think theyre hardworking staff and hope they can all get some rest soon. I want to thank the employees of many city departments which helped stand up and staff this operation. The office of innovation and technology, the managing directors office, the finance department, please department, chief Administrative Office and others have helped support city commissioners and help preparing for this election for over a year and there are hundreds of others, including many City Employees who helped on election day and by staffing this ballot counting operation for all the world to see. They are all too numerous to name, but please know that you have my thanks and thanks to the people of the city. Most of all, i thank the people of philadelphia. Earlier this week, commissioner delia and
with every day is brought to their front door, they all of a sudden go berserk and they re so upset this is happening. president biden responded overnight, accusing desantis and others of quote, playing politics with human beings. suggesting that those governors such as desantis should not interfere in the immigration process. instead of working with us on solutions, republicans are playing politics with human beings using them as props. what they re doing is simply wrong. it is unamerican, it is wreckless. the u.s. attorney for massachusetts will speak with the justice department about desantis transporting migrants to martha s vineyard as other atlantics are calling for an investigation. we ll take you there live in just in a moment. but we begin with a set back for the justice department in one of the investigations. a judge has named a special master to review documents seized at mar-a-lago but it paused the criminal investigation into classified materials confiscat
Investigation into her death stands, thats coming up in a few moments. First, the gulf coast already seeing strong winds from Hurricane Sally. We just got new information in from the National Hurricane center, a new warning. The storm heading northwest ward toward the northern gulf coast with extreme lifethreatening flash flooding likely. Were continuing to see those historic wildfires rage in the west those fires sending smoke all the way from one end of our country to the other, causing hazy skies in parts of virginia and new york if the natural disasters arent enough, scientisting are warning two glaziers are tearing loose theyve long kept scientists up at night the collapse of one of them could trigger a broader collapse that could raise sea levels by about ten feet i want to start with nbcs al roker. Hes tracking that storm al, again, we just got that new advisory from the National Hurricane center walk us through what we know right now. What we know right now, craig, is the good
Soon be over. Joe biden is closing in on the president ial election. Bidens lead over President Trump continues to grow in key battleground states around we do expect a new round of counted ballot this morning that could put biden over the top, but the president is vowing to fight on in court, while biden is urging the nation to come together. This is the electoral vote count. Joe biden has 253. The president has 213. Joe biden is potentially one state away from crossing that 270 threshold. Thatsy we begin with the cnn key race alert. The key state, pennsylvania, has enough votes to give joe biden the presidency. He currently leads by 28,000 votes. That number has been growing. Tens of thousands outstanding this morning. We could be getting some of that in. Its coming largely from democratic areas, his lead is expected to grow. Georgia, we got new votes from overnight. Joe biden leads by 7,000 vote, 16 electoral votes up for grabs. This is a razor thin margin. Joe biden is expanding it