Im sorry kelly welcome to the program votes are still being counted in several key swing states at this hour in the u. S. Election democratic challenger joe biden is leading the quest to secure 270 Electoral College votes that would take him to the white house the Associated Press agency says that biden has taken arizona and puts him at 264 votes although other News Agencies have yet to call it now as Donald Trumps potential path back to the white house narrows he is claiming fraud and has launched legal action in 3 states to have the vote count stopped. Racked. Up frustration spilling out onto the streets in new york and take trump. Pastors demanding every vote be counted. In other cities like here in seattle a similar story. In portland a sign that many here have had enough of us politics altogether. But in phoenix arizona pro Trump Supporters make their voices heard outside an election center. This is a country divided. I believe personally as a republican that trump won in a landsl
Were going to stick with this were going to win this election with actually one just a matter of counting the votes here. It may come down to the courts to decide who wins this election the closest battle for the white house in 20 years. So heres a look at the results so far with some closer attention to states that have yet to declare a winner as we said earlier our figures show that joe biden currently has 264 and President Trump 214 Electoral College votes was constant has become the latest state to fall into the biden column its 10 electoral votes which trump won in the last election now go to his democratic challenger now according to the a. P. News agency which is our main source for election data here at g. W. Biden has taken arizona please keep in mind other major outlets they say that this is too close to call and have not called this state it has 11 electoral votes well that brings us to nevada which has exactly 6 votes on offer that joe biden would need for the white house h
Outcome is unclear we havent seen on rest we havent seen riots and i think thats a good thing so i think as the days inch on that goes right those the potential for riots and unrest becomes less and less at least here in washington good talking to you thank you for joining us and rachel risen from the Truman National security project thank you well many of our present trumps tweets since election day have been flagged by tweets a full containing disputed or misleading content so lets take a look at his latest post it contains a headline from the far right media outlet breitbart alleging vote counting chaos in closely contested states and michigan the breitbart hospital says the Trump Campaign has been denied proper access to the counting process in the city of detroit so lets take a closer look at these claims with that d. W. Fact check and i dont have a welcome your show what have you found out. Well team debunked this story and breitbart reported on poll workers in detroit covering w
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