on al-jazeera. and uninterrupted discussions. from our london broadcast center. i ask you who want to stay calm all the people stay calm the process is work. joe biden urges patience but says he's confident he will become president as he closes the gap in 2 battleground states. hello and welcome my money inside this is al jazeera live from doha with continuing coverage of the u.s. election results we firmly believe that there are many roder in this group of mail and people that are not proper voters. president trump's camp

launches a flurry of legal challenges turning to the courts to keep his reelection hopes alive. during demonstrations bodden and trump support a straight course to count every ballot and protect the voters. plus kosovo's president steps down to face charges for war crimes over his alleged role in the country's conflicts with serbia. its 2300 hours g.m.t. 6 pm on the us east coast where the race has tightened in 2 key states which could determine the winner of the presidential election ballot counting in pennsylvania and georgia has democratic candidate joe biden closing the gap on double try. early

lead while in the west of the. biden is clinging to a slim lead in the vada in the past couple of hours biden has said he has no doubt he will defeat trump but as urged patience as the final votes are tallied. let's get the very latest on the results in pennsylvania is in philadelphia for us patty this is the state to watch at the moment trump's lead is narrowing and perhaps we could even have a conclusive results night. and that is what the secretary of state just came out and said she still hoping for although she has said they will have it by friday and i was just speaking my producer right before you came on air and she says the total now shows donald trump u.s. president no trump ahead in the state by 78000 votes and i just checked the dash board that's howard to reduce things here and there's 326000 a few more votes to count and here's why the biden campaign is so optimistic about

that because of where the votes are coming in from the vast majority are the population centers the cities like here in philadelphia and they're breaking big time for joe biden in some cases 70 percent of the votes going to biden 80 percent of the vote so that's why they're so optimistic they're looking at this $300000.00 plus votes that are left to be counted counted and if they get the 70 to 80 percent of that they've been getting throughout every hour of this county process then he gets this big state and this is the state that batters 20 electoral votes as you mentioned more than enough to put him over the 270 he needs to win now for u.s. president out of trouble he has to win the state he just simply has to work his any hopes of stay in office i want to set the scene for you here because it's been really interesting through on the run up to the election really since you know the trump presidency we've seen the 2 factions of this country fight yell and scream at each other that's not what we're seeing here the votes are being cast in that building behind me i'm not sure we can see it with the lights that we set ups to

keep an eye on everything but here you see there's a person with the trump flag and a couple of trump supporters the vast majority are saying count the vote there biden supporters but the person with the turf like i've been watching her and she's just sitting there silently wave your flag and nobody's walking up and yelling that or call. but there is a definite to a full sense here in pennsylvania tonight because they are hopeful that will finally figure out who gets those all important 20 alecto of votes at the same time they see a light at the end of the tunnel for these people who are supporters you can hear the cheering count every vote and that's exactly what the secretary of state says they're going to be doing late into the night here. and patty took us through the legal challenges that we're facing in pennsylvania because they have been a number launched by trump. there have been and i think what he gets to accept back give you a little bit of context as it used to be is pennsylvania that you can only count

the votes that were brought in by election day at 8 o'clock the state supreme court stepped in and said no we're going to move that because for a virus we're going to get people to friday at 6 pm but they were 2 to 2 republicans took that to the supreme court the supreme court in a 44 vote cited that they were going to let the supreme court case stand that this is not the decision stand but the conservative justices indicated that they might take that back up again if it becomes pivotal but it's probably not to become pivotal because we just heard from the secretary of state here and she said it is a high number of folks that are coming in some places a couple 100 a couple some counties a 1000 or so so if this is decided by the $200000.00 plus that we are expecting or once all the mail in votes are counted counted those won't matter right now they're not even being counted so there might be less of a legal challenge here in pennsylvania for the truck campaign to try if those numbers are in fact necessary. for us with the very latest from philadelphia many

thanks we can turn to georgia which has become the on the expected loss up for donald trump and joe biden closing in on his lead for more on this less big down to gallagher joins us live from miami as i was saying there is closing in on that which is rather unexpected. it is look no democratic presidential nominee has won the state since $992.00 that was bill clinton and over the past 48 hours just to give you a sense of perspective on election night trumpet a leader of a biden of about 370000 votes now the lead as gone down to about 9 and a half 1000 votes and it's because those mail in ballots are being counted last but it's where those ballots are coming from that really might matter the most they are tending to come from heavily democratic areas if you look at the other counties around where the votes are still being tallied people there overwhelmingly voted

for joe biden so this is unexpected because this is a state that's been red for decades since 1902 i've been there many times doing politics stories and i never thought it would go blue it hasn't yet obviously but these votes are being counted at about 3000 ballots an hour with people working all the way through the night but there are some absentee ballots and they say they may not count until friday whether that makes a difference or not i'm not sure at the moment but that gap between biden and trump and the 16 electoral college votes in the state of georgia seem like they're up for grabs at the moment and george is also interesting because of the senate races that are taking place there talk us through those. david produced the republican john ass off the democrat the race there is so tight that they may end up having a runoff and it may be more than one run off and here's the key to what's going on there these 2 graphs may. or may shape the future of congress for the

entire country if they both have to do or not so i think it's some time in january so the state is fast becoming something that's having a big effect on the entire nation not only the presidential election but also the senate races as well and who would have thought yet here we are these ballots are coming in very slowly and everything may hang on the state of georgia which in my memory for the last few presidential elections i've covered hasn't happened. ok and the gallagher there for us in miami many thanks for now we can go to mike hanna who is in biden's home state of delaware he joins us from wilmington mike we've actually heard from biden within the last hour or so he set a very sort of presidential tone if you like getting all this quiet confidence talk us through what we heard from him. indeed yes all this is being

joe biden the strategy in these tense hours following the closure of the polls he is adopted this measured calm quiet authoritative a nature of tone in which he's calling for patience calling for everybody to wait until the vote is counted he's could expressing extreme confidence about the result but is not getting ahead of himself what he's doing here is establishing in a way a presence that is the polar opposite of that established by his opponent who is bringing legal action in a series of states joe biden himself saying let's just get the vote counted put it also within the context of a democracy in his speech today in his comments today making very clear that this election is just another after decades of democratic action and should be seen within that context despite the anger and the bitterness of that has accompanied

this entire campaign but as i said he remains confident and this is what he had to say. each ballot must be counted. and that's what we're going to see going through now you know told should be democracy sometimes messy sometimes requires a little patience as world but that patience has been rewarded now for more than 240 years the system of government governance been the envy of the world. we continue to feel so you know we continue to feel very good about where things stand we have no doubt when the count is surely surely hers and i will be declared the winner so i ask everyone to stay calm all the people to stay calm the process is working. well biden's tone is echoed by those in his campaign headquarters behind me here they briefed reporters in the course of the day saying that the number crunching that they are doing indicates very clearly that joe biden is

gaining grounds in states that he had been lagging behind that he is the head in the states that he is expected to take and they are very confident they say that victory is very near but imitating joe biden himself saying they are not going to get ahead of themselves they are going to wait for all the votes to be counted before attempting to declare any victory in this process mike hammer there for us from biden's home state of delaware let's go to our white house correspondent kelly harkat who's been watching things unfold from washington and kimberly i was planning to ask you about why trump himself has been very quiet in the last sort of 24 hours or so but actually we're just hearing that he is expected to speak in the next 20 minutes or so. yeah and he's rarely on time so i always i'm reluctant to put a timing on this but officially the u.s.

president will be speaking from the white house briefing room we understand at the bottom of the hour so this is significant because for 2 days the president has not had anything on his public schedule we're told that he has been working the phones he has been exploring every legal avenue with the trunk campaign that has resulted in that spate of lawsuits that we've seen filed across some of these battleground 2 states the so the president is likely to give an update on where he thinks the status of that is right now we have not heard from the president since he spoke in the east room on a lection night saying that he believed he had won this election that he was prepared to celebrate until he says that he began to have questions about the process now they have by the president saying that his critics are arguing that what the president is doing is sowing discontent to end sewing sort of this feeling of not having full public faith in the electoral process and that's what his

critics argue is particularly dangerous because many would say that this is a process that is working but i can tell you that trump supporters feel that that is not the case and we've seen those expressions in areas like arizona as well as around the country where they feel that there has been trickery in the process so this is where we are in the united states right now the u.s. president is about to weigh in and of course we did hear from the former vice president joe biden that he believes the system is working now we will hear what the concerns are by donald trump now we should point out with regard to these lawsuits what many at legal and sort of electorial experts have been saying is that some of these lawsuits have been a little bit thin in nature for example one of the lawsuits filed in georgia really only affected about 53 votes. which many would argue could be ultimately in consequential to the overall impact of

a state result but at the same time as we've seen these margins are becoming so razor thin that donald trump is saying he is going to challenge every single one where there is a concern he is focused on winning the white house says and this is what we are expecting to hear from the president ultimately when he speaks sometime after the bottom of the hour kimberly. how much support does he actually have from within the party from other republicans about the moves that he's been making to hold some of these vote counts as well as the neagle action he's been taking does he have the full support of the republican party. it's interesting you bring that up because. donald trump's son donald trump jr was very critical of some members of the republican party for not being more public in supporting the president and this is where you have to remember these people are politicians they're looking at what's best for them in the longevity of their own political career is donald trump is not

a politician so he goes there as we like to say he'll speak out when others won't but some of these more professional politicians are trying to think of their longevity beyond donald trump and i suspect that's why you're hearing some silence less support for the president at the same time there have been of some vocal supporters but this is a fragile time and many of the members of the republican party know it they're thinking about their long term jeopardy in the u.s. senate for example in the house of representatives where we should point out there have been already republican victories and this is a story that has been a little bit overshadowed not only did we see the republicans well they don't have a majority in the house picking up some seats they also it appears are going to maintain control of the u.s. senate and that in and of itself is significant for example mitch mcconnell the republican leader that will become the majority leader we suspect had more than $100000000.00 in opposition ads being poured against his campaign and still he won

it handily so these are people that are trying to figure out what happens after donald trump knowing that there is the possibility he could lose this election. ok ken lay for now let's leave it at a white house correspondent speaking to us there from washington we will of course have more on the u.s. election here on al jazeera coming up. we take a look at the case multibillion dollar rescue package to kami as england enters another lockdown. and growing concerns over china's crackdown on press freedom in hong kong following the arrest of a prominent journalist. was the cold wind in the northeast of the u.s.

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he watching out 0 mind far top stories this hour u.s. democratic presidential candidate joe biden is urging people to be patient as the final votes from tuesday's election continue to be counted he's closing the gap on donald trump in the states of pennsylvania and georgia and says he is confident becoming the next president. or trump is expected to address the media shortly having repeated unsubstantiated claims that there were major problems with voting and ballot counting his campaign and the republican party have launched a flurry of legal challenges over the count in some key states. well we can get more on this we're joined by which had a good stain he is a democratic he's

a democrat and a lawyer he joins us on skype from washington d.c. many thanks for speaking to us and i was there which i think it really do any of these lawsuits have legs for example in michigan the lawsuits already been dismissed and that's the case i believe also in georgia so can these lawsuits lead anywhere. and i think it's the case that he's lost cases that he's brought in pennsylvania in arizona to look he remember in his whole career donald trump has seen that going to court was his way to get the better of any transaction because he had resources that contractors and others who worked for him didn't have this is different. this is not something where he can just pull his way through the process the legal process also the law is not on his side so far and you alluded to this these lawsuits don't really have seem to have much merit there aren't facts to

support them they don't seem to be written by particularly sophisticated lawyers and we kind of know the people leading his legal charge are not the best lawyers on election law in this country that people like rudy giuliani who really are more mouthpieces than they are effective election lawyers so that gives you some reason to think not sure that donald trump is taking it as seriously as maybe the media is taking it it also seems a little inconsistent in terms of the legal positions trump is taking in different states for example in some states he says that they should keep counting and some say states he says they shouldn't count why is it so inconsistent and he's got his his forces out in the streets saying count the vote in some state and stop the vote stop the count and others. i guess they would tell you if the circumstances are different it was odd he put out a tweet earlier today that said stop the count at

a time where the counting really had been stopped in every state he would have lost because he was behind in the states where he wanted the vote counting to stop it's odd would just make you wonder is is it that he's become just slightly unhinged faced with the prospect of losing and nobody can rein him in because otherwise you think there would be a rigor to what the president of united states is doing with the stakes so high but we're not really seeing evidence of that ok so whether these legal challenges do have legs are not they are able to create delays to guessing some kind of final result is that not the case. well again each state has deadlines that they have to meet for their results to be certified and i don't think the secretary of state the ultimate the authority is over the sort of occasion process are going to look at the mere fact that donald trump has submitted a complaint

a lawsuit in their in their state courts and say oh that's a reason to hold up if anything i think their attitude is like we know both under state law and frankly under the constitution of the united states that we have to meet certain deadlines and we're going to meet it the only reason that the vote counts was stopped by the supreme court when it was bush versus gore in 2000 is again there were certain deadlines in the supreme court we think because there were 5 republican appointed justices decided we won't be able to meet these deadlines if we keep counting the ballots in florida so we're going to call it to a halt i don't think it's going to work that way this year. there has been a lot of speculation at least before the election that donald trump was packing the supreme court in his favor in light of a situation like this if any of these cases do you somehow managed to get to the supreme court what would that lead to some kind of problem. well

it certainly could if whatever decisions are rendered don't seem legitimate don't forget 3 of the 9 current supreme court justices were young lawyers in the trenches for george w. bush when he was litigating against al gore in 2000 john roberts the chief justice brett kavanaugh and amy cody barrett who was just part of this report look we know from what we've heard donald trump say he thinks that the people that he's put on the supreme court will see things his way so whether they do or not we know that's what he thinks and it's kind of human nature if somebody has put you on the screen court everything considered you'd want to help him if you could so that's what he's banking on the problem is the supreme court doesn't take spray bullets lawsuits and to work their way up to the point where the supreme court would hear it. involves a certain level of analysis that i would submit as of right now we see no reason

that a case could actually get that high. to speak to richard good stain democratic democrat and lawyer speaking to us from washington d.c. my pleasure. ok what we are seeing there is a live shot in washington d.c. we are expecting as we have been mentioning president trump to speak in the next 10 minutes or so as soon as we see him we will indeed go back to it. as bring you some of the news the u.s. has seen a record jump in new coronavirus infections a day off to the presidential election more than 102000 cases were confirmed on wednesday exceeding the record set last friday and the number of coven 1000

patients and hospitals reach 50000 the highest in nearly 3 months an average 850 people die from corona virus today up from 700 a month ago. a new nationwide lockdown has come into effect in england as it struggles to curb a 2nd wave of corona virus infections prime minister boris johnson says it will be lifted automatically in the next 4 weeks last night large crowds were seen gathered in london with very little social distancing. as the very latest from london. there is a very different atmosphere to this 2nd lock down the streets of central london are reasonably busy and there are people out and about perhaps this time around people are less afraid of the unknown a many workplaces of course of adapted to these changing times meaning that people are still going out to their offices also schools universities and nurseries remain open the streets were busy during the school run this morning but there are big

concerns about the retail and hospitality sector where on the strand in central london many shops here are closed there's also been an announcement of 3 and a half 1000 job cuts and one of their the big supermarkets sainsbury's and its associated brands are gas of course they have been concerns about the high street even before the pandemic deep concerns about what kind of lasting impact this 2nd lockdown will have and for some stores the 1st lot was already too much force to close their doors then concerns they could well be casualties a 2nd time around the government though says that there is support available the follow scheme that pays 80 percent of the salaries of workers temporarily will be extended and also the bank of england has announced its injecting $195000000000.00 into the economy but worries of course about how long the government can continue insulating the economy in these unpredictable and changing times. province of

greece has ordered a nationwide lockdown due to take effect from saturday. so darkest spoke at a news conference earlier with the government's infectious disease experts he said the latest measures will be in place over the course of 3 weeks will be as strict as the 1st lockdown except this time only primary schools and kindergartens will remain open but head of serbia's orthodox church has tested positive for corona virus days after leading a large funeral for a bishop who was also infected but says 90 or 90 year old patriarch here in a is not showing symptoms and was taken to hospital as a precaution he led a crowded service for the church's most senior cleric in montenegro mourners gathered at the event with that mass and kissed the bishop's body in an open coffin . kosovo's president. has resigned to face war crimes at the hague he's accused of committing murder and torture during the fight for

independence from serbia in the 1990 s. barbara angle purports. hashim sachi along with 9 other former rebel leaders are accused of murdering nearly 100 people including political opponents the alleged crimes relate to the period when fact she was a top ficca in the kosovo liberation army or the k.l.a. the group fought for independence from serbia during the 99 th to 999 corsa who thought she says his resigns to face trial ever his role in the conflict and to shield his country from disrepute. as i promised i would not allow the president of the republic of kossovo to go to court that is why to protect the integrity of the presidency of class of all of the state of classical and the people and respecting the partnership with the international community i am

resigning from the post of the president of kossovo. more than 10000 people were killed during the kosovo war and thousands more were forced from their homes the fighting and the doctor a 78 day nato air bombardment against serbian forces serbian leaders face trials for war crimes at a special international criminal court for the former yugoslavia but analysts say crimes were committed on both sides this somehow comes at the end of this drug war and of course we're struggling with its reasoning of accepting that while causal has been the victim but the milosevic policy in the ninety's there have also been committed some crimes a special court at the hague has been preparing to try suspected kosovar war criminals since 2015 many top because of our politicians who came up through the k.l.a. have been transferred to stand trial.