Vote Counts Continue, More Congress Diversity & Election Comforts- Thursday, November 5th, 2020
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 5 November 2020
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Thursday, November 5th, 2020!
We're talking about:
- how more states have called projected winners in the presidential race
- legal challenges that could mean it still might not be over even if a winner is declared
- the balance of power in the House and Senate
- how Joe Biden set a new election record
- which Google searches spiked on election night
- an explanation of the electoral college
All that and more in around 10 minutes...
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Sources:
Latest Presidential Race Results: Politico, AP
Record Number of Biden Votes: CBS News, USA Today
Trump Sues PA, MI, GA: AP, WaPo, WSJ, The Detroit News
USPS Untraced Ballots: WaPo, Politico Reporter, Reuters, Vox
Senate Balance of Power: CNN, WSJ, AP, Reuters
More Diversity in Congress: The Hill, Business Insider. NY Times
Oregon Decriminalizes Hard Drugs: AP, FOX News, NY Times
New MS State Flag Approved: NBC News, CBS News, AP
Americans Seek Comfort Food & Booze: CNN, Newsweek, Google Trends
Drake Set Billboard Record: AP, Billboard
Cosmic Radio Burst Source: AP, USA Today, Engadget, CNN
Thing to Know Thursday: Electoral College: AP, CBS News, USA Today
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Thursday, November 5th. |
| 0:01.8 | The projected winners in more states have been called. |
| 0:04.1 | We've got an update on the presidential race, |
| 0:06.1 | and we'll tell you about the legal challenges |
| 0:08.0 | that could mean even if a winner is declared, |
| 0:09.9 | it still might not be over. |
| 0:11.5 | We'll also tell you where the House and Senate stand, |
| 0:13.5 | plus win or lose Biden set a new election record which Google searches spiked on |
| 0:18.4 | election night and explaining the Electoral College. |
| 0:25.0 | Welcome, welcome to the Newsworthy. All the day's news in around 10 minutes. |
| 0:28.0 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:30.0 | I'm Erica Mandy. |
| 0:31.0 | Thanks so much for being here. You ready? Let's do this. |
| 0:35.0 | America is still anxiously waiting to find out who won the presidential election, |
| 0:42.0 | and really the deciding |
| 0:43.8 | votes could come down any minute now. Joe Biden locked down projected wins in |
| 0:47.9 | the critical states of Wisconsin and Michigan yesterday putting him just six |
| 0:51.9 | electoral votes away from victory. |
| 0:54.0 | As of early this morning, only five states still have not been called. |
| 0:57.0 | Alaska, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Georgia, and North Carolina. |
| 1:01.0 | Alaska is expected to go for President Trump. The other four are toss-ups. |
| 1:05.5 | If Biden wins just one of them, he'll win the presidency. President Trump would have to win more of the |
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