Streaming on cbsn bay area, we are looking live from our Treasure Island camera, looking at the city of San Francisco on this thursday morning. Good morning. It is november 5. I am michelle griego. I am len kiese. All eyes on nevada, arizona, georgia as ballot counting continues. The race for the white house is too close to call but with updated results from battleground states we are closer to a winner. Joe biden would need to win any two of the remaining states to reach 270 electorial votes. Georgia announced the new numbers. President trumps lead narrowed. Joe biden has an 80,000 lead in arizona but there is a delay in new numbers. Here is the reason why. Let us in . In maricopa county, arizona, protests outside a reporters office shut down ballot county. About 200 protesters waved trump flags as they chant let us in outside the office. They claim battles are not being counted properly but officials insist that is not true. Protesters were met by sheriffs deputies intactcal gear and
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
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
News at 3. I ask everyone to stay calm. All the people to stay calm. The process is working. The count is being completed. Will know very soon. Now with 3 former Vice President joe biden is urging patients with the American People as we anxiously await the results for the next president of the United States. Thank you so much for joining us here on kron 4 your local election headquarters. Im Justine Waldman were also just getting word right now that President Trump plans to speak at around 3. 30 this afternoon as soon as that happens well bring it to you live. Right here on kron 4. Meanwhile, were just 2 days after the election. And all eyes are still on the race to 270 electoral votes, joe biden is still leading at this hour with 264 its been stuck there for about 24 hours now. Lets take a look now at the Electoral College vote map provided by the Associated Press. We see joe biden still sticking at 264. President donald trump a 214. 270 is whats needed to win the battleground states