Biden takes lead in Pennsylvania and Georgia
If Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden wins Pennsylvania, the race is over. Biden's lead is also growing in Georgia, as absentee ballots are counted. Major Garrett takes a closer look.
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If Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden wins Pennsylvania, the race is over. Biden's lead is also growing in Georgia, as absentee ballots are counted. Major Garrett takes a closer look.
For decades, Black voters have largely voted Democratic, but President Trump made some gains between 2016 and 2020. Black voters could play a key role in several states with very tight races. LaTosha Brown, co-Founder of Black Voters Matter Fund, explains how important Black voters are to winning an election.
He said earlier the state is headed toward a recount.
Mr. Trump made a series of false claims about the election during a speech at the White House on Thursday.
The Trump campaign is pursuing legal action in several key battleground states as Joe Biden edges into the lead in the vote count. Vanita Gupta, president and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and former head of the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division during the Obama administration, speaks with CBSN's Tanya Rivero about the state of the race.
Sources say President Trump does not plan to concede even if Joe Biden wins enough states to claim victory. Meridith McGraw, a White House reporter for Politico, joined CBSN with more on the White House's reaction to Biden's growing lead.
CBS News political analyst and former White House chief of staff Reince Priebus discusses how the Trump campaign might be moving forward as the president trails Joe Biden by narrow margins in several must-win states.
As the election results from Georgia remain too close to call, the secretary of state announced Friday that there will be a recount. CBS News campaign reporter LaCrai Mitchell joined CBSN with an update on the state.
Several members of the group were inciting violence, including calls for a Civil War.
Votes continued to be tallied in Nevada and Arizona, two key states in the presidential race that are leaning towards Joe Biden. CBS News campaign reporter Alex Tin joined CBSN from Phoenix to discuss where the race stands and the latest legal challenges by Republicans there.
"I don't think we should be surprised that Donald Trump is filing a bunch of frivolous lawsuits," Klobuchar said.
Republican Senator Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania called President Trump's unsubstantiated suggestion about illegal votes "very disturbing."
Joe Biden pulled ahead with a slim lead in Georgia as of early Friday morning.
Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss where ballot counting stands in that battleground state and respond to President Trump's allegations of voter fraud. "60 in 6" correspondent Enrique Acevedo also joins the show to give an update on the state.
"It just goes to show the last-ditch efforts these guys are going to go to to try and derail this election to their benefit," Attorney General Aaron Ford said on "CBS This Morning" Friday.
Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar weighs in on the state of the presidential race, discussing the president's legal challenges. She also reacts to results from some of the Senate races around the country.
CBS News contributor and election law expert David Becker joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss the ongoing battle for the presidency and what could happen next in the legal fight.
President Trump took to Twitter Thursday night claiming he would easily win the election with "legal" votes cast, and claimed observers were not allowed to do their job. Twitter flagged the post for being misleading. Vladimir Duthiers takes a look at Arizona and Pennsylvania's processes to debunk the president's claim.
Joe Biden has taken a slim lead in Georgia overnight as the ballot counting continues. President Trump won Georgia by 5 percentage points in 2016. CBS News 2020 campaign reporter LaCrai Mitchell joined CBSN from Atlanta with the latest on the tight race.
Republican Pennsylvania Senator Pat Toomey discusses the election results in his state, and weighs in about President Trump's statement and claims of voter fraud.
The race for the White House continues to center on the Peach State as well as Pennsylvania, Arizona, Nevada and North Carolina.
He said election officials in the state are working to finish their tallies by Thursday if possible.
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer said his response to the plot against her "tells you everything you need to know about the character of this president."
The Trump campaign has filed lawsuits in four key states in an effort to litigate his way to victory.
In his first remarks since just after election night, Trump unleashed untruthful and inaccurate claims against Democrats and the media, whom he accused of trying to steal the election from him.