Biden takes lead in Georgia and Trump’s margin narrows in Pennsylvania

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🗓️ 6 November 2020

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Plus, an angry dispute erupts among House Democrats, and Democrats could still win Senate control with two Georgia runoffs.

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0:00.0	Good morning. I'm James Holman from the Washington Post and this is the Daily
0:05.8	2002 for Friday, November 6th. In today's news, an angry dispute erupts among
0:12.1	House Democrats.
0:13.6	Democrats still could win Senate control,
0:16.0	with two Georgia runoffs.
0:18.2	And as another thousand Americans die,
0:21.6	Denmark is killing all 15 million of its minks to contain a dangerous
0:27.5	COVID mutation. But first, the big idea. Democratic nominee Joe Biden overtook President Trump in
0:36.7	Georgia early Friday morning as the state's Democratic-leaning counties reported
0:41.3	more absentee ballots, giving
0:43.3	Biden a small edge.
0:45.2	Trump must win Georgia to maintain a pathway
0:47.7	to an electoral college victory.
0:49.8	No Democrat has carried that state since 1992. But the vote counting is not yet
0:54.8	complete. Thousands of requested overseas and military ballots may arrive by
1:00.1	the deadline Friday and there are still provisional ballots left to be
1:03.8	counted. The margin has also continued to narrow in Pennsylvania where Trump
1:08.4	currently leads but Biden has momentum as returns come in from Philadelphia and its suburbs.
1:15.2	In Arizona, Biden is ahead, but more returns are going to come in the next few hours.
1:21.4	It's razor sharp. Trump and his allies met with two defeats in
1:26.0	court on Thursday in Georgia and Michigan as they pressed unsubstantiated claims of
1:30.6	fraud while officials continue to count ballots. On Thursday evening
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