DECEMBER THAT THE STATES CHOOSE
THEIR ELECTORS IN THE MANNER IN
WHICH THE LEGISLATURE SHALL
DIRECT.
>> PETE, LET ME INTERRUPT YOU
FOR A MOMENT.
MICHIGAN, ON YOUR SCREEN RIGHT
NOW.
THIS IS A VERY BIG CALL THAT WE
ARE NOW READY TO MAKE, NBC NEWS
DECISION DESK PROJECTING THE
WINNER OF MICHIGAN, BIDEN.
VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN WITH 49.8%
OF THE VOTE TO 48.6 FOR
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
AGAIN, THAT IS A KEY CALL THAT
WE’VE BEEN WAITING HOURS AND
HOURS FOR SINCE LAST NIGHT.
KRISTEN WELKER HAS BEEN TALKING
ABOUT THE BLUE WALL.
WE’VE ALL BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT.
WE’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
PENNSYLVANIA, MICHIGAN AND
WISCONSIN.
HALLIE JACKSON AT THE WHITE
HOUSE, WE NOW HAVE WISCONSIN
BLUE ON OUR MAP.
WE HAVE MICHIGAN BLUE ON OUR
MAP.
THAT MAKES IT SIGNIFICANTLY
HARDER FOR THE PRESIDENT.
>> JUGGLING A LOT HERE.
HALLIE, CAN YOU HEAR KATE?
>> OH, KATE, HI.
THANKS SO MUCH.
WE’RE DEALING WITH SOME TECH
STUFF ON THE WHITE HOUSE LAWN.
IT HAS BEEN QUITE THE AFTERNOON,
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE AND QUITE THE
LAST 24 HOURS FOR PRESIDENT
TRUMP HERE.
LISTEN, HERE’S WHERE THE RACE IS
SORT OF SET UP TO GO FROM HERE.
THE PRESIDENT’S PATH TO VICTORY,
THE BIGGEST BATTLEGROUND, WE NOW
A DAY AFTER THE ELECTION WE ARE
NOT TALKING ABOUT THINGS LIKE --
WE ARE STILL TALKING ABOUT THE
BATTLEGROUND STATES AND THE
BATTLEGROUNDS REALLY ARE THE
COURTROOMS IN THESE STATES AND
WE ARE ABOUT TO HEAR IN THE NEXT
AND I’M LOOKING AT MY WATCH AT
THE CLOCK, 4:26.
WE ARE SET TO HEAR AT 4:30 IN
PHILADELPHIA FROM SOME OF THE
PRESIDENT’S TOP SURROGATES AND
WE HAVE NOT HEARD FROM HIM ON
CAMERA THOUGH WE HAVE HEARD FROM
HIM ON TWITTER AND HIS SON ERIC
TRUMP WHO IS A KEY CAMPAIGN
ADVISER AND SURROGATE ALONG WITH
LAURA TRUMP, AND COREY
LEWANDOWSKI AND PAT BONDI AND
RUDY GIULIANI AND THEY WILL BE
IN THE PHILADELPHIA, WHY?
THEY’RE TALKING ABOUT THE LEGAL
CHALLENGES THAT THE PRESIDENT IS
MOUNTING.
I HAVE IT TELL YOU, KATE, WE
KNEW THIS WAS COMING, RIGHT?
THE REPORTING ALL ALONG IN THE
LAST SEVERAL WEEKS THAT THE
PRESIDENT, IF THIS LOOKED TO BE
ON A KNIFE’S EDGE AS THIS RACE
IS NOW, WOULD BE PUSHING FORWARD
WITH LEGAL CHALLENGES.
THERE ARE ACCORDING TO THE RNC,
SOME 500 VOLUNTEER LAWYERS,
FIRMS, READY TO BE MOUNTING
THESE LEGAL CHALLENGES JUST IN
PENNSYLVANIA ALONE ON THE
PRESIDENT’S BEHALF.
SO THE FIGHT NOW IS IN THE
COURTROOM AS PART OF THE
PRESIDENT’S -- WHAT THE CAMPAIGN
CEASE AS A PATH TOO VICTORY.
THEY’RE STILL LOOKING AT THE
ELECTORAL COLLEGE MAP.
YOU WERE TALKING WITH PETE ON
THE POLITICAL PIECE OF IT.
ON THE LEGAL PIECE, THEY’RE
LOOKING AT PENNSYLVANIA.
THEIR CONFIDENCE LEVEL IS VERY
HIGH BASED ON THE NUMBERS THAT
THEY ARE SEEING COMING IN.
THEY ARE THINKING THIS WILL BE A
DEFINITIVE WIN FOR PRESIDENT
TRUMP BASED ON WHERE THE NUMBERS
WERE IN 2016 VERSUS WHAT THEY’RE
SEEING NOW IN 2020.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE ARE WITH
THE OVERALL ELECTORAL MAP HERE,
253-214 AND THE POPULAR VOTE
FORMER VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN
AHEAD OF PRESIDENT TRUMP THERE
AND I’M LOOKING AT PENNSYLVANIA,
TOO EARLY TO CALL BASED ON OUR
COUNT, BUT AGAIN, THE CAMPAIGN
CONFIDENT.
THEY ARE ALSO PREDICTING AS
EARLY AS FRIDAY IT WOULD BE
CLEAR WHAT’S HAPPENING IN
ARIZONA.
ANOTHER RACE THAT IS TOO EARLY
TO CALL.
ONE OF THE CAMPAIGN’S SENIOR
ADVISERS IS TELLING REPORTERS
THAT BY THE END OF THE WEEK IT
WILL BECOME CLEAR THAT PRESIDENT
TRUMP WILL HAVE ENOUGH VOTES
THAT AREN’T COUNTED YET IN
ARIZONA TO BE GETTING OVER THE
FINISH LINE THERE.
AGAIN, TO BE CLEAR, THE VOTES
HAVE NOT COME IN YET.
THE BALLOTS HAVE NOT BEEN
COUNTED AND THERE IS A DICHOTOMY
HERE, KATE, BECAUSE EVEN AS THE
PRESIDENT’S CAMPAIGN IS TALKING
ABOUT HOW THESE UNCOUNTED
BALLOTS, THE BALLOTS OUTSTANDING
COULD TURN THE TIDE IN THE
PRESIDENT’S FAVOR THE PRESIDENT
HIMSELF IS INSISTING THAT THOSE
OUTSTANDING BALLOTS SHOULD BE
NOT COUNTED AT ALL, THAT THERE’S
SOMETHING INHERENTLY WRONG WITH
THEM BY VIRTUE OF THE FACT THAT
THEY’VE NOT BEEN COUNTED YET.
THAT IS AN INCORRECT ASSERTION.
THAT IS AN ASSERTION THAT IS NOT
BASED IN FACT ALTHOUGH THE
PRESIDENT CONTINUES TO INSIST
THE BALLOTS HE CLAIMS ON TWITTER
ARE MAGICALLY DISAPPEARING, HE
SAYS, THAT THERE ARE THESE
SURPRISE BALLOT DUMPS AND THERE
ARE NO BALLOTS THAT ARE BEING
SURPRISINGLY DUMPED OR
DISAPPEARING OR BEING FOUND IN