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Into America

The Undecided Election

Into America

Trymaine Lee, MS NOW

Ms Now, Covid-19, Versant, Cultural, Social, Culture, Documentary, News, Trymaine Lee, Breonna Taylor, Black Lives Matter, Msnbc, Health, Society, Justice, News Commentary, George Floyd, Policy, History, Politics, Blm, Society & Culture, Government

4.63.4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2021

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

North Carolina is among a handful of states that haven’t been called in the election. Here’s what the last 72 hours have been like on the ground.

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0:00.0

It's early in the morning. On Thursday, November 5th, America is still waiting to find out

0:10.0

who is one of the race for president. We had no idea how it would go just a few days

0:15.6

ago when I was saying goodbye to my family in Brooklyn about to leave them for the first

0:20.0

time in seven months.

0:45.9

Love you too. Thank you. I'm Chimane Lee. This is into America.

0:56.0

All right, everything is loaded up.

1:01.4

Turn left on Columbia Street.

1:04.2

And on this episode, for the first time since coronavirus hit.

1:08.3

Saturday morning, 11.50 AM, and I'm headed to North Carolina with the stopping between

1:16.4

in Falls Church, Virginia, where I'll stay tonight.

1:20.6

I'm leaving New York and really going into America.

1:25.1

Usually getting out of New York is like the hardest part, but right now it's pretty smooth.

1:31.6

Why North Carolina? The stakes were so high and the race was so tight.

1:36.4

Just days before the election, Donald Trump and Joe Biden were nearly tied in the polls,

1:41.2

and the state's 15 electoral votes were still up for grabs.

1:45.7

And this crazy, this whole routine now, I had before COVID, I was traveling maybe every other

1:51.1

week. I was on the road a lot. I was in and out of rental cars, in and out of airplanes and hotels.

1:56.0

And to be back on the road after nine months just feels like I'm a little nervous and I'm excited.

2:08.7

The black turnout is going to be crucial, right? It's going to be interesting to see how things

2:14.0

actually shape up in North Carolina, where I'm headed is poised to be critical in this.

2:20.4

Right, you know, especially in Cameroon, reported ahead.

2:27.9

So got into Virginia about 10 minutes ago, and it's not said Virginia is for lovers,

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