tweets. ♪ announcer: you are c-span, your unfiltered the love government, created by america's cable television company as a public service and brought to you today by your television provider. announcer: as the boats continued to be counted, stay with c-span for live coverage of the election process. c-span, your unfiltered view of politics. >> that evening. welcome to a third night of results from the 2020 election. here are where things stand tonight. joe biden is ahead in the electoral college count, with 264. president trump, 214. that includes arizona and its 11 electoral votes, which have been called for the biden-harris ticket by the associated press and fox news.

others have held off, as thousands of ballots remain to be counted, including in the state's largest county, maricopa. and statesontinues that remain uncalled, alaska, nevada, georgia, north carolina, and pennsylvania. and in the city of philadelphia, this has been the scene all day, where election workers have worked through the nearly one -- nearly half a million election ballots left to be counted in the state. with us forr being our continued coverage of campaign 2020. as always, we want to get you involved in the conversation. if you voted or the president, 202-748-8920.t at biden,voted for joe 202-748-8921. us.ext

let's take a look at where the popular vote stands. with 98% reporting in the nation, the vice president has a lead over president trump, with a little of 69 -- a little over 69 million votes. in alaska, the president, with a sizable lead. most think the president will get this state. in nevada, 77% reporting. it is still too close to call in the state of nevada. also, moving on to north carolina, president donald trump, with a slight edge over joe biden. president donald trump with a slightly over the former vice president -- a slight lead over the former vice president. trump, 49.4%onald to 49.3%. that is where we will begin anight, with our guest,

senior reporter with the atlanta journal-constitution. where does the vote stands right now in the presidential contest? [indiscernible] from savanna in georgia about another ago. votes separate joe biden and trump right now. trump with a narrow lead. there are 1 -- there are 20,000 votes we are still waiting for. absentee ballots, military and overseas ballots. are inf them democratic leaning areas. that suburban areas -- orically have gotten northeast atlanta tend to be republican.

every vote is making a huge difference for the campaign. host: when will these votes be counted? the outstanding ones you were talking about? possible is a lot of them are into the weekend. many counties may go into the weekend. it will take a while before we have a true count of every single ballot here. host: what is the process like for accounting these ballots? why would it take into the boats? for the remaining guest: especially the military ballots, the overseas ballots, somewhere returned thursday morning. countysuburban

that might be county into the weekend, some of the batches of votes that were being scanned, there were some issues. they had to get the manufacturers and to help with a lot of those issues. there are many issues causing the delay so far. host: what if one of the candidates does not get to 50%? is that possible? guest: it is possible. where it makes more of a difference is in the senate races. both of them appear to be going into overtime. they are going to go back to the polls again january 5 to have their say. for federal reasons, there is not a runoff. -- in the presidential race. guest: if these -- host: if these two senate races go into a runoff, when do they start campaigning? guest: immediately.

we have already seen leffler campaigning. the winner will be serving until january of 20 to three. it is a bit of an unusual circumstance. -- 2023. it is a bit of an in usual circumstance. contest one into a runoff. there were only three candidates and they were libertarian. most perdue was one of the popular politicians in the state. counts on winning outright on tuesday. guest: georgia went for -- ast: georgia went for democratic presidential candidate in 1992. what has the democratic turnout

been in georgia? guest: it has surged over the last couple of years. a lot of it goes back to two different events. both of them having to do with donald trump it with the 2017 special election here. -- donald trump. won was the 27 special election here. 2017specialhe election here. it became a referendum on trump. people looked around and thought, there's a lot of us, we can get a lot of democrats, for once. 2018 gubernatorial bid, she ran as a progressive.

she run a very moderate trek. that she ran a very moderate trek. it proved that you could run as a progressive and be very close to winning. democratic voters or getting mr. of national attention. you're going to see it over the next nine weeks with other races that look like they are going into overtime. host: our viewers can follow tamar's reporting over the of coming hours and days if you go to the atlanta journal-constitution, the senior reporter for that paper, thank you for your time. let's go to your calls. jane in alabama. you voted for the president. what are your thoughts? here we are, the third day. jane, you've got to turn down the television.

turn it off. listen and talk to the phone. okay.: host: let me move on. you've got to turn off the television, just listen and talk to your phone. lisa in west virginia. you voted for joe biden. thnk? what do you -- what do you think? the current president of the u.s. did a lot of lying the last years ago , and he think everybody does it. that would make sense. if you are treating the law -- law, the will of

the people was not honored four years ago. the will was thrown to the wayside of the people of the united states of america. and it is time that he move on. host: lisa, are you a lifelong democrat? no.er: my mother and father both were staunch republicans. host: when and why did you become a democrat? caller: because i saw -- well, i voted for reagan. i voted for bush. but i vote for who is the best, the most qualified person, whether i like them or not. i was not crazy about hillary four years ago. i didn't like her personality. i really just didn't much care for her, but i knew that she had been in politics since she was 16 years old. and she was the most qualified

person. to handle the job. and what have done a good job. and we are the united states of america. the majority was not honored. they need to get rid of the electoral college. host: lisa, talking about the popular vote in 2016. stin in mayfield, kentucky. you voted for the presidents. good evening. caller: yes, i voted for president trump. is actually my first year ever voting. host: why did you decide to vote? caller: everything was really heated. i have been eligible to vote for 20 years. i've never really felt the need to. just sort of an outsider politics looking in. the thing i liked most about he is an trump is that

outsider. i didn't feel like there was a whole history of, a whole 47 year history of things not being accomplished. host: why not vote for years ago -- four years ago? caller: i didn't want to be involved. i felt like staying out of it was better. politics, religion, the whole thing. it tends to get messy. host: so what changed your mind this time around? why did you feel like you needed to get involved? caller: the whole situation with the country really felt like everybody needed to be involved for this on. -- for this one. from the pandemic, everything that was happening, from protests, it really felt like this election needed everybody's opinion. and what do you think

about three days later and we don't know who the president is? caller: that is really confusing to me, because we were able to count up millions and millions in all of the states the first, then subsequent states were not able to do the last 20,000. i don't really understand the process, but it seems like we would be a lot better at this 250 years into our country. host: rodney in north dakota. your turn next. caller: yes, we voted for joe biden and harris. joe biden is catholic. he's a christian. and not only that, all this stuff that trump has said, these four years is a bunch of lies. he's done nothing good for this country. for windthat, biden is

energy, clean energy. he will help this country. obama did good, and he will, too. host: was your vote more against the president and for joe biden, would you say? caller: more against the president for joe biden, yes. host: why do you say that? caller: because of all the things trump has done. mhmm. stuff that is not uncalled for. he has called countries, continent names. he has not done every reason the country. host: who was with you -- is with you? my son is with me. host: now to catherine in north dakota. you voted for president trump. what motivated you?

caller: i did. that man is not a politician. he's done more for this country than hillary or any of those other assholes. i'm sorry for the swear word. he is a christian. he's a catholic. christians are pro-life. he is pro-person. 'nother story. but our economy is up, everything is flourishing. feel the country a set of her failure now. i got no. it's just my feeling -- i don't know. it's just my feeling. host: michael cleveland sends us this text, "what is so difficult to understand? putting parameters are set that state legislatures, all but one, nevada, have gop legislatures. they made the rules."

george in new york, you voted for the biden-harris ticket. what motivated you? well, the fact that mr. trump does not say anything that can be substantiated by facts. and after research, he has constantly lied and divided the country. i am fortunate living in new york city, where there were such a variety of opinion and backgrounds. i used to enjoy going to dinner with my friends, whether they were democratic, independent, republican. and we exchanged ideas. many have changed my viewpoints about certain way that i see things. and that is why this country is great, is because the different ideas are discussed, and people come together, make this country move forward. this president is constantly

dividing people and saying it is his way or the highway, diminishes people, insults dismisses everyone who does not view things the same way he does. that weakens us. host: when did you vote? what was it like for you? caller: i was one of the early voters. i cast my ballot, i was here at 6:10 a.m. waiting for the bulls to open at 7:00 a.m. in new york. host: did you get in right away? opened aten the doors 7:00 a.m., i was done by 7:25 a.m. host: what do you do for a living? caller: i am a retired school administrator. i still love my republican friends, who can sit down and provide fax and evidence to support -- facts and evidence to

support their viewpoints, not conspiracy theories that have no basis or fact and evidence. host: do you belong to the teacher union? caller: yes. debates aboutus the direction of the union. it's like everything else. the union goes in the direction of the people. host: have you ever voted for a republican? caller: yes. host: which one? caller: the first reagan term, i voted for reagan. not the second term. host: george in new york, supporting the biden-harris terra get -- the biden-harris ticket. kellyanne conway says at the biden can pay for saying he is going to win and said, that should not be sai. -- said. "i think the president meant he

had the race won." joe biden talked to supporters earlier today. here's what he had to say. biden: good afternoon, folks. senator harris and i just completed briefings on both covid and the economic crisis facing this nation. we are reminded again of the severity of this pandemic. on the rise nationwide, and we are nearing 240,000 deaths due to covid. our hearts go out to each and every family that has lost a loved one. to this terrible disease. vote is sacred. it is how people in this nation express their will. votersis the will of the . no one, not any thing else chooses the united states of america's president. so, each ballot must be counted.

that is what we are going to see going through now. and that is how it should be. democracy is sometimes messy. it sometimes requires a little patients, as well. but that patience has been rewarded now for over 240 years with a system of governance that's been the envy of the world. we continue to feel very good about where things stand. we have no doubt that when the count is finished, senator harris and i will be declared the winner's. -- declared the winners. so, i ask everyone to stay calm, all the people to stay calm. the process is working. the count is being completed. we will know very soon. thank you all for your patience, but we have to count the votes. god bless you all and god bless our troops. -- protect our troops. thank you so much. host: joseph is joining us in illinois. you voted for the president. how do you respond to joe biden

there? caller: i don't know how to feel about joe biden myself. i feel like joe biden is a bit on the older side. he's an older man. i feel like he's going into the league where he will have alzheimer's soon and can't lead the country right. host: he is only three years older than the president. caller: but by the way he is messing up his words, he doesn't make sense to me. host: why did you vote for the president? what were your top issues? caller: this is the first time i've ever voted in my life. i'm a u.s. citizen. i feel like donald trump is a better candidate for the u.s. because he's a christian man. if you like he's an honest man. a businessman. he can lead the country in the right way. we will be good with him. host: did you vote on election day? caller: i voted 15 minutes before the election polls

closed. and i felt like i had to do it this year. host: what was that like? caller: it was kind of exciting. i feel like i did the right thing for my country. it was my duty to do it. host: did you just become a u.s. citizen? caller: i was born here. i was never into politics. host: so you were never into politics and you did not vote for years ago? caller: i did not. host: would you have voted for the president? caller: i would have definitely 100 percent voted for donald trump. host: what was the difference this year? caller: i didn't know much about him. i feel like he pushed us in the right direction this time. i feel like he's just a good man. i feel like he is doing the right things. the economy is going up. i think we are going to lose a lot of these covid-19 cases. there will start dropping. america is headed in the right path with donald trump.

-- to luca ino to lu des moines. who did you vote for? caller: biden. what i wanted to say is, i wanted to let everybody know that you live in a country where everybody from the outside looks in for a better life. but if you have division, hatr , d, we are not going to survive. hatred, we are not going to survive with other issues going on. our country is dealing with the infections of covid, yet the president cannot act. the republican party has enabled the president to behave as if he is not in charge of anything. he does not care.

they do not care themselves. but i hope that there are enough people that will be able to walk thether, follow the scienc scientific instruction the cdc instructs. add, everybody to do their best. host: where are you from? caller: des moines. host: where are you originally from? caller: iowa. host: were you born in the united states? caller: i am calling from des moines now. host: let's look at some of the tossup senate races. right now, there are several cases that have not been called. in arizona, this was a closely watched race. kelly, oustedk

the senator that was appointed to the seat. that was to fill out the remainder of the late john mccain's term. in georgia, this one has not been called. they were pretty was above the 50% threshold for this jungle election. he has fallen below. the otherike he and candidate are headed toward a runoff. a special election is also headed for a runoff on january 5. kelly loeffler, she and the reverend will be facing off then. getaine, susan collins will a fifth term in the senate. she's first elected in 1996. gary peters was able to send off a challenge from john james, republican in that state. also in north carolina, you can see this one has not been called yet. it's been a little tighter

-- it's gotten a little tighter since tuesday. the republican, with a slightly over cunningham, the democrat. charles in niagara falls, you voted for the former vice president. let me go to charles. hold on one second. charles, are you there? we will go to lauren in lawrence,arizona -- in maricopa, arizona. you voted for the president. how are you? what do you think of maricopa and the votes being counted their? caller: yes. something is not right. host: why do you say that? caller: because of the turnout come all the people that watch his rallies. there is no way he could be behind. son called me from michigan, very upset. he said they showed people

likethey hired come up less matter people, to work the ballots. they came in with suitcases and briefcases and walked out with them filled with ballots. where they went, who knows? host: where's the evidence of that? caller: it is on you do. it is on several different -- on youtube. it is on several different films. host: you trust you to as a source -- youtube as a source? caller: i trust the pictures sent in by people. host: when did you vote? on election day, early vote? caller: this year. i had a mail-in ballot. host: he chose to mail it in. how come? caller: i just thought it was the easier thing to do. second thoughts about it. i was thinking about going down to the polling and voting there,

but i thought, that is all i need, is to get arrested for voting twice. host: is there a way for you to figure out if your ballot made it and was counted? caller: i don't know. i wish there was. host: okay. lawrence in maricopa, arizona. the associated press and fox have already called in that state for joe biden. let's go to charles in niagara falls. he voted for biden-harris. your turn. caller: yes. i'm so glad you are giving me the opportunity to come on c-span. in 77 years old. i've been through about 15 presidents. -- i'm 77 years old. i have never felt more shamed in my life than when i heard this president go before the public in front of the white house and condemn our voting

system. it's the first time in history that i've heard of such a thing happening. i have 8 children and 25 grandchildren. of ourm ashamed, ashamed president. host: what in particular about what he said tonight? caller: he lies, everything out of his mouth is a lie. i can't remember him telling the truth about anything. he never had a church to go to. he's not a christian. he doesn't have a church. everything he says is to help him. to get what he wants. and he uses all lies. how can anybody vote for somebody that lies 3500 times in four years? what am i supposed to tell my grandchildren, that this is the right kind of president? the coming up and ask me,

who are you voting for? -- they call me up and asked me, were you voting for? i am voting for the next president, god help us, biden. he is the man for the job. he is good in office. he knows washington. he knows how to run the presidency. he was a vice president for eight years. he is the man for the job. somebody's got to get us out of this. this is a president who let over and gavepeople die them the wrong information. that is the truth. host: have you always voted for democrats? caller: no. my father was a republican. he made me sign up republican. i started voting democrat for kennedy, john kennedy. host: what made you switch? caller: i didn't see the other

i thoughtrd nixon, kennedy was the guy. i loved the guy. i cried when he got killed. that's how much i cared for the guy. that it wasyou say kennedy that sealed your allegiance to the party for all of these years? caller: oh, no. now, there's two things in this country, you've got the democrats who were for the people, and the republicans who are the billionaires. and that is it. all they care about israel election and getting money from the billionaires to get reelected. -- is reelection and getting money from the billionaires to get reelected. that is all they care about. 1% of the richest people in the country got over $1 trillion in the last tax break. i mean, it is ridiculous.

how anybody can vote for a republican is beyond me. host: what did you do for a living? caller: i was in construction. i had a construction company. i did driveways. i worked in construction of my life. i'm retired now. 77 years old. . never had problems host: you are a handful, charles. [laughter] thanks for calling in. david in texas, voted for the president. what are your thoughts on this third day of the election? we don't know who is going to be the next president of the u.s. what are you thinking? caller: i'm thinking these mail-in ballots are kind of crazy, how this is going on. it looks at the president was theing in a lot of states, then they break it down, and you just are seeing how it

keeps rising toward biden. radio to work this morning that, how can they be saying this? almost 90% of the people in that county voted for biden. what are the chances of that? i just feel like there's a lot of conspiracy theories around anyway. host: what would you say when you look at ruby red counties? large of aas percentage voted for the president? caller: it is hard to believe that everybody would be, in one county, to that.

host: what if it is 90%, would you believe it? caller: a large county, like dallas, fort worth, those large cities that have 90% would be fathom that many are one-sided. all i'm saying is, i would like to come up with a different way for us to do this. mail-in ballots? why don't we assign one to everyone that has a social security number? everyone that has a social security number, they should know where they live. in,do your ballot, mail it if you go online, you check and see that it is done. one somebody passes away, they post a report within a certain

amount of time. will knowity officer if someone is alive or dead. host: thanks for sharing your thoughts. -- int into,, washington tacoma, washington. what you think -- what do you think? caller: i think everything is crazy, the way the votes are going. especially with the 41st president -- the 41st president 45th president, you'd think we could do this better by now. of keeping track of ballots. obviously, if they have not dead people voting it -- maybe we will see that, maybe we won't. there weres where

more than one ballots send to -- sent to one household. goodast caller had a point, sending everybody who has asocial security number ballot, maybe even a picture, who knows? just something better. wether thing, why can't postpone on the presidency? i know it sounds crazy, but this is out of hand. host: i'm going to leave it there. out, a reporter, tweeting that he recounted, pennsylvania, has flipped to biden, who pulled ahead with 49.8%, compared with trump's 48.8%. gary voted for barack obama two times in a row, but then went for trump and 2016.

it is not just the presidential race that has not been called yet. there's also house races. in pennsylvania's 17th district, the incumbent democrat is fending off a challenge from sean parnell. in the 19th district of new york, antonio delgado, democrat, spent over $2 million on his own , who versus the republican spent around $70,000. he has just a slightly. s., the former cia operative elected in 2018, she has an advantage over the republican challenger. congressman, ben mcadams, the only democrat in the utah delegation, he is trailing right now. his republican challenger. in arizona's first district, the incumbent democrat, tom o'halloran, also with about two point lead -- about a two point

lead. steven horsford, also in the lead. just a slight edge over his republican. carolyn, you voted for the president, over in alabama. how are you? caller: i love donald trump. i do not like the democrats. -- are evil.s are ei that is communism. when you vote for sleepy joe, they are going to take away your rights. they are going to do away with gas, clothes, they want to raise up the property taxes. how can anyone vote for a democrat? i don't understand. i've been a republican all of my life. and i love donald trump. donald trump is going to clean up the whole united states of

america. he wants to bring everything jobs, hemerica, the wants to bring back the clothes, the cars, he wants to bring back everything in america, like it should be. host: we will go on to ellen, in massachusetts. hi, why did you vote for biden-harris? caller: because i believe with all my heart that joe biden and kamala harris are going to bring dignity back to the white house. i am so shamed when i read and hear mr. trump opening his mouth. three ring a circus out of the office of the president. him and his family are just circus people. and it is so highly offensive. my parents were immigrants.

they came to this country. they worked hard. and you know, joe biden kamala harris are a germ come true for me. i wanted to read up on kamala years ago. -- are a dream come true for me. i wanted to read up on kamala harris years ago. donald trump offends me as a woman, as a mother -- he is everything i would not want my daughters to marry. host: what do you do for a living? caller: i am newly retired. i was a customer service representative. host: and you have always been a democrat? caller: i have always been a democrats. always. because we have always been poor. we did not know we were, but we were poor.

my parents were honest, hard-working people, my grandparents. joe biden and kamala, it just thrills me to think that i can show my granddaughter ms. kamala and my grandson joe biden and feel a sense of pride. mr. trump and his family are a joke. you this excited for years ago -- four years ago? caller: i went to bed thinking hillary won and woke up and thought trump won. i thought it was a joke. i thought my coworkers were kidding me. i am from massachusetts, the greatest state and our country. when barack obama was in office, i just prayed every day, this is the greatest country ever. is just an

embarrassment. i'm so sorry. he is embarrassing himself by questioning our voting. unbelievable. host: were your parents democrats, yoo? -- too? caller: yes, they were. host: why did you say you were poor? what did they do? caller: my mother stayed home. my father was a carpenter. we came from a family of six. of wonderful, hard-working people. never got in trouble, we just had great work ethics. be soust so proud, i will proud to be an american again if joe biden gets in. host: ivon in florida. you voted for trump-pence. why? caller: yes, i do. he is one of the greatest presidents we have ever had. i think this election is very raked. -- rigged. host: why do you say that?

caller: if you look at their followers, it is just common sense. trump has 88.5 million online followers compared to biden, who has 13.5 million followers. host: you think that is an indication of votes? think there's a lot on the voting sector that to beto be verified legitimate votes. i am an actual teacher. look at theif you votes that are coming in, all of a sudden, votes are coming in from anywhere. and even if you look at michigan, you can see very clearly that trump has won. they won't call it, because obviously, it is not blue, but they will call it if it is on the other side, with the same amount of stretch in between. if you look at the numbers, just

common things that are right, it is definitely not right, the voting coming in. host: michigan has been called for joe biden. caller: yes, it has been called for joe biden. i understand that. if you look at the numbers from the michigan site that are not news, it shows trump was ahead -- not new, it shows trump was ahead. host: did you vote for president trump four years ago? caller: yes, i did. i voted for him four years ago and now again. most of my family that were even democratic what republican this time. guest: -- host: have you always been a republican? caller: yes, i've always been a republican. host: but some switched to the republican party? caller: correct. host: here is the president from earlier tonight talking about the election and where it stands this evening. president trump: thank you very much. good evening.

i would like to provide the american people with an update on our efforts to protect the integrity of a very important 2020 election. votes, iunt the legal easily win. if you count the illegal votes, they can try to steal the election from us. if you count the votes that came in late, we are looking into them very strongly. a lot of those came in late. i have already decisively won many critical states, including a victory in florida, indiana, ohio, to name just a few. we won these and many other victories despite historic asction interference everybody saw, we won by historic numbers. and they got it knowingly wrong. it's so ridiculous and everybody knew it at the time.

there is no blue wave that they predicted. they thought there was going to be a big blue wave. that was false. that was done for suppression reasons. but instead, there was a big red wave, and it's been properly acknowledged by the media. i think they were very impressed, but that was after the fact. that doesn't do us any good. we kept the senate, despite having twice as many seats to protect as democrats. -- to defend as democrats. and really, in much more competitive states, we did a fantastic job with the senate. i think we're very proud of what's happened there. they spent almost $200 million in senate races in south carolina and kentucky alone, two races, and hundreds of millions of dollars against us. at the national level, our opponents and major donors were wall street bankers and special interests. our major donors were police officers, farmers, and everyday citizens.

yet for the first time ever, we lost zero races in the house. to kevin mccarthy today. he said he couldn't believe it. very unusual thing. zero races. we won new seats, with many more on the way. this is also the year of the republican woman. more republican women were elected to congress than ever before. that's a great achievement. i won the largest share of non-white voters of any republican in 60 years, including historic numbers of latino, african-american, asian american, and native american voters, the largest ever in our history. we grew our party by 4 million voters, the greatest turnout in republican party history. democrats are the party of the big donors, the big media, the big tech, it seems, and

republicans have become the party of the american worker, and that's what happened. and we're also the party of inclusion. as everyone now recognizes, media polling was election interference in the truest sense of that word, by powerful special interests. these really phony polls, fake polls, designed to create the illusion of momentum for mr. biden and diminish republicans ability to raise funds. -- diminish republicans' ability to raise funds. they were what's called suppression polls. it's never been used to the extent that it's been used in this last election. everyone knows that now. to highlight just a few examples, the day before the election, quinnipiac, which was wrong on every occasion that i know of, had joe biden up by five point in florida. -- five points in florida. and they were off by 8.4 points and i won florida easily,

easily. so, they had me losing florida by a lot, and i ended up winning florida by a lot. other than that, they were very accurate. they had him up four points in ohio, and they were up by 12.2 points. and they also won ohio, the great state of ohio, there easily. -- very easily. the washington post said joe biden was up 17 points in wisconsin, and it was basically even. they were off by about 17 point. -- by about 17 points. and they knew that. they were not stupid people. they knew that, suppression. there are now only a few states yet to be decided in the presidential race. the voting apparatus of this states -- of those states are run, in all cases, by democrats. we were winning in all the key locations by a lot, actually, and then our numbers started miraculously getting whittled

away, in secret, and they wouldn't allow, legally, permissible observers. we went to court in a couple of instances and we were able to get the observers putting. -- put in. when they got there, they wanted them 60, 70 feet away, 100 feet away to observe. we won a big case. there is lots of litigation. there is tremendous amount of litigation, because of how unfair this process was. and i predicted that. i have been talking about mail-in voting for a long time. it's really destroyed our system. it's a corrupt system. and it makes people corrupt, even if they are not, by nature. but they become corrupt. it's too easy. they want to find out how many votes they need, then they seem to be able to find them. they wait and wait, and you see

that on election night. we were ahead in north carolina by a lot, tremendous number of votes. and we're still ahead by a lot, but not as many because they're finding ballots all of a sudden. it's amazing how these mail-in ballots are all one-sided. i know it's supposed to be to the advantage of the democrats. but in all cases, they are one-sided. we were up by 700,000 votes in pennsylvania. i won pennsylvania by a lot. and that gets whittled down to, i think they said now we're up by 90,000 votes. they will keep coming and coming and coming, they find them all over, and they don't want us to have observers, although we won a court case. the judge said you have to have observers. and they're appealing. actually, they're appealing. we won a case we want people to watch, we want observers, and

the're appealing. that's interesting. i wonder why they're appealing. want to do is have people watch as they do the vote tabulation. likewise, in georgia, i won by a lot, a lot, with a lead getting close to 300,000 votes on election night in georgia -- and by the way, got whittled down, and now it's getting to be to a point where i'll be winning by a lot, to perhaps even being down a little bit. in georgia, a pipe burst, in a faraway location, totally unrelated to the location, and they stopped counting for four hours. and a lot of things happened. the election apparatus in georgia is run by democrats. we have also had margins of 300,000. in michigan, we won the state. we are way up in michigan. in wisconsin, we did likewise, fantastically well. and that got whittled down.

in every case, they got whittled down. today, we're on track to win arizona. we only need to carry 55% of the remaining vote, 55% margins, and that's a margin that we've significantly exceeded, so we'll see what happens with that. but we are on track to do ok in arizona. our goal is to defend the integrity of the election. we will not allow the corruption to steal such an important election, or any election for that matter, and we can't allow silence of anybody to silence our voters and manufacture results. i've been doing a lot of public things for a long time. i've never had anything that's been as inspirational by people calling, talking, sending things to us. i've never seen such love and such affection and such spirit as i've seen for this.

people know what happening and they've seen what's happening. it is before their eyes. there are many instances, which will be reported very shortly. there is tremendous litigation going on. and this is a case where they are trying to steal an election. they are trying to rig an election. we can't let that happen. detroit and philadelphia, two of the most political places. they cannot be responsible for engineering the outcome of the presidential race. a very important presidential race. in pennsylvania, democrats have gone to the state supreme court to try to ban our election observers very strongly. we won the case, but they're going forward. they don't want anybody watching them as they count the ballots. and i can't imagine why. there is no legitimate reason why they would not want to have people watching this process.

because if it's straight, they should be proud of it. instead, they are trying obviously to commit fraud. there's no question about that. in philadelphia, observers are kept far away, very far away. so far, that people are using binoculars. to try and see. there's been tremendous problems caused. they put paper on all of the windows so you can't see in, and the people that are banned are very unhappy and have become somewhat violent. the 11th circuit ruled that in georgia, the votes have been in by election day, that they should be in by election day, and they weren't. votes are coming in after election day. and they had a ruling already that you have to have the votes in by election day. to the best of my knowledge, votes should be in by election day. they didn't do that. democrat officials never

believed they could win this election honestly. i really believed that. that is why they did the mail-in ballots, where there is tremendous corruption and fraud going on. that's why they mailed out tens of millions of unsolicited ballots without any verification measures whatsoever. and i told everybody that these things would happen. because i've seen it happen. i've watched a lot of different elections before they decided to go with this big massive election, with tens of millions of ballots going out to everybody, in many cases totally unsolicited. this was unprecedented in american history. this was, by design, despite years of claiming to care about election security. they refuse to require signatures, identities, or to determine whether they are eligible or ineligible to vote. people are walking in, they have no idea. they are just taking numbers,

they are writing down things, the workers, doing a lot of bad things. we have a lot of information coming and litigation that you will see. it will shake even you people up. the officials overseeing the counting in pennsylvania, all are part of a corrupt democrat machine that you've written about for a long time. you've been writing about a corrupt democrat machine. i went to school there. it hasn't changed. and has not changed. -- it has not changed. it's gotten worse. in pennsylvania, partisan democrats have allowed the ballots to be received three days after the election, and we think much more than that. and they are counting those without any identification whatsoever. so, you don't have postmarks, you don't have identification. there have been a number of disturbing irregularities across the nation. our campaign has been denied access to observe any counting in detroit.

detroit is another place. and i wouldn't say the best reputation for election integrity. poll workers in michigan were duplicating ballots. but when our observers attempted to challenge the activity, they jumped in front of the volunteers to block their view so they couldn't see what they were doing. and it became a little bit dangerous. one major hub for counting ballots in they covered up the -- in detroit covered up the windows with large pieces of cardboard. so, they wanted to protect and love the counting area. seeingdn't want anybody the counting even though they were legal observers that were supposed to be there. there were hours of unexplained delay in delivering many votes for counting. the final batch did not arrive until 4:00 in the morning. even though the polls closed at 8:00, the blood -- they brought it in, and nobody knew

where they came from. we have been denied observing and critical places in georgia. we've been denied access. counting was halted for hours and hours on election night with results with held from major democrat-run locations only to appear later, and they all had the name biden on them or just about all, which is a little strange. i challenge joe and democrats to clarify that they only want legal votes. i think they should use legal votes. we want every legal vote counted. i want every legal vote counted. we want openness and transparency. no secret count rooms. mystery ballots, no illegal votes being cast after election day. you have election day and they do not want votes cast after

election day and they want the process to be anonymous. we want an honest election, we want an honest count and we want honest people working back there because it is a very important job. that's the way this country will win. that is the way the united states will win and we think people will win the election. soon, we think there's going to be a lot of litigation because we have so much evidence, so much truth and it will and perhaps in the highest court in the land, we'll see but we think -- we can have an election stolen like this, i have been talking about this for many months with all of you and i have said very strongly that mail-in ballots are going to end up being a disaster, small elections were a disaster, small and easy to handle elections were disasters. this is a large-scale version and it is getting worse and have every day, we

absolute horror stories and we cannot let that happen to the united states of america, it is not a question of who wins, republican, democrat, joe, myself. we cannot let that happen to our country, we cannot be disgraced by having something like this happen. so it will be hopefully cleared up may be soon, i hope soon, but it will probably go through a legal process and as you know i have claimed certain states and he is claiming states so we can both claim the states but ultimately i have a feeling judges are going to have to rule. there has been a lot of shenanigans and we cannot stand for that in our country, thank you very much. president trump from earlier tonight, usa today reacted this way to what the president had to say tonight saying president trump without evidence claimed the presidential election was corrupt and fraudulent, we stopped the livestream of his remarks early and have removed

the video from all of our platforms, our job is to spread truth, not unfounded conspiracies. who stepcan of texas down from his seat did not run again tweeted this out, a sitting president undermining our political process and questioning the legality of palace americans about evidence is not only dangerous and wrong, it undermines the very foundation this nation was built upon. every american should have his or her vote counted. the vice president surely after the president spoke and said, i stand with the president, we must count every vote. we are getting your reaction to where the election stands two went toer many people the polls and voted, all the early votes that happened in this country as well. president,d for the -- if you voted for the former vice

president -- if you voted for another candidate -- text us with your first name, city, and state at ash -- 9:00e a little bit after p.m. here on the east coast and we are expecting any minute more results from a maricopa county in arizona, that state has been called by fox news and the associated press. other outlets have not called the race in that state. there is the associated press calling the race with 93% reporting, 50.1% joe biden garnered to president donald 48.5%. you can see the separation of votes of their. we will get you those results from a maricopa county as soon as we learn them. what separates the two candidates in that state is over 60,000 votes.

john in kalamazoo, michigan, thank you for hanging on the line as we listen to the president from earlier tonight, what do you think about what you heard from the president? john might have fallen asleep, he had to wait too long. we will go to tracy and gladstone, michigan. you voted for the president. tracy, you have to turn down that television. you are up, tracy. caller: i can hear you. yeah, i voted for donald trump because of the fact that he is right, there is so many people out there that were receiving ballots from people that passed away and everything. the votes are corrupt. host: how do you know that, what is the evidence? caller: he is right, the ballots

were coming in from people -- we received ballots from my grandparents here at my house that were passed away. they have been passed away for years, my father was passed away, i received a ballot for him. how many other people out there received ballots from they people that passed away and they just sent it in? host: where is the proof of that the -- though? caller: i received two ballots at my house for grandparents that passed away. my mother-in-law received a ballot from -- from his wife that passed away. luckily, we threw them in the trash, how many people did not and said oh we are going to sign them and vote for biden instead of trump. host: i know you are questioning that, but critics are saying where's the evidence that people actually did that?

caller: where's the evidence that they didn't? how many counties -- there is a county in wisconsin that they said had more votes than there were people. host: ok, tracy in michigan. we are learning that the margin between the two candidates in the state of georgia is less than 3000 votes at this point, take a look at this. they are still counting in georgia, but less than 3000 votes separate the president from his challenger, joe biden. rolen in trenton, new jersey, why did you vote for joe biden? a voted for biden because i think he is the better president for this country. there are 240,000 deaths in america and rising and he is not doing much to prevent that. as an asianve that

american, we have a right to be safe and i do not feel that with trump. he is not doing anything to protect us. he is just causing more animosity among fellow americans. right, carry in south carolina, why did you vote for the president? caller: because he is trustworthy, he says what is on his mind, he's not a politician and regardless of this democrat or republican, i have never seen people carry so much hate in their heart as nancy pelosi and her -- this president will not get in bed with them and it drives them crazy. andthey are going to come wants to defund police so that when they go in compton, california into a gunfight they are going to have a counselor

get out and speak with the bad let's stepll them ok down and let's talk about this. really? trump is not a politician and people cannot stand it because he says what he has got on his mind. that is what is wrong with america today, say what you mean and mean what you say. you always voted every election cycle? caller: no, i have not voted because politicians -- you do not know who to trust. they come out in election time and they roll up their sleeves and they kiss babies and hug grandma's and when they get in the white house you never see them or hear from them again. host: when was the first time you voted then, 2016 or a couple of days ago? caller: two weeks ago. host: two weeks ago for the

first time ever and how old are you? caller: 67. host: why this one and why not four years ago? caller: i guess there is actually no reason for four years ago, but the reason i vote now is because you have a man up is not bought by the politicians and if -- i would love to be a used car salesperson and sell these democrats cars all day long if they believe the stuff that he is saying. this whole thing is to get senator harris and the presidency, i will never make fun of a man or woman's health, not got gentleman has the health to stay in office 12 months. ais is nothing but to get lady of color into the white

house and the presidential seat. right, jim roberts reporter in washington tweets out according to the pennsylvania department of state website, 250,000 more mail-in ballots are yet to be counted in pennsylvania. take a look at where it stands now with 91% reporting. 8.8 percentage lead for the president. the new york times is reporting that biden continues to improve in the state where he just inked up a net of 2500 votes red mercer county where the president currently has a 63% of the vote. let's hear from naomi in california. you voted for the biden-harris ticket. what motivated you? for donaldoted trump, i am an independent -- host: is this jack?

caller: no, this is naomi. host: apologies, go ahead. caller: what i do is i look at both of the candidates to see what they have done, what they are going to do and i research them. when i sit here and i listen to you customer service -- know what, i research. obviously she did not research too much because if she had, she would see that donald trump is for the people. he is for the worker. if you look at it was a democrat, it is the rich. funny. why i find it there areews people, stories that are not being let out, i cannot find information. i had to go through different media. why is that? virginia,jack in west you voted for the president.

yes, this is jack, can you hear me? host: we can. iller: my name is jack mills, am 65, i have been a registered democrat for 45 years. i voted for two republican presidents in my life, one being ronald reagan, the other being trump. i willme next year probably register republican. the democratic party is a mess. they do not honor the second, they do not support the murdering of unborn children and born children, they do not honor prayer in schools they do not have a history of defending our nation's borders. they do not help people to be minded of working by handing them benefits so they can be controlled.

they are not the party of yesteryear, they have done so much, i could go on and on about it. host: let me ask you, did you vote for bill clinton? caller: yes. host: what did you like about him? caller: he was a man that spoke in ways you could understand him and i have said -- felt like he might be the man for the job. host: were you happy with his two terms? caller: [indiscernible] sending them jobs over into the other countries, i do not like that too well. so why have you been a democrat for so long, what made you vote for that party more than vote for republicans? from a democratic family, registered democrat.

stayed with that as long as i could, but i have got to the a longhere -- to make story short, when they put all those 12 candidates up to run ,or a democratic president after listening to them i could not pick one out of the 12 that i would feel comfortable with leading this nation. donald trump, like the guy said before, he is not a politician. i am not a politician. and i felt more comfortable with donald trump leading this nation, i laid down to sleep at night i felt like i could be comfortable that we -- with our borders wasn't going to be invaded and by opening our borders, letting all these people in and handing them a socialist rudy -- social security. host: i understand why support the president, so what did you do for a living?

caller: i worked on the surface mines in west virginia and i spent some time underground, coal mines. host: is your family coal miners? caller: yes. york, goodony new morning -- good evening to you, high tony. isler: how are you doing, it morning -- i'm glad i'm talking to you. you know it really bothers me? this man is over here right now if i heard and we are all the news and he is talking about the cheating and they are doing this so you mean to tell me if they are cheating with you that means that the republicans that got the seat, they cheated there also? you know what i'm saying, when they got elected? their numbers are falls also. you know what i'm saying, where did they get those numbers from?

if they are supposed to be so crooked, how did they get into office? and then i hear these people talking about hey, you know donald trump this and the of that, come on man, we are supposed to be an intelligent society here in the united states and here's a guy that is lying to us about everything even the covid virus where he knew about it and he did not do thing about it. and when the doctors started speaking against him and telling that is not true, he decided to fire them and get rid of them and get somebody that wants to be a yes-man. that is all he wants around him is yes-man. i do not understand. maybe somebody needs to be smoking some grass or something or they are drinking too much moonshine that they cannot understand that this man is a liar. tony in newt tony,

york supporting the biden-harris ticket did -- the runoff in georgia's special senate election is happening on january 5 between senator kelly loeffler, the republican and her challenger pastor raffaella warner, the democrat. -- is already started. with a fork and knife, he wants a step democrat and a sidewalk. he even hates puppies. >> get ready georgia, the negative ads are coming. kelly loeffler does not want to talk about why she is getting rid of health care in the pandemic, so she is going to try and scare you with lies about me. i approve this message because i am saying focus on what washington could do for you and by the way, i love puppies. that is the latest ad in that special election, george's

senate race again heading toward a runoff on january 5. we are getting your calls here two days after election day. kim in in tucson, arizona, you voted in -- for the president, what was voting like in tucson? mess toit was frankly a be honest with you, people did not seem to know what they were doing. host: did you vote election day? caller: yes, i did. host: did you have to wait in line for a while? caller: no, i went early, but when i walked out after i voted there was. but it was a mess, trust me. host: so why did you vote for the president? caller: because i respect the man, he is honest, he has done a lot for this country, he supports our veterans which my hope -- whole entire family is veterans and i really hate what is going on and i hate what everybody is saying about the man.

let me tell you something, when those stimulus checks went out i bet everybody's hands were out, they soon forget everything the president has done to help this country. i am actually appalled that the american people are acting like this. host: ok. caller: it is just unreal, i cannot believe it. host: ok, i am just seeing this update from the new york times here and i want to share with you from arizona, maricopa county, bidens margin over the president in arizona has 2.4owed to 1.5 points from points this morning. separate000 votes them, this coming from the new york times. donald in ohio, high there. caller: how are you doing? host: what are your thoughts on this evening as we are waiting for the presidential race to be called? caller: i'm sitting here

admiring everything going on, after laugh that all these people that think trump is so fabulous and all they have to do is write to cleveland's newspaper and find out they can get a list of all the lies this man has told. one supporter said that she was in favor of president trump because what he does for our armed forces and he calls us losers. i spent four years in the navy and i never saw a loser in there at all. as for the people in west virginia, kentucky that are in support of coal, coal is dying. coal is almost dead. i cannot imagine people wanting to send their children into the coal mines and get black lung. ago, back what, 1918?

before the ford truck's and stuff came out, horses were dying in the streets of new york and philadelphia and chicago because they were being worked to death and the horse manure in the streets was knee-deep. and then when the ford truck's came out, ford manufactured tracks and came out and they had to do away with the horses. it was the same situation then as it is with coal. host: have you always been a democrat? caller: i switch back and forth. that is another thing, i do not believe that you check a box at the top and vote straight red or straight blue. host: how did you vote in 2016? caller: i voted independent on who the candidate was and what i was voting for. it was a hard decision in 2016. i found myself hard to support either one, i know that trump in

16, he came out telling the people what they wanted to hear and they took it hook, line, and sinker. last so who is the republican that you voted for? say reagan, id voted for reagan then. host: what do you do for a living? caller: i am a plaut -- proud members of the plumbers and pipefitters. host: and belong to the union your whole career? caller: finally when i got into the union. i spent 35 years in the union. i am retired now. host: thank you for calling in, john in cincinnati, you decided to vote for the president. caller: yes i did. host: did you vote for him in 2016? caller: yes i did. host: what do you think about what he had to say tonight?

caller: i think he is standing strong, he is backing the people, protecting our country, he has got our backs and want what's best for the country. caller you had about a half hour ago in regards over ballots,ee you kind of just disregarded that call. seven boards in milwaukee who are over balloting , but you have nothing to say on that issue and i am confused. host: and where did you read that? caller: from the milwaukee press. host: ok and so what is the issue there? caller: where are these extra ballots coming from? there is more ballots than registered voters. host: ok, john in cincinnati.

shiva in arkansas. caller: high, how are you? host: so you voted for biden? caller: yes, i did. host: and why? caller: because he is going for our country and he is a good choice. there, --ion is host: have you voted every election cycle? caller: yes, i have. host: and always democrats? caller: yes. host: what do you do for living? caller: i'm a teacher, i have been teaching for 15 years. in st. petersburg, florida, hello. caller: hello, how are you? host: good, how are you. so you voted for the president? caller: i did, i voted for him

in 2016. host: what are the top issues that made you vote for him? caller: he is a businessman, this country as a business, it needs to be run like a business. he did everything he said he was going to do plus more and for that he has mental respect -- total respect. out whyrk levy tweets ap has not called pennsylvania, the associated press has not declared a winner in the battleground state of pennsylvania because there were hundreds of thousands of votes left to count thursday in the contest between president trump and democrat joe biden, take a look at where it stands right now, president trump with a .8 buddenage lead over joe -- biden. to the polls,went how did it go this time around? caller: i voted for biden. host: how did you do it, did you show up on election day?

caller: i voted early. host: do you know that your vote was counted? caller: i would hope so, i want to trust the system we have in this country would count my vote and that it would not be discounted simply because it is early. decide towhy did you vote for mr. biden? caller: i decided to vote for biden because i came into this ,ountry when i was 12 years old legally, however my experience listening to other friends and their immigration stories, seeing dead bodies on the border, i think that solidified my concern for the welfare of other people regardless of whether or not they came here as children. andn control my situation of these people could not either, and seeing and hearing

the atrocities that the president has said and continues erodes myate, it faith that half of electorate believes this man. host: you always voted for democrats? caller: yes. host: how old are you? caller: i am 21, so my first election was in the midterms. after the 2016ht election. host: ok, so you voted for democrats in 2018 and you voted for biden. how else did you vote down ballot? i reallyown ballot looked at each of the candidates, i did my research platform thatthe the democratic party has is one that i support, i support in anding our heirs clean working towards a future after

fossil fuels which makes sense. where your parents -- are your parents politically interested, have they always voted? and theyy stepdad is have actually both voted for trump and that is a topic of conversation that we have often. host: i bet. is fromyeah, my stepdad oklahoma, he is white, redneck, truck driver. my mom is a cook from the feelppines and i just -- i like they listen to different sources of information or incomplete sources of information because when i called my mom yesterday and asked about the election and i asked her why did you vote for trump, what policy decisions? she cannot name a single one, she said biden is old and i told her trump is actually older and

then she went on to say that biden stutters. i reminded her mom, i've struggled with stuttering and she was speechless. so, what will thanksgiving be like? [laughter] noter: this year i could tell you because i will not be there. i do worry because my stepdad has pre-existing conditions he smokes and i just want to keep him safe because i do live in a county where case numbers are going up. host: all right, thanks for calling in tonight, let's give you one last look here at the undecided states, the states that have not been called. we can take a look at those

before we wrap up tonight. alaska, the president -- this has not been called because they are behind in counting. are behind in counting. takes a little bit longer in alaska. we expect this will go for the president. in nevada, it is too close to call as well. carolina, also razor -- north carolina, also razor thin margins for the president. in pennsylvania, .7% difference between the two candidates. in the state of georgia, it is a tie right now. they are still counting ballots. you can find all the results on our website. all of our coverage on campaign 202020 if you go to c-span.org and we will pick up with your thoughts on campaign 2020 tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern time on the washington journal. thanks for watching. ♪ >> c-span's washington journal.

every day, we are taking your calls live on the air on the news of the day and we will discuss -- that impact you. coming up friday morning, we will talk about legal challenges to the campaign 2020 vote. then with the heritage foundation. watches c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 eastern friday morning. be sure to join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages and tweets. >> continue to follow the vote counting on c-span.org/election. use our election night map for the status of the presidential race. the current vote tally and percent of votes counted in declared states. see the results in the house and senate race. watch statements from president trump and joe