The president s own voters. He is calling the game at the end on end of the First Quarter and its extraordinary. We have never had a situation like this, in the country. The president is a steward of the american electoral system, as a member of it, he is a steward of the american system and he is trying to under mine it while the count is still going on. And the last time that we had a dispute that went to the court force Supreme Court as the president said, he thinks will go. You had two candidates who ultimately accepted the outcome of the courts. Ultimately accepted and said, we have to carry the weight of the office that john just described. To have the president jump that gun and make calls and frankly, norah, as gail was saying, there were a lot of things that were untrue. We can look at the map over your head and see the state of texas was called in his favor, he said it was not. Georgia and North Carolina remain toss ups on our map because of all the details you just laid out. We fairly called the state of florida in his favor, and noted his strong turnout among latinos and at the same time, we can fairly report that its too soon, because we cannot disenfranchise millions voters to call the race in pennsylvania, michigan, wisconsin, georgia, and North Carolina. You know what . This is so disturbing, because of the message that it sends to his supporters. Had this is why people are boarding up the stores. Because he sends a message to his supporters, that when the true count comes on out, maybe it will be in his favor, maybe not. If its not in his favor, he is already planted the seed that this election is being stolen from him. And thats why this is such a dangerous thing that he has just done. He is trying to set expectations. What we got out of it, lets hope they dont find votes around 4 00 a. M. , thats what is going to happen. Voting is continuing through the night. In wisconsin and georgia, and its possible by the time people wake up later today, its closer or he has programmed lost his advantage. Im curious that the president feels fearful that he has to declare early. Is he not confident that once the ballots are counted that they will go in his favor . Why, why try and say this early . Is there a sense of fear in the Republican Party that ultimately it would be a good question for riens i he did want those called. He did want those counted in a state where they think those ballots may be in the president s favor. He does encourage the continued counting of ballots in the other states that we are talking about, that they may be in his favor or not. Thats where they are raising concern. This is the red mirage, the idea that certain states the day of vote would be counted first, all the other ballots that were cast earlier are being counted now and so it looks like he has a lead. But he may not retain that lead once the other ballots are counted. He is stepping out and saying im winning. Which in our wording its he has an edge. At the end of the day, once the votes are counted, all the mailin ballots may go to joe biden. He is putting out a false narrative that many will believe. That is what is troubling about it. And he was furthered by that, by people giving him a mouth piece to do that. Lets bring in david becker, our election law expert. And david, under what legal grounds could the president proceed as he says that he wants to . Well, none that i know of. You all just nailed it. Nearly everything that the president just said is false. There were, we know there were over 100 million early ballots cast in the election. But we have only counted about 130 million ballots so far and that doesnt quite add up with the election day turnout that we see we expected and saw. Theres 10s of millions of ballots. These are all ballots. Voting is still not going on. These ballots were cast already. They were cast under the laws of the states and they were cast by the deadline. They, some mail ballots may be coming in later that were postmarked. A lot of mail ballots came in today. But this process is still on going. And as was pointed out and this was a really great point. On the one hand, President Trump is arguing to stop the count of ballots in states like michigan, wisconsin, pennsylvania and georgia. And on the other hand, arguing to continue to count balance on on thes in arizona because he thinks it will benefit him. When you humble yourself under the mighty hand of god, in due time he will exalt you. Hi, im joel osteen. Im excited about being with you every week. I hope youll tune in. Youll be inspired, youll be encouraged. Im looking forward to seeing you right here. You are fully loaded and completely equipped for the race thats been designed for you. [ horns honking ] hello, hello, hello. Hello. Hello. Good evening. Your patience is commendable. We knew it was going to go long. But who knew we were going to go in to maybe tomorrow morning, maybe even longer. But look, we feel good about where we are. We really do. Im here to tell you tonight we believe we are on track to win this election. Yes. We knew because of the unprecedented early vote and the mailin vote is going to take a while. We will have to be patient until the hard work of tallying the votes is finished and its not over until every vote is counted, every ballot is counted. We are feeling good. We are feeling good about where we are. We believe one of the nets suggested that we have already won arizona, but we are confident about arizona. Thats a turn around. We also just called it for minnesota. And we are still in a game in georgia. All although, that is not one we expected. We are feeling really good about wisconsin and michigan. And by the way, its going take time to count the votes, we are going to win pennsylvania. Yeah im talking to the folks in philly, allegheny, county, and scranton, they are encouraged by the turn i couldnt tell and what they see. Look, you know, we can know the results as early as tomorrow morning. But it may take a little longer as i have said all along. Its not my place or Donald Trumps place to declare who won the election. Its the decision of the American People. But im optimistic about this outcome. I want to thank everyone of you who came out and voted in the election. Democrats, congratulations here in delaware. And john, you are the gov, yeah, the whole team, man, you have done a great job, im grateful to the poll workers, to our volunteers our canvassers, everyone that participated in the democratic process and im grateful to all my supporters here and in delaware and across the nation. Folks, thank you, thank you, thank you, and you heard me say it before, every time i walk out of my grand pas house, he would yell, joey, keep the faith. 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However, what we are seeing across the country is a heavy, heavy Police Presence in cities across america including here in washington, d. C. And right over here, you can see, these businesses all boarded up, norah, just in case. We have seen that heavy Police Presence as well. Thank you. And turning now to the coronavirus pandemic. The number of confirmed cases worldwide topped 47 million today and the global death toll is more than 1. 2 million. The u. S. Leads the world by far in both infections and deaths and many states are now seeing record numbers of new cases. Americans went to the polls today in the shadow of the pandemic. A reminder of whats at stake, anything workers and voters could touch, wiped down and sanitized. This, as dr. Debra birx is warning that the u. S. Could see more than 100,000 new covid19 cases per day. And tonight, a disturbing report on how easily the virus can spread. A cdc survey finding that over half of those living in the same household of a covid positive person became infected themselves within a week. As American Families consider holiday plans, what is your advice going in to thanksgiving . My advice is to have a virtual thanksgiving as much as possible, especially with our older and others with underlying medical conditions. We cannot have the usual indoor celebrations. Dr. David rich is president of mt. Sinai hospital that released a new study, showing covid19 is ten times deadlier than the swine flu pandemic. We are worried in the fall and winter we could have another surge of cases. We could find ourselves with a high death rate again in new york like we saw in the spring. The detecter of of the nih said today, if all americans wore masks more than 130,000 lives could be saved between thousand and march. Norah . Thank you. And theres still much more news ahead, covid strikes two nfl teams, including a hall of fame quarterback. 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Adam quiglers ballot did not reach him in maryland, so he left on a jet plane, flying Cross Country to tucson, where he was was still registered and where he voted today. And its been 100 years since women won the right to vote. And this 100 year old woman has had never missed an election. Poll workers brought a ballot to her in an assisted living facility in tennessee so her streak remains intact. We will be right back. My hopes is that the country my hopes is that the country will calm down. And that we dont have to think about politics on a daily basis. Recently we have had a big divide in the country. And i really just want everyone to come together again. Recently we have had a big divide in the country. And i really just want everyone to come together again. We can all come together and be one country. One group of americans. Make a choice that makes you proud, vote decency, fairness, and all that is right in the world, we have to vote for the america we dream of. Normalcy, hope the country gets back to normalcy. Vote like we never can did before. Every single vote matters. Thank you, everyone, have a good time, get out and vote. I feel like 2020 has been challenging and difficult for many of us. But on election day, we all get to come together and collectively show our power. I want to see a Better Change in the world for people that look like me. I think we are redefining what it means to be an american and i think its really important that go out and vote and make sure that your voices is counted. I have never missed a president ial voting since i been on the planet. Me being an immigrant, means everyone should vote. I was talking with a friend of mine and they were saying that americans they vote and then go for ice cream. Its such an american thing. This is my first time voting. So i was like so excited. I was like, okay, are we getting ice cream now . We all have to vote our conscious, we have to elevate our human consciousness and vote for the type of country that we want to see. The type of world we want. And so, that way, it, it infects the whole world. My biggest wish for the election is that we are able to heal the divisions between the Political Parties and accomplish something positive. Its a privilege to exercise our right to vote. I think that ultimately, its the people who speak. And so, as my shirt says, my voice is my vote. This is what we should be doing. You know, we should be coming out and voting. Its our right and i think, as citizens, its our responsibility. Im hoping that the American People are just going to voice their voices and just create the country in to the most awesome place on earth. I have the ballot and i remember like shaking as i was writing because like, wow, my vote counts. Good evening. Your patience is commendable we knew this was going to go long. But who knew we were going to go in to maybe tomorrow morning, maybe even longer. Welcome back to cbs news, election headquarters in times millions and millions people voted for us tonight and a very sad group of people are trying to disenfranchise that group of people. On our goal now is to ensure that the integrity for the good of the nation. This is a very big moment. This is a major fraud on our nation. We want the law to be used in a proper manner. So we will be going to the u. S. Supreme court. We want all voting to stop. We dont want them to find any ballots at 4 00 in the morning and add them to the list. Okay . Its, its a very sad. Its a very sad moment. To me, its a very sad moment. And we will win this, and as far as im concerned we already have. So, i just want to thank you. And i want to thank all of our support. I want to thank all of the people that worked with us. Well, the president of the United States castrating the facts of the Election Results that have been reported tonight. Falsely claiming that he has won the election and disenfranchising millions voters whos ballots have not been counted. Sadly, because of the raging pandemic and the failures of the administration to contain the pandemic. There has been a massive vote by mail operation and those votes have not yet been counted. And so, we at cbs news, can, are not projecting a winner in this president ial race. We will not disenfranchise the millions of voters in those battleground states and the hundreds of thousands in georgia whos votes have not been counted. Theres so much wrong with that statement, its hard to figure out where to begin. Count the ways. Former chief of staff Reince Priebus said that he would not gothat far. And he went further than that. The votes that are not being counted are votes that people cast themselves today on election day. And some of the votes that have not been counted are his own voters. He is calling the game at the end of the First Quarter. And its extraordinary. We have never we have never had a situation like this in