We have been projecting that with 290 electoral votes joe biden has won the president ial election he is now the president elect of the United States pennsylvania is the state that put him over the top and he has now also been declared the winner. Youre watching live pictures now from new york we are seeing huge celebrations all across the country however there are a number of gatherings of Trump Supporters out there flags as well in a number of places in pennsylvania and in washington d. C. As well as you can see theyre out on the streets theyve been charging usa usa the other groups of supporters for joe biden have been celebrating his victory well his victory also means that Vice President elect comer harris will be the 1st woman 1st south asian and 1st black person to hold that office she learned all of that news while she was out jogging and was also one of the 1st to congratulate her wedding ring. Wait wait then a very very heavy the next president of the United States. Lets now
University, Lauren Copeland. Let me begin with early voting. What should and should not we read into the numbers . Guest i dont think we should read too much into the numbers. Are votingocrats early at much higher rates than republicans. That thepect to see early vote will look a lot more democratic than republican, and the in person vote on election day well look a lot more republican than democratic, which should balance things out in ohio. One other predictions for voter turnout overall . Guest ohio traditionally has a higher rate of voter turnout than other states in the country, because it is a swing state and because our elections are so competitive. In the past, it has been upwards of 60 , and i think we can see even higher voter turnout ra te this election season. Host walk us through the history of how ohio has voted in previous president ial elections. Guest so there is a saying that is soe saying that goes ohio, so goes the nation. It is a saying that has the virtue of being
Im anne marie green. Of course we are going to start this morning on the campaign trail with just eight days left. The coronavirus remains the biggest issue. Over the weekend, over 228,000 cases were reported in the u. S. According to Johns Hopkins university. Records were set on friday and saturday with 83,000 each day. Five aids to Vice President mike pence tested positive for the virus including his chief of staff and political advisor. Pence, who has tested negative, plans to campaign for President Trump this week. Nancy, how are the candidates spending these final days on the trail . Good morning. President trump will head to pennsylvania and joe biden will stay in delaware before traveling to georgia as we enter the final full week until election day. With with a week and a day to go, neither side is taking anything for granted. It is not over until the bell rings. We feel good about where we are. I dont understand how he plays. President trump spent the weekend in battleground s
Journal, we focus on the battleground state of ohio. Coming up in an hour, seth richardson. Copeland. M. , lauren host good morning on this wednesday, october 28. We are six days away from President Trump asking america to give him a second term. This morning, we will focus on his first term. Has president kept his promises . If you are supporting the president , dial in at 20274 80001. If you are supporting the former Vice President , dialin a if you are0, undecided or supporting another 4880002. , call 2027 2027488002. Usa today put this piece together, donald trump made many promises. What has he cap and what is he still working on . Kept by the president , tax cuts, conservative judges, deregulation, he left the paris accord and move the Israeli Embassy to jerusalem. The newspaper says these are the promises the president has partly accomplished, renegotiate trade bills, build border wall and have mexico pay for it and defeat isis. Here is where the president here is where they say
Go unreported for a week because of a technical failure in the data system. And the team behind the discovery of the hepatitis c. Virus and the 2020 nobel prize for medicine. And in sports a miami heat hit back in game 3 of the n. B. A. Finals the heat beating lebron james in the l. A. Lakers to revive their hopes of winning the championship. We start this news with the escalating fight between armenia and azerbaijan over the disputed region of will go on. Now the conflict is now into its 2nd week and fighting is increasingly targeting civilian areas the regional capital stepanek yet has come under sustained bombardment azerbaijan has reported several missile attacks on 2 of its cities in the region it says some. Of its infrastructure sites in the city of men should be or were targeted nato secretary general has joined International Calls for a ceasefire in stoltenberg also called on turkey which has been backing azerbaijan to use its influence to calm tensions we are deeply concerned