FOR
FOR A
FOR A FEW
FOR A FEW HOURS NOW BUT WE STILL DON'T KNOW WHO OUR NEXT PRESIDENT WILL BE. WELL, TO SAY
THAT THIS ELECTION HAS BEEN
LIKE ANYTHING WE'VE SEEN WOULD
CERTAINLY BE AN UNDERSTATEMENT
ON THIS ELECTION NIGHT. IT'S
NOT THAT UNUSUAL, HOWEVER, NOT
TO HAVE THE RESULTS FOR THE
PRESIDENTIAL RACE JUST YET. AT
11:00 YEAH. YOU PROBABLY
REMEMBER BACK IN 2016 THE
PRESIDENT WAS NOT PROJECTED THE
WINNER UNTIL AFTER 2 O'CLOCK IN
THE MORNING. INDIANA WAS THE
FIRST STATE WITH THE PROJECTED
WINNER IN THIS PRESIDENTIAL
RACE THIS YEAR WITH INDIANA'S
ELEVEN ELECTORAL VOTES GOING TO
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. NOW
WILL THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
CERTAINLY WILL NOT HINGE ON
INDIANA. HOOSIERS STILL WAITED
FOR HOURS IN LINE TODAY TO
DECIDE MAJOR RACES LIKE
GOVERNOR AND THE CONGRESSIONAL
SEATS. NOW WE'RE GOING TO GET
TO ALL THOSE RESULTS IN JUST A
MINUTE. WE'VE GOT THEM
SCROLLING AT THE BOTTOM OF YOUR
SCREEN RIGHT NOW. BUT ALL EYES
AROUND THE WORLD ARE ON THE
PRESIDENTIAL RACE TONIGHT AND
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS WATCHING THE
RESULTS ROLL IN TO THE WHITE
HOUSE WHILE JOE BIDEN IS
HOSTING AN EVENT IN WILMINGTON,
DELAWARE THIS HOUR. REMEMBER IF
THE RACE IS CLOSE, WE MAY NOT
HAVE THE FINAL RESULTS UNTIL
STATES CAN COUNT A HISTORIC
NUMBER OF ABSENTEE BALLOTS. AND
IN FACT IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO
TALLY ALL OF THOSE VOTES ADD ON
TOP OF THAT BATTLEGROUND STATES
LIKE PENNSYLVANIA, MINNESOTA,
NORTH CAROLINA AND OHIO ALL
STILL ACCEPTING ABSENTEE
BALLOTS FOR A FEW MORE DAYS. IN
FACT, OHIO'S ACCEPTING BALLOTS
THROUGH NEXT FRIDAY. SO WITH
ALL OF THAT IN MIND, LET'S
CHECK IN TO SEE WHERE STATES
ARE LEANING TONIGHT. AND THE
BEST PERSON TO DO THAT, CARLOS
DIAZ JOINING US FROM THAT 13
DECISION DESK. HELLO THERE,
CARLOS. IT IS A NAIL BITER
RIGHT NOW. YOU'RE LOOKING AT
THE NATIONAL NUMBERS WOULD
TRUMP AT 51 SAID BIDEN 48
PERCENT. BUT I WOULDN'T LOOK AT
TRUMP IN INDIANA. THIS IS WHAT
THE PRESIDENT TRUMP DID IN
INDIANA IN 2016. HE WON BY 21
BY 19 PERCENT. HE HAD 57
PERCENT. LOOK AT HIM IN 2020.
HE ACTUALLY THAT'S THE
GOVERNOR. HE ACTUALLY WENT TO
60 PERCENT. SO PRESIDENT TRUMP
ACTUALLY GAINED POPULARITY IN
INDIANA. WHERE DID HE DO THAT?
NOT IN THE DONUT COUNTIES. IF
WE GO TO JOHNSON COUNTY YOU CAN
SEE TRUMP. THIS IS WHAT HE
LOOKS LIKE IN 2020. THAT'S
PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. BUT IN 2016
IT WAS EVEN MORE IMPRESSIVE
OVER CLINTON. SO HE ACTUALLY
LOST VOTES IN PLACES LIKE
JOHNSON COUNTY, HAMILTON
COUNTY. HE WON IN 2016 BY BY A
20 POINT MARGIN. BUT LOOK THIS
TIME ONLY A 10 POINT MARGIN. SO
YOU SAY TO YOURSELF, OK, WAIT A
MINUTE. IF TRUMP'S MORE POPULAR
WHEREAS HE'S MORE POPULAR HE'S
MORE POPULAR IN THE RURAL
AREAS. LOOK AT JACKSON COUNTY
DOWN HERE JACKSON COUNTY AND 20
20. LOOK AT THAT MARGIN
OF VICTORY IN 2016. IT WAS NOT
THAT BIG I MEAN WAS BIG BUT IT
WASN'T AS BIG AS IT IS THIS
YEAR FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP. SO
TRUMP IS GETTING THE VOTES IN
INDIANA IN THE RURAL AREAS
RIGHT HERE AS OPPOSED TO THE
DONUT COUNTIES AND MARION
COUNTY. BUT GUYS, HE'S MORE
POPULAR IN THIS YEAR THAT HE
WASN'T 2016 IN THE STATE
OF INDIANA. ALL RIGHT. AND
STILL TO BE DETERMINED ACROSS
THE COUNTRY NOW LET'S CHECK IN
ON SOME OF THE BIG RACES IN
INDIANA. INDIANA GOVERNOR HAS
ONE OF THE FIRST RACES THAT WAS
CALLED WITH ERIC HOLCOMB
WINNING REELECTION JUST ABOUT
AN HOUR AGO. THEN TODD ROKITA
WAS PROJECTED TO WIN THE RACE
FOR INDIANA'S GENERAL ROKITA
ACTUALLY WATCHING THE RESULTS
FROM HIS HOME TONIGHT ACTOR.
EARLIER TODAY HE TESTED
POSITIVE FOR COCAINE 19 HIS
TEAM TELLING 13 HE WAS EXPOSED
BY SOMEONE OUTSIDE OF HIS
CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES AND
REPORTEDLY HE'S DOING WELL. NOW
LET'S PUT IT THAT HOTLY
CONTESTED RACE, THE 5TH
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. THIS IS
A RACE THAT HAS BEEN FLIPPING
BETWEEN REPUBLICAN VICTORIA
SPARTZ AND DEMOCRAT CHRISTINE
HALE ALL NIGHT LONG. THIS IS
WHERE THE NUMBERS ARE RIGHT
NOW. RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS LIKE
VICTORIA SPARTZ HAS A READ.
WE'RE REPORTING 9 PERCENT NBC
REPORTING A HIGHER NUMBER WITH
A CLOSER MARGIN. WE'RE KEEPING
AN EYE ON THAT AND ALSO WE
EXPECT TO BE HEARING
FROM VICTORIA SPARTZ. BUT IN
THE MEANTIME, LET'S CHECK IN
WITH JENNY RUNEVITCH AND EMILY
LONGNECKER AT THE GOP AND
DEMOCRATIC HEADQUARTERS
TONIGHT. JENNY, LET'S START
WITH YOU WITH THE RESPONSE
FROM THE REPUBLICANS AND THEN I
CAN TELL YOU IN A CAMPAIGN THAT
WAS REALLY DOMINATED BY THE
CODED CRISIS, HOOSIERS
OVERWHELMINGLY SAID THEY AGREED
WITH ERIC HOLCOMB LEADERSHIP.
HE WON IN A LANDSLIDE TONIGHT
AND GOVERNOR OF THE STATE
OF INDIANA FOR ANOTHER FOUR
YEARS. NOW I CAN TELL YOU THAT
PANDEMIC HAD A BIG IMPACT ON
THE VICTORY CELEBRATION HERE.
FOR REPUBLICANS THEY WERE
CERTAINLY EXCITED. HOWEVER,
HERE AT THE J.W., YOU KNOW,
JOINT JOURNALISTS WERE KEPT IN
ONE AREA AND SUPPORTERS WERE
KEPT IN ANOTHER ROOM. BUT THEY
ALL CAME IN HERE SUBDUED OR NOT
TO WATCH THE VICTORY SPEECH
THAT YOU CAN SEE AT THAT PODIUM
THAT WAS SET UP BEHIND ME AND
IN HIS VICTORY SPEECH, GOVERNOR
HOLCOMB DID THANK HIS
CHALLENGER, DR. WOODY MEYERS.
BUT HE ALSO SAID, YOU KNOW, I'M
GLAD I RAN A POSITIVE CAMPAIGN
AT A TIME THAT THE NATION
REALLY NEEDED IT. HE SAID HIS
PLAN TO BUILD ONE INDIANA FOR
ALL FROM THE ECONOMY TO
EDUCATION WILL CONTINUE. LADIES
AND GENTLEMEN, EVEN IN A
SPECIALLY IN A YEAR LIKE 2020,
AIN'T IT GOOD TO BE A HOOSIER
HOPE AND GROWTH AN OPPORTUNE
THEY ARE ALIVE AND WELL IN OUR
STATE
. SO DESPITE THE PANDEMIC
AND A LITTLE BIT OF A SUBDUED
PARTY, WE DID GET SOME MOMENTS
OF TRADITIONAL ELECTION NIGHT
AGAIN AT THE BEGINNING OF THAT
SPEECH. GOVERNOR HOLCOMB DID
THANK HIS DEMOCRATIC CHALLENGER
DR. WOODY MEYERS AND MY
COLLEAGUE EMILY LONGNECKER HAS
BEEN WITH DEMOCRATS TONIGHT.
EMILY YEAH. JENNY, THIS
CERTAINLY WAS AN ELECTION NIGHT
UNLIKE ANY OTHER YOU KNOW,
THERE REALLY WASN'T ANY
DEMOCRATIC HEADQUARTERS AND
THAT'S BECAUSE THE DEMOCRATS IN
INDIANA HAD A VIRTUAL GATHERING
ON FACEBOOK AND YOUTUBE. THEY
DID THEIR SPEECHES AND THEIR
COMMENTS VIRTUALLY. BUT THE
MARION COUNTY DEMS, THEY
GATHERED TIBBS DRIVE AND WE
WERE THERE FOR A LITTLE BIT
TONIGHT. TAKE A LOOK. PEOPLE
SAT IN THEIR CARS AND WATCHED
ELECTION RESULTS ON A BIG
SCREEN STAYING SEPARATED IN
THEIR CARS. DEMOCRATIC
CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR DR.
WOODY MEYERS. HE WATCHED THE
RESULTS FROM THE CONRAD WITH
HIS FAMILY GIVING A CONCESSION
SPEECH VIRTUALLY JUST AFTER
9:00. I RAN BECAUSE I KNEW WE
COULD BE BETTER AND THAT WE
COULD DO MORE FOR THOSE WHO
HAVE SO LITTLE AND MMORE FOR
THOSE WHO NEED SO MUCH. I
ANNOUNCE MY CANDIDACY BEFORE
WE'D EVER HEARD OF COLBERT 92
BEFORE WE'D EVER SEEN THE
MURDER OF LORD. AND BOTH
INTENSIFIED MY DESIRE TO OFFER
AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE STATUS
QUO. FOR ALL HOOSIERS. AND
THAT'S THAT'S WHAT WE HEARD
FROM DEMOCRATS TONIGHT ALL
NIGHT REALLY VIRTUALLY ONE
DEMOCRAT THAT WE HAD NOT HEARD
FROM WAS FORMER STATE
REPRESENTATIVE KRISTINA HALE IN
THAT TIGHT RACE FOR INDIANA'S
5TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT THAT
WE HEARD FROM HER CAMPAIGN JUST
A FEW MINUTES AGO IN A
STATEMENT SAYING THIS. WE'RE
VERY ENCOURAGED BY THE
ENTHUSIASM AND TURNOUT WE'VE
SEEN SINCE VOTING STARTED LAST
MONTH AND WE REMAIN CONFIDENT
ABOUT OUR PATH TO VICTORY.
THERE WERE THERE ARE STILL TENS
OF THOUSANDS OF MAIL IN VOTES
IN THE 5TH DISTRICT THAT HAVE
YET TO BE COUNTED PARTICULARLY
IN MARION AND HAMILTON COUNTIES
WHERE WE HAVE DONE A
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF VOTER
OUTREACH OVER THESE PAST FEW
MONTHS. THIS RACE IS NOT OVER
AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR
VOTE TOTALS BEFORE MAKING ANY
FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENTS. THE
CIRCUMSTANCES OF THIS ELECTION
UNPRECEDENTED WITH A RECORD
NUMBER OF PEOPLE VOTING EARLY
AND BY ABSENTEE BALLOT. AND WE
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL
HOOSIERS HAVE THEIR VOICES
HEARD IN THIS PROCESS. AND WE
KNOW FROM HALEY'S CAMPAIGN THAT
SHE WAS WATCHING THE RESULT AT
HOME TONIGHT WITH HER FAMILY
AND HER CAMPAIGN JUST PUTTING
OUT THAT STATEMENT MOMENTS AGO
SCOTT. ALL RIGHT, EMILY, THANKS
SO MUCH. NOW ONE OF THE BIG
STORIES ACROSS THE NATION
TONIGHT IS HOW LONG IT'S GOING
TO TAKE TO COUNT ALL THESE
BALLOTS THIS YEAR. SO WE WANT
TO CHECK ON OUR INDIANA'S
LARGEST COUNTY IS DOING RIGHT
NOW. OUR RICH VAN WYCK JOINS US
LIVE FROM THE MARION COUNTY
ELECTION HEADQUARTERS. HOW DID
IT GO TONIGHT? RICH? IT WENT
VERY WELL BUT THERE'S STILL A
LOT OF BALANCE TO COUNT. AND
SCOTT, YOU CAN LOOK BEHIND ME,
YOU CAN SEE MARIN COUNTY
ELECTION WORKERS WORKING LATE
INTO THE NIGHT. THEY'RE IN THE
BACK ROOM TABULATING BALLOTS.
WHAT THEY'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IS
FOCUSING ON THAT FIFTH DISTRICT
CONGRESSIONAL RACE. THEY ARE
GETTING BALANCE FROM PIKE
TOWNSHIP, WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP
AND LARGE TOWNSHIP COUNTED
FIRST. WHY? BECAUSE THOSE
BALLOTS COULD PLAY A
SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN THE OUTCOME
OF THAT HIGHLY CONTESTED
CONGRESSIONAL RACE. WE'RE ALSO
GETTING SOME OTHER NUMBERS
TODAY ABOUT VOTER TURNOUT AND
IT'S NOT WHAT MANY PEOPLE
EXPECTED. MMORE MARION COUNTY
RESIDENTS VOTED BEFORE ELECTION
DAY. THEN ON ELECTION DAY.
THAT'S WHY WE HAD SOME 200
THOUSAND ABSENTEE OR EARLY
BALLOTS TO BE COUNTED. VOTER
TURNOUT? FIFTY EIGHT PERCENT.
THAT'S A NEW RECORD BUT NOT AS
BIG A RECORD AS MANY PEOPLE
WERE PREDICTING. TURNOUT WAS
JUST OVER 56 PERCENT. FOR
INSTANCE, THE 2012 ELECTION
WORKERS, MANY OF THEM WHO'D
BEEN ON THE JOB SINCE 8:00 THIS
MORNING OR PUT IN 12 HOUR OR
LONGER DAYS HAD THE REST OF THE
NIGHT OFF OF THESE MOST. THEY
WILL BE BACK TOMORROW AND
CONTINUE CHIPPING AWAY AT THOSE
A.T. BALLOTS. IT LOOKS LIKE
THEY'RE ABOUT HALFWAY DONE WITH
THE JOB COMPLETING THE JOB. AND
MARIE IS EXPECTED TO TAKE
PROBABLY TWO MORE DAYS. YEAH,
WE SHOULD POINT OUT THAT THEY
ARE VOLUNTEERS AND WE CERTAINLY
DO APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT
THEY ARE DONATING TO THIS
EVENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH,
RICHARD. YOU KNOW WHERE HE'S
TALKING ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT AND
HOW SIGNIFICANT THE ABSENTEE
BALLOT IS THIS YEAR. AND WE'VE
HEARD A LOT OF QUESTIONS
FROM YOU AT HOME ABOUT THEM AS
WELL. SO TONIGHT OUR BOB SIEGEL
WITH OUR VERIFIED TEAM IS
BREAKING DOWN THE NUMBERS AND
HOW MANY OF YOUR BALLOTS HAVE
ARRIVED ON TIME?
WE'VE ALL
HEARD TALK OF FRAUD AND POST
OFFICE PROBLEMS THAT MIGHT
RESULT IN MAIL IN BALLOTS NOT
ARRIVING ON TIME AND NOT BEING
COUNTED. WELL, HERE ARE THE
ACTUAL NUMBERS. REQUESTED A
RECORD FIVE HUNDRED SIXTY THREE
THOUSAND MAIL IN BALLOTS AS
OF 7:00 ELECTION DAY. MORE THAN
44000 THOSE BALLOTS HAVE NOT
YET BEEN RECEIVED. THAT'S ABOUT
8 PERCENT OF INDIANA MAIL IN
BALLOTS RISK OF NOT BEING
COUNTED. THAT NUMBER IS
ACTUALLY LOWER THAN THE GENERAL
ELECTION IN 2016. IT'S
IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT AGAIN.
THOSE ARE THE NUMBERS AS
OF SEVEN O'CLOCK TUESDAY
MORNING. MAIL IN BALLOTS THAT
WERE RECEIVED BY NEW GET
COUNTED. SO IT'S POSSIBLE EVEN
VERY LIKELY THAT MANY LATE
ABSENTEE BALLOTS ARRIVED AT THE
COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE JUST
BEFORE THE DEADLINE AT NOON.
NOW AS FAR AS COUNTING ABSENTEE
BALLOTS WE CAN TELL YOU IN SOME
COUNTIES THAT'LL BE HAPPENING
FOR DAYS. HAMILTON COUNTY, FOR
EXAMPLE, RECEIVED MORE THAN
44000 BALLOTS BY MAIL ELECTION
STAFF COUNTED ELECTION DAY FOR
EIGHT HOURS AND GOT THROUGH
ONLY A THIRD OF THEM IN
HAMILTON AND MARION COUNTY'S
ELECTION OFFICIALS SAY IT WILL
BE THURSDAY BEFORE ALL THE MAIL
IN BALLOTS ARE COUNTED. SO
WHERE THERE ARE TIGHT RACES IT
MAY BE A COUPLE OF DAYS BEFORE
WE KNOW THE WINNER. ALL RIGHT,
BOB, THANKS. YOU KNOW A LOT
OF THE ELECTION LINES THAT WE
SAW AROUND CENTRAL INDIANA
TODAY WEREN'T REALLY THAT BAD
BUT OUR RICH NIGHT DISCOVERED
VOTERS IN MADISON COUNTY HAD TO
WAIT HOURS AFTER THE POLLS
CLOSED TO MAKE SURE THEIR VOTE
COUNTED. FOUR HOURS AFTER THE
POLLS CLOSED, THE END IS
FINALLY INSIDE AT THIS POLLING
LOCATION IN THE SUMMERLAKE
NEIGHBORHOOD IN PENDLETON IN
MADISON COUNTY. BUT SOME PEOPLE
WAITED UP TO FIVE HOURS TO CAST
THEIR BALLOT. IT WAS
RIDICULOUS. I MEAN THIS IS A
REALLY GROWING AREA AND THERE'S
NOT A BIG EXCUSE. ALL THE
PEOPLE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD
COMING TO THIS LITTLE BUILDING
WITH THREE MACHINES LIKE YOU
GOTTA BE KIDDING ME. INSIDE THE
CLUBHOUSE THEY STARTED THE DAY
WITH JUST THREE VOTING MACHINES
BUT WERE EVENTUALLY ABLE TO ADD
TWO MORE THAN REAL. MIKE, I
FEEL LIKE I'VE BEEN HERE FOR
HOURS AND HOURS. YOU KNOW WHAT?
WE'VE HAD A LOT COMMUNITY OUT
THERE. I JUST THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT TO VOTE IF YOU WANT
CHANGE AND THAT'S DEFINITELY
WHAT I WANT. SO IT'S KIND
OF IRRESPONSIBLE OF ME TO NOT
VOTE IF AGAIN 10:00. AND MAGGIE
REALLY BECOMES A FIRST TIME
VOTER. IN THE LAST VOTER HERE
AT THIS SITE IN MADISON COUNTY
AND MAYBE ONE OF THE LAST
VOTERS IN INDIANA, WE'RE GLAD