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>> announcer: "this week" with george stephanopoulos starts right now. >>> defying democracy. >> he'll go down in history as being one of the most irresponsible presidents in american history. >> trump falsely cries voter fraud. >> no legal or factual basis to question that choice. >> it's an attempt to subvert our democracy. >> fires those who questions his claims. >> it's dangerous. >> anyone that has the audacity to speak truth to power gets fired. >>> as covid rages out of control -- >> there's nohere's nohere's no >> will the president put the country first? >> it's in the country's best interest if he starts coordinating on the virus with the biden team. >> like it or not, the president didn't win. >> the fall out this morning with ron klain, plus insight and analysis from our power house round table. >> announcer: from abc news, it's "this week." here now chief anchor george stephanopoulos. >>> good morning and welcome to "this week." we may not be surprised, but we should still be shocked. the election results have been clear for more than two weeks. joe biden defeated donald t

>> announcer: live from abc news election headquarters in new york city, here again, george stephanopoulos. >>> it is 11:00 in the east, 8:00 in the west. the polls close in the 48 states and we can project three more states for joe biden in the west. california, 55 electoral votes. won by hillary clinton by 30 points back in 2016. joe biden will win. its 55 electoral votes in 2020. he will also win the seven in the state of oregon. and he will win the state of washington as well. it's 12 electoral votes. you see the entire pacific coast, no surprise, it is going to go to joe biden. at this hour, joe biden has 187 electoral votes. president trump has 114. again, right now it is a complete repeat of the 2016 map. all the big battleground states are all in play. and one of the key ones, this could be a new state in play for 2020, is the state of arizona. it's been a long-time republican state, but right now, with 75% of the expected vote in, joe biden has a lead over donald trump. tom llamas. >> yeah, so, george, the first thing i want to show our viewers is on the early vote. we have talked

anderson cooper and george stephanopoulos being floated as hosts.was the host for nearly four decades and the final episode will air on christmas day. now, i for years have had this conversation on going with spencer christian because i have always thought he would be a great host of "jeopardy." think about this, you want somebody who is smart. you want somebody who is sophisticated. you want somebody who is worldly, and if you can't find that person, then spencer is right there. [ laughter ] >> he would be good, actually. >> you know, it's a position i always dreamed of it but i think they'll probably want a younger person now than i am and you know what? i think it's going to be a woman. i really do. i think it will be a woman host. >> that would be interesting. that would be a great choice. i think it might be ken jennings. i think they are teeing him up for that. >> yeah, i agree with you, dan. that's why they introduced him in the past few months because obviously, the audience is really familiar with him and the few clips i've seen, he seems p

martha raddatz filling in for george stephanopoulos. she'll be talking to dr. fauci.ely day ♪ lovely day >>> building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc 7 news. >> good morning everybody. i'm liz kreutz. it appeared to be inevitable for days, but now it's official. san francisco is moving back into the state's most restrictive purple tier. it means many places in the county will have to close indoor operations by noon today. mayor london breed describes this latest covid-19 spike as "the most aggressive surge san francisco has seen to date." the new health restrictions limit capacity for retail, houses of worship must close indoor services. purple tier also brings in the mandatory nightly curfew from 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., excuse me, 5:00 a.m. abc 7 reached out to sfpd to see how they'd be enforcing it and here is their answer. "the department says it has four steps of progressive enforcement" which they've been using for the entire pandemic. first they educate individuals and businesses. next they ask for voluntary compliance. third, they w

our chief anchor george stephanopoulos will go one-on-one with president-elect biden's close adviser, senator chris coons as well as roy blunt, and plus george interviews the governors of new york and south dakota, coming up right here on abc. eva, over to you. >>> let's switch gears now and charge in on our weather forecast with rob marciano. he has the latest on tropical storm eta. good morning to you, rob. >> good morning, eva. as you can imagine in the midst of this election we have another tropical storm. this one bringing devastating impacts to central america now making landfall in cuba. here's what it did to the cayman islands overnight. there you see the wind-whipped rains, over a foot of rain falling in that area. that will be the main hallmark and calling card with this storm as it heads into florida. right now over cuba we'll get into the straits of florida in the next few hours. potentially shy of a category 1 storm. flood watch already impacting parts of south florida. we have heavy downpours that have been rolling into ft. lauderdale, miami, already a 46-mile-an-hour wi

george stephanopoulos will go one-on-one exclusively with president-elect joe biden's chief of staff n klain. plus, george will interview dr. moncel slawi, the chief science adviser for "operation warp speed." that's coming up later this morning on "this week." eva, over to you. >>> friends, family and activists gathered to pay tribute to quawan charles on saturday. the 15-year-old went missing on october 30th, and video shows him being picked up by a friend and the friend's mother. his body was found november 3rd in a sugar cane field about 20 miles away, his face barely recognizable. his sister speaking at his funeral, and his mother speaking exclusively to our janai norman. >> we will forever the memories of you and the memories we wish we could have had with you close to our hearts. >> i cannot sleep at night like i want to. i'm constantly thinking about my son and trying to figure out exactly how he died. >> quawan's family is still seeking answers surrounding his death and have questioned why local authorities did not issue an amber alert for his disappearance. >> it's an incred

so let's bring in our chief anchor, george stephanopoulos, who is going to be hosting "this week" later this morning. >> hi, dan. >> which states are you watching most closely? >> if you have to pick two, the two biggest are florida and pennsylvania. we have new polls out there this morning showing donald trump has a small lead over joe biden in florida, 50 to 48. basically a toss-up. right now it's four points in our last poll and biden has a seven-point lead over the president in pennsylvania. it was nine in our last polls. basically those two states are must win for president trump. joe biden doesn't have to win hospitalizations are florida, and if he holds -- and even if he loses pennsylvania he's got some other possibilities. he could pick up north carolina. he could pick up georgia. he could pick up arizona, all those are close right now. he flips any one of them, that could make up for a loss in pennsylvania. >> joe biden at this point has more at this point. when the president warns though, i'm quoting, you will be waiting for weeks for election result, how likely do you think t

>> announcer: "this week" with george stephanopoulos starts right now. >>> the finish line in sight. >> it's time for donald trump to pack his bags and go home. >> we are going to win four more years in that very beautiful white house. >> closing arguments. >> you are so lucky i'm your president. >> we need a president who is going to bring us together, not pull us apart. >> in this covid election. >> we're rounding the turn. >> he's rounding the bend. >> trump defending his 2016 term. >> hello, michigan. this was the scene of a great victory. >> biden trying to expand the map. >> something is happening here in georgia and across america. >> flooding the zone in the final hours. >> i love joe biden. he will be a great president. >> imagine what he will get done in four more years. >> two days to go. two starkly different visions for america. more than 92 million ballots cast in this unprecedented election. we cover it all this morning, with our political team, the latest analysis, the newest polls. both campaigns are here. nate silver is here and our legal team and powerhouse round t

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he spoke exclusively with george stephanopoulos. lived with parkinson's disease for nearly three decades but he told george about another battle he's fighting after a frightening discovery back in 2018. >> i felt another thing happening was a numbness in my legs and my limbs and turned out i had a tumor on my spine. >> i remember when you first learned about the tumor and had to make this decision whether or not to have the surgery. it wasn't really a choice, was it? >> they told me i couldn't reverse any of the neurological damage done but i could perhaps stop it from progressing, but failing that, it would progress to the point i'd be paralyzed. >> later on "good morning america," fox talks about learning to walk again and when he hit rock bottom. >>> in sports dustin johnson says he's fulfilling a lifelong dream by winning the masters. johnson set a new record finishing 20 strokes under par and claiming his second major championship. his brother austin who is his caddie was crying as johnson finished his round. tiger woods helped

>> announcer: "this week with george stephanopoulos" starts right now. >> biden defeats trump. >> the people of this nation have spoken. >> the president-elect reaches out. >> i'll work as hard for those who didn't vote for me as those who did. let this grim era of demonization in america begin to end here and now. >> his first promise. >> i pledge to be a president who seeks not to divide but unify, who doesn't see red states and blue states, only sees the united states. >> kamala harris makes history. >> the generations of women, black women, asian, white, latina, native american women who throughout our nation's history have paved the way for this moment tonight. >> shattering the glass ceiling. >> while i may be the first woman in this office, i will not be the last, because every little girl watching tonight sees that this is a country of possibilities. >> the campaign ends with celebrations and protests across america. [ crowd chanting ] as president trump confronts defeat, the president-elect prepares to lead, grappling with a raging pandemic, a faltering economy, a nation divi

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the new york post also reporting abc's george stephanopoulos is eyeing the job. this exchange with howard stern in may fueling speculation. >> i think it would be a lot of fun but i like what i'm doing too. >> reporter: but a source close to stephanopoulos denies he's pursuing the role. another possible successor "jeopardy" champ ken jennings who was recently named consulting producer. >> thank you for everything, alex. this is "jeopardy." >> reporter: "jeopardy" will air the final 35 episodes featuring trebek through christmas. alex trebek bravely talked about his battle with pancreatic cancer and since the news of his death, a lead pancreatic nonprofit organization has seen a 450% increase in web traffic and more than $55,000 in donations. kenneth, mona. >> our thanks to megan tevrizian. >>> coming up what you should buy now as grocery stores begin limiting sales, once again. >>> but first was princess diana tricked into giving one of her most famous interviews? the new investigation. gar. a majority of adults who took ozempic® reached an a1c under 7 and mainta

now reporting, chief anchor george stephanopoulos. >> welcome to what may be a long election night cappingng election year. we have never lived through a campaign quite like this. a campaign defined by a raging pandemic that has claimed more than 230,000 american

>> announcer: live from abc news election headquarters in new york city, here again, george stephanopoulos. >>> 4:00 a.m. wednesday november 4th and this election is not over by any means. that's what we know right now, 222 electoral votes for joe biden. 213 for donald trump. 23 states won right now. some big states outstanding. let's start with arizona there in the southwest. we had about 82% of the expected vote in now for the last hour they are still counting there. joe biden has a five-point lead. tom, what more do we know? >> maricopa county, of course, the biggest county in the state of arizona this, is where phoenix is, scottsdale, mesa, has a little bit of everything. how you want to see how the rest of the state will do because so much of the vote will come from here, 06%. 4:00 in the morning we can tell you joe biden is overperforming from where hillary clinton was 81% of that vote in but still 20% of maricopa is out. one of the reasons why we can't project the state just yet. one of the stronghold, pima, tucson, 60-38, overperforming there. the trend so far and it's been holding

>> remember how insane it seemed when george stephanopoulos wrote his memoir while clinton was still in office that is the moment you are fired or resigned you go to the literary agency and so i did try to read a lot of those books. i didn't read all of them as soon they were out i came to others later on there's a certain urgency with them that is great and helpful and they sort of give you an instant sense of what it was like inside. but i think that also makes them a little what's the word, it makes them feel ephemeral, like they are not going to last very long and they will be superseded by the next immediate inside tell-all memoir of the trump administration. also, with all of these books, they just make you, they present themselves in the best possible light. everyone is the hero of their own story and of course they cannot all be consistent and exactly true. >> i was going to say did you get this kind of experience where you are like okay now we are switching the angle there was one particular meeting early on in the presidency meeting at the pentagon with a bunch of senior of

now reporting chief anchor george stephanopoulos. >>> good evening. it has been 73 hours since the first polls closed in the race for the white house. we are still not ready to project a winner, but joe biden's path to victory is becoming more clear by the minute. let's take a look at the map right now. he has 253 electoral votes, 23 states won, 214 electoral votes for president trump, but we have significant states still waiting for a projection. starting with the state of pennsylvania, joe biden now in the lead in that state of pennsylvania. it changed overnight. he has about a 20,000 vote lead right now in georgia. he also has pulled ahead by about 4,000 votes over the last abc, split 49/49, headed to recount in georgia. in the state of arizona joe biden is holding on to the lead by very close. the number of states split right down the middle so immense this year. nevada, close race as well. joe biden up by two points. now, his lead has expanded during the day, about 22,000 votes. finally, income n, donald trump is holding on to his lead there. tom

ken jennings the most successful play the game seems to be the front runner and then there's george stephanopoulosyou have to be smart but lamar burton know and what a gasbag pat sajak good idea but it have to leave the wheel which is like me throwing out my collection of shorted robes. this guy. >> i'm in a sauna with cats. greg: i told it was a long shot. all right kat we all love alex trebek but who should and who should replace him? >> he mocked a woman because she was excited because she had a special needs son. one of the few shows he had was to watch elf. he decided to mock her because she had a maga and are up him. she tried to find a little joy somewhere and insult to injury also mocks alpha. there was a time when all it did was eat raspberry and watched season after season of valve and that's okay but you said no to love our burden and i think that would be a great choice. you want a show for reading? get started book. greg: i didn't know that about him. lavar burden. kilmeade yarn have a shot because you don't know much about anything. the depth of your knowledge is like a kiddie pool s

>> remember how it seemed when george stephanopoulos wrote his memoirs while clinton was in office there was a huge controversy about how he drew that and was sort of an exile that is how it is now absolutely the moment you will go straight to the literary agency so i did try to read a lot of those books and came to others later on but there's an urgency that i think is great and they give you a sense of what it was like inside but it also makes them a little, what's the word it makes them feel a little like they are not going to last and they will be superseded everyone as the hero of their own story there's a lot of that in fact there was one particular meeting early on in the presidency meeting at the pentagon with a bunch of senior officials staging an intervention to try to get him to see the world their way and there's multiple books including insider memoirs but also journalistic accounts a lot of the books of the trump era reflect the very same blind spots and failures of imagination. there was an entertaining book called audience of one. it doesn't mean that they are wrong it ju

in an interview on "good morning america", with george stephanopoulos, he admitted he knew about thedministration's investigation so he's arty contradicted himself on that. jim: if i remember correctly, there is handwritten notes that talked about biden raised the logan act. that's an undertaking conversation because the logan act was literally sitting there and complete disrepair. it's probably unconstitutional, it's been used twice that we can find in both ended terribly. nobody has been convicted under the logan act so it is not a good piece of law to use so it's extraordinary for anyone to say let's use it as a predicate, a basis for an ongoing investigation. there is a lot to answer there in terms of unmasking, targeting general flynn of having a double standard in general. whether we ever get to the bottom of that atop want to bet on. david: only have about less than one minute and it's not enough time to explore this in depth. we will do so later in the program but the question of the election, what exactly happened here. look at the overview. i see this as one of us lobbyist

>> sean: that's george stephanopoulos, the news guy. here with a reaction, author of one vote away, texas senator ted cruz. your constitutional analysis has been amazing. i want you to just take your time and lay out what is at issue here. >> the fundamental question is are we going to follow the law? you notice the news media on election day when you and i went to bed on election day seeing the same results, we saw president trump at won florida, won ohio, leading in north carolina and michigan in pennsylvania and wisconsin looked like a very good night and all the news media was saying at the time hold on, we don't know who won, and then as the numbers shifted to joe biden, suddenly the instant they shifted, the entire news media said okay, now it's over, everybody shut up and go home. that's not the way the system works. the way it works is you follow the law, multiple lawsuits pending in multiple states and they have to be resolved and they are serious allegations of violations of law, the right standard is that every single legal v

carlos: remember how insane it seemed when george stephanopoulos wrote his memoir clinton years while clinton was and still they have a sprint it is a huge controversy like how dare he do that. it is sort of exiled for the clinton world. that is just now absolutely, the moment you reside, go straight to the literary agency. so i did try to read a lot of those books. i do not read all of them as soon as they were out. i sort of came to others like ron. and there's a certain urgency and immediacy with them that i think that is going full played the sort of give you an instant sense of what it was like inside. but i think that also, makes them a little with the word, it makes them feel like they are not going to last long. you will superseded by the next immediate insider alcohol memoir of the trump administration. also all of these books, just make you, they obviously present themselves in the best possible light and everybody is the hero of the story. of course all of the stories can't be exactly true. pamela: is going to say, do you have this experience like ua are okay and were switc

i said "chris christie," i meant kris kringle, i've been watching too much "this week with george stephanopoulos." >>> the north american aerospace defense command says norad will follow santa all christmas eve as it has done for 65 years. normally hundreds of volunteers staff a special call center in colorado springs to update the kids who call in from all over the world. this year there will be a smaller staff to reduce the risk of spreading the virus but it's still happening. >>> today a north bay nonprofit is assembling thanksgiving food baskets for hundreds of families. performing stars is putting together food basket in marin city for 500 families. they've identified those families already. you can still make financial donations to help add to these baskets or to help them in general this holiday season. visit their website, performingstars.org. they'll be handing the meals out on tuesday. >>> lisa, thank you for correcting my "chris christie." >> well, you are the political reporter, it comes naturally. good morning, everyone. we're looking at live doppler 7. it's clear, awfully crisp thi

. >> the actor shares his inspirational story with abc's george stephanopoulos. >>> and dan is here withhat's coming up at 5:00. >>> more fallout from the governor's announcement on much of the state going backwards. we'll have that. >>> new at 5:00, we'll look at the impact in alameda county where we hear from a restaurant operator now going back outdoors, and a retailer now worried about what's next. >>> plus, the community groups in east san jose mobilizing to get the vaccine prioritized for those who need it the most. those stories and more when ama that came from me. really. my first idea was "in one quarter of an hour, your savings will tower... over you. figuratively speaking." but that's not catchy, is it? that's not going to swim about in your brain. so i thought, what about... 15 minutes. 15 percent. serendipity. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. >>> coming up tonight on abc 7 at 8:00, it's "d"d"d stars" followed by "the good doctor." then the news at 11:00. >>> michael j. fox is opening up about a recent health scare, an accident that brought him to one o

>>at 7:00 a.m., jen ashton will answer your questions about testing and george stephanopoulos will go-on-one with alex azar in a live interview. >>> listen to this, a family of three is okay after their boat capsized near alcatraz island. only abc7 news was there when san francisco firefighters brought the family safely back to shore at the hyde street pier. strangers called 911 because they saw it happen. the family seemed to be in good spirits once they got back on shore. >> a nice sunday afternoon and then my dad, he's not very good with boating. so he kind of tipped the boat over, the thing filled with water. then we got out of the boat. >> edward is very calm to have gone through what he went through. we're happy he is okay and his family. luckily everybody was wearing life vests. the worst part of the ordeal he said is they lost their car keys in the bay. >> wow. okay. >>> an international crew of astronauts on their way to the international space station. >> and resilience rises, not even gravity contains humanity when we explore as one for all. >> spacex ushered in a new era l

an abc now reporting chief anchor george stephanopoulos. >> good morning.ing on the air with breaking news. joe biden has pulled ahead of donald trump in the state of pennsylvania. you see it right there right now. after days of counting he now leads donald trump in the state of pennsylvania by 6,000 votes, 20 electoral votes at stake. if you look at the entire map, joe biden is leading in enough states to give him more than 270 electoral votes to be the next president of the united states. we're not ready to project all those states. we're going to go straight to tom llamas. >> george, a lot has

>> announcer: "this week" with george stephanopoulos starts right now. >>> we are in the beginning of the transition. we're well under way. >> president-elect joe biden charging ahead. president trump still refusing to acknowledge defeat. >> whatever happens in the future, who knows which administration it will be. >> when will you accept you lost the election, sir? >> i just think it's an embarrassment quite frankly. >> the administration stonewalling the transfer of power, sparking growing concern about the threat to national security and covid cases hit all-time highs. new restrictions in place. >> i'm announcing a two-week freeze for the entire state. >> we have to stop a second wave from happening here. >> we cover it all with admiral brett giroir from the white house task force and dr. atul gawande now advising the biden team. plus, former national security john bolton. and former homeland security jeh johnson on the lack of white house conversation. with all eyes on georgia the senate majority hanging in the balance. we talk to democratic senate candidate jon ossoff. >> announc

now reporting chief anchor george stephanopoulos. >>> good evening.olls closed in the race for the white house. we are still not ready to project a winner, but joe biden's path to victory is becoming more clear by the minute. let's take a look at the map right now. he has 253 electoral votes, 23 states won, 214 electoral votes for president trump, but we have significant states still w

george stephanopoulos leads with live election day reports from battleground states across the country. >> expert analysis from rahm emanuel and >>> he is very excited about voting in his first presidential election. the 20-year-old who plays junior on the hit abc show wasn't old enough to vote in the last election but he says he takes it very seriously. >> a lot of turmoil with the virus and the civil unrest and everything that's been going on in the world currently and voting is the biggest power that we have. >> you can watch a new episode of "black-ish" tomorrow night at 9:30 right here on abc7. >>> our election coverage continues next with a full 90 minutes of news. >>> a big focus on the presidential election, we have some big local decisions, too. abc7 news contriutor phil explains what is at stake. >>> why the timing of the release is confusing to some fans. >>> at 5:25 a live look at people making their way along the golden gate bridge. we'll be right back. >>> building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc7 news. >> we are going to win four more years in

guest: remember how insane it seemed when george stephanopoulos wrote his memoir of the clinton years while clinton was still in office and it was a huge controversy about how dare he do that and he was sort of exiled from clinton world for a long time. that's just now absolutely like you know , the moment you are fired or resign you go to a literary agency. i did try to read a lot of those books. i didn't read all of them as soon as they were out. sort of came to others later on in there is a certain urgency and immediacy with them that i think is helpful. they sort of give you an instant sense of what it was like inside, but i think also makes them a little-- what's the word cracks? makes them feel like you know they aren't going to last long and they will be superseded by just the next immediate insider tell-all memoir of the trump administration. also with all of these books, they just make you-- everyone is the hero of their own story and of course all those stories can be exactly true. host: out is going to say did you get this sort of russia monde experience to you are switchin

>> announcer: "this week" with george stephanopoulos starts right now. >>> collision course. americans travel in record numbers. >> when it comes to the pandemic, this is one of the busiest day at airports. >> ignoring the experts. 1 million new cases of covid-19 in less than a week. >> what we don't want to see is yet another surge superimposed upon the surge. >> dr. anthony fauci joins us live this morning as we brace for the fight ahead. >> we haven't stopped. we're all have, have tired. >> with covid still raging 778,000 workers filing new unemployment claims. heart-breaking lines for food. >> it's hard to see. >> faced with steep challenges, the president-elect rallying the nation. >> this is the moment we need to steel our spines and recommit ourselves to the fight. >> building out his cabinet, the transition fully under way. >> it's a team that reflects the fact that america is back. >>> plus iran's top nuclear scientist assassinated. will they retaliate? bill mcraven tells us what impact that could have on biden's foreign policy agenda. >>> all that, plus the powerhou

enroll now at coveredca.com >> announcer: "this week" with george stephanopoulos starts right now. >>under way. >> president-elect joe biden charging ahead. president trump still refusing to acknowledge defeat. >> whatever happens in the future, who knows which administration it will be. >> when will you accept you lost the election, sir? >> i just think it's an embarrassment quite frankly. >> the administration stonewalling the transfer of power, sparking growing concern about the threat to national security and covid cases hit all-time highs. new restrictions in place. >> i'm announcing a two-week freeze for the entire state. >> we have to stop a second wave from happening here. >> we cover it all with admiral brett giroir froe

. >> reporter: conducting a question from abc's george stephanopoulos on whether or not she would fight >> this is a premature conversation because we have not finished counting votes. >> reporter: meanwhile, locals have been left to fend for themselves. >> no fever, cough, fatigue, shortness of breath. >> >> reporter: the shine river sioux tribe setting up checkpoints which governor noem called legal to keep the virus out, implementing a full lockdown next week. >> that's all we're trying to do, save our people and our residents on this reservation. >> reporter: in south dakota's largest city, sioux falls, enacting a mask mandate yesterday evening. >> it passes 6-2. >> reporter: now that debate was interesting, to say the least. some peopler fromming to face masks as diapers, face diapers. others questioning whether they helped protect against the virus, saying masks even make the virus worse. that, of course, is inaccurate but goes to show what can happen when our elected leaders ignore the advice of medical professionals and question the science. jim, poppy, back to you. >> lucy, tha

leading all the action, george stephanopoulos including david muir and mary bruce at biden bid campaigng on all the breaking news. our team of correspondents fanned out across all the battleground states covering every angle and our ballot watch teams. these are our legal eagles looking out for any regularities in the voting patterns. plus our political strategists right over here including governor chris christie and raum emmanuel and our chief correspondent jonathan carl and myself over here on the set. i'll be operating the big board tonight. this is where we're watching the votes come in in realtime. which states go to joe biden or president trump. when we have a winner, if we have a winner, we'll see it right here on the board. >> so, if you missed it, our complete election day coverage begins with the abc news team followed by a special edition of abc news which airs at 8:00 which includes a check on all the bay raria races ae iie iiei. you can watch that at abc7news.com as well as on all our connected tvapps and, of course, we will have a full wrap on abc7 news at 11:00. >>> hi,

now reporting, chief anchor george stephanopoulos. >> good morning. we have breaking news. from the state of pennsylvania. those results are in right now. based on what we are seeing there, we can say that joseph biden is on track to win the state of pennsylvania, become the 46th president of the united states. joe biden will have at least 273 electoral votes. we're still waiting for results from the state of arizona, nevada, and georgia, as well, likely to increase his lead even more. based on what we are seeing now, even though we are not projecting a winner, we can say that joe biden is on track to be the next president of the united states of america. the 46th president of the united states. he has a fancy name for a guy who calls himself the boy from scranton. his political career began 50 years ago this week, elected to the council in delaware. america's youngest senator, elected at 29. he served three decades in the senate, rose to chairman of the senate judiciary senate foreign relations committee. there you see the young man who would later become one of the senior

now reporting chief anchor george stephanopoulos. >> we're back with our special coverage of the 2020ough them and tell you where things stand as we head into this thursday. let's start with the state of nevada right now. there you see 49-49 right now. we're expecting new votes to be coming in. joe biden has about

now reporting chief anchor george stephanopoulos. >>> good morning. special coverage of election 2020. votes still being counted in all key states right now. pennsylvania, michigan and wisconsin. we're breaking in because we're about to hear a press conference for the state of pennsylvania where the administration of governor tom wolf is expected to speak. >> as i said, counties continue to report results, these results are coming in more slowly, so we have to be patient, but confident that these votes are going to be counted. they're going to be counted accurately and they will be counted fully. the delay that we're seeing is a sign that the system is working. this is a new system that went into effect with act 77 last year and there are 3 million -- millions of mail-in ballots that are being counted and that takes longer than the way we used to do it with the standard in-person voting. we may not know the results today. the most important thing is is that we have accurate results. make no mistake, our democracy is being tested in this election. this

an abc now reporting chief anchor george stephanopoulos. >> good morning. we're good morning on the air with breaking news. joe biden has pulled ahead of donald trump in the state of pennsylvania. you see it right there right now. after days of counting he now leads donald trump in the state of pennsylvania by 6,000 votes, 20 electoral votes at stake. if you look at the entire map, joe biden is leading in enough states to give him more than 270 electoral votes to be the next president of the united states. we're not ready to project all those states. we're going to go straight to tom llamas. >> george, a lot has changed since we went to bed last night. let's dig in with pennsylvania right now. joe biden has taken the lead right now. he has about a 6,000-vote lead, just under 6,000 votes. there's still 130,000 ballots that still need to be counted. if you're saying this race is very close, we're talking about a 6,000-vote lead. there's 130,000 ballots that can be counted. president trump can catch up, maybe. here's the problem for president trump. at least 6

now reporting, chief anchor george stephanopoulos. >>> good morning.let's listen in. >> today that work begins. it starts with doing everything possible to get the covid-19 under control so that we can reopen our businesses safely and sustainably, resume our lives, put our -- put this pandemic behind us, and we just received positive news in this fight with the announcement that there's been progress made toward a successful vaccine. soon the expectation is the fda will run the process of rigorous reviews and approvals. the process must also be grounded in science and fully transparent so the american people can have every confidence that any approved vaccine is safe and effective. at the same time it's clear that this vaccine even if approved will not be widely available for many months yet to come. the challenge before us right now is still immense and growing. although we are not in office yet, i'm just -- i hope something can be done. the purpose of this is just to let you know what we're going to do once we're sworn in. so there's a need for bold

brian: creates more enemies and sit down with george stephanopoulos or earnt anderson cooper. which we want to have less of that. steve: we do indeed. 7:16 now in new york city. and jillian joins us here again on the mezzanine level with the news. jillian: that's right. good morning. begin with a fox news alert. a man hunt is intensifying for the suspect who killed a houston police sergeant on his way to work. police sergeant said john rios got into a shootout near a freeway and died at hotel trying to call for help. sending a message to his killers. >> we are going to catch you. we are coming after you. we are going to capture you. so, do yourself a favor, and turn yourself. in. jillian: police escorting sergeant rios' body overnight. the 25 year veteran leaves behind four children. his death comes just three weeks after a veteran houston sergeant harold preston was killed. today the supreme court will hear argue. s on the future of the affordable care act. republicans want the entire law struck down after congress repealed the individual mandate in 2017. the aca has gone to

ainsley: so, ben, george stephanopoulos interviewed ron klain, the incoming chief of staff for joe biden be some tension between getting unity, getting things done with the republicans and investigating any wrongdoing that occurred during the trump administration. the vice president has said he doesn't want to be consumed by trumped investigations. how to do you balance moving forward with getting accountability? >> well, let's be father, george. the president-elect spoke about this many times during the campaign. what he made clear is that joe biden is not going to tell the justice department who to investigate or who not to investigation. ainsley: what do you expect? you heard about investigating president trump and any wrongdoing. are we going to go through all that? >> one of the big things i think is going to happen is investigations are going to be used to satisfy joe biden's hard-left progressive base. basically, because he's not going to be able to deliver on the kind of policy preferences that they would like to see advanced through a republican congress, in all likelihood that