to talk directly to your voting systems, vendors. >> what if they don't comply? >> we will cross that bridge when we get there. thank you. host: the secretary of the commonwealth for pennsylvania, also joined by the governor, talking about the latest in the results when it comes to pennsylvania's accounting of those mail in ballots. you heard her reference that website several times. the supplemental dashboard is where that will take you, and you can check out some of the information that she was referencing in that press conference. we will go back to calls. leftill over one hour taking your calls on the results of the election. if you support trump. (202) 748-8921 50 support joe biden. and if you support other

candidates, (202) 748-8922. you can also text us at (202) 748-8903. florida, this is susan, a supporter of president trump caller: thank you for taking my call. yes, i voted for president trump. i voted for him because of his policies, not because of his personality. iran. what he did with highlight like what he did with nafta. i liked what he did with nato. i liked his trade agreements. i especially like his peace agreements in the middle east. biden, i didn't vote for or against him because i voted for someone this time. joe biden is an empty suit and a trojan horse. the man has trouble with his memory, his family really should be ashamed. but anyway, forget joe biden.

out,er the election turns i will not be marching on washington if my candidate does not get in. trump'sally did like policies and i hope he continues in a second term if he is given one. and that is really it. of joeexas, a supporter biden, hello. caller: hi. host: good morning. caller: good morning. here is the thing, i was going to comment on what she just said but i don't have time for that. what i want to speak about is if the selection runs about power, money, and risk. -- race. that is what it was about. power because the obvious. because of a number of things you can talk about with trunk with money. issues with money.

he has been bought and sold. he doesn't have any money, he doesn't pay taxes. just a gambit of things. and race because he has topped about just about every race, he has demeaned just about every race. also because -- host: that is why you're against the current president. why are you supporting joe biden? caller: i was talking about the reason about the whole thing about the election. because joe biden was the vice president of barack hussein obama. that says enough. why, another reason because of race and the fact that kamala isay indian and all this other stuff what they see as a black woman.

it is really simple, what this is about. it is about money, power, and race. you areu said that supporting joe biden because he was the vice president of president obama. clarify that. caller: because of all of the , what they were allowed to accomplish and doing their time together. just upon that. kamala's record, that is why i am supporting those two. int: let's hear from hall their backs virginia, a supporter of trump. paul in fairfax, virginia. caller: unlike most republicans, i like to say i can see the faults and a compliment fairly. trump has raised the debt so

much. but one of the nice inks he has done is with nato, he has been telling the other countries you have got to pay up because they were not paying up. i have been following this election very closely and i have to say it is over for donald trump because he is going to lose wisconsin, he's going to lose michigan. i do believe he will win pennsylvania, but in the end he is going to lose because of wisconsin, michigan, and arizona. i have to say i am in crowley surprised that he lost arizona because arizona voted for romney in 2012. i have been hearing that there have been more of a latino voters in arizona, that is one of the reasons why he lost. but like i said, i really did not consider including arizona. i thought he was going to win the election. it's over. he is going to lose this election probably by three electoral votes which is really surprising, it is going to be a complete punch in the face to all of the people who voted for him.

rick inll hear from florida, a supporter of joe biden. caller: thanks for letting me call in. i just want to know what planet all these trump supporters are living on. , iryone knows that the sky thought everybody knew he was nothing but a money laundering reality tv show host. but apparently they knew it and didn't care or they didn't know. i mean, the country is over. democracy is dead in this country. the country was over when that an impeachment failed in the early part of the year. people like john bolton who should have testified and could ought tod this country be tried and ought to be called the traitor that they are. in this not a bank

country who would do business with donald trump, he was never a successful businessman. fined so many times it is incredible. host: i have been a broken record about this all day, why are you supporting joe biden? caller: because i want some sanity back in government. i am tired of living in a reality chaotic show that is donald trump. i'm 63 years old, i have never voted before in my life until the selection. this guy, they talk about his policies. this guy is totally defunded social security and medicare. these older people calling in supporting them, don't they realize that? the $30 billion that social security and medicare is going to lose by december 31, how is that going to get made up? how is the interest on that money that social security would have been able to give to me, and by the way, that is my money, that is not the government's money.

they took 1.5% of my salary for 40 years as i made my employers contribute 1.5%, and then they don't pay me any interest on it, and when it is time for me to retire, they are going to tell me how much of my money they are going to give to me every month. host: ok, ok. we'll have to leave it there. florida, finishing off our next to last hour on washington journal as we continue on talking about yesterday's -- results from the election. we have been showing the data and taking calls. we will continue to do the same in this last hour. phone numbers are on the screen. if you support another candidate altogether, there is a number for you. you can post on facebook. you can text us. with that information about the results of the election and where we stand as of this hour

-- where: where we -- guest: we stand at this hour is where we have been all morning when it comes to the presidency. joe biden leading the electoral 13 over 238-to hunt president -- 238-213. in the senate, six races yet to be called. we are seeing movement as we wait for the rest of the results in the residential and senate races in the house. right now, here is what the map looks like. you can find the map on our website, c-span.org. emma kratz in the house now with 190 seats, members either reelected or elected for the first time. republicans with 185 seats. democrats started this cycle 230-201 seat majority in the house.

republicans needed 17 seats to take over the house. that was unlikely headed into election day. expectationsefying by perhaps picking up a handful of seats in the house when most of those who were predicting the results said republicans could lose anywhere into the double digits or early 20's amount of seats in the house. kevin mccarthy, the house majority leader, sending this tweet this morning, saying republicans defied the odds and grew the party last night and district across the country. americans rejected socialism and voted for freedom. nancy pelosi, he said, referring to the speaker, you have been put on notice. from the other side of the aisle in the house, this reporting from jake sherman of politico. house democrats are confused. they are angry at the democratic congressional campaign committee, the campaign arm of house democrats. they are unsure where to go next. it is a mix of "what just

happened" and don't blame me. while days are ahead. the lame-duck section -- session of congress is coming up. so our leadership election -- so are the leadership elections. to add insult to injury, the , thewoman of the dccc illinois democrat, is struggling to hang onto her district. speaker pelosi and her leadership team will have a lot to explain in the next few weeks. republicans could have a net gain of 10 seats. cheri bustos ahead in her race, but just about four points in that illinois 17th district. i just want to take you through a few of the races still on the board, races in the house that we are watching. they include michigan's eighth congressional district, covers on alyssa slot, the freshman there, -- the congresswoman hanging on to her seat in the

house. the republican in that race is 47.3 percent. there is still a bit more reporting to be done in michigan's eighth strict. there foring michigan, the all-important state in the presidential race as well. heading to virginia, to the commonwealth, the freshman democrat there behind in her race against a republican challenger, 49.6%-50.4%. there is 100% reporting, but as ballots hasmail-in made the 100% reporting number not exactly complete as we wait to see what happens with other mail-in ballots that may still be coming in. to new york's 11th congressional district, the district where congress and max rose is trying to hold onto his seat -- he might not be doing it.

42.1%. has a republican challenger is 57.9%. there is not much left in that district. some 95% reporting. those are freshman democrats whose races were key races to watch this cycle. knowther race to let you about is in minnesota's seventh congressional district. that is the western seventh congressional district, the district of collin peterson. he is in a district that went in 2016 for president trump by 30 points, and yet he was able to hold onto that seat in 2016. he is not going to be holding onto it this cycle. that race called for his republican challenger in that there.nd the results 54%. after decades in washington, collin peterson finally

defeated. republicans tried many times over decades to try to win that seat. they always thought it was a seat that should be in republican hands. collin peterson defied expectation for a very long time. did not do with this cycle. host: elections being about those who one and those who lost. and gave concession acceptance speeches because of that. a tear from someone expected to be in one of the tough races, senator joni ernst, the republican from iowa, who won last night. here is part of her speech. withernst: i did speak theresa greenfield and i did congratulate her on a hard-fought campaign. i respect anyone who is willing to hold their hat -- throw their hat in the ring for public service. i thanked ms. greenfield for doing that. it sixlet me say we did years ago. we did it again.

[cheers and applause] so, six years ago on election night, many of you asked, what was my favorite part of the campaign? and i told you that weaning actually felt pretty darn good. tonight it does feel even better. thank you. i appreciate it. for those of you that voted for me, i want to thank you. and just to say that i will spend the next six years working every single day to live up to the honor that you have given me as your united states senator. i would also like to say something to every iowan, whether you supported me or not. this has been a very difficult

year and a very challenging election for all of us. people on both sides feel divided. emotions and those wounds are very, very wrong. but the election is over, and it is time to start the healing. we need to turn down the rhetoric and start listening once again. thank you. [applause] and we have to start listening, folks, because we are all americans, and there is far more that unites us than divides us. and the challenges that we face, whether it is from covid to the economic recovery that is yet ahead of us, they are too great for any individual to do alone. again, senator joni ernst, republican of iowa, from last night. if you want to see these speeches, you can go to our

website at c-span.org. one person also giving a speech last night was alabama's incumbent senator, doug jones, the democrat from that state, losing to his race with, to prevail. -- losing his race. here is part of his concession speech. sen. jones: tonight did not turn out the way we wanted. i am reaching out to congratulate him and offer our support for whatever transition we can do. he to remind him that now represents one alabama, and not just those folks that voted. he represents everybody. that is what we have tried to do. folks, let me tell you. what we have done the last three years is more than just about one senate race. it has never been about doug jones or the jones family. about a always been state, a state we all love, a state we care about.

a state that has gone through massive changes over the years. and we are in the process of going through those again. we have seen so many different things that have happened over the last few years. we have seen so many good things and positive things. but at the end of the day, alabama is still a work in progress. we know that. alabama still ranks low in education. we still rank high in unhealthy outcomes. westill rank in a place that want to make sure we can do better. those are the things we are going to continue to work on. those of the things that you have been working on with me for the last three years. for that, everybody in alabama to be appreciative. i know i am. i know there are folks in washington, d.c. that are. as we go forward, we are not going to stop, because one of

the things that we all know -- when we came up and started coming out, and we came out of last year with "one alabama," we meant it. we are all in this together. we are doing everything to lift goalposts, to make sure that every man, woman, and child in alabama has an equal opportunity , are treated equally with dignity and respect, make sure they have the opportunities for a job and better education. those of the things we have been talking about. those of the things you have been talking about. those are the things we are going to continue to build. i am proud of all that has happened in the last three years. at the end of the day, my time in the senate is going to be over, but our time is just beginning. we hear from crystal town in north carolina, supporter of president trump. go ahead. a great, wonderful

nation. whoever wins, support them. the last four years, we got somewhere anyway. he is not perfect. are you? come on. host: exactly why are you supporting the president this time around? caller: because he's on our side. because he's on our side. he just supports our nation. he's not going to sell us out. it is perfectly clear. $80 to fillt makes up her gas tank -- if you skip one day, your kids don't eat a day. host: that is crystal in north carolina. let's go to massachusetts, a supporter of a third-party or other candidate. norman, go ahead. caller: thank you for taking my call. i could talk about why the major did not get mys

third-party support, but the main thing i called about is this. i think there is a story that is being missed in the u.s. senate race in maine. throughout the night, susan collins' lead has been dropping. it got down as low as 50.2, but it has gained in the past hour. if it goes below 50, ranked choice voting kicks in, and the green party candidate there was forced to run as an independent, and there is a second independent. between the two of them, they may have 7% of the vote. as soon as collins goes below 50%, that 7% could be added to the democratic challenger's total, and that would flip that to the democrats and maybe flip the entire senate the democrats. host: so you are supporting others. when it comes to presidential choices, who did you support? caller: i'm a leftist. i'm in the green party. but the greens unfortunately nominated a right-winger this time, a climate science denier

and a bigot. , thevoted for jo jorgensen libertarian candidate. we are not allowed to write in here in massachusetts. jo jorgensen believes in getting the u.s. off of fossil fuels. she believes in peace and legalizing drugs, and human rights. host: have you always supported third-party candidates? caller: no, i was a democrat for a long time. working withtarted third parties in the 1990's, i remained in the democratic party, because i wanted to vote in the primaries and have some say. but after i worked for jill staring's campaign for governor, she asked me to join the greens, so i did join the party. but i cannot go with them on this. i could not go with them this year. host: in mississippi, in greenville, we will hear from dale on our line with those who

support joe biden. voter: i just wanted to for whoever could say racism is racism and the pandemic is a big thing for me. that is my biggest thing. i think joe biden will do something with the black lives movement that more than donald trump will. host: melissa is next up in north carolina. in front of the white house, people are gathering, partly to see what is going on as far as the structure that was put up in the last day or so. that structure, that wall, decorated with signs, as you can see. as you look at that, we will hear from melissa in north carolina, who supports president truman. go ahead. caller: just sitting here watching all of this going on, with trump, he has done great. he is wonderful. i cannot believe they are not counting his votes the way they

should be. says we have got north carolina, we've got georgia, and were doing good in pennsylvania, and they are not raising his count up on the map. people need to just realize how much good he has done. host: when it comes to the reason you support him, what is at the top of the list? caller: everything he has done. he is honest. he is straightforward. host: give me a specific accomplishment. caller: jobs, helping out the people that need their money, that want to work. you've got people out here that don't want to work, that want to lay around and collect all this free money, and i think he is an equal person and he is good for black, white, hispanic, and all. i mean, he does his job right. he is just honest, and people like honesty. host: mark from new mexico on our line for those who support others. hello. c-span, fork you,

your work in the coverage. had a question based on my experience with the green party here in new mexico, and also based on the nature of the election. madeylvania has apparently up its own election rules in a federal election. , ok,ught the jurisdiction for federal elections was the federal election commission. legalitynderstand the of the actions, you know, as far as the vote counting and what have you. i don't know is -- that there is a precedent that justifies, you know, the states usurping the role of the federal election commission. host: ultimately, states are responsible for conducting their own elections. caller: i'm talking about there

is a jurisdictional issue in regards to federal elections, ok? specifically, mandates, ok? federal authorization. that is something that i like to -- host: what do you mean by that? expand on that. fec is specifically, the the body to make any changes in regard to federal elections, ok? it is not the jurisdiction of states and federal elections, ok? in state elections, ok, they have that jurisdiction, but federal elections, it's a different ballgame. host: ok. we will go to a caller from tampa, florida, a supporter of president trump. caller: thank you very much for taking my call. i appreciate it. i wanted to say that i feel that trump has been a man of action and has always kept his word. he has lowered the taxes for the middle class.

he actually did it. he will not stop social security, which i found lies coming from most of the news channels that are not coming out to the other side fairly. he wants school choice for all, freedom. he has stopped wars. that is a fact. i'm coming from a suburban housewife. i don't understand why people are leaving democratic states in huge numbers. that is to me hypocritical at best. the riots and burning down their cities -- if they like their democratic states, i think they should stay there. actually asked people under the age of 35 to spell words, and they don't even know what marxism is, fascism, or communism. and i cannot cure ignorance or stupidity. are behavingcrats

like nazis, and most have never traveled the world. i have, over 100 countries. this is an embarrassment to america. it is an embarrassment to the democrats. i believe in my opinion -- i have gone on both sides. i go by policies only. democrats, i don't understand why they want higher taxes. i don't understand why they want a lockdown for our country. host: thank you. we will go back to john occur. have been talking winners and losers from last night all morning long. one big winner we have not talked about yet is marijuana winning several ballot measures in several states. this is the story from "politico." 50 million americans were added to the list of places that allow adults to use marijuana legally, after new jersey, south dakota, and montana overwhelmingly approved ballot measures on weed. they will join 93 million americans that live in states

that already have legalized weed. one in three americans now live in states where marijuana is legal for anyone at least 21 years old. south dakota and mississippi voters also approved measures to legalize medical marijuana on election day, the story noting that the new jersey measure does not immediately legalize marijuana. the state legislature still needs to pass legislation to implement legalization, although the governor of new jersey, with a tweet yesterday evening about marijuana and the ballot measure -- let me just pull it up for you this morning. the governor of new jersey, phil murphy, saying, "we did it, new jersey. public question number one passed overwhelmingly. a huge step for racial and social justice in our economy," and thanking those who fought on what he said was the right side of history. that from the governor of new jersey. supporterouisiana, a

of joe biden. this is cordelia. caller: i'm calling because i do support joe biden. i think that he actually listens to the people. donald trump is all about donald trump. hello? host: you are there still. caller: yes, and i can say this. i am a nurse. handlingonald trump is the covid situation is insane. and for anybody to go along with this and be an american is mind-boggling to me. the stuff that we see in the hospitals, and the stuff that we have to deal with on the front lines -- we are risking our lives. for him to say that it is not real, that it is a hoax -- it is like a stab in the heart to me, being a nurse. host: that is cordelia in louisiana. we will hear from marion

virginia, ace president trump. good morning. caller: i'm so tired of these democrats coming on their and putting trump down. how do they know? inis going to put his son the white house, over to china, money getting in. i don't think so. biden wouldn't take no questions. how did they know what biden is going to do when he gets in there? if biden gets in there, i'm going to tell you what it is. it's going to be china, russia, lining biden's pockets. these democrats better wake up and take notice. $1200. host: when it comes to the president, what made you vote for him again? i'm assuming you voted for him the first time around, but what made you vote for him again? caller: because trump -- trump has given a social security raise. he looked out for the veterans and gave the veterans arrays. obama did notand do nothing for the soldiers when they were in there.

they did not do nothing for the social security people. he gave us a raise. and you watch. he is going to take it away. and these little democrats crying now about them not having no money, wait until joe biden gets in there. they won't even get enough money to buy a piece of bread with. so the better wake up before they go down. host: both carolina. that is a supporter of joe biden. we will hear from matt. go ahead. i -- basically what has happened is the obama administration handed off basically a canary in the withage system for dealing a global pandemic. it has been an utter failure for trump in handling this. he is clueless, totally clueless. and when the obama administration handed that off, that was an early warning

system, canary in the birdcage kind of situation. he summarily dismissed it simply because his ego says anything obama has to be bad. he buried it in the bowels of a federal organization, so far down that it did not reach its effectiveness. host: in san antonio, this is eddie, a supporter of president trump. caller: how are you. i actually am not a supporter, but i did vote for president trump. i've always been a democrat. i took my daughter in a vote for hillary, so she could see. i was very proud to do that. pandemic,onomy, the the cost of such a thing that has taken a toll on business, moving close to retirement made me realize that my 401 -- i keep

hearing people say rich people care about the stock market. but the stock market actually affects everything, from business growth, our 401's, pretty much every business in the world is tied into one market or the other, to keep people employed and pay for our benefits, and pay for our retirements. so seeing that, and what the cost of this pandemic would have -- i have to say i was a tulsa gebhard supporter. i thought she was very in the middle. and she would be good for the country. her andparty did to propped up other candidates to bring in mr. biden and ms. harris, who was the first to drop out -- the rules leading up to the race just turned me off. and then the pandemic, like i

said, leading into the race. i reluctantly had to vote for my economic future and the future of this country, and the costs it's going to take. host: thank you very much. a programming note, we are expecting to take you to a conference being held by michigan's secretary of state on the election and the results of the election, to update those who are reporting in michigan. we will take you to that when it starts, but we will go quickly to john. guest: also keeping viewers on top of what is happening right now -- the senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell, is speaking to reporters in louisville, kentucky. craig kaplan is keeping us on top of what is happening. running through quickly what he has been saying. the majority leader on the election and the state of the u.s. senate -- i don't know whether i'm going to be the defensive coordinator, he said.

when it comes to the uncalled senate races, i'm told we are more likely to get a definitive answer in north carolina and maine, thom tillis and susan collins races, by the end of the day. when it came to covid-19 relief and what happens after the election, mitch mcconnell saying we need another rescue package. i think we will do it before the end of the year. and on the looming december 11 government shutdown deadline if congress cannot agree to a new funding and spending bill, mitch mcconnell saying we need to find the government. the speaker and i agree we ought to do an omnibus appropriations bill, and do it in december. just keeping you on top of what is happening out of kentucky this morning. thank you very much. met in philadelphia, pennsylvania, a supporter of joe biden. go ahead. caller: how you doing? host: fine, thank you. go ahead. caller: you are going to ask me like a broken record why do i support joe biden.

i will tell you, man. it is pretty much past the point , democratsus blue versus republicans for me. this president has been just a straight up attack on our democracy in every way. so while all these trump supporters are calling in like "i like what he does with the likemy," or this or that, -- it doesn't matter, because he is destroying the very institutions that make up everything. you are cheering for your football team while the stadium is crumbling around you. at this point, my vote for joe to stop fascism and and lettingnism,

this fat idiot become a dictator. host: newmarket, maryland. we will hear from a supporter of another candidate. go ahead. caller: thank you so much for taking my call. i stayed up later than i should have watching the results, listening to the commentary all day today. the first thing i will say is, honestly, regardless of who wins, i really feel like america lost in a lot of ways, just from the division, and i'm not sure how we are going to get back from this. who i supported -- i did vote for a third-party candidate, libertarian. it was more of a protest vote more than anything else. eitherot hear anybody of parties of the candidates really address the concerns i am concerned about. that is concrete, specific plans for americans descended from slaves. if you look at the data, black

families are trillions of dollars behind white families. we are more than proportionately affected by the covid situation. and just all-around. i did not hear anyone address us as a group specifically, what you were going to do for them. vote forlt, i did not either candidate, but i didn't vote down ballot democrat. but i did vote down ballot democrat. host: catherine, we will hear , am, san antonio, texas supporter of president trump. caller: i just wanted to comment or maybe provide some clarity for the colors that keep calling in about not understanding or having a hard time wrapping their brains around how someone would support trump. i was speaking to my second-grader this morning, going to school, trying to boil it down, how people could come to that conclusion.

i did not vote for him last time, but i did this time. it is just because when it came down for me, i could see a very stark contrast in the way that the democratic party and the republican party were trying to govern, the policies about governing our nation. one party wants to uphold our constitution, and they want to preserve our values. one party does not want to do that. it is very plain and obvious to me what they are putting forth, and if you strip away all of your bad feelings about a candidate, you can just plainly see what their policies and agendas, and where they are going. --ust really want to provide keep my son in a country where he can have choices and freedom. boston,xt up, from massachusetts, a supporter of joe biden. hello. caller: thank you for taking my call. yes, i'm calling because i voted for joe biden. i'm glad that i did that.

but since yesterday, i am listening to these calls. ok, but webiden is should not be insulting or anything else to the opposition, because we all love the country that we are. is it looks like -- my country i ran from to come be a citizen. we are all children of god. did what heump could. we cannot say he is a bad person. maybe he is not a politician who does not know how to do well. but he did work for the country. he did a lot for the country and we should recognize him for that. what i did not like yesterday about the other states that are waiting is that when they were counting, this should have continued counting, because that

would be the opposite side, that something not good is happening. it is stupid. they should have continued until they get the results or some people come in the morning put good -- in the morning. but people think there is something going on. that is why i am calling. together, weget are going to lose our beloved country, and we cannot get it back. if you look at what china is wanting to do -- china wants to take the world. the only person who will stand up and fight that is donald trump. that is in boston, massachusetts. we will hear from maryland, a supporter of president trump. caller: i am a second time voter of present trump. the first time it was kind of blind faith. the second time i voted for him for his accomplishments.

i think he has done a lot for the country, so he got my vote the second time. i think the man deserves another term. in texas, up, thomas a supporter of president trump well. hello. yes, i want to know why they are going -- throwing military ballots of people who voted for trump in the trash. i voted for him the first time and i voted for him again. think he is doing a good job. host: how so? caller: he brought the economy up. he brought more jobs than obama did. he did way better than obama. host: in oregon, joe is next. joe in oregon, hello. the line for those who support others. caller: i just want to first say thank you, c-span, forgiving coverage to everyone. i think this election brings up

something that has been annoying at the u.s. for a long time, in that we need election reform in a big way. some of the ideas that have been thrown around that should get some serious looking at our public funded campaigns, so that each campaign only has a certain amount of money they can use, and everyone gets a fair shot. there should be ranked choice voting so that we don't just have this two-party log where outhave to vote one party and you are stuck voting for a democrat because otherwise, you know you were going to lose the race that way. the ranked choice voting would really be the best way to be able to stop this gridlock of the two-party system, which our founding others -- people want to talk about keeping the values of our country -- never intended in the first place. host: did you vote for the libertarian candidate or the green party candidate or another candidate yesterday to mark --

yesterday? caller: i would usually vote for the green party candidate at this time i chose to abstain because his values were too far to the right for me. so i just sort of abstain from voting for him because the state is blue and already was going for ayden, so i did not want to waste my vote and deface my own values. host: one of the things talked about earlier in oregon was the ballot measures when it comes to decriminalization of marijuana and the like. did you support that? that.: i did support i don't really feel like we should be overcrowding our jails and prisons with people who have a problem. we need to find a much better way to deal with it. there were two measures on the ballot that helped with this. obviously, the decriminalization measure. and another measure that took taxis from legal marijuana sales to open up more drug rehabilitation facilities to do something to help these people

instead of putting them through the cycle of criminalization. in palm, from chris harbor, florida, a supporter of president trump, go ahead. caller: what we are seeing right now is the stealing of an election and the manipulation of the entire process. this is something everyone should pay close attention to. i'm from florida and i will start with last night, when florida was 97% reported in and trump was up 800,000 votes. they still did not call florida for trump. not until all the polls closed on the west coast. california, that went immediately, they close it for biden, 1% in. this one, with 97%, they held it because they did not want to show how fast everything was leaning toward trump. same thing today. georgia, 100% reported him, trump is up by 100,000 votes, or a million votes, so they have

not reported georgia, have you? same thing with north carolina. 99% in the. trump overwhelmingly. have you reported north carolina? no. everything going on in the rust belt, it is all manipulation. host: ok. go ahead. we just wanted you to know that early on we talked about north carolina's situation. that.t know if you missed go ahead. finish your thoughts. caller: and georgia, 100% in, with a million dollar difference. you did not report that. what is the reason for that? host: ok, we will leave it there. bringing upaller some of the concerns the president himself has brought up on his twitter feed this morning. it was this morning just after 10:00 a.m. eastern when the president tweeted that "last night i was leading in many key states. in almost all instances,

democrat-run and controlled. they started magically disappearing. the posters got it completely and historically wrong." i should note that that tweet along with one of the other tweets this morning, as how griffin, a congressional reporter, points out, had already been flagged by twitter this morning as potentially misleading. when twitter flags tweets, this is the notice they put on it. they say some or all of the content shared in this tweet is disputed and might be misleading about an election or other civic process. the president earning two of those already this morning on top of the one he earned last night, and of course we have talked about concerns that the president and republicans have had about twitter and facebook and other social media groups stepping in when it comes to his tweets and social media content. and we saw congressional leaders on capitol hill, republicans on

capitol hill, holding an issue to that effect last week. host: dade, ohio, a supporter of joe biden, hello. caller: yes, i voted for joe biden because he has experience in the white house with obama, and then they talk about what obama and biden did not do -- they could only do so much because they had to go through the senate still, just like the republicans kissing up to donald trump. the democrats can't get nothing done. they are greedy. color, apologies for that. carol in new york, a supporter of president trump, hello. caller: i was a supporter of trump from the beginning. i thought we needed a businessman to help run this country, because this country is a business, not just political. i found that when they did all the dirt with donald trump and

they tried to get the election, hillary clinton. then, when it comes to biden and all the scandal with his son -- have you noticed that the doj and the fbi have done investigations? they have let it all right? i'm hoping donald trump gets it, and i'm hoping there will be a complete opening of everything that was dirty that needed to be cleaned out. host: sorry about that. we have to leave it there because we want to take you to what is remaining of the michigan secretary of state's press conference. [video clip] >> i expect we will hear from grand rapids. i expect we will hear from detroit. i expect we will hear from flint very soon. kalamazoo as well. we want to also respect the process and make sure they are able to meticulously. every i come cross every t, get it right, and get it accurate.

that is a lot of why we are being careful right now with trying to communicate that we will have a much better picture by the end of today, the vote totals in michigan. hi, eric. hello, secretary. i was wondering if you had any insight to what is going on in andrew county. it is a staunchly gop area and the numbers were surprising. it could lead to quite a flip if there is a mistake. >> i will let the pundits and the people looking closely at the data and the results of the election make those analyses. ,'m truly just focused on myself, as i advise a lot of folks to do, blocking out the noise and focusing on the account, making sure we get the tabulations done, making sure they are secure, making sure the ballots are validated and that we are following the process to the letter, so people can be

confident that as the results come out, however they are analyzed, that they are accurate to represent the will of the people. hello, secretary benson. thank you for doing this. ballots,the number of absentee ballots, received by the city of detroit at the tdf center by 8:00 last night? any ballots that showed up around detroit later on? things.ple of at the 8:00 press conference in detroit last night, the detroit city clerk and a number of leaders in the absentee counting ballot process mentioned that between 170000 and 180,000, somewhere between there, where the number of ballots they were tabulated and expected to be tabulating for the city of detroit. ballots had to be in by 8:00 p.m. to the city of detroit.

after that point, there were still collections happening, perhaps immediately alongside that moment -- ballot dropbox is being emptied. offices, 21erks' around the city, were being shut down, and ballots dropped off there were secured. the 8:00 p.m. deadline for ballots to be in was strictly enforced. at that point, at the same time, right around 8:00 p.m., there was a press conference happening to talk about ballots that had been in at that point. they noted that there were still additional ballots coming in from those that were submitted. that really underscores why we are talking in rough estimates right now. even once a ballot comes in, as you know, it has to be validated. the signature on the envelope has to be checked with the signature we have on file before it can be processed and prepared for tabulation. for ballots getting in, in

detroit or anywhere else in the state, at 7:45, those will count because they arrived in time, but we are still in the process, and many clerks particularly in detroit are in the process of making sure all the procedures are followed prior to the tabulation. it is a long answer to your question, but i wanted to clarify why we are talking in estimates here, because we are still -- we still have not seen the full numbers of how many came in at the last minute in detroit. youecretary benson, can tell me how many provisional ballots were cast in detroit yesterday? i heard that a number of people who did not get there absentee ballots in the mail showed up to pulling precincts and cast provisional ballots. >> we do not have the exact numbers but i will tell you the procedure. if a voter anywhere in the state had sent in their absentee ballot and showed up at the precinct because it had not been marked received in our tracking

system -- the procedure that was followed was this. the worker would contact the clerk. in detroit, we had a call center set up for this. it would make a call and they would confirm whether or not the ballot was received. if the click on the other end of the phone said, i have the ballot here, it is received, that ballot is what would count. the voter would be told that. if the voter still wanted to have an assurance that they would have a vote in, they had an option at that point to cast a provisional ballot. if they cast a provisional ballot, and if for some reason whatever was on the other end ended up not being a received valid, then that provisional ballot would count. however, the other scenario is if a voter shows up and says i returned my ballot. it is not marked as received, the call is made to the clerk's office, and the clerk's office confirms the ballot has not been received, by whatever point in the day on tuesday, the voter at that point can vote a regular ballot, and at that point it is

marked in our qualified voter file. if an absentee ballot does arrived from that voter -- that ballot arriving, that absentee ballot arriving would be invalidated and spoiled and not counted. that is a bifurcated process. one scenario, you cast a provisional ballot. in another, you cast an actual ballot. only one vote is counted per voter. the details and how either of those scenarios played out in our precincts will be reported out in the days to come. >> i wanted to ask. you mentioned there is about 100,000 votes outstanding. are all of those absentee ballots? were there a few in person ballot still outstanding? how many of those would you say are remaining? >> it is not all. the vast majority are absentee ballots. the ballots voted in person yesterday were reported soon after the polls closed, than those were the first returns you

started to see, alongside absentee ballots in smaller communities that did not have as many to go through. you saw a mixture of votes that you saw in many communities like detroit, with just the in-person vote coming through, if that. now, we are at the point where a lot of the in-person vote has been reported, and the remaining ballots are primarily if not all those voted absentee. remember particularly for folks nationally we have a very decentralized process, particularly when it comes to counting. we have 1520 local election jurisdictions. counting process happens on a local level. we are very mindful of that process. that is another reason why it has always taken several hours, if not days, for results to come through for our state, because that process is continually at the local level and reported up to us at the state. we are always also mindful of

communication that is en route, as i'm speaking to you now, that may have happened at the local level. that is why i guess patience and vigilance is key, and just knowing we are really committed to getting this right and counting every vote. megan? >> thank you. we are hearing reports that attorneys are coming to the center to challenge the vote or the count. what do you say about the sort of legal challenges that may or may not be going on with the count right now? before, wetioned understand the heightened focus our state and processes are under. we expect there will be a number of people watching the process or perhaps, as we have already heard, putting out allegations about the process or anything in between. the bottom line for us is that we are focused on getting this right. we're focused on getting this right in a way that can withstand any court challenges.

i will also mention -- and we have seen this not just in michigan, but in other states. a lot of times allegations are thrown around to further political agendas as opposed to legal fights. we are mindful of that as well. that is why we are waiting, focused on counting every vote. through thisocess entire day and yesterday, when counting began. we will continue to do that and stay focused on providing everyone with the confidence that we are going to count every vote, every ballot. and we will work to protect the legality of that process in every way we are called upon to do so. hi, riley. >> thanks for doing this. your office mentioned yesterday that there were live calls sent to voters in lent and grand rapids, related to misinformation about the possibility of being arrested at the polls. do you have any updates on where

those came from? what the scope of those calls were, and if it might have affected the vote there? ourne, when calls came to voters, they were almost immediately reported out to our attorney general and to our office. our attorney general swiftly went to work to bunking the claims and launching an investigation. we have doubled down our efforts to inform voters about the rights in any community affected. we know robo calls and a number of other efforts were targeting our voters yesterday in an effort to depress turnout and deter people from voting. what i saw yesterday is that they did not work. numerous people voted, record-breaking turnout, income entities across the state. and particularly in the communities that you mentioned. we saw a large number of people vote both during the day and absentee. that is a good thing. it is an encouraging thing. know, thee -- you

goal of misinformation is to cause citizens to lose competent the results of their election and leave their votes don't count and their voices don't matter. we have been working in michigan to make sure if and when this information hit our state and hit our citizens. they knew not to believe it. it is really gratifying. it was great to see. we all worked together as a team to make sure we educated our voters and continue to encourage people to know with confidence that if they showed up to vote, their votes would count, that they would be safe and secure. that is what did happen. that is what did happen for everyone who voted in person yesterday. secretary benson, i was wondering if the department had a breakdown of rejected ballots and the reason for rejection yet.

and if not, when will it be made available? that is something we have looked upon and tracked in many elections this year. as you may know, in past elections, it takes a few days to get those counts. in the past, we have tried to let you know as soon as we could when there have been ballots that otherwise have been rejected. we know oftentimes it happens when the balance -- when the ballot is postmarked prior to election day but arrived after. sometimes it arrives in an envelope with the signature that does not match or is missing. if that happened under state law, we would follow up with the voter and give them an opportunity to confirm their identity and cure their signature. we are still sorting through a lot of those details and a lot of that data. we'll have it in the days ahead. once we have it, we will let you know about it. as you know, those numbers are important to me as well as someone committed to ensuring that every ballot vote happens.

want to educate the public if there is ever a time when the vote is not able to be counted. process and what everyone can expect in the days to come. ballots still need to be counted, particularly in the committees i mention -- parts of detroit, all of flint, all grand rapids, and all of kalamazoo city, as well as smaller places around the state. theticipate we will have counts in those and other communities and we will continue to update you throughout the day. feel free to reach out if you have additional questions. when we announce the full statewide tabulation of every vote in the state, that is the unofficial tabulation. there has been a subsequent process heavy letting the vague -- tabulating the vote and confirming with the state board of canvassers. it will happen over the next two weeks. we are prepared for any

challenges that are to come in the same time. we are moving through that methodically, with our eyes laser focused on protecting every legal vote in the state of michigan, ensuring it is part of our official results. but this process will continue in the days ahead, and we are going to continue to update you with all the data. if they revealed himself to us throughout this process, in the days ahead, i really want to close by again thanking the election workers, who stayed up all night to count these votes. those who showed up in detroit at 9:00 p.m. last night and stayed until 5:00 a.m., counting through the night, methodically and securely, taking on the challenges that came their way to make sure every vote was counted. i talk to somebody and all they wanted to know, we all do, was that every vote was going to count. they wanted to be part of the process. right now, to the state of

michigan, a lot of that is happening. i want to respect their work and stand back and let them do their job, so we can be confident when we get the result that they are accurate and they are a reflection of a lot of hard work. also note we are working within the confines of our current law to get the data out to you again , with great gratitude and thanks to the election workers who have been working tirelessly, meticulously, to count every vote. i'm sure i will talk to many of you in the hours ahead. host: michigan's secretary of state holding a press conference on the state of counting in michigan. you can see that on the website for the state, and find out more information about the counting process as well. we are in the home stretch of this program, knowing for about 20 more minutes, taking your call on the election and the results. for updates, here is john.

the daypproaching noon after the election. here is where the race stands, and how many americans came out to vote yesterday on election day, starting with michael mcdonald of the election project, with this tweet very early this morning. the estimates of the 2020 state and national turnout and voting-eligible population 66.9%, rates had been at some 160 million americans voting. that would be the highest turnout rate since 1900, when 73.7% of the population turned out to vote. in terms of the state of the race, here is where we are right now. joe biden with 238 electoral votes. president joe -- president trump with to hunt a 13 electoral votes. were watching georgia and north carolina. i want to run through the latest from those states.

wisconsin is the race where we are likely going to get a call pretty soon here, because there is 99% reporting there. joe biden just ahead in 49.6% to 48.9%. when it comes to wisconsin, remember that a candidate can request a recount in that state if the margin is less than 1%. and then, to the wolverine state of michigan. right now joe biden ahead, 49.5%. the president, 48.9%. to pennsylvania, the keystone state, the president had their 53.8% to joe biden's 45.1%. only 80% reporting there. plenty of absentee ballots still yet to be reported. the peach state of georgia, at 53.5%.trump

very close to all the ballots being counted in georgia. 99% reporting. and then north carolina. that is the senate race for you in north carolina. but the president slightly ahead in north carolina. we are waiting for the final results. 100% reporting in north carolina . absentee ballots still waiting to be counted. president trump with his latest tweet just a couple minutes ago, saying they are finding biden votes all over the place in pennsylvania, wisconsin, and michigan. this from the "washington post" latest developments about how election is being viewed around the world. he washington noting after prison's declaration of victory overnight germany's defense more election an explosive situation with possibility of a kraoufs.tional european media led the websites

united states is on brink collapse. the formerotes urged australia an prime minister and media disparaging election as seeming luke a nation's election. that wrap up from the "washington post" this morning. columbus ohio a supporter joe biden. caller: i'm a joe bay,supporter and voted for him because i he can bring this unite together and everybody. did liketnam vet and i what trump said about the veterans which really turned me. i will support the country and i love america. host: a supporter of president

trump up from south carolina. caller: are you online? you anita? stkpwr caller: yes. president trump has done a lot for this country and i think we in a lot worse shape if he had not been president. vote for joe biden for the reason of what he stand for to the point where my husband i are discussing leaving the nited states if joe biden get in office. host: specifically what about president trump are -- why did for him the second time? i assume you voted for him. first vote for him the time? caller: yes. host: why did you vote for him time.mething caller: their past predicts their fort. -- their future. president trump has managed to personal life.

he brought himself from the knee built himself into what he is today. host: mary in california. biden.ter of joe caller: the reason i'm calling businessman. a good he filed bankruptcy six times. town trump shut university and he had to pay $25 million. shut down his charity organization because he was his own personal cash fund. president obama created more trump owes ump and $400 million in loans. if he is such a good businessman why doesn't he show us has taxes. just because they are being audited this is not an excuse. released ates have their taxes. -- oesn't care about

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ballots should be banned. i feel it is unconstitutional. elections are really in the hands of the supreme the states asne i hosting d it is just a that. when you get to the bottom line he state are only hosting it and it boils down what i have come across with the supreme court. i would want to let americans know what i have come across the decade. you have asked so many people name one thing that biden has 47 years and it is or er yelling vitriol walking away and not one person accomplishment. you remember him when he was on offt mic and thought he was stage and called word a americans n referred to racial jungles. is family has been raking in

millions kickbacks for 47 years bonded withh our -- our enemy. host: why are you spell trump?ting president caller: everything i said. trump is a t done man of action and his words. he's made this economy. he's got something for covid hat nobody else on planet has done. not one president or prime minister. that the first to go and protected. more people would die under biden. with energy ndent and we are going to go back to to pay twice or four times the at. children's and families won't be drive their kids to school with the high prices. ost: let's go to ellen in shepherdstown, west virginia a biden.ter of joe caller: hi.

i would like a brief of myself.n i'm a native west virginian, miner an wellcoal educated psychologist. over port for mr. biden mr. trump can been caps hated -- be encapsulated on preparations last night from each candidate. mr. trump's gathering showed a oom of maskless people with no fess distance at a -- no covid issubstance when at anal time high. is words reflected his partner of anger, disportion and clear statement of disregarding concept of our being counted which is mine blowing during an worldwide pandemic example northrop grumman laws pandemic ignoring laws with time to process mail and be

that he ballots. host: your support for joe biden? other hand he mr. biden's presentation was distanced with people wearing masks. calm and clear recognizing need and time to have all citizens vote. on awareness of the burden election officials during a the mic and law setting time line for ballots to be received and counted. west that is ellen in virginia giving her assessment f why she is supporting very baden. back to john. top of the ou on atest twaets from up and down pennsylvania avenue. president trump following up the tweet we showed you with it tweet. they are working hard to make up half a million vote advantage in

disappear as soon as possible likewise michigan president is what the tweeted. some response from members ongress to the president's latest series of twaeeets claimg sake raud tammy duckworth candidates don't decide the outcome. people to. shannon watts gun to the group responding president saying they are counting not finding ballots. up on the date apitol producer with this democrats holding virginia's econd district first term elaine loria defeat scott tarsal rematch.018 she flipped that southeastern virginia seat two years ago in a race against taylorment so that is the latest

house races. gun rates ace activist republican loren barber defeated diane mitch-busch in colorado's they are. republican he congressman scott top ton in the primary primary. to the senate races chad with citing a colleague at fox news the campaign of susan collins says with the will speak 3% she has almost a 51% advantage to the democratic 42.5. ge's host: to illinois supporter of biden. this is cary. caller: hello, how are you?

ask peoplethings you why are they supporting biden or trump. of the things you have noticed most of the callers that biden which is myself what they nce behind are saying and why they vote forbafor biden. there are facts versus on trump he is a master of marketing. everything he says is high level ith no substance and he residents it over and over to drive the feelings his supporters to support him. that is what you're getting a feelallers saying how they upset and they are suspicious of the vote when all facts lie on side of biden. biden beats trump in -- supporting re you him? does : everything that he not do that trump does. when it comes to trump's

worthiness. trump like from the campaign and throughout his whole presidency bagger the ho is wall and -- paying for the wall taxes an laying thousands of times lying thousands of about every topic even up to the coronavirus was a hoax. the he was lying about fraud in voting when the facts voter suppression is from the republican side. mr. baden makes trustworthy? caller: he has been in office a part of a presidential administration. hat administration was for helping american people. they put in the affordable care involved was very with. that was to help americans and you didn't sign up for the at all insurance policy, you

benefited from having the law in place that allows you to seen with preexisting conditions. host: cathy in london, kentucky, supporter of president trump. trump i'm a very proud suppo upporter who is concern among things i heard were the united states postal service delivery going down for a while especially yesterday and that is concerning. host: ok. mark in waldorf, maryland, a support of others. hello, thanks for taking my call. my big sticking point is you bodily you a top my in this country and you have a threat trump always it roe v wade and on the other be a staunch democrat you have biden saying

lock all 50 to governors in a room and have to be ndate the yet proven defiant vaccine saying body, my choice and it really not sure why many are about this but unfortunately starred in the the terms have sole heir soul to fapharmaceutical industry. california and new york are proof. i wish the president would it is my body, am i choice. host: who it you support yes? caller: the libertarian candidate. jo jorgensen. caller: yes because she would let government map date anything on doctor mandate boy.ect on your host: this is from ken in a support er president trump. caller: i know we've a lot of

going arson dark rhetoric that president trump that's an e for this citizens of this country than .ny president in history we talk about black lives matter. lives matter in the eyes of the people. people forget how w reated the indian nation was. and accept them out them out west -- and sent them ut west but he recognized them for what they are. they are brother and sister of all f this nation and away came hear from other cousins. host: that is condition in kings ending this face-off-hour program looking at results of this election. day will go on as we get information away invite you to oin us again on this program starting at 7:00 to take your calls and get latest information

when it comes to the state of election. stay tuned to c-span and for the latest information where you it value events that we've taken in the speeches and other events we'll take in throughout the day. how to with this programming that you saw earlier patennsylvania as secretary of state taking questions about ballots.e of counting >> good morning, everybody. paback. ave you esterday was election day and hrepb election officials are still counciling votes. of the county election officials worked late we still have and work to do. i want to say thank you to the staff, solace who work so hard to count the votes and are still them.g hard to count the promise of democracy