Hes got that understanding of his responsibility and setting a tone, i think, that becomes an example for all the people who concede after. Senator obama and i have had and argued our differences, and he has prevailed. Those same things you hear throughout we have fought the good fight. We fought hard, weve come to an end, we accept this result, we will work together. And once this decision is made, we unite behind the man who gets elected. Reporter but not every Election Night has a concession speech. Bulletin, senior gore aide confirms gore withdraws concession. Thats bulletin material with a capital b. Reporter some elections dont even end on Election Night. About ten minutes ago the Vice President did call the governor and retracted his concession. We put florida back in the undecided category. I think like most people in the country, i went to bed with a scene on my tv showing the vote count in florida. I woke up the next morning, turned on my tv and realized that nothing had changed and we still didnt have a president. Reporter moments later, tallahassee attorney got a call from george w. Bushs team. A lawsuit had been filed in palm beach county, and bush needed a lawyer. Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, i have with me this afternoon mr. Barry richard of tallahassee, florida. Reporter the recount transfixed the nation. If we dont figure out the count on this, were a banana republic. Reporter voters came to know about the butterfly variety. Some say when they went to select gore, they mistakenly punched bucannon. Everybody knows about the chads now. Reporter and hanging chads. Does the chad have to be post all the way out . Do you look at a dimple . Is that enough . Reporter Barry Richards became one of the most recognized lawyers in america. You can keep counting forever. When do you stop . As soon as i stopped out of my office door, there were a mass of reporters walking backwards in front of me wherever i went. Reporter the confusion and chaos continued for 36 days, ending only when the United StatesSupreme Court handed down a 54 ruling stopping a hand recount of ballots in florida, ensuring george w. Bush would win the states e localectors a therefore the presidency. Could what happened in florida back then happen today . This year, several states will count millions more mailin ballots after november 3rd, and that could delay final results for a day or more. Already an excess of 400 lawsuits have been filed about election rules. Unlike in 2000, lawyers for both campaigns stand ready to fight over any perceived infraction. But for former bush attorney barry richard, thats not the biggest difference he sees between this years election and the contest between george w. Bush and al gore. It never even was a consideration for a candidate to say that he wouldnt accept the ultimate results once they were known. We want to make sure the election is honest, and im not sure that it can be. Reporter donald trump as candidate and now president has repeatedly refused to say if he would accept the results of an election he did not win. Because the only way were going to lose this election is if the election is rigged. Remember that. Reporter back in 2000, just a day after the Supreme Courts ruling it seems we have a president. Reporter al gore addressed the nation. Just moments ago i spoke with george w. Bush and congratulated him on becoming the 43rd president of the United States. And i promised him that i wouldnt call him back this time. Let there be no doubt, while i strongly disagree with the courts decision, i accept it. I think it really did put to rest what had been at that point in our modern history the most tumultuous election. Doris Kerns Goodwin says whether we know the winner on Election Night or a day or two later, this years losing candidate has a responsibility greater than any nominee in modern history to help heal the nation or at least try. This is the final responsibility that they have to bear. They had a responsibility to their supporters, a responsibility of trying to win the election. And now the larger responsibility is to help the country get through this moment and finally to bring a closure to it. Now, my friends in a phrase i once addressed to others, its time for me to go. Thank you, good night, and god bless america. The thoughts of major garrett. Cbs news will have Live Team Coverage of the election as the results roll in. Our prime time special america decides 9. 95 at my age . 9. 95 . No way. 9. 95 . Thats impossible. Hi, im jonathan, a manager here at Colonial PennLife Insurance company, to tell you it is possible. 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That means come tomorrow your neighbors can start pulling down all those political lawn signs that have dotted the nation over the past few months. Whats in a sign . Heres brook silva braga. Reporter its hard to say if they prove anything about the direction of an election. This is like putting out the american flag, showing what side youre on. Reporter but these october ornaments for our divided times i love to decorate anyway. Reporter may be the simplest most public way to make a stand. Ave a big sign. Reporter political yard signs have long dotted the american landscape. But four years ago, something seemed different. Trump signs bloomed. Something about candidate trump made you want to be public about your support in a way you havent for other candidates. A lot of people are disgusted with politicians in general. They say one thing and do another thing. Im getting goosebumps because this man, we just have a lot of faith in him. Reporter but the carpet of signs from the master marketer did not sit well. The other party gave them out like candy. Reporter hes the democratic chairman for wayne county in rural northeast pennsylvania. Yes, its a republican strong hold, but he knew there was another reason his party got trounced in the 2016 sign war. Even in states like pennsylvania where trump won the vote by less than 1 . We were unable to get signs. And people reporter wait, what does that mean, unable to get signs . The campaign wouldnt provide them for us . Reporter they thought the signs were a waste of time . They thought they werent effective. There are other people here who think like you do. If you only see signs for the other candidate, then you may think youre overwhelmed. Reporter jeff, another pennsylvania democrat certainly felt overwhmed last Election Night. Huge news, the ap projecting donald trump has won the state of pennsylvania. I went to bed and my wife cried. We were devastated. I realized at that time that i hadnt done enough. Reporter so when 2020 rolled around, he decided the contribution he could make was designing and printing his own joe biden signs. I did one delivery around the state. Reporter how many signs . 12,000. Reporter okay. Thats a lot of signs. That was a lot. I was doing cart wheels down the street. I was telling everybody, i delivered 12,000 signs. Before you knew it, all these people saw them and said i want those signs. Then we did an order for 30,000, and then 40,000, and another order for20,000. Whos we . Well, me. Reporter thats how he came to drive 4,000 miles across pennsylvania and delivered nearly 150,000 joe biden signs. For now the best evidence of at least the psychological impact may be how opponents treat them. Vandalism has become a bipartisan vice, which only makes the wagnerfloyd household that much more remarkable. All the neighbors think were crazy. Yeah, they dont understand it. Joe wagner and megan floyd and life long best friends and coowners of this house with a conspicuously divided front yard. Where are we now with the signs . Weve got three each, right . Theyve been watching each other sign for sign for months and yet somehow have not let the names on the cardboard come between them. I fixed the one too because it broke. Yeah, he fixed my one biden sign. So reporter lawn signs do not tell us who will win tuesday, but they do prove something important about the election. Im just pushing for a brighter future, as the sign says. Reporter support for the political process itself. Thats their choice reid if youre fortunate enough to live to 100 years old, you will see a lot of president ial elections. Faith salie introduces us to one centenarian with a message for us all. Reporter this is my friend, ruth, a lifelong new yorker. Ruth is 104 years old. Why do you think youve lived so long . Just bad luck. Reporter she has a lot to say, especially about politics. This is the most important thing i could do. Reporter but over the past week, people have had a lot to say about her. Do i want to vote . I want to vote more than anything. Reporter i posted to social media, and the story of ruth to the booth blew up. Whats it like to be a viral st star . Its very good. I have people taking pictures of me. Millions of people know who ruth is. This is my dad holding me. Reporter ruth was born in 1916, four years before women even had the right to vote. This is my mother, who was one of the first women elected to the new york city council. Reporter clearly civic duty runs in her blood. Do you remember your first vote . Ruth voted for biden this year and cast her vote in 1936. This year, she says, is different. Carter, obama this is hands down, without a doubt and im talking about the first world war, the Second World War and every other election before or since. This is it. Reporter not even covid could keep her home, which says a lot since her own dad diedn the 1918 flu pandemic. You could have thought, you know what, ill skip this election . Not me. No. Never. If you skip this one, youre going to deserve what you get. Reporter after casting her vote and exiting to cheers, ruth sat down on her walker to cry. It really seemed to mean something. Reporter and if this masked centenarian can do it thank you so much. Reporter she wan you do it too. God bless america, my home sweet home. Yes, vote. Faith sayly on the streets of new york. Thats the overnight news for this election day. Join us this evening as the cbs news team brings us the Election Results in a prime time special cbs news. I its tuesday, november 3rd, 2020. This is the cbs morning news. This will be the most important election in the history of our country. My message to you is simple, the power to change this country is in your hands. In your hands. Decision day. It all comes down to tonight. Will President Trump stay in the white house or will voters choose joe biden to lead the nation . Were taking a look at their closing messages, the anxiety across the country and the tiny township that already released its Election Results