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We said tuesday night we knew there would be an effort to count votes that will extend through the week, and now was not the time to get ahead of ourselves. This is how the electoral process is supposed to work. These votes are being counted that were cast in places like arizona. Stage votes were people dropped off ballots on election day. They were set aside, there love the last ones to count, they have a different look to them than the ones cast in advance of the election. We see joe bidens lead diminishing in arizona. In pennsylvania, they set aside all of the early votes and counted the election day votes first, which looked good for donald trump. Now they are counting those ballots that came in later through the electoral vote process, through the early vote process, and it looks much better for joe biden. Until the votes are done, this election is incredibly close, just like in 2016 we have to be patient to decide who the end is. I would say all indication in each of these open s ....
Contra costa county. The news at 10 00 starts right now. Thank you for joining us for this special election 2020 newscast. Its not jut about the vote count. Many high profile republicans are joining the president in claiming Election Fraud without presenting any real evidence. Lets start with the numbers. The Electoral College vote unchanged. Youll notice in the last 24 hours because the races in five states are still too close to call. And four of those states could go to recounts. Joe biden with 253 electoral votes. 214 for President Trump. 270 is the magic number. The country is hanging on the results from nevada, arizona, pennsylvania, and georgia. In all four states, both candidates are within 2 Percentage Points of each other. And two are practically in ....
Now, tonights program is unlike any other president ial debate in history were making history now and its pretty exciting. An independent polling firm has selected an audience of 209 uncommitted voters from this area. The candidates will be asked questions by these voters on a topic of their choosing anything they want to ask about. My job as moderator is to, you know, take care of the questioning, ask questions myself, if i think there needs to be continuity and balance, and sometimes i might ask the candidates to respond to what another candidate may have said. Now, the format has been agreed to by representatives of both the republican and democratic campaigns. And there is no subject matter that is restricted anything goes, we can ask anything. After the debate, the candidates will have an opportunity to make a closing statement. So, president bush, i think you said it earlier, lets get it on. Pres. Bush lets go. Ms. Simpson and i think the first question is over here. Yes, id like ....
Tonights 90 minute debate coming from the university of richmond in richmond, virginia. Tonights program is unlike any other president ial debate in history. Were making history now and its pretty exciting. An independent polling firm has selected an audience of 209 uncommitted voters from this area. The candidates will be asked questions by these voters on a topic of their choosing. Anything they want to ask about. My job as moderator is to, you know, take care of the questioning, ask questions myself if i think there needs to be continuity and balance, and sometimes i might ask the candidates to respond to what another candidate may have said. Now, the format has been agreed to by representatives of both the republican and democratic campaigns. And there is no subject matter that is restricted. Anything goes. We can ask anything. After the debate the candidates will have an opportunity to make a closing statement. So president bush, i think you said it earlier, lets get it on. Lets g ....
Republican nominee, president george bush. The independent, ross perot. And governor bill clinton, the democratic nominee. My name is Carol Simpson and i will be the moderator for tonights 90minute debate which is coming to you from the campus of the university of richmond in richmond, virginia. Now tonights program is unlike any other president ial debate in history. Were making history now and its pretty exciting. An independent polling firm has selected an audience of 209 uncommitted voters from this area. The candidates will be asked questions by these voters on a topic of their choosing, anything they want to ask about. My job as moderator is to, you know, take care of the questioning, ask questions myself if i think there needs to be continuity and balance and sometimes i might ask the president to respond to what another candidate may have said. The format has been agreed to by representatives of both the republican and demo ....