Greg. Reporter heather, good afternoon. Day four of the tense count, as the nation waits to find out who will win the election. The margens are slim and bottom line is the closer it is, the longer this could take as you said. We know former Vice President joe biden, california senator Kamala Harris give a prime time address exactly what they will say, thats to be determined. And thousands of votes are still being counted as we speak. Lets go straight to the numbers in critical battleground state pennsylvania. 20 Electoral College votes. A state the president flipped in 2016. Bideen took lead the lead and we are i want waiting from counts in Allegheny County biden ahead by 14,000 votes. In georgia it bears repeating a state that has not selected a democrat i go president since 1972 but the margin is thin. There will likely and recount. Official say whats left are provisional ballots. Right now, biden ahead by about 4,000 votes. Lets go to nevadan 6 Electoral College votes. Official also
They may need if they can. And its a reminder really here, and the reason i am bringing this to you as the top news right now of the hour, its a reminder how many tools this Prior Administration simply declined to use during the Ongoing Health crisis weve all been living through. Here is the bottom line, keeping it very clear. Under the traditional rules of obamacare, americans who qualify for those health plans, they must sign up within basically six weeks out of the year, and thats accept, unless they can prove they had a, quote, Major Life Change. Now think about this tonight. Havent we all had a Major Life Change since the virus hit in 2020 . What President Biden is doing with this new order is applying that straight forward logic. Call it logic. Call it humanitarian. Call it with a you want, to empower people to sign up now outside of that usual legal window, which can deliver more health care coverage, especially to people who may urgently need it, given whats going on. As for th
A scheme to sell e. U. Possible routes to criminals we have an exclusive investigation. More coronavirus restrictions expected to be imposed in england for temporary hospitals have been put on standby because of a surge in infections. And install a bron james in the. Back on top of the basketball world the lakers have ended their 10 year wait to win the n. B. A. Championship. And we begin this hour in the United States where the divided senate is now charging ahead with confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee amy kone barrett republicans are trying to rapidly confirm barack before novembers election and expand the courts conservative majority protesters for and against the confirmation have been chanting outside the court in pouring rain as the hearing gets underway a seat opened up after the death of liberal Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg her dying wish was for her replacement to be chosen after the president ial election alan fisher is joining us live on capitol hill Amy Connie
Exam but it was really just a taped interview with the president at the white house and it looked like an unofficial. Telehealth visit. It was fox newss medical expert doctor marc siegel that asked the questions to the president about his symptoms. His time in the hospital and all the medications that he has been taking the president said that he feels good and strong and then he knew something was off last week when he have low energy. At times he said he had a sore throat but he felt better after getting an infusion of regeneron he also defended this year the decision to take a car trip around. Walter Reed Medical Center to waive his supporters. Through these very powerful windows i could hear people screaming and shouting and with love with real love and after 2 days, i said you know i want to go out and say hello to the people and i went to secret service and these are the people though that are with me all the time. And they said we have no problem says just want to take a drive b
Maybe it would. Maybe it wont. What the hell do you got to lose . Announcer its a late show with Stephen Colbert. Tonight home sweet show plus, stephen welcomes conan obrien. And musical guest michael stipe. Featuring jon batiste and stay homin. And now live on tape from a safe distance, its Stephen Colbert stephen oh, hey i was just pretending i could be at home without a camera. Welcome to a late show. Im your host, Stephen Colbert. Happy to be here. Happy. Tuesday, i think . It is tuesday. Good. Thank you, thank you, sir. I dont always know. Im so grateful that im still able to do a show for you guys and for all of you out there who are watching, one assumes. Its possible my producers are lying to me that were broadcasting at all. Sure, stephen, weve put a van on n. It talks to space. Now take a shower and shout into your phone. Whatever. Im grateful for something to do. Now, there is one aspect of the show that i have really been missing and that is my conversations with our friend