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
Has been widening his lead in the undecideds states that could get him to 270 electoral votes. In georgia, he is up i 4400 votes right now. In nevada, the margin is wider with more than 22,000. In pennsylvania, joe bidens lead is up to 29,000 votes. Any one of those estates will give him enough Electoral College votes to win the presidency. Even as more ballots being counted, the electoral map has not changed it today. Joe biden leads a president ial race with 264 Electoral College votes. President trump has 214 of the 270 votes needed to win the white house. As account continues, there is an intense focus on which a state could push joe biden of the top. Greg lee is here with more on the numbers and where they stand right now. Reporter the nation is waiting on pins and needles to see who will win the election. The campaigns are anxiously awaiting the final call. Joe biden and Kamala Harris were hoping for one tonight as they did plan with the campaign thought would be a victory speech
The president s Team Planning legal challenges, all of this as the president s chief of staff tests positive for coronavirus and the u. S. Is hit with the most cases ever. Who will be the next president to handle the pandemic . And will today be the day a president ial winner is declared . America is watching and waiting, today, saturday, november 7th, 2020. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today with peter alexander, kristen welker, and dylan dreyer. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today and thank you so much for joining us on this saturday morning. Peter and i are so happy to be joining you from new york. Typically of course we would be in d. C. , but here we are in our election headquarters as we watch and wait for results today. Thats right. We had election day that turned into election week. We welcome you to election weekend. You were in wilmington, i was at the white house. Were in new york for as long as it takes to get you results. It
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The path to 270 electoral votes has dramatically narrowed for donald trump since most americans went to bed if at all last night, early this morning. The fortunes of joe biden have seemingly improved. At this hour biden appears, indeed, to be on the doorstep of 1600 pennsylvania avenue with 253 to trumps 214. Other news organizations more generous in their counts thus far. This afternoon biden locked up apparent victories in two critical midwest states, States Donald trump won in 2016. Nbc news declared biden the winner in michigan and projected winner indeed in wisconsin. The outcome there could still depend on a potential recount and or official confirmation of the vote count. The verdicts are still out tonight in big states like georgia and in pennsylvania where trumps leads have been shrinking as votes are being counted. Nevada, arizona, alaska yet to be called as well. Earlier this afternoon joe biden joined his running mate Kamala Harris in wilmington, delaware. It is clear that