>>> IN PENNSYLVANIA, JOE BIDEN
CLOSING IN ON PRESIDENT TRUMP’S
LEAD THERE.
TO PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE,
AROUND THIS TIME, 24 HOURS AGO,
PRESIDENT TRUMP UP BY MORE THAN
540,000 VOTES.
AS YOU CAN SEE, LET’S PUT THE
BOARD BACK UP IF WE CAN FOR JUST
A MOMENT TO PROVIDE THAT
PERSPECTIVE, IF YOU TAKE A LOOK
AT WHERE THINGS STAND RIGHT NOW
IN PENNSYLVANIA, THE DIFFERENCE,
ABOUT 122,000 VOTES.
LET’S TURN NOW TO FORMER
PHILADELPHIA MAYOR MICHAEL
NUTTER, A DEMOCRAT.
MAYOR, BEFORE WE GET TO THE VOTE
THERE, THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME
CONFUSION OVER WHAT’S HAPPENING
IN PHILADELPHIA RIGHT NOW.
DO YOU KNOW IF MAIL-IN BALLOT
VOTES ARE BEING COUNTED OR HAVE
THOSE VOTES BEEN HALTED?
>> CRAIG, I’M NOT AWARE OF ANY
HALTING OF ANY ACTIVITY HERE.
AND THERE’S NO REASON TO HAVE
ANY HALTING, THAT I’M AWARE OF.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS, AS YOUR
PREVIOUS -- AS YOUR
CORRESPONDENT TALKED ABOUT JUST
A SECOND AGO, THIS IS A NORMAL
PART OF THE PROCESS.
I MEAN, WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE, YOU
KNOW, A HUGE AMOUNT OF MAIL-IN
BALLOTS BECAUSE WE’RE IN A
PANDEMIC.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, ALL OF THIS
LAWSUIT ACTIVITY, ALL THESE
FILINGS, THIS IS NOTHING BUT
WHAT I’VE CALLED FLAILING BY
DONALD TRUMP.
SUDDENLY, YOU KNOW, HE’S BEEN
TALKING ABOUT WE HAVE AN
ELECTION, WE HAVE AN ELECTION.
I’VE NEVER HEARD OF A CANDIDATE
ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY NOW
TRYING TO STOP THE COUNTING OF
BALLOTS.
PEOPLE VOTED.
THEIR VOTE DESERVES TO BE
COUNTED.
THIS IS HOW AMERICA OPERATES.
THIS IS NOT, AS ONE SAID, YOU
KNOW, BELARUS OR RUSSIA.
THIS IS AMERICA.
THIS IS WHAT WE DO.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT’S
STRIKING, AND AGAIN, VOTES ARE
STILL BEING COUNTED, MAYOR, BUT
THE TURNOUT AMONG BLACK VOTERS
SPECIFICALLY FOR JOE BIDEN IN
PLACES LIKE PHILADELPHIA, IN
PLACES LIKE DETROIT, IN PLAYS
LIKE MILWAUKEE, ATLANTA, IT
REALLY CONNECTS TO A THROUGH
LINE THAT WE SAW IN THE
PRIMARIES, STARTING WITH
CONGRESSMAN JIM CLYBURN IN SOUTH
CAROLINA ESSENTIALLY PUTTING THE
BIDEN CAMPAIGN ON HIS BACK AND
CARRYING THEM OVER THE FINISH
LINE IN THE PALMETTO STATE.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT, THE
FACT THAT VOTERS THAT LOOK LIKE
US COULD VERY WELL BE
RESPONSIBLE FOR JOE BIDEN
BECOMEDBECOME
ED
ING THE 46th PRESIDENT?
>> CRAIG, TO BE BRUTALLY HONEST,
FROM TIME TO TIME BLACK PEOPLE
HAVE BEEN SAVING AMERICA FROM
ITSELF FOR A LONG PERIOD OF
TIME.
WE ARE CONSISTENT IN OUR
COMMITMENT TO FREEDOM, TO
DEMOCRACY.
WHEN I WENT TO VOTE ON TUESDAY,
I VOTED FOR JOE BIDEN AND
SENATOR HARRIS BUT I ALSO VOTED
AGAINST RACISM AND MISSOGYNY AND
SGREEN
XENOPHOBIA AND ALL THE OTHER
CRAZINESS AND INCOMPETENCE OF
DONALD TRUMP, CURRENT OCCUPANT
OF THE WHITE HOUSE.
WHEN YOU HAVE 225,000 AMERICANS
WHO HAVE DIED FROM CORONAVIRUS,
DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTING
BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE.
SO THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS TO
VOTE FOR ON TUESDAY.
AFRICAN-AMERICANS GET IT.
WE UNDERSTAND THE SIGNIFICANT
ROLE THAT WE PLAY.
AND QUITE HONESTLY, BLACK WOMEN
IN PARTICULAR.
THAT IS THE STORY OF SOUTH
CAROLINA.
AND IN MANY, MANY CASES ACROSS
THE COUNTRY.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE BELIEVE IN
FREEDOM AS BLACK PEOPLE.
WE WANT IT.
WE WANT MORE OF IT.
AND WE WANT TO PARTICIPATE.
AND WE SHOW UP TIME AND TIME AND
TIME AGAIN.
AND IT IS ONLY MY HOPE THAT
WHITE AMERICA WOULD UNDERSTAND
AND BE MORE SUPPORTIVE OF WHAT
BLACK PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO DO,
WHICH IS TO LIVE.
>> FORMER MAYOR OF A CITY THAT
WILL VERY WELL LIKELY DETERMINE
THE OUTCOME OF THE STATE OF
PENNSYLVANIA, MAYOR OF
PHILADELPHIA, FORMER MAYOR --
>> WE’RE STILL COUNTING.