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Lead over trumps 61.4%-36.6%. in iowa right now, 19% of the vote is in, bidens lead is 85,000. 61%- 61%-36.9%. we got more states right now. lets take a look at other states coming in. michigan a third of the vote is now in. trump say head by some 210,000 votes. 54.7%-43.4%. in pennsylvania almost a third of the vote is in. trump is ahead by 179,000 votes. 53.4%-45.2%. wisconsin a third of the vote is in. its very, very close. trump is ahead by some 20,000 votes. 50%-48.3%. in georgia right now,...

And heres where it stands. on the road to 270 needed to win, biden now has 118. trump has 105. 118-105. 270 the magic number. the presidential race is moving to the west right now. were counting down to 11:00 p.m. eastern. the biggest electoral prize of the night. were talk bing about california. the polls are about to close there as well as in idaho, oregon, and washington state. those states have 78, 78 electoral votes of the 270 needed to win. joe biden is counting on blue california to push ...

Historic desks. griff? >> good morning, guys. here just south of houston, major flooding. dangerous flooding is expected along the brazos river. look behind me. this is just a street about two miles north of the brazos river. it has trapped an entire subdivision. kingdom heights has received mandatory evacuation. the folks in there are trapped between the river and this flooding. that water is just rushing down that street. the river, brazos river crested last year at memorial day at 54.7 feet. ...

Create devastating problems. just south of houston, brazos river is expected to cause further major flooding, it crested at 54.7 feet last memorial day, the worst flooding in 100 years. it is expected to reach 50, 60 at its peak today. it has crossed 55 feet at 2:00 today. just behind us in rosenberg, texas a subdivision with mandatory evacuation, those folks are trapped if they decide to stay. they cannot get out, north of them is the flooding, looking at that water, really powerful even though...

We are in life-saving mode in that region. also as waters begin to recede in houston, texas, we are still involved in the life-saving process there. >> sandra: griff jenkins live in texas outside of houston where the braziles river has been rising fast. >> we can break news now. according to county officials, the brazos river, just near here has crested at 55.19 feet. that is larger than last years record set on memorial day which was 54.7 feet, so that is good news. tragically, nobodys returnin...

Getting out of these cages and the volunteers and sheriff crew trying to round them out to ultimately get them out here. its a tough situation on day seven for the community. so tremendously hammered by the most devastating flood in these parts. interestingly, when i mentioned earlier, the brazos river impact in watershed areas, that is the biggest crest at 55.19 feet today putting the most historic amount of water into this watershed as its ever been. last year, memorial day, it was the 100 yea...

There is still clearly so much need for the people stuck in their homes and continue to be. they need supplies and fast. that is in katy, texas. i want to go to richmond right now. that is where polo sandoval is standing in the water there. polo? >> reporter: thats right, john. officials are closely monitoring the river which is slowly reaching 54.7 feet, which is a record set last year. neighbors said the water reached about as high as the mailbox. many homes are empty under a mandatory evacuat...

54.7 last month, the highest ratings in sand of 2014. any reading over 50 signals growth. the markets ended the day in the green. the dow was up 119, just shy of the elusive 20,000 mark. s&p 500 rose 19. nasdaq finished ahead, 46. will the dow hit the 20,000 mar mark? this claimant joins me now with a look at the numbers. good evening, liz. >> it gave us a scare, actually. at one point we were up 176 points. then we lost nearly all of the gains and then as you saw, we ended with a pretty sizable...