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And a good saturday morning to you. Craig melvin here, it is 5 00 a. M. On the east coast, 2 00 a. M. Out west, and at this hour, texas is now the first state to pass 1 million coronavirus cases, and the white house chief of staff just tested positive, and we are also still counting votes in america. Joe biden still leading the vote total in some tight races, but were waiting for an answer to that question that everyone in america wants to know this morning, who will reach the 270 electoral vote threshold and when will they reach that threshold. Heres where things stand in four key states early on this saturday morning, well start in the keystone state. As you can see, still too close to call. The difference between the two candidates, 28,833 vote, mr. Biden with a slight lead there. From pennsylvania to nevada, in nevada still waiting for votes to come in from clark county specifically, but right now mr. Biden ahead by almost 2 Pe ....
Million donation to support black Higher Education. Ahead, my exclusive conversation with him and the leaders of those institutions that will be receiving donations and what it all means for the students. First, lets get right to nbcs Garrett Haake who is on capitol hill, following those two Police Reform bills from democrats and republicans in congress. Garrett, Senate Republicans have just unveiled their legislation. House democrats laid out their plans last week. Lets start with what they seem to agree on. Reporter craig, they at least agree on the scope of the problem and the need to address it in a very straightforward, and for congress at least anyway, a quick way. There are some broader issues on which theres broader agreement, things like increasing tran ....
Weve got the tales on the latest conditions on our latest correspondents. Al roker is here where they just released the National Forecast from the National Hurricane center. Let us start there. Latest advisory just coming out. Mr. Roker, what are we seeing . Heres the deal. There you can see this is the path where we finally saw landfall in america in Cape Hatteras. Interestingly enough, its the fourth landfall. It ran it made three land falls in the bahamas, of course creating massive destruction. And now there it goes. This is the latest from the National Hurricane center. Still a category one storm. Its 50 miles northeast of Cape Hatteras. The winds are still 90 miles per hour, but heres the big cha ....