MORNING
MORNING BLEND STARTS RIGHT NOW ,OK. >> WE ARE BACK IN THE NATION
WAKING UP AGAIN.
WE STILL DON'T KNOW OFFICIALLY
WHO THE NEXT PRESIDENT IS GOING
TO BE.
HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET THAT
INFORMATION SOMETIME TODAY.
I'M WALK RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT.
AND I'M KERISTEN HOLMES.
YOU KNOW, ELECTION DAY WAS TWO
DAYS AGO AND RIGHT NOW THE RACE
IS TIGHTENING IN GEORGIA,
PENNSYLVANIA AND NEVADA.
JOE BIDEN IS JUST SIX ELECTORAL
VOTES AWAY SO IF HE PULLS OFF A
WIN IN ANY ONE OF THOSE STATES,
HE WILL WIN THE WHITE.
YOU'RE RIGHT.
THAT'S ALL HE NEEDS IS ONE
KERISTEN ABC HIS FAITH ABUBEY
NOW FOLLOWING EVERY STEP
OF THIS HISTORIC ELECTION TO
THE MOMENT.
GOOD MORNING , FAITH.
GOOD MORNING .
THE RACE IS STILL TOO CLOSE TO
CALL IN FIVE STATES INCLUDING
ARIZONA.
BUT RIGHT NOW BOTH SIDES ARE
STILL PROJECTING CONFIDENCE.
>> THIS MORNING THE COUNTING
CONTINUES WITH FORMER VICE
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN SAYING HE
SEES VICTORY AHEAD.
>> THE COUNT IS FINISHED.
WE BELIEVE WE WILL BE THE
WINNERS.
BIDEN EATING INTO TRUMP'S LEAD
IN PENNSYLVANIA CLAIMING HE'LL
FLIP ARIZONA BLUE.
STILL THE FORMER VICE PRESIDENT
URGING PATIENCE AS VOTE
COUNTING CONTINUES IN SWING
STATES LIKE NEVADA, GEORGIA AND
PENNSYLVANIA.
THE PRESIDENT CURRENTLY HOLDS A
LEAD IN THE KEYSTONE STATE BUT
THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
OF BALLOTS YET TO BE COUNTED
FROM DEMOCRATIC LEANING AREAS.
BUT WITHOUT ANY LEGAL BASES,
THE PRESIDENT SAYING THIS.
SO WE'LL BE GOING TO THE U.S.
SUPREME COURT.
>> WE WANT ALL VOTING TO START
WITH THE PRESIDENT'S CHANCES
NARROWING THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN
NOW MOUNTING COURT CHALLENGES
IN SEVERAL STATES OTHER THAN
HIS OVERNIGHT NEWS CONFERENCE
YESTERDAY.
>> THE PRESIDENT HASN'T BEEN
SEEN.
HE'S BEEN BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
IN WASHINGTON, FAITH ABUBEY ABC
NEWS.
HI, FAITH.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
LET'S SEE WHERE THE ELECTION
MAP IS TO THE MOMENT.
A LOT OF YOU WAKING UP
OVERNIGHT LIKE WHAT'S THE DEAL
ON THIS?
OK, IT IS LIKELY 264 TO 214 IN
FAVOR OF JOE BIDEN OVER THE
PRESIDENT.
RIGHT NOW NORTH CAROLINA HAS
NINETY FIVE PERCENT THEIR VOTES
IN.
SO THE PRESIDENT HAS A LEAD
THERE.
LET'S JUST PROJECTED THE
PRESIDENT IT IS GOING TO TAKE
THAT GEORGIA AND PENNSYLVANIA
THE PRESIDENT LEADS THERE
ALTHOUGH WITH THE REMAINING
VOTES COMING IN IN GEORGIA AND
PENNSYLVANIA IT IS PROJECTED TO
GO BLUE.
BUT AS WE SIT RIGHT NOW, LET'S
PUT THOSE IN BECAUSE THE
PRESIDENT THEN HAS THE LEAD
THAT WOULD BASICALLY DRAW THE
PRESIDENT IN EVEN WITH JOE
BIDEN IF THE LEAD HOLD UP FOR
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
LET'S GO OVER HERE TO ALASKA
WHICH ABOUT 60 TO 30 PERCENT.
THE PRESIDENT HAS THE LEAD IN
THAT.
SO ALASKA WOULD GIVE HIM THREE
THAT WOULD PUT THE PRESIDENT
WITHIN TWO OF GETTING GETTING
THE NOMINATION OR WINNING THE
PRESIDENCY.
NEVADA OBVIOUSLY IS VERY MUCH
IN PLAY.
WE'RE GOING TO HEAR MORE FROM
NEVADA TODAY.
THEY'RE GOING TO RELEASE A
BUNCH MORE VOTES THAT IS BIDEN
IN THE LEAD.
BIDEN IS EXPECTED TO HOLD ON TO
THAT.
SO WE GO OVER HERE.
AND IF ALL WOULD DEFAULT THE
WAY I JUST EXPLAINED IT, YOU'D
HAVE BIDEN WINNING THE
PRESIDENCY BY TWO ELECTORAL
VOTES WITH RECOUNTS AND
LITIGATION.
CERTAINLY ALL TO COME KERISTEN.
>> WE COULD BE IN THIS FOR THE
LONG HAUL.
THANK YOU FOR THAT WAUDIO CASE.
THE PRESIDENT IS SUING THREE
STATES PENNSYLVANIA, MICHIGAN
AND GEORGIA ALL OVER THE
COUNTING OF THOSE BALLOTS.
LET'S TAKE A CLOSER LOOK RIGHT
NOW.
ABC TANNEN'S KEVIN JOHN IS LIVE
IN SACRAMENTO COUNTY.
AND KEVIN , WHAT CAN YOU TELL
US ABOUT THOSE LEGAL FIGHTS?
WE'LL KERISTEN.
>> I CAN TELL YOU THAT THOSE
LEGAL FIGHTS WILL TAKE SOME
TIME TO PLAY OUT BACK.
WE SPOKE WITH A LOCAL LEGAL
PROFESSOR WHO SAYS THAT IT WILL
BE A WHILE UNTIL WE GET THE
FINAL RESULT ON THOSE
ELECTIONS.
WELL, ACTUALLY YOU'LL HEAR FROM
HER SHORTLY TO PROVIDE SOME
CONTEXT ON THAT.
MEANWHILE HERE IN SACRAMENTO
COUNTY ELECTION OFFICIALS SAY
THAT THEY STILL HAVE
APPROXIMATELY 360 60000 BALLOTS
TO COUNT AS BALLOTS ARE STILL
BEING COUNTED THIS MORNING .
NOW AS FAR AS ACROSS THE
NATION, BALLOTS STILL BEING
COUNTED AS WELL.
IN FACT, KERISTEN IN THOSE
THREE STATES THAT YOU JUST
MENTIONED, PRESIDENT TRUMP IS
FIGHTING BACK AGAINST THEM.
HE'S CLAIMING THAT THERE IS
CHEATING GOING ON AND ATTEMPTS
TO STEAL THE ELECTION FROM
WHICH PROMPTED HIS LAWSUITS.
A LEGAL PROFESSOR WE SPOKE TO
SAYS SHE TAKES ISSUE WITH
CLAIMS THAT COUNTY VOTES
AMOUNTS TO FRAUD AND WE NEED TO
BE PATIENT WHILE THE ELECTORAL
PROCESS PLAYS OUT FAIRLY NORMAL
FOR BALLOTS TO BE COUNTED.
>> THAT HAPPENED NOW ON
ELECTION DAY BUT HAD NOT MADE
IT TO THE BALLOT COUNTING
CENTER NOW HERE IN CALIFORNIA.
>> BALLOTS CAN NOT BE CERTIFIED
UNTIL AT LEAST NOVEMBER 20TH.
THAT'S THE LAST DAY THE BALLOTS
CAN'T BE RECEIVED THROUGH THE
MAIL.
BUT THEY HAVE TO BE POSTMARKED
BY NOVEMBER 3RD.
NOW THIS PROCESS CAN TAKE DAYS,
EVEN WEEKS KERISTEN UNTIL WE
HAVE A FINAL OUTCOME ON THE
ELECTION.
HOWEVER, THAT PROFESSOR WENT ON
TO SAY THAT THE SUPREME COURT
COULD RULE A FOR A RECOUNT IN
SOME OF THOSE STATES THAT YOU
MENTIONED.
SO OBVIOUSLY THIS LEGAL PROCESS
IS GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME
BEFORE WE KNOW EXACTLY WHO WILL
WIN THIS ELECTION.
COMING UP LATER IN THE SHOW YOU
HEAR MORE FROM THAT LAW
PROFESSOR ON WHAT WE CAN EXPECT
AS WE WAIT FOR THESE RESULTS TO
COME IN.
KERISTEN.
I'M GLAD EVERYBODY IS PACKING
PATIENTS NOW NOW THAT WE'VE
SETTLED IN PACKS AND PATIENTS.
THANK YOU FOR THAT, KEVIN .
SO NEVADA'S SIX ELECTORAL VOTES
COULD GIVE JOE BIDEN THE WHITE
HOUSE IN JUST A FEW HOURS THE
NEXT BATCH OF BALLOTS IS
EXPECTED TO COME IN AND THEY
COULD DECIDE THE ELECTION.
RIGHT NOW IT'S A REALLY CLOSE
RACE.
REPUBLICANS HAD AN ENTHUSIAST
SHOWING ON ELECTION DAY BUT THE
REMAINING BALLOTS ARE EXPECTED
TO LEAD DEMOCRATIC WIN THROUGH
THE VERIFICATION PROCESS AND
DOING SIGNATURE VERIFICATION
AND MAKING SURE THERE ARE LOTS
OF ELIGIBLE WEDVOTE.
>> ELECTION OFFICIALS TELL US
THERE ARE EIGHTY FIVE THOUSAND
OUTSTANDING BALLOTS BETWEEN THE
TWO BIGGEST COUNTIES WHICH
INCLUDES THE CITIES OF RENO AND
LAS VEGAS.
>> SO THAT BRINGS US TO OUR
QUESTION DAY.
DID YOU EXPECT THE PRESIDENTIAL
RESULTS TO TAKE THIS LONG?
YOU CAN VOTE ON OUR ASPX ORWARD
ABC 10 DOT COM SLASH VOTE AND
JOIN THE CONVERSATION THAT'S
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW ON OUR ABC
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THIS COULD TAKE WEEKS WHILE
YEAH.
>> HOUSTON AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE
ALSO WATCHING LOCAL ELECTIONS.
THE RACE FOR MAYOR OF ELK GROVE
CONTINUES TO SHOW BOBBY SINGER
ISLAND IN THE LEAD.
THE LONGTIME OAK GROVE SCHOOL
BOARD MEMBER IS DEFEATING THE
INCUMBENT MAYOR STEVE LEE.
THESE RESULTS ARE NOT FINAL BUT
BOBBY SAYING ALLEN HAS A
COMFORTABLE LEAD CLOSE RACE IN
WEST SACRAMENTO VERY CLOSE.
SACRAMENTO WEST SACRAMENTO
MAYOR CHRISTOPHER CABALDON
HOLDING ON TO A LEAD OVER
CANDIDATE AND CHALLENGER MARTHA
GUERRERO.
STOCKTON KEVIN LINCOLN LEADS
MAYOR TUBBS WITH MORE THAN HALF
THE VOTE IN THERE IS STILL
PLENTY OF TIME FOR VOTES TO BE
COUNTED.
SO THIS IS NOT OVER YET EITHER.
>> I THINK IT'S CLOSE BECAUSE
THE CITY THERE'S DIFFERENT
IDEAS ABOUT HOW TO MOVE FORWARD
.
THERE'S STILL A WHOLE LOT MORE
VOTES TO BE COUNTED IN.
SO WE'RE NOT TAKING ANYTHING
FOR GRANTED.
WE'RE DEFINITELY NOT COUNTING
OUR CHICKENS BEFORE THEY HATCH.
>> SO WE'RE GONNA GET A MUCH
BETTER IDEA OF WHO'S GONNA BE
THE NEXT MAYOR OF STOCKTON WHEN
THE NEXT ROUND OF BALLOTS IS
RELEASED.
THAT WILL BE TONIGHT AT NINE
O'CLOCK AND I'M SURE OUR
FRIENDS ON THE L.A.