Counting votes and the potential path for victory for both candidates as we wait to see what happens next, today, wednesday, november 4th, 2020. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hi, everyone. Good morning. Welcome to this special edition of today. We are glad youre with us on wednesday morning. We really never left. Weve been on the air all night. Lots of news to cover. I do think a lot of folks at home were up all night. Today comes with something were not exactly used to in the wake of a president ial election. And still a lot of uncertainty. And a lots of votes uncounted, millions of them. Were going to walk you through all of it, do it slowly and take it one step at a time. Heres the count at this hour. According to nbc news, the electoral count is 224 for biden, 213 for the president. Theyre trying to reach 270. Thats the magic number. Now nine states are this morning either t
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Children. We are not going to sacrifice our students and children. Reporter the small group acknowledged the challenges of keeping kids home, but said the focus needs to be on safety. The schools are the pillar of our community. To keep the schools is actually keeping our whole community safe. Reporter officials plan to release reopening recommendations on friday. Saying in a statement, we recognize the different concerns and we will take all of this into consideration as we make a final decision. Its time for us to get our kids back to school. Reporter while, the white house continues to pull push for schools nationwide to reopen. President trump says he doesnt agree with the tough and expensive guidelines put out by the cdc. Hours later the director said new guidelines would be released. What is not the intent of cbcs guidelines is to be used as a rationale to keep schools closed. The Task Force Said its prepared to work with School Officials and governors to reopen, a more muted ton
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