time. by john think. part of the viewfinder latin america has seen. the 0. 0. 0 i money inside you watching the news hour live from doha and our continuing coverage of the election of joe biden as u.s. president. we did it jail vice president elect coming out harris is among the 1st to congratulate biden who has won more votes than any candidate before him. the news has brought their supporters out to celebrate in cities all across the

u.s. and outside the white house. the donald trump and his supporters are defiant the president showing no sign of conceding as he passed a challenge ballot count in several states. it's illegal it's unconstitutional and we will be bringing an action challenging that. hasn't stopped leaders from around the world applauding joe biden including many who have rocky relations with trump. welcome as 2300 hours g.m.t. 6 pm in washington d.c. and off to days of anxious waiting the united states has reached a fateful moment in its history democratic party candidate joe biden is now president elect's having obtained 290 electoral votes so far he of course needed

270 to take the white house this is what finally put joe biden across the finish line a projected victory in pennsylvania with its 20 electoral college votes and in nevada with 6. he's also leading in georgia but that race is still too close to call the current president donald trump has $214.00 electoral votes all together looking at the breakdown of numbers it's a picture of a nation divided biden's won more votes than any other presidential candidate before him but trump has a huge support to outperforming his successful 2016 run. joe biden's expected to address the nation in the next few hours but has already tweeted that he is honored that america has chosen him to lead he says the work ahead will be hard but he promised to be a president for all americans those who voted for him and those who didn't and he

says he will keep the faith that supporters have placed in him his running mate coming out harris isn't just the 1st woman to become vice president she's also the 1st person of black and south asian descent harris learned of the news while out jogging this is the video of her reaction and then her phone call to joe biden. we very we did jail. here in the next president of the united states. but president trump has not conceded the race which he says is far from over in a statement he said we all know why i joe biden is rushing to falsely pause as the when and why his media allies are trying so hard to help him they don't want the truth to be exposed beginning monday our campaign will start prosecuting our case in court in short election laws are fully up held and the rightful winner is seated

and we've also heard from the president's lawyer rudy giuliani he explain more about the cases they're pursuing. just about the 700000 votes that president trump was ahead by 2 days ago that disappeared. and we have no way of knowing because we were deprived of the right to inspect it if a single one of those ballots is a legitimate that is unheard of it's illegal it's unconstitutional and we will be bringing an action challenging that and i emphasize to you it's only one of the many other infirmities in this election where president trump has now returned to the white house from his golf course in virginia he was that when major t.v. networks began calling the election in joe biden's favor. and we'll hear more about

trump's reaction and his plans from the white house correspondent candy harkat also go live to patty call hane who's in philadelphia we also have natasha going in who is standing by for us in atlanta georgia but let's begin with mike hanna in wilmington delaware joe biden's home states for nail biting days joe biden has achieved his decades long ambition today in his 3rd attempt at presidency when are we likely to hear from the president elect and how happy are the people behind you . now there's certainly a great degree of joy here not only behind me but throughout the city of wilmington which president biden president elect biden has called home for some 66 decades so certainly there's a great deal of joy now we expect to hear from joe biden in roughly 2 hours time he will be here at the campaign headquarters in the convention center behind me but we

already understand some of the elements that he is likely to address in his speech and principally it is his plan to combat the coronavirus pandemic use moving very very quickly on this he said throughout his campaign this is one of the 1st things he was going to address it is the greatest crisis facing this particular country and we already know that he has set up a coronavirus response commission which will be headed by a former service surgeon general in the united states of the vic murphy so certainly he's moving very very quickly in terms of establishing the transition team but also looking towards who is going to be members of his cabinet but the 1st thing the 1st thing he wants to do is address that ongoing pandemic which he sees as his most primary and urgent task at the moment. mike he he may be making plans but donald trump doesn't seem to be budging at all he's already

announced that his legal team will be ready on on monday so what does that mean for any transition. well it does make it more difficult obviously for an incoming administration if the outgoing administration throws blocks in the way as that may well be the case that president trump does but one must point out as well is that this is a long established procedure and it's essentially a civil service time procedure it's a supervised by the general services administration which is. a nonpartisan body that is the administration which when it decides who is going to be the winner it starts formally the transition process so you will have the period of time where violence people will interact with the civil servants to basically run the country underneath the political direction of the current administration so in that it may

be a little bit easier than it was but there are other elements that will complicate this when president trying one for example president obama within a week of the election now that's very unlikely in this particular scenario given the amount of legal litigation that president trump is promising so it does make it more difficult for the terrorist biden team to get the transition in place but as i said what does prevent it from being absolutely insuperable is the fact that it is largely a civil service exercise conducted by civil servants who should theoretically have no political administer affiliation to the outgoing administration my candidate for us in delaware many thanks let's turn to washington d.c. where our white house correspondent kelly hellcat is standing by and we've all seen the pictures thousands outside the white house celebrating the victory of joe biden as president-elect the question is what is the mood inside the white house. yeah

the crowds have been forming for many hours they seem to be ignoring the social distancing guidelines it seems to be a mix of masts which you know i have to watch carefully to see. what the ramifications of that is later on but for now no one seems to be thinking about the pandemic no one seems to be thinking about those concerns what they're thinking about a celebration in fact we hear that the champagne in washington d.c. has sold out as people were taking to the streets to celebrate this moment moment in history inside the white house a completely different mood very somber in fact it things closed early at the white house today after the president played a round of golf but we have been hearing from the president on social media where he remained defiant and told his supporters to keep on fighting the president challenging and commencing just a few moments before he went on the air yet another lawsuit this one in arizona

challenging the rejected vote there apparently the campaign saying that as we have been reporting that there was a lead for donald trump that evaporated because certain votes were cast out so this is a series of challenges that are expected to take place unfold in the coming weeks but certainly well the trumpet ministration is launching these legal fights what they are losing is momentum as you can hear from the crowds behind me that are celebrating it's very hard to see how this momentum will turn around he has as you say pledged to continue to contest the results but it is efforts are unsuccessful the pressure on him to publicly concede defeat will mount even from within his party i presume does he have to. yet and honestly i after covering donald trump for 4 years well i've certainly heard

the concern and there's fear that donald trump might have to be forcibly removed from the white house i don't personally see that happening one startled trump sees that all legal avenues are exhausted i expect that he will leave in a futile transfer. power i mean the bottom line is that this is a process that's working right now well the networks have declared that donald trump is no longer going to be the next president that we now have a president elect it isn't actually a certified official vote until the electoral college votes to make this an official results so there's some time for things to work out for people to try to get a grip with what's happening including donald trump and i suspect that once this is a certified official results come in december donald trump will acknowledge that this is something that the wheels of motion are happening but for the moment it's fresh and he's fighting this is characteristic donald trump but i suspect if he

feels that he has lost all his legal avenues that he will allow the process of the united states as it has in its tradition to honor that time honored tradition of the peaceful transfer of power many thanks for the white house correspondent kimberly whole kit that lets get a pass they call hain who is in philadelphia for us this was of course the state that won it for biden that took him over that magic number of 270 of course many of the people we're seeing in the city celebrating saying on democrats but outside of the city many of the trump supporters are what's the mood like. here in philadelphia there's a sense of pride that they're the reason that the joe biden remember he very often says that he's a boy born in pennsylvania scranton to be specific there's a definite sense of pride that they are the reason that he is going to be the next president of united states are going to be around the tree the seat in 2nd but i think it's important to point out some of the mysteries that we've heard from rudy

giuliani the president's lawyer he talked about 700000 votes disappearing what he's talking about is the 1st count of the ballots that were cast in person that was largely from supporters then they want to really argue. you the melody those who would love to be broke 70 to 80 percent for joe biden and a lot of those sweet incidents like yours and also they talked about there were new observers that is not true their words are there was a lawsuit filed because they felt they were too far away but at the same time they were able to go forward and what they're alleging is if you think about the facts or logic hundreds of thousands of votes. that is not something that happened in the united states of america there are safeguards in place for that that said i will tell you what it is like in philadelphia. in the network race horns honking parties in the streets it's still happening in the 6 hours later it's set the scene

for you look at that this is a city hall that's across the street this is just now happening to give you some sort of drum circle i would say everyone in this for out i don't think i've seen anyone without a mask we've seen volunteers stations set up people handing out water and food i'm just reply for seconds if you can hear that. they've opened up the streets and every once in a while you'll see a car come by and they'll be honking and everyone cheers there isn't just a celebration happening here in philadelphia because they were able to put their native son into the white house they believe legal challenges are going to be tough if you look at the margin of error that joe biden has here in pennsylvania i'll tell you right now no one's thinking that this is anything but a done deal. just celebration i mean it's hard for one more 2nd to see.

there is a heavy police presence but really everything has just been remarkably peaceful here in the city of philadelphia there's confetti of the streets people are wearing masks they're aware that there's a pandemic but at the same time they're also aware that here this city this commonwealth may just. and apache do we know how the trump supporters the feeling because this state is a divided state and there are many many trump supporters that. there are and their their concerns are that there was going to be violence but i can tell you again it's hard for me to tell you how the term supporters are feeling because i'm in philadelphia and this is a hugely democratic city we're not seeing term supporters take to the streets of philadelphia received a couple of people right by and by schools saying this isn't over yet but this

crowd is but it is just ignoring them because they feel that it is in fact over the vote totals are insurmountable this point for u.s. president donald trump i have to say i've covered a whole lot of presidential elections i can't tell you that i've ever seen anything like this where the feeling of celebration and the feeling of victory it's palpable on the streets of philadelphia. many thanks for that particle hey enough press in philadelphia we can turn now to our correspondent natasha name who is in atlanta georgia as we said the race that's still too close to call the votes still not fully counted that the posse has already in is already in full swing or. are i just apologize i can't tell you because the salvatore jeff things over tory party continue in atlanta how we ended kind of parked for hours the official rally

ended but as you can see people continue to come here. chants wave signs and just commune and absorb this moment truck right now is behind biden in the counting the ballots have not been fully counted in the state 7500 votes that's noteworthy because in 2016 trucks won the state of georgia by 5 percent and. because this state has not thrown it support behind a democratic presidential candidate in 28 years this is also a historic moment because in vice president elect a model harris the 1st female woman of color. ever as vice president of the united states will need to talk about this for a moment is morris men's how are you very doing fine thank you thank you know you told me you had an 18 year old daughter who voted for the 1st time today this election when you found out the news about the biden here and take it what was it

like sharing that with her i mean i sat with my daughter and we looked at it and to see an african-american woman an immigrant woman for the 1st time that i have a whole to be vice president of america that is the most important thing that shows that my daughter and any young woman can see how far they can reach in life teach actually to put in the world. how engaged were you in that with this election and what was driving your and. we need a change 1st and most importantly the way trump was running the country it's not it's not conducive frankly wrong to be able to be healthy to work if you wake up in your strength and truly want to be out of that environment is not how to form. not abide interests administrator who are both i think the most important think it's the thing that really got her friends right now 200. people have lost their

lives so having being able to deal with kobe that is the worst thing that biden and family harris should be working on and they are finding mostly the action that you work for a real estate company that is helping low income people found find housing i found about how the pandemic is affecting low income people yeah i'm. i mean like i said like you said i work for this company that helps low income people find housing and a lot of them have it all their jobs subsidizing their land. they call and they need help the economy is terrible and people have lost their jobs and they're losing their lives as you so much for sharing your thoughts with us today tonight dana you know it's important to know your kids are saying although they're celebrating tonight tomorrow there is work to be done in january the 2 senate seats

will be will be a runoff for these 2 senate seats and one grassroots organization told me the goal is to get 324-0000 georgians to register to vote in the hopes of nabbing at least one of those senate seats in georgia and perhaps tipping the balance of power for the government many thanks but natasha in atlanta georgia we can cross to rob reynolds who joins us now live from los angeles which is of course coming to this home state bring us up to date with the reaction there. well i think the reaction was summed up pretty well by governor gavin newsom who tweeted a photograph of him selfe and camila harris from earlier days sitting on a couch casually discussing something and laughing and the caption that the governor put on it was california is so so proud today of course that's that's true of many many people in california which voted overwhelmingly for the by

harris ticket there are some of course in this state who supported president trump as well and if you can hear the king of horns if that's audible through my microphone that's actually a group of soccer owners down in the street below us who are waving from from the banners from their trucks so in general this is a big day for california since the new vice president elect is a native daughter of the bay area growing up in oakland california the daughter of immigrants from india and jamaica so many historic firsts about the new vice president elect the 1st woman the 1st woman of color the 1st asian woman to hold that office and of course depending upon the outcome of

runoff elections in georgia and the election in alaska which is still undecided she could play of extremely important role. in the congress because the vice president if there's a tie in the senate gets to cast decide the tie breaking vote. let's talk for just a 2nd if we have time about some of the. challenges that are facing joe biden and camel harris of course this is a day for euphoria for their supporters but if you look ahead to january 20th and 21st. we see the whole bit epidemic. just raging throughout the country. will president trump and his team change course and urge the wearing of masks and do the other things that scientists have been urging them to

do to stem the course of the pandemic seems unlikely the economic situation is bad there are millions and millions of people out of work and the rate of recovery appears to have been slowing according to last week's filing for unemployment claims so that's another serious issue that biden will have to grapple with and then there's the whole issue of divided government if in fact the senate is remains under the control of the republican party will president trump and vice president biden. excuse me a matter of habit will president biden after he takes office be able to work out deals with the republican leadership and get something done get a new stimulus bill done work on some of the very ambitious issues that he

ran upon including. racial justice and the dismantling of systemic racism in the country so a lot to do and also one just to mention that the president will be the new president president elect will be under a lot of pressure from within his own party especially the left wing to make good on many of the promises that he made on the campaign trail but today of course here in california a big day and as the governor said california is so so happy today back to you many thanks for that brunell's there for us live in los angeles well latest from around the world have been sending their congratulations to joe biden let's begin in europe where german chancellor angela merkel has issued a statement saying that she looks forward to future cooperation with president biden and that the transatlantic friendship between between the u.s.

and germany is irreplaceable if we are to master the great challenges of our time nigeria's president mohamed a bihari is tweeted congratulating biden on his election at a time of on sesame and fish in well to fast he said his election is a reminder that democracy is the best form of government and india's prime minister narendra modi has also congratulated couple harris and president elect joe biden saying as a vice president his contribution to strengthening into u.s. relations was critical and invaluable and that he looks forward to working closely together once again to take india u.s. relations to greater heights and near a castle which hosts the largest u.s. military base in the middle east tweeted about how he looks forward to working together with joe biden to continue strengthening the friendship between the 2 countries. we're also ahead from iran's supreme leader who took

a sharply different tone mocking the state of u.s. politics calling the elections a spectacle and an example of what he called the ugly face of liberal to democracy in the u.s. and the political civil and moral decline of the u.s. regime. now relations between the u.s. and mexico have been up and down throughout the trump presidency will speak to manual republican mexico city shortly but 1st let's go to our diplomatic editor james bay who is at the united nations. some of the tweets from a number of the foreign leaders 'd reacting to the news of president trump handling is handing joe biden a difficult cleanup act in america's relations with many of the countries around the world what will his priority be. well many of these countries i

think want to see a return to the way things were before 4 years ago many of america's closest allies have been unsettled by the policies of the trump administration the america 1st policy the lack of u.s. leadership around the world but also the star of the trumpet ministration erratic decisions tweets that any time of day or night one senior european official that i spoke to recently i can't name this person but someone's not a spokesman it's someone with a serious job said to me they believed that relations between europe and the u.s. in the last 4 years have been the worst they've ever been since world war 2 so there's serious amount to rebuild here between the allies and to try as i think most of them would privately tell you you won't see it in the polite polite diplomatic statements that been released in the last few hours to rebuild things but remember this i think that many now will not be taking the u.s. for granted after what they've seen in the trumpet ministration and we have

a pandemic which has killed over a 1000000 people we have the worst recession centry and we have a climate crisis that is just getting worse so lots of challenges huge challenges ahead. and james obviously there will be many countries who will be looking at this favorably but they will be also countries not looking at this favorably talk us through some of that. oh there are lots of leaders who will now be trying to recalibrate their relations with the u.s. pretty tricky thing to do right now because you've still got president trump in office for another another few months and you don't want to upset him and go on the wrong side of him but yes in the middle east for example israel promised about new york netanyahu could not hope for a better president in the white house than donald trump he of course has good relations with joe biden some other middle east leaders though i think will have to

rethink things human rights concerns in egypt for example the war in yemen how is saudi arabia going to respond there are quite a few leaders in the middle east who are going to have to worry about this china and russia i think certainly president biden as he would be in january wants a new approach with china to try and use his allies to try and confront china on some issues but cooperate on others a much tougher line on russia i would expect from the new administration going forward but they face an issue which they need to cooperate with russia in the very 1st days what's known as the new start treaty not some we talk about very much but it's the key arms control treaty in the world that limits nuclear warheads between the u.s. and russia that expires on the 5th of february next year just 13 days after president biden takes office he needs to make that a priority to renegotiate the same space that there 1st the united nations many

thanks well the joe biden presidency could reset ties with its neighbor mexico relations have suffered since donald trump made his 1st white house bed let's get more friend money a republican is joining us from mexico. manny how is this election been perceived in your region and what does a biden presidency mean that for mexico. for the average person in mexico the announcement of a biden win is being seen very favorably more so than anything else is because president trump is wildly unpopular here in mexico people don't forget the rhetoric that he's maintained over the course of the last 4 years the rhetoric that we heard in the lead up to the 2016 election where president trump then republican candidate for the presidency donald trump had to characterize mexicans as bad people as rapists as killers as criminal this is something that that mexicans here have not forgotten we should mention that.