from the white house, i'm alice barr. back to you, raj. >> alice, thank you. now, in 2016, donald trump won many states by a razor-thin margin. that's what we're seeing right now except it's joe biden in the lead. biden is adding to his lead in pennsylvania and nevada. we mentioned georgia where a recount is inevitable, and in arizona, biden is up by 38,000 votes. biden is the projected winner in wisconsin and michigan, flipping both states that voted for trump in 2016. >>> dueling demonstrations in battleground states today. supporters of president trump are calling for the vote counting in those key states to stop while demonstrators in support of joe biden are demanding that the vote count continue. here in the bay area, taking to the streets as well. this is day two of a protest sparked by a neighbor's political display. sky ranger over it in downtown brentwood where today's demonstration is just getting under way. this comes after a man hung an effigy of joe biden from his roof earlier this week. that tension has the neighborhood and several businesses on

from the white house, alice barr, nbc news. >> alice, thank you. so what about those lawsuits? the trump camp says it wants these battleground states to stop counting ballots. this election could eventually be decided by the supreme court, and we've gone down that road before. it's happened 20 years ago, if you remember. we didn't have an answer about our president until december. here is nbc bay area terry mcsweeney. >> no more voting, lots more lawsuits. so we are going to -- continue the lawsuit here. we're going bring a second one, and then we're going to bring a federal lawsuit. >> reporter: the biden camp says trump attorneys are filing mountains of lawsuits in contested states, hoping to the nation's highest court. >> the next couple of days you will see a case that will be filed in the u.s. supreme court similar to gore versus bush to stop all counting before it gets to the electoral college. >> reporter: in 2000, in gore versus bush, the supreme court stopped a recount in florida, giving the election to george w. bush over democrat al gore. >> the trump attitude is to

from the white house, i'm alice barr.anell and raj, back to you. >> alice, thank you. >>> here is a roadmap of what we will be doing and when we're starting to get results. this shows the poll closing times for each state. the yellow states are all the first to close in the 4:00 p.m. hour, so less than an hour from now. the orange states close at 5:00 p.m. we will keep a close eye, you probably heard now, florida, georgia, along the east coast into pennsylvania. the green state, the bulk of the country here, those polls close in the 6:00 p.m. hour. in the dark green, nevada and utah, they close at 7:00. here on the west coast we close at 8:00 p.m. along with three other states. alaska and hawaii close later in the night. this isn't just about the presidential race. tonight the senate is in play. right now the republicans have control with 53 gop senators but it could change tonight. 35 of the 100 seats are up for grabs. keep in mind, keep a look at the gray area here. 35 seats up for grabs, 65 senators are not up for reel

back to you. >> alice barr, appreciate it >>> all right.ow to your morning money and your next guest says stocks for the short term could be stuck in a tug of war between mounting waters over the growing virus cases and hope surrounding the potential vaccine. bill stone is president and cio at stone investment partners and joinings notic s now. we had huge pops on the pfizer and moderna news and now we seem to be kind of in a holding pattern. do you think the market will take sort of the breather as we've gotten great new, we're not moving on the assistrazeneca new, we want to see how it all plays out with distribution and time line? >> yeah, i mean i think a couple things one, i'm calling it lockdown 2.0. i don't anticipate that it will be as bad as lockdown 1.0 because they are making some changes to it, so i don't see a complete, you know, economic collapse like we saw the first time but we are in the midst of that because we have to wait until we get the vaccine. i think the second part that really shows up in the markets, because the m

alice barr has more. >> reporter: tonight democrat joe biden pulling within striking distance of an electorals a handful of battleground states continue to count millions of votes. >> i'm not here to declare that we've won with, but i am here to report when the count is finished, we believe we will be the winner >> reporter: for president trump, there are still paths to a second term, but some may lead through a courtroom. his campaign launching a barrage of legal challenges, demanding a recount in wisconsin where biden is the apparent winner if current results hold and trying to halt vote counting in michigan, virginia -- >> they are trying to make a mockery of the election. >> reporter: while president trump used partial results to try to claim victory overnight, today his public presence was limited to a handful of tweets as biden ran up his lead before the democrat was projected the winner in michigan, self-proclaimed poll watchers tried to storm a vote counting facility in detroit but were rebuffed by police. hours later, a similar scene outside the locations office in maricopa county, a

alice barr, nbc news. >>> one of the big players in the race for a vaccine making news as it tries to expand its clinical trials. all new this morning pfizer today will ask the fda for emergency use authorization on its covid vaccine. this comes as testing in the golden state is up just days before the thanksgiving holiday. >>> "today in the bay's" cierra johnson is here to explain pfizer's ties to the latest trials focused here in the bay area. >> reporter: good morning. yes, exactly. those trials are taking place in two cities but right now we're in week two of the pharmaceutical companies providing updates on where they stand and local company, kaiser, is the layest. they say they're extending their testing of the vaccine and includes 12 to 15-year-olds. right now the company trials include 16 and 17-year-olds at locations in sacramento and santa clara and the overall goal to enroll 2,000 adolescents to test the vaccine. now this update from kaiser comes just days after pfizer announced they have completed phase three testing and as you mentioned have plans to submit to the fda for

let's bring in nbc's alice barr in washington, d.c. >> reporter: today one final push. president trump and joe biden fighting for every last vote and trading punches in the battleground states. >> what a disaster joe biden is. >> this guy is a disgrace. >> reporter: biden making three stops in critical pennsylvania. that after going on offense in ohio, both states the president won in 2016. >> the first step to beating the virus is beating donald trump. >> reporter: trailing in the polls, president trump is in a full sprint, making five stops across michigan, wisconsin, pennsylvania and north carolina. >> you have the power to vote, so go out and vote unless you're going to vote for someone other than me, in which case sit it out. >> reporter: the president campaigning in florida over the weekend and taking heat for this moment, when supporters chanted for him to fire top health official, dr. anthony fauci. the president's response. >> don't tell anybody, but let me wait till a little bit after the election, please. >> i've got a better idea. electricity me and i'm goin

alice barr live in washington. ali alice, it seems like president trump is still more focused on challenging those election results. >> yeah, that seems to be the case, laura. yesterday when we hit that marker point of 250,000 american lives lost to the covid-19 pandemic president trump did not acknowledge it on twitter or otherwise throughout the day. nbc news learned behind the scenes a few trump administration members are starting to reach out to the the biden transition team but biden officials say it's not nearly enough to make up for the national security and covid-19 briefings that are still being denied. as the nation stares down more than 250,000 coronavirus deaths. >> my grandfather passed from it, my dad died from it. they died six hours apart. >> reporter: joe biden meant with health care workers in a virtual roundtable. >> this is like going to war. we need a commander in chief. >> reporter: some current and former trump administration officials have privately reached out to the biden transition teams.

nbc's alice barr is in washington, d.c.king this transition of power. >> reporter: president-elect biden and president trump both paying their respects this veterans day. biden visiting a war memorial in philadelphia. the president in his first public appearance in nearly a week joining a ceremony at arlington national cemetery, but not making any rask. he's still waging war against the election results. the trump team filing more than a dozen lawsuits, many of them already dismissed, as no evidence of widespread fraud has surfaced. today georgia's top elections official confirming that state will hold a recount. >> with the margin being so close, it will require a full by hand recount in each county. >> reporter: biden now leads in georgia by more than 14,000 votes. his legal team pointing to the results of past statewide recounts. >> the average change in votes was 430. and the median change was 267. end of story. these margins cannot be overcome in recounts. >> reporter: in pennsylvania elections officials announced only

nbc's alice barr has the latest from washington, d.c. >> by the way -- >> reporter: president-elect joeen meeting today with front line health care workers in a virtual roundtable as the u.s. crosses a tragic threshold, more than 250,000 american lives lost to covid-19. >> this is like going to war. you need a commander in chief. >> reporter: with cases, hospitalizations and deaths all accelerating, this dire warning from a leading member of president trump's coronavirus task force. >> this is not crying wolf. this is the worst rate of rise in cases that we've seen in the pandemic. >> reporter: despite the public health emergency, the trump white house is still refusing to share information with the incoming biden administration. >> unless it's made available soon, we're going to be behind by weeks or months. >> reporter: president trump focused instead on election lawsuits. so far falling flat. and now paying $3 million for a partial recount in wisconsin. overnight, the president drawing sharon criticism from both parties for firing the top u.s. elections security official who had publ

"today in the bay" alice barr has the latest. >> this is like going to war. you need a commander in chief. >> reporter: nbc news has learned some current and former trump administration officials have privately reached out to the biden transition team signaling they believe he will be the next president. but with president trump still not conceding and official channels stonewalling, the president-elect says he needs access to real-time pandemic data and vaccine planning. >> i'm optimistic but we should be further along. >> reporter: president trump remains focused on swing state legal challenges now paying for a partial recount in wisconsin. one is already under way in georgia where three counties have discovered thousands of uncounted ballots. narrowing biden's lead there to 12,000 votes. >> we have knocked down widespread voter fraud. >> reporter: with new unemployment numbers coming out today, an expanded benefits expiring at the end of the year. >> sort of just dealing with the crash. >> reporter: lawmakers are under mounting pressure to reach a compromi

alice barr has the latest. >> reporter: for the first time, president-elect joe biden responding to president trump's refuse tool concede the l to co. >> i think it's embarrassing. >> reporter: he's not been included in resources and a daily intelligence meeting though he insists everything is still on track. >> we're going to be doing everything we would be doing if he had conceded. >> reporter: president trump off camera but on twitter making a basis for widespread fraud bind calls it noise, not really law, theatrics, not really lawsuits biden suggesting republicans are mildly intimidated as they largely stand by the president. >> until the electoral college votes, anyone who's running for office can exhaust concerns. >> reporter: as world leaders congratulate biden, the top diplomats making this remark. >> there will be a smooth transition to the trump administration. >> biden telling americans he will accept his win and he will take office in january. >>> on this veterans day, both president trump and president-elect biden are expected to honor our heros. tracie potts joining us. we could

alice barr is live from washington tracking the president and the transition of power. alice. >> janelle, president-elect biden met today with his transition team, and we are learning that he may announce as soon as tomorrow who his chief of staff will be. nbc news is hearing it's likely to be his long-time aide ron klain. and at the same time, you know, he is saying that he's moving forward, that things are still on track for the transition. but this is despite the fact that president trump is still refusing to concede. president-elect biden and president trump both paying their respects this veterans' day, biden visiting a war memorial in philadelphia, the president in his first public appearance in nearly a week joining a ceremony at arlington national cemetery, but not making any remarks. he's still waging war against the election results. the trump team filing more than a dozen lawsuits many of them already dismissed as no evidence of widespread fraud has surfaced. today georgia confirming that state will hold a recount. >> with the margin being so close, it will re

in washington, alice barr, nbc news. >>> as a third coronavirus surge intensifies across the country, the death toll is creeping toward the quarter million mark. so far 11.4 million have been affected. for now it's prescription-only. >>> senator chuck grassley is in isolation after testing positive for coronavirus. he did not say he how had been exposed. the 87-year-old is third in line to the presidency. >> reporter: all 50 states across our nation now have covid cases on the rise by at least double digits. california is in crisis again. daily case counts are doubling here in just ten days. long lines for testing stretch from dawn to dusk. >> louisiana .a. is in a very d situation. >> reporter: hospitals could be overwhelm big christmas if no action is taken. >> if we don't take action now, we will have to shut things down again and people will get sick and die. >> reporter: nbc news obtaining a white house report calling it aggressive, unrelenting, expanding. with a record 73,000 hospitalized on thursday, ohio begins a three-week curfew from 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. >> we're in an ut

he's ready to connect with the world and leave president trump's america first policy behind alice barr has the latest. >> reporter: president-elect joe biden standing alongside his picks for high-level cabinets. >> it's a team that reflects america is back, ready to lead the world, not retreat from it. >> reporter: biden pointing to the nominees' experienceancing to the criticism that they could return to the status quo. >> we cannot meet these challenges. >> reporter: biden naming the first latino to head the department of homeland security and first woman for national intelligence and choosing former secretary of state john kerry to a new cabinet potion of fighting climate change it comes as the prlt clearsty way for formulation to begin allowing critical resources including classified intelligence and the presidents' daily brief to flow to the president-elect. he told lester holt discussions are under way to meet with the white house covid team. >> i think we're not going to be so behind the curve as we thought we might be in the past. >> reporter: president trump allowing them to m

let's begin our coverage with nbc's alice barr, who joins us from the white house. >> reporter: jessica and raj, president trump just spoke for the first time since his 2:30 in the morning appearance on election night when he prematurely, based on incomplete results, claimed victory. and tonight he's really not backing off of that posture, continuing to claim, while presenting zero evidence, that there is widespread fraud. on the opposite side of things, joe biden spoke earlier today. he is projecting confidence but also just asking for calm, asking for patience while the final votes are counted. as the battlegrounds finalize their vote counts, democrat joe biden is gaining ground in a game of inches. >> we have no doubt that when the count is finished, senator harris and i will be declared the winners. so i ask everyone to stay calm, all the people to stay calm. the process is working. >> reporter: tonight president trump refusing to acknowledge that his path to victory appears to be narrowing and claiming with no evidence whatsoever that the election is being rigged. >> if you count t

let's start with alice barr at the white house. alice, 1:00 in the morning where you are. not a lot of people are getting any kind of sleep. >> that's for sure. as you know, we moved back over to capitol hill. they kicked us out at the white house at 11:00. that does not mean that it's order, 11:00 eastern. you just laid out the state of play for these battleground states that everyone is jut watching so closely. you've got that on one track. the finalizing of the votes. and the election officials insisting they won't be influenced by anything. they're sticking to the books. and then you have these legal fights being brought by the trump campaign. president trump did come out and speak. he was defiant. continuing to make baseless allegations of fraud on the one hand and then the counter point of joe biden who came out and spoke. he is asking for calm and faith in the system. at a fork in the road to the white house, a study in contrasts between the two candidates. tonight, president trump trailing joe biden to electoral map and claiming with no evidence whatsoever that the

washington news now, president trump and president-elect joe biden will both hold key meetings today alice barrs joining us with what we should be watching good morning, alice. >> reporter: good morning. president-elect biden will be meeting with congressional democratic leader while president trump has invited the republican legislative leaders from michigan to the white house as he is focused on trying to overturn election results. president-elect biden and president trump both holding meetings today with very different missions the president-elect hosting congressional democratic leaders nancy pelosi and chuck schumer to talk covid relief with cases hitting another record high and hospitals reaching capacity. the white house coronavirus task force yesterday holding it first briefing since july. meanwhile the president has invited michigan's republican legislative leaders to the white house as his campaign tries to overturn election results in that state where biden leads by more than 150,000 votes. biden warning of a dangerous message to the american people >> i think they are witnessing inc

in washington, alice barr, nbc news. >>> happening today georgia plans to officially certify its elections results two and a half weeks after election day. and mere hours after the state last night confirmed joe biden won the election there. that's confirmed by a complete hand count which gave biden 12,000 vote margin. a statement saying georgia included the legal in its counts and plans to pursue all legal options. >>> new details as more people are working from home. federal immigration officers are apparently making home visits to h 1b visa holders as they adjust to the pandemic. homeland security agents have been emailing h1b visa holders to set up meetings. at least two people were not contacted before immigration officers showed up at their homes with questions. as part of its deal to emerge from bankruptcy pg&e agreed to regionalize its territories, and that, of course, is a complicated process. the state utilities commission will hold a virtual work shshop how the process is going to work. breaking up into five regions, before fire season ramps up next year. and a harsh assessment

barr is live in washington, d.c. with more on the back and forth. alice. >> reporter: janelle, president-elect biden responding for the first time today to president trump's refusal to concede. he called it an embarrassment. he says he thought it would hurt trump's legacy. biden also vowing to pull us out of these bitter politics. the trump administration today putting up more road blocks to the normal transition of power, while for the second day in a row, president-elect biden addressed a divided nation. >> my hope and expectation is that the american people do know, do understand, that there has been a transition. >> reporter: biden is not receiving the daily intelligence briefing, traditionally given to an incoming president, while president trump is refusing to concede. >> i just think it's an embarrassment, quite frankly. >> reporter: the president-elect insisting the transition is still on track. president trump again off camera but on twitter making baseless allegations of widespread fraud. biden suggesting today republicans are, quote, mildly int