Buildings collapse, then a tsunami brings even more devastation. Well have the latest. And signs of the times from banners and billboards to Old School Lawn signs, these displays of democracy have been seen as a predictor for an areas election results. How true is that . We begin with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Millions more will vote by tuesday. And i believe when you use your power to vote, well change the course of this country and the course of history. There are just three days left before election day. There will be no heating in the winter. No air conditioning in the summer and no electricity whatever the hell you want it. Right now you have it made. Youre so lucky. You are so lucky im your president. We are better than this. And we deserve better than this. The candidates race across the country fighting over votes in the battleground states. Its really a choice between the trump boom and a biden depression. We are rounding the turn on the pandemic w
It says traffic break heading southbound 880 to alvarado heading down through union city into fremont. That break, chp says just cleared. No major problems there. We do have the backup at the toll plaza. No surprises but its waiting for you, marcus. Laura . Thanks so much. Its 6 01. Those polls already open in other u. S. Time zones and were waiting at the top of the hour. Lets bring in tracie potts in delaware. I think its safe to say finally arrived, all eyes on the president ial race. Reporter absolutely. Its going to be a busy day, marcus and laura. We are tracking the polls as they open here on the east coast and tracking the votes including the millions of early votes and today we are tracking the candidates. Lets take a look at the president who has been out talking this morning. Last night he was wrapping things up at a final rally in michigan, a state he narrowly won four years ago. The president claiming that he will easily win michigan this time around. It was one of five st
Information and hope says the professor at the roosevelt family estate. They would listen to the president explain what the government was trying to do. Reporter they were few in number but symbolic of a connection between the patrician, roosevelt and those suffering with poverty. Something the president understood because he suffered. I would say that the symbol of his presidency, of his life is warm springs, georgia. Reporter roosevelt was stricken with polio and never walked again. He built a facility in warm springs, georgia for other polio sufferers and took charge of the operation. It helped him to relate to all kinds of people that is leaving a life of kindness and of respect and responsibility for the people that we know as well as for the people that we dont know. That is the modern basis of democracy. Roosevelt unleashed a flock of programs. They went to work building the infrastructure of the country in ways that are almost unimaginable now. They built 39,000 schools. They b
Ill track that until a crew gets on scene there. A great drive and an easy start, marcus. Back over to you. Thanks, mike. Now to the race to the white house unlike any election ever held, the finish line now in site. The first ballots were cast in dixville notch, new hampshire, and it was a clean sweep for joe biden. The democratic candidate picked up all five votes. So far nearly 100 million americans have voted early and President Trump will hold an Election Night event at the white house. Joe biden will continue campaigning in pennsylvania. Today in the bays tracie potts is live in wilmington, delaware, where biden will watch the results come in tonight. Tracie . Reporter laura and marcus, he does have events happening in pennsylvania today making lastminute stops. First in his birthplace of scranton and then were told at least two local stops in philadelphia. No big rallies as we start to see people line up as the polls open in philadelphia. They are putting in security for Preside
Called for Democrat John hickenlooper. Republican, former head football coach of auburn flipped alabama. Republican erst won in iowa. Graham won in South Carolina and Mitch Mcconnell won in kentucky. Several seats, though, still need to be decided before the night is out. Meantime, democrats are expected to keep control of the house and possibly add to their advantage but there are still dozens of races left to be decided tonight. Our political reporter greg lee has been watching all of this for us tonight. Greg what is happening in those crucial states. It is clear it will come down to the swing states. Likely to be very close. It will take time to count all of those ballots. Much of the attention like we talked about. President trump flip inside 2016. The socalled blue wall he broke through. Michigan so far, 65 reporting. President trump leading 54 to 5 . They received a historic number of absentee ballots. Election officials have said it could take days to count. In wisconsin we go.