About the 2020 election. Welcome to Washington Post live. Im david ignatius, a columnist for the Washington Post, and its my pleasure to welcome christopher krebs, the former director of the cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency at dhs, and it is fair to say, one of the heroes and protecting the security of our 2020 election. Welcome. Chris thank a lot. David lets begin with your story. You began preparing for a secure election back in february. And i remember talking with you in august for a column at a time when President Trump was warning about the danger of fraud because of mailin voting. You told me on the record interview back then this election would be slower to tabulate because of all the absentee votes, but it would be safe and secure. In august for a column at a time when President Trump was warning about the danger of fraud because of mailin voting. Took you told me in and on the record interview back then this election would be slower to tabulate because of all
Of widespread fraud in the president ial election. President trump fired the directory. Former cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency director Christopher Krebs talked about the 2020 election. David its fair to say one of the heroes in perfecting the security of our 2020 election. Chris, welcome. Chris thanks a lot. David lets begin with your story. You began preparing for a secure election back in february. And i remember talking with you in august for a column at a time when President Trump was warning about the danger of fraud because of mailin voting. Took you told me in and on the record interview back then this election would be slower to tabulate because of all the absentee votes, but it would be safe and secure. I want to ask you, did you get any pushback from the white house back then . Unhappiness you were contradicting the president in effect . Chris let me frame this in terms of time and history. We have actually been preparing for we had been preparing for a secu
You through so lets get into it louisiana 8 Electoral College votes to dont drop again a lot of these are going to be fairly predictable ones ones like north dakota which is going to go the way of donald trump only a small state there with 3 Electoral College votes we look at nebraska next to rick. It is nebraska now just going to polls on this for a 2nd 3 Electoral College votes for donald trump there are 5 on offer in nebraska i think you may remember early i mention that nebraska and maine split their Electoral College votes so if this point we can say there are 3 for donald trump he is the projected winner in those 3 districts 2 other ones which could be picked up by have a candidate. Lets move on again in vienna or wyoming no its wyoming 1st of all with its 3 Electoral College votes in indiana as well excuse me indiana is the next one with 11 Electoral College votes and the state of nevada as well now this is when we start looking at some blue states the state of too early to coal
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Ongoing trump threatens to go to the Supremes Court to try to stop the counting biden has threatened to counter legal action. And with both candidates aged over 70 we take a look at how their running mates are now more important than ever. While the race to the white house has become incredibly tight hours after the polls closed no candidate has secured enough Electoral College votes to win but that hasnt stopped both candidates being confident of victory despite millions of votes still uncounted donald trump has threatened to go to the Supremes Court something that bidens team have said they are ready to challenge the total vote count could take days while we have a team of reporters for you on the ground at this hour rob reynolds is monitoring developments from Los Angeles Mike hanna is in bidens home state delaware and our white house. Correspondent candy how it is in washington d. C. That fast. Takes a look at just how these last few hours have unfold. Shortly after 2 am on wednesd