A recount in one crucial battleground state. And the military escalation in northern ethiopia d as tensions between the government and local groups threaten to spill across the border. Its 19 g. M. T. Thats 2 pm in the eastern United States and the race for the white house is still too close to call the results from 7 states are still outstanding and most could go either way while counting polls for the night in some states wisconsin has continued thats where we are expecting results to come from next in the last hour the Trump Campaign announced it will request the recount there were also expecting to hear from trumps democratic challenger joe biden soon hes urging his supporters to be patient insisting he is on track for victory well this is how the race is stands at the moment a winner will only be confirmed when they reach 270. 00 Electoral College votes hundreds of thousands of ballots still need to be counted with results unclear in the key battleground states of michigan georgia
Votes shy of victory. Votes are still being tallied Spectrum Campaign is already demanding a recount and one crucial battleground states. And in other news ethiopias Prime Minister or his troops into the 2 brain regions on an attack on a military base. And its 4 hours into the football hero Diego Maradona has Successful Surgery to remove a lot of calls from his brain. Just gone 800. 00 g. M. T. Thats 1 pm in the eastern United States and there is still uncertainty about who the next president will be the country is awaiting for a few key results with 43. 00 states counted results a neck and neck that leaves 7 states to decide the direction of the country and most could go either way while other states paused for the night counting continued in wisconsin we are expecting to have that result soon in the last few minutes the trunk Campaign Says it will request a recount there. And we have correspondents across the United States the seller john hendren is in lansing in the battleground sta
Presenting our opening prayer, please welcome rob farnsworth. Lets pray. Gracious father, we thank you for the blessings you have given us. We think that we live in the most free and prosperous country in the history of the world. May you give us strength to continue to fight for liberty. Today, we pray for our president , donald trump, give him renewed wisdom, strength and protection. Guide his every decision that he will continue to fight for what we know is right and good. We pray for president for Vice President pence. He has been steadfast in all you have told him to do, so we ask that you honor him for his faithfulness and guide his every decision. For our members of congress, for our governor, for our legislature, for our local leaders, we pray for your wisdom and all the difficult decisions that come before them. We offer a special prayer for jason lewis, today, for a quick healing during his surgery. Psalmist said, bless the lord, and forget not his benefits, who forgives all
Host this is mpr news, im mike mo katie. One of the key races this november is for senator. Tina smith is the incumbent, a former Lieutenant Governor first appointed by governor mike dayton in 2018, and she won a special election two years ago. If she wins this year, it will be for a full six year term. Her republican opponent is jason lewis, he served a term in congress from minnesotas Second District and is a former talk radio host. Tina smith and jason lewis joined me remotely this hour as part of our meet the candidate series to talk about the issues facing minnesota and the country. There arent a lot of rules for our conversation today. I will ask you a series of questions. I ask you to keep to the issues, even though you are running for senate, we dont need to filibuster. I will give you each plenty of time to lay out your views and respond to each other. One firm a rule i will enforce is you cant talk over each other. It sounds bad on the radio, people will turn us off, and nobo
Cspan, your unfiltered view of politics. Democratic president ial candidate joe biden was also in minnesota. The first day of mailin ballot is for minnesotans in the 2020 election. He was introduced by senator tina smith and amy klobuchar. This is 40 minutes. Good afternoon everyone. I am glad to be with you all. I thank the comforters to welcome us to this amazing Apprenticeship Program. Im excited to be here. We are all here because we all understand that when people have the right to come together collectively, to organize for better working conditions, better wages, safer places to work they do better and their families to better and everybody in this country does better. What ive learned from talking to hardworking people all over minnesota is that what they want is the freedom and opportunity to build the lives that they want and they know that good jobs and their labor union help them do that. So i think about what is happening here in this amazing a apprenticeship facility that