HODA AND SAVANNAH.
>> KRISTEN WELKER FOR US IN
DELAWARE.
>> TALKING ABOUT THE LAWYERS AND
DEPLOYING LAWYERS ON BOTH SIDES,
CHUCK, YOU KNOW WE’VE REACHED
THAT MOMENT WE WERE HOPING TO
NOT REACH.
KASIE HUNT ALSO JOINING US.
TAKE US THROUGH THE MAP.
>> WISCONSIN IS SOMETHING IN THE
LAST THREE HOURS, WE GOT SOME
VOTE OUT OF MILWAUKEE.
YOU CAN SEE HERE, THE VOTE IS
TRICKLING IN, EVEN IN THE LAST
45 MINUTES JOE BIDEN’S VOTES
GONE FROM 7,500 TO 11,000.
THE ASSUMPTION IS AND IT’S NOT A
GUESS, MOST OF WHAT’S BEING
COUNTED IS STUFF THAT WAS VOTE
BY MAIL AND WE KNOW
STATISTICALLY THAT’S LIKELY TO
LEAN DEMOCRAT BUT, AGAIN, WE
HEARD GABE GUTIERREZ SAY GREEN
BAY IS COMING IN.
I LOVE MY PACKERS, IT’S A
REPUBLICAN-LEANING AREA BUT THE
VOTE BY MAIL, YOU DON’T KNOW.
YOU DON’T WANT TO MAKE ANY
JUDGMENTS THERE.
WISCONSIN, TRUST ME, WE’RE GOING
TO GET THE RECOUNT RULES GOING
HERE, I HAVE A FEELING.
>> I THINK YOU HAVE TO REQUEST
IT.
I LOOKED IT UP.
>> LET’S GO TO MICHIGAN.
YOU HEARD CLAIRE McCASKILL HAS
SOME CONFIDENCE THERE.
AS THE NUMBERS HAVE COME IN,
THIS HAS REALLY TIGHTENED.
IT WAS A FOUR-POINT SPREAD WHEN
WE STARTED AT 6 A.M. THIS
MORNING.
WE’RE NOW DOWN TO LESS THAN A
PERCENTAGE POINT.
THE DIFFERENCE IS 45,000.
IT ALL MAIL-IN VOTE.
WE KNOW THERE’S A LOT MORE --
>> THE ORANGE IS THE MAIL-IN
VOTE, THE YELLOW IS THE --
>> WE KNOW THERE’S STILL OVER
ABOUT 850,000 VOTES TO COUNT AND
IT’S A 45,000 VOTE DIFFERENCE.
THIS IS WHY DEMOCRATS FEEL I
WOULD SAY CAUTIOUSLY CONFIDENT
ABOUT MICHIGAN.
AND, BY THE WAY, KASIE, IN CASE
YOU’RE WONDERING, THE SENATE
RACE AND PRESIDENTIAL RACE IN
MICHIGAN ARE STARRING TO ALIGN
AND THAT IS NOT GOOD NEWS FOR
JOHN JAMES --
>> JOHN JAMES IS THE REPUBLICAN
CHALLENGER --
>> THO GARO GARY PETERS.
IT DOES LOOK LIKE THOSE TWO WILL
GO TOGETHER.
THEN WE’VE GOT PENNSYLVANIA.
LET’S JUST BE HONEST HERE.
THIS IS A LOT OF GROUND FOR HIM
TO MAKE UP AND YET THERE’S A LOT
OF VOTES STILL OUT THERE, NEARLY
1.8 MILLION UNCOUNTED VOTES.
>> WHERE ARE THOSE COMING FROM?
>> EVERYWHERE.
I MEAN, AGAIN, IT’S IN THE MAIL,
SO WE KNOW DUE TO ALL THE GREAT
POLLING THAT WE ALL TRUST THESE
DAYS, WE’RE PRETTY CONFIDENT
THAT THERE IS A DEM LEAN TO THE
MAIL-IN BALLOTS.
WE DON’T KNOW BY HOW MUCH.
IT COULD BE BY A GREAT DEAL.
WE KNOW THAT ALLEGHENY COUNTY
STOPPED COUNTING AND WON’T START
UNTIL 10 CHA:00 THIS MORNING.
WE’RE ALL GOING TO GET
COMFORTABLE GETTING TO KNOW
PENNSYLVANIA A LITTLE BIT.
THERE’S A LOT OF VOTE TO MAKE UP
BUT THERE’S A LOT OF VOTE TO GO.
BY THE WAY, MAINE COULD COME
IN -- BIDEN’S GOING TO WIN THREE
OF THESE ELECTORAL VOTES.
THIS LEAD KEEPS EXPANDING AS IT
SLOWLY COMES IN.
LET ME JUST SHOW YOU WHAT’S
GOING ON HERE WITH THE
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT VOTE.
HANG ON HERE.
>> YOU HAVE TO ASK NICELY.
>> I KNOW, I KNOW.
IT’S CRANKY, TOO.
HERE’S OUR SECOND CONGRESSIONAL
DISTRICT.
EVEN AS THIS VOTE HAS COME IN, I
HAVE NOT SEEN THIS MARGIN SHRINK
THAT MUCH.
YES, IT’S 15,000 VOTES BUT THIS
IS A VERY RURAL DISTRICT.
WE STILL GOT A WAY TO GO BUT IT
LOOKS LIKE TRUMP HAS A GOOD SHOT
AT KEEPING THAT.
THAT MAINE SECOND CONGRESSIONAL
DISTRICT, IT’S RURAL, WORKING
CLASS FOLKS, IN SOME WAY IT
MATCHES EVERY OTHER TRUMP AREA.
>> CAN YOU SWING OUT WEST?
GET TO THE SUNBELT STATES.
>> WE’LL START OUT IN NEVADA.
THIS IS WHERE WE’VE GOTTEN VOTES
MOST RECENTLY.
WE TALKED TO JON RALSTON, OUR
REPORTER CONTRIBUTOR WHO IS THE
EDITOR OF "NEVADA INDEPENDENT,"
HE SAID THE REMAINING BALLOTS
ARE MAIL-IN BALLOTS, THEY’RE
FROM THE TWO BIG COUNTIES,
PARTICULARLY CLARK COUNTY.
SO IT SHOULD BE, YOU KNOW, AS HE
SAID THE DEMOCRATIC MACHINE BUT
IT’S A 7,600 VOTE GAP HERE.
AGAIN, WHAT’S LEFT APPEARS TO BE
ADVANTAGE BIDEN, JUST LIKE WE
SAID BEFORE AND THIS WE HAVEN’T
BEEN ABLE TO SORT THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THE SAME DAY AND THE
EARLY REGISTRATION.
SO THIS IS ONE WHERE, YOU KNOW,
I TRUST JON RALSTON.
HE KNOWS HIS STUFF BUT THAT’S A
VERY NARROW VOTE GAP.
AND VERY QUICKLY, WE’VE GOT
ARIZONA.
LET’S GET TO ARIZONA.
WE HAVEN’T GOTTEN ANY NEW VOTE
IN HERE IN A FEW HOURS.
THAT’S GOING TO BE A WHILE.
THERE’S A REASON THERE’S THAT
AND GEORGIA WE HAVEN’T GOTTEN
ANY NEW VOTE IN YET EITHER, BUT
WE DO EXPECT THIS TO CONTINUE TO
NARROW AND WE’LL SEE.
>> THERE ARE SO MANY CONTESTED
RACES.
WE BARELY GOT TO SPEND OUR TIME
WITH KASIE.
DON’T WORRY, WE’VE GOT HOURS AND
HOURS OF COVERAGE.
I THINK WE MISSPOKE AT THE TOP
OF THE SHOW BECAUSE IN FACT
DEMOCRATS SEEM TO HAVE REDUCED
THEIR MAJORITY, LOST SOME SEATS
IN THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE
LOOKS TO STAY IN REPUBLICAN
HANDS, ALTHOUGH THE VOTES ARE
STILL BEING COUNTED.
>> WE’VE CALLED THE HOUSE FOR
DEMOCRATS.
SO WE BELIEVE NANCY PELOSI STILL
IS SPEAKER AT THE END OF THE DAY
OR AT LEAST DEMOCRATS IN
CONTROL, BUT THIS IS NOT WHAT WE
EXPECTED GOING INTO THE NIGHT.
WE WERE PRETTY SURE CERTAINLY
ALL OF MY SOURCES WERE SAYING
BOTH REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS
THAT DEMOCRATS WERE GOING TO ADD
TO THEIR MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE
AND OVERNIGHT WHILE WE ARE
STILL -- THESE TAKE A LONG TIME
TO COUNT BECAUSE OF THE WAY WE
LOOK AT THEM JUST TAKES A WHILE
SO WE’RE NOT GOING TO KNOW HOW
MANY SEATS ALL OF MY SOURCES ARE
NOW SAYING THEY THINK
REPUBLICANS ARE GOING TO PICK UP
A COUPLE OF SEATS.
VERY QUICKLY, ONE THING I’M
WATCHING AS CHUCK WAS GOING
THROUGH PENNSYLVANIA, I GREW UP
IN CHESTER COUNTY, WHICH IS
OUTSIDE, IT’S A PHILADELPHIA
SUBURB THAT’S REALLY SWITCH
REASONABLE DOUBT FROM RED TO
BLUE OVER THE LAST DECADE OR SO.
WE’RE EXPECTING POTENTIALLY TO
GET A BIG PATCH OFBATCH OF VOTES
SOURCES ARE TELLING ME THERE
AROUND 7:30, 8:00 THIS MORNING.
THAT’S A PLACE WHERE IF YOU SEE
A VERY STRONG BIDEN MARGIN, HE
NEEDS IT TO BE VERY STRONG IN
THE SUBURBS TO HAVE A COACH OF
ENDING UP WINNING PENNSYLVANIA.