Good morning. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Well, we are inching closer to determining the outcome of the president ial election as vote counting continues this morning. And battleground states release new vote tallies. Cbs news projects joe biden has 253 electoral votes, just shy of 17 or rather just 17 shy georgi, President Trump is leading by a few hundred votes. A lot of eyes are on pennsylvania, which holds 20 votes. President trumps lead was 300,000 votes yesterday, but now it is down to roughly 18,000 with 95 of the votes counted. In arizona, bidens lead has shrunk to 47,000 votes, hes also up in nevada by nearly 12,000 votes. And in North Carolina, the president is up by 76,000 votes. Laura podesta is in washington, d. C. What can we expect today . Reporter good morning, annemarie. We can expect tensions to remain high around the country as americans watch this ever changing vote tally. The president has been tweeting overnight, but the majority of his tweets are being censored by the platform for being misleading about an election. Democracy is sometimes messy. Reporter former Vice President joe biden wants americans to remain calm until all the votes are counted. We have no doubt that when the count is finished, senator harris and i will be declared the winners. Reporter at the white house, President Trump made a number of false claims and attacked the integrity of the election. This is the case where theyre trying to steal an election. Theyre trying to rig an election. Reporter the president had large leads on Election Night in pennsylvania, and georgia. But those dwindled as mailin ballots are tallied. The issue we have in georgia, it is a close vote. There is other states that have more votes to count than we do, but it is a wide margin, so nobody cares. Reporter the Trump Campaign filed lawsuits in several states, trying to halt the process. But Election Officials around the country say they have seen no evidence of voter fraud. The strength of the integrity of this vote is really unparalleled. Reporter Trump Supporters gathered at vote counting centers around the country and repeated the president s false accusations. They shut down the counting of the voting because they knew trump was winning. Reporter some Officials Say theyre concerned for their safety. I can tell you that my wife and my mother are very concerned for me, but we have security here. Reporter trump and biden supporters gathered across the street from each other outside the Philadelphia Convention center where votes are still being counted. Later in the night, police took two men into custody, while investigating a threat of an attack on the facility. If biden wins pennsylvania, he surpasses 270, the number of Electoral College votes needed to win the presidency. However, if he just wins georgia, that brings him to 269, meaning that President Trump would have to win all of the remaining states in order to tie him and then it would be up to the house of representatives to make a decision. Annemarie . Well, we are all watching, Laura Podesta in washington, thank you so much, laura. Early this morning, President Trump fired off a series of tweets, laura told you about, and one of them he argued the Supreme Court should decide the race. And he claimed observers were not allowed to watch ballots being counted, so he alleges ballots accepted during that time are illegal. Twitter has flagged the post as disputed and possibly misleading. Usa usa usa usa for the second night in a row, Trump Supporters gathered outside an Election Center in phoenix, arizona. Far right radio host alex jones joined them. Demonstrators say that they dont trust the election process in maricopa county. Biden is leading in arizona. Demonstrations also erupted in philadelphia. People urged official also to continue counting mailin ballots, despite mounting pressure from a lawsuit filed by mr. Trump to stop the count. Meantime, demonstrators were out in miami. The largely hispanic crowd said they support the president s claims of widespread voter fraud, even though there is no evidence to back up those claims. Now to the u. S. Senate, where the majority is also still up in the air. It is a race to 51 there. Both parties are closing are close to reaching that number. But a few races are still too close to call. And we may not even find out for a few months. Thats because of a senate race in georgia, incumbent republican senator david perdue has a slim lead now, but the one with the most votes needs to pass the 50 threshold. Otherwise they go to a runoff. That doesnt happen until january. The other senate race in georgia will be a runoff. Another major story this morning, the alarming surge in coronavirus cases. For the second straight day, the u. S. Set a record in the number of daily infections. More than 121,000 cases were reported yesterday. Now, thats according to Johns Hopkins university. That is almost 20,000 more cases than the previous record set on wednesday. Just over 1200 deaths were reported as well. Yesterday. Nikki battiste has more on this troubling tree ining trend. Reporter at least 16 states have just broken hospitalization records. In minneapolis, health Officials Say only 23 icu beds are available. In iowa, where the sevenday Positivity Rate has soared to nearly 40 , the head of the university of Iowa Health System says we are in danger of losing control of this pandemic. Clearly we are not in total control right now. Reporter that was dr. Anthony fauci, four months ago in june, when daily covid cases were a record at 40,000. He also made this dire prediction. I would not be surprised if we go up to 100,000 a day if this does not turn around. Reporter in hard hit wisconsin, this ominous warning from the White House Coronavirus task force, in a private memo obtained by cbs news. Wisconsin is seeing an unrelenting rise in cases and test positivity, a more comprehensive Mitigation Strategy is needed. Nikki battiste, cbs news, new york. Now, all this comes as we learn more about a timeline for a possible covid vaccine. Astrazeneca says it hopes to show its vaccine is effective by the end of this year. The drugmaker wants to ramp up production so it can distribute the treatment in january. It is currently in a late stage trial, here in the u. S. , britain and other countries. So coming up on the cbs morning news, nba basketball may tip off its new season in time for the holidays. And he may have lost his election, but a candidate in wisconsin found another way to give by donating a kidney. This is the cbs morning news. Has a million little sips of sunshine. Its 100 of your daily vitamin c and 100 delicious. 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The Washington Post reports nevadas Republican Party sent a criminal referral to attorney general william barr alleging more than 3,000 people voted in nevada after moving out of the state. The partys lawyers reportedly sent barr a list of voters identified by cross checking Voter Registration names and addresses with the national change of address database. A Justice Department official told the Washington Post, officials were looking into the referral. Under nevada law, residents who move out of state can vote if they are serving in the military, married to someone in the military, or going to school. Usa today says women will make up about 30 of all congressional seats next year. Making gains toward equal representation on capitol hill. At least131 women have been elected so far. That breaks the previous record of 127 women set last year. A record 106 women have been elected to the house, in the senate 25 women have been elected so far, one fewer than the 2019 record. That could change if senator Kamala Harris is elected Vice President or republican senator Kelly Loeffler wins a Runoff Election in georgia in january. And wsaw tells us about a man who lost his election, but then won praise for a selfless deed, he donated his kidney. Brian giles lost in the race for wisconsins state assembly. The next morning he was scheduled to have his kidney removed and donated to someone in need. Giles got the idea to donate his organ back in january. Probably the ultimate feeling you can have, kind of do what i do to try to help other people, and, again, that was why i was running for the assembly also. Giles is recovering well, and is considering reentering politics again one day. Still ahead, election day insomnia. A new report finds that americans lost millions of hours of sleep on tuesday night. For people with Heart Failure taking entresto, it may lead to a world of possibilities. Entresto is a Heart Failure medicine prescribed by most cardiologists. 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And one election went to the dogs in kentucky. Wilbur is the new mayor of rabbit hash, a Small Community in the northern part of the state. The French Bulldog ran on the campaign slogan, give me liberty or give me milk bones, of course. The race was not state sanctioned. The annual tradition raises money to help preserve the historic community. And coming up on cbs this morning, an update on latest vote tallies in the battleground states that will decide the president ial election. Im annemarie green. T we can st each other this flu season by getting vaccinated. If youre 65 or older, get the superior flu protection of fluzone hig