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good friday morning, i'm erica hill. >> and i'm jim sciutto. happening right now, president biden in egypt meeting one-on-one with the country's president el sisi. he will speak at the u.n.'s climate conference touting initiatives to curb emissions in the u.s. and around the world. will they make progress there? we will bring that you speech live. >> as the president travels abroad votes still being counted back at home to determine what kind of congress biden will be working with in the new year. in nevada and arizona, two critical senate races still too close to call this morning. we are expecting those vote counts, though, will be updated throughout the morning. of course, we are covering every angle of this consequential election week. we will bring you those updates live as we get them. let's begin this morning in arizona where cnn estimates there are about 540,000 ballots that still need to be counted. cnn's josh campbell is at the

maricopa county election center in phoenix. officials do expect to start releasing results from some mail-in ballots today? >> reporter: that's right. that was the key focus here. we are told by election officials in maricopa county they received an unprecedented number of mail-in ballots that were physically delivered to polling locations on the date of the election. now, that's fine, voters can do that, we have heard a number of reasons why they may have wanted to do that, perhaps voters didn't decide until the last minute, which candidate they actually wanted to support, perhaps they thought it was more secure to actually give that ballot to the election worker, but that means that there is a backlog here, some 290,000 votes still left to be counted from that tranche, a total of 340,000 votes just for maricopa county alone. the reason why this is so important as we look at the vote totals in the key races, you can see the race between mark kelly and blake masters that the split is just about 115,000 votes between the two. again, hundreds of thousands of

votes left to be casted and counted and as we look at the governor's race secretary of state katie hobbs leads kari lake by even tighter of a margin which is why there's been so much focus on this race. this race has also been plagued recently by conspiracy theories, particularly the republican gubernatorial candidate kari lake casting doubt on the work of election workers, she's alleging that they are slow rolling and slow walking this process for political reasons. the political head of elections came out blasting those ak zigs, defending his own people. there's one other conspiracy theory that started on far right media, there was a claim katie hobbs was inside the voting counting center this, far right website posted an emergency of a woman in glasses, that resulted in the elections department tweeting out a response, i will read you part of that. they say not every woman with glasses is katie hobbs, we can con firnl this was a party observer. please refrain from making assumptions about workers who

happen to wear glasses. a cheeky response but serious when we talk about conspiracy theories. this building is surrounded by sheriff's deputies, that's the world we live in now, people doing their civic duty to count votes are now surrounded by armed guards. >> it says so much. josh, thank you. >> yes, sometimes you have to knock them down. now to nevada where there are roughly 95,000 votes outstanding with both the senate and governor races still undecided. rosa flores is at clark county election center. that race for the senate in particular tightened overnight. when do we expect the next update and how many votes are we looking at and when will this all be over? >> reporter: you know, the next tranche of results are expected to be posted later this evening. now, today is veterans day, but these workers will not stop working, that's according to the registrar, they will continue counting. there will be a tranche of ballots that will be posted later this evening. now, if you thought that the

races in nevada were tight yesterday, well, buckle up because they got tighter, even tighter overnight. in the u.s. senate race republican adam laxalt is ahead of democratic incumbent catherine cortez masto by a razor-thin margin of 1%. we have seen that laxalt's advantage has shrunk. wednesday morning by 22,000 votes then 15,000, 12,000, right now it's 8,900 votes. the governor's race, same thing, it was tight yesterday, right now the republican is leading by 3%. very tight. about those 95,000 votes that are outstanding that still haven't been counted, they are still not reflected in the results here in nevada. jim and erica, i can tell you that more than 60,000 are from here in clark county, there's 7,000 in douglas county, which is a gop stronghold and 22,000

in washau county. i want to leave you with a little light at the end of the tunnel here because the clark county registrar told us yesterday that they are expecting at least here in clark county to finish counting the majority of these mail-in ballots, the majority of those 62,000 ballots, by saturday. so we're hoping that that happens. >> does that give us the final answer? we will know then. rosa flores in las vegas, thanks so much. sometimes you have to take a closer look at the numbers. let's dial in closer to what we're seeing in these races. >> john berman back at the magic wall this morning with all his magic and his math. berman, good morning. >> good morning to both of you. let me follow up on what rosa was talking about in nevada you can see the republican adam laxalt ahead by 9,000 votes. yesterday for most of the day he had a lead of about 15,000 votes but overnight there were new vote counts reported and that lead shrunk. where did it shrink? washau county.

there were 18,000 new votes counted there, reported there and catherine cortez masto the democrat won about 60%. you can see how that margin shrunk right there. and in clark county down here in the south there were roughly 12,000 new votes counts reported, 12,000 of which catherine cortez masto the democrat won 61%. so you can see again how that lead was shrinking. 57,000 more votes from clark county, 22,000 more from washau, it might be enough runway for masto to retake the lead. i want to give you a historical reference point of races in nevada, they can be very close. the 1998 race harry reid won by 401 votes so it can be tight, very tight. this one might be like that. let's quickly look at arizona, you can see mark kelly with a lead of 115,000 votes, he expanded that lead from about

85,000 yesterday. some 540,000 votes left to count. a lot of vote left to count, including a huge batch from maricopa county, including -- now, stick with me here -- 290,000 mail ballots that were delivered on election day, hand-delivered on election day. and the big question for control of the senate right now is will those ballots behave more like in person election day votes which can skew republicans or the votes being released so far which have skewed democratic. even if they skew toward the republican will it be enough to make up this 115,000 vote margin. blake masters will have to win between 60% and 70% of the remaining vote if he hopes to win, guys. >> he will be watching and waiting. appreciate t berman. joining us now to discuss ron brownstein. ron, always good to have you on. big question here, right, control of the state right now. if nevada goes democratic it's

done, democrats keep control, if not all the attention on georgia. where is your -- where do you see this going, the latest read of the numbers, particularly the trend lines there as to how these late votes are breaking? >> well, first, i think arizona it is highly unlikely that blake masters can overcome 115,000 vote lead with 500,000 votes to go. as john said, there is some uncertainty whether these in-person mail ballots delivered on election day will behave more like election day or early mail ballots. he needs a high percentage that that seems unlikely. nevada is heading right for the edge. there are many fewer votes left, if you apportion them in the way they've been breaking it puts masto ahead but only slightly and it would take only a small shift from what we are expecting to tip it the other way. i am struck, you know, i talked to a lot of people in this election year and the -- one of the people -- the most memorable thing anyone said to me was the

general treasurer of unite here, which is the parent union of the culinary workers which are the powerful force in las vegas and nevada, and she said everybody is talking about the margin of error. these races are within the margin of effort. great phrase. great concept. margin of effort. and that -- once again, the fact that democrats have a better ground game in nevada than maybe anywhere else in the country may allow them to get through by the skin of their teeth. if they win nevada and arizona i think that shifts it toward warnock because i don't think there is the incentive to vote for walker unless you believe control of the senate is on the line. >> it will be interesting to see how these two races they will and could impact the outcome in georgia. i want to follow up from what you said in terms of what you heard from the culinary workers union or -- >> yeah. >> it's about the ground game really at the end of the day. do you think both parties, right, looking at how close a number of these races have been,

are they both really going to do the work and take those lessons as they move into 2024 about what that ground game is and what it means to listen to voters? >> those are different questions. >> true. >> mechanically one of the things we don't talk about much is we are in a country of 330 million people and we are down to about six states that get to decide everything. get to decide the presidency, get to decide control of the senate. i mean, the five states that flipped from trump in '16 to biden in '20, arizona, georgia, michigan, pennsylvania, wisconsin, plus nevada, that may be it on the list of true swing states and each of those states as we have seen are divided almost exactly in half, which means possibly something like 400,000, 500,000, 600,000 people in the country are deciding at this moment of intense polarization and division between the parties. so to answer your question, there is a real incentive to, you know, put every ounce of effort into the ground game in

those states because they tip -- by the way, 40 states voted the same way in each of the four presidential elections. that is even higher level of consistency than in the four elections that roosevelt won. so much of the country is locked down it leaves very few people in very few places with decisive control over the direction of the nation. >> they're going to get those text messages real quickly. >> we talk about uncontested house races, you are talking about -- if not uncontested but pretty predictable states entirely. okay. big question, of course, post election, is trump done? i asked gop congressman adam kinzinger that question yesterday. have a listen and i want to see if you agree. >> is this election in effect the fourth in a row that trump as leader of the party has lost, is it it for the former president? >> no, i don't think this is it. i think it's going to take a number of losses for the gop to

kind of fully exercise, if you will, the trump influence, the trump thing and, you know, we will see what happens. this is definitely a blow to him. >> do you agree? need more losses? >> probably. i mean, there was a pretty clear signal here, jim. this electorate was more republican leaning than in 2020, 2018 or for that matter what we're going to see in 2024. even though it was a more republican leaning electorate 60% of voters said they had an unfavorable view of trump, independent voters that got up to 66%. biden was not in great shape, either, but those are weak numbers. the fact that the trump selected candidates ran so poorly, again n these key states, these five states that flipped the presidency from '16 to '20 i think is a clear signal to the republican party. look, republican elites are ready to move on from trump, i think that's pretty clear, you can see the new york post and rupert murdoch or many of the big donors, but he still has a big piece of the party. as we talked about before

republican rules in picking the nominee favor the canada who has the biggest piece even if that's not the majority. >> didn't move on after january 6. we will see if this one is different. ron brownstein, thanks so much. >> thank you. coming up next, just stunning new images out of the key ukrainian city of kherson this morning. an emotional moment there, ukrainian soldiers lifting -- lifted on to the shoulders of civilians in the town square as it is liberated for the first time in months. cnn is live there. and a bit later this morning a federal judge declares president biden's student loan forgiveness plan illegal. what does that mean for millions of people expecting that debt to be canceled? [laughing and giggling] (woman) hey dad. miss us?

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soldiers liberate the strategic southern city of kherson. russian troops have retreated. flags being raised, ukrainian flags being raised around the region. ukrainian intelligence is telling any remaining russian soldiers in the area to surrender. our own nic robertson, he saw firsthand some of the elation and relief as ukrainians welcomed ukrainian soldiers coming in. he's very close to the city there. nick, i don't have to tell you when the russians took kherson, really their only big provincial capital prize in the invasion there was opposition, brave, and now a chance to celebrate. describe the moment. >> reporter: this is a moment of pure relief. i can't sort of begin to explain, you know, what we've seen today which is the city which is about 30 kilometers away from kherson. people there liberated just

yesterday waving at us even as we drove in, just so happy to see people coming in, hugging the troops on the streets. you get this sense of euphoria and relief, but talking to people you begin to understand why. the last few days and weeks under russian occupation have been absolutely hell for these people. they told us that the russians have set up filtration camps to take people and torture them, beat them so that they would tell them where the ukrainian troops were. of course they didn't know that. i talked to a young girl earlier on, 15 years old, she said over the past few days the russians had taken her away, kidnapped her, put a bag over her head, taken her so the basement of a building, threatened to cut off her -- she didn't tell them where the ukrainian troops were. you know, she thought this was going to be raped, she was only released yesterday. i talked to another old lady who was in floods of tears, she said

the russians have threatened to kill her, threatened to smash her head in. this is the fear that people have been living under the last few days. so the euphoria and the jubilation and the gratitude that's being shown towards these liberating ukrainian troops is huge. this is momentous. this is a moment of freedom and rejoicing for people here. >> no question. >> those stories and sadly, i'm sure there are so many more like that. nic, appreciate the reporting from you and your team. we will continue to check in with you. thank you. >> enormous moment for ukraine. back in the u.s. a setback again for the 26 billion potential applicants to the student debt relief program. a texas federal journal struck that program down thursday declaring it, quote, illegal. the ruling was a response to a lawsuit filed on behalf of two borrowers who did not qualify for the program which was already on hold from a separate legal challenge. >> cnn white house correspondent

arlette saenz joining us with the details. bottom line for a lot of folks are this morning what does this mean for the program? is it dead? >> reporter: well, erica and jim, for the time being it is completely on hold. the justice department has appealed this ruling from that federal judge down in texas which essentially has blocked president biden from implementing one of the key midterm campaign promises he had made. judge mark pittman a trump appointed judge argued that the 2003 law that the administration has used to justify this student loan forgiveness program doesn't actually give them the authority to enact it. he wrote in his ruling, quote, in this country we are not ruled by an all powerful executive with a pen and a phone. instead we are ruled by a constitution that provides for three distinct and independent branches of government. the white house has pushed back on this ruling with white house press secretary karine jean-pierre issuing a statement

in which she said we strongly disagree with the district court's ruling on our student loan relief program. we will never stop working for hard working americans most in need no matter how many road blocks our opponents and special interests try to put in our way. this program had already been on hold for several weeks as cases were being heard in another court but the department of education was still moving forward with accepting applications. the white house saying they've accepted 26 million and approved 16 million but for the time being all of those people who have applied will remain in limbo as this ruling from this judge has struck down the president's program for the time being. >> arlette saenz at the white house, thank you. at least four people are dead after nicole hit florida as a category 1 hurricane. the dangerous storm pummeling the eastern coast bringing with it powerful waves that eroded the coastline, sent some homes

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former president trump is already laying into florida governor ron desantis as it becomes possible the two men may face off in a 2024 gop primary. trump posting to his truth social platform claiming it was he who saved desantis' campaign in 2017 and accusing him of lacking loyalty and class. on tuesday the former president is expected to announce his intention to seek the presidency yet again. his own family, however, not everyone is on board. cnn white house correspondent kate bennett is out with a new story this morning. so, kate, who in the family is against all this? >> well, i don't know if anyone is against it, they're sort of

like he's going to do what he's going to do, but certainly jared kushner and ivanka trump are not on board with being a part of politics again ever. they have both indicated that they want to not go back to washington and this is interesting only because during trump's administration jared kushner was his gait keeper, he was the person that everything went through, everything for the middle east to covid response. ivanka trump has always been sort of the favored daughter, if you will, and his closest adviser. but right now they're both living in miami, they have no intention of going back, they're doing their only thing and apparently trump is okay with that. donald trump jr., however, is eager to join the campaign. his political footprint has exploded since trump left the white house of course. this is all happening under the backdrop of tiffany trump's wedding, this is happening this weekend, there is a lot going on, obviously the president has -- former president has not been in great mood going off against ron desantis, et cetera. the family will be coming

together to discuss the future. this announcement could come next week but it's going to look different for them and i think it's just a sign of how perhaps ivanka and jared have moved on and trump jr. and donald trump himself really have not. >> they are the ones sticking around. is anyone telling him not to run? >> i don't think so. >> it's going to be up to him. >> everyone i talked to said this is donald trump, you can't tell him what to do even if you are part of the family. they certainly voice their opinions about things when they want to. donald trump jr. was very vocal about not announcing before midterms and he didn't. so we will have to see but i think trump is going to do what trump is going to do. >> kate bennett, thanks so much. depending on what happens in nevada and arizona georgia could once again decide the balance of power in the senate. both candidates, incumbent democrat rafael warnock and republican herschel walker already back on the campaign trail ahead of their runoff scheduled for december 6. so that means it could be a month depending on what happens in those other two states before

we know who will control the senate. cnn national politics reporter eva mckend joining us live from atlanta. you have a busy few weeks ahead, my friend. >> reporter: i sure do, erica. you know, the arguments that herschel walker, senator warnock, are really coming into focus, the arguments that they are going to make over the next four weeks. senator warnock telling supporters that the next four weeks is an argument over character and competence, sort of chiding herschel walker for suggesting in that one and only debate that they had that diabetics can just get better by eating right, suggesting that someone that makes a claim like that one is not fit or prepared to serve in the united states senate. meanwhile, herschel walker joined last night by senator ted cruz really making this national pitch, arguing that senator warnock is too closely aligned to president biden, namely on economic policy.

now, they both held events last night, take a listen to what they had to say. >> he was dying to go into overtime because you watch what he was saying, we've got to go to a runoff and i was saying, no, i want to beat you outright. if he want to go in a runoff with me i'm saying you bring t homes, you bring it, because i was built for this. >> you have to admit that i did warn y'all that we might be spending thanksgiving together. and here we are. so i'm going to need you to stick with me for four more weeks. >> reporter: so this has really been a costly affair. $271 million spent even more millions are being pumped into this. the democratic senatorial campaign committee pledging to spend about $7 million to boost warnock. walker getting a lot of money as well. a costly next couple of weeks,

erica. >> yeah, certainly is. eve have a, appreciate it. thank you. still to come here the d.c. attorney general now suing the nfl and the washington commanders football team as well as its owner over allegations of a toxic workplace. just ahead, i will get reaction from a woman who says she saw that harassment firsthand. she will join us along with her attorney who represents dozens more former employees.

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more legal trouble this morning for the washington commanders and team owner dan sneered. this time from washington, d.c.'s attorney general who is now suing snyder, the team and the nfl saying they all worked together to deceive d.c. residents about a toxic workplace culture and allegations of sexual assault. the ag is going after them under a d.c. law that allows him some wide leeway in holding individuals or companies accountable for misleading customers. so in this case the customers are fans of the washington commanders football team. cnn has reached out to the nfl, commissioner roger goodell, the commanders and dan snyder. the nfl telling cnn they had already conducted a thorough independent investigation into workplace misconduct, released a public summary and imposed a, quote, record setting fine against the commanders and it's ownership. lawyers for the commanders say dan and tanya snyder have acknowledged an unacceptable culture existed for years and have apologized many times for allowing it to happen. melanie coburn is former

director of marketing for the washington commanders, she testified about what was in her view a toxic workplace at the organization. lisa banks is an attorney representing more than 40 former commanders employees. good to have you both with us this morning. melanie, you testified, you have written about your experience, what you witnessed as well. you were interviewed as part of this investigation from the d.c. attorney general. i read that when you heard about this suit you cried. what do you think this will ach achieve? >> well, i think it's a huge step in the direction to full transparency. there are still many ongoing investigations as you know so we are just hopeful that more jurisdictions will come in, look at the evidence and really all we've asked for from the beginning is transparency and accountability and that's what we're hoping for. >> the commanders released a statement calling this an offbeat legal theory. the ag is claiming that the team

misled fans, the consumers in this case by covering up this toxic workplace environment. the real is we know that nfl fans have seen and heard about a lot over the years and they still show up, they still watch on tv, they still buy tickets. do you think this is the best way to hold the team accountable? >> it certainly is one way to hold the team accountable and what the ag and d.c. did was used the law that they have available and that has clearly been violated in this instance to hold the team accountable for a long period now of lies and cover ups about what happened over the past 20 years at the washington commanders. >> when we look at where we are today, the nfl also said, you know, they released this public summary of their investigation but they didn't release the full report because roger goodell says there were concerns that they were trying to protect the identity of employees who had

cooperated with that investigation. lisa, as i understand it you represent dozens of them. would they want this report made public? do they want more transparency? >> oh, absolutely. every person that i represent who participated in that investigation two years ago expected and wanted a report to be released. they wanted transparency, they were sharing their experiences and they wanted those experiences known so there could be true accountability and the nfl did something unprecedented and it buried all the results of that report. >> melanie, do you think with everything that we're seeing and what we've heard from you over the years, i know you've called out specifically not just the nfl but commissioner roger goodell saying that he really protected the owners, he protected the team here. do you think he needs to go? >> oh, absolutely. i think he's complicit in all of this. they knew the findings, they -- everyone from the commanders to the nfl praises beth wilkinson

and what a thorough investigation she did and they hold her in such high regard, then why not release her findings and redact names? it's been done before. how does deflate gait, deflated balls investigation get 243 pages and we get zero. it's unacceptable. >> has speaking out, both you and others, those who you represent, lisa, as well, has there been a change at this point that you are aware of? >> there's been a change in that the expectations are different. people are saying it's not okay for you to engage in harassment and abuse over the course of 20 years and then try to bury that. there's been a change in that people are ready to stand up and have their voices heard and if somebody tries to silence them then people like melanie and others that i represent are going to continue fighting until

there's transparency and accountability and we've made a lot of progress in that regard, and yesterday was one step in that direction. >> melanie, in terms of that, speaking out, what have you seen personally, not only when it comes to reaction, but what have you heard from other people who have seen what you said? >> you know, i was not one that wanted to come out publicly in the beginning, i was terrified, as are so many other former colleagues of mine, but i speak on behalf of them, i speak on behalf of those who have signed ndas, who have been silenced, but who lived through the horror that we all lived through there. i get so many messages of support, encouragement and just affirming everything that we're doing and i know we're doing the right thing. i know karma is on our side and truth will come to light. >> melanie coburn, lisa banks, i appreciate you both joining us this morning. thank you. >> thank you. in a statement released to cnn attorneys for the commanders said, quote, although the lawsuit repeats a lot of

innuendo, half-truths and lies we welcome this opportunity to defend the organization for the first time in a court of law and to establish once and for all what is fact and what is fiction. and a bit more from the nfl's response, i shared part of it with you, it went on to say, we, quote, reject the legally unsound and factually baseless allegations made by the d.c. attorney general against the nfl and commissioner goddell and will vigorously defend against those claims. coming up next, we are going to take you back to ukraine as ukrainian troops liberate the city of kherson, flags waving, people celebrating in the streets. a member of ukraine's parliament will join me live next on just how significant a moment this is. your record label is taking off. but so is your sound engineer.

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giving some troops there, you see a heroes welcome. joining us now to discuss is a member of the ukrainian parliament. kyra, a friend of the show. it's nice to have you back. >> thank you so much for having me. it's impossible to watch those videos without crying, boris. >> oh, goodness, i remember being in ukraine when kherson was taken. and brave stands by those soldiers there, to the russian soldiers.

tell us what it means to you, to ukrainians today, to see the city taken back. >> well, today is a historic date. we will remember it because we are liberating the regional center kherson that was captured at the beginning the invasion. and that is not -- not too many people believe this would be taken back. russians had their posts and some thought it was forever. and now being gripped by russian soldiers and ukrainian soldiers who believe kherson will return to us. people are today, chanting, i can tell you there is so much crying of happiness. because when nobody believed we would be able to do that, kherson is ukraine, and it's being liberated today. >> yeah. in a war with so many sad moments, a happy moment is certainly one to celebrate. this is the latest in a string, really, of russian withdrawals. we saw them pull back

significantly in the north around kharkiv. we're seeing them lose ground, and in the central part of the east as well. in your view, in your view of the officials, is that a temporary russian pullback, so is this part of a russian retreat? >> well, first of all, i wouldn't call it withdrawal. there is no withdrawal. there is retreat that is the result of intense fighting by the ukrainian army and support of the allies. nothing is given in this war. it's always a meshasure of pain death and incredible push of ukrainian soldiers. so, we understand, in lieu of winter, russians are getting ready to only keep the territories that they will be able to provide to. it's very hard to maintain the territories that they have captured. and this is one of the reasons why, right now, we are able to get them back. however, it is important to

remember, everywhere where we're liberating territories, we find same things. we find fortunes and nice place and we find women, this is why we'll be fighting for every single inch of ukrainian land. >> cnn reporters have interviewed people who are describing what yyou you say there. a belief of a significant outcome to the war in ukraine, and that sparked some debate inside the biden administration, as far as how hard to push for it. i wonder, is the u.s., is the west, to your among, pressuring ukraine to return to the negotiating table? >> well, we didn't hear about this expression. however, the question that we are ask remains the same, who or what are the security guarantees to the point that russia would not attack us again? what we are talking about any

diplomatic negotiations, about any peace deal, the question remains the same, how can we say the putin attack as of tomorrow, or in a year or five years? because the main thing that we so to our children, the next generation, that they wouldn't have to fight this war again and again and again? and wouldn't you believe that russia would have that intention, after the shame they experience right now, no, i believe it would be out for us and this is why we should not let this happen. >> is ukraine's goal to begin back all of the ukrainian territory, even that's right was taken by russia in 2014? or just, do you believe, it should be to gain back what russia has gained since february of this year? >> we are out for restoring our sovereignty to the borders of 1991. so, everything that was sovereign in ukraine, that is sovereign in ukraine, needs to

come back sovereign in ukraine. >> it's a firm position. we've heard that from the ukrainian president as well. kira rudik, thank you for being on. >> thank you. and glory to ukraine. on this veterans day, we want to take a moment to pause. a live picture here from the tomb of the unknown soldier at arlington national assessment c day to honor those who have served in the armed forces. >> and the second gentleman doug emhoff will be, in observance. that's what today is about. thanks everyone who served. and from here at cnn, we thank you all of you. ♪

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♪ very good friday morning to you. i'm jim sciutto. >> and i'm erica hill. any moment now, president biden is scheduled to speak at the conference in egypt. this follows a one-on-one meeting with the president of egypt. we'll bring you those remarks live. plus, as the president brings it back to the united states, still critical senate races undivided still in nevada and arizona. we are expecting updates, however, on those vote counts throughout the day. perhaps the final day tomorrow in nevada, but we'll see. >> yeah, we'll see. let's begin right now in arizona, maricopa county officials say they do expect to start releasing results from mail-in ballots today.