Building. Maricopa county still has 275,000 ballots that need to be counted. President trump is hoping to stop the vote count but only in some states. Anne makovec joins us now from the live news desk with the very latest. Reporter the vote counting is on as we speak. It looks like we can likely have an answer as to who could be the next president of the United States by the end of the day. The demonstrations you talked about from yesterday continuing this morning including outside the office where theyre counting now in philadelphia, pennsylvania. Lets go inside that room right now where they still have about 1 million votes left to count. Pennsylvania is of course among the handful of Battle Ground states you mentioned still in play this morning. So far the mail in ballots theyre counting have skewed heavily in joe bidens favor but President Trump still has the lead. This was the state where in 2016 he won pennsylvania by less than one percentage point. We have an eye on the counting
Let us in. Around 275,000 ballots remain. Protesters claim ballots are not being counted prisonly but officials insist that is not true. One point, protesters tried to make their way in. The Arizona Attorney general is investigating after he got hundreds of complaints over weather sharpie pens caused ballots to be canceled. I filled out the front side with the sharpie and when i turned it over it bled through so badly that i was a little bit concerned. Election Officials Say as long as it was filled correctly your vote should be counted. The vote count resuming in georgia. Anne makovec is joining us from the live news desk. This is as President Trump is mounting legal action against the peach state and others. Reporter yes, he is definitely holding onto that hope that he had when he was ahead significantly in the polls yesterday. He still is but that lead is shrinking. Lets go live to georgia where the count has resumed. At this point there are fewer than 25,000 left to be counted in g
Wisconsin. Now he has two 53 electoral votes. President trump has 214. There are five key battleground states, they are pennsylvania, georgia, north carolina, nerve a carolina, nevada and arizona. The president leads by slightly more than 23,000 votes in georgia. Alaska has yet to be called but it heavily favors President Trump. Faith abubey joins us from washington, d. C. Good morning. Yes. This race is still way too close to call. In a key battleground states, but this morning the Trump Campaign and the Joe Biden Campaign both projecting confidence. This morning the counting continuing with former Vice President joe biden saying he sees victory ahead. Im not here to declare what we won, but when the voting is f done we believe well be the winners. Reporter projections show hes likely to win in michigan and wisconsin and just 17 electoral votes shy of the presidency. His Campaign Setting the record for most votes of any president ial candidate. Weve won with the majority of the americ
Claimed Election Officials improperly counted absentee ballots. The president s lead is shrinking to about 13,000 votes. There are about 50,000 votes left to be counted not including some ballots with exceptions and military votes that have until tomorrow to be verified. In michigan a judge dismissed President Trumps lawsuit over whether enough gop challengers had access to handling of absentee ballots. Cbs news projects joe biden to win michigan. Other key states like arizona, pennsylvania, North Carolina are still counting votes. Here is where the numbers stand now according to cbs news. Joe biden is 253 and President Trump is at 213 of the 270 electorial votes needed to secure the win. Reporter the Battle Ground states of arizona, nevada, georgia are getting closer to wrapping up vote counts. Anticipation is we will continue throughout the process throughout the day and into the evening if necessary. Reporter the race remains too close to call in the states can joe biden holding a s
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