park the biden supporters were really trying to savor this moment. enjoy the moment but bear in mind that this took years in the making to even make biden be a contender to make it possible that the races between the 2 senate between senate races would actually be so close that democrats might have a shot at letting them miss one years of grassroots organizing to try to the voters of color to try to get people to the polls and to combat voter suppression and basically the message from activists is we will celebrate today but tomorrow there is work to do and one grassroots bitin activists in supporter told me the goal now is to try to register 30 to 40000 new voters between now and january to get them to the polls with the hope of flipping at least one of those senate seats if in fact the democrats could do this and that is a big if rather. they could possibly get a 5050 tie in the senate with homily here is a break any kind. of break or if it came to about so this could mean complete control by the democrats and the government nobody is really expect

park for the last several hours one of them is a rick hudson how are you doing well how are you. did you find out and how did you find out that right in going we actually found out that biden had won on our way to our rally was actually pretty voters to start however it was more of a victory rally. candy and how do you feel about the. status. of that very overwhelming you said that you're a member of a union you've been engaged before what were some of the key. phrases. and that made you throw their support behind biden and hear what we would need someone who is going to unite the country instead of divide. just the negativity going backwards the anti this anti that we need someone who's going to unite. are you surprised by what's happened in the state of georgia i thought. a lot of people considering the fact that it's been 20 years since the 16 electoral college votes in the state wits of a democratic presidential candidate pretty surprised that georgia would remain in play and is a real became a real contender i was very surprised at the warming especially when he said that i

park 1 in atlanta lots of rivalry among biden supporters hailing this as a historic moment and then in front of the capitol also here in atlanta about 200 trump supporters say chanting we will not let the gates of hell prevail this election was stolen from trump due to voter fraud there is no credible evidence of voter fraud that is surface just yet but again a very clear indication of the ongoing suspicion among trump supporters that this election was fair and that really failure to recognize that biden is the president elect this is not the end of voting for georgians on january 5th they will head to the polls again because 2 of their senate races need to head into a runoff in florida in the state law according to state law you have to get a majority of the vote and neither candidate did so there's. ability that the 2 senate seats currently held by republicans could flip to the democratic column political analysts say that's not likely but bear in mind if it did that could mean a bite in. the administration with control over the house and the senate so this is why grassroots organ

park in midtown atlanta where there is a big celebration going on and with me is abby ed line she is 18 years old we spotted deer in the crowd because of this sign this is the 1st time she has voted in a presidential election and she was in gauged abbi tell me about some things that you did leading up to the election to ensure that other young people such as yourself would get out and vote so i knew that that youth vote was going to be the thing that would decide this election especially in georgia alternately so along with a lot of my peers at my school we went around and registered every eligible voter we could find in our entire school district and we teamed up with all the other schools and a.p.'s which is our system and we registered over. i think 500 students in order to vote this year what are some of the issues that made you throw your support behind biden particularly as a young person just starting out in life so the biggest thing for me is ending the gun violence epidemic in our country and i know biden is working towards that as well another one of my big things was his s

some people, also gathered in freedom park, while people danced in the streets. in austin, texas, revelers with 2020 flags, while biden and harris did not win florida, their supporters flocked to the heart. and vehicles draped in biden/harris flags driving through the streets, celebrations continued through the night all across america. >>> polo, thank you so much for that. >>> no election coverage would be complete without "saturday night live's" version. with an all-star cast they repriced roles to make a lot of f fun. and cnn's coverage of it all. >> welcome back to what has become election week in america. i'm wolf blitzer. i've been awake so long that my weird stubbly beard finally makes sense. i'm joined by john king who's been operating or touch screen for the past 85 hours. how are you, john? >> oh, i'm great, wolf, thanks. my fingers are numb, but i think that's normal. >> tonight we're not going to stand here and gloat -- >> well, maybe? >> we're not going to run our victory in everybody's face. >> maybe just a tiny bit? >> we're humbling accepting this

at freedom park, people sipped champagne and danced in the streets. in austin, texas, in the middle of texas, revellers waved biden flags in front of the capitol. they supporters flocked to versailles in the heart of the cuban-american community in miami. driving through the streets, celebrations continued into the night, all across america. you look at those pictures across the country. it is obvious there was little to no social distancing at many of these gatherings here. though, there was widespread mask but we do need to remind viewers, cdc guidance, it remains the same and that is to avoid large gatherings. especially, as you look at these record numbers we have been seeing in terms of infections and deaths. >> more than 1,000 deaths. polo sandoval, thanks so much. >> so president trump's refusal to commit to a peaceful transition of power has a lot of people wondering is a formal concession really even needed? we're going to hear from julian, a historian and professor, about what that means. that life of the party look walk it off look one more

park. quite the rivalry if you will i spent the day talking to people and one of the questions that i ask because of the historic nature of this election is what were you doing and how did you feel when you heard the news i'm going to share what we were doing and how we heard the news we're in the lobby of our hotel and as i walked through the lobby i heard a group of people clearly trump supporters talking one woman said biden is not the president this is not real another man responded that the media doesn't decide who wins the voters decide who wins and all the votes are counted i walked outside and saw another group of women gathered they were taking pictures and smiling clearly they were biden supporters and one of the women told me there is only light and love out here only light. georgia has the burj in the selection as a focal point because there it's been a traditional republican stronghold it has been 28 years since the 16 electoral college votes in this state have gone to a democr

the crowd also gathered in atlanta at freedom park while people sipped champagne and danced in the streets. in austin, texas, a democratic stronghold in the middle of red texas, revelers waved biden 2020 flags in front of the state capitol. while biden and harris did not win florida, their supporters flacked to the heart of the kuhn american community in miami. in las vegas, vehicles draped in biden/harris flags driving through the streets. celebrations continued into the night across america. and last night at -- in times square, i saw plenty of mask wearing, very few people without that. however, there was little to no social distancing. in fact, when you see the pictures, the same can be said of many celebrations across the country. and we have to remind the viewers that cdc guidance right now, it is not changed just because the election may be behind us. it's still highly recommended that people avoid these kind of large gatherings. obviously the historic significance of yesterday drew out the crowds. and in places like times square it's difficult to socially distance, though authoriti

we're at freedom park not too far from where gary is but significantly this is at the intersection of moreland and john lewis freedom parkway. of course named after the late congressman john lewis who was so instrumental to the civil rights movement. and i did actually meet someone here who is celebrating today who told me she just turned 65 years old. she has luived through the civi rights movement in atlanta. when she heard the race called today on cnn she told me she just screamed with joy and she felt that it really was not something she thought could happen that georgia could potentially flip blue until stacey abrams two years ago and of course that is a reference to the democratic nominee for governor, stacey abrams, 2018. there are a lot of people's signs here and shirts all referencing thank you stacey because they feel they owe it to stacey abrams' campaign and her organizing over the past two years. so this is really a celebration that you're seeing. as i mentioned earlier, lots of dancing. lots of drag queens. the business celebrating not just this moment today but also the

this celebration began here in the park at freedom park in atlanta. folks were dancing, a deejay. it was meant to celebrate the turnout. people with signs thanking stacey abrams for her work to mobilize voters but now it's an all-out celebration and speaking to folks here and we have folks to chat with, thomas and charity, you were planning to come here today but sort of came out of the blue. talk to me about why you wanted to be here. >> we had conversations with our children for months about the election and they came to the polls with us but today they got to come here to feel the energy of democracy and hear the story, we may lose our way sometime but we can always find our way back and that is the story of democracy and why we wanted them to experience here today with our community. >> reporter: kamala harris is going to be the first biracial woman, black and indian, to be in office in the white house. what does that mean for you as a family with biracial children? >> any time we can show our children themselves anywhere in leadership and our government it gives them an idea

a crowd also gathered in atlanta at freedom park while people sipped champagne and danced in the streets. in austin, texas, a democratic stronghold, in the middle of red texas, revelers waved biden 2020 flags in front of the state capit capitol. while biden and harris did not win florida, supporters flocked to the heart of the cuban american community in miami. and vehicles draped in flags driving through the streets. celebrations continued into the night, all across america. should point out that not just in new york but also in many gatherings across the country, we did see widespread the use of masks -- so there was that. at the same time, we should also remind you there was little to no social distancing here in new york, for example, and we also remind viewers that guidance has been issued by the centers for disease control and prevention about the pandemic. that's not changed even though the election might be behind us. they're recommending people avoid crowds. obviously given the historic significance of yesterday, that still drew some of those people out on to the streets. >> pao

park in the atlanta area which by the way was the core of biden support this is a very atlanta and the metro area is a very progressive area and there's a big celebration there but in front of the capital trump supporters again gathered about 200 of them chanting we will not let the gates of hell prevail they said that the election was being stolen. and that it was due to voter fraud despite the fact that there is no credible allegation of voter fraud here in the state of georgia or anywhere that has surfaced at this point but it does give you an idea of the a and rancor that remains not only in the state of georgia but in the united states unfortunately george. ins cannot sit back and forget about the election because they will now face 9 weeks of campaigning and advertisements on january 5th they will head to the polls and vote for the 2 senate seats they had to go to a runoff because neither candidate got a majority of votes and that's required by state law those 2 seats are currently have held by republicans and democrats are hoping they can flip at least one of those seats if and

park in atlanta which was a huge source of support for biden in this campaign and the mood of course on saturday was very lively very happy but it's important to note that 70 percent of white georgians threw their support behind president trump they gathered at a rally in front of the capitol here in atlanta on saturday chanting the gates of hell will not prevail and claiming that the election was stolen from trump is due to a fraud despite any evidence of that fact but it does remind one that georgia remains divided and as does the country and that there is still a lot of eggs in the rancor georgians will be heading to the polls on january 5th 2 of their senate seats now held by republicans are going to move to runoffs so now in the intervening weeks democratic progressive groups are going to be trying to register 30 to 40000 new voters in the hopes they can flip those senate seats and perhaps gain complete control of the government. in atlanta georgia thank you for that. and let's look at. the corona virus which of course joe biden is now making a priority we've heard from the weal

radical politics and freedom. so that's the rosa parks that i think we need to start talking more about. so we don't have a lot of time today and we could talk about rosa parks forever, at least i could, because i think she's such a fascinating historical figure. but let me just sort of go through things kind of quickly. rosa parks grew up at the foot of her grandfather. from the very young age, she was steeped in the traditions of black nationalism. she was raised to take pride in her skin color, in her family, in her history and in her roots. she was raised to not take any mess from anybody. she saw her grandfather and her family use armed self-defense when necessary. when the ku klux klan marched through pine level, alabama, rosa parks was there waiting for her grandfather to get his shotgun. she says in many of her autobiographical histories, that she was hoping she could see her grandfather use that gun. so she was raised in a family that believed in armed self-defense. . and believed in black nationalism and

>> yeah, erin, we are actually in freedom park. that is on john lewis memorial parkway. so that is of significance for all of the people celebrating here. it's a party that georgia democrats have been waiting for, for decades. i want to mention that there are people now with signs and t-shirts that say, warnock, that say ossoff because they know what is ahead. this is not just a celebration of what happened today, this week, but a look ahead at the run oufs, the critical run-offs that will determine the balance of the senate. they know that the eyes of the country are going to be on georgia in the coming weeks and months. something else that we've definitely seen here is people thanking stacey abrams. a lot of signs here with her name on it. she of course ran for governor as the democratic nominee two years ago in georgia and they are thanking her for developing that momentum and the work on the ground to build up this movement so that people could show from georgia to the rest of the country that this is indeed a battleground state. this has been a party atmosphere. we'

steve: it is important we're at liberty state park in new jersey, just across the river from the freedom tower. dave, so you had a deal with this company called out front media, that you, essentially rented an ad, said trump country, from october 6th through november 3rd. they called you up and told you what? >> steve, just a little background, you know, my wife and i are political refugees. we fled connecticut. prior to the state income tax in connecticut it was a great place to be. they put an income tax in, before you know it every company was trying to move out of there. so -- steve: i heard that. >> over the last 13 years we watch our home price decline year after year. finally as a result of the trump tax cuts, the result of de blasio's anarchy in new york city and china virus, before you know it we were able to find a buyer for our house. we wanted to go to a freedom state and new hampshire is a freedom state. logo, live free or die. it has the best governor in the country. so we decided we would come up here, be kind of anonymous. but we wanted to help trump be elected. so we pai

they set up this barricade and this is where the media comes in, they park over there. they have got a freedom of speech zone, so that freedom of speech zone is supposed to be where that protest is. howdy. so he is a self-described member of the bugula boy. we will talk about that a different time. this sear conspiracy. the conspiracy was they were counting or bringing in ballots. they were bringing in ballots in vans that were from california. so everybody rushed over here and it was news crews, actually them over there. we tried to explain it was news crews loading in equipment. we will give them a little bit of space. they were not having it. but the conspiracy theory went that reporters were loading in ballots to take inside. and it turns out it was just camera tripods, it was just the live packs that we use to broadcast and it was a fox news crew that was loading in their equipment, and this crowd was convinced that they were participating in this election fraud and that they were bringing in extra ballots to be counted here. so it was something that happened right

are the urban hotel, the washington motel, the department of commerce, the wilson district building, freedom plaza, and the j.w. marriott. this site had to harmonize. and then a third constraint that developed along the way is that we were instructed to preserve the existing park. that initse itself had to go to inevitab inevitable. we had to work in the contours of the existing park. that also channelled our selection. so that memorial based on architectural form was a nonstarter that would never work in a site like this. and it meant that in the end there was a lot of very interesting designs that we looked at that were ultimately discarded. about two of the five left were in this part of philadelphia. but within those constraints we had two key and related choices. the first is do we go to open competition or do we have a prescreened competition. we have select designers that will come platter, or do we choose the firm and invite them to have their dine concepts and proceed from there. we have closely studied that, we largely agreed, and frankly you know, we are, you know, we thought the

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and launched a process for freedom of exchange activities. we've been managing a number of slow streets which have been continued and expanded through the weer half to travel car free from embarcadero. of course, this is very fluid n.10 days, our city has moved from the yellow tier through orange to red and in all likelihood by next week, it is expected that we will be at purple. if current trends continue and that means a lot of the things that i just talked about will change. nos give you a sense of the very dynamic operation we're running. our open spaces where people are able to be of sounder and saner mind and body and our parks will remain open. but things like our community hubs will obviously remain open. but museums or observation wheel, the zoo, some of these things are very fluid. so we'll keep you posted as best we can and we all need to continue to do the right thing and fight this thing back.

than we are from our vantage point overlooking lafayette park and the north lawn of the white house. that said, it is a rather nice day here in the fall in washington. and so you have a lot of people who believe that the u.s. president is the rightful winner of the election. something that is not for the alj by the vote, tallies at all 50 states and they are trying to show their support for the u.s. president as well as demand recounts of the votes, particularly in the so-called battleground, states. the states where of the political parties are, have so much equal influence that whichever party prevails, essentially, is giving the victory to a presidential candidate. but again, there hasn't been any whole scale fraud filed in any of the 50 states according to state elections. officials made that announcement a couple of days ago, and there have been problems that the trump campaign has run into in trying to challenge the vote in a number of these battleground states. either they have put forward flimsy evidence, which judges have a lot or they have put forward flimsy witnesses who c

they're worried about jobs, votes, the base, but i had this freedom. you know why i'm here. to be the first republican to officiate a same-sex wedding, is why i got thrown out in a church parking lot. i'm to be outspoken. i'm not a politician. i just love to serve. as military, intelligence, i got to be a congressman, my goodness, if i can't sit here and spit facts, if i'm so afraid of my own shadow or being part of a tribe that i don't have the ability -- i don't know -- i know for me, my own, you know -- i've had my own friends and people close to me who have said awful things. that's why i'm trying to sort of shut the heat down a bit, and come at it from a more analytic way. and it really is hurting. >> so what do you say to mitch mcconnell, someone who's in a position of power? where disinformation is huge. >> it seems in politics there's always a compromise. i learned that. i think no store mcconnell, we'll have a new president in, what, 50 days or so? with that new president, we've got to make sure that foundations and transmission is what we have done in the past. we

another person with vision, wilson who spoke about something called the new freedom. the new freedom stood for the idea of restoring unfettered opportunity for individual action and being able to employ the power of the government on behalf of social justice. this is interesting that this comes from olson. if you've been following what has transpired since the death of george floyd, then you know that some of the ideas that wilson expressed were very systemic in nature. he did not seem to propound those ideas during the white house and instead really did fight for some social justice visions and legislation. if you're looking for the gold standard as far as vision, the person we need to think about it is franklin roosevelt. roosevelt of course comes to the white house at a most serious time in american history. it's the depth of the depression. 25 million people are out of work. he goes to the democratic national convention, he becomes the first modern presidential candidate to fly to a convention. just the fact that he flew was a big deal. because presidential candid

some 10,000 people expected at that event, as pro trump supporters will be marching from freedom plaza down to the supreme court. we're also getting a look at some of the people who will be speaking at these events today, a number of republican lawmakers. and there's also going to be a letter, read from president trump's first national security adviser, michael flynn, who, of course, pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi about his conversations with the russian ambassador. >> all right. nbc national political reporter josh ledderman, thank you. >>> let's move on right now to wisconsin, where the number of new covid cases and hospitalizations, as well as deaths, is reaching alarming new heights. the state's positivity rate is nearing 37%. that's more cases on average than new york city had during its peak in the spring of this year. nbc's coury kaufman joining us from eau claire, wisconsin, the western part of the state. good morning to you, cory. what's the situation you're seeing on the ground? >> reporter: hey, guys, good morning. the situation is dire, as the governor describes it. wis

we know at least two groups have requested permits from national park service. one for a prayer vigil this morning in front of the white house, the other for a free speech rally here in freedom plaza. that was approved for 10,000 people. you could see some of the people getting set up, starting to gather here. you could see a lot of the flags and different t-shirts, all of that sort of around in this area. again, the permit for free gom plaza was approved for about 10,000 people. we're not sure how many people will be here today in part because we have seen a number of counter-protesters organizing on social media. we've seen a number of different groups on social media saying that they're planning to come out in support of president trump and protest the results of the election today. and those groups have not necessarily requested permits. we did see some trump supporters arrive last night and there was a bit of a disturbance between them and counter-protests where d.c. police had to step in and get involved. president trump has tweeted about this saying it is

the back of a landscaping business at an industrial park. a "washington post" columnist says, quote, literally anywhere else would have conveyed more will he jis meat lissa on the enterpri enterprise. >> they don't decide the election. the call for joe biden -- oh, my goodness. all of the networks. wow. all of the networks. we have to forget about the law. judges don't count. all of the networks, oh, the networks. the networks thought biden would win by 10%. gee, what happened? >> this is similar to a tweet from the president. since when does the lame stream media call who our next president will be? we've all learned a lot in the last two weeks. if you're using the verb to call as a judgment or prediction, the media, the mainstream media, has been calling elections for decades. to determine or decide the media doesn't do that. the votes do. you can make your own judgment. the election results are published on websites by states. you can go over the raw numbers in states that have finished voting and determine whether trump or biden won that

and launched a process for freedom of exchange activities. we've been managing a number of slow streets which have been continued and expanded through the weer half to travel car free from embarcadero. of course, this is very fluid n.10 days, our city has moved from the yellow tier through orange to red and in all likelihood by next week, it is expected that we will be at purple. if current trends continue and that means a lot of the things that i just talked about will change. nos give you a sense of the very dynamic operation we're running. our open spaces where people are able to be of sounder and saner mind and body and our parks will remain open. but things like our community hubs will obviously remain open. but museums or observation wheel, the zoo, some of these things are very fluid. so we'll keep you posted as best we can and we all need to continue to do the right thing >> i'll ask the general manager if you have any comment on this. we are essentially a low bid city. there is a bid process. the city attorneys office has looked into

park police and the metropolitan police department, who have a very solid presence here. >> we're looking-- i know it's hard to see, but you're looking at a camera, up, a down on the freedom plaza and the crowd continues to grow and pack in. what do these folks want? i get the stop the steal, but what's the second half of the question. it seems reasonable people can agree that it's more than likely that joe biden is going to be inaugurated on january 20th. is it that they really believe that president trump will get a second term or complain that things aren't fair? >> yes, what you've got here is you've got a lot of different comments regarding that. you've had some biden supporters and trump supporters going back and forth. often what you'll hear is that the media does not call these elections. basically, what you're hearing from the white house is what you're hearing from some of the supporters, and even though you have a situation where the government vote totals now, they haven't been certified, but the vote totals that politicians have been using, democrat and republican, to declare

>> a lot of people want freedom. they don't want to go back to the networks, which are saying you can come to us where you'll make more money but you'll also have content restricted. you could go to cable and have no restrictions. not make as much money but have freedom of expression, which almost everybody who works in these mediums wants. >> some of the content truly was, you can't get this anywhere else. >> you're a fantasy maker, the only limit on the kinds of fantasies is people's imagination. >> hbo turned to people who said, i can't do that on television, but you can do it on hbo. >> white people don't trust black people. that's why they won't vote for no black president. like a black brother will [ bleep ] up the white house. like the grass won't be cut. dishes piled up. cousins running through the white house. cookouts. basketball going in the back. >> in the late '80s hbo was just sort of gaining ground for series. >> by the '90s hbo had started to begin its explosion. >> when we started doing "dream on" on

the red markers on each of those markers there's a small white sign that says the freedom of speech zone. this entire section to the left of these red markers, this is where they would like the people who peacefully assemble. and then over to the right where cars are driving in and out. the impact on this is that the people who are doing the ballot counting here, these are temporary workers. a good majority of them are retirees, they are older, they're temporary workers and they're paid minimum wage. so they're being ferried in from different parts -- where their personal cars may be here so they don't have to walk in the phoenix heat to continue the work of democracy. i spoke to a staffer here if this has impacted attendance or if there's been any sort of concern or sick out, they haven't seen it, erin. >> that's impressive. of course, the guidance we're getting is that we're not going to really know the fate of arizona today. so, nevada, pennsylvania, georgia, these are the crucial states we'll know much sooner, perhaps in the next hours or so, anderson. >> it's fascinating. numbe

it almost -- at this park have you got to check this out. not only historic necessary selled between ellis island, the statue of liberty and of course the freedom tower right over our right shoulders it's a great tribute to 9/11. this was the horrific view when those buildings were hit and eventually fall. steve, i guess you knew. this i never was here before. what a tribute to those who lost their lives. steve: just about 50 feet to the north of where we are sitting is new jersey's official tribute to 9/11. what's interesting about where we are today and that is not a picture. that is our picture window. brian: we're going to take a picture and use this. steve: what's stunning about the location we are at, is we are about 100 feet away from, right behind the camera, which is pointing that way, is the central train station. and because, brian, you mentioned we are right at liberty island and. ainsley: ellis island. steve: the people who came to the united states to make this their homes would then ferry over here. get on a train about 100 fe

i want you to take a sweep sweep of this, called freedom of speech zone. why have this? a protest we showed you live on cnn last night. certainly they are being prepared, wolf, for them to possibly return. but i can tell you from having been inside, talk to counting sources, the counting is continuing. the people who are doing this vote, they showed up, still making minimum wage, counting the vote very carefully. >> we'll stay in close touch with you. thank you. >>> arizona a very important state. biden maintains the lead. you heard her suggest the outstanding vote 450,000 ballots still outstanding in arizona may be skewed in favor of the democrats. >> that's what democrats believe, the question is count them. this is a state that's been a slower process. we spoke to secretary of state several times. can you go ahead frustrated. everybody wants to know the winner. at the same time the unprecedented nature of the election. as noted, here we are 68,000 vote change plus a change for joe biden. in pennsylvania and georgia it's been working biden cutting into the trump lead.