Counting votes and the potential path for victory for both candidates as we wait to see what happens next, today, wednesday, november 4th, 2020. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hi, everyone. Good morning. Welcome to this special edition of today. We are glad youre with us on wednesday morning. We really never left. Weve been on the air all night. Lots of news to cover. I do think a lot of folks at home were up all night. Today comes with something were not exactly used to in the wake of a president ial election. And still a lot of uncertainty. And a lots of votes uncounted, millions of them. Were going to walk you through all of it, do it slowly and take it one step at a time. Heres the count at this hour. According to nbc news, the electoral count is 224 for biden, 213 for the president. Theyre trying to reach 270. Thats the magic number. Now nine states are this morning either t
After winning wisconsin. President trump has earned 213. The winner needs to get 270. Votes are still being counted in key battleground states. Right now these states are still a toss up, pennsylvania, michigan, North Carolina and georgia. It could be days more before we know who will be the next president. Joe bidens Campaign Team said they are confident that the democratic nominee has won the election. Joe biden is on track to win this election. He will be the next president of the United States. The Trump Campaign is already saying itll file an immediate recount as soon as wisconsin is called. We have had a recount before. It showed that we have a really good process. We have a really good system. Biden pulled ahead in wisconsin and michigan as more votes were counted. Those states combined with nevada and arizona would be enough to push him above the votes needed to win. The president has taken to twitter to claim without any evidence of wrongdoing that his lead has imagine disappe
House. Thats because so far neither candidate has enough votes. We have Live Team Coverage all morning long as votes are counted here in california and across the country. We start with emily turner live in Santa Clara County. Good morning. Good morning. Itll be a busy day here. One of the few that continues to count votes today. In fact we have seen several people walk through the doors. They will start any minute now. 5 00 is when they were set to tally. They stopped after midnight last night at a little over three quarters of a million ballots that had trickled in. Secrets a new voter turn out record. This was the scene outside of the santa clara redistrar as Election Night wrapped up. Once they made it inside poll workers and volunteers organized them into conditional provisional and then also regular. Next step is to unfold them and then count them. Here is what one voter had to say about his election experience in the e are a of coronavirus. When you cast a ballot how did you fee
The race for president is far from over. A live look at ballot counting in philadelphia. Heres faith abubey in d. C. Reporter good morning. This morning millions of ballots are still being counted all across the country and it looks like this race is going to be decided in three key battleground states. Overnight former Vice President joe biden in williams, dewilli l delaware. We believe were on track to win this election. Reporter biden performing as expected, as vote counts roll in across the country. Its not over until every vote is counted, every mroballos counted. Were feeling good about where we are. Reporter the former Vice President boosted by the west coast, taking california, oregon and washington, and biden now leading in arizona. The state of florida has 29 electoral votes and it will go to donald trump. Reporter trump taking all of floridas 29 electoral votes and performing well in rural areas. As votes are still being counted, trump in an Early Morning speech falsely clai
Reporter good morning. This morning millions of ballots are still being counted all across the country and it looks like this race is going to be decided in three key battleground states. Overnight former Vice President joe biden in wilmington, delaware, energizing a car rally of supporters. We believe were on track to win this election. Reporter biden performing as expected, as vote counts roll in across the country. It aint over until every vote is counted, every ballot is counted. Were feeling good about where we are. Reporter the former Vice President boosted by wins in Traditional Democratic strongholds, in the pacific west coast, taking california, oregon and washington. And in a surprise outcome, biden now leading in arizona. The state of florida has 29 electoral votes and it will go to donald trump. Reporter trump winning the biggest prize so far, taking all of floridas 29 electoral votes and performing well in rural areas. As votes are still being counted, trump in an Early Mo