November 5, 2024 • 40 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Auditing the legislature. That is what question one is all about.
And the Yes on one lead has been growing by
the half hour. Now Yes on one supporting the audit
of the legislature that is up seventy two to twenty
eight percent. Question two of the question about ending the
mcast requirement for high school graduation, about sixteen percent reporting here.
Yes on two up sixty to forty percent. Ballot question
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three the question about giving rideshare drivers the right to unionize, Yes,
vote holding fifty four to forty six. Interesting thing here
because earlier the question on psychedelics Yes on four was
leading and it became very close, and now that question
is starting to shift. Now No on four is taking
a lead fifty seven to forty three percent. And that's
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not five questions has it been.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
No But we do have one more and that wouldn't
make fune two, three, four five. Wbz's jaw Left tells
us more about what question five is about.
Speaker 3 (00:51):
Question five on the ballot asks if tipped workers should
make an increasing wage up to the state minimum on
top of gratuity. If Massachusetts voters ops know on this one,
nothing changes to how they're paid. But if it is
a yes, majority servers, bartenders, barbers, bell hops would all
work their way up to fifteen bucks an hour over
the course of five years. It would also open up
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the door to tip pooling, where gratuity can be shared
with back end staff like cooks and cleaners, though that's
only optional. Those in favor say the law would protect
employees vulnerable to wage theft and exploitation by their bosses.
Those against say all this really does is spell a
pay cut to servers, arguing patrons will give less as
a result, and Massachusetts already requires employers to cover the
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difference if it's a slow night for tips. J Willette WBZ,
Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
As it stands right now, No. One five is taking
a bigger lead, sixty five to thirty five percent. A
victory lap for Senator Elizabeth Warren.
Speaker 4 (01:47):
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
Warren hung on in her Senate tour Senate seat after
defeating Republican challenger John Deaton in a landslide today. She
gave a victory speech just a short time ago.
Speaker 4 (02:01):
We have reminded people that government can be harnessed to
work not just for the wealthy and well connected, but
that we can actually make government work.
Speaker 5 (02:14):
For the people.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
This will be Warren's third term in office. Meantime, John
Deaton says he called to congratulate Warren and offer his
assistance if need be. After conceding, Daton spoke to supporters
at Nash Bar on Tremont Street, saying he's proud of
his campaign. Speaking with reporters, Daton says, the way we
talk about politics needs to change on both sides of
the political spectrum.
Speaker 6 (02:38):
I think both sides have shown that they're part of
the problem.
Speaker 5 (02:43):
You know, we had an.
Speaker 6 (02:45):
American president almost have his head blown off on live TV,
and the rhetoric still didn't go that it's his thought too,
and it's on their faut.
Speaker 5 (02:57):
We've seen a president sitting president called truck supporters garbage.
Speaker 6 (03:03):
We just like we saw Hillary Clinton say deplorable, and
we just got.
Speaker 5 (03:07):
To stop doing that.
Speaker 2 (03:09):
Deeden says the key is compromised now. Hampshire voters are
deciding on the states two congressional seats, as well as
who will be the next governor. WBZ Shery Small is
here with the latest cherry.
Speaker 7 (03:20):
Ben Democrats in the lead so far in both congressional districts.
The race in New Hampshire's first congressional district is between
incumb and Democrat Chris Pappis and Republican Russell Prescott, with
fifty five percent of the precincts reporting so far, Pappis
has fifty five percent of the vote to Prescott's forty
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four percent. The race in New hampshire second congressional district
is between Democrat Maggie Goodlander and Republican Lily Tang Williams,
with forty six percent of the precincts reporting. In that race,
Goodlander leading fifty six to forty three percent. Now for governor,
it's a Republican canon to Kelly Ayot versus Democrat Joyce Craig. Aot,
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we can tell you has just thanked her supporters for
a victory.
Speaker 8 (04:07):
Craig has conceded.
Speaker 7 (04:08):
But we have to say the AP has not yet
called this race, but it's evident Aot is the Granite
State's next governor.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
Ben Somebody's had to win, we know that much. We've
got an update now on some of the numbers in
the presidential race. Colorado has just called its race for
Kamala Harrish. She has now won ten states and has
one hundred and nine electoral votes. Former President Donald Trump
has won seventeen states so far. He has one hundred
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and ninety eight electoral votes out of the two hundred
and seventy electoral votes that are needed for victory. Josh
Stein winning the gubernatorial race in North Carolina, he just
thanked his supporters.
Speaker 9 (04:47):
Fundamentally, this campaign is about you and all of the
young people of North Carolina. We want all of you
to want to call North Carolina home the same way
we do.
Speaker 2 (04:58):
Governor elect Stein. He won the race over in battled
Republican incumbent Mark Robinson, whose campaign was dragged into the
national limelight when reports surfaced about controversial comments he had
allegedly made in the past. Those included comments in which
Robinson literally called himself a black Nazi, as well as
comments on a porn website. The White House says President
Biden's already called to congratulate North Carolina's new governor elect.
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It is still too early to call the swing state
of Georgia. It is right now leaning in Trump's direction,
and CBS's Alison Keys tells us one voter block is
turning out for the former president.
Speaker 8 (05:34):
Our polling shows fifty four percent of Independence. In Georgia
went for Republican nominee Trump compared to forty three percent
for Democrat Harris, but in North Carolina, the two candidates
tied among independents who went for President Biden in twenty twenty.
Speaker 2 (05:49):
President Biden had flipped the Peach state blue four years
ago in route to winning the White House. All eyes, sir,
on the outcome of this election day. There's been lots
of drama, laws of frayed nerves. Americans, though, are not
the only ones who are keeping a close eye on
the polls. China's watching too.
Speaker 3 (06:06):
China has no official position but perverse stability, and I.
Speaker 2 (06:10):
Think that probably means Harris.
Speaker 3 (06:12):
A Trump presidency, of course, would mean tariffs that would
further hurt a slow in Chinese economy and a potential
trade war.
Speaker 2 (06:18):
And of course questions remain. I think about how far
either candidate would support Taiwan. That is ABC's Ian Penell.
You are listening to us WBZ for the election results tonight,
and of course we thank you for that. If you
happen to be in New York City, you could be
watching the Empire State Building for the election results. Sort of.
The building is decked out in red, white, and blue
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tonight and when it comes to results, if a swing
state is called for Vice President Harris, the iconic building
shines blue for five minutes. If a state is called
for former President Trump, the lights are red for five minutes,
And if, by chance, the race is called tonight, the
building will shine either red or blue for the remainder
of the evening. Keep it too to WBZ News Radio.
Will keep you up to date throughout the evening, throughout
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the overnight hours, and of course first thing tomorrow morning
with Jeff Brown as we continue to await all of
the results of Election Day twenty twenty four.
Speaker 10 (07:10):
Now Night Side with Dan Ray, an election Night special
on wb Z, Boston's news Radio.
Speaker 5 (07:18):
This is Dan Ray, and this is twenty twenty four.
We won't have another one of these nights for four years.
That's what makes the night special with me. Also, someone
who makes the night special, Congressman Seth Moulton here from
Massachusetts Congress and Moulton represents the sixth Congressional district up
in the northeast corner of the state.
Speaker 2 (07:38):
Congress.
Speaker 5 (07:39):
Molton, welcome back to Nightside, Dan.
Speaker 11 (07:42):
You're very kind. It's great to be back with you.
Speaker 5 (07:44):
Well, I'm sure you've had a pretty easy night because you,
along with foro of the other members of the delegation,
are uncontested, and you now have been elected to Congress.
This will start your sixth term. Time flies when you're
having fun. Congressman, I would.
Speaker 11 (08:00):
Say, well, time does fly, and it's not always fun,
but it does feel important right now with everything atake.
Speaker 12 (08:09):
No, but it's honestly, Dan, it's a question.
Speaker 11 (08:11):
I get a lot. It's success. Why do you put
up with this? How do you keep doing this? How
do you stay sane? I mean, this is my friends,
you know, asking these questions and and my family, and
I get it. I get the concern, but actually the
craziness makes it feel to me like, you know, now
more than ever, try to try to keep some sane
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heads in Washington.
Speaker 5 (08:34):
Maybe this would make you feel better. But good friends
of mine will ask me the same thing about my job.
They'll say, not put it that yours is a much
more important job than mine. Let's talk about what's going
on across the country tonight. I'm watching CNN, I'm watching
a little bit of Fox, and it looks to me
like this racist indeed going to be as tight as
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the pollsters predicted. So far, it seems to be falling
a script and at some point, obviously there's going to
be a break point here. It looks like a tennis
match that's going five sets. What is your sense as
you watch this tonight from you know, from from home?
Speaker 11 (09:13):
That's my sense exactly as well. And I've been on
the ground in swing states. It's felt really close, felt
really close. I was down in Arizona, it was down Pennsylvania.
You know, It's it's felt very close over the last
several weeks. And I don't think we're going to know
the results tonight. I mean we might, we might wake
up in the morning and know the results, but there's
(09:33):
a really good chance that we won't actually know the
final results for a few days. We'll just have to see.
Speaker 5 (09:39):
Is that because of the slow count that is expected
in Pennsylvania, each state does they count a little differently?
And because Pennsylvania is not only close, but it's also
very meticulously accounted. Is that a fair assessment?
Speaker 2 (09:54):
That's right?
Speaker 11 (09:54):
And there are just different procedures for when mail in
votes are counted. For example, some are not even opened
until election day. Until it takes a long time to
go through them. Other states count them in advance. Uh.
You know, these are state by state election laws, and
so it depends. I mean, I remember Arizona took a
while to get called last time. Uh maybe it won't
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be as close this time. You know, we don't know,
but but I just I think people need to be
prepared for this fact that this could drag out. And
what often happens is sometimes the late votes that come
in are are heading in a different direction. I mean, I
remember in my first race, all the small towns, places
like West Newbury where I think that was the first
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town to call in. Uh, they counted their votes pretty quickly.
It took a while for big cities like Lyn uh
to get their votes in. And uh, you know, Lynn
could completely change the.
Speaker 2 (10:49):
Election for me.
Speaker 11 (10:49):
So uh, this is this is something that that you
get used to. But uh, I'll tell you, Dan, after
after speaking with you, I'm going to bed.
Speaker 5 (10:59):
Well, I appreciate you staying up late. So I just
got to ask a couple other questions. One, I'm sure
you're monitoring this around the country. The Senate looks like
it's going to flip to the Republicans because of Montana
and West Virginia, maybe Ohio. The House could flip back
to the Democrats. Do you get a sense as to
what's going on? I mean this for you know, four
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hundred and thirty five, four hundred and thirty eight races
around the country. I'm sure you can't put your well,
you can't take the pulse in all of them. But
what sort of a chance do the Democrats have of
getting at least a House of Representatives back tonight to
balance off whatever I think it's at the White House?
Speaker 11 (11:38):
Yeah, no, I think it's a good chance. But I
think you've summarized it well, which is that we've known
for frankly, for years now that this was going to
be a tough year for Democrats in the Senate, just
based on the races that they were up for re election.
And you know, a lot a lot of people have
been saying for a while that they thought Democrats have
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the House in the bag. I've never said that. I've
always said I think the House will be closed. Let's
not forget the Republicans are ahead right now in the House.
They have control of the majority right now, so you know,
we have to flip that. And on top of that,
when you just look at how gerry mandering, something that
you know originated here in Massachusetts, but screwing up elections
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across the country ever since. You know that that the
current map, the current gerrymandered map across the country does
favor Republicans. So there are a couple of things working
against Democrats here. You know, I think insiders know that
the Republican Congress in the House has been a disaster
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under Speaker Johnson. They can't seem to get anything done,
can't get out of their own way, didn't even have
a speaker for three weeks, the first time in American
history that that's happened. But you know, these races are
this has decided race by race right across the country,
and people aren't always voting on just how you know
a Republican and Speaker does. They're just looking at the
candidates that are going to represent them. And I think
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when you go race by race, it's pretty close.
Speaker 5 (13:08):
To two final questions. One, if it goes against UH
your party tonight, either at the House level or at
the presidential level, is it time for a shakeup of
leadership UH in the in the Democratic Party and specifically
within within Congress. Has this been an an experiment that
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maybe the American people were not quite ready for. I'm
not talking Minister the Harris campaign, and I'm talking about
the last four years of Democratic leadership.
Speaker 11 (13:42):
Well, I think the question is what a shakeup looks
like because I've always been one calling for, you know,
new generation of leadership, new ideas.
Speaker 5 (13:49):
Asking the question is why I'm asking the.
Speaker 11 (13:51):
Question right, appealing to a broader, uh, swath of Americans. Right,
we want to be the majority party. We've got to
get a majority voters on our side. That should be
pretty obvious. But I think that there will be some
real time to step down and say, Okay, what exactly
does that look like? Because you know, we did have
a generational change going from Biden to Harris. I was
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the third in the House, in the whole Congress actually
House or Senate to come out and say that needed
to happen.
Speaker 5 (14:20):
Now.
Speaker 11 (14:20):
On the on the other hand, it doesn't. I also advocated,
UH for Harris breaking away more from Biden. I love Biden,
she loves Biden. She's a grace. She was a great
loyal vice president. But I think one thing she could
have done differently in this campaign is said here's where
I'm going to be different than the president. You know,
I'm going to handle immigration differently, or I'm going to
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handle the economy differently. I think she should have been
willing to will to break with the past a bit
more we do have.
Speaker 5 (14:51):
She was asked that question, She was asked that question
point blank, and she just didn't have an answer.
Speaker 11 (14:56):
I was shocked by that. Yeah, I think that I
think she did. Go ahead, Well, I'm going to.
Speaker 5 (15:02):
Say that's a tough question for you on this one.
We'll talk about a greater, greater depth. But I just
want to no matter who wins or how this all
shakes out, we need to come together as a country.
And and I know that you share that thought with me.
But just a few final comments on the need for
us to get together as Americans and to put this this,
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this divide, this this really horrible divide behind us.
Speaker 11 (15:29):
We do need to come together. And the level of
just sheer vitriol, the name calling, the the baseless disinformation,
the attacks on our democracy itself, you know, saying that
elections are rigged, claiming that Trump won the last election
when he clearly did not, just making up facts and
(15:53):
whatnot that has got to end because that undermines the
principles of our democracy.
Speaker 5 (15:59):
You know what, congress Manhak, I hate to do this here,
but I agree with you totally on that. And unfortunately
I should have asked you such a technical question because
we're flat out of time. But I want to have
you back and let's let's explore this in greater length
on another evening, if that's okay with you, because I
think it's important to discuss. Seth Molton. Thank you so
much for joining us tonight. Thank you for giving it
very much. We'll talk so we will be back with
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more of our special election coverage here on nightside. We'll
be talking with Governor Chris Sinunu of New Hampshire in
the next half hour.
Speaker 10 (16:29):
Campaign twenty twenty four America votes. This is WBZ Boston's News.
Speaker 2 (16:34):
Radio sixty three degrees in Boston at ten thirty. Good evening.
I'm Ben Parker. Here's what's happening. New Hampshire elect's Republican
Kelly Ayott for governor. WBZ Sherry Small is here with
the latest on the election in the Granite State.
Speaker 7 (16:53):
Cherry replacing the outgoing Republican Governor Christ Nunu with Republican
Kelly Aot. This was a hard fought race which has
bombarded the television airwaves with contentious attack ads between the
two candidates that went on for months. Aot defeating former
Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig Tonight, Craig conceding and posting this
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message on X saying quote, I first got involved in
public service when I ran for school board. I wanted
to strengthen our public schools and uplift my community. I
am proud of the race we ran focusing on these issues.
I called Kelly Aot and wished her luck in leading
our great state.
Speaker 5 (17:34):
Now.
Speaker 7 (17:35):
Ayot had statewide name recognition going into this as a
former one term senator and attorney general, and she also
had the endorsement of Governor Sanunu all Right. As far
as the two congressional district races, District one incumbent Democrat
Chris pappis with a nearly ten point lead over Republican
Russell Prescott right now, House District two Democrat Maggie Goodlander
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a solid eleven lead over Republican Lily Tang Williams. The
AP has not yet called either of those races.
Speaker 2 (18:06):
Been all Right, Jerry Massachusetts senior senator declaring a re
election victory to iwz's Madison Rogers. Is at the headquarters
of the party tonight.
Speaker 13 (18:17):
Projections say it's going to be another six years in
Washington for Senator Elizabeth Warren.
Speaker 4 (18:22):
We have reminded people that government can be harnessed to
work not just for the wealthy and well connected, but
that week can actually make government work for the people.
Speaker 13 (18:36):
Senator took the stage as her campaign and local Democrats celebrate.
She outlined a top fight ahead and said in her
third term she'll prioritize things like bringing down the cost
of childcare and housing and restoring ropy Wade protections. It
has still yet to be seen how in breached those
goals are. The balance of power still teetering in Washington,
Senator Warren telling the crowd it's going to be a
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long night, maybe a long week, but no matter what happens,
she's ready for the fight ahead. In the South End,
I'm Madison Rogers WVZ Boston's news radio.
Speaker 2 (19:09):
And on Tremont Street, her Republican challenger, John Deaton, conceding
alongside his supporters. He says it was an uphill battle
going against an incumbent Warren, and that change takes time.
Speaker 6 (19:20):
I wish the race was more competitive than it was,
but you know, something changed is hard.
Speaker 2 (19:25):
Afterward, Deaton spoke with reporters calling for an end to
the inflammatory comments on both sides of the political aisle.
Speaker 5 (19:30):
I don't know when the word compromise became such a
bad word, but you have to compromise when you're in
a divide.
Speaker 2 (19:37):
A country, when Dedon says, he called Warren after the
wind to congratulate her and to offer his support. Father
of the nine Massachusetts members of Congress were unopposed today.
Laurie Trahan, Jacob and Klauss, Katherine Clark, Seth Moulton, and
Aana Presley had no challengers. In terms of those with
a challenger. District one, Congressman Richard Neal wins his challenge
from Independent Nadiam Millern. In District two, Jim McGovern up
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his challenger, while Stephen Lynch wins over Republican Robert Burke.
Bill Keating is still in a battle with Dan Sullivan
and District nine, though Keating has a pretty healthy lead
so far. Ten thirty three, Let's get you caught up
on traffic and weather together, the SUPERU retailers something new
England all wheel drive traffic called the threes. Where would
you like to go, Steve, Well, let's look.
Speaker 14 (20:20):
Downtown where as promised, and I'm sorry to report Bike
East is down to one lane from commav through the
Credential Tunnel. That's going to slow you down westbound work
on the way. The deck to connect her and the
Tobin are fine, so the Airport tunnel south of the
city Route twenty four north reducing speed with a lane
taken prior to Route one forty. No trouble on the
expressway Route three north. The work crew in Duxbury at
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Route fourteen a brief slow down there, and then we
have roadwork on four ninety five slowing things down just
a bit. Southbound of Middleborough at Route twenty eight and
then northbound past ninety five north of town Won.
Speaker 2 (20:50):
Twenty eight north.
Speaker 14 (20:51):
There was a crash and a work zone at Walnut
Street in Lynnfield. The left lane still closed there for work.
The crash is cleared, no longer jam, but it's still
going to slow you down ninety three south to set
up a spot pond, not a problem. Then you're at
the speed limit with the left lane taken Roosevelt Circle
to Route sixty four ninety five. Work crew delays both
ways northbound at mass Ave and southbound and.
Speaker 2 (21:11):
Over at Route twenty eight.
Speaker 14 (21:12):
To the west on the Pike, work crews both ways
by the Charlton Service Plaza slow you down on the
westbound side four ninety five north under the speed limit
with work between the Pike and Route nine. More delay
southbound and Berlin at Route sixty two, and then the
ramp to two ninety is closed on to ninety east.
No trouble passing work in Worcester at Route nine. Steve
PEREZWBZ twenty four hour traffic network.
Speaker 2 (21:32):
As we check the four day actually weather forecast, how
about we just check a couple of days. Yeah, like tomorrow,
it's going to be well into the seventies. We could
break a record with sunshine will still be above normal
as we head through the rest of the week.
Speaker 10 (21:44):
Your complete coverage of campaign twenty twenty four continues now
on WBZ Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 2 (21:51):
Massachusetts voters had five ballot questions to consider along with
all of the racists. Today, WBC's Nicole Davis is here
and a little better idea about how some of these
are shaking out, yeah, a.
Speaker 1 (22:03):
Little bit, Ben, But let's start this time with question two.
That is the one, of course, about removing the MCASS
as a graduation requirement. Now about twenty three percent of
the results in Yes on two leads sixty to forty percent.
It's been there for about an hour or so. Ballot
question three, the question about giving rideshare drivers the right
to form a union, about twenty two percent in now
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yes on three, winning by a closer margin now fifty
four to forty six percent. The results on question four
on psychedelics continuing now to diverge, not as close as
it was right now about twenty two percent reporting No
on four leads fifty seven to forty three percent. Now
question five, that question about raising the minimum wage for
tipped employees, No on five, leading the charge sixty five
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to thirty five percent. And of course we have one
more question, Ben, and this one's about keeping Beacon Hill
in check.
Speaker 2 (22:53):
The last question we're watching, Nicole, is actually the first
one on the list. It's question one in wwz's Kyle
Schaffle as if question.
Speaker 15 (23:00):
One in your ballot passes, it would greenlight a probe
of Beacon Hill lawmakers by the state auditor. Auditor Diana
Desaglio would be able to demand the state legislature turn
over some internal documents, like spending receipts. She says the
legislature keeps a lid on too much. It's been ranked
timing again as one of the most secretive in the nation,
and she says if they've got nothing to hide.
Speaker 2 (23:18):
They'd let her look at the books.
Speaker 15 (23:19):
Disauglio has been locked in a struggle with Beacon Hill
power brokers over transparency since the early days of her career.
Now it's all coming to a very public head. Opponents
and Hill leaders say the ballot question is political grandstanding
and that an audit from Desaglio violates the separation of powers.
Speaker 11 (23:34):
Even if the.
Speaker 15 (23:35):
Measure does pass, Attorney General Andrea Campbell isn't sure it's constitutional.
A court battle is likely, and lawmakers could gut it
or appeal it anyway. Kyle schaffeld WBZ, Boston Shoge Radio.
Speaker 2 (23:46):
Well, let's get you caught up on what's going on
in the presidential race. Obviously, no winner declared yet, but
in some states yes, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York,
New Jersey, among the states that have gone for Kamala
Harris tonight, while Florida, South Carolina, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama,
Oklahoma all among the states that have gone for Donald Trump.
(24:09):
Right now, the electoral College vote sits like this. Former
President Trump with one hundred and ninety eight Kamala Harris
with one hundred and twelve two hundred and seventy are
needed to win the White House. ABC exit polls showing democracy,
the economy, and abortion rights were among the issues at
the top of America's minds as the last of the
polls will eventually close across the country, ABC's Wick Johnson
(24:31):
is at mar Lago where the former president is spending
election night.
Speaker 16 (24:34):
There are a lot of young men in the audience here.
I was at Madison Square Garden with that big rally
there some twenty thousand people, and I spoke to a
lot of these young men and asked them what it
was about Donald Trump that appealed to that. Many of
them either weren't old enough to vote before, or maybe
didn't participate in politics in the past, but they were
drawn to him for a variety of reasons. Immigration and
(24:55):
the economy were a big part of it.
Speaker 2 (24:57):
A lot of these.
Speaker 16 (24:58):
Young men who feel like the the middle class American
dream is difficult to achieve, difficult to reach. They felt
like they could connect with Trump and he was the
man who could help them get there.
Speaker 2 (25:08):
And former President Trump, as we told you, has already
won the state of Florida. Meantime, the Harris campaign is
convening at her alma mater, Howard University. Even though the
former president has a lead in the electoral college and
popular vote, the Vice President's hoping her work in the
swing states like Nevada will help flip the tide where
voters are concerned about the economy.
Speaker 17 (25:29):
The Harris campaign is well aware of all of those issues,
especially in Nevada. It's why she unveiled her housing plan
in that state. She knew that she had to hammer
home the issue of the economy and make clear that
that was going to be her top priority, that lowering
the cost of groceries was going to be at her
very first priority when she gets into office. You always
said she would pass, if elected, this big economic package
of bills to do just that. The question is whether
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that message got across and was enough.
Speaker 2 (25:53):
That is ABC's Mary Bruce the key swing state of
Georgia still too close to call, even though about ninety
percent of the votes there have already been tallied. ABC's
Rick Kline with the latest numbers the.
Speaker 18 (26:03):
Atlanta metro area. We've seen a significant amount of vote
in Fulton County. It's a place where Harris has to
be winning big, and she is winning big, almost exactly,
hitting her benchmark to cab County again, almost exactly at
that number.
Speaker 2 (26:16):
In some of the.
Speaker 18 (26:16):
Outlying suburbs of Atlanta. Donald Trump doing very well. Gwinnette
County is going to be very important. It's about eight
nine percent of the entire state right now. Harris up
about sixty forty there.
Speaker 2 (26:27):
And with just over ten percent of the vote still
to be counted in Georgia, former President Trump holding a
fifty one to forty eight percent margin a lead in Georgia.
President Biden did flip the Peach state blue four years
ago en route to his White House victory. Florida voters
strike down a ballot measure aimed at loosening up the
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state's strict limits on reproductive rights.
Speaker 11 (26:50):
STARTA.
Speaker 19 (26:50):
Voters have rejected an abortion rights amendment and are keeping
in place. Governor Ron DeSantis's six week ban. The initiative
failed to get the sixty percent threshold required. The measure
face an uphill battle in the deeply read state, were
former President Donald Trump, a Florida resident, said during the
campaign he would vote against the measure. About one fourth
the voters have said abortion policy was the single most
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important factor for their vote. That's according to ap vote cast,
a sweeping survey of more than one hundred and ten
thousand voters nationwide.
Speaker 2 (27:20):
A'm Heyependwani Josh Stein wins North Carolina's scubernatorial race over
in battled Republican incumbent Mark Robinson. Governor elect Stein touched
on the state's battle to recover from Hurricane Helene in
his victory speech.
Speaker 9 (27:32):
Our hearts are with the folks of western North Carolina
who are still struggling Hurricane Helene swept in devastation, destruction,
and darkness. But the goodness of North KILLINNY and shown
through neighbors helping neighbors, people dropping everything to lend the hand.
Speaker 2 (27:52):
The White House, Todaight says President Biden has already made
congratulatory calls to Governor elect Stein, the former attorney general
beat out in common but who's been battling controversy ever
since reports surfaced about scandalous comments he allegedly made in
the past. Marijuana is a top issue in some states
this selection day. Massachusetts legalized recreational pod in twenty sixteen,
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but this year's voters in Florida rejected a ballot measure
to legalize recreational marijuana in their state. Voters in the
Dakota's voted on similar measures. Those talies still too close
to call. Meantime, in Nebraska, they're voting on whether or
not to legalize medical cannabis. Nebraska is just one of
six states where marijuana is still completely outlawed, even in
medical settings. Many young Americans casting ballots for the first
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time in their lives this year. CBS is Allison Keys
catching up with the first time voter.
Speaker 8 (28:41):
Eighteen year old Tim casts first ballot and says it's
a big deal.
Speaker 11 (28:45):
I really feel like my voice is being heard, even
though it's one vote.
Speaker 8 (28:49):
He was initially turned away from the polling place because
he was wearing a Trump van's T shirt and political
attire isn't allowed at the polls, but he is.
Speaker 2 (28:57):
Proud of Trump. I just I think he did better
for a.
Speaker 8 (29:00):
And being from Texas, tem says.
Speaker 18 (29:02):
I really think the biggest thing for me is immigration.
Speaker 8 (29:05):
Allison Key CBS News.
Speaker 2 (29:07):
The FBI warning about fabricated videos promoting disinformation about voter
fraud and threats to polling places. While experts say those
fraudsters are pretending to be from the FBI, likely they
were working for Russia. The FBI says fake videos made
claims about the risk of violence and polling places even
claimed voting machines we're switching ballots in favor of Vice
President Kamala Harris. Experts say it's likely the work of
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Russian disinformation groups known for impersonating media organizations and US agencies.
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Night Side with Dan Ray continues now on WBZ News Radio.
Speaker 5 (30:00):
Welcome back everyone. We had delighted to be joined by
the Governor of the great State of New Hampshire, my hap,
my personal favorite governor, Governor Chris Sonunu and Governor Sonunu,
I want to wish you a happy birthday today.
Speaker 12 (30:13):
Happy birthday, Nah who cares. Yeah, we're not.
Speaker 5 (30:18):
We're not going to put the number on it. But
this is a big one as I understand it.
Speaker 12 (30:21):
Okay, it's a big one. It's a big one, but
it's really about a look at at the end of
the day, this is a great night, great election in
New Hampshire. It's all I really cared about. So the
dust will settle in a few in a few days
and I'll be like, oh crap, I have to buy
reading glasses or something like that. But now I'm just celebrating,
trying to Yeah.
Speaker 5 (30:40):
Remember you can go to CBS and Walgreens and they're
like twenty bucks seaven just you can lose them and everything. Look,
tell us about the governor up there money.
Speaker 12 (30:49):
I have to save the money for the ozembic.
Speaker 5 (30:53):
Uh. You you were all in on this race. I
thought that the commercials that you did for Kelly A
probably won her the election. You're not going to say that,
but I'll say that, what was the margin of up
there tonight? What do you expect the margin to be.
Speaker 12 (31:10):
I think it's gonna end up being four or five
at least, it's definitely bigger. I won in twenty sixteen
and then the last open race by two points, and
that was like a landslide. So Kelly definitely outdid me
in a lot of towns, which was just great to see.
And more importantly, let me tell you how crazy it
is because Trump did not do well up here, right,
he didn't invest any money, he didn't invest any time.
So to have an open race for governor that then
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outpaces the presidential ticket by ten points, that's incredible. I mean,
it's really incredible that she was able to pull off
such a strong win, and just at a testament to
how she ran the message she ran. She didn't talk
about things that the party wanted or she wanted. She
talked about things that the voters wanted. And that's a
huge fundamental difference between her and her opponent. Her opponent
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just kind of ran this big, negative, anti party message
all on on abortion and reproductive rates. Important issue, fine,
but not an issue for us. You're not a top
priority in here. It's not really a problem in New Hampshire.
So it was a hugely flawed uh strategy on their part.
But you know, at the end of the day, Kelly
was just a not just a better candidate, but a
better connector to the people on the ground.
Speaker 5 (32:15):
Again, I want to come back. It was a spot
that you did, which I know you pretty well, and
I thought, you know you you connected. You looked in
that camera and you kind of smiled at people and
said the New Hampshire Way, and it connected. I do
not understand by the way the ad that she did
with her husband. I thought that was embarrassing, but that's
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but I guess you.
Speaker 12 (32:37):
Know, people love that ad. It's the number one respond
to that. Yeah, people people thought it was normal. I
don't know. People thought it was normal and silly enough.
So I don't know.
Speaker 5 (32:48):
Talked about her snoring. It was what what is he
gonna say next? It was like it was terrified, terrifying.
Let's talk about the national race. I am uh to
see where this seems to be trending tonight. What is
your take on this?
Speaker 12 (33:06):
Yeah? No, I mean, look, I've always thought, I really
do believe in the last month, especially that Trump was
going to win. I think this is what's going to happen.
I've said it for a while and maybe I'm right,
Maven wrong, but I think Trump is going to do
better than everybody thought. It's going to be close. I
don't I think he's going to declare victory. I don't
think Kamala is going to concede. I think you're gonna
have recounts for a couple of days and you know,
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getting these last townsend votes in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, in But
at the end of the day, whether it's a couple
of days from now or a week from now, I
think that the Harris campaign is going to have to
fold it up. And it's not they kept looking at polls.
The difference is it's not the polls. It's the non
poll data. It's the early ballots. It's the lead the
Democrats thought they would have in the early voting states
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that they just didn't have. It's the fact that Trump
is going to get. This guy's going to get a
bigger vote for a presidential candidate than ever before from
Latinos in African Americans. Right, So he's going to be
the most popular presidential Republican presidential kendidate for Latino and
African American voters in history that's hard to overcome. And
so there's all these kind of things that aren't spoken
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about in the general media. They just look at these
big national poll numbers. But on the ground, this is
where it is. And Trump voters tend to keep everything
close to the vest that we always know that they
come out of the woodwork at the last minute. The
Democrat message nationally has been you better vote for Kamala
or else you don't believe in democracy. It's like a
shaming type thing they were doing. That's not a way
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to earn people's trust. And so what that drives is
a false narrative. On the polls. People say, yeah, yeah,
I'm going to vote for Kamlay, just stop yelling at me.
But at the end of the day, they're going to
vote for what they think is in the best in
their family's interests. And they might not like Trump, they
might not like his personality, but they want a fundamental
change in administration and culture down in DC.
Speaker 5 (34:52):
Well, I think you and I are pretty close philosophically,
and I think in terms of what we feel about
President Trump. I never had president President Trump maybe future
President Trump on the show, and it's amazing to me
as somebody who's covered presidential elections literally going back to
nineteen seventy six and having interviewed Gerald Ford and Jimmy
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Carter as a young reporter, and having obviously the Reagan
years and then the Bush years, and there was always
reach out to minority groups that Jack Kemp used to
try to do that and did it pretty successfully. But
he was always that minority voice within the Republican Party
that there are people in groups that have traditionally been
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Democratic who can identify with a Republican message. And Donald
Trump above all was able to deliver that message, which
again it's stunning, and it's also stunning to think that
this guy who lost with such a lack of grace
was able to somehow bring himself back through indictments. I mean,
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he put it all on the credible.
Speaker 12 (36:00):
I mean, it's incredible. It's it's an internet.
Speaker 5 (36:03):
Look.
Speaker 12 (36:03):
I was over in Dublin on a trade mission recently,
and then I was in Greece doing something for a
robotics program for education and Europe. People don't realize Europe
right now is absolutely one hundred and fifty percent glued
to this and they have been for the last six months,
they are fascinated with what's happening here to the point
that you just made, because you have somebody like Trump
who's gone through all this turmoil and all this craziness
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and all the crazy things he says, and the indictments
and all this stuff, and now it looks like he's
actually going to win again, and he's again his I think,
as everybody gets now, he's not connecting with people on
a policy or if he connects with people with an attitude,
with a pride in America, with a toughness, with I'm
going to fight. You know, we're Americans. We got that
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in our DNA.
Speaker 11 (36:48):
A little bit.
Speaker 12 (36:49):
And I think too often the politicians go, well, this
policy will help you, so you should vote for me
because I'm going to help you, as opposed to kind
of thinking a little broader and understanding what the DA
and a of a free market American is all about.
And there's something there that Trump connects with, and there's
just no denying it.
Speaker 5 (37:07):
I follow some of the betting pools in Europe and
have watched them intense interest in this race with the
bookies on in London. I was stunned that he did
not invite Nicki Haley to come out on the campaign
trail with him, and I almost felt that he would
have preferred to have lost the White House and all
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the implications of that, rather than share any any glory
with with anyone other than himself. Am I reading that wrong?
Speaker 12 (37:39):
Well, I'll say this, I don't think he was willing
to lose. I think the numbers just showed that the
vast majority of Nicki voters were already with them, right.
They were good, they were Republican voters. They like me,
They wanted to change, they wanted the next generation. They
fought hard for it. But at the end of the day,
we're not voting for this insanity that Kamala was when
and the and the buying campaign were bringing. And more importantly,
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I go to the statement, I say it a lot
that a couple of the interviews she did in one week,
she did like three straight interviews, but she was asked,
what is going to be different? Like softballs, like the
number one question. You should have been really prepared to
answer back in July, Well, I can't. Nothing comes to mind.
You want to be the leader of the free world,
and nothing comes to mind about what you're going to
do different. It was a mind bogglingly bad answer, and
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right at that point, combined with the vice presidential debate, which,
believe it or not, I do think I had an impact.
I think people were told yeah, and I think people
were told that jd Vance was, you know, wacky and
all this stuff, and he came up measured, incredibly smart, cordial,
clearly willing to walk work across the aisle, not vindictive,
and they said, Okay, this is the future of the
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Republican Party that we're voting for. We can buy into this.
So it was a combination of things that were Kamala
just really blew it. And so because they there was
no there there, it was kind of an empty suit.
And so again, the race isn't over. We'll see where
all this goes. But sure, I think people like to
your point, I think we're all pretty surprised. I got
this close anyways, And now it looks like he's going
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to win Virginia. Some of these states that should have
been walkaways for Kamala are are are being challenged.
Speaker 5 (39:12):
So I wonder what Joe Biden and Joe Biden are
saying tonight in the Lincoln bedroom.
Speaker 12 (39:18):
You know, look my guess is they're more upset that
Trump is winning than Kamala is losing.
Speaker 5 (39:23):
Yeah.
Speaker 12 (39:24):
I really believe that. Look, I have said all along,
the first person voting for Donald Trump was Gavin Newsom
in California, because that guy's if Kamala had won, that
guy's political career was over right. I mean, it means
you can't run for president for eight years, that no
one's going to care about him in eight year.
Speaker 5 (39:38):
So what we do, what we do know is there
would be a different, a different Republican running in two
thousand and twenty eight. Maybe it'll be Chris Soner and
we'll say, hey, Chris, thanks so much again, happy birthday,
and thanks so much.
Speaker 12 (39:52):
Thank you brother, everybody, so good night.
Speaker 5 (39:56):
When we get back on the other side, during the
eleven o'clock news, we talk with the Tom O'Neill, the
son of a former lieutenant governor, son of Tip O'Neil,
as well as Polster Spencer Kimball. Stay with WBZ folks
throughout the night,
Auditing the legislature. That is what question one is all about.
And the Yes on one lead has been growing by
the half hour. Now Yes on one supporting the audit
of the legislature that is up seventy two to twenty
eight percent. Question two of the question about ending the
mcast requirement for high school graduation, about sixteen percent reporting here.
Yes on two up sixty to forty percent. Ballot question
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three the question about giving rideshare drivers the right to unionize, Yes,
vote holding fifty four to forty six. Interesting thing here
because earlier the question on psychedelics Yes on four was
leading and it became very close, and now that question
is starting to shift. Now No on four is taking
a lead fifty seven to forty three percent. And that's
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not five questions has it been.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
No But we do have one more and that wouldn't
make fune two, three, four five. Wbz's jaw Left tells
us more about what question five is about.
Speaker 3 (00:51):
Question five on the ballot asks if tipped workers should
make an increasing wage up to the state minimum on
top of gratuity. If Massachusetts voters ops know on this one,
nothing changes to how they're paid. But if it is
a yes, majority servers, bartenders, barbers, bell hops would all
work their way up to fifteen bucks an hour over
the course of five years. It would also open up
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the door to tip pooling, where gratuity can be shared
with back end staff like cooks and cleaners, though that's
only optional. Those in favor say the law would protect
employees vulnerable to wage theft and exploitation by their bosses.
Those against say all this really does is spell a
pay cut to servers, arguing patrons will give less as
a result, and Massachusetts already requires employers to cover the
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difference if it's a slow night for tips. J Willette WBZ,
Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
As it stands right now, No. One five is taking
a bigger lead, sixty five to thirty five percent. A
victory lap for Senator Elizabeth Warren.
Speaker 4 (01:47):
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
Warren hung on in her Senate tour Senate seat after
defeating Republican challenger John Deaton in a landslide today. She
gave a victory speech just a short time ago.
Speaker 4 (02:01):
We have reminded people that government can be harnessed to
work not just for the wealthy and well connected, but
that we can actually make government work.
Speaker 5 (02:14):
For the people.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
This will be Warren's third term in office. Meantime, John
Deaton says he called to congratulate Warren and offer his
assistance if need be. After conceding, Daton spoke to supporters
at Nash Bar on Tremont Street, saying he's proud of
his campaign. Speaking with reporters, Daton says, the way we
talk about politics needs to change on both sides of
the political spectrum.
Speaker 6 (02:38):
I think both sides have shown that they're part of
the problem.
Speaker 5 (02:43):
You know, we had an.
Speaker 6 (02:45):
American president almost have his head blown off on live TV,
and the rhetoric still didn't go that it's his thought too,
and it's on their faut.
Speaker 5 (02:57):
We've seen a president sitting president called truck supporters garbage.
Speaker 6 (03:03):
We just like we saw Hillary Clinton say deplorable, and
we just got.
Speaker 5 (03:07):
To stop doing that.
Speaker 2 (03:09):
Deeden says the key is compromised now. Hampshire voters are
deciding on the states two congressional seats, as well as
who will be the next governor. WBZ Shery Small is
here with the latest cherry.
Speaker 7 (03:20):
Ben Democrats in the lead so far in both congressional districts.
The race in New Hampshire's first congressional district is between
incumb and Democrat Chris Pappis and Republican Russell Prescott, with
fifty five percent of the precincts reporting so far, Pappis
has fifty five percent of the vote to Prescott's forty
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four percent. The race in New hampshire second congressional district
is between Democrat Maggie Goodlander and Republican Lily Tang Williams,
with forty six percent of the precincts reporting. In that race,
Goodlander leading fifty six to forty three percent. Now for governor,
it's a Republican canon to Kelly Ayot versus Democrat Joyce Craig. Aot,
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we can tell you has just thanked her supporters for
a victory.
Speaker 8 (04:07):
Craig has conceded.
Speaker 7 (04:08):
But we have to say the AP has not yet
called this race, but it's evident Aot is the Granite
State's next governor.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
Ben Somebody's had to win, we know that much. We've
got an update now on some of the numbers in
the presidential race. Colorado has just called its race for
Kamala Harrish. She has now won ten states and has
one hundred and nine electoral votes. Former President Donald Trump
has won seventeen states so far. He has one hundred
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and ninety eight electoral votes out of the two hundred
and seventy electoral votes that are needed for victory. Josh
Stein winning the gubernatorial race in North Carolina, he just
thanked his supporters.
Speaker 9 (04:47):
Fundamentally, this campaign is about you and all of the
young people of North Carolina. We want all of you
to want to call North Carolina home the same way
we do.
Speaker 2 (04:58):
Governor elect Stein. He won the race over in battled
Republican incumbent Mark Robinson, whose campaign was dragged into the
national limelight when reports surfaced about controversial comments he had
allegedly made in the past. Those included comments in which
Robinson literally called himself a black Nazi, as well as
comments on a porn website. The White House says President
Biden's already called to congratulate North Carolina's new governor elect.
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It is still too early to call the swing state
of Georgia. It is right now leaning in Trump's direction,
and CBS's Alison Keys tells us one voter block is
turning out for the former president.
Speaker 8 (05:34):
Our polling shows fifty four percent of Independence. In Georgia
went for Republican nominee Trump compared to forty three percent
for Democrat Harris, but in North Carolina, the two candidates
tied among independents who went for President Biden in twenty twenty.
Speaker 2 (05:49):
President Biden had flipped the Peach state blue four years
ago in route to winning the White House. All eyes, sir,
on the outcome of this election day. There's been lots
of drama, laws of frayed nerves. Americans, though, are not
the only ones who are keeping a close eye on
the polls. China's watching too.
Speaker 3 (06:06):
China has no official position but perverse stability, and I.
Speaker 2 (06:10):
Think that probably means Harris.
Speaker 3 (06:12):
A Trump presidency, of course, would mean tariffs that would
further hurt a slow in Chinese economy and a potential
trade war.
Speaker 2 (06:18):
And of course questions remain. I think about how far
either candidate would support Taiwan. That is ABC's Ian Penell.
You are listening to us WBZ for the election results tonight,
and of course we thank you for that. If you
happen to be in New York City, you could be
watching the Empire State Building for the election results. Sort of.
The building is decked out in red, white, and blue
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tonight and when it comes to results, if a swing
state is called for Vice President Harris, the iconic building
shines blue for five minutes. If a state is called
for former President Trump, the lights are red for five minutes,
And if, by chance, the race is called tonight, the
building will shine either red or blue for the remainder
of the evening. Keep it too to WBZ News Radio.
Will keep you up to date throughout the evening, throughout
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the overnight hours, and of course first thing tomorrow morning
with Jeff Brown as we continue to await all of
the results of Election Day twenty twenty four.
Speaker 10 (07:10):
Now Night Side with Dan Ray, an election Night special
on wb Z, Boston's news Radio.
Speaker 5 (07:18):
This is Dan Ray, and this is twenty twenty four.
We won't have another one of these nights for four years.
That's what makes the night special with me. Also, someone
who makes the night special, Congressman Seth Moulton here from
Massachusetts Congress and Moulton represents the sixth Congressional district up
in the northeast corner of the state.
Speaker 2 (07:38):
Congress.
Speaker 5 (07:39):
Molton, welcome back to Nightside, Dan.
Speaker 11 (07:42):
You're very kind. It's great to be back with you.
Speaker 5 (07:44):
Well, I'm sure you've had a pretty easy night because you,
along with foro of the other members of the delegation,
are uncontested, and you now have been elected to Congress.
This will start your sixth term. Time flies when you're
having fun. Congressman, I would.
Speaker 11 (08:00):
Say, well, time does fly, and it's not always fun,
but it does feel important right now with everything atake.
Speaker 12 (08:09):
No, but it's honestly, Dan, it's a question.
Speaker 11 (08:11):
I get a lot. It's success. Why do you put
up with this? How do you keep doing this? How
do you stay sane? I mean, this is my friends,
you know, asking these questions and and my family, and
I get it. I get the concern, but actually the
craziness makes it feel to me like, you know, now
more than ever, try to try to keep some sane
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heads in Washington.
Speaker 5 (08:34):
Maybe this would make you feel better. But good friends
of mine will ask me the same thing about my job.
They'll say, not put it that yours is a much
more important job than mine. Let's talk about what's going
on across the country tonight. I'm watching CNN, I'm watching
a little bit of Fox, and it looks to me
like this racist indeed going to be as tight as
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the pollsters predicted. So far, it seems to be falling
a script and at some point, obviously there's going to
be a break point here. It looks like a tennis
match that's going five sets. What is your sense as
you watch this tonight from you know, from from home?
Speaker 11 (09:13):
That's my sense exactly as well. And I've been on
the ground in swing states. It's felt really close, felt
really close. I was down in Arizona, it was down Pennsylvania.
You know, It's it's felt very close over the last
several weeks. And I don't think we're going to know
the results tonight. I mean we might, we might wake
up in the morning and know the results, but there's
(09:33):
a really good chance that we won't actually know the
final results for a few days. We'll just have to see.
Speaker 5 (09:39):
Is that because of the slow count that is expected
in Pennsylvania, each state does they count a little differently?
And because Pennsylvania is not only close, but it's also
very meticulously accounted. Is that a fair assessment?
Speaker 2 (09:54):
That's right?
Speaker 11 (09:54):
And there are just different procedures for when mail in
votes are counted. For example, some are not even opened
until election day. Until it takes a long time to
go through them. Other states count them in advance. Uh.
You know, these are state by state election laws, and
so it depends. I mean, I remember Arizona took a
while to get called last time. Uh maybe it won't
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be as close this time. You know, we don't know,
but but I just I think people need to be
prepared for this fact that this could drag out. And
what often happens is sometimes the late votes that come
in are are heading in a different direction. I mean, I
remember in my first race, all the small towns, places
like West Newbury where I think that was the first
(10:37):
town to call in. Uh, they counted their votes pretty quickly.
It took a while for big cities like Lyn uh
to get their votes in. And uh, you know, Lynn
could completely change the.
Speaker 2 (10:49):
Election for me.
Speaker 11 (10:49):
So uh, this is this is something that that you
get used to. But uh, I'll tell you, Dan, after
after speaking with you, I'm going to bed.
Speaker 5 (10:59):
Well, I appreciate you staying up late. So I just
got to ask a couple other questions. One, I'm sure
you're monitoring this around the country. The Senate looks like
it's going to flip to the Republicans because of Montana
and West Virginia, maybe Ohio. The House could flip back
to the Democrats. Do you get a sense as to
what's going on? I mean this for you know, four
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hundred and thirty five, four hundred and thirty eight races
around the country. I'm sure you can't put your well,
you can't take the pulse in all of them. But
what sort of a chance do the Democrats have of
getting at least a House of Representatives back tonight to
balance off whatever I think it's at the White House?
Speaker 11 (11:38):
Yeah, no, I think it's a good chance. But I
think you've summarized it well, which is that we've known
for frankly, for years now that this was going to
be a tough year for Democrats in the Senate, just
based on the races that they were up for re election.
And you know, a lot a lot of people have
been saying for a while that they thought Democrats have
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the House in the bag. I've never said that. I've
always said I think the House will be closed. Let's
not forget the Republicans are ahead right now in the House.
They have control of the majority right now, so you know,
we have to flip that. And on top of that,
when you just look at how gerry mandering, something that
you know originated here in Massachusetts, but screwing up elections
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across the country ever since. You know that that the
current map, the current gerrymandered map across the country does
favor Republicans. So there are a couple of things working
against Democrats here. You know, I think insiders know that
the Republican Congress in the House has been a disaster
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under Speaker Johnson. They can't seem to get anything done,
can't get out of their own way, didn't even have
a speaker for three weeks, the first time in American
history that that's happened. But you know, these races are
this has decided race by race right across the country,
and people aren't always voting on just how you know
a Republican and Speaker does. They're just looking at the
candidates that are going to represent them. And I think
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when you go race by race, it's pretty close.
Speaker 5 (13:08):
To two final questions. One, if it goes against UH
your party tonight, either at the House level or at
the presidential level, is it time for a shakeup of
leadership UH in the in the Democratic Party and specifically
within within Congress. Has this been an an experiment that
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maybe the American people were not quite ready for. I'm
not talking Minister the Harris campaign, and I'm talking about
the last four years of Democratic leadership.
Speaker 11 (13:42):
Well, I think the question is what a shakeup looks
like because I've always been one calling for, you know,
new generation of leadership, new ideas.
Speaker 5 (13:49):
Asking the question is why I'm asking the.
Speaker 11 (13:51):
Question right, appealing to a broader, uh, swath of Americans. Right,
we want to be the majority party. We've got to
get a majority voters on our side. That should be
pretty obvious. But I think that there will be some
real time to step down and say, Okay, what exactly
does that look like? Because you know, we did have
a generational change going from Biden to Harris. I was
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the third in the House, in the whole Congress actually
House or Senate to come out and say that needed
to happen.
Speaker 5 (14:20):
Now.
Speaker 11 (14:20):
On the on the other hand, it doesn't. I also advocated,
UH for Harris breaking away more from Biden. I love Biden,
she loves Biden. She's a grace. She was a great
loyal vice president. But I think one thing she could
have done differently in this campaign is said here's where
I'm going to be different than the president. You know,
I'm going to handle immigration differently, or I'm going to
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handle the economy differently. I think she should have been
willing to will to break with the past a bit
more we do have.
Speaker 5 (14:51):
She was asked that question, She was asked that question
point blank, and she just didn't have an answer.
Speaker 11 (14:56):
I was shocked by that. Yeah, I think that I
think she did. Go ahead, Well, I'm going to.
Speaker 5 (15:02):
Say that's a tough question for you on this one.
We'll talk about a greater, greater depth. But I just
want to no matter who wins or how this all
shakes out, we need to come together as a country.
And and I know that you share that thought with me.
But just a few final comments on the need for
us to get together as Americans and to put this this,
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this divide, this this really horrible divide behind us.
Speaker 11 (15:29):
We do need to come together. And the level of
just sheer vitriol, the name calling, the the baseless disinformation,
the attacks on our democracy itself, you know, saying that
elections are rigged, claiming that Trump won the last election
when he clearly did not, just making up facts and
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whatnot that has got to end because that undermines the
principles of our democracy.
Speaker 5 (15:59):
You know what, congress Manhak, I hate to do this here,
but I agree with you totally on that. And unfortunately
I should have asked you such a technical question because
we're flat out of time. But I want to have
you back and let's let's explore this in greater length
on another evening, if that's okay with you, because I
think it's important to discuss. Seth Molton. Thank you so
much for joining us tonight. Thank you for giving it
very much. We'll talk so we will be back with
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more of our special election coverage here on nightside. We'll
be talking with Governor Chris Sinunu of New Hampshire in
the next half hour.
Speaker 10 (16:29):
Campaign twenty twenty four America votes. This is WBZ Boston's News.
Speaker 2 (16:34):
Radio sixty three degrees in Boston at ten thirty. Good evening.
I'm Ben Parker. Here's what's happening. New Hampshire elect's Republican
Kelly Ayott for governor. WBZ Sherry Small is here with
the latest on the election in the Granite State.
Speaker 7 (16:53):
Cherry replacing the outgoing Republican Governor Christ Nunu with Republican
Kelly Aot. This was a hard fought race which has
bombarded the television airwaves with contentious attack ads between the
two candidates that went on for months. Aot defeating former
Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig Tonight, Craig conceding and posting this
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message on X saying quote, I first got involved in
public service when I ran for school board. I wanted
to strengthen our public schools and uplift my community. I
am proud of the race we ran focusing on these issues.
I called Kelly Aot and wished her luck in leading
our great state.
Speaker 5 (17:34):
Now.
Speaker 7 (17:35):
Ayot had statewide name recognition going into this as a
former one term senator and attorney general, and she also
had the endorsement of Governor Sanunu all Right. As far
as the two congressional district races, District one incumbent Democrat
Chris pappis with a nearly ten point lead over Republican
Russell Prescott right now, House District two Democrat Maggie Goodlander
(17:58):
a solid eleven lead over Republican Lily Tang Williams. The
AP has not yet called either of those races.
Speaker 2 (18:06):
Been all Right, Jerry Massachusetts senior senator declaring a re
election victory to iwz's Madison Rogers. Is at the headquarters
of the party tonight.
Speaker 13 (18:17):
Projections say it's going to be another six years in
Washington for Senator Elizabeth Warren.
Speaker 4 (18:22):
We have reminded people that government can be harnessed to
work not just for the wealthy and well connected, but
that week can actually make government work for the people.
Speaker 13 (18:36):
Senator took the stage as her campaign and local Democrats celebrate.
She outlined a top fight ahead and said in her
third term she'll prioritize things like bringing down the cost
of childcare and housing and restoring ropy Wade protections. It
has still yet to be seen how in breached those
goals are. The balance of power still teetering in Washington,
Senator Warren telling the crowd it's going to be a
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long night, maybe a long week, but no matter what happens,
she's ready for the fight ahead. In the South End,
I'm Madison Rogers WVZ Boston's news radio.
Speaker 2 (19:09):
And on Tremont Street, her Republican challenger, John Deaton, conceding
alongside his supporters. He says it was an uphill battle
going against an incumbent Warren, and that change takes time.
Speaker 6 (19:20):
I wish the race was more competitive than it was,
but you know, something changed is hard.
Speaker 2 (19:25):
Afterward, Deaton spoke with reporters calling for an end to
the inflammatory comments on both sides of the political aisle.
Speaker 5 (19:30):
I don't know when the word compromise became such a
bad word, but you have to compromise when you're in
a divide.
Speaker 2 (19:37):
A country, when Dedon says, he called Warren after the
wind to congratulate her and to offer his support. Father
of the nine Massachusetts members of Congress were unopposed today.
Laurie Trahan, Jacob and Klauss, Katherine Clark, Seth Moulton, and
Aana Presley had no challengers. In terms of those with
a challenger. District one, Congressman Richard Neal wins his challenge
from Independent Nadiam Millern. In District two, Jim McGovern up
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his challenger, while Stephen Lynch wins over Republican Robert Burke.
Bill Keating is still in a battle with Dan Sullivan
and District nine, though Keating has a pretty healthy lead
so far. Ten thirty three, Let's get you caught up
on traffic and weather together, the SUPERU retailers something new
England all wheel drive traffic called the threes. Where would
you like to go, Steve, Well, let's look.
Speaker 14 (20:20):
Downtown where as promised, and I'm sorry to report Bike
East is down to one lane from commav through the
Credential Tunnel. That's going to slow you down westbound work
on the way. The deck to connect her and the
Tobin are fine, so the Airport tunnel south of the
city Route twenty four north reducing speed with a lane
taken prior to Route one forty. No trouble on the
expressway Route three north. The work crew in Duxbury at
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Route fourteen a brief slow down there, and then we
have roadwork on four ninety five slowing things down just
a bit. Southbound of Middleborough at Route twenty eight and
then northbound past ninety five north of town Won.
Speaker 2 (20:50):
Twenty eight north.
Speaker 14 (20:51):
There was a crash and a work zone at Walnut
Street in Lynnfield. The left lane still closed there for work.
The crash is cleared, no longer jam, but it's still
going to slow you down ninety three south to set
up a spot pond, not a problem. Then you're at
the speed limit with the left lane taken Roosevelt Circle
to Route sixty four ninety five. Work crew delays both
ways northbound at mass Ave and southbound and.
Speaker 2 (21:11):
Over at Route twenty eight.
Speaker 14 (21:12):
To the west on the Pike, work crews both ways
by the Charlton Service Plaza slow you down on the
westbound side four ninety five north under the speed limit
with work between the Pike and Route nine. More delay
southbound and Berlin at Route sixty two, and then the
ramp to two ninety is closed on to ninety east.
No trouble passing work in Worcester at Route nine. Steve
PEREZWBZ twenty four hour traffic network.
Speaker 2 (21:32):
As we check the four day actually weather forecast, how
about we just check a couple of days. Yeah, like tomorrow,
it's going to be well into the seventies. We could
break a record with sunshine will still be above normal
as we head through the rest of the week.
Speaker 10 (21:44):
Your complete coverage of campaign twenty twenty four continues now
on WBZ Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 2 (21:51):
Massachusetts voters had five ballot questions to consider along with
all of the racists. Today, WBC's Nicole Davis is here
and a little better idea about how some of these
are shaking out, yeah, a.
Speaker 1 (22:03):
Little bit, Ben, But let's start this time with question two.
That is the one, of course, about removing the MCASS
as a graduation requirement. Now about twenty three percent of
the results in Yes on two leads sixty to forty percent.
It's been there for about an hour or so. Ballot
question three, the question about giving rideshare drivers the right
to form a union, about twenty two percent in now
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yes on three, winning by a closer margin now fifty
four to forty six percent. The results on question four
on psychedelics continuing now to diverge, not as close as
it was right now about twenty two percent reporting No
on four leads fifty seven to forty three percent. Now
question five, that question about raising the minimum wage for
tipped employees, No on five, leading the charge sixty five
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to thirty five percent. And of course we have one
more question, Ben, and this one's about keeping Beacon Hill
in check.
Speaker 2 (22:53):
The last question we're watching, Nicole, is actually the first
one on the list. It's question one in wwz's Kyle
Schaffle as if question.
Speaker 15 (23:00):
One in your ballot passes, it would greenlight a probe
of Beacon Hill lawmakers by the state auditor. Auditor Diana
Desaglio would be able to demand the state legislature turn
over some internal documents, like spending receipts. She says the
legislature keeps a lid on too much. It's been ranked
timing again as one of the most secretive in the nation,
and she says if they've got nothing to hide.
Speaker 2 (23:18):
They'd let her look at the books.
Speaker 15 (23:19):
Disauglio has been locked in a struggle with Beacon Hill
power brokers over transparency since the early days of her career.
Now it's all coming to a very public head. Opponents
and Hill leaders say the ballot question is political grandstanding
and that an audit from Desaglio violates the separation of powers.
Speaker 11 (23:34):
Even if the.
Speaker 15 (23:35):
Measure does pass, Attorney General Andrea Campbell isn't sure it's constitutional.
A court battle is likely, and lawmakers could gut it
or appeal it anyway. Kyle schaffeld WBZ, Boston Shoge Radio.
Speaker 2 (23:46):
Well, let's get you caught up on what's going on
in the presidential race. Obviously, no winner declared yet, but
in some states yes, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York,
New Jersey, among the states that have gone for Kamala
Harris tonight, while Florida, South Carolina, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama,
Oklahoma all among the states that have gone for Donald Trump.
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Right now, the electoral College vote sits like this. Former
President Trump with one hundred and ninety eight Kamala Harris
with one hundred and twelve two hundred and seventy are
needed to win the White House. ABC exit polls showing democracy,
the economy, and abortion rights were among the issues at
the top of America's minds as the last of the
polls will eventually close across the country, ABC's Wick Johnson
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is at mar Lago where the former president is spending
election night.
Speaker 16 (24:34):
There are a lot of young men in the audience here.
I was at Madison Square Garden with that big rally
there some twenty thousand people, and I spoke to a
lot of these young men and asked them what it
was about Donald Trump that appealed to that. Many of
them either weren't old enough to vote before, or maybe
didn't participate in politics in the past, but they were
drawn to him for a variety of reasons. Immigration and
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the economy were a big part of it.
Speaker 2 (24:57):
A lot of these.
Speaker 16 (24:58):
Young men who feel like the the middle class American
dream is difficult to achieve, difficult to reach. They felt
like they could connect with Trump and he was the
man who could help them get there.
Speaker 2 (25:08):
And former President Trump, as we told you, has already
won the state of Florida. Meantime, the Harris campaign is
convening at her alma mater, Howard University. Even though the
former president has a lead in the electoral college and
popular vote, the Vice President's hoping her work in the
swing states like Nevada will help flip the tide where
voters are concerned about the economy.
Speaker 17 (25:29):
The Harris campaign is well aware of all of those issues,
especially in Nevada. It's why she unveiled her housing plan
in that state. She knew that she had to hammer
home the issue of the economy and make clear that
that was going to be her top priority, that lowering
the cost of groceries was going to be at her
very first priority when she gets into office. You always
said she would pass, if elected, this big economic package
of bills to do just that. The question is whether
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that message got across and was enough.
Speaker 2 (25:53):
That is ABC's Mary Bruce the key swing state of
Georgia still too close to call, even though about ninety
percent of the votes there have already been tallied. ABC's
Rick Kline with the latest numbers the.
Speaker 18 (26:03):
Atlanta metro area. We've seen a significant amount of vote
in Fulton County. It's a place where Harris has to
be winning big, and she is winning big, almost exactly,
hitting her benchmark to cab County again, almost exactly at
that number.
Speaker 2 (26:16):
In some of the.
Speaker 18 (26:16):
Outlying suburbs of Atlanta. Donald Trump doing very well. Gwinnette
County is going to be very important. It's about eight
nine percent of the entire state right now. Harris up
about sixty forty there.
Speaker 2 (26:27):
And with just over ten percent of the vote still
to be counted in Georgia, former President Trump holding a
fifty one to forty eight percent margin a lead in Georgia.
President Biden did flip the Peach state blue four years
ago en route to his White House victory. Florida voters
strike down a ballot measure aimed at loosening up the
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state's strict limits on reproductive rights.
Speaker 11 (26:50):
STARTA.
Speaker 19 (26:50):
Voters have rejected an abortion rights amendment and are keeping
in place. Governor Ron DeSantis's six week ban. The initiative
failed to get the sixty percent threshold required. The measure
face an uphill battle in the deeply read state, were
former President Donald Trump, a Florida resident, said during the
campaign he would vote against the measure. About one fourth
the voters have said abortion policy was the single most
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important factor for their vote. That's according to ap vote cast,
a sweeping survey of more than one hundred and ten
thousand voters nationwide.
Speaker 2 (27:20):
A'm Heyependwani Josh Stein wins North Carolina's scubernatorial race over
in battled Republican incumbent Mark Robinson. Governor elect Stein touched
on the state's battle to recover from Hurricane Helene in
his victory speech.
Speaker 9 (27:32):
Our hearts are with the folks of western North Carolina
who are still struggling Hurricane Helene swept in devastation, destruction,
and darkness. But the goodness of North KILLINNY and shown
through neighbors helping neighbors, people dropping everything to lend the hand.
Speaker 2 (27:52):
The White House, Todaight says President Biden has already made
congratulatory calls to Governor elect Stein, the former attorney general
beat out in common but who's been battling controversy ever
since reports surfaced about scandalous comments he allegedly made in
the past. Marijuana is a top issue in some states
this selection day. Massachusetts legalized recreational pod in twenty sixteen,
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but this year's voters in Florida rejected a ballot measure
to legalize recreational marijuana in their state. Voters in the
Dakota's voted on similar measures. Those talies still too close
to call. Meantime, in Nebraska, they're voting on whether or
not to legalize medical cannabis. Nebraska is just one of
six states where marijuana is still completely outlawed, even in
medical settings. Many young Americans casting ballots for the first
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time in their lives this year. CBS is Allison Keys
catching up with the first time voter.
Speaker 8 (28:41):
Eighteen year old Tim casts first ballot and says it's
a big deal.
Speaker 11 (28:45):
I really feel like my voice is being heard, even
though it's one vote.
Speaker 8 (28:49):
He was initially turned away from the polling place because
he was wearing a Trump van's T shirt and political
attire isn't allowed at the polls, but he is.
Speaker 2 (28:57):
Proud of Trump. I just I think he did better
for a.
Speaker 8 (29:00):
And being from Texas, tem says.
Speaker 18 (29:02):
I really think the biggest thing for me is immigration.
Speaker 8 (29:05):
Allison Key CBS News.
Speaker 2 (29:07):
The FBI warning about fabricated videos promoting disinformation about voter
fraud and threats to polling places. While experts say those
fraudsters are pretending to be from the FBI, likely they
were working for Russia. The FBI says fake videos made
claims about the risk of violence and polling places even
claimed voting machines we're switching ballots in favor of Vice
President Kamala Harris. Experts say it's likely the work of
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Russian disinformation groups known for impersonating media organizations and US agencies.
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Night Side with Dan Ray continues now on WBZ News Radio.
Speaker 5 (30:00):
Welcome back everyone. We had delighted to be joined by
the Governor of the great State of New Hampshire, my hap,
my personal favorite governor, Governor Chris Sonunu and Governor Sonunu,
I want to wish you a happy birthday today.
Speaker 12 (30:13):
Happy birthday, Nah who cares. Yeah, we're not.
Speaker 5 (30:18):
We're not going to put the number on it. But
this is a big one as I understand it.
Speaker 12 (30:21):
Okay, it's a big one. It's a big one, but
it's really about a look at at the end of
the day, this is a great night, great election in
New Hampshire. It's all I really cared about. So the
dust will settle in a few in a few days
and I'll be like, oh crap, I have to buy
reading glasses or something like that. But now I'm just celebrating,
trying to Yeah.
Speaker 5 (30:40):
Remember you can go to CBS and Walgreens and they're
like twenty bucks seaven just you can lose them and everything. Look,
tell us about the governor up there money.
Speaker 12 (30:49):
I have to save the money for the ozembic.
Speaker 5 (30:53):
Uh. You you were all in on this race. I
thought that the commercials that you did for Kelly A
probably won her the election. You're not going to say that,
but I'll say that, what was the margin of up
there tonight? What do you expect the margin to be.
Speaker 12 (31:10):
I think it's gonna end up being four or five
at least, it's definitely bigger. I won in twenty sixteen
and then the last open race by two points, and
that was like a landslide. So Kelly definitely outdid me
in a lot of towns, which was just great to see.
And more importantly, let me tell you how crazy it
is because Trump did not do well up here, right,
he didn't invest any money, he didn't invest any time.
So to have an open race for governor that then
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outpaces the presidential ticket by ten points, that's incredible. I mean,
it's really incredible that she was able to pull off
such a strong win, and just at a testament to
how she ran the message she ran. She didn't talk
about things that the party wanted or she wanted. She
talked about things that the voters wanted. And that's a
huge fundamental difference between her and her opponent. Her opponent
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just kind of ran this big, negative, anti party message
all on on abortion and reproductive rates. Important issue, fine,
but not an issue for us. You're not a top
priority in here. It's not really a problem in New Hampshire.
So it was a hugely flawed uh strategy on their part.
But you know, at the end of the day, Kelly
was just a not just a better candidate, but a
better connector to the people on the ground.
Speaker 5 (32:15):
Again, I want to come back. It was a spot
that you did, which I know you pretty well, and
I thought, you know you you connected. You looked in
that camera and you kind of smiled at people and
said the New Hampshire Way, and it connected. I do
not understand by the way the ad that she did
with her husband. I thought that was embarrassing, but that's
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but I guess you.
Speaker 12 (32:37):
Know, people love that ad. It's the number one respond
to that. Yeah, people people thought it was normal. I
don't know. People thought it was normal and silly enough.
So I don't know.
Speaker 5 (32:48):
Talked about her snoring. It was what what is he
gonna say next? It was like it was terrified, terrifying.
Let's talk about the national race. I am uh to
see where this seems to be trending tonight. What is
your take on this?
Speaker 12 (33:06):
Yeah? No, I mean, look, I've always thought, I really
do believe in the last month, especially that Trump was
going to win. I think this is what's going to happen.
I've said it for a while and maybe I'm right,
Maven wrong, but I think Trump is going to do
better than everybody thought. It's going to be close. I
don't I think he's going to declare victory. I don't
think Kamala is going to concede. I think you're gonna
have recounts for a couple of days and you know,
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getting these last townsend votes in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, in But
at the end of the day, whether it's a couple
of days from now or a week from now, I
think that the Harris campaign is going to have to
fold it up. And it's not they kept looking at polls.
The difference is it's not the polls. It's the non
poll data. It's the early ballots. It's the lead the
Democrats thought they would have in the early voting states
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that they just didn't have. It's the fact that Trump
is going to get. This guy's going to get a
bigger vote for a presidential candidate than ever before from
Latinos in African Americans. Right, So he's going to be
the most popular presidential Republican presidential kendidate for Latino and
African American voters in history that's hard to overcome. And
so there's all these kind of things that aren't spoken
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about in the general media. They just look at these
big national poll numbers. But on the ground, this is
where it is. And Trump voters tend to keep everything
close to the vest that we always know that they
come out of the woodwork at the last minute. The
Democrat message nationally has been you better vote for Kamala
or else you don't believe in democracy. It's like a
shaming type thing they were doing. That's not a way
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to earn people's trust. And so what that drives is
a false narrative. On the polls. People say, yeah, yeah,
I'm going to vote for Kamlay, just stop yelling at me.
But at the end of the day, they're going to
vote for what they think is in the best in
their family's interests. And they might not like Trump, they
might not like his personality, but they want a fundamental
change in administration and culture down in DC.
Speaker 5 (34:52):
Well, I think you and I are pretty close philosophically,
and I think in terms of what we feel about
President Trump. I never had president President Trump maybe future
President Trump on the show, and it's amazing to me
as somebody who's covered presidential elections literally going back to
nineteen seventy six and having interviewed Gerald Ford and Jimmy
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Carter as a young reporter, and having obviously the Reagan
years and then the Bush years, and there was always
reach out to minority groups that Jack Kemp used to
try to do that and did it pretty successfully. But
he was always that minority voice within the Republican Party
that there are people in groups that have traditionally been
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Democratic who can identify with a Republican message. And Donald
Trump above all was able to deliver that message, which
again it's stunning, and it's also stunning to think that
this guy who lost with such a lack of grace
was able to somehow bring himself back through indictments. I mean,
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he put it all on the credible.
Speaker 12 (36:00):
I mean, it's incredible. It's it's an internet.
Speaker 5 (36:03):
Look.
Speaker 12 (36:03):
I was over in Dublin on a trade mission recently,
and then I was in Greece doing something for a
robotics program for education and Europe. People don't realize Europe
right now is absolutely one hundred and fifty percent glued
to this and they have been for the last six months,
they are fascinated with what's happening here to the point
that you just made, because you have somebody like Trump
who's gone through all this turmoil and all this craziness
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and all the crazy things he says, and the indictments
and all this stuff, and now it looks like he's
actually going to win again, and he's again his I think,
as everybody gets now, he's not connecting with people on
a policy or if he connects with people with an attitude,
with a pride in America, with a toughness, with I'm
going to fight. You know, we're Americans. We got that
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in our DNA.
Speaker 11 (36:48):
A little bit.
Speaker 12 (36:49):
And I think too often the politicians go, well, this
policy will help you, so you should vote for me
because I'm going to help you, as opposed to kind
of thinking a little broader and understanding what the DA
and a of a free market American is all about.
And there's something there that Trump connects with, and there's
just no denying it.
Speaker 5 (37:07):
I follow some of the betting pools in Europe and
have watched them intense interest in this race with the
bookies on in London. I was stunned that he did
not invite Nicki Haley to come out on the campaign
trail with him, and I almost felt that he would
have preferred to have lost the White House and all
(37:28):
the implications of that, rather than share any any glory
with with anyone other than himself. Am I reading that wrong?
Speaker 12 (37:39):
Well, I'll say this, I don't think he was willing
to lose. I think the numbers just showed that the
vast majority of Nicki voters were already with them, right.
They were good, they were Republican voters. They like me,
They wanted to change, they wanted the next generation. They
fought hard for it. But at the end of the day,
we're not voting for this insanity that Kamala was when
and the and the buying campaign were bringing. And more importantly,
(37:59):
I go to the statement, I say it a lot
that a couple of the interviews she did in one week,
she did like three straight interviews, but she was asked,
what is going to be different? Like softballs, like the
number one question. You should have been really prepared to
answer back in July, Well, I can't. Nothing comes to mind.
You want to be the leader of the free world,
and nothing comes to mind about what you're going to
do different. It was a mind bogglingly bad answer, and
(38:23):
right at that point, combined with the vice presidential debate, which,
believe it or not, I do think I had an impact.
I think people were told yeah, and I think people
were told that jd Vance was, you know, wacky and
all this stuff, and he came up measured, incredibly smart, cordial,
clearly willing to walk work across the aisle, not vindictive,
and they said, Okay, this is the future of the
(38:44):
Republican Party that we're voting for. We can buy into this.
So it was a combination of things that were Kamala
just really blew it. And so because they there was
no there there, it was kind of an empty suit.
And so again, the race isn't over. We'll see where
all this goes. But sure, I think people like to
your point, I think we're all pretty surprised. I got
this close anyways, And now it looks like he's going
(39:06):
to win Virginia. Some of these states that should have
been walkaways for Kamala are are are being challenged.
Speaker 5 (39:12):
So I wonder what Joe Biden and Joe Biden are
saying tonight in the Lincoln bedroom.
Speaker 12 (39:18):
You know, look my guess is they're more upset that
Trump is winning than Kamala is losing.
Speaker 5 (39:23):
Yeah.
Speaker 12 (39:24):
I really believe that. Look, I have said all along,
the first person voting for Donald Trump was Gavin Newsom
in California, because that guy's if Kamala had won, that
guy's political career was over right. I mean, it means
you can't run for president for eight years, that no
one's going to care about him in eight year.
Speaker 5 (39:38):
So what we do, what we do know is there
would be a different, a different Republican running in two
thousand and twenty eight. Maybe it'll be Chris Soner and
we'll say, hey, Chris, thanks so much again, happy birthday,
and thanks so much.
Speaker 12 (39:52):
Thank you brother, everybody, so good night.
Speaker 5 (39:56):
When we get back on the other side, during the
eleven o'clock news, we talk with the Tom O'Neill, the
son of a former lieutenant governor, son of Tip O'Neil,
as well as Polster Spencer Kimball. Stay with WBZ folks
throughout the night,
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