Segment to go to live coverage of the u. S. House, holding a brief pro forma session this morning. No vote is expected. The speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by the guest chaplain, monsignor j. Rossetti, Catholic University of america, washington, d. C. The chaplain good and gracious god, we invoke the brilliant light of your son and cast out all spirits of darkness, discord, and division. May your holy angels of peace dwell in this place. May we be united in bonds of love and Mutual Respect across the aisle and across this nation. We make this prayer in your holy name, amen. The speaker pursuant to section 4a of House Resolution 967, the journal of the last days proceedings is approved. The chair will lead the house in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Pursuant to section 4b of House Resolution 967, the house stands adjourned until 10 00 a. M. On monday, november 9, 2020. Announcer live has coverage is here on cspan. Update is expected to with the latest on the Election Results this morning. We will continue with washington journal while we wait this morning. People texting in, john and texas saying this is total voter fraud, texas voted for President Trump and he is the president of texas. This is from carly in minnesota. Hey, rudy, when will you be able to prove any of your allegations . It is difficult for the public to believe everybody is as crooked as you and trump. Her desperation is showing. Telling the American People that their voice does not matter, we the people, not we the republicans. And Anthony Inman milton in illinois say that if ballots are such a threat, why not a recount . A support President Trump. Hello. Caller yes. I think this is the most ridiculous election i have ever seen. I just dont understand it. Im a registered democrat, but i voted for trump and pence because i believe in them. He has helped this country. People seem to forget the jobs and the rise of everything as it was. They used the covid against him, and he has done everything in this. Wer to help i dont understand why now they are not even saying a word about covid on the news, and i think that is said. Host dan in mississippi, a supporter of joe biden, hello. Caller how are you this morning . Host is it grenada or granada . Caller granada. I want to put this to the trump supporters. Count they not want to the votes in the large cities like Dekalb County and georgia, milwaukee . Voters mostly democrat and mostly black voters. Want to count those votes . That is kind of strange to me. Host there are a lot of legal fronts that john mcardle talked about, the variety of fronts and where they are going with some of these challenges. John addressed that earlier, but we will revisit that throughout the money. Spring city, tennessee, a supporter of President Trump. This is sarah. Hello. Caller how are you today . Host fine, thank you. Go ahead. Caller why hasnt anybody brought up the point to where in pennsylvania they found a bunch of military ballots in the trash and have officially counted nine of them for trump, and we are also talking about people at voting stations, giving them sharpies for their ballots. Why is nobody talking about this stuff . Host you are talking about the events in michigan with the sharpie . Caller yeah. Host i think that was addressed by the secretary of state. They put out a statement about the various implements given out in the process. Go ahead. Is, herey other thing in tennessee we are big trump fans, but i am not understanding how all these states that are blue that have a majority of red for trump are our voices not validated . I understand that in the blue there are a whole bunch of other people voting for biden, but a majority of it is read. Host sarah in spring city, tennessee, talking about her concerns over what she is seeing. Back to john mcardle for a bit. The sharpiemp in on issue that you and the caller were talking about. We refer to the fox news story on the topic. An issue out of arizona, the Republican AttorneyGenerals Office in arizona invested getting complaints from some Maricopa County voters that their ballots may have been discarded because they were filled out with a sharpie. It is of course a brand of permanent marker that President Trump is famous for using. In the wednesday letter from the solicitor general there, to the Maricopa County elections director, the Prosecutors Office requested information on the validity of the ballots filled out with markers by thursday morning, so we are expected to find more out by then. This is what the deputy Attorney Generals Office wrote in that letter. We have received hundreds of voter completes regarding the use of a sharpie brand marker fill out ballots on election day at Voting Centers in Maricopa County. Voters are concerned that the use of sharpies may have caused their ballots to be rejected or spoiled or canceled, and asked for a response by thursday morning. So certainly a story that is being monitored out of arizona. In bristol, connecticut, a supporter of joe biden. Hello. People yes, the american voted for biden, and that is the bottom line. This is america, not russia. Now we are going to have a president who stands up to putin in helsinki now. Host it is not 100 yet, but go ahead. Caller joe biden had better get his people into the white house, in the state department, and the attorney general so that no papers are shredded. The word that he is out, he is going to start shredding papers. This guy is a vengeful guy. I would like to say god bless america. Host that is john in connecticut, a supporter of joe biden, joe biden going before cameras to talk about Election Results. Yesterdayw americans, was again proved that democracy is the heartbeat of this nation. Just as it has been the heartbeat of this nation for two centuries. Even in the face of pandemic, more americans voted this election than ever before in american history. Over 150 Million People cast their votes. I think that is just extraordinary. If we had any doubts, we should not have any longer. By, andgovernment, of, for the people. It is very much alive, very much alive in america. Here the people rule. Power cannot be taken or asserted. It flows from the people. It is there will that determines who will be the president of the United States, and there will alone. And now after a long night of counting, it is clear that we are winning enough states to reach 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency. I am not here to declare that we have won, but i am here to report when the count is finished, we believe we will be the winners. Of all the votes counted, we have won wisconsin by 20,000 votes. Virtually the same margin that President Trump won that state four years ago. In michigan we lead by over 35,000 votes, and it is growing. A substantially bigger margin than President Trump won michigan in 2016. Michigan will complete its vote soon. Maybe as early as today. I feel very good about pennsylvania. Virtually all the remaining ballots to be counted were cast by mail. We have been winning 78 of the votes by mail in pennsylvania. We have flipped arizona, and the Second District of nebraska. Isspecial significance to me that we have won with the ,ajority of the American People and every indication is that the majority will grow. We have a popular vote lead of nearly 3 million votes, and every indication is that will grow as well. Indeed, senator harris and i are thanack to win more votes any ticket in the history of this country. That ever won a presidency and vice presidency. Ver 70 million votes im very proud of our campaign. Only three president ial campaigns in the past have defeated an incumbent president. When it is finished, god willing, we will be the fourth. This is a major achievement. This is a major achievement. It has been a long and difficult campaign, but it has been a more difficult time for our country, a hard time. We have had a Hard Campaign before. We have faced hard times before. So once this election is finalized and behind us, it will be time for us to do what we have always done as americans, to put the harsh rhetoric of the campaign behind us, to lower the temperature, to see each other. Gain, to listen to one another to hear each other again and respect and care for one another. To unite, to heal, to come together as a nation. I know this one be easy. Im not naive. Neither of us are. I know how deep and hard the opposing views are in our country on so many things, but i also know this as well. To make progress, we have to stop treating our opponents as enemies. We are not enemies. What brings us together as americans is so much stronger than anything that can tear us apart. So let me be clear. We are campaigning as democrats, but i will govern announcer we will go live to remarks on the vote count in georgia