NARROWING, AS JOE BIDEN MARCHES
CLOSER TO THE WHITE HOUSE...
AS WE LOOK AT ALLEGHENY COUNTY
POLL WORKERS TODAY IN
PENNSYLVANIA....
JOE BIDEN IS NOW LEADING THERE
-- AS WELL AS IN GEORGIA.
A RAZOR THIN MARGIN THERE..
- GEORGIA'S SECRETARY OF STATE
HAS NOW CALLED FOR A RECOUNTING
OF THE BALLOTS.
A CANDIDATE HAS TO MAKE THAT
REQUEST.
HOWEVER, GEORGIA ALSO SAYING
THEY'RE NOT SEEING WIDESPREAD
VOTER FRAUD.
(DN)
CLOSER NUMBERS OF ACTUAL VOTE
COUNTS, AS TALLIED BY THE
ASSOCIATED PRESS --
PENNSYLVANIA, BIDEN NOW UP BY
NEARLY 7-THOUSAND VOTES.
YOU CAN SEE HOW CLOSE GEORGIA IS
-- BIDEN UP BY JUST OVER A
THOUSAND.
IN NEVADA, BIDEN UP BY
11-THOUSAND.
LET'S GET MORE DETAILS NOW FROM
REPORTER SKYLER HENRY.
JOE BIDEN HAS EDGED AHEAD IN TWO
KEY BATTLEGROUND STATES.
BIDEN HAS TAKEN A NARROW LEAD IN
PENNSYLVANIA WITH THE REMAINING
VOTES COMING FROM AREAS
FAVORABLE TO THE DEMOCRATIC
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE.
(Anthony Salvanto/CBS News
Elections & Surveys Director)
"It's votes out of Philadelphia.
We're getting reports in from
Philadelphia right now, heavily
Democratic area. They've been a
little bit - taking a while to
count their votes but they're
doing it and as that comes in,
that propels Biden into the
lead."
THE FORMER VICE PRESIDENT ALSO
HAS A SLIM LEAD IN GEORGIA...AND
THE VOTE COUNTING IS NEARLY
DONE.
(Brad Raffensperger/Georgia
Secretary of State)
"Out of approximately five
million votes cast, we'll have a
margin of a few thousand." //
"With a margin that small, there
will be a recount."
IF BIDEN'S LEAD HOLDS IN THOSE
STATES HE WILL HAVE THE 270
ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTES NEEDED
TO BE THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES.
(Skyler Henry/The White House)
"SOURCES TELL CBS NEWS PRESIDENT
TRUMP WILL NOT CONCEDE...EVEN IF
THOSE RACES ARE CALLED FOR
BIDEN. THE PRESIDENT IS
CLAIMING - WITHOUT PROOF - THAT
THERE ARE "SHENANIGANS" IN THE
VOTE COUNT."
(President Trump)
"There are a lots of litigation,
even beyond our litigation,
there's tremendous amount of
litigation generally because of
how unfair this process was. And
I predicted that, I've been
talking about mail in voting for
long time. It's, it's really,
destroyed our system, it's a
corrupt system."
BUT EVEN SOME REPUBLICANS HAVE
CALLED THE PRESIDENT'S THURSDAY
NIGHT PRESS CONFERENCE
DESTRUCTIVE.
(Sen. Pat Toomey/(R)
Pennsylvania/Credit: CBS This
Morning)
"The president's speech last
night was very disturbing to me
because he made very very
serious allegations without any
evidence to support it."
THE VOTES BEING COUNTED IN
PENNSYLVANIA DO NOT INCLUDE ANY
MAIL BALLOTS THAT HAVE ARRIVED
AFTER NOV. 3. THOSE ARE BEING
KEPT SEPARATE PENDING A
POTENTIAL REVIEW FROM THE
SUPREME COURT.
(DN)
BRINGING IN OUR 12 NEWS
POLITICAL EDITOR TED NESI WHO
HAS BEEN DIGGING THROUGH ALL THE
NUMBERS WITH THE REST OF US.
TED: WE'VE BEEN SEEING SOME
DIFFERENT NUMBERS FROM DIFFERENT
SOURCES...
EXPLAIN THE ELECTORAL COUNT
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE
ASSOCIATED PRESS AND CBS NEWS.
(TN)
(DN)
TED... LETS DIVE RIGHT IN
TO PENNSYLVANIA.... STILL AN
ACTIVE VOTE COUNT HAPPENING...
WITH THE MAJORITY OF THESE MAIL
IN BALLOTS CENTERED IN
PHILADELPHIA...
(DN) CAN PRESIDENT TRUMP
STILL CARVE OUT A PATH TO
VICTORY AT THIS POINT... HE IS
STILL LEADING IN THE STATE OF
NORTH CAROLINA...
(TN) IT'S VERY TOUGH FOR THE
TRUMP CAMPAIGN.
(DN) TONE OF THE BIDEN
CAMPAIGN... IT APPEARS THEY ARE
ALREADY LOOKING AHEAD...
PREPARING FOR WHAT THEY BELIEVE
IS AN EVENTUAL VICTORY
(TN) YES. CLEARLY CONFIDENT.
(DN)
IT'S A REALLY TIGHT CONTEST AND
WE'LL KEEP WATCHING WITH YOU,
THANK YOU TED....
(DN)
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