Streaming on cbsn bay area a live look outside as we start the day together. You are looking live at the bay bridge. Good morning. Its wednesday. Shots fired overnight in the east bay. We have the latest from the live news desk. First we are waking up awaiting the results of the election. So far its too close to call. Taking a live at the white house right now. Counting continued throughout the night as the race for the president hinges on battleground states this morning. Here is a look at the current map. The president and former Vice President still well short of the necessary 270 votes needed to secure a victory. Several key voting places will not announce until today or tomorrow. Joe biden was expected to cruise to a an easy win in california. That victory was easy. 65 to 33 with 94 of precincts reporting. And despite key states still counting votes the president expressed confidence that he has won overnight. Cbs news hasnt projected a winner. We have more on where the two camps
And that is like my favorite thing about a campaign, whether i was on a Campaign Staff or a candidate. So im really excited to talk about this today. Im going to give you a little bit of history here, so president ial and Vice President ial, general election debates have become really the highlight of the Campaign Season and something we just expect to happen. That has not always been the case. Its also common in other races, particularly highprofile races, so when was the first president ial debate . Heres a trivia question, historical trivia. Anyone know . Give you a hint . No one recognizes those people . This is a false hint. Thats lincoln and douglas. A lot of time people think, you hear the famous Lincoln Douglas debates and they ran against each other for president in 1860. Actually, their debates is when they were both running for the u. S. Senate in illinois in 1858 and had numerous debates around the state of illinois. And so quite an odd situation, they ran against each othe
Case. Its also common in other races, particularly highprofile races, so when was the first president ial debate . Heres a trivia question, historical trivia. Anyone know . Ill give you a hint. No one recognizes those people . This is a false hint. Thats lincoln and douglas. A lot of times people think its the famous Lincoln Douglass debates and they ran against each other for president in 1860. Actually, their debates is when they were both running for the u. S. Senate in illinois in 1858 and had numerous debates around the state of illinois. And so quite an odd situation, they ran against each other for u. S. Senate. Douglas was elected by the legislature at that time, the legislatures appointed the senators and two years later on are on major party tickets. But their debates were published and circulated a lot in 1816. The issues have not really changed a whole lot. The real first president ial debate was between john kennedy and Richard Nixon in 1960. And now at this point Richard
You very much. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you very much. music thank you very much. Thank you. Mr. Chairman, delegates of this convention, my fellow americans, 16 years ago, i stood before this convention to accept your nomination as the running mate of one of the greatest americans of our time or of any time, dwight d. Eisenhower. [cheers and applause] eight years ago, i had the highest honor of accepting her nomination for president of the United States. [cheers and applause] tonight, i again accept that nomination for president of the United States. [cheers and applause] i have news for you. This time there is a difference. This time, we are going to win. [cheers and applause] were going to win for a number of reasons. First, a personal one. Eisenhower as you know, lies critically ill in the Walter Reed Hospital tonight. I have talked with mrs. Eisenhower on the telephone. She says his heart is with us. She says there is nothing that he lives more for, and it was nothing
Were going to start today by talking about candidate debates, and that is like my favorite thing about a campaign, whether i was on a Campaign Staff or a candidate. So im really excited to talk about this today. Im going to give you a little bit of history here, so president ial and Vice President ial, general election debates have become really the highlight of the Campaign Season and something we just expect to happen. That has not always been the case. Its also common in other races, particularly highprofile races, so when was the first president ial debate . Heres a trivia question, historical trivia. Anyone know . Give you a hint . No one recognizes those people . This is a false hint. Thats lincoln and douglas. A lot of time people think, you hear the famous Lincoln Douglas debates and they ran against each other for president in 1860. Actually, their debates is when they were both running for the u. S. Senate in illinois in 1858 and had numerous debates around the state of illin