Im not here to declare what we won, but when the voting is done we believe well be the winners. Reporter biden claiming he will flip arizona blue. He is likely to win in michigan and wisconsin and just 17 electoral votes show of the presidency. His Campaign Setting a record for most votes for any president ial candidate. Weve won with the majority of the american people. Indeed senator harris and i are on track to win more votes than any ticket in the history of this country. Reporter still the former Vice President urging patience as vote counting continues in swing states like nevada, georgia and pennsylvania. The president currently holds a lead in the keystone state but there are hundreds of thousands of ballots yet to be counted. The majority from democraticleaning areas, but without any legal basis the president saying this so well be going to the supreme court. We want all voting to stop. Reporter even the Senate Majority leader, republican Mitch Mcconnell weighing in. Claiming
Well have another big lineup to walk us through thoseresults and what they could mean for your money as well including investors like barry diller so the next 24 hours as i think we all know will be action packed one way or the other. Joe. Thanks, andrew. President trump and joe biden making their final arguments to the American People in swing state rallies last night we made history together in our years ago and tomorrow well make history once again. Were still in the battle for the soul of america, decency, honor, respect you better get out there and vote tomorrow, i will be so angry, ill never come back. Never come back. Im running as a proud democrat but i will govern as an american president for months cnbc has been bringing you exclusive data from our states play of battleground polls. Joe biden has a lead among likely voters in each of the six states that that poll is tracking they say the top issues were the economy, the pandemic and political corruption and check this ut, 46
Coronavirus pandemic. Officials say more than 100 million votes came in before election day, the most ever. The university of florida is analyzing the trend and says about 65 million of the ballots came in by mail. The surge in mailin voting could have a major effect on election calls. Many people in florida said they wanted to make their voices heard. I know a lot of people especially on social media, younger people are really pushing the voting. Some said the voting process was unexpectedly easy, though there were adjustments for the coronavirus pandemic. There have been no extra long lines, and once the line got started everything just went smoothly. A lot of attention is on the results of six swing states, arizona, florida, michigan, pennsylvania, wisconsin and north carolina. Those difficulttocall states are essentially the tipping points and often decide who wins the electoral college. The two candidates appeared in public on the crucial day. Were doing very well in florida. Were
Hello and welcome to nhk newsline. Im Yoshi Ogasawara in tokyo. We start this hour in new york where the United Nations is canceling all inperson General Assembly Committee Meetings scheduled for tuesday. It comes after five people of a mission of a member state tested positive for the coronavirus. Its not immediately clear which member state is involved but the u. N. Said it is conducting contact tracing. The cancelations likely mean the Committee Vote on a japansponsored resolution to abolish Nuclear Weapons will be postponed. Most u. N. Staff that operate out of the new york headquarters have been working remotely since march. But more people have been returning to the office since july. Meanwhile, a top official at the World Health Organization is expressing concern about the latest surge of infections sweeping across europe. We are seeing very, very high positivity rates and an increasing lack of capacity to do any effective form of contact tracing. The two countries with the high
Election uncertainty poised to bounce from the worst week since march businesses are bracing for election unrest. Live in manhattan. Well take a look at how companies are preparing for the unknowns of this week ahead. And with no preelection stimulus lifeline, how airlines are now preparing to stem the losses and lure passengers back in to their seats. Carl all right, jim, what do we think is going on this morning doesnt sound like you trust futures at this level. We really sold off terribly friday until the last half hour. This is continuation of what looked like a short covered rally. I think a lot of people who are betting that no matter what happens it will be contested and therefore the market has to go down so, why not just come in short my problem with that is what happens if its actually not contested . What happens if its a landslide for either side. The reeason i point that out if youre betting on a contested election its entirely possible with our 24hour coverage its entirel