10:00.
10:00. WELCOME BACK. I'M BARBARA LEE EDWARDS.
>> I'M CARLOS SHIKATA.
TONIGHT WE CONTINUE OUR
ELECTION COVERAGE ON THIS
SPECIAL EDITION OF NEWSNIGHT AT
10:00 ON THE CW.
IT'S A TEAM EFFORT TONIGHT.
ZAITZ MARCELLA LEE IS TRACKING
BOTH THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE AND
THE BALANCE OF POWER IN
CONGRESS.
MARCELLA, THERE'S BEEN QUITE A
BIT OF BACK AND FORTH TONIGHT
AND THE BATTLEGROUND STATES ARE
VERY CLOSE.
WHAT CAN YOU TELL US RIGHT NOW
WHEN IT COMES TO THE BALANCE OF
POWER IN THE SENATE?
BARTOLI AND KARLO, THE BALANCE
OF POWER IN THE SENATE IS AT
STAKE IN TONIGHT'S ELECTION.
DEMOCRATS TRYING TO WIN CONTROL
OF THE SENATE.
WELL, REPUBLICANS ARE FIGHTING
HARD TO DEFEND THOSE SEATS AND
KEEP CONTROL.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MAP
WHICH SHOWS THE VERY LATEST IN
THIS TOUGH FIGHT RIGHT NOW.
THEY ARE DEAD EVEN.
WELL, WE'RE SEEING DIFFERENT
RESULTS COME IN.
THIS MAP HAS DEMOCRATS AT FORTY
FIVE, REPUBLICANS AT 46.
BUT WHEN I JUST CHECKED MOMENTS
BEFORE WE CAME ON AIR,
DEMOCRATS HAD GAINED ONE SEAT.
SO THEY HAVE 46 NOW IN A
DEAD TIE GOING INTO TONIGHT.
REPUBLICANS HAD A FORTY SEVEN
TO FIFTY THREE MAJORITY WITH
THIRTY FIVE SENATE SEATS UP FOR
GRABS.
SO WITH DEMOCRATS AT 46 RIGHT
NOW THEY NEED TO GRAB FIVE MORE
SEATS TO GET TO 51 AND
GUARANTEE CONTROL OF THE
SENATE.
SO TONIGHT EIGHT SEATS REMAIN
UNCALLED AND THE RACES ARE SO
CLOSE AND SO MANY STATES WE'VE
GOT ARIZONA, MONTANA, MICHIGAN,
MINNESOTA, NORTH CAROLINA,
MAINE AND GEORGIA.
>> GEORGIA'S KIND OF A PECULIAR
STATE.
THEY HAVE TO SEATS GEORGIA HAS
TWO SEATS AT STAKE AND IN A
RARE TWIST BOTH OF THOSE RACES
COULD LEAD TO A RUNOFF IF THE
CANDIDATE DOESN'T REACH 50
PERCENT OF THE VOTE THAT ARE
THERE ARE THE RULES THERE IN
GEORGIA.
SO IT COULD REALLY BE A WHILE
BEFORE WE KNOW IF THE DEMOCRATS
CAN STEAL CONTROL OF THE SENATE
FROM REPUBLICANS.
ALL RIGHT.
THANKS, MARCELLA.
WE WANT TO TURN NOW TO OUR
NEWSAT POLITICAL ANALYSTS WENDY
PATRICK AND LAURA FINK WHO'VE
BEEN WITH US ALL KEEPING AN EYE
ON THE RESULTS AS THEY COME IN.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US,
WENDY.
LAURA, WE WANT TO TALK NOW
ABOUT OUR LOCAL CONGRESSIONAL
RACES STARTING WITH THE
FIFTIETH DISTRICT WHICH IS
EXTREMELY CLOSE RIGHT NOW
REALLY TOO CLOSE TO CALL.
DARRELL, I SPOKE A LITTLE
EARLIER TONIGHT.
HE WAS OPTIMISTIC.
BUT WENDY, I WOULD HAVE TO SAY
CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC.
YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT?
>> REALLY I THINK THAT'S
EXACTLY RIGHT.
CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC BECAUSE
LET'S FACE IT, WITH ALL THE
RACES WE'VE BEEN COVERING ALL
NIGHT LONG IN THIS DAY AND AGE
,IT'S JUST NOT OVER UNTIL IT'S
OVER.
AND WITH ALL THE PROJECTIONS
THAT WE DO AND ALL THE
DIFFERENT KINDS OF EXIT POLLS
THAT WE THINK IS GOING TO
PREDICT THE TRAJECTORY THESE
DIFFERENT RACES WE'VE JUST BEEN
WRONG.
WE'RE SEEING THAT ON THE
NATIONAL STAGE.
AND YOU WONDER WHETHER THERE'S
SOME KIND OF A DOWN BALLOT BOOM
ALL CALL IT IS HOW MUCH DO
NATIONAL RACES AND NATIONAL
CANDIDATES ACTUALLY IMPACT
LOCAL RACES ON THE SAME TICKET.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THAT'S
IN PLAY HERE OR NOT AND WHETHER
THE DYNAMICS OF THE DISTRICT
ARE COUNTER INTUITIVELY SORT OF
BACKFIRING IN A FASHION THAT WE
WOULDN'T HAVE EXPECTED.
BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT THERE ARE
A LOT OF VOTES TO BE COUNTED.
SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT
THIS ONE OUT PARTICULARLY
BECAUSE IT IS JUST SO CLOSE.
THERE WERE A LOT OF ELEMENTS
INVOLVED GOING INTO THIS RACE
WITH DUNCAN HUNTER RESIGNING
AND THE RACE AT SALPETER A MARK
CAMP AND AJA AND DEHRA LIE SO
WAS SO HEATED THERE WAS
PROBABLY THE MOST MUDSLINGING I
SAW IN A LOCAL RACE AND THE
POLITICAL ADS THAT WERE RUNNING
ON TV.
>> ARE YOU SURPRISED, LAURA,
THAT THIS RACE IS AS CLOSE AS
IT IS TONIGHT?
>> I DON'T KNOW WHICH WAY THIS
IS GOING TO GO SO I'M NOT
SURPRISED THAT IT'S CLOSE
BECAUSE YOU KNOW, AS WENDY WAS
SUGGESTING, PRESIDENTIAL
COATTAILS MATTER AND THE
DYNAMICS OF THE NATIONAL RACE
HAS IMPACT DOWN TICKET
PARTICULARLY NOW BECAUSE IT
AFFECTS TURNOUT AND AFFECTS WHO
SHOWS UP TO THE POLLS.
SO WITH JOE BIDEN HAVING A
TREMENDOUS LEAD IN CALIFORNIA.
THAT DEFINITELY SPILLED OVER
AND GAVE A LITTLE MOMENTUM TO A
MA CAMPAIGN AND A JAR'S
CAMPAIGN IN AN OTHERWISE AS
WENDY LIKES TO SAY RUBY RED
DISTRICT.
SO DEFINITELY IT'S CLOSER THAN
IT WOULD NORMALLY BE GIVEN THE
REGISTRATION ADVANTAGE IN THAT
DISTRICT FOR REPUBLICANS.
NOW IT WAS ALSO A RACE WHERE WE
SAW QUITE A BIT OF MONEY SPENT
AND THAT MONEY WAS SPENT ON
NEGATIVE ADS.
IT REALLY WAS ABOUT DEFINING
EACH OF EACH CHALLENGER
DEFINING ONE ANOTHER AS BEING
NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE VOTERS.
SO AGAIN, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE
A MA WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO
WEATHER THIS WHETHER THIS
PARTICULAR RACE BECAUSE HE
NEEDED A CUSHION TO BOUNCE OFF
OF BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT AS THE
BALLOTS ROLL IN THEY'RE MORE
LIKELY TO LEAN CONSERVATIVE,
MORE LIKELY TO BE STERILIZER
VOTERS.
>> ANOTHER RACE I WANT TO TOUCH
ON QUICKLY BEFORE WE GO 50
THIRD RACE BETWEEN SARAH JACOBS
AND GEORGETTE GOMEZ TO DEMOCRAT
RUNNING IN THIS ONE.
AND LAURA JUST TOWARDS THE END
OF IT THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT
CAME OUT REGARDING GEORGETTE
GOMEZ AND HER TAXES AND NOT
HAVING PAID SOME OF THEM AND
HER EXCUSES FOR THAT.
AND I'M WONDERING IF YOU THINK
THAT THAT PLAYED A ROLE IN THE
RESULTS THAT WE'RE SEEING SO
FAR TONIGHT.
WELL, I DIDN'T.
I DON'T THINK IT DID HER ANY
FAVORS.
BUT I THINK ALL I'LL GIVE YOU
ANOTHER MONEY NUMBER AND THAT'S
NINE MILLION.
THAT'S THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT
SARAH JACOBS AND THE SUPPORTERS
OF HER CAMPAIGN.
THAT'S THAT'S PERSONAL MONEY OR
MONEY FROM THE FAMILY.
AND GEORGETTE GOMEZ REALLY ONLY
HAD A FRACTION OF THAT THAT
ENABLED SARAH JACOBS TO DEFINE
THE RACE TO HIGHLIGHT THINGS
LIKE THAT TAX ISSUE FOR
GEORGETTE AND TO REALLY
CONSOLIDATE THE VOTE.
WHAT SHE DID WHAT BARBARA BRE-X
WAS NOT ABLE TO DO IT APPEARS,
WHICH IS TO CONSOLIDATE THE
CONSERVATIVES IN THAT WHICH
THERE ARE YOU KNOW, LIKE NOT
QUITE A THIRD MAYBE A QUARTER
CONSOLIDATE THE CONSERVATIVE
BASE, BUILD IT OUT INTO
DEMOCRATS AND REALLY JUST DROWN
THE AIRWAVES WITH POSITIVE AND
NEGATIVE MESSAGING TO CAPTURE
THAT DISTRICT ONCE IN A
GENERATION WE SEE SEATS LIKE
THIS COME UP.
AND SARAH JACOBS LOOKS LIKE SHE
IS HOLDING THE DAY HER SECOND
TIME RUNNING FOR THIS ONE AND
IT LOOKS LIKE SHE IS GETTING
THE JOB DONE THIS TIME.
LADIES, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US WITH YOUR INSIGHT
TONIGHT.
WE'LL TALK TO YOU A LITTLE
LATER.
THANK YOU.
THE POLLS CLOSED HOURS AGO BUT
AS WE'VE SEEN IT STILL COULD BE
SOME TIME BEFORE A WINNER IS
DECLARED IN THE PRESIDENTIAL
RACE.
COULD BE DAYS, EVEN WEEKS.
SOME PEOPLE THINK THERE'S A LOT
MORE.
ABRAMS HAS MORE FROM A
POLITICAL EXPERT WHO'S WATCHING
THINGS VERY CLOSELY AND TALKS
ABOUT THE POTENTIAL LEGAL
CHALLENGES.
>> WE'RE BACK WITH DAN COUSER,
POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR,
UCSD.
AND WE'RE GOING TO GET STRAIGHT
TO THE POTENTIAL LEGAL
CHALLENGES BREWING HERE
BATTLEGROUND OR TIGHT ASSUMING
ONE CANDIDATE SWEEPS ALL BY
NARROW MARGINS.
WILL IT EVEN SETTLE THIS
ELECTION?
WELL, IF WE GET TO A FINAL VOTE
COUNT REMEMBER WE'VE GOT
SEMBLER 14 FOR STATES TO
FINALIZE THEIR VOTE COUNT AND
THOSE ELECTORS CAST THEIR
BALLOTS.
CLOSE WINS IN AMERICAN POLITICS
IF YOU HAVE AN UNCONTESTED
FINAL VOTE COUNT.
WE SAW THAT WITH DONALD TRUMP
COBBLING TOGETHER THESE NARROW
MAJORITIES IN THREE STATES TO
WIN A LARGE ELECTORAL COLLEGE
VICTORY.
BUT HERE'S WHERE THIS NIGHT AND
WEEK COULD BE HEADED.
WE'VE GOT A FEW REALLY CLOSE
STATES SO NORTH CAROLINA IS
REALLY CLOSE.
THAT'S ONE OF THOSE STATES OF
THE PENDING LEGAL CASE ABOUT
WILL MORE REPUBLICANS
CHALLENGING THE COUNTING
BALLOTS CAST ACCORDING TO
ARTICULATIONS NOW THAT ARE SENT
IN THE MAIL POSTMARKED ON OR
BEFORE ELECTION DAY.
SAME THING WITH PENNSYLVANIA.
IF WE GET TO LAPIDARY VOTE
COUNT AND THOSE STATES ARE
REALLY CLOSE, THOSE CASES COULD
MATTER.
>> SO AT THIS POINT, HOW LIKELY
IS IT THAT WE'LL SEE THE
SUPREME COURT INTERVENE LIKE IT
DID BACK IN 2000?
>> AGAIN, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE
ANY NEW INFORMATION TONIGHT
RIGHT STATES THAT WE THOUGHT
WE'RE GOING TO BE LANDSLIDES OR
LANDSLIDES.
THERE'S NO BIG JOE BIDEN EARLY
KNOCKOUT PUNCH.
SO DEMOCRATS ARE DISAPPOINTED
AND ANXIOUS ABOUT THAT.
BUT THOSE KEY STATES FOR JOE
BIDEN, WISCONSIN, MICHIGAN,
PENNSYLVANIA STILL TOO CLOSE TO
CALL AND WE'RE NOT GOING HAVE A
CLEAR IDEA FOR AT LEAST 24
HOURS IN THOSE STATES BECAUSE
THOSE BAYLE BALLOTS STILL HAVE
YET TO BE COUNTED.
>> SO WE WILL HAVE ZERO CLOSURE
WHEN WE GO TO BED TONIGHT.
ZERO CLOSURE.
BUT WE KNEW THAT WE KNEW WE
NEEDED TO BE PATIENT AND AND
ELECTIONS AND GETTING IT RIGHT
IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN GETTING
IT EARLY THE WAY TO CLOSE IT
OUT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THAT CANCER AT UCSD, AS I
MENTIONED IT IS SHAPING UP TO
BE A HISTORIC ELECTION HERE IN
SAN DIEGO COUNTY REGISTRAR SAYS
MORE THAN ONE MILLION BALLOTS
HAVE BEEN CAST COUNTYWIDE
BEFORE ELECTION DAY.
>> ALMOST HALF OF THE TWO
MILLION PEOPLE REGISTERED IN
THE COUNTY EARLY IN-PERSON
VOTING ALLOWED TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF SANDY AGAINST TO
CAST THEIR BALLOTS OVER THE
WEEKEND.
AND TODAY IT LOOKS LIKE THINGS
ARE GOING WELL.
USUALLY IT'S RICHARD ALLEN IS
LIVE AT THE REGISTRAR OF VOTERS
TONIGHT.
ALWAYS A BUSY PLACE WITH AN
UPDATE ON WHAT IT'S LIKE THERE
NOW RICHARD.
>> WELL, AND BARBAROUSLY THIS
PLACE HAS BEEN HOPPING ALL DAY
AND IT WILL BE HOPPING ALL
NIGHT TO KNOW WHEN THE POLLS
CLOSE AT 8:00.
ACTUALLY THERE IS A LITTLE BIT
OF A CELEBRATION.
BALLOONS DROP.
YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THOSE
BALLOONS BEHIND ME HERE.
BUT NOW THE HARD WORK CONTINUES
IN TABULATING THOSE RESULTS.
WE HAVE SOME VIDEO ACTUALLY TO
SHOW YOU OF SOME OF THE TRUCKS
COMING IN BRINGING IN THOSE
BALLOTS FROM THE 235 SUPER POLL
LOCATIONS.
THE QUESTION OUTSTANDING RIGHT
NOW THOUGH IS WILL THIS BE A
RECORD BREAKING ELECTION HERE
IN THE COUNTY AS FAR AS OVERALL
VOTER TURNOUT GOES?
WE ALREADY KNOW THAT WE HAVE
BROKEN RECORDS THIS TIME AROUND
IN TERMS OF MAIL IN BALLOTS
BEING BEING PROCESSED.
KEEP IN MIND THOUGH THIS TIME
AROUND WE HAVE 300000 MORE
VOTERS ON THE ROLLS THAN WE DID
BACK IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY BACK
IN 2016.
BACK THEN VOTER TURNOUT FOR
THAT ELECTION WAS 81 PERCENT.
SO WE'LL JUST HAVE TO WAIT AND
SEE UNTIL ALL THE BALLOTS HERE
ARE TALLIED TO DETERMINE
WHETHER OR NOT THAT RECORD IS
SHATTERED.
NOW RIGHT NOW MICHAEL VOO, THE
REGISTRAR OF VOTERS TELLS US
THAT HE FORESEES ANYWHERE FROM
AN 80 TO 85 PERCENT VOTER
TURNOUT FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY.
BUT WE'LL JUST HAVE TO WAIT AND
SEE RIGHT NOW THOUGH, THEY ARE
FOCUSED TONIGHT ON TABULATING
THOSE BALLOTS THAT WERE CAST
TODAY IN PERSON HERE AT THE
REGISTRAR AND OF THE TWO
HUNDRED THIRTY FIVE SUPER POLLS
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AND THAT
WERE COULD LAST WELL INTO THE
WEE HOURS MORNING.
HERE'S WHAT MICHAEL VOO HAD TO
SAY ABOUT THE FUTURE OF
COUNTING THOSE BALLOTS.
FIRST THING TOMORROW MORNING
WE'RE GONNA BE BACK AT IT AGAIN
MAKING SURE THAT WE SCANNED IN
GETTING A A REALLY A LAY OF THE
LAND AS TO HOW MANY MAIL
BALLOTS HAVE BEEN DROPPED OFF
AT THE RESPECTIVE POLLING
ALLEGATIONS TODAY OR AT THE
SUPER MEL BALLOT DROP
APPLICATIONS AS WELL.
PLUS HOW MANY PROVISIONAL
BALLOTS WERE CAST AS WELL?
VERY BUSY.
SO ALL OF THOSE BALLOTS WILL
NOT BE TABULATED ENOUGH FOR THE
NEXT FEW DAYS BUT ACTUALLY THE
NEXT FEW WEEKS.
IN FACT, IF YOU MAILED IN YOUR
BALLOT TODAY AS LONG AS IT WAS
POSTMARKED BY TODAY AND IT'S
RECEIVED BY THE REGISTRAR
WITHIN 17 DAYS.
BY NOVEMBER 20TH IT WILL BE
COUNTED BEFORE THIS ELECTION IS
OFFICIALLY CERTIFIED A MONTH
FROM TODAY ON DECEMBER 3RD
CARLO AND BARBARA LEE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
RICHARD ALLEN, THANKS.
GOOD TO SEE THINGS GOING
SMOOTHLY.
LOTS OF ACTIVITY TONIGHT.
THEY DID SO MUCH TO MAKE IT
EASY FOR PEOPLE TO VOTE IN A
CIRCUMSTANCE.
IT'S A HUGE SUCCESS.
>> WE'LL BE BACK WITH MORE
AFTER