of michigan's vote. i mean that did happen today. he did summon them to the white house. and those michigan state legislators, those republican legislators put out a statement afterwards that was widely greeted as a very reassuring statement. i'll tell you, i read it as vague. maybe i'm incapable of being reassured at this point. but this is what they said in the part of their statement that was about this question we're talking about. they said, quote, we have not yet been made aware of any information that would change the outcome of the election in michigan. and as legislative leaders, we will follow the law and follow the normal process regarding michigan's electors just as we've said throughout this election. michigan's certification process should be a deliberate process, free from threats and intimidation. allegations of fraudulent behavior should be taken seriously and thoroughly investigated and, if proven, prosecuted to the full extent of the law. and the candidates who win the most votes, win

michigan barn would end mesa supports over 75 michigan artisans. they sell everything from candle comments or clothing to metal signs in the showroom. their 15000 square-foot lumberyard contains reclaimed barn wood of all colors and dimensions. most importantly they have made a commitment to stay safe to this pandemic businesses in michigan are required by law to enforce strict safety measures to protect their employees, their customers and their families. so if you walk into a business and they are not wearing masks and not looking out for your safety, i encourage you to walk out. next week the michigan economic development corporation will rollout initiative to encourage michiganders to support local businesses in collaboration with small local businesses across the state. let's embrace small business saturday every day in the coming weeks and months. even if we are doing it in a slightly different way. because there's nothing more pure michigan then supporting our local businesses here at home. in fact if we switch to one intent of our out-of-st

michigan did it before and i know michigan is going to do it again. we are going to show america that michigan is trump country. [cheers and applause] thank you all for coming out. what an incredible site and i know there are more people waiting to get in. it is incredible to be with you. it is great here to be with leaders who have joined us every step of the way. would you join me in thanking two of the most principled leaders in congress, every step of the way. congressman molinaro and bill huizinga. [no audio] [applause] how about the next congressman from the third congressional district peter mayer? [cheers and applause] earlier, the president and i were with a friend of mine. he's a man of integrity dedicated to his family. he's a west point graduate, combat veteran, businessman, and the next senator from the great state of michigan, john jane. [applause] four years ago, we inherited a military that had been hollowed out by budget cuts, an economy was struggling to break out of the slowest recovery since the recession. terrorism was on the assa

her radicalput environmental agenda ahead of michigan jobs and michigan workers. no wonder she was listed as the most liberal member of the united states senate last year. when it comes to trade or anything else, for that matter, i promise you president trump will always put american jobs and american workers first. [cheers and applause] energy, joe biden wants to crush american energy under a thatillion green new deal would raise the cost of electricity for every home and business in america. the president had to remind him he was for it in the first presidential debate. but he is. and kamala harris, she was the original cosponsor in the senate of the green new deal. the truth is, joe biden at kamala harris want to abolish itsil fuels, and fracking -- would destroy hundreds of thousands of good paying jobs. they said it last year over and over again. now, joe biden shows up in pittsburgh, i wasn't far from there today, and he's trying to convince people he is not for banning fracking. he actually said our president was lying about it. [cheers and applause] -- [cr

covid-19 case of reported in michigan. in may, that meant canvassing the election and [indiscernible] at the same time. but the virus was still emerging. november was the greatest challenge of all. election workers have been on a marathon to make sure our collections can continue to run. election day was a long one in many communities, as expected. the sheer volume of absentee ballots that would come in through the night. they got that done, too. election workers are essential. when many others have the luxury of staying home. at the bureau, we spoke to clerks and staff who overcame and a challenge can imagine. budgets slashed, etc. other clerks on the ballot themselves have endured election defeat and continue doing their civic duty. clerks typically only [indiscernible] the numbers in the public that are not happy. this, i cannot mention enough the courage they have shown throughout the year. amendments lead grateful also to my staff in support of this election. board has received a request a special audit be on irregula

kendra patterson, the co-owner of michigan barn wood and selvage in mason, michigan. yesterday, the epidemic order that the department of health and human services ordered limiting indoor gatherings where covid can spread went into effect. i want to remind everyone these actions are both targeted and intended to be temporary. these steps are what the public health experts tell us we need to take to avoid overwhelmed hospitals and death counts like we sought in the spring. it will also protect our medical workers, first responders, and other workers who have put their lives on the line to protect the rest of us. people we usually call front liners. i hesitate to use that phrase because it implies there is a second line. the peoplerespect who have been on the front line they are what has been keeping us safe. we must all work together. we had our weekly get a call tuesday evening where we got a call from health experts. this is the fourth call we have legislatorshigan including six democrats and six republicans from the house and senate. i am hopeful when the legislatur

michigan and wisconsin. you see vice president biden on the top states have been turning bluer all morning. more votes still to be counted. arizona, nevada still in flux but biden holds the lead in those states too right now as well. georgia, surprisingly close. erin burnett is with us as well. erin? >> amazing how close it is, and here we are. we will dig into the numbers. the shift, change in count and talk to the officials in these closest states to try to see when we're going to know. >> yes, we all need to take a deep breath and wait for the votes to be counted but there's a lot to discuss in the hours ahead. we have reporters standing by with the two campaigns weighing in on their path to victory. a lot to bring you. thank you very much for joining us. it will be a long and exciting day. let's start with john king and big picture, drill down maybe on wisconsin and michigan as well. everything has been shifting just throughout this morning. if you went to sleep last night thinking you knew the way this

wayne county in michigan. we just showed the map from 2016. 10,000 votes to 12,000 votes to decide it. >> it's truly amazing. think about how many people have already voted and how to narrow margin was in 2016. it could really change. it depends on who's already voted and how many are out there. >> bill: give me a sense, when you come on the air tomorrow night with martha, what are you looking at? what are you looking for? >> i think we're going to have a pretty good picture early in the night because of florida, north carolina and georgia. i look at those counties around atlanta. i look at charlotte, north carolina. a look at the villages down in florida. where are those votes going compared to, on your map, when they went 2016? if trump is over performing and some of those places significantly, potentially it's a really good night for donald trump. >> bill: it's going to be very interesting and we'll watch it together. thank you, nice to see you. we have coverage all day tomorrow as expected. key report is t

the will of the people of michigan. the president also called the two republican members of wayne county michigan's board of canvasers late last night they asked to then rescind their votes to certify the election results in detroit. so they were going to go ahead and certify the results, right? and then the president calls them and all of a sudden no they want to block it. the michigan secretary of state's office says it is impossible but the president of the united states picked up the phone and called them and got them to try to block the results of the votes of the people. trump doing everything he can to unleash a torrent of strife and hatred, distrust, resentment. and biden, the polar opposite here. keeping an incredible calm in both tone and substance, refusing to spar with trump. >> what the president is doing now is really -- it's going to be another incident where he will go down in history as being one of the most irresponsible presidents in american history. it's just out -- not even within the norm at all.

in michigan, the process worked. our system is secure, accurate, and anyone who tells you otherwise is attacking our democracy or unhappy with the result. we will continue to tell the truth and the true story of how in michigan we successfully ran an election with record-breaking turnout in the midst of a pandemic. but we cannot do this alone. we need every voter and citizen to prepare to counter misinformation and disinformation that may escalate in the days ahead. stand up in support of our democracy. do not allow scare tactics and lies to win the day. do not allow foreign or domestic actors to discredit our elections and attack our democracy. we need voters, members of the media, and elected officials and others to stand vigilant with us to commit to reporting only verifiable, accurate information in the days ahead. not just about michigan, but every state in our country. above all else, demonstrate your patriotism by standing up in support of the integrity of our elections. however the days ahead play out, the he

i am scott a resident of michigan. i am a retired automotive engineer and i have been working on getting out the vote for the past three years in underserved communities. those numbers, you have been fussing over, represent people. and i have one person i would like to describe to you to try to make that point. this is peggy. she was an older black woman who was in the del ray senior center on grand in southwest detroit. she came into the community room obviously blind and she made her way to the table with the help of another resident. herof my volunteers helped fill out the forms for registration as well as getting on the permanent absentee ballot list and having her sign in the proper locations. we came back later, confirmed that she had voted and she was so pleased. this was the first time she had voted, and it was in this election where she wanted to have her voice heard. so i was also at tcf. i want to reflect back on what derek said is what i saw. and causeos to try errors, not to catch errors. the process was a

he's a longtime michigan republican. he's a former republican member of the board of state canvassers in michigan. that's the group of four people who will be charged with certifying michigan's election results on monday. he used to be one of the two republican members of that board. that board has two republicans and two democrats. mr. timmer used to be one of those republican members. now, mr. timmer has since become an independent. he is a strong critic of president trump now. he's a senior adviser to the lincoln project. he's a co-founder of republicans and independents for biden. but he's watching this closely, and he's sort of sending up a warning flag for all of us. today he said this as a warning about what's going on in his home state with these efforts to throw out the election results. he said, quote, be alarmed, america. serious games are afoot in michigan. joining us now is jeff timmer. he's a senior adviser to the lincoln project. he served as one of the two republicans on michigan's board of canvassers fro

and i always used to say like michigan, i think of michigan when i think of cars and i'd say michigan, but i'd say ohio and i'd say south carolina and plenty other places and we've brought back millions of car and million of cars produced a year but the biggest beneficiary is right here, right here. i'm standing up to the global special interests who got rich bleeding america dry. you know, that wind is coming right into my face and i'm saying it's hard to breathe. they set this place up great. that wind is pouring in as i'm talking. it's pouring in, up the mouth, up the nose. this is very pleasant. this is very pleasant. i hope they don't recover -- i hope they don't report this one for posterity, okay? this is a crazy place but we love michigan. good job! [ cheering and applause ] >> i'm just saying. whoever set this up, it could have had a little angle. you how about if they had an angle. the corrupt establishment hates me because i don't answer to them, i answer to you, which is -- [ cheering and applause ] >> and with your vote, we will continue to bring your jobs back, to enact

>> my former colleagues from congress feel good about michigan. it is a good sign, where john james stand in the senate race in michigan so wisconsin falls donald trump will have to take michigan and pennsylvania if he's going to get the white house, that is if he keeps georgia and north carolina as well. >> a huge take away from this election however it goes, continue to work on the minority vote, it is winnable, hispanics are persuadable. this is working-class message hispanics and whites were working-class are aligned on how many gop issues right now. >> we will keep our eye on your state. we move ahead. democrats, $104 million to flip lindsey graham's seat but lost, political panel discusses the most expensive loss ever. the l over my business made me a little intense. but now quickbooks helps me get paid, manage cash flow, and run payroll. and now i'm back on top... with koala kai. save over 30 hours a month with intuit quickbooks. greetings mortal! your journey requires liberty mutual. they customize your car insurance so you only pay for wh

michigan. cnn sara sidner has the breaking news. sar sara. >> reporter: hey, michigan secretary of state told reporters just moments ago they have just over 100,000 ballots that are still outstanding, that still need to be counted. but she says she's optimistic the majority of those ballots will be tabulated by the end of today saying that, look, she thinks by day she'll have those tallied. it will be unofficial but a very good idea of who took this state. joe biden has been up about 30,000 or so points as they have gotten to this point, just over 100,000 to be left. we're in wayne county. that's the most populous county. this is detroit. behind me what you're seeing is the count going on. it has been going on for showers like everywhere else. people on pins and needles wondering who will take this state. we should remember, too, this is a historic here because there are more voters that came out this year than any other time in the history of the state. 5.1 -- more than 5.1 million people came

to hold counting in michigan what's was he trying to shave. the president trump is trying to stop the counting of the vote in michigan and a lot of self appointed poll watchers have sort of crushed in on this central counting going on in detroit police have been called in to keep them out but with 97 percent of the vote counted joe biden is $1.00 percentage points ahead and the votes that remain to be counted are apparently early votes and those break very heavily for joe biden sometimes $3.00 to $1.00 form and there are also many of them in wayne county that's the area around detroit detroit is a heavily democratic area majority african-american so the horse may have left the stable here for the trump campaign but he is trying to stop the count and he just tweeted that he declares that he has won michigan i'm not sure that's how it works but that's what the president is saying he's claimed a number of states and he's hoping to stop what's going on here but just to put it into perspective 4 years ago donald trump won michigan against hillary c

now john the campaign had filed a lawsuit to hold the vote count in michigan too but michigan has been called for joe biden will this be the final outcome of the race there. well and sued may be a moot point at this time and that's because the troubled ministration sued to stop the voting so that their observers could come in and watch the vote they said they didn't have adequate access there you attorney general of michigan's that in fact they did have adequate access and did have poll observers in detroit some of them today were so disruptive that police were called in but ultimately with 97 percent of the vote in and counted joe biden is 1.2 percentage points ahead that's a significant amount and it's more than 60000 votes how significant is that well in 2016. hillary clinton lost 510000 votes this is more than 6 times that she did not challenge the election but the green party candidate did in the state of michigan said that she did not have standing to carry out that challenge it would be an uphill battle for the president to do that now he started in 2016 saying that he was going

joe biden won michigan by 14 times the number of votes that donald trump won michigan in 2016. we had a full, free, fair and secure election. the will of the people will stand and i think, you know, we've got to go into this with, of course, bracing ourselves for more shenanigans but at the end of the day the will of the people will be respected and joe biden won michigan. >> i want to talk to you about what's happening with coronavirus in your state. the cases are spiking as we're seeing in so many states right now. so you have put in some new restrictions in place for the next three weeks. no in-person learning for high school or college, indoor dining at bars and restaurants now prohibited, nonessential workers must work from home, movie theaters, group fitness classes, casinos must close. not everyone is happy about this as you well know. the michigan restaurant and lodging association is suing the state now and their rationale is that you're punishing restaurants they basically say. i will read quickly a bit of their lawsuit. they say plaintiffs have shown themselves highl

thus far, this suit has not changed anything in michigan. i want to give you a little more time and walk us through what is your response on behalf of the state to what the trump campaign is accusing because they're effectively saying that michigan and you are messing up and that somehow you're not following the rules that provide for this type of transparency and oversight of the counting, which regardless of which candidate people like is the law of the land and important. your response? >> so let me be abundantly clear. this say meritless, fraudulent lawsuit to sew seeds of doubt about the integrity of our well established election and protocols at the moment we anticipated a lot of misinformation would target the state from the minute the polls closed to the minute we were about to get very close to having that full tabulation so recognize it for what it is, an attempt to confuse what actually is a very transparent secure process in michigan where all of our legal protocols have been followed by election workers, thousands of whom have b

secretary benson is michigan's chief election official, of course -- secretary benson is michigan's chief election official. she does have the responsibility to oversee the conduct of the election. in fact, there was the western district of michigan federal case where they did in fact name secretary benson and they named a number of local election jurisdictions, and in that case, the secretary of state responded by saying the local election jurisdiction should not have been named, but she should be the sole defendant, and that is what was done. >> but what was the issue there? there have been so many. in every court of claims case, there has been two federal cases. there was a case filed regarding a mailing of absentee ballot applications. there was a case filed regarding the processing of absentee ballot application signator's, and a few others. i don't know what that case was about, but every case that i have had has been acknowledged, and it is my understanding of the law in the state of michigan that while she does provide supervision in a broader sense and while she does provide dire

in michigan we'll get an update from the secretary of state in michigan. right now still too early to call in michigan. but we can note that some 90% of the precincts have reported their vote totals in michigan. here is a look at north carolina. north carolina still too close to call. 76,737 separating the two candidates there. in nevada, here is the look right now in nevada. all eyes on this battleground state right now. still too early to call in nevada. as you can see, joe biden with a slight lead. in pennsylvania, we just got an update from the governor and secretary of state there in pennsylvania. still too early to call. 78% of the precincts reporting. president trump with a significant lead there but too early to call. in wisconsin, here is a look. 97% of the precincts reporting in wisconsin. 20,697 votes separating the candidates in wisconsin. our team of correspondents spanning the country from the big board to the battleground states, covering every angle of this historic election. let's start at the big board. steve kornacki still there, rolled

that the michigan results are the michigan results. and, you know, these republican lawmakers almost didn't have a choice, who flew in from michigan. they were put in such a box by the president that if they came out and said, you know what, we'll fight, it would have put -- i talked to republicans in michigan about this, it would have put every republican who won, on the ballot, not just, you know, on the federal level, on the state level, i mean down ballot in trouble there and so, look, that was not going to happen but just the fact that the president put them in this situation and is continuing to put other republicans in this situation is one of the reasons why i'm hearing, you know, much more alarm but, again, to what end? they just don't think and congressman dent knows this. he was there. they just don't think they can have much of an influence on the president and can only backfire. doesn't mean they aren't enabling him. they are but they're in a box frankly that they created. >> right. but, charlie, you know the play. the pla

take a look at what's happened in michigan this evening, specifically in wayne county, michigan. wayne county is the most populous county in the state. it includes detroit, a city made up predominantly of democrats, specifically african-american democrats. wayne county went heavily for joe biden in the presidential election. after all the votes were counted, joe biden won wayne county by 37 points, by more than 322,000 votes. statewide though, the race was much closer. joe biden won the state of michigan by just two points and change, a margin of about 148,000 votes, which predictably has made wayne docounty a targe of the president's crack legal team. if you can throw out enough ballots in wayne county, you could maybe make a dent in joe biden's statewide lead big enough that it could flip the results in donald trump's favor, maybe. that would of course only work if there were enough fraudulent ballots in wayne county to throw away, and there's absolutely nothing to suggest that that is the case in wayne county in michigan or for that matter anywhere else in the country. but boy

news from the key states of michigan and wisconsin. late today, abc news projecting michigan for joe biden. abc news tonight can also characterize biden the apparent winner in wisconsin. getting him closer to 270. president trump and joe biden eyeing their paths to 270 electoral votes and all along, the key state of pennsylvania. if president trump can win pennsylvania, what happens? what will he need then? how arizona and nevada could play key roles. we'll take you through it all tonight. tom llamas standing by. >>> and joe biden speaking late today after calling for calm and patience, calling supporters to keep the faith. what he said late today about what he sees in the next few days ahead. mary bruce tonight with the biden campaign. >>> president trump this evening taking legal action in an effort to stop the counting in michigan and some of the counting in pennsylvania. and tonight, his team calling for a recount in wisconsin. jon karl and what he's learning from inside the trump campaign tonight. and our team from wisconsin to mi

here's the truth, michigan. this pandemic would have been challenging for any president, but this idea that somehow this white house has done anything but completely screw this up is nonsense. canada identified its first case the same week that the u.s. did, just a few miles up. right? i may not be pointing north, but canada is pretty close by. our mortality rate in the united states is two and a half times higher than canada. think about that. if we had the same percentage of folks dying in canada as we do here, nearly 90,000 americans would have died instead of 230,000 americans. if we had handled this pandemic like canada did, 140,000 of our fellow americans might still be alive today. think about that. think about that. and yet, despite that, last week, when trump was asked if he would do anything different, he said "not much." really? not much? can't think of anything. i understand the president was anxious to downplay it because he wanted to get credit for the economy he inherited and zero blame for the pa

hello, michigan. >> [ cheering and applause ] >> i love michigan. and thank you very much for four years ago, but i gave you a lot of auto plants. so i think we're even, right? and we have a lot more moving in. a lot more moveing in. >> we love you! we love you! we love you! we love you! we love you! we love you! we love you! >> thank you very much. i love you too. if i didn't, i wouldn't be standing here because it's freezing out here. think of this. two days, now we're down to two days. two days from now, we are going to win the state of michigan again. >> [ cheering and applause ] >> again. and we are going to win four more years in that very beautiful place called the white house. over the last four years, i fought for michigan like no one has ever fought for michigan. before i became president, the great state of michigan was hemorrhaging, your car companies and your car businesses, and thanks to corrupt politicians like joe biden. he turned out to be a corrupt politician. he's corrupt. plants were closing and moving to mexico and many other pl

michigan just turned blue. michigan just turned blue. joe biden now ahead. we've been predicting this was coming throughout the course of the morning, we have seen it slowly but surely, about four hours ago donald trump had a 220,000 vote lead here, now with 89% reporting joe biden has turned the state blue for the moment. however, this is a trend. we're talking about the trend, i will get into pennsylvania in a second. just because these are real results coming in now. we're seeing more from wayne county. seeing more from wayne county, 66% i believe last time we checked, now it's at 70%. we will see this throughout the course of the morning, theres a chance we will be talking and numbers will start flipping. the difference right now from earlier from last night, some parts earlier in the morning is the numbers are almost universally in michigan, in pennsylvania and wisconsin going towards joe biden. now, why? why is that actually the case? a couple reasons. the composition of the numbers is almost entirely vote by mail in all of those states. they count aft

it michigan, the process works. our system is secure, accurate, and anyone who tells you otherwise is attacking our democracy or unhappy with. the results. we will continue -- unhappy with the results. we will continue to tell the truth, and the true story of how rann michigan successfully an election with record voter turnout in the midst of a pandemic. but we can't this alone. we need every voter and citizen to prepare to counter disinformation and misinformation that may escalate in the days ahead. stand up and support our democracy, join us in correcting information -- misinformation and false allegations. do not allow scare tactics and lies to win the day. do not allow foreign actors to attack our democracy. we need voters, members of the media, elected officials and other leaders to stand vigilant with us to commit to reporting only verifiable, accurate information, not just about michigan, but every state in our country. and above all, demonstrate your patriotism by standing in support of the integrity of our

>> to michigan. >> what was he gonna do there? >> he didn't say kill his wife, but he said to take care of business up in michigan. >> and -- >> but i knew what he meant. >> reporter: sure enough, surveillance cam pictures taken april 15th show ricky easing into doug's life in newport news. he parked in doug's garage, as instructed, and hung out in doug's apartment. >> this is the lobby in virginia. this is between 10:00 and 11:00. here's me with a hoodie, a piece of paper sticking out of my pocket, the wendy's bag. >> reporter: with doug's credit card, ricky had bought a double cheeseburger and fries at wendy's. >> why did he want you to use the credit card there? >> to make it look like that he was in virginia. >> somewhere deep down, prosecutors wondered, did ricky, a little slow on the uptake, think that this was all pretend? >> act like you're me. don't look at the camera. keep your head down. you know, wear this sweatshirt." and it was like a game. he was a part of this game. >> this was ricky's little mission. >> but the mi

the state of michigan has been dropped. they are no longer in a legal battle with the state of michigan. but michigan is not the only place where there were concerns about irregularities, allegations of fraud and concerns raised by the camp across the country. they claim there is a pattern of voter fraud that favored joe biden and secured his victory in the election. and now according to a recent poll, 40 percent of americans believe that the recent, the last election on november 3rd was tainted by fraud. and at this point, people are looking at the situation in michigan. people are looking it at allegations made around other states and there is widespread concern. now donald trump still maintains that he is going to judgment winner of the election. however, there seems to be a pretty big consensus in u.s. media that joe biden is the winner. the election took place on november 3rd, but yet still there is controversy in the united states surrounding that election. there are legal challenges that remain. there are allegations

of play in michigan. >> state of play in michigan. similar type of effect. if you want to go bigger picture. if you were watching the results come in earlier on in the night, you saw ohio and north carolina start very, very blue. democrats looking that on the map, thrilled about the possibility of flipping ohio back. guess what -- ohio is still off the map. ohio margin was almost the same. it went from very blue throughout the course of the night to very red with a pretty sizable margin with 90% reporting. ohio has been called for president trump. why do i tell you that? because of how states like wisconsin, like michigan, and like pennsylvania have been counting their vote by mail. ohio was releasing their vote by mail results earlier because of how they were counting things. same with north carolina. we saw it in florida earlier on as well. michigan, wisconsin, pennsylvania, they have been counting election day vote first, then moving on to vote by mail. so the inverse has occurred, where it started off

lead, about 10,000 votes, over donald trump in state of michigan, about what donald trump won michigan four years ago. in wisconsin, as more votes were counted, joe biden has pulled ahead of donald trump there as well. again, that's about the margin that donald trump had over joe biden four years ago, now you're seeing joe biden with about 20,000-vote lead in the state of wisconsin and pennsylvania, still a lot of votes out there. donald trump still has a big lead there right now, but there are about a million votes left to be counted in the state of pennsylvania and we're expecting to hear from the administration, the governor tom wolf shortly this morning, as the vote is being counted. right now, i want to go to my conversation with attorney general josh sha ppiro. tell us where things are with the count right now. >> yeah, look, george, i get it. folks want to know. my kids jumped on me this morning, daddy, daddy, who won and -- >> my kids jumped on me too. >> we've been saying for months, you know, we're going to secure, protect and count every vote so we secured the vote. we prote

, you were worried about michigan. we are going to keep going and keep you here all morning. michigan. this is again a pretty big spread, 73% in. what is happening? another stat where we are waiting on early and mail in vote. we believe it skewed heavily, the entire team is an agreement that the mail in vote and early vote is going to skew towards biden and therefore the strength of the trump lead given what we now know about the state and voting patterns is indicative of the fact that we are not seeing that mail in vote and early vote where we anticipate biden has a solid lead. >> is it same for the john james senate race? >> yes. >> that spread is pretty big. >> same thing. republican voters voted on election day, the margins that they got on election day were huge. the democratic voters voted early but they voted by mail and the margins they got were huge, that was true, didn't matter what kind of state. the only state in the nation where trump didn't win the election day vote was such a blue state is new york. ever

will respect the will of the michigan voters? >> it certainly does, wolf. i think it is very clear that the people of michigan have spoken. there has been no legal or factual basis to any way question the choice they have made. the margin is quite clear, not just in that race but the senate and several others as well. just as we have expected every county certification, we expect the state board of canvassers to do it as well and everyone in position of authority to follow the law with respect to the will of the voters. >> the legislatures that met with the president. michigan's certification process should be a deliberate process free from threats and intimidation. how do you interpret that? >> i would say that is an accurate statement of the certification canvassing process that has been going on since the polls closed on november 3rd. what happens is that every county does a canvas and certifies the canvas. that has since happened and the state board makes the results official. so the canvas is a thorough deliberative process,

are you seriously going to want me to take seriously the secretary of state of michigan when michigan -- when the secretary of state of michigan never bothered to find out that the votes in her state were being counted in germany by a venezuelan company and you want me to take her seriously -- or him seriously? i was in government. if i was a governor of that state i would fire everybody that was involved in this election. they didn't come and tell me that my state was going to be embarrassed, made a fool of because i'm sending my votes from people in michigan over to germany to be counted by a company that is owned by people who are allies of maduro and chavez? carolyn maloney who wrote that is my congresswoman. a democrat pointed that out. they didn't do the darndest bit of due diligence. if you bought a $10 million company you would have done more due diligence than that. maybe they're incompetent or maybe they didn't want to know but you're not going to have me take seriously anything that comes from anyone involved in the election the way it was conducted in michigan. >> consumer

in michigan, in detroit, michigan. let me be specific what it is. this whole new thing that never happened before in our country, these mail-in ballots which has been a cause of real concern for everyone because they can easily be fraudulent, one of the things that the law attaches to that is, the right for both parties to observe the ballot, the way we do with absentee ballots. you make certain that it is properly signed on the outside. there is a signature. you make sure it is properly postmarked. you make sure it, you make sure it is properly addressed. and then you pass on it. a number of these are often challenged by the democrat representative or the republican representative. we never got a chance to look at a single one of them. connell: break into this news conference. we'll get back to what is said in philadelphia by eric trump, rudy giuliani, number of lawsuits. we have breaking story. you know the race to 270, joe biden is back to 264. six votes needed to win. the fox news desk declared vice president biden will win in the state of michi

in michigan, doing much better in michigan than he did at the beginning of michigan. and of course he will also have a surge of voters in pennsylvania as well, as predicted, because they're counting mail-in ballots. the same thing in arizona, the same thing in nevada where they're counting mail m-in ballots. the only outlier is georgia. but in the atlanta area they're going to be counting a lot of mail-in ballots too, which as we said last week were going to break joe biden's way. >> number one, absolutely joe biden has a path to victory here. absolutely he has a path to victory. number two is theis irrational democratic panic is only because of irrational expectations coming into last night of winning north carolina and georgia and maybe texas is in play. that was all put out there. that was all on the table. we looked at these state-by-state polls particularly in florida, there's absolutely no way there's that big of a spread. you were right about florida. so joe biden is still in a position to win this race, there's absolutely no question about it. it's just that d

simply anthis is effort to stop the counting of ballots cast i michigan voters -- cast by michigan voters come who are fully entitled to vote and fully entitled to have their ballots counted properly in accordance with michigan law. there is no support for this motion, and there is no support for this litigation. the motion should be denied and the lawsuit should be dismissed. thank you, your honor. judge stephens: is there anything else you would wish to say, sir? i should have set on behalf of the petitioner. >> ok. thank you, your honor. judge stephens: i did have a couple of questions. i think it was last week that we had a case that was filed against the secretary of state regarding this "meaningful access." am i remembering correctly? >> there was a case about challengers. have been many. judge stephens: that was resolved by the party, and the question there was to have the secretary of state revise her instructions to the local election official regarding issues of covid-19. and in that case -- and in that case, the question was, how challengerualified have meaningful access to exe

mike for us in detroit, michigan. michigan governor gretchen whitmerov joined joe biden and barack obama on the campaign trail yesterday. coming up, i will speak with her about the potential threat of election daye violence in her state just weeks after an alleged plot to kidnap her was foiled h by the fbi. >>> one quick note on the footagete that we showed you at the top of the so how, police using pepper spray on demonstrators. the policen said in part that e protest was blocking traffic, and they deemed it unsafe and gave the crowd warnings to disperse before they moved in. the north carolina attorney general calledov the incident troubling but claimed it did not disrupt any early voting. just remember one thing -- it doesn't really matter if somebody's blocking traffic. you shouldn't be using these so-called less-than-lethal things on civilians. philadelphia has just outlawed that. you are not nowou allowed -- police cannot use teargas or pepper spray on people. having been a recipient, on the wrong end of teargas

michigan just dribbling in here. moments ago, that gap closes 227,000 in michigan. many people on the bot inside -- people on the bidens had wondering. lisa: let's give you the hard mass. we are talking about where the votes are coming in and where things are close. to 270 this is the path electoral votes. with 238 -- joe biden with 238, president trump with 217. pennsylvania, of course, we are not going to know for a very long time. these are the big swing states, there are more paths to get to 270 electoral votes. president trump, still very tight. we are doing it again, aren't we? michigan, pennsylvania, wisconsin. the difference back then was razor thin. that was 2016. it just feels like we are watching this movie play out in a different way. tom: we are absolutely, but to me it is a huge difference. 2016 was stunning. basically no one saw it coming, including the trump family. this time around, that blue wave that many people spoke of has evaporated overnight. jonathan: big time, and so has the curve steepening as well. let me check on the price action very bri