Of 93. We remember the legendary actor with a commanding voice. I am your father. Norah the Cbs Evening news starts now. Good evening. Im Norah Odonnell and Thank You for being with us. There are a number of top stories we are covering on this monday night. From that upcoming president ial debate that will air here on cbs to those outofcontrol wildfires out west, and a tropical storm thats gaining strength in the Gulf Of Mexico. We want to begin tonight with some news just coming in about the death of james Earl Jones, whose commanding performance onscreen made him a Household Name for decades. He was the voice of Darth Vader in Star Wars and mufasa in the lion king. He overcame a Childhood Stutter to win nearly every accolade and award, after appearing in nearly 90 Television Dramas and series and some 120 movies. We get more now from cbs vladimir duthiers. Reporter james Earl Jones was an industry giant. Steel isnt strong, boy. Reporter Whose Unmistakable Deep Booming Voice Captivate
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2020 is now the best year woohooo this is a cbs news special the election of joe biden, reporting tonight from cbs news election headquarters in times square. Norah odonnell. Odonnell good evening. And you are looking live at celebrations in new york city tonight after a week of waiting and wondering and ballot counting, america has decided. Joe biden has been elected next president of the United States. Incredible crowds across america, from here, in times square, to the streets outside of the white house, voters are cheering. At the Biden Campaign headquarters in wilmington, delaware, supporters of the president elect and his running mate, Kamala Harris are also partying. The new president elect and Vice President elect will be speaking there shortly, giving the acceptance speeches theyve waited their whole lives to give. S,d there will be fireworks, were told. Reporter fireworks and more than just rhetorical ones. The real ones. Welcome once again to our cbs news election headquarte
Breakneck sprint to election day just hours from now. President trump and former Vice President biden are battling those states. And lastminute votes they think theyll need to win. President Trump Holding five rallies in four states while joe biden is going all in for pennsylvania making three stops there. And a surprise visit to ohio. While election day isnt until tomorrow as we come on the air this election is already making history. More than 97 million americans have already voted early. Now thats record shattering and its more than two thirds of all the votes cast just four years ago. But it also means with so many ballots to count and some of the biggest battleground states not starting that process until tomorrow night, we may not know who won on wednesday morning. President trump is threatening to go to court to challenge that idea, falsely claiming that ballots that havent been counted tomorrow night shouldnt count at all. Now across the u. S. Tensions are running high and bui
Probably are wondering what is the state of the race so far and what are we still waiting to get in . To get more on that we have Anthony Salvanto. Hes our director of election surveys here at cbs news. Runs the Battleground Tracker polls. Hes been following the race all night. Also Major Garrett still in coat and tie. Wondering if you were going to take that off. Salvanto has already gone down to the Shirt Sleeves and the tie is loosened a little. Good evening. Good morning to the two of you. Where are we at this hour . Okay. So tony, let me take you through first the five states that we at this moment consider tossups. And thats wisconsin, michigan, pennsylvania, North Carolina and georgia. All the others projected or in the case of nevada and arizona as of this moment, leading to joe biden. The issue here is that, let me walk you through. In wisconsin, we estimate at least almost 700,000, 672,000 ballots still remaining to be counted. Theyve been cast. Not yet counted. And we can do