Biden speaks to nation tonight after Electoral College affirms his win; Michigan congressman leaving the Republican Party; U.S. deaths surpass 300,000 as first Covid vaccinations begin
The Lead with Jake Tapper
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🗓️ 14 December 2020
⏱️ 44 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. I'm |
| 0:16.7 | Wolf Blitzer in the CNN Election Center. History is unfolding in America |
| 0:21.6 | right now. We're following the Electoral College live as it prepares |
| 0:25.8 | to confirm President-elect Joe Biden's win. In just moments electors will cast ballots |
| 0:31.0 | at Oregon and Montana. |
| 0:33.0 | Next hour, California, with its 55 electoral votes, |
| 0:36.9 | the biggest prize out there, |
| 0:38.7 | that will carry President-elect Biden |
| 0:40.3 | across the critical 270 threshold needed to win. |
| 0:44.8 | At this moment, President-elect Biden has 229 electoral votes. |
| 0:48.8 | President Trump has 181. |
| 0:52.0 | More votes, by the way, are coming in right now just moments ago. In Missouri |
| 0:55.6 | the electorists confirmed their 10 electoral votes for President Trump and |
| 1:00.0 | Vice President Mike Pence. Ten electoral votes in Missouri going for Trump and Pence in Texas |
| 1:17.5 | meanwhile second biggest prize of the day a major hall of 38 electoral votes. Electors just finished voting in Texas. Let's watch. |
| 1:29.3 | It is my honor to report to you that we have finished tallying the votes for the presidential |
| 1:36.7 | electors of the state of Texas and the vote totals are as follows. All 38 votes for President Donald J. Trump |
| 1:48.0 | for President of the United States of America. |
| 1:50.3 | All right, they're clearly happy over there in that room over in Texas, 38 electoral votes for |
| 2:00.1 | Trump and Pence. Take a look at that. You see the numbers up there. |
| 2:04.3 | 229 for Biden so far, 229 for Trump. We're watching. We're standing by for more to |
| 2:10.9 | come in including the biggest prize of the day California. |
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