Announcer now an update on the vote count in georgia. This briefing took place earlier today in atlanta. Here. s make some room thank you. A little bit of room, sir. Sir . Sir . Can you move this way and make some room. Clear a path. A little bit more would be great. Good morning. Im dave sterling, chief operating officer. Currently, over the last year, been the statewide voting implementation manager for the state of georgia as we launch a system. Llot voting wanted to give you an update and talk about process and where we stand and get some context to the time it is taking for the results to come out here and around the rest of the country. As many of you all know, it is counties who run elections. They are 159 counties in the state. Some are more resourced than others. There cant is in this state that have a parttime employee being the director of their election and it takes time to do these things. We have counties where there are over 800,000 registered voters. Forward, a couple o
Senate ld 46 democrats hold 46 senate seats. Georges Voting System, mentation manager provided an update today georges Voting System implementation manager provided an update today. The actual results would be reflective of the voters intent. When asked about the possibility of a recount, he said it was quite possible. Good afternoon. Yall keep putting microphones in the way of my computer. Gabriel sterling, i am the statewide voting, mentation manager implementation manager. I will give the caveat that this could have changed while i walked across the street. This is an everchanging environment. 47,277 come down to ballots still outstanding. Back and givecome some specifics. County, 6026. Cobb county, 700. Floyd, 682. Forsyth, 4713. Fulton, 7305. Harris, 3641. Lawrence, 1797. Taylor, 456. I will give you where we stand. We will start at the top. Several of the counties there this morning have dropped off. Chatham county is currently scanning. I know they are working. We have an invest
Growing numberoflawsuits from the trump administrations. Well start with the new lawsuits today, greg. Reporter gasia, good afternoon. We saw new vote counts released from states to determine who wins the president ial elect and the lawsuits you mentioned. Were starting to see rulings on those. The margins are razor thin when it comes to the vote counts and thousands of ballots remain to be counted. Lets go to the numbers. In georgia, a state that has not gone for a democrat since 1992, remains incredibly close. The secretary of state said despite the graphic there, that approximately 50,000 ballots remain to be counted, mostly from areas around atlanta and savannah. President Trump Holding a small lead over joe biden, 50 to 49 , less than 15,000 votes. Lets take to you nevada. Its six electoral votes could get biden to 270 and remains incredibly close. A big focus on clark county, home to las vegas and 70 of the population. 77 reporting. Biden holding a small 49 to 48 lead. In critica
The freeman foundation. By judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs. And by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Welcome to outside source. E the race for ite house is still very much on and the votes are still being counted. The resuins on arizona, nevada, penorylvania, and a. We are expecting an update from georgia in the next few minutes to read when that happens, we will listen in. The Trump Campaign has launched a number olegal challenges and they wt votes to be hrown protesters are claiming the process is uanair. The bide pain is urgingat very vote is counted. We have won. Am not here to say i am here to report that when bee count is fished, we believe we will he winners. Host itno iser day for americas democracy. The president ak isg baseless accusations of electoral fraud and attempting to steal the election. His son, eric, is tweeting this information about ballot burning when there is no evidence tha
Brian congressman john lewis, why did you name your book across that bridge . Rep. Lewis well, during the past few years, ive been crossing bridges, rivers, mini bridges, bridges of understanding, building bridges, trying to bring people together to create what i like to call the beloved community. Brian where does the Edmond Pettus bridge come into that picture . Rep. Lewis well, the Edmond Pettus bridge is symbolic of so many bridges, but in 1965, when i was much younger, and head of an Organization Called the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, a group of young people, students, and others, attempted to cross the Edmond Pettus bridge in selma, alabama to march 50 miles from selma to montgomery to dramatize to the nation and to the world that people wanted simply to register to vote. We were walking in twos. And when we arrive at the apex of the bridge down below, we saw a sea of blue, Alabama State troopers. And we continued to walk. And we came within hearing distance of the